The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-06 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

.lames Whiting, a respectable-looking young man, was
indicted for stealing, on the 17th October last, one ring,
of the value of 10s.. the property of Mary Poulton.
Mr. PHILLIPS defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prosecutris was an unfortunate
woman, and on the day in question she met the prisoner,
who induced her to go from one place to another over
variousparts of the town, representing that he had plenty of
money. Subsequently he accompanied her to her lodgings,
and whilst there ',he committed the robbery of which he
stood charged and afterwards pledged it. A pawnbroker
produced the ring, and stated that the prisoner broughtit
to him on the 4th November, and gave a false name and
address.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS ad.lressed the Jury for the prisoner,
and called a person to speak to the character of the pri-
soner, who described him as a writing clerk. •
The Jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty, and
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the prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment
and bard labour.
After the sentence had been passed upon the prisoner
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If we Englishmen can make up our minds to
hear a few home truths, as well as to be flattered, we
ought to read a very curious book, written by an Ameri-
can who has lately been among us, and who, with the eye
of a stranger, has detected excellences and faults in
our national character, to which it maybe worth our
while to turn a serious attention. In visiting London,
which our author calls not a city, but a world, his ob-
servations, reflections, and strictures, are to the last de-
gree curious and impressive. We should read and con-
sider this hook, which is called, boldly enough, " The
Glory and Shame of England."
DEPARTURE OP THE COLUMBIA,--.LIVER•
POOL, SATURDAY,—This noble steam-ship, under the
command of Captain Judkins, left the. Mersey this
afternoon, on her outward voyage for Halifax and
Bc.ston, with her Majesty's mails for Canada and
the United States. The mail bags, which were very
numerous, are under the charge of Lieutenant Jones,
R. N. The day has been very unfavourable for her
departure, incessant rain and heavy winds have prevailed
for the last 24 hours. The passengers, about 50 in
number, their luggage and mails, were shipped in the
most perfect order by the agents of these stepn-ships,
Messrs. Wirer and Co., and she passed. down the river
in excellent trim about two o'clock, for another trip across
the Atlantic,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 6.—Wind this day at noon S. to S.W.
STANDOATE CREER,'DEC. s.—Arrived The Columbine,
Odessa and Constantinople.
DEAL, DEC s.—Wind W.N.W., moderate.—Arrived
Airey, Nicholson, from Calcutta; Rambler, Hutchinson,
Demerara ; Emma, Lilly, Trinidad; SWitzerland, Smith,
Neiv York ; Oromocto; Ciouk, St. John's, New Bruns.
wick ; Superior, Demerara ; Richmond Hill, Berbice ;
Boadicea (t), westward. Juliet, Calcutta'; Abel Gower,
Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Druid, for Barbadoes ;
Arethusa, for St. Vincent ; British Queen, for Cape
Coast Castle. Arrd. from the River and ' sld. Dovecot,
China.; Mary Thompson, Mauritius ; Prince Albert,
forßuenos'Ayres. Arrd. from the River, Jomatin, for Syd-
ney ; Sophia, for Jamaicit ; Lydford and Eliza, Grenada.
OFF DOVER, DEC. 4.—Sanderson, Busby.
OFF SCILLY, DEC. 2.—Baltimore, Baltimore to Am:
sterdam.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind W.S.W. to W., strong
gales, with violent squalls. '4.—W., strong gales, with
heavy squalls.—Arrd. Pigeon packet, Rio, sailed 21st of
October, with about 15,0001. in gold, on freight; Ex-
press packet, Mexico, sailed from Tampico, Oct. 7, Vera
Cruz, 24th, aneHavannah, 7th ult., with about 117,000
dollars on freight; Ironside, Newcastle for St. Thomas's;
Audax, London for St. Michaels, sails split, &c.; Jorde-
son, ditto, for Odessa, out 24 days, and put back from
lat. 44, lon. 5; Chase, Liverpool for Alexandria, with
sails split, and loss of her bulwarks. Sailed, Great
Liverpool, for Alexandria. Put back the Thomas
Young, for Jamaica, after being in longitude 9. The
Endraght, from Amsterdam to Genoa, has put in here
leaky, with, sails split, &c., and; must discharge, after
being in lat. 45. long. 5. 4th. The Orient, Taylor, from
Madras to London, has put in here very leaky, having
been struck by a sea 29th ult., with nine feet of water in
her hold, and must discharge. The Strathmore, from
Newport to Leghorn, which put in here 27th ult., leaky,
has been surveyed, and must discharge. The Alert
packet, for the West Indies, has been prevented sailing
by the violence of the weather.
TORBAY, DEC. 3.—The Juliana, from Jersey to Gi-
braltar, has put in here leaky, and with loss of sails. The
schooner Munster Lass, of Cape Town, upset her wind-
lass during the gale of 2d inst., and has come into the
harbour to refit.
YARMOUTH, DEC. s.—The schooner Eliza, of Ipswich,
was run down last night by the brig Condor, of Stock-
ton—crew saved; the latter vessel proceeded. The schoo-
ner Nancy, of this port, was run down last night by the
Jean; and Mary, of Whitby—crew saved. The latter
vessel is coming in with damage to bows.
CLYDE, Nov. 3.--Sld. Friendship, Wilson, Jamaica ;
and John Denniston, Hettrick, Mobile.
CORK, Nov. 2.—Arrd. Betsey, Monte Video; expe-
rienced severe weather.
BRISTOL, Nov. s.—Arrd. Ruby, Myhill, New Zea-
land. The Joseph Anderson, which sailed hence 18th
ult. for Newport and Messina, has put back to-day leaky.
CARDIFF, DEC. 4.—The Earl of Durham, Glendin-
ning, bound.to Liverpool, in proceeding to Penarlt Roads,
took the ground, and is now leaky, having strained, and
must be brought in to discharge. The Crown Prince,
of Hamburgh, has been put on Pinach Beach to repair
damage, having been on shore.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC, s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Po-
mona, Stupple, Fayal.
LIVERPOOL, DEC, s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Briton's
Queen, Smith, Bombay ; Aderondeck, Hackstaff, New
York ; Sheffield, Allen, ditto ; Susan Drew, New Or-
leans ; Cheiftain, Tabor, St. John's, N.B. ; Star, Fayal.
Ski. Swallow, Strugnell, Azores ; Colombia steamer,
Judkins, Halifax and Boston. Off port, Eliza, Killick,
St. Domingo. Put back, John Taylor, for Africa. It
blew very hard last night at W.N.W. The Susan, bound
to Flint, is on shore at the mouth of the Dee, and is
discharging. A small vessel, totally clismasted, is off
port in tow of a steamer.
OFF MARGATE DEC. s.—Henry Davidson' from Lon-
don for Bombay, with windlass disabled ; , Mary Ann,
ditto, for westward, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having
boen in contact with a schooner.
ABERDIVEY, DEC. 4.—The William, Solwach to Car
narvon, is on shore about four miles north of this place
Ruda BADOIG.—Arrd. Heroine, from Swan River.

