The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, APRIL s.—Wind N.W. fresh.—Arrd. , prisoner, who was vociferating at the foot of
Queen, Devey, Calcutta ; Oregon, Levies, PatagoLia ; the stairs, " Holdlitar, come down, or VII set the
James Ridder, M'Neal, Demerara ; Corsair, Atkins, house on fire." Witness became alarmed, and on open-
Savanilla ; Manteo, Weston, New Orleans ; Chester, ing the door the smcke was so dense from below as
MansJn, New Orleans ; Prineess Helena, Mason, New nearly to suffocate himself and family. lie now rushed
Orleans ; Shakspeare, Henderson, New Orleans ; down stairs, end having gained the outside of the street-
Marcia Cleaves, Wilson, New Orleans. Off port, I:ickey door he called out " Fire" and "Police," axle. constable
Sam and Richmond. Sid. Harvest Home, Barbadoes. 233 N was soon in attendance, and followed wi, h him
FALMOUTH, APRIL s.—Wind Arrd Jane, into the front parlour, but were obliged speedily to re-
Gales, Callao, leaky, loss of sails, tke., and part of cargo tire. The prisoner was standing with all ties clothes on
overboard. The Heroine, Barrettt, of QuernseY, from in the passage. his wife had escaped to the staircase.
Monte Video to Rio Grande, was totally lost, seven Some persons with buckets of water extinoished the
leagues south of the latter place, Ist January ; crew fire. Witress gave prisoner into custody.
saved. Police-constable 233 N, corroborated the lattM part
PADSTOW, APRIL 4.—W ind N.—Arrd. Mary Flower, of the witness's statement, and added that he was
Thompson, Callao. passing, on his beat, the house of the prisoner about
MUMBLES ROADS, APRIL s.—Arrd. Agnes Blakee, half an hour previous to the time above stated, when hi?
Bridgeford, Cuba. heard the voice of a man in the prisoner's house, ex-
SHIELDS, APRIL s.—Wind N.W.—Sid. Coxon, Cork claim, " I'll set fire to the d—d house," or words to that
and South America. Sid. Pallas, Port Waller° ; Sir effect. Witness conveyed the priionf r to the station-
Francis Bondhead, St. John's ; William and Joseph, j house, but returned with Sergeant Dubois.
Quebec. Mr. ARNOLD, the sitting magistrate (to the prisoner)—
DoNEDAI„ MARCH 31.—Sid. Mary, St. John's. IDo you wish to say anything? It is, however, my duty
CAERNARVON, APRIL 2.—Arrd. 'Ludo°, Hughes, New first t..) caution you not to say anything which might
York. Sld. D. New York. criminate your.elt. The charge is a very serious one,
WATERFORD, APRIL 3.—Sld. Chronometer,New York. and is punishable with death.
INVERKEETHING, APRIL Panama, Calcutta. I The prisoner wade a ramblin:;. defence, in which he
SToRNAwnv, 29.—Arrd. Sea Bird, Lyall, St. denied all knowledge of the manner in which the house
John's, N.B. The Henry, Fchooner, of Yarmouth, N. S., was set on tire. llc had, he said, with great difficulty
with deck and mainmast gone, was passed, 22d ult., lat. escaped being suffocated with smoke.
60 N., lon. 11 IV., by the Sea Bird, arrived here. The prisoner was then fully committed to Nowgate to
MILFORD, APRIL 3.—The Francis must discharge to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court.
repair.
FOWEY, APRIL I.—Sld. Diana, St. John's, N.B.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
fORTSMOUTII, MONDAY.—The Admiralty have it in
contemplation to erect a barrack at Gosport for this', di-
vision of the Royal Marines, their present quarters in
this citadel being too circumscribed for their rapidly in-
creasing numbers; as well as being very old and ill
adapted for the requirements of this important and
highly serviceable body. If these barracks are erected
at Gosport, Portsmouth will lose at hest, it is computed,
25,0'14 per annum. Their Lordships are not anxious
to teke this great amount of benefit away from the trado
of Portsmouth, and would prefer building the new quar-
ters within the walls of the garrison, tut the corporate
authorities, we are informed, are averse to meeting the
Admiralty properly in the matter, their Lordships want-
ing the site of the borough gaol for the marines' new
quarters, which there is a reluctance to give up, albeit
for a handsome "consideration," althorgh there are
other sites within the walls of the town which would be
much more suitable for the position
.of the sessions'-
house than its present situation. If the corporation do
not meet the Admiralty in this matter, the borough will
assuredly sustain the loss above mentioned, and at the
same time, it is considered, lose the finest opportunity
they ever had of materially improving the most im-
portant entrance to the garrison from the land side.
The Sidon steam frigate, Captain Henderson, C. 8.,
completed coaling and storing at noon to-day, and would
then have gone out, but a merchantman having fouled
her N 1 bilst lying alongside of the jetty, whereby she (the
merchantman) lost her fore yard, delayed her some
time. She went out to Spithead at half-past one o'clock,
and excited considerable interest among a large con-
course of spectators. She lay-to at Spithead to await
the arrival of an express messenger from the Foreign-
office with important dispatches for the British Minister
at Lisbon. The Admiralty have also sent out dispatches
fur Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, the Commander-
in-Chief in the Tagus, whose fleet will speedily be rein-
forced with more ships. The Myrtle steam tender, Se-
cond Master-Commanding Balliston, took out the Go-
vernment messenger to Spithead, with the dispaches,
aid immediately afterwards the Si'ion weighed, and left
for Lisbon.
In reporting the Admiralty's trial of this real rnan-ef-
war steamer on Saturday, we stated that the davits ap-
plied to her paddlebox boats, and which exhibited such
instantaneous facilities for launching those boats over
the side, were made upon a plan the invention of Mr.
Barr, Inspector of Shipwrights at Woolwich Dockyard.
We are now requested to state that the davits fur the
Sidon's boats are the invention of Captain Geo. Smith,
R.N., the inventor of the paddlebox boats; but who did
not patent or secure the plan, becate.e of the expenso
attending their fitting, which is three times as much as
his present plan of fitting davits, and causes twice the
weight of material to be used.
The wind having come round to the westward, and
blowing fresh, Mr. Bellamy was compelled to return
from Brook to-day with the Myrtle steamer and Drake
lighter, without being enabled to accomplish the object
in view of raising the guns, &c., of the Sphynx.
Commander Wm. Ellis, R.N., late Master of the Royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, is appointed Government
Emigration Agent at Waterford, and left this evening
for his post. Captain Ellis is an old war officer, who
was promoted to his present rank last year, with many
other of the same class, for his long and faithful ser-
vices, having been actively employed since the year
1800, and since the year 1809 as master. In Allen 'a
New .Navy List, Captain Ellis is recorded " as Master of
the Havock, and frequently employed in her boats
against the Danish flotilla in the Cattegat, in 1808; and
of the Castillian at the attack of the French flotilla, and
capture of the Ville de Lyons pram off Boulogne in
1811, and the recapture of the Apelles sloop-of-war off
Etaples; also at the capture of a French lugger priva-
teer, of 10 guns and 57 men, off Dieppe.