The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-17 00:00:00

14.1 SUN; LONDON, MONDAY,-JANUARY 17, 1542.

POLICE INTELL/GNCE. _
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MANSIOIV-HOUSE.
- A man named John Mapp was brought before Al-
derman Hooper, charged with. having robbed - his em-
ployer of cash to a considerable amount. Mr. Bensfield,
of lioundsditch, stated that the prisoner was a porter in
his employment, who took`the opportunity, of robbing the
safe early in the morning by means of a skeleton key,
and that a great deal of the money and the skeleton
key had been found at his lodgings. Robberies of com-
paratively trivial kind had been . committed in the house
-before, but two or three suspected 'persons having been
discharged, it was supposed that the security was per-
fect. The prisoner had been drinking during the
previous part of the week, and did not come to his work
until the morning on which the robbery was committed.
Daniel Forrester, the officer, stated that upon being sent
for to investigate the circumstances of the robbery he was
led to suspect, on hearing some matters, that Mapp was
the thief. Hef accordingly proceeded without delay to
the lodging of the prisoner, and, upon, seeing him, put a
question to him, which startled him so much as showed
that the suspicion was well founded. Witness proceeded
to search the room, and found in a bag. which the pri-
soner endeavoured to conceal, 231. in gold and silver, and
in a box 26Z 10s. in gold, and a skeleton key, which, on
being applied to the draWer of the safe which had con-
tained the money that had been stolen, at once opened it.
The prisoner said that the money was his own, which he
had saved from the wages he received from Mr. Bens-
field. Mr. Bensfield said that he paid the prisoner a
pound a week, and that .of late the man was much given
to drink and neglected his business.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
For the last week or two the time of the sitting Ma-
gistrate at this Court has been taken up by complaints
laid by the police, in consequence of applications to the
Police Commissioneri by the inhabitants against omnibus
drivers, for stopping at the White Horse Cellar, Picca-
dilly, and at the corner of Princes-street and Coventry-
street. In every case the Magistrate has inflicted fines,
varying from ss. to 205., and has, in addition, intimated
to the offending parties, that a stop will be put to the
nuisance, and that in all future cases the highest penalty
will be inflicted.
On Saturday a great number of these cases were
brought before Mr. Hardwick. The drivers pleaded that
the blame did not rest with them ; they were engaged to
drive the omnibus only, and the regulation of the omni-
bus was entirely in the hands of the conductoiS. They
did not want to stop on the road, or otherwise infringe
the law, but they were compelled to do as the conductor
ordered, or they must submit to lose their places. The
entire blame of stopping at different places rested with
the conductors.
Mr. HARDWICK admitted the force of the argument,
but said he could not allow it to operate, as he was
bound to administer the law as it stood. The drivers
must enter into some compact with their conductors, or
if they do not, they must still be subject to informations.
The drivers were, all fined ss. and costs.
LAMBET_H-STREET.

