The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. d
The Ringdove, 16 (sloop), arrived at Spithead, from the cor•iost;.
Africa, yesterday forenoon, under the command of Lteute
Walter 'Need, First Lieut mant of the Actaeon, 26, Captain v_;
Mansel having been appointed acting to the command of the Itwe
dove by Captain Mansel on the death of Sir W. Daniell.
The gallant Sir William Daniell died at Sierra Leone on we,
15th of September, from disease of the lungs, much to the regret
of the officers and the ship's company, whom he had commas'three years and eight months, and by whom he was greatly be
loved. Sir William was a commander of 1826, and made t;
nant in 1813, in which latter rank he served on board the
the Queen Charlotte, at the battle of Algiers.
The Ringdove was commissioned on the 26th of Janus:lt •-
when she proceeded to the West India station. She was, bowe's
ordered to the coast of Africa about fifteen months since, and
been there until this time. She has been healthy, and relvrtS.A
vourably of the state of health of the squadron on the station: °-
much sickness had prevailed. The surgeon (Dr. Mackay), sod the
paymaster and purser (Mr. Drury), are the only principal office" "-
board who left England in her.

The Actwon, 26, Captain Manse!, was at Sierra Leone Wan I"
Ringdove left. Captain Manse! bad been ill, but was rapid)/
covering.

The Waterwitch, 8, Commander Birch, was left by the awe-
at the Gallinas, all well.
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IL TUE STEAM-SLOOP ECLAIR AND IRE FEYE R.—II has been rer-
that one or two of the seamen employed in clearing out the un'es
fortunate steam-sloop the Eclair, at Stan) ate Creek, had Its
the fever. We have no positive authority for contradicting 0
assertion ; but if they had, they are now convalescent, tor all
reported well and hoping for an early pratique.
Lieutenant Charles S. Haswell, late in command of the reit°l
cutter the Fox, on the expiration of service on board that veil'y.,;
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has been appointed to the coast station of St. Mawes, Corn
vice Harries, deceased. Lieutenant Haswell has been nraDY Y;e 030;
in the Coast-guard service, afloat and ashore, and is fairly oil'
to the annual promotion.

,„A in cool'
Lieutenant Edward Thornborough Harries (1837) di.— 4-wispi
mend of the Coast-guard station, St. Mawes, Cornwall, ify
since.
The Trafalgar, 120, arrived at the Nore from Plymouth, duriro
od w
Friday night, and saluted the admiral on Saturday Inorning'er,
with Captain Nott, went out the same day in the Hart,
tpe
towed by the African, steamer, and mustered and intPeet" she
ship's company; lie also exercised them firing in divisions to
to
has discharged the greater part of her powder, and is Me'
go into Sheerness Harbour in a day or two.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, went into
poroooll
Harbour, yesterday morning, and took up her old position Ourday
port) she will partially unrig, and will be paid off On Sjiti'esid
next, when she will be re-commissioned by Captain Sir
':ef,So
Grant, and will then hoist the flag of the Commander-beC'"
Charles Ogle, Bart.
The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, was taken out of Pai4outb" Pt
basin, alongside her hulk th Victorious, yesterday morning.
od
is receiving her provisions and stores, and will go to Spithe
Thursday.
The Ocean, 80, Captain-superintendent Arthur, C. r,
''lff
Sheerness, did not go out of dock till Monday ; she is new
basin painting, and is having her quarter• deck ports enlia
her guns.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, re.hoisted the flag of g
Admiral Dacres, at Portsmouth, and saluted the flag of the 1, oe
mander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Ogle, yesterday morning, wh'itcdtpe
Victory,
.104, guard. ship, returned, hoisting (pro tem.) the il'
ral's flag at the main. It is now positively stated that the ro
lee
dent will sail with the Vanguard, under her orders, and I°jl d
fleet of two.deckers, on whose capabilities and sailing qualities
miral Dacres will make a report.
The Ajax, 72, has been brought into the vacant dock at PorW
mouth, to have her copper stripped off. eat.
The Eagle, 50, Captain Martin, C. 8., with the flag petou
Admiral Inglefield, C. 8.; the Melampus, 42, Captain part.
Campbell; the Curaeoa, 20, Captain Sir Thomas S. Pashicl!„d
the
the Philomel, 6 surveying vessel, Commander Sullivan; *7OO,
Firebrand steam frigate, Captain,Hope, were left off Monte bare
August 20. The Acorn, Racer, and Dolphin, must 811°
been there by that time.
The Juno, 26, Captain Patrick Blake, has not yet left 5135 op'
Harbour. She bent sails on Monday, but no partictda.'
fixed for her sailing. It will be an early one, however.
..dam Ibe
soma
damanthus steamer, Master Commander T. H. Laen,
men from Cork for her on Monday.
tifitiujsr°a
tkrl
The Conway, 26, Captain Kelly, arrived at the
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the 16th of August. She detained the Comet, Whitehot"4 from Madagaszar, and brought her to the Mauritius.
the Ist
The Racer, 16, Commander Rees, left Buenos APO
of August, for Monte Video. Ifar
The Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, left Buenos )4fre
Monte Video, August 8. "
t*
anion The Wasp, 16 (sloop), Commander S. H. Usher,4pit.