DOUGLAS-ISLE OF MAN.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
'WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1.-I arrived here last night, after
an " awfully grand " passage of ten hours. I find my-
self all the better for my ib rt n ht s recreation.
A meeting was held in Douglas last night, to petition
the Lords of the Treasury to allow foreign flour to be
imported here duty free. The meeting was over before
the packet got in, or I don't know but I might have given
them •' a stave." The Corn-laws must indeed be work-
ing dreadfully, when 500 Manxmen can be got to as-
semble themselves together to groan out, in the shape of
a petition, against them ! I

•
BRIDGNOR'rH ADDRESS TO
LORD PALMERSTON.
BRIDCNORT/I, DEC. 3.—The following address to Lord
Palmerston, while on a short visit at Lord Leveson's, in
this neighbourhood, was presented to his Lordship by
J. Milman Coley, Esq., on the part of the inhabitants of
that town :
" To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8.,
her Majesty's late Principal Secretary of State for
the Foreign Department.
" We, the Mayor and Town Council of the ancient and
loyal borough of Bridgnorth, deeply deploring the pre-
sent change in the Administration, which we fear will fail
to answer the expectations of a numerous and influential
party, by whom the present Ministers have been forced
into office in consequence of a late vote in the House of
Commons, take the opportunity of your Lordship being in
the neighbourhood, most gratefully acknowledge our ob-
ligations to your Lordship and your late colleagues for
your strenuous eftbrts in support of civil and religious
liberty, and for your late arduous but unsuccessful at-
tempt to extend the commerce and improve the resources
of this nation by measures, which if carried into effect,
would have laid the foundation for commercial freedom,
and brought into operation these elements of wealth,
prosperity, and happiness, which are at present op-
pressed by monopoly, and by statutes at variance
with the principles on which the commercial operations
of an intelligent, wealthy, and powerful kingdom ought
to be based. We confidently hope that the time may
speedily arrive, when it may please her Gracious Ma-