The cue of Mr. Henry John Smith, who was charged
last week with seducing the wife of Mr. Hunter, landlord
of the Greycoat Boys' Tavern, Greenwich, and also
stealing a quantity of property belonging to the husband,
was called on for the second time.
Mr. Shaw, a Solicitor, who attended for Mr. Hunter,
stated that since the last examination of the prisoner a
further search had been made at his residence at Brom-
ley, and some towels belonging to Mr. Hunter had been
found there ; but he now wished that the case shOuld be
postponed to a future day, for the purpose of making
further inquiry into the matter, since it was supposed
that many bundles of clothes had been removed from
Mr. Hunter's house. .
To this Mr. Pelham objected on behalf of Mr. Smith,
as the only reason why the case was last time postponed
was to ascertain whether any other property belonging
to Mr. Hunter could be found in Mr. Smith's residence.
It turned out that the only property which could be
found consisted of two napkins used by Mrs. Hunter,
and which any person of ordinary delicacy would not
have taken away. If Mr. Smith should now be remanded,
it would go forth to his disparagement.
iMr. NORTON told Mr. Shaw if he had any witnesses
to the fact of property having been removed from Mr.
Hunter's, he had better call them.
Mary Ann Maybrook, who had been servant to Mr.
and Mrs. Hunter, was then called. She had seen Mr.
Smith at Mr. Hunter's house ; he came on Easter Tues-
day evening, and slept at the house that night.
Mr. NORTON—Do you recollect whether your master
was at home that night or not ? Witness—He was at
home, Sir. On the Saturday evening following Mr.
Smith came to her master's, and while there Mrs. Hunter
desired her to cook some lamb-chops for him, but her
master coming in when she was about to take them to the
parlour, Mrs. Hunter told her she must not take them in,
nor must Mr. Hunter see them.. This was before Mr.
Hunter forbid Mr. Smith his house. Some time in the
month of July Mr. Hunter went to Margate. He left on
the Saturday, and on the following day (Sunday) she
observed Mr. Smith walking up and down in front of the
house, and on seeing her he beckoned her to come to
him. She went down stairs for the purpose of going to
him, and found him .in the bar with Mrs. Hunter, and
then went into the public parlour, where Mrs. Hunter
followed him.. This was between five and six o'clock in
the evenirw. Mr. Smith went out and returned several
times, and left for good at eleven o'clock.
Mr. NORTON—Did you see if the window-blinds were
drawn down ? Witness—No.
Mr. NORTON :Was this after your master had forbid
the prisoner his house? Witness—Yes. The witness
then went on to say that she took a parcel which had
been made up by Mrs. Hunter to the foreign grocer's in
Trafalgar-street, Greenwich, and which she said was to
be called for by the gentleman who had been in there
with a lady a short time before, who wrote a note and
purchased some cigars; but the people in the shop le-
fused to take it in witout a proper direction, and she
took it back to her master's house. On observing her
return with the parcel her mistress exclaimed, " Good
God Almighty, Mary, you must not let your master see
it;" and instantly took it up stairs and directed it for
Mr. 11. J. Smith, to be called for, and sent her back to
the grocer's with it. The witness also took a large par-
cel, as much as she could carry, made up in a table cloth,
and which, among other things, contained three dresses
belonging to Mrs. Hunter, to Mrs. Buxton's, in Green-
wich, and these she had not afterwards seen. She left
the service of Mr. Hunter on the 24th of July, and she
had not seen Mrs. Hunter since that time.
Cross-examined—Said she recollected Mrs. Hunter
taking cake and wine into the'parlour to Mr. Smith, and
stopping there with him for some time on' the occasion,
and for this it was that her master forbade Mr. Smith's
cominc, to his house again. She had no doubt, she said,
that her mistress, Mrs. Hunter, liked Mr. Smith better
than her husband, and on one occasion she saw Mrs.
Hunter and Mr. Smith on the sofa together, with Mr.
Smith's arm round her waist. She also recollected Mrs.
Hunter going away one Sunday in the month of May,
and stopping out all night, but returned home on Mon-
day evening.
Eliza _Durant, the bar-maid, gave similar evidence.
Benjamin Phillips, a pot-boy to Mr. Hunter, deposed
to having taken bundles to Mrs. Buxton's, at the request
of his mistress, but he did not knOw ,who they were
for, nor did he know the person of Mr. Smith.
These being all the witnesses in attendance, Mr. SHAW
expressed a hope the prisoner would be remanded.
Mr. Pelham complained of the course pursued by the
opposite side, and said the charge of Mony endeavoured
to be imputed to his client was without a tittle of evi-
dence to support it.
Mr. NORTON did not think the prisoner had so much
to complain of, as there was no doubt whatever that any
jury hearing the evidence adduced there on that day
must come to a decision of his being guilty of adultery,
Mr. Pelham replied that he was not there to defend
his client on a charge of critn. con., but on a charge of
felony ; and, however foolishly or immorally he -might
have acted, this-was not .the'proper place to try such an
issue, and as there was no charge before his Worship
affecting the ',prisoner of which lie could take cognizance,
he trusted he, would not longer detain hint.
Mr. NORTON could not help admiring the zeal with
which the Learned Counsel (_Mr. ,Pelharn) defended his
Client, but still, when he recollected the situation he
(the prisoner) had placed himself in, he must not won-
der at what had occurred, and that stMicient time should
be giyen, to the prosecutor to make the fullest inquiries
into the matte"

