The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Aran, 'St.—The Malabar, 72, Captain Sir
George Sartorius, is hourly expected from Gibraltar, where
she has been relieved by the Formidable, 84, Captain Sir Chas.
Sullivan, Bart. The greater part of her crew will be drartecl
into the America, M), which is to be commissioned forthwith et
Plymouth. The Malabar, it is said, is to be converted into a
troop-ship.
Large drafts of seamen volunteers are daily brought to this
port, and lodged on board the guard ships St. Vincent and
-Victory, for general service. Orders have also been received
to obtain serviceable landsmen.

Accounts have betn received here, reputing the accivals at
Malta, on the let April, of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Owen,
K.C. 8., in her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, last from Gibral-
tar, and of his having assumed the chief command a the fleet
in the Mediterranean, vice Hear-Admiral Sir Ftancis Mason.
The steam-vessel Kite, Lieut. Gooch, wan to leave Ply-
mouth on Sunday, for Sierra Leone and Ascension, tilting
su-
pernumeraries fir the squadron on the west coast of Attica,
and dispatches for the senior officer. The remainder of the
crews of the Niger Expedition. it is expected, will come home
in the Pluto steamer, now at Ascension.

The 13enbow, 72, Capt. Stewart; Daphne, 20, Capt. Mil-
ling ; and Wasp, 16, Commander Murray, are on their way to
:pithead, from the Mediterranean. Their progress is retardvd
by the ea,terly winds ; and the Scylla, 16. Commander Sharps,
has been ili,pateheol to the Chops of the Channel with supplies
of provision, and water. _ _

The WePesky, 72, Capt. Maitland, by ]otters of the 15th
January, may be looked fur in England next July, to be raid
off. The Larne corvette, Capt. Blake, was to leave the Eat.
Indies immediately for Spithead, by way of :Madras and Trin-
comalee.

The Wizard, It?, Lieut. Somerville. has been ordered to he
paid off at Plymouth, where she has arrived from Simon's Day,''
Cape of Good llove having left on the Ist February.
It is said that Captain the Hon. Dike I3yng, appointed Com-
modore at .Jamaica, vice Douglas, will proceed thither in the
linaum, which is to be fitted f,,r the purpose of lying there as a
receiving ship.
The ships at Plymouth, named Agincourt, 72, Capt. Bruce,
and troop ships lle,istanee and Crocodile, are ordered to be com-
pleted for sea sNith all possible dispatch, and extra hands are at
work upon them fir that purpose.
At Spithead—No vessel of war.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal Gcorgr,
yacht, Winchester, Nautilus, Speedy, Silvia, Echo, Vula-au,
and tenders.—Brighton Gazette.

