The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-16 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 16, IPSO.

up, and warped the ship along the floe into deep water;
state of the ice same as yesterday.
" Saturday,[2s—WeAtber clear; light breeze from the
northward; 12.30 A.M., floe that the ship is fast to drift-
ing out of harbour; kept warping ship into deeper water;
2:P.se, Ist go and made sail; from 4 A.M. to 1 Pee. beating
into the anchorage, Port Leopold; 1.30, let go anchor in
11 fathom water; wind from the southward; 4 P.M.,
pack set close into harbour's mouth, and great deal of
heavy ice streaming from it sot into harbour.
_ "Sunday, 26—Weather cloudy; 8 A.M., wind shifted
from SSE to NW, which soon cleared the harbour of
loose ice; state of the ice in Regent's Inlet and Barrow's
Strait about the same as yesterday.
"Monday, 27—Weather clear, wind N,W; no altera-
tion in the state of the ice outside.
"Tuesday, 28—Weather cloudy, wind variable; loose
ice setting in the harbour the whole of the day; state of
ice outside as yesterday.
" Wednesday, 29—Weather cloudy ; wind SSW;
I blowing fresh; harbour's mouth clear of ice; can just
observe the edge of the pack in. Regent's Met from the
masthead; 2 P.M., weighed anchor; made sail, and beat
out of Port Leopold under double royal topsails.; Inves-
tigator in company; 7 P.M , clear of the harbour, stand-
ing to the northward; great quantity of ice to he seen
in all directions; saw a number of whales.
" Thursday, 30, and Friday 31—Weather cloudy; at
times snowing; wind from the westward; dodging to the
eastward of Leopold Island, and towards the north shore
of Barrow's strait; surrounded by pack ice, and heavy
floes in all directions.
"Saturday, Sept. I—Weather cloudy; wind ENE;
8 A:31., ship closely beset in the pack; Investigator in
same predieament; 4 P.M., no open water to be observed
from the masthead; saw a number of whales.
"Sunday, 2—Weather cloudy; wind SW; ship closely
beset; shifting :to Abe -61)(!niVattP1* to bp' se'etr
temperature 30; -12 noon, sounded botteni at 200 fa-
thoms; soft mud. ,
"Monday, 3—Weather snowing greater part of the
day; wind variable ; .10 A.M., cleared, up a-little; bad a
faint glimpsn of the land, showing the ships to be nearly
in the same position asyeaterday. In the afternoon un-
shipped the rudder and shipped- it again; temperature
26 deg.; 12 noon. sounded 224 fathoms.
"Tuesday, 4—Snoviing greater part of the day; wind
variable; closely beset; no open water to be seen; ther-
mometer during the night, 16. deg.
" Wednesday,. s—Weather clear from midnight to
twelve noon; wind NE; latter, part of the clay snowing;
closely beset; ~no open water to be seep; depth of water
at noon 217 fathoms; ship drifting slowly to the east-
ward.
• " Thursday, 6—Snowing greater part-of
the day; light
breeze' from N W;' clotely beset;, no open water to be
seen; depth of water at noon, 217 fathoms:
"Friday, -7--Snowing fore pareofthe day; wind NW;
four P.M, clear; wind veered to eolith; closely beset; no
Water to be. seen;l depth of water at noon, • 225 fathoms;
drifting to the SE.
." Saturday, B—Weather hazy; wind from the west-
ward; 'light breeze; unshippedsthe rudder; no
water to be seen; epth of water at noon, 230 fathoms;
drifting to the eastward; temperature 26 deg.
" Sunday, 9—Weather cloudy; snowing. during the
latter part of the day; wind veered to the southward;
12 noon, observed an, opening in the ice, about a mile
to the westward of us, nearly, across Barrow's. Strait,
about 200 yards broad; cloudy; beset; depth of water,
12 noon, 230 feet; drifting to the eastward.
" Monday, 10—Weather cloudy; wind from Ow west-
ward; cloudy; beset; thermometer during the night
standing at 61; drifting to the eastward; depth of water,
12 noon, 230 feet. ,
" Tueklay,, 11 Weather clear ; light breeze from
the westward ; closely beset Cape Crawford- bearing
SE ; distance abent 30-miles ; thermometer about 15
deg. 1 drifting to the eastward ; depth water, 12 noon,
245 fithbrns.

