The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Apollo troop-ship,
Mr. White, Commander, arrived yesterday from Quebec,
11 the 32d Regiment on board, which disembarked to-
day at 9 `he Dock-yard, and marched to Fort Cumberland.
The 34th „
egiment, from Gosport, will move over to
1.
this garrison Monday, and take up the quarters of
`he first division of which (and we
the 66th Regiment,
•, date I i ut.-Col. Johnstone on
regret we cannot congJra,..l
bestje disciplined
the 66th Regiment being thb
-sr on Monday.
the service) will march to Windiest:
The Comus, 16, Victor, 16, and I;:rnet schooner,
sailed from Barbadoes on the sth Aug.--tn.
Victor for
Honduras, and the Hornet for Chagres.
The Devastation, i
steam frigate, has been comms
this week at Woolwich.
The Warspite, 50, Capt. John Hay, was taken out of
the dock into the basin on Tuesday, to be fitted ; and
the Belvidere, 36, taken into the dock on the same day.
The Beagle and Britomart were at Sydney on the Ist
April, and Erebus and Terror at Hobart Town on the
20th of that month.
The Rose, sloop of war, Commander B. Christie, ar-
rived at Plymouth on Thursday, from the Cape and
Brazils station.
The Mercury tender sailed this afternoon, for Devon-
port, with supernumeraries, and the Avon arrived from
that port, and will proceed to the eastward, with super-
numeraries.
Orders have been received at this dock-yard to expe-
dite the building of the Thunderbolt steamer, and Alba-
tross and Sealark, 16 gun-brigs. The Royal Frederick,
three-decker, will be laid down upon the slip from which
the Neptune was launched, in the course of the ensuing
week.
The Duncan, convict-ship, with 259 male prisoners,
under the care of Dr. M'Dowall, arrived at Hobart Town
from Sheerness in 123 days, all well.
On Moliday, arrived at the Motherbank, the schooner
Paraquet, H. Coid, Master, from Alexandria, laden with
beam_ bound to Gainsborough, and having brought a
foul bill of health, is under a strict quarantine. The
Great Liverpool was released from quarantine on Wed-
nesday, having been eight days under restraint, and pro-
ceeded to Southampton. On Thursday arrived the Ame-
rican line-ship Westminster, Captain Moore, in 25 days
from New York, and after passing quarantine, examina-
tion, and landing some of her passengers, sailed for the
River. Also arrived the same day the brig Advena,
John Bewick, Master, from Leghorn, laden with oak
timber for the Dock-yard, and after being admitted to
pratique, went into the harbour to discharge. •
The john Lyne, Captain Brodie, arrived on Sunday,
and having embarked her passengers and stock, sailed
the same afternoon for Madras.

The Henry Davidson, Captain Alacdonnell. passed by
yesterday from Calcutta ; sailed on the 9th of April, and
St. Helena 15th July.

