The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-26 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

John Moran, an athletic Irishman, was placed at
the bar for examination on the following charge of as-
sault :
The prisoner was remanded from this office on Wed-
nesday last, inconsequence of the complainant being
in such a dangerous state that his life was despaired
of. The object of his fury, a lad ten years of age,
named John Bailey, was on Saturday carried to the
office to give evidence. He deposed that on Tuesday
evening last, while playing in Broad-street, Blooms-
bury, he, by accident, splashed some water over one
of the defendant's children, and he went home crying.
In a few minutes afterwards Moran took him by his
cars and carried him across the street into a passage,
where he knocked him down and kicked him until he
was insensible. When he recovered he found himself
in Middlesex hospital, and head since been under
the care of the surgeons of that institution.
Mr. LAlNG—Where were you injured most? Wit-
ness--In my chest. Three of my ribs were broken.
Mr. LAING—Do you find yourself better now?
Witness—Yes, I am a little better.
Mr. LAING asked if the poor lad was out of danger?
Policeman Walker, who apprehended the prisoner,
replied in the affirmative.
An old woman named Hayes corroborated com-
plainant's statement.
Mr. LAING--You are a great ruffian, and we are
sorry we cannot inflict a heavier punishment than the
one to which we are about to sentence you. Can you
pay a fine of 5/. ? Prisoner—l have no money.
Mr. LAING—TheII I shall commit you to the House
of Correction for the space of two calendar months.
The cowardly ruffian was committed accordingly.
TOWN-HALL.
A SAVAGE AND UNNATURAL PARENT.—Nathan
Henry Weston, an Irishman of gigantic stature, was

charged with the following brutal assault upon his
daughter, a child of eleven years of age :
Alice Weston, the prisoner's daughter, stated that
her father was a navigator, and on Friday she went to
see one of her aunts in the Kent-road ; and on her re-
turn home, in Vinegar-yard, Bermondsey-street, her
father used the most horrible expressions towards her,
and then tied her to the bed-post. After which he
took the leathern belt from his waist, having at the
end of it a large brass buckle, and with this he beat
her with all his might on the bare back, the prongs of
the buckle [occasionally entering and lacerating her
flesh. He continued beating her until she nearly
fainted from pain. The complainant's aunt then showed
the poor child's back to the Alderman, who, as well
as all persons in the office, shuddered at beholding
it. The aunt said the prisoner was, in every sense
of the word, a savage. He had been bound over in
Ireland, in the sum of one hundred pounds, to keep
the peace, but he afterwards broke it, and was obliged
to leave that country. He had behaved as barbarously
to his wife as he had to his daughter, and to prevent a
repetition of such cruelties the wife left him about four
years ago, and had gone to America ; since then he
had been living with a woman, who found fault with
everything the child did ; and upon each occasion she
had a severe beating.
Sir J. KM—Prisoner, you have committed a most
wicked and cruel assault upon your own child. You
are unfit to have the management of her. I shall
therefore order you to find bail for your appearance at
the sessions, and to give forty-eight hours' notice to
Kinsey, the officer, so that he may make inquiries as
to their stability.
The prisoner was then taken to gaol, and Kinsey
took the child to the parish officers.

COURTMARTIAL ON CAPTAIN HUGH
PIGOTT, R.N.-(NINTH DAY.)

During the ninth day's proceedings of the court-
martial on Captain Pigott, the following desultory
conversation took place, after some observations be-
tween the Court and the prosecutor.
Sir J. GORDON—It is quite wrong for the Court to
condescend to talk to the prosecutor in this manner.
Sir R. KlNG—This interruption is only to prolong
the matter.

Sir J. GORDON—The man Phillips, whose evidence
is alluded to, did not himself require it. The only
motive of Mr. Walker is merely to hinder the Court.
I have not met with such conduct since I have held a
commission. _

Lieut. v Walker—l protest most solemnly against
my mouth being stopped. I protest against the Court
imputing any motives to me ; they can only be known
to myself, and I desire this protest to be noted in the
minutes. My dearest interests are at stake—my pro-
spects in life have been ruined through Captain Pigott's
proceedings, and I am driven to the measures which I
am now compelled to adopt. I must and I will have
fair play. Lieut. Walker then submitted that the
examination upon his dress whilst in the Alban was
irregular, and the Court was ordered to be cleared.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—0 n Sunday the Raleigh,
16, Commander Hawkins, arrived from Gibraltar
(having been nearly four years in commission), whence
she sailed on the 4th instant, leaving on the station
the Jasseur, 16, Commander Hackett. The garrison
was healthy. The 53d Regiment had been removed
to Malta, in the room of the 73d Regiment, removed
thence to Corfu, where the 51st Regiment had em-
barked and sailed for Cork. The Raleigh has sailed
for Chatham, to be paid off.
This evening the Gazelle schooner, Gabriel Whyte,
Master, from Vostizza, in the Morea, arrived here,
laden with currants, bound to London ; and the barque
Brankenmoor, C. Honey, Master, from Jamaica, with
coffee, sugar, and logwood, for London, put in with
foul winds.

