The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

e --____......----_,,..._ ...... dorm 2 98,000". 298 ,000". were to be voted this year, and occasions were very - frequent) - the least duty .conneeted titan RI 7 1 2 e 3 1 , a 9 3 Cb ti / ye years there was no less a . sum- than with his important office' was retinired. .So. important voted . for the same. • There was were the duties . of the:-Intister that he (Sir C. Napier) 10,090 Z voted for the supp ort of officers, w id ows - and would hot - enter upon the command of any ship hildr te at sPI, Which allowed about Bs. 'or , 9s. - a-week unless- .he'-: had "a master - "upon whose skill and to i heir support, and if they were mot able knowledge he could- rely with the greatest confidence The live' " that they -must go to ra• workhouse. yet so badly were ihings Managed' that this important 14'amount of the pensions of the widows and children officer in a first-rate vessel was actually paid less than a I :le ss... Tray list was considerably less than the navy, . similar officer -in a small .eraft. .He hope . d . the Board of g rea L u fs 4 the number of men in the army was so much Admiralty would . re-consider . the position . . of those ssere 'vr• .The reason was • obvious ; the:. army accounts officers. - -He 'next came - -to - his own proposition. lie fo r P u blished, the navy accounts were net.- -Before asking reated,. he approved ,of what the Right .Hon.• Baronet , s any vote he trusted they should be made Acquainted had' done, and he only wished 'to make the Right Hon. eil t t i h : e number of widows and children, and the grades Gentleman's plan - a little - mere perfect, which could be And t e e ': 1 34 :ents. .It was right that 'the House - effected. with very little trouble. He would now read to -A c o s country should have ' . the information: the House w h a t w as his own opinion in the year 1828, ra nnttee ought t - to inquire tho rou ghly' i n t o t h ese prev i ous . to the -Right 'Hen s - Baronet's being in the fitters, - Were this done such an, amount as -that - now Admiralty, respecting the constitution of the Board of iikilmthe. Finance on the list would -not be tolerated.. _Such a COmmittea -Admiralty: Those . opinions.. were addreaSed to a ' 9 became Committee of 1828, would look search- Member of Parliament, who_ in the year 183 dosy intsethese, pensions, and: he was satisfied, without.- First. -Lord or. that Board. (The Honourable . and . lioii:qthianj..u.! ,tice.to -any one ' , materially reineetheamount Gallant Member then' read the following extracts:— u s „7,seest upon it: - - ' • • s , - "As itis . generally supposed the , office of Lord High m i ,,`• - eIELDING, who was - scarcely aedible' in the ' Admiral is too- - high a - situation for an individual; re eservrY, was understood to say, that before supplies course must be hid to a*Board, which, though an irres t o : Fronted they ought to ascertain whether the taxes Ponsible.body, may be - COnatitiited . much better than it g epr i o n t iPosed were levied in a fair • and proper manner. now is: . if acivilian must sit 'at its head he `should be Pr ess ; e ,_ B ted against the income-tax, as being the.nsost op- First.' 'Lord ; if am Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of The J e `azin its operation.which had exiqedforcenturies., the Fleet ; he should- be assisted by the Vice and Rear liaLraoseityyersTnent poorergig down 'the hatted and Admirals:' of Great Britain, which sivations should be the classes by their.•support of the abolished as sinecures, and conferred - on the two senior ri 3 i7"! lB- Poor-laws ; and there was a similar feeling naval Lords, thereby causing a saving of 900 L ( 4 of in the minds of the middle c l asses in'eonaequence a-year. - Their duties -- `should be the same as ti l i n i °Peration of the income-tax. He . should cer- - they now are ; an Admiral as superintendent aos / vote for the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member of . the s Dockyards, "another admiral :to superin- • ri,tteeiniale -.Jr BOW - . ' - tend the victualling and 'medical. departments ; a 'cap- Ind, %RING wished to state briefly the reasons . tai„ of the • fleet to assist the First Lord of the 'Admi e ling him to support the motion of his Hon. Friend. ralty in his inspections; and be the . man to whom. e re ' i d so because he thought it was one of those officers.should address themselves, instead of to his pri tion'tateeres,titutional principles which a Member of the vate secretary, and ha should be accessible at all time& p ew _ a a right to adopt, when he thought that 'the The Treasurer. of the. Navy, who should be a good the l L' ewer eunfairlyrepresented, for it was essential that financier and speaker; and who should bring the esti perro ° Pie, When they were taxed, should have some mates before the House ; the two lay Lords should be p eold i l to represent their opinions in the Muse. The abolished,. and if they reilly'have any duty to perform, thi e c ' f this country amounted to between twenty and let our naval offieers do it. Attached to this Board (be- Pos rt s ! m illiOns, and out of those, not one - million were side what there now is) - should be - a- surveyor'of the a, right of votes ; and, therefore, the great mass 'had navy,- storekeeper-generar, aecmintant-general, superin eoerro t ° be dissatisfied when they saw such a want of tendent of transports, physician of the fleet, purser of the Gef.e44thie,y.oonruetrt i li t a . rt, and of' want of economy on that fleet, and adjutant-general of the marines. ' All Cor- ' . respondence should be carried on* with the members o . f UNCOMBE wished to ask the Right Hon. the Board charged with the department you had bust when the n oPPosite, the Chancellor of the - Exchequer, ness with, and; if dissatisfied with his decision, a letter, „oesa,, returns which he had moved for upon a former addressed to the Secretary , of the Admiralty, should be w on ;tc'n, with respect to. the Income-tax Commission, submitted to them - on - board-days. and each individual The be laid upon the table. member- should also bring forward such subject as he Wa s „s CI upon of . the EXCHEQUER,. Who slid not. hink himself competent to decide on. When the th at .shsvarly inaudible in thegallery, was understood to say - First Lord. of the Admiralty . had' not time or in laid ; °Of the the returns to which the Hon. Gentleman clination 'to - make his inspections at the different third alluded were already nearly completed, And the naval stations, the vice or rear-admirals should be clis'• sir, w ouu,ld be prepared as soon as possible: -- --'- , - patched, they should hoist. their flags, and, for the time tlev e .,'"CHE ' . condemned the course which the being, be superior to all admirals; the chiefs of the other tlea r ,,;;:_ r !letlt pursued. with- respect to Ireland in en- departments in like manner, should be paramount in st, sd o 'l mg togovern there by military occupation, in- the dock-yards, ' victualling departments, and hospitals, ° f whi e l 'Y justice and conciliation.. Those grievances but should have nothing to do with the fleet. The First don e eti the .Irish: , !people. complained :. should he Lord, accompanied by the' captain of •the fleet, to in °l th awa Y , with. —end- ' above - • all-. the- . -incubus struct him. in the particular parts which he did not Righ t er hs 4, ,,gstablished 'Church should be removed. The understand, should be commander-in-chief in all the .. ._ .. • 'eetth '"*..,s Gentleman - opposite had .not .attemptedto departments.") The Honourable and Gallant - Member - trap„, e adficulties in Ireland; they had net striven to then went on-to say that he . wanted to see. the naval told Pole with tne canieidrthe present 'eeiterisent. He Board conducted in the same way as the Board of Ord had 11 " 0 " . , e Right Hon. Gentleman sent e-Government nance was. It was quite impossible that the Aecouatant- Pe s %tee military possession 'of Ireland, as ' h a d been re- General could attend to all the things imposed upon IroOp s Said in the course - of the present debate. The hint such as the description of the fleet, courts-mar t'''. th h"'' P° Bs eilion Vf,tlie barracks, the war steamers tials the management of the various stations throughout luee e e n aiaours, but the inhabitants held possession,of the World, &c.. It was thereupon necessary that some e °3ailt e ntr ,y• The country held by. the deep feelings of remedy should be adoptedfor the present state of things. °te ;; wu ieh the Irish... - epic entertained 'for their In ' pectto the building - of ships he admitted there was t hati j.e t e l p ls e Although •Ho ll :s Members might consider a great deal: f talent displayed. .He. gave to Captain 4 )tted Ignorant, they enderstood the principle of a Syi*onds great credit for what he haddone,but Captain t he d e e s in entarchy s and dictnot. attribute ter. ho Sovereign syntonds, like every other man, had his crochets, and e t ' o 'ell t e'l l t ,,enciessof her Ministry. They . remembered quired the superintending eye. There was ne dou t h h e e tisi w 'uls e i " 1(11 k-- fealikS. - eifFeSSOd .bY , her Majesty had . built some of thefinest ship,s in the world, and t tilimt not t a - e r ct e l and • when . she ascended the , throne... -He Admiralty in employing him had done quite right. They, id II disrespect to Hon; Gentlemen,op.posite, were right to secure six. or seven builders, in order to 14.e k t l e i a id 44 .- consider they were equal to encounter the have the best workin the end that the•country could se sittlsr. t eaotand alarming _crisis.' -____ e ~e , .. cure. - Bilt:he• must - tell the Admiralty plainly that in 4 br o ORNF,, sa id _gh at . if the-Hon, Member who their building they were not so . clever" l they thought ta lly 81413 K ta kkt ,forwar_ d _ the_ present motion - .had and Navy Board ought to be ed : . themselves. The French had a far better class of steam . t o Ppor ted, ,,°llll .reasons . for the course,..hetwenl4:•PaXe vessels than. England, the. . shPostp, n ' l ; ra, but he did . not see any practical.retts2n- as h ame d o f such a fact. ,Even ..the Royal steam yacht, faste d th - , la ‘ ' g - •t.he eimaideration Of te estimates..., Wny the Albert and Victoria, was a failure.in its constra i ction, - ''le - Yllote• be- postponed after, as well as.befare and could not sail .steadily and properly uati . 100 'neat ? N - No th at o_reason existed now t w their postpone lalt go a d. ' Y uan .not..exist then. If :he van that,. an, tons of ballast had beenplaced in her. Take the Album. She, was to be the largest in. the , British navy, is'otda :Quid• beeffeoted, oaany grievance redresse and it Was boasted she should be superior to the tea e ' ll lslsokt the . motion but as it was of so hide& Rodney, Experience had proved that . she was not to 7 1 attir e - - . s,. . .