The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-16 00:00:00

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PoaTsatotarn,Thre-.--a4,—.The--tairel-iceleers lately
forming the experimental squadron under the command
of Commodore Willes, of the Vanguard, are to be sta-
tioned as follows, but Dept n readinee s for sailing on the
shortest notice:—The Rodney, 92, Captain Collirr, C. 8.,
and the Superb, 80, Captain Cony (the latter we be-
lieve, hoe ever, will ultimately proceed to the Nore), will
remain at Spithead.. The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes,
will proceed to the Cove of Cork, and take the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh l'igot, now carried by the
Crocodile, 26. The Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer, C. 8.,
and the Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby, C. 8., will re-
main at Plymouth. Such we believe are at present the
destined stations of these fine ships, and we applaud the
project of keeping them in our roadsteads, ready for any
emergency.
The Rodney and Superb are refitting at Spithead; and
in order that no time may be lost in repairing their de-
fects the art'zans sleep on board. The Rodney, we are
informed, has fewer defects to repair that any other ship
of the squadron.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander 31`Donald,
is also detained at Spithead by contrary winds.
The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Caffin, is pro-
gressing very rapidly with her fittings and maniang.
She will have another bed for her mortar cast, having
split her first when lately practising with the mortar.
It is intended we believe to try wood.
The Lizard iron dispatch boat, Lieutenant Commander
Tylden, is refitting with all dispatch alongside the jetty.
The Rattler steam-sloop, Commander Smith, in dock,
will be ready to leave next week.
The Excellent gunnery ship, Captain Chads, is likely
to change her position up the harbour for one outside,
near St. Helens. We hope the report is true, as it is
impossible officers and men can be properly trained in
the practice of gunnery afloat in still water, which is
the case now, and has been since the appropriation of
the Excellent as a school of instruction in the art of
naval gunnery. By mooring this vessel " outside," she
would be subject to the unimpeded action of the sea,
and consequently enable her officers and crew to become
far better acquainted than they can possibly be at pre-
sent with the practice of firing when the ♦essel is roll-
ing ; added to which, she would be, in such a situation,
a far more efficient protective floating battery than half
a dozen block" ships.
The following officers are undergoing their half-yearly
examination at the Royal Naval College :
Captains—lion. G. Hastings, Jones, Giffard, and
Halstead.

Commanders—lngram, Sullivan, Fisher, Fishbourne,
Ilelpman, and M'Cleverty.
Lieutenants—Griffiths, Ryder, Royer, and Wood.
Lieutenants of Marines for the Artillery Companies—
Gell, Henry, Davis, atd B:iynes.
Mates—Brandreth, Alolyneux, Partridge, West, and
Parish.

