The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, - TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1856, There was indeed a small diminution. The clerks were paid according to seniority, and if a senior retired and his place was supplied by a j tinier, there was a small diminution. e Mr. WILLIAMS—Has not the expense of postage been transferred ? Sir C. WOOD—The Admiralty were not responsible for that; it was the act of the Treasury, who thought it advis able that all the postag should appear in one vote. The next vote is 20,0001. for Naval Coast Volunteers. In that there is a considerable reduction. The number of men who have entered has been much smaller than was ex pected. I think it is possible, however, that this establish anent may be turned to more account when the number of sailors employed inthe navy is reauced at the conclusion of peace ; and I am therefore unwilling to adopt the course which some persons have suggested, and to put an end to the system which was recommended by a committee of most able officers during the time that the Duke of Northumber land was at the heal of the Admiralty. The next vote is 58,9821. for the scientific branch. In that department there has been an increase of expenditure, to which I think the country will willingly assent. The first item is for an increase of the salary of the Astronomer Royal. It is now 20 years since Mr. Airey was appointed to that position at a smaller salary than hispredecessor had eeejoyed. While he has filled that office he has distinguished himself by various i inprove ments in the constitution of the Observatory and its appa ratus. He has shrunk from no labour, and has constantly un dertaken work net connected with the Observatory. The character of that establishment now stands as high as, or higher than that of any other establishment in Europe. The catalogue of stars which the Astronomer Royal has prepared has been appealed to without hesitation as the most complete and perfect one which exists. (Hear.) Ho has applied photography to the taking of observations, and has been at much trouble in connexion with the measures which have recently been adopted for communicating the correct time to the mercantile marine. He has also taken part in many scientific inquiries ; and it is only right that the country should in some manner express the sense which it entertains of the value of his services. The other principal item of the increase in this department is a sum of 4,2001., required for procuring and erecting at the Royal Observatory a more perfect astronomical instrument called an equatorial. The equatorial now in the Observatory is inferior to those possessed by any similar establishment of any reputation in Europe, and even to one which has been erected by a gentleman in the county of Sligo. There is at present an opportunity of obtaining a very per fect one with an object-glass 13 inches in diameter, and the Astronomer Royal has proposed to me to take a vote for its purchase, and for the erection of the necessary ma chinery. To that votel am convinced the house will most willingly assen t. The next vote is 153,7951. for her Majesty's establishments at home. The greater part of the increase in this vqte has been rendered necessary by the pressure ofwork in the dockyards ; but it also includes an item which, as it may provoke some opposition, I think it right to explain. Wo find that there are in the navy a considerable , number of Roman Catholic officers and soldiers, and we thought it was bht fair that they should, when in port, have the opportunity of attending at the performance of divine worship according to the rites of their own church. We have, therefore, at each of the ports, caused to be prepared in a ship in' ordinary, accommodation precisely similar to that which is provided for the service of our own church, and in these ships Roman Catholic priests have performed service hitherto with out remuneration. I propose to the house that we should at each port pay a Roman Catholic chaplain for the performance of service to the seamen of the fleet. An impression having existed that there are is the float no great number of seamen of the Roman Catholic persuasieu, I desired a return to be prepared, showing the number of officers and men who attended the celebration of divine worship according to the ritual of that church, at the three great ports. I find that yesterday there attended the Roman Catholic service at Slieerness 2 officers and 59 men, and at Portsmouth 120 officers and men. The average num ber of those who have attended that service at Plymouth has been 26 officers and 197 men. It is exceedingly unde sirable that the men should be required to land in port, as such landing g enerally leads rather to attendance at public houses than at, place of public worship ; and I believe it will be very conducive to the discipline of the service, as well as to the moral character of the men, that they should have the opportunity of attending this service. I, therefore, trust that the sum required for that service will be granted by the house. The next three votes are for the salaries of officers and wages of seamen in the yards at home and abroad. Ido not think it is possible to reduce the sums paid for wages. Hon. gentlemen are aware that during the last year much building has been done by contract ; but that is not a satisfactory mode of executing the work. We find that even the largest contractors seldom have an ex tensive stock of material on hand, and consequently much of the timber 'that is put into even the smaller vessels is not sufficiently seasoned. More than that, very few con tractors have kept time and delivered the vessels at the period at which they promised them. Independently of the greater punctuality insured by such an arrangement, I cannot but think that, both as regards the soundness of the materials used and the superior character of the work manship, the interests of the public will be best promoted by doing the work as much as possible in our own dock yards, instead of giving it out on contract, as was custo mary in former times. The amount of repairs necessary to be executed on ships returning from the Black Sea and the Baltic define the last two years was so large that building was to a certain extent diminished, but, as the committee will no doubt bo of opinion with mu that it is by no means desirable that iu a country such as this the art and practice of shipbuilding should be allowed to fall into disuse, I trust that you will sanction, for next year, the same expendi. titre on account of the yards as is at present in progress. (Hear.) The only item in respect of which I can entertain a well-founded hope that there will be a reduction before the close of the year is that which refers to our establish niente in Constantinople and the Black Sea. An immedi ate reduction is scarcely to he expected, for the committee will not fail to bear in mind that, if peace should be con cluded, we shall have to withdraw the whole of our army from the Black Sea, and for that reason the amount of work thrown on the establishment at Constantinople will in the first instance he necessarily very great. For this ' reason, and fur no other, it may be necessary to increase the expenditure on account of transports. The next vote is for stores, and it will be seen that upon this item there is a reduction of about 500,0001., chiefly owing to the large supply of some essential articles of stores, the means of purchasing which the House of Commons placed last year at the command of the Admiralty, the main article being that most necessary commodity—hemp. It was but natural to expect the t the war would interfere with the regular and abundant supply of Baltic hemp, and, under the e circumstances, an offer was made 'to the Admiralty of a large quantity of Italian hemp, which has been received, arid which has proved of excellent quality. Five hundred tons of Hungarian hemp were also offered to the Admi ralty, and wo thought it advisable to accept them, not only that we might insure an ample stock of so essential an article, but because it is desirable to extend the area of supply, and so secure the double advantage of a larger market and a cheaper price. In 1e54 Baltic hemp was sold at 661. per ton. 6,600 tons of the Italian article have been purchased since then, and the result has been that Baltic hemp has fallen to 441. the ton. Ia other words, a reduc tion of more than 20/. per ton hes been effected in the price of the Baltic hemp by the ant of the Admiralty in buying the Italian commodity, which turns out to be of a very good quality. We have now doubled the stock we had on hand at the beginning of last year, and are therefore inde pendent of any unfavourable contingency that may here after arise. Having two years' supply in our stores, we should not suffer inconvenience, even though the sources heretofore open to us were now to be closed. Copper is another important commodity, of which, that it might be at hand in any required quantity for the purposes of the dockyards, we last year laid in so large a stork that we can afford to make a considerable redaction in the supply now demanded. The item which relates to the purchas ing and repairing of steam machinery for the construction of steam-ships is necessarily a very heavy one, for, inde pendently of works that may be hereafter projected, we shall have to pay a large sane for vessels already ordered. (Hear, hear.) It is to be understood; therefore, that this vote does not refer merely to immediate objects, but that a large portion of the expenditure is clue on account of work which will not be completed till within the course of next year. (Hear, hear.) The large increase in the number of steamships frequenting the Baltic rendered it unavoidable that there should be a proportionate augmen tation of the expenditure on account of coal. However, I mean to ask for something less than appears on the f,ce of the estimates. (Hear.) lam not in a position to make a sweeping reduction, but I propose that, instead of 3,500,000 e, as originally intended, we shall take under this head a vote for 3,000,000/. (Hear, hear.) I need scarcely observe that the introduction of steam is causing a com plete revolution in the mechanism of the navy. Fully one-third of the expense of a new ship is now due to the machinery, and I think I should be justified in computing , that a screw ship of 90 guns will cost three to two com pared with a sailing vessel. (liar.) It is obvious that such a system of naval architecture demands extraordinary means and appliances, and renders it necessary that there shall be factories, and new machinery of a costly and com plicated character, in all your dockyards. Nevertheless, we have heretofore had regard to economy, and 1 are sure that naval men, who have a practical knowledge of such subjects, will concur with me in thinking that we have rather fallen short of than exceeded the demands of the service.in this respect. The increased size of vessels ren ders it necessary to enlarge the proportions of the docks ; and in four of the yards we arc at the present met - neat in curring considerable expense for the purpose of extending , the docks in such a manner as to enable them to accom modate the longer vessels wbich the invention of steam has introduced. For souse years back it has been the practice of all the Admiralties to promote as to touch as possible the i !' tr• allotiasu of machinery into the dockyards. Thie do- - curable o bj ec t will be materially promoted by the vote