The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Devonport Independent.)
PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Her Majesty's ship Hercules, 74, Captain
Edward Barnard, was paid wages on Saturday last, and will sail for
Barbadoes the moment the wind shifts.
Her Majesty's ship Implacable, 74, will be taken into dock the
latter part of theensuing week, to have bar copper cleaned and re.

paired.
Ships in Hamoaze—Royal Adelaide, 104, Captain T. White ;
San Josef, 110, Captain Tayler ; Implacable, 74, Captain E. Har-
vey ; Acorn, 16, Commander Adams ; Meteor, steam-vessel, ,
Lieut.. Com. D. Pritchard; Spitfire, steam-vessel, Lieut. Shambler ;
Rochester and Lively, lighters.
In the Sound—Hercules, 74, Captain E. Barnard.
PROMOTION.—Purser—W. Dyer, now Secretary to Rear-Admiral
Sir F. Maitland, C.B.
APPOlNTMENTS.—Captain—Edward Harvey, from the Malabar to
the I mplacable.
Commanders—F. Wood, from the Malabar, to the Implacable;
E. R. Mainwaring, to the Stag; Smith, to the President.
Lieutenants—G. 11. P. White, G. Harper, T. 1,. Gootch, W. C.
Metcalf, and G. W. Winlo, from the Malabar to the Implacable;
A. Robilliard, to the Seaflower; J. 0. Freeland, to the President;
J. Russell, from the President, to the Basilisk ; J. A. M`Donald, to
the Coast Guard; J. Wilson, to the Etna ; E. T. B. Hawkey to the
Acorn.
Masteg—John Thomas, from the Malabar to the Implacable.
Second Masters—W. J. B. Hilliard, from the Malabar to the
Implacable; J. Davis, to the Seaflower; Bowler, to the Etna; T.
Whither, Master's Assistant of the Victory, to be Second Master of
the President.

Mate—E. M. llogge, to the Seaflower.
Midshipman—R. Coote, to the Daphne.
Master's Assistant —J. Hughes, to tine Seaflower.
Surgeon—William Bell, from the Malabar to the Implacable.
Assistant-Surgeon—J. M. Minter, from the Malabar to the Im-
placable ; Dr. J. Mitchell, to the Hercules.
Pursers—J. Walter, from the Malabar,:to the Implacable; James
Hulse, to the Cleopatra; J. C. Little, to the Hydra.
Chaplain—Rev. J. Cooper, from the Ma'abar to the Implicable.
Naval Insttucor—C. M. Galant, from Malabar to the Implacable.
Clerks—C. I)ealy, Clerk-in-Charge to the Seaflower; J. Barrett,
additional, to the Donegal; T. W. W. Spear, to the Acorn ; J. Lean,
Clerk.in.charge to the Basilisk.
Warrant Officers —Richard Beazley, Boatswain, and John
Lane, Acting Carpenter, to the Acorn; John Mackey, Boatswain's
Mate of the Victory, to be Supernumet ary Acting Boatswain of that
ship; J. Richards, Mate of the Excellent, to be borne as Supernu-
merary Acting Boatswain of the Victory; J. Bear, late Boatswain of
the Inconstant, to be borne as Supernumerary of the Victory;
T.
Brown, Supernumerary Boatswain of the Second Class, to the First
Class ; J. Robinson, Supernumerary Boats wain of the Second Class,
to the First Class ; J. Brown, Supernumerary Boatswain of the
Third Class, to the Second Class; T. Archer, Supernumerary Boats.

wain of the. Third Class, to the Second Class.
STEAM-PACKETS.—In consequence of the many accidents occurring
to steam-packets, from defective boilers, machinery, and otherwise,
Government have appointed Captain Pringle and Josias Parkes,
Esq , Inspectors of Steam-packets.

HAND-WRITINGS OF EMINENT MEN.—
It is generally believed that men of genius write a very obscure, in-
firm, and eccentric character, such as Byron, Chalmers, Jeffrey, and
Bonaparte. Washington wrote a fair, even manly straightforward
line, every letter legible and distinct ; Jefferson's hand-writing was
bold and masculine; Bonaparte wrote a most unreasonable scrawl;
Burke's was uneven and hurried; Hamilton wrote a light running_
hand, sparing of ink; Canning's penmanship has a chaste and clas-
sical appearance ; Brougham writes a hasty hand, but with a good pen
and full of ink ; Peel writes with a stiff pen, but with considerable
taste and firmness ; Dr. Chalmers writes as if he used the feather
end dipped in ink—a real scrawl :W. Irving writes a perfect law-
yer's hand, as though he wished no one to read it but himself ; Jef-
frey wrote as if he wrote against time, with a stick dipped in ink—
nothing so unintelligible; Crabbe's hand-writing is neat and elegant;
Jeremy Bentham's hand was described as very bad also ; and Sir
Harcourt Lee's so much so that it has been compared to the legs of a
spider, dipped in ink, dancing on a wall.
CURIOUS" WATER IN ConsicA• -- A little
Corsican river, named the Restonica, is remarkable for whitening
every thing thrown into it, but particularly iron, which, after being
immersed for a brief period, bears the appearance of being plated
with silver.—Gardener's Gazette.
WHIG AND TORY.—The Stockton and Dar-
lington Railway Company have lately placed on their line two new
engines, one called Whig and the other Tory. A few days ago, as
they were plying in opposite directions, the Tory got off the line;
on which the Liberal engine made haste. and speedily getting up,
reinstated the Tory in oftice.—Durharn Advertiser.
MANCHESTER.—As far as can be ascertained,
there are about twenty.five cotton mills now working short time,
in consequence of the unprecedented dulness in the yarn trade, and
the high price of cotton caused by large speculations in that article
in the Liverpool market.