Mr. Pelham observed that the delay was of the most
serious consequence to the accused, inasmuch as he wss
suspended from the duties of his office, and another re-
mand might lead many. to think that he was guilty of
the charge imputed to . him--a charge of. whiCh he was
totally innocent and clear.
Mr. NORTON said the prisoner was not charged with
stealing the goods missed by the prosecutor, but the con-
structive taking.
Mr. Shaw replied that this was the charge.
Mr. Pelham . said he had several respeetable:indivi-
dual3 to speak to the high character of the accused, and
amongst them his uncle, who was for many • years a
Common Councilman and Chairman of thQ Navigation
. Committee.
Mr. NORTON thought that, under the circumstances,
he was bound to give time for further inquiries, and the
accused was admitted . on the same sureties who had
been previously bound for -him to apear on a future day.
• U -HALE:IV
•
John Williams was brought up, charged with entering
the" house of MrS:Elizabeth White, in Stanhope-place,
SOUthwark, by means of a picklock key, and stealing
watch and other articles, the property of that lady.
It appeared that on the preceding night the com-
plainant, while sitting in her parlour after tea, was sur-
priseduliepnc,ae ofc9
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exhibiting
nititnhge
symptoms • •
premises i nkeepinglooking
gstlessness every now and then running

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proceed up stairs, accompanied by the dog, when it
became more noisy than ever, and on entering the room
she at once perceived that'thieves had been in the room,
-for the plate-basket had been removed from its usual
' place, and some china had been taken out of the closet and
laid upon the floor. As there was a strong smell oflucifer
matches in the room, the complainant, apprehensive
that some One was concealed- there, and her fears being
increased from the circumstance of the clog still con-
tinuing to bark, she went down to the street-door and
asked for a policeman, but not finding one, the com-
plainant, seeing a gentleman pass, requested him to enter
the house, at the same time communicating her suspi-
cion with respect to a thief being concealed on the pie-
mises. The. gentleman, whose name is Lay; immediately
complied with the request, and having ascended to the
complainant's bed-chamber, on examining the room, the
prisoner was at length discovered lying down at his full
length between the, bed and mattress.' When he was
dragged from his hiding place there was found concealed
in his pockets a watch, which had been taken out of the
drawing-room, also several silver.spoons, together with
other articles, On subsequent extuinatiou.of-the -house

it was d:scovacd that the prisoner must have effected • an
entrance by means of a picklock Jccy applied to the
street-door lock, and that, in all probability, he was in
the act of walking along the passage when the dog al-
ready alluded to began to bark, and which ultimately led
tO the- itiscovery and apprehension of the thief.
The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, teas
committed. -

