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, nsation Ilage of .quence irs that ling at a mart anches- prices at S. d 13 0 f • • CIONTRA-CTS fop SEAMEN'S CLOTHING. ‘....1 Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport uurvices,Somerset-place,,March 30„1850. The Commissioners for executing the Othceot Lord High Admiral of the United Mullein of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY; the 18fh April next; at Ono o'clock, they will be ready to treat wills such I'ercons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying and •dellyliiing- into - her -Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the nuctermentioned Articles, viz.:— . Blue Cloth, No.l. , . . . 28,000 Yards • Do. No. 2 16;1D00 „ • „ • . • . ' •- ' Duck - 135,000 Yards Flanner"•• '' ' '. '. - .200,000 •• White Cotton Drill . . . 50,000 .„. Blue Jean . . . . . . 10,000 „ Worsted Mits . . . . 2,000 Pairs 1- Do. Caps 12 OOO No. Blankets_ 16,000 Black Silk Handlerehlefs ' . .' .•••16,000 Caps for Boats' Crews, •" ' • • ' 50 2 Flushing Jackets , - • . .• • . . 2• 50 0 Bair for Beds .. . .. . . . 40,000 Bed Cases 7,000 No. Hessen . 13 OOO Yards Black Shallomi ' . • , • ' 8,000 Royal Canvass . • • . • 3,500 •• Padding Cloth . • • . 1,500 „ White '_';'alteo Black Stay Tape . .- • - • 30,000 •• White Tape .. , . . . 210,000 •• While Dutch Tape • • . 30,000 Pieces Osnaburg 850 Yards ll . • , • • L l l l a a c ci: Line n Silk .. .. '; • •.. :• : • 2288 ' ,00 t 00 0 00 0 1s s Skeins. Black Silk Twist - O_lteeting . - • • • ... . 150 •• White Serge ... .. •.. • Whits Thxead • • • . . ' . ;,. 0 00 0 0 0 ibs. „ White Udell Thiead ' . • . • 850 „ Whitr.cf-browg Thread . • • 1,500 „ Black- Thread-. • . • • :. 800 ~,, , .. Sewing Cotton • • • • 120 ~ Stern Bukons, Small _ ... . _ . . 3,C00 Gross. Irnulliank Butt•ms • •- - ' 1,500 „ White - Cotton Btittons . • • 1,000 „ Pearl Buttons . • . - . 1,000 •• Silk Nove Buttons . • • • 800 „ IlorniAllartic Buttons ... .. ~. • g• 50.: ~ Black Iron Buttons (4-hole) • • ( Jim „ White Metal Buttons (4-hole) . 1,500 „ Tenders will nQt_be received for a less quantity than 5,000 yards of ' Blue Cloth, 50,000 yards of Duck, mitt 15,000 yards of Flannel. Samples of the articles, and the conditions of the Contracts may - be seen at the said Office, betweeitthe hours of Ten and Two only No Tender will- be received. after One o'clock 9n the day of treaty, and the party tendering, ox an agent for him, duly authorised in Writing, must attend on Monday, the 22d April next, at One o'clock, to learn the result of his tender. Every Tendet mist be ttUressed to the'Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for , and must also bo delivered at Somerset-pla ce , accompan i e d by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the perion tendering, in the sum of 251. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contracts to - ADTOWSON of the VICAEAGE of St. BOTOLPII, in the Borough 1 t 026 0 Of BOSTON, in the County - of LINCOLN. TO BE. SOLD (by ordur of the Ecclesiastical 3 1 Commissioners fdt England,) the ADVOWSON of the _ 3 I 'VICARAGE of the Parish and Parish Church of SAINT BOTOLPIL 24 0 in the Borough oPBOSTON, in•the Count, of LINCOLN, estimated to be worth (exclusive of the Vicarage House and Garden) about 30 0 1701., which is derived as follows : The Con erajj2n of Boston pay 331. 63. Bd. in respect of the 26 0 original ancient Endowment cf Fifty Marks per aunnua. The fur - 29 0 ther sum of 2661. 135. 4d. a year is payable to the Vicar as one of 22 0 the Presbyter, under the Charter of King Philip and Queen Mary by _ the al utticipal Trustees of Boston ou t o f t h e rents o f th e l an d s com - 31 I ,; Prised in such Ch arter , „w hi ch produce a gross rental exceeding 26 "1,400/. a year. The further sum of 101. a year consists of the Vicar's moiety of the interest of 4001., bequeathed to the Corporation _ ef Boston by. the Will of Mrs. Mary Falkn e r f or the use of the Vie sr 9 _ 2 10 and Lecturer lair 'the time being for ever. The further sum of 61. , et Year consists oil an annual rent- c h arge gran t e d t o th e Vicar by 3 2 3! Air. John Wood, for preaching a sermon on the Friday next before ~ 2 s the monthly sacrament. The further suns of 51. consists of an an , _ 2 4 Sinai b enefactionpayable to the Vicar under the will of Mr. Thomas _ Margery The residue is derived front surplice fees. There is also ...... 