The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-26 00:00:00

YORK, SErT. 24.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol-
low: —Great Northern, 111/2—York, Newcastle, and
Be.-
wick (Newcastle Extension), 11—North British, 6V2.

SUBURBAN VILLAGES.—A correspondent of the
.Builder says—Being a working man, and moving amongst
that class continually, I hear a great deal about the desira-
bility cf early trains on same of the lines of railway, that for
a small sum would set a man down in London a few minutes
before six in the morning, and in like manner remove him
from this Babylon in the evening. I feel assure t that were
this the case, suburban villages would grow up of themselves;
and a great deal of the hard•earned money of our artizans,
instead of finding its way into the doctor's pocket, would, it
not "saved," at any rate serve a more satisfactory purpose in
providing for increased appetites, and rearing a more healthy
population. The speculation (as far as the railway is con-
cet ned) would probably not succeed at once, as it would take
s ,me little time far a sufficient number of mechanics to
" move," to ensure full trains but depend upon it an arrange-
ment of this kind would stun be taken advantage of. Pro-
bably a better "spec." would be for a few of our capitalists
to secure a piece of landten or a dozen miles out, and build,
says 800 or 1,000 houses, and lay down a single line of rails
far the use of the new town only, with trains every hour
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f rein five in tine morning to ten at night. The sum paid for
agenceo ni
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livdar; iNlv‘ov ajd;
frrni a rare opportunity fir what is now so much 'reeled—
. perleet sanitary arrangements, water supply, B,:c.
',lento (California) Transcript notices a discovery
s ,a 1
scu,su
crystal,
inches
siancclereiaar -r
()NE OF ALADDIN'S
Auburn dry diggings of a beautiful"vE in the
as and about three inches long and
cuniference, of which the following description is afforded;
- In the centre appear the roost beautiful variety of forms
and shapes ever ',resented to the eye. A cluster of green
inetaliic moss—an enclosed formation litre an arnethyst—
strecks of varigated hues and colours, perf,ally transparent;
and from the centre to the circumference of the crystal innu-
merable shoots jut out of sonic metallic substance, bearing
an exact resemblance to the shining blue steel hair-spring of
a watch.

