The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-28 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Edwin Reynoldsand• Frederick William Tattersall, two
genteel looking youths, who were stated to be clerks in
a barrister's office, were charged with having uttered a
counterfeit shilling at the shop of Mr. Jennings, a baker,
in Hackney-road. Several respectable-looking persons,
the friends and relations of the accused, surrounded the
bar, and a solicitor attended to defend them. The com-
plainant stated that the defendant Tattersall entered his
shop, and asked for a bun, in payment of which he ten-
dered a shilling, which witness perceived was a bad one.
The defendant said he had received it from his friend,
the other defendant, who was outside. The witness then
sent for a policeman, and had both the defendants taken
into custody. In answer to the charge, the defendant
Reynolds said he had received the shilling in change fora
sovereign, and had not the &tightest suspicion of its being a
bad one. The friends of the prisoners here stepped forward,
complained loudly of the harsh manner in which they had
been treated, and of the injurious effect such an accusa-
tion was calculated to have upon their characters, which
had been heretofpre without a blemish.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that the prosecutor had certainly
acted in a very hasty and injudicious manner in giving
the prisoners into custody, the most respectable people
being liable to have a bad piece of money in their pos-
session without being at all aware of it. He recollected
the caso of a respectable married woman who was brought
before him some Aime ago on a similar charge, which he
dismissed, and her husband afterwards brought an action
against her accuser, and recovered 1001. damages. He
should discharge the defendants, and he strongly recom-
mended Mr. Jennings to endeavour to make his peace
with them, and thereby avert the unpleasant conse-
quences that might otherwise result from his hasty pro-
ceedings.
The prosecutor accordingly made a public apology to
the defendants for the harsh conduct he had pursued to-
wards them; and, as a further atonement, he contributed
20s. to the office poor. box. The defendants were then
discharged.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, MARcu 26.-The Queen, 110, Cap-
tain Rsch (with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Ed-
ward Owen) ; and the Formidable, 84, Captain Sir
Charles Sullivan, Bart., sailed on Monday, with a fine
northerly wind, for the Mediterranean.
The Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord Henry Paulet,
having received orders to proceed to South America,
sailed yesterday to Chili.
The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, will proceed to
Rio Janeiro, as soon as the weather moderates. She
will take out Commander Stopford to join the Pearl,
and Commander Haimes to join the Fantome.
The Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir W. Daniel, will
go out of Harbour on Monday, be paid on Tuesday,
and is ordered to be then ready to sail at a moment's
notice, with despatches. Her destination is not known.
The Athol, arrived at Liverpool, spoke on the sth
inst. in lat. 34, ion. 30, her Majesty's ship Warspite,
with.his Excellency Lord Ashburton on board. The
Warspite was 19 days from Portsmouth, and had
made fine weathero" as the sailors term it, by run-
ning so far to the south.
. The Thunderbolt steamer, will sail to-morrow for
Glasgow, in charge of Mr. J. Aylen, Master of the
Victory, and 60 of the. Victory's crew ; calling at Mil-
ford, to return the Collingwood's jury masts, &c. She
will have. Napier's engines. Mr. Aylen and crew will
return here immediately after leaving the Thunder-
bolt at Glasgow.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant Paulson, sailed yes-
terday to Shields, &c. for seamen.
' The Blazer, steamer, which left this port for Wool-
wich 'on Monday week, was run ashore on Seaford
Head, by the neglect of the pilot, the same man who
recently had charge of the Volcano, steamer, and ran
her aground off Margate. The Blazer was soon got
off,,but in going up the River she ran down a Hull
smack, Billy Boy, full loaded, and worth 2,0001., the
crew of which were saved.
The Growler, steam frigate, arrived on Sunday,
from Chatham, and sailed on Tuesday, to Plymouth.
The Quail, arrived on Tuesday, from Sheerness, and
returned on Thursday ; and the Emerald, arrived on
Tuesday, from Shields, with newly raised men.
The Monkey, steam-tug, arrived yesterday, with
the Emma, schooner, of Portsmouth, in tow. This
vessel had been driven off the coast of Sussex, in the
late gales, with only a boy on board. The Monkey,
returned this evening to the River.
The Volcano, steam-vessel, Lieut. Featherstone,
arrived on Tussday from Plymouth, with seamen.
The 'Pilot, 16, arrived at Halifax, with specie from
Jamaica; on the 20th -ult.
