The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11.—The Undaunted, 46,
Captain Clifford, C.B. and Pallas, 42, Captain -Fitz-
clarence, are appointed to the Plymouth station ; the
Galatea, 46, Captain Napier, C.B. and Briton, 46,
Hon. Captain Gordon, are placed under the orders of
the Commander-in-Chief at this port.
The Rose sloop of war, Commander Travers, was
to leave Rio de Janeiro on the 20th of December,
for the Cape of Good Hope, with Commodore C.M.
Schomberg on board.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieut. Bisset, towed

ie Thracian and Ontario sloops of war out of har-

hour this morning, and proceeded with them to die
Shingles Shoal, to endeavour to weigh the Nightin-
gale schooner, lately lost there. She has shifted off
the Shoal into deep water, and there is a probability
of raising her. The Arrow cutter, Lieut. Brooking,
will also assist.

On Sunday last the boat's crew in the Preven-
ve Service at the Nothe, on the 'Weymouth sta-

don, under the command of Lieut. Hales, R.N. made
a seizure of 140 casks of spirits, which they found
after a diligent search, ingeniously concealed in a
cavern near the Boiling Rock.
The free trader Madras, for the Cape, Madras,
and Calcutta, sailed this morning. The ship
Waterloo, with convicts for Sydney, will sail in a
few days. An opportunity for India will offer soon
from this port, as the free trader Brunswick will
call at Spithead for her passengers.
Our weekly communication with Plymouth by
the Brunswick steamer, will be resumed about the
middle of April. She is fitting with new boilers,
and has Captain Mills's improved paddle wheels.
The French smack, Le Bienfaisante, was seized
at this port, on Tuesday last, with 4,725 yards of
silk and satin, found concealed on board, under the
ballast.

On the 6th instant, the Eagle revenue cruiser,
Lieut. St. Quinton, Commander, brought to off
Portland, after a spirited chase, the sloop La Con-
corde, of Cherbourg, with seven men, four French
and three English ; during the chase the cargo was
thrown overboard, ten casks were picked up, and
deposited in his Majesty's Custom-house stores at
Weymouth. In two of the casks were found care-
fully packed, nearly 1,000 yards of silk. On the
same day, by the same officer, was detained the
tloop Eliza, of Pool, strongly suspected of having
destroyed her cargo also in the chase. She has also
detained the Venus. lugger, .alour..dayairom ::13oH
logne, on suspicion of smuggling ; and the Hawke,
revenue cutter, has picked up 150 tubs of spirits,
which it is believed the above vessel threw over-
board. The Eclipse, of Yarmouth, which was de-
tained by the Tartar cutter last week, had no smug-
gling spirits on board at the time of her capture,
but she was detained, because it was suspected she
was flashing off lights, or otherwise making signals
to the shore, and for which offence two of her crew
have been committed to Winchester gaol.
DEVONPORT, MARCH 14.—Captain Charles B.
H. Ross, Resident Commissioner at Malta, is shortly
expected at this port in the Dryad, 42, Captain A.
Crqfton, to enter upon the duties of Commissioner
of this Dock-yard, in the room of Commissioner
Sheild, who retires. Commissioner Ross will be
succeeded at Malta by Commissioner Briggs, now
at Bermuda; Commissioner Inglis from Jamaica to
Bermuda; and Captain John Ayscouge to be the
new Commissioner at the Jamaica yard.

The Pyramus frigate is shortly expected to be
put into commission.

Orders were received on Thursday to ft; the
Royalist with all despatch for sea—supposed for
Lisbon.
The Barracouta, 10, is fitting at Woolwich, for
the packet service.
In Hamoaze—Britannia, Kent, Warspite, Pallas,
Zebra, Nimrod, Cordelia, Badger, Royalist, Magnet,
Leveret, and Meteor steamer.
Commander George Haye, of his Majesty's ship
Raleigh, is promoted to the rank of Captain ; and
his First Lieutenant, Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart. is
promoted to the rank of Commander, and appointed
to the Raleigh, on the Mediterrinean station.
The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants
at the Royal Naval College, on Tuesday last :
Henry Grainger Backhouse; John Fitzgerald Car-
rol ; Julius Wallis Dowers; Henry Newcombe
Lawrerxe ; Frederick Byng Montresor; William
Maclean; Augustus Charles May; William Henry
Anderson Molshead ; Andrew William Roche.
By a Government order, all 44-gun frigates are
in future to be built to carry 32-pounders on the
main deck ; and as the carronades will be 32,
pounders, there will be the great advantage of hav-
ing only one kind of shot.
By a regulation just promulgated from the Ad-
miralty, the uniform coat of the Mates, Midshipmen,
&c. of the Royal Navy will be as directed in the
order of the Ist January, 1825, with the button as
specified in the order of the 18th December, 1827.
A boat belonging to the Bovisand Preventive
Station, was upset yesterday off the Breakwater, and
one man unfortunately drowned. He has left a wi-
dow and two children.

