The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-15 00:00:00

STEAM VESSELS.

SCREWS.
Guns. Men. H.-p. Commanders.
Sanspareil 7O 620 400 Captain A. C. Key.
Shannon 51 560 600 Captain W. Peel, C.B.
Tribune 3l 340 30) Captain H. Edgell.
Higbflyer
Pearl
Esk
Niger
Cruizer
Hornet

PADDLES.
Encounter 14 181 360 Captain O'Callaghan.
Sampson 6 200 487 Captain Hand.
Furious .., 18 220 400 Captain Osborne, C.B.
Fury
Inflexible
Barracouta 6 160 300 Commander Fortescue.
Volcano
(floating fac-
tory)
Cormandel, 5, tender to the flag ship.
SCREW TROOP AND STORE SHIPS.
Himalaya 6 197 700 Commander Haswell.
Transit
Adventure 2 114 400 Commander Lacy.
Assistance
Hesper

SCREW GUN VESSELS.
Nimrod 6 110 180 Commander R. Dew.
Surprise 4 91 2.0 Commander Cresswell.
Cormorant 4 91 200 Commander Saumarez.
Leven 1 40 80 Lieutenant Hudson.
Slaney 1 .40 80 Lieutenant Hoskins.
Algerine 1 40 EO Lieutenant Forbes.
Lee 1 40 80 Lieutenant Graham.
Bustard 2 37 6) Lieutenant Collinson.
Forester 2 37 60 Lieut. A. Innes.
Haughty-- 2 37 CO Lieut. R. V. Hamilton.
Opossum 2 37 60 Lieut. C. A. Campbell.
Plover 2 37 60 Lieut•. K. Stewart.
Staunch 2 37 CO Lieut. L. Wildman.
Starling 2 37 60 Lieut. A. G- Villiers.
Firm
Banterer 1 37 60 Lieut. B. Pim.
Clown 1 37 40 Lieut. W. F. Lee.
Kestrel
Drake 1 37 40 Lieut. Arthur.
Janus 1 37 40 Lieut. W. H. Jones.
Watchful
Woodcock
In addition to the above, the screw steamers Sir
C. Forbes and Hong-Kong are hired for naval ser-
vice ; and the paddle steamer Auckland, 6, be-
longing to the Indian navy, is on the China sta-
tion.

Highflyer, 21, screw, as we stated yesterday, ar-
rived at Hong-Kong on the 13th May, with the 4
gun boats Opossum, Plover, Forester, and Haughty,
in convoy—the two with which she left England,
and two cast off by the Cruiser, and fallen in with
at the Cape. The log shows the voyage to have
been accomplished as under :—lndependent steAm-
ing (Highflyer and gun boats), 482 miles ; sailing,
5,007 ; towing under steam, 2,341; under sail,
11,635—t0ta1, 19,175 miles.
Tribune arrived at Hong-Kong on the 14th May,
from the Pacific.
Amethyst arrived on the 23d May at Hong-
Kong, from Singapore.