A WEVULTY PETITION.—TIIO memorial to the
Queen from the ladies of Liverpool, Manchester, and the sur-
t °nutting districts, for a total repeal of the Corn-laws, has bees
sent to London for presentation to her Majesty at the next
levee. It bears the signatures of 59.000 Manchester ladies,
63,000 Liverpool, 21,600 Salford, 17,000 Huddersfield, 16,000
Leicester; other large towns have contributed to well the
petition, respecting which our Manchester correspo/rent says :
—This remarkable document contains 275,575 signatures;
weighs 96Ibs. ; and its carriage per railway costs 16s. Sum,
idea may be formed of it. bulk when it is stated that it foams a
coil of nearly thi ee feet in diameter. Sheffield Iris.
Last night the family of Mr. Stahlschmidt, the ex-
tensive coal-merchant, of the Belridele-whirl, Belvidere-rond,
Lambeth, were thrown into the deepest grief and excitement.
in consequence of the following painful occurrence :—lt ap-
pear. that Mr. Stahlschmidt left home yesterday morning at
an early hour, and was driven by his coachman (in his carriage)
to the City, where he remained and transacted some busines,,
having previausly sent his carriage home. Towards the even-
ing he hired a cab, which was proceedirg homeward with him
through the le'otough, when a friend of his (Mr. Pegg, an-
other coal-merchant) observed him, as he passed, suddenly
stagger and fell back on his scat. He instantly called to tit..,
driver, who stopped the cab, and assisted to carry him into the
surgery of Mr. Galloway, where he was placed en a chair, and
almost directly expired.
A. few days since the body of a female, about
28 years of age, which had been a considerable time in the
water, was found at Horselyddwn. It was supposed to be the
body of a person who was drowned seven months ago, but this
did not turn out to be the case, and it has not yet been owned.
Her linen was marked " 1840, K. A., No. 5." She was
about 5 feet high, and wore a black spotted dress, and a white
! striped petticoat.. Only the arms of her gown are left. Sli,,
had a black net silk glove on her left hand, and one black
worsted stocking, but no shoes. The hair of the head is en-
tirely gone, and part of the skin also. The chin is also gone.
'the inquest on her remains stands adjourned till the 3d of May.
PF.DusTarAN FEAT.—On Monday a wager of .50
• sovereigns, between Lieutenant Peel (nephew of the Premier).
of the 60th Rifle depot, stationed at the Pigeon House Fort,
and Major Wynyard of the 58th Regiment, in which the for-
mer undertook to perform the arduous task of walking 15 miles
in three hours, was decided. The ground was in the Park,
from Castleknock-gate to the Phoenix, one mile. A very con-
siderable number, principally of fashionable spectators, was as-
sembled on the occasion. Mr. Peel won the wager, perform-
ing his work easily, II minutes within the given time.
Freeman's Jaurnal.
We hear that one of the privates of the Scots Greys,
now stationed at Exeter, received one hundred lashes on Satur-
day morning, for repeatedly pilfering the rations of his com-
rades,—Devonshire Chronicle.
FRENcu TAXES.—The illoniteur publishes the fol-
lowing table of the receipts of indirect taxes for the first quarter
of the present year, as corapared with the corresponding quarter
of the year 1841. There is an increase on the quarter ei
13,088,000 francs 1842. 1841.
Francs. Francs.
Registration dues, &c...........
Stamps
Customs, Navigation, &e
French Colonial Sugars . 7,773,000 5,407,000
Foreign Sugars 1,408,000 2,243,00°
Indigenous Sugars
Salt Dues (Extraction )
Salt Dues (Consumption) 2, 324 000 1,830,00
Potable Liquors 21,114,000 21,202,000
Public carriages and other Indirect
Taxes... . 7,684,000 7,104,0r.0
Tobacco Sales
Gunpowder Sales
money. 11,027.001) 10,947,000
Letters and duty on sending
For Passengers by the Manes Postes 521,000 497,000
Mails and Packets ................. 164,000 172.00 u

Total 176,550,000 163,462,800

MELANCHOLY DEATH.—Yesterday the proceedings
of an adjourned inquest were resumed before Mr. W. Carter,
at the White Cross Inn, Richmond, Surrey, respecting
death of Mr. Francis Dagtield, who was drowned on Good
Friday last, immediately opposite Strawberry-hill. The !jut
witness examined was a waterman, who stated that on /est.
Wednesday week he was sculling up the river, when he saw
the body of deceased lying partly exposed on the shore sl.
Richmond. He immediately conveyed it ashore, but it -wa
in a dreadful state of decomposition. A Mr. Smith de-
posed, that on Good Friday he and the deceased hirod a boat.
at Richmond, torow up to Strawberry-hill. As far as that
the witness sculled tip, but when they had got to the onro
residence of Horace Walpole, the deceased expressed a wish
to row, and he (witness) rose up to give him the seat. The
boat was turned round one of the aits, and at this instant we
of the Maidenhead barges was seen close ahead, being towed
by two horses. The men on board called out to the deceased
to keep out of the way, in order to avoid the towing-rope.,
but he was so unskilful that he ran the wherry right athwart it,
and it was upset. The deceased almost instantly sank, anti
was never seen alive afterwards. He (Mr. Smith) with great
difficulty and exertion got hold of the toning-line, and was at
last pulled aboard the barge. In • his opinion the bargemen
were not at all to blame, and after the boat was upset they
seemed to render all the assistance which was in their power.
The drags were used for some time, but the body ecnild not be
found. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."