The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 14.—The Cornwallis, 72, Captain
Richards, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.B. ,
is expected to arrive in England
_about the 12th proximo.
She left Madras for Ceylon en route on the 18th of May,
and was accompanied as far as Trincomalee by the Pilot, 16,
commander W. 11. Jervis. She was to touch at the Cape,
St. Helena, and Ascension. She has supernumeraries from
the squadron on the station she has left, and *ill be paid off
at Plymouth it is confidently calculated upon.
The Queen, 110, Captain Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., was
paid off, all standing, on Thursday. She will be recommis-
sioned after the stripping of the Camperdown, which will oc-
cupy the crew of the latter about a week; the officers and
crew will then be transferred to the Queen, who will finish
stripping,:and get her into dock for overhaul and refit.
The Childers, 16, Commander Wellesley, was paid off on
Thursday. The crew received their wages at the Pay-office
of the royal dockyard, as in the case of the Wanderer. She
was dismasted on Friday morning, preparatory to entering
dock for repair.
The Isis, 44, Captain Sir J. Marshall, K.C.H., is ex-
pected home from the Cape station early in October to be
paid off.
The Lightning steam-vessel. Master Commander William
Roberts, arrived from Sheerness on Wednesday, and sailed
on Thursday eveningfor Chatham, with the marines from the
Queen.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain J. Toup Nicolas, was at Val-
paraiso on the 16th April, awaiting the arrival of the Carys-
fort, 26, Captain the Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, from
Mazatlan, with 2,000,000 dollars aboard, which would be
transhipped to the Vindictive immediately on her arrival,
when she (Vindictive) would sail for England.
The Dido, 18, Captain Keppel, is expected in England in
November to be paid off, orders for her return having been
sent out to her on the East India station by tha last over-
land mail.

The Fisguard, 42, Captain Duritze, was at Callao on the
24th of April, all well.
The Prometheus, steam sloop, Commander J. Hay, ar-
rived at Gibraltar last, from Tangier, on the 24th of June.
She made the passage from this port to Tangier in six days.
She left Gibraltar on the 26th ult. for Ascension and St.
Helena.

Strong winds have been blowing the last few days upon
this coast, which yesterday increased in violence, and towards
night were very severe; the water rose and dashed ow the
ramparts of the town during the night with fearful rapidity;
the wind continues blowing this morning if possible with
greaterforce, due west.

The Resistance troop-ship is refitting in harbour.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander W. Tringham,
came into harbour from cruising off the Sussex coast, and
was paid wages on Thursday.
The Collingwocd, 80, Captain Eden, flag-ship of Rear-
Admiral Sir George Seymour, will leave tlit harbour for
Spithead on the 20th inst.
The Alligator troop-ship, Master-Commander J. N. King,
was at Singapore on the 12th of April.
The Lame, 18, Commander Brisbane, was at the Cape
Verde Islands on the 15th of April.

The Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliott, ar-
rived at Jamaica from Port au Prince on the 2d ult.

The Rapid, 10, Lieutenant-Commander G. C. Earle, sailed
on a cruise from Sierra Leone on the 21st of May.

No commissions have yet arrived for the experimental brig
squadron. There are some tine specimens of the genuine tar
anxiously on the look out for the hoisting the pendant.
In Harbour—Queen, Collingwood, Victory, Excellent,
Childers, Rattlesnake, Resistance troop-skip, and Echo steam-
vessel. _ . _

In Dock—Victoria and Albert, Prince Regent, Rodney,
Scourge, Pantaloon, Waterwith, Lily, Wanderer, Athol, and
Seaflower.
DEVONPOIIT JULY 12.—The St. Vincent, Up, Captain
Rowley, arrived from Spithead yesterday morn-% She will
here receive her final orders.
The Adventure transport, Mr. Roskilly master, sailed for
Woolwich and Deptford on Sunday, with Stores.
The Swift packet, 6, having refitted, sailed on Saturday for
Falmouth. to take out the next Brazilian mail.
The. Sinbad lighter sailed on Wednesday for Portsmouth
and Deptford, with stores.
The Madagascar, 44, Captain Foote, is daily expected here
from the Coast of Africa. On arrival it is expected she will
be ordered to refit, and be forthwith dispatched to augment
the squadron off the coast of Morocco.
In Harbour—San Josef and Confiance.

In the Sound—St. Vincent.
PROMOTIONS.

Lieutenant—Charles H. Douglas (1839) to the rank of
commander.

APPOINTMENTS•

Captain—W. F. Martin, of the Camperdown to the Queen.
Commander—l. W. Morgan, to the Queen from the Cam-
perdown.
Lieutenants—A. S. Robinson, to the Porcupine, IL Stokes,
to the Tartarus, W. G. Kemsworth, to command the Cres-
cent, vice Donellan, promoted; H. Loring, W. F. Feed, M.
H. Rodney, C. J. F. Ewart, T. C. 0. D. Whipple, to the
Queen ; R. Hall to the Queen.
Surgeons—J. Robertson (b) to the superintendence of th'e
William Jardin convict-ship; J. Acheson, M.D., to the Vic-
tory; R. H. Brown, to Haulbowline Hospital, Cove; W.
Bruce, M.D., to the Queen.
Mates—T. P. Cooke, to the Collingwood ; G. Bellis, to the
Resistance troop-ship ; J. Simpson, E. H. Blake, G. Isl. Jack-
son, and A. P. Arkwright, to the Queen.
Chaplain—G. R. Lewin, to the Queen.
Assistant-Surgeons—H. Trevan and James Fisher, t 4 the
Queen ; John Belcher, to the Virago.
Masters' Assistants—M. 11. Fowl&r, to the Victory ; a:
Beckett and R. T. Browne, to the Collingwoodi J. M.
Bushell, from the Tartarus to the Porcupine.
Second Masters—J. G. Anderson, to the Queen ; F. Fig-
den, J. North, W. Wilson, and J. Hancock (all acting),. to
the Queen.
Naval Instructor—G. B. Barnes, to the Queen.
Paymaster and Purser—T. Jennings, to the Queen ; G.
Dowell, to the Apollo.
Naval Cadet—W. L. Gordon, to the Porcupine.

Midshipmen—R. G. Pochin, to the Resistance ;J. C. Byng,
to the St. Vincent; the Hon. J. Byng, to the Excellent.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—As the readers of your paper of the 91k inst. must
have been led by your report of the inquest on the body of a
child, who was drowned on Saturday last, to a very erro-
neous estimate of my conduct, I must beg you will do me the
justice to insert this positive refutation of the waterman'a
evidence. When the child was brought into my house, there
were not the slightest indications of life remaining. Myers'a
assertion that the heart was beating is a gross falsehood, for
the child was then quite dead. I made use of no such ex-
pression as " be off with you ;" but I said to the man (who
was in a state of intoxication), " close at hand is Charing-
crosi Hospital, where hot-baths and everything necessary in
these cases are always in readiness—run thither with the
child as quickly as you can ;" at the same time I dispatched
with him an assistant, to inform Dr. Golding, and, if neces-
sary, to aid in the measures adopted for resuscitation. In
taking these steps I conceived that I was pursuinethe best
means that humanity and prudence could suggest, the hos-
pital being within two minutes run from my residence, a
space of time infinitely shorter than must be consumed in any
private house in getting together and preparing the requisite
utensils and auxiliaries, which at an hospital are constantly
ready ; affording, therefore, more effective means for the re-
storation of life in cases of emergency than the best directed
efforts can accomplish when they have been delayed.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
369, Strand, July 11, 1844. JAMES SCOTT.