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London, England, 1828-09-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mani ARMS. Zlla DaTr•Dublin it—Waterford s.....hernmir
and Jersey 2—Hamburg►l-11ollasd I—Flanders I—Frasee 1+•
Brasil 1.

The following was posted up at Lloyd's this morning :
" General Steam Navigation Company,
24, Crutchedfriars, Sept. U.
° Sta—Mr. Brockkbank. the Managing Director of this Com-
pany, arrived late last night from Boulogne. states that the Colum-
bine steam packet was weighed alf the rocks on Friday evening,
and towed to the mouth of Boulogne Harbour, when she was laid
as the sands and the leak stopped. and then taken in on the Satur.
day evening, without making any water. She will be sufficiently.
repaired to proceed to London on Thursday next.
" I am, Sit, your obedient servant,
" CHAS. BESSELL, Secretary.
To John Bennett, Esq. Lloyd's."

The Franklin, Hammes, from Liverpool for Portsmouth (FLH.:
was totaUy lest, With July, on Sable Island—crew saved.

The Charlotte, (tom Jamaica, bound to Bristol, pat into Savan-
tab 12th August, having been on Carisfort Reef.
Arrived off Kinsale the Eliza Plommer, Bross, from Jamaica;
and Corinthian, %Lux. from Demerara.
DIAL, Strenuois 21.—Wind KS.B.—Arrived from London
the Jessie, WiXTIM, for the Cape ; and Brvira, —, for Lima.
Posesarovest, Sir/mats 20 and 21.—Winit S.K—Siiled the
Admiral *Eyck's, Dumyat, for Batavia; Sitscapore, Jout•on, for
Van Dimwit's Land; and his Majesty's ship Crocodile, for Rio
sod Madras.

PLymoors, SKr: 19 and 20.—Wind R.—AM•ed the Helena,
EDMONDS, from Madre; Brilliant, Tuna's, frost Coruna.
Faurovirn, Sam 19.—Wind S. to E.S.E.
Sarr.2o.—Wind S.S.E. to E.S.E.—Sailed tke Doke of Dlflake.
rough packet, fur Lisbon; Le Refusation, Tritormas, for Brest;
Elrick, Gauss, for Hantbargb and Gibraltar ; Camden packet, for
St. Domingo, Jamaica, bre. and Skylark packet, for tke Leeward
Islands.

Cows', Sm. 21.—Arrived the Ceres, Booms, from Monte
Video.

LITIMPOOL, Seri. !O.—Arrived the Sedated., Faux, from Rio
Janeiro; and Cowper, %Voosoassr, tram New York.
Pastarics, San. db.—Arrived the Valley&ldi Jonsurrou, from
Bombay; Jane, Jaassassor, from the "Isamu's; and New York
packet, Cousin, from Jamaica.
Gamranca, Serf l9.—Arrived the Mount Stewart, Rumor
nous, from Bombay ; Jamaica, Haaosr, f om New Orleans ;
get Stewart, Kass, from St. John's (N. B.); Jane, Hausa, from
Naples.

DEVONPORT, Sst>z se.
The Diligence naval transpose sailed yesterday fo
Portsmout ~ with a part of the coast blockade men
lately employed in the Britannia dining her esperi
mental cruize with the Prince Regent. The Echi
steam packet, Lieutenant Bullock, sailed for the east
vast! on Thursday. His Majesty's ship Alligator ita
strived at Madeira, previous to the 25th of Attiob
The Blossom, 26, Commander F. W. Beechy, Was • I

Rh de Janeiro on the 41st of July. His Hajestesslotip
U itnmut, 10, Commander Maurits's, sailed on Thurs-
day f tr the coot of Portugal, for the protection of the
interest of British subjects.
The new India built ship Bombay, 84, came into
harbour on Wednesday, to be discharged of the frames
of the Cyrene and Fly, brought from Bombay, far the
Dock-yard, to be laid up in ordinary, the buildutg e•ta-
bfishmert in that plate having been broken up. Mi-
Pollesfee,, the master shipwright, h 9 come home in the
Bombay, which also brings home Lieut. Williamson.
and a party of marines, who went out from this port in
the Tamar some yearcsince, for Melville Is'and, New
South Wales;, a beautiful Arabian mare, two buffaloes,
intended for his Majesty, and a young lion and li feet'
for Lord Melville:

Commander *Follett Pennill, lite of the Fly, in the
EAU Indies. is promoted to the rank of Captain; Com-
mander Alexander Campbell, •ho came home in the
Bombay, to the rank of Captain.
.1 here are no A' 2 500 Portuguese Constitutionalists at
Plymouth; 260 airn►ed yesterday from Portsmouth.
The young Queen, Dont►a Maria da Gloria, is hourly
expected to land at Falmouth.