jesty to restore to your Lordship and your late colleagues
that power which we, feel satisfied will ever in your
hands be exercised for the benefit of the community,
and for the promotion of r the honour and safety of
the nation. We cannot conclude this hasty expression
of our sentiments without assuring your Lordship of
our unabated respect and confidence in your wise, en-
lightened, and patriotic conduct, and offering our best
but feeble support, should an opportunity recur, to any
measures of reform in the trade, commerce, and institu-
tions of this great nation, which, in your wisdom, you
may hereafter have occasion to propose_; and, should it
not be your lot to enjoy a return to theadministration
of pubhc affairs, we shall always consider your Lordship
and your late colleagues entitled to our best .thanks, and
to the merit of any measure of reform in the income and
expenditure of the country, and in the relaxation of any
monopoly which the expediency of the present Cabinet
may force them to adopt.
" JAMES MILMAN COLEY, Mayor.
"Bridgnorth, N0v.24, 1841.
The following is Lord Palmerston's reply :
" Aldenham, Nov. 25, 1841.
" SIR-I have received with extreme gratification the
address which you, and the gentleman who accompanied
you, did me the honour to present to me this morning,
and I beg, for myself and for my late colleagt c, to
thank you and the Town-council of Bridgnorth very sin-
cerely for this flattering expression of your approbation
and confidence.

"It has always been the study of the late Government
to carry into practical application those principles of civil
and religious liberty which are founded upon natural jus-
tice, and which are eminently conducive to the happiness
and well-being of mankind, and we trust that our endea-
vours in this respect have not been fruitless. We attempted
to apply to the commercial legislation of the country
those principles of trade, the soundness and truth of
which have long been demonstrated in reasoning, and
which all enlightened men have for many years acknow-
ledged as the only foundation for the permanent prospe-
rity of nations. But a combination of monopolists pre-
vailed, and private interests triumphed over public good.
The victory so achieved will, however, be short-hved. '
Reason will, in the end, prove stronger than prejudice,
and the great interests of the community must finally
overrule the resistance of the few. Even the monopolists
will find that they delude themselves as to the advan-
tages which they fancy they derive from the present
system of commercial restriction; for no class of men can
build up permanent prosperity for themselves upon a
system which is ruinous to the nation of which, they form
a part
" I am glad to find that the Town-council of Bridgnorth
keep steadily in view those great principles of commerce,
in contending for which the late Ministry was over-
thrown ; and, I trust, that by the united efforts of the
enlightened portion of the nation, those principles may,
at no distant period, become triumphant ; and that no
administration or Parliament will long be able to main-
tain in force a system of commercial legislation, which
has long beex exploded in theory, and which has been
found eply injurious in practice.—l have the honour
to be, Sir, your obedient servant,

" PALMERSTON.
J. M. Coley, Esq., Mayor of Bridgnorth."

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR DECEMBER:--
Bentley, from its wit and amusement, is always welcome,
more especially during the dreary season of winter. The
present number opens with " Richard Savage ;" a tale
which is improving in interest as we get deeper into the
plot, and the characters in which, generally: are highly
interesting. The author of " Hours in Hindos-
tan," furnishes a laughable sketch called an
Unpleasant Predicament." An interesting tale
by Charles Oilier, called "The Night Shriek,"
follows. Then we . have "The Family Butler,"
a pleasant and graphic sketch of that useful appendage
to a household. Mr. Daniel concludes his "Merrie
England in the Olden Time." "The Casale," a story
of Italian brigandage, is exceedingly interesting and
,
well written. " Giles Chawbacon ' is an amusing
story, illustrated by the inimitable Cruikshank, with
his usual skill and humour. Thomas Ingoldsby fur-
nishes a " Misadventure at Margate, related in his own
peculiarly happy style of versification. This month's
number is accompanied with a beautiful portrait of NV
ren Hastings, and a sketch of this extraordinary man.--
Edinburgh Evening Post.
There was a very strong report
rwss
yesterday that
the Duke of Buckingham had withdrawn, o
about
a we
to retire, from Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet. Ofcourse
can vouch only for the existence of this report in official
circles.—Observer.
The freedom of the City of London has been
voted to the Duke of Cambridge. It is to be presented
in a box value 100 guineas. •

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.
NEWMARKET CHAMPION MEETING.

llampton Victoria Club, December 2 and 3.—The
Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Hodgson's Bella, Mr.
Sheppard's Barrister receiving the second prize, and Mr.
Salter's Smuggler the third.
Bald Cock, Dec. 2 and 3.—The Puppy Stakes were
won by Mr. Cha's Burgundy, and the All-aged Cup by
Mr. Wymch's Witch.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Sir C. Constable's stag hounds will meet on Wednesday
ett Halsham ; Saturday, Sproatley-11.
Mr. Lushington's hounds, Tuesday, Rodmersham
Lodge ' • Friday, Abbey Farm, Faversham-11.
East Kent Hounds, Wednesday, Elham Park ; Friday,
Sweech Gate-101.
Essex Union hounds, Wednesday, Billericay Crown ;
Saturday, I)unbury Griffin-10i.
Essex and Suffolk hounds, Tuesday, Thorrington
Hall ; Friday, Hintlesham Park Gate-101.
East Essex hounds, Tuesday, Panfield ; Thursday,
Ferriers ; Saturday, St. Anne's Castle-10i.
Oakley hounds, Tuesday, Roxton Spinneys ; Thurs-
day, King's Wood (Woburn); Saturday, Bletsoe--I 1.
Duke of Beaufort's hounds, Wednesday, Cole Pit
Heath ; Friday, Prouble House ; Saturday, Badminton
Lawn.

