The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

HOME CIRCUIT.

As the days for holding this Circuit have been
wrongly stated, and this may, if not corrected, cause
considerable inconvenience, the following list of the days
for holding the asAzes in the different counties is given,
and as it is obtained from an official source, it may be
relied on:—

For the county of Hefts, at Hertford, on Friday,
Feb. 27. Mr. Baron Alderson will open the Commis-
mission, and proceed to dispose of the criminal business
at two o'clock, and the civil business will not commence
until the following Monday, March 2. The Commission
for Essex will be opened at Chelmsford on Tuesday,
March 3; for Kent, at MaiOston:., Monday, March 9;
ffir Sussex, at Lewes, Monday, March 16; aed for
Surrey, at Kingston, Monday, March 23.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
. _ _

Yesterday. John Thomas, a ghastly object in tatters,
and Mary Thomas, who said she was his wife, were
brought be.fore the Lord Mayor, at the instance of the
paymaster of Greenwich Hospital, charged with having
p. rsonated a deceased pensioner and his wife.
Alexander Pettigrew, a poor man, who looked as if
he had escaped from a union workhouse, said he re-
sided in Bke Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane, and that
the female prisoner was known to be in the habit of
drawing money from Greenwich Hospital as the wife of
one John Thomas, who when alive was entitled to a
pension. _

The LORD MAYOR—flow do you know that John
Thomas is dead ? Witness—From her own words.
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until she should get the money at the hospital. She has
been a long time at the work, and this man whose
name is James Dyer is no more her husband than I
am. He has been in the same house with me these
two years and she knows nothing about him.
The paymaster of Greenwich Hospital stated that he
was given to understand that the female prisoner em-
ployed a new man to personate John Thomas upon
every occasion on which she had drawn money.
The witness said he believed such to be the case and
that the male prisoner had been never employed by her
before, and would, he was sure, have resisted the temp-
tation she offered if it had not been for actual starvation.
Every one who turned his eyes towards the miserable
half-naked creature at the bar saw that the evidence was
not out of the score of credibility.
The female prisoner—My Lord, he is my husband.
The Loan MAYOR---WhO is ? The female prisoner—
Why, John Thomas, this man here next to me. He
knows he is.

The male prisoner said not a word, but looked still
more hungry and desolate.
The female prisoner said he goes away from her for
twelvemonths together, and I don't know where 119 is all
the time.

The LORD MAYOR—Why his name is not John
Thoma; at all. His name is James Dyer.
The female prisoner—He goes by ever so many differ-
ent names. I assure you, my Lcrd, he is John Thomas,
my husband.

'The LORD lisron then remanded the prisoners.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORT6MOUTIT, FEB. I.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate
Cyclops arrived at Spithead this morning from Ply-
mouth ; she is to be inspected by the shipwright de-
partment of the dockyard, and her defects reported.
If unimportant, they will he made good here ; if other-
wise, she will be sent to Woolwich.

Her Majesty's steam transport Dee is expected at
Portsmouth with volunteer seamen, who have been col-
lected at Liverpool and Bristol. She is to transfer them
to the St. Vincent, and then return to her station at
Cork.

The Admiralty are anxious to have the Amphitrite,
26, undocked these spring tides, and her fitting com-
pleted in the basin. On her going out, the Alfred, 50,
will be brought down, and put in dock, to be inspected
and prepared for immediate commission. The Java,
50, is in a more forward state, and will be fitted in the
basin. The Amphitrite and Trincomalee are to have
the same armament of 68-pounders and two shell guns
each.

The Scourge mortar steamer has been brought along-
side the dockyard, and an additional streak of copper
has been put on her, but that is already nearly under
water abaft, and she has to take in about sixty tons of
coals, besides additimal stores and ammunition, which
will estimate forty more. She has but two species of
armanent, a mortar and a 56-pounder long gnn. A trial
of her qualities at sea will be made before the squadron
of steamers is sent out to cruise.

The battler steamer is quite ready for sea.
The Carysfort, 26, when ready, is to go to Sydney
with the newly-appointed Governor. The steam-ship's
funnel, perforated by shot and shell from the Excellent,
has been brought to the dockyard, there to await the in-
spection of the First Lord and the Board of Admiralty,
upon their official visit to the arsenal.
An officer belonging to one of her Majesty's ships at this
port has during the week visited and inspected the Ter-
rible, first-class steamer, fitting at 'Woolwich. She is
reported to be, in every respect, a most efficient man-of.
war, both as respects' her armament and stowage of coals,
provisions, and water. She is capable of conveying
troops to the West Indies with great facility ; and this
officer, whose judgment is undoubted, asserts that a finer
steamer has not been introduced into the British navy.
The Terrible, Sampson, and Gladiator, will all rendez-.
vous ut Spithead in March.

The Grampus, 50, will be ready to go out of harbour
in a week or ten days, if the weather will admit.
The Harpy and Myrmidon, two of the new steam-
vessels built at Blackwall, are intended for service at the
Brazils. The Oynx and Garland are for the packet ser-
vice at Dover.

Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, and the Barrette, jun,,
transport are at Spithead. The latter, with convicts fur
Bermuda is detained, with a large fleet of merchant ves-
sels, by the very stormy weather which prevailed all
the week. The schooner Ann and Elizabeth, of Cardiff',
is still in the Swash, filled, but the agents at Lloyd's
hope to get her clear this day, having a high spring tide
in their favour.