22 6 a piece of land in the allotment to Boston East in the West Fen, 21 06 I T:ltaining '2A. 2a. 6e. se t out to the Vicar under an ',closure award —2O lien of coininote right, appurtenant to the Vicarage-house, the ani mal value of which piece of land may be estimated at 51. or 61. ~, 25 , to ~ There is a good Vicarage House near the Church, and adjoining r ) 339 per tel.,ls house is a Garden containing about 459 square yards. The Cel u e r h e r h Is a noble ancient edifice, of great architectural beauty and or score. celebrity it contains a fine organ, and a, choir and organist are kept, is, dittOr tree ie . t t h o e t t h i e m i e nc h u e f i n n b g ent. 12 for I'• The Vicar expense has the right to nominate and choose, it bushel s On ally future Yacncies, the lecturer in the said church, who is the and 1 70 tet6ther Presbyter under ihe said charter, with an annual . stipend of 16st 911/1 el, of Is isich 250/. a year is derived under the said charter, and 31% payabl e out of `the lands comprised. therein, and the remaining 101. a 18st Year is Payable under the said will of the said Mrs. Mary Falkner. The Vicar has Also the right to nominate, on any future vacancies, riferior• I chaplain or curate, on the foundation of Henry Fox, to assist in the 14 6 btrochial duties, whose stipend, derived from land under such fours ),„ 0 lation, is about 1201. per annum. . -l a -4 0 , The borough' and parish of Boston are co-extensive, and contain a 10 ~ o,l3,ulation, accordin be the-last census, et about 13,000 souls. . 3 v dhe present incutt is in his 71st year. _The adeowso n o f th e Vicarage belongs to the Mayer, Aldermen, and 40 1 b red ,Ur gesseS of the B oroug h of Boston, and is to be sod by Order of her to 005 0 ueieety's said Commissioners by Tender, ix the form which haspeen , of IPProved of liy the said Commissioners 8s to ',":,.,, Such persons as are desirous of making Tenders for the said Vicar to 1_25_71 senors, may receive aForm of Tender at the ()tee of the said Commis s_vaso aeners, lili ditto, 1, or by No. 5, Whitehall-place, London, betwe e n th e h ours o f 11 an d applying at the Office of the Town-Clerk at Boston, to whom od; ett ers may b e . a dd ressed. i to 2 to lc; oThe Tenders must be delivered in duplicate, sealed up, and directed ,n'aThke Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England," and there must each, 16 i to lod , : t otelpb eidn thereon, " Tender for the Advowson of the Vicarage of St. Pa loners, on or e o ß ef o o r r o e uf h h e of l g h ost d o a n,' o ' f at A th r e il O n at ex ce t et ;butth the no said Tender wilCommis hens,l ks, clitt o l : received after Twelve o'cleck y on that day, nor will any proposal _,,,, 4, _noticed unless made in the said form and duly delivered at the said en 4 nee ef the Commissioners. - (proem !oxen, FRAU AND COUNTEIT N S. of .141bst CHOVIES. BURGSS'S ESSENCE • or rk larlarge, DS ERF A s to ° I. fall." [IN Cnexceite]—" Burgess Y . C o lli ns ," an d " Burgess v. to Idi On the 7th of:March, 185'9, his 'Honour Vice-Chancellor Sir J. L. al, Is 1 LOlght Bruce.grauted an INJUNCTION to restrain John Collins, 1; barley,f,Zimonrovr, Liverpool, from manufacturing any sauce or cora- T urpoiting to be. -`f -Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," er so dr, triv n ex pressed snid as to represent that the sauce or composition day 0 ", - , ° sa n ntus e ctn o r r en and or hy exported , tildn,rgisestshaensdarn,;eenasLhde eensstehnecei4tohf with a+. ltehovies manufactured Ulshi for ri% t rarch, 1859, his honour Vice-Chancellor Kni g ht B ruce granted advanc e A ; l et a c e ir 'injunction to restrain Triel Stall, of 3, Satchvrell-rents, een-road, London, from selli rig any sauce or composition S, thin - ,scribed as or purporting to be " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies." leg ov a, ascleenotice is hereby g i ven, t h a t proceedings will be immediately vi o .5 81 t in againet, all other person. manufacturing and vending or ex ed 3 rtth e g b e n s t s t e le nct of anchovies in bottles labelled in a Similar manner R shad e which the genuine essence of anchovies nsanufac p ared by J oim " B n urgess and Son is labelled, or labelled in any manner tO a, be d aiculated to induce the public to believe that such spurious ii. r 0 to ese nce is the, genu i ne essence of anchovies manufactured by 563 Olin Burgess and Son, of 107, Strand, London. ub fro ° THOM AS PETER, Solicitor to the Plaintiff. 11. Arun ery . , ' , Finsbury -square, London. Aiwa , of PrrlN ATIUN AL LOAN FUND LIFE tever Pro . ASSURANCE SOCIETY. I 27, CORNHILL, LONDON. neio Bl / Capital .