The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 30.—The Lilly, 19, Commander
Baker, which recently returned from the Cape of Good
Hope, is now nearly dismantled, and will be paid off on
Tuesday.
The Resistance troop ship, Commander C. G. E.
Patey, is hourly expected to arrive at Cork with the
service companies of the 30th Regiment from Nova
Scotia. The 30th Regiment has been out of England
since July, 1834.
The Satellite, 18, Commander R. H. B. Rowley
getting on very rapidly with her equipment, and will')
quite ready for sea on Saturday week. It is understepl
that she is to return to the Pacific.
The following vessels are those which compose the
squadron on the coast of Ireland, under the command
of Rear-Admiral Bowles :—Caledonia, 120, flag-shi ,
Captain Milne ; Fox, 42, Captain Sir F. P. Blackwood;
Hyacinth, 1.8, Commander F. Scott ; Iris, 26, Captain
R. Mundy ; Lynx, 3, Lieutenant-Commander J. T.
Nott ; Snipe, 2, Lieutenant-Commander G. Raymond ;
the Flamer, 6, Lieutenant-Commander C. J. Postle
Comet, 2, Commander G. A. Frazer ; Dee, 2, 'Master-
Commander 'l'. Driver ; Meteor, 2, Lieutenant-Com-
mander G. Butler ; Pluto, 2, Lieutenant-Commander
Jeayes ; Stromboli, 6, Commander Hon. E. Plunket ;
Tartarus, 2, Captain H. T. Austin ; and Volcano, 2,
Lieut.-Commander C. J. Featherstone, steamers.
The Cyclops, Captain W. Lapidge, and the Rhada-
manthus, Master-Commander T. Laen, are on their
passage to Cork with a body of the Royal Marines.
The Magpie, 2, Commander Thomas BroCk, is on her
passage home from the Mediterranean, where she has
been employed surveying upwards of seven years.
The Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate, is expected to be put
in commission in the course of next week.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commander James Paterson Bower,
to the' Hecate.
Lieutenants—G. H. Winlo, to the Satellite ' • 0. Cum-
berland, from the Madagascar, to command the Spy ;
H. Stokes, to the Helena, from the Penelope ; W. P.
Crozier, to the Alban ; G. Gore, to the Cyclops.
Chaplain—Rev. J. W. Hind, to the Penelope.
Master—E. T. Cavell, to the Satellite.
Mates—W. H. Payne, from the Camperdown to the
Blazer • George Kerr, to the Pluto ; G. W. Towsey,
from-the Penelope to the Pluto.
Second Master—W. G. Sturgess, to the Albion.
Midshipman—W. Wood, to the Penelope.
Assistant-Surgeon—Henry J. Domville, to Greenwich
Hospital.
Masters'-Assistants—F. Inglis, to the Victory ; F. J
Krable, to the Larne.
Clerks—George Penfold, to the Alban, in charge ; J.
Shanks, to the Nereus.
PROMOTlONS.—Commanders—E. B. Tithing and Juba
Adams, to be Captains.
Mate—Francis H. Short, to be Lieutenant.
ROYAL MARlNES—Gentlemen Cadets J. Crocketia 1
H. N. Gell to be Second-Lieutenants.

EARTHQUAKE IN GUERNSEY.--Extract of' a letter
dated Christmas-day:—" Last Friday, at about ten mi-
nutes to four o'clock in the afternoon, there were two
violent shocks of an earthquake, so terrible that people
were shaken in their chairs, hearing at the same time a
loud rumbling noise in the earth. I had gone to the
library, and by the action of walking neither heard nor
felt it, but imagine my horror, when I got into the
High-street, to rind it full of people, all looking up at
their houses, expecting them to fall with the next shock;
their windows rattled, wardrobe doors that. were