-- • . ~:. be compared 'to the Rodney. He had now finished the T he ,he must.oppose it. °{lse.then divided when there appeared— s observations ~he had to eddress to the House, .and he Fo r t tiCinetion. - ' " '''lgainst it - ' - - s 11 ' - apologise.d . 'for detaining it so long. - -(Hear, • hear.) -It 105 -.AT 4 , • _ was; not his habit ,to . trespass.on the Howe, and he had Si res sasority against the motion —94 occupied its attention much longer than .usual, But he . /4 44 'I s T - Api ... . . . . . to es of , ER rose, on theniation forgoinguitoCom7, hoped what he had said would be received indulgently sla t . 0 1ply on the navy estimates, to -bring the by the House, and command the. consideration of the Ail Utloi i • 1 , etati e the Board' of Admiralty under the con-- - Board of Admiralty.--(Hear, hear.) .• . , in en hie,..orthelious - and saidthat it must be adinitted Mr. WILLIAMS said a few words, which were in g“tiK ;11aN. mode opposite that up to a very late audible in the gallerY. - -44 ev en - " ' mod' of slip-building ,was" very ,defective s gr,SYDNEY HERBERT said the Hon. and Gallant ic e 1 . e s R t ,ir d ship this, the greatest maritime country in the Officer had at considerable length criticised the manage- Ct. OfTh o bUilding was most inferior to other countries. went of the. Board of Admiralty, with respect to the . shoplaseeetsmKs ost clumsy, expensive, and i ne ffi c i en t pub- constructi on of different clasSes'ef ships arid other !nat ttoiliesrings ever executed was the dockyard at ters; but he should recollect that these defects existed s eo 4 gh so ' lt cost four or five millions of. money; and, in fOrmer Boards of Admiralty. et 4t itlefe! r ucted at -such enormous cost, it was in e 'Sir C. NAPIER said he had admitted that to be the 1 - h o the tes el etit state of defence.- The progress of' steam case ? - -"" • ' - . . lie l ' t mu ch should have shown that it could have been - Mr. SYDNEY HERBERT—He did not wish to- mis -I,rielttree- nth efficiently at a much smaller expense. represent any thing that had fallen from ought Hon, and h Yof eith the Right Hon.. Baronet in the.pro- Gallant Member, but those defects Admiralty. ' h ad ' 4 Ol • he k dol l , ving the different 'Boards of Admiralty - charged entirely on. the present Board of the et , e. .. ,_ ed . 6-I:bhu.t then the question was, whether what With, respert to the statements, made by the Gallant-a 'Sett l e statuted in their stead was . efficient . Offieer,_ the. first related to .the patronage o_f . the civil_ sa g e et .iter t h' f °r the purpose. He doubted very much department of the,Admiralty. As a general principle, 4 er s nett Y were so, as they. tended to place. the -it:-would be intelligible to say that where naval men sSa rl4 of t he aPPointed under the sole control of the were necessarY, naval men should be . employed in the I tole. Admiralty, who were . changed with every civil- department, . and . .. were civil men were necessary ‘ m l . Ist rat . t,„ Mtral es I °n• The way in which the Lords of the they should employ civilians. But they had gone much „.."41ties, .'h conducted their affairs—he would not call it farther than this • they had made 612 additional appoint -4,i1v4 ' b e cause that gave offence last year— (Laughter.) ments of that kind to,the civil departments of the doek -4.0 tia94 slovenly They just went down to Somers 'yards. He was not oppoSed to the principle where it 1 1'1 1 1 1 : 1 Y ti ae l ie ' s " 4 said, "" . t% - 'ell, how do affairs go on?.'.', The was practicable, .that.naval men should be employed in o n 'kit e s a Wa.S, " Very well."—(Laughter.) And _the civil services. Ile had himself introduced it into their onse little chat among themselves, the Y put .Somerset-house.. But he was not blind . to the fact that .wi hatsanal 410,1: Was. s pent toth e lVal . - )te d off: — (Laughter.) Then, -some inconvenience . had arisen from it. . If , a naval , dockyards, he thought --that men was taken as a clerk, he was still looking out for a 11 "kit T ell t° °e complained of relative to them. .ship, and . when they went to sea there was a continual '`l re the Admiralty, l'ktt!' let ed with as it Was now conducted, interruption, so that they were constantly teaching men 4little more propriety in distributing its "er °44 ge thaft le,. 4 ri les _ . tinder the former system, .bilt still there .no advantage from. He defeaded the special promotions what, as soon as it was learned , the service could derive ts q ' TheYeePers°ns empleYed> who had Uever, gone to 'for particular services as absolutely necessary, as rewards li st se ter a i r • L 'CuL erne Gallant Commodore _then referre4 s fer the dangers not only of war, but of such pestilential k t ori s e,,,,,,”urna which he had called for,sshewin s as.the .cliMates.as the coast of Africa. With . respect to . the tee'°us, lioyed in the navy, and their previeus.occu, Coast ,Guard, all names fox promotion in that service ~I'l for' -!',,,ving moved for these -returns in -1842, he w - ere sent mato the Admiralty by the Comptroller, and ,hej, 6 '!ls th a S t L `, ll ar returps in 1843,, from whidi •it 'a tit stance was always adhered to ; there . was no in -44 24 t4 — „" 1 1 that year 176 persons, who had never . of the Adiiiiiarty having. chosen any others than Pr, s 'ge. d n4 vY, Were _premoted to lucrative situations those so selected. ThereWas,-besideSan objection to the t ee, ocke a a. kl •• '- A f t s'• ' 7 ''''- -Ho gave . great credit to the, -principle of giving promotion- in the -navy'for services !) , , at its, - i l a Zalty , Aii.. the regulation, which they . thatfrere.not naval. , With regard to the masters in the' ' , at err `shoal' when a ship came into port, the corn- navy, he should not .dwell on „the partieulers., Of their i liii ofd .be -called upon. to .recomplend .his, „keeping the stores in. Small ves i iels, but, he, might, state. ir i s he.t ri ci i ,artificers for_ thesituations. . ano class of.offieers occupied more of the. attention of ,la tk qep,,,,,,Ot consider them competent to fill in the the y Admiralty _ than the . masters.. They had been "t ie r' p s f h 7 oi e,n i ts,and he believed that if -they followed promoted to the rank , of commissioned officers_ s ; to the I' e. - it would be attended with considerable one had' 'been , -promoted to the rank of Com hst Pet s -e Public service He had moved for, a return mender' and - two had been made Lieutenants. tal t ( ma wh h - • into , Napier—" S een i e ' ablIA -°- ad .entered the. civil service in —(Sir C. Out of , 450 !") With regard . to "Iket.th e °lents, distinguishing whether . they had the construction of vessels, no ene had a higheradmira tt Om ~ihaYl.before,and, if not, what situations they tion of.CaptainSyMonds: than he had ; but 'the: Board r aa h _th e _ int . s ° bad recommended them. ~. He :wanted .to of Admiralty did not consider' any man to be t in e fall e ib a l r e: ,s ti it s ert pli t :,.. , r raation how many gentlemen's servants sln addition tothe s ship . s constructed by him, tht,lß. and i nt h stile rt-t -to such situations. But the Right: on. had allowed other,buildei a .t9, 2 „compete . witit , ~ . es, t ar os t s ,:ud that such a return would be invidious • theY had at-that moment no less than nineteen expert.. '. °l ‘;; 4 ',Nerie""h gj o y , e 'll_ return, distinguishing the civilians ' n i e 4al vessels building,. on lines laid down by different ,' se:4S ba s had served in the navy.—(A--laugh.). persons ; thatcompetition induced the greatest anxiety ilt . i,Ss a • ?nee a servant who wished him in all of - them to give the greatest attention to the ii4t•-othe,: a situation at the time vacane---there - seienci.,. With respect to the alterations . that had been Za l, tl4 e e fil e;` i t s ia i tit h a_ i tion vacant 'at the . sam . same time, and - a made in .the ships with round` sterns, and the Altera t l', w h sell, th , 4 9 a similar application. But _ they tio4 in the boWs and magazines, he contended they were ''t f at es fluting it was unfair to the service; how- necessary. They, must recollect that,' as time . advanced 'll,i,is::ll,ta th:ltheresultl the places weresfilledflp, but. . science advancedalsO, and the. Board of Admiralty i l lta ti g. h ad VivYs—(Hear, hear.) One was' given to conned. itself. to the present -plans of Construction only, uric is /r 4l to ' ll 'Q - servant in an hotel, 'and. the other they would be behind. other nations, Those changes ri , ktio, s h °nie -g'entleinan's servant ; but he would. and 'experiments could not be made without'expenae, but i', l , 4 t It; 4 1141 •.` i 'mess Much had been said at •• the Ad- • thatexpensewas no more than necessary. He believed tOli ss b-,4l,4 e levvliere about the - management of the the Hon. and Gallant Officer's-own plan- of placing the )tal ab lu, hi s rals. but s , notwithstanding all that - had magazine on board vesseli. had been reported on, and e iglei s i t 3' - a.s. Ileac °al highness had giveregreat, spirit to stated to .be s very s dangerous. .With regard to the ti s 't .a...4mot ed ' h ef!r) . ---and had introduced a system . steainer,. Penelepe, though .inany accusations had ‘, i 1 4,.,,,_ h e , i i -thsclpinle arid the elliciency,of the ser- been made against her, yet on reading the reports a" t e c m- and Gallant Officer then read several ssfrom the officers of her, ,he found . her per -Btatenie . • ,;) lilt app o : nth relating to promotions in the ser 7 . forniance highly „ kenspoof. She was stated to have beaten it theit,3tiu'qi Lutnients in the dock-yards, but so rapidly ovei l y war steamer she had met.. With respect. to , the t ar ea aprAthatit wasimpossible tocolleethis.figuree. Albion, he -read a letter from Commodore Bowles to 44i t e a t t lr e t i- - i ati oa. . a , . l From the retu rns mo ve d f or in 1843, Captain Synionds,,expressive of admiration at her con- co der commanders were promoted to the struetion, and stating her to be the finest three-decker thule -' 4141 - "m° ; 535 lieueenants.were made • coin , in the world ;• he alio read another letter - from Mr. P y re Ilk'', hear,) , 945 raidshipmen were made lieutenants. la' Tortheote, the master, who stated that he rejoiced at it i to -4, b ee n' This was referred to as a prOof that the opportunity of refuting the'diaboliCal assertions with f '11, 1) 44 e 14 co m a ' g r eat promotion, but' what were the respect to their noble ship.—(Laughter.) The report o st, Thane„ s , Il e a ,I,llanders, 259 lieutenants, and 928 mid . the particulars of her depth of Water when loaded, &c. 14 1)N a: 7 then died since the late promotion.