The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

DISASTER-S.ON LAKE ONTARIO.

Loss OE THE ONEIDA AND ST. DAVID.—By papers
received from Kingston last evening, the loss of the
steam-boat Oneida is confirmed. She sprang a leak
during the gale of Saturday, the 19th inst., in her
passage down the lake, and was run ashore on Stony
Point, where she soon after became a total wreck.
The crew and passengers were saved.
The steamer St. David went ashore during the
same gale, on Howe Island, together with five barges
which she had in tow heavily laden with flour. The
passengers left the boat during a terrific storm of wind
and snow, and after wandering some time through the
woods, they found shelter in a log hut, where they
remained two days. They were brought back to
Kingston by the steamer Prince of Wales. 'When
they left, the sea was making a clear breach over the
boat. She, as well as the Oneida, probably, went to
pieces soon after.
The Princess Royal broke her 'shaft near Presque
Isle, on Sunday morning, and was obliged to return
to Kingston by canvass.—Rochester Democrat.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Devonport Independent.)

Her Majesty's ship Thilnderer, g 4, Captain Pring,
is now waiting orders. The crew was paid wages on
Wednesday last.
Her Majesty's steamer Locust, Lieut. Lunn, having
taken a supply of coals on board, and had her defects
made good, will sail to-day (Saturday) for the Medi-
terranean.

The Pestonjee Bomanjee, transport, arrived from
Quebec on Thursday, with part of the 67th Regiment
on board. The troops were landed on the same day,
at the Royal William Victualling Yard.
Ships in Harbour.—Caledonia,l2o, Capt. A. Milne;
San Josef, 110, Capt. F. W. Burgoyne; Locust
steamer, Lieutenant John Lunn ; Confiance steamer ;
Diligence and Pestonjee Bombajee transports; and
Rochester lighter.
In the Sound.—Thunderer, 84, Capt. D. Pring.
We have received a letter from her Majesty's sloop
Champion, 18, Commander Richard Byron, dated
Callao, Aug. 19. It states the country (Peru) to be
in a most unsettled state from insurrection and civil
war, relative to the election of a new President, fur
which there were three candidates in the field. One
of the rejected has command of the troops, which he
had taken by force; the one elected had a portion of
the troops, with the populace, and an engagement
was soon expected to decide it. The Champion was
lying as guard-ship at Callao, waiting the arrival of
the Admiral, when it was expected she would be sent
to the Sandwich Islands or Mexico, being the only
small craft on the station. The Carysfort, 26, Captain
Right Hon. Lord George Paulet, was daily expected
from England, and the Pear], 20, Commander R. H.
Stopford, from the Brazils.
Her Majesty's ship Druid, 44, Captain Henry
Smith, C. 8., arrived at Bombay, from Trincomalee,
on the 26th October, and was there on the Ist Nov.,
waiting orders for her return to England, where she
may be expected about the beginning of April.
Her Majesty's ship Blonde was to leave Nankin
the latter part of September, with three millions of
dollars on board, for England, part of the Chinese
tribute, and might be expected in March, 1843. Mr.
Coaker, master of the Cornwallis, is coming home as
Master of the Blonde, from ill health, having been
three years in China.
Mr. Henry Liddell, surgeon (late of the Blonde,
and who was acting on board the Cornwallis at the
time of signing the treaty, during the temporary ill-
ness of her Surgeon) is appointed to the Nimrod.
APPOlNTMENTS.—Lieutenant—George Goldfinch,
to the Warspite, vice Gordon, promoted.
Mates—H. T. A. F. Maddock, to the Warspite ;
G. T. S. Winthrop (from the St. Vincent), to the
Agincourt.
Master's Assistants—Thomas Spicer, to the Sama-
rang; M. Richards (from the St. Vincent), to the
Warspite ; N. J. Loane (from the St. Vincent), to the
AlegaL•ra steamer.
Assistant-Surgeon—T. R. Pickthorn, to the War-
spite, vice Mason.
Midshipman—F. P. C. Owen (from the St. Yin •
cent), to the Warspite.
Clerk—Stuart Watson and Charles Richards, to the
Samarang.
Vols. Ist Class—S. L. L. Peile, to the Samarang;
A. D. Mercer, to the Tweed.
Third Engineers—Owen Owen, to the Thunder-
bolt; David Douglas, to the Alban.
Warrant Officers—Edward Aldridge, boatswain, to
the IVarspite, vice Collins ; George Mason, boatswain,
to the Samarang; Thomas Westlake, gunner, to the
Gorgon steamer.
MERIT NOT REWARDED.—We are happy to see
that meritorious and deserving young officer, Mr. Wm.
Bateman, appointed from the St. Josef to the Acheron
steamer, as Clerk in Charge. Our readers must re-
member how highly this young officer was spoken of
in our paper about two years since, while serving on
the coast of Africa, on board her Majesty's sloop
Wolverine, in which he performed the arduous and
multifarious duties of Secretary to the senior officer,
Clerk of the ship, kept the officers' watch, boarding
officer, &c. He has served six years and not yet re-
ceived his promotion to the rank of Purser, but we
trust the Admiralty will soon do him this act of com-
mon justice.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The Warspite, 53, Cap-
tain Lord John Hay, was paid her advance on Thurs-
day, and sailed to-day for Bermuda.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Cambridge, Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Sa-
marang, Frolic, Nautilus, Thunderbolt, steam frigate,
Rocket, Volcano, and African, steamers.
At Spithead—Tory, transport.
PROMOTIONS. Commander Charles Richards
(1840), of the Cornwallis, to the rank of Captain.
Mate—S. H. Derriman (1835), Dublin ; John
Seccombe and S. Fowell, of the Harlequin (late of
the Cornwallis), to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.— Commander —G. C. Robinson,
to the Gleaner ; William Maitland, to the Spiteful.
Lieutenants—E. J. Bedford, and Edgar Slade, to
the Gleaner.

