The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

At six o'clock on Monday evening the Centaur, 6
steam-frigate, Captain Patten, with the flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Fanshawe,C.B., steamed into Portsmouth harbour,
and yesterday morning went alongside the yard jetty to
land the admiral's luggage, who left for London in the
afternoon, bis flag baying been hauled down at sunset.
The Centaur will commence returning stores, Scc , to-day
and will probably pay off early next week.
Before leaving the coast the Commander-in-Chief
promoted Second Master William Kiddie, of the Gladi-
ator steam-frigate, Captain Adams, to the rank of
master, the vacancy having occurred by the death of Mr.
Barnes, of the steam-vessel Firefly. In making this
promotion Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, we are quite sure,
has only anticipated the intentions of the Admiralty.
No second master on the list had stronger claims than
Mr. Kiddie, and no officer ever received more handsome
recommendations at the hands of his captain than did
Mr. Kiddie from Captain Adams.
Lieutenant George T. Airey, R.N. (1815), a com-
mander in the Indian navy, and who for many years
has commanded the steam-vessel Pluto, in the China
seas, died at Singapore, April 20, in command of the
above ship.
Midshipman Mr. Coventry, of the Wolverine, 10, on
the coast of Africa, died in charge of a prize.

Columbia steam surveying-vessel, Conimander Short-
land, left Ha,litax, May 29, fur the Bay of Fundy, to
resume surveying operations.
Rogue, 60, steam-ship, Captain Macdougal, left
Queenstown on Sunday evening, to join Commodore
Martin's squadron at Lisbon.
Heroine, 8, Commander Marsh, may be expected home
from the coast in a few days, she having sailed from
Ascension for England fourteen days before the Cen-
taur; but the latter vessel made her passage home chiefly
under steam.
Retribution, Captain Warden, and Sidon, Commander
Gardner, steam-frigates, both bent sails on Monday
evening; the former vessel is all ready for sea. The
Sidon has still a quantity of provisions to receive on
board. It is now said their services will not be required
before Saturday next, and in the interim (on Thursday)
the Sidon will be docked, to have her copper cleaned,
although her crew were " hogging" her on Monday.
Rhadamanthus steam-transport, for the Cape, Master-
Commander Belem, arrived at Ascension from England,
May 22, and left for her destination.
Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, bad
returned to Ascension, from St. Helena, instead of pro-
ceeding to the Cape, as stated, and left for the Bights,
taking the station of the Gladiator the first week in May.
Sappho, 12, Commander Hon. A. Cochrane, left Hali-
fax for Newfoundland, May 30.
COMMODORE MARTIN'S SQUADRON.-TheCommander-
in-Chief, in hie flag-ship, Prince Regent, 90, Captain
Harris, was at Lisbon on the 19th, with his frigate
squadron. On the previous Sunday he ordered the
Dauntless screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, to get up her
steam and be ready to leave for England, with the bro-
ther to the King of Portugal and suite for England; but
the Prince having postponed his departure, the Dauntless
was ordered to be in readiness la-A Sunday for the same
purpose. All in the squadron were quite well. There
was not much exercise going on.
Leander, 50, Captain Dacres, has been out on a cruise
by herself, for the purpose of exercising her guns; and
Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds, was sent away on the
17th on a similar service. The Encounter, 14, screw-
corvette, was at Cadiz. The Janus steam-vessel, Lieu-
tenant-Commander Powell, had returned to Gibraltar.
The French fleet of four sail of the line, under the
command of a vice and a rear-admiral, was expected at
Lisbon.
CHATHAM DOCKYARD.-The following workmen have
been superannuated from this dockyard:-George Phil-
lips, furnace-man at metal-mills; John Bead, Robert
Featherby, Wm. Savage, Wm. Peacock, Thomas Harris,
ropemakers; and Mr. Booth, sailmaker-on 241. per
annum each.
WooLwacH, JUNE 24.-The Right. Hon. Sir Francis
T. Baring held a levee at the Admiralty to-day, and it
was attended by the following officers: -
Captaius-G. R. Munday (1837), F. D. Hastings
(1840), William B. Dobson (1841), Hon. Edward Thorn-
ton Wodehouse (1341), Woodford J. Williams (1841),
Sir Robert Hagan (1843), Charles Keele (1843), W.
Clark (1847), and James Anderson (1849), Lieutenant-
Colonel Ellis, C. 8., Royal Marines.
Commanders-Arthur Morrell (1823), Felix Edwin
(1835), P. B. Stewart (1841), Edward Collier (1845),
Hoseason (1846), J. T. W. French (1847), G.
J. Napier (1849), J. 11. Bridges (1850), G. F. West-
brook (1851), and P. Saumaurez (1851).
Lieutenants-F. Cutler (1812), Henry P. Dicken
(1815), James Smale (1825), T. A. Butler (1827),
Samuel Richardson (1828), and G. IL H. Greathead
1846).
