The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-15 00:00:00

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•Insidog • and 1)4, 11i0 ov,n. Fochefort is allowed a
supert,,rity over di• the other ry,rts of I. in the
N tire of hi cult.
IL,,re ilLt ivity in the ion-01es then in nni
duparnier.t of the port of Rnehtfort. Itrinv.use
ut Athicry, and which certainly justiti•ts die apl,ll,tion
of gt'andiwe, which my pt-nton, f,r guide.. be,towed on
it, is in course of construction with a view to tht fabrica-
tion of steam-engines for vessels of war under the direo-
tion of M. Hubert. The object is, and it is openly
avowed, to render France wholly independent of EoP
land in this particular.
The Naval Hospital attached to Rochefort seems to
be admirably conducted. There are beds for 1,200
patients ; and this is not too much when the unhealtby
nature of the locality is taken into account.
M. Rollet, the Director des Vivres at this port. has
been suddenly called to Paris by the Minister of Ma-
rine, in order to confer with his superior on the best
mode of provisioning the fleet in a short time.
On the whole, however, this is the third port militatre
of France, Brest and Toulon standing in the first and
second ranks.
For the rest this place has little commerce ; the P,he
""
cipai trade is in corn, wines, salt. brandies, &C.
shipbuilders of the mercantile port have sonic renown.
They send out very smart and " trim-built" vessels for,
the coasting tra•le and cod fishery. The ,houlder
o
mutton sail is very prevalent, more especiaky in the
sm ‘ll vessels which fish for sardioes.—Correspondelle
of the Times.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE ' .3.`*---41
tew
LieNuVtoenoar.nwticctot,momcjid.
r 14.11—. Tph.e
pir‘itvcoinimis,teasni,livessel, :igi'i4
Woolwich to-morrow for
Falmouth. Portsmouth, Plymouthl,l":l-:-$0(111.1/1.!1
The Salamander steam-ship Commander Hastings 0.5.01.
,47.-?,„?
Reginald Henry, is expected to arrive at Woolwich 05,'.„,,,,,0
Friday, from Portsmouth.
The Fearless steam-vessel, Mr. Brehaut master, iniS:Agyri
Woolwich between twelve and one o'clock to-day, with 11
schooner in tow, loaded with ordnance stores for th°. girr
Howe, 120 guns, Captain NV. 0. Pell, under orders to
~ tl
proceed immediately to the Mediterranean, 1,13,41 ;:jr'r
broughtv,,as
on
spellalyoeodn,esrhwea:,aas hoirnelyd one, and to show the activity a's;
Arsenal last night, and
barrels of ball cartridges, containing"assoo rounds each,
and 250 boxes of arms, Containing2o. in each, makt,,,ing
ipnosaellocsb,eoionog.
distributedmuskets, hilielrong.sideto.odfaythweithßoLse:
England, as the British troops take their own wins viiii teu••"''!
them. I have reason to believe this is only
"t'oiththebaSYylents; ofr6rthetha?liePl7°f IV ..
-; • q •-,
the bucket compared with the quantity whichaitdirs°Panit!li- ,;'l4,
-Itio .4
cipated will be required.
The Locust steam-vessel is ordered to be nnairt Piis"!..;'-7',
sioned at Woolwich, and the following have been - ..19!1.
o , '.4
pointed to h.r :—Lieutenant John Lunn ; secn
r.
Master, Mr. W. C. Tripbook ; Clerk in Charge, M
R. C. Crispin. ,4;:it
.Her Majesty has been graciously' pleased, by her
. ,-,--,"
Order in Council, to establish the following reguistio! , ,„4,-i
in respect to the promotion of flag officers : 'Ns ''tll43`.
Ist. That so much of the Order in Council of'
30th of June, 1827, as relates to the promotion of co- •

