The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

In the Government would have been the commencement of an era in which the war would be vigorously prosecuted. He could not, however, see in the speech of the Premier any signs of a change in the course which was previously adopted. He saw nothing, in fact, but small changes in the personnel of the Government, and in the measures which had been taken before. He regretted to see the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) surrounded by so many of the former Administration. The first thing he had h o p ed to see the noble lord do, was to infuse a little more new blood into the army. But what had been done ,An octogenarian had been appointed to the comm a nd ofthe army in Ireland, and the admiral who managed things in such a shameful manner at Constantinople had been sent to Balaklava. He regretted that the appointment as Under- Secretary of War of his honourable friend the member for Aylesbury (Mr. Layard) had not been made, because from the beginning of the war his honourable friend had given many proofs of his long experience in the country which had been the scene of a considerable part of the contest. If Admiral Dundee had been the cause of the honourable gentleman not being appointed, he (Mr. Danby Seymour) thought the admiral—who had certainly not merited the thanks of the country—had a very heavy responsibility laid at his door in having, from a personal motive, deprived the country of the services of the hon. member for Aylesbury. He trusted the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) would give them a reasonable hope that he would carry on the war with a commensurate degree of vigour this year. If such energy were shown in its prosecution as characterised the era of Nelson and of Wellington, it might easily and speedily be terminated. He regretted that up to this time the blockade of Russian ports had been a mere nominal operation. (Hear.) The lead for the - very bullets which had destroyed so many of oar brave soldiers was, he believ ed, exported from this country to Odessa since the com mencement of the present war, and that through the neglect of the admirals of the feet in the Black Sea. He had been surprised to hear the reports which had been made by the Admiralty as to the state of the harbour of Balaklava. He himself thought the deplorable state of things there was very much to be attributed to the circum stance of the masters of the transports going there being paid demurrage for every day they remained at Balaklava. Every day they were left there resulted in:so much money being put into their pockets. He heartily deplored the horrors of war. No one could wish more cordially than he to see an honourable peace concluded, but he could not say he had confidence in the present Government that they would conclude such a peace as would be honourable to the country. He thought it derogatory to this country that a statesman in the position of Lord John Russell should have been sent to the congress at Vienna, to meet no other statesman of equal rank. He considered, at such a moment as this, that the mission of the noble lord was peculiarly inopportune. He would only add that he (Mr. Seymour) was net an opponent of the Government of the noble lord. He earnestly desired that the noble lord might succeed ; but until the noble lord held out some definite intention of making a more extended system of reform in the various departments of the State, he (Mr. Seymour) could only give him a qualified support. Admiral BERKELEY, with respect to the charge against Admiral Dundas of keeping the hon. member for Aylesbury out of the Ministry, wished to observe that, when the thanks of the House were voted to Admiral Dun dee, if the hon. member for Aylesbury believed that the accusations ho had made against that gallant admiral were founded in truth, it was his bounden duty to his country and his constituents to have stood up in his place and re sisted that vete being carried unauiraoesly. (Hear.) Lord HOMAN wished to know whether the Govern ment intended to take the whole of the navy estimates and then the army estimates, or whether they proposed to ask for a vote for men and money, and to limit themselves to tholes votes ? If the Government would so limit themselves he should not object, but, in the absence of a most impor tant document which had not yet been laid on the table, it was impossible that the remaining votes could be discussed With justice. He referred to the Royal warrant founded 'upon the commission issued upon the state of promotion in the army, which had not yet been printed. Sir J. GRAHAM said it wasnot intended to proposeany vote this evening relative to the army, if the house would consent to g o into committee on th e Navy. Estimates. AdmiraIWALCOTT had regrettel that Odessa had been spared and suffered to remain the granary of Sebastopol, that the army had remained so long upon the plague stricken shores of Yarna, that the strength and means of resistance of Sebastopol had net been better known to us, and that the supplies necessary for the reduction of the place had been so tardily thrown into our camp. Let us deal to our chiefs an impartial judgment and a generous confidence their honour was dearer tothem than life, and their anxiety at this moment must be intense. We had other battles to fight, and, if we sustained and supported them, he trusted they would add to the fame of Alma, Balaklava, and of Inkernsan. When he thought of those battle fields, in which soldiers, sailors, and marines had shown the highest qualities of man, risLing all for the glory of their country—when he thought of the dangers they had encountered and the privations they had endured without desponding, he gloried in his native country, and he never knelt down but he invoked the ble ss i ng of God on their arms. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. Captain A. DUNCOMBE rose to put a question to the right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty with respect to the statements which had been made by Sir C. Napier at a recent dinner at the Mansion-house. The gal lant officer had been installed into office last year in a more formal way than usual, by a dinner at the Reform Club, at which the present First Lord of the Treasury and the right hon. baronet were present. In the statements he had Made at the Mansion-hense the gallant admiral had passed some severe reflections upon the officers and men of the fleet he commanded, and he added that during his command he had received the most insulting anddegrading letter that had ever been written to an officer. He was aware that many of the statements to which he referred had been contradicted by the gallant admiral tie member for Glocester, but that was only one assertion against an other, and it was due to the right hon, baronet, it was due to the profession, and to the country to know upon which • aide the truth lay, for if Sir C. Napier had stated that which was not borne out by the facts, he had himself pointed out the way in which he ought to be treated— namely, struck off the lists. He wished to ask the right hon. baronet what emirs. he ;,esesesae fn I,lr. ~,;+l, --t -rona° to the statements recently made by Sir C. Napier at the Mansion-house. Sir J. GRAHAM—Ifit had been the pleasure of the house to go into committee upon the navy estimates, it Iwas cer tainly my intention in the course of the few observations which it would be possible for me to address to the commit tee not to have passed altogether unnoticed the subject to which the hon. and gallant officer has alluded. In any course which I may think it my duty to adopt, I shall certainly adhere to that which I think will be the most con ducive to the public interest in an emergency like the present. To enter upon a complete analysis of the state ment made by Sir Charles Napier would compel me to enter into disclosures of discussions which have taken place with that gallant officer in which the publie interests aro materially involved. It is impossible, con sistently with my duty, to give that refutation to the statements of the gallant officer which it might be desir able for mo to give without the production of correspond ence and of despatches, interwoven with questions of naval preparations about to be renewed in the Baltic as soon as the weather will permit. It has certainly been the wish of that gallant officer to heap personally upon me much obloquy ; it has been nay duty to submit to the weight of that obloquy, such as it may be, rather than to endanger in the slightest degree the interests of the profession with which I have the honour to be connected. (Hear.) It is quite true that the gallant officer has stated that he was sent in command of the Baltic fleet with ships' companies ill-disciplined and ill-constituted. The board with which I am connected used the utmost exertion in the selection of officers to command those ships who were best entitled to the confidence of the profession. I have every reason to believe that the commanding officers of the different ships employed did use their utmost dilig ence, with the greatest success, to introdu ce th e best discipine into the ships they commanded. (Hear, hear.) Sir Charles Napier, certainly, in a despatch addressed to the Admiralty in the early part of his command, did make an assertion similar to that which on a recent occasion he repeated—namely, that the ships were ill-manned and worse disciplined. The course taken by the Admiralty was to call upon the gallant officer to specify the ships to which he referred, and they stated that none of the returns they had received made by the officers after inspection, or of the accounts given by the captain of the fleet of the different ships, sustained the allegation that the ships were in that condition. Sir Charles Napier was therefore called upon to specify those ships, but, in answer to that demand, no such specification was made, and the inference, therefore, I think, remains that that allegation was, on the occasion to which I have ad verted, in the first instance hastily brought forward, and I regret that it should have been repeated. No better answer can be given to the allegation than the testimony of the officers themselves. The hon, and gallant officer who puts the question refers to a speech I made when Sir C. Napier undertook this command. I underwent due cor rection in this house on the subject of that speech—(a laugh)—and I can assure the hon. and gallant member that I am not likely to make any repetition of it ; I have im proved in prudence by that corrective. (Hear.) It is asked whether, considering the language to which the gal lant officer condescended, any condign punishment is about to be inflicted on him ? The hon. and gallant gentleman is aware that Sir Charles Napier is now upon half-pay ; and great license is allowed, and very properly allowed, to the free expression of opinion ou the part of any officer so circumstanced. It has been somewhere debated whether Sir Charles Napier has been dismissed or not. Hy hon. and gallant friend near me assured the house that he had not been dismissed from his command, and not censured for the exercsse of his power in the Baltic as commander in -chief. Both these assertions were correctly made. Sir C. Napier was not censured on account of any conduct pur l:l'4'4 by him with regard to the fleet, but in his