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the leg of the bench. He also found a numbkof a S
shots under the dress on the floor, and they corre-
spond:d with those in the cart.
This being the whole of the evidence, Mr. Day-
man told the prisoner he should remand him for a
week.

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PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

upon him, knocked him down, and kicked
,him so
viciously that he was still suffering acutely from
their roughlattentions while giving his evidence.
The men then dispersed and ran, but Mr. Croney
was soon up and after them again, and continued
the chase for 60 yards further, when he saw the
prisoner caught and pulled up both by a constable
and a private person together, and he then made
the best of his way back to his house, completely
knocked up and drenched to the skin. On search-
ing the prisoner a skeleton key was found in his
pocket, which, although it would not turn the
bolt, was a very near fit for the prosecutor's lock.
The prisoner said it was all quite true ; he was
one of the men, and should like the case dealt with
now ; but Mr. Ilammill said. he should certainly
not do so with a case like this, and told him he
must go for trial.

THE NAVY,

His Netherlands Majesty's screw steam squadron,
commanded by Admiral T. Hooft, which left Lisbon
on the 10th inst., under easy sail, has arrived in
the Channel. Four of the ships.—viz., the flag
ship Eversten, 50, Captain May ; the Admiral
Wassenaar, 50, Captain Van Brakell, with two
corvettes, the Citadel Van Antwerpen, Captain 1)c
Gelder, and the Vice-Admiral Koopman, Captain
Moore, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday after-
noon. The frigate Vcsuve parted company on the

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14th, and was hourly expected there.
The Mersey, 40, screw steam frigate, Captain 11.
Caldwell, C. 8., went out of Portsmouth harbour

THAMES.—William Bowie, aged 27, a private
in the 7th Company of the Ist Battalion of the
Scots Fusileer Guards, stationed in the Tower, was
charged with stealing a purse, containing £l3 in
gold and 16s. in silver, from Captain Charles Cot-
tingham, the master of the sloop Collingwood, of
Goole.

yesterday at 9.45 a.m., on the enc,ineers' trial of
her machinery. In leaving the arbour a laden
barge was observed at anchor in the middle, an d
near the entrance, right in the ship's course. The
Mersey was compelled to starboard her helm to
avoid running the barge down, and before the rh i
could recover herself she was close into the beach,
near the Quebec Hotel, the tide having taken her
bow. The engines were instantly stopped, then
turned astern full speed and the port anchor let
go. These measures, promptly carried out, berthed
the ship into deep water, when the chain
was slipped at 50 fathoms and the ship
proceeded out of harbour in safety. As she
was only on her engineers' trial of the machinery,
&c., her speed was not tested at the measured mile
in Stokes' bay, the ship proceeding outside the Nab
Light ; but from the result of observations made on
board her speed was calculated to be fully 13! knots,
and with all her weights on board it is antici-
pated she will realise another knot. The machiney
worked beautifully in every part. Sho came in to
harbour again at one p.m., and will go out on her
trial trip to test her speed at the measured mile in
Stokes' bay on Monday next. The anchor and
chain were recovered last evening by the dockyard
authorities, and replaced on board.
The Algiers, 91, screw steamship, Captain Geo.
Wr. D. O'Callaghan, at Spithcad, will sail for
Portland to-morrow, according to present orders.
The Perseverance screw steam transport, Com-
mander E. It. Power,at Portsmouth, has completed
hor repairs to machinery. She is preparing to
convey detachments to the Cape of Good Hope.
The Urgent screw steam transport, Commander
M'Donald, at Portsmouth, will be out of the hands
of the engineers about the 24th inst.

The prisoner, who had served with great
bravery in the Crimean war, was decorated with
two medals.

The prosecutor stated that he fell in with the
prisoner between twelve and one o'clock in the
middle of the night, while he was knocking at the
Blue Boar, better known as the Blue Pig, public-
house, Rosemary-lane. He told the prisoner he
would get nothing to drink there, and invited him
to accompany him to a coffee-shop and have some
refreshment. The prisoner said he had no money,
to which the witness replied, " Never mind, I have
some," and I gave him some tobacco. They went
to acoffee-shop, and had some coffee and bread and
butter. The prisoner asked him for some more
tobacco. He told him he had none, and said, "
am very tired and sleepy, and will take a nap."
He fell asleep, and awoke in about half an hour,
and missed the prisoner. He put his hand in his
breast pocket and missed a leather purse containing
£l3 in gold and 16s. in silver. He was sure his
purse and money were safe just before he fell
asleep.
The Prisoner—This gentleman says I told him I
had nu money when I met him. I certainly had
money.
Captain Cottingham—You distinctly told me you
you had no money when I first met with you. I
had a sympathy with this soldier, your worship,
when he told me that. I saw that he had fought
for his country and had marks of honour on his
breast, and then I asked him to have a cup of
coffee.