Paymaster and Purser-James Pinborn (1831).
Rear-Admiral-J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., held a levee
to-day, which was attended by the following officers:-
Rear-Admiral-Thomas E. Symonds.
Captains-George St. V. King (1841), W. J. Wil-
liams (1841), and Frederick Warden (1845), Com-
mander of the Retribution steam-frigate.
Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey, Royal Marines.
Commanders-J. T. W. French (1847), L. Robert
(1849), and G. F. Westbrook (1851).
Lieutenants-Charles,
(tenltztss-),
EdwardCharle Le m
s }riendesu(rlieBrl2?l,Bls). Henryll
Dicken H.
Johnston (1818), 11. F. W. Ingram (1845). G. 11. II
Greathead (1846), Richard Dawkins (1848), and
Arthur M. Brock (1850).
Master-James Penn (1841).
Midshipman-W. Kelso.
Clerk-George B. Eccles (1851).

THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE, FIRE.
Even up to a late hour last night, so great was the
fire in the ruins, that at intervals it illuminated the dis-
trict, and led many to suppose that a fresh outbreak had
occurred. Every precaution had been taken. The
floating engines and many of the land ones are detained
ready to act in case of any emergency.
The returns made by the surveyors and agents of the
different insurance companies of their respective losses
and other details regarding the buildings and proparty
consumed furnish the fallowing interesting particulars,
and, at the same time, supplies au accurate amount of
the total losses.
The pile of warehouses destroyed occupied a fron-
tage of between three hundred and four hundred feet
in Montague close, each extending backwards seventy
or eighty feet, to within a few yards of the walls of St.
Saviour's Church. More massive brick and stone build-
ings were not to be found in the metropolis, and, with
the exception of the dock warehouses, were the
largest. Each were divided by party walls two feet
thick, and the different stores being supported by im-
mense iron girders or pillars. The three consumed can-
not be rebuilt under a sum of 35,0001. This loss will fall
on the Sun Fire Office. Messrs. Wigan and Co., the hop
factors, of Hibernia Chambers, London-bridge, rented
the upper stores of A warehouse. Several thousand
pockets.of hops were in the stores. All was destroyed;
insured iu the Royal Exchange. Nos. 2,3, and 4 stores
of the same warehouse were occupied by Mr. Hollings-

worth, of Turkey Mills, near Msidstone, paper menu
facturer. Some 15,000 or 16,000 bales of linen rags filled
the floors. It is expected the whole were consumed. Mr.
Holling.worth was insured in the Kent and West of Eng-
land Offices for 9,000/. No. 1 (same warehouse), Mr.
Hewett, cheese factor; contents of store supposed to be
destroyed; insurance unknown. Cellars beneath occupied
as stores by Messrs. Allan and Anderson, provision mer-
chants. The fate cf these contents at present un-
known; the; property is amply covered by insurances.
Warehouse B—Stores Nos. 7,8, and 9, of Messrs.
Kitchen and Thornton, hop-factors, each contained a
heavy stock of hops, number of pockets at present un-
known. All destroyed. Insured. Stores, Nos. 10, 11,
and 12, Messrs. Wigan and Co., the hop-factors, filled
with hops. Destroyed. They were insured in the
Royal Exchange office. Other merchants, whose names
have not as yet transpired, had property in store in
other parts of this warehouse. Like the others, every-
thing was burned. The goods ware insured for 7,8001.
in several offices. Cellars also were occupied by Messrs.
Allan and Anderson, as stores, and were loaded with all
kinds of provisions. It is impossible to penetrate them,
consequently the fate of the goods, as in the other cel-
lars, is unknown. Insured.
Warehouse D—The whole of the stores throughout
this building were rented by Messrs. Wigan and Co.,
the hop-factors. Between 16,000 and 17,000 pockets of
hops were stowed away. A great many were saved,
but the chief bulk of the stock was consumed in the
building. Numerous merchants had hops deposited in
Messrs. Wigan's care; some are known to be insured,
others are not. Messrs. Wigan were insured.
Warehouse C—This building sustained very little in-
jury. The contents of the different stores, valued at
nearly 50,0001., were got out in safety.
The Bridge House Hotel received much greater da-
mage than represented. Every apartment in the build-
ing was saturated with water. Tho contents were in-
sured for 3,5001.
The principal sufferers appear to be the firm of
Messrs. Wigan and Co. Their property was insured for
60,0001.
As far as can be ascertained the offices interested in
the losses arc the following, and to about the extent—
Sun fire-office, 50,0001.; Royal Exchange, 30,0001.;
Guardian, 20,0001. ; Union, 10,000/. ; other offices,
10,0001.
Some days must necessarily transpire before, the
exact amount of losses can be accurately ascertained.
According to the present estimates they can be little
abort of 150,0001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
G UILDHALL.
