The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-30 00:00:00

RICHMOND.

Thomas Taylor, aged about thirty-five, who had
formerly been a gentleman's servant, and had been
employed for two years as waiter in the private room
and keeper of the plate at the Castle Hotel, Rich-
mond, was brought up before Captain Price and
other magistrates, on a remanded charge of being
concerned in committing a burglary at the above
house.

Mr. Basil Francis gave evidence on the previous
examinations, and said he was manager to Mr. Bull,
the proprietor of the Castle. On Sunday morning,
the 15th, about seven o'clock, he was sent for to the
Castle, and went into Mr. Bull's sitting-room, who
was out of town. His desk, as also Miss Bull's, was
on the floor, and all the papers scattered about the
room. Th.:. bottom of a set of silver castors was
on the table, but the tops of the cruets
had been taken away. Four silver
salt-
spoons were missing from a drawer, and
two small boxes containing money broken open.
lie went into the front room adjoining, where all the
drawers were open, and the windows open externally
and internally. The prisoner used to attend solely
upon Mr. Bull when regularly engaged, and was well
acquainted with the habits of the family. He was
afterwards employed only occasionally in another de-
partment, and fioally discharged on the 29th of May
last for gaining admittance to the premises in an im-
proper manner.
Police •constable Creed, 200 V, proved that he had
apprehended the prisoner at a coffee-house in London,
but found none of the property on him.
Both Mr. Bull, the proprietor, and Mr. Francis,
his manager, now stated that they had no fresh evi-
dence to offtr, although satisfied the prisoner was
guilty.
The prisoner was then discharges, with an intima-
tion from the bench that he could again be appre-
hended.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—Hon. W. J. Ward (1850), to the
Portland, 50; F. H. Lambert (1847), to the Excel-
lent gunnery ship ; John K. Simcoe (1850), to the
Alarm, 26, West Indies ; George B. Dewes (1841),
to the Coast Guard ; P. Robinson (1844), to the
Coast Graard.

at Portsmouth.
Clerk's
Master—John Hales (1829), to the Coast Guard.
the
Assistant—H.flig-shil3
Assistant-Surgeon—William Francis (1850), to
N. Somerville, to the
Firefly steam-vessel, for the Coast of Africa.
Mr. Button, late first-class assistant engineer of the
Tez.zer screw-schooner, upon whom a court of in-
quiry was recently held, has been reduced to an as-
sistant of the third class.

Albatross, 12, Acting-Commander Elliott, was
paid off at Chatham on Saturday. For the previous
three days a seaman belonging to this brig was placed
on the poop with a large placard on his back, with
the word " thief " printed-on it, he having robbed one
of his shipmates. On paying off the vessel he was
committed to Maidstone gaol for one month.
Bonetta, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Forbes, will
be paid off at Chatham tomorrow.
The warrant officers and men now belonging to
the Cumberland, 70, ordinary guard-ship at Chatham,
have been paid the wages due to them for the
Poictiers.

Furious, steam-frigate, is ordered from Portsmouth
to the East India Docks, to be fitted with her
machinery.
Garland, Dover steam-packet, is ordered to Wool-
wich to have her defects made good.
Resistance, troop-ship, Master Commander Man-
ser Bradshaw, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morn-
ing from Quebec. She has brought home between
400 and 500 troops (principally Royal Artillery and
Sappers and Miners), and about 130 women and
children. She was towed up by the African and
Jasper.
Retribution, 22, steam.frigate, Commander War-
den, took on board her powder and live shells at Spit-
head on Saturday.

St. George, 120, Captain Nins, C. 8., has been re-
moved to her moorings abreast of Torpoint (those
occupied by the ordinary guard-ship).
By letters from the Serpent, 12, Commander
Barker, dated July 24, from Hong-Kong, we are
sorry to state that her crew were sufferkg from sick-
ness. No less than forty were in hospital ; bat we
are gratified to state that no death had occurred, and
that some of the persons who had been afflicted were
convalescent.

The Commander-in-Chief of the East India station,
Rear-Admiral Austin, C. 8., was at Penang, August
6, and in a fortnight was to proceed to China, where
the gallant Admiral will remain for some months.
The Contest and Sphynx had joined the Admiral, and
the Fury, steam• sloop, Captain Wilcox, was to be
dispatched from Penang August 7, for England, to
be paid off.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. - Her Majesty's steam-
sloop Firefly, Commander G. A. Seymour, arrived at
Spithead at 5 A.M. this day, from the eastward. The
Sprightly steam-tender, went out to her at 11 A.M.,
with supernumeraries for Plymouth, and packages for
the coast. The Firefly is to sail this evening.
The Dutch man-of-war schooner sailed from this
harbour at 6 this morning.
Port-Admiral Sir Bladen and Lady Cape), Captain
Charts, C. 8., of her M4jesty's ship Excellent, and
Flag-Lieutenant Cochran embarked at 3 Far., and

went out to Spithead to pay a visit to Captain Bouri-
cius, on board the Dutch frigate Prim Von Orange,
which is expected to sail for Flushing to morrow
(Monday).
Wind yesterday, W.S.W., light breezes. To-day,
S.W.by W., strong breeze, squally and cloudy.
Prvmourn, SEPT. 28.—The Mariner, 12, from the
East India and China station, is ordered to be paid off
at this port on her arrival here.
The Thetis, 36, Captain A. L. Kuper, in conse-
quence of having got aground between Drake's
island and the Main, has been detained at this port.
After she had been towed into harbour by the Con-
fiance, men from each of the ships in commission
were sent to assist in lightening her, that she might
be taken into dock. The object, however, failed, and
from the neap tides now present, she cannot be taken
in until next Saturday, the sth day of October. An
accident that was likely to have been attended with
serious consequences happened to the diver belong-
ing to the Impregnable, 104, the guard-ship, who
went down to examine the bottom of the Thetis, to
ascertain what damage she received by striking on
the rock, when, instead of lowering him gently to
the bottom, he was by some mishap let go by the
run. He was immediately pulled up and released
from his case, when blood was issuing from his nose
and mouth. He is, however, doing well.
Thc Portland, 50, Captain Chads, is fast progress-
ing in her rigging, but she is not expected to be
ready for sea until the 20th of next month.

