The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 7.-Extract of a letter from an
officer of the flag ship in the Mediterranean, dated Vourla
Bay, Nov. 3 -
" The Britannia, 120, Captain Rainier, C. 8., with
the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir P. Malcolm, G.C.B. and
G.C.M.G. ; Malabar, 74, Hoe. Captain Percy; Alfred,
50, Captain Maunsell ; Volage, 28, Capt. Martin, C.B. ;
Rainbow, 28, Captain Sir J. Franklin ; Champion, 18,
Commander Hon. A. Duncombe ; and Scylla, 18, Com-
mander Hon. G. Grey, are now lying here. The Action,
28, Captain Hon. F. W. Grey, arrived at Vourla Bay
with despatches for the Admiral, but sailed again on the
24 November for Constantinople. The St. Vincent, 120,
Captain Sir H. Senhouse ; Barham, 50, Captain Hugh
Pigot ; Madagascar, 46, Captain E. Lyons ; Scout, 18,
Commander Hargood ; Pelican, 18, Commander Gape ;
Raleigh, 18, Commander Hawkins ; Meteor steamer,
and Hind cutter, are at Malta. The Caledonia, 120,
Captain T. Brown, has arrived at Malta from Cork. The
French squadron, as well as the Austrian, are at anchor
at Smyrna ; the former continues very strong, consisting
of the Superb, Suffrein, Ville de Marseilles, and Hermoine
line-of-battle ships ; four frigates, the Iphigenia, Artemise,
Marengo, and Duquesne, with eight or ten corvettes and
brigs. Both squadrons are healthy.
Extract of a letter from Port Roy al, Jamaica, dated the
27th Oct. 1833 :-The Vernon, 50, Captain Sir G. West-
phal, is at Bermuda, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir G.
Cockburn. The Comus, 18, Commander W. P. Hamilton,
arrived here on the 13th of September from Bermuda ;
the Skipjack schooner, Lieut. W. H.Willes, acting, arrived
on the 16th from the Havannah ; and the Columbine,
18, Commander H. 0. Love, on the 17th, from Halifax ;
she has since sailed for Port-au-Prince ; the Rbadaman-
thus, Commander Evans, is lying here; the Larne, 18,
Commander NV. S. Smith, arrived here on the 22d of
September from Carthagena; the Serpent, Commander
Symonds, is at Barbadoes ; the Victor, 18, Commander
Russell, is at Trinidad, whither the Dispatch, 18, Com-
mander Daniel, has proceeded; the Pearl, 18, Commander
R. Gordon, left Port Royal on the 6th of October for
Carthagena, and the Pickle schooner, ou the l Ith, for St.
Jago de Cuba ; the Tweed, 18, Commander A. Bertram,
has sailed for Honduras, and the Jackdaw schooner, Lieu-
tenant E. Barnett, for a cruise.-Ml the squadron were
healthy.
Vice-Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, Bart., K.C.8., has
been appointed to the Mediterranean command, to succeed
Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, G.C.B. Sir Josia,
will go out in the Endynaion, 50, Captain Sir S. R }hens,
C. 8., at present refitting at Plymouth, taking with him
Thomas Triphook, Esq., as his secretary, and Commander
James Brazier as the Commander of his flag ship.
Toe Eclipse packet has arrived at Barbadoes from Fal-
mouth with the mails, and sailed on the 29th October for
St. Vincent. The Sheidrake packet has also arrived at
Honduras from Falmouth with the mails, having touched
at Jacmel and Jamaica.
The Lynx, 4, Lieut. H. V. Huntley, is still detained in
the harbour. She is to await the termination of the ap-
proaching ceurtmartial on Lieut. R. B. Crawford, when
she will convey to the coast some Krumen, who came home
in the Charybdis as witnesses.
The Curlew, 10, Commander H. D. Trotter, may be
expected daily at this port from the coast of Africa.
The Edinburgh, 74, Captain James R. Dacres, for the
Mediterranean ; Blonde, 46, Captain Francis Mason,
C.B. ; Sparrowhawk, 18, Commander C. Pearson, for
South America; and Jupiter, troop-ship, Mr. Easto Com-
mander, are the only men-of-war at present refitting at
this port.