!Rt►M THE HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH, SETT. £O.
Wntb, the Phsehe and the Moppet' (which arrived at
the Cove of Cork on Monde)) lett Rio, the Chanticleer
had artived t the Cadmus was cruising off Cape Frio.
The Sapphire WEI to bring Lord Ponsonby from the
River Plate to Rio. The Thetis and the Heron were in
the River Plate. The Doris was daily expected at Rio,
on her way to England, from round Gape Horn. Mr.
Leech, mate of the Ganges, was to act as Lieutenant of
the Cadmus.

Sunday arrived, 128 days from Port Louis, Mauri-
tius, the brig Marmion, of Whitby, Jameson, master.
From the length of time the crew were under the
necessity of subsisting on salt provisions, during so
protracted a voyage, the scurvy manifested itself on
board in a very alarming degree. Eight out of this..
teen (including the Master and .Mate) of the ship's
company were affected by it, and three died during
the voyage. By five of the remaining weakly crew, she
was, with the greatest difficulty, brought into port. Sire
has a valuable cargo of ebony, kc. bound to London.
Whilst the Marmion lay at Port Louis, his Majesty's
ship Satellite, Commander Laws, arrived there, and
sailed again on the 4th of March for Ceylon. His Ma..
jesty's sloop Espoir, Commander Greville, was lying at
Port Louis on the Bth of May. The merchant brig the
Archibald, of London. and ship Juno, were to sail for
London on the 10th May. The Camden, of London,
had sailed for Madras and Calcutta on the Bth of May,
all well. The Marmioa, on her passage, spoke the ship
London, of London, from Liverpool, bound to Rio de
Janeiro. in lat. 17. 00. N. long. '25. 17. W. all well.
His Maje:ty's ship Clinker arrived at Fernando Po,
from Sierra Leone, June 14. The Eden sailed from
Fernando Po, 14th June, on a cruize The Frolic arrived
at Jamaica, from Faloputh, llth July, and sailed 15th,
for Carthagena. The Aurora arrived at Jamaica, from
Antigua. 16th July; and Arachne, front Chagres, 27th
July. The Pandora sailed from New South Wales, for
Trincomalee, on the Sth March. The Victor sailed from
Barb4does, for Antigua, on the 15th July. The Red-,
pole arrived at Brie n. Ayses,trom Falusouth;and Monte
Video,June CO.The Forte yacht has arrived at Newfound-
land from Portsmouth, with the Governor, Sir T. Cods-
rant. The Cadmus arrived at Rio de Janeiro, from
Monte Vice.,,26,h June. The Aerial arrived at Malta
from off Navaren, the 9th August. The Menai arrived
at Valparaiso, lrorn Lima, 27th April; and Blossom.
f; oat Ac ipulco, •SOth Al.r:l. The Satellite arrived at
Madras, from P. ri:mouth, April Bth, and sailed the
11th, on a cruise. Toe Champion arrived at Madras,{
from Trincomalee, 13th May. The Tweed arrived at
Mauritius, irons Simon's Bay. Slst May ; and Espoir,
born a cruise, June I. The Success arrived at Madras,
from a cruise, April 3. His Majesty's ship Challenger
arrived at Halifas on the 7th of August.
The Warspite was at Malta on the 12th of August,
refitting for the purpose of conveying t.) England Sir
Edward Codrington, who was daily expected from Alex-
andria, in the Asia.

The Blossom sloop of war, Captain Beechey, may
be hourly expected from her arduous and toilsome ser-
vices in Bheering Straits, having arrived at Rio deJa.
neiro on her way ter England, with a cargo of silver.
The Crocodile, 28, Capt. J. W. Montague, was paid
this morning, and will sail to-morrow for South Ame-
rica, Cape of Good Hope, and East Indies.
The Row, 18, Commander Travers, will go out of
harbour on Wednesday, and proceed shortly after to
Bermuda and Halifax.

The Amphitrite transport, Murray, master, Lient.
Ward, agent, sailed yesterday for Guernsey and Jersey,
to bring detachments of troops to this port.
The Madagascar, 46, at this port, is ordered to be
brought forward for commission. It is understood that
Captain the Hon. It. C. spencer will take the command
of her.

The Nelson, 120, a kith has undergone a thorough
repair in this dock prd, writ be taken out of dock on
the 25111 inst.

Sixty-eight tubs of spirits of gin and brandy were
seized on tlieBdi inst. off Dunnose Point. by Lieutenant
P. Nind, of the Shanklin Pieventire station.

