The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.—The Electra, 18, Commander
Preston, arrived on Monday from Rio, whence she sailed on
the 22d of November, having 15,0001. in specie on board.
Extract of a letter from the Havannah, dated December 10,
1838:—" Her Majesty's ships Madagascar and Comus, and
the United States ships Boston and Ontario, are lying here ;
the former waiting for a wind to sail for Vera Cruz for the
protection of British interests. On the senior officer of the
British ships returning the American Commodore's visit, he
hoisted the English ensign, and saluted with 13 guns. Her
Majesty's packet Sheldrake arrived at the Havannah on the
Bth of December. It is stated that the Frenchmen at Vera
Cruz fired a shot across the bows of the latter as she went in,
she having at the time her pennant and ensign flying."
Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake, Lieutenant Passingham,
arrived at Falmouth on Tuesday, from Mexico ; sailed from
Vera Cruz Nov. 10th, Tampico on the 26th, and Havannah
Dec. 11th ; had on freight 100,000 dollars, and passengers,
four miners. _ _

The Donegal, Tribune, Scylla, and Espoir, were lying in
the Tagus on the 31st ult. ; the Wasp was at Gibraltar on the
27th, and Trincula at Cadiz. The Menai (R. Y. S.) schooner
( Harvey, Esq.), sailed from Gibraltar for Algesiras, on
the 27th.
The Ganges, 84, Captain Reynolds, C. 8., and Daphne,
11, Captain Dalling, are ordered to proceed to the Mediter-
ranean, and will sail in the course of the ensuing week, touch-
ing at Lisbon, where their attendance is required to make up
the number of Captains necessary to constitute it Court-mar-
tial ordered to be held on a Lieutenant of the Tribune, on
that station.

The Camelion, 10, Lieutenant Hunter, is ordered to South
America, and will sail in a day or two. She went out of har-
bour to-day.
The Zebra, 18, has been commissioned at Sheerness, by
Commander Robert F. Stopford.
The Marines for the Powerful, 84, were marched, on Satur-
day last, from Woolwich to Chatham, a very fine body of men,
160 in number.

His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch's beautiful yacht, The
Flower of Yarrow,.Lieut. Henry Smith (b.), R. N., com-
mander, sailed on Wednesday for the Mediterranean.
The Horatio transport arrived here to-day, and came into
harbour to embark a detachment of the Bth Regiment for Ja-
maica. She will proceed also to Cork, to take on board de-
tachments of other corps. The City of Rochester, freight
ship, will embark from this port, in a few days, detachments
of the 67th and 89th Regiments for the Leeward Islands.
The Ethelred, transport, will take detachments from Cork
to the West Indies, in a few days, for the 14th and 70th Re-
giments.
The Russell, 74, Captain Sir William H. Dillon, Knight,
K. C. H., arrived at Sheerness on the 4th instant, wind and
weather having detained her some days in the intricate navi-
gation of the mouth of the Thames. She was inspected and
exercised on Saturday, the sth, by Sir Robert Otway, the
Commander-in-Chief of the port, when the gallant Admiral
expressed himself much pleased with her state of discipline
and the appearance of her crew. The paying off a line-of-
battle ship's crew, with eighteen months' wages due, is a for-
tunate circumstance for the Powerful, just commissioned.
It is generally understood that the Admiralty have always
a small reserve of commissions to fill up at this time of the
year. Could they do better then to bestow one on the Lieu-
tenant of the Navy who first so skilfully navigated the Great
Western across the Atlantic Ocean. This would be a compli-
ment to skill and science that would alike do honour to the
giver and the receiver.
PaomoTioNs AND ATPOINTMENTIL—Lieutenant Francis
Higginson. Surgeoni_Jdmes E. Good ridge, Charles
Priulx, and F. W. Le Grand. Commander R. G. Stop-
ford, to the Zebra. Lieutenants—Bell Robert Owen, and F.
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geons—Edward Nulloth, to Malta Hospital ; and Thomas E.
Keewn, to the Powerful,

