The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.--The Comus, 18, Com-
mander D'Eyncourt, arrived at Spithead last night
at sunset, and saluted Admiral Sir Bladen Cape!,
K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, this morning.
She sailed from Rio on the 4th of August, the packet
has therefore one day's later news. Captain Free-
mantle, of the Raleigh, has come home passenger in
her. The Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier, Commander-in-
Chief in the East Indies, had not arrived at Rio
when the Comus sailed. This vessel (the Comus), it
will be remembered, sunk on the rocks of Colonia,
and remained under water for six weeks, but by the
perseverance of Commander D'Eyncourt and assist-
ants she was raised without damage, and is now at
anchor here. She brought a freight of 3,000 dou-
bloons from Rio, which Messrs. Casher, freight agents
and wine-merchants of this port (the local corre-
spondents of Messrs. Stillwell, Commander D'Eyn-
court's agents), will convey to the bullion office, in
the Bank of England, to-morrow. Messrs. Casher
have also consigned to them a freight of upwards of
2,000,000 dollars, coming home by the Grampus, 50,
from Valparaiso. A freight is also coming home in
the Calypso, 20, Captain Worth. The Comus is
ordered to Chatham to be paid off.
The Driver steam-sloop, Commander C. R. John-
son, is under orders to proceed to-morrow to Jersey
with a company of Royal Artillery.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Dacres, flag of Sir
Charles Nipier, K.C.B ; the Prince Regent, 92,
Captain W. F. Martin ; and the Bellerophon, 78,
Captain Baynes, will at once reprovision for four
months and store for foreign service. No orders as
to their destination have been issued.

The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain the lion. G.
F. Hastings, left yesterday morning at daylight for
the coast of Africa, with the mail, calling at Ply-
mouth.

The Birkenhead steam frigate, acting Commander
Bayn ton, came into harbour after dark on Friday
evening to be paid off.
The Blenheim, 56, Captain IL D. Chads, C. 8.,
came into harbour last evening. The exchange of
officers and crews will be carried into effect with as
little delay as possible, so that Captain Chais will
return to the Excellent, and Captain Austin from the
Blake hulk to the Blenheim.

Mr. Vincent Pappalardo was yesterday appointed
Vice-Consul of the United States of America for the
port of Portsmouth, in addition to his other official
honours.

DINNER ON BOARD THE ROYAL YACHT VIC-
TORIA AND ALBERT.—After the uncommonly plea•
sant and happy cruize to Scotland with her gracious
Majesty the Queen, in which nothing could exceed
the amicable feeling and good will that existed be•
tween the captain and the whole of the officers of the
Royal yacht, it was determined before their separa-
tion took place, to have a parting dinner on board
her, which accordingly took place on Friday last, the
day the Victoria and Albert was taken up the harbour
to her winter moorings. Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence and the whole of the officers dined to-
gether on board. Captain Crispin presided, and most
ably conducted the whole affair. Nothing could
exceed the cordial and kindly feeling that was exhi-
bited by all the members of the dinner party. There
was no lack of true and loyal toasts, and many were
the allusions to their late happy and gratifying cruise
to Scotland, in which one and all had enjoyed much
pleasure. At a late hour the party broke up—some
of them to continue in the Royal yacht service, some
for other appointments, and some to look forward for
well-merited promotion—but all with a feeling of
extreme regret at their separation, and at the break
up of a mess where so much unanimity and good
fellowship had existed between all classes of its
members.

The first battalion of the 23d (Royal Welch Fusi-
liers), about 350 officers and men, under command of
Major Crutchley, landed at the dockyard from the
Java, at eight, A.m., on Saturday, and marched to the
South-Western new terminus at Landport, and pro-
ceeded by rail to Winchester, their heavy baggage
following during the day. The regiment had scarcely
departed before counter orders arrived, which would
have placed them in Portsmouth garrison.
The Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and
Miners that also came home in the Java, will proceed
for Woolwich on Monday, under command of Lieut.
Mainvraring of the Royal Artillery.