Earl Ducie's hounds, Wednesday, Buscot House ;
Thursday, Highworth ; Saturday, Swindon-10f.
Mr. W. Horlock's hounds, Tuesday, Spye Park ; Sa-
turday, Rowde Ford.
Mr. A. Smith's hounds, Tuesday, Quarley Hill; Thurs-
day, Lower Wick Farm ; Friday, Porton Firs-11.
Mr.-Farquharson's hounds, Tuesday, Frampton; Thurs-
day, Melbury.
Mr. Tudway's hounds, Tuesday, Stourton Inn; Thurs-
day, Mesbnry Hill ; Saturday, Cranmore Gate.
Somerset Subscription hounds, Tuesday, Ileddon, Cro-
combe ; Friday, Crocombe Park Gate-10i.
Mr. R. Cockburn's hounds, Tuesday, Crocombe Plan-
tation.

Mr. Bulteel's hounds, Tuesday, Plym Bridge; Friday,
Ernie Bridge.
Pytchley Hunt, Wednesday, Fox Hill; Friday, Mister-
! ton • Saturday, Boughton Park-4 to 11.
Quorn hounds, Tuesday, Grooby ; Thursday, Great
Daulby ; Saturday, Rateliffe—i to 11.
Atherstone hounds, Wednesday, Sibson • Thursday,
Fisherwiek ; Saturday, Norrnanton Lodge-4 to 11.
Mr. Giles's hounds, Thursday, Brand Lodge-10.
Cottesmore hounds, Tuesday, Seaton r Thursday,
South Laffenham-104.
Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds, Wednesday, Thrapston,
bridge ; Friday, Norwood-10.
Lord Yarborough's hounds, Wednesday, Howsham ;
Friday, Buxton Wood-11.
Mr. Masters's hounds, Tuesday, West Ashby; Thurs-
day, Brackenbury-lane ; Friday, Elkington Pasture.
Mr. Foljambe's hounds, Tuesday, Headon Clump ;
Thursday, Wadworth Bar ; Friday, Steetly Toll.
Badsworth hounds, Tuesday, Askern ; Thursday,
Robin Hood's Well ; Saturday, Havercroft-10f.
Rufford hounds, Thursday, Laxton
Holderness hounds, Tuesday, Kilmirck Percy; Thurs-
day, Burton Constable ; Friday, Bainton
Wheatland hounds, Wednesday, Buildwas Park-9.
Middleton harriers, Tuesday, Warminster Fir Trees ;
Friday, Bowlesbarrow-1 1.
Lord Gifford's hounds, Tuesday, Gatley.
B. V. H., Tuesday, Wallbridge Gate ; Friday, Mill-
borne Slaits--10f.
M. H., Tuesday, Cheselborn Mill ; Friday, Herring-
ston House.
Duke of Buceleuch's hounds, Tuesday, Kelso Bridge ;
Thursday, Haining ; Saturday, Uplaw-101.
Herefordshire hounds, Tuesday, Tin Hill ; Friday,
Dinedor Mill-10.
Cockercombe beagles, Friday, Halswell House-10-i.
Mr. Wall's hounds, Tuesday, Hay Gate ; Friday,
Llowes-10f.
Mr. Russell's hounds, Tuesday, Tanner's Hall ; Fri-
day, Newton Hall.
Perthshire hounds, Tuesday, Argotis ; Friday, Ar-
doelt-101.
Mr. Green's harriers, Friday, Three Hole Bridge,
Upwells.
Mr. Robertson's hounds, Wednesday, Riffington ;
Friday, Mindruni Mill ; Saturday, Doddington-10f.
Tynemouth beagles, Thursday, Waterville-101.
Forfarshire hounds, Wednesday, Kincaldrum ; Friday,
Arniston-10f.
Chesterfield harriers, Friday, Barlow-10.
Lieut.-Colonel Hildyard's harriers, Wednesday, The
Kennels ; Friday, Carlton Guide Post-10f.
Bedale hounds, Wednesday, Butcher Horse Bar ;
Friday, Thorp Perrow ; Saturday, Bedale-10f.
Wynyard hounds, Thursday, Mainsforth-1
llurworth hounds, Tuesday, Coekerton ; Thursday,
Low Middleton ; Saturday, Kennels-10i.
Cleveland hounds, Thursday, Hazlegrove-1 0.
East Sussex hounds, Thursday, Longford ; Saturday,
Dale Gate.

