The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THHRSDAY.—Strcn; gales from the
S.W. have been blowing all the day, and the sea has
been dashing heavily over the ramparts of the town.
A letter has been received from the coast of Africa,
dated off " Aghwey," 21st of December, giving the
following as the distribution of the slave-trade sup-
pression squadron at that date :
" On the North Coast—The Centaur (Commodore),
Alert, Heroine, Pluto, Tearer, and Spy.
"In the Bights—Kingfisher, Ranger, Rattler,
(ordered to the South), Piicenix, and Hecla.
" South coast—Cyclops, Star, Sealark, Firefly, and
Water witch.

"The Phcenix and Rattler have each captured an
empty vessel. The Kingfisher captured the 'Tam
O'Shantsr,' with 305 slaves on board. She had been
chased off the windward part of the station by the
Ranger, and in company with the Ranger's pinnace,
assisted at the capture of the Brazilian schooner Clio
by the Ilecla on the 28th of November.

" The Kingfisher's pinnace and the Phconix cap-
tured the Baretta under Brazilian colours empty
lately.
" The slave-trade still goes on, and the demand is
greater than the supply on this part of the station.
To the northward the trade is completely done up,
owing to liberating the slaves at the Gallinas. On
the south coast the trade is at all times carried on
more briskly than at any other part of the station, so
that a sailing vessel considers it quite a godsend to be
sent there.

Templar, midshipman, belonging to the
Pho3nix, died some days since. He served three
years previously in the Favourite.
"The Phcenix and Kingfisher have been sickly.
"The Commodore is expected in the Bights, to-
wards the end of February.
" This goes by the Guardian, and sails for England
to-morrow."

WOOLWICH, APRIL 4.—The Rosamond steam-
sloop, Commander J. Foote, has arrived at Green-
hithe, and will discharge her powder at Purfleet pre-
vious to coming up to Woolwich to be paid off at this
port.

The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander
Petley, got her steam up to-day, and went down the
river to tow the Atholl troop-ship, Master-
Commander J. P. Pearn, to Woolwich. She has
two companies of the Royal Artillery on board, one
from the Mauritius and the other from the Cape of
Good Hope.
The Megwra steam-sloop was taken down the river
in tow of the Jasper to-day to be fitted for sea at
Sheerness.

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SIR JOHN ROSS'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
Arrangements have now been made for the de-
parture of the Felix, purchased at Ayr for an expedi-
tion in search of Sir John Franklin and the officers
and crews of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships.
The vessel will be under the command of Captain
Sir John Ross, and Wednesday, the 17th inst., is
named for her departure from Ayr for the Arctic
regions.

FRAUD ON TUE POLICE.—A very curious trick
was exposed at the Borough Court, on Saturday, by Mr.
superintendent. A watch was stolen on the
2115ets k
hwioe' thefjanuary last, from Mr. Birbeck, of Fennel-street,
by a fernalc in his service, named Elizabeth Wilson. The
fact, end the description Of the suspected person. was ad-
vertised in the Hue and Cry, and also republished by the
police of the sister kingdom where it is usual to expose these
announcements to the public gaze. In the town of Ros-
common a woman came forth and surrendered, confessing
herself to be the Elizabeth Wilson proscribed, and acknow-
ledging the crime. She was taken before the Hon. Martin
Finch, and subscribed a deposition, stating that site had
stolen the watch, had taken it to Dublin, and there it had
been pawned by a girl named Rose Malone, at a pawn-
broker's in
Gaol-street, for 41., which they divided ; she
travelled with Rose Malone till they parted at Mullingar.
d his being communicated to Manchester Inspector Mac-
donald was sent over to fetch her. She was brought here at
an expense of 4/., and now it has been found out that the
whole story is a fabrication to get a gratis passage. She had
formerly lived in Manchester, selling oranges, and got
enough to take her to Ireland ; but now, wishing to return,
she resorted to this ingenious cheat on the officers of justice.
There is no such street as Gaol-street in Dublin, and when
passing through Mullingar she was suite at a loss to point
out the places she talked of. She was remanded, being pro-
bably liable to indictment for obtaining goods (her nieuJs at
least) on false pretences.—Manchester Examiner.
SOUTH WALES RAlLWAY.—Locomotives /low
traverse the section of this lisle lying between Newport and
• Cardiff.

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A novel mode of plundering 0,,,s
hag been re-
cently invented ; it consists in angling for goods through a
fanlight.
Two men, named Davis and Fowler, were vester-
" day committed from the Thames Police-court, char ied with
fishing" for goods. It appears that on Saturday Morn* morning,
about three o'clock, a police-constable saw the prisoners comein-9
out of a dark nook in High-street, S'aadwell, near the shop
of
Mr. Jiggins, an outfitter, and pass on towards Wapping. SOS.
pecting something wrong, lie stopped them. and proceeded
to Mr. Jiggins's door, when be found on the pavement ee-
veral articles such as usually hang inside slopsellers' doors,
and a rod, with a hook at the end of it, lying on the top of
therm. There was a hole in the fanlight over Mr. Jiggins's
iloor, awl when he was knocked up he identified the articles
found on the pavement as having been left hanging safe
inside when the premises had been fastened up on the pre-
vious night. There was no doubt that they had been ab-
stracted by means of the rod found with them; and but that
the fanlight had been previously broken the prisoners would
have been charged with bnrglary. When searched at the
station-house a hook similar to the one attached to the rod
was found ill DitYLl'd pocket.