—(Hear.) contradicted. those of the Hon. and Gallant, Officer. He I s 41 1. ting „ I . , ‘ " t, was enough to show that the- rinciple , ,did not quite see.what the objections of the Hon. and s o lt s, ale leit; etnd one-third had .not been carried out • Gallant Member to the p'resent system were ; he did not t:lar sy stem of of opinion that unless they came see what,advantage his plan would have over the present It„ t1, 4 1 „ ircip o - 7° l of a retiring list for the navy, it. system. The Gallant Officer said, that the Board was ti' 44160 B e stshiobule to look for proper economy in ro- changfd. at every change of Ministry, and those who .. l ki Lfilei e risible fs ght that the present Government came in were obliged to - depend on the information of th; 41 t ,, n e,_3', by ea r not bringing the navy into a state-,the inferior officers. - The stone objection , applied to t ills . ' ka t -st‘° frogretire a small sum of money to in- every, department ; it ,applied - to the offices of the tt ir i a,,,,...1ie s h ot : the service. Having attained Secretaries of State. Hit was an evil, it was the neces th. t e "ltest d saY that no man should be promoted scary result of their representative system, which 14 4 staseeintrurred, and then he should give one- ! created frequent • charges of parties ; but , it did tie s ' l l 14iralt y Y 1 and one-third to what was called not apply - to the Board • ••of Admiralty more. a sti t' l ly all r, th e a ppointments In the evidence ; than to any other department.. It was a mistake to sup sers 4 4 14 °, 4 1110 w Shipwreck Committee pose that the members of the Board. of Admiralty C0W '40.., tOc k e°, l l3 as Just and expedient it was topromote to : tined themselves entirely to Whitehall; there was also a ii:11 m o p aqu a • • a ncling waiters in the Customs and i regular attendance of the officers at Somerset House. , iih ee i n ~ to ng i the Dock -yards—{A laugh)— ' Before. any organic change . was made it was necessary' th a t /Znt.heruZevecoast guard service, who had distiefs , to prove• an absolute necessity, for it ; it was necessary 4,,ti t l es and G,4 , bY - their exertions in saving life. i therefore, to prove the inefficiency of the present Board. gl 'ee, t o - ' a nt Officer then read extracts from l The present duties were riot too much for the Board te Al °fic show Is t ,tl 4 ers that finch was the opinion of the-i s discharge efficiently_; he , would not say an addition 11 4. ,qt 4 'q• ree4x,.__Rillined before the Committee. He ' might not be necessary in case of a war ; but at present ti,lllo)re,gll4.ivitYt._, T h 7 r t a li t e • regulations respecting masters the Board was quite equal to the discharge of its duties. 'ill ) 'e. eq in th eof r emuneration to thOse officers He 'had no doubt that the alterations introduced by li, ala a sk,tu sa , o most extraordinary manner in l ay i the Right Hon. Baronet (then the Member for Cum r re e e i.ved ~,i. 1.. par _.,. sL e '' t . a . ai 3prohnlio saVry°,fwohthree-deekeberland) were required ;. they had stood the test of ten 684 foci„ ot e a , Ica 111,' kira,, t ; ro T a as . in. . was never increased unless years, and had been found to work well, and he did not D kd 'think the alterations proposed by the Hon. and .Gallant thes oe -•ar : , . . , , t 'i l t tlistu.a, 'early Basmall brig, or any other small } craft, I, Officer were then required: • 14 n e 'e b e !" oft j 'arY of 219 E, thus receiving 71. i . Captain PECHELL ,said, the argument that no or isati salal ip g no warr ant oe larger vessel s on the ground 1 garlic change ought to be - made till the old system was t 1 ri t , : ,_ 1 title, offic er to attend to the stores proved- not to have , ve worked well, was used by the Right 'l,,,q' q h:eal_alt, e ' th ' while it the to be left out Honourable Beronet. • opposite, Weep the Gallant . 1 2 e rs o att end 'r, that the master of the first-rate I Officer next him, when the ing measure , s'''rl ,- , btu . ' notcerta 4, , .. ~,,,, , th e mly to what was known as of Ref ,, rm was proposed, which they both .resisted. It s A cl. ' Prto,,e. • 3 "lro ,, ••, rigni t ., p i -, . r.. ii b tOty -tr ir'‘' 4 ' i n 1,:., 01,,, , , , , - b? - ' 8 " - ' i ' -.' • . ' '''""' f 'Admiralty, . ... „ t but of the course ~ (s. "•• i , ' rt're (4..'1 ,, t +Nicer, not only compituned of the coh- R I 1 )( t '. he zi , '"''t . i' 0 ,-, '''' e ' and this, tou, wl,in it oruction of one . Hoard 9 °l' 'er tb ust b e 0 :"` - if , t- , ,rof a tliree-de , ',.,-i• di: , purstted-tiy,Them. He niways teo,,ect on these platters eit,,._,,..ere , ss a, benerali 4 5 -In "" 1 the all night on de::k, without 'any' reference to party. The Board of Ordnance .... fil et, P-e or a ll in it worked far wis e nev e was near was arranged in a different manner, and r and wherever (and such better than the Admiralty Board. There was no re ; gponsibility- in that. Board. On one occasion, 'Captain Berkeley proposed- an improvement with regard to the complements of ships ; and; though he considered he had a majority of- the Board with him, he afterwards found that his proposal was upset in the private room. I He. in consequenee left the Board: He gave the Right Hon.' Gentleinan opposite, the Secretary: of State for the'Horne Department,.full credit 'for the im provements which he Made when at the' head of the Admiralty Board ; but be 'could not give the present Board ' much credit: for the mode 'in which they con-: ducted the navigation of the country. 'lt was a disgrace to the country, that while France and America had the Archimedian screw in full operation, the navy of this country had not a single vessel to which. this great im provement was applied. He recollected, that in March last, he Coniplained of the' manner in which the Board of Admiralty had acted towards Mr. Smith, who inven-' ted that invaluable improvement. He - was then told that the Rattler was being completed, - and that ' this improveinent would be applied to her ; but at this -very moment, though twelve months had elapsed', there was no Rattler in commission. He was aware she was cruising up and down the river for the purpose of mak ing experiments, but it was not Mr. Smith'e,screw which was applied. Other machinery had been applied, butit - was always found that the speed - of the vessel had diminished. The lion. and Gallant Gentleman then referred to the contemplated employment of the Pene lope and Prometheus vessels tin the coast of Africa, for the suppressionof the slave trade, and - said that they would be of far more service at home. H e com pl a i ne d of the navy • being employed to collect the poor rates in Ireland.—(Cries of " Hear.") He recollected that complaints were made with regard to the employ ment of naval officers on the coast guard service. It was not now looked upon as an invidious service ; but he certainly was of opinion that it was a disgrace to the navy to be employed in collecting poor-rates on the coast of Ireland, and to bring an 84-pounder to bear on some farm-house in Connaught. It was something equal to what had been' done at Tahiti. He complained of the ignorance in which they were left with regard to the experiment made upon the Fox frigate. From the bow of that vessel 15 feet had been cut off, and 20 feet of new, material had been added... She had been sent to the Shannon ; and- though- the whole naval world were most curious to know the result, they , were left in entire ignorance en the subject. With reference to the subject of shipwrecks, it appeared from the. Report of the Shipwrecks' Committee, that officers frequently risked. their lives without receiving any pension as a reward; and even where officers lost their lives no pension was bestowed. ' He thought that some alteration ought to be made. Great complaints had been made,on the other side of the appointments of Lord Minto as being of apolitical character. He thought there was no . foundation for that charge. Admiral Stopford would' not have *been appointed to the Medi terranean if the First Lord of the Admiralty had been actuated by political considerations. He would reserve any further remarks which he might be desirous of making until after the Secretary for the Admiralty had made his statement. • BO WRING regretted that some uniform mode of preparing - these 'estimates was not adopted by the Admiralty. The great error was, that the department 'of expenditure was always made the department of receipt. In the' estimates Of this year, there was 171,479/. received by. the naval department, and de ducted from the expenditure. He thought it was ex tremely important that the gross revenues should come int* the hands of the Government, and that a different mode of preparing the accounts should: be adopted. The accounts could never be satisfactory till the princi ple was established that whatever was r ea li se d f rom an d for the'public service should be paid into the Exchequer, and that no department should realise for itself. All ought to' be 'paid into the Queen's Exchequer. He hoped that, little by little, they should 'reach the - ultima Thule of his desires in these matters ; but, until they did so, he should not cease to protest against the esti mates in-the form and extent whichthey now assumed. Captain PLUMRIDGE had only. one suggestion at that moment to offer to the House. Considering the high and responsible duties attached to the master of a vessel' in her .Majesty's service, he thought it but fair that that meritorious class of officers should be entitled to gain the rank of captain.—(Hear, hear.)* into • The House then went Committee on the . Navy Estimates. Mr. S. HERBERT (whO spoke so' hurriedly and so indistinctly,. that it was with the greatest difficulty a whole sentence could be heard in the gallery) . was understood to say, that after the miscellaneous conver sation, which always took place before the question was entered into, a good deal of matter.was cleared away, and, he would show his — anxiety to save trouble to the House by postpOniog any vote on which there might be any strong differexce ofopinion. Upon the Admiralty vote, theie were two alterations which were not very material. There was en item for the manufacture of an instrument to;Hake lunar observations. Ile was not very well ac quainted with scientific pursuits, but this instrument had received the approbation of Sir W. Herschel! and other eminent astronomers. With respect to the ordnance survey seventeen surveys were in progress. It was the inten tion of the Government to re-establish Deptford as a building yard. He mentioned last year that a large steamer had been building there. It was. now completed, and 'two or three others were in progress of completion. There was an increase 'of two hundred shipwrights in this j ard, and of an inspector, necessary for supervision. At W .oolwick dockyard there was anincrease of two in-. speetors and fifty shipwrights, There had been also an additional item of expenditure for this dock,yard, viz., lighting with gas instead of oil. A school for naval ap prentices had likewise been established, and he could speak from personal knowledge of its efficiency. There was likewise .an item for the manufacture of, steam engines, and salaries to additional . inspectors for superintending ,their • Manufacture. At Ply mouith there was no alteration of any. importance. At Chatham 'an extra expense had been incurred in con sequence of the construction of works. He should next (as well as we could understand the Hon. Gentleman) refer to the item which showed . •the , expetuies incurred by the copper-sheathing of the several vessels of war in the dockyards, and in the year 1834 the number of tons of copper applied to that - purpose was 463, while in the year 1840 it had increased to 1,239 tons. Inconsequence of au alteration made by the Right Hon . , Baronet the Secretary of State - for the Home Department in the disposal of convicts, a considerable difference would be made in the amount of the regular paid labour which would be required for the operations to be carried on iu the several dockyards; but he (Mr. S. Herbert) had no doubt 'but any extra expense thus incurred would be More . than compensated for by `the superior manner in which. the work would be done. He had now pne ,through all the separate items, with the exception of the , smaller and more insignificant, and all ,that remained .1 for him to say now was, that a large sem had been ex pended in 'the improvement of the.docks 5 and besides, they were gradually getting rid of the' more. expensive portion of the machinery in those different stations. Although it was not possible, at the present moment, to make any diminution ,in the numerical strength of the navy, yet the House - might depeed upon it that the strictest regard had been paid to economy, consistent with the interestS_of the empire. t The number re quired in the ,present estimates would be 30,000 men, with 10,500 marines, and 2,000 boys. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know what were the cir cumstances of the country, which could justify the vote of a sum for, the naval service this year which exceedad that of the year 1830 by nearly two millions of money. He felt strongly buund to object to the vote for any item for the support of the marines who were required to do duty on shore, for he considered theni as part and parcel of a standing army, and bound to act in common with the_ soldiers. What he wanted to know from the Hon. , Gentleman opposite, the Secretary of the Admiralty, was, what were the necessities of the country now above those of 1837, which required an increase of 25,010 men? Sir G. COCKBURN said the Government were anxious to have a certain number of marines in the case .of our going to war suddenly. Marines were useful, too,;oh slidre - in dock-yards, &c.; and in the event of a• war suddenly occurring,' when it would be necessary at once to man ships , fully, they would suit th e serv ice much, better than soldiers, who would become sea-sick. Besides, it was necessary that we shOuld tOmpete with other nations, which:were extending their marine ; 'and as two-thirds• of our •dearnen were generally Oh foreign service, unless we could get the entire command of the Channel at the-commencement of a war, those seamen would go into French prisons instead of into our ships. To prevent-such a misfortune; an increase in the - marine force would be requisite. . • Sir C. NAPIER hoped his Hon. Friend - Would not press his amendment, as in his Opinion they' should - rather increase than decrease the number of marines: He left to the GOvermment ,the responsibility of saying what number of men were required, but he trusted that the three .guard ships would be efficiently manned, and not made tbe•depOts for decrepid old men. Ships lad been kept seven, eight,' or nine months in- pert before they were fully manned ;. whereas, if the guard-ships were properly manned, our ships would be able to be sent to sea without any such delay. He complained of the provision for supply ing the guns from the magazines with pOwder, if the guns were fully worked : he had tried experiments in the Powerful, and be found that' one-third of the men were ly i ng doivia waiting a slipply. He had her 'altered accordingly, to givegreater facilities. When the magazines, however, were attempted to be made bomb-proof, they could only fire nine rounds on both sides in ten minutes ; and if a better supply could not be furnished, the ship would be in great danger of being taken, as- the • French would fire much quicker. He complained that the Penelope and Albien had their ports too low. He advised the Uovernment also to exer cise their officers, from the admirals down to .the lieu ' tenants, for our men had no practice : when first sent to sea they did not know what a ship ahead or a ship astern was : and if we suddenly 'went to war, our ships would be disabled more from.our other ships than from the enemy; • • . Admiral DUNDAS was under no such apprehensions as the Gallant Admiral, of a navy sweeping our navy from the Channsl—(Hear)—for he knew that we had mercantile steanaers, 200 of which were • furnished with 32-pounders, and. with these he defied all the navies in the world to take possession of the Channel. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN explained that he had entertained no such apprehension, but he had advocated keeping up marines in case of an emergency. With re spect to the alterations in the Powerful,' made by the Gallant Commodore, they had been looked at by 'Sir Edward Coclrington, and were reported of unfavourably. The Gallant Adniiral stated also that the experiment Of I. the Penelope , had completely succeeded : she beat the steamers against Which she sailed, arid shipped now :Iter. :th V.Vith respect to die . . AlOion, e did not caiTy her ports as high a could be , :ut for her thepresent.Go yerntoent were not responsible.: in calm weather she. would sail as well as the Rodney, but the latter had the advantage of. higher ports. Admiral Bowles wrote in the highest terms of her. • rTIE SUN, LON,DON TITESDAY_EVENING, FEBRUARY 27. 1844. . . i Dr. .BOWRING ' said' the objecti on , of the Hon: Member fOr Coventry bad not - been noticed, namely, ' that an increase in the marine force was, in fact, an in crease in the standing army, . Captain PECMELL hoped that an explanation would be given to induce his Hon. Friend to withdraw his mo tion. But if a 'satisfactory 'explanation was not given, he would move an amendment. Ho hoped, -however, it would not be necessary to press the motion. Before he satdown he wished to ask if it were tette' that the crews of her Majesty's ships had:been 'erriployed in levying poor-rates in, Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) He •thought . i that 'a great mprov eme n t . might b e effected by employing steam-vessels instead of frigates to carry out Governors to such places as Gibraltar.- He was sure'' that' Birch' - employment of frigates gave very great dissatisf a eti on to the officers, and. served to change , her -Majesty's ships' into`-floating' ta verns, and caused the dismissal of the - Commander of the Warspite.—(Hear, hear.) The whole system of ap-• pointment to places in the dockyards was one of Parlia mentary patronage, and the only questions asked of a candidate were—Whit reCOMmeeded 'you ? and, Whom did you.vote for at the last election ?—(Hear, and a laugh.) He hoped the whole system would be changed, and that the Admiral Superintendent should havelhe power Of appointing-tit persons, and selecting them 'froth the naval service. —(Hear.) He also trusted the Hon. and Gallant Officer (Sir George Cockburn) would induce the Admiralty to take into their Consideration - the situation of the masters in- the navy. • Mr. wit - 4'4l4ms (as we understood) .expressed him self satisfied with the explanation which the Hon. and Gallant Member had given.. - Captain PECHELL w i s h e d to have his question answered by the Hon. and - Gallant Admiral. ' ' ' Sir G. - COCKBURN said that be did not know • that vessels had been employed for the perpose spoken of by the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman. 'Whenever any -ex citement existed in Ireland, the vessels on that - coast were .ordered ; but the officers all bore testimony to the civility of the people, who went on board the ships to see 'them, and .conduct e d t h emselves with the greatest propriety—(Hear.) As to the other question, he had only to say that the widows of officers who lost their lives in the coast-guard service - got increased pensions, the tame as in any other branch of the service. The vote was put and agreed to. ' • ' The next vote mit was, "that 1,170,4761. be granted to her -Majesty to defray the wages of seamen and marines for the year ensuing." ' • - - After -another observation from Dr. BOWRING on the involved state -of the " explanation," : This vote was agreed to, and, - -- On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, . The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. . HORSE-RACING PENALTIES BILL. . Mr. WORTLEY moved' the second reading of this Bill, and proposed certain verbal amendments on it. Mr. C. BERKELEY would not oppoSe the motion if the'addition he had to propose were acceded to. • Mr. WORTLEY was not prepared' to accede Wile addition. . Mr. BROTHERTON moved an adjo'nrnment . but from a few words that passed,- believing the subject would soon be brought to a termination, the Hon. Gentleman declined to persist in the motion. After a short pause, and cri es o f " Adjourn," and " Go' on," - , • - - . Mr. HAWES said he wished the House would either adjourn or go On. • . ' Mr. C. BERKELEY said, as it -seemed the wish of the' House that he should go on,he would shortly state the ' -- nature of his clause. The object he had in view, was to'extend the operation 'of the preeent Bill' to the second clause of the 4th and 6th of %Mani IV., and to the 47th of the 2d and 34 of. Vic toria ; so that no information. should be laid under those dailies until within three months after the passing of the present Bill. ' They should then hale the Report. of the Committee sitting up stairs on gaiiiing, and they would be able to determine.whether certain sports - and games to which those dailies related continued to exist or not. 'There was nothing so objectionable as legis latibn, which -it was • impossible to enforce; 'and they could not enforce the clauses of this. Act of Parliament. 