Surrey Union hounds, Thursday, Baynard ; Satur
day, Shelwood Common.

Colonel Wyndham's hounds, Wednesday, Valdec
Coppice ; Friday, William Wood—+ to 11.
Sir John Cope's hounds, Tuesday, Bradfield ; Wed-
nesday, Dogmersfield ; Friday, the Bull, Swallowfield ;
Saturday, Lodden-bridge Farm.
Baron Rothschild's stag hounds, Thursday, Meat-
more-10i.
Duke of Rutland's hounds, Tuesday, Cranwell ; Wed-
nesday, Croton Park ; Friday, Kirkby Laythorpe-I.oi.
Craven hounds, Wednesday, Brinslade ; Friday, Bet-
terton Coppice ; Saturday, Stipe—loi.
Vine hounds, Wednesday, Paul's Wood ; Friday,
Chinham-11.
Mr. Villebois' stag hounds, Thursday, Barton Vil-
lage ; Saturday, Friar's Thorns-11.
Norfolk hounds, Tuesday, Hindovelstone Wood ;
Thursday, Bodham ; Saturday, Cray Fish-10i.
Mr. Brand's hounds, Wednesday, Hoxton ; Friday,
The Hyde-104.
Duke of Grufton's hounds, Wednesday, Stowe, Nine
Churches ; Friday, Whistley Wood-14
Mr. Drake's hounds, Tuesday, Souldern Gate ; Satur-
day, Trafford Bridge-14.
Heythrop hounds, Wednesday, Sturdis Castle ;
Friday, Gra ncomb Wood. .
Berkshire hounds, Wednesday, Pusey.
Mr. Phillip's bounds, Tuesday, Bullingdon Green ;
Friday, Woodcot Common-10i.
Mr. Cockburn's hounds, Friday, Cuckoo Down-11.
Sir W. Carew's hounds, Tuesday, Chawleigh Village;
Wednesday, Eggesford Bridge • Thursday, Kersham
Bridge; Friday, Lafford Torches; gaturday, Col liton-1
F. B. H. Tuesday, Praze-in-Crowan ; Friday, Tregon-
ing-in-St. Ewe-104.
Sir W. M. Stanley's hounds, Tuesday, Little Mol-
lington ; Thursday, Bidston Rill ; Saturday, Badger's
Rake Gate-11.

The York and Ainsty hounds, Tuesday, Green Ham-
merton; Thursday, Pill Moor; Saturday, Skipworth
Bridge-14
Mr. Watson's hounds, Thursday, Widdington Vil-
lage-10.
Eddlethorpe hounds, Wednesday, Wind Hill, Stock-
ton Forest; Friday, Fluekham—ioi.
Sinnington hounds, Tuesday, Tylas Bridge; Friday,
Cawton—i 0.

Sir M. W. Ridley's hounds, Wednesday, Matten
Piers; Friday, Mason Dinnington; Saturday, Morpeth
North Gate-10i.
Chesterfield harriers, Friday, Barlow-10.
Prudhoe and Derwent hounds, Wednesday, Ebchester
—lO.

Torquay harriers, Thursilay, Pettit Tor.
Slaley hoUnds, Wednesday, Delegate Hall; Saturday,
Ordley Banks-9.
Allendale hounds, Tuesday, Light Ash; Saturday,
Broad Lea-9.

White Cross harriers, Thursday, Terrick; Saturday,
Monks Rishorough---10.
Haydon hounds, Wednesday, Wark; Saturday, War-
den Hills-9.
Lieut.-Col. Hildyard's harriers, Wednesday, Kennels;
Friday, Carlton Guide Post—lq.
Lord Elcho's hounds, Wednesday, Preston; Thurs-
day, Butterlaw; Saturday, Dunse Castle--10i.
13oroughbridge harriers, Tuesday, Thornton Bridge ;
Friday, Blows Hall-10.
Whitby harriers, Tuesday, Mulgrave Castle ; Friday,
Barton 'foal.

STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.
A FATHER AND SON DROWNED.