Master-LW. Mills, from the Styx to the Spiteful.
Acting Master—J.W. Symonds, to the Gleaner.
Second Master—Robert Walker, to the Gleaner ;
A. Betts, to the Cleopatra; A. J. Halloran, to the
Acheron steam vessel.

Fro-
lic Mates—W. C. Marshall and
Excellent
dP. Willoughby,
to eto t
Gorgon ; A. Luckraft, from h
; C. M. Aynsley, to the Scout.
Midshipmen—T. P. C. Owen, from the St. Vin-
cent, to the Warspite ; P. Saumarez, to theYrolie.
Volunteer Ist Class—A. W. Bedford, to Samarang.
Masters' Assistants—T. Spicer, to the Samarang.
Clerk-in-Charge—Wm. Thomas, to the Gleaner.
First Engineers—John Boswell, to the Virago ;
John Henty, to the Wildfire.
The following Mates passed for Lieutenants at the
Naval College, on Tuesday :—Mr. Edward G. Hore,
Queen ; Mr. C. J. Stanhope, Warspite ; the Hon. P. F.
Pellew, Aigle ; and Mr. Aug. C. Hobart, Excellent.
Mr. Alfred De Hochepied Nepean qualified for a
Marine coimission.

UDDEN DEATHS.

On Saturday between eleven and twelve o'clock as
two men named Webb and Sothey, by trade brick-
layers, were passing down the Waterloo-road, Lam-
beth, and when near Granby-terrace, the former,
while making an observation to Sothey, suddenly
fell on the pavement in a fit. His companion in-
stantly lifted him from the ground, and a cab having
been procured he was conveyed to his residence in
Kennington-lane, where he died about ten minutes
after being placed in bed.
At about half-past nine on Saturday, a stout elderly
gentleman, apparently about fifty years of age, when
just opposite the Post-office in St. Martin's-ie-Grand,
was observed to stagger as if intoxicated, and to reel
against the iron railings. Some gentlemen passing
immediately proffered- assistance, and in the presence
of a police constable his pockets were searched for
some clue to his identity, and a card-case was disco-
vered, on which was the address, " Mr. Willmot, 6,
Cleaver-street, Kennington-cross." The unfortunate
man appearing to rally a little, he was put into a cab,
and the driver was directed to get as fast as possible
to the above address . but on his arrival there he was
insensible, and died before the cab had been discharged
from the door.

DEATH Or MAJOR. GENERAL HAMILTON.—The sad
event, for which we have been some days prepared,
took place this morning, at half-past six o clock, when
the above much respected veteran expired in the bosom
of his disconsolate family, at his residence, Nelson-
place, in this city, after a long and painful illness,
which he bore with Christian resignation.—Dublin
paper.