£500,000• Empowered by Act of Parliament. ' reit; Th. l a a , no g -- -- leading features * of the Society are guaranteed of an ample iv/ i roprietary C 015 v,,,,, Moderate Rates of Premiums. balflwa . , ip Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. , ...,, tAnnual Division of Profits. • Is 0 Uftlf th e rreis P remium may remain as a Loan for Five Year!. wilt 00 Moderato Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. I,,,,,.a:textra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. 10 Utt er n e last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 66 11l P re' er " at * ( ceording to age) on the Premiums paid. :rane fir Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. fOreir , •.. .. sal et I B ' ; Perma- ,Sum the l e e bs• -1.6 Anneal Policy' onus in - Bonus -Inent Re-; Assured __ e 011 0 'l e - a i Pre- take' addition in ductien of may bor- Yu _ ,he a mium. out in t. Sum Cash. Annual row on Mil 1 ' l i tssor eu• . , Premium. Policy. o de' e-- _ rn -------------------- w ale 2 a,. d. £ s. d £ s. da .f s. d. ar & le' . - 1937 276 14 .3'128 14 321 7 2 593' 4 8 • 11 0 • 1833, 251 18 1 0 115 14 818 12 8;543 17 'IIY 060 I X 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9'494 8 10 on do 000 .E a. d. 1840 178 0082142 12 14 . 11'445 0 0 74 3 1. 184/ 174 0 0 711 3 4 12 3 01395 11 las Of t.- 1.842 147 4 2 65 15 10 10 2 , 4'346 2 I 6d Pe r 1843 99 18 4 4t 8 4 615 11 296 1 3 4 ea a • . 1844 62 6827 13 4 44 0 247 4 i ,_ ow Prospectus, *. gi ran _ v .. le with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office 7, to 2 t its branches in the country ; sr, oa application. will be for- • . heat"arded Post Tree: : ;el 0 , per t° 0 l ''' • W. S. B.- WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. , averlig A 0 RG YI&E, SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Farro ad; t..s. . c Vaindinill-strect, St. James's. 008 M usicaly,- .....s Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun. * 91; 5,,,T!! _APCADEMY, for' Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is 94 A i,` - . 7 0 EN dlit the Season. Teaching by Professors. Calkins, ' Cos Fo r ;;,_..oer.Yiearifincl,FranConl, • - , el' Private Tuition apply at the &rim—Terms . of elub -11.4, KriPtion for oral e ,d • a, sa .- eraw tine month, 14. 18. 7 a „evening practicemonths, 51. 55.; .1 ,_ one evening, 15. Subscribers' tickets not Sete transferable. • ' tO Th e Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight ' scl P.f - Clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. / 5s _,,' ca. t ,„ . A PPETI-TE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. Fre° .ten s : . r -i2l •, and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE ' 75; r e el Rim all S i i& o ileg impede the most exquisite relish toaSteaks, Chops 111 e Mid by its tasotl Meat Grpvipa, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, a la e end invigorating properties enables the stomach te tw, 0 0 , Perfectly algest thethod ; 2 009 f The daily use of tills aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe 's) .0. guard to health. Per Bold by the Proprietors, Lea and Perrin% 6, Pere-street, Oxford issativ I, Street, L eh : h o se • Itarelay _ ( 1011; Ana tB, road-street, n Worcester; also by Messrs. And Merchants 0.% Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and ether Oilmen s London van& generally by the _principal dealers in Ilaue,e, , fors otnll.l.ll.L.,..To_s_gujird;aaciiinSt. imitations, see that the.names of E RRING' are uponthe label and patent cap of the bottle. led o t o o ll6 . ht 0,0, IBLAIR'S GOUT arid RHEUMATIC) PILLS. , cars , ,.. The aCluMwledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GO ~, fro , ct ATIC PILLS, byi the. coathaued series of testimoeials aynadielthilalaUve at Li ~,,fr Amen sent to and published by the proprietor for near .itig rendered Ulla Metiiclue the moat Popular of h ly twenty " Ye4rB ' t e present age • and cillr'' is corroboration of which the• following extract of a letter, willttert he C ° 7 Jehe Mollard Wheeler, E'q., Collector of Custom s , J amaica, hay re, tb ° been handed by illslardthe at Swindon, to Mr. T rou t f or publi eas 0 , non, will fully eonflrin. , •• I know you have never had i occasion to take Flair's Pills, b u t ; _ et Rs P-- me emphatically tell-you, n mereytio any friend who may suff e r ht me gout, rheuntatic gotit, lumbago, sciatica, rheumatism, or any dip pf' _branch of that widely-allied family, to recommend their using them. in this ceuntry they ere otWonderiul efficacy i not only am I person id ts ellY aware of their powers, but Pace my friends and acque intances d fro' tecelvin , ER e be ... a _ g unfaihn bandit from their use . '.would not be without 1. 