APPOINTMENTS.

Master—D. J. Louttid, to the Cyclops ; 11. hill,
to the Linnet.

Assistant-Surgeon—S. Chift, to the Lucifer.
Clerks—C. W. M'Dermott, to the Driver; Her-
bert Johnson, in charge, to the Merlin.
Midshipmen—M. Pechell, to the Amphitrite ; R.
Carter and G. R. Bell, to the Victory ; R. Sterne and
W. T. Sterne, to the San Josef; H. M. Knox, to the
Sidon.

Master's Assistants—J. A. Bull, to the President ;
J. Fittock, to the Athol.
Naval Cadets—F. Johnstone and E. Eldred, to the
llibernia ; 0. 0. C. Blyth, to the "Wellesley ; R.
Morris, to the San Josef; G. S. Peard, to the Driver;
M. Hare, to the Stromboli; C. B. Bush, to the
Dragon ; A. R. Tinklar, to the Victory; Harrington
Hudson, to the Odin.
Clarence Victualling-yard—W. H. Churcher, to
be clerk, vice Churcher, deceased.
Mr. Alfred P. H. Ilelby, midshipman of her Ma-
jesty's ship Excellent, passed his examination for
seamanship on board the Victory, on Wednesday,
the 4th inst.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 7.—The Sharpshooter steam-
vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, with Lieu-
tenant Robertson, assistant to Captain Austin, C.B ,
returned to Woolwich to-day from an experimental
trial under canvas and steam, with her heavy guns
and all her stores on board, and was found to answer
remarkably well both in a strong breeze and in
moderate weather, making a speed under steam of
from 9 knots to 9i knots per hour answering her
rudder with great ease, and proving in every respect
a very useful vessel. The Sharpshooter went about
70 miles into the North Sea to be fairly tested, and
when her two 10-inch guns are changed for others
of less weight she will prove one of the most credit-
able screw propelled vessels of her size. Captain
Alexander Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty,
and Mr. Ward, M.P., First Secretary to the Admi-
ralty, when they went down the river in this vessel
on Wednesday last, were much pleased with her per-
formance.

The Teazer steam-vessel, with screw propeller, was
tried down the river yesterday under the charge of
Mr. Gosman, .Master of the Fisgard, and was found
to answer well, her speed being nearly eight knots
per hour, with only half the power she formerly had ;
two 25-horse power engines by Penn, having been
substituted for her former engines, two of 50-horse
power each.
Vessels in the Harbour—Fisgard frigate bearing
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mander Bailey ; Atboll troop-ship, Master Com-
mander Pearn ; Monkey steam-vessel, Master Com-
mander Bryant; Myrtle, Firebrand, Adder, Mina,
Niger, and Pigmy steam vessels.
In the Inner Basin—Flamer, Hecla, Medina, Ad-
vice, Plazer, Prometheus, Confiance, and Ariel steam
vessels.
In the Outer Basin—Venus 42 gun frigate for
Marine Society boys ; Vesuvius, Styx, and Teazer
steam vessels.
The pensioners, 251 in number, including their
families, who embarked in the Florentia at Deptford
arrived at Quebec on Monday, Sept. 11.
and Cork for the purpose of emigrating to Canada,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
On Saturday William _Rhoads,
GUILDHALL.
the Paddington
omnibus proprietor, was summoned by Mr. Sewell,
a gentleman at the Bank of England, for not having
conspicuously painted up in his omnibus a table of
fares.
Mr. Sowell, after renouncing any claim to the
penalty, said he made the complaint to protect the
public from imposition and a greal deal of annoyance,
in consequence of the frequency with which the fares
were changed. On Wednesday he got on the omni-
bus at Paddington, and got down at Tottenham-
court-road, and then paid 3d. lie then got inside
and rode to the Bank, where another 3d. was de-
mandei. The only fare painted up
i inside was 6d.,
and, by law, whatever is painted up inside is the only
lawful fare. Whatever, therefore, the placards out-
side might say about 3d., the proprietor could law-
fally insist upon 6d., at either of the distances, which
surely was a grievance.
The defendant admitted that the fares were not
painted up, as they had only been changed on
Monday, and there had not been time to paint them
up in the omnibus yet. The public had not, however,
been imposed upon, as they were charged less and not
ttregulation,
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unless all the fares charged were painted up defendant
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was finally examined
Elijah Read,
Defendant pai-d the penalty.before the Hon. G. C. Norton on the serious charge
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of hocussing and robbing George Cottrell of a silver
watch, half a sovereign, Is., and some copper.
On the night of the 19th of last month, at about
twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, when about to
enter the Lord Duncan public-house, he saw the pri-
soner standing there with his cab, and he asked him
if he wanted that vehicle ? He said he was going up
the road, and he (witness) told him that if he was
going to London and had no fare, he would go with
him. He ultimately bargained with the prisoner to
take him to the end of Bond-street, Oxford-street, for