On Tuesday the Tyne, 28, Captain Lord Viscount
Ingestre, sailed for the Mediterranean, taking dis-
patches for Sir J. Rowley. She was previously
visited by his Lordship's father ( Earl Talbot), who
was received with the usual honorary salute of a peer
of the realm.
The President, 52, Captain M'Kerlie, will go out
of harbour on Monday, and sail at the latter end of the
week, with Sir C. and Lady Campbell and suite, for
Halifax, to relieve the Vernon. The Phomix steamer,
Commander Oliver, arrived this morning from the
river, with 50 seamen for the President. That vessel
afterwards proceeded to Plymouth with the Marines
paid off from the Ariadne this morning, and to bring
thence the Marines of this division, paid off at that
port, from the Pallas, Talbot, and Wolf.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Sir H. Senhouse,
K. C. H., was paid off yesterday. She will be taken
into dock on Tuesday, for an expeditious re-equip-
ment. About 150 seamen have entered their names
as being desirous of serving in that ship again, when
re-commissioned. The Princess Charlotte, 110, was
taken into the basin yesterday to fit her for active
service.

The Revenge, 76, Captain W. Elliot, C. 8., will
take Lady Howard de Walden to Lisbon.
At Spithead—William Metcalf convict ship.
In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Excellent,
Revenge, President, North Star, Orestes, Pantaloon,
Childers, Speedy cutter.
We are informed that the West African squadron is
to be reinforced by several steam-vessels, it being
proved by the Pluto's success that they are best
adapted to the pursuit of the vessels employed in slave
trading.
His Majesty's yacht Royal George, Capt. Lord A.
Fitzclarence, went out of dock yesterday. She is to
be fitted here, under the direction of the Lord Cham-
berlain, with new carpets and floor-cloths ; the after
cabin is to be lined with new chintz, and all the brass
fittings are to be fresh lacquered. She is to be at
Woolwich on the 20th June. Lord Yarborough will
accompany her Majesty, in his Falcon yacht, across
the North Sea, accompanied by the most distinguished
of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
APPOINTMENTS.—Capt. E. Sparshott, K. H., to the
Winchester, the flag-ship of Sir T. B. Capel : Capt.
R. Wauchope to the Thalia, the flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral P. Campbell ; Commander R. Ramsay (who
was promoted to his present rank for his gallant con-
duct whilst in command of the Black Joke in the
capture of the Manenhitto), to command the Dee ;
Lieut. W. Symons, to command the Spitfire steam-
frigate ; Lieut. Waugh is re-appointed to the Con-
fiance • Lieut. J. Campbell (a) to the Coast Guard;
Mr. J. Brown, Master, Wolf ; Rev. J. Mallett,
Chaplain, Castor ; Mr. J. Kent, Surgeon, and Mr.
D. Wilkes, Assistant Surgeon, Childers ; Mr. Gib-
son, Clerk of the St. Vincent, to be additional Clerk
of the North Star, and Mr. V. A. Haile to be Captain's
Clerk of the same ship ; Mr. Sambell, Schoolmaster,
Portland.
Royal Marines—Lieut. David Galloway to be
Captain, vice Morris, deceased.
All the young gentlemen to be entered in the navy
as " Clerks' Assistant" are to be appointed by the
Captains commanding ships • but the appointment
must be sanctioned by the Admiralty, as in the case of
first-class volunteers.
Mr. W. Canaway, inspector, to be foreman of the
caulkers in this Dockyard, at a salary of 1601.
We understand that sixty-one Captains of the Royal
Marine Corps have sent in a claim for retirement,
under the recent order ; from which number fifteen
only will be selected.
Our gallant and respected Port-Admiral, Sir T.
Williams, who has been on leave, from indisposition,
will resume his command early in the ensuing month,
perfectly restored to health.
We state from authority that the visit of the Board
of Admiralty last week to this port was not for the
purpose then stated, but was connected with a report
(most unfounded), that had gone abroad, of a deft.
ciency of stores in this Dockyard; whereas there has
not for some years been so large a quantity of every
species as at present. The change of the men from
the Bellerophon to the Ganges was an arrangement of