The Belvidera, 42, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dunda,,
was paid off to-day, and will be commissioned to-morrow
by Ciptain Charles B. Strong. She is ill be docked next
week. The Hon. Mr. Kenedy, grandson •f his Majesty,
will make his first trip to sea in this ship.
The Boyne, 76, will be docked on Wednesday.
The Badger, Lieutenant Beckitt, has recently been fitted
with Mr. Blake's patent fid, the plan being suited for run-
ning bowsprits as well as topmasts.
The Upton Castle, East Indiaman, in which ship
Major-General Sir John Keane, K. C. B. proceeds to
Bombay, and the James Pattison, which ship is to convey
Governor Sir James Stirling and family to Swan River,
still remain here wind-bound. They will get under weigh
directly the wind proves favourable. Nearly sixty other
ships are here wind-bound, destined to all parts of the
world.
The Court Martial on Lieutenant Richard B. Crawford,
which was to have been held on board the Victory (as
stated in our last), has been deferred unto Monday next.
The Court, which will sit at nine o'clock, will be com•
posed of Rear-Admiral Sir Fred. Maitland, K.C.B. (Pre-
sident) ; Captains J. R. Dacres, his Majesty's ship Edin-
burgh ; Francis Mason, C. 8., Blonde ; Charles B. Strong,
Belvidera ; K. Williams, Victory ; and Thomas Hastings,
Excellent. T. Hoskins, Esq., Deputy Judge Advocate.
At Spithead-Racehorse, and Diligence transport.
At St. Helen's-Romney.
In. Harbour-Victory, Royal George, Excellent, Edin-
burgh, Blonde, Belvidera, Sparrowhawk, Charybdis, Lynx,
Jupiter, and Sylvia transport.
DavoNroaT, DEC. 5.-The Woodtnansterne freight
ship is hourly expected here to embark a detachment of the
22d Regitnent for Jamaica. His Majesty's steam vessel
Lightning, Mr. J. Allen, Master, arrived on Saturday
evening from Woolwich, and having completed her coals,
proceeded to Falmouth to take out the next mails to Lis-
bon. L ,rd Howard de Walden will embark in her at that
port. The Plover, Lieutenant Downey, from Mexico,
arrived at Falmouth on the 25th ult. She left Tampico
4th October, Vera Cruz 12th, and Havannah 27th, with
the mails and specie; passengers, General Bassadre and
suite, the Mexican Minister to the Prussian Court. The
Lord Melville packet, Lieutenant Webbe, with the mails
from the West Indies, arrived at Falmouth on the 26th
ult. ; she left Jamaica 27th October, and Crooked Island
the sth November ; passengers, Mrs. and Miss Edwards
(the widow of the late Commissary-General), and Lieut.
Hallowes. The Lyra, Lieutenant St. John, from the West
Indies, arrived on Monday, with the mails and specie on
freight ; one passenger. The Pike, Lieutenant Brooking,
with the mails from Portugal, arrived on Monday, seven
days' passage; passenger, Mr. Rodvigois. The James
Watt steamer, with supplies for Don Pedro, sailed from
Falmouth on Monday. His Majesty's steam frigate-, Dee,
Commander Stanley,arrived on Sunday, having been obliged
to put back from stress of weather. She had the depot of
the 95th Regiment on board for Cork from Chatham, but
the weather was so very boisterous as to preclude her
making that port. She sustained some trifling damage
in her machinery, and when repaired will proceed to her
destination. The troops are accordingly put on board a
hulk during her stay here. The Cruiser carne into harbour
on Saturday to be docked. The Surley lighter sailed
on Monday, with stores for Pembroke-yard. The African
steamer arrived on Thursday, from Lisbon, and will sail
to-day for Woolwich, to be paid cif. Captain Symonds
arrived on Tuesday quite unexpectedly, and went imme-
diately on board the Cruiser to see her defects. We hear
that 19 shifts of her wake are defective. The Endymion
has lost an eleven inch raise keel, except 30 feet from aft,
and three inch false keel, all fore and aft. The Dee's
larboard boiler is leaky in the joints, some part of the
paddle box carried away, and some of the half ports lost.
In Hamoaze-San Josef, Canopus, Emlytnion, Andro-
mache, Ringdove, d
an Cruilser,nd Dee,
ort. and Orestes transp Athol, Leveret, Rolla,
Saracen, African, Industry
At the Island-Pantaloon.