On Thursday evening last a very serious occurrence
took place on the river off Rotherhithe, by the running
down of a waterman's skiff by the Orwell, Wing, master,
on her voyage from Ipswich to London. Several incor-
rect statements respecting the accident have gone forth
to the public, the following is, however, an accurate
nine persons, for the
re-
port of the calamity. About five o'clock on Thursday
evening, Charles Gore, a Waterman plying at Lime-
house-hole-stairs, took into a skiff belonging to 1.1
Point, Rother-
T. Wood, a respectable lighterman,
purpose of conveying them to Cuckold's Ptthoie'
passengers
- wo, and John
hithe,. on the opposite shore. Amen—.
were John Catlin, a butcher, aged fort
butcher, residing
Catlin, his son, aged nine years, both iny the employ of
Mr. W. Lambert, an extensive ship int
Orwell
pulling towards the
in the West India Dock-road. They
speed,
l steamer was ad got about two-
thirds across the stream, and
point very steadily, when thewereY
ob-
served coming up the river at fullwe a practice
highly censurable after sunset in
a crowded pool.
She continued bearing towards the
Wa-
terman and his passengers hailed
were stopped, the vessel to stop. At
boat, though the
that time the Orwell Was within a few yards of the skiff.
when the engines
rightvent theove
over
d, but not in time to pre-
vessel struck the skiff,
passengers in er
way
her collisionbef
0;r
et the_
passed
saw the accident rowed was stopped, and immersed
the water. Several waterm
the ten
assistance of the unfortunate
withallp
en who
eopoplessiinble
the water
to the
of whom were picked
clinging to
the • eachother when the boat was capsized, and
little fellow screamed aloud, "Save me, father, save
me !" Directly afterwards they disappeared, and were
drowned- The boat of the steamer was lowered and
searched for the unfortunate man and his child, but was
unable to find them. The wreck of the skiff has been
since recovered, and was lying yesterday high and dry
on the ground adjoining the West India Dock entrance.
The skill was a strong-built one, capable of carrying 20
passengers, and was not over-loaded.
Mr. Bloomfield, a f,argeon in Iligh-street, Wapping,
who was a passenger on board the Orwell, states that she
lost an hour in the morning in the Ipswich river, in con-
sequence of the River Queen, a small steamer which
conveys the passengers to her, getting aground, when she
was going at full speed in the dark up the pool.
Mr. Lambert has offered a reward for the recovery of
the bodies, and has issued printed bills giving a descrip-
tion of the man and his son. The elder Catlin had been
a faithful and steady servant to Mr. Lambert for 21
years, and has left a widow and four and children to de-
plore his loss.
The tide was running th)wn very fast when the colli-
sion took place

