The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Several, of our contempo-
raries, both in town and country, have understood
our remarks on the stoppage of the works in " the
laboratory field," contiguous to the Dockyard bat-
tery, to mean either a stoppage of the Admiralty
works, or a total stoppage of all the works contracted
for by Mr. Rolt. We need hardly say that we meant
nothing of the kind, but we stand on our original
ground, and re-assert the fact that the works in the
" laboratory field," which are connected with the
Dockyard and arsenal and their defences, are sus-
pended. In support of our statement that vast num-
bers of men have been discharged and thrown out of
work, we have merely to state that 200 were " knocked
off" on Thursday last.

So far from all the works contracted for by Mr.
R.olt being suspended, we have great satisfaction in
announcing that the works of the new steam basin
progress rapidly, and that this immense addition to
the Dockyard may be expected to be completed in
March next. The workshops on the brink are also on
a very forward state.
The Trincomalee, 25, Captain Warren, will go out
of harbour about Wednesday next, "well manned,"
if we may believe one of her crew, who told us
"none but good men would volunteer for her ;" and
certainly the crew of the Trincomalee seem well up
to their work, and have turned her out of hand in a
remarkably creditable manner, to all appearance. She
will, when ready, join the Amphitrite, and sail in
company to join Sir C. Napier's squadron in which
they will compete in sailing trials, &c.
The following are the appointments of the past
week :

Commanders—Arthur AFC-. Skinner, to study at
the Naval College; John Macdougall, to the Asia.
Lieutenants—H. W. Hire, to the Asia ; P. D.
Rich, to the Queen, vice Stanhope, to the Asia ; F.
W. Smith, from the Excellent, to the Imaum ; Au-
gustus Butler, from the Phoenix, to the Excellent ;
F. L. Barnard, to study at the Naval College ; Chas.
R. Read, and Geoffery T. P. Hornby (as flag-
lieutenant to his father), to the Asia.

Alasters—John Brlam, to the San Josef; IV. 11.
T. Green, of the Rattler, to the Arab.

Secretary—Arthur Jones (late Paymaster and
Purser of the Helena) to be Secretary to Rear-Ad-
miral Hornby.
Surgeons—Peter Niddrie, M.D., to the Asia ; John
Gallagher, to the Arab.

Assistant-Surgeons--Dr. Henry Richardson, to the
Spider ; Thomas M. Costello, to the Excellent ; John
H. B. Collings, to the Oberon ; IL C. J. Wilson, to
the Asia ; Richard Butler, to the Arab ; James J.
Ayerest and William Evans (b), to the San Josef ;
John Cotton, and Richard B. Power, to the Victory ;
William Doraville, to Greenwich Hospital.
Second Masters—John Richards, to be acting
Master of the Geyser; Cornelius Fox, to the Trinco-
malee; S. W. R. Freeman, of the Athol troop-ship,
to the Dolphin.
Clerks—James Lewis, to the William and Mary ;
W. F. Henna, to the Excellent; Timothy Clinch, of
the Conway, in charge, to the Dolphin ; Creasy,
to the Victory ; P. S. Smith, to the Asia.
Midshipmen—H. A. Hinde, to the Asia; S. S.
Bowden, to the Victory ;S. Cressw•ell and J. D.
M'Crea, to the Excellent ; F. J. Hamilton, to the
San Josef; William Clark, to the William and Mary;
Frederick Parke, to the Vengeance; E. H. Buck, to
the Vixen.

Masters' Assistants—David Brown, to the Fury ;
11. C. A. Wilkinson, to the Victory.
Naval Cadets—F. C. W. Liardet and David Pole,
to the Asia.

ROYAL MARINES.-Mr. Henry Hewett and Mr.
Edward APArthur, Marine Cadets to the Excellent,
have passed examination for commissions in the Marine
Corps ; and Messrs. H. L. Evans, T. G. S. Meheux,
E. J. Stokes, and C. L. A. Farmar, as Marine Cadets,
and been appointed to the Excellent.
COAST GUARD.-Mr. John Haynes (Master, R.N.)
to be a chief officer, appointed to Haven Hole, vice
Lieutenant William Henry, R.N. ; Lieutenant Wm.
Henry, R.N., from Haven Hole, to Alum Bay, vice
Lieutenant F. P. Coull, R.N.
MALTA, SEPT. 4.—The local affairs of the island
present but little of interest. The arrival of Sir W.
Parker with the fleet under his command is hourly
looked for.

