The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 10.—The Atholl troop-ship, Master
Commander Bellamy, has arrived from the West Indies, and
has broughto home some invalids belonging to the Artillery.
At 2 .a.ar., on Monday last, when it was quite dark, she came
into collision in the chops of the Channel with the Jane Clark,
on her passage from Shields to Naples, heavily laden with
coals, which, from the violence of the concussion, almost im-
mediately after foundered. Happily, the disaster was not at-
tended with any loss of Life, as the Atholl was enabled to save
the whole of the persons on board the Jane Clark before she
went down, and has brought them in safety to this port. The
Atholl has' received considerable damage in her bows.
The Winchester, 50, was commissioned on Tuesday by
Commander Kelly for the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon.
Joseeline Percy. She is now in dock, and it is expected that
it will be five or six weeks before she will be ready to leave ir.
The time it wi 1 take in fully equipping her for sea will depend
on her success in getting bands. She has already got several
volunteers, and many of her old bands, who have just been
raid off, have intimated their intention of volunteering again
into Ler upon their return from visiting their friends and
families.

The Queen, 110, Cap Gin Rich, with the flag of Sir Edward
Owee, will bail fer the igediterrancan. She is to be paid her
advance on Monday. Sir William Symonds and his son are
going out in her as far as Gibraltar.

The "Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Nicolas, with the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, is now quite ready to proceed
on her voyage to China. She will sail, if the weather permits,
either this evening or to-morro X morning.
•The Driver steam-frigate, Commander Harmer, will leave
for China this afternoon. The Formidable, 84, Captain Sir
Charles Sullivan, is getting ready for sea, with all possible de-
spatch, in order to sail at the same time as the Queen, to afford
acropportunity of testing their respective rates of sailing, ken
being new ships, and this being the first time that either of
them haAbbeen fitted for service. She has had anew capstan,
in liau 'OT the one she sprang when leaving Sheerness.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS,

ArrotsTstEriTs.—Rear-Admiral Hon. Josceline Percy to
the Winchester, to proceed, as the Commander- in-Chief, to the
Cape'of Good Hope.
Captain 'Charles Eden to the Winchester.
Commander William Kelly to the Winchester.
Lieutenants.—William C. Aldham, from the jaseur, John
APNeil Boyd, from the St. Vincent, John Wainwright, W. E. A.
Gordon, and G. B. B. Collier, to the Winchester.
Master.—J. Brown to the Winchester.
Surgeon.—W. Jameson to the Winchester.
Purser.—J. Lean to the Winchester.
Chaplain.—Rev. Mr. Steel to the Winchester.

Nav-al Instructor.—John Charles Bond to the Winchester.
The following are the promotions consequent upon the
Queen's visit to Portsmouth, and the ships from which the
officers are promoted:—
Her Majesty's ship Queen—Commander J. B. P. Hay to
be Captain ; Lieutenants, Alexander J. Grreme, 11. J. Wel.
lington (flag) to be Commanders; Mates, John Franklin and
W. Mould to be Lieutenants.

Her Majesty's ship St. Vincent—Lieutenants Charles C.
Grey (flag) and J. Blair, to be Commanders; Assistant Sur-
geon Joseph Caldwell to be Surgeon.
Royal George Yacht—Lieutenant William Sidney Thomas
to be Commander; Mates, W. D. Carroll and John P.
Palmer, to be Lieutenants.

Her Majesty's ship Alfred—Commander John. B. Wood-
thorpe, to be Captain ; Lieutenant George J. Hirtzwell, to be
Commander ; Mates Robert D. Aldrich and R. Wilcox, to
be Lieutenants.

It is undusiood that there art several other officers yet to
be promoted.

MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
The 73d Regiment of Foot, now lying at Forton barracks,
Gosport, will leave for Woolwich early next week.
The depot of the 19th Regiment of Foot, now at Gosport,
will also leave for Brighton at the sane time.
The 16th Foot, now at Winchester, will succeed the 73d at
Gosport.