'lf tiley did attempt to enforce them, they would not be doing justiee by thus legislating for one class only, .arid theiefore 'he would move the insertion of the following chlse:—" And whereas, by the third c l ause o f an A ct pas ed in the sth and 6th Year of the reign of, his late Ma jesty William the Fourth, intituled, ' An. Act to consoli date 'and amend the several laws relating to the cruel and impreper treatment 'of animals, and the mischiefs arising from the driving of cattle, and to make other proisions 'in regard thereto,' and arso by the 47th clause of a certain other Act, passed in the second and third years of thereign of. her Majesty Q ueen Vi ctor i a, intituled, ' An Act for further improving the police in and near the metropolis,' certain penalti es are recover able by summary process against parties engaging in certain popular sports and games therein mentioned : be it enacted, that 'it shall not be lawful far the space of three calendar months from the passing of this Act, to lay jany information for the recovery of penalties under the !said recited clause's of the said A c t s ." • • Dr. BOWItING seconded the - motion. They had by ther legialation encouraged' informers, -by trusting to the& the enforcing of certain laws, and now, 'because those men .turned round. upon th e r i c h an d powerful these was this outcry raised, against th em . H e disap proed of the - Measure ,itself, and' of the dense that was proposed to be added ; but, from.a wish to do equal jus ticelto the Inimbler classes of tociety; 'h e f e l t b oun d to sup Port it. The clause was then broughtup and rdad a first time. On the motion' that it be read a second time, Mr. WORTLEY s a id he thought that the Honourable MeMber had not inforneed the House, nor the Hon: Member next him (Dr. Bowring), to what sports the clatises of the Acts he alluded to referred. He would find that they were directed, not • against the sports of the i poor only, :but to sports which had received the highest aristocratical protection—such as cock-fighting, andother sports of the like description, which -he need not name. His objection to the clauie was, that it had nothing to do with the Bill. 'The Bill merely suSpended, for a limited time, certain actions brought to re cover -penalties of so large an amount—an amount totally disproportionate • to any offence the parties penalt t m h i e glil ll t on li . a G ye en m tle m m ini an t ' t s ed No rwhich clause 'of al cruel and,inh umancharacter. H e might propose l e v f , e `the d were againsties to sportsan !alteration in the general law, but this Bill had nothing to do with that. If those gentlemen had . not been of aristocratical . ranks and connections they_thoukl not have had so much opposition to the Bill. Captain rECHELL denied that. there was :any Rna": logyrao4per o present' Bill a n d. the otion„he .had m a ctions brought, against newspaper p to recover penalties inc u r re d, by the ifeot betweenrsin suspendingl tBh3e s,re violation Of one of the regulations of the Stamp-office. Mr. 0: BERKELEY would not trouble the House,'" -he shae f from theinumber ofgentlemen opposite who were adverse to his motion, that it would be perfectly usele: 4 * • fter a few-words from- Afr: - PMTHR BORTHWICK the Rejort of the Bill was _brought up and agreed. to, and the pill was Ordered-to be read a third time to-morrow obi? day)., •, - , . . - ' ,he Souse -then adjourned at'a Quarter to One o'clock. brought in ; and thek (including .11,599 Z due from Com missariat, anciExchquer credit. balance 5371. 13 5 .) amount, for'si'Ver and copper 'bullion, coined and un• coined, collectively, to 149,833/ Its. I Id. Cash balance to creditnr of Master of the. Mint on. the Bank. of Eng-. 1and,,40,067/ 13s. 2d., exhibiting.a corresponding aggregate of 480,505/. 17s. 7d. LOAN.—The Parliainentary Paper (No. 39, Session 1844), presented on the 16th inst., and since printed and delivered, out, :entitled,,. ; "An Account of Money paid out, of the Consolidated Fund, under Acts 2 and 3 Will. 1V.,. c. 121, and 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 94, in the. year ended Dec: 31, 1 - 843;" shows - gut+ payment, for terest and Sinking Fund (on that portion of the-Greek Loan which had been guaranteed by this country) ; for six months,' due on the Ist of March, 1843, to be 23,3232 as.; sum , to be applied to making good the de ficiency of the inttiest and Sinking Fund tin that por tion so guaranteed; for six months, due, on . the Ist of September, 1843,. 10,2601. 12s. Id. ; together, 33,5834. 178. ld. COURT CIRCULAR. W.txDsort, Illo*DA.i . :—Their Royal highnesses the Pr:n cess Alice' and the . Princets fy. hl, wee taken an airing The Queen and*Prinee Albert promenaded in the afternoon. Archdoacop )15,berforce took , his departure from theeaBtle in the forenoon.,. . . .. . . Mr. H. Loiy - c.oCk has had the honour of submitting to the naspectiOn of her - Majesty and his Royal - Iliglin6ssTrince Albert, the inoilel of a plough On a new . principle. This plough is an inganiOnscontrivance to avoid turning, and has; A coulter both ways. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge' returned to his residence at Kew on 'Sunday tete-neon. Mr. Rawson, from Canada, had au interview. with Lord, Stanley,. yesterday at the Polonial-office... Cotuft de. St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted business yesterddy at the Foreign-office, The Duke of Ri c h mon d, th e D u k e o f B u C c t enc h , the Hon., Francis Scott; M.P.: `'Major Cumming Bruce; M.P., Mr.' Loch, M.P., "Mr. - Lockhart, M.P., Mr. F. Mackenzie, .81.1 1 4 Mr. Smollett, M.P., and. Mr. Wallace, M.P., meAbers of 'the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, accompanied by Sir Charles Gordon, the Secretary of the Society, had an nterview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. • - Sir John Henry iPelly•had an .interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Mr. J. Barnett and , Sir John Shelly had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday.- The Postmaster-Ceneral had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. • Dispatches from the Governor of New Zealand were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and from the Governor of the Mauritius. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS• The Parliemeetary l'ajoer (N o. 40, Sesion 1844), or dered by the House of Common s t o be printed, on the 16th instant, was entitled an " Account of all Supplies remaining in the. Mint, of Advances for Purchase of Bullion for Coinage, Sei gnorage arising there f rom; an d Repayments into th e E xchequer on Acconnt of Aa apteaorfs .D th a t m th b e er s , up i t 3 l 4 i 3 es , r amounted ranges." bas been 'prepared un d er n i ne h ea d s . Fro m the alef int nl,t'hie 3 t app e ars 81,8911. - 13 s Bd. (of thi s aggregate 1,804/. 10s. 2d. was " Balance remaining on t h e Exchequer at the. Bank of ainin England, and 27,275/. 16s. 11d. 'b a l ance , or cash tino ac count, also at the Bank." `Tle e silver bullion, uncoined, et 665. per lb. troy, was 26,251/. 4s. 3d. The silver coin in the stronghold, 19,8311. 18s. 2d. The copper, uncoined bullion, at 224/ per toil. was 3,322/: ls. 7d. Coper coin in stronghold 935/. 2s. 3d. Cash remaining in the latter, silver and copper, 2,445/.) No. 2 shows the total of , the sums issued out of the Consolidated Fund for the purchase of silver and copper bullion, under the authority 'of the Lords Coipmissioners of her Majeity's TreaSury (including balance on Exchequer credit at the Bank, on . alst of December, 1842, 1,8041 10g. 2d.), at 351,804/. 10s. 2d. In No. 3, headed " Purchase of Silver Bullion and Dollars, and the Seignorage of the Coinage," it appears that the prices paid for silver between January I and December 31, 1843, ranged-in the following proportions ; namely, for dollars, from 575. Old. to 395. oid.per ounce; for worn shillings and sixpences, their nominal value; for silver in bars, from 59e. Old. to 595. Old. per ounce; colonial seals (to the amount of 5g4L ss. 10d., whereof the Mint value was 6501: 17s. lid.) at Ps. Oid. Total of purchase value for the year, 339,106/. 14s. &I.—Mint value, 356,2731. 6s. sd. Loss on the'Purchase of worn coin for recoinage, 9,4831. 2s. 7d. ; seignorage (or dif ference between market and Mint value), 26,649/. 14s; 4fd.- No. 4 shows the " Nominal Value ' of "'Old Worn Silver Coin" (1." e., ' shilling's andsixpences] _" received from the Bank of*Ehglanctintrchased for recoinage, from 3lst of December, 1843, to 31st of December, 1843," to have been 107,0001, whereof the Mint value, at 665. per lb. troy, was only 97,516 Z 17s. 4V1., showing total of lesS on said purchase, as 9,4831. 2s. 7(1. No. .5 (for the year, January 1 to December 16, 1843, inclu give) gives the total ." Purchase Value of Copper Bul lion" at 12,1601. Os. 7d.; of which the• Mint value, at 224! per ton, was 34,124/. ss. 'lod., learing. to the 'Crown a seignorage of no less than 21,9641. ss. 3d. From No. 6 it appears that the " Total of Coined Silver Moneys delivered into the Mmt-office in all 1843," amounted to 276,6061. ; and of Coined copper, ditto,, to 10,88.51. Is. 10d. No. 7. The " Cash Account of. Payments for Silver and Copper Coin," during same period, shows an aggregate- of 293,9131. ss. 2d. Under Ne. 8, " A Return of Payments , made into the Exchequer out of Cash 'received for Silver and Copper Moneys;" -We find that the repayment, in the liknterm, on account of advances out of the. Consoli dated Fund for purchase of bullion, amounted to 265,000/. ; and the "Payments on acceunt of Seiporage or the purchase of Bullion," mad excess of ".Tale on the Coinage from Ist - October, 1842, to 30th _of September, 1843," were in all 16,121/. 18s. -11 d. — Total, 281,121/. Bs. lid. No. 9 is the General Debtor - and. Creditor. Statement of e The Master of the Mint in amount with her Majesty's Exchequer," for the year -1843. Debiting the assets (shown in No. 1), 81,891 ; the advances from the Exchequer (set out - in No- 2), 350,0001., the seignorage accruing on coinage of silver and copper (given in No. 3), 48,613/, and the fractional. excess by tale for the whole veer' of 4'; He of the ae e.,un, eh es a tout of 450,1,05/. 1. , e ee l side, after the payments into. Exchequer one account of advances and payments for Seignorge (as at No. B),,and credit for less on silver coin, called in .for recoinage -(ex hibited in' No. 4), making, together' 2 90,60-21. 11 s. 6(1 the " Assets remaining on 30th 'December, 1843," are PARLIAMEN rAity,DiyisioNs. (From the rotes mad Proceedtngs sithe House of #I77ZMOSS. MONDAY, PEE. 26. SUPPLY. _ _ Order for Committee read; Army and Navy Estimates (presented Bth February); referred; 'Motion made, and Ques tion proposed," That Mr. 