1 `,4, on'_coMpateaintyier,o,pnt. ,If _taken in the early stage of disease they had ' il l' ir i, 8 !I 401119 r. ;. if 1n ., / later, they alleviate pain and effect a h e , . _enspeedier cure than by any other means within my knowledge " „ Br ae . _ :bold by Themish Ilford; 2/9, Strand, London ; and by his appoint . • u u _ ii .ed ;?, 1 , nt by all respeetabla Mecliciue Vendors throughout the United sP s .,,ef ' u llealorn. Prim 2tu 9d. ner }Lox. 0 1 .' 1 , t Ask for BLAIIVS.O I SU'II:aod RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe it 0° j he name and addreis fif.•!Tlitnias Prout 229, S to traud, ' Lon on,' ha at) Pressed aeon the •GoVernnaeht Stamp affixed each box of the er lie re Chatting Medicine: • ' 0010 THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. -------- _,, ...."-- U.N __ nustrated by 26 Anatomical CoSlued EN gravinzs on Steel. PLIYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA ; al ,4 PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS.TO MARRIAGE. - l e Pi" 4 `,c'w Edition, enlarged tO 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or ?t oy Post, direeffrom the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage Work on Robe . HE SILENT' FRIEND,' a Medical Work o'n ~, _ s. hula infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex [lupe nsive lgence, is and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks en Marriage and the means of obviating certain oils of !Nalifications Illustrated Marriage, 26 Coloured En , ravings. By R. and rifO, r t . _ . P . E s RitY arid ' CO., Consulthig Surgeons, 19: Berners-street, 0:- 0 1 1 7 , ct .. _ treet London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, elf, * , t ' ari raternoster-r ow ; Hannay, 63, awl Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; _.,.. lall- s e r i . Tltehhorne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden "My, 40,.... pea 5 r I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-product ivo Vill.: 0 T i n , and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Heft', d„:_att'c It. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in , n oij "qcnee, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing ) " Lo4isti and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative i. 6 —ic pacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. 411 1 t i il 4 , ?oar 111 , treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in Fato r _e', ;,!.primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for aub , .00 th e Primary .This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured so il' en gravings. , P ear IV. co n t a i ns a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a 1 ": 1 Ple a .....„---*" T h is pie by ,which tho danger of intection i s o b viated. titer ,otroel. m portant part of the , Work should not escape th e reader ' s ig ti J,: • Atly_ . V. Is devoted te , the consideration of marriage, and its clu ed 64, whole the of unproductive union am also considered and the co subject oritically end philosophically inquired into. ' :to g , TIL E ItDIAI., BALM OF SYRIA tut is exclusively employed in Stre et/ treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I is. and 335. bttle. T b eC oneentrat6illietersive Essence, an anti -syphilitic 495 Dec for pJ 8 3 . mpthins or Pbcifidrre the blood in cases of infection, secondary bottle. IC urtio"sr and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per 7,42, Ter box, :rrycosPuflfziog- Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 48. 6d., and lls. Lain remedy for gonorrhcea, ' gleet, stricture, and !Ate chronic hula o 11. A minuilinati6n"°fAh° bladder.' Consultation fee, if by letter, the case is required: age, habits, and posi , , s, lion in so ciet3 e '. 4 T' i ll i 076, bilahment only; byilitt4Nreictf‘the tee; 1/., aoeflcets, with advice, to be had at the lista . is saved. Messre. Perry, 4i '.. 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',., - . , • . 4 1 /././.. z , ~,„- .4 ,' - _, 7 5 -,-, f+ , ,, - 7 - >iiu - '• •,tt.‘,1, ,, . ' A... , ; ,, cit - ,,, , : - ' .-- 4 / 1 10. .4' ''' 4 \ k - - •-nts'Av , • . . . , .‘. . , , • , . , , ... . . ... . , • -• [PRICE* .SD. classes, be allowe compensatton equal to . the present savings price, proportionate to the reduction already recommended, for each class. 