The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, Aram, 12. —lt is expected that we shall read
in the Moniteur of to-morrow the following 31inisterial arrange-
ments :

Foreign Affairs—Count Muelenaere.
The Interior—M. Notheral.
Putlic Works—M. Dumon Dermortier.
Finance—Count de Bricy.
Justice—M. de Cuyper.
The Journal du Commerce d' Anvers says, we are afraid
that his Majesty, William 11., has just adopted a resolution by
which all officers are struck off the lists of his order who left
their colours in 1830, without having been previously released
from their oaths.

BRUSSELS, Arasa 13.—We expected to find the names of
the new Ministry in the Moniteur this morning, but this ex-
pectation has not been realised.
His Majesty had a Levee this morning, which was very
numerously attended. At noon he appeared in the balcony,
and was greeted with the most cordial acclamations. We un-
derstand that his Majesty will not stay beyond Thursday
morning.

The General Steam Navigation Company's ves-
sel the Ocean, I. Fife, from Rotterdam, arrived off the
Custom-house at 12 o'clock this day with the Dutch mail.
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT SEA.—OU
Thursday last, during the passage of the John Bull steam-
ship from l-lamburgh to London, an accident of a
most singular nature happened to a young man named
Clark, an apprentice on board, who is nearly out of his
time. Clark was sent into the mainchains some hours
after the vessel left Hamburgh, for the purpose of heaving
the lead. He was on the larboard side of the vessel, and
had been engaged for some time in taking soundings, when
he was suddenly missed by the mate, who was at the wheel,
and who heard a noise resembling that of a man splashing
his hands and feet in the water. The vessel was immediately
stopped and backed astern, and the boat lowcrjd, and the
men who rowed it looked about for nearly twenty minutes,
but without being able to find him. The boat returned to
the steamer, and was hoisted up, and the vessel proceeded
on her voyage, everybody supposing he was lost: Directly
afterwards some of the men went to the side of the vessel,
and hauled in the lead line, and to their great surprise
pulled up the body of Clark, who had been for nearly
twenty minutes in the water, suspended by the line, which
had made a complete hitch knot round his neat. Captain
Corbin, the commander of the ship, Mr. Gibbs, the
mate, and all the hands that could be spared, lost
no time in using every means in their power to save
him. He was conveyed to the fore-cabin, stripped, and
placed in a hot bath, water hav;ng been procured from
the boilers for the purpose. Captain Corbin and his mate
applied the means recommended by the Roy al Humane
Society for saving life, but it was long before- the young
man exhibited the least signs of animation. The Captain
and his men would not despair ; they continued their ex-
ertions, and exactly one hour after the sufferer was taken
out of the water he began to show some signs of life.
Stimulants were then supplied, and he soon afterwards be-
came conscious of his situation. His neck and threat were
much swollen, and leeches were applied. The swelling
was soon reduced by the application of the leeches, and by
the time the vessel reached London the young man ap-
peared to be out of immediate danger. He is; now doing
well. It appears that when he fell overboard his head was
kept above water while the sh:p was moving, and he was
dragged through the sea with it; but when the vessel
stopped he sunk, ansi remained suspended under water
with the rope round his neck.
EMIGRATION OF THE SWISS.—The Swiss
Journals state that a great number of the inhabitant; of
Chamounix, although in the enjoyment of a certain degree
of wealth, arc disposing of their property, with the inten-
tion of emigrating with their families, some to New York,
others to Louisiana, where many of their fellow-country-
men have made successful settlements.
PLYNIOUTII, APRIL 12.—Arrived, Her Ma-
jesty's sloop Acorn ; loft Mozambique Dec. 24, 1840 ;
Madagaeg4r, Jan. 4, 1841 ; Cape of Good Hope, Jan.
28 ; St. Helena, Feb. 16 ; and Ascension, Feb. 27.
The Acorn has beer stationed in the Mozambique-chan-
nel, for the suppression of the slave trade. She has cap-
tured two barks, one brig, a schooner, and two downs.
The first three were completely fitted, having irons, slave
decks, &c., and contained valuable cargees, with 43,000
dollars in specie. The other three had sieves on board.
The crew of the Acorn have suffered severely from the
climate, and at Madagascar the natives and slave-dealers
poisoned the water at one period. The nurnleer of deaths
was considerable in consequence, all on board having
suffered more or less. The Acorn has proved herself an
excellent sea boat, and is highly creditable to her com-
mander, Lieutenant Hankey. She left the Andromache in
Simon's Bay on the 28th of January, waiting for the Ad-
miral. On Sunday, April 4, in lat. 40 52 N., long. 18 16
NV., blowing strong, with a tremendous see, they fell in
with a schooner, apparently abandored. A gun having
been first fired over her, the Acorn's largest boat was
lowered, and the schooner was boarded. Not a soul was
on board; her boom was broken in two places, and her '
rudder carried away. Lieutenant Mulkey towed her
about 500 miles before the weather abated sufficiently to
hang a temporary rudder, after which the two vessels kept
company, and they are now lying in Plymouth Sound. The
schooner proves, by her log, to be the Mary Ann, of Wey_
mouth, William Carter, master, apparently bound to St.
Michael's. Great praise is due to the commander and
crew of the Acorn for the skilful manner in which they se-
cured the Mary Ann in such boisterous weather.
By a letter from Monmouth, We are informed
of a brutal whichmnuerdaerrnos
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nw
laise
rcommitted few days
murdereddays since
at a village
man is a travelling packman, and the perpetrators of the
horrible deed are two colliers, who Inving boat their victim
ince
on the head till life CVSS extinct, first robbed him, and then
threw him into the Wye. The inquest on th body was to
be held on Tuesday.

EVENING EDITION.