The Kestrel, brigantine, has been ordered by the
Admiralty to be sold out of the service.
The Firefly, steamer, will take the mails from this
port for the coast of Africa on the 2d proximo.
Six warrant officers, who have been employed in
different parts of the dockyard, have this day been
ordered to resume their duties afloat.

The Greenock, new iron steam-vessel, proceeded
this morning to the Land's End to try her engines.
DOCKYARD.-Mr. A. T. Gard, having served his
probationary time as third-class clerk, as had his ap-
pointment confirmed.
A shipwright named Orlando Dewer, who has
been on the establishment three years, has been or-
dered to be discharged, in consequence of a repre-
sentation by Captain Johnstone, the late commander
of the Scout, 14, having been made to the Admiralty
that the said Dewer entered, and afterwards run from,
the said ship.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
granted a pension of 101. per annum to the widow of
John Row, late shipwright in this yard, whose death
was occasioned by a fall whilst working on the Sans
Pareil, 80.

The Lords of the Admiralty have forwarded the
liberal sum of 201. to the funds of the Royal Dock-
yard Orphan Asylum. Several gentlemen of the
neighbourhood have become annual subscribers to this
valuable institution.

QUARTERLY PAYMENTS.—The quarterly payment
of salaries and pensions will commence on Tuesday,
at the Pay-office, in the following order :—Salaries
and civil pensions, on Tuesday ; commissioned and
warrant officers and cooks, Wednesday; artificers, A
to K, Thursday ; and L to Z, Friday ; commissioned
and Marine widows, relatives of officers slain, &c., on
Monday, October 7; half•pay, Tuesday, 8. Recalls
on and after the 90.1 during the month, from ten A.M.
to three P.M.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 28.—ROYAL MARINES —Orders
have been received here to resume the recruiting
service for this corps immediately, and the following
have been appointed to recruit for the Woolwich divi-
sion :—Captain Rea, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals,
and 1 private to proceed to War wick ; Captain -Max-
well, with 3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 private to
proceed to Chipping Norton; acd Captain Foote, with
3 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 1 private to Woburn.
The standard height of the recruits is to be sft. 71in.,
and age, 19 to 24 years. Similar parties wilt be
detached from the other divisions. The Portsmouth
divisic.l will send to Salisbury, Chippenham, and
Farnham; the Chatham division to Sevenoaks,
Chelmsford, and Bury St. Edmund's ; and the Ply-
mouth division to Exeter, Taunton, and Okehampton.
Captain Maxwell and Lieutenant Cooper, of the
Woolwich division, have returned from leave, and
Captain Buchannan and Lieutenant Clement have
each an additional month's leave for the restoration of
their health.

The Hercules, store ship, Master Commander Ful-
ton, arrived at Greenhithe on Friday last, and
brought up at moorings there. The company of
Royal Sappers and Miners she brought home from
Gibraltar have been sent up to Woolwich to join
head-quarters, and the invalids of line regiments sent
to Chatham.

ROYAL SAPrERS AND MINERS, SETT. 29.—The
2d company of this branch of the Ordnance Corps,
under the command of Captain llutchinson, Royal
Engineers, arrived yesterday evening at WToolwich
from Gibraltar. The company came home in the
Hercules store-ship, and were transferred, with their
baggage, into the Advice steamer, for conveyance to
their head-quarters at Woolwich. The sth company
of the same corps, under the command of nijor I3ur-
mister, Royal Engineers, arrived at Woolwich at six
o'clock A.M. to-day, in the Resistance troop-ship,
from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will land at the dock-
yard here, and join head quarters to morrow.
ROYAL ARTILLERY, SErT. 29.—Captain Deere's
company, sth battalion, from C?nada, and Captain
Kennedy's company, 7th battalion, from Newfound-
land, arrived at Woolwich at six a.m., in the Re-
sistance troop-ship, and they are to disembark to-
morrow, and will be played by the band up to
the garrison to join head-quarters, on their
return from foreign service. The companies
were under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Dalton, of the third battalion, recently commanding
officer of Artillery at Kingston, in Canada. Lieut.-
Colonel Palmer has succeeded Lieut.- Colonel Dalton
in the command at Kingston. Capt. A. Bsnn's• and
Capt. Gambier's companies, both of the 2nd battalion,
have received orders to hold themselves in readiness
to embark for Malta and Corfu, the former to relieve
Captain Shone's company at Malta, since the 19th of
October, 1844, and the latter to relieve Captain Rid-
dell's company, 6th battalion, at Corfu, since 19th of
October, 1844. These companies are expected to
embark in the Resistance as soon as she is re-vic-
tualled, and ready for sea again. These companies
are the last that will proceed to foreign stations this
year.
SEPT. 29.—The Resistance, 42, troop-ship, Master-
Commander Bradshaw, arrived at Woolwich at six
o'clock A.m. to-day from Quebec, Canada, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, having on board a
company of Artillery from Quebec, and another from
Newfoundland, and a company of Royal Sappers and
Miners from Halifax, besides large detachments of
invalids from these stations. According to present
orders, the troops will disembark at two o'clock P.m.
to-morrow at this dockyard. She has brought home
about 700 men, with 90 women and children.
The Wasp and Geyser steam-sloops are both ex-
pected to be commissioned during the present week.