PROMOTIONS.
Lieutenant—ll. C. llanston, to the rank of COM-
mander.
Mates—ll. Bayley (1838), of the Volcano ; W. E.
Fisher (1838), of the Crocodile ; J. C. Clark (1839), of
the Rattler ; A. I). Gordon (1840), late of the Illus-
trious ; C. O. Wood (1838), of the Queen ; C. M. Ayn-
sley (1841), late of the Scout ; G. A. Brine (1840), of
the ettrac,al ; .1. C. %V. N. Taylor (1838), late of the
Ardent ; E. G. Sinipkinson (1838) ; T. L. Gauss,n)
(1838), of the Rodney ; and C. T. Leckie (1840), of the
Hibernia, to the ratdc of Lieutenant ; F. K. Hawkins
(1841), of the Eagle ; and A. B. Davies (1838), of the
Coast Guard, to the rank of Lieutenants.-_
Assistant- Surgeon—Edward Heath (1841), to the
rank of a surgeon.
The following mates passed their examination for the
rank of Lieutenant at the Royal Naval College, Ports-
mouth, on Tuesday L. Cotton, of the Excellent ;
J. A. Sandford, late of the Cary sfort ; A. B. Davies, of
the Coast Guard ; W. F.'G. Feld, of the Trafalgar ;
G. T. Colville and A. Sugden, of the Excellent ; P. C.
Crough, E. Algar, and T. D. Sullivan, late of the Thalia.
At the same time Mr. Ponsonby May Carew Croker,
and Mr. John Cree Giles, passed examinations fur com-
missions .n the Royal Marine corps.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captains—George Robert L-imbert (1825), who was
midshipman of the Eagle from 1809 to 1814, and under
the late Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., shared in
all the services of that ship in the Adriatic, including the
taking of Trieste and Fume, where he served ashore, to
the Endymion, 44, at Devonport ; Thomas Henderson
(1840), who commissioned and fitted out the Endymion,
to the Sampson steam-frigate at Sheerness.
Lieutenants—Henry Need (1841), who was mate of
the Druid, and promoted for his services at the taking
of Canton, and when lieutenant of the Harlequin served
in her boats in a severe encounter with pirates on the
coast of Sumatra in 1844, to the Terrible steam-frigate,
at Woolwich ; Edward Evans Grey (1827), late of the
Bonetta, to command the Viper brigantine, at Sheer-
ness ; J. C. Clarke and C. 0. Woad (additional), to the
Vernon ; W. E. Fisher (additional), to the Penelope ; P.
IV. May, to the Alarm ; W. G. Herbert, to the Bittern;
J. Rawstorne, to the Trafalgar ; J. W. Tarleton, to the
Endymion ; R. M. Floud, to the Nimrod ; C. M. Ayns-
ley, to the Terrible ; W. Crawford and the Hon. H. D.
Keane, to the Scourge ; J. Simpson, to the Vernon ;
W. C. Forsyth and 11. Bayley (additional), to the Hi-
bernia ; W. Cashman (additional), to the Vindictive ;
E. Hempstead (additional), to the Collingwood ; C. 11.
Young (additional), to the Agincourt ; 0. Borland, to
the Nimrod ; A. F. Webster, A. F. Austin, and H. S.

Hawker, to the Samson ; W. R. Rolland, to the Alarm;
R. T. Bedford, to the Superb.
Masters—R. C. Allen, to the Terrible ; P. Welling-
ton, to the Alligator; G. Wilson (acting), to the Samson.
Surgeons—C. IL Fuller, to the Grampus ; C. Carter,
to the Terrible.
Paymasters and Pursers—G. H. Moubray, to the
Terrible ; W. G. Parmeter, to the Daring ; W. Drury,
to the Samson.
Chaplains—Rev. J. H. Laing to the Grampus ; Rev.
J. Thompson, to the Alligator.
Naval Instructors—J. Laing, to the Grampus ; T.
Eastman, to the Excellent ; M. P. Sambell, to the St.
Vincent.
Mates—P. Hudson and E. Scott, to the St. Vincent ;
N. De C. Blennerhasset, to the Alecto.
Assistant-Surgeons•—A. Elliott, M.D., to the Terri-
ble ;W. Alexander, D. Davidson, and R. D. Prit-
chard, to the Alligator ; C. S. Lester (acting), to Ilaslar
Hospital ; and R. Sparrow (acting), to Plymouth hos-
pital.
Second Masters—E. L, Buist, to the Terrible ; J. Cut-
tijar, to the Samson.
Clerk in Charge--W. H. Turner, to the Viper.
Midshipmen—ll. H. Ssinsbury, to the Rodney; F. G.
Msckham, to the St. Vincent ; J. W.. 11. Thompson, to
the Amazon ; H. Christian, to the Sydenham.
Naval Cadets—H. M. Knox, to the Endymion; A. P.
Willis, to the Trafalgar.
Clerk's Assistant—J. F. Harris, to the Alarm.
WooLwlcH, DEc. 15.—The Gladiator steam-frigate
is commissioned at Woolwich by Captain John Robb
(1841).
The Grampus, 50 gun frigate, Captain Martin,
is to be taken out of the basin into the river to-day.
The following change has taken place—R. Tailor, gun-
r, vice Wicks, cancelled.
The Terrible steam-vessel, commissioned on Tuesday
last by Captain Ramsey, has had the following officers
appointed to her :—C. M. Aynsloy, lieutenant; Dr. Car-
ter, surgeon; Dr. A. Elliott., assistant surgeon; G. 11.
Moubray, paymaster ar:d parser, vice Brickwood, ap-
pointment cancelled; R. C. Allen, master, vice Chegwyn,
appointment cancelled ; R. Beatson, carpenter, vice
Tucker, appointment cancelled.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander William
Bryant, left Woolwich on Friday for Sheerness.
The Joseph Soames, hired convict ship, still remains
off the Royal Arsenal, and the Nymph Woolwich steam-
'packet brought down 150 convicts on Friday to complete
the number (286) she is intended to convey to Norfolk
Island.

