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

APPOINTMENTS.

Master—D. J. Louttid, to the Cyclops ; li. 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
IV. 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
Hibernia ; 0. 0. C. Blyth, to the Wellesley ; R.
Morris, to the San Josef; G. S. Peard, to the Driver;
AI. Hare, to the Stromboli; C. R. 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. II Helby, midshipman of her Ma-
jesty's ship Excellent, pissed his examination for
seamanship on board the Victory, on Wednesday,
the 4th in-4.

Woo"mica, OcT. 7.—The Sharpshooter steam-
vessel, Liyutenant-Commander Bailey, with Lieu-
tenant Robertson, assistant to Captain Aintin, C. 13 ,
returned to Woolwich to-day from au 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
9 w h a speed under steam of
from
per hour answering her
rudder
proving in every respect
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greata t
t or
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ee,
knotsk i n
and g
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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 Nvlll 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. Gorman, Mister 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
the pennant of (acting) Captain Superintendent Fitz-
roy; Sharpshooter steam-vessel, Lieutenant Com-
mander Bailer; Atholl troop-ship, Master Com-
mander Pearn ; Monkey steam-vessel, Master Com-
mander Bryant; Myrtle, Firebrand, Adder, Minx,
Niger, and Pigrny 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
and Cork for the purpose of emigrating to Canada,
arrived at Quebec on Monday, Sept. 11.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

On Saturday William Rhoads, 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. He then got inside
and rode to the Bank, where another 3d. was de-
manded. The only fare painted up inside was Gd.,
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 hsd 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
more.

The MAGISTRATE agreed with Mr. Sowell, that
unless
of all2o.
theslftarweassa chargedsalutawry regulation to protect
painted up defendant
did not set up his table of fares, and he incurred the
fine
the public from the fraud of conductors. To enforce
the regulation, he fined the defendant in the full penalty
of 20.5 and costs.

Defendant paid the penalty.
LAJIBE7'.H.
Elijah Read, a cab driver, was finally examined
before the Hon. G. C. Norton on the serious charge
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-sheet, for 1

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, York-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.

THAMES.
A youth named Samuel Tame, aged 16, was
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with firing a
loaded pistol in a public thoroughfare.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Henry Young,
of the Hannibal-road, Stepney, that he was passing
along the Mile-end•road, when he was startled by
the sudden report of a pistol ringing in his ears. ;He
turned round and saw the prisoner, who was just
lowering a pistol in his hand. He seized him, and,
after a severe struggle, conveyed him to the station-
house. The prisoner then said he did not mean to
fire off the pistol, and jeeringly remarked —" It was
loaded with shot—did any hit you ?" The witness
added that he had a very narrow escape ; the pistol
was fired near to his ear, and the wadding passed
close to his eye.
A police-constable said that the prisoner was very
fond of amusing himself with fire-arms, and his father
had twice'taken pistols away from him.
The prisoner, in defence, said it was not his inten-
tion to fire the pistol; he was turning the lock down,
ani it went off by accident.
Mr. YARDLEY said the prisoner ought not to be
entrusted with a pistol at all, and that his father
should take effectual means to prevent him having
one again. In this case the life of a respectable man
had been placed in jeopardy by the foolish conduct of
the boy. He fined the prisoner 205., which was sub-
sequently paid by his parent, and the police retained
the pistol.