The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-19 00:00:00

Navai and Military Intelligence.

The fleet at Spithead yesterday noon rot under weigh,
and went through the evolutions intended for Wednes-
day next, and which have been before described. Yes-
terday, however, the gun-boat squadrons intended to at-
tack Southsea Castle and Fort Moncton ranged off those
fortresses and fired blank cartridge. The effect was very
imposing. The fleet stood out in two lines in the pre-
scribed order of sailing as before, and returned to the
anchorage in the like order, taking up their starboard
and port moorings east and west through the roadstead.
The weather was nn thick at starting that their move-
ments could scarcely be made out from the shore, but
before they returned the sun phone out and exhibited
them in magnificent array. The Centurion, 81, Capt.
W. J. Williams, joined yesterday from Plymouth and
took up her allotted position. The Rodney and the Lon-
don will probably join to-day. Steamers of the Ryde
and Portsmouth Company made excursions through the
fleet at various hours of the day, and hundreds availed
themselves of the chance thus afforded of steaming from
end to end of the " line of battle" and inspecting its stu-
pendous proportions.
The steam-transport Indian, No. 197, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday morning from the East ; she left Scutari
March 31 ; Malta, April 7 ; Gibraltar, 11. She has
brought home Major Sargent, 95th ;:Mr. Percival, B.
Medical Staff ; Capt. Tinley, 39th ; Capt. M‘Donald,
39th; Surgeon Dwyer, 34th ; Capt. Dixon, 41st ; Capt.
Heneage, Coldatream Guards; Assistant-Surgeon Trotter,
ditto ; Dr. Robinson, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Captain
Humbrecht, British German Legion ; Mr. Cayley, pay-
master of date ; Rev. H. Williams, chaplain ; Lieut. J.
Penton, 12th LanCers ; Lieut. Murphy, of the 50th ;
Capt. Mount, East Kent Militia ; Lieut. A. Paulet,
iarenadier Guards ; Capt. Wright, Royal Artillery ;
Staff Surgeon Taker, Assistant Jan Kirhwa, Cossacks
of the Sultan ; MrS. Mount, Mrs. Telfori and child,
Dr. Barton, .Mr.. and Mrs. Neale, Captain Corbett,
Mr. J. Purcell, and Mr. J. Nash, of the steamer Thias ;
seven second class passengers, two nurses, 58 invalids
from various detachments at Scutari. 79 ditto from Malta,
8 naval ditto, 8 ditto of the Army Works Carps, 15 ditto
merchant-seamen, 48 non-commissioned officers, privates,
servants, seamen, &c.--total 216 steerage passengers,
whom she landed at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday
afternoon.

The Vulture, 6, Captain Glasse, arrived at Spithead
from Plymouth yesterday, and joined the fleet. Toe Kite,
3, steam-vessel, and the Firm and Tilbury, gun-boats,
arrived yesterday from the Thames. The Imperatriz,
No. 150 transport, Captain Cox, embarked 300 men and
200 officers, late prisoners, from Russia, and left with
them for a port in the Baltic.
The Sampson, 6 gun., Paddlewheel steam-frigate, Capt.
G. S. Hand, left Sheerness yesterday, at 8.30 a.m., for
Portsmouth, having in tow (to join the squadron at
Spithead). Nos. 4.7, 48, 109, and 111 mortar ♦essels.
The Firefly, 4 guns, paddlewheel steam-vessel, Capt. H.
C. Otter, arrived at Sheerness yesterday, at 8 30 a.m.,
from the Baltic. The new mortar-vessels Nos. 53 and
•54 have been put out of No. 5 dry-dock ; both vessels
are ordered round to IPottsmouth with all despatch.
The Alacrity, 4 guns, despatch screw steam-gunboat,
Commander EL C. Majendie, is ordered to be ready to
leave Sheerness on Monday next to join the squadron at
Spithead.
The prison-ship Devonshire, Lieutenant-Commander
Lloyd, has returned all stores, and is to be paid off this
day.

The mortar-floats, Nos. 112 and 113, rigged and fitted
for service, were yesterday morning taken out of the
fitting basin at Woolwich, to be store with ammunition,
etc., from the Arsenal. They are to be towed on to
Portsmouth by the Widgeon and Monkey steam-tugs ;
and an order having been received announcing the naval
squadron to be complete, these are most probably the
last vessels which will be despatched from Woolwich for
that destination.

A new 6-gun screw-steam despatch vessel, to be called
the Nimrod, and to carry 850-horse power engines, is to
be launched on Monday next, at Mr. Scott Ru,sell's.
The steam-transport Helper sailed yesterday morning
from Woolwich for Deptford, to take in stpres for the
East.

Some of the home stations usually kept up by portions
of the troops having become vacant by their removal to
the seat of war are now about to be reinforced. :Major
J. G. Pipon's company Royal Artillery, No. 1 of the
12th battalion, yesterday morning left Woolwich for
Southampton, whence they are to embark for Jersey, to
fill up that station, at present garrisoned by invalids only.
The Chanticleer has arrived at Deptford from Ry-
mouth, and will depart thence early next week. Tar)
Pioneer steam-transport has also arrived at DeptforJ,
whence, after a supply of stores, she will proceed to
Malta and the East. The steam-tug Widgeon has teen
ordered to Southampton, to hold herself in readiness for
the forthcoming review. She will sail to-morrow. The
workmen in the dockyard have resumed their usual
hours of labour—viz , from 7 o'clock to 6 daily.
The Pacific, 1,500 tons, W. C. Thompson commander,
went out of dock yeeterday, and anchored at Greenbithe.
She has 'been chartered by the Governnient to bring
home troops, and will proceed.to sea after 'the review.
She will leave the river.for rort.mouth this morning,
and be ready on Wednesday to convey a large number
of the Government guests who have been invited to wit;
ness the spectaele.