'Speaker do now leave the Chair:" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " the con sideration of the Estimates for the several branches of the Public Services be postponed till after the Easter Recess," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left oat stand . part of the Question:" The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 105. MINORITY—NOES, 11. Elcwltt, R. Hindley, Charlet Williams, W. Bowring, Dr. Maher, Nicol , lai Duncan, George O'Connell, D. TELLR RP Duncombi, T. S. Plumridge, Captain Crawford, WS. Faildeu, J. Roche, E. R. Rawdon, J. D. THE THEATRES. FRENCH PLAYS. Achard added, last night, another link to the long chain of his successes ' in the - character ofJerom e , i n L a FamUle du . Famiste. As Jerome ? Achard revels in the wild freshness and boisterous spirits which are so fre quently to be met with in humble life amongst our neighbours on the other side of the Channel. It M. in such characters as these that Achard's peculiar excel lence appe&rs to far greater advantage than in the first piece in which he played last evening, Stradella, when he is compelled to twist his merry features into a triste ful visgge, and to incase his burly frame, all bursting with fun, in a rich dress of velvet. Mademoiselle Bachelet also deserves honourable mention for her acting during tire first act, and Mdlle. rs6lia Henri, acquitted herself to the satisfaction of the audience. The quaint little episode from Paul de Kock's novel, "La Maison Blanche," was again performed as the afterpiece, with, perhaps, even greater success than on Friday night. ADEL PHI THEA 7 RE. Last night a burletta, called Anthony and Cleopatra Married and Settled, was produced at this theatre. This piece is one of those light and humorous entertainments which depend-'for their success more on the individual exertions of the performers than on any interest attach ing to the structure of the plot. Anthony and Cleo patra (not the Roman General and the Egyptian Queen, but a poor tailor and his spouse) fall out without suffi cient reason, and after maintaining a recriminatory dia logue, spun out, perhaps, to too great a length, conclude by becoming more sincerely attached than ever. These two characters were sustained by Wright and Miss Woolgar, who were, in fact,' the only performers in the piece. They celebrated their reconciliation by .a dance -en costume, a sort of medley in which the figures of some of the most popular dances were introduced. This was the most diverting part of the performance, and-it gave so much satisfaction - ta the audience that it was unani mously encored. The piece, on. the whole, was received with approbation, but might be curtailed with advantage. PRINCESS'S. - - Auber's popular opera of Fra Diavolo was produced at this theatre last evening, Mr. anti Mrs. Wood sus staining their original characters. We remember well the time when this opera was . produced at Covent garden, and Mrs. Wood' s Zerlina is to the full as good as it wag then, while Wood's personation of Fm Diavolo is greatly improved. Never has the innocent, naive, warm-hearted, yet somewhat coquettish Zerlina been so beautifully or se naturally - represented as by Mrs. Wood, and never ;has Auber's delightful music been so de— lightfully sung as by that lady. She made the character her own when the opera was produced originally, and albeit-we hitie hind many Zerlinaa since, we hare never had One who-could approach her either as an actress or a vocalist: Notwithstanding this opera has been so hackneyed, yet the' naivete and abandon of her acting, I and the exquisite management of her powerful and richly cultivated voice gave 'the 'Opera' last evening all the charm of novelty. The Celebrated scena " On yonder rock reclining," was magnificently given and rapturously encored. Beautifully too did she give the toilette scene hi th e s econ d ' ac t ; never was the Irmo cent vanity of an artless simple-minded girl more witehingly_represented. Wood's Fre DinvOlo was a first rate performance. His acting throughout was excellent, and his fine rich Voice, which is now cultivated to the highest pitdi, and has, in cOnseptence; acquired that flexibility; the want of which "*at, iri forther daYs, its only defect, told admirably. He did full justice to the ex quisite music of the part. The barcarole was given with exquisite taste, and was loudly encored, and the opening scena of the third act was a master piece, both of singing and- acting. Wood has as emnpletely identified himself with thecharacter of Fra Diavolo, as Wallack has iden tified himself with that of Alessandro .Massaroni. Miss Grant made more of the part of Lady Allcash than we have ever before seen made of it. In her hands, it be came a character,.and her beautiful voice told admirably in the concerted pieces. Paul Bedford was Beppo, and although not exactly the beau ideal of an Italian brigand, he was irresistibly laughable. The Woods were called for at the fall of the curtain, and received with all the honours. The opera was fol lowed by a new comedietta, entitled- A g ed Forty, in which Miss Fortescue made her first appearance at this theatre, in the chitra,cter of Lady Clifton, the youn g widow Of .an old General. Neglected. by her cousin, Sir Harry Wilder- (Walter Lazy), that most heartless of beings, a male coquette, who, after. having won her 'lwart, deserted her, she had 'Married old General Clifton, Who, dying• Shortly -after her marriage, left her a widow, with a large fortune. Sir.• Harry, who is "aged forty," and finds, from -the appearance or, certain grey hairs, that he is no longer in the bloOrn. of youth, pays her a visit, with the intention of renewing'his suit, _and meets at her house with a certain Mr.-Dapper (Okberry), whom , he immediately . magnifies into a rival suitor. Dapper, it is true., loves the l a dy, but he has never 'told his love; - *and Wilder by his conduct actually forces Dapper. to take upon him self the character of_the lady's champion. Wilder seeks an interview:with his.cousin, and makes her a f orma l offer of his hand. She - was to him all his former con duct,-dilates on the arigniSh she has suffered from his former neglect, and tells him that she had become ac quainted with General Clifton, from having nursed his daughter on her death-bed. That daughter had con fided to her certain pipers; which she had read, and those papers Were his own letters. M hid won that poor girl's love and desertedher, and she had died of a broken heart. The manner in which Miss Fortescue narrated this tale of misery was touphingly pathetic—it was true tragedy. Walter LaCy's by , play, too, was ex ceedingly good;---his shudder -at the nientidit • Of . Miss Clifton's name was true to nature. Of course' she in dignantly rejects, his suit, and Dapper, entering just at the moment is attacked b y Wilder is the Caus e of his rejec tion, and threatened' with a challenge'. Dapper, thus fOrced to avow his foie, is accepted by Lady-Clifton ; and Sir Harry Wilder, "aged forty," is doomed to expiate his heartlessness by an old age of celibacy. The piece, Which is well writtenand was admirably acted through out, was an nounce d for repetition every evening. The house was well attended..-." 1 OLYMPIC THEATRE. Last evening the presentation, for the 25th time, of Mr. Leman Rede's drama of the Profligate opened the performance. A farce, which has been played with much pccess, was then revived for the first time this season; it is entitled Angels and Lucifers. The anxiously expected event of the evening—the revival of a piece founded on the popular tale of " Robinson -Crime"— . concluded the evening's entertainments. It was in 1817 that this drama was first produced, at Covent-garden Theatre, it being from- the pen 'of the author of the -favourite drama of the Miller and his Men. It adheres closely to the tale, with the exception of the incident that the wife of Robinson CruSoe having left England in search of . him, is placed on shore by the mutinous crew of the vessel of which her son is the commander, and it so happens that th e y fall on the very island where Robin son and his man Friday are located. SURREY. , . A ne w drama, in three acts, entitled the Last Shilling, was brought out last night, and was well received by a numerous audience. The author of the Miller's Maid, Ben Brace, and other successful pieces prepared on this occasion knew treat for the lovers of nautical exploits. .Mrs. R. Howler played. the part of. Fanny With great ability, and Miss E. Terry, as a village coqu9tte, kept the audience on thb broad grin of laughter. When the curtain fell the applause was general. With the omis sion of some' passages, which should not be• retained, the piece will be a favourite, After the comic farce of Jinks, or the Man that couldn't help it, Mr. Ambrose, the Armenian, prodigy, made his first appearance, and per formed some extraordinary feats, called aerial pole dancing. The exhibition appeared new to the audience. The perforMer, with his head and shoulders resting on 'a cushion, and his feet elevated, balanced a Weighty pole with considerable shill. The pole was balanced hori zontally, and he 'dexterously drew forth reiterated plaudits. • - FATAL ACCIDENT ON TUE •LoNDoN AND SOUTH- AirroN Ita.nAvAr.—Between. five and six o'clock. yesterday morning the youngAnan, named Weller„ who; on the night of Sunday, the 18th instant,. was knoCked . dowd by one of 'the up-trains atfull speed: on. the - London and Soutliainpton . Railway; near to 'Ewell; in Surrey, as he was foolishly tres- Pa,ssing across it, expired at St. Thomas's Hospital,. whither • he Was removed directly after the occurrence of the accident, and has since remained. The particulars of this melancholy event have_ already appearad in The Sun. Ile sustained a frigktful injury' Of the scalp, and' his death is 'suppoSeccto" have proceeded *Om affection of the brain consequent thereon. An inquest held' on the 'body thiS day. ELECTRO-LITIIOTOAIT.—THS said that a 'patent is wk the eve of - being seciired for the reduction of calculi by means of electrolytic action: The' nature of the process and ,the character of the apparatus are `not yet known. It is affirmed that instantaneous relief Will be - afforded, and calculi of the largest size brought away, . . " BANK OF ENGLAND, The paper (No. 38; lFbuse of Commonsi'Seigion 1844) ordered to be printed on same day as the - preceding, comprises two accounts : (I.) of the Quarterly Averages of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of .England, as published in the Gazette since Bth Decem ber, 1842. (II.) Account of the Notes in Circulation-of the Bank of England and other Banks of Issue in Eng land, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland ; and of the Bullion in the Bank or England, in each month since the 7th January, 1843; as published in the Gazette , (in continua tion of Parliamentary Pap er , N o . 46, of ession 1843.) The dates at which these important averages (Account No. I.) were struck, appear to have been lunar months, , varied only by the occasional non coincidence of the days of publication of the Gazette. The account is drawn up in seven columns ; the first, showing the dates just alluded t 0,,; the second, "Amount of Notes in Cir culation ;" the third, "Deposits ;" the fourth (which is the sum - of second and third), " Total Liabilities ;" the fifth, "Securities ;" the sixth, "Bullion ;" the seventh (the sam of the two last mentioned), " Total Assets." There are, in all, fifteen of these quarterly averages the dates of their publication ranging from 6th January, 1843, to 2d February, 1844. The minimum and maximum quantities we have extracted from each column, and they may be stated, together with their respective dates, as under : MINIMLT3I Notes in Total Total Deposits. .. Securities. , Bullion. Irculation Liabilities. 