The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-05 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS, &C.— Messrs. W. C. Ranken, G.
Gregg, R. W. Hight, E. N. P. Mason, and T. E. Lewis,
admitted as volunteers Indian Navy. Mr. J. H. Snow,
volunteer, arrived at Bombay on the 3d of July. Mr.
John Blake, to be acting clerk of the Honourable Com-
pany's steam frigate Semiramis, from the 14th of May
last. Commander Porter, from the Coote, to the com-
mand of brig Euphrates, from Ist of June 1842. Lieut.
Boulderson, acting superintendent, to the temporary
charge of the Cleopatra, from Ist of June 1842. Lieut.
J. W. Young, to act as assistant superintendent, from the
Ist inst„ during the absence of Lieut. Boulderson, or
until further orders. Mr. Powell, clerk in charge of the
Euphrates, to be transferred to the Victoria, vice fore,
sick on shore, from 20th of May last. Mr. George
Easteman, to be acting clerk in charge of the Euphrates,
vice Powell transferred from 20th of May last.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.—Captain R. Lowe is allowed a
furlough to Europe, for the benefit of his health. Cap-
tain D. Ross, master attendant, is allowed leave of ab-
sence for three months, from 11th July, to proceed to
the Deccan, for the benefit of his health.

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On Saturday, in the Insolvent Debtor's Court, a
vesting order was made ander the compulsory clause, on
a petition filed by Messrs. Evans and Taylor, solicitors,
of South-square, Gray's Inn, requiring Sir Francis Charles
Knowles, Bart., to file his petition within 14 days. The
effect of this order will be to compel Sir F. C. Knowles
to make a disclosure of his circumstances, and to vest
the whole of his property in the provisional assignee of
the Court, and from him to the creditors. The Baronet
was first committed to prison in January last, and re-
moved to the Queen's prison in June, where he is now
detained at the suits of several persons. A similar
proceeding in the case of the well know Baron de Bode,
who had been a number of years in prison, had the 'ef-
fect of compelling him to pay all his debts.

REDUCTION IN*THE PRICE OF CATTLE.—A great
reduction has taken place in the price of cattle in Craven,
and something like a panic appears to prevail among the
graziers, who axe hurrying their stock to market under a
notion (we believe visionary) that the quantity of foreign
cattle imported will be so great as materially to affect the
price. We have, however, heard the panic ascribed in
part to a very fatal disorder which prevails among the
cattle in Craven, and which destroys the animal between
two and three hours after it is seized, unless relief be
given. At Skipton cattle fair on Monday last, the
quantity of cattle was great, and the prices very low.—
Leeds Mercury.
The General Steam Navigation Company's new
steam-ship Princess Royal, Captain J. W. Morris, which
left Granton Pier, Leith, on Saturday afternoon, arrived
this morning at nine, at the Company's wharf, Poplar,
after an excellent passage. She passed the same Com-
pany's steam ship Clarence, off Cromer, on her way to
Edinburgh. The Princess leaves for Edinburgh again
on Wednesday evening.
FEMALE CONVICTS.—Between forty and fifty fe-
males, of various ages, women, girls, and children, ar-
rived at Kingston, ou Thursday, between two and three
o'clock, under an escort of the 4th Royal Dragoon
Guards, and were drafted on board the convict ship Na-
varino, which arrived in that harbour on Wednesday.
Northern Whig.