Ei V E NINO SUN

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
The Horatio transport arrived yesterday from Ascen-
sion, which she left on the 27th of October, with inva-
lids from the African squadron. She brings sad accounts
of the disastrous effects of the climate on the crews coin..
posing the Niger expedition,- no less than one-third of
them having been invalided, of whom about twenty-two
have died. The Soudan, on quitting the Nun River,
with thirty-six invalids on board, fell in with the Dol-
phin, and transferred them to that ship. Eight of these
died on board the Dolphin ; and with the remainder she
proceeded to Ascension, where they were put on board
the Horatio, and have returned home. The havoc made
by the climate on the crews had greatly disheartened the
expedition, and it was considered doubtful whether it
could proceed. It is somewhat singular, that the Blacks,
who went from England with the expedition, were the
first to fall a prey to sickness, on entering the river.
The former accounts received from the expedition
mentioned that the steamers entered the Nun River on
the 13th August. We now learn that this river is two
miles wide, and that it is thought to be the chief of the
many mouths of the Niger. The vessels, with the
Amelia, tender, did not do more than about a dozen
miles until the 20th, on which day they did about 30 ;
the 21st 30 miles more ; the 22d, being Sunday, they
rested. The 23d was wasted in looking after the Wil-
berforce, which had gone up (without Captain Trotter's
knowledge) by a different channel. The 24th they did
20 miles ; the 25th 25 miles, and on the evening of the
26th they all four arrived at the island of Eboz, 130
miles up the river, according to its course. The riven
here is about 200 yards wide and of good depth, the
banks to the water's edge covered with vegetation, with
the cotton, umbrella, palm, bamboo, and many other
trees of the kind. The depth of water varies from 13
fathoms down to very shallow indeed, the current
against them going up about two miles an hour. Thus
far up the river its width varies from a hundred yards to
a mile and a half. The next 30 or 40 miles they saw
but few huts. The next 30 or 40 they passed several
villages, then (for some miles) fewer inhabitants age"n,
and latterly none. The town of Ebor is very large, not
on the main river, but up a creek ; the King went on
board the Albert dressed like a mountebank, red coat,
&c. The natives are quite peacei'al towards them ; in-
deed, they were fearful of them ; they had provided
them with vegetables and sonic bulocks on the day the
last letter was dated, viz., 18th September. They have
very large canoes, carrying 40 or 50 men each.
The following is an extract of a letter, dated Mount
Stirling, close to the confluence of the Niger and the
Zeladda, September 18, 1841, her Majesty's sip Amelia
(tender) :—(This point is 300 miles from the sea, and
being above the delta of several rivers, is comparatively
healthy.)
" The pestilence has broken out ; 50 or 60 are ill in
the squadron ; 10 or 12 have died, and many more will
die, 1 fear. The Soudan takes the sick out of time river;
the Wilberforce goes up the Zeltulda, ; the Albert, with
Captain Trotter and Captain Bird Allen, goes up the
Niger. Mr. Horatio Collman, Acting-Assistant Surgeon
of the Soudan, is left in the medical charge of the
Amelia, and the settlement which is foiming on shore
here under Mr. Carr by the Society. Mr. Nightin-
gale, Assistant-Surgeon of the Albert, is dead, and
also Mr. Marshall, Acting-Surgeon of the Soudan."
The Horatio has also brought to England the following
invalids :—Lieutenant Somerville, late of the Persian ;
Lieutenant Harston, late of the Albert ; Mr. Belam,
Acting Master of the Soudan ; Mr. Rees, Second Master
of the Dolphin (recently promoted), and Mr. C. J.
Brown, Clerk in Charge of the Brisk. The Dolphin
had been sickly, and had lost about ten men, among
whom was Mr. Penny, the Gunner ' • but when the Ho-
ratio left, all were well on board. The Champion
left Sierra Leone on the Ist of October, and
Ascension on the 26th, for Rio de Janeiro, all well.
The Vestal, 26, Captain Parker, was at Kingston, Ja-
maica, on the Ist November.—Orders have been re-
ceived to complete the equipment of the Warspite, Vin-
dictive, and Belvidere, with all despatch. The former
was taken out of the basin on Wednesday.—The Min-
den, 72, is commissioned at Plymouth, as an hospital
ship, to be attached to the China expedition.—The
Powerful, 84, and Ganges, 84, from Malta ' • and the
Hastings, 72, and the Implacable, 72, from Gi-
braltar, pre ordered home, to be paid off. The
Powerful, with the • flag of Vice-Admiral Sir
John Ornmanney, may be daily expected at this port.—
The Fly, 18, has been commissioned at Plymouth, by
Capt. Blackwood, fur the purpose of surveying Torres
Straits. She will be attended by the Bramble cutter.—
The Thalia, 36, Capt. C. Hope, arrived at Leith on
Monday, to enter men.—The keel of a 90-gun ship, to
be named the Hannibal, has been laid down at Woolwich
Dockyard, on the same slips on which the Trafalgar was
built.—The Ariadne, hired steam-vessel, arrived on
Thursday from Jersey, with seven officers, and about
seventy men of the 59th Regiment, to be em-
barked in the Numa transport, Lieut. E. Ward,
agent for Barbadoes, on her arrival from Woolwich.—
Her Majesty's packet Sheldrake, Mr. Williams, Master
R.N., commanding (Lieut. Morgan, who went out in
charge, having died soon after leaving St. Thomas, on
her passage homewards), arrived at Falmouth on Wed-
nesday night. She left Barbadoes on the 12th of Oc-
tober, St. Lucie and Martinique on the 13th, Dominique
and Guatialoupe 14th, Antigua 15th, Montserrat, Nevis,
and St. Kitt's 17th, Tortola 19th, and St. Thomas
November 6:—The Firefly steamer brought up her
Windward Island Mails ; and the Tartarus, tkose
from Jamaica. The crews of her Majesty's ships
had for the most part been exceedingly unhealthy.
At Jamaica on the Ist Of November, were the
Magnifieent, Racehorse, Electra, Comus, Vestal,
Fair Rosamond, and Pickle. The Sappho conveyed the
Pandora's La Guayra mail from Barbadoes, some of the
steamers having been thrown out of the line ; and the
Flamer, being obliged to-sail for Guadaloupe, being short
of fuel, without touching at Trinidad. The English
schooner, Maid of Erin, Incledon, had arrived at St.
Lucie,,and reported having been boarded by a piratical
hermaphrodite brig, north of that island, when she was
plundered of provisions, water, and money. The Shel-
drake's passengers were, Lieut. Wingrove, R.N., Mr.
Symer, Surgeon R.N., Mr. Reep, Purser R.N., Captain
Fuller, 59th regiment, and lady; Mr. Reed, Mr. Ilhdge,
and Miss Goldsmith. Freight 6,0001.
NARROW ESCAPE OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER
DRIVER.—A communication was received on Wednesday
morning at the Admiralty, relative to her Majesty's
steamer Driver, which was nearly lost on the rocks under
Steel Point, near Flamborough Lighthouse, on Sunday
night last, during the dreadful hurricane from the south.
The particulars received stated that the steamer got on
the rocks in the early part of the evening. It appears
that immediately she struck signal guns were fired for as-
sistance, as well as blue lights exhibited, which being
perceived by the Manchester steamer, Captain Polwart,
and the Captain of another large steamer, belonging to
the London and Leith trade, they bore down, and on
coming up to the Driver attempts were made to tow her
off, but in consequence of the dangerous condition of the
rocks it was impossible to get ropes on board. At length,
after heaving the guns overboard, and also part of the
previsions, she got off, and put into Shields harbour the
following day to repair damages. It is supposed her
bottom has sustained much injury.
The keel of the Royel Frederick, 110, sister ship to the
aofsecPornePda-cralatis
preparation—the
Centaur, Queen,
first-class steamer, the Bclzebub.
• ram two
es of
is to be la;d down in this yard
The; as also that of a
Centaur, acourseg Scourge,
Thunderbolt steamer is rapidly progressing towards
other steam-vessels are
completion, and will be ready for launching about the
re
andi nS
cou
first of January.