A WEALTHY SAIUGGLER.—A man who gAve his
/lame as Henry Hughes was charged at the police•otlice yes_
terd;:y by a revenue officer with smuggling two bladders of
whiskey, containing live-( ighths of a gallon. The prisoner
had come over from DuUlin by the Duchess of Kent steamer,
and the whiskey wa3 found concealed on his person. The
man followed the profession of a hawker, and had 56/. in his
pockets when eppreheuded. He was fined 40s. and costs.—
Liverpool CoLirier.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
M ARLBORO UGH-STREET.
William Watt was brought before Mr. Hardwick
on the following charges.
Joseph Kendall, cab proprietor, stated that he had
known the prisoner for same time. Last July twelve-
month the prisoner called upon him, and said he had
just obtained the situation of steward to the Earl of
Stamford, Nc. 33, Hill-street. He also stated that
he had great influence with railway companies, and
would obtain for complainant the privilege of putting
his cabs on at the railway stations. He then said
that he was short of cash and would be glad of a small
loan. Complainant, believing the prisoner to be a
respectable man, and that his statement was true re-
specting his appointment as steward to Lord Stamford,
advanced him some money then, and gave him more
at various times, until the whole amounted to 131.
The piisoner never had been in Lord Stanford's
service.
The case was remanded to Vv'estininster Court, as
the offence had occurred in that district.
The prisoner was further charged with having con-
spire.l, with a woman named Mary Ann Tolfrey, to
defraud William Henry Richardson ef 50/.
The woman Mary Ann Tolfrey has recently been
convicted for obtaining money fraudulently from
various persons under pretence of procuring for them
Government situations through the influence of Lord
Alfred Paget.
The complainant said he had had 501. at command,
and he consulted with the prisoner to know whether
he could put confidence in Mary Ann Tolfrey, and
pay her the 501. on her promise to get him a Govern-
ment appointment. The prisoner gave Mrs. Tolfrey
an excellent character, and represented her to be a
person of great influence among Government people.
Complainant was ultimately induced to part with his
501, every farthing of which he had lost.
Mr. Hann-erica did not think the confederacy be-
tween the prisoner and Mary Ann Tolfrey sufficiently
established, and dismissed the charge.
MAR Y LEBON E.
In our paper of yesterday appeared the particulars
of a charge against Mr. Shivers, jun., of Cheltenham,
for having thrown a glass bottle from a carriage
belonging to an excursion train, by which he was a
passenger, and thereby wounded James Wise, a guard
in the employ of the Great Western Railway Com-
pany, while he was standing close to the platform of
the Farringdon station, on Tuesday last.
Mr. Collard, Superintendent of the company's pot
lice, and other witnesses, were examined, and as no
evidence could be given as to whether the guard was
in danger, the defendant, who admitted having thrown
the bottle out of window, but without the slightest
intention or idea of hurting any one, was bald to bail
in the sum of HU (two sureties in 801. each) for his
re-appearance at the court, Mr. Collard having, at
the suggestion and under the direction of the ma-
gistrate, undertaken to go down immediately to the
station at which the lamentable occurrence took place,
in order to ascertain the precise condition of the man
\Vise, and in respect thereto to obtain a surgeon's
certificate.
To-day the defendant attended, pursuant to the
recognizances entered into for his being forthcoming.
Mr. Charles, Tagart, solicitor, 47, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, was present on his behalf.
In reply to the magistrate, Mr. Collard said that
he had obtained a medical certificate from a surgeon
named Keddle, residing at Bristol, as to the present
condition of Wise. It was handed to the magistrate,
and it set forth that Alfred Wise was 'suffering from
a severe contused wound on the forehead, and that
some weeks would certainly elapse ere a cure would
be effected.
Wise (the wounded man), who had been brought
up by the train under the care of Mr. Collard, was
put into the witness-box. Ile seemed very weak, and
his left temple was strapped up with adhesive plaster.
He made a brief statement, to the effect that he was
struck by a bottle and knocked down, and that when
he came to a state of consciousness he found himself
in one of the rooms at the station ; he was subse-
quently carried to the house of a surgeon in Wan-
tage-road, by whom the wounds which had been in-
flicted upon him were dressed.
Mr. Collard produced sundry pieces of glass which
had been picked up at the spot, and his opinion was,
judging from the pieces in question, that it was a pint
potter bottle which was thrown from the window.
The solicitor addressed the magistrate on the part
of the defendant, and said that as the unfortunate oc-
currence was purely accidental, and that there was
no danger whatever to be apprehended, he trusted
that his Worship would permit the defendant (his
client) to make compensation to the guard for any
injury which he might have sustained.
Mr. BROUGHTON said he could not consent to any-
thing like a compromise as suggested by the solicitor,
