The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Sydenham steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander D.
Mapleton, arrived at Gibraltar, from Devonport and Tangier
on the 9th inst., and immediately sailed from that port tc
Barcelona with dispatches for the Ambassador, and was to
proceed thence to Malta, with instructions to Vice-Admiral
Sir E. Owen, the Commander-in-Chief. As we anticipated
a fortnight since, Sir E. Owen, in the Formidable, 84, with
the Aigle, 26. Captain Lord Paget, were on their passage
from Malta, and the Sydenham met the Admiral at Barce-
lona. By this time he will have arrived at Gibraltar, and
the Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8., and the Cale-
donia, 120, Captain A. Milne, will not be far distant. The
Fox, 42, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, will also be there in
a few days, so that we shall have three of the finest line-of-
battle ships, two heavy frigates, a 26-gun frigate, and a
few steamers, fully manned and equipped, and able, as Sir
G. Cockburn stated, to take their part, whether they meet
friend or foe.

The Warspite, 50, Captain Wallis, was at Gibraltar on the
14th inst., and the Jemappes, 100, Belle Poule, 60, frigate;
and Pluton, GassQndi, Rubis, and another steam-frigate, be-
longing to the French, were also lying there, and it was the
general impression that the Prince de Joinville would keep
his squadron on that side of the straits. The Dutch squadron
Rhin, 50, Jason, 44, and Snelheid, 14, brig, were also there,
and a Sardinian, 22, corvette, named the Eagle.
The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Butler,
has left Woolwich for Cork.

The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Pretty-
man, has been floated out of the basin at Woolwich.
The Black Eagle steam-yacht came to Woolwich yester•
day, with her Majesty the Queen Dowager, from Antwerp,
and'remain3 at that port.

PROMOTIONS.

Commander Robert Wood, from the retired list of 1830, to
the retired list of 1816.

Lieutenants—Richard Elliot Twigg, William Milne (b),
Alfred Dale, William Smith (c), James Wallace (b), James
Fitzmaurice, of 1807, to the rank of Commander on the re-
tired list of 1830.

Mate—Charles A. Isaakson (1836), of the Formidable, to
the rank of Lieutenant.

APPOINTMENT.
Lieutenant Robert Hopkins (1842), to the Formidable.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

A young man, named Walter Henry Austin, was
brought before Sir John Key, in the custody of John
Forrester, the officer, charged with having embezzled the
difference between 851. 13s. 10d. and 71. lls. 9d., the pro-
perty of Mr. Robinson, merchant and Custom-house
agent.
Mr. Walford, the solicitor, to the Customs, attended,
with Mr. Adolphus, for the Board of Customs ; and Mr.
Chambers appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Chambers requested to be informed whether Mr.
Robinson was the prosecutor, or whether the proceeding
emanated from the Customs ?

Mr. Robinson said that he attended at the request o:
the solicitor to the Customs.

Mr. Robinson then stated that he carried on business
at No. 12, Water-lane, in partnership with his sons. In
the month of July, 1842, he received a letter of advice of
the shipment of certain silks by the Batavier, from Rot-
terdam. The prisoner was at that time clerk in the
establishment, and it was his business to make an entry
and clear the goods. Witness had, in the prisoner's
handwriting, a copy of the entry made of the silks, by
which it appeared that 851. 13s. 10d. was necessary to be
paid at the:Customs for duty on a case:marked V. 13., 695.
The cheque produced was in the handwriting of the
prisoner, and was signed by a partner in the firm, and
had been paid by the bankers.
The witness, upon his cross-examination, stated that
he acted in the case as a Custorn•house agent for
Vanbrook and Sons, and that he was asked by the
solicitor to the Customs to attend, in consequence of
an examination of his books by the Custom-house
authorities.

Thomas Greenslade Whitmore, a clerk in the Custom-
house, stated that the bill of sight produced stated that
certain goods were entered, of which he (the prisoner)
had no invoice, and upon that bill he got sight of the
goods after the usual declaration, had been administered
to him.

Mr. William Widimot stat<•d that in July, 1842, he
was receiving the ground receipts at the Custom-house.
The perfect entry paper now produced contained an
entry of 71. Us. 9d. upon which the prisoner obtained
the goods, and the 71. 11s. 9d. was paid to witness's
account.

Mr. Henry Robinson stated that he was partner with
his father. He signed the cheque produced. The body
of the cheque was fil ed up in the prisoner's hand-
writing. Witness could not s‘A ear that he delivered the
cheque to the prisoner.
Mr. Chambers remonstrated against the proposition
to commit the prisoner, who had, he declared, as ap-
peared from the documents of the Custom-house, paid
duties on the day specified amounting to every shilling
of the sum he was charged with having embezzled. The
Learned Counsel then, upon finding that the Magistrate
was determined to send the case to a jury, applied to be
permitted to put in bail for his client.
Sir JOHN KEY stated that he did not consider himself
justified in taking bail in such a case, and the prisoner
was fully committed for trial.