On Monday night, during the tremendous gale, a ves-
sel was seen off Corfe Castle in distress--the sea beating
over her ; it was soon visible, being moonlight, that she
had struck on the Kerneridge Ledges. One of the crew
was seen undressed in the water, making for the land,
but his efforts were in vain, and the waves soon swallowed
him up. That meretorious officer, Lieutenant Smith,
RN., and the boatmen of the Kerneridge Coast Guard
Station were speedily on the shore, and made several
efforts to launch their boats, at the risk of their own
lives, but it was evident that all attempts to save the un-
fortunate crew were fruitless. The vessel was soon des-
troyed by the rocks, and all on board perished. A
piece of the wreck washed on shore bore the mark He-
loise, and a Spanish terrier swam on shore. Two bodies
have been washed on shore.
In Harbour.—St Vincent, Victory, Queen, Excellent,
Vindictive, Warspite, Belvidere, Royal George, Devas-
tation, Hazard, Pantaloon, Viper, Echo steam-tug,
Cracker tender, and Atholl troop-ship.
board the Major Kendall's Company of Royal ArttihileeryNeemma-
barked yesterday at Woolwich, on
transport, to relieve Captain Morgan's Company
Barbadoes.
PROMOTIONS A D APPOINTMENTS.
the Blazer steam-vessel, in the West
PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant—John SteanlenTems,mato thending

rank of Commander.
Mate—ll. M. I“nsman, of the Vindictive, to the rank
of Lieutenant.

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APPOINTMENTS.—Captains—John Carter (1815) to
be Superintendent of Haslar Hospital, vice Sir E. Chet-
ham, promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral ; Michael
Quin, to the Minden (Hospital Ship for China) ; Peter
Fisher, to be Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard,

vice Bowles.
Commanders—William Nevill, to the Serpent ; W.
Worsfold, to Caledonia ; J. G. Gordon, to Devastation

(vice Henry, sick).
Lieutenants—Seymour Brown, to the Serpent ; Fre-
derick Blair, to the St. Vincent ; H. M. Kinsman, to the
Vindictive : W. Ilowat,'
to the Vanguard • J. Inglis, to
Victory ; J. H. Robins, to Apollo ; H. J. Julian, to
Minden ; J. IL Gennys, to Vindictive ; J. Branch, to
Warspite ; John Cheene, to St. Vincent.
Masters—W. S. Stole, to the Apollo ; Wm. Mills
(acting) and Pilot to the Minden.
Second Masters—W. H. Mallard and T. Pitt, to the
Rhadamanthus ; George Fox, to Royal George ; J. M.
Partridge, to Pique.
Masters' Assistant-7N. F. Child, to Viper.

Pursers—Edward Owen, to Volage ; George Thorne
'„o the Ganges, vice Tod:field, invalided. ,

Surgeon— Dr. S. Irvine, to the Portsmouth Division of
Royal Marines, vice Quarrier ; John Read, to Iris.
Assistant-Surgeons—R. D. Pritchard, J. Patrick, Ro-
bert Beith, and E. D'Auvergne, to the Cornwallis ; A. J.
Little, to the Queen ; W. Brice, to the Apollo ; Dr.
James Mitchell, to Athol'.

Chaplain—Rev. E. 0. Morgan, to Vindictive.
Mate—J. R. Hancock, to Belleisle ; Edvkrd Hardy,
to Aigle.
Volunteers First Class—George Parker, from Power-
ful to Pique ; W. Leader, to illadagasear.
Warrant Officers—Messrs. James Carden, boatswain ;
Thomas Fuller, carpenter ; and . Hodges, gunner, to
the' Minden ; John Quin, gunner, to /Etna.
[Lieut. G. L. Wooley, promoted a few days since, to
the rank of Commander, was from the Astrm, guardship
at Falmouth ; and not from a contract steam-vessel, as
stated last week.]