inasmuch as the offence was one of a nature in which
the public generally were materially interested. He
had given due and attentive consideration to the case
in all its bearings, and was of opinion that whet had
arisen could not be looked upon as an accident, al-
though he believed at the same time that there was
no into ntion of doing injury to any particular person.
He had, however, the power to commit the defendant
for trial.
The magistrate, after some further remarks, en-
larged the recognizelices until Wednesday next; and
it was understood that in the event of the magistrates
in the part of the country where the offence was
committed holding ad interim their sittings, Mr. Col-
lard should give notice to the bail, in order to ensure
the attendance of the accused.
The defendant and his friends then left the court.
SOUTHWARK.
Cornelius Burrell, a young fellow, was charged
with being a suspected person, and with loitering
about the South-Eastern terminus, for the purpose of
committing felony.
A policeman stated that the prisoner with several
others were in the habit of lurking about the incline
of the railway, and were a source of great annoyance
to the public, particularly on the arrival of trains, and
that many robberies of females bad occurred, who
entrusted their property to those fellows, and in many
instances never saw it again. On the previous night
twas
shanghlina into custody, and locked
him about the place, and he
Itihe e prisonerpolicem taan).
took
him up.
Mr. Coamu tt—For what ? Policeman—For lurk-
ing about there.
Mr. Comaa—Did you see him commit any offence?
Policeman—l did not see him, certainly, commit any
offence, but I knew him to be a suspected character,
anl he is liable to punishment for intruding on the
company's ground.
Mr. Coals—lS it the Open space leading from the
the affirmative. policeman irplied in
bridge Air.
ct
oo
mtlinEe
staeirdi terminus?—v
very doubted whether
the policeman was at all justified in taking the pri-
soner into custody. It was true that a man had no
right to walk in another's field, but then the owner of
it would not be justified in taking the intruder before
a magistrate. lie might proceed against bin fur a
trespass, and all the prisoner was proved to have done
was to walk about the place leading to the railway,
which was open to every, body. If (added the Magis-
trate) you had proved to me that the prisoner had
committed any offence while in the place you men-
tion, 1 should then have no hesiiatioa about the law,
but 1 do not feel that I should be doing my duty if I
punished him in this instance. If the public, as I be-
lieve they are, are liable to robberies by persons of
the prisoner's description, why do not the police keep
a look out, and catch some of them, and then we
should know what to do; but to take this man and
lock him up for merely loitering about in the place
mentioned, I think was rather an overstretch of au-
thority, and I shall not detain him. The prisoner
was then discharged.
WANDS W ORTH.
William Goddard, a carter in the employ of Mr.
Buirbee, contractor, was charged with stealing a cart-
load' of bricks from the wharf of Messrs. Locke and
Nesham, the said bricks being consigned to that firm ;
and Mr. William Robert Coomber, of 2, Battersea-
bridge-road, builder, was charged with receiving a
quantity of bricks, well knowing them to be stolen.
Police-constable Walker, 98 V, was the first wit-
ness sworn, and he stated that, in consequence of in-
formation he received, he was in Battersea square at
about half.past six o'clock on Tuesday morning, and
at this time he perceived one of Mr. Bugbee's carts
laden with bricks going towards Battersea-bridge;
he watched it to the back of Church-street into a
piece of vacant ground, in the rear of the garden of
the Europa public-house. Goddard was driving the
cart, and he then shot out his load. lie followed the
empty cart back to Messrs. Locke and Nesham's
wharf at the water-side, and on inquiry of Mr.
tndall Wood he found lie had no contract at Bat-
tersea, and what bricks went from there were sup-
posed to go to the New Prison. Witness thee went
to the station and give informition of what he had
seen, and substqaently, in company with Sergeant
Daley, went to the spot where the bricks were shot.
He there saw a bricklayer named Leggatt and his
labourer, who was heightening a wall enclosing the
garden f the Europa Tavern, and using the bricks.
The latter was cutting them up as bats. Loggatt
said he had been employed by the prisoner Coomber.
Witness tol Leggett ho must not touch any more of
the bricks, as they were the property of Messrs.
Locke and Nesham. He then remained watching
the bricks until Godiard Wes brought there in cus-
t )dy of Sergeant Daley. The witness afterwards
went in search of the prisoner Coomber, who was not
at home, and he watched for him till half-past ten
o'clock at night, when he returned home. Witness ad-
dressed him, sayttet7, Do you know anything of the
bricks which are at the back of Europa-place ?" and he
said, " Yes, I have purchased a thousand, and was
to pay 265. for them. I have purchased a great
many thousands of him, and have paid 2/. and 51. at
a tiine." Witness asked him who he was, and
Coamber said be was agent at Bugbee's v harf, Wands-
worth. Witness said that party had no right to sell

