The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PonTsmounr, JULY 21.—The Collingwood, 80, Captain
H. Eden, was inspected on Friday by the Port Admiral, and
left her moorings in the harbour for Spithead yesterday after-
noon. She is a noble ship, and splendidly manned and
officered. In consequence of drawing too much water, a por-
tion of her stock was re-landed after being on board. She
went out of harbour in most magnificent style with a stiff
breeze. She will take in her lower-deck guns at Spithead,
and complete provisions and stores, but no precise day of
sailing for the Pacific is yet known. We believe Lady Sey-
mour and family will accompany the Gallant Admiral to his
destination.
The Resistance, troop frigate, Commander C. G. E. Patey,
having completed repairs, sailed out of harbour on Thurs-
day, brought up for about an hour at Spithead, and took in
powder and other stores, which done, she sailed without
anchoring for Cork, to embark troops for Canada and North
America.
The Illustrious, 72, Captain J. E. Erskine, sailed from Ja-
maica on the 15th ult. for Havannah.
The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., ar-
rived off Sydney, from New Zealand, on the 12th of March.
The Fearless, steam surveying vessel, Commander*She-
ringhain, returned from the Channel Islands on Friday. She
conveyed out Mr. Walker, civil engineer.
The Dee, steamer, transport, Master Commander T. Driver,
arrived yesterday from Pembroke with marines for the Col-
lingwood.
The Muting, Espiegle, Daring, Osprey, and Flying-Fish,
new class experimental 12-gun brigs, are expected to be com-
missioned daily. The following officers are reported as most
likely to commission them :—Commanders--R. Harris, 1841;
J. A. Gordon, 1842 ; Matson, H. J., 1843 ; W. S. Cooper,
1843, late of the Inconstant ; and J. F. Birch, 1842 ; Captain
Lowry Corry, C. 8., is confidently named as the commander
to command the squadron in the Firebrand.
The Madagascar, 44, Captain Toote, arrived on Friday, in
Plymouth Sound, from the coast of Africa.
The Hermes, steam-sloop, Lieutenant-Commander' W.
Carr, was at St. Thomas's on the 30th ult. Dysentery had
made sad havoc among her crew ; about thirty having died
of the complaint, which raged to an awful extent among the
shipping.
A Court-martial will be held to-morrow on board the
Victory, 104, Captain Henderson, to try the gunner (Mr.
R. Harper) of the Childers, lately paid off, for drunkenness,
and being absent from the ship without leave on several
occasions.
FLAG PROMOTION IN THE ROYAL NAVY.—OH a casual re-
ference to the navy lists of 1841 and 1844, we find that there
is exactly the same number of flag-officers in the list as
there was in 1841, previous to the November promotion in
honour of the birth of the Prince of Wales. The numbers
stand thus :

-- -- .
September, 1841. July, 1844.
Admirals ....... .. ... 28 Admirals
Vice-Admirals
Rear-Admirals ... 90 Rear-Admirals