1 Assets. X X X 1 X X 19,098,000 9,063,000 28,293,000 20, 60,000, 10,330,000 30,390,000 Jan. 15, Jan. 6, Jan. 6, Jan. 6, I Jan. 6, Jan. 6, 1844. . .1843. 1&43. 1 , ,13. I 1843. 1843. - - THE CASE of SUPPOSED TRANCE AT DEP.TFORD. The deep interest excited in Deptford respecting the sup posed case of trance continues increasing daily, and it is deeMed one of the most extraordinary which has ever come before the faculty. It is necessary to observe, that two re ports which have appeared in some of the papers are wholly without foundation, and have Caused great pain to' the . relatives. The first was that decomposition was Apparent at the early part of last week, and subsequently another re port was made, that the body had actually been buried. Even up to yesterday not the slightest appearance of-deem:a position had taken place. This assertion is made on the 'authcirity of the medical gentlemen who have from 'time to time, up to yesterday, watched the progress of the case. The following are facts which have not been generally pub lished:—On Friday, the 24 of February, Mr. Francie, jun., the son of Mr. Francis, the landlord of the : Oxford Arms, in ChUrch-street, Deptlbrd, was sitting in the tap-room of his 'brother's house, the Marquis •Of•Granhy, at the Lower Water-gate; Deptford, when he fell doWn apparently in a fit, and a medical gentleman pronounced him to_be dead, and took 'no means to restore what has since been declared by - competent authorities - to have been •celly suspended Vanimation. ' Mr. Taylor, surgeon of High :Street, afterwards weal() the house, and made•sOveral skil ful experiments; and although an hour after the young man had been pronounced to be dead, succeeded in bleeding him, but not to restore animation. On the jury being empannelled one of the jurymeia was also taken in a fit, whether from the sight of the body or net can only be imagined, but fora few momeuts a fatal result was expected. The jail generally were not satisfied with the general evidence, and requested the atttendance of •the medical gentleman who attended at the time, or that a post modem examination might be Made, but.the dictum of the Coroner; that the deceased died from an enlargement Of the heart, was submitted to by the jury, who appeared, however,-not-qUite satisfied, butrettuned a verdict that the deceased died 'wont natural canees: Almost imme diately afterwards a Inetther•of the deceased was seized with a fie ihtermittently fur three hours., The surgeon then called in, on hearing the probable cause of excitement, at Mize pro nounced the verdict to be premature, and that the Coroner was:exceedingly wrong-in directing the jury in such - a ease, ' andhe himself doubted whether death had been so instanta neous. The brother was bled and recovered, atul .subse quently Mr. Atkins, the surgeon spoken of, afterwards saw the bock, -- which then exhibited all the freshness and bloom of health. Several medical and surgical men 10 the vicinity of the plteie, and front the lanOon hospitals, also visited the place ; front their vague expressions there appeared no . dOubt that life Was not extinct., at least for nine or ten days' after the holding of the inquest. On Friday Messrs. goivning, (the slur eons to the polio juice) and . Mr. Taylor, The sutge4if before alluded to, again visited the . lionse.ands cave a most unqualified contradiction to decompositionrelming -taken pia*. Mr. liaise, a professor galvanism, reeonnitemlid galstanism, but it was u... 1 deemed expedient to'employ it. Yesterday Mr. Hope, surgeon, of _Deptford. atitende4„Aep- t .- pared with a galvanic battery, but,:onyiewing , theihodv, -- eon" sidered it advisable not to make the experitiletif; lie; ; how eeee, recommended that the head shotild b•e - rai.getuenoreoto ' that, if ateelife, did remain, .the blood should not !'tiow.tothe' head.; also st rongly revolt - intended, that as. no 6Compu-: aitiaht hind ticken place, - -no interment 'should-le : made mail decomposition was unequivocal, and then, fur the .4atlsfactititt of the relatives and justice to ,the medical'profession, ape# moriem examinfttion elieuld he made... lie:observed that.the limits were nut sti4' and the sides were almost warm, Andante likekleatie . The r4lat s es . still eirtertaitehepeS, aticrtiteleidy • ' is Nequently washed. It is, however, in .theciiiltii; HI are lip . to - this' present thee perittctivi,suppleti Art ur, the surgeon whdse mime and •opiniens'Aiate been freely need in' .some ; hf the fePorts, never saw the•body after • the Inquest, but.; on the conteary, was yesterdai, - !nt ing,lrefused athuiseion ; 24days have elapsed sincel he inquest. JUSTICE TO ALL. . t ' TO THE EDITOR : 01:„T.IIE SUN. Sir',-- 7: -!Phe cry til . -.Justice to - I'Mand,' which, by. the , by, I am glal to nofico, I think' slth.ol / Vt .: . .t chved to • " J - ustice to Ireland , Englapd, and Soot land .' iThlibtless . the Irish - sutre tore from lii;rUte, tha the Engli-h and Scotch, , but ‘4are all most griev ous y oppressed, and the quiet. s uluni ss i on , o f the Eng lish and Scotch is as great-a disgrace to them as the t attempt to obtain.redress is,creditable to the Iri4l l . If : the three kingdom 4 Were to . 111544 on Parliament . doiUg justice to all, 'by legislating honestly, and not to vroMote class interests, `Blr Robert , Peel durst not treat such an appeal - with indifference. - ' - 'lle'fitids Ireland enough for him, without the addition of England and Scotland. Union and determination are all that'have been long wanted to compel a corre6. don of abuses. *The public mita . is: now rendy,.and. only wants directing by the Liheral public presg; • ' What the Tories dare rernse to' Ireland, they durst . not refuse to Ireland . , England, and Scotland. Thanks.to the Anti-Corn-lawWeagne, we are enlightene.d:Ori the . -- infarrions and wicked - corn-laws, 'but are net 'the - legacy -tax, Whiolvdoes.not apply fo landed property, the income•tax, which makes no distinction beOreen income derived from ,realised property and industry, and, almost -every:Act :of the. Legislature connected w 4 taxation, equally unjust? - When the eomniunity, are taught that Unequal taxation and monopolies are onlir leoalised robberies we ::shall , 1 - ia,Ve a;returri.of i . ' • • prosperity, but not till theu. ,. ..The sligbtimprinement in ttad• will disappear as soon as a bad:harveSt - causes. - the corn-laws to press More heavily US. - f-iirtliir's; - Ite: Hull, Feb. 23, 1844. • - A REFORMER.. TEL, A.NCHOI:I7 REVERSE OF H 'FORTUNE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SUN. SJR—We observe copied into your journal of SatUrday from the Globe, and under the above head ing; a paragraph to the effect that Mr. Robson, who, after suffering the loss of his fortune, and beholding the wreck of his hopes, died in Peckham workhouse ou Tuesday last, was tha projector and publisher of _the Post-office Directorv. Such is not the fact; the Post-office Directory (in opposition to which Mr. Robson 's book was pro jected) having been in existence twenty years before the work published by Mr. Robson. 'You will per hal:4 do us the favour to correct the mistake.—W e are, Sir, your most obedient servants, KELLY and CO., Printers and Publishers of the Post-office Directory. 19 and 20, Old Boswell-conk, Feb. 26. BETIILEM HOSPITAL. — From the report Of thi s Royal and Metropolitan Hospital - for the Insane, juSt pub lished, the following statistics have been - obtained :—The HosPital now contains 339 patients ; or these, 65 males and 100 females - are curable, 34 •'males and 50 females incurable, and To males and . 2o females criminals: thus one-half of the patients are curable, and one-fourth incitrableinclependent of the criminal lunatics. The admissions to Redden' in the year 1843 have been 109 males and 173 females; 'making a total of 284 patients. Th e average number of cures in 1843, was 56 males and 103 females,.or 56 per cent., - and demon strating-that the females are - cured nearly:hi the 'proportion of 2 to 1. to the male patients.. - Occupation for the mind diseased is now being carried-into' effect at Bethlem Hospital, with the happiest results. Eleven.workshops arc now nearly completed, under the directiOn of Mr. Sniirke, the surveyor; a library has-been formed, and placed under the care of a pa tient as librarian. A bagatelle-board and billiard-table have likewise been proctired, for the exercise and amusement of the male patients ; whilst additional work-rooms have been built for the female lunatics, with the use of a piano, forte, Which - is'n great conselation to a numerous class of our unhappy fellow creatures. Since the in CADS of employment' have been rendered : -available at Ilethlem, restraint has greatly diminished; the average number under restraint in 1843 has been only three per cent. weekly. No case of suicide has - occurred during the past year, a lthouglig! tients, or 28 per coat., are reported to have hind suicidal tendencies, HoLr- A Wottb THAT SAC/IMB ONLY BE SAID U PON . word appears' • of his works prohibited,, the fol l owing —elxnpeallie.medndie.byl.,iltostlinalnancnio,lntlhneioGrn:aanncipteheet, awdhinoisswoPns t b y the constitution from the pay._ D lately A Y S. t:u n. e i r an ve w rw h e a furt ex in e ,, , m , s;erfig s mas 6 igber 6 c . htig !" Mean ingment of taxes. ._~- __ THE—STORM ON SATURDAY- . • ' MORNING. :, , ':-- :: :s 1 The gale§ of win d-whieli?blew heaYily daring The whole of '-- Friday night' and Saturday 'rnerning froni.S.S.W., -- ire regret to .state, pry ductive of the .most nielattcholY, retutis 'along the Coast, several valuable .vei,:selc havieg'beee wreckedend twenty lives lost. At Scarborough, in. YorkShire,-it.Was Severely felt, and the calamity thatwaS witneSsed at' the en trance of the harbour will long be borne-in recollection by the • inhabitants. It having been . reported thate3everal fishing 3'awls had been out all night in.the'storm, and that teats were apprehended that they had been wreeked,At,eneerlyjiatir a :great concour se of perms --assembled along the, shote, in quiring -into the truth Pit the rumours. Shortly before nine o'cloekassy_weLyaised that tii - eri Jere three ot-the missing boats standing in for .the harbour, which,,ae ! may be easily imagined, produced no little - degree..of .satisf3ction, and amongst the. eagei crowds could. be seen= t he:Wires itid Taint, lies of those on board of the approaching boats, iii a state of eeitacv at their apparent safe'deliyetv,.:-The-sceue, ina few :Seconds, however, changed to one of:Olin:fat painful and heart 'rending description. The yawls (fishing boats delimit . s(i tints burden) - were: the Willing Maid, of Scarborough; the. J creni e, and'the.Enutlous.