The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-13 00:00:00

THE GRAND DUKE CONSTAN-

TINE AT PORTSMOUTH.

Powrsmotrrx. JUNE 11.—The Grand Duke Constantine
has been to the Victualling-yard to see the process of making
biecuit and the arrangement 6f the victuailtng stores, &c. He
was afterwards taken on board the Victory, the flag-ship of
the Commander-in Chief, and Vice-Admiral Lutke's flag be-
ing hoisted at the fore, a complimentary salute of fifteen guns
was fired on the occasion. The Grand Duke and the Baron
Brunnow and other officers afterwards adjourned to the Ad-
miralty-house to lunch. There is a grand dinner party this
evening, and to-morrow a ball, to which, the greater part of
the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood, with the la-
dies of their families, are invited. On Monday arrangements
have been made for the Russian officers to dine on board her
Majesty's ship Victory, the captains and officers &the ships
in t.e port giving the entertainment; there is_ also to be a
ball in the evening, and as the ship is moored within a stone's
cast of the beach, there will not be any difficulty in the ladies
g-.tting on board. A few of the'officers and men have been in
the town this day, to purChase necessaries. A young cadet of
some importance is attached to them, and in charge of Cap-
tain Swabey, of the Russian Artillery, who is showing him
all over the town and neighbourhood. Some of the London
policemen are in Portstpouth, it is said, to protect the Grand
Doke, .should the Poles, who are settled at Gosport, endea-
vour to molest him. It is more probable their object is to
endeavour to get hold of some thieves who have been suc-
cessful in four burglaries during the last three or four nights.

Her Majesty's ship Canopus, 84, sailed this morning with
sealed orders,

• The Oriental steamer has anchored at the :14Iotherbank,
and it is said that Prince Waldemar of Prussia is on board,
on passage from India. The officers of the hne in garrison
intend to grcet him warmly if he comes into the town, and
i vita ions have been sent to request him to land here. His
recent exploits with the troops in India will insure him a
cordial welcome.

The Commander-in-Chief has shifted hip flag •from the
Excellent to the Victory,, while Admiral Parker is on leave.

II3RAHIM PACHA

The Pacha, from having made arrangeMents to leaVe town
early for Ascot races, did not receive any visitors previous to
his departure on Thursday morning.
At ten o'clock his Highness and suite, with the exception
of M. Carabet Effendi and Captain Mustapha Mendip. at-
tended by Major Dickson, left Mivart's for the Great Western
terminus, at Paddington, and proceeded by railway to Slough,
where ~., riages were in waiting to convey the Pacha and
party to the race-course. .
The Pacha was delighted with the animated scene the
course presented, arol was everywhere the " lion." The
Earl of Jer4ty,• Master of the Horse to tvr Mpjesty, was in
a,teudance to show every attention to the it visitor.
On 11 r. Greville, the owner of Alarm, being presented to him,

the Vicha congr:rtailived that gen! letnan—olt the success of
his horse as the winner of the Emperor's vase.
Shortly after tour his Highness and suite. attended
by Major Dickson, retired from the course, accompanied by
the Earl of Jerev.

..,
His Excellency Sidi Effendi, and the attaches of his em-
ba.ssy, were present at the races, and came to town by the
same train.

His Highness reached his hotel shortly after'six o'clock,
and, after a slight rest, prepared for dinner:
_