Helena from Ascension on the 10th of September.
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The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown, was inc e 0'1)01
head on Monday, by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle. "-tpe Ai% V, 30 supernumeraries and 25 boys for distribution
squadron; jAwill she will be paid advance to day, and
_..diefe.
morrow for Ascension, taking out dispatches for Cott"
of the Penelope, 22, steam-frigate.
aid, 0' obe
The Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander J. Bf'Don 0061 t
out of dock yesterday morning ; she will refit, and pi. let
station off the coast of Sussex.
The Philomel, 6, surveying.vessel, Commander
, 000
Buenos Ayres for Colonia on the Ist of August.
The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, Lieut.. Commander H. j'rugest•_,
sailed from Buenos Ayres for Monte Video on the fittb lOr
The Gorgon, steam-sloop, Captain Hotbam, left Buenaji
for England on the 24th of August.
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ANGULAR "Fix."—One day last week aenhtruance to
was temporarily placed in a yard in Maidstone,
cthhe there laj„:
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new Branch General Post-effice, the one at Charing.cross, T 3
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extreme increase of business, being found to be considerably A
small for the transaction of public husiness, and it is to be tare ."'"
Into Piccadilly.--Post.
The &ugh'
MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTUNE------;•wiee Lord
ter of the late Sir Abraham Bradley King, who was nd
Lodge, 3
Mayor of Dublin, and Grand Master of the orange e IV,
Iwvhheonhhaed,viisnitedhislcreaplaancdittynolfBL2ol:dhahslabyeoern,
compelled,
Georg
hi.,
of a naval officer, to apply to the Royal Naval
for assistance. Her memorial was rejected at the last Coin left
Society, on the ground that a lady so connected should °`
by her friends to seek assistance from strangers. „.....reP
fa. ...eh
CORONER'S INQUEST.—LOVE AND SUIC,gt -
terday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Three CroW32,'ii, aged,:ot
City-road, on view of the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Hoilli'yof the ;`;'‘. 1,
widow of the late Mr. Hounson, who was the surveyntded at
India Company's navy. It appeared that deceased resl colon clt st
sst
Wentworth-place, City-road, and that she was in the Pon'„,fi th,'
independent income, a portion of it being a pension fri'''',,eari•
Penielende'va:letubteaSwo6o4
India Company. She had been 'a widow about twentyresident
short time ago she formed an attachment to a gentle:usu.:l;4ol...i°,
at Gravesend, who broke off his engagement with her in c" her o°4
of a disagreement about pecuniary matters. Since then o', and t,
ners, which were foimerly
exhibited a great depression of spirits. On Stuiday gun
uganne
fasted with the family of Mr. William Hockley, a rcedie'll got 11050,
with whom she resided. About" itiwtrOe'o'clbeoccaku,eupitaiiiihni:e.tb°72::
finding ker bedroom door fastened, he caused it to be il'o3` tof
when deceased was discovered suspended by a piece of tape sign
bedpost. She was immediately cut down, but there vins,,claisr Ifoam
life. Among the papers of the deceased was a printed cud winatt
a railway company, which had been addressed to her, an„,
she was requested to put down the number of shares she
+.
of. Verdict—Tempo, cry Insanity. P'r'
FATAL ACCIDENT AT PETWORTIL—A s°ll
Death, aged between three and four years, was °d"
morning last, by being thrown horn a gig. Mr. Death /in, cif 'l.„¢
tforortt,haenpdu lors. epoefa othp,enini ntgryai
riggattoe,gewthoern.
ththeestheopr:e star"
and was thrown down by the wheel. The horse thinerivdperWtn?!lli
full gallop ; and the poor little fellow was, about a clua"ittr.
off, thrown on his head, the wheel also passing over it.
ed Deno
-on coming up raised him in his arms, in which he exPirict o,n,mos
could get him to the nearest cottage. An inquest was •"'"
body on Monday, before J. L. Ellis, Esq., Coroner, is
of " Accidental death " was returned. 1,°51.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE,—Two LAVES en, to
"—Yesterday forenoon, between ten and eleven o'clock, t":,°rs, l
the employment of Messrs. Taylor, Walker, and Co., b":er, °meted
house, of the names of Joins Perrin and William Spicer, eolln-a in
tunately suffocated in a vat, the melancholy circumstances ars° 00
with which, as they were detailed to our informant by go', oteso
the establishment, were as follow :—Perrin, who "yrn',,fiat PU,r en'
cellarmen, was about to clean a vat, No. 15, and for `", us l'ove
asked Spicer, who was a drayman, to assist him. Frmev:e otr'
tering the vat, it is the custom to lower a candle, in dirs'-tior
whether it is free from the gas' which, when the porter
usually collects from the grounds. Perrin went into ,
house for a candle, expecting that the other man woti,-,/,70., yuo,
return, but, instead of doing so, he put the ladder in OW, over,
cover of which had only been removed about nine o'clocipel.,,,n'eci,llo
ing, when it is supposed he immediately fell into the 11"retin",„forttl.