- - They were all apparently_ ~bea t i fig _int o the .haven, the sales ti,e - htly.hattled in, - and although, the -weather had not,abated, the wind still blowingAteavy , squalls; ,With showers Of 'silos, - and sleet,lt was fully:expected. they would reach the harbour in " safety. Snddenly the _Wind.-In- Creased, and in the next moment- a terrible sea capsized the . ',wlicile three vessels, and, they. instantly sank, carrying itith_ them- the greater part of their .crews, with the exceptiowel ' thoSe belonging to the Willing Maid, who managal to reach 'the beach near the Spa. The- sensation which: this eetas troPhe occasioned - amongst the assemhled. throng was - most intense. Some of the ill-fated crews beine., observed strug gling amidst the waves, several boats put oft to render them assistance, but owing to the terrific fury of the gale, the - boats were unable to gain the spot until the whole of the poor fellows (fourteen in number) belonging to the Jerome, : Mr.'eammish master, and the Emulous, 111r. : Wyall master;" haftsunk to rise no more.: Unfortunately, most of them have left' families to-deplore their fate, and none..;of the bodies have as yet been recovered. At about three o'clock in the . morning a vessel called th e Giil nserton, belonging- to Mont rose, whilst.on her passage to London, - was totally lost by strikin„7 on the Naveitnne-'rocks, on the Fern Island. It was within two miles of the spot where.the Pegasus steamer was wrecked a short. time since. Fortunately, the vessel re mained fast on the rock after 'She snick; which :enabled the crew to get their boats oirrand'esCap6; ' soon afterwards, however, she slid off, and went down in deep water. The . crew were quickly picked up, and landed safely at Suuder land. During the height of the storm a brig was seen by the Coast-guard Service near Cromer in distress. She was about three miles front shore; and 'ill about ten minutes she sank headforemost; the entire of the unfortunate crew, con sisting of six persons, perishing with her. Between the en trance -of the Har =trashy the -gale , was severely . felt. At nine o'clock on Friday night. a vessel was run down in Grimsby-roads by a-brig called the Prince Regent, of Sun derland. She proved to be a sloop named the John and Hannah's Endeavour, belonging to Wakefield, and the mas ter and crew had a narrow escape of being drawn down by her. They all Inekily reached the brig in safety ' as also did the captain's wife, who w as o n board, and in the course of Saturday morning they were all landed - at Grimsby, and forwarded to Hull. 4 vessel was lost near Hartlepool, and. another off Shoreham,: on the Sus Sex coast; but whether any lives fell a sacrifice we are unable to state - The 'shipping in the eonsiderable damage, although most of them had both .aneliora down during the gales; - • MAXIMUM. • £ 4 20,239,000 13,172,000 32,43,000 23,587,000 13,933,000 15,870,000 April 29, Feb. 2, Feb. 2, April 28, Feb. 2, ' Feb. 2, 1843. 1844. •1844. 1843. .1844. 1844. The account (No. IL) exhibits 13 statements for terms of four weeks each respectively_; the terms ending—the first of the series on the 4th February, 1848, the last on the 6th January, 1844. The table consists of five divisions : (1) England,, (2) Scotland, (3) Ireland, (4) Total, (5) Bulllion in the Bank of England. We subjoin, in like manner for each of these divisions, the minimum and maximum quantities, with the respective dates of the several terms of far. weeks, as published. Four weeks (1843) end 3113 M. respectively as tuttler ENGLAND. • SCOTLAND. • - :IRELAND. Bank of, Private Joint Stock Pri v at ean d B an k of Pri"teand . Chartered, '- England. Banks. Banks.' joint - Stock . Ireland. Joint Stock . , Banks. , , Batiks. £ f £ 16,411,000 4,288,180 June 24. Sept. 29. Joint Stock 'Banks. . -• _____ x 2,763,302 Sept. 22. I .£ 2,457604 2,975,950 1,681,584 April 1. Sept. 29. -I.ug. 19. MAXIMUM. Fo'ar weeks (1843) ending respectively as'undez .£ £ R .£ 21,103,0001 5,024,716 3,315,319 I . 3,166,920 I 3,511,475 2;404,045 Feb. 4. Feb. 4. I Nov. 11. Dee. 9. Nov. 11. Nov. 11. _ MINIMUM TOTAL OP 1 X33,483,00(1 Ditto of Bullion in ABOVE AVERAGES. 5 .1ttne24,1843 Bank of England. X 10,933,000 MAXIMUM, Durro. X 36,985,028 Ditto. X 14,638,000 Fob. 4;1843. MINI: These very important accounts were called for by Mr. Charles Wood ; and cannot fail to be of the utmost utility in reference to the approaching discussions of Parliament on the currency, and the renewal of the Bank. Charter. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--YEsTEnnitY. CHESTER co-. 14 to I apt Mr. T. A. Milbank's Sir Robert—taken 15 to 1 agst.Mr. Sharratt's The Prior—taken 15 to 1 agat Mr. Collett's Cationite 18 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh 20 to 1 agat Col. Craddock's Pagan—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. W. Dawson's Merry Andrew 20 to 1 agat Mr. Stephenson's Freedom 20 to 1 agst Mr. 'fitting's Tacita 27 to 1 agst Mr. Gough's . Greenfinch 30 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's What—taken 30 to'l agst Lord Eglintoun's jarnie Forest-.-taken 50 to sgst.llr. Love Say's Testatrix—do. • 15 to 1 agst Greenfinch and Yin Ordinaire—do. 15 to I agst Greenfinch and Nutwith—do. Bto 1 agst;Kent's•lot. • ' • • The very small, modicum of business transacted on this event s had no other result than to give Sir Robert the call of The Prior, to give Pharoill'a lift of two points, and to re store Tacita to the position sh e h e ld some th ree weeks ago. DERBT. . sto 1 agst J. Day's lot—take:n and afterwards - Offered 11 to 1 -agsteolonel Peel's lot—taken 1,000 to-30 agst. Lord Kzeter's lot-4akep, • 1,000 to 50 agst - Forth's lot, bar Leander—taken 6 to 1 agst Air: John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—taken 16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando 16 to 1 agit Mr. Lichtwald's Leander 20 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaro o 30 to I .agst 'Mr. Quip's Loadstons 33 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lonian—taken 33 to I agst Mi. A. Wood's Running Rein—taken 35 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddlebow—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Vat colt—taken 100 G to 20 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—t. twice . 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's King of the Gipsies , 1000 to 15 agst Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Bebington—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Batson's Anniversary 1000 to 10 Mr. Bradshaw's Sir Isaac—taken 700 to - 600 on The Ugly Buck agst Rattan—taken 1000 to 10 agst the Ugly Buck winning the Derby and St. Leger, and Boarding-school Miss thebakst. 2000-to 10 asst Rattan, Boarding-school Miss, and Lean der, for the three events—taken ,000 to 5 agst - Rattan, the Bee, and Ugly Buck, for the sante event - . The betting on this race was confined to a "select few," and was strictly in k ee pi ng w ith th a t on th e Ch es te r C u p.. It may be described in a few words. The 'two favourites were backed for, about 100/. - each; Cockamaroo and lonian for small sums, Saddlebow at 1,000 to 25 (in one instance only), the Vat colt at the same o dd s , t o a b ou t 40/., Running Rein at 1,00010 30, the layers refusing to go on, Campunero at 35 to 1, Apprentice at 50 to 1, about 50/., and Sir Isaac. at 1,000 to 10 (two or three parties anxious to go on). Nothing done about Orlando or Leander, and not the slightest inclina tion to back either Loadstone or Foig-a-hallagh. The following well known hunters—" well known in Lei cestershire "—were sold yesterday by Messrs. Tattersall's : Rocket, 460 guineas ; Negro, 220 guineas ; Pilot, 185 guineas Monarch, 170 guineas ; Volunteer,l2o guineas; and Magic, 100 guineas. Total for the six, 1,255 guineas. THE LATE ABDUCTION OF A YOUNG LADY.—There appeared last week a paragraph respecting the extraordinary abduction of a young lady, - - named Jane Page, only-13 years of age, by a young farmer of the name. of George-Gardener, from a seminary in High-Street, Warwick. - 50/. reward was immediately - offered for their apprehension, but the police , were unable to trace them out until last Saturday evening, when they were discovered quartered at an inn in Douglas, in the Isle of Mari, Naving been away just a week; and cap tured full 250 miles from their native place. Gardener was instantly taken into opittodv by the police, and, having been conveyed to Stietton t near "Warwick, he on Wednesday 14.4 underwent an examination at the public office before Mr. J. Fullerton, a county magistrate, the following being the substance of the evidence, which will be found to be of a very remarkable character :—The young lady is thedaugh ter of a wealthy farmer at Strettob, and, upon her attain ing her 18th year, comes into .possession of a large estate. The prisoner is also very respectable and wealthy, and, being desirous of becoming a - farmer, he was apprenticed to the young lady's parent, at). as to be instructed in the several branches of agriculture.. Hp was considered as ono of the family, and frequently ha an opportunity of visiting' the young lady whilst at sciov4; but owing to. heusivy tender age, not the leaSt idea was entertained by theirfkivlds of an intimacy existing. On last Saturday week the prisoner went to the seminary; and informed the Misses' Kimberley, the proprietors, that he was instructed to convey Miss Page to her parent's residence, as she was going to stay there a short time with a few friends, and, under such circumstances, she was easily parted with. ; The magistrate, in reviewing the case, remarked that if the prisoner's defence should be that the young lady was a willing party it would not alter the offence, as he had absconded with her at such a tender age that she was considered not to know right from wrong. -.lle was then fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes at Warwick, being - liberated on two sureties of 3004 each, and himself in a like The Belgian Government has, on the proposition of the Commission of Trans-Atlantic Navigation, resolyCd to establish at the expense of the-State five lines Of -sailing packets :-1. Between Belgium and the Levant, touching alternately at Smyrna; Syra, And Athens; to_ sail. from An.. twerp on the Ist of April, 15th of May, Ist of July, 15th of August, Ist of October, and 15th of November: 2: Between Antwerp and New,. York, - one departure every month, for eight months in /he year, commencing on the 15th.of March. 3. BetVieedßelgmin and Vera Cruz, fimr departures—viz., the 15th of Aril; August, October, and December. 4. To Bahia, two departures—viz., • June' 1.5 and September 15. 5, Valparaiso and, Callao, two departures—wiz. f June and December 1. .•• • • ,uoiia aut, lat rn rf Dle let )'"