The only: additions to *the suite of his Highness were
Major Dickson and Mr. Briggs.
At a quarter past eight carriages were ordered to convey
the Pacha to the House of Lords, his Highness being,de-
sirotts to hear the debate in that branch of the Legislature.
General Soliman Pacha, General Ibrahim Bev, Colonel
Beaufort, M. Noubert, Major Dickson, and Mr. llrigga ad-
companied his Highness.
On Thursday 11. Carabet Effendi, secretary of his Highness,
went to Greenwich Hospital.
General Soliman Pacha, we hear, will not accompany the
Pacha on his tour in the north, but is expected to quit Eng-
land earlier than was anticipa'ed. On Monday the General
goes to Woolwich to visit the Arsenal.
The Pacha, and the members of his suite, dined last
evening with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Buck-
ingham Palace, and this day, according to the ar-
rangements at present agreed upon, his Highness intends
to depart for his tour in the north of England and. Soot-
land, and it is. even probable he will extend his journey to
Ireland, consequently he will be prevented from accepting
any invitations until after his. return, when we hear the
Duke of Wellington iAtaids to-give his Highness a splendid
ate.
General Ibrahim Bev, his Highness's aide-de-camp, and
,al.,,Noubert, his n4erp4tef, 4v,ith..Major :30111,, ace to ac-
company his Highness throughout his tour. tie otheriser-.
sonnet of his suite are to remain in town.

CORRESPONDENCE, ETC., RELA-
TIVE IN) A RAILWAY COMMUNICATION
THROUGH GREii;NWICH PARK.

111KMORANDUM.
• Admiralty, June 10, 1846.
The Admiralty have given due con,ideration to these con-
flicting opinions. and although they have the greatest con-
fidence in the .initti,tn of the Astennomer•Royallnore partictt
larly chargel kith the Observatioryi at the Ob4ervatnry, and
of course, per.ect reliance on {he COrrectifess of the decisiOn

of the majority ~1 the learned visitors'. of that institution,
yet as per 4,11,5 of distinguished .`ability; Whose opinions are
entitled to Gs r..CeiVed with deferenee, have given such
strong :and ;Ivi•ided contrary "reports on the subject, the
Board, ihn,veve: unwilling to deprive the publid.of 'what :is
considered by them an important accomraotiation; deem it to
be on the Wloie most prudent to withdraw their sanction
tb the tunnel tlir-ugh Greenwich Park for the'proposed rail-
way being -proceeded-with, at least until another jof
Parliament, -when•further experiments may•induce a nuke
concurring-opinion as to the real effects such a me'asnre.*4ll
haN%e on an observatory situated at the distance stated frdm
such railway tunnel. • .

By command of their Lordship.
(Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON),

DANISH CLAIMS,

The extreme unfitness of the House of Commons to as-
sume the office of judge upon claims for pecuniary indemnity,
much resembling the nature of private actions, has bden
fully proved in the case of the Danish claims, or ratheri of
British claims for repayment of property confiscated by the
Danes. These claims have, at different times, been consi-
dered by great law officers; and have suggested not only; to
different legal authorities very different opinions, but also
very different opidions to one and the same authority. But
Parliament had in tact several times admitted that the claims
should be satisfied. The ground of the favburable vote seems
to have been that 'since 'Government seized and kept pro-
lierty on the occasion of the seizure cf the Danish fleet, such
property might be considered as assets, and given without any
very strict inquiry to the claimant. But now it seems that
there are no assets; and 200,0001. has become an item of
Serious consideration in .a budget, where a' many articles
demand remission of duty, and where a Chancellor of the
Exchequer looks more-sharply than ever to the giving or the
retaining Of a few thousands. For this reason, rotlier than
from any altered Convictions of the merits of the claims, Mr.
Goulbarn opposed••the payment of the third class of
claimants; and, at • his bidding, the House tooke the same
stern and ungenerous view. This is very hard upon men, in
whose favour-it had already so many times decided. There
were certainly many points against the claimants, especially
their long delay in coming forward. But Parliament knew
' this-at first as-well as last, and however it might have been
pleaded to influence a just decision, it is no plea for the re
versal of former votes. ' Government, in these cases, is of
course gUided by the opinion of its own law-officers. In
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Daily News.

haslt
been calculated that nearly one-half of the rum-
commissioned officers and privates of the American army desert every
bear. _ _

A chaffinch's nest has been built in the coffer-dam 0
the new harbour work, Aberdeen, and the birds are BO tame the:
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