The following app intments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Henry R. J. Pevril, to be acting second-master to the
Russell ; Robert Hastings, to be I.tirge3n to the Samp-
son ; Frederick Le Rena, to be assistant-surgeon to the
E linburgh ; E. N. B. Portman, to be midshipman to
the Harrier.

Exertions are being made in the dockyard establi,h-
meet at Chatham in order to have the despatch gun-boats
fitting for sea at that station completed, so as to enable
them to proceed to Portsmouth, to be present at the
grand naval review. Tne workmen are employed on
tbem from half-past five in the morning until nine at
night, and every endeavour is being made to have those
gun-vessels now in dock completed in the shortest pot-
sible time.

Yesterday morning a detachment of the Medical Staff
Carps, consisting of 27 hospital orderlies and ward
masters, left the depot of that corps at Chatham, and
proceeded to Portsmouth, for the purpose of doing duty
in tbe hospitals at that station. Tne depot of this corps
is expected to be shortly broken up, and the men
draughted to the different hospitals at home asd abroad.
Since the establishment of this corps upwards of 1,300
well trained young men have been supplied to the dif-
ferent military hospitals, and the system has been found
to answer 90 admirably that the authorities intend con-
tinuing it.
Captain Banbury, commanding the Medical Staff
Corps at Chatham, has received ao order to hold in
readiness a detachment of 25 hospital orderlies belonging
to that corps, to proceei to tbe camp at Aldershott.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.
THE WEALTH OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND

HOW OBTAINED.

The success of the motion of Mr. Spooner has given
increased interest to Maynooth and its doirgs. A. case
of no ordinary importance was brought before the Pre-
rogative Court a short time since, in which it was charL,ed
that the president and vice president of this college had
exercised undue means—in short, spiritual terrors—to
induce a priest, the Rev. Patrick O'R ,urke, when on
his deathbed, to alter his will, disinherit his brothers,
and leave al his property—about 3,0002.—t0 thess
reverend personages, in trust for the erection of a Ro-
man Catholic chapel in the parish of Maynooth. The
case proved by the plaintiffs warranted Judge Keatinge
in strong animadversions upon the conduct of the defen-
dants, and the case stood over for judgment this term.
Yesterday the ca-e of " Whitehead v. O'Rourke" was
again before Judge Keatinge in the Prerogative Court.
Whatever influence was brought to bear upon the rela-
tions of Father Patrick O'Rourke was not stated, but
suffice it to say, a compromise was effected during the
vacation. There was no doubt entertained that the
judgment would be favourable to the plaintiffs. Now,
let us see what has taken place :

" The will in dispute (says the report) was that of the
Rev. Patrick O'Rourke, late Roman Catholic priest of
Ceb ridge, by which all the funded and other property
of which he stood possessed was bequeathed in trust for
the erection of a Roman Catholic chapel in that parish,
this disposition being alleged by the impugnants, the
brothers of the deceased clergyman, to be at variance
with all his previous intention+ and declarations, and to
have been obtained upon his deathbed through the
means of spiritual terrors exercised by the Rev Dr.
Whitehewl, vice pre-ident of Maynooth, who, with the
Rev. Dr. Reneban, president of that college, and D. M.
O'Kelly, were appointed trustees by the same instru-
ment. The case has stood for judgment since the 18th
of February, and the result was looked forward to with
i considerable interest.

" Mr. S4ift, proctor for the impugnants, handed into
the court a special proxy signed by the four next of kin,
authorising their proctor to consent to have this will
established, a compromise having been Effected between

the parties.
"Judge Keatinge.—ls there an affidavit of the due
execution of this ?
" Mr. Swift.—l will have it made in the course of the
day. Here are the terms upon which the agreement has
been entered into (handing in the document).
"Judge Keatinge—l do not wish to look at it. I
think there is some difficulty in the matter, and that a
question: be raised in this ease. I have
very serious to it, and was .quite prepared to
deliter my judgment not on this day, but after due
given much attention
notice had been.given to the parties. I amnow told
that the parties have compromised, and accordingly there
is handed up to me a special proxy, signed by the four
next of kin, authorising their proctor to Consent to have
this will established. No doubt these parties—the next
of kin—are all of full age, are under no disability, and
have a right to deal as they please with their own pro-
perty ; at the same time, after the full examination of
the case which took place in this court, and the evi-
dence which was given at very great length, it may be
sugge-ted that the court ought not to be actuated by the
consent. I declined to look at the agreement accom•
1 panying this proxy. I must presume, of course, that
that agreement is one under which the next of kin will
get out of the property of the deceased _in the cause .
something substantial—l think it ought to be something
very substantial. lam not quits. sure that I really am
right in acting on this proxy ; however, I t2co not think
I ought to set up my opinion against the of iuiiin of all
the parties in the case, and accordingly I shall -establish
this will But, although Ido not find it mentioned in
the special proxy, I think it right to say that I shall give
the next of kin full costs in the entiie proceeding, to be
Itaxed between proctor and proctor. Let sentence be
prepared acordingly.
"Dr. Wiley, who had been one of the advocates for
-the promovant, said-This compromise coon on me by.
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