TRIAL of DE LAN UNT for MURDER.
DUBLIN, JAN. 14.—Nothing could surpass the ex-
citement this day about the Commission Court, in con-
sequence of it being fixed for the trial of John Dela-
hunt for the murder of the boy Thomas Patrick Ma-
guire, last December, under circumstances of unprovoked
atrocity. The wretched culprit stood at the bar the
greater part of the day with Lis hands grasping a hand-
kerchief applied to his face. An occasional glimpse
showed him to be of forbidding aspect, greatly increased
by the haggard and perturbed appearance of lifs coun-
tenance.
The Hon. Justice TORRENS and Baron PENNE-
FATHER were the sitting Judges. On being arraigned
the prisoner pleaded " Not guilty."
Mr. BREWSTER, Q.C., state] the case for the prose-
cution.
William Butler, a boy about nine years old, exa-
mined—l live in Plunket-street. 1 knew Thomas
Maguire, who also lived there. I was playing with
him in Blickhall-row on Monday before Christmas-day,
about four o'clock, or a little after. John Fox and Pat
Fox were with us. A man came and called him away,
and he went with him in the direction of Patrick-street.
He never saw the man since, and would not know him
if he did.
Cross-examined—l knew the hour exactly, because
beard a clock strike in Plunket-street before I went to
Blackball-row.
Margaret Delabunt, examined by Mr. BREWSTER—
I know the prisoner. He is the brother of my husband.
I remember the evening of Monday, the 20th of De-
cember. I saw_tite-pri§oeer on that evening at my lodg-
ings, at the coiner of Llt'Cia Britain-street. He had a
little child with him whir him when he came in. The.
child was about nine years old, and had dark hair with
curls about its forehead.. He had a dark jacket and
nankeen trousers, with nothing on his feet. It was
about five o'clock when he came in, and his mother,
who lived with her (witness), asked him him what kept
him out all day ? and he said he had been at the Caste
with Major Brown. Ho said he had a little gentle-
man with him, and I turned round and saw the
child. I asked the child what his name was, and the
prisoner said he would not speak. -I asked him was
he hungry, and he said he was, and I gave him
a potatoe. I asked him his name, and he said,
Tommy Maguire." 'He said his father was a baker,
but he could not tell where he lived. 1 toll the pri-
soner for Gnu's sake to take him home, as his parents
must be distracted about him. The child had a mark
on his forehead, apparently received in infancy. The
prisoner said he had got the child's address from a
policeman, and I said it was a wonder some policeman
cues not sent with him home He said the policeman,
Mr. Barrett, was on duty, and could not go with him.
The prisoner then went away with the child. I saw
the prisoner two hours after, and when he returned to
the room I asked him what he did with the child, and he
said he left it at the corner of Buckingham street, and
that it then knew its way home. I saw the child
afterwards dead on Tuesday night. I am positive it
was the same child the prisoner had with in the room.—
(A knife was here handed to the witness, and she stated
that it was her knife, and the only one she had). I
saw that knife on Monday, at breakfast. The prisoner
was at breakfast with me that morning. I missed it in
the course of the day when asked for a loan of it. I
could not then find it, nor on Tuesday, when I searched
minutely for it. • I saw the prisoner sharpen this knife
on the Saturday previous, along with his brother's knife.
The prisoner never slept in my house after that Monday.
Cross-examined by Mr. WaLsx—Had a quarrel with
prisoner some time ago. He got me put in the station-
house on a charge of deserting a child in his brother's
ball. I lived with his brother, and had a child by him,
which I went on that occasion to leave with him. The
brother was in the room, and went out in disguise with
a bonnet and cloak on. I suppose the prisoner did all
he could to prevent his brother from marrying me. It
was about a year after the prisoner put me in the station-
house that I was married to his brother. I did not_
speak freely to him since until lately. When the pri-
saner brought the child to my room it was by candle-
light I saw hiM. It was a halfpenny candle on a chair
by the fireside. I saw the body of the child by candle-
light on the next evening. I could not be mistaken as
to the chill. I was too long looking at it to be mis-
taken. It was positively the same child I saw dead
that was brought by the prisoner to my room.—(Much
sensation.) Ido not expect any reward for coming
here, nor would I take it.—(The witness was much
affected during the latter portion of her testimony.)
Eliza Mason examined by Mr. M'Kane-1 live in
Easttnorland-lane, near B iggot-street Bridge. I know
the prisoner at the bar for five or six months. I re-
member seeing the prisoner at the bar on the Monday
befOre Christmas-day, in Baggot-street-row, about fine
or six in the evening. I met him near Mrs. Fitz's
house. There were some other children with me. I
saw John Delahunt pass by, and I ran after him-and
spoke to him. There was a little child about six or
seven years of age I think with him. He had a coarse
linen bib and a cap on him. I asked him where he
was going, and he said he had a strange child with which
Mr. Barrett, of the Castle, had sent him borne. I spoke
to the child, and Sohn Delahunt said he lived ne it
BA's-bridge, taking the word out of the child's mouth.
I asked the boy what his name was, and he said
Tommy Macguire." The prisoner heard him say
that. I asked the prisoner to come back and see my
Mother, and he said he would in the course of half an
hour. He went off in the direction of Ball's-bridge
with the child. He returned in the course of half an
hour to my mother, and he had not the child with him.
I asked him did he find its parent... He said that when
he came to Ball's-bridge the child kne.v its way home
from that, and he had left it then. I saw a dead child
afterwards at Irislitown. It was the same child that
John Delahunt load with him the Monday before
Christmas-day.
Christopher Lennox, 83 B, examined by Mr. M'KANE
—I was called on by the last witness on the 20th o

December, about ten minutes before seven o'cllck. In
consequence of what she told me I went to Stable-lane,
an saw a dead child there. I got a light and felt
him. He was- very warm and bleeding. He was lying
oa his right side. The place where he was lying was
out;,ide the Circular-road. When the light came I saw
that its throat was cut. The inspector found a cap,
which I saw afterward?. The cap was lying ten or
lilcen perches from the body.