we mean to submit this ye af a 1 lam pirticularly anxious th a t the committeeshould bear in mind that a large itevnis on account of that vote fir ma chinery,will which and, by economising improvebo the work done in the yards, t t tr, eventually diminish the cost of production. Anotherg item of marine barrack s at t°llra in this vote is fo r th e build ingdivisions of marines. (ae:rhi. sad-quarters of the various which I doubt net the committ ee This' is an expenditure marines have done good service countrytothwelll the Governmentrih hon. will cor dially concur in the hope expressed b y approve, re d f r tl gen tlemanlB who preceded me in o ffi ce, t hat r take so injudicious a step as to reduce numerical strength of that valuable branch of the se at all times been most useful as far as the disci . iT hey have ships is concerned, and on many occasions, rec en t lyPr'e ofh war for merly, they have proved that they are not infen s o sailors afloat or to soldiers on shore. The sanitary arran ge , meats manta of these barracks will necessarily involve some slight additional expenditure, but this consideration wilt not, 1 a m sure, avail against improvements which modern ou lightenment renders indispensable. The next vote is for the medical supplies of the navy, and %miler that head I pro posed the same votes as last year-55 , 000 1. On the miscel laneous votes I do not know that it will be possible to make any considerable reduction. They are pretty much the acme as last year, rho only material increa se b e i ng th a t oeceeioned by legal proceedings arising out of a state of blockade. I now come to the vista for half-pay. Here there is an increase which wee inevitable under the circum steeces, and which will, I trust, he it sufficient answer to rue' hon. and gallant friend now me (Captain Scobell), an d satisfy him that we have not ;ewe usgererdlY in the promo. Mem we have roads in rupee, ireftee 111 the war. The in creased expenditure u n d er this heart is simply attributable to the fact that a uneaher or ,dicers have been promoted , for gallant services since the commencement of hostilities. On this account alone 100- lienteueute were last year pro moted t o th e rank of commauders, and, although there may be in coosequence a greater number of commanders ou the li s t th an can at the present moment be employed, there is no one, I am sure, who will deny the just ic e and expe diency "givib' to t hese officers the advancement to which, by their merits, they are manifestly entitled On these and some other items I shall make some further observe- Voile by and by©; b u t leave them for the present and pass on to the other votes. I come, then, to the good service P eusi " l3- :1116 gentlema n aniollverted upon the bestowal of these oo , upo n two officers in particu and, sithomgh dide not mention their names, nobody lar, r e eeneug tee the estimates c01114 a: • to lwatuly the „ - duals to whom he alluded. It would therefore be needless delicacy on my part to withhold the names of those two officers, while I give the reason for our bestowing these rewards upon them. The first of them is Captain Koppel, who has seen more active service than almost any other officer of his rank ; and if my hon. friend behind me wore to poll the entire navy, he would find its unanimous opin ion to be that there is not a better, more gallant, or more deserving officer in the service. (Hear.) Capt. Koppel has distinguished himself on every occasion in which his ser vices have been called into requisition, the most recent in stance of this having occurred during his command of the Naval Brigade before Sebastopol, and, if such a mark of honour is to be conferred at all, I declare I do not know an officer on the list to whom it could be more appropriately g i ve n. (Hear.) The second officer to whom my hon. friend referred is Lord Clarence Paget. It is true that Lord Cla rence Paget has not seen the same amount of service as Capt. Keppel ; but it was considered that he and Captain Henderson, both being most meritorious officers, who had done good service in the war, and in consequence of that service had unfortunately been incapacitated by ill-health for the discharge of further duty, were fully eligible to re ceive this pension, Lord Clarence Paget served in the Black Sea, and was also employed on shorein various ways by Sir E. Lyons until his eyesight completely failed him. I believe that he has irrecoverably lost the use of one eye, and is in imminent danger ofalso losing the use of the ether; and being, moreover, as excellent an officer as there is in the navy, we thought a good-service pension would not be ill bestowed if it were awarded to hirer. (Hear.) The same remark applies to the case of Capt. Henderson, who cer tainly does not belong to an aristocratic family, and there fore cannot be said to have received his pension for the reason to which Lord Clarence Paget's has been unjustly ascribed. Capt. Henderson is an officer of very fair ser vice, although not longer than that of Lord Clarence Paget ,• he was selected by my predecessor in office for the command in the West Indies, where he acquitted himself with ad mirable judgment, discretion, and skill. Ho was compelled to return home from ill health, and it was my duty to allow him to leave without being previously relieved, in order to save his life. Under these circumstances I deemed him not undeserving of a good-service pension. After these ex planations, I hardly think that the committee, or even the hon. gentleman behind me, will regard these pensions as having been improperly or unfairly bestowed. In the next vote, for pensions, there is a slight increase, in consequence of the extension of the boon to the widows of officers dying from ill health contracted in the service ; but the main in crease in this branch of the expenditure is owing to a change that has been made in the mode of paying seamen their . out-pensions. The seamen will be placed this year on the same footing as the army with regard to these pensions, which will be paid to them in advance instead of at the end of the quarter. The next vote is for civil pensions and allowances, and amounts to 147,6351. This item so en tirely depends on the health and mortality of the service, and the rules which regulate its distribution are so fixed and unchangeable that there is very little variation in its amount one year as compared with another. The next vote, which is for the transport service, is very large; and, al though I propose to take a smaller Burn than that which appears on the estimates—viz., 6,971,5371., inclusi ve o f th e charge for prisoners of war—yt, even if it should so happen that peace is shortly concluded, and the whole of our troops can be brought home from the shores of the Black Sea, it must nevertheless be obvious that there can be little or no reduction in this vote. (Hear.) The freights of most of the vessels have fallen, and on that account a smaller sum will be chargeable than was required last year ; but, on the other hand, the sum taken for coals has turned out to be inadequate to meet the demands of the service ; and in the case of many of the other items, such as those for the fitting of the transports, bedding for the troops, forage, &c a . the amounts also proved insufficient. Therefore, looking to the larger force that we now have in the Black Sea than we had before, we propose to take a still larger sum than eisperience showed to be requisite for the last year. In like manner there will be a slight increase in the vote for the maintenance of prisoners of war, because we have more prisoners to keep now than we had last year; an-1 we have to bear the expense not only of those who are in this coun try, but of those who are at Constantinople. As long as these persons remain prisoners of war they must be main tained ; the account can be checked when it comes in, and it would be unwise not to make an ample provision under this head. The committee may, perhaps, like to know the amount of service which has been performed in the course of the past year by the Transport Board ; and I shall, therefore, road to it the number of the troops who have been conveyed by sea within that period. The figures are as follows :—To the Black Sea from Enrope—British from Englana, 50,003 • military corps from ditto, 5,00 J; Foreign Legion, ditto, 5,000; French from south of France, 26,000 ; Sareinians from Genoa, 19,000. Total, 105,000. To the Mediterranean—Militia from England, 5,039. In the Black Sea and the Mediterranean—British from the Medi terranean, 20,001 ; French in the Black Sea, 5,000 ; Turks in ditto, 58,000 ; Turkish Contingent, 20,003 ; British on the Black Sea, 20,030 ; Kinburn, 3,500. Total,' 133,000. Troops moved elsewhere, invalids, &c., 46,000. Total number of troops moved within the year29l,ooo. (Hear.) And I au] happy to say that with the exception of the burning of a single vessel, this vast amount of work has been performed without a disaster. (Hear.) It is only fair that I should bear testimony to the exemplary 0)12- duet and care of the masters of the transport ships, whether belonging to the Royal Navy or to the merchant service, for it mainly owing to their great skill and diligence that the service has been so satisfactorily accomplished ; and it certainly afforded me much -pleasure to hear the hon. member for Northamptonshire (Mr. Stafford) speak so highly as he did the other night of the admirable state of our transport service. (Hear.) The only other vote is one for the packet service, on which there is a small in crease in consequence of a contract ordered by the Trea sury for Shetland awl Orkney. I have now gone through the various items comprised in these estimates; but I said that I 'should postp one f ur th er remar k s upon them till I could present to the committee, in a single view, the causes of the additional expense in the shape of pay, retirement allowances, and pensions, which appears in the estimates ; and to do this I must revert to a period that has long elapsed, because, what we aro doing now and what has been done in the course of the last year, are merely the sequel and consequences of a series of measures which have been in constant progress during the last eight or 10 years. Whatever Government may have been in power during that period, a continuous improvement in the condition of every class in the navy=from the admiral to the cabin-boy —has been steadily going forward from year to year. it is mach the fashion for hon. gentlemen to tell us night after night that the officers and men of the navy are neg lected and uncared for by the Admiralty; and I dare say that those who make these assertions do so sincerely believing diem to be true, from not having taken the trou ble to inquire into the facts. I feel it, therefore, my duty, in justice, not so much to myself as to those boards which have preceded me, to go through the various improvements which have been made in the condition of every officer and every man in the navy. My hon. friend behind me refer ral the other evening to the number of admirals, but he mixed up with the active list the reserved list of admi rals, of which the vacancies will not be filled up. The number of admirals upon the active list was fixed by order in Council, in 1851, at 96, and at the same time 10 reserved service pensions of 1501. a year were assigned to such admirals as were willing to have their names taken off the list. With regard to the captains, by order in Council the number was fixed at 3.o—the reduction to that amount being