The !tuba r is, Corby n, with several passengers, sailed
yesterday for Calcutta; the Helena, Russian American
Company's ship, is at the MotherbAnk, taking in neces-
saries for Kaentschatk. ; the English ship Admiral
Biuyekes, Duns,. mater, under nut b colours, is also
at the Motherbank, for orders for Batavia, Sincapore,
and the Manillas; t•'te Fairfield, Johnson, for Van
Diemen's Land, is come into the hat hour, to have her
upper winks caulked.
Paomounni.—Cummander A. Campbell, late of the Cyrene. to
the rank of Captain.— Lieutenant* Matthew Lys (1818), and Wnt.
Picking (1807), to the rank of Curnmander..-31easrs. Brown sad
Sullivan, of the Doris, to be Lieutenants of the Menai.
Arroturneun.—Lieot. Edward liayley. &Rennie ; Lieut. M.
B. Jones, Paws; Messrs. Henry Sidney Smith and Maynard, of
the Victory, to the Royal George yacht.
First Lieutenant Fegan. of the P 1) mouth division of Royal
Marines, is appointed Qaarter•raaster. at Woolwich. vice Fade*,
deceased; and Second Lieutenant Toby is promoted to be First
Lieutenant. vice Fegan.
The right wing of the Royal Marine Artillery, lately serving in
the Prince Regent, is sow on its march from Chatham for alb am-
nion, and will arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Soon after three o'clock on Saturday afternoon the
hack part of one of the houses in Burleigh•street, Strand,
which are about to be pulled erown by order of the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, fell to the ground.
Torre were several persons in it at the time, but all
e cAped without injury.
Wychwood Forest Fair, on Wednesday last, was very
oily attended. Lord Churchill and laK,ily, Lord Clon-
mei, and family, Lord Norris, Sir /Ivory Peyton, and
many oilier Noblemen and Gentlemen were on the
groui.d, with their carriages. Coaches, chaises, gigs,
.4r4vaiss, and vehicles if every description were in,
abundance, and many upsets took place, richer in the
Forest or in returning; and we hear some serious in-
juries were sug.ined. The day was uncommonly fine,
which set off the beautilul scenery of the Forest to the
advar tage.—Usiord Herald.

TRIAL. OF HENRY SAUNbERS, TOR THE
ROBBERY OF THE GREENOCK BANX.
CIRCUIT COURT OP JUSTICIARY.
GLASGOW, Sanorsaa ie.
This morning at eight o'clock, Heary Saunders. was
put to the bar. He was genteely die fed in a fashion-
able browo swum, with black pantaloons and black
vmt; and nn the little finger of the left hand he wore an
elegant gold ring. The prisoner was perfectly com-
posed, and deported himself with the greatest co-lness
—his Whole behaviour plainly indicating that he was
by no means placed in a novel situation, or one to Which
he had not previously looked forward.
He was accused of forcibly and feloniously breaking
into the Office of the Greenock Bank Company, on
Sunday the 9th day of March last, by opening the d gor
of the said office by means of fake keys, and forcing
open the door of an inner apartment or safe, and with
false keys or otherwise forcing open a lockfast chest in
the said inner apartment, and stealing and theftuousk
taking away from said chest several parcels of notes of
the said Greenock Bank Company, of different denomi-
nations, amounting in value to 28,3501. 16s. sterling, or
thereby t one or more parcels of the Renfrewihire Bank
in g Company, of different denominations, amount og in
value to 9571. sterling or thereby; one or more paicek
of notes of different Bank., or Oinking Companip... to
the prosecutor unknowniamounting in valueto 1820112.
sterling; or thereby; also a large quantity of money ii,
gold and silver, consisting of guineas, half guinea,
6d. pieces, and sovereigns, and silver money rf di -
ferentdesominations,amounting in value to 16611155.6 d.
or thereby; all the property or in the lawful possessing.
of the foresaid Greenock Bank Company.
On being asked by the Judge, whether he was guilty
or not guilty ? Saunders replied, N k guilty,myLor I.
The Jury were then bollotted and eroponnelled to t y
the case, and the trial proceeded ; in the course of which
seventy-four witnesses weie examined for the prosecu-
tion. Some of these proved, almost satisfactorily, the
route the prisoner took on his read to L.vervol,
after the robbery. From Greenock, he and the penis,'
who was along with him, carrying two heavy bags
went to Port Glasgow ; front thence to Bishopton, Glas-
gow, and Hamilton; from Hamilton to Douglas Mill
and Carlisle, by Penrkh, Kendal, Preston, and
Orms-
kirk, to Liverpool, where their identity was lost. In t e
course of this route the two men generally posted in a
chaise and four, with great dispatch, and paid their
driven and others with the greatest liberality in sove-
reigns.
Robert Bonowman, teller of Sir Wm. Forbes and
Co.'s Bank, Edinburgh, recollects a man coming on
Monday, 10th March, and changing at Sir Wm. Foibes
Bank a number of Greenock !lank notes to the amount
of 9001. 5001. in 201. notes, 3004 in 51. notes, and 1001.
in 40 shilling notes, all of the Greenock Bank. The
person was middle-sized, with blue surtout, but not the
prisoner. They had a considerable number of Greenock
bank notes besides, that being Exchange day. The
whole retirement of Monday was 4,8054 including the
9001. The man brought the 9001. between twelve and
one o'clock.