correapon "ce with the Admiralty he had recourse to the use of comments and expressions which were considered not to be consistent with the deference duo to the authority he was serving,- and strong comments were certainly made on the Ala gentleman ask .: of those expressions. An honourable dismissed ? rie :whether Sir Charles Napier has been of the service upon not dismissed. He was at the close lower his fla g — th. re tell he was employed directed to reference to commanders -inirr dent s for that course with iefef the fleet—and certainly it is not the intention of pt!":°.t!sertieslrt beard—l know not what may be the course c a ll upon Sir C. Napier to relsoist 11:itiRS'eaal,( T i l l y future board—to A laugh.) I must say that the gallant officer in ts r lsoclaimed himself a hero. I have the greatest respect ga ll an try upen many former ocoasions, but it is nallmroyv'ed tention to allow him to dub himself a martyr 111. ass well her as a (a laugh) — and I have no intention whatever of ad visine the Crown to tak e an y further steps in the matter. Calf lIITTEE OF SUPPLY—TILE NAVY S ste TE 6. The house then went into committee. Sir J. GRAHAM said—lt is now my duty, and I can assure the committee that I will perform it as briefly as possible, to bring under their notice the Navy Estimates. In doing so, in the Ent instance, bsfore we procoed to vote any sums for the charge of the navy in the year about to commence on the first of April next, it is my duty to put into your hands two votes with reference to our past ex penditure. The first of these votes is for the sum of 79,0001., which is the amount due on account of excess on expenditure upon the year ending on the 31st of March, 1854; and the second vote is a vote on account of excess in the current year of the sum of 1,933,104/, upon the en tire sum voted in the course of the current year, and which would become payable before the first of April next. Now, I air, I have viewed with great anxiety the trial of the sys tem upon which naval votes and accounts have been admi- -- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1855. nistered during the last 11 month s of war . I n the year 1 six sail of the line, one a three-decker, another of 100 guns ho would lay the navy under the greatest possible oblige -1832 a change wasmade the con uo of naval votes, • in d tand lon two decks, and four other shipi of the line of the largest Vous to him. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that . the close, all propelled by stew ' , ow e) . • t ee it is l a-•s n e . Hest 'ltalia.. fl at , loel been he tly le -an I eael we; a- e: et more especially with reference to the accounts of the navy. - e. , • , _ • 3 us, In en , i chi e., e s taeee t, i, a a.- , ,by 'ilia , rOverlitlient r, , ..! ,- t r:lry - sewn! 71;ips - 7, - ia,.-;:‘r .0 pe, a- e iii- se •-- ehla of ....... 4..1„, ~ heta From a very early period, almost from the Revolution of I the Baltic. (Hear.) Our experience has taught Us thet ; badly manned, and he knew that it was very chili:::; to 1788, owing to the wide extent o f th e naval expenditure, the mixture of screw and sailing ships is not conducive I bring badly manned ships into good discipline. e 1 number an expenditure carried on i n ever y p ar t of the world, and to the interests of the service. They cannot be manoeuvred of laudsrnon and men from the coastguard and dockyards to the accounts having been remitted at uncertain periods, together. The commander-in-chief, not using th e same were h u ddled together and called a "ship's crew." A whenever a war took place the naval debt began to ac- arm, but having to consider the use, first, of th e sa ili ng ga ll an t o ffi ce r had observed to him that, however much cumulate, and, before the close of the war, in 1813, the s hip s an d th en o f th e screw ships, is baffled in his ar- pressed, ho would not have taken the command of some of naval debt, sep ara t es f rom th e na ti ona l d e bt, amounted to rangements, and the efficiency of the fleet materially af- those ships, because he was persuaded that if he had gone 8,500,0001. The origin of this debt is to be traced partly fected. It is intended to send into the Baltic i n th e en- into ac ti on with them he would have lost his reputation. to the circumstance I have mentioned—of the wide area suing year vessels propelled by steam alone, and I hope IH e recom mended that b o u n ti es s h ou ld b e g i ven t o sa il ors over which that expenditure is spread, an d par tl y a l so to before six weeks or two mout h s are over 20 sa i l of the , as we ll as t o soldiers. The good effect of raising a bounty the vicious system of drawing bills at long dates, which line, propelled by steam, will be ready to resume i h a d b een e xperienced in the case of the army, and he could had prevailed from the Revolution down to the year 1832. operations in that quarter. (Cheers.) Considering the I not but regard it as an act of craziness to withhold it from In that year precautions were taken by Parliament with scale of those operations, the consumption of coal must be I the sailor. He rejoiced that an Order of Merit was about reference to the system of drawing bill s . I ns t ea d o f pay - enormous. Th e ex p ense , th ere f ore , i s grea t , th oug h ex . t o b e i ns tit u t e d, which would be attainable by men of all meat by bills prompt payment was introduced, and addi- perience shows that the expense is net so great having re- ranks. He was convinced that it would act as a great tional precautions were also taken to ensure greater aecu- gard to the superiority of the screw over sailing vessels. I stimulus directly it became known, and he trusted that I racy in the preparation of the esti ma t es ; b ecause, un d er th e h ave a l rea dy told you th a t a t th e en d o f th e F renc h war it would be speedily adopted and promptly awarded. A more lax system which prevailed up to that time, the we had 147,000 sailors and marines. I ask you only on the I great deal had been said as to the tat e o f the harb o ur at estimates were generally l ow , th e expen di ture i n war con - presen t occas i o n t o h ave 70,000. At th e en d o f th French ! a l a klava, and he, as a naval officer, could not conceive stantly exceeded them, and that excess was met by the war, when we had really not an enemy on the sea, nor a i why such confusion had prevailed there, for thou , h the creation of a separate naval debt. Now, sir, the precau- rival, we had in commission somewhere about 100 or 110 h ar b o ur was small yet the wa t er was smoo th , an d th e s hi ps lions taken were consid ere d a t th e ti me t o be ample, and sail-of-the-line. According to the proposition which I now ' could lie by the side of each other. In the case of the lam glad to say, after 20 years' experience, they have make, we shall not have above 46 or 50 sail-of-the-line, ' P r i nce, h e should like to know under whose superiuten proved satisfactory. An alteration was made in the Ap- but I believe the smaller force, with a smaller number of i dance it was loaded, so that the wro ng thi ngs were pl ace d propriation Act, which compelled not only the perpetual men, but with all the appliances of m o d ern ar t an d uppermos t, and whe n it had entered the harbour with a audit of the accounts, but when there has been an excess science, will be found no less efficacious to sustain the i most precious freight of clothing for the soldiers, some one in the expendit ure o f th e year b eyon d th e vote o f su pply h ono u r of this country either in measures of offence or de- I ordered it out, and who gave that order ? for the naval expenditure o f that year, it has been by law fence. (Hear.) And if that be so, although the propor- Sir J. GRAHAM—It never entered the harbour. rendered compulsory that that excess shall be stated to tion of expenditure may be heavy in the purchase of ma- Captain SCOBELL---Why had it not entered, then ?It , Parliament by an independent board of audit, and that ohinery, and the substitution of an ar tifi c i a l propelling was there several days before it l os t it s anc h or an d ca bl e or that excess shall be brought under the notice of a commit- power for a natural one, yet, on th e w h o l e , my b e li e f is, two and was wrecked. He tru s t e d th a t thi s coun t ry wou ld tee of supply, and the deficiency made good by a separate that, notwithstanding the extra ex p en dit ure , th e b a l ance 1 not, in carrying on the war with vi g ou r , a tt em pt t o i m it a t e vote ; or, if there be a surplus, that that surplus shall be of advantage even on the lower groun d o f ex p ense will be the continental Powers with regard t o th e s i ze o f th e army . car lt was impossible that this country could compete with Had to the credit of the year in which such surplus ec- found to be in favour of modern science and modern ins-' them in numbers; but there was no reason why the army carted. (Hear.) The first vote I have to bring under your prevenient. (Hear.) The excess of coal is estimated at notice is in accordance with this provision. In the year 600,000/. That may appear alarming, but it must be re- I should not be kept in a state of efficiency. Mr. COWPER observed that, by the regulations made ending the 31st of March, 1854, the surplus of expenditure membered that in the Black Sea we are rapidly substitut- over the sum voted was 79,0001. Considering the large hug steam-vessels only for a force mainly consisting of sail- I by the Admiralty, admirals sums of which the estimates were composed, this amount ing vessels, and, as I have stated, we intend to solid to the ' service passed off to the retired lists, while officers reached is in itself insignificant, but the production of this excess Baltic 20 sail-of-the-line, which will form part of a fleet of 1 their flags when they were full of vigour and wore able now is a proof of the efficacy of the new system and of the 100 vessels, all propelled by steam. This brings me to an- ito render more active service to their country than had careful observation of the role laid down by Parliament. other explanation of this heavy expenditure. France and I been the case under former regulations. Th e complaint (Hoar, hear.) The next vote, as I have already said, has England have come to a mutual agreement to prepare for as to no bounty having been given was note reasonable reference to the present year, ending on the 31st of March, operation in the Baltic 5 floating batteries, 20 gunboats, one, as it would be seen by the votes that ; without the and notwithstanding the large amount whi c h P ar li ament an d 10 mor t ar- b oats, mak i ng together 10 floating batteries, bounty, they obtained 44 more seamen than the number generously voted foe the naval service i n th e l as t year, 40 gun b oa t s, an d 20 mortar- b eats, all heavily armed, and that had been voted by Parliament. The hon. member amounting, independently of the cost of transports, to of light draught, and all propelled by steam. In con- (Captain Sco a b o v e 8,000,0001., the a c t ua l surp l us expenditure for the cart with France—happily our ally, no longer our rival, d he ( )had spoken to the house o f th e l oss o f th e year ending on the 31st of Ma rc h , as nearly as we can cal- except in the honest and earnest endeavour to bring this Prince made shouldan act as a warn i ng t o a ll w h o t ruste d too lightly (Mr. Co w p er ) th oug ht th a t th e o b serva ti ons cnlate it, including tran s p or t s, w ill amount to a sum of contest to an honourable close by increased exertions— to the accounts received of the loss of ships in the Crimea, 1,938,0001. Of this sum on a former evening, a vote was we have during the winter been preparing this im- as the hon. member was entirely wrong in supposing that taken on account for 1,600,000/., and there remains there- manse armament. Parliament, in its generosity, voted fore to be vot e d a sum of about 300,0001. Now, the a large portion to meet this expenditure, but a considerable tho Prince had over e n t ere d th e h ar b our o f Balaklava, for on its arrival, the harbour was so full of ships unloading estimates for the ensuing year are larger than the esti- amount for steam-engines and the construction of vessels that it became necessary for the Prince to wait outside mates voted for the current year, independently of this still remains outstanding; and, having mentioned the in for its turn to enter. The loss of the Prince could not be supplementary estimate, by a sum of about 2,000,0001. crease of the vote for the purchase of stores and coals, the 1 I quoted as a loss against the Royal Navy, for the captain If we take, in addition to the sum actually residue of excess is made up of 650,000/. for steam ma- 1 ' was not in her Majesty's service, and, if fault there was, voted, this supplementary estimate for the current chinerY, and 350,0001. still outstanding for the building of lit ought to reat ou the merchant service, and not on the year of 1,938,0001., the sum asked being about 10,000,0001., floating batteries, mortar-boats, and gun-vessels, to which Royal Navy. is only an increase of 299,0001., independently of trans- I have already adverted. The 650,0001. for steam machi ports, for the whole naval service of next year, as cons- nery will not only be applied to vessels already launched Mr. LAYARD was desirous of saying a few words on pared with the expenditure of the current year. In f ormer and forming p ar t o f th e nava l f orce t o b e emp l oye d i n th e behalf of a des erv i ng an d mer it or i ous c l ass of men i n th e house was aware of th e years of war the number of men voted has been infinit e ly Baltic and the Bl ac k S ea , b u t it i s propose d , in t h e course navy, who h e th oug ht h a d o f l a t e been somewhat ill-treated larger than the number of men which I now ask at y our of the ens u i ng y ear , t o l aunc h fi ve or s i x li ne - o f-b a ttl e —he alluded to th e mas t ers . Th e hands. The number of men voted in 1814 was no less th an ships an d f r i ga t es , o f a mos t power f u l d escr i p ti on, f or onerous duties of the mentors in the navy, and, th oug h i n 147,000 men. The proposition which I now make t o th e which s t eam mac hi nery w ill b e supp lied un d er th e vo t e the Black Sea the ir services h a d not been so mac h requ i re d committee is, that there shall be an addition t o th e pre - whi c h I now as k. Th ere f ore, you w ill o b serve, s t eps h ave in the Baltic the serv i ces o f thi s class h a d b een ca ll e d f ort h in a very distinguished manner, and yet not a sin le pro making force of 6,700 seamen and boys, and of 500 marines, been taken not only to increase the efficiency of the force itiotiolhr i st all be l e ta n dart conferred upendliem. - One of the g mpas making the naval force for the ensuing year amount to now afloat, but to meet any reverses, should they occur— c arly distinguished himself, and 70,000 men. The excess now asked for over the sum and reverses in war can never be considered as avoidable. tare, hadbeen . mentioned in the u despatehen . He believed that voted for the current year amounts altogether, as I have They will occur, and precautions are taken by having shipa the omission of this branch of the service had created already stated, excluding the supplementary estimate, of equal capacity and equal power to meet any loss which, siderable disappointment. He trusted that the hon. and con which is the second vote, to about 2,000,000/. This ox- in the course of the coming year, may be sustained. gallant member for Middlesex (Mr. B. Osborne), in his cess arises upon five votes. It arises upon vote 1, for men, (Hear, hear.) The next vote of which there is any excess g ar amounting to 231,0001. ; upon vote 2, for victuals, amount- is vote 11, for new works. The sum of that excess is public .t. service, would etentozve?;ll.ofookh the claims oimlapurnosvoef this ment o v f or t y he moriorions branch of ing to 303:0031. ; on vote 8, for wages, 171,0001.; vote 10, 188,0001., partly to be traced to a new bakery at Deptford, i the public service. (Hear.) for stores, machinery, and ships, amounting to 1,088,000/. ; necessitated by the large demand for the supply of biscuits and vote 11, new works, 188,0001. As I have already to the fleets. The new mode of construction has so added Admiral BERKELEY said, that the subject just alluded stated to the house, the large number of seamen voted at to the length of ships of war as to render necessary the to by the hon. member was under the consideration of the the end of the former war, amounted altogether, seamen lengthening of the docks at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Admiralty. (Hear, hear.) A good deal h a d - b een sa id a b out and marines, to 147,000 m en , an d I h ays con t ras t e d th a t Sh eerness , th e expense o f w hi c h i s considerable; and there the stowage of the unfortunate ship th e P r i nce. N ow, number with the present force which it is m y d u ty t o p ro - is also a sum expend e d on wor k s a t K e yh am t o expedite a committee had been appointed by the Governm en t t o i n _ pose to you. But I must here call to the remembrance of the completion of the factories there for the construction quire into the l o ss of that ill-fated vessel, and he would the house the altered circumstances under which the na- of steamers of war. (Hear, hear.) Now, sir, I have gone read an extract from the report at which this committee val force is now created. Throughout the last war impress- through briefly the principal heads of excess in the votes , arrived. The extract in question was to the effect that the meat universally prevailed. I have the pleasure of statin g of the ensuing year as contrasted with the votes of the evidence adduced not only disproved the allegati on th a t th e to the committee that, at this moment, the full amount of past, and this will probably form the effective expenditure. loading of the ship was grossly neglected, but also esta naval force voted by Parliament, exclusive of marines, It will be satisfactory to the house to hear that what blished the fact that the caotain of the vessel had noground amounting to somewhere near 61,000 men—the whole o f is termed the dead weight of the navy is progressively whatever for stating that shot, shell, and gunpowder had that force is now afloat and is available for service, by yo- diminishing. In 1831, when my attention was first di- j boon placed on the top of the medical stores. With regard luntary enlistment —(hear, hoar)—and the whole number rected to these matters, the half-pay of the navy was to the transport service, it should be remembered thatthes e voted by Parliament is, indeed, somewhat exceeded. 873,000/. For the current year, 1851, it is only could be no comparison made between the state of tho (Hear.) The expenditure under vote 1, which is some- 693,0001., showing a decrease of 182,0001. Then, t oo , transport service during the last w ar an d th e i mproved . what in excess, is to b e t race d t o causes w hi c h h ave ran- w ith regar d t o c i v il pens i ons. In 1834 1 had the honour manner in which it was now conducted. The house might dered this voluntary enlistment comparatively easy of introducing a measure for the purpose of effecting con- depend upon it that there was little to complain of with By the generosity of Parliament various alterations sislera.ble reductions in that branch. The difference is very regard to this branch of the service. have been introduced into the pay and allowances sensible, and it will become more and more so. In 1834 Sir G. TYLER said, that in the course of last session he of seamen. Some of these, I think, I have stated the civil pensions of the navy amounted to 230,0001. This had ventured to suggest to the First Lord of the Admiralty upon former occasions to the house; some I have year we ask only for 149,0001. showing a decrease, which that bounties should be offered to induce able seamen to now to state for the first time. There was, for ex- is progressive, of 81,0001. lam warned that I shall no t en t er th e navy, a measure w hi c h , he thought, would be ample, what appeared to ti e B oar d of Admiralty an uu- find it easy to continue these remarks, even if the com- p ro d uc ti ve o f very b ene fi c i a l resu lt s. The consequence of just distinction in the pay of mar i nes a fl oa t as compared m itt s ," should kindly b ear w ith me ; but I thought it my such bounties not being given, he regretted to say, had been with the pay of those on shore. A deduction was made duty to appear this evening for the purpose, however ha- that the Baltic fleet was anything but well manned. There from their pay in consideration of the rations which were perfectly, of stating the questions now to be submitted to was a very marked distinction betweenthe naval andrnili issued to them together with the seamen. That reduction you with regard to the navy expenditure. (The right hon. tary services in this respect, which must, he thought, tend has now been abolished, and a marine now receives his pay baronet was evidently suffering from recent indisposition.) to excite disgust in the navy, unless it were allowed to whether afloat or on shore, without any reduction, and It has been said, and said truly, that to bring this war to participate in the advantages enjoyed by the sister service. when serving afloat is placed on a footing of perfe c t equa lit y a speedy and hono ura bl e conc l us i on every effort which this The bounty g iven in the arm y average d f rom 6 1. to 101. with seamen. (Hear.) Then, again, there was a new country can make is indispensable. (Near.) I would have per man, and the soldier also received his clothing f ree . rating introduced towards th e c l ose o f th e l as t year—that the co mm itt ee b ear i n m i nd we are making war on a Sove- The right hon. baronet said that clothing was furnished of leading men, with a higher class of pay, as constrasted reign whose empire is great and remarkable on account of to the seamen at a cheaper rate than its prime cost; but with ablebodied seamen. Then, again, we have introduced its being almost unassailable. We are carrying on that why, he asked, should he not be presented with it, on a system of payment infinitely more prompt than hereto- war in the neighbourhood of his resources and at a distance entering the service, in the same wayas the soldier was ha fore. By this arrangement, ships are paid almost inarne- from our own. We have carried that war into his Conn- mediately on his volunteering for the army ? The same diately on their arrival in port, a principle which was in- try—a country almost destitute of provisions —and we are stamp of property might easily be placed on the sailor's troduced