53. But as r egar d s th e seamen and marines in an arrangement which takes from them what they have been so long accustomed to, we think they are entitled to a liberal compensation in money. . 54. We therefore'discard the idea of regulating the amount to be given .to them by the value of the spirits saved to the Governi'nent 'by the reduction. 55. It is proposed td give to all warrant Officers , (including junior engineers), working- petty officers, able and ordinary seamen,- non-commissioned Officers and privates of the marines, 3s. 61. per, man per ca lendar mr.nth ; to second-class ordinary and lands , men, 23. 6d. . . 56. The proposed compensation alloWance, together with the pay, will give -to an able seaman something more than 41s. per calendar month. But we strongly recommend that in the printed pay. table of-the Navy, the compensation allowance be kept entirely distinct from the pay. '57. If there be men (and we think there will be many) who would wish to give up the remaining por tion of their grog, they will receive from the purser the usual savings price, as shown underneath : r. d. Viz. .. 1 5 per. calendar month. Add compensation allowance 3 6 lt ' W . 4.11 • " 41 for the surrender of the whole allowance. • , 58. But if men who think proper to give up the proposed reduced allowance shall desire to return to it, they shall be at liberty to do so on giving notice of such wish on the Ist day of the nionth. si). The committee recommend: that a reduction, or discontinuance, be Made for a time, at. the discretion of the captain, in the compensation money, as a minor punishment for drunkenness ; such abatement to be paid over for the comfort of the sick on board the ships to which the men belong, or such other object connected with the welfare of the seamen as the Ad miralty may determine ; and that provision be made accordingly in the Act of Parliament, authorising the compensation. 66. Taking the vote at 39,000 men, and abating 5,000 marines at head quarters, and the officers and boys not included in the compensation, leaves 26,000 to receive the proposed allowance, which, giving— To warrant officers, petty officers, and non-commissioned officers of ma rines, able and ordinary seamen, and marines afloat, per man, per calen dar month .. S 4 3s ." 6d. 2d class ordinary seamen and landsmen. 2s. 61 Will be about £55,000 Deduct contract value of spirits, about lO,OOO Which leaves about . x) be provided for. 61. Though this is a' large sum, we feel sure that he Parliament and the country will readily apply it .0 the attainment of the great objects this plan has in view—namely, the efficiency of the fleet, the diminu • tion of crime, and its consequences, and the comfort and the happiness of all on board. 62. The third and last question proposed to us is— " the expediency of adopting the calendar incead of the lunar month in the payment of wages." 63. We have on this subject, as desired, referred to the report of the committee of officers assembled in February, 1847, and we quite agree with them, that in comparing the wages of our seamen spread over thirteen months, and the wages in the merchant ser vice, and in the American navy, calculated for twelve months, an undue impression is sometimes made to our advantage. We, therefore, think the calendar month may very properly be adopted,. and the pay ments proposed carried out on the second plan recom mended by the accountant-general, and shown in the appendix. 64. In the American navy an able seaman has 12 dollars per calendar month, which, at 4s. W. per dol- , lar, gives 50s. per month. . 65. Au able seaman in the English navy, reckoning by the lunar month, has 345., while fur the calendar month of 31 days it is (omitting fractions) 375. 7d., and now, we,th the compensation for the reduced al lowance of grog, will be about 41s. per month. 66. The disparity in the actual amount of money payment is doubtless considerable ; but, prospectively, the advantage is with the British sailor, Greenwich Hospital affording a noble asylum to our decayed seamen, whilst the generosity of Parliament gives to all others of long and good service pensions sufficient to support tbeir declining years. 67. These are benefits which in their extent are unknown to the seamen of foreign countries, perhaps not always kept in sufficieut recollection by our own. GB. Having now answered all the questions pro posed to us, we beg to offer for their Lordships' con sideration some ‘incidental observations which oc curred: in the progress of our examinations. 