The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—The Pique
frigate, Captain the Hon. Montague Stopford, has not
yet arrived from Quebec. Her delay is attributed to
having had a more than lengthened passage out, as
she had not reached her destination when the Colum-
bia, Halitlix steamer, brought the latest advices from
Canada, extending to the 13th ult.
The Rhine, Dutch frigate, arrived at Spithead yes-
terday evening from Flushing, and another Dutch
frigate, the Jason, is hourly expected from the same
place, both bound to the Mediterranean. The- usual
salutes were exchanged between the frigate and the
garrison and the St. Vincent this morning. In the
evening the Dutch officers attended a ball given by
the Port-Admiral, Sir EdWard Codrington, to which
also were invited the officers of the St. Vincent, Vic-
tory, Excellent, Royal George, and all the other men-
oL:war in.the port, and those of the Austrian frigate
. .
Thu order for . the embarkation of the 12th Regi-
ment to-day, on board of I,he Java transport, has been
countermanded, and the troops will not leave Win-
chester barracks until -next Wednesday, when they
will be conveyed to Gosport by special train, and em-
bark about eleven. o'clock the same day for the
Mauritius.
The depot of the 75th Regiment will be conveyed
here on Tuesday next from the Vauxhall terminus,
being ordered here from Chatham to meet the service
companies which are on their passage home from the
Cape of Good Hope.
The Calcutta, 84, Captain Rich, which brought
home the 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards, has
sailed for Plymouth, it is said to be paid oft
- The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, will
be ready for sea the beginning of next week.• It is not
known what will be the part of the world to which she
will next be ordered, either to carry out or bring home
troops.
The Jaseur, 16, Commander Willis, which has been
recently recommissioned, is advertised for sale at this
dockyard in a few days. Her officers and men are to
be turned over to the Frolic.

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His Imperial Highness the Archduke of Austria is I
expected here for a few days the latter end of next I
week. It is said that his Highness will afterwards
proceed to Brighton.
A Russian man-of-war anchored at Spithead this
afternoon about 4 o'clock. The usual salutes were
exchanged.
The Cambridge, 78, Captain Bernard, and the In-
constant, 36, Captain Mitchell, are hourly looked for
from the Mediterranean. ,
The Racehorse, 16, Commander E. Peel, has sailed
from Halifaxfor England to be paid off.
Ships at. Spithead—Rhine (Dutch frigate), and a
Russian man-of-war.
Ships in Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George yacht, Resistance, Nautilus, Bellona
(Austrian), Jaseur, Java transport, and Echo and
Rocket steamers.
WooLwicn, Nov. 4.—The Rhadamanthus steam-
vessel has been ordered to be paid in advance, and pro-
ceed to the Mediterranean. She will take out two
companies of the Royal Artillery, to relieve the com-
panies at present stationed at Corfu. A casting of
12-pounder brass guns took place at half-past eleven
o'clock this morning, at the foundry in the Royal
Arsenal. The quantity of metal fused for this casting
was about nine tons. A casting on a smaller scale
will take place to-morrow (Saturday), at three o'clock,
P.hi. The quantity of metal to be fused on this occa-
sion will only be about four-and-a-half hundred-
weight, the quantity required to form one of. the
leaves of the Corinthian order which will be placed
upon the column of Nelson's Monument, in progress
of being erected in Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross.
Several of the leaves, cast from the brass of old guns,
are already finished and bronzed, and have a very
chaste and elegant appearance. The whole of the
remaining leaves and flutings will be cast at the
foundry of the Royal Arsenal, under the immediate
superintendence of the contractor, Mr. Clarke, Bir-
mingham, a son of the late celebrated Mr. Clarke,
sculptor. The brass work still required to be corn-
' pleted for the Nelson monument will occupy the
artist about eight months, without making any calcu-
lations for emblematical pieces, should they be de-
cided upon.
(From the Ilramphire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. S.—The St. Vincent, 120, is
ordered to be fitted with Mr. Snow Harris's lightning
conductors.
The Jaseur sloop-of-war, at Portsmouth, and four
10-gun brigs at Plymouth, viz., the Forester, Buz-
zard, Lyra, and Nightingale, are advertised to be sold
out of the Service, together with two lighters, at
Woolwich. _ _