The Vulcan screw steam transport•, was yester-
day moved out of No. 9 dock, at Portsmouth, and
berthed alongside the north quay in the steam basin.
It is reported that the Sutlej, 50, sailing frigate.
lying up Portsmouth harbour, will be brought down
and placed in the same dock for conversion to a
screw.

In answer to questions by the prisoner, the wit-
ness said two Marines came into the same box a
long while after he and the prisoner entered the
coffee-shop and before he went to sleep. The
Marines were also gone when he awoke.
Richard Thorns said he kept a coffee-shop in
Rosemary-lane. He saw the prosecutor and the
prisoner come into his house. The captain was not
much the worse for liquor, but the prisoner was
drunk, and left at 3 o'clock in the morning. He
saw the prosecutor take money out of his pocket to
pay for refreshment, but did not see him with any
purse.
Jonathan Martin, waiter at the Magnet, a night
coffee-house, in High-street, Whitechapel, five
minutes' walk from Rosemary-lane, said the pri-
soner came there a few minutes past 3 o'clock, and
called for beef, bread and butter, and two eggs.
The prisoner paid for what he called with a half-
sovereign, and the change was returned to him.
The prisoner afterwards called for three bottles of
gingerbeer, and tended a sovereign in payment for
them. He told the prisoner he was short of silver
and returned him the gold. The prisoner said he
had plenty of money, and kept his gold, silver, and
copper moneys together, that his friends in Scot-
land, of which country he was a native, sent him
money to buy his discharge front the army, and it
was not accepted, and that whenever he wanted
cash, however large the amount, his friends in
Edinburgh sent him what he required, and he con-
tinued on the spree while it lasted. The prisoner
left the coffee-shop about twenty minutes before 4
o'clock. _ _

v The
Rhadamanthus paddlewheel steamer, Master-
Commander F. R. Sturdee, went into the steam
basin at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday, at high
water, to land machinery for the Neptune and other
ships at that port. She arrived at Spithead, from
Wdolwich, during the previous night, having r
schooner in tow, which had lost her foremast pre-
viously in a gale of wind, off Barfleur. It appears
that the schooner had been in tow of a French
mon-of-war steamer prior to her falling in with the
Rhadamanthus, and that, on the crew of the
schooner refusing to abandon their vessel and go
on 'board the French steamer at the request of the
commander, he cast her off. The Rhadamanthus
afterwards fell in with her and took her in tow,
but in gettinr, the hawser on board the schooner by
some means lost her bowsprit. Her name is the
Emma Eaton, Captain Peek, from Caen, bound for
Guernsey.
Commander the Hon. James A. Drummond, CM.,
Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty and Superintendent
of Woolwich Dockyard, accompanied by Mr. V.
Williams, in command of the receiving ship Fisgard,
yesterday inspected her Majesty's frigate Venus,
lying off the dockyard, in the service of the Marine
Society as a training ship, and selected a number
of volunteer lads for her Majesty's naval ser-
vice. The whole of the youths were mustered
on , the deck of the Venus, and after the question
had been asked and replied to if they were willing
to be enrolled on the Fisgard's register for con-

James Threadfold, a city police-constable, said
—The prisoner was given into my custody this
morning at 7 o'clock, in Great Tower-street, by the
prosecutor. The prisoner, on reaching the station-
house, said he was not in Rosemary-lane at all this
morning, and that he came out of the Tower with
a night's leave of absence at 8 o'clock last night. I
searched the prisoner, and found upon him two
sovereigns, 9s. Gd. in silver, and three cigars. The
prisoner said that he received the money from his
woman. I asked him what woman. The prisoner
said, " My wife." I asked him where she lived, and
he said, " I don't know where she lives."
The prisoner said he was innocent of the rob-
bery, and called
James Lennox, a sergeant belonging to the same
regiment, who said, in answer to the questions of
his comrade—The prisoner had leave of absence
until half-past seven this morning. I have not seen
the 'prisoner with large sums of money in his pos-
session. I am not aware the prisoner had remit-
tances from his friends in Scotland. His military
character is a little irregular.
Mr. Yardley directed the depositions to be taken,
and, upon their completion, asked the prisoner if he
would plead now or prefer being sent for trial.
The Prisoner—l will never plead to that. I am

tinuous duty in any of her Majesty's ships as they
micrlit be appointed to, the requisite number was
selected and ordered to lma received on board the
Fi hard.
_ _ _

fier Majesty's coastguard tender Argus, Com-
mander John S. W. Grandy, yesterday moored in
ordinary at liroolwieh from Sheerness to be sup-
plied with a new bowsprit, and to repair other
slight damages occasioned by a recent collision in
the Channel.

