The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-21 00:00:00

ArrOINTMBNTS.

WooLwlcn, Nov. 20.—Lieutenants—Thomas P.
P. Barrow (1825) to study steam at the factory at
Woolwich Dockyard; John Trevenen (1850), to the
Prince Regent, 90, flag ship of Commodore Martin,
at Lisbon.

Paymaster and Purser Robert,,Wilson (1826), to
the Leander, 50, at Lisbon.
Mate John d'Aroy (1850), to the Victory flag ship,
at Portsmouth.

Naval Cadet Brownlow A. A. Capel, to the Rod-
ney, 90, at Portsmouth.
The officers, five in number, late of the Reynard, 9,
screw steam-sloop, of 60-horse power, which was
some time ago wrecked on the Patras Islands, when
serving in the China seas, embarked with the Captain's
clerk and the crew of the vessel on the Ist of October,
at Singapore, in the ship Woodbridge, Captain Cop-
pill, for England. The Admiral on the East India
station chartered the Woodbridge for the passage
home for 1,2301., and she is to call at the Cape and
St. Helena. When she arrives she will come up to
Woolwich, and the officers and crew will be turned
over to the Fisgard flag-ship at this port. The names
of the officers of the late Reynard coming home in
the Woodbridge are Lieutenant Patrick Johnston,
Lieutenant Henry D. Hickley, Acting-Master
M'Auxland, Surgeon Robert Pottinger, and the se-
cond engineer.

MELANCHOLY DEATH or A NAVAL OFFICER.—
Yesterday morning an inquiry took place before Dar.
en.
ford, the coroner, at the R Iced Lion, York-street, St. J
square, as to the death of James Thompson, Esq., aged
sixty-five, a gentleman of fortune, who was formerly in the
naval service of the East India Company. The jury having
viewed the body, which was lying at Crockford's Palace
Club Chambers, St. James's-street, John Flegg, chamberlain
at Crockford's, stated that the deceased had resided there
for the last seven months. On Wednesday morning he had
breakfasted as usual, and gave directions as to what he
wished done. At half-past eleven he gave witness a stock
to have a buckle put. on, and on taking it back at twelve
he was not in his room, and he supposed he had gone tc
the water-closet. In the evening, as he had given no
order about his dinner, witness went and knocked at his
door, but no answer was returned. Inquiries were made,
but no one had seen him, nor could he be anywhere heard.
At last it was determined to open his room door, and witness
became greatly alarmed at seeing his silver snuffbox on the
table, his gold watch on the mantelpiece, and his hat and
gloves on one of the chairs. He then went to the water-
closet, and the door Laving been forced open the unfortunate
gentleman was discovered bent up, with his head on the
floor, quite stiff, and he must have been dead for at least
six hours. Mr. Armstrong, of Duke-street, surgeon, said
he found deceased as above described. He had a white
neckerchief on,and a black one over it, which were very
tight, but tiedin the usual way. lie had since opened the
body and found este] isive disease of the heart, quite suffi-
cient to cause death.. In his opinion he had fainted, and
fallen down with his 'head on his shoulder, and the tightness
of his neckerchief might have caused an overflow of blood
to the brain. The 1%17 found that he died of disease of the
heart.