" Wednesday, 12—Weather clear, light aira from the
westward ; closely beset ; drifting to the eastward ;
depth water, 12 n00n,.250 fathoms.

Thursday, 13—Weather clear ; wind from the
westward ; closely beset ; thermometer 11 deg. ; drift=
ing to the eastward ; depth water, 12 noon, 240 fathoms.
" Friday, 'l,t-Weather cloudy ;' wind from the west,
Ward ; closely beset,.. Cape, Crawford abreast,of us ;
drifting to the eastward ;tdepth water 300 fathoms.
" Saturday, 15t—Weather hazy; wind from the west-
beset drifting to thfieitstivard depth
"w,
a and!ct.; noon, 330
fathoms,
"Sanday,ll6—Snowing;' wind from the westward ;
closely beset ; depth of water at noon, 330 fathbms.'
"Monday, 17—Weather hazy ' • blowing strongly
from the' westward; abreast Cape Warrender; closely
be9.t ; depth of. water at noon, 400 fathoms ; lat, at
twelve noon, 73 58 N long 83 10 W.; drifting to the.
instward.

" Tuesday, 18—Weather hazy; blowing.. fresh from
the westward;' closely beget; depth of water at u9oia,
430 fae.24-.47-firittl*--raigrlirtMg 6'43f-rail
abreast Naiy Board Inlet; thermometer 10.

" Wednesday, 19—Weather cloudy; at times snow-
ing; wind from the westward; 8 A.M., Cape Liverpool
bearing Eby S, distant 20 miles; closely beset; depth
of water now 500 f4thorns; drifting rapidly to the east-
ward; thermometer 10.

" Thursday, 20—Weather cloudy; at times snowing;
wind from tho westward; elaiely beset; 12 P.m., abreast
Cape Liverpdol, the south•eaet headland of Laucaster
Sound; 4 rm., abreast Posieimion Bay; drifting to the
South elst.

"Friday, 21—Snowing; blowing a fresh gale from
the westward; closely beeet; drifting to the 8E; ther-
mometer 24.

"Saturday, 22—Snowing; blowing fresh from the NW;
closely beset; great number of bergs in our drift ' to
the SE; thermometer 30.

" Sunday, 23—Snowing; wind from the NE; no land
seen during the day; closely beset; thermometer 31.
" Monday, 24—Snowing; moderate breezes from the
northward; 2 A.m., ice began to crack and give in all
directions, as if by some supernatural power; at day
light, 4 A.m., observed from the masthead open water
to the eastward; saw no ice beyond it; 8 ♦.M., made
every effort to get at it by carrying sail and warping,
but made little progress in consequence of not being able
to see our way through a dense fog.
" Tuesday, 25—We3ther cloudy from midnight to
9 A.M., little or no wind; 10 ♦.m., fresh breeze from
NW; made all possible sail and dashed through the
pack, all of us giving three hearty cheers as our gallant
barque bounded into open water; 12 noon, closed our
consort, and then stood to the eastward under all sail, on
our passage to England."

BANK. OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 9th day of February, 1850.
DEPARTMENT.
X.
Notes i55ued........ 30,125,335

Government debt •• 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 15,848,308
Silver bullion .... .. 277,077