ls. 6d., but had to produce his money to show the
prisoner that he had sufficient to pay him before he
would permit him to get into the vehicle. On en-
tering the cab the prisoner pulled up the windows,
and on his objecting to this the prisoner alluded to
the lowness of the fare for which he was about to
take him, told him that he might go to sleep, and
that at his destination he would call him. He
then drove off, and witness being very tired, from
having walked a considerable distance dosed off
but did not go soundly to sleep. The cab was
stopped in Westminster-road, and its stopping aroused
him; but finding that it had not got to its destination
he lay back and dosed off again. In about two mi-
nutes he heard the prisoner say, " I've got a b--y
old bloak here," or words to that effect. He also
heard several voices about the vehicle, and one of
them said "He is fast asleep." At this time one of
the cab doors was opened gently, and he felt some-
thing like a handkerchief pass several times before his
face, and then it was the person said " He is sound
asleep." He next felt a hand in his waistcoat pocket,
where his money was, and on its being taken out he
heard one of the party say, " Put his knife back."
He also felt a hand put into his trousers pocket, but
was so prostrate from drowsiness as to be unable to
make the slightest resistance or attempt to protect his
property. In what appeared to him to be two or three
minutes the prisoner opened the cab door, and said,
" Come, old fellow, I can't take you any further for
nothing," and pulled him out of the vehicle with great
force. He fell on the pavement on his face, but by a
great effort he managed to get upon his legs and
follow the prisoner, who was driving off as fast as he
could. Witness had not proceeded far when he was
tripped up by some person, a confederate, he had no
doubt, of the prisoner, and had a second severe fall,
and from this cause the prisoner was enabled to get off.
In reply to the question of Mr. NORTON, the wit-
ness said, his perfect belief was, that when he felt the
handkerchief pass over his face, some kind of drug was
used, which made him more drowsy than he was be-
fore, and rendered him incapable of using any exer-
tion to protect himself or his property. Had been
drinking a little, but nothing to affect him to such an
extent.

Police-constable 171 L said, he saw the prisoner on
the morning in question flogging his horse, and going
along the Westminster-road at a furious rate. On
being informed of the robbery by the last witness, he
endeavoured to overtake the prisoner, but he turned
down the York road, and got clear off.

James Frost, another constable, deposed to having
taken the prisoner into custody at his own house in
York-yard, Yolk-road. On seeing him, he said he
wanted him on a charge of felony for stealing a watch
and some money from a fare he brought from Dept-
ford. The prisoner replied, that he had taken a fellow
from Deptford, but that he was blind drunk, and he
got rid of him in the Westminster-road, having taken
him far enough for is.
Mrs.:Elizabeth Hayes, the landlady of the Lord
Duncan, deposed to having seen the prisoner and
prosecutor at her house on the night in question, and
to the prosecutor being perfectly sober at the time.
The prisoner, who offered nothing in defence, was
fully committed for trial.