by the Government which preceded the one to carrying it on upon the Black Sea, which is a sea without clo thingaswas impressed maths uniforfn of the soldier. But which I lately had the honour to belong, by the Board of a harbour. These are great strains on our naval power. the army possessed other advantages over the navy ; and if Admiralty, presided over by the Duke of Northumber- (Hear.) It is asked, what have you done with regard to this inequality were redressed he believed it would afford land. In consequence of this system of prompt payment, your expenditure for the navy ? Now, I really must say great satisfaction to the latter service. Another point that I may mention the Baltic fleet, whI9N, has recently re- that on the whole the operations in the Baltic, as they were had been referred to in that discussion related to the naval turned to England, had been paid up in full, with the ex- conducted last year, appear to me to deserve the approba- coast volunteers. He saw a n item of 50,0001. in the esti caption of some two months' pay. Then, again as to allot- tion of the house, Bomarsund, a most important naval mates of the last and the present year for these coast volun mentos of pay ;—therehave beeninereasedfacilities afforded station, fortified strongly, and bearing marks of an inten- teers. He thought it would be in the rignt hon. baronet's in that important matter—the privilege of the seaman in tion to carry that system of fortification to a much greater recollection that he had previouslypressed on his attention ' exercising an independent right of disposal over his own extent, has been destroyed. The naval arsenal close to the propriety of establishing a naval reserve and the right earnings. Were were restrictions formerly on that right the capital the Theeperor of RBAd. , a rsited by measure,t, sw an-. .......„.. sea „ oauce a in,..— vv iso 1 orce were nabio . Joiattie rn., repeatedly o effect that o Jed. He wished, therefore, to ask which appeared to me to be neither necessary nor iust, A offered and repeatedly declined. (Hear.) Up to last month if the increase of 20,000 men now proposed was designed ...J.... v..s Livv perzniGteu to allot me pay, excepsing ea certain degrees of affinity—relationship was necessary to Sweaborg, with nine sail-of-the-line, was blockaded by to form the reserve which it was meant to establish ? ' constitute the right of an all o tt ee . Th e B oar d o f Ad m i ralty an inferior force of frigat es on ly. N ever were operat i ons Sir J. GRAHAM.—It would be the commencemen t has abolished that restriction, and a seaman now has a more successful, displaying more gallantry, more discipline of it. perfect right to nominate any person to whom he wishes than the operations in the Baltic. (Hear, hear.) In Sir G. TYLER suppose d th at they would be kept as a his pay to be allotted, with ou t re f erence a t a ll t o any degree that sea not a ship w as l os t, an d a most effective blockade mere co as t guar d i n E ng l an d and Scotland. Another item of relationship, or any other consideration. Th en again, in was ke pt up , and one that were displayed the energy, skill, was for the a dditi ona l pay o f petty officers in the coast regard to another important matter, a consid era bl e sum, and gallantry of English officers and men, and the pressu re guar d serv i ce . N ow, h e . asked, if these coastgnardsmen, 197,0001., in excess of the vot e f or s l ops — c l o thi ng i ssued brought to bear upon the enemy was, I believe, by no when serving on board ship, were to be allowed to receive 'to the seamen. Tie cost price of articles of that desert p- means light. Then, al s o, l am b oun d t o say, w ith re f erence double pay—that was, pay as both coastguardsmen and as tion has risen highly, but it has no t b een thought expo- to the conduct of the nav y ever y w h ere th a t it h as b een seamen at ono and the same time ? This would be unjust dient to raise the price of those issued to the seamen, most satisfactory. Y ou h ave a commerce cover i ng every towards the other seamen who were doing the same duty at ' and, in consequence, there is on the face o f th e es ti- sea, and extending to the m o st remo t e parts of the glob e , sea as th ese coas t gatardemen. He thought that, when we mates the sum of 197,0001., which is the e s ti ma t e d and lam net aware that a sin g l e merc h an t s hi p h as fallen had these additional men for a naval reserve, if the coast difference between the cost price to the public and the into the hands of the enemy. I hope and believe that, as guard were not required for the navy, they should be lower price at which they are to be sold t o th e seamen. you have always done, as y ou w ill now h ave reason to do- allowed to return to their original employment. He had (Hear.) Then, again, as to continuous service. This prin- pond upon the naval service for the support you have a made these remarks in the hope that the right hon. baronet ciple was adopted last session, witn the full consent of right to expect. The naval service is the spear and the would consider them worthy of attention, and he believed Parliament that men entering for a period of years not less shield of the count r y„ it i s th e weapon of attack and the that, if we granted th e same i n d u l gences t o th e navy as than 10 should recei ve a hi g h er ra t e of pay, on account of buckler of defence, it is the rock upon which we may build were shown to the army, we should be able to secure the the permanent hold which the country would posses over our hopes of safety without fear of disappointment. (Hear.) services of good and efficient seamen for her Majesty's their services by the a b an d onment of the right which men This nation has never failed to regard that service with navy. hitherto had of claiming their discharge at the end of five the partiality and confidence it deserves, and you, as faith- Sir J. GRAHAM always listened with respect to sugges ful representatives of th e p eop l e , w ill never d o anything tions emanating from the hon. and gallant member. As to years' service, Th a t hi g h er rate of pay has acted as an in ducement, and lam glad to inform the committee that at to injure that service. You will require a strict account the comparativ e pay of the army and navy, the remunera this moment nearly 20,000 seamen and first-class boys of expenditure from those who administer its affairs, but tion of the sailor was, relatively, infinitely highe r th an have availed th emse l ves of this higher rate of pay, and you w il l do nothing to impair its efficiency ; and I am that of the soldier. Whateve r was given to the latter in the this will form, before long, I believe, the best reserve on satisfied that, in so doing, you will best provide for the shape of bounty was reimbursed by him in the form of which the country can rely for their naval force. (Hear.) national interests and the national security. (Hear.) The stoppages of pay on his first employment; whereas the I have also to state that we have added, within the last right hon. baronet concluded by proposing a vote of sailor, from the moment he enter e d the service, received a three years, nearly 4,000 men to the marines. I cannot 79,6991., to defray the excess of expenditure over the esti- higher scale of pay, which was liable to no such reduction. too strongly impress on the committee my earnest desire, mates of last year. The gallant member had been misinformed if he supposed the result of experience and of reflection, that this amount Mr. W. WILLIAMS did not rise for the purpose of 0P- that comagaardsmen serving as sailors drew pay both as of 16,000 marines should, under any state of circum- posing any of the votes which might bo proposed, as ho ccastguardsmen and as sailors. Tne real state of the case was that the coastguardsman when on board ship was con stanees, whether of peace or of war, be considered by Par- had, since the commencement of the war, constantly ex liament as the permanent force to be maintained. lam pressed an opinion that every facili.y should be afforded received nothin g •e tinued in the enjoyment of the coastguard pay, but he quite satisfied that this force is the nucleus from which a fleet can be formed in th e s h or t es t ti me an d with the in his cap ac ity as a sa il or . E ver y &ape to the Govern men t t o ena bl e th em to carry en the war s i t i on was evinced to allow the coastguard to return to ser greatest certainty. There are no men who, on the whole, with vigour, in order to secure a speedy and honourable vice on shore, but the bargain made with them bound are of such inestimable value. They are perfect as soldiers, peace. He wished to make a few observations on what them to serve on board ship when required in time of war, they have been taught with success the light infantry ex- had fallen from the right hon. baronet. The right hon. and a discretion must of course be vested in the ruling ercise, they are now acting as such in connexion with baronet had referred to the number of men required to power to determine when their services at sea could or Lord Raglan's army, and, as to fitting out ships, they aro carry on the present war, as compared with the number could not be dispensed with. so expert that there is a slackness on the part of seamen required to carry on the last; but he did not think Mr. PELL A.TT was understood to inquire whether any to enter until the marines on board have performed the that there was any credit to be taken because the number provision was made for granting pensions as the widows heaviest portion of the fitting out. They are perfe c t so n required for the present war fell short of that required of warrant officers, and whether savings-banks were en diers, accomplished sailors—their merits cannot be too in the last. In the late war the naval forces of the coun- couraged in the navy ? He wished also to know if cem highly extolled or valued, and lam quite satisfied that it try had to operate in all parts of the world, while in the petition was allowed in regard to the manufacture of is most conducive to the welfa re o f th e nava l serv i ce, an d , present they were confined to blockading the enemy in two machinery for the navy ? consequently, to the safety of the State, that this should seas alone. With regard to the additional men required, Sir J. GRAHAM said, that abuses had crept in under be regarded as the permanent force, and I hope that he thought that unless some more was to be done than had the former system of granting pensions to the widows of Parliament will not, even in a time of peace, hastily been done last year they were unnecessary. The right hon these officers, and therefore an increase of pay had been diminish the number of marines, or that any Govern- baronet had taken credit for the reduction of the half-pay allowed to the men in lieu of it. The practice of placing rant, judging from past experience, will be slow to and, retired pensions list, but he could not join with him small deposits in sav i ngs -b an k s was fostere d b y every reduce this forge of 16,000 men , w hi c h h as requ i re d suc h i n expressing any approbation on that account. What was moans in the Admiralty's power. As to the manufacture great exertions to raise, and which we have so suecessfully the state of the half-pay list at the present time ? The of the machinery required for the service, the