gradual, as officers attained the head of the list. I know that my lion. and gallant friend oppo site complains that his name appears on the reserved list. [Admiral WAT.COTT—" I did.") But unless that course were adopted, it would be impossible to bring the number of officers down to a number consistent with a state of peace. (Hear, hear.) To use, perha:is, a strong term, besides being deceitful, it disgusts the public, to see a large number of admirals and captains on the active list, when it is perfectly well known that a very small number only can be employed. What wan done was this—a re served list of admirals was made, consisting of captains who had not served their time, rising in rank, but with the pay only of rear-admirals. In 1846 there wore 200 retired admirals and captains, 55 years of age, and 10 years' standing, on the captains' list, and that number has been kept full up to the present time. There are two modes by which captains may go upon the reserved list. If they get sufficiently high in the list they may take the half-pay of 255. a-day as rear-admirals; and if they choose they way retire, after 10 years' service, with pay rising from 18s. to 11. a-day. In the course of the present year a change has been made in the mode of paying captains. Instead of being paid according to the rate of the ship in which they are employed, they are paid according to their standing on the captains' list. It may be desirable, on account of the importan ce o f the command, to employ a captain of high standing in a small ship, and I think it would be a great injustice to give the lower rate of pay. It is, therefore, now provided that captains shall be paid according to their standing on tbo list, in whatever size ship they may serve, and, at the same time, we have raised the pay of the lower class of captains of all below the first 170, because we thought it not adequate to meet the expenditure which in these dap they may be called upon to make. (Hear.) With regard to the next list, that of commanders, the number in 1851 was fixed at 450. A certain number were placed on the reserved list, and 51 were promoted to be reserved captains by selection, with the lowest grade of half-pay as captains. At the same time 50 additional .retirements were given to commanders by seniority, making, with the 50 retirements in 1340, 100 retirements for commanders. They have been receiving the lowest half-pay of captains, and Ido not think that adequate retirement. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) There should be large means of retirement for that class of officer,. because it is a step most anxiously sought by lieetenaiitzi, an& the natural tendency is to accumulate on the commanders' list far more ottieers Elan can be employed. We therefore added 50 more to the number, to be promoted by selection, to be reserved cep tains, and 150 more to those rhingth the rank of seniority. There are thus 250 commanders who rise to the position of reserved captains by seniority, to be reduced ultimately to 200 ; and it is arranged that those appointed by selection shall not be appointed all at once, but at the rate of 15 per annum until the whole number is completed. With regard to lieutenants, the number was fixed by order in Council in 1851 at 1,200, and the number is about that at present. Power was also given in 1851 to promote ;3 by selectiou to be reserved commanders, with the lowest half-pay of com mander. That was felt to be a great boon, and I propose to double the number. This is one of the sources of in crease in the half-pay vote; but I think it only just and fair to the officers, while it is equally fair and beneficial to the public. [" Hear," from Mr. Williams.] In 1846 half pay was given to mates after three years' service if they were unable to obtain or were unfit for service, but before that they were sent away without any half-pay at all. With regard to midshipmen, one great change was made in 1850, rendering indispensable examination at the end of fear years, and two years' sea service, subsequent to pass ing that examination, before they became mates. I come next to the class of masters. A more meritorious class of of ;;ers does net exist, and they have not been neglected by successive Boards of Admiralty . In 1146 a regulation was made that the tinaeas master 'ish . cotint as lieutenants' time to qualify for promotion to the rank of commander. In 1855 it was arranged th a t mas t ers s h ou ld b e pa i d b y ser vice and not by rate, their fall pay was raised, their half-pay was raised, and ample means of retirement were given, if they qualified for first or second rate, after 15 years as corn eas rider after 29 years ascaptai n . I n the present year it is proposed,'and the proposal only was: s the sanction of th e Treasury, and an order in Council —t o f urther increase the pay of two classes of masters. I &herald also mention that in 1812 half-pay was given to second masters if unfit for service or unemployed, in the same manner as to mates. The next c l ass aro t h e eng i neers . ' Th ey h ave been in a very anomalous p os i t i on, i nc id en t a l t o th e comparatively recent application of steam to the navy, and they naturally desire to be placed on a permanent footing. A measure is pre pired, and waiting only the sanction of the Treasury, Which places them substantially on the same footing as masters. They are divided into classes like masters ; they will have the da m e have P athey will b e entitled to t h e same h a lf- pay t y ; theysimilar pensions granted to their widows sad families, and will wear the same uniform. An order in Council was passed in the present year increasing to &cer tain extent the full pay of chaplains. An order has been e a se ' l a tely passed, increasing the pelf-pay of naval instrne tore, after 15 yea service, and giTieg retirement atm . 20 .1 years' service. With regard to medical officers, in 1655 inspectors and deputy-inspectors had an advantage in point i of time granted towards retirement; staff-surgeons received higher pay in certain temporary situations; assistant-sur geons had an additional ls, a-day, were placed in the ward room mess, and had cabins when possible. These has been a great change made in the condition of secretaries and pay masters. They used to be paid by percentage, which led to great abuses. They have been placed on a rate, with half-pay of 30s. 6d., and an addition of 2s. on retirement. For as sistant-paymasters and clerks there is a new scale, with half-pay if they are unfit or unemployed. It has also been determined that pensions shall be given to the widows of officers who die from disease while on service. With regard to the marines, non-commissioned officers have been ap pointed adjutants or quartermasters to the dockyard bat talions; increased retirement allowances have been given to colonels, lieuten an t- co l one l s , and captains ; the fixed list of general officers has been placed upon the same footing as that of the army ; the retired list has been revised ; gra tuities and pensions for good service have been extended to this force ; and in the course of the last year two artil lery companies were added to it, the officers and men of these companies receiving increased pay. But the care of the Admiralty has not been confined to officers only. In 1853 the pay of all warrant officers was increased from 20 to 25 per cent., and it was provided that special pensions should be awarded to them in case they were tendered in capable of service by ill-health or other causes. In 1819 the petty officers had new ratings in all ships,:and in 1854 they were divided into three classes, with higher pay, gra tuities, and pensions. With respect to the seamen, a new rating has been introduced for leading seamen ; additional pay has been given at the rate of 2d. a-day to men above the rating of A. 8.; corporal ptinishment has been abolished except by sentence of court-martial or for mutiny ; good conduct badges have been adopted, and a higher rate of pay has been given the men who have served continuously for a long period. Arrangements have also been made for enabling seamen to allot their pay to persons who are not members of their families—in fact, to whomsoever they please. When a ship is brought into harbour to be fitted leave of absence is now given to the men for a month or six weeks, during which time they receive full pay, and they thus have the opportunity of visiting their families and friends without the less of pay or of time, and they are not exposed, as was formerly the case, to the risk of being caught up by crimps. A uniform system of minor punish ments has been established throughout the navy, and a "defaulters' book" is kept in each ship. Some hon: gen tleman referred the other day to the clothing of the sea men ;_ and I may therefore infor m th e comm i t t ee th at t h e prices of clothing have been revised and 'reduced, and hon. members will find in vote No. 1 of this estimate no incon siderable sum proposed as an annual charge upon the pub lic, in order that our sailors may b e f urn i s h e d with good. clothes at a lower price than their actual cost. The provi sions issued to the seamen have also boon improved both in aihount and quality. A great improvement has been made with regard to the admission of seamen into Green wich Hospital. Formerly, owing to carelessness on the part of the admitting of f icers, a great many men obtained admission into that institution who, I believe, were not en titled to its benefits ; but it is now provided that none shall be admitted but those disabled by wounds, unless they h ave the recommendation of at least 10 years' good servitude. Another change has been made, which may seem of little importance, but which has proved a great benefit to the sailor. The examinations for pensions are now conducted at the outports. Formerly all persons entitled to pensions were compelled to come to London for examination, and had to find there way here as well as they could. Under that system great hardships and expense were entailed upon them from which they will now be relieved. An hon. member the other night impressed upon us the importance of introducing boys into the service, and seemed to com plain that the subject had not received sufficient attention from the Government. If, however, hon. gentlemen will look to the estimates, they will find that the number of boys introduced into the navy had been increased from 2,000 to 10,000. But I may observe that it is not desirable to increase too rapidly that branch of our naval force. The system of novices entered for the , service is also working extremely well, and lam sure naval Officeils must observe with surprise the skill and discipline to which youths have. been brought who were but lately at the plouglitail. Great improvements have been effected in the condition of per sons in all ranks of the service, from the admiral to the boy who has just entered ; and I think the committee will do, not the present, but former boards of Admiralty the justice to admit that they have not been negligent in the discharge of their important duties. There is no class in her Majesty's navy whose condition has not been improved by the consi derate attention of those who preside' over the administra tion of that branch of the public service, aided by the liberality with which this house has met the demands that have been made upon it. In 1847 all the regulations relat ing to the dockyards wer e rev i se d, an d res t r i c ti ons were adopted with regard to the admission and