By the Ccurtt—Buckinginm-street is off Summer-
hip. L do not know of • any street or placo of that
name near Baggot-street. The place where the body
was found is 600 yards from Bull's-bridge.
Edward Barlett, 72 A, exaniked by Mr. MAITLEY
—ldentified a child's cap and a large stone, with marks
of blood on it, found ',ear the cap, as found in the lane
on the evening of the murder.

Thomas Gavin, a boy ten years of age, examined
by Mr. BREWSTER—Swore to finding the knife op-
posite to Dzlahunt's hall, about 20 yards' distance from
it. (The knife was the one identified by Margaret
a!lahunt as her property )
Alter some further evidence, the case for the Crown
elo:ed at a quarter before three.

Mr. CURPAN then proceeded to address the Jury for
the prisoner, and brought forward some objections,
which were reserved for argument.
Baron PENNEFATHER tLea_ proceeded to charge
the Jury.

At five-o'clock the Jury retired to consider their vJr.
diet. The Jury, after being out of Court for twenty
minutes, returned and handed in a verdict of Guilty.
The prit.oner heard the finding of the Jury without
any visible emotion.

Baron PENNEFATHER said that certain objections
had teen brought forward by the prisoner's CJunset, and
the Court would not pass sentence until they had been
tbspused Of. They would sit at eleven o'clock to-mor-
row to hear theta argued. This course did not, how-
ever, impugn the propriety of the verdict which bud
been given.

15.—The point of law raised in favour of the
convicted murderer, Delahunt, was heard at great
length, and the Court finally
ruled it t 3 be of no
moment.

i nsentence.
the
The Hon. Justice TORRENS proceeded to pais sen•
tence u)on the wretched culprit. He stood at the
bar, with his face covered, as on yeAerday, while the
When
Learned Judge delivered a most impressive and affect-
tion to be the sth of February next, and said," May
the Lord have mercy on your soul," the convict fell
bagek
into
dock in
aheswnaoroone,d the day for his execu-
in which he remained,.
apparently lifeless, for nearly half an lour.- With the
aid of restoratives he was recovered, and helped out of
Court into •a covered car, in which were his mother and
two officers of the prison. An eicort of mounted police
rode along with the car as it proceeded to Kilmain-
ham, followed by an immense Crowd. The public enter-
tain strong hopes
.that be will make some revelations
about the murdered Italian boy, and Dolan, who was
murdered in
,Drogheda, in a similar manner to the poor
boy for whose death ho has been. brought to justice.

.capable iron, w i
ot with
! A seizure has just been made of an illicit distil-
lery, on a large scale, carried. an by one of the leading
-wine and spirit merchants at the east end of the town ; it
was fitted Up in, the most expensive style, the stills
cboepinpger theulipnoinngs
holding 700 gallons, and about 20 tons of molasses in a
state of preparation for distillation, and 900 gallons of
a n
d French
there principle,werwere
2 0
each
a cohf
molasses wash. Tt required 14 vans to remove all the
articles to her Majesty's stores. ,
On Saturday, at the Court of Review,. two 4
the assignees appointed by the Court of Bankruptcy ii
the case of Hitchcock, the draper, of Regent. street, pe-
titioned the CoUrt for leave to bring an action against
Cook and Gladstone, to recover the amount of a large
quantity of linen, said to have been fraudulently obtained
by them. Mr. Coleridge 'said that Messrs. Cook tri 1
Gladstone. were 'post anxious to have the' SetiOu -tied.
Permission was accordingly grated, " .

CHIC HESTER.
(From the Hampshire Te:egraph.)
RIDGE'S BANKRUPTCY.