_ -
The llighbury, Falconer, from Grenada, the 10th Au-
gust, for London ; the Honduras, Weller, from Sydney,
130 days ; and the Mount Stewart Elphinstonefrom_
India, were all off the Wight this morning, and landed
mails and passengers at' this place.
arrived on
The Hendrick Hudson, Captain
then Mora, d
for
Sunday last from London, and sailed sanray
New York, full of emigrants to tho Western World.
A French merchantman, of 800 tons
bbyu.rtthheen,
the Ville de Bourdeaux, has been seized local called
au-
thorities The
cause of
ofhe r Adelaide,seizure
u Southre
is
said
_ Australia,teoobr ee in
becauseFe b r us ahrey
camelast.
's Sound, which,
there to carry stock to Icinga_
noG
rigght to do ; still more
being a French vessel, she had d
swt
eerri were l alsoa a _
2,000 sheep, pasturing at
extraordinary, we find that
seized by the Custom-house, the propertyhoefue,.
wßitohweluatndans,yEmszi
suspected they were sold, in order
au-
thority, or ity, because it
It the 37th Regiment is
tpoerbtepshfiiiplippepd
aitnrietwtl:ase_ offendinc, Vile de Bourdeaux.—
The Halifax
v land and that the 20th Regiment
about to return to ...,ng
AUG. 18.—The ranks of the
papers
h 1
of the 64th Regiment quartered in this gar-
w AslydDoNtuyt,ycilpthEaßt garrison.itETeN,,
detachment. . •
rison are being daily thinned by desertion. One-fifth of
the rank and file which marched into barracks a few
weeks since have already taken their departure without
leave. Some, at least, we are given to understand, taking
with them their arms and accoutremt nts. At a Special
Sessions of the Magistracy a circular addressed to the
Justices of the Peace throughout the county, inviting
them to use great exertion for the detection and capture
of the deserters, unanimously adopted, has been printed
and circulated.—Advocate.
THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—On the sth inst. the expe-
dition of the three steamers, under Captain Trotter and
the two Aliens, arrived in safety in Montserado Roads
on the coast of Africa. The passage has been favour-
able, and not a single case of sickness had occurred in
any of the vessels.—Literary Gazette.
In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Illustrious,
Warspite, Madagascar, Belvidera, Royal George, North
Star, Driver, Rapid, Pantaloon, Viper, and Avon, Alban,
and Echo steamers.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMEENTS.
PROMOTIONS.—Lieu tenants—Alexander Dingwall Fc )r-
-dyce (1826), to the rank of Commander.
Mates—W. C. Hickey (1834), Charles W. Hallett
(1836), and Henry A. Norman (1835), to the rank of
Lieutenant.
Assistant Surgeons—Wm. Bayne (1830), and James
Moyes Deas, M.D. (1835), to the rank of Surgeon.
Second Master—Thomas Hancorn, F. W. Paul (of the
Merlin), and H. Brehaut (of Shearwater), to the rank of
Master.
APPOINTMENTS—Captain—A. T. Vital, to Styx.
Commander—H. R. Henry (from Styx) to the Devas..
tation steam-frigate.
Lieutenants—W. G. Lugard to the Belleisle ; T.
M`Gregor and G. Johnson to North Star ; P. Parkhurst
to Devastation.
Master—Mr. R. Wilson, to Viper ; J. H. Aston, to
Devastation.
Second Masters—W. Roberts, to the Dasher ; George
Hodges, to Warspite ; John Colman, to Volcano ; Mr.
Stokes to Merlin.
Master's Assistant—W. C. Pyper, to Illustrious.
Purser—J. Millingharn, to Devastation.
Surgeons—Mr. A. Sanderson, to the North Star ; Mr.
T. Kittle, to Cleopatra ; Mr. A. Stewart, to Powerful.
Assistant-Surgeons—Mr. J. C. Bowman, to Tweed ;
Mr. Wm. White, to Thalia ; C. D. Steele, to Rhada-
manthus.
Mates—Mr. T.B. Stewart, to the Avon; F. D. Ycoge...,,t
to Caledonia ; W. F. W. Parkinson, to Cambrian ; Jo'
Wardrop, to Malabar ; G. A. Phayre, to Driver.
Midshipman—Mr. 'T. B. Crawford, to Excellent.
Volunteer—Mr. J. Barnard, to Madagascar.
Clerks—C. Hore, to Driver ;D. Clow. to be Secre-
tary's Clerk in Sir E. Codrington's Office ; G. Munro to
North Star.
Naval Instructor—Thomas Eastman, to Formidable.

First Engineer—T. Jones, to Driver.
COAST GUARD—Commander—Charles Parker, •N''
from Sligo, is appointed Inspecting Commander of Coast
C
Guard to the Waterford District, in the room of toast
the Hon. George Hastings, appointed to the com-
mand of her Majesty's ship Harlequin.
Lieutenant—Joseph Clark, to the Coast Guard, i“
Romney.

