The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE-

PORTSMOUTH, March 23.—1 n the Harbour, the Britanhollißt:
120, flag-ship, Victory, 104, Ordinary guard-ship, Excel,iP
gunnery-ship, Nautilus, 10, Apollo and Atholl, troop"au
Fanny, Emerald, and Gossamer, tenders.
In Dock, the Roy al George yacht.
Arrivals and sailing of men-of-war during the wee.— the
anchored at Spithead, her Majesty's sloop Lily, from
ot
wreck of the Pincher.-20th, came into harbour the Coln
the'lll
steam-vessel, together with the lighters and people frfin, v
" Owers," the weather entirely preventing their doing any
thing towards raising the unfortunate schooner, Pinher;
anchored at Spithead her Majesty's new corvette, the Model
from the eastward.-21st, sailed the Columbia steam-yes,c;
fnr the river —92 d. the Lily, 16, and Modesto, 18, proceed'
u
from Spithead, as is supposed, for a short trial cruize.
The Acteon, 26, Captain the Right non. Lord Edwara
Russell was paid off into ordinary on Wednesday last. of
Captain Deans Dundas, (having accepted the Clerkship
the Ordnance,) is expected to resign the command of tb
Britannia in the beginning of next week ; several officers ha°
been named as likely to succeed him.
A meeting of officers of the Royal Navy and Marines wa!
held here yesterday, at. which Admiral Sir Philip C. per
ham, G. C. 8., presided, for the purpose of raising subscrir
tions to erect a monument to the memory of Lord Nelson.
tes,
The Apollo and Atholl are fitting up wir:h great igPAa for
so as to be ready to receive on board the Guards destcline—
Canad a.

Act
IRISH CONSTABULARY.—Previous to the
of 1836, this force consisted of two branches : one called the
Peace Preservation Police, organized under a statute giving.
the appointment of the constables to the Local 314e'stracaYssii
the other branch was called the County Pulleei
the constables were appointed by the Provincial and
spectors. In 1836, both branches were conselidateas
placed under the charge of Colonel Kennedy binns„P"gce
tor-general, to whom was transferred all, the acal
formerly held by the local magistracy, or 'oy the P,r°„vo" sct
inspectors. All sub-constables, constabls,s, and head --ne an,
blew are appointed by the inspector-general without exceP-ras
but the chief constables are appointed by the Govertlo', 61;04 ea.
has ever been the case, for the are cornroiss'inecle,
officers. And it never was intended, or Pr°lll,,,gsor -
that these officers should be named by the !OP"- ed
general, although the Lord-lieutenant has always reiti' the,
the Inspector-general to report on the fitness os•
gentlemen appointed chief constables, giving him a sort e't el;
It is understood that Colonel Kennedy tins resigned tseet.use tf
evidence which he deemed sufficient to require the si.sistr-iissti (),
of
subordinate officer, was not in the opinion of the law adviser-o.
the Crown, strong enough to imply so severe punishillue-rt,
Nothing is more common than for the sr
martial being modified by superior authexity, without all. 'the
peachment of the honour, good judgrdent, or' integrity °L ever
Court. Resignations by the C'jurt are, however, s
heard of ; but if offered, their ac,ce ta c would be as 111°- y
matter of routine duty, as was `.:ti a t ofP Colonelnc Shaw Kenried
.anAd.others sntence of a C°.0,,,
Dptt
The important case ssf " Baron de Haber v.
Carlos,
Gregory,
Scale,d ti e A fveani,ttseir
Wasters,
sum of nearly sixty thousand pounds, d to 0
Catholic Majesty, appointed to be heard this morning'
"
beenA ploestttpeornoe df forathe Trades' Combination
,fno” Gower,ar
tfaoi
dNrveitapinihecceerwsenicsra,ornyaae_inertaytee-of:tic!
the Working Classes is in type, and will 1 appear o°ll Me.nci°rli;-•
MASQUERADE AT THE VICTORIA THE"- tye-
-Last night the masquerade, which had been some daYs,t,' tb°
viously announced, took place, but did not go off 'l6;ibera
eclat anticipated by the visitants and the proprietor. n in-
was a very thin attendance of characters, mostly, 0' an
ferior description—the only Ones worth notice 'being., sts.
of two Chinese mandarins, and Mr. PicksvicVs faith'`istio-
teedset Sammiv.l-" The dances were ur' der the 54
je;l to \
tendance of Signor de Louise, who evincr4 greats tlfteamusement,e
render the evening one of amusement, but we
failed in giving general satisfaction. Little expense had but
spared by Mr. Levi, the spirited manager of the theatre'virs
it is to be regretted a want of patronage on this occasion tro-
doubtless leave him without a return for his labours' this
wards twelve o'clock the attendance increased, but r,t
cha-
hour there were not more than 100 persons, ineludirg 00e,
ratters and dominoes. The supper, which was fixedf°.ol's
was most tastefully arranged, but previous to the COutPd to
retiring to take refreshment, our reporter was oblienine-
leave, so we only speak front appearances—th'sse at.4l
times deceitful. A fe°
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CIIEL police
minutes before three o'clock yesterday rr orning, as °ad'
constable Goulding, T 155, was on duty. in the Ned- with
Chelsea, he perceived a quan •of ): • ilCe
quantity smoke, utterly f
sparks, issuing from the back part of the remises °,,t this
James Parrott, carman and carrier, No, 2,
spin ”nrf CroPss-street,„-g his
back of North-street, Sloane-street, He instantly a t'ole
rattle and raised an alarm, when, for some minutes notie:troed
inmates appearing, a young roan, named Strickland, is;
up stairs, and soon appeared with Mr. Parrott, set"' lnsiteal
upwards of 70 years of age, on his back. Having, tit'lLorti
him in safety, he again rushed up stairs, and, at.. the t."`" for
of his own life, succeeded in rescuing Mrs. Pa slot, vine,.' 004
some time, had been bed-ridden. By that t'one Fuller auti
Tripp, T 149 and 141, having observed the fire while °lgor-
in Hyde-park, reached the spot with the engine of ,_s;t'h Orel
garet's, Westminster, stationed at Kniglsstsbridge, sylif,,ol/
immediately got into operation, there Iseing a plentift"t the
of water from the plugs of the Chelsea waterworks; but
flames raged with such fury that the whole of the P"".0 th°
were speedily one body of fire, threatening destructioy mr•
adjoining houses of Mi. Martin, bricklayer, No. 1, an of
Gardiner, No. 3, and i‘n the rear, to the extensive bres% wee
Mr, White, whioit extends from North-street to tile
viboo,
by the
vlboxartmacrelyx,erhtoiowtiosvoufr,tht hee
firemen,engin e
theso o soon
firearrives
uri
o_t ;0,4;
der about five o'clock. The whole of Mr. Parrott 's p
which are insured in the Phoenix Fire-office, are destt°' Ilfs
The bosses and vans are all saved, having started foe' a,
bridge about twenty minutes before the fire was ,d;steoll e re'
Hoof
NORTHERN MEMBERS.—Not one ji the loos
sentatives of our Northern counties or burg',,s, in the Of'
of Commons, voted for the repeal of the 'Corn-laws, °
Villiers's motion of Thursday last. —lncespess Couril