The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-03 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

PaomonoNs—Commander—William Ward Terceral
Johnson (late of Winchester), to the rank of Captain.
Lieutenant—John Halliburton Murray (Flag Lieute-
nant to Sir 11. Digby), to the rank of Commander.
Mates—Edgar Slade (1827), Henry John Giles (1831),
Arthur Lucas Mansell (1835), James Beautine• Wil-
loughby (1837), to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.—Captain—Lord G. Paulet, to the.
Carysfort.
Lieutenants—C. Dyke, to the Cambridge ; L. de T.
Prevost, to Vernon ; H. Bacon, to Calcutta ; E. M. Lev-
cester, to Indus ; E. F. Roberts, to Inconstant ' • W.
Crawford (a), to Impregnable ; J. G. Bickford, to Rod-
nep ; C. J. F. E wart, to Monarch; H. G. Austen, to Ma-
gicienne; M. Bouchier, to Ganges; J. M. R. Ince, to Im-
placable; J. C. Johnston, from Thalia to Warspite ; J.
Russell and F. B. Sleeman, to Geyser ; J. M. Potbury, to
be Flag Lieutenant to Sir Samuel Pym ' • Thomas Bailey
and Edward Courtenay, to Isis ; J. P. Davey, to Illus-
trious ; Hugh Berners, to Lightning ; G. T. Paterson
kri om the Powerful), to Ferret ; J. Caldwell (from the
Powerful), J. J. B. E. Frere, and W. R. Smith, to Carys-
fort ; A. P. Wilmot, to Wolverine ; Thomas A. B.
Spratt, to Beacon ; Lord E. Clinton, to Harlequin ; H.
J. Nourse, Gabriel Johnston, and R. Hill Wharton
(additional), to Southampton'; Brook Young, to the
Vanguard ; and George Snape, to Snipe revenue cutter.
Master—George Heather, to Geyser.
Surgeons—G. Munro, to Carysfort ; Robert M'Lean,
to Geyser.

Assistant Surgeons—F. W. R. Sadler, to Minden ;
Dr. G. M'Kay, to Queen; Dr. J. B. NichelsOn, to Thalia,
vice White promoted ;R. Douglas, to Calcutta. -
Pursers—Charles Hillier, to Geyser ; Thomas Giles,
to Carysfort. •
Mates—W. T. Turner, to Serpent; N. J. Sulivan, to
Fly ; P. E. Forbes, to North Star; William Armytage,
to Dido ; 11. D. Blanckley, to Illustrious ; B. -Ilawkes
(from the Excellent) to Thalia.
Midshipman—G. Digby, to Thalia.
Clerks—W. Bateman, to San Josef ; John Chapman,
Cleric-in-Charge, to Pantaloon, vice Bateman.
Volunteers Ist Class—G. Tuke, E. Grose, H. Lister,
and W. Charlton, to Illustrious; J. Curtis, Dickens,
and 11. Sheriff, to Queen ; D.. Spain, to Hazard ; T.
Sullivan, to Fly.
Royal Dlarines.—Second Lieut. F. W. Davis (from the
Royal Naval College), to the Marine Artillery Companies.
ROYAL AIARINES.—The following appointments and
promotions have taken place in the Royal Marines:—
Captain Robert Henry, of the Chatham division, to be
Captain in the Marine Artillery, 'vice R. C. Steele, de-
ceased; First Lieut. Samuel Hawkins, of the Woolwich
division, to be Captain, and appointed to Chatham, vice
Henry; Second Lieut. J. L. Brainier, of the Woolwich
division, to be First Lieut , and appointed to the same
division, vice Hawkins.

PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
EXETER-HALL.
In our report of the meeting on the first Monday in
November, it was omitted that the President mentioned
having seen, in his recent visit to Milan, the walls covered
with announcements of Lectures on Phrenology, and
various Italian works on Phrenology in the booksellers'
shops ; as well as marked heads in the. Museums of the
Great Hospital, and of the Veterinary College; and that
he had seen four marked heads in the Museum of the
University of Pavia, amidst the preparations of Scarpa
and Panizzi; and that•he had found phrenologists abound
in all parts of the Continent. In the report of the meet-
ing, the third Monday in November, it was omitted that
Swainson, Esq. was elected an ordinary member.
First Monday in December--The Rev. David Wood,
A.AI., was proposed as an ordinary member. A cast of
Blakesley was presented by Mr. Deville. The President
stated that • the general outline of the head resembled
that of the majority of murderers in the Society's collec-
tion, and especially to that of Courvoisier;_and not only
the heads of the majority, it was remarked, bore a re-
semblance to each other, but throughout the features of
the majority of the worst murderers there was a strong
family likeness, if it might be so called. The intellec-
tual development of Blakesley was very moderate, the
forehead being narrow and retreating; the lower part of
the forehead, however, the 'situation of the perceptive
faculties, was better developed, though not in proportion
to the sides and back. The posterior-superior, and the
superior-posterior portions were very large; namely,
firmness, self-esteem, and love of notice. The upper
Surface sloped off .at the sides, making the summit keel-
shaped, such as is always seen in characters of great
deficiency of moral rectitude. The sides above the ears
were very large, namely, at the disposition to violence or
destructiveness, and a cunning.or -slyness. The organ of
the sexual propensity was large, and that of attachment
of love of offspring, very large. With such a head
Blakesley might readily have murdered Mr. Burdon
from revenge, or his wife from the agony of forcible
separation from her:
Second Monday in December—Air. Logan delivered a
Lecture on the lower propensities.
Third Monday in December—T. E. Kerrison, Esq.,
was elected an ordinary member. . Prideaux, Esq., of
Southampton, was proposed as a corresponding member.
The cast of a female skull dug out of chalk, on Portsdown
Hill (arms of ancient Britons, and other skeletons, being
found in the vicinity), was presented as a pure specimen
of the ancient Celtic head by Mr. Prideaux.
The President stated, that the following were the rela-
tive sizes of the organs in the cast of Blakesley.
The lower feelings stood thus :
Disposition to violence... 5 In Courvoisier
Cunning
Love of property 5 do.
Self-esteem
Love of notoriety 5 do.
Cautiousness 5 do.
Perseverance
Sexual love
Other feelings stood thus :
Conscientiousness 3 In Courvoisier '3
Hope 3 do.
Poetic feeling .... ....... 3 do.
Marvellousness 3 do.
Benevolence
Courage 3 do.
Imitation
Veneration or respect... 4 do.
The intellectual faculties stood thus :
Sense of things (observa-
tion) ,--.; In Courvoisier
Sense of persons or form 4 do.
Places
Order 3 do.
Colour
Time 3 do.
Tune '3 do. ....... .... 3
Language
Casualty
Wit

Comparison
The circumference of the
head was ,.... 23i do.
The resemblance of the two heads was extraordinary,
and the circumference would have been the same in
each, but for attachment and love of offspring being five,
and in Courvoisier only three.
For all the measurement! of Courvoisier's head, Dr.
Elliotson referred the company to his little pamphlet on
Courvoisier, published by llighley, Fleet•street.

THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE PROM
Sr. DOMINGO.—We lately gave the particulars of the
coast by the
extracrdinary voyage performed by the schooner Whim,
m,
Captain Kerridge, of Harwich, which vessel, it will be
remembered, owing to the death of the chief officer and
ftlrioems.
illnesst ilfmtlogo of
to
ohe
tchreewE,:gssh st say navigated
Captain and one seaman, named Lilly. The appren-
tice lad, named Last, who had a very bad leg, was,
after the Whim's arrival in the West India Import Dock,
put on board the Dreadnought hospital ship, at Green-
wieh, where he is recovering ; but the poor unfortunate
fellow will be unable to prosecute his profession as a sea-
man. The other seaman, an Irishman, who was unable
from
was
unceremoniously
lingering disorder
sent t o a performbouth is
his dety on board,
business,
Captain,
Kerridge enter taming a strong belief that part
of his illness was feigned. Lilly, the other sea-
man,hghaas proceeded
llantly brought
to
Harwich. In addition to the extraordinary and almost
who
the.ho Whimwi with Cfraopmtai n
St. Kerridge
Doiingo
, incredible duties performed by Captain Kerridge and
Lilly, the latter acted as cook, assisted occasionally by
the master. Captain Kerridge's unparalleled and men-
' torious exertions, as well as those of Lilly, the only,sea-
man on board able to work, have been justly appreciated
by the owners of the Whim
and several qtber gentleieen
interested in her safety.,,Kgsex Sicnd4rd.
. ,
INTEMPERANCE.—GIattony is the source of
all our infirmities, and the fountain of all our diseases.
As a lamp is choked by superabundance of 9ii, 4 fire
extingpished by excess Pf fuel, so is the natural heat of
the body destroyed by intemperate diet,