-Sir F. Maitland's (the Admiral Superintendent of the
Dockyard), and had nothing to do with their Lord-
ships' visit.
We understand the several claimants in this vicinity
on the funds of the Royal Naval Annuitant Society
will receive their annuities of 11/. each (being the sum
decided on at the late general meeting of the Society),
at the Society's office in St. George's-square, on
Tuesday next.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 22.—We have had no arrival, the
wind being fresh from the E. S. E. The Indemnity,
Woodall, from Demerara, in 36 days, and the Samson,
Chadwick, from New York, in 20 days, were off the
port yesterday ' • the James Lawrie, Lees, came in on
Saturday from Sierra Leone, in 30 days, short of pro-
visions ; the Portland, 50, Captain D. Price, is fitting
for the Mediterranean station ; the Talbot, 28, will
be recommissioned ; the Castor and Wolf are both
well spoken of by their respective Commanders, as
combining the principal essentials of good ships of
war. Sailed, the Mary transport, with the depot of
the 22d Regiment (stationed four years in this garri-
son) for Hull, and to bring thence the depot of the 53d
Regiment.
In Hamoaze.— San Josef, Portland, Castor,
Columbia, African steamer, and Goodwill.
The Royal Western Yacht Club and the Royal
Western Yacht Club of Ireland have united. The
yachts of the latter are in fine order. They have had
an accession of sixty members since last session. By
permission they are to wear the white ensign. The
Regatta of the R. W. Y. Club, Plymouth division,
will take place in the last month of July, when the
Nile, 92, and Pique, 36, it is expected, will be
launched. The Irish Regattas, as at present arranged :
—Kinsaleplace
on the
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asf welljuly ; Cork
as the
will
takeßegatta,
Sth July ; Dublin Bay Regatta, 15th y , Jul • Shannon
Bay Regatta (R. W. Y. C.), 29th July ; Galway Bay
Regatta (R. W. Y. C.), 15th August.
Hhaorrbseou races, a ces,
COWES' MAY 24.—The Falcon has got up her new
stem, and the workmen are getting on rapidly with
her alterations, which will add much to the beauty of
this fine ship. Lord Yarborough has left Appuldur-
combe. The Ariel schooner, Mr. Blaydes, is about
sailing for Malta.
John Bates, Esq., is elected Secretary of the Royal
Yacht Squadron, in the room of Richard Stephens,
Esq., appointed Collector of the Customs at St. Ives.
WOOLWICH, MAY 23.—His Majesty will attend
Chapel at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, on Sunday,
the Ist of June, being the anniversary of Lord Howe's
action ; and the first week in July his Majesty will
spend three days at Woolwich, to attend the em-
barkation of her Majesty, and inspect the artillery,
marines, and dockyard. A house on the Common
has been taken for his Majesty. Sir James Graham,
with the other Lords of the Admiralty, inspected this
yard on Monday last, and went on board the Phoenix
steamer. The Messenger steamer leaves here to-
morrow for Plymouth and Milford. Sailed the Phoenix
steamer, Commander Oliver, for Sheerness, Ports-
mouth, and Plymouth. She will bring round the
Renown, 74, from the latter port to Deptford, to be
broken up. Lieut. Waugh re-commissioned the Con-
fiance steamer on Tuesday last. Lieut. Symons (late
of the Meteor) will commission the Spitfire steamer,
fitting at this port. Ships remaining—William and
Mary, and the steamers Salamander, Medea, Fire-
brand, Confiance, Lighting, Spitfire, Meteor, Comet.

COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS.--The
June number of this cheap New Monthly Library of
Entertainment, we understand, will contain Mr. Grat-
tan's new series of " Highways and By-ways," com-
prising his celebrated stories of the " Cagot's Hut,"
and " the Conscript's Bride." The latter story, it
will be recollected, embraces the period just preceding
Bonaparte's Russian expedition;_ and the " Cart's
Hut," a story full of contrasts of the most singular
kind, belongs to the time during which the corfiee7i
sanitaire extended across the Spanish frontibef;.Sous
every day was producing some new trait of chivalrous
enterprise, or of religious enthusiasm•
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