Her Majesty, as we have already stated,son leav
ing Buckingham Palace to-morrow,goes to Alder-
shot, accompanied by the Prince onsort, and will
pass that and the following night at the Royal Pa-
vilion at the camp. There will be a grand review
of the whole of the troops there on Friday. On
Saturday it is understood that there will be an in-
spection before the Queen departs for Osborne.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, accompanied
by Lietit Cowal, Royal Engineers, went down to
Woolwich yesterday morning, where he passed up-
wards of three hours in the inspection of the Arsenal,
visiting in succession the foundry, the machine-
making department, Royal carriage square, store-
houses, &c., and repaired thence to the Royal re-
pository, visiting the rotunda; and was shown the
different exercises used in the Royal 'Artillery ser-
vice, such as pontooning, rafting, and the use of the
various machines for transporting guns and car-
riages. The young Prince afterwards visited the
Royal Military Academy; and was shown over the
establishment, in the absence .of Colonel Wilford,
the governor, by Quartermaster Elliott. His Royal
Highness was taken through the Cadets' workshops,
museum, dining-hall, reading-room, studies, bar-
rack-rooms, gymnasium, racket-court, &c. He was
for a considerable time engaged in exaining draw-
ings, in water colours and peucilings, by the pupils
of the institution, and expressed himself extremely
gratified with his visit. Before leaving the enclo-
sure he had the opportunity of witnessing a couple
of rounds of mortar praCtice over the usual range
ot 700 yards. The firing was marked with peculiar
precision, the shells falling thickly around the flag-
staff. The Prince left Woolwich at half-past four, 1
returning to London over Blackheath. •
Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for
the following officers and non-commissioned officers
and men to embark at Gravesend, in vessels taken
up by the Hon. East India Company, for the pur-
pose of joining the headquarers of their respective
regiments in India, viz. :-201 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 27th (Enniskidens), 52d
(Light Infantry), and 61st Regiments, to embark on
the 18th July on board the Castle Eden, in charge
of Ensign A. Clay, 27th 1-• egiment ; Ensign W.
Owen, and Ensign S. L. Pidsley, 52d Regiment ;
and aptain R. C. Dudgeon, 61st Regiment. The
Roman Emperor will take out 235 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the 27th (Enniskillens),
61st and 87th (Royal Irish Fusileers) Regiments,
who are ordered to embark on the 18th of July,
in charge of Major W. F. Ring, 87th Regiment ;
Lieutenant F. E. Gordon, 61st Regiment ; En-
sign A. Dickson, 27th Regiment ; and Ensign F.
F. Devereux, 87th Regiment. The Albuera will
embark 40 non-commissioned officers and privates
of the 27th Regiment and 212 Of the 81st Regi-
ment, w.th the following officers :—Captain W.
Croker, Lieutenant A. Cottee, and Ensign L. W.
Desborough, 27th Enniskillens ; Ensign W. H. M.
Jackson and Ensign S. W. Bell, 81st Regiment,
the whole of whom are appointed to leave Graves-
end on Saturday next. On the 21st of July 81
non-commissioned officers and men of the 24th
Regiment, and 320 of the 70th Regiment, will
embark on board the Bombay for Kurrachee with
the following officers :—Colonel A.G. Blacliford,
Captain W. Winniett, Lieutenant W. B. Logan,
and Ensign J. Johnstone, 24th Regiment ; Lieu-
tenant W. T. McGriger and Lieutenant J. W.
Madden, 70th Regiment.
The first portion of the 7th Royal Fusileers em-
barked for India yesterday morning on board the
Sir George Seymour, 850 tons, Captain Naylor, at
Portsmouth. Dockyard. The troops marched to
the jetty
from their quarters in first-rate order, and
went on board under the superintendence of Major-
General Breton, Admiral Sir George Seymour,
Assistant-Quartermaster-General Wright, Brigade-
Major Nelson, &c. They are a fine body of men,
seemed in good spirits at again going on active
service. The draught consisted ot 10 sergeants,
213 rank and file, with 16 women and 18 children.
The following' are the officers :—Lienteuant-eolo-
nel R. Y. Shipley, Brevet-Major F. E. Apple-
yard, Captain T. W. Marten, Lieutenants H. W.
C. Thurston, C. S. Courtenay, H. E. W. Rum-
bold, M. Watson, and T. J. Foster ; Assistant-
Surgeon T. E. Hale. The ship was towed to
Spithead yesterday afternoon, and will sail this
morning for Kurrachee. _ _

The Surrey freight ship, arrived at Spithead on
Mon lay evening from the Thames, and went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday to be surveyed,
prior to the embarkation of the second portion of
the 88th Connaught Rangers for India thrs day.
They will sail to-morrow for Calcutta.
The mayor and corporation and the borough ma-
gic rates of Portsmouth hive voted addresses to
Major-General Breton, Lieut.-Governor of that
garrison, &c., thauk;ng him for Lii uniform cour-
t•sy and attention in communicating with the civil
power, regretting his depwture, and congratulatinc,
him on his succeding to the more lucrative appoint-
ment of Major-General on the Staff of the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Mauritius ; to which the
General has addressed suitable replies.
The Norman Morrison, freight ship, having dis-
embarked the remainder of the 36-th Regiment,
whom she brought from Jamaica,,iealuddfr(olm ischargedher transport fittings and stores, sailed
Ports-
mouth on Monday evening for the Thames.
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning smeke was oh-
fF,,rved if.auiag from the hold of the convict hulk

Defence, moored off Woolwich Arsenal, which on
a closer examination was discovered to originate in
the fore part of the ship, where al-lout 200 or 300
tons of coals were housed fur the use of the esta-
blishment. Every part of the huge vessel was soon
filled with smoke, and the whole of the inmates
were hastily removed tothe invalid hulk lying along-
side, called the Unite. Ei her from wait of ven-
tilation or some other cause the entire body of fuel
had become ignited, it is supposed, from sponta-
neous combustion caused by the confinement of the
gas. The united fire brigades, maint4ined at the
Royal Arsenal and Dockyar I, under the direction
of Inspectors Thompson and Budd, were promptly
in att..ndance, and powerful efforts were made to
extinguish the fire. It was not, however, extin-
guished for some hours. There is a probability of
the fire having been occasioned by a spark from a.
pipe of one of the convicts while picking oakum,
although the regulations of the establishment
strictly forbid the use of tobacco, which regulation,
however, it is said, is relaxed in the case of artain
invalids.

THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE.