The Kite Steam-vessel, at Woolwich, is ready, and
'was to be towed down the River to-day, where she
will get her orders. The following vessels are at
Woolwich, all preparing for sea, and nearly ready :-
The Geyser, Styx, Fearless, Shearwater, and Mastiff,
with" their tenders Violet, Speedwell, and Woodlark.
The Lightning is under repair ; the Gorgon, Hecla,
and Blazer, are preparing to pay off about the 31st
inst. The Black Eagle is ready for sea. The follow.
ing are in ordinary under repair :-Salamander,
Comet, Megaera, Acheron, Columbia, and Swallow.
The Raven sailed on Wednesday, for the Eastward.
The Albatross, 16, will be launched from this Dock-
yard on Monday next.
The Atholl, troop-ship, Mr. C. P. Bellamy, Mas-
ter Commanding, was paid off this day, having been
four years in commission. In this time, she has been
actually at sea, 859 days, and ran over a distance of
101,697 miles, and has conveyed to their destinations
263 officers--:-6,801 non-commisioned officers and
pi ivates-647 women, and 1,098 children.
The Canhadar convict-ship will sail to-morrow
morning for Hobart Town.
In Harbour St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George, Winchester, Ringdove, and Volcano,
and Echo (steamers), and Adventure (naval transport).
At Spithead-Alfred, Candahar (convict ship).
Colonel Custance, of the 10th regiment, is ap-
pointed Colonel Commandant (an office revived), at
Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight; Colonel Con-
sidine succeeds Colonel Custance in the command of
the 10th regiment.
Lieut.-Colonel Maclean (late of the 13th Dragoons)
is appointed Colonel Commandant of the depot at
Dorchester, for Canadian cavalry.
There are 18 line of battle ships, 14 frigates, and
16 sloops, and other smaller vessels of war, now
building in the various naval dockyards. The Prince
Albert, 90, Royal Frederick, 110, Constance, 36,
Eurydice, 26, Albatross, 16, and Sealark, 10, at
Portsmouth ; the Aboukir, 90, Albion, 90, Ex-
mouth, 90, Amethyst, 26, Flora, 36, Creole, 26,
Niobe, 26, and Philomel, 6, at Plymouth ; the
Algiers, 90, Victoria, 110, Centurion, 80, Co.,
lossus, 80, Lion, 80, Superb, $O, June. 26, Sybil,
36, Helena, 16, Liberty, 16, Squirrell, 16, Marmion, I

6, and Martin, 6, at Pembroke • the Cumberland, 70,
IVlt
Goliah, 80, Irresistible, 80, dars, 80, jcistic, 80,
Active, 36, Chesapeake, 36, Arab, 16, alypso, 20,
Coquette, 20, Dispatch, 10, Dove, 10, E k, 16, and
Heron, 16, at Chatham ; the Daedalus, 42, aid Daring,
10, at Sheerness ; the Hannibal, 90, Bo4cawen, 70,
Chichester, 50, and Amphion, 36, at Woolwich ; and
the Worcester, 50, at Deptford. Some of tlie foregoing
are ready to launch, and others nearly so.l
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 24.—The Alban steamer, Mr.
J. King, Master, arrived from Portimouth, on
Monday, and sailed the next day for i Pembroke,
with Mr. Anderson, Assistant Master! Attendant,
and a party of men, to navipte the Spiteful, a new
steamer, to Greenock. The Volcano steamer, Lieut.
C. J. Featherstone, also arrived from Portsmouth,
with forty-two men for the Agincourt, and sailed in
1 the afternoon, on her return to Portsmouth. Arrived
the Alert, packet, Lieut. E. Jennings, front Falmouth,
to be paid off. Sailed the Spy, 3, Lieut. 4. M. Pot-
bury, for Bristol, for newly raised men ; 'and Camel,
lighter, for Woolwich. The Vindictive, 50, Capt. J.
T. Nicholas, with Sir Thomas Cochrane's flag, passed
down channel with a fine breeze from the northward ;
she had been detained in Torbay some •days by con-
trary winds. The Philomel, 10, to be launched from
this Dock-yard, the 28th, it is said will be imme •
diately commissioned by Cominander B. J. Sullivan,
for a surveying-vessel on the Coast of South America.
The depot of the 98th regiment marced from Devon-
port barracks, the 21st instant, for Wales. The
Growler steamer, Commander C. H. M. Buckle ar-
rived from Portsmouth.—ln Harbour-L-Caledonia,
San Josef, Agincourt, Resistance, Crocodile, Fly,
Scylla, Growler, Alert, and Bramble.