The iron paddlewheel steamvessel Jackall, at
Woolwich, ordered to be fitted out with despatch
for the protection of the Scotch fisheries, has peen
unlocked, and yesterday commenced re-shipping
her boilers and machinery.

The Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General
of !the Navy, made his annual inspection of the
offices and other departments of Woolwich Dock-
yard on Thursday.
The hired transport WenSleydale, at the Royal
Arsenal Pier, Woolwich, the Jane, and the lonia,

in the London Docks, have commenced shipping
guns to replace those lost on board the Czar, for
Malta. The Gibraltar steamer is likewise shipping
war stores for Gibraltar, and the Defendant for
the B ihamas, from Woolwich Arsenal.

quite innocent.
Mr. Yurdley said he was under the necessity of
committing the prisoner for trial.
The Prisoner said the prosecutor gave him £3 in
the coffee.shop icl llosemary-lane, another man who
was present £3, and £3 more to the man who kept
the coffee-shop.
Captain Cottingham was called, and said he gave
no money to the prisoner or any other man.
Thomas was recalled, and said he received no
money whatever from the prosecutor, except what
he paid him for refreshment.
Mr. Yardley, addressing the prisoner, said that
the witnesses had given a distinct denial to what
he asserted, and he must commit him for trial at the
next sessions.

Captain Ellis, Royal Marine Light Infantry, at
Woolwich, was yesterday appointed to the recruit-
ing station at Pontefract, to relieve Captain Louis,
first on the list for sea.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty:—Capt. E. Codd to the James
Watt, vice Captain T. Fisher, whose appointment
has been cancelled; CommanderJ.E. Montgomcrie
to the Arachne, vice Inglefield, invalided ; and
W. S. Fisher, acting assistant surgeon, to the Im-
pregnable.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAMMERSMITH.—John Harris, aged 40 years,
who was described as a collector, in the employ of
Mr. Nicholas Henwood, a dyer, of No. 4, Schole-
field-piace, West Brompton, was charged with
discharging a loaded pistol at his employer.
The prosecutor deposed that about half-past seven
o'clock on Thursday evening the prisoner returned
home with the cart, his duty being to take out
goods, collect orders, and to receive money, and he
first saw him in the pressroom having an altercation
with another man, whom he was threatening. He
noticed that he was intoxicated and very much
excited. Witness called him into the shop and told
him that he was keeping him waiting, and that he
wanted him to render an account of the money he
had received in the course of the day. He made no
answer, but looked at him with a frown. Having
received his account the prisoner said he wished to
speak to him, hut witness refused to hear him that
night. Prisoner repeated his wish to speak to him
privately, and said he would only detain him a
short time. Witness again refused, and told him
to see Mr. Paxman, the, foreman, and make the
communication to him. He then
made Noe fur-
ther observations, and witness said, "w, my
good fellow, not hear you to-night," upon which
he took offence at the word " fellow," and said
" that he was no more a fellow than he was, and
that he was brought up in a boarding school."
Witness explained to him that he did not use the
word "fellow" offensively, and that he hoped his
course of conduct would not make him a felon. He then
walked round the counter, d
an witness gradually
withdrew from him. At that time he was about
six feet from him, and the prisoner said, " I'll let
you know," and simultaneously a pistol was fired.
Witness fell with fright, and he afterwards crawled
to the front part of the shop under the desk. The
prisoner then appeared as if he was approaching
him, and witness called some one to keep him away.
The shopwoinan told him to rise, and he then got
up and ran into the works and raised an alarm.
Witness afterwards saw a dress under the counter
riddled with shot, and also the leg of a bench.
Mr. Dayman inquired how far the bench was
from him when the pistol was fired?
The witness said about six inches. The bench
was at the side of him.
Mr. Dayman also asked the height of the shot
holes in the leg of the bench ?
The witness said about three feet from the
ground.
Mr. Dayman—Mrherc was the pistol when it was
fired ?
Witness—l saw it at his side when it went off.
The prisoner—I had it in my coat pocket, and I
don't know how it went off.
Police-constable Rorekilly, of the V division, said
he took the prisoner into custody, and he volun-
tarily stated that he had put up with a great many
remarks from and had been treated very badly by
Mr. Henwood. He borrowed the pistol the day
before for the purpose of shooting off in his garden