175 I 175
Thus it will be seen that a number, amounting to that of
the whole of the Captains promoted in 1841 (40) have died
since that time. The Admiral of the Fleet was a Post Cap-
tain in 1780, and the junior flag-officer on the list attained
the rank of Captain in 1807—the former 64 years, and the
latter nearly 37 years since.
In Harbour—Excellent, Victory, Camperdown, Fearless,
Echo, and Rodney.
In Dock—Victoria and Albert, Prince Regent, Queen,
Wanderer, &c.
At Spithead—Collingwood.
DEVONPORT, JULY 19.—The flag of Admiral Sir David
Milne, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, was shifted on Satur-
day from the Sylph to the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley,
until the return of the Caledonia, when the St. Vincent will
return to Portsmouth, and equip for flag service in the Medi-
terranean.
The Firefly steam-vessel, Captain W. F. Beechy, arrived
from Woolwich on Monday : she received two months' ad-
vance wages, and sailed on Tuesday for surveying service on
the coast of Ireland.
The Superb, 80, was docked on Tuesday, to have her copper
examined, prior to going into ordinary.
Captain Brandreth, R.E., paid an official visit to this yard
this week,.and consequently the works of the new steam basin
will shortly be commenced.
In Harbour—San Josef and Confiance.
In Dock—Kent, Ranger, and Actaeon.
In the Sound—St. Vincent.
SHEERNESS, JULY 19.—The Monarch, 84, and Herald, 26,
are to be brought forward for commission forthwith.
The Ocean, 80, Captain. Peter Fisher, flag-ship, pro tern., of
Vice-Admiral Sir J. C. White, Commander-in-Chief, was
paid six months' advance on Thursday.
The Amazon, 44, only wants her masts aboard to be ready
for the pendant.-
The Speedwell, tender to the Blazer, is in dock having her
bottom cleaned and coppered, the marine glue with which
she was sized about four months since having proved a failure
as a substitute for copper in keeping clean and free from
animal and vegetable excrescences the bottoms of the vessels
to which it has been applied.
Captain Superintendent Peter Fisher went on survey on
Wednesday.
The Vernon, 50, is repairing in dock.
In Harbour—Ocean and Africain.
In the Basin—Amazon, Vulture, and Crocodile.
In Dock—Vernon, Monarth, Herald, and Cameleon.
At the Nora—Apollo.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—John Bowker (1811) to Greenwich Hospital.
vice Foot, deceased.
Lieutenants—J. G. Raymond (1828) to the command of
the Medusa, vice Phillipps, retired from ill-health ; J. F.
Arnold to the Victory ; Benjamin Dixon to the Ocean ; W.
Pretyman to command the Comet ; B. J. Wilson to be agent
in Mail Packet service.
Masters—C. Bellamy to the Queen ; John Burdwood to
the Eurydice.
Mates—G. Bells to the Resistance.
Chaplain—Rev. H. W. Taylor to the Imaum.
Second Masters—Henry Hill, of the Gleaner, to the Flamer ;
Samuel Braddon to the Comet.
Clerk in Charge—John Macdonall to the Comet.
Assistant-Surgeon—G. Everest (additional) to the Victory
for service at Haslar hospital.
Master's Assistant—J. A. Saunders to the Queen.
Midshipmen—R. Rawlins (supernumerary), and Messrs.
Boileau, Christian, Peel, Tyler, Bying, and Jones, from the
Queen to the Victory.
Naval Cadets—H. E. G. Earle to the Porcupine; H. Far-
rington to the Carysfoot.
ROYAL MARINES.
Promotions—To be Captains—First Lieutenant P. T. M.
Payne, of the Chatham division, to the Plymouth division,
vice Brevet-major Mends, deceased.—To be First Lieutenant.
—Second Lieutenant George Drury, of the Portsmouth
division, to the Chatham division, vice Payne. Second
Lieutenant—J. W. Collman to the Artillery Companies of
the corps.

IRELAND.
LORD HEYTESBURY.
DUBLIN, JULY 20.—The following communication hasbeen
received by the Lord Mayor from Mr. Pennefather, the chief
clerk in the Secretary's office :
" Dublin Castle, July 19, 1844.
"My Lord,—l have the honour, by command of the Lords
Justices, to transmit to your Lordship a copy of a communi-
cation which I have this day received from Col. Bowles,
Comptroller of the Household to Lord Heytesbury, and to
acquaint your Lordship that early intimation of his Lord-
ship's arrival at Kingstown shall be forwarded to you, and
also at the hour at which his Lordship may be expected to
arrive in the city of Dublin, on the 26th inst.—l have the ho-
nour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient humble servant,
"RICHARD PENNEFATHER.
"Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."
The letter of Col. Bowles is subjoined :
"Castle, Dublin, July 19, 1844.
" Sir —I have the honour to acquaint you, that I have this
morning received from Lord Heytesbury an intimation of his
intention to embark at Liverpool on Thursday evening, the
25th inst., and he may therefore be expected to reach Dublin
early on the 26th inst.—l have, &C.,
"The Under-Secretary." " G. BOWLES.
THE MUNICIPAL DECLARATION.
A second supplementary list has been signed, containing
considerably more than one hundred names of members of
various corporations. The original declaration—that truly
important demonstration of public opinion, resulting from
the State trials and the incarceration of Mr. O'Connell—is
now signed by upwards of four hundred and fifty elected re-
presentatives of the people in the cities and towns of Ireland.
The following startling interrogatories appear in the Dublin
Evening Post of this afternoon :—" Is it possible, after the
Corporation desiring a copy of the report of the Commis-
sioners on the subject, for the information of the citizens at
large, that a contract for thirteen years, to commence two
years hence, has been entered into for lighting the city of
Dublin, with the old Company, and at Me old and enormous
rate of charge? Is it, we repeat, possible that the Govern-
ment can have perpetrated so monstrous a job, in favour of
an English Company, leaving the citizens of Dublin, who
are to pay for it, utterly ignorant of their proceedings ? We
trust that Lord Eliot will at once be questioned on this sub-
ject in the House of Commons."
MURDER OF LORD NORBURY.