The newly raised regiment for St. Helena will leave Win-
chester in a few days, and take up their quarters at the Albany
barracks, near Newport, Isle of Wight, where they will remain
until they embark.

It is supposed that the foregoing movements, before' the
usual period for changing quarters, are made in order to allow
two regiments of the line under orders for foreign service to
take up their quarters at Winchester barracks until they can
be embarked at this port.

REINFORCEMENTS FOR CHINA.
The following are the arrangements, we learn, respecting
the China reinforcements :
The 6th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, at Ganjam, have
received orders from the supreme Government to proceed to
Calcutta, to be embarked for China. This announcement was
received by the regiment on parade with three cheers ; a better
selection could not have been made throughout the army.
The 2d Native Infantry, and 17th Native Infantry, at Viza-
gapatam, are also ordered to China by the Madras Government,
and two other regiments of Native Infantry are ordered to be
kept in readiness to proceed if necessary ; the 41st Regiment
will be one of these, and the 14th Native Infantry, now at
Moulmein, is to be the other, if it is found advisable to with-
draw the 31st and 14th Native Infantry from thence ; should
it not be thought right to do so, the 14th are to remain, and
relieve the 31st, whose tour of duty will expire in May.
A troop of Horse Artillery, with thirty horses, and one cum-
pany of Foot Artillery are also to go, and the two companies
at present in China are to be made up to their full comple-
ment. The Sappers and Miners at present in China are to be
completed, and a reinforcement of 200 men to be sent ; 500
gun Lascars are also ordered. It is supposed the 17th Native
Infantry will be embarked in vessels sent from Calcutta, but
the reinforcements from Madras will follow, Amounting to
about 3,000 men.

The Calcutta papers mention that Government have taken
up seventeen ships from that port and Madras, for the convey-
ance of troops and stores to China. Major Blundell prcceeds
in command of the Foot Artillery reinforcements, now under
orders for China; Captain Hall, with Lieutenants Kinkaid
and ANntire, accompany the Horse Artillery. The troop
only take thirty horses, but are provided with spare harness
for what cattle they can catch. Lieutenants Briggs, Macpher-
son, Collingwood, and Waddell, are attached to the company
of Foot Artillery. Five hundred gun Lascars will be assembled
at the Mount by the end of this month. Two hundred store
Lascars, instead of one hundred, as at first ordered, are to ac-
compaby the troops. It has not yet been determined whether
the Artillery take six or three-pounders ; but each gun is to
be provided with 200 rounds of spherical case. shot, besides an
abundance of other ammunition. The whole will sail about
the first week in March.— Bombay Times.

•
PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
ORDERS 'OF THE DAY FOR THIS EVENING
1. West India Clargy Bill—Committee.
2. Colonial Passengers Bill—Committee.
3. Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill—Committee.
4. Exchequer Bill Loan Acts—Committee thereupon.
1. Corn importation Bill—Committee.
6. Municipal Corporations Bill—Committee.
7. Supply—Committee.

8. Que.eri's Prison Bill—Committee.
9. Ways and Means—Committee.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
I. Mr. Sydney Herbert—Navy Estimates (in Committee
of Supply).
2. Sir Robert Peel—To move Resolutiens (in Committee
of Ways and Means).

3. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Vote of 6,000,000/.
out of Consolidated Fund (in Committee of Ways and Means).
4. Sir Charles Napier—ln Committee on West. India Bishops
Bill, to decrease the number of Bishops from three to two.
5. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—ln Committee of the
whole House, Advances for Public Works.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A
POLICEMAN.