A second meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Ridge,
bankers, was held yesterday at Chichester, when several
debts were proved, principally of small amount, and the
Commissioner, Mr. R. W. MISSING, adjourned the
meeting till this morning at 10 o'clock, when the bank-
rupts presented themselves, and Mr. C. Ridge was
subjected to an examination by Mr. Montagu Cham-
bers, a barrister retained by the assignees, and Mr. W.
Ridge and Mr. Newland were requested to retire. The
Commissioners present were, Mr. R. Missing, Mr. W.
Douglas, and Mr. E. Padden ; the three assignees
were also present.- Mr. Newland, solicitor, attended
on behalf of the b:inkrupts. The amount of debts
proved is as follows :

s. d.
At the last meeting...... 115.475 11' 1
Ditto on the 4th instant 7,171 410

Total 122,646 15 11

Mr. Charles Ridge was called, and examined by Mr.
CHAMBERS. After stating that he joined tlfb firm in
1813, and that on the death of his father, in 1829, he
believed the bank was solvent, he proceeded to say he
knew that some of the debtors to the firm had become
insolvent and bankrupt, but did not treat them as bad
debts. All the debts due to the firm from insolvents
and bankrupts, and other persons, and the debts hope-
less of collection, were introduced into the accounts
made up in April, 1830, so as to form part of the
assets of the firm. •

-Mr. CHAMBER 3 proceeded to interrogate him on his
statement of the solvency of the firm at that period.'
Will you refer to the account made up at that date,
and state from it the amount of the assets of the firm
then ?—The debtors' side exhibits a total of 208,002/.
12s. ; but there are two items which should be set off
from that-2,8111. for notes that Glyn and Co. had
paid for us, notes of the firm being paid by them, and
23,1071.75. 4d.

What item is that ?—lt is what is in bankers' lan
guage called " the rest."

Deducting the notes paid by Glyn and Co., and what
you call " the rest," will the residue give the amount
due at that time from persons indebted to the firm ?
It would represent the debts actually due to the firm,
upon securities or otherwise.

Can you state what the amount of the liabilities of
the firm was on the 30th of April, li3o ?—I cannot.
Is there no account-book existing, made up to the
30th of April, 1830, which contains a distinct item,
stating the amount of the liabilities of the firm then ?
Does not the private profit and loss book, folio 10, show
it ? (Book produced.) Is not 208,0021. entered there,
as the liabilities of the firm at that date ?—lt is not.

What is it meant to represent P—Totals taken from
the general balance-book, with draughts in circulation,
acceptances unpaid, and private accounts.
Are not all the items which form that total liabilities?
—Yes, except two, one of 36,7001., and the other
20,000/. ; these are note accounts ; and two others
marked " sundry persons.'
What arc note accounts ?—The amount of notes
made.

Do you class creditors on the estate, the two note
accounts you mentioned, and the two called " sundry
persons," under the head of liabilities ?—They are not.
Do the entries " note accounts" represent notes made
for circulation, including those actually in circulation, as
well as those in the hands of the firm 7—Yes.
Then can you state the amount of notes in circula-
tion on the 30th April, 1830, merely by looking on the
right hand side of that account ?—I cannot.
Can you by referring to any other entries ?—I think
not.

Will not folio 10, of book 3, show the amount of
liabilities of the firm on the 30th April, 1830, and if
not, why not ?—I do not think it will, because many of
the liabilities are in off-set.

Am Ito understand that in making up the accounts
on that day the liabilities were not ascertained ?—They
were not.

Were there any means taken to determine whether the
firm were then solvent or insolvent 1)--I am not aware.

The examination had not proceeded further than this,
being confined to the state of the firm on making up
the accounts in the April subsequent to the death of
the senior Mr. Ridge, when Mr. Chambers stated it
was his intention to trace the state of the accounts from
that period up to the present time.
The COMMISSIONER adjourned the examination until
the 16th of February.
Two whole days were thus consumed merely to ascer-
tain if the bank was.solvent when the elder Mr. Ridge
died ; but not a question was asked as to whether the
hank was solvent 33 months before, when the present
Mr. W. Ridge joined it, which was only two days after
the death of Mr. Richard Murray. The fact to be
ascertained, if such be useful, is what presumed balance
of property was handed over to the executdrs of Mr.
R. Murray, and what to the representatives of the elder
Mr. Ridge. None other could be useful, for that would
be a better presumption of the then real state of the case.

NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.—'Che Warspite, 54, Captain
Lord John Hay,. went out of harbour yesterday, and
the Vindictive, 54, Captain J. T. Nicolas, C. 8., to-
day. The Warspite proceeded to the Downs this
morning, and will be followed at daylight to-morrow, by
the Vindictive, both to join the Forrnidabl., when the
whole will sail for Ostend, to escort the King of Prussia
to this country. Orders were given yesterday for two
of the Royal Pages to hold themselves in readiness to
embark on board the Firebrand, steamer, at Woolwich,
on Monday next, to attend on their Majesties during
the voyage from Wend, where it is understood King
Leopold will meet the Prussian Monarch. The Fire-
brand will also convey the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of
the Stole to Prince Albert, or Earl Hardwicke,
,as the
Lewd-in-Waiting, and the Prussian Minister, to escort
the King of Prussia to this country. His Majesty will
embark at Ostend on Thursday next.
Tim Cambrian, 36, Capt. Chads, C. 8., with Lord
Ellenborough, Governor-General of Lithe, on board,
arrived at TeneritTe on the 22d -Nov.
The Southampton, Pearl, and Partridge, arrived at
Monte Video, frop Rio Janeiro, on the 30th Oct.
The Aigle s tiled from Gibraltar on the 24th ult.
The Malabar arrived there on the same day from Ply-
mouth. The Java transport, with detachments of
troops, arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th ult.
The Lynx, 3, Lieut. Burslem, is to go to the West
India station from Lisbon, to follow the Heroine, 10,
Lieut. Stewart.
On Wednesday night it blew hard from the south-
east, which raised a little sea at Shithead ; the Queen,
in consequence, parted her bpwercable with 120 fa-
thoms out, but was brought up by her sheet anchor.
She is reported to have pitched an 4 rolled much more
than could have been expected.
The Rhadamanthus steam transport is •hourly ex-
pected here from ,the eastward, on her way to Gibral-
tar, with naval and military stores, and a detachment
of sappers and miners for the garrison.
The new steamer Thunderbolt was launched at this
dockyard on Toutsday, and taken into dock to be
coppered. Her dimensions are as follow :—Her length
of keel for tonnage, 155 ft. 114 in. ; extreme breadth,
36 ft. ; depth in hold, 21 ft. ; burthen, in ton;, 1,055.
The Thunderbolt is fitted with Captain G. Smith's
paddle-box boats, which, in her, arc thirty feet long,
and nine feet six inches wide ; and the remissness
of Government in not so fitting all mereol-war
steamers, • cannot be more amply shown than in the
state to which the Avon might have been reduced, a
few' daYs.sipee,when she was found to be on fire ; and
thenll only a few miles from the Irish coast, was in-
capable, herself, of furnishing her crew and passengers
w?th the means of escape, had it been requisite. The
Growlet has been so fitted, and the Geyser is ordered
tu be. Altogether, aboUt 30 steamers have adopted
this useful improvement, including 14 belonging to the
Royal West India Mail Company. A serious respon-
.sibilitv now falls on all Companies and Owners of StTam
packets, who do not avail themselves of this safeguard
to their customers and passengers. And we regret to
find that officers of the Queen's yawls have in more
than one instance, so raised objections as that a ship
has been sent to sea without these boats having beca
supplied, though orders have been given to that effect,
Insinuations have been thrown out to the detriment
of Mr. Grant's Patent Fuel, that it was liable to spon-
taueous combustion, the Admiralty have submitted it to
Professors Farraday and Brandt, who both report that
it is impossible it can ignite of itself, whatever degree
of heat, devoid of flame, or whatever degree of friction
it may be subject to.
The smack Dibden, Mant, master, of and for this
poit; from Jersey with potatoes, went en 'shOre at the
back of the Isle of Wight, on Thursday night, in a
snow storm, and was totally wrecked ; we believe the
crew were all drowned. Tire bodies of Brock; a scam:n ,
and Weldren, a boy, were brought home to-day aridl
an inquest was held on their remains. The
corpse' of
the captain was landed here this evening.
Iu Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal
George, Carysfort, Ripid. Nautilus, Echo (steam-tug).
At Spithead—Queen, Vindictive and itabelia (con-
vict-ship.