The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-14 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Feb.:, 14.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with
frost.

PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Geyser, from Plymouth.
CARDIFF, Feb. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Adventure,
for St. Thomas.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. 13—Rival and Alice, from Guernsey ;
Maria, from Uddewalla.
Arrived, Feb. 14—Maas, from Rotterdam.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Pawed, Feb. 13—Wallaroy, from London for Madras.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING.

The ship Hero of the Nile, from Colombo, for London,
was off Start Point, yesterday, at noon, all well. Two
trawling sloops, belonging to Mr. Stibbs, of this port, came
in collision near the Eddystone last night. The Umpire
was sunk ; her crew was rescued by the Glance.

FOX CLUB.—The first meeting of the Fox Club
will be held on Saturday next, the 18th inst., and not on
the 17th, as stated on Saturday.
HER MAJESTY AND THE SCHOOL FRIGATE CON-
WAY.—Her Majesty has marked her interest in
the Liverpool school-ship Conway and her appreciation of
the success which has attended the institution hitherto by
offering annual prizes of the value of £5O to be accorded
as prizes to boys educated in that establishment. The
object of the Queen, according to Colonel Phipps's letter, is
to " assist in encouraging those principles which may
best qualify the boys of this school to become hereafter
officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, and thus attach
themselves to her Majesty's service, and to facilitate the
entry into the royal navy of boys who shall be fortunate
enough in honourable competition to obtain the cadet-
ship offered to them by the Board of Admiralty." This
act of her Majesty has given great satisfaction to the mer-
cantile marine service of Liverpool, and will, no doubt,
exercise a beneficial influence upon the characters and con-
duct of our future merchant captains. It will also form a
fresh bond of union between the royal navy and the mer-
cantile marine, and it gives additional reason that, though
Liverpool has been the first to inaugurate the movement,
other seaports will also enjoy a share of the Queen's con-
sideration.

ROY "n!
AL ENGLISH OPERA COVENT-GARDEN.—The
visitors to this theatre during the past week have included
the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Mar-
quis of Normanby, the Marquis d'Azoglio, the Earl and
Countess of Cardigan, the Earl and Countess of Mount-
charles, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Hamilton, Viscount
Ranelagh, Viscount Bury, Viscount Curzon, Lord Raglan,
Lord George Beauclerk, Lord Ernest Bruce, Sir Gaspard
le Marchant, Sir Ralph Howard, Mr. Alfred Tennyson,
Colonel Fulke Greville, Colonel Gordon, Captain Edg-
cumbe, •
A fire broke out, three days back, near Marseilles,
in the oil factory and flour mills of MM. Barret, which de-
stroyed the whole of the stock and materials. It was found
impossible to save anything except the dwelling-house.
The damage is estimated at 400,0001 r. No lives wore lost.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at the usual hour.

IRISH CONSTABULARY.
Earl GRANVILLE in reply to Lord Donoughmore said
he had no objection to the production of certain papers
touching the constabulary of Ireland.
Lord HOUGHTON moved for a return of the number of
unions or parishes that have availed themselves of the act
of July 29, 1864, enabling them to receive from the Metro-
politan Board of Works the sums of money expended in the
relief of the casual poor, of the amount of money hitherto
so expended, and of the unions where the guardians have
provided new wards or other places of reception for this
class of poor since the passing of act.
The motion was agreed to.
Earl FORTESCUE expressed an opinion that the act had
not worked well. Never, he said, had the metropolis been
more infested with poor as at the present time. As the
act was only a
i temporary one, he thought, perhaps, dis-
cussion upon t might be deferred.
The Earl of LONGFORD thought the authors of the
Westminster Improvement Bill should make some provi-
sion for the 3,500 poor they contemplated expelling from
such homes as they had, by making their improvements.
The motion was agreed to ; and their lordships ad-
journed at twenty-five minutes past five.