promotion of ar tificers. The Admiralty uow require from the superinten dents of the various dockyards an accurate and faithful account of the manner in which that duty is discharged ; and the same course is pursued in the caseof the victualling yards, factories, and workshops. These subje c t s h ave b een carefully considered by a committee appointed by the Board of Admiralty, and during the last 10 years there is not a single branch of ' the naval service afloat or ashore, abroad or at borne, which has not been the object of revi sion and improvement. In some instances additional ex penditure has undoubtedly been entailed by this process ; but the HOUS3 of Commons have, in successive years, most liberally met the demands which have been made upon them in order to effect these improvements, and I think an ample return is to be found in the present condition of our navy. Ido not believe that at any period in the h. story of this country our naval establishment has been in a state of greater completeness and efficiency than at the present moment. Look at the improvement and development of steam power as applied to our fleet. Why, last year not a single sailing-chip of war appeared in the Baltic, all were either paddlewheel or screw steamers. All the line-of battle ships whiclk are not screw steamers have been with drawn from the Black Sea, with one exception—that of a vessel left as a depot-ship ; and only three or four sailing line-of-battle ships are left afloat in our ports, except as store-ships. This change has, of course, been htteuded with considerable expense, bat it has added enormously to the efficiency of our naval force. Look, too, at our officers. Have they not deserved well of their country wherever they have been engaged inoperations? Halo they not maintained and even increased the ancient.reputation of our navy? The Russian Black Sea fleet, it has been truly said, has been swept from the sea. It is true there may be 2or 3 steamers at Nicholaieff or in the river Don • but every Russian ship of war i n th e Bl ac k S ea h as been burnt, sunk, or destroyed by us nr by the Russians themselves. We have destroyed the vessels that worn employed to convey Russian stores, and from Odessa to the Straits of Kertch, and throughout the Sea of Azoff, Vot a Russian ship of any size remains. Along the entire coast the destruction of stores by our fleet was enormous, and there were per formed in various instances exploits worthy of the proudest days of the British navy. At one point 200 sailors landed in the face of from 3,000 to 4,000 Russians, beat them off, and destroyed an immense amount erf stores for miles along the shore. One con-equonce of aJ,I this—and that a most important one—was an exbrbitant rise in the price of pro visions to the Russian Government. Only this morning I received a communication which shows how completely the means of communication had been interrupted. It is there stated that while wheat was selling at 15s. per quarter at Taganrog it was 30s. a quarter at Rostoff, a circum stance which can only be accounted for by the impossibility of keeping up a communication - between the two places. My hon. friend (Mr. Williams) says the Baltic fleet came home having done nothing. I believe, on the contrary, everything was done that could have been reasonably ex pected. At Sweabore, to which reference has been made, I believe everything- that was inflammable was destroyed —nothing that could be burnt escaped destruction. For five days the bombardment was sustained, and everything combustible in the place was reduced to ashes. It is im possible to tell exactly how many of the enemy fell, but I believe that in one exple Bien not fewer than 1,000 men were destroyed. Indeed, nothing could exceed the gal lantry or the precision and skill with which the marine artillery conducted themselves on this occasion. As at all the other ports of the Baltic Sea, no Russian ships were allowed to swim ; public buildings were everywhere burnt; every vessel that made its appearance, and was an object of hostility, was either taken or destroyed, and yet all this was clone with a proper regard to private pro perty. I confess Ido not think that these services deserve the censure which the hon. gentleman has conferred upon them. (Hear, hear.) 1 think they were most able, skil ful, and effective services. (Hear, hear.) It is said, why was not Cronstadt attacked ? On this point I may state that we had not, with regard to small vessels, the support on which we at first calculated. An agreement had been made between the French and English Governments t send an equal number of floating batteries to the Baltic. Afterwards the French Government changed its views as to the best mode of carrying on the war, and they sent their floating batteries to the Black,Sea ; but, although we had the number intend° I, yet the whole number originally agreed upon was not sent. In every other respect, how ever, what we meant to execute was performed, end I may state that throughout the most perfect cordiality existed between the navel commendersin-chief of the two coun tries. (Hear, hear.) They rivalled each other only in their desire to discharge all the duties imposed upon them end in their zeal for their respective services, the only jealousy—the only difference —beiug which of them should be foremost in any undertaking which they had to accom plish. (Hear.) I can assure the house that the Government was, most anxious to provide ample means for carrying on the service much more vigorously and efficiently than pre viously, and, therefore, as soon as I received the report to which I have already alluded, I gave orders, in ac cordance with the vote of-thre House of Comment; to - spre - - - vide a larger number of vessels of small draught of water. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen must see how great the advantage is to have such a force employed in shallow waters, and, therefore, I ordered a very large number of vessels with a light draught of water. In 1851 there were constructed on our wharfs :4 gun-boats. This year we have constructed in this country 152, besides others in the Mediterranean, so that if peace is not con cluded we shall have about 201 gun-boats of one kind or another ready for service. The construction of these gun boats has answered remarkably well, and in the Black Sea they performed most effective• service. A naval officer told me that he could compare the movements of these gun-boats to nothing so well as to the graceful evolutions of a skilful skater on the ice. I had' also taken measures to provide a sufficient number of mortar-vessels, having given orders for the construction of 100 of these, end likewise 8 floating batteries, so that, if it is necessary to undertake another campaign, the number of vessels which the Government will be able to send will be suchas I think will enable us to take measures for carrying on the war oven with our own resources in such a manner as will be perfectly adequate to cope with any enemy that may meet us. No one is more anxious than lam that peace should ha established for the sake of Europe and ourselves, but if we are to carry on the war I think the committee will agree with me that measures have been taken for doing so with the greatest vigour and efficiency. If, unfortunately, peace should not be made, we shall be ready as soon as the sea shall allow us to com mence operations with 350 British pennants floating in the Baltic, and 100 is the Black Sea. (Cheers.) So far as hu man means can do so, we have taken measures to insure victory. We know well that victory is not always to the strong, and God forbid it should he so in an um ighteous cause ; but in a struggle undertaken from no selfish motive, in a war waged against the grasping power of Russia and for the protection of an ancient ally from the domineering ag gression of a powerful neighbour, I trust we may appeal to the Almighty Disposer of Events to look clown with favour on those human means which it is our duty not to neglect, and I hope and believe that He will bless our arms with success. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman then moved a vote of 204,0221. to meet the excess of expenditure on the sum voted for the year ending the sth of April last. Admiral WALCOTT had listened to the statements of the right hon. gentleman with mush interest. He had at all times been of opinion the Baltic fleet had acted with credit and honour to itself and the nation, and that it Wai composed of those who were ever ready to emulate the deeds performed in the palmiest days of our naval history; and he believed that the neit fleet that sailed to the Baltic would conduct itself in a way that would redound to the licknaur of the setae pd the glory tf the illation 0 lerge, They had been told that the Russian fleet was reviewed during the summer before the war under the eye of theEm• peror himself, and that such was its efficiency that is only one instance was the lino Into which it had been formed broken. The Emperor was so much gratified at the spec tacle that he nominated the officer who performed the ex ploit a rear-admiral on the spot. Notwithstanding the statement of the gallant admiral near him (Admiral Napier), that the fleet with which he sailed was inefficient, he was confident that it would have met the Russians in a way worthy of its ancient renown. (Cheers.) He regretted that the right hon. gentleman had thought it necessary to direct a personal and unworthy allusion against him. His accusa tion. against the Admiralty was not for having placed him upon the reserved list. If, either from age or other circum stances, it was thought he could no longer serve his coun try with credit, it was right and just that he should be put on one side. But in the year 1823 he happened, through the blessing of God, to perform a service that in the opi nion of his commander-in-chief was of a brilliant character, and for which ho recommended him for a Companionship of the Bath. Owing to the employment in which he was engaged, his health was so much reduced that his life was deip;irsid of. But in 12 months afterwards his health was restored, and he addressed the Admiralty for employment. From the year 1823 to 1?52 he continued to offer himself for any description of employment a to serve on any station, and to accept of any command. He to offered himself hun dreds of times altogether, as the records of the Admiralty wouldshow. Having done all that man could do to obtain employment, and having failed, he sail it was discreditable to the Board of Admiralty to rob him of the fair honours he had wen in 1823, and to plaCe him on the reserved list undecorated and unemployed. • The Admiralty said that all the captains could not be employed; but if the Admi ralty kept a few captains year after year with ship after ship, how could he or any otter man get employment ? He wanted no pay; he only wanted the honour and credit of serving his country. If it were on record that he had been recommended by his commander-in-chief for the Com panionship of the Bath, and if his late Majesty had written to say ho was deserving of the honour, then he said that to place him on the reserved list was unworthy of the Admi ralty, and conduct that his country would, he believed, treat with reprobation. Sir C. WOOD explained that he had only said that on a former occasion the hon. and gallant admiral had corn plain cd of the institution of the reserved list on which he was placed. That list was not his doing, and it was a matter of fact that the hon. and gallant admiral had complained. Mr. CAYLEY wished to know what alterations the right hon. gentleman proposed to snake with respect to masters. Sir C. WOOD—The alteration made is raising the pay of two classes of masters. Mr. BAILLIE hoped that the first opportunity would be taken of increasing the qualification of naval instructors. It was very desirable that they should be able to give in struction in the French language. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY hoped that some means would be devised of placing the• power of exceeding the estimates under some control. It appeared that in this year's expen diture no less a sum than 634,000/. had been spent without the sanction of the house. One item of this excess, the expenditure of 435,0001. upon the vote No. 10, he had be fore brought under the notice of the house. Mr. BENTIacK thought there was a practical absur dity in the system of which the hon. and gallant member for Christchurch (Admiral Walcott) had complained. An officer was not employed for a certain number of years, and at the end of that time he was told that, because he had not been employed, his services Should uo longer be avail able. Every efficient man in the service might be placed on the reserved list of the system were carried out. Capt. SCOBELL said, the right hon. gentleman had spoken at considerable length, and had alluded to some points to which no reference seemed necessary after the ample discussion they had received some nights ago. He did not assert that more ships than were necessary had hitherto been employed, but when the right hon. gentle man talked of 350 pennants in the Baltic and 100 in the Black Sea, where there was not now a single cockboat of the Russian• fleet, he thought it was rather overdone. Let them send out as many small ships as they pleased— they were at last doing right. in that respect, but ships like the Conqueror and the Marlborough were too large to be of use in the Baltic, for they could not get near the places which were to be bombarded. He was glad that a large increase was to take place in the number of boys, for no one could become a good sailor who did not go to sea as a boy. With regard to the employment of coastguardsmen, no doubt they were fino old sailors, and it was very pro per to put them on board ' men-of-sear at first, but he thought they would • now be able to - get a suffi cient number of seamen at less expense to the country. Older sailors didl not like to see men with much larger pay than themselves on board the same ship, although they did not say much about it ; and be thought it would be better to expend the amount of their extra pay in bounty. He denied that it was wrong to mention the subject of bounty —the error was in not giving it. Ito wished to impress upon the right hon. gentleman the necessity of keeping down the number of cadets. Old admirals and captains could not be strangled; they must be put up with while they were alive, and cadets ought, therefore, to be kept out of the service. From 1812 to the present tierce 2,000 cadets had been admitted, while in the same period not more than half that number of lieutenants had been made. An average of 15 cadets a year would be quite sufficient for the next 10 years.. The .right hon. gentlemen had accused him and other hon. members of making erroneous statements; but, iu spite .Of' the right hon. gentleman's judgment, expelieece, and authority, he would repeat every statement that he had made on former occasions. The right hon. gentleman had alluded to one of the first naval officers and one of the best Lords of the Admiralty we ever had—Sir G. Cockburn. Was the document left at his death, by an officer of so much expe rience and talent, of nowathority.? Why, the right hon. gentleman (God grant ho might live many years !) might, perhaps, favour them with a little advice in his will —(a laugh)—for be believed many a man hid his real opinion while he was in office. With regard to promotion, he wished to know how it was that ninny subordinate officers who had served against the Russians before Sebastopol had been passed over in favour of men who never saw the trenches? The right hon. gentleman had read a letter, although ho did not name the writer, to prove that every thing was going on as well as possible, but every First Lord could get a hundred sect' Jetters if lie gave out that be wished for them. • He haul some letters in his possession, and he should bo glad to show them. to the right hon. gen tleman, which would prove to him the existence of more discontent in the service than -he could imagine. With reseect to the small vessels, ho 'should congratulate the Admiralty in finding them better names. Some of them were most wretched, such as the Clinker and Cracker. There was something in a name, for sailors did not like to be lout on hoard the Flincher or Pincher. Surely there wero enough gods and goddesses to pick names from. The subject of transports was ratite: a terrific one. In the be ginning of the war they weresent out at random, and heaps of money were throw') away. There must be 103 or 150 transports somewhere in tlie Black Sea and Baltic. The price of them he was te'd was - noes' somewhat lowered—from 50s. to 495. per ton per month. Thus, a vessel of 2,000 tons would cost 4.030/. per month, or 48,0001. a year, in addi tion to which the Government found coals for the trans port. Why could not men-of-war have been used for the purpose, especially since the sicking of the Russian fleet at Sebastopol? The French carried almost all their troops in men-of-war, and thus saved a great deal of money. With respect to the dockyard; nothing had worked better than the system of rewarding merit which had been established for two years, and he only wished such a system existed in the naval and military services. Our ships, he admitted, were noble machines, but lie thought it extraordinary to push on the completion of large vessels when small wore wanted. He congratulated the services on the establishment of en order of merit, which would incite officers and men in the performance of their dtty more than any other device that could be bit on. It would be more valued than the Order of the Bath or any medal, for the Cross of the . Order of Merit would not be given indiFcriminately to a whole army or navy, but only to such individuals as deserved it. The right honourable baronet said that to remove the' coastguard men would create inefficiency in the fleet, and that observation preyed that the Government were obliged to resort to that method of getting men to mix with the landsmen. W:th respect to the chauges to be made in the commanders' list, he thought the right hon ourable baronet's motive very goo] indeed, but be (Cap tain Scobell) made some remarks the other night on two classes of retired captains, which the rightbonourable hart. had misunderstood. 01)3 class was made of men, many of whom bad been nearly 40:, years commanders, and they were put on the _retired captains' list, and got the highest pay of commander. When they were made post captains they got 10s. 6d. pay and ranked with lientenant-colonels, and in three years' time afterwards ranked with colonels, hut got no higher pay. But the great hardship on the class was this, that there was another on which younger com manders ware put, according to choice, before them. Ho would not object to any grant necessary. for the efficiency of the service, or to any encouragement being given, whether by bounty or pay, for the ptirpose of obtaining good men. . _ Adtrifiel BERKELEY said that many gallant , officers lied talked very much on the impropriety of Government re fraining from offering bounty, but he did not believe that if 5/. bounty had been offered at the beginning of the war, one able seaman would have been got more that at present for men of war. Those seamen were not to be picked up in the street, and if Vie Government had of ;red Si. bounty the merchant service would hare offered 10/. He had been very much surprised to hear an officer like the hon. and gallant member for Bath (Capt. Scobell) advocate the conveyance of troops by men-of-war. The hope had been told that the fleets were bg:lly manned and deficient in discipline. ..., fii e f. A.Sst k ! h C a O d ß s E ta L t L ed a t e: ,i ie t manned, but that the Baltic fleet was the reverse. Admiral BERKELEY thought that an extraordinary c th t.' e l ßral h Z . fl " e n e d t ra l s la v n e t' ry m a e v th ell statement, seeing that the ships m the Baltic fleet con stituted the best part of the Black Sea fleet. However that nil Olt be, it was well known that nothing disarranged the affairs of a ship or interfered wi th the discipline of a. man-of war so much as when a raw shipte company was mixed up with a body of troops. Besides, in order to make zoom for troops on board a man-of-war she must discharge half her crew, and so, he supposed, it was intended that ships should come home, land half their companies; and then retum to fetch the troops. He was quite sure that the freer men-of war were kept from strangers thS better it would be both for the discipline and the comfort of the crews. Sir C. NAPIER, before making any remarks, wished to know whether the right hon. baronet had been correct in saying that the number of seamen and marines to be voted this year was greater than that voted the year before last, as he (Sir C. Napier) imagined there was a decrease? Sir C. WOOD replied that the number of seamen, ma rines, and boys voted in the year alluded to was 70,000, while the vote for the present year was 76,000, an increase consequently of 6,000. Sir C. NAPIER proceeded to congratulate the Govern ment on the statement which he had heard from the right hon. baronet, that there wes to be 4,44fficient fleet of gun boats and mortar vessels for the BaltiS this year, and he gave the Government the highest credit for m al a t k h i o n u g gh su h cl e s a pr f e e p w ar o a b ti s o er n v s a a t t io l n a s st r . es H pe a c y t i i n n g g s t a h k e i t A hLt, i h ra e lt w y i , shed to m a k e knew very well it was quite useless for any naval officer in that house or out of it to criticise the conduct of the Admiralty or the construction of s the board. The moment such criticism was attempted, up started in defence—first, the First Lord, then the first naval lord, then the secre tary, and so on through all the members of the board in that house. However he Would day that it was impossible for the duties of the Admiralty to be Well performed while one half of the establishment Was at Somerset-house and the other half at Whitehall. When the right hon. taro net the member for Carlisle (Sir .L Graham) reformed the Admiralty, it was, no doubt, his intention that the whole establishment should be at Somerset-house, but he (Sir C. Napier) heard that it was the ladies of the department who objected to the transfer, • as they considered White hall more fashionable than the Strand. Every one con nected with the department, whether First Lord or clerk, must know h ow impossible it was •to carry on naval duties in sepasato buildings, and yet there was no rea son why the inconvenience had not been remedied, only that the Admiralty did not choose to do it. The Surveyor of the Navy was an officer of great importance, and he had to bo tolosta,plal for frow Vilitolall Somerset-housekm Stirling joined Captain Elliot with c, flag. hip and a large frigate on the .7th of June. That should have rendered our squadron overwhelMin. They remained together from the 7th of Jane till the '7th-20 days—and during or five times a-day, Ito that during the last five years the Surveyor of the Navy had positively, lived in a cab — (laughter)—perhaps not slept in it, but he was always ridiug backwards and forwards flour one establishment to the other. One house bad been taken from a junior lord, but it took five years to effect that change, and how much longer it would take to get.possession of the other house for the public service it was impossible to say. Some very splendid buildings had recently been erected at Somerset house, and if the money which had been spent there had been applied to extend the Admiralty the whole establish ment could have been removed to the latter place, and room left at the foriner for the Inland Revenue and other departments. He mie;•ht be told, as was sometimes said, that the foundations of the Admiralty were unsound, but was it not possible to find an engineer who could drive in a few piles and make a foundation? He would take away the houses of the first lord 'and of the first sea lord and of the second sea lord, and would, in addition, extend the Admiralty into the gardens behind, which would then afford sufficient room for the whole establishment. The right hon. member for Carlisle once proposed a reformation of the Admiralty, which the right hon. baronet (Sir C. Wood) said was opposed by Sir G. Cockburn, That was true, and Sir G. Clerk also opposed it, because they fore saw what had really 'taken 'place, that there would be no responsibility upon any ono. According to the act of Par liament, he believed there Were only two persons who could legally sign at the Admiralty. But both the secretaries signed letters, two lords signed letters, although the act of Parliament prohibited it. lie had received letters signed by the secretaries- by two lords, and from a clsrk named Prosy—(a laugh)—front Mr. Grant, the head of the Vic tualling Department; from Mr. Dundee, the head of the Stores Department ; and he thought from others ; all of which was contrary to the act of Parliament and ought to bo prevented. There were at present six lords of the Admiralty. The first lord had the general surveil lance of all departments. The senior naval lord took charge of the ships and the surveyor's department. One lord had charge of the victualling department nominally;. another had charge of the stares and the medical depart ment ; while the civil lord had charge of the Accountant- General's department. . Sir G. Cockburn said that each lord was to a certain degree responsible for his department, but it happene often that a commander-in-chief received letters of a contrary nature. If the naval department was to be properly constituted, the Controller of the Victualling Department should be responsible for his department, as should the Controller of Stores, the Accountant-a: eneral, and others, for their respective departments. That would enable the country toldisper se with three Lords of the Admiralty, and if a first lord and tree others were loft to attend to the discipline of the fleet they would have the public sereice ranch better conducted. The First Lord of the Admiralty said on a former night, that nine-tenths of the matter re ferred to by the hon. member for Bath had nothing to do with the navy, and instanced beef and pork, as if the navy was not fed upon beef and pork. Some lords of the Admi ralty, when first appointed, 'did not know a brig from a fri gate, and the naval lords were occupied in teaching these their duties ; thus it became necessary for heads of depart ments to sign papers, or the whole machine would stop. But the Board of Admiralty always told the house every thing went on in beautiful order, and then one lord got up and praised himself, and then another praised himself, and every one of them declared that everything was carried on in the most perfect manner. But, if they took the trouble to inquire Of any of those who had been at Somerset-house, but had' now left it, and were therefore able to speak out boldly, they would learn that nothing could be more un satisfactory than the state of confusion which at present existed, and that, if a board of the cleverest men in the world were chosen, it would be impossible forthern to go to work efficiently. He saw hon . gentlemen opposite taking notes and preparing to attack him, but let them go where they pleased, inquire of those competent and able to speak, and they would learn that what he bad stated was true. Sir George Cockburn's was a better plan than the one now followed. That gallant officer recommended—and he (Sir C. Napier) hal else often recommended— that the Rear- Admiral of Great Britain, who held at present a sinecure appointment, should he placed at Somerset-house at the head of the Victualling Department, that the whole cor respondence of that department should pass through him, and that he should be entirely responsible for its conduct. At the head of the Store and Surveyor's Department should be placed the Vice-Admiral of Great Britain, who also held a sinecure appointment., and who ought also to bo entirely responsible for the management of those depart ments. These, he believed, were substantially the sug gestions of Sir G. Cockburn, and one great advantage would undoubtedly result if they were acted - upon. Every body knew how essential it was that the outports should be frequently visited. At present, when the Admiralty paid such a visit, it was nothing more than a party of pleasure, and the board ran through the dockyards as fast as they possibly could, in a manner which was certainly not calculated to elicit accurate information as to what went on. Now, if the Rear-Admiral of Great Britain wore sent down to the outposts, hp would be senior in rank to • all the admirals iu command th e r e , an d wou ld go through the different offices, the victualling, the medical, an 1 other departments, spending, perhaps, a week or ten days in each place ; the vice-admiral would do the same thing; it would not be necessary for them to drag down a whole board with them, with- a secretary tacked on to their tail; and these persons would send for the various officers, and would enter into a thorough examination of each department inspected by them. Such a visit would be productive of real benefit, and would lead to much greater economy in this portion of the national expentli% tare. He had conversed frequentleewith people who had been Lords of the Admiralty, and, though he could not allude to them by name, all seemed to agree that the board as at present constituted was most inefficient. There were more complaints against this board than all the other boards put together. Look at the way in which private ships and ship yards are managed. Our great shipowners had servants who thoronghly understood their business ,and the whole system of management was far better than that of the Admiralty. The right hon. gentleman (Sir C. Wood) had quoted the other night from a letter of his published 26 years ago, 'when Sir James Graham was at the head of the Admiralty, in which he said that the welfare of the navy depended so much upon the manner in which it was administered, that we had only to refer to the discipline of our ships, and if they were found in a high state of etliciency—well built, I well found, well officered, and well manned—it might ho surmised that the navy was conch - fated by just and expe riencad men. But the right hon. gentleman should have quoted further.. He went ,on to say that if, on the other hand, we saw a gamma relaxation of discipline, no emula tion, no zeal, and the generality of ships in bad order, or in no order at all, we might pronoutce without hesitation that the Admiralty were unjust and partial in their selec tions for command, that promotions were conferred from political considerations, and that there was a total exclu• sion of meritorious old officers. He did not mean to say that the navy was in this condition now, and he acknow ledged that the right hon. gentleman had done a great deal to improve it. Even now, however, its affairs were far from being administered as they ought to be, and there was not a Lord of the Admiralty-who did not know this as well as he did. If he mistook not the senior naval lord, with whom he had often held conversation upon the subject, would agree with him upon this point. But he thought he had said enough about the Board of Admiralty. Not that he entertained the smallest hope that it would have any effect upon that house. (A. laugh.) Members of the Board would doubtless get up and say, as had always been said when the naval administration was impugned, " The navy was never better conducted than •at the present moment." Let the house, however, only order the subject to be examined into by . a committee, and he should be infi nitely surprised if they came to the conclusion that the management of the navy was satisfactory. With regard to the construction of the Board of Admiralty, he would appoint a Commander-in-Chief of the fleet, and a Captain of the fleet, with , the, requisite number of secretaries ; thei r d u ties sh ou ld be restricted entirely to matters concerning the discipline of the fleet, together with the necessary promotions; and the Vice and Rear-Admirals of Great Britain ought ao be constantly with them, and to take their orders from them. That was the way in which he would caustruct the, Board of Admiralty. • But if Go vernment saould continue 'obstinate and refuse to adopt his plan upon the notion that alt naval officers were unfit to take the first station at such a • board, why, then, let them appoint the right hon. baronet at the head of it, and if they pleased let them take two other lords from the benches opposite, but let there he a certain number of naval lords who should sit by themselves for strictly naval pur poses. The right hon. bardnet had given the committee a survey of all that he had. done fot the navy. Many things had been done —some of them good curl some bad. During Sir R. Peel's Government he (Sir ; C. Napier) submitted a plan on which the retiring - list should be established. Many of his euggestione were carried out by that Govern ment, bet not all of them; nor were those which were adopted effected in the manner he wished. Some time after-carne a new First Lord of the Admiralty, and he pro posed another list. Some admirals in formet days had been forced to retire without adequate pay. The Duke of Cla rence, eshen he became Lord High Admiral, saw the cruelty of this, And he placed all those who had • retired against their will again on the list. Well, then came another First Lord of the Admiralty, and by him all 'those who had , been restored from the retired list were again` taken off,' end again put on the retired list: - If the Government had followed the system he recommended, no man would have gone off' the list Without' his own consent. But there Was another plan which be had proposed, and which he thought better in all respects, both for the individuals and for the service itself. There were a great many admirals or the list who were too old for service. Now, his plan would be to do away with all distinctions between vice-admirals anal rear-admirals, and to .cell them, all alike, 'admirals, and pay them aOOl, a-year ; and when the.. Admiralty wished to employ an ad iniral theycoubrsolect whomsoever they please], and from whatever rank they pleased. This plan might be easily ac complished without costing the country any money what ever. With respect to the position of the masters in the navy, that had of late bean very