Admiralty trained, and which, I repeat, I am satisfied is the most committee must boar in mind that the services of only 17 found by experience that there wore only six or eight valuable addition to the naval forces of this country which admirals were required, and of those, 4 were employed as firms in this country that could execute this description it is possible to obtain. (Hear, hear) Up on th e o th er port admirals. How many admirals, he wouldask,of work ; and the system pursued, when new orders had There were no lose than 270—that were ~ . heads I have explained, so far as is necessary at present on the half-pay lint? to do, the excess of vote 1 in the number of man. I hare was to say, that there was an admiral for every ship in to be given, was to issue private letters to sack of those firms, infornsin g • th em o f t h e nature of t h e mac hi nery t h at shown that, f o r 231,0001 ., you w i ll obtain an increase of commission, as there were 9 admirals more upon it than was demanded, and then to leave them to compete with 6,000 sailors and 500 marines. The next excess arises upon last year. With regard to captains,there 124 each other for its construction. ' creased 2, for previsions. That is easily explained by the in. ployed on service, while the number on the half-pay list were em- Mr. J. PHILLIMORE said, that he did not mean to creased number of men to bo employed—not less than was 480; there were 127 commanders employed, while the enter upon the general question of the blockade at pro 9, 000—and, in addition, there has been a material rise in the number living upon half-pay was 817. With these facts sent, but he was anxious to know whether an explanation prices of articles which mainly constitute tho provisioning before him, he did not feel justified in congratulating tho could be given of the extraordinary manner in which of the navy—salt provisions, fresh moat, and spirits—the committee. With regard to new works, some might be Odessa appeared to have been treated ? rise upon which articles has b een near l y 18 per cent. These necessary or even indispensable, but still he thought a large Sir J. GRAHAM sa id , t h at h e h a d no difficulty in two circumstances account for -- this increase. The next vote portion of what was contemplated was net called for at stating that en more thari one occasion within the last six in which there is an increase is vote 8, for wages so alibi- all. With regard to what had taken place in the Baltic months the attention of the commander-in-chief of the core, lac., employed in her Majesty's establishments it home. last year, he thought that if nothing more were intended Black Sea had been drawn to the state of Odessa, and, if That excess arises mainly from an addition of £OO ship- to ho done this year the expenditure proposed was execs. it were capable of being attacked by naval means, an wrights, which, on account of the war, it has been thought sive. In manning the Baltic fleet last year, a number o f opinion was expressed that, should the opportunity ofer, fit to make to the establishments at home, and also from men had boon taken from the Coastguard at higher wages there should be no hesitation whatever in exercising the the rise in wages paid to labourers arising from the high than those paid to the remainder of the crews, and he hoped full and complete power accorded of making a hostile visi prices of provisions, and perhaps still more from the urgent that the Coastguard men had been sent back, and that it tatioa to that place ; therefore the affair was entirely in necessity for the prompt execution of works indispensably would be practicable to man the Baltic , fleet in the ordi- the discretion of the admiral in that sea.. necessary for carrying on the war, which has rendered it nary manner. It appeared upon good authority th a t coal Admiral BERKELEY, in reply to Admiral Walcott, expedient not only to increase the number of shipwrights, could be procured in the Black Sea at the price of 7s. a- said, the subject of clothing the navy and of leaking penal but also not to permit them any longer to wo r k by day. t on , an d h e did no t see th e necessity of a sum of 200,0001, the purch ase o f seamen ' s c l o th es , was und er th e considera work, only by task, without any limitation of the amount to supply transports with coal. It was not his intention tiers of the Admiralty. of work they might be able to perform. This has enabled to offer any opposition to the present vote, but he should Mr. D. SEYMOUR, referring to a statement of the First us, with great expedition, to fit out a very large l umb er f ee l it to be his duty to offer some observations to the corn . Lord of . th e Ad m i ra l ty respec ti ng gun -b ea t s , sa id h e did of ships, and, con s id er i n g the wor n which has been done, mittee when some of the subsequent votes were brought not think that 20un-boats and five batteries were stu M- aud the rapidity with w hich it has been executed,' hop e f orward. eient for our pnrpose g sin the Baltic. He thought the Danube the increase of 710001. will not be thought excessive bY Captain SCOBELL, aft er expr esg i ng his regret at the ought to be cleared of the guns of the enemy, which pre the com m itt ee . I nowscome t o th e principal access in absence of the hon. member for Montrose, observed, that vented th e f ree use o f th a t r i ve r. the vote f or th e ensu i ng year as compare d wi th th at the right hon. baronet the FiratLerd of the Admiralty had Sir J. GRAHAM repeated the statement which he had i for the past year, which will bo found in vote 10, for drawn attention to the merits of the marines. As marines, Previously made, in reference to the number of gun-boats stores for the building, outfit, and repairs of tie fleet, no one could praise them more hi g hly th an h e (C a pt a i n now being built for the Baltic expedition. He agreed that And for the purchase and building of ships by tontraet &obeli) ; but when the right hon. baronet stated that they it would be most desirable to clear the Danube, as had been in merchant dockyards. Tho excess in this vote mainly were accomplished sailors as well as soldiers, he begged to suggested by the hon. gentleman, but that did not depend consists of the following items :—'With regard tc stores, demur to that proposition. Th e mar i ne never went a l o f t, upon gnu-bo a t s . Th e difficulty arose from the enemy's prices have risen in som e o f th e mos t i mpor t ant mate- an d h e cou ld ne i ther hand, reef, nor steer. In the cours e batteries o n th e l e f t s id e o f th e D anu b e , w hi c h prevented riale. I will illustrate thi s by fi ve ar ti c l es — t i mbe; hemp, of the i r d i scussions a few nights ago upon the proposed re- the ships passing up. The right hon. gentleman (in reply canvas, copper, and iron. I should state tha; under forms in the army, they had been told about a modern ,to Lord Lovaine) repeated the statement which he made these heads we cover, if I mistake not, somewhere about Hercules sweeping away the Horse Guards. He could only !in answer to Mr. Phillimore's question, relative to the im -480,0001. of the entire excess of 1,088,000/. and that of that hope when the modern Hercules appeared, that he would Portance of making a hostile attack on Odessa. eu e m m a very large portion is to be traced to the purhases of also attack the Admiralty. He slid net think that we ever Mr. LAYARDsaid that Odessa was the great store-house cipatod fro- ' 9 ''s ,‘ p which the Board of Admiralty have thoughtit expo- had a better First Lord than at the present time •; bet the of the south of Russia, where her corn was brought to be Q"at to make. It has alw a ys appeared to me of the last system wee thoroughly bad. A noble lord, who had had exported in to the various countries of Europe. Russia was importance th , t this_ great naval country should 10, omen- some offici.-1 experience, had stated in another place, that , now concentrating her forces there, and from thence Rus t „ poy or C h h h t dhpaaudenca on the Baltic for its Exclusive ii the administration of the army were assimilated to that ! sian armies have passed over to the Crimea. By sparing riot quality ,„,P,' o ( m ile r.) Italy produces; hemp of vow' ?lupe- of the navy it weuld become a het-bed of jobbery a n d 1 Odessa this country had suffered severely. When the of Admir alty large quantity of Italiaan ha. b lZi:e a d with Baltic hemp, and the Board bribery. He did not go quite no far as to say that, but I Tiger had been attacked off Odessa there wore only a few le,Tportimity of purchamin; a very he did complain Wrongly of the system of promotion in the 1 batter ice; new, it was a etrongly fortified place. If we had hemp, a quantity quite m ap i at a lower price thva Baltic , navy, and he recommended the First Lord to abandon that quirements of the naval attacked that place with energy, Russia would not have This hemp will be suppliedat too, is on a ; ? n t for all the estimated re- system and to determi ne t o a d vance mer it, and meritadone, ! been enabled to make the exertions which she had from vice for 12 months h come. This cons se had been commenced in the dockyards, and in j that quarter. • fro Italy alone, anti ve shall the civil service • and if it were carried out in the navy it thus be altogether emancipated fr om - , Mr. H. HERBERT said that the Russian Government Baltic for hemp. The material, to o the would lead to the promotion of active, energetic, and ski'. 'had rewarded their soldiers for having effected gallant ex exp„taga..l hu r d a st cilialia, judg- ful men. (Hear.) There were at the present time Haute hog from our own limited ; nants on the list who were of from 36 to 50 years' stand- , 1 plaits in connection with the attack and defence of Odessa, jag on the experience of our naval ally mag l g n te rely- which did not justify observations which, he understood, vastly superior to Baltic hemp. I think the -0,-;eaniet,e in tee their day was one ; but it showed how defective the eye- Of course they never could be promoted new, for ; were made by the noble lord opposite. i t fi h r e st g t r o ea b testp parliamentary Lord LOVAINE did not expect to hear in a British will agree that an expenditure on a large scale, i n T i a. er to tern w develops the Italian market for hemp, was a provtent ex- heartbreaking, for it was notorious that the men who had troops should want on ly assail Russian troops. s. Infact, fact, as at present exercised, it was perfectly ' House of Commons the expression of a desire that British mentary and family influence were the penditure. (Hear.) The other items to which.l refer arose from the circumstance of the war. 10 At thismoment , if the for himself or for anybody else . ; but he said that, in the Black Sea for sail oithe line ' nothi ng ° advanced. (Hear.) He (Captain Scobell) asked ' The vote was then agreed to, as were also the votes of-- , Mr. WILSON deprecated this useless conversation. we have substituted consisting entirely, with one exception, of sailing ships, First Lord woutd put an end to the present system 70,000 men for the purposes of the Navy, ! 389,3441. for the expenditure of the Marines. 2,885,567/. for the wages of the men. 1,371,0811. for the Victualling Department. mir ii t y (; ti l:7lr. •;0,()001. It tU:il..o Lacitiuri t:lat ,1,65/1. 