any hfieks, as they were the property of Locke and
Neshatn, the contractors. Coon-ibex then sad, " I
shall be able to shuw you that some other parties have
purchased of the same men." Witness now told him
he should charge him with receiving the bricks, well
knowing them to have been stolen, and took him into
custody.
Sergeant DAley, 33 V, corroborated the evidence
of the previoua witness.

Several other witnesses were examined in support
of the charge ; the prisoners were ordered to be re-
manded for a week, and it is expected that by (to-
morrow (this day) several other parties will be in
custody upon the same charge.

LORD BROUGHAM'S LATE
PISCATORIAL QUARREL.

Tuesday being the day appointed fur the investi-
gation of Lord Brougham's illegal netting dispute,
together with the counter assault cases, at Penrith, a
great gathering of people was the consequence.
Toe inquiry took piece at
,the Assembly-rooms,
George and Dragon Hotel, and Listed upwards of
eight hours, during the whole of witich time the spa-
cious apartment was crowded almost to suffocation.
As was folly expected, there was a numerous attend•
'ince of magistrates, besides a large number of
country gentlemen. Mr. E. AV. Haswell, CLairman
of the Bench, presided. .
Messrs. W. and D. Blaymore appeared for the
Angling Association of Penrith, and Sir George
Musgrave, Bart., and Mr. Jameson for Lord
,Brougham's party.
There were no fewer than eight fishing and ten
assault cases arising out of the same transaction.
The first case proceeded with was that of John
Robson, blacksmith, who appeared to answer the in-
formation of Thomas Hall, one of Sir George Mus-
grave's gamekeepers, under 7 and 8 George IV., c. 29,
charging him with illegally using a net device,
whereof the mesh was of a less size than one inch, at
least, from knot to knot, or five inches round, and
also did use a net which was double-armoured, in
the river Eamont, in the parish of Edenhall and
Brougham, in the counties of Cumberland and West-
moreland, on Monday, the 16th instant.
Thomas Hall stated, that in accordance with in-
structions received from Sir George Musgrave, he,
along with several other men from Penrith, went to
the river Eamont on Monday, the 16th inst., in order
to prevent all netting upon the side of the river ba•
longing to Sir George. They had information that
an attempt of this kind was to be made by Lord
Brougham. When he and the others were watching,
four or five men, of whom Robson was one, appeared
at the side of the river. Shortly afterwards two car-
riages came up full of ladies and gentlemen. John
Robson and Thomas Armstrong brought the net to
the river side. Robson then changed part of his
clothing and came over from the Westmoreland side
with a rope in his hand, by which he drew the net
after him. Witness walked up to him and told him
he had no business on that (the Cumberland) side.
Robson said he had nothing to do s ith it; witness
might speak to Lord Brougham. Witness again told
him to be off, but he took no notice. Two or three
Penrith men came up then and get hold of the rope.
During the whole of the time he saw no one strike at
Robson, nor he at any one. He was sure that Rob-
son was walking down the liver nearer to the Cum-
berland than the Westmoreland side. It was pea.
sible that fish could have been caught.
This was the case for the plaintiff.
Mr. W. Brougham, who was called for the defen-
dant, stated that on the 16th instant his brother and a
party of friends went down to the river Eamont with
the express purpose of trying the construction hereto-
fore put on the Act entitled the Solway Act. Their
object was to go down and draw the river with a net
of a peculiar description—of a smaller mesh than
usual, called a double-armoured net—to try whether
the act of dragging the iver with such a net was il-
legal or not. Their notion was that they had an un-
doubted right to go down the Cumberland side in
order to fish the Westmoreland side. He could
hardly believe it possible there could have been any
objection to that, because, if persisted in, the river
would be perfectly useless to both parties, as it was
impossible to fish with a net in one part of the river
without going over to the other; a draught 'could not
be made by taking half a river only. He added, that
if theattacking party had waited five minutes the fishing
would have been completed. As it was, however, he
had no hesitation in swearing most solemnly that the
net was never in a position to catch anything.
The CHAIRMAN said that the Bench were unani-
mously of opinion that the charge had been fully
made out, and they adjudged that Robson, the defers.
dant, should pay a penalty of 51, including costs,
otherwise to suffer six weeks' imprisonment in Car-
lisle gaol.—Tne fine was paid.
The case was decided under the general Act.
Thomas Armstrong, of Penrith, labourer, then ap-
peared to answer an information pressed by
Watson, a member of the Eamont and Eden Angling
Association, under the Solway Act.
On the part of the defendant it was contended' that
the Solway Act applied only to fish of the salmon
tribe, while the pursuer maintained that it applied to
all kinds of fish.

The Bench took time to adjudicate.
John Jackson, a member of the Penrith Angling
Association, then appeared to answer a charge of as-
sault with which he was charged by John Robson, of
Eamont bridge, blacksmith, one of Lord Brougham's
netters.

After the examination of the Marquis of Douro,
Mr. W. Brougham, and other witnesses, the Bench
gave it as their opinion that a good deal of violence
had been used; but as there were some cross charges
for assaults, all of which arose out of the fishing, they
would recommend those charges on both sides should
be withdrawn, and they should then refrain from
giving judgment on the case in question.
The assault cases on both sides were then with-
drawn by mutual consent.
A charge was then preferred, under the Wilful
Trespass Act, by old John Robson, his Lordship's
head netter, against George Goodburn, for cutting
the net on the 19,h instant.

After two or three witness had been heard, the case
was dismissed.

The Court rose about nine o'clock, and the most
intense interest prevailed during the whole hearing.

THE POISONINGS AT LAUGHARVE.

