The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

PORTSMOUTH, Mil' 18.—Sailed on Sunday, from Spit-
head, the troop-ship Resistance, 42, 'Commander Patsy,
having on board detachments ofthe'23d Fusileers from
Chichester, for conveyance to Quebec, whence she will
return home with the 56th regiment. It was previously
intended that the Resistance should take out from Al-
bany Barracks the regiment for St. Helena ; but they
will now be conveyed thither by the transport, Aber-
crombie Robinson. ,

The steamer Styx, Captain Vidal, has gone to Ply-
mouth to receive final orders, to proceed to the Azores
for the completion of the Survey of that coast.
The Comus, 18, corvette, Acting Commander Davies,
proceeded on Saturday to Chatham to be paid off, hav-
ing been in the West Indies nearly five years. Her
former Commander, Evan Nepean, is promoted to the
rank of Captain. The Pilot, 18, Commander Ramsay,
was left at Bermuda, and' will be in England in August
nest.

The Crocodile, 26, Mr: Edson, Master, is to prOcced to
Spithead from Plymoutloo embark troops.
The brigantine Spider, Lieut.. Pym, is daily expected
from Chatham, on her way to 'the Brazils, to serve as a
packet between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video.
The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir George Sartorius, is
ordered immediately from Plymouth, to proceed to the
South American station; and will sail about the 20th
instant.

The Philomel, 10, gun-brig, Commander B. J.
will be ready to proceed to e Brazils on surveying ser-
vice, about the sth .Tune.
The new sloop AlbatrosF4 10, has been commissioned
at this. port by Commander -R. Yorke. She is 481 tons,
and 105 feet long, and is a sister vessel to the Bittern.
The Madagascar, 46, left Sierra Leone, for Cape Coast
Castle, on the 20th January, all well.
The surveying cutter 'Sylvia, Commander Sherring-
ham, is nearly ready for service. •
The following steamers are building at this dockyard,
namely, Scourge, Centaur, and Beelzebub.
It is reported in the naval circles that Rear-Admiral
Charles B. Ross (who has just returned from the Brazils),
will have the Superintendency of Portsmouth Dockyard,
in July next, vice Bouverie.
The Daphne, 20, Captain Dalling, is gone to Stangate
Creek, to complete quaratine, and thence to Chatham, to
be paid off.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. Bouverie is acting Com-
mander-in-Chief, in the absence of Admiral Sir Edward
Codrington, G.C.8., on temporary leave.
At Spithead—No ship of war.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Winchester, Satel-
lite, Albatross, Excellent, Royal George Yacht, and
Echo.—Brighton Gazette.

TESTIMONIAL TO BEN. M. KENNEDY, ESQ.—Last
week, we quoted a paragraph from the Ross-shire Adver-
tiser, mentioning that the friends of Ben. M. Kennedy,
Esq., in Wick, proprietor and editor of the Arbroath
Guide, had transmitted a splendid gold watch and ap-
pendages, through the Provost of that town, to the Chief
Magistrate of Arbroath, for presentation, as
a testimonial
of the high respect entertained for Mr. Kennedy in his
native town. We have now the pleasure of recording
the presentation, which took place in the Town Hall on
Thursday week, at a full meeting of the Town Council
of Arbroath. It is certainly very flattering to Mr. Ken-
nedy to know that he should be the honoured instrument
of so much esteem, not only of the respectable inhabitants
thetf)(f)rso short P cif his
oce
snativit.ipyi,wd a
but of that in which he has
public position ; indeed,
he felt it to be so ; for, in returning
ic(
a period
his grateful thanks
for the very valuable preSent which he received from the
hands of Provot Mann, he obServed, " If anything could
have enhanced the value of 'the gift in ii,
} eyes, it is
assuredly the circumstance of it having been presented to
me through a channel so respectable ;" also, " Hand •
some and costly as the gift is, which I now hold, I hope
I shall be enabled to look upon it, not fur its intrinsic
value alone, but as usefill in pointing out to me that a
conscientious and honest discharge of public ditty is not
without its reward."—Diaidee Advertiser. .
The General Steam Navigation Company's Splen-
did steam-yacht, Menus, from Ostend, landed her pas-
sengers at 10 o'clock this morning at London-bridge
\MK.' . . . I
esterday an . inquest' *Ps. hell •qt • the Royal .Oak
Inn, Lewisham-road, before Mr. Carttar, on the body of
Miss Jane Sophia Mortloek, aged 19; a beautiful and
accomplished young lady, who committed suicide by
drowning herself. Edward Miles, butler .to Mr. Moor,
of Talavera Cottage, Lewidialu-road, deposed that the
deceased young lady was his master's neice. She had
resided with her uncle since her father
.and mother had
left England 14 India. Iler. father was an officer in the
• East India Company's service. On Monday afternoon
witness saw the deceased caulking in the flower-garden ;
she had a book in her hand ; at dinner-hour, which was
five o'clock, the young :lady. was missing. Inquiries
were made as to her absence, but nothing satisfactory
took place to account for her absence.
About seven
o'clock the same evening; the body of the unfortunate
young lady was discovered in a pond -1-1 i
s, one of the mea-
dows adjacent to the premise,i, ivir• Nicholson, a sur-
geon, was called in, but all human aid was unavailing.
Other evidence was heard, after which the Jury returned
a verdict of " Temporary insanity."
Fourteen houses, twenty-one barns, and a great
quantity of farming stock and household furniture, were
destroyed by fire, three days ago, at Martinpeuch, near
Arras, causing a loss estimated at 120,000 f,