POLICE; INTELLIGENCE.
MANSIOHO CS E.
Joseph Cash was brought before Alderman Humphery
upon the charge of having fraudulently obtained, on the
7th instant, from Mr. James W. Benson, jeweller and
watchmaker, of No. 16, Cornhill, a gold watch,' value
18 guineas. Mr. Humphreys appeared fir the prosecu-
tor; a solicitor also appeared for the defence.
Mr. Benson said—About three or four weeks ago the
prisoner called upon me in my shop, and said he wanted
to purchase a watch. I showed him some watches, and
he selected one, the price of which was 18/. 18s. Ile
then pre tented to me two or three bills, which he took
out of his pocket, and asked me to take one of them in
•pyment. I said that whatever business I did I did for
ready money, and declined taking toe bill. He then put
it in his pocket and went away. Some days afterwards
he called again, looked at the watch, and asked me if
I would take some of the money, and give him credit
fur the rest ? I declined to deal upon such terms; and
then he suid he was an agent for a friend of hip, whom
ho would bring to see the witch; and he departed.
On the 7th instant he called a third time, between
Live and six in the evening, and said he cause thee
prepared to purchase, and pay for the watch, and I
honed it to him. He asked to look at some °bailie,
and I showed him gestic, ono of which, a gold gaurd-
chain, he selected. Thf price of the watch and chain
eas agreed upon at 2'2/., and I was going to make out
the bill to him, but he said he wished me to put 251.
down, as he was desirous to get something by the pur-
chase. I believed that he was an agent, anti made out
the bill for that amount. Ho then - took a cheque-hook
from his pocket, and wrote the cheque I produce for
21L 1 ss. , and gave it to me, together with two half-
crowns, which made the sum 221. I believed.it was a
valikipcheque, and asked if it was all right; man then
delivered the 'Welch and chain to hire and ho went away.
Neat morning I presented the cheqae, and was informed
that fhere wereano effects; and they said et the bank
that lie had beck there previously, and they 4014 him
his account wad closed. . The same evening he called
upon me, end :I explained to 'him that I had presented
the clieque, and that I should nrosepute him if he did
not give the 'goods or the money. He then said if I
would not •prodeed against him that he would bring the
witch or the ruoney next day; but he brought neither,
and I accordingly applied for a warrant and had him
apprehended.
Upon his cross-examination by the prisoner's solicitor,
the witness, said the prisoner had had a trantaction, to
a trifling amount, with him previguily. He would have
proceeded against the prisoner before,' but he expected
that he should get back the watch.
-Hayden, the officer, apprehended the prisoner, and
found upon him a policy of insurance and some papers.
In a diary found in the pAsoner's'pocket was the follow-
ing notice, under the head of the Bth of February Mr.
Thoinas, lent on a watch, 17/." Witness told him 'he
had soon "d4oied of the watch after. he had obtained
possession of it,• and he replied, "`I borrowed 171.
upon it," . -
The prisoner's solicitor submitted-that.the prosecutor
had given credit to the prisoner in the transaction, as
was evident from the slowness of the process Of the pro-
secution, and that there was no satisfactory proof that
be had no money at his banker's.
Alderman HIMPHERY said it was quite clear that the
property had been fraudulently obtained.
The prisoner's solicitor Said the 'fact was, his client
was, at the time of his apprehension, going to. raise
money to pay for the watch upon his, policy of assurance.
Alderman HIII!dPIIERY examined the policy, and said
that nobody in his senses would lend 408. upon such a
document. -
The prisoner was then 'remanded.
GUILDHALL.

, .
BRUTAL, TREATMENT OF A CHILD.—OR Wednesday
last Mr. •Inspector Howard presented himself before the
sitting. Alderman with a child (an intelligent boy, 'bi-..
tween five and six years of age), and stated that he had
been fmnd in Skinueritreet, Snow-hill. •On examining
the child's person it was found that he bad been most
cruelly beaten from held to foot, and over the hand,
army, and isa Borne parts of the face. The sitting
'Alderman directed it to be taken to.the West London,
Union, and Mr. Chamberlain, the relieving officer, who
happened to be prezent,'instantly said that *per at-
tention should be,paid to the child, and a rewatd olered
for the appreliansien of its parents. This was done,
and yesterday Mr. Inspector Howard stated that there
was a female in court who claimed the child.
A young woman who gave her name as Elizabeth
Summer scud she had made applicationfor the child, and
that she lived at No. 4, Gray's Inn.
Alde'rman HUNTER— What are you ? Summers —I
am houtelesper to the gentlenian who says he is the
father of the child.
Alderman IlwrEtt—Whqta3 his name? Summers—l
shall act tell. 444
.-4Alderrean HugtErt--ralliitC'aution yOu that if you
do not answer I must commit you to prison, for this is a
very serious case, and the ends of justice shall not be de-
feated.

After considerable evasion and hesitation the female
said that the person to whom she acted as houseiterper
was Mr. Kenealy, barrister, of 4, South-square, Gray's
inn, and asserted that ho h the person who represents
himself to be the father of the child, .I.le was in the
habit of dressing and undresiing it. The child was
seen last on Wedlesday, about half-past twelve o'clock,
and his father was out.