much improved ; but, still Sufficieat encouragement wes not given to that very impor tant class of officers. If, as masters, they performed a gal lant action they were eligible to the post of lientenalb, but they only ranked according to the period at which they were appointed, andolot according to seniority. Now, he was of opinion that a master who had served sufficiently / long to entitle him to the rank of lieutenant, and who by his gallantry in fight was . deemed worthy of promotion, ,should not be obliged to take the rank of lieutenant, but should be at once promotedao.the rank of commander. As .to boanty, it was his opinion that it would be much better to give 301. or 40/. to a tried seaman to induce him to enlist than to 'spend it iu training a landsman to make him fit for sea. If they were well treated sailors preferred a man of-war to a merchant ship; and he did not doubt that it they gave a bounty they would obtain many more trained seamen than they did at present. It was said that if you gave a bounty tho sailors would spend it in drink. That objection applied with much greater force to the gratuities which were now given upon landing to sailors who had conducted themselves well. Such gratuities were generally spent in drink'; but a bounty would in most cases be ex pended upon' necessary clothes and outfit. The right. hon. baronet (Sir C. Wood) had dono a great deal of good, ape he (Sir C. Napier) hoped-that he would persevere. At the same time, he could not attach much importance to the fact that the right hon. baronet never promoted an offiser without consulting his Board. It wan not likely that the Board would refuse to sanction anything which was re commended by the Firsts Lord. Sir F. BARING defended the system of compelling admirals who had not ser ved a cert a i n per i od efloat to go upon the reserved• list. . That rule Yea , laid down by the Duke of Clarence velien' Lot d High Admiral, and e.day was issued Was afterwards forced upon the Governme n t ey com- ARMY AND :NAVY --- is require v ii ster to be vot e d i n th e mittee of , the House of Commons. He denied that officers an estimate of the sum ah 1857, to mak e goo d t h e were e mployed from political influenc e . year 1856, ending '3lst Mar M r . H. BAILLIE — AS naval affairs again engage the deficiency of the vote of last session, for defraying the attention of the house, I May beepermitt e d t o observe that expenditure of the Mint for the various Medal Ser e veniueeT asked the First L or d o f th e Ad m i ra lt y on Friday vices in the year ending 31st March, 1856. The sum a question, to which . I have net as vet received an answer, with reference to the opeiationa of Admiral Stirling in the, f , referred to is 80 000/. . Tee sum of 52,500/. was voted China seas. asked wiiether lit bon. gentleman or this service last session, but it having been sub wes prepared to ley upon the • a th ) ,111 the p pore 11-1(1 e sequently decided to present the Crimean medal to the respondence relating to these transaotions ; and that in- troops of the Allies, the provieion• made was inadequate, entry I now repeat, because a dtatement ha eon pub:. and the sum of 80,09. 0 J. is requi re d to carry- on the lashed by Captain Whitti ng h ane; w hi c h ren d le explan work - at the Min t to the 31 tof March, 1856. Th e tion necessary, 'Captain Whittinghain itnteltillit Admiral expanse of army and navy medals will henceforward be = ' reyided for ant t 4 Intimates for the two :mica. the greater portionOi the time they were lyltig off De Cas - - tris Bay. On the 27th Of June they receiveat orders to sail for the south, never -having attempted, to search for the Russian squadrode -and they afterwards learnt from Rus sian prisoners that oe that day, late as it then was, only one- . half of-their (the Russians') ships had got through the pas sage, the vessels having never been so much as reconnoitred. So it appears that ep to that time Admiral Stirling had never reconnoitred the passage through which the Russkn ships effected their escape, and that, if he had done so, even then he would have found one-half of them still there. I should thank the First Lord of the Admiralty to inform the committee whether he intends to lay the despatches on the table ; and, if so, when l Sir C. WOOD said that there were one or two points to which, before replying - to the hen. member's question, he desired to allude in the order in 'which they had occurred during the debate. It had been more than hinted that he had got some friend to write him a letter, giving a flourish ing account of the state gtf the navy; but for this suspicion there was not the slightest foundation in truth. The letter to which he had referred was one written 25 years ago by the gallant admiral opposite to the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle, at that time First Lord of the Admi ralty. The reason why he (Sir C. Wood) had referred to it was simply that he desired to claim the benefit of a doc trine set forth in it—namely, that the state of the navy might be' taken as a fair test of the efficiency of the Admi ralty. In reply to the complaint that boys were not taken in sufficient numbers into the navy, it would suffice to say that upwards of 2,000 had been admitted in the course of the last year. Allier the insinuation of the hon. and gal lant admiral opposite, that the Lords of the Admiralty held in private very different opinions with respect to the condition of the navy from those which they avowed in public, he begged to say that, as far as he was himself concerned, this was not so. He always said what he thought. (Hear.) With regard to the question of slops, he could only say that a number of officers and seamen had been asked to choose the material which they considered best without reference to cost, and that which they had chosen had been adopted. , Mr. BENTINCK. deprecated the practice of appointing a civilian to the post 'of first Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. BAILLIE hoped that the right hon. geutlemanthe First Lord of the Admiralty would answer the question which ho bad put to him. Sir C. WOOD said that it wag not convenienCto answer descriptionquestions of that in committee, but he would answer it on a future day. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 1,434,7301. for provision fer seamen and marines, a vote of 2,00i1. lls. 74. for scientific purposes, and a vote of '20,000/. for the Naval coast Volunteers, were agreed to. On the vote of 153,795/. for the salaries of officers and contingent expenses of the naval establishment at home; Mr. MAGUIRE said it 'was his intention to have brought forward at a future period what he should now complain of. It was his duty to call the attention of the committee to the unfair distribution of the public. expenditure as ap plied to England and 'lreland. The great national re sources of the harbour of Cork were neglected, though it was admirably adapted for the building and repairing of ships. He 'did not, as a beggar, ask that Ireland should enjoy a portion of thepublic expenditure, but he demanded it as a right. Of the 3,6.3a,010/. which the house was asked to vote for Admiralty purposes, only 4,500/. was to be ex pended in Ireland. Sir C. WOOD said that the.hon. gentleman seemed to think that the public expenditure should be equally dis tributed over all parts of the country. He (Sir C. Wood) lived in the north of England, and the people there did not consider themselves exceedingly . ill-treated because there was no:dockyard in the. Humber or Mersey. He thought that dockyards Should only be formed and maintained at those places which were most convenient for the public service, and he did not think that it would be for the con venience of the public service that dockyards should be formed either at Cork or in Scotland, or in the Humber or Mersey. He was fully aware of the merits and beauties of Cork harbour. ,He must say that a more beau. tiful spot; or a better harhoiir, ho had seldom seen. He was not "aware that the Rosamond steam sloop, had arrived at Cork with a broken shaft. As soon as the vessels had returned from the Baltic, the Admiralty had directed that they should be dispersed among the different ports of the country to raise men. At Dublin there were now one . ship of the line and two fri- gates ; at Waterford one large steam-frigate; and at Gal way a frigate. He hoped that these vessels would be suc cessful in raising men. But he must add that the only principle which he would act upon in these matters was to do that which was meet conducive to the interests of the empire at large. (Hear.) Colonel DUNNE h_iet-that Ireland had a right to these naval establishments, and. tho 'time might come when the Government would see the expediency of doing her justice. Mr. JOHN M'GREGOR said that ha had listened with —.--- great Fatisfaction to the speech of the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty, and be believed that no Minister was more anxious to do that which he considered right and just than the right hon. gentleman. (Hear, bear.) He (Mr. John M'Gregor) would not gointo the question of taxation, ' for he -thought that no change could be made in our administrative system until the re turn of peace. Great - injustice had been done in not mak ing use of Cork harbour for, naval purposes. He would suggest that the establishment at Deptford should be re moved to Cork. It would be remembered that during the last war Cork harbour was the great rendezvous for our commercial fleets whilst waiting for convoy. Mr. MAGUIRE said a more fallacious and flimsy answer than that of the right hon. baronet (Sir C. Wood) had never been given by any First Lord of the Admiralty. Cork har bour was eminently calculated for a dockyard, and, by means of the electric telegraph, the Admiralty could communicate with Cork from Whitehall in the space of ono minute. Mr. SPOONER asked for some explanation with regard . to the sum charged for Roman Catholic chaplains for the navy. Sir C. WOOD said he was prepared to justify that vote, which, he thought, was right and proper. There were a great number of Roman Catholic sailors serving in the fleet, many of whom came from Ireland. Divine service was per formed in all vessels according to• the rites of the Church of England, but of course Roman Catholic sailors were not re quired to attend that service. lewas . most desirable that all persons in the fleet should have au opportunity of attending Divine worship on Sunday in such manner as was consistent with their faith and belief, but, on the other hand, it was not advisable that they should be landed and introduced to a town, in order to seek out some-place of worship. Mr. SPOONER could not give his consent to any such vote, but would not trouble the committee to divide. After some observations from M 4, M'Caun, Mr. R. Blake more, Mr. Kinnaird, Sir O. Wood, and Mr. Vance, . . The vote was agreed' to: The next vote, 1,100,309/. for wages of artificers, was agreed to. A vote of 109,1131., for wages in her Majesty's establish mouts abroad, was agreed to. . . . . The next vote, for,Uoo,ooo/ for naval establishments, was agre , a to. The next vote, for 864,334/.. for the establishment at Key ham, was agreed to. Upon the vote of 655,4211. for half-pay, reserved half pay, and retirements to officers of the navy and royal ma rines, Sir C. NAPIER wished to know why 31. 