The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Patey, will
be ready for sea the beginning of next week. It is
not known what will be the part of the world to which
she will next be ordered, either to carry out or bring
home troops.
The Solway, West India steamer, with 7.57,800
dollars in specie, arrived at New Orleans on Septem-
ber 23, having sustained some damage in a hurricane
on the sth.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Resistance. (troop
ship), Frolic, Rocket, Volcano and Echo, steamers,
Nautilus, Java, transport.
At Spithead—Rhine and Jason (Dutch).
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS.—Mate—Mr. John A. P. Price
(Thunderer), to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commander W. A. Willis, from
the Jaseur, to the Frolic.
Lieutenant—E. R. J. Belfour, to the Geyser; C.
L. Hockin, to the Wasp.
Master—Robert Fuller (acting) to the Kite.
Second Master—Charles Greig, to the St. Vincent.
Master's Asssistant—lLll. Smith, to the St. Vincent.
Mate—Robert Reid, to the Caledonia; 11. F. W.
Ingram, to the Geyser
Assistant Surgeons—J. Boland, to the Volcano ;
John Bernard, to the Rhadamanthus ; H. R. Banks,
to the Royal George.
Volunteers Ist Class—T. J. Young, to the Re.
sistance • J. F. Baker, to the Howe ; Thomas Gree,
to the ihunderer ; J. W. Pike, to the Frolic ; C. S.
Guthrie, to the Thunderer; James Henry Bushnell,
to the Winchester.
Clerk—John Barrett (additional), to the Volage.
First Engineer—G. Murdock, to the Penelope.

BRIGHTON, SATURDAY.—About one o'clock this
morning, the General Steam Navigation Company's
vessel, the Albion, Captain Cheeseman, left Shore-
ham Harbour to proceed to Ramsgate, to lie up for
the season, her running between Brighton and Dieppe
having been concluded. On arriving off Brighton,
she had to pass xnumber of boats engaged in trawling;
and in doing so, the Albion unfortunately ran
one down, called " The Interest." There were
two brothers on board, named Humphries.
The Albion immediately stopped and lowered her
boat, and in a short time succeeded in rescuing one of
the fishermen, but the other was drowned. Part of
the nets have been recovered, but the vessel has
totally disappeared. The Albion dropped anchor, and
still remains off Brighton, endeavouring to recover
the boat, as they expect the unfortunate Humphries
must be in it. The melancholy occurrence has caused
a feeling of great commiseration in Brighton, both for
Humphries, who was an industrious man, and Captain
Cheeseman, who has been 25 years on this station,
during which time he has always borne the character
of a most careful and humane man.
THE NELSON MONUMENT.—On Saturday the
workmen employed in the erection of the Nelson
monument in Trafalgar-square, put up the last layer
of stone which forms the column of the monument,
and which has a very magnificent appearance. Their
next operations will be to erect the Corinthian capital,
on which the cupola will rest which is to form the
pedestal for the colossal statue of the immortal
Nelson. The capital (is to be about thirteen feet in
depth, and the entire remaining portion of the
structure will be about thirty-five feet in height.
The monument is not expected to be finished for six
months. In the course of the week, owing to the
extreme elevation at which the workmen stand, their
operations were occasionally ,impeded by the in-
tense cold.

THE THAMES TUNNEL.—This magnificent under-
taking is rapidly advancing to completion : the stair-
case of the shaft on the Rotherhithe side of the river
has been finished several days, and, during the
week, the men have been employed in removing the"
gear, which was sold by auction some months since,
and which formed a portion of the machinery which
was originally laid down for the excavation of the
shaft. The old steam-engine has been removed, and a
new and more compact one has been erected for
the purpose of drawing off the water, which would
otherwise accumulate from the land springs. The
entrance for the public from the south side is not ex-
pected to be opened before December next. For some
weeks past the time of admission has been extended
from five o'clock at night to nine o'clock, which has
afforded an opportunity to many to see this splendid
work of art, who had not the time to spare in the
course of the day.
ON DlGESTlON.—Bouchardat And Sandras have
been led by their experiments to a theory of digestiOn
differing somewhat from that generally adopted. It
is a generally received opinion thht the food is brought
into :he stomach and there changed into a homoge-
neous gray substance of a sweetish, slightly acid
taste, which still retains some of the properties of the
food, and which has been called chyme. It is sup-
posed that this so-produced chyme passes subsequently
into chyle. Bouchardat and Sandras believe that the
substance which has been called chyme is a mixture
of undissolved remains of the food, the solution of
which is perhaps continued in the windings of the in-
testine, and of excretions from the glands and mucous
membranes of the intestines, which are destined after-
wards to form the excrement; but they do not be-
lieve that this mixture is expressly prepared for as-
- sithilation.—The Chemical Gazette, No. .