The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-02 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

A rumour is very current here to-day that Sir
Francis Baring, M.P. for the borough, and First Lord
of the Admiralty, is about to resign the latter office
and be succeeded by Sir James Graham. We give the
report only as we have received it.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander
Allen, proceeded to Southampton to-day to embark
convicts to transfer to the Blenheim convict-ship,
lying in Cowes Roads.

- Tile Orestes merchant barque passed the Wight
this morning from Bombay and Ascension, and sent
on mails and passengers. She sailed from Bombay on
the 16th of November, and put in at Ascension on the
7th of February. The Tortoise store and guard-ship,
Captain Hutton, was the only man-of•war at the latter
island, where provisions were very scarce, as were
vegetables. She made the Western Islands on the 6th
of March.

PLIMOUTP, IVlAacir 30.—The Lily, Commander
Bedford, arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday. Her
crew are to be paid advance here, and she will pro.
bably sail on the 2d of April for the East Indies and
china, taking the mails to the coast of Africa.
A considerable fleet of wind-bound merchant vessels
are in the Sound.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
The Assistance, Captain Erasmus Ommaney, was
taken out of Messrs. Wigram'A shipbuilding yard to-
day, being now in an advanced state. The workmen
have commenced replacing the engines of the Pioneer,
and she will soon be ready. A quantity of
enals,
about thirty tons to each, have been put on board the
Resolute and the Assistance at Black wall, as the best
article for stowing the hold with under the water-
tanks.

Captain Penny's expedition is in an advanced state,
and will be ready to 3xil on the 15th inst., according
to letters received from him in town.

SCURVY O.IVIf GARD OF TEMPERANCE
VESSELS.
Sir,—l am desirous of
giving publicity to the fact that
past twelve months, I have had °cession to
rest imoreecases amongst the crews of English ships
visiting this port than during any of tbe preceding five
years I have conducted the medical duties of the station.
Scurvy is almost exclusively confined to vessels coal
laden from England, and, as you aro well aware,
several ships have almost been disabled by it, from both
officers and men suffering. The worst cases seem
invariably in such vessels as do not allow a ration of
spirits. . _ _

I would, therefore, most earnestly suggest to char-
terers and owners of vessels the propriety of allowing
a portion of spirits daily, and that the quality of the
provisions supplied to the ship be strictly attended to ;
also that eleualiness of person and clothes be strictly
enfurced.

I have the honour to be, Sco.,_
To Captain S. B. (Signed) J. A. VAUGHAN.
Runes, Political Agent, Aden.

Naval Department, Men, Feb. 26, 1850.
Sir,—l take the liberty of t rclosing the copy of a
letter from Dr. Vaughan, who has 'oodles' charge of
ehe Naval Hospital at Aden. Since the letter was
written, two more ships under temperance rules have
entered this port with their crews suffering from scurvy.
I have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed) S. B. HAINES, Capt. 1.N., and Political Agent.
To Captain G. A. Halsted, RN., Secretary, Lloyds.

The Betsy, of and for Yarmouth, came into the Roads,
with great damage, after striking on Cleeness Sand, and
sunk, has been raised and brought in. The Pursuit,
Dort% to this port WAS run on siaore.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, April 1.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDER

ION.)
John Johnstone, aged 53, the actuary of the St.
Helen's Savings Bank, and William Johnstone, aged
42, the under-secretary of the same bank, were to-day
brought up for judgment on the charge of having
conspired together to retain and use the moneys of
the depositors of the bank for their own profit, con-
trary to the Savings Bank Act, to which on Saturday
they pleaded Guilty.
The ATTORNEY.' GENERAL said there was one fact
of which his Lordship ought to be informed, and
which did not appear on the depositions, namely, that
the younger prisoner had been in his brother's ser-
vice from the age of 16 until the year 1543, when
the younger prisoner succeeded him at the bank as
under-secretary, and all the defalcations occurred be-
fore that plriod.
His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said, it was
distressing to see two persons who had borne excel-
lent characters, and had moved in a respectable sphere,
brought up to receive the sentence of the Court for
having committed a misdemeanour. He could not
but regret that so many cases of the same kind of
breach of duty had recently been discovered, and
which had arisen, no doubt, from the common vice of
the country—the desire to acquire wealth too
qUickly. Tbat inordinate desire to acquire wealth
verified the Scripture saying, that "Nobody that
hasteneth to be rich will be innocent." It often hap
' pened that the transactions which in the first instance
led to frauds of this kind turned out wholly different
to what was expected, and the parties were compelled
in the end to do that which at the commencement
they would have shrunk with horror from. His Lord-
ship then sentenced each to be imprisoned in Lancaster
Castle for six months amongst the first class of mis-
demeanants.

His Loansurr then proceeded to try several corn
mon jury causes of no interest.

A great number of hands are working on the
Nankin, 50 guns, at Chatham; but owing to having
all the cabins and internal fittings to put up, she will
not be ready before the middle of June.
The barque Honor, from Ancona, has arrived al
Chatham, with a cargo of timber for the dockyard.
APPOINTMZNT.—John S. Williams, surgeon su-
perintendent, to the Maria Some:.
MALTA, MARCH 22.—The Bulldog, steam-frigate,
has left Malta for England. She will touch at Tan-
giers to receive on board the remainder of some
beautiful animals, a present from the Emperor of
Morocco to her ajesty, and which the Rosamond,
it was thought, would not be able to take on board.
The Odin, steam-frigate, has repaired damages, and
will proceed in a few days to rejoin Sir Wm. Par-
ker's fleet at the Piaui's. Her damage from getting
ashore was very trifling.
MARCH 26.—The French mail-steamer due from
the Levant on the 21st inst., in coming down got on
shore at the Dardanelles, and it is feared will become
a wreck—crew, mails, and groups saved. A portion
of the mails was sent to Athens by the Tartarus
steamer, and forwarded thence to Malta by the Spit-
fire. No particulars have reached us.
The Locust, with the crew of the Ardent, closed
mails yesterday, for England, and will leave during
the day.
The Odin steam-frigate will rejoin the fleet of Sir
W. Parker immediately after the arrival of the mail
of the 24th inst.
The Ganges, 84, has instructions to take up stores
and provision for 5,000 men ; no chance exists of
the return to Malta of the fleet under two or three
months.
The court-martial under Sir James Stirling, Knt.,
has lately condemned Lieutenant D'Aguilar, of the
Firebrand steamer, to dismissal from his ship, and to
be placed at the bottom of the lists of lieutenants.
His offence was assaulting Mr. Taprill, second master
of the Firebrand, for interfering to save a young gen-
tleman from the anger of Mr. D'Aguilar. Mr. D.
goes borne by the Locust.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL I.—The Sharpshooter, iron
steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J. C. Bailey,
went out of harbour this afternoon to Spitbead,
shipped her letters, kc., for Commodore Martin's
squadron, and sailed this evening for the Mediterra
nean station.