locked were forced open, doors and gates of houses
were seen to shake, all bottles, jars, and earthenware
vessels which happened to touch each other jingled
iremendously—in short, it was most appalling. I hur-
ried home as well as I could through the crowded
street, not knowing if I should find our house standing.
as it is a new one and slightly built. Thank God, r
found all safe, but G— in a most awful state of ex- • I
citement. He was writing at the time, and being so
quiet, no doubt felt the full force of the shock. I assure
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you I went to bed in fear and trembling, not knowing
but that we might be swallowed up in the night. how-
ever, it has pleased Almighty God to spare us hitherto-
The general opinion here is that there has been soul ,
dreadful earthquake in France, and that the shock w
had was the effect of it."
• " BOXING-DAY" REVELRY.—Yesterday Mr. Wok-

ley, M.P., held an inquest at the Western Dispensary,
New-road, St. Marylebone, on the body of Thomas :
llartnup, aged 25. From the evidence it appeared that
the deceased was a sawyer, lodging in Miller-street,
Camden-town. On Tuesday last (boxing-day) he went i
to a beer-shop in the neighbourhood of his residence, --
being at the time rather the worse for liquor, and began
" laring" with a man named Jones. Jones did the iii
same with him, and coming to close quarters they -4
struggled for the throw, which deceased gained. On
getting up they again wrestled, when the deceased wag .11
thrown heavily on the floor on his back, and immediately
complained of being hurt, begging to be let alone. Ile
was picked up, when it was found-that he was unable to
stand, and he was consequently removed on a shutter tO

the above instituti gin, where he died of the injudea r4r.
ceived. Mr. Wellington Poole, surgeon of the Dispen.-
sary, said that deceased on his admission complained of
the loss of the use of his limbs. He appeared to be
drunk, as did also the men who brought him. Evert
thing was dune for him which his case required, but he
lingered and died on Friday last—as had been subs°
quently ascertained on a peat 'no trin examination being
made—of a rupture of the sixth vertebra) of the back'
and injury to the spinal marrow. Deceased before his
death exonerated all persons from blame, and said that
what had happened to him was through pure accident.
Verdict, " Accidental death."
FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.—Mr. Higgs held all
inquest yesterday evening, at St. George's Hospital,
Hyde Park-corner, on view of the body of Ann Mitchell,
aged 69, proprietress of one of the Kensington omni-
buses. Mr. George Lucas, of No. 25, Pembroke-squarer
Kensington, stated, that about seven o'clock on the
evening of Thursday, the 21st of December last, he was
on the outside of a Kensington omnibus, and deceased
(the proprietress of the omnibus) was seated next WI
witness, near the end of the seat. While passing along
Kensington High-street, and coming from London on its
near side the road, the omnibus suddenly overtook
van. The omnibus passed the van, and pulled up close
to the kerb-stone to set down a passenger. Presently
went on agair., overtook the van, and stopped a secono
time. The van then came by again, so close to the
omnibus, that the tarpaulin which covered the van
caught deceased, and swept her eft' the edge of her seat.
She fell into the road under one of the wheels of the
waggon and was run over. She was immediately take,'
to the surgeon's, and from thence conveyed to St.
George's Hospital. The van belonged to a Mrs. Baker'
of Church-street, Chelsea. The seat of the omnibtle
where the deceased was seated projects full ten inchees
beyond the roof of the vehicle. Thomas Monk, of
street, Kensington, contradicted this evidence, and states
that at the time of the accident the omnibus was ends
vouring to cut in on its near side, between the van an
the kerbstone. Other witnesses stated that the driver
the van was alone to blame. Mr. George Baniste4;
house surgeon, stated that on deceased's admission 51'0
was found to have received a large lacerated wound 12
the lower part of the left leg, communicating With
comminuted fracture of the bones. Mortification en'
sued, and deceased rapidly sank, and died on Saturdei,
last. She refused to submit to amputation until it 01
too late, and died from the effects of the constitutioe,
irritation caused by the fracture and subsequent mortis,
cation. After a very long investigation, the jury r
turned a verdict of " Accidental death," but at the 0131,
time censured the conduct of the omnibus driver for
tempting to pass on the wrong side of the road.
deceased was a very extraordinary woman. For ree'r4
years past, in all weathers,
i she had ridden " from ese,'l
morn to dewy eve," on the outside of one of hero 7
vehicles, looking carefully after the main, and tal‘iel '-
heed that her cattle were good, her machine in nrue
and her servants obliging. of
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