The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PortTs-mouTH.—Lieut. F. W. Bouverie is appointed to
the Victory, as Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral the
Hon. D. Bouverie.
The Thalia, 46, is commissioned at Chatham by Cap-
tain David Hope, it is reported for the West India station.
The steam-ship Ithadar_nanthus is ordered to be commis-
sioned in the river by Mr. Thomas Lean, master, for
service as a steam transport.
Accounts from the brig Fantome, Commander Butter-
field, from Ascension, of the Bth July, state the fever to
have left, after carrying off the master, surgeon, first lieu-
tenant, and several of the seamen.
The Volage, 26, is commissioned at Chatham by Cap-
tain Sir William Dickson, Bart., said to be for the Me-
diterranean.
The brig Ringdove, 16, Commander Stewart, :is daily
expected from the West Indies to be paid off ; and the
Hazard, 18, Commander Elliot, from the Mediterranean.
The former has been nearly five years in commission.
The Pantaloon, 10, and Viper brigantine, are commis-
sioned here ; the former by Lieut. William Crozier, and
the latter by Lieut. Joseph Carter.
The Seringapatam, 46, Captain Leith, was at Halifax,
on the 18th August , and private accounts state "would
be in England in November' to be paid off."
Captain Sir J. Home, Bart., has commissioned the
North Star, 26, and Captain Harmer the Driver steam-
ship, both at this port.
It is said that Captain W. Bowyer, of Southampton,
will have the Talbot, 26, when re-commissioned.

The Satellite, 18, is preparing for commission at this
port. _ . .

Letters from the Cockatrice packet, Lieut. Oxenham,
report her arrival at Rio do Janeiro from England, on
the 12th July, refitting there to run between Monte Vi-
deo and Bahia.

The Carysfort, 26, Captain Martin, was at Corfu, on
the sth August, all well, but had received no orders to
proceed to England, to be paid off.
The Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, has proceeded to Ply-
mouth with supernumeraries for the ships there.
At Spithead—No ship of War.
In Harbour.—Queen, Victory, Royal George yacht,
Illustrious, Warspite, Madagascar, Belvidera, North Star,
Pantaloon, Viper, Driver, Echo, and flag tenders.—
.Brighton Gaze: t!.

HOURS OF REST.—The mind requires regular
rest as well as the body, and does not so soon recovr
any CNCCSS of exertion. But it is the tendency of the
prese7:t state of society in England to produce unnatural
e.,:ertion. Stage-coach horses, and walkers against time
are not the only creatures that are worked to death in
this country. Many are the labourers (and it is the
most sober and industrious upon whom the evil falls),
who by task work, or by working what is called days
and quarter', prepare fur thamselves a premature old
age ; and many are the youths who, while they are
studying for University honours, rise early and sit up
late, have recourse to art for the purpose of keeping
their jaded faculties wakeful, and irretrievably injure
their health for ever, if this intemperance of study does
not cost them their lives. Archbishop Williams is said
to have slept only three hours in the four-and-twenty ;
so that he lived three times as long," says his biographer,
"as one that lived no longer." This is a marvellous
fact ; for Williams was a man who employed all his
waking hours, and moreover was not of the most iran-
quil disi4vzition. " But," says Dr. Southey,. " I believe
that any one who should attempt to follow hmliexample
would suffer severely for his imprudence." .