The following are further particulars relating to the case of
the policeman Faulks, whose death we mentioned yesterday,
and which appears to be connected with some further singular
circumstances :—A short time after Faulks had been conveyed
to the station-house the stretcher was again sent for, with in-
f rmation that Patten, 127 F, whose beat adjoined that of the
deceased, had been found lying on the pavement in South.
ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, in a state of insensibility;
lie was also removed to the station-house with all expedition,
and immediately put to bed. Upon the arrival of Mr. Snitch,
the surgeon who attended Faulks, that gentleman found
Patten in a state of delirium, arising, in his opinion, from the
effects of drink; and he also gave it as his opinion that the
deceased's death was occasioned by the same cause. After the
usual restoratives bad been administered, Patten became
calmer, and slept for some time, but as soon as he awoke he
inquired where Faulks was; and upon being informed that he
was dead, immediitely became so violently excited as to require
the assistance of four or five men to keep him in bed. He con-
tinued in that state for some time, during which it was found
necessary to bleed him twice. After the paroxysm hadsubsided,
and he had become sensible, he stated, as far as he would recollect,
shortly after three o'clocka. gentleman went up to him whilst he
was on his beat, and anxiously inquired whether he had seen
constable No. 42. He (Patten) told him that he had seen him
a few minutes previous,-and that he had gone round his beat.
The gentleman made some observations respecting the severity
of the weather, and then went away. As soon as he (Patten)
saw the deccaFed, he told him what the gentleman had said,
and asked him whether he knew him ? The deceased said that
he knew very well who be meant: They walked together f
a few steps, and in passing the shop of a druggist again saw the
gentleman, who accosted them, and after some conversation
said, as the morning was extremely cold and wet, a drop of
something would do them good, and offered to treat them. Ile
then invited them into the shop and gave them a glass of
`whiskey and water each ; after they had drunk it, be wished
them to take some more, but they declined, stating they were
afraid it would overcome them. and if so, notice would be taken
of it at the station-Imuse. The gentleman then said, " Oh,
old fellow, never mind that, I will give
.you something that will
take it -ail away, and it will never be noticed that you have
been drinking." He then took down a bottle, from which he
poured something of a red colour into a glass, which lie gave
them, and after drinking it they went away. Patten further
stated, that he then left the deceased to go round his bea', bat
did not know what became of him afterwards, neither could he
recollect anything that occurred after that period, either as to
where he (Patten) went, or how he got to the station-house.
It is right -to state that Patten gave the above account in a
very incoherent manner, and swooned away as soon as he bad
concluded. Down to a late hour yesterday evening he con-
tinued in a very weak and excited state, but Mr. Snitch con-
sidered he was going en favourably. The deceased and Patten
were both said to be very sober, steady men, and the Sergeant
on duty, who saw them when he went his round between three
and four o'clock, states that at that time they were perfectly
sober. The deceased, who was apparently about twenty-six
or twenty-seven years of age, has left a wife and three chil-
dren. We understand that this is not the only occurrence of a
similar description which has lately taken plate in the same
neighbourhood, though fortunately not attended with fatal con
sequences.

The Correo Naciohal of Madrid states that among
the remains of the bodies interred in the vault of San Felipe
el-Real, there has beer, found the body of a woman in a won-
derful state of preservation. It has retained its natural form,
the deceasedApving been of remarkable embonpoint. The
nails on the ands are still perfect, the countenance has under-
gone no change, the lips are half open, and show between
them a double row of beautiful teeth. It should seem that
the female must have died in the flower of her age. Even
the clothes arc astonishingly free from decay. The robe, of a
Clark green, is trimmed with silk, and of a richness that indi-
cates she was of a wealthy family. A thousand conjecture':
have been formed as to her identity ; but whether she will be
again bu.ied, or placed in a cabinet of ratural history, is not
yet decided u; on, as the civil and religious authorities are at
variance on the subject.
-A letter from Gratz, of the 18th ult., announces
the arrival there on that day of the Duke de Bordeaux, who lc6
Vienna on the 16th by the Neufkirchen railroad in a special train.
His Royal Highness was In good health, and not at all fatigued by
his journey. On the (lay before his departure from Vienna, the
Empress, and all the other members of the Imperial Family, paid
hi Royal Highness a visit to take leave.
Two clerks of a cloth-merchant in the Rue de la
Bourdonnais stifled themselves accidentally, two nights ago, by
t
casing the valve of the flue of .the stove in their room, ?,
throw out the warmth of the braise. They were both found
dead in their beds nest morning.