WOOLWICH—FRIDAY.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—At nine o'clock this morning d
a
detachment of the Royal Artillery was ordered to attend
at the Mortar Battery, to make some experiments 'via,:
a newly-invented fusee for exploding shells in a glsel,-,
numit,ser of seconds after they are projected from
mortars. The first six shells were 13 inches in diarnet“
fitted on a principle invented by Mr. Marsh, the cele-
brated chymist in the Royal Arsenal, whose discoveries
for detecting the minutest portion of arsenic in lancue(sl
has rendered his name familiar in this country n°
in France on the late trial of Madame La Shells
The fusee invented by Mr. Marsh for exploding shes
is constructed exactly in the form of a cowmen
screw, the composition being placed in the hollew3,'
and when ignited in the action of discharge, hn,rl),„"
at the rate of one inch in length in two seconds.
first three shells were adjusted to explode in 40 seconl
from the time they were discharged from the mortar, 0'
the result was as follows:—The first eploded in 32 se'
conds, the secon,l in 38 seconds, and the third, from sn°o
unexplained cause, did not appear to explode at all. The
fourth shot was regulated for 30 and exploded in 27 se-
conds. The fifth and sixth shots were regulated for
20,
and the one exploded at 20, and the other in 19 seconds.
This invention of Mr. Marsh promises to be of grot
utility, as by the spiral, form any degree of time re"
quisite to reach a considerable distance may be 0.1 t);
tained, and in every instance the shells fired
Mr. Marsh's fusees were several seconds on tbe growl"'
near the object aimed at, a flag staff 850 yards distant'
before they showed symptoms of explosion. Lieutenant,.
Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Royal Artillery, afterwards, gal
orders to fire three eight-inch shells, fitted with fuse!.
invented by him, but in every instance they appeared
expend the whole of the composition intended to conn.,na
nicate the explosive action while passing through Te
air, and ceased to have effect when they reached to
ground, the object desirable to be obtained with certainty'
The bulwark in the marshes is undergoing a thoron.g_u_.
repair previous to further experiments with percuss.g...'v .
shells, which are expected to take place next week. of. ,
Napier was in the marshes yesterday,. and is one of.w
parties who will fire on the next occasion.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Fearless steam-vessel, Captain Frederick Bt111—°c1('
left Woolwich on Sunday for the Downs.
The Aid left Woolwich on Monday for Chatham.
The Carron steam-vessel sailed from Woolwich 011
Tuesday for Portsmouth, and on her arrival at the lat-
ter port a crew will be put into her from the Illustriongt
and she will then proceed direct to Bermuda, to be Or
ployed as a tender to the Pique, flag-ship of Vice-Au-
miral Sir Charles Adam, and the other vessels under

his command.
The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Fr'
derick Chevalier Syer, left Chatham for Woolwichdear
Tuesday,• with a detachment of Royal Marines, 1111 ent
the command of Lieutenant Elliott (and not Lieateblen
Wood, as formerly stated). The Comet has silica,"3.
ordered to proceed to the Downs, to tow the Akelroit of
bie Robinson, No. 1 troop-ship, with the 2d Wt.° ayi.
the Rifle Brigade on board, through that dangerous
gation into the English Channel. yes'
The Vixen, Commander Henry Boyce, arrive-:
terday at Woolwich, from Chatham, to be imatedia'''
fitted for sea. A At
The Devastation steam-vessel, recently launched-
the Woolwich Dock-yard, has been ordered to be 133:11
missioned, and the following Officers have been 2,0136,.1ite0,
to her .—Commanderriastings Reginald Henry Orb.
the Styx), Lieutenant Percy Parkhurst, Mr. J. II; S
ton, Master, and Mr. J. Millingham, Purser. feu
The Meteor steam-vessel.—Commander M. A
Slater (acting), during the absence on leave of Coral:as'?
de
the Rh Waugh. 110
Tadamanthus steam-vessel.—C. D. Steele
been appointed Assistant-Surgeon. 05
The Dasher steam-vessel.—Mr. William Robert -
been appointed Second Master.
The Styx steam-vessel.—Captain A. T. E Videl 11°
been appointed to the command, vice Henry.
Joseph Prowse has been appointed Inspector of Shilld:
wrights at Woolwich Dockyard, Nice Canham, decease