Fears are entertained for the safety of the ship
Princess of Wales, of and from this port, Clyma,
master, for Sierra Leone, she being considerably
beyond the usual time allowed for the voyage.
The uniform of the officers of the Royal Marines
is ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty to be the
same as that worn by his Majesty's troops of the
line.

An alarming fire broko out on Saturday even-
ing, about ten o'clock, on the premises of Messrs. Webb
and Mehrten, sugar-boilers, Old Hall-street, Liverpool,
and which communicated with the premises occupied by
Mr. Win. Thornhill, sugar-refiner. The fire raged with
great fury, and although the Sun, Norwich, Manchester,
and other engines, were immediately en the spot, and
played with great eiTect, with a plentiful supply of water,
yet we are sorry to say that the whole of that extensive
rauge Of buildings were in a short time reduced to a heap
of ruins a but we are happy to add that the further ex-
tension of the fire was timely arrested. We understtma,
the parties.are fully insured.

IMPORTANT TO COTTON SPDINERS.--
STOCK PO RT, MA .;.'ll 4,—Mr. Win. lieginbotiont lAMB
..lr'lnaorked to answer a complaint preferred against li:pa
for employing Robert Walker, a boy under the age of six-
teen years, in his cotton-mill, for mwe than twelve hours,
on the 20th of Vehruary last, contrary to the Statute In
that ease made and provided.—The Magistrates convicted
iq the full penalty/of 201., including custs.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANCASTER, MARcit IS.
John Williams, aged 35, a man of most respect-
able appearance, and by.ptofession an attorney, was
indicted for having forged and counterfeited, at Li-
verpool, a certain deed, purporting to be an inden-
ture of demise for securing the sum of 650/. to one
Elizabeth Mather, on certain lauds and hereditaments
in Birkenhead, in the county of Chester; also with
having forged a recipt for the said sum. of ( 50/.,
purporting to be signed by William Garner.
iNlr. Statham, toe town-clerk of Liverpool, pro-
duced a deed. He said, I know the prisoner. I
have seen him write. The name "John Williams,"
to the deed, as attesting witness, is in his hand-
writing; and the filling up, " Ist of July," and " Ist
January," are in the prisoner's hand-writing, and also
the words and figures on the back. I produce 4 lease
and release, dated Ist and 2d of July, 1824, from
Charles Powell to William Garner. All these I have
received from Mr. M`Lillan. I also produce a draft
of a deed purporting to be from Mr. VV. Garner to
Manifold ; part of the words are in the prisoner's
hand-writing. The words " Elizabeth Mather,"
" Joseph Davis," and " William Manifold," are in
his hand-writing.
John Swindon said; I engrossed the deed pro-
duced. I-did it for Mr. Williams, the prisoner, about
October, 1825. I received the draft from Mr. Wil-
liams. The draft produced is the one I received