1;o ge: , n4),.1.,.0r the of the scientific department of the Navy, Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply to Mr. J. Ball, said the me teorological returns for the Navy were forwarded from the Admiralty to the Board of Trade, and wer e com bi ne d with similar returns from merchant shipping. The following votes were then agreed to, viz. :-142,571/. to salaries and expenses of her Majesty's Naval establish ments at home ; 26,9191. to salaries and expenses of her Majesty's Naval establishments abroad; 1,102,220/, wages to artificers, &c., employed in her Majesty's establishments at home ; and 57,500/. wages to artificers, &c., employed in her Majesty's establishments abroad. On the proposition of 2,928,304/, for naval stores, and the building and repairing of ships, &c., Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply to a question from an hon. gentleman, referred in terms of high commendation to the conduct of Sir J. Stirling, commanding it the Chinese Seas. He had visited Japan, where he was received in the most friendly manner. He bad negotiated a treaty with the Em peror of Japan, whereby he had secured, in certain specified ports of that country, the right of entry, for refitting and victualling to her Majesty's thipe, and the saint privilege to all British merchant ships. Ire negotiated the treaty on his own responsibility, and then sent it home for rati fication. It was approved of by the Government. At the time of sending this treaty home far ratification, Sir James Stirling intimated to the Government that it would be desirable to make a present to the Emperor of Japan, such as that which is included in this vote, in the shape of a steam yacht of small' size. Such a present, it was thought, would bo likely to improve our friendly relations with that country ; and it was highly important to keep such an object in view, inasmuch as Japan is so near to the important Russian settlements at the mouth of the Amver. This country would derive immediate advantages from this treaty, so boldly and so wisely obtained. The Government had agreed to Sir J. Stirling's proposal, and they now asked the house to vete the money for that pur pose. . 90th Foot—Henry Bingham, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase. ot—Lieutenant W Me - Bean to 1.0 Adjutant 'rico -!, p - Ginoted. West India Re4irecut---Licuteuant George liatcu Cary-, from half-pay Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Eaton, appointed to th e 26th F oot ; Ensignßobert Bourne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cary, who retires ; John Robert Thomson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bourne. St. Helena Regiment—Ensign J. S. Helps to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Cowell, appointed Adju tant. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. To ba Quartermaster of the Corps—Charles Hudson, Gent. To bo Quartermasters of Brigades—Lieutenant D. S. Ogilvy, Madras Native Infantry; Miles Monckton, Gent. Beitiard Henry O'Reilly, Gent. ; Sergeant-Major Henry M`Gorrery, Royal Artillery ; C. V. Trotter Trotter, Gent.; Henry Miller, Gent. ; Thomas Yokes, Gent. ; F. W. Dowse, Gent.; Robert Godbor ; Richard Brennen ; Thcs. Downie. The vote was then aff reed to. The next veto was 567,5631.. for new works, improve ments, and repairs in the yards &c. Sir J. V. SHELLEY a s k e d fer a word of explanation in reference to the sawing machinery ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that this curious machinery had been found so useful at Chatham, that it had been intro duced elsewhere, and a great saving of manual l a b our h a d thereby been effected. The vote was then agreed to. On the proposition of 62,1001. for medicines and medical stores, Mr: STAFFORD said ho could not allow this vote to pass without bearing his testimony to the efficiency of the arrangements at the hospital at Heraclea. He thought the parties who supplied that hospital should be nand, that they might supply others. He then called attention to the difficulties attending the disembarkation of the wounded. The arrangements were not so efficient as might reasonably b, expected from naval men. He trusted that the atten tion of the Government would be directed to this point. Sir J. GRAHAM was pleased to hear the hon. gentle man's favourable testimony respecting the hospital in ques tion. Mr. G. DUNDAS was understood to say that Dr. Rees, of the Britannia, had organised this hospital. The Hon. A. KINNAIRD referred to the case of the Harbinger, and the evils attending the disembarkation of the wounded in this country, whereby valuable lives had been sacrificed. Sir J. GRAHAM said, the duty of the Admiralty ceased when the invalids were brought into harbour ; they were then in the hands of the military authorities. The Hoe. A. KINNAIRD said, that was just what he complained of ; they were driven from pillar to post—from the Admiralty to the Horse Guards, and from the Horse Guards back to the Admiralty. Mr. LAYARD said Smyrna was unhealthy; Rhodes or Mytilene would be better. Sir J. GRAHAM said, during the cold months Smyrna would have its advantages for convalescents; it was not intended to form any permanent establishment there. Mr. STAFFORD said that the Smyrna Hospital would have advantages in affording facilities for the disembarka tion of invalids. Mr. LAYARD complained of the state of the hospital at Balaklava. Lord PALMERSTON said the commission would in quire into that hospital as well as the others. The vote was then agreed to. The sum of 73,0861. was voted for miscellaneous stores ; 635,4971. for half-pap, retorved half-pay, and retirement to officers of the Navy and Royal Marines. The vote was agree to, as were the votes 469,7201. for military pew ionne and 49,538/. for civil p ens i oners. On the vote of 5,128,0001. to defray the expenses con nected with the transport service and pi isiners of war, Sir J. GRAHAM, stated that the superintendence of this department was formerly confided to oue individual ; but for the future, as the transactions were of so large a nature, the contracts for transports averaging from 3,000,000/. to 4,000,0001. annually, he proposed that this duty shall be eontided during tie war to a board of super intendence, consisting of 3 members, selected from the naval service, tne mercantile service, and the army, the Lords of the Admiralty attending and assisting in the ad ministrative department. Sir James then detailed the number of troops and stores which were conveyed by trans ports during the past year, and the preparations that were in progress for increasing the efficiency of tie service dur ing the continuance of the war. The management of the transport service in the Black Sea had been placed in the charge of Sir Edmund Lyons, and to him would th e Go vernment look for its efficient conduct. Colonel KNOX considered the arrangements proposed by the right hon. baronet very good, and he quite concurred in them. A large transport service, it was quite true, had been sent out from this country, but what became of them when they got out to the Black Sea ? Mr. V. SIIIITII objected to the appointment of the con templated board, as he considered that the management or superintendence of "one experienced brave officer would be more economic and effective. In the event of the happy prospect of peace being re-established, he wished to know if it was intended that the feria.;„-- UWWW. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the warrants of appointment of the members of the Board bore upon the face of them a statement that the office should continue only during the pleasure of the Crown, or until the termination of the war. Mr. STAFFORD expressed his satisfaction that the transport of the sick soldiers from Balaklava to the Bos phorus was to be confided to the care of Sir E. Lyons. Mr. HENLEY inquired how much of the vote of 4,200,0001. was for arrears, and how much was for the actual service of the year 1855-6, as it did not appear very clearly on the estimate ? Sir J. GRAHAM said the estimate for the year 1855-6 was framed on the experience of the past year, and the words used were those which had been invariably used from time immemorial for the same purpose. The arrears outstanding were very small, but the custom was to take the vote large enough to cover unsettled and disputed Mr. HENLEY said the right hon. baronet had not yet explained what portion of this large sum was for arrears, or whether the arrears were arrears of pay to accrue in 1856, or arrears which had already accrued. Sir J. GRAHAM thought he had sufficiently explained the matter in making the motion for going into committee. The estimate was a growing expenditure • and any excess would be r e p or t e d b y th e Audit Office in 1856, and carried over again to the account of the Trea , ury. Mr. HENLEY had every confidence in the practice of the Audit Offi ce, b ut he objected to the wording of the vote, as being far too wide, so as to admit of the expendi ture of 1854-5 being defrayed out of the vote for 1855-6. He wished they had seen more explicit. Sir J. GRAHAM said, if the right hon. gentleman would allow the vote to be taken to-night he should be happy to have his assistance on a future occasion in making the wording of these votes more explicit. The vote was then agreed to, after which the Chairman reported! progress, and the house resumed. The motion with respect to the newspaper stamp duty was postponed till Mondaj. The report of of the Committee on Ways and Means was brought up and agreed to. Sir J. YOUNG moved the second reading of the Fairs and Markets (Ireland) Bill. Lord NAAS thought a bill of so important a nature should not be proceeded with at so late an hour (quarter past twelve), and suggested that the second reading should be pee pened to a future day. After some conversation, Sir J. YOUNG agreed to the suggestion, and postponed the second reading to next week. On the motion of Mr. SOTHERON, the Friendly So cieties Bill was read a second time. Tie other orders of the day wore then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past twelve. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. IG. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR WENT. Borough of New Windsor —Samson Ricardo, of Titness Park. County of Wilts—Southern Division —The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. WAR-OFFICE, FIB. 16. Scots Fusilier Guards—To be Ensigns and Lieutenants, without purchase.—Lieutenant Godfrey Wentworth Beau snout, from the 21st Foot; Lieutenant Henry David Ers kine, from the 30th Foot. let Regiment of Foot--George William Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase ; Lieutenant John Martin Brown to be Adjutant, vice Turner, promoted. 4th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Edward Brombead, Gent. ; John James Martin, Gent. 9th Foot—LieutenantWilkinaon to be Captain, without purchase, vice Dent, deceased ; Ensign C. J. Bor ton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wilkinson ; Ensign H. C. Vibait to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Borton, whose promotion on the 12th Jan., 1855, has been cancelled ; Sergeant John McQueen to be Ensign, without purchase, an d Adj utant, vice Burden, promoted ; Samuel Edward Wood, Gout., to be Ensign, without pur chase. 14th Foot—Frederick Francis Wall, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase. 20th Foot—Francis George Holmes, Gent., to bo En sign, without purchase. 