69. Some considerable experience has been had of the results of the issue of the monthly allowance to the men out of their growing ♦`ages, and there can be no doubt it is more than sufficient for their wants. 70. The seamen, in their examinations, are gene rally of that opinion, and admit that it is desirable to bring such advances within narrower limits. 71. We believe this over-abundance of money has very much . conduced to the facility of ,purchasing spirits and grog, 72. We recommend that the scale stated in the second line of the printed naval instructions be adopted as the guide in future, by which the mail- mum advance to an able seaman will, reach to 12s. per month. £45,000 - 73. Seamen who wish to increase the allotment for the maintenance of their families should be at liberty to add to their present allotment a sum equal to the compensation allowance, making it 11. ls. 6J. per month for an able seaman. 74. In the evidence which has been taken, our attention as been drawn to certain articles of pro• visions, the proportion of which requires attention, with reference to their Lordships' circular of the 21st of July, 1846, which directs that no additional allow ance of meat shall be issued, unless the shrinkage in boiling amounts to one-half. This shrinkage has been found particularly to occur as regards pork, thereby often depriving the men of sufficient food fur dinner and supper. 75. A larger quantity of tea appears to be issued thin is now required, while the sugar is represented as insufficient; this, if found correct, will, of course, admit of easy and inexpensive sidjustment ; but when the evening serving of grog is done away with, it may be found that the present quantity of tea is not too much. 76. We suggest whether it may not be desirable to direct the captains of her Majesty's ships to give particular attention to ,these subjects, and after due consideration, to report such alterations as they may consider necessary. 77. There remains a material q ues ti on on which it is proper we should offer an opinion ; whether the measure we bare recommended shall be prospective, or immediately introduced as the general rule of the service. 76. We are of opinion that, with so liberal a scale of compensation as that we have proposed, there can be no reason to doubt that it will be received with thankfulness by most of the good and valuable m en in the service; and, as it is their interest we hav e i n view, as well as the good order and discipline of the s fleet, we recommend that the change take imm e di a t e effect as regards all oflieer and all future en t r i es . And as many of the ships now in commission will have completed their customary periods'of service in the course of the present year, the committee consider it would be advantageous to the service if their Lord ships were to fix a convenient day f or carry i ng t h e proposed reduction into general effect ; an d th a t i n the m eantime it should b e l e f t opt i onal to the crews of her Majesty's ships to accept the . advantages held out by the proposed measure. 79. We beg to add the following summary of what is proposed in this report. 1. That the present allowance of spirits or wino bo reduced one-half. 2. That th o rema i n i ng port i on b e i ssued at d i nn( r ;nne. 3. That a'lmirals, captains, and wardroom officers shall not receive any payment for the half ration of spirits taken from them. 4. That mate: , , second masters, surgeons, assistants, and clerks shall receive compensation at the present savings price for the 1144 allowance of the spirits to be reduced. 5. 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' ' In consequence cf an injunction from the Bishop of London, addressed to Mr. Roberts, advising hint of the necessity of continuing the observances of the church• within the ruins. of the saered edifice, the vestry, the , only portion of the church which escaped with partial destruction, has been fitted up temporarily for the solemnisation c:f marriages, christenings, &c., and after the service at the school-rooms yesterday, it was called into ute for the first time, no less than three couples having been married by Mr. Roberts. It was with some difficulty that the several parties were enabled to clamber over the ruins to the 'en trance of the vestry, and their appearance excited no little observation from the crowd of spectators as semblcd in the neighbourhood of the church. The Rev. J. Harris, afternoon lecturer, preached at the National Schools at three o'clock, Mr. Roberts again officiating in the evening. From any