from him.
George Williams—l have been in the employ of
the prisoner. I am now 18. I was with the pri-
idneeldB,2iss.
in Tull; ehsaigndna-Itlt,irrieti.,ng". Gyve oh.e
stai
gmnse,d"
strtehre
the deed, nobody was there but myself and Mr.
Williams. I signed it by, Mr. Williams's orders at
his office, in Liverpool. When the prisoner came
to me he brought nothing with him but the deed.—
It was folded up. To the beet ,of my knowledge ;it
was after my master signed it that I signed it. I
think he signed it on the other side of the desk and
then handed it across to me.
William Garner, the younger, said---4 live at
Poulton, in Cheshire. In 1825 I had an. estate at
Birkenhead, and I made application to Williams
about April, 1825, and I told him that I wanted
300/. upon my house at Birkenhead. Ile -told me
he could get it, and desired me to bring over my
title-deeds. I did so. The deeds produced are the
same. They were dated October, 1824. A little
time after I went over to the prisoner's, and he then
told me that he could get the money for me from
one Frank, in Lord-street. The prisoner after-
wards told me that Frank had been looking over
the premises, and would not advance the money,—
About the lst of November the prisoner mentioned
Mr. Manifold's name. I know Manifold, and I
went to him, and he lent me 3501. The words
" William Garner" so the deed produced are not
in my hand-writing. I never sealed that deed,
or executed it any way. I first saw that deed in
September, 1828. I received a letter front Mr.
M`Lillan about the latter end of August, 1828. Miss
Mather's name was not mentioned to me before that
time. The signature to this deed is mine ;it is the
mortgage to Mr. Manifold. Mr. Manifold applied to
me for my title-deeds from Powell. I went with
Mr. Mainfold to Williams, and told him that there
was only the mortgage deed. They wanted the deed
[from Powell. Williams looked for it, and said that
it must have gone to his house with some other
deeds—he would see about it. The clerk brought
some papers, but it could not he found. I made a
number of applications, but never could get it. I
took a note from Williams to Manifold. They
called on Williams again about the deed, but he said
he could not find it, but he would make a new one.
A new one was made, and dated the 27th of
August, 1828.
William Garner, the elder, stated that the deed of
1825 was not signed by him.
Mrs. M'Lillan said, in 1804 my name Was Mather.
I was then acquainted with the prisoner, and was
staying at his house. I had some conversation with
him about putting out some money to the extent of
3001. or 4001. In the next year I had some corn-
'mursicatioa, by letters with him. Those lettets-I
could not find. In consequence of the communica-
tions, I remitted to the prisoner some money about
the 3d of May, 1815. Mr. Williams proposed that
I should send him 650/. I then resided at Notting-
ham. I sent that sum by post. I received an ac-
knowledgment and a receipt for the sum of 6501. I
dare say I have destroyed the receipt. I could not
find either the letter or receipt. I afterwards re-
ceived some deeds. I think it was in July. I received
them from Mr. Mew, who was in the habit of going to
Liverpool. I received one half-year's interest through
the hands of a relation of Mr. Mew. Mr. Mew is the
father of Mrs. Williams. Ido not know where Mr. M.
is now. I received the second half-year's interest
from Mr. Williams's own hands at Nottingham.
That was in October, 1826. It was for the July
half-year. He said that he was coming to Notting-
ham at that time, and that that was the reason why
it was not paid sooner. I have never received lute
interest since. After that I married Mr.
I gave the deeds upon my marriage to my 'solicitor,
Mr. J. IVPLillan. I never looked at tllem.
Mr. John M‘Lillan confirmed the former wit-
ness's evidence relative to the deeds,
Other evidence was adduced which clearly sub-
stantiated the case, after which the Jury found the
prisoner Guilty—Death:
The prisoner appeared greatly affected upon hear-
ing the verdict. His sentence is deferred until the
close of the Assizes. This case excited the most
lively interest in the county; the Court was crowded
to excess during the trial.
No case of any interest occurred to-clay on the
Civil side.

enifrloartil;°s'
meeting
PRO-CATHOLIC AND NO.PoPERY PETI-
TIONS.—The town of Leeds hp', been this week in a state.
of considerable excitement, from the manifestations made
by the Brunswickers of intention to petition Parliament
against the Bill now in progress for settling the Catholic
question. On Sunday morning, these zealous supporters
of the Protestant religion caused the town to be placarded
with billet, announcing that on the following day petitions
to , both Houses of Parliament, " against the dangeroeA
and unconstitutional measure introduced into the Heeese , f
signature
ition, the
;,,fentti;
eeniCommonse inhabitants.n blvy h l 11r.
11. aPa e eTpl ,or "0
meetinwould
this
thebemr:e ta:edamyc
fa-;our of the Catholic claims,
their fellow-townsmen from
signing the intolereze petitions, and informing them that
issued
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placard,
)1a Dceacredm, h
deirs
su last,ad i
r in
4. fa
petitions to su'eport the measures of Government, which
had bek:n carried in the 11euse of Commous by the
trhirephant majority of 188, would be prepared for
signature : this demonstration seems to have posed the
advocates of exclusion, and three days passed over with-
out any " No-Popery" petition making its appearance;
--Oa Wednesday the junta got together nobody kreows
how, in the court-house, and having placed Relpl,
Markland, Esq. the Mayor, in the chair, they resolved
to address his Majesty, and to petition bath Housee
of Parliament against the proposed nit+asure of Mini-.
sters. No time was now to be lost ; the friends to thee
permanent settlement of the Catholic question having, its
the interval, made all the neeeesary arrangements, issued
their petition on Thursday, at noon, praying than Parlia-
ment would " praceecl in the course of conciliation, hu-
inanity, and justice, so auspiciously begun, and take such
measures foe the attainment of this great and constitutional
object, the abolition of civil distinctions on account of re-
ligious differences, as may to them seem meet." This pk,_
tition, which is now proceeding very prosperously, will he
despatched this evenirez, for presentation on the second
reading of the Bi,ll on, Tuesday next. The Brunswickers,
in order to givc a fictitious consequence to their proceed-
ings, haee split their petition into 11 , the number of ile
townships in the parish of Leeds, and we only wonder
that they did not make it into 100, thereby having a peti-
tion for every street. This pitiful manotuvee, wilielt i 3
quite worthy of their cause, will not fail to be duly appre...
ciated in the two Houses of Parliament. We know that
in one instance application was made by these intoleronts
to a large and flourishing school in this Own, and that,
under an influence which may easily be imagines, their
petition was signed by most, if not all the boys in the
school, some of whom ere, eearcely twelve Years of
~3tiee
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