It is hardly premature to state as a general im-

pre,sion that- the case for the Crown wit; materially
strengthened on Monday by the production at the
police-office as a witness of Joseph Spollen, an in-
telligent boy of 14 years of age, the second. son of
the prisoner. His direct examination elicited i•eve-

raliMportant disclosures, which, if not disproved
hereafter, wonld go far towards 'completing the
link of circumstantial evidence already in proof
against the accused, and in his cross-examinat ion by
the prisonet's counsel his testimony was but little
shaken—at least, as regarded the more striking por- '
tions of his evidence. He was examined by Mr.
Fitzgibbon, the Queen's counsel, who upon this
occasion led for the Crown. The witness, after
stating that he remembered the night when Mr.
Little lost his life, said—l was at the window of
the room in which I took my tea, when I first saw
my father that evening. I was standing at the win-
dow looking out. I saw him through the window
—he was on the roof of the old forge. That was i
the first time I saw him after he went out from
dinner. Lucy was at the window with me when I
saw my father on the roof of the forge. There was
no one with my father. Ido not know where any
mother was at that time. She was not in the room
in which I was. James was in the room. I don't
remember how long she was..out of the room. I
remember her going out of the room into the ball.

I saw her agaiii ; fdid not see Ler going out of
hall. I did not see mymother anywhere at the time
I saw my father on the roof of the old forge. It
was about 8 o'clock when I saw him there. It was
a moonlight night. He looked like as if he was put-
tng atones down into the chimney belonging to
the oi.d forge. There are four or five chimneys
there. The chimney he was at is not the nearest to
our own house, looking out of the window. It is
the second nearest. He was as if he had a ladder
or a plauk across from the roof of the forge to the
set off on the chimney. He was standing on ei-
ther a ladder or a plank. His head was higher
t'ian the top of the chimney. I did not see
him getting down. He was like as if he was
putting stones down the chimney. I did not see
my father any more that evening. I saw my mother
again that evening in the room. I think I went
tq bed after that. Ido not know what became of
Lucy. I went to bed in the room next to where
got tea. I have no recollection whether Lucy
went into that room or not. I did not see any'

thing more of my father and mother that night.
We generally sleep in the same room. James,
George, and Lucy sleep in the same room. I ofiee
saw the razors my father used to shave with. The
handles were white. I should know them. (Three
razors, two of them in a flat, red-coloured ease,
were shown to the witness.)
Witness identifiedtwo of the razors as his father'O.
(One of the two razors identified by the witness
as belonging to his father is the razorlast found in
the canal, and on which the name " Spollen ie
written. The razor found in November was not ooe
of the three shown. The other two shown have net 4
ben produced before.)
(A piece of calico found with the money cow
cealed was here produced.)
Where did you see the cloth before Saturday `1""
Out in the house where he kept the sticks.
When ?—About a week before Mr. Little's cleat"'

My sister used to make a duster of it. It was 11? t
at that time in the same state as it is now.
again produced.) That hole was not in it. It vire:
nearly in the shape of a sun bonnet. My fatherhad a putty knife and a hacking hammer for takivb
out glass. He had a large hammer in the housei
I often saw it. I should know it. I did not sec I
since Mr. Little's death. The razor and the pie
of cloth were shown to me on Saturday by ov:
Kemmis and Mr. Rae. They also showed me thre't
hammers. One of them was the hammer I saw" 8i
our own house before Mr. Little's death. One: 0
them was thelammer I said a while ago I.did net
see since Mr. Little's death. (Three hammers pr °".
duced to witness, including the one found in th
canal ; identifies a hammer—not that found it'll'
canal.) I did not see that (that identified) since ,00.1:;
Little's death. Before that I saw it in the worksh(4
where the sticks were. It was clean then. Tbc't
was no putty on it as there is now. My fatb.et
used to have the hacking hammer over in the pal
')4
shop near the locomotives. I remember the day
the people were making a rout about Mr. Litate
death. I remember the police being about 0
place searching. I think they came to'our house;
I heard of Mr. Little's death on a Friday night•
saw my father at the chimney on Thursday nig
I heard of Little's death the evening after, about
o
o'clock. He said if I was 'asked by any of tiVat
anything to say I did not know. This was t-
it was found wilful murder. at
After this witness had. been .-
cross-examin
great length,
James Spollen, a lad about 18 or 19 years 0110'
was examined, but, upon the whole, his evidoo;
which seemed to be given with great reluctaucl;
was not very material for the prosecution. .At 1
close,
Mr. Curran, for the prisoner, submitted 690
notwithstanding the mass of evidence that had beej
adduced, a cue had not been made out for a ley"
tribunal.
After a few remarks from Mr. Fitzgibbon;
reply, the prisoner was again remanded.