A few days ago we gave a brief account of some
suspected poisonings which had taken place at Laug-
harne, Carmarthenshire. The inquest on the body
of the deceased girl, Rebecca Uphill, who, it wi:l be
remembered, was housemaid in the :family of Mr. T.
Severne, of Brixton, near Laugharne, and whose
death it was suspected was occasioned by arsenic
administered to her by the cook in the same family,
Elizabeth Gibbs, was resumed on -Monday, at the
Globe lan, Laugharne, Iyzfure Mr. G. Thomas, coroner
for the lower division of the county ; and on the same
day an inquest was commenced on the body of Mary
Ann Saverne, the lady of Mr. 'l'. Severne, whose
death we before stated occurred, after a brief illness,
on the 21st of July last, and was attended by all the
symptoms which usually follow on the administration
of arsenic.

The inquest on the body of Rebecca Uphill lasted
till nearly midnight, and a great number cf witnesses
were examined. From their state: vents it appeared
that previous to the death of her mistress, Mrs.
Severne, the cook had asserted that some one in
the house would be carried off, for she had seen
" corpse candles." After that Indy's death, and a
short time before Rebecca Uphill died, she said,
Mrs. Severne would not be the only one that would
he carried out of the house, but another would
follow, for she had seen t• corpse candles" again.
She also said to a man with whom she was walk-
ing in the fields, that another would go out of
the servants' room. On Sunday, the Ist inst., the
deceased girl was taken ill after eating food which
the prisoner, Elizabeth Gibbs, had prepared. On the
following Tuesday none of the servants approved of
the dinner which had been got for them, and the cook
undertook to make them sonic broth. Fur this pur-
pose she cut up some chops of mutton into pieces, and
having put them into a saucepan with some water
and other ingredients, she was observed to take the
saucepan out of the kitchen, and put into it some-
thing which was supposed at the time to be meal fur
the purpose of thickening it. She made the broth,
and it was served up to the servants. After they had
partaken of it, they complained that it produced a
burning sensation in the throat, and with the excep-
tion of the deceased they all partook of it sparingly.
The deceased ate about two teacupsfull, and a fellow-
servant about two tablespoonfuls, and the third girl
merely tasted it. In about a quarter of an hour nftrr
the meal all who had partaken of the broth were seized
with sudden illness. The deceased was terribly sick and
purged, and suffered great pain in the throat, stomach,
and bowels ; the second, who had made use ofm a much
smaller quantity, was sick. but not relaxed ; whilst the
third, who had only sipped about a teaspoonful of the
poisoned broth, suffered from burning pains in the
throat. The poor girls were first taken ill between
two and three o'clock in the day, and the deceased
was a corpse between ten and eleven o'clock at night.
Shortly before her death Mr. Hamilton, of Leug-
barns, was called in to see her, but she was evidently
dying, and from her symptoms he col:side:red
it to be a severe attack of cholera. It was
shown that in the course of the afternoon
the cock directed one of the servants to teke
the saucepan with the remains of the broth and throw
it into the hog trough. The girl did so, and on bring-
ing in the saucepan she observed about a table-spoon-
ful of some white substance sticking at the bottom of
it. Upon her noticing it the cook said it was only
meal, took the saucepan from her, went out with it,
and in a little while she returned with the saucepan
quite clean. A sow first partook of the broth which
was thrown into the the hog trough, and soon after-
wards was taken ill and died, evidently in great
agony. Another fat pig was taken with severe ill-

ness, and in all seventeen pigs (most of whom, how-
ever, ate of the remains when diluted by the :Ldmix-
tare of oth&r wash) were seized with illness. It was
also proved in evideice that whilst the deceased gill
NN as lying dead the cook said to a person whom she
took up to see her, ‘• Here's the devil that would have
got me out of my service. I hope she's in heavens for
I'm angry in my heart with her." This expression
is supposed to refer to some complaint w hich the
housemaid made respecting her conduct.
These were the generalfects of the case, as produced
in evidence. Mr. Herapath, analytical chemist, of
Bristol, deposed that on examining the viscera he
found extensive inflammation all over the stomach
and the intestines, but more particularly at the great
curvature of the stomach. Upon subjecting the con-
tents of the stomach and duodenum to gravitation, he
se,-Karate I a small portion (something less than a tenth
of a grain) of white arsenic. He also found arsenic
in the substance of the stomach and the substance of
the liver. From these evidences he was satisfied that
death had been produced from the effects of white
arsenic.

