The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

♦PPOINTMENTS

Captain—Sir H. Leeke (acting) to the Calliope.
Commander—C. F. Schomberg (acting) to the Queen, vice
Wonsfold.

Lieutenants—S. Fowell and R. C. Whyte to the Crocodile; R.
Mc. It. Richardson from the Agincourt to the Castor ; M. Conolly
from the Agincourt to the Driver ; G. Newcomen to the Iris ; R.
J. Balfour to the Vestal ; H. C. Toby to the Queen ; L. B. Mac.
kinnon to the Vanguard ; J. A. H. Boyd to the St. Vincent; C. H
Tonge to the Trafalgar ; R. Carter to the CanopuS ; L. F. Burrell
to the Superb.

Masters—J. Jarvis, from the Driver to the Fox, vice Grant,
invalided ; G. Rowe from the Agincourt (acting) to the Driver;
J. Rogers to the Crocodile; G. A. Williams (assistant) to the
Spitfire ;
G. H. Hughes (assistant) to the Victory.
Paymasters and Pursers—G. C. Buzney, clerk in charge of the
Tortoise (acting), to the Alert; T. Dobbin, to the Crocodile.
Chaplain--Rev. A Salkeld (and Naval instructor), to the Hi-
bernia.

F. A. Boyce,
Mates-0. Borland, to the Queen; H. Boys, to the Vanguard;
to the Rodney ; J. H. Henderson, to the Canopus.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. Campbell, to the Actmon, vice M`Cleuse,
promoted ; W. Brice, to the Cuckoo.
Naval Instructor—W. D. Grant, to the Vanguard.
Midshipmen—T. H. M. Martin, to the Vernon; H. W. Corneck,
late of the Carysfort, to the Siren.
Clerks—
W. H Turner to the Caledonia, vice Dyer, appointed
acting paymaster of the Hecate ; J. L. Thorne, to the Albion ; E.
Forster (assistant), to the Vulture.
,
Naval Cadets—W, B. Pauli, to the Vernon ; A. Heneage, to
the Superb; Hon. H. M. Nelson, to the Rodney; W. H. Ives,
to the Canopus ; W. H. Truscott, to the Rodney; IL W. Heath.
cote, to the Resistance; J. Saumarez, from the Hecate, to the
Caledonia, additional.

COAST GUARD.
Appointments—Lieut. S. Morrish, to command a station, vice
Travers, appointment cancelled.
Removals—Lieut. H. N. Atkinson, from South Yarmouth to
Portsmouth-harbour station, vice Allen; F. P. Coull, from Ulam
Bay to South Yarmouth, vice Atkinson ; J. Wilcox, from Epple
Bay to Barryscove station, vice Kempthorne, removed.

REPORTED LOSS of the APOLLO.

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In the brief notice on Saturday of the supposed loss of this
vessel, she is said to have been bound from Quebec, instead of
Halifax. In addition to the particulars already given, the follow_
log paragraph from the Courier, of St. John's, Newfoundland, of
June 14th, received at Lloyd's, will be perused with interest :
o LATEST FROM NEWFOUNDLAND.—REPOREED WRECK OF A MAN..

OF. WAR.
" The royal mail steamer North America, Captain Meagher, ar-
rived yesterday from St. John's, Newfoundland, which port she
left on Saturday evening, and stopped at Sydney, Cape Breton, to
land and receive mails. The steam-frigate Vesuvius, with Lieu..
tenant-General the Earl of Cathcart, the recently-appointed Com.
mander of the forces in Canada on board, arrived.
in the Morning Post of the 7th inst., it is stated that a ru-
mour had been abroad the day previous, at St. John's, that a vessel
had been lost at St. Shot's, and sixty men had perished. It was
said to be either the frigate Spartan, or the transport Apollo, but
they have not been able to trace the report to any authentic source."
Halifax Post.
[The Spartan arrived at Quebec on the 4th of June. The Apollo
sailed from Halifax on the Ist inst. for Quebec.]

AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
thrown into a state of painful excitement, by the dis-
covery IVIIJEDER
—The village of Stondon Massey, in this county, was yesterday
wife of a labouringcovery man named William Black.
burn had been murdered. It appears that about six o'clock in the
morning the husband was seen to leave Stondon Hall, the reel-
gale.
James French, a farmer. in
dence of Mr. Part of which he lodged,
and soon after a daughter of Mr. t.
-. rench discovered the lifeless
body of Blackburn's wife lying across the bed in almost a state
(Thursday)tha
of nudity, with her throat cut in a horrible manner. An
given, a number of
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in himself
h hie
th throat,
oa observed,
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the bloodh e
alarm being persons, with the police,
instituted a search for the husband, and in the afternoon
he was seent the
in Church Wood, about a quarter of a mile from
Stondon Hall, standing by a
went out of the pathway into the standing wood, from which he
He was unable to speak, but a
-was beard in his throat.
rattling noise A razor and knife were
found in his pockets. An inquest was afterwards
trickling
held this morning, before
C. C. Lewis, Esq., and the scene, on viewing the corpse, was one
of the most appalling character, the floor and walls of the room
dcoawmne
uponout w with ahfrrei ga.
breast.
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being deluged with blood. From the state of the body it
is concluded that the unfortunate victim struggled greatly
in her endeavours to avert the hand of her mur-
derer. Mr. Barlow, surgeon, of Blackrnore, described the state
of the deceased and the woud exposed the spine of the neck
HenrycompletelySeers, nds, one of which, lie said
olice.constable, proved that Blackbnrn, the hus.
band, about eight o'clock last night, wrote broken sentences on a
slate to the effect that he did not know what he was about till be
divided
a p the larynx, an
committed the deed, and then he tried to end his own life; that he
loved his wife—who had no time to reflect—dearly,
Without hesitation, founreflect—dearly, but he hoped
the Lord would have mercy upon him. The evidence went to
show that the man had been low-spirited for a considerable time.
William Blackburn. The
not long survive, the sus-
tenance he takes escaping from the wound in his throat. De.
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ceased has left no children.—Chat/Word Chronicic.
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POISONING BY A BOY OF THIRTEEN.—Last week
e old, as he supposed.
the following mysterious case of poisoning occurred to Edward
Muir, aged thirteen years, the son of Mr. Muir, a'respectable hair-
dresser and perfumer, in the Commercial-road, Whitechapel. It
upstairs,sister
tenleavingars y the deceased in charge
A short time after the sister came running bp greatly agitated,
aopfptehaerssh thatop,
together l‘lr. Muir
with was
a
saving that her brother had poisoned himself. He immediately
ran down, when he found his son lying on the floor in strong
convulsions, and quite insensible. Three medical gentlemen were
promptly in attendance, when, from the smell which per.
vaded the room, it was found that he had swallowed essential,oil
of almonds. Notwithstanding the efforts of the medical men, he
died in about ten minutes. The mysterious part of the transac-
tion arose from the fact, that the bottle which contained the
oil was, upon search, found to be in a cupboard in the shop in its
usual place, corked and “cd UP. . _