In the Sound-The Marquis of Huntly.
PROMOTIONS.-Commanders Right Hon. Lord E.
Russell, J. G. Boss, B. 111‘Namara, to be Captains ;
Lieutenants Hon. E. A. .1. Harris, J. Garrett, R. York
(Flag Lieutenant to Sir W. Hargood, G.C.8.), to
Commanders. The following Midshipmen are promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant :-H. M. Breadon, G. G. Lock,
Hon. Le Poer French, T. S. Hill, J. Russell, and W.
W. Hornby.
APPOINTMENTS.-Captains C. B. Strong, Lieute. G
N. Broke and F. Wood, and Mr. J. W. Armstrong,
Master, to the Belvidera ; T. Triphook, Esq., to be
Secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir J. Rowley, K.C.B. ;
Lieut. J. Billingsley, to the Excellent ; Lieutenant G.
H. P. White, to the Jaseur ; Lieut. 11. H. Elliott, to the
Revenge ; Lieutenants G. Snell, H. Hockin, D. Rymer,
W. E. Ashley, C. A. Thorndyke, and John Sanderson, to
the Coast Guard Service ; Mr. J. S. Hampton, Assistant
Surgeon, to the Firefly steamer ; Mr. J. R. Lord, Acting
Master, to the Dee ; Lieutenant W. W. Hornby, Mr. E.
Scott, M.D. Surgeon, and Messrs. Alexander Baxter and
John W. W. Williams, Assistant Surgeons, to the Cano-
pus ; Lieutenant Edward Lyne Harvey, to the Ringdove ;

(From Pen and Ink Sketches in the Liverpool Journal.)
One of his earliest displays of acuteness was at
Tralee, in the year 1799, shortly after he had been
called to the Bar. In the intricate case where he
was junior counsel (having got the brief more as a
family compliment than from any other cause), the
question in dispute was as to the vali.lity of a will,
which had been made almost in articulo mortis. The
instrument was drawn up with proper form ; the
witnesses were examined, and gave ample confirma-
mation that the deed had been legally executed.
One of them was an old servant, possessed
of a strong passion for speaking. It fell
to O'Connell to cross-examine him, and the
young barrister allowed him to speak on, in the
hope that lie might say too much. Nor was this
hope dlsappointed. The witness had already sworn
that he saw the deceased sign the will. " Yes,"
continued he, with all the garrulousness of old age,
" I saw him sign it, and surely there was life in him
at the time." The expression frequently repeated,
led O'Connell to conjecture that it had a peculiar
meaning. Fixing his eye upon the old man, he
said, " You have taken a solemn oath before God
and man to speak the truth, and the whole truth;
the eye of God is upon you ; the eyes of your
neighbours are fixed upon you also. Answer me, by
the virtue of that sacred and solemn oath which has
passed your lips, was the testator alive when he
signed the will?" The witness was struck with
the solemn manner in which he was addressed, his
colour changed—his lips quivered—his limbs trem-
bled, and he faltered out the reply, " there was life
bikini." The question was repeated in a more im-
pressive manner, and the result was that O'Connell
half compelled, half cajoled him to admit, that, after
ife was extinct, a pen had been put into the testa-
tor's hand—that one of the party guided it to sign
his name, while as a salvo for the consciences of
all concerned, a living fly was put into the dead man's
mouth, to qualify the witnesses to bear testimony that
" there was life in him when he signed that will.
This fact,lit erally dragged from the witness, preserved
a large property in a respectable and worthy family,
and was the first occurrence, in O'Connell's legal
career, worth mentioning. Miss Edgeworth, in her
" Patronage," has an incident not much different
from this ; perhaps it was suggested by it. The
plaintiffs in this case were two sisters named Lang-
ton, both of whom still enjoy the property miracu-
lously preserved to them by the ingenuity of OCon-
nel ; and the writer of this sketch has often heard
them relate the matiner in which he had contrived
to elicit the truth.