Reprieves have been sent to Mr. Cole, Governpa
of the Devon County Gaol, for Wm. Major, 74, sentenc,ie
fur death, on a charge of administering poison,
last Devon Assizes ; and for John Chirke, 26, c0n0,c,%0
at the same Assizes of an unnatural crime, against
sentence of death was recorded. In both cases the s,„01
es,„ol
t—icec are commuted to transportation for life.—
Tmes.
PUNISHMENT FOR A HUSBAND BBA-1„,c1
HIS WIFE.—On Thursday last, in the neighbourwc„,
of Brecon, a number of labouring men were seen car go
in, •.a man on a ladder, having tied his arms and legstbe
fast tha: he was unable to move. It appeared that ife,
unhappy i:lividual had been caught beating his wed
o,,sours immediately ,above of hit° not
carry him as stated ;
when the nei
let him go" until they had hot
proceeded to tie au.
did they "release ann.
about three miles and collt.,eted a vast number jog"
to witness the novel sight.
FATAL FIGHT.—A fight between two tle
took place on Tuesday afternoon last, near the Ne to
and Carlisle Railway station ; and it is lamentableno,
add that the death of one of them has been the Zoba
quence. The combatants were Richard Robson sill'ot of
Maclean, both equal weights, in the employ&e.
Messrs Abbott and Co., of Gateshead. They bad 1,9 lie°
for a considerable time, and on the arrival of the 11—his
about half-past two o'clock, Maclean was lying 011,0
back in an insensible state. The unfortunate lesll,iO
placed in a boat and conveyed to his parents' 11°11sh-oli,
Pipewellgate, Gateshead, where he lingered until op,
past eight o'clock, and then expired. Robson lvv's„int
The
in the Close in the course of the ele,lesa
The seconds have not yet been apprehended. ;ILI; the,
having died in Gateshead, the duty of investigaw_,l/
matter rests with the authorities of the cow'',
Durham.—Durkam Chronicle. sols
_ _

THE TOILING MILLIONS.—" Fang/. -,270,0'
Thomas Carlyle, a Conservative, in his " French "'oil' •
lution,"—" Fancy," says he, " some five full-grl'artins
lions of gaunt figures, with their haggard faces,,; upper
up to ask, as in forest roarings, their washeu'ilv this
classes, after long unreviewed centuries, Je ye
question How have ye treated us—how
taught us, fed us, and led us, while we toiled
QP
The answer can be read in Barnes over the nightly suto for 3
rof
sky, This is the feeding and leading we have bau,,
heart. Behold there is nothing in us—nothing but chat
you : Emptiness—of pocket of stomach, of head, 911"haO.
nature gives her wild children of the desert--ferfi''ye
and appetite, strength grounded on hunger. -1).-„Ct(Y4
mark among your Rights of Man, that man was Itira?
die of starvation while there was bread reaped by '-
It is among the Rights of Man."
'
SIR PEEL AND LORD LONDONDER R. qbe
A Correspondent has sent us the following
thecepsrefusal of
o fir Robert appointmentpoefelto
giveAmbassadorthetoV Noblei eu na was's '5
reason why the Marquis of Londonderry declined to
toil,
rfsooen.
the(Lord
Foreign Castlereagh)p epart mt
eh
ne situation
t e moo fs Under-Sectmost
urgent
ties were, we understand, used with the _Right,. tia
Baronet to afford-the young nobleman 'an opporalirect,
o
f his making his way in public life,' but without ego.,
The
Premier was inexorable, and hence the Nehle.kijiti'
quis, in a fit of virtuous indignation at the inseusu_of
of Sir Robert to the claims which the London
family have on the Conservatives,' abruptly quitte%
presence of the Premier, and hurried off to the noob;r4
the next railway train from Euston station. Sir
we presume, thought that to expect the son shoal"- ye'.
the situation of Under-Secretary for the ForeigLiiiit
tartment, after offering the sire so valuable tin
ment, " was really too bad.' " Observer.
tin talla'
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PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM D— W.,,,urltei
—On Monday last the daughters of Mr. Tobias "were,
Justice of the Peace, of Woodville, in this countl'whetio
. bathing at the baths near the town of Westport, h
unfortunately, one of them went beyond her dePt _ coo'.
the tide being on the return, she was carried ouasig,
siderable distance. Fortunately Captain Fitigertl,
gins was in the act of driving by at the ruoawn"ioriag
one of the Misses Bourke ran out on the road,
in Pria`re'
help, and he immediately leaped from his cifts
rushed into the baths, and in the most courag-After
heroic manner, at once plunged into the water.
II
_d
her
swimming a short distance, Captain Nigginsun' '
young lady, who had then sunk for the third time ol
rea e_
pulled her to the top of the water, and wasthequi bt
drawing her towards the shore, when she caught 5 tio'
the arm, to which she clung so closely that cress"a toos
his4`ol
able to use it, and hampered as he was by
having had time .even to take off his boots or sq. of
clothes previous to rushing into the water), she
t ?retigtill,
both for some time in imminent danger. lie 5!..,0:
however, succeeded with his fair burden iu reaentwa.
shore.,Cast/e6ar Telegraph,.