The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TUVRSDST.—AdmiraI Sir Charles Rowley, Bart.,
Commander-in-Chief, re-hoisted his gag on board the St. Vincent
on Monday.
The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, left the harbour and an.
chorcd at Spithsad on Monday. Captain Rowley mustered and in-
spected the crew the same day; she was paid in advance yester-
day, and sailed to.day for the Brazils.
The Medway royal mail steamer, having had her rudder repaired
and copper examined, was undocked on Monday, and lett for
Southampton on Tuesday. _ _

The Duck lighter arrived yesterday from Chatham, with stores.

It is not the intention of her Majesty to honour the Isle of
Wight with a residence next autumn, her Majesty having notified
to Lady Isabella Blachford, that Osborne House would not be re-
quired for the royal residence, and given up the contract for that
mansion. The furniture removed from the Royal Pavilion,
Brighton, has been packed up to be returned to that Palace.

The General Steam Navigation Company's mail
steam-ship Ocean, Captain J. C. Host, landed the Dutch
snail at Blackwall early yesterday, after an unprecedented
short passage of only nineteen and a half hours
from Schereling Bay. The frost set in on Saturday,
more intense than ever at Rotterdam, and the captain set all '
hands to work to discharge his outward cargo, which he ac-
complished in time to leave Rotterdam for Schereling early
on Monday morning, and whence she left with the mails
early on Wednesday morning for London. The Emerald Isle
steamer,;that intended to follow immediately after the 0‘ can,
got blocked up with the ice, and remains.
Mr. J. M. Balfour, M.P., and Lady Blanche Bal-
four are at Whittingham House, near Dunbar, staying on a visit to
Mr. and Lady Eleanor Balfour. It is entirely owing to the father of
the Hon. Member remaining so unwell that he has not come to town
to attend to his Parliamentary duties.
We stated, yesterday, in referring to the legal ap-
pointments of the Government, that it was generally believed that
Mr. Baron Gurney had obtained a promise, that upon h s resigning
his son should obtain a silk gown. We are assured that there is no
foundation for such it report.-3forning Paper.
ST. STEPHEN'S ON A QUICKSAND.—It seems that
the new Houses of Parliament arc built on a quicksand, which, says
the account, " has a tendency to change places and shift itself."
Considering how often the Members shifted and changed places lest
session, on the very same questions, we do not think a better founda-
tion could have been selected for them to deliberate upon. Hence-
fl,rth our legislators will be able to shift on the best of grounds. It
would read rather strangely, though, if the evening papers ended
their Parliamentary report, some stormy afternoon, with an intima-
tion that the House was " left shifting," for the quicksand might shift
the House, little by little, right into the middle of the Thames. But
we have one consolation—as Mr. Pattison is in the House, it will re-
quire no small power to move it.—Punch.
FORTH V. LAwsoN.—Our readers will recollect
that, in the course of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's speech for the plaintiff
in this ease, the Learned Sergeant made some rather severe remarks
upon the conduct of Mr. Clive, the magistrate at Wandsworth Police-
office. Two or three days ago, however, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd took
an opportunity, when there was no immediate business before the
Court, to say that he would, with his Lordship's permission, advert to
a matter which had arisen on Saturday last, in the case of "Forth us.
Lawson." He had, in commenting on the proceedings before Mr.
Clive, made remarks on the conduct of that gentleman which ha
thed
Teen wholly unpremeditated, and were excited by e feelings of
moment, and which he felt to be unjust, anti therefore was anxious to
withdraw. As Mr. Clive had been a respected member of his own
circuit, he felt the more anxious to withdraw remarks which were
inconsisent with the esteem in which he Dad always held that gen-
ponass.—rinto.