23d Foot—Colour-Serjeant John Luko O'Connor to be Ensign, without purchase. 33d Foot—Lieutenant W. H. Parry, to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Burke, deceased; Ensign H. Donovan, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Parry ; Ensign F. A. Ball to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dono van, whose promotion on the 9th Feb. has been cancelled ; Ensign J. H. Campbell, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, without purchase. 31th Foot—Lieutenant Spencer Ley Greavos, front the 48th Northampton Militia, and Julius Dyson Laurie, Gent., to be Ensigns, without purchase. 34th Foot—Algernon Henry Belfield, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase. 39th Foot—Charles Prichard, Gent., to beEnsign, with out purchase. 42d Foot —= Quartermaster William Wood to be Design, without purchase, and Adjutant, rice Drysdale, promoted. 49th Foot—Lieutousat W. Estie to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Brevet -Lieutenant-Colonel Browne, who re tires. 62d Foot—Lieutonant Graham Hay to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brovet Major Mania, who retires; Assistant- Surgeon Dndley Hanley, M.D., from the Staff, to boo Sur geon, vice Langley, promoted on the Staff. 63d Foot—Frederick Harris Dawes Voith, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 68th Foot—Henry Milligan, Gent., to be Ensign, with. out purchase. 71st Foot--Edward Williana Donne, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase. 88th Foot—Ensign H. Waring, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. MAIIPII2 - STAFF. Brevet-Colonel Richard GroaVes, half-pay unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster- , ;eneral to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Gough, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred EL Eforsford, half-pay un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of a Provisional Depot Battalion. BREVET. Captain Joseph Edward Addison, half-pay 97th Foot, Deputy Assistant-Adjutant-General, to be Major ix the Army. HOSPITAL STAIT. TO BE DEPUTY INSPECTORS-GENERAL OP HOSPITALS. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class John Collie Carter, M.D. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class John Richardson. Staff-Surgoon of the First Class John Miller, M.D. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Richard Dowse. TO BE STAFF-SURGEONS or THE FIRST CLASS. Surgeon Wiliiam Leslie Langley, M.D., from the 62d Foot. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Eslwatd. J•list Barton, M.D. TO BE STAFF•SURGEON OF THE SECOND CLASS. Assistant Staff-Surgeon Michael Allen Jane, vice Burtion, promoted. TO BN ASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO THE FORCES. Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Mines, vice Jane, promoted. - Acting Assistant-Surgeon William Edgeworth Lynch, ♦ice Hanley, promoted. MENIOR,ANDA. The removal of Ensign G. Joy from the 59th to the 39th Regiment, as stated in the Gazette of 2d February, 1855, has been cancelled. The removal of Ensign Mitford from the 734 to the 20th Regiment, as stated in the Gazette of the 2d February, 1855, has been cancelled. The appointment of Serjeant-Major John Lee to au En signcy in the 17th Foot, en the 24th January, 1855, bas been cancelled. Tho promotion of Ensign Turner, of the 50th Foot to s Lieutenantey in that Reg . ment, dated 9th February, 1855, has been cancelled. The appointment of Major W. E. Evans and Captain W. Mayne, to the Land Transport Corps, to bear date 25th January, 1855, i❑ lieu of the 9th February, 1855, as stated in the Gazette of the latter date. The appointment of Lieutenant Edward Harnett, to the 11thl Hussars, to bear date the 14th, in lieu of the 29th December, 1854, but such ante-date is not to carry with it back pay.. Errata in the Gazette of the 6th of February, 1855—For Brevet Major Henry Atwell Lake, of th e M a d ras Artil lery, to have th e local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Turkey; read Br yet-Major Henry Atwell Lake, of the Madras Engineers, &c. For Captain Charles John Strange, of the Royal Artil lery, to be Major in the artily ; read Captain Henry F. Strange, &c. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 14. ice-Admiral of the Blue Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen has been appointed to receive a pension oF 150/, a-year, as provided for in her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th of June, 1851, vacant by the decease of Vice-Admiral Brian Hodgson ; and the name of Vice-Admiral Owen has been removed to the reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and in consequence of this removal the following promotions, dated the Tth inst., have taken place : Rear-Admiral of the Red Manley Hall Dixon to be Vies-Admiral of the Blue. Re:tr-Ailrairal of the White Francis Erskine Lock to ho Rear-Admiral of the Red. R`4ar-Admiral of the Blue William Fa2shawe Martin to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Sir Richard Grant, Captain Hon. George Frederick Hothans, Captain Sir John Burnet Dundas, Bart., to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List. Captain Robert Lambert Baynes, C. 8., to be Rear-Ad miral of the Blue. FEB. 13: ROYAL MARINES. Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Brames Nolloth to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice R. Wright, de ceased. First'Lieutenant and Quartermaster William Edward Farmar to be Captain, •ice Nolloth, promoted. Second Lieutenant John Richard Itascall to be First Lieutenant, vice Farmar, promoted. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Joseph Harrop and James Harrop, uFlirestbery, shire, woollen manufacturers. BANKRUPTS. - - - Malcolm Inglis and Eyton Bon4, of 54, Old Bread street, City, merchants, to surrender, March 2, at eleven, and April 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Lon don. Mr. P. Johnson, official assignee, 20, Basinghall street ; and Messrs. Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, solici• tors. Old Jewry-chambers. William Grouna, of Sudbury, Suffolk, innkeeper, March 2, at half-past eleven, and Aprills, at one, at the Court of Rankrnnter. London _ salon"' ors]. man-scree clings ; anti were, cooper —a-rto. maodgson, solicitors, 3, Verulam-buildings, Gr a y' s -i nn . Victor Baner, of 3, Lilypot-lane, St. Martin's-le-Grand, City, merchant, February 27 and March 20 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. C. Lee, official assignee, 20, Aldermanbury, City; and Messrs. Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, solicitors, 11 4 Old Jewry-chambers, City. George Cooper Roue , of Dovercourt, E ssex , grocer, February 23, at one, and April 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. W. Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Cree and Son, solicitors, 3, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn ; and Mr. H. Laurance, Ipswich. William Riddell and Moad Terry Raymond, of 5, Sher bourne-lane, City, merchants, March 2 and April 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankr u pt c y, L on d on . M r. I . Nicholson, official assignee, 24, Basinghall-street ; and Messrs. Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, s. , liciters, 14, Old Jewry-chambers, City. William Morgan, of Osborn-street, Whitechapel, licensed victualler, February 24 and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. W. Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; anti Messrs. Martineau and Read, solicitors, 2, Raymond-bui ldin Gray's-inn. gs, _ Thomas Collingweod Ker, late of 5, Hans-place, Chelsea, and 3, Auction Mart Basement, Bartholomew-lane, City, dealer in railway shares, February 23, at twelve, and March 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. Cannan, official assignee. 16, Ablerrelubury. City ; and Mr. C. H. Weeks, solicitor, 4, Huggerford-street, Strand. Thomas William Horder, of 95, Minories, and Lough borough-road, Brixton, chemist, March 6, at eleven, and April 3, FA twelve, at thd Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. H. H. Stausfeld, official assignee ; and Mr. W. J. Scott, solicitor, 3i, Ludgate-street, City. James Eunins, of 6, Portland-road, Notting-hill, builder, Feb. 27, at eleven, and March 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. G. J. Graham, offi cial assignee ; and Mr. H. D. Rushbury, solicitor, Surrey street, Strand. Thomas Tyler, of Wood-stre e t, Ch ea p s id e , ware h ouse . man, March 7, at two, and April 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Mr. H. H. Stansfeld, official assig nee ; and Messrs. J. and J. H. Linklater, solicitors 17, Sise-lane, City. , Richard Brown, of Rushall, Staffordshire, lime burner, March 2 and 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Mr. J. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham ; Messrs. Barnett and Marlow, solicitors, Walsall ; and Mr. T. S. James, irilicitor, Birmingham. Wm. Johnstone, of Birmingham, miller, March 3 and 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Mr. T. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; and Messrs. Motteram and Knight, solicitors, Birmingham. Win. Renshaw, of Liverpool, licensed victualler, March 7 and 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Liver pool. Mr. W. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; and Mr. G. Dodd, solicitor, Liverpool. Peter Ward, of Harrington, Cumberland, alkali manu facturer, Feb. 28, at one, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Messrs. T. and W. Charter, solicitors, Nowcastle-upon-Tyne; and Messrs. Bell, Broderick, and Bell, solicitors, 9, Bow churchyard, London. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Peter Gibson, of Glasgow, spirit merchant, March 1, at ono, at the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. Alex. Duncan, of Faulkland, distiller, Feb. 26, at ono, at Buist's Royal Hotel, Cupar-Fife. John Lang Dunn, of Glasgow, merchant, Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Queen's Hotel, Glasgow. Robert Eaglesim, of Paisley, clothier, Feb. 26, at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. James Stewart, of Paisley, provision merchant, Feb. 26, at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. [ADYERTIfiEMBNT.)—Many thousand sures have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Delicious Rove , lents irabica Food, of indigestion (.Iyspepsia), constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, paralysis, kc. We quote a few:—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart.—" Roastrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering hu manity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Ara bica rood has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of inl ay years' standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all suferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." Cure No. 71. Of dyspepsia, from the Ri g ht H on. t h e L ord Stuart de Decios.— • have sierived considerable benefit from Da Barry's Rovalinta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines.--Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 32,836.—Fr0m the Venerable Archdeacon of RUC- " Three years exces sive nervousness, with painsin my neck and left arm, and ge neral debility, which rendered my life very miserable, bus been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Feed —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms anti nausea, have been effec tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a very short time.