The evidence closed at midnight. The jury re-
turned a verdict "That the deceased died from the
effects of white arsenic, wilfully administered by the
cook, Elizabeth Gibbs," being tantamount to a verdict
of wilful murder against her; and she was accord-
ingly committed to the County Gaol to await her trial.
The second inquest, on the-body of Mrs. Severne,
was commenced during the day. The body was ex-
humed and examined by Mr. Hamilton and Mr.
Hughes, of Carmarthen, who found extensive marks
of inflammation The viscera were handed over to
Mr. Herapath. That gentleman immediately com-
menced an analysis in the church vestry, and suc-
ceeded in discovering the presence of arsenic, and the
inquest was subsequently adjourned to give time for
a more perfect
_analysis, and for the production of
evidence.

The following facts have transpired respecting the
death of Mrs. Severne :—On Sunday, the 21st of
July, Mr. Severne went to church, leaving his lady
at home in her usual health ; on his return he found
her dreadfully ill, suffering from vomiting and purg-
ing, accompanied by violent pain. A surgeon who
was sent for considered that she was suffering from
chdera, but hi little more than four hours after :he
was first attacked she died. It is now recollected
that no one was with her during her illness, and that
she partook of nothing which was not prepared by
the cook, Elizabeth Gibbs. The disclosures thus
made at these inquests have created the utmost
consternation and alarm in the pretty village of
Laugharne.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS.-ADMIRALTY, WEDNESDAY.
Surgeons—Edward Davies, M.D. (1841), to the
Hecate steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; Dr. John Coul-
ter (1834), additional, to the flag-ship at Devonport
for the Bellorophon.
Assistant-Surgeons—E. W. Pritchard (1846), to
the Hecate ; Patrick Stevin (1841), of the Thetis, 38,
to the flag-ship at Devonport for the Bellorophon ;
W. Lawrence, additional, to the Portland, 50, at De-
vonport, flag-ship for the Pacific.
Sir F. Baring, Bart., expected back at the Ad-
miralty to-day from Balmoral, where the Right Hon.
Baronet has been attending a meeting of the Privy
Council. Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., returns to the
Admiraltyltc-day. The Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., has
left the Admiralty for the Continent.
Albatros, 12, Acting-Commander Elliot, will Le
paid off at Chatham on Saturday.
Bonetta, 3, brigantin:-., Commander Forbes, will Le
paid off at Chatham on Monday or Tuesday. She
has arrived there from Portsmouth. It is generally
expected that her commander will be promoted. His
services, it is generally admitted, richly demand this
reward at the hands cf the Board of Admiralty.

GL:diator, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Adam;
captured Ir,lr first prizs on the coast of Africa on the
25th of May. Sre was an American clipper of 200
tons. On the 24:h of June she captured another
slaver of 180 tons, when she was taken possession of
by Mr. Kiddie, the second master; she was named
the Juliana, and proving leaky she was burned at
Quitah. Part of her crew belonged to the vessel
that murdered young Palmer, the midshipman of the
Wasp..

Jackal, steam-tender to the Gladiator, joined the
latter ship off Whyhda, on the 23d of June, when
her commanding officer, Lieut. Lambard, exchanged
with Lieut. Fowell, the former becoming first-lieu-
tenant of the steam frigate.
Portland, 50, Captain Chads, was taken out of No.
5 dock at Devonport, on Monday morning, and placed
on board the sheer hulk, and had her masts and bow-
sprit put in.