(From the Desonport Indepondent.)
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Her Majesty's Ship Scylla, 18,
Commander Hon. J. Denman, at Lisbon, having been relieved
at Cadiz by the Trinculo, to proceed to the Coast of Africa,
has been surveyed and found defective. She is ordered at this
port, and may be daily expected.
Her Majesty's Ship Malabar, 74, Captain E. Harvey, will
be taken into dock on Tuesday to be repaired.
Her Majesty's Ship Inconstant, 36, Captain D. Priig,

sailed on Wednesday for the Cove of Cork, from whence she
will proceed to Halifax, with the 37th and 69th depots.
Her Majesty's Brig Rolla, 10, Lieut.-Corn. C. Hall, ar-
rived on Thursday, with volunteer seamen and boys, from the
Cove of Cork, who were put on board the Royal Adelaide the
same day.
Ships in Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide. 104, Captain T
White ; San Josef, 110, Captain J. N. Tayler; Malabar,
74, Captain E. Harvey ; Hercules, 74, Captain J. Toup Ni-
cholas ; Opossum • Asia, freght ship.
In the Sound—Rolla, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. Hall.

In Barnpool—Acheron, steamer, and Nightingale packet.
The Board of Admiralty, it is stated, intends to place the
Ordinary Establishment, at Portsmouth, Devonport, Sheer-
ness, and Chatham, on board a sea-going ship of first or second
rate, and to keep several hundred disposable supernumeries on
board these ships and the flag-ships, which, together with the
vessels usually fitting for reliefs, will present, on emergency,
a fleet of 8 or 10 sail of the line on the home station.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

BAIL COURT, JAN. 12.
COCKERILL AND UXOR V. STARKIE.

This was an action of trespass in this case by the plaintiffs
against the defendant for damages as compensation for an in-
jury alleged to have been sustained by the wife of the plaintiff,
in consequence of wilful negligence on the part of the defendant.
On the 12th of August last, while Mrs. Cockerill was cross-
ing the Holloway-road, she was knocked down by the defen-
dant's cart, which at the time was proceeding at the rate of
eight miles an hour, and seriously injured by the wheels and
the feet of the horse. For months she had been confined to
her bed or chair, owing to the injuries she had received, and it
was even doubtful whether she would ever be restored to health,
or enabled to do any thing for her family.—Damages 151.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 12.
PALMER V. REIFENSTEIN.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE, on the part of the plaintiff, applied
in this case for a rule to discharge a commission, which had
been issued in May last, to examine witnesses in Canada, and
proceed to trial. The ground of his application was, that no
proceedings had been taken under that commission, no wit-
nesses examined, and the only produce which had resulted
from it during the whole of this time was a letter from a party
in Lower Canada, stating that the commission could not be
executed, as it was directed to the Judges of Lower Canada
by name ; and since the issuing of that commission a new
Judge had been appointed in the place of one of the old
Judges named therein. There could, however, be no doubt
that that was a mere pretence for further delay, and as the
examination might have been previously commenced, the Court
would not allow the action to be stayed any longer._
The COURT granted a rule to show cause.
WEBB V. WALL.

This was an action for a malicious arrest, in which a verdict
had been found for the defendant, and a rule obtained for a
new trial. The defendant had acted as the plaintiff's stock-
broker in various transactions on the Stock Exchange, and
some di-putes tetween them the defendant arrested the
plaintiff for upwards of gOL, a balance which he claimed to
be due to him. The question whether the defendant had rea
sonable and probable cause for that arrest depended on evi-
dence which was given as to certain payments said to have
been made by the plaintiff, as to the state of the accounts be-
tween them. There were several affidavits on both sides,
which were entirely conflicting, and the rule for a new trial
now came on to be argued upon these affidavits.
After Sergeant WILDE had been heard against the rule, it
was agreed that the case should go down for a new trial upon
payment of costs.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 12.
SELWAY V. HOGU.

This case came on for trial before Lord Abinger, when the
Jury found for the plaintiff—damages, 171.
Mr. HUMPHREY having moved for, obtained a rule to show
cause why that verdict should not be sete asid and a nonsuit
entered.