—Rey, John W. Flavell , Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Fool. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3 ,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ' ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth."—ln canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, P and with full instruc tions-11b., 2 s . 9d .; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6 1. ; 21b., 115. ; 5112., 225. ; 101 b., 33s The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of post offic e order. B arr y tht Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; also at 68, Cornhill ; 60. Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, .Oxford-street ; /5, Charinrniu ; 4, %muddy ; f and sf, liver Xakor-street. COUNTRY 41.AREETS. ~~- The a.ti,ndan c e of millets and dealers this in smaller than for some time. Wheat was only to ° 0 1) retail quantities, and holders had to submit to s _sil of ld to 2d per bushel on Tuesday's prices. trotof gave way about Is per sack. Choice brands 0'1;001 altered. Little doing in Indian corn, and Pric e° ° JO Beaus and peas is to 2s per qr. decline. Oats held for late rates. WAKEFIELD—FEB. 1 6 . OOP The wheat tr a de very dill ; confine to the supply of their immediate requirementLlSJ are Is to 2s per qr. lower than last week. e" .13i'r„ limited dem a nd a t p r i c es in favour of the bag oats, and shelling no material change. EXETER—FEB. 14. CORN.—In our market wheat may be 4 11 „101,1 to 98 3d. M a lti ng b ar l e y, 4s Od to 4s 6d; gllstS Od to 3s (id. O a ts, 3 s Oil to 38 6(1. Bons( Od. Peas, OOs Od to 60s Od. FLOUR. .',28 Od to 538 Od ; seconds, s°6°ll' (rd per sack. vis ° CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 6d per score; 0 ., ( 1 121. to 16.!. ; butchers' calves, 6d to Od Per i oloy calves OOs to OOs each. Sheep 6d. to Cd• Od per lb. Stor e h ogs , l a rge size 40s to s v: 4idr 25s to 35 8 ; sma ll, O s t o 1.-tough f a " Pork earcases from 8s 6/1 to Os Od per score. INVERNESS.--FEB. 1 3 . ,0 1 :1 ' CORN. —Wheat, white, I ,er qr. , 66s Od to u ley, chevalier, 28s Gd to 20 s 0(1; ditto , concn ° ' 27s Od. Oats, 26s Od to 27s Gd. 0 1(4 1 MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 23s 4( 1 1d I second, 00s Od to Os Od barleymeal, oi peasemeal, 17s 6d to 0 3 Od; bran, per ston; to, Ist flour, per 2801 b, 50s Od to 568 Od ; 2 ,l,toP eri il 00s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 1--''', l lenji to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to NOd ; br a , 3 5 to 00s Od ; peasemeal, is Sd to Os Od; 15 1:1t. 3s 6d credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d'-- 1 6. BRISTOL SUGAR—F I P% that i • lsti Onr sugar market is very firm, and bless sgorol, offices are comparatively bare of sacaP, of v o pi of business would probably be done. ° . ",, - ,bsso g gl about 550 hde, for which full prices bl"",a sltb a p Considerable tran , actions fa foreiglt, In .; ifj o l prices have not been allowed trasgt,t that they were high. Refiuers' geodf at fall r 6— and, in some qualities, ac ti ve demell4' FISS. 0. tt i be c lose 0f ... .: NOW — , ...... tton 8. d. Redheugh Main New Tanfield Wallsend, &e. 1 2 7 5 C. (; C rr as e :: 5•• ••5 1 Triindou ***** * Bell and Brown "3 - 9 Tees .................. Harton Hebburn Q2 0 ••••"'" 0 01 1 ' COURSE OF EXCHANGE. --YO 0 0 Amsterdam . 11 16% Gibra:tar •• Ditto, three months .. 11 18 Lt.girorn •• Rotterdam ............ 11 18 Genoa •• • ' ,•••'•' Antwerp .............. 25 30 ;Allan •• " IP Brussels ...• ........ 25 30 Venice •• Hambargh .......... 13 64 Naples ..... Alto n& •• •• Palermo •• ....„.• rariS •••• • • • o• • • .... 25 10 Messina • • Ditto, three months .. 25 35 Lisbon •• •" Marseilles 25 35 • Oporto " ." Bourdeaux • Rio JaneirO• s „;•0 I i ankfort-on Maine .... 118% Buenos A Berlin ....... ..... .-;01,If p, Vienna........ •• • .... 12 52 Plidadelpin p Trieste.... ...... 5 Falai ° I in ". (~ , ol ' Petersburg 12 35 5 % Foreign f , C OO „ is Madrid ............... 49 y s Portugal ..„ Cadiz 50k Mexican Do Barcelona . boo !sill. er COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at ti SEABORNE MAILS . 4, - v> 6 l" (N signifies that the inai:s aid ,e t" 4 ") ,y the night—and 11 by th e ,noriting--4e'iN'tc. Fro For t s i• --- e ' n 44. 1 0' biv L ifer' 1 .4°l I saut ll 7 4o ,l o plAt'' . „IP' ,tm• • • n Genora: rt.)l.! Lon:1011. ,;v,ry Fria! ~ oo f pv_dot t „,poi sou__ Pliv "13d of the month.. &30 oi • 14th & 1 20th of inol , • 'l7th Of the month 9th of tho month.•. 19th of monti••• 9th of the montl to, ( . 0 ' fl Of 0 S 001 O , 0 'lon., Wed.,&F M 7z 17th of mont , Once a month ..• • 8,13,18,23, bi2B of in 4th It 20til 01 inv , .. Twice, drily • • - • ,D a d 1 ;I'l r .1 . P °14 11 . 1 . ;e 3' 1414 SOn''lg°l' Tyra: 0 daily.. • • 4,7,17,20,2/all 12nd & 17th or int ;r i• Tueiday & mr Daily •",,,;;;111. 17th 14th &of Ati the , of 1 9 7, th i & 7, 2 t 5t1? 2 , p o n f icl in n o tii „ Twice aally o .• •f ni"• • 7,9, 17,04 , • • 9th of the Tao 232 of month ••••1 • Foyer - •;, IS ,tl,l, WIT . plyin tit ° Dover Dover7.. t i . „ it)if ‘ , ll :; / ,tor Sollti: inioi pt Sout 0 1 , 41Ye l P . Do per'', .. 1,11, r"l2' , 14 i thott , l e lit n f or Og . ) 2,d of a bthisth2sthefill or- ; 2d d !Ulla nlOllO By private skip •• thiht.ll2sthoilnoul Ith th 27 thofinon. l i t & 17th o! moo. By private ship.. .I 'sthl..th'2sthohnoti , : SuilsVi2sthohnor.i 2d s ath etlaontlii lelse' son— " a io . Dolor s 'eto 50A, e r . i . P°lft;o6. 'l r Ts; - OD!: COON TRIEM, inicrica(byltrit.pack)N AincricP.Oy United Sts, packet) , imerica (by U States packet) ..........N 4ustralia (ria South ampton) Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Ltoed Sops) Africa ( West Coast) N Alexandria.. .. Bahamas Belgium Brazil Buenos Ayres ........111 Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde ......N Ceylon (see Lalia) Channel Chili. M China ... . Constantinople ......1V Constantinople Cont. of Europe IL Sc NII Egypt (Boa India) G6 I F r er a ae i T °en Gibraltaracb u ee l r n g e Holland •• •• •• • • • • •• M Lionduras India (vlaSouthampt.)Mi India (via Marsellies) M; lonian Isles (sea India)! Ireland ....;...11 8c N Lisbon.. Madeira Madeira ...........N Malta (see India) Malta .......... .N Mauritius (see India) Mauritius Mexico .• •• •• •• •• ••111 1 laplev . • New Uranada blew Zeltand Papal States Peninsula ...... .1W Peru ••••.•• • • . • • •• Port Natal ..N- Sicily ~..N Tuscany Venezuela .• Van Dicinen's Land (ser ansti alia) ';7est ~.„ „ 7 4 1 4 Di n ..,• l a [ADviansEmENT.]—Holloway's pills purity of the blood and irritation of t icroll'?.f a certificate forwarded to Professor P,',1+4411 John Jones, chemist, of Moesley ill' °/1 0 . 00 f n O t t, certify that having suffered for tags' Yid ! ), 'lo l ' from scurvy and an irritation of the s • tr S ' l ltrir A ;t is if i mended to try Holloway's Pills, and . oicei t gall ing that after taking them for a conl r 0 t' if e2", I was completely cared, baxiog I ' s ' u p t s' Pv7 . disease, although it is now more Oa r te d,ol since ; my health also is greatly ii i :o647 Ann Hill. Sold by all vendors of n? e ,' SrA ti f 4, te..sor Holloway's E,tehli ImenlF, 2 *'' /L e/ and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. z 110 1 ,0 v Or w rt [A.DVERTlszilrarr . 1 —Te F. ERAIi IN (Il- %ply PATENT RECONXOITILINO CLA :555 Me" . - ilea , • i , 1 eons, opticians, 39, Alb e m a rle-street , r 20 0 ,6 r, opposite the Y c rk H o t e l. BY I lse PIO Letters Patent for v a lu a bl e an d e xtraer' - o pele t o Ist'in the most pow er f u l an d b r illi an t Tele sc o oloselki coarse, Opera, and P e rsp ec ti ve Gl a sses, O t ii ep°,l9 .4 o of objects 'viewed throu g h th e m—of gl .es 05 0 7 IVO army, navy, and others. These telescoPOjite s ol l i e"00 ordinary powers that some 31 ii ,, e ees,; oo , l i . i ,ll piece, will sh ow di s ti nc tl y Jupiter's /3 „ O r ,rf and the doubl e s t ars ; w i t h th e sen'; ,1 5 Ait, d ill seen a person's countenance three mile s :re of and an object from 16 to 20 miles. Thel, -. ere' o o l ,yrj. sizes, with increasing powers accordinPf ' c ot r i f t i Sidl ix: from 4 to 6 inches enab • us to d i gte e 0,.. A 4t- o el above, and the Georgia-,, with his 6 sate '' ; 070, 4( ‘ ril Exhibition, 1851.--..-Val ' uable, neerlY - ' 9 ,4: 0 71 0 ", D:00,, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the slz• " ct i s tee';pelo 4 ', P a person can be seen and known lj• mil° s t tee t ftioil o rj every purpose on the race-course, ..d ' s ee I to ,- . ar country seexery, and ships are clearly 6 ,017 01er; They are invaluable for shooting, deer's' i te it il e vee air ~,e , ny e ; 4 sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, '„,s ol,„' race-course, camp, and ' perspective O a " pee‘ i to l- ' P r power.—Newly-constructed Spectacle , lje sc f .;:e „ ,:. eat transparent power. The valu. 4l) ,l,, c oed or .i gelu e ; from this invention is, that vision ",„; i - ,, nog 01‘ ,"e c preserved and strengthened, and v e , l re4r o t c11 9° 95 ; enabled to employ their sight at ti' - j enee," c o• oe' l pation—can see with these louses of e e"ts' s tl oh • tale'' oe f.'o , ing power—and they do not require t $ t at , to the dangerous effects of further poliAret ° 6 'ti cs t ed: e ell ness—New Discovery.—The Organic v l t rel: V oer t 'esel.; ' t nary powerful, small, newly-invented / 0 0 be, 41 1) . .(1!: entirely different from all others, to O r 'cee ° et r e '; o is: kind that has been, or probably ef sr ,. f10 t 'i0.,311,, Being of the same colour as the skin, i '; 51 f On ) ." enables deaf persons to hear distinet l ii e c ,', $ 11:41- plblie assemblies ; the unpleasant ser i nflor' L ibev AI in the ears is entirely removed ; and i " - 39, P it ance that possibly could be desired. e Piccadilly. Observe -opposite the Tar io- ~~, u~nip. l' ,"•,:, ; 7 it) ;.) : int)Dthl of f, BIRT.EI B. i tloe Ora Slog. fi On the 16th inst., at 31 Tinalea-84 ore' , B. Saunder s , E sq ., o f Lincoln's-inn• cor OE the 14th inst. , 1 A r at Quell 1:31.- . Ili' Or e square, the lady of Captain 13eillie. , 4 ° irec/0 40 MAtR R I . 7 1 D. ilsv e t s, 0 i Oa the 15th inst., at St. Georr:!'Sit i .Silist b le Colonel Eardley 'Min - Jot, son of the ' A— if ne r 11 Bart., of Osmsaton, DerhysLire, 0 1 to 19 1 , 1- tnle ' 90 th l 0 , second daughter of the late Thomas Le h e'pei, ol ' Apley, Shrt.pshire. Ch llll tit On the 15th inst ,at the District soovoilfi Trinity, Major-General Stuild, of Oxt ° 4l.lo , ' Beatrice Emma, daughter of the late CA of Sidniouth. Of A ft y l ? fsi° c DIED On the 15th inst ., at 31, Bruton-strossi f i e 11' Lowther, second on of the Hon. C° l9 Or ... 34. A te, or' , e 11 014 .0 1 On the 15th inst., at Ding-street, 1tn 09.311 I,i ' Crossley. 1,0, AO Oa the 12th inst., at 27, T a yistock - P of fo , Thomas Lueetnbe Ea. aged 69. Pg . ' h r On the 14th inst. James Scriuscesr, . bo g t range, f ,colnshirr. ~,, 4reet, (I Oa the 13th inst., at 119, ""rg' - 1 61. ____,--Vzat DenniAour, E-lq., of Denni tuna, age' ___, o tfr li —-- ---- f 11 1 Lexpotr : Printed and Published by -.L . ofoce , oor Dia So of No. 112, fitrand, Printer, at i n the SiMiti, isa the Preoikot of the Sanfige Illiddleeez, Saturday, IfiobrilaTY 17, 44, L ia . ,yed 44 4 -, , he r It '4e TO), 'r C p „eor ~n.,