When the examination of this witness had concluded,
the Advocate Depute (Mr. Wools) rose, and addressing
the Jury, said. that from the extent of the robbery wh;di
had been committed, and particularly from the system
of compromise which had been lately gone into to so
alarming an extent, and the effect of which was in a great
measure to defeat public justice, while it tended to se-
cure impunity to criminals, and to encourage them to
go on in the prosecution of their nefarious schemes r f
robbery and plunder, the Public Prosecutor had resolved
to bring this case before a Jury. But from the turn which
some pasta of the evidence had taken—a torn which,
could it have been foreseen, would have saved them
the trouble of the long and laborious investigation they
had gone throne —he was satisfied that, however strong
grounds of suspicion there might be against the prisoner.
there was ne evidence to entitle him to ask a verdict of
Guilty at their hands, and be should therefore content
himself by merely requesting them to return a verdict
of Not Proven. He had to apologise to the Jury for the
very great trouble he had given them; but he was con-
vinced that. from what had been disclosed in the course
of the trial, they would be of opinion that the Public
Prosecutor would have been wanting in his duty to the
country bad he not placed the prisoner at the bar, and
probed all tbe circumstances of his case to the bottom.
Mr. Jerraav—Understanding that the public prose-
cutor does not ask a conviction, I concur in thinking
that the propriety and fairness with which this case has
been conducted throughout, are only equalled by the
candour and right feeling which marked its conclusion.
It is the practice in this country to make a distinction
which is not recognised among our neighbours in the
other end of the island, who do not relish inch a grudg-
ing and scanty mode of dealing with a prisoner; but
really it is a matter of indifference in which of these
forms Not Guilty, or Not Proven the verdict may be
expressed.
Lord MIADOWIANK—GentIemen of the Jury, you
have heard what hal been stated by the public prosecu-
tor, respecting the principles by which he has been
guided, and the conclusion at which he has arrived.
After weighing the whole circumstances of the case. he
stated to you that he only asks a verdict of not proven ;
and that, considering the evidence which has been
adduced, he could nut in justice or in equity ask
you for a verdict of guilty. In that opinion I en-
tirely concur. It is inipis.sible any one can doubt f r
a moment that circumstances of great and heavy
suspicion attach to the prisoner. if you attend to tl e
case as disclosed in evidence, all the circumstances con-
spire to produce this conviction in the strongest man
ner ; and there was no witnesses who did ni.t add to
the weight of the suspicion against the prisoner; but
no Jury are to convict upon mere suspicion. They ate
bound, if there be even a doubt, to give the prisoner
the benefit of that doubt. But I must state that there
is here nothing but strong and pregnant suspicion;
and, therefore, the public prosecutor was right in
giving up the case. But he would have failed in
his duty had he not brought it forward. The prisoner
has nothing to complain of ; and the public owes the
prosecutor their belt thanks. He regrets that he has
occupied your time to sn little effect for the vindication
of public justice; but he does not regret the labour
and attention he has bestowed in preparing and being
log forward this case. It has exhibited with how much
vigilance the administrati. n of justice is and has been
directed; and though it has failed, it has at least shown
that he is alive to the situation and conduct of those
engaged in such nefarious practices as those here de
'eloped. This being a case of pregnant suspicion,
the verdict of Net Proven is the only one which ap-
plies to it. In the other end of the island, no 'kerne.
true distinction of this sort is admitted, as has been
stated by the Counsel at the bar; but in our practice
tl.e.e are two for m•. and before a ;mond can be entitled
to a complete acquittal, he must satisfy a Jury that there
are no circumstances of pregnant suspicion against h.m.
With respect to the verdict of et Proven, it undoubtedly
leaves a stigma, and it is not imposed where Juries ate

exiisfied oftherisoneet innocencembich you can hardly
be here; but upon that yoa will decide for yourtelves.
Thedury almost immediately returned a verdict of
Aol Plows, in consequence of which the panne', Heat]
Saonder., idler a few emphatic words Ir••m Lord
3fraknow BA 611 C, wets asioilated and disniissedsimpliciter
truth the bar.

The [tits' concluded about half-past 11 o'clock Px.
having 14strd 1.5 i hours. The Court was crowded
hroughout the day, and up to the moment when the
verdict MIAs returneJ. This concludes the Circuit
business here.