The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-11 00:00:00

9.—The Brilliant, 20, was commis-
sioned on Thursday afternoon by Captain Watson, who has
since left for town. The Brilliant was a•3B-gun frigate, bat
now cut down, has a spar deck, and will mount from 20 to
24 guns of large calibre.
TheHavannah, 20, another razee, is preparing for commis-
sion in. the basin. The alterations of her stern are nearly
completed, and in the course of another fortnight she will be
ready for commission.
The Snake, 16, Commander Thomas B. Brown, was towed
to the Nore on Thursday, where she took her powder on
board, and having-'undergone the usual inspection by the
Commander-in-Chief, sailed on Friday afternoon for Spit-
head, where she is to be paid advance wages, and receive her
final orders. _ _ _ _ _

The Electra, 18, Commander W. H. ?Maitland, was dis-
charged from the basin on Thursday, towed to the Sore on
Saturday, and mustered and inspected by the Commander-
in-Chief to• day. She sails for Spithead. Mr. Woodyer, the
master, who had his leg so seriously injured on the 24th ult.,
underwent the operation of amputation of it at Chatham
Hospital yesterday, which he is stated to have borne well.
Mr. Saunders is appointed to supersede him in the Electra,
who, with Mr. Cooke, the first lieutenant, joined last week.
The Speedwell, tender to the Blazer, steam-surveying ves-
sel, has arrived from Harwich to refit, and has been hauled
into the North Camber for that purpose.
The Lightning steamer, Master Commander Petley, arrived
from Woolwich, on Friday,•with Mr. Taylor, master of the
Ocean, and the party of men from the ordinary, who navi-
gated the Fury steam frigate to Liverpool. They came by
railway to London.
Thil'artarus, steam-surveying vessel, Captain J. Wolfe,
having completed her refit, sailed on Saturday to resume her
surveying operations on the coast of Ireland.
The Cornwall and Conquestador, 50-gun frigates, progress
rapidly with their fittings for commission, and the ship-
wrights are very busy with their new masts, one or two of
the old ones having been found rotten. The Cornwall is
under the painters' hands, and the caulkers will complete
their operations on the Conquestador
i this day. The W
e n g
or-
cester and Chichester, new 50- frates, are also to be
brought forward; one of them is to be taken in hand this
week. • They are mere shells at present, and will require
some time to be got ready.
There is some rumour of the London, 90, being about to be
commissioned by Captain W. F. Martin, and of another line-
of-battle ship being about to be brought forward to exercise
the crew of We Trafalgar in, fitting out, but no orders are
down ter that effect.
The Birkenhead, iron steam-frigate, recently launched from
Mr. Laird's building-yard, at Birkenhead, is ordered round
here to be fitted for sea. She is the largest iron steamer in
the British navy; her engines being collectively of 560-
horse power, and her tonrage, carpenter's measurement,
1,400 tons.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY.

On Monday a charge of a very serious nature, arising out
of some gambling transactions, was heard by the bench of Canter-
bury magistrates. Such was the interest attached to the proceed-
ings, and the respectable position of the parties concerned, that there
were no fewer than ten magistrates present, the Mayor presiding ;
and, a crowded 14111. The defendants were —" Captain" Reynolds;
Mr. Hunt, snrgeon ; and Cornelius Saiza,lrenchman and" poet :"
And complainant, Joseph Hogg, said to be. a relative of MreHogg,
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After playing with the defendants all night at billiiirdST Meparty-ad-
iOurned to.the Fleur-de-Lis, Where they continued at cards through-
out .the. following day. Complainant lost " everything" as lie
said, and after being rid of all his cash, 120/., obtained
advances of Reynolds upon a hundred pound 'bank receipt.
which-eventually—became impounded "for about 601. or 701.
Complainant went out and got a cheque for 100/. cashed at the bank,'
and bade the authorities there not to cash a 1001. bank receipt, which
he had passed under peculiar circumstances. lie returned to the
card table, and at " unlimited loo" was eased of 55/. of his last 1001.
He placed the remaining 451. in an outer pocket, and threw up the
cards. Reynolds went out, and on his return abused the complainant
very much for having stopped the payment of the receipt given him.
A quarrel ensued, complainant was pushed about, and in two or
three minutes afterwards he discovered that the 451. was gone. He
accused the party of having robbed him, and threatened to send for a
policeman ; upon which Reynolds said, " He would knock his head off
if he made any noise ;" and locking the door, refused to allow his depar-
ture. The waiter was called, but he refused to go for &policeman. Search
was made about the room, but no money was found. The waiter
stated that" Reynolds was the first to talk about a policeman being
obtained, because the complainant had stated he had been robbed.
The coMplain rwent a rigid cros.S• examination, but the ma-
terial point of his sup lion as to liming been robbed in the pre-
sence of the three defendants remained unshaken. They elicited,
however, that the complainantglad offered to compromise the affair if
he could get 100/. In defence their solior, remarked upon the ex-
traordinary and serious nature of the chZ.v, and that by lesson of
all the parties who were present being inculpated in the charge they
were unable to produce such testimony as they' otherwise would
have done, to show that all the money had of complainant had been
fairly won ; and . the only ground they proposed to take
was to give evidence to shake the complainant's credibility, to which
the solicitor for the presceution objected, and the Bench after a
lengthened private consultation, decided that it was inadmissible.
Such being the case, there was no absolute defence to the charge,
and the three defendants were committed for trial for felony, bail
being allowed for their appearance. Hunt and Reynolds imme-
diately put in their bail, but Mr. Satz being comparatively a etrauffic
here, he stated he must seek his friends in town.