The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-20 00:00:00

NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Promotions.—Mate—Edward R. Power, of the Britan-
nia, to the rank of Lieutenant. Appointments.—Lieute-
nants—W. Clark, to the Edinburgh, vice Spettigue, pro-
moted ; Henry S. Hawker, to the Edinburgh, vice Sib-
bald ; Thomas Sibbald, to the Erebus ; J. C. Caffin, to
the Excellent, vice C. B. Warren, to the Blenheim ;
grappia Higgins n (additional), to the Melville; Edward
it. rower (additional). io lucnester.
E. Mills (acting), vice W. Brodie, to command the Rat-
tlesnake. Naval Instructor—Rev. John Jenkins (Chap-
lain), to the Benbow. Master's Assistant—P. B. Roberts,
to the Victory. Assistant Surgeons—Thomas Denoir and
Thomas Hart, to the Britannia. Mates—Leopold George
Heath, to the Excellent ; Algernon S. Austen. to the
Benbow. Midshipman—Charles Wake, to the Benbow.
Volunteer, Ist Class—Thomas Andrew, to the Donegal.
The following Midshipmen passed for Lieutenants at the
Royal Naval College on Wednesday :—Messrs. L. G.
Heath, F. G. Simpkinson, and:G. J. Perkins, late Harrier;
Alexander Anderson, Nimrod ; and F. W. Sidney.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

PLYMOUTH, Auo. 17.—Wind variable.—Arrived the
Elise, Johnson, from Riga.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 16. —Wind S. S. W. to S. W. ; 17th,
variable.—Arrived the Albion, Smith, from Quebec ;
Oriel, Darling, Odessa; Liverpool (steamer), Burney,
Gibraltar, left Bth inst., Cadiz 9th, Lisbon 12th, Oporto
13th, Vigo 14th ; John and James, Dale, Odessa. Off
port—The Pilot, Belin, from Odessa; Zephyr, Rattray,
Riga. Sailed—The Pandora packet, for Havannah, &c. ;
Delight packet, West Indies : Mina, Gibson, Denia.
DEAL, AUG. 17.—Wind W. S.W. 18.—N. E. to S. E.—
Sailed the outward bound.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 18.—Wind, S. E.—Arrived the Pro-
vidence, Shaw, from St. Domingo, with loss of mainmast,
and having been on her beam-ends in a gale at N. E., off
the Western Islands, 31st ult., and had eight feet water in
her hold ' • Lyons, Agree, Mobile ; Forager, Taylor, Mira-
michi ; Ganges, Mitchell, Dalhousie ; Koningen Von
Sweden, Grapp, Wolgast ; Shannon, Andrews, Mobile ;
Matthew Bell, Hunter, Quebec ; Superb, Manonski,
Dantzic. Sailed the British Isles, Muirhead, for Deme-
rara; Chatham, Richardson, St. Thomas: Zeno, Mas-
sop, Jamaica; Delhi, Herbert, Port Adelaide; Carlton,
Murray, Miramichi ; Fanny, Sloane, Theron, Scott, Julius
Caesar, Mitchel, Quebec ; Limerick, M‘Kinnon. Berbice ;
Hercules and Frances, Quebec ; Henry, Pearce, Nev,
Orleans ; Severn, Williams, New York ; John Porter,
Crawder, Halifax; Mary Campbell, Barke, Richebucto ;
Liverpool, Greenes, Charleston; Trinacria, Laguara,
Messina.

DOVER, A tro. 17. Off port, Caravan, Kroseh, Riga.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 17.—Wind W. 18.—Wind
N E. to S.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Pique, from
Halifax, sailed 3d inst. ; her Majesty's ship Firebrand,
Lisbon ; Juno (steamer). Off port, Orion, Vandei leaden,
from Batavia. Sailed the Parken, Paterson, St. An-
drews, N. B.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITII.-The Express packet, Fal-
mouth to Mexico, 30th ult., lat. 39, lon. 13, by the Ariel
Darling, arrived at Falmouth ; Lusitania, Donaldson,
Clyde to Havannah, 29th ult., lat. 43, lon. 10, and sup-
plied with a cask of water, by the Dalkeith, Christie, ar-
rived at Gibraltar ; Sir William Wallace, of and from
Aberdeen, 28th ult., lon. 47; Lady Douglas, from Mary,
port, 30th, lon. 43 ; Dorothy, of Sunderland, Bth inst.
lon. 17, by the Joseph Pease, arrived at Swansea ; David
Grant, Odessa to Hull, and Superior, Odessa to Liver-
pool, 6th inst., lat. 42, lon. 15, by the Pilot, Belin, ar-
rived off Falmouth ; Lightning, Scilly to Liverpool, 4th
inst., lat. 36, lon. 3 W. ; Melrose, London to Sydney,
New South Wales, and Thelaire, Quinton, Nantes to
Bourbon, 2d ult., on the line, by the Courrier de Manille,
arrived at Bordeaux ; Aberdeenshire, from Newhaven,
13th inst., lat. 48, lon. 15 ; Admiral Cockburn, 15th inst.,
lat. 49, 100. 8, Beaufort. lat. 50, lon. 5, by the Catherina
Elizabeth, arrived off Plymouth ; Urania, Robinson, of
Sunderland, from Loudon, out 50 days, lat. 46, lon. 52,
by the Ouster, Moody, arrived in the River.

THE SUNDERLAND :MURDER.—We learn with
astonishment, that Mueller, the accomplice of Ehlert in
the murder of Captain Berckholtz, has been engaged as a
two-years' apprentice on board a Sunderland ship ! The
captain and crew must take care to lock up all maakers
and lanterns when this fellow is on watch. Positively, it
is nothing better than an outrageous insult to British sea-
men, to force a scoundrel into their society, who, on his
own showing, first assists in murdering his captain, and
then, to save his own neck, sends his accomplice to the
gallows. Such an enormous villain ought not to be in any
way countenanced. No seaman that respects his own
character will knowingly sail in the same ship with the
young murderer ; and we are sure our magistrates will
never force down an honest English apprentice to the same
level with this degraded wretch. Let him change his
name, and go work for a livelihood among kindred out-
casts in New South Wales ; he is unfit for the lowest ranks
of society in England.—Sunderland _Herald.
THE POOR-LAW AND THE CORN-LAW.—
We have strictly watched the working of the Poor
and we are convinced that, admirable as it is in principle,
it cannot co-exist with a Cora-law. Already has the
double pressure plunged the country into civil commotion ;
it has done more
.to alienate the working classes than any
measure of conciliation will do in fifty years to restore
their confidence. But to persist in the same course will
I only add fuel to flame, and therefore the sooner the Legif.
Wore makes its choice, the better for the country. It
must pflor-law or the Corn-law. Can
any
i n eitherhiss theenaesdoubt which should yield 7—Somer-
set County G';ett6'