The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-02 00:00:00

THE LEVIATHAN.

The operations, towards launching the Leviathan,
this morning, were confined to making everything
ready for another effort to-morrow at 7 a.m. Ad-
vantage has been taken of this pause to make fresh
arrangements, and, above all, to do away with the
hindrance and loss of time caused by lengthening
the beams by which the force is applied from
the hydraulic machines to the cradles.
A number of fresh piles have been driven to
form a base for the additional rams to act against,
and to-morrow morning eight of these powerful
hydraulic machines will be in operation, being four
more than were used on Monday. An examination
of the vessel has taken place, and everything is re-
ported to be satisfactory, and it is confidently ex-
pected that by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon
this magnificent specimen of naval architecture will
be afloat. In order to prevent any disappointment
to-morrow every precaution that human forsight
can suggest will be taken. The workmen will be
employed during the whole of to-night in order that
the necessary arrangements may be thoroughly
completed. It is stated that the hydraulic rams are
now so perfect that without the use of additional aid
the vessel could be propelled by them into the water.
Mr. Brunel and his assistant are exerting them-
selves to the utmost to accomplish the launch to-
morrow, and we sincerely trust that perfect success
will reward their 'labours.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AT Al AIIOTION-1001f.—Wal. Williams
whose real name is Emile Ponti, an Italian, was placed
at the bar, before Mr. Beadon, charged with, stealing a
leather dressing-ease and fittings, the property of Mr.
E. ByThomas, auctioneer, No. 35, LeioesterLsquare,
Mr. Tholes stated that, on Thursday last; he had
an auction at his rooms in Leicester-square, and just
before the sale commenced he looked over the lots and
saw the dressing-Case, now produced, safe. A. few
minutes afterwards he had occasion to put up the lot
to which the case belonged, when it was nowhere to
be found. He instituted inquiries about it, and yesterday
morning he received information from Mr. Bourne, a
general dealer, in Princes-street, that he had purchased
the duplicate of a dressing-case, answering the descrip-
tion of the one stolen from his room from a man having
the appearance of a foreigner.
David Long, clerk to the prosecutor, identified the
dressing-case as the one stolen, and proved that he had
seen it safe in their rooms on the evening of Thursday
last. He missed it ten minutes afterwards. There were
several persons in the room, but he could not swear the
prisoner was one of them.
Mr. Bourne, 88, Princes-street, proved purchasing
the duplicate of the dressing-case from the prisoner on
Friday last. Last night the prisoner came again to his
shop when, from what he bad heard from the prosecutor,
he gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner had
previously asked him to buy some more duplicates, which
he declined.

The prisoner, who has only just come ont of prison,
was remanded for a week.

THAMES.

CREATING SHOALS IN THE RIVER.—SCANDALOUS
PRACTICE.-Mr. Stuehberry, an attorney from the
office of the City solicitor, attended to prosecute three
bargemen, named Henry Johnson, John Beddy, and
James Crawford, for unlawfully throwing a large quan-
tity of mud into the River Thames, near Charlton, to
the detriment of the navigation.

Mr. Stuchberry said this was a proceeding under the
Thames Conservancy Act, and there was the greatest
difficulty in discovering offences of this nature, because
they were generally committed in the dark, while the
mud barges were drifting up and down the river. The
conservators bad been put to great inconvenience and
much expense by the scandalous and dangerous practice
of which he now complained, and which, if it were
not stopped, would seriously impede the navigation of
the river, and be ruinous to the interests of
the greatest pert in the world, the port of London. The
men were in the employ of a contractor for removing
mud from the West India Dock, and instead of con-
veying the mud to Charlton and wheeling it across
planks on to the shore, they have, to save themselves
trouble, thrown it into the river.
Thomas Hall, a Thames police-constab!e, said that
between five and six o'clock on the preceding evening
he boarded the barge Edmund in Blaskwall-reach, and
took the prisoners into custody. They were all busily
engaged in throwing mud out of the barge with scoops.
They admitted having thrown 19 tons of mud into the
river, and wanted to give him money and settle it with
him.

The prisoners admitted that they had thrown rand
into the river, and said they did it to lighten their barge
which was sinking. _ _ _

The crew of the Thames-police galley, which boarded
the barge, said the barge was not sinking. There was
no water in her.
Mr; Stuchbtrry."—Shoals have been created in the
Thames by this system. There is no knowing the amount
of injury done in the desk.
Mr. Self° said the prisoners had been guilty of a most
wanton and mischievous act, for which they deserved
severe punishment; and he gave notice that if another
case of the kind was brought before him, and was made
out, he should impose a fine of 201. ile inflicted a penalty
•f 51. upon each prisoner ; but at their earnest request,
their promise not to offend again, and on the plea of
poverty, and that they had families to maintain, be
mitigated the penalties to 50a. each, and said it was the
last time he should allow any offenders of this kind to
escape so easily.