powered by the effect of the foul air. When Perrin ' ,te"
had
immediately proposed to enter the vat, and bring out
sci coP toe
nate man. Against the advice of some of the men wlio !lout tilfi'uce
upon hearing the alarm, he went down the ladder w.i..t.',0101,1-'eco
caution of having a rope tied round his body. He I' el-, wan
met with a similar fate. An attempt was then made pole Dot
them with grappling irons, but without effect. A lorgeed out, ur.
then cut at the bottom of the vat, when they were drng!neets,:tlie
without any signs of life. Mr. Bailey, a surgeon of tllO rotor' to
hood, who had been in attendance some time, tried t° T `he 500
vital functions. His efforts, however, were unavailing. , epollo,
question was about sixteen feet deep, and had co:nal:leo inns oPtoeif
gallons of pale ale. The other vat had been two or three non Ind
Both were steady men, and had been in the service ofut,li:osurtdShiPto
years. Perrin was thirty years of age, and a single MO;
fifty years of age, and a widower. rOOlll
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SERIOUS CHARGE OF MUTINY.----- I vhic-
TUESDAY ArTnitsroest.—The royal mail steamer Cain 0.,
rived here last night from Halifax and Boston, with the
crew co a
rican mails, brought seven seamen in irons, part of the ,„0
British barque Champlain, belonging to Cork, who had 11,-at cola is,
by the United States authorities, under the treaty with` !„;ed alutlitbe
fur examination in England, upon a charge of aggraTng Oa of
and of attempting to sink the vessel they were naviga clistge r•
arrival of the steamer, the prisoners were given into theh sre
Capt. Bevis, R.N., who forthwith handed them over tn.sttlicin
thorities, and at twelve o'clock to-day the charges
tra--• ger'
investigated before Mr. Rushton, the stipendiary rnolJleston,,aoll,
names of the prisoners are Thomas Sheazel, John
mann Hincker, Henry Matthews, Thomas Boyle, JO
taken ";ines
and Henry William Matthews. The depositions _
son)
the British Consul for the State of Maine and the 4t,
of the United States were produced. hey were nln
nous ; but only one witness was examine to-. 3., -
(s thisere
the steward. From what we hear, the history „eaten, t1:00-
few days after the prisoners had shipped with CaPtal"arli-oleed ram'
arose a scarcity of seamen in St. John's, and wages, we`lar
siderably. They could not persuade the captain to reie,"ood
the terms of their articles, and therefore, it is said, °ll titer t-b-nel
11
that they conspired to compel him to put them asho,lreilv„,:teeilpoe7,o.ese
been a few days at sea. The first mutinous symptom
the prisoners commanding one of their body, WI c'
dirrected 114 to
ship about, and steer a conrse quite opposite to that.. est. the
captain. The captain, however, succeeded in causing
erect e 4 to
keep the right course, and then it was suddenly tun'-:. Dotty ref° thst
vessel was making water. On this the prisoners in and
toe
work. It is said an augur was found upon one or them,
til eae er
with this augur they kept continually boring holes, dang „
there was eight and a half feet of water in the hold atioat,
pool
the prisoners just pumped sufficiently to keep the ship
.!`rat
na
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Athtelyas"t kanhocrigkeidloovile'.l"u
sight.Tlils ciothideuocatp
twasalit repeated
iiu,
todadt
efbi
yo ees
heisted sib
rile
of distress, which were fortunately observed, anumnicated, to
relief of the Champlain. The two captains con?
struggle,
to Da
result was, that the seven prisoners, alter A !wig ned
GAME
on
ulatchedo
oholusirtotoit.s,maiaidtucerveyed to the first port, which
_ hae.Peo:in
A CASE NOT _MENTIONED --
observed it, 0,0
tf
On Monday evening a covey of partridges were. - the °tee
xhaustion,sited Otm their flight, apparently in a state of great
of Woolwich. Shortly afterwards sevens of thebalaitrrf ,„
esscr
ledge overhanging the window of Mr. Hives, a the towa• ' $
street, one of the most crowded thoroughfares in
an,t length
attempts were made to knock them down, .
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THE COAL-FIELD IN MARYLAND.:
.2„..gazine ate
articles in the October number of the Nation 1
ai.field in the
with the terrors of a prosecution for selling 6
Industrial Record is on the subject of the
4u2ppaenrda2n3d9lsoqwuearr,comr nileerstrheesrpnecatnivdelsye.uthoerfnt.er.a.,
with
ays,,,oi,
215 square miles, or 138,000 acres, are u
able coal fifteen yards thick. This, in tilfehdicissilittviii:hiacris°::l°::;:ellri'll:lti:
moostwonrsk pern.
.nn,ound
eat dePare
all the British mines the coal is below grow g
annual
noilluelay consumptionigeulda
nstOi,toyo;natdiodnwts
oasp
be
waste of
greater acre, or ocrat 3123:0i
t0a0i:0:00,1,
varying from 30 to 1,600 feet; the
TheseAlegannye
orw%oooo
nearly all above the water level. at)! ; workipg tbi
the latter is, therefore, much less than that o

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