Again—One of the most remarkable personages
in Cork, for a series of years, was a sharp witted
little fellow named John Boyle, who published a
periodical called " The Freeholder." As Boyle did
not see that any peculiar dignity hedged the Cor-
poration of Cork, his " Freeholder" was remarkable
for severe and satirical remarks upon its members,
collectively and personally. Owing to the very
great precautions as to the mode of publication, it
was next to impossible for the Corporation to pro-
ceed against him for libel; if they could have done
so, his punishment was certain, for, in those
days, there were none but Corporation Juries;
and the fact that Boyle was hostile to the municipal
clique, was quite enough for these worthy adminis-
trators of justice. It happened on the occasion of
a crowded benefit, that Boyle and one of the Sheriffs
were coming out of the pit of the theatre at the same
moment. A sudden crush drove the scribe against the
Sheriff, and the concussion was so great that
the latter had two of his ribs broken. There
could be no doubt that the whole was accidental ;
but it was too lucky not to be taken advantage of.
Mr. Boyle was prosecuted for assault. O'Connell
(who was personally inimical to the Corporation)
scarcely cross-examined a witness, and called none
in defence. He proceeded to reply. After some
hyperbolical compliments on the " well-known im-
partiality, independence, and justice of a Cork jury,"
he proceeded to address them thus :—" I had no
notion that the case is what it is; therefore I
call no witnesses. As I have received a brief,
and its accompaniment a fee, I must ad-
dress you. I am not in the vein for making
a long speech, so, gentlemen, instead of it,
I shall tell you a story. Some years ago, I went,
specially, to Clonmell assizes, and accidentally
witnessed a trial which I never shall forget. A
wretched man, a native of that county, was
charged with the murder of his neighbour. It
seemed that an ancient
.feud existed between them.
They had met at a fair and exchanged blows: again,
that evening, they met at a low pot-house, and the
bodily interference of friends alone prevented a
fight between them. The prisoner was heard
to vow vengeance against his rival. The wretched
victim left the house, followed soon after by the pri-
soner, and was found next day on the road side
murdered, and his face so barbarously beaten in by
a stone, that he could only be identified by his dress.
The filets were strong against the prisoner—in fact, it
was the strongest case of circumstantial evidence I
ever met with. As a matter of form—for of his
guilt there was no doubt—the prisoner was called on
for his defence. He called—to the surprise of every
one—the murdered man. And the murdered man
came forward. It seemed that another man had
been murdered—that the identification by dress was
vague, for all the peasantry of Tipperary wear the
same description of clothes—that the presumed
victim had got a hint that he would be arrested
under the Whiteboy Act—had fled—and only re-
turned, with a noble and Irish feeling of justice,
when he found that his ancient foe was in jeopardy,
on his account. The case was clear; the prisoner
wasinnocent. The Judge told the Jury that it was
unnecessary t? charge them. They requested per-
mission to retire; they returned in about two hours,
when the Foreman, with a long face, handed in the
verdict guilty; Every one was astonished.
Good God !' said the Judge, of what is he
guilty ? Not of murder, surely !" No, my Lord,'
said the Foreman, but if he did not murder that
man, sure he stole my grey mare three years ago.' "
The Cork Jurors laughed heartily at this anecdote,
and, ere their mirth had time to cool, O'Connell
continued with marked emphasis, " So, gentlemen
of the Jury, if mr. Boyle did. not wilfully assault
the Sheriff, he has libelled the Corporation—find
him guilty, by all means !" The application was
so severe, that the Jury, shamed into justice, in-
stantly acquitted Mr. Boyle.
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Several gentlemen met at Anderton's Coffee-
house, on Friday evening, and determined to give a public
dinner to Mr. Leech for the spirited manner in which he
has conducted the Table d' Hote. The Committee who are
to make arrangements for the entertainment, intend to
meet to-morrow evening at Anderton's, when the day on
which the dinner is to take place will be appointed.
Saturday
an inquest was held in the House of
Correction, on the body of William Early, aged 32. About
half-past 12 in the morning the deceased was working on
the tread-mill, when he suddenly
fell upon the stave a
lifeless corpse. The surgeon, on being called in, found
him quite dead, His liver was in a dreadful state, and it
appears that he was a confirmed sot. About half an hour
after he had been set to work on the mill, he said to a
fellow-prisoner, " The wheel gives it me here," pointing
to his stomach. Verdict--" Died by the visitation of
God."