Plymouth yacht, having had her bottom coppered,
has been taken out of No. 2 dock.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Tin Fairy royal
yacht, Master-Commander D. N. Welch, went out of
harbour at eleven A.m., to try her machinery, &c.
The officers of the Dutch frigate Prin Von Orange
have bv&n on board and inspected her.
The Fox, 42, Captain Lambert, has proved hericif a
superior sailer, having beaten the Thetis, 36, Captain
Kurz, both in working to windward and running in
a nine-knot breeze ; also the 13.‘netta brigantine, close
hauled. The Thetis was eight miles in advance at
starting, having weighed two hours before the Fox
on Sunday last, but the latter got up with, passed her,
and went into Plymouth Sound at two r m. on Mon-
day, the Thetis eight or nine miles astern of her.
This was a result by no means expected on board
either ship. The Fox has White's bow.
The Pnaeton, 50, has achieved another triumph over
her competitors in the squadron of evolution, as we
learn by letters from Lisbon to the 9th inst. After
a fortnight's cruise under the terms mentioned in
Commodore Martin's memorandum,* which placed
the Arethusa and Leander so much on the vantage
ground, she has beaten them on every point more
than ever. Whether or not she tried harder to suc-
ceed under such circumstances, or whether she sailed
better than usual, our correspondent cannot say, but
the result was unprecedented. The Phaeton is truly
a wonderful ship. We think the squadron has been
tried enough off Lisbon during the past six months.
If it is needful to test them further, we should suggest
a little rough weather work in the channel.
* Copy of a memorandum from Commodore W. F.
Martin, to Captain Symonds, of the Arethusa, and Cap-
tain Dares, of the Leander:—

" Her Majesty's ship Prince Regent,
"Lidbon, 26th August, 1850.
31ELIORANDUN.

"1. Before proceeding to sea you are to note the pre-
cise trim of the ship you command, and report the same
to me at the first convenient opportunity.
"2. All the provisions, except sufficient for four
weeks for the complement, shall be taken out of the
Leander and Arethusa, upon your re.pectively comma-
!heating with me in writing your wish to have them re-
moved, and if there aro any other weights you wish to
get rid of, or to have added, you are to inform me of
your wishes on the subject.
"3. You may trim the ship as you think proper, by
altering the position of the provisions, stores, shot, and
guns, &c.

" 4. You may get the hammocks up or down, shift the
ship's company's bags, fill or start water—in fact, you
aro at liberty to du whatever you thick may be aivan-
tageous to the sailing of the ship, providing it does not
injure the stores er provisions. However, all deviation
which you may make from my orders contained in my
memorandum D., No. 37, dated the 11th of May, 1850,
and D., No. 49, the 20th of June, 1850, you are to report
to me.

" 5. You are also to inform me whether you desire to
availiyourself of the permission contained in this memo-
randum or not, and if you inform me that you do not in
tend to avail yourselves (..f them, you are then to consider
the former orders relating to the experimental sailing,
and already referred to, as still in force.
" W. F. MARTIN, Commodore."

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Her Majesty's frigate Fox,
42, Commander Lambert, bound to the East Indies,
and the Thetis, 40, Captain Kuper, for Lisbon and
Rio Janeiro, got under weigh yesterday morning.
Between 12 and 1 o'clock, wind very light from S.W.
to S.S.W., tide much more than half-ebb, the Fox,
in charge of Mr. Thompson, Q teen's Harbour-
master, with the larboard tucks aboard, under all
canvass, royals, flying-jib, and all, was apparently
half-way between the western end of the Breakwater
and Redding-point, Mount-Edgecumbe. The Thetis,
under similar sail, kept away under the stern of the
Fox; when she approached Redding-point, and was
attempting to luff up to come in stays, and before her
head came to the wind, she struck, end on, with her
stem pointing—say north-west—towards the bridge
between St. Nicholas Island and the main. In con-
sequence of the crew sallying her she rolled three
times, and her topsails, topgallant sails, and royals
having been put aback, and her jib, foretopmast stay-
sail, and flying-jib hauled down, she backed astern
and got off. Boats from the Albion were quickly in
attendance, and getting the head of the Thetis to the
southward, towed her back to her moorings inside the
Breakwater, where she came 'to an anchor. The
Fearless steamer was subsequently dispatched from
llatnoaze to assist the Thetis.

The Adventurer transport arrived on Tuesday,
with stores, from Portsmouth ; she is ordered to be
paid off.
Tha Nautilus merchant steamer, seventeen days
from Patras, with 190 tons of currants, coaled at
Millbay on Monday, and proceeded up Channel for her
destination (London).
The Cormorant steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa,
had one man killed in the action with the fort at
Paranguay, near Rio. The man belonged to this
town, anal was named Richard Bow den ; ho was a
stoker on board. By a letter just received, it states
that a round shot pissed through the side of the vessel
and cut the deceased's body in two. A few months
ago his brother-in-law, a man named Curtis, was
killed on board her Majesty's ship Star in the Bight
of Benin.

The Bzilerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, bas not yet
hove in sight. Apprehensions are entertained as to