twins to e flag-officer be rescindd.
2. Thabt in all fl sag promotionse every Captain yvh°l6,
seniority brings him in turn for advancement shall d
placed on the list of flag officers, provided he has
or offered to serve, as Captain, and shall not have u',
dined service at any time when called upon, and thal
there be nothing against his character as an office...l'3ns
a gentleman ; but that the half-pay of those flag officers
who have not commanded one or more of her MaJestY
rated ships four complete veers during war, or six corn;
plete years during peace, or five complete years of P
hat
and war combined, shall not be increased beyond
of Roar-Admiral, unless they shall have rendered,
.11:
fla officers, sea service of eual length to comp
g q
lete th,
pr rind above-mentioned of which they were deficient
Captains. include
3. That in any future promotion which would
a Captain of Greenwich Hospital, such Captain maYt if
he prefer it, be placed on a retired list of Captains.
4. That those Captains who are not considered
of
ell,
Bible to be promoted shall be removed from the list
officers of the Royal Navy, and receive a civil pension
eval to their halt-pay ; and that their widows shall be
considered eligible to pensions as Captains' widows, ae'
cording to such regulations as are now in force, or 010
hereafter be blished.
Her Majestyesta has been pleased to command that
Mates in the Royal Navy shall wear the same uniforol
and eppointments as Lieutenants, but without the c 1411:
lette and strap, or gold lace on the trousers ; the Ise-
on the coat to be three-quarters of an inch wide.
that
The undress uniform of Mates is to be the same as q
of Lieutenants, without the epaulette and strap-
EAST INDIES.—A considerable number Of
ni
of eight and ten inches bore, have been recentlY rr
moved from the Royal Arsenal in barges, to be put .°ll
board the Company's vessels in the docks, for conve/i
mice to Bengal. Sixteen were removed to-day, an •
there have been four previous shipments.
(From the Brighton Gazette.) PI.
CtI9II.TSMOUTII, OCT. 14.—The Britannia, 120, A
Drake, bearing the Hag (red at the naizen) of Rear-+"
miral Sir John Ommanney, K.C.8., went out of tbC.jo`t~
harbour to Spithead, on Monday,
her lower deck guns, and complete, where she will ems'it°
her, satrorebs,eifoogr owe.
,
every dispatch is being used.
The Indus, 84, and Vengeance
dited at this port for immediate commission,e And
Clarence, 84, at Plymouth.
The Howe, 120, Captain Sir Watkin Pell, is at SPio,fr
head from Sheerness, and is daily completing her crew
and and stores. She will proceed to the Mcditerrancie -1
soon as ready.
The Queen, 110, Captain J. W. Montague. prePnirti
ing for Admiral Sir Edward COdrington's 04' wt
shortly go to the moorings vacated by the Britannia, a
Port- Adm
NViral's 111,g-ship.
The arspite, .50, razee, is to be commissioned
shortly, it is supposed fir the South American station'
to reliev the Stag, 46, period expired.
The lencons tant, 36, Captain Pring, is daily expected
at Spithead from Plymouth, to await orders. „ far
Volunteer seamen are brought to this port ta")")°
the ships fitting out. The /Etna is gone to PIY-ro
and Liverpool, collect more, and tenders are Sets"
the Irish and Scotch ports for the same purpose. it,
The Belvidera, 42, it is expected, will be Carnre-ro
sioned shortly to proceed to the West Indies to re
the Scringapatam, 42, at the Leeward Islands.
nr
The steam-frigate Salamander, ,e
Commander Be irs
will proceed immediately for Malta, to join Sir geu
Stoptord's fleet.
The Blazer, steam-vessel, is commissioned at Ni:3°tenir:
wich, by Lieut. John Steane, late of the Sllecr°
for service in the West Indies. ' C
Rear-Admiral the lion. D. P. Bouveric, k' be
has returned from leave, and resumed tho dutiet of
dockyard.
ailed
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward King, K.C.80 ",'5 gto re-
from Plymouth Sound in the Southampton,
do
lieve Rear-Admiral Ross, CM., commanding on
South American station.
The new steamer Avon, Lieut. Pritchard,
from Woolwich to the Falmouth station.
AT SPlTlLEAD.—Britanuia and Howe, 120 gun
IN II
yacht,ARBOUR SalaQ
m.—ueen,ander, Vand rlent, Ito :a
George Echo steamers, II
Flag Tenders. is ordered

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ROYAL ARTILLERY.— WOOLWICiL OCT• .
Orders have been received at head-quarters to form;
companyt of sixty men of those who are willing Sriv,ed
to Syria
or by drafts, for immediate service, and to fscl;er
who recently
direct. Major Colquhoun, the gailint °; ted
to theecently returned from Spain, has been Appointed
of
L command of this company, with the brevet. r'ito
ieutenant-Colonel, Several of the gunners 4CI
drivers who served with him in Spain have 0103 Y
offered their services on this occasion. First•L'eu,the;
nant Rosa, son of the Colonel-Commandat of r.ai, .-','
garrson, Sir H. D. Ross, Deputy Adjutant-Gelle' ill
will in te company, and is epd the whole W.I.
leave o
Woohlwich on Mondayit next, and proceed bY rill
way to Southampton, for a passage to the Niediterraneall.
The
DEATH OF LADY MARY BUTLER.--- I'.
i
°
Ormonde family have been plunged into the deep'
5g
by the premature demise of the above-mentioned Y to,
lady, which took place on Saturday last, at SoutharoPhter
after a short illness. The deceased was oun'iest da",;cle
of the lf.e and sister of the present Marquis 01 Orl"-ka;
and had only just completed her 1 7thyear. • %Vhat 1,5,ad i
her Ladyship's death more melancholy, her sister, mr,
lot, to ~•,_
Louisa, was only married the we. k before
Fot tcscue, M. P. In addition to the Dowager M
of Ormonde, a numerous circle of relatives will be Pia°
.
in mourning. ill
Majot-General Sir George Arthur, caF,ts,,
H.dkett, of the Coldstream Guards, and Lieutenant 11°
i
ville, of the 85th Light Infantry, on the staff in Lippe
Canada, have been recalled by the Comniander.in. • 1.7
from that duty, as the establishment is not to be kept If:
The lion. Richard Charteris, soil of Lord '.
eio, tu;cl grr.ndson of tle Earl of Wemyss, has entered 1:
archiolleogi
army as second-lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, command
by Unload Brcovn.
DR EA DFUL OCC UR It E NCE.—Ttlestiay eveni.c.'
beLwotti the hours of five and six o'clock, the
dreadful em..rrelicc took place in the %lile-enti-roachit)
opposite the Land-n Hospital, by which a man wag kille
on the sin t. About lie time named a heavily laden war(
gon bekoginu to Messrs. Nlure and Co the distilleri. 0
Three Mills,'Westilam, Essex, was itar,di'nw out,ide of the
her
N...150n public-house, n the London of
the driver and soother man havio gone down to get g'lme-
thing to drink, and on their comingg out they mounted OW
waggon and had proceeded two or three yards when a cry
police con-
was raised that a Mall was under the whei'ls
.
stable Waters, 343 K, immediately ran to the spot a
follow!' gt
found a man lifeless in the road. The driver of the wage,ll.,
and the man in his company were taken into custody, ti 'I
bring in a state of intoxication, and were
was
0 t."
lit vo
station •house. The policeman, Waters, was most P°'.
that he saw the deceased, just as the waggon was slarl"4l
throw himself down between the off wheels, with his be'!" •
against one of them, and the wheels passed completely
over hiF, head, literally crushing it to atoms Toe deceased
is at present unknown. He was dressed as a labourer
and appears about forty-five.