The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-11 00:00:00

NAVAI. APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Webley, of the Phoenix, is appninted to the gWift.
sure ; Captain C. J. Austea; to tt.e l'lnpuix; Captain
Stewart, to the Towey; Liint. W. Langhorne (late nag-
Lieutenant to Admiral Langh;.rdej, is promoted to btt tank
of Commander, and appointed to the Sorpen; Lieutenant; J,
Wallace, to the Towey ; H Cresce 12! ;
Tphigenia ;' J. Storey, Boyne; WeA, e
Colonel Timmins i3,appointeJ to the Woolwich Division of
Marines, Vice Colonel Davy, who is pl4ced on half-pay, re-
taining. his Government of Van' I)ieman's Land, with this
local rank of Colonel in New South IVoles.---.The Re.V Evan
Holiday, Vicar of Llantirth ney,Citrmarthenshi re, is appointed
Chitplainof the Royal Dock-yard, at Sheerness.

Vice-Admiral DomtTT, from -labouring- under
indisposition, has struck his flag, for a moot! '5
leave of absence,-during which period Rear-Ad-
miral MARTIN Will CO1)1111511(1.
A Court-Martial was held on Saturday, to try
the Hon. Captain JAMES ARBUTHNOT, his ()ill-
ce.rs, and Ship's Company, for the loss orbk
Majesty's late sloop Avon, in action with the
enemy, when they were hilly and most honourably
acquitted.

GALLANT ACTION. ,The ship Hibernia, mount-
ing six carriage-guns, with a crew of 22 men and
boys, was lately attacked, pff St. Thomas's (in the
Wrest Indies), by the American privateer Comet,
of 16 guns and 120 men, which she beat off, after
an action of nearly three hours, during which the
privateer several times attempted to hoard Ow
liiliert)ia. She had six of her men wounded and
two killed. Mr. JOHN'LENNON, the Master, was
wounded in eleven places ; two of the balls can -
not be extracted.—A Committee of the Merchants
of St. Thomas's raised the sum of 5501. to reward
Mr. LENNON'S conduct, and that of his brave
companions, and have presented him with' a vase
of the value of 100 guineas.

The beautiful ancient steeple cat ThAxtedchurch,
in Essex, was lately struck with lightning, aml‘
split nearly half way down from its lofty weather-
cock. A scaffold i now erecting to its sunnalit iiz
the hope of preventing the necessity ot taking it
down, by. the application of iron crams.
On Saturday,
,se'nuight,-nearly 411 the orchards
in the neighbourhOod of Carlisle were stripped
of their peaches, apples, &c. A . young man, xvho
had been under-gardener to Mr. Hodgson, (,f
Houghton-house, being suspected, lie was .ex t.
mined, when he made a
.confession, ittiplicariug
eleven others. The parties 'fled, but two of the.'n
were taken and lodged in Carlisle gaol. The in-
former also contrived to escape from the cnnstablc.
Owing to the circumstance of a number of men
and.boys being concerned in this organized gang
of depredators ;. the occurrence has created solue
interest in Carlisle and its neighbourhood.'

Yesterday morning a man was found hanging io
an out-house near the Hare and Hounds public:-
house in this town ; when discovered, life was nut
quite extinct, but little hopes were formed of his
ultimate recovery. A quarrel .between him and
his wife is supposed IA ha-ve led him to commit
this- rash and wicked act.---,,(Nottinghttm Gazette,
Oct.
' Last week, as Mr. GEORGE OVINGTON, of Dur-
ham, was .exercisinv a pointer dog in Keepier
Wood, thcOanimal by accident fell down the shaft
of an old coal pit, 22 yards deep, yet, strange t•,
say, he was brought up the following mom nine;,
having apparently received not the least injury,