RECRUITS FOR THE ROYAL ARTlLLRRY.—Twenty-
eight fine young men arrived at bead-quarters at Woolwich.
on Friday evening last, from Lisburn, Ireland, where they
were enlisted by the recruiting party under the charge of
Lieutenant Clark, at that station. The recruits were in-
spected yesterday at the Ordnance Hospital, and all passed
as eligible to join the Royal Regiment of Artillery. A re-
cruiting sergeant left Woolwich for Carlisle, and a party for
Taunton last week. The accounts from Elgin, Scotland, do
not affori much prospect of success in that quarter, none
having been obtained as yet. A report bas stated that the
bounty has been raised, but such is not the fact.
REPRESENTATION OF WINDSOR.—SOITIe doubts
having prevailed amongst a large portion of the electors of
Windsor as to the: certainty of Mr. Neville again offering
himself at the next election, and a general election being
considered by many, under recent circumstances, to be on
the eve of taking place, it was deemed advisable on the part
of those ivho introduced Mr. Neville to the constituency in
1841, to communicate with him on the subject. A letter was
received yesterday morning from that gentleman, which set at
rest alt doubts and speculations; Mr. Neville explieftlystating
that it is his intention to offer himself at. the next. election
for
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s DEATHhwheneverit
OmrighAtNtakiesrplAariceT..:Late last
evening, Mr. W. Payne held an inquesfat St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, on the body of John Cockin, a child three months
old. The friends of deceased live at No. 15, Plough-court,
Fetter-lane. The deceased's mother was very much addicted
to drink, and on Saturday night she returned home in a state
of intoxfcation, retiring to rest about midnight. Next morn-
ing, about s; :r o'clock, she called some of the lodgers and said
her child was dced, and she believed death had resulted from
inflammation, produced by a cold under which deceased had
been labouring for the last fortnight. Soon after she brought
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the station• house, and the deceased to the hospital, where it
was pronounced to have been dead for some hours. The
house-surgeon opened the body, and considered that death
had occurred in the course of nature, probably accelerated by
exposure to the cold. Verdict. "Natural causes."
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAFWESTERN RAlL-
WAl.—Yesterday morning a labouring
man.was killed by a
train running over him near the West Drayton station. A
special train, containing some scientific gentletrien left the
Paddington terminus at seven o'clock for Exeter, to test the
speed on the broad gauge, and immediately after passing the
station at West Drayton, a labouring man named Green, who
happened to be on the down line, was knocked down and
literally cut in two. The accident occurred nearly on
.the
same
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manner n
was rather late, and not being aware that. a special train was
si'athitetrieli two persons
nlontlis met
sinee. their
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• before eight o'clock. The remains of the de-
ceased, which are shockingly mutilated, were for the present
train to pass
expected, kept on the down line, as there was no regular
emweyed to the luggage warehouse, but were removed in
the evening to the village, to await a coroner's inquest. The
deceased was forty-seven years of age, and married, but has
not left any family. •
• A Sussex farmer, on his return from a late great
agricultural dinner in that county, dignified by the Presence
of grandees of the highest rank in the Peerage, was asked
by a neighbour, how he liked tin entertainment? The
honest yeoman, referring, perhaps, to the redundancy t t
poultry on the table, .replied,- in hiurovineial dialect, "that
he was sick of the des:v.4s- in& fiih-thtit fOultiOhere."—
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