It appears to be generally credited that the service
for the conveyance of the India mails to Marseilles by
the boats of the Oriental and Peninsular Company
will be commenced early in the month of November.
The Erin and Ariel will be engaged, and Malta will
continue the central port, as otherwise the dispatches
from Greece and the Levant would have to be for-
warded by Government boats, and an increased ex-
pense. Three British steamers will be employed in
the mail service between Malta and the lonian Islands.
—Times.

FATAL ACCIDENT.-TWO LIVES
LOST.

On Saturday night last, between the hours of 8 and
9, a melancholy accident, by which the lives of Wilson
Emery, her Majesty's swan- keeper, and Drill Serjeant
Paton, of the Scots Fusiliers, were sacrificed, occurred
on the river Thames' about midway of the Nine Elmi
and Pimlico Piers. From careful inquiries instituted
of persons, who were eye witnesses of the occurrence,
the reporter was enabled to collect the following par-
ticulars connected with this distressing event :
It appears that a party of non-commissioned officers
belonging to tI4-Grenadier Guards, and a similar
number of the gcots Fusileers, of the same rank in
that regiment, had made a match to row for a certain
sum of money upon the river. It was agreed upon
that the wager should come off on Thursday next,
and during the past week or two the men had been
out upon the river training. On the day in question
the Scots Fusilier crew, consisting of Drill Serjeant'
Paton, Corporal John Smith, Corporal Ilacton, and
Corporal Boys had been training up the river, and on
their return home were joined by Wilson Emery, who
acted as coxswain. They proceeded some distance
down the water, without meeting with any interruption,
but upon getting in the river, nearly facing the
Messrs. Cubitt's new pier, they were alarmed at find-
ing a steam-boat close upon them. They immediately
commenced pulling with all their might, hoping by
that expedient to get in front of the vessel, but, un-
fortunately, they had miscalculated the speed of the
steamer, which, it should be stated, was only crossing
the river to get to her moorings. The consequence
was, that the latter vessel struck one of the oars of
the smaller boat, and in a instant she turned bottom
upwards, and every one in her was precipitated into
the river. An immediate cry for assistance was raised
and corporals Smith, Ilacton, and Boys, were enabled
to save their lives by holding on to the chain in front
of the steam vessel until they were taken off by a
waterman, but unfortunately, Emery and Drill Ser-
jeant Paton were carried along with the tide, and
although the spot where the accident happened had
been dragged through the whole of yesterday, neither
of the two bodies had been recovered up to six o'clock
last evening.

THE LATE EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE CRICKET.—
On Saturday an inquest was held at the Vestry Hall of
St. John's, Horselydown, beforo Mr. William Payne, the
Coroner, on the body of a woman unknown, but, from
certain circumstances, supposed to be one of the sufferers
by the Cricket steam-boat explosion. Thomas Ferguson,
a waterman, deposed to finding the body. Mr. George
Waller, the parish constable, said that he removed the
body, and had it conveyed to the bone-house. The dress
consisted of a black bombazine gown, chocolate-coloured-
apron with white spots, dark jaw& stays, which were torn
up the right side, and the front bone of which was broken
in half; linen of the usual kind, stockings, Adelaide
boots, and a cap with strings, but no bonnet. There
were no initials or marks whatever on any of her clothes.
The pocket of her gown was turned inside out, and in
her bosom was found a cotton purse, containing three
penny pieces. Seeing that she was very much bruised
about the body, he had an examination made by a sur-
geon. Mr. William Mirkin, surgeon, said that he saw
the body on Friday evening. On examination, he found
a very severe bruise on the right side, from the lower
part of the abdomen, extending down the thigh and the
upper part of the right leg. This bruise was the result
of a violent concussion or blow from some very large
body. It must have been from one blow, not a succes-
sion of blows. The Coroner—When should you say the
bruises were inflicted? Witness—Before death, de-
cidedly; though the injury was not sufficient to have
caused death. I have eo doubt that the immediate
cause of death was immersion in the water. The
Coroner suggested thnt the-. deceased might be one of,
the bOdies; and the surgeon announced, that from the
nature of the injuries, he thotight they had been caused
by an explosion such as that of the Cricket steam-boat.
The inquest was then adjourned.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND N'ORTII-
WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Saturday morning, shortly before
eleven o'clock, a fatal accident occurred on this railway
to a young man named William Austery, who Was em-
ployed in laying down wires for the electric telegraph,
about half a mile on the London side of the Bushy
`st ttion. It appears that the deceased was crossing the
railway, when the up train came upon him before he was
aware of its approach ; ho was struck in the back by
the buffer of, the engine, and hurled forty or fifty yards
(en ; he fell in the centre of the line, and the whole
train passed over him without touching his body. The
engine was immediately stopped, and the deceased was
found quite dead. The body was removed to the Bushy
station, where it awaits a Coroner's inquest.
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