3s. per day was voted for an admiral of the fleet, when there was no such offi cer appointed? Sir C. WOOD said that it was intended to make that ap pointment only for distinguished services ; at the same time it was thought desirous to have the vote in case the office should at any time be filled up. The money voted remained in the exchequer. Captain SCOBELL saw no reason why an admiral of the fleet should not be appointed. It was a position on a par with that of field marshal, alai it was only fair to the naval pro fession that the post should be filled up. Sir C. NAPIER thought that no distinction should be made between the different ranks of admiral. lie would have them all placed on one list, and let the Board of Admiralty select whom they pleased for active service ; and when they with. drew front active service again, let them have the half•pay according to the rank which they held before. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that he found an increase of rear admirals in the reserved list and the retired list which he could not account for. In 1853 the number on the retired list was 113, now it was 133. Sir C. WOOD explained that the retired list was fixed at 200 odd, but with regard to the reserved half-pay there was no fixed number, Before a captain could receive the retiring • pay of a rear-admiral, he must have. served a certain number of years. When a vacancy in the retired list took place, the first on the captains' list would be appointed, provided he had served the required number of years ; if he had not, he would be placed upon the reserved list, and the next one in order, who had served the required number of years, would be appointed ; so that by this means the number on the re served list would vary according to circumstances. The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were agreed to without discussion ;- 494,363/. for pensiond and allowances. 147,685/. for civil pensions and allowances. 609,600/. for salaries and expenses of transport service ; for victualling and carrying troops ; for expense of prisoners of war, &e. On the question that 756,4871. be voted for charge of . packet service, Sir E. PERRY said' that the Government had denuded themselves of a great amount of dockyard patronage, and that as it was to be . 'hoped this was to .be a permanent ar rangement, ha begged to suggest whether it might not be embodied by an Order in Council, to prevent future Govern ments from returning to the former objectionable system. Sir C. WOOD observed that when he was Secretary to the Admiralty 20 years ago„the appointments were so jobbed by the superintendents that' the Admiralty took 'hem from them. He believed, however, that the superintendents now exercised their trust faithfully and honourably, and as they were responsible to the Admiralty, the board did not deem it advisable to take the patronage from them. Sir C. NAPIER complained that the right hon. baronet had not answered the question of the hon. member behind him (Sir E. Perry). Sir C. C. WOOD-I said that it was not advisable to carry out his sugges'ion. Sir C. NAPIER—I think it very advisable. (Laughter.) There ought to be an Order in Council to put an end to the system immediately. While I was absent at dinner the sala ries of the Lords of the A•iniralty were voted,, and I should like to know why three of the lords get 1,0001. a year and the fourth 1,200/. a year? Sir C. WOOD—It occurs in this way • one lord is allowed for a honse. Sir C. NAPIER--Then• why should they not all have allow ances for houses? What is good for the goose is good for the gander. (Laughter.) Sir C. WOOD was about to explain further, but The CHAIRMAN said the discussion was quite irregular, as the vote LA been agreed to'while the gallant admiral was absent. The vote for the packet service, was then agreed to, and the house resumed. COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr..l. D. FITZGERALD moved that the second reading of this Ell be fixed for Friday next. The second reading was accordingly postponed till Friday. The House of Commons Officers Bill was read a third time and passed, . The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past 11 o'clock. Country Markets, CHELMSFORD-FEB. 8. A liberal supply of wheat to-day, 'but from the damp ness of the weather most of the samples offered were in in different condition, which rendered them unsaleable unless at a reduction of 3s to 4s per qr. Best samples must be quoted 2s less money. , Spling corn is to 2s cheaper. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr. 56 76 new 62 75 old 58 72 new 56 71 28, 34 30' 37 , 26 70 74' 72 76 Oats, per qr ....... Peas, Partridge White 0. s. ..22 28 ~38 40 ~40 60 red, Barley - -- - Chevalier Grinding _ _ .. Boiling 43 Dun 36 Beans, Tick 35 Harrow ticks 37 Mazagan 34 Ditto, now 82 Malt Chevalier at—FEB. 9. 83 COLCFIEST: A. fair supply of wheat; prices 1s to 2s per qr. lower, and a good business done. Barley a heavy sale, at is per qr. cheaper. Beans and peas 2s cheaper. Prices to-clay were as follow :—Wheat, white, 764 to 110 a; red, 70s to 76; ; barley, 34s to 408 ; oats, 24s to 28s ; beans Mazagan, 38s to 40s ; middle and small, 40s to 465; peas e white, 50s to 56s ; grey, 388 to 42‘. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &o. in the port of London, from the following p the 4th to the 9th Feb., both inclusive. receirod ;As, from 43 • •E M "a c Colchester Harwich Leigh 186 96 39 228 - 34 821,602 ;12201 491 ) KIRKCALDY-FEB. 9. Moderate supplies of all kinds of grain to-day. The market opened slowly for everything, at a reduction of 4s to 58 per qr. on wheat, and is on barley, oats bringing about last week's prices—latterly sales were quickened at a slight improvement in prices. Wheat. First 7ss Od Second 7os Od Third 50s Od Barley. I Oats. I Beans. 38s 0.1 29s 6d I Os Od 37s Od 28s Od I Os Od 30s Od 24s Od I Os Od COAL MAGI Prioes of Coal per tea at e. d. Bate's West Hartley 10 0 Buddle W. Hartley • 18 - 0 Holywell l7 0 North . Percy Hartley l6 0 Walker Primrose 14 Wylam 15 .0 Wallsend, &o. Harvey Wylam 16 . 'Ships at market... 10: !.-FEz. 11. the close at the market. Wantland, &o. Heaton /Jodie,' Lambton lB 0 Russell's Hotton ...... l6 9 South Hetton 17 9 Hengh Hall .15 9 Kelloe 17 0 Toes lB 0 1' I Sold SEABORNE MA US. signiffes that the resit* are vent from the General Poet-erne. '!>y the night—end M by the morning-4espatch.) • DaY* ll Cn ma-- - ,•:)! Froli, tuna; W. COUNTRIEri. in General ec. , ; . - • i ?or: due "0 Office, London.' t - ngpateti,'. Env isle. • ---'r.-- kinerica(byßrit.paclK)N - Evert' Friday .‘, ~• Liverpool Feb. 14 +mato , . (by United B's. . 1 packet) .......... N .....• • • , Liverpool' Feb. 11 krnerioa (by U. States - packet) .. .... .. ..N o• •• • • • Southamot Feb. 9 instralia (via South- ampton) ..........M • ••••• ••• •• • • Southampen, Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • ••• Dover . . Ditto (via Cape of Good, Hope) •• .• • • •.: .• • •111 .. Africa (West Coast) ..Nl23d of the month.. Plymouth .. Feb. 6 9, 24, & 30 of to . Dover ~ ~Alexandria.. ...... —l , l j B , A.lekandria..........M• 4 th & 20th of mon. Southamphyv i Bahamas ...........N .17th of the month Southamptor ( • Belgium ...........N. DatlY • • • • • • •• • • • • Dover ...... Dafly Brazil .............. M 9th of the month., Southamptoi• Feb lb. Buenos Ayres .......,w9EII of the month.. southampto, Feb lb Cape of Good Hope ..N • • Various port Ilncertaill Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verde .. .. „Is 9th of tb3 month Southampton Fels. 1) Ceylon (see India) , • . Cey10n..............N Channel Isles .... r...N Mcni•,Vred•,&l f ria• SOUtIIRMptOr .Th.ellt ' Chi1i................. m,9d 147.17tt of month Southampto. , Feb. China .... ' Once a month.... • ' , F 4 Constantinople ......N 1 1 8 ,13, 1 8,23,3c2s or n, Dover ..... Constantinople .........4th ? 20th .of mon. So u th amp t o• Cont. of Europe .51 & N Twice daily • • • , Dover ...... Twitivdall, Egypt (see India) France ........ M & isi iTwice dai1y...... Dover —,.... Twieedsl l 7 Gibraltar ... ..... ...lift , 4 ,7, 1 7, .0, Vent. Sonthamptor, Greece (see India) I Groytown ....•.... .. 51 2/ - td & 17th of Mon. blouthamptnn Hemburgh .. ........ N ! Tuesday & Friday London ..... ilavannah .......... M 2nd of the montl. Southampton ,Feb. 16. llolland .. 5....... „M. Daily .... • • ..... , Dover .., .. ~ 'Deus liondurs.s ........ :. DI 17th t J the month. sOuthatnptir 16thottnen India (viaSonthampt.)Ml 4 th 7 k. 20th of mon. Plym o uth .. 4 & 20 me India (via Marseilles }AI , 9th& 25th of month Dover .... , . ) 17, lonian Tees (see India) 7, &27 of mon D0 v e r ...... Ireland ........ 31 & N Twice daily • • ...• Hol : r hetd Twlsed* ,l 7 Li5b0n..............b1 7, 2. 17, & 27 of tn. Southampto: Feb. lb Madeira ...........,,,m 9th of the month Southamp tot Madeira ............N 23d o' month ....lLiverpool ... Malta (see India) Malta ... . Mauritius (see India) N r anr i t i u , ~. ~,, ~,..., _l.l 14th of the month Mexico ............m 2nd of the month.. Sonthamptnb,Feb. 16 • Naples....., ....."..N sthlbth2sthofmor.. Dover ..., : . S CVJ Granada .. ,„ „. m 21.& 17th of month Southampton New Zealand ~....By private st ip .. V ar i ous port , Huse. i, hi .. Papal States ,.. ..I ,, thihth2sthollneti. Dover .... .. Peninsula c......, c c Nit 7thl7th27thonnon. sr, outhampto u Per. ...,, ~ ~..... at , :,, private ship... V ar i ous port . Unetr st.. id Sr 27th o r mon. zsouthamptor. . Port Natal ! ....... . N n :(icily ~.... ........,..N,Ahlbth2hthofm3 l4 , —over •• •.... Tuscany ............N lslllls th 2s thofmon. Dover .. „ , , f on „ uc h, .‘ ....... , ,y 9d & 17th ofmouth;4outhatnpto, I &It) m 0 Van Diemen 'a Land (see Atistralla) _ ~ ... : ;• _. West Indies.... ~. , .., .. 1 (3& . 1 2 17th 01 inor ::, 'Boutha m pt o li ails moo l&16mo Southampton &I 6 moo Whonany of these dates fall oil a Sunday, the mails will Lie de. ,patched on the following day, with the• exceptiren of the Irr;ip. (Tic •,outhampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched till orr.cedinc das- SHARE M4RKETB. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 11. STOCK EXOTIANGE.—The tone of the market has been inactive to-day, and prices are hardly up to late rates. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 24i ex div.—Sonth Eastern, 181—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 813—Midland, 693 London and North Westerns, 1000 1 1— Eastern Counties, 1 '—North Eastern, Berwick, 19I—Dublin and Belfast, d 31. MANCHESTER, FEB. 11. STOOK EXORANOE.—The market to-day has been doing a good business, and prices were steady. Leeds, 81. Eastern Counties, 10 —Dovers, 18 3-16—Midlands, 69i Manchester, Sheffield, and Li nco l n , 24i—Ditto 6/. Pref., A p.—London stock, 1001—Sheffield 31. per Cents., 641-- Ditto, 10/. Pref., 11. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 11. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was dull today, but prices generally were firm. Great Westerns ! 55—London and North Westerns, 1001—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, B—Midlands, 69i—Eastern Counties, 10. [ADvERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills superior Remedies for the Cure of Sores and Wounds.— Letitia Philips, of Langum, South Wales, injured her arm so severely, when out in a boat dredging fur oysters, that she was unable to use it for several months after wards, continually suffering the most excruciating pain. In the hopes of deriving some benefit, she tried surgeon after surgeon, all round the country, but neither of them could heal the wounds ; in, fact, every available remedy was tried without any good effect. 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