Peter Dolan, labourer, aged 35, charged with the murder
of Lord Norbury, was put upon his trial on Thursday. There
Were eleven Protestants and one Quaker on the jury.
The chief witnesses were an approver named Day, and his
wife, but the testimony of the former on the table differed
materially from the informations which he swore before
Captain Vignoles. On the table he swore that he saw Dolan,
and knew him immediately the shot was fired, whilst in the
first instance he deposed that he never saw him until he was
attracted by the shot.
The approver's wife was brought forward to prove the
conspiracy.
Amongst the witnesses for the defence was Peter Day, a
brother of the approver, who impugned his character, and
stated that he himself had subscribed towards defraying the
expenses of Dolan's defence.
At a quarter to twelve his Lordship (Judge Crampton)
charged the jury, who, after an absence of half an hour, re-
turned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Lord and Lady Charleville sat upon the bench during the
trial, and remained till the announcement of the verdict,
which seemed to be received with surprise by the Noble Lord
and some members of the squirearchy of the county.
Dolan and Gill (the latter charged with the conspiracy)
were then discharged ; the charge against both resting on the
same testimony.
There was a large crowd of country people in the streets,
even at that advanced hour, who hailed the result with sup-
pressed cheers. This trial has given great satisfaction to the
people, who, without a single exception, believed Dolan and
Gill to be perfectly innocent. This mysterious murder is as
little likely to be brought to light now as ever. Rumours
are afloat against an individual, whose wife is stated to have
been on too intimate terms with the unfortunate deceased,
but regarding whom it would not be fair to state further
than that he is not in the grade of the peasantry. Be the
perpetrator who he may, the mystery in which the murder is
shrouded, proves that but one person has been engaged in it.
TRIAL OF OGLE.
Ogle, the policeman, charged with attempting to suborn a
man named Thomas Johnson, to swear: that he had been
sworn in a Ribbonman, by a person named M'Laughlin,
lying at the time in Tullamore gaol, charged with having
bad Ribbon documents in his possession, was acquitted on
Thursday at these (the King's County) assizes. There was
another indictment against him for instigating a woman
named Bridget Mullany, to set fire to a house, and to swear
against certain parties as the perpetrators. The Crown
withdrew this charge, although at the time the informations
were sworn against Ogle, the evidence against him was ex-
ceedingly strong.

HOW TO SERVE A POOR FRIEND.--If your friend is
in -want, don't carry him to the tavern where you treat
yourself as well as him, and entail upon him a thirst and an
with
headache next morning. To treat a poor wretch a
bottle of burgundy, or fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair
of ruffles to a man without a shirt to his back. Put some-
thing in his pocket.—Tom Brown.
-USE OF THE FLESH BR,USH.—HOW many are they
who keep a number of grooms to curry their horses, who
would add ten years to their comfortable existence, if they
would employ one of them to curry themselves with a flesh
brush night and waning 1— Sinelair's Code of Health,

THE SUN, LONDON, MMOND►AY EVENING, JULY 22, 1844.