Isaac Solomons, a member of the Jewish fraternity,
was placed at the bar before Alderman Farebrother,
charged with being unlawfully in possession of various
articles of silver plate, ulleged to have been stolen.
John Charles Walker said—l am an apprentice to
Mr. Sirrell, the gold and silver refiner of Barbican.
Yesterday morning the prisoner called at our shop, and
without saying a word to any one, he put into the scale
the property produced. Having received information
that a burglary had been committed in a house in
Broad-street-buildings, on the previous night, I informed
Mr. Sirrell of the circumstance, and he advised me to
call in a constable and give the prisoner into custody.
I went to the door for that purpose, when prisoner di-
vining my object, rushed past me into the street, and
tried to make his escape, and finding I pursued him, he
turned round, and returned with me to the shop. I
compared the articles with those described in the in-
formation, and found they tallied in every respect. When
prisoner first stopped he clasped his hands, and said
" Oh! pray don't.'He did not ask any price for ,them ; i
but they wold not have been worth more than 101. 0,3
old silver. I have known prisoner as a customer at our
shop.
Alderman FAREBROTHER—To buy?
Witness—No, sir, he brought us old silver to sell.
Mr. Jenkin Elwin, 20, Broad-street-buildings, sur-
geon, said, the articles produced, consisting of a pair of
sugar tongs broken, a caddy spoon, a thimble, a silver
caustic holder, and the top of a smelling bottle, are my
property. On Sunday night, at a late ,
was broken into by some parties, and the ray
house
taken from various desks and draw above things
articles I saw safe at seven o'clock in
ers• Some of the
others were
Alderman EA!tEBROTHER—Then vi
put_ away about a week ago b .
EXPECTED SCOTTISH FANCY DRESS BALL IN THE
Elwin, for she, will be a material witness.e8
th'e ng, and
ClTY.—Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Lord James
Stuart, Sir Duncan M`Dougall, Mr. G. bloffat, M.P., Mr.
C. Guthrie, Mr. P. F. Robertson, Mr. W. Dallas, Mr. T. Fuller, 15-, took the prison '
er Into custody.
Til‘Gregor, Mr. D. Dewar, and blajor'Adair introducea by Mr. William Whitcher, 50, said
—I a called in to exa-
Sheriff llodgkinson, waited upon the Lord' Mayor, to ask for mine the premises byh eventant Mrs.
the use of the Guildhall, after the visit of her Majesty, for broken open in severalgoing into the
rooms, and on
a grand fancy dress and Highland ball, for the benefit of the kitchen I saw that tb ilr. Elwin. Ivifosund several desks
Scottish Hospital and Caledonian Asylum. The Scottish window in the back e house had been ehtered by the
Hospital is for the relief of aged and destitute residents in premises,
London ; the Caledonian Asylum is f,r the maintenance and
persons havin
had been bars of the window
e kitchen. I then examined the back
and found that the iron
of
education of the orphans of sailors and soldiers who have
been killed or disabled in the service, and of Scottish parents
resident in Loudon. street, over which they must have climbed to the window
g passed tram the wall in Bloomfield-
THE DUKE or NEWCASTLES ESTATE OF HAFOD.
estate in the kitchen. Ono of the desks in the surgery bad
of , stracted. —Yesterday Messrs. D. Smith and Son put up to auction, at , been forced open, and 61. 10s. in gold and silver ab-
the Auction Mart, the extensive domain and
Iwilnlebveernepceustsamryouteoyrien..
Ilafod, the property and occasional residence of the lat ' Mr. Elwin put the money in the desk just before
Duke of Newcastle. It comprised about 14,000
was situated between Shrewsbury, Rhayader, and Ali*er and
acre., e I went out on Sunday evensin—g.lt
a'st- that desk before.
with, being about twelve miles distant from the latter town. Alderman FAREBROTHE
The lot, after a prolonged competition, was knocked down wand this case to make some inquiry about the pri-
for 105,000/. The Messrs. Smith sold another property, saner. Did you search the prisoner's house, office ?
which was situated near Hemel Hempstead, and Fuller, Is2—Yes, your Worship; but I found .1.
a farm with about 90 acres in the highest state comprised .nothing
s nersent there before
It went for 7,000/., but this was also under thereservedof cultivation. , wrong, as prisoner
carried me. On searching
price. his bag that round to collect:old clothes, I
FATAL ACCIDENT. EXETER, JUNE 91. -- On , found a new artillery jacket, with all thegold lace
Monday evening two fishermen of Starcross, named Pep- other marks, denoting the rank of the
perell and Clements, were drowned
while making round the of a sergeant.
Start. A squall upset the boat, and before assistance arrived Alderman
FAREBROTHER—I
they were lost. CleMent has suppose you bought that
&Pm hip WM 3 left a wife and five children to 'in the way of ,