Alderman IluNTEß—When did you last see the
father? Summers—He went to Ireland on Monday.
Alderman lluNmen—Were you or his father in the
habit of beating the child? Summers—Never. Ho is
a very good boy, and when I washed him on Wednesday
I saw no marks about hitt,.
The child was here confronted with Summers, and al-
though she tried by a coaxing gentle tone cf voice to
induce the child to return with her, he said he would
not, for she would take him to the gentleman who beat
him so cruelly.
The case was allowed to stand over, and Inspector
Howard went off to Mr. Kenealy's chambers. On his
return he stated that he found the offices locked. A girl
said that he could not bo out of town, for she had seen
him that morning, and that he kept no clerk.
Alderman HUNTER said this was so serious a case,
that, however sorry he might be, he must detain the
female who had come to claim the child. It had re-
ceived most horrible treatment, and for the sake of the
ends of justice, as she seemed so unwilling to .give
evidence, he should detain her until Wednesday next,
unless she could find two sureties in 50/., and herself
in 1004

The sureties not being forthcoming she was taken to
the Compter, and the further investigation was postponed
until Wednesday.

BOW-STREET.

FORGERY UPON THE ADMlRALTY.—Yesterday
liam John R. Smith, of St. Thomas-terrace, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, formerly a clerk in the Admiralty, and an-
other individual, were brought up in the custody of
Inspector Field, detective officer, and placed at the bar
before Mr. Jardine, charged with obtaining money to the
amount of 531. 12e. 10d. by means of forged documents
purporting to be signed by the authorities in the colonies
for the passage and sustenance of distressed British sea-
men to this country.
Mr. Sweinson, assistant-solicitor to the Admiralty, in
briefly stating the case, said that the prisoners were
charged with two distinct cffences under the 11th Geo.
IV., cap. 20, s. 82, the attention of the authorities being
drawn to the circumstance of several forgeries having
been committed and large sums obtained by such means.
When seamen became distressed at a distance from
this country, upon obtaining an order from
the proper authorities a free passage and sus-
tenance to this country were granted them,
the captain of the vessel in which they
were conveyed being entitled, upon making the neces-
sary declaration, to ls. per head. The prisoner Smith
had been employed as a clerk in the Accountant-general's
department, from which he was discharged, and he had
the means of knowing the manner in which such claims
were established, one of which having been made by an
assumed agent, and signing the name " Walter Bevis,"
for the amount in question, an investigation took place,
and there being no doubt that such signature and the
bodies of the documents bore a strong resemblance to
Smith's handwriting, suspicion naturally fell upon him.
The:other prisoner was found in his company, but he
was not aware that any charge could be distinctly proved
against him, although the constables were induced to take
him also into custody, on the presumption that he was
concerned in the forgeries.
Mr. Antonio Brady, a clerk in the Accountant-Gene-
rel's office in the Admiralty, at Somerset House, said
that Smith had formerly been employed under him, and
being reported for misconduct, he was discharged in the
month of April, 1847. The documents produced, pur-
portieg to be signed by the secretary to the Governor
of Ceylon, who happened at present to be in town, were
received at the office for the expenses incurred in bring-
ing home distressed seamen, and to the best of his belief
wore all in the handwriting of the prisoner Smith. The
declaration in support of such payments was an entire
fabrication, there never having been such ships, nor was
the name of the agent or captain mentioned in it known,
in eddition to which a memorandum was found in the
prisoner's possession relating to the several documents.
The Inspector said that he was at the Admiralty on
the morning when a young man came in and askedto
for
the papers belonging to Mr. Bevis, and being told_
call again he went away, followed by Sergeant Thorn-
t a'iother detective officer.
Thornton proved that he followed
cery-lane, where he was joined bb 5
thmeiptbe,rst7dtoaCftherana
short conversation be went away;-
into Fleet-street, he went with the yuot tSh
emr tphr hi
snov ne
.11;
, gorewho
t where Smith was identi-
fiedand they drove. to a publie-
170ausswe ainitii3nguefkoirp.gh
by the hilnamin-street,
officials belonging to the Admiralty after ho
attempted to escape.
The In
s
Sthmeithtrasnaisd-
thwaitth
the otherprisoner informedlea nothingd the
Court
d o
action ; that they bad become acquainted through
and at the office he said he would
confess.llerby sweeps ;
the
Mr. JARDINE, having ascertained that second per-
son would be forthcoming at a future day, ordered him
to enter into his own recoenizances in the sum of 50i
for that purpose, and Smith was remanded.
TV OR SHIP-S TRE ET.
Anne' Merritt was placed at the bar before Mr. Ar-
'4 for filial examination, charged with the waigi mur.