inspeCtion made on Saturday by the au thorities, in conjunction with Mr. Cubitt, M.P., and other scientific gentlemen, it appears that the steeple and stone-work generally of the sacred edifice is not so much injured as was at first anticipated, and hopes are entertained that the walls may be brought into use in the re-erection of the church. The cost of re building is estimated at 8,0001. EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE. One of the locomotives belonging to the London and North-Western Railway " blew up," on Tues day last, under some what extraordinary circumstances. The engine was one built on Stephenson's long boiler and outside cylinder principle, and had just come out of the shed into which she had been taken for repair. The accident took place upon what is called "Wol verton Bank," just beyond the locomotive workshops, a few minutes after six o'clock in the morning. At the time we mention, the driver had, with the assis tance of another person, been reversing his engine— the gear working very stiff—and was about to give the engine steam in order to push a luggage engine out of the way, when the boiler burst with terrific violence. Nearly 25 cwt. of the shell was thrown over some buildings, and to a distance of about 200 yards, and the engine dome, weighing some five hundred Weight, was thrown about 300 yards in another directiun. Two or three wheels of the engines were forced off by the explosion. The fire box was not torn asunder, and to its withstandi ng the shock is to be ascribed the miraculous escape of the driver and his assistant, who were on the foot plate. The engine was comparatively a new one, and was, it is stated, made at Mr. Stephenson's own manufac= tory, justly famous for the excellence of its workman ship and the materials used at it for the construction of locomotives. We think it right to state this, be cause one allegation made to our reporter, who visited Wolverton on Saturday, was, that the boiler plate was defective. It is stated that some time before the arrival of the driver, who came upon the station a few minutes before six o'clock, one of the men employed at the works observing the engine to be " blowing off" at 401b5., jumped upon the foot-plate and screwed her down to 801bs., and that she was blowing off hard at the latter pressure at the time the explosion 'took place, while evidence equally trustworthy would ap pear to show that the steam was scarcely "blowing off" at all when the boiler was rent asunder with such terrible force. An opinion pretty frpely ex pressed is, that the safety-valve was probably , out , of order; but nothing beyond vague and very general remarks . are offered in confirmation of the probability of the accident having been thus occasioned.—lferald. GROG COMMITTEE of ihe NA .IiTY. Thefollowing 'report• of the committee appoir tted to inquire into the expediency of diminishing the quan tity of spirits . served. ot!t" daily to the seamen in the Royal Navy has just lzten issued by the Admiral ty Jan. '3O, 1."8 VO. Sir,,--My Lords Commissioners of the Ada" ii-alty having under theiE ennsiderafien whether a reds to tidn might not be Made in- the daily ration of spirits with bent-fit to the seamen, and with advantage to the. discipline of the' fleet , (a fair compensation 1- ie ing made for such redaction); and the question of ad lo pt ing the calendar . month in the payment of NI , lk;ea being also under consideration, my Lords, :be fore coming to any . conaltision on these matters, :arm desirous of assembling a committee of flag and flier officers to examine and inquire into all the,circ tit a stances of the case, and their Lordships would be , ?1. td if you would favour them, with your services as cb tti r 7 man of that committee. The cominittee;will;be aitira of the change .n ie in the allowance of spirits in- 1824 ; and in -gi sit g their attention to the whole. subject, they will at .0 bear in mind the alteration made in the liquid r eel :- sure in 1826. The reduction in the issue of spirits in 1824 w as made in the persuasion that the discipline of the ser vice and the health of the , sEatnen would be materi benefited by the change; :but the Act of Parlian to nt by which, in 1826, the imperial measure was e at a bashed, entirely derapged tne-previous scheme, ; d, in fact, counteracted-the change made in 1824, It would seem, therefore,: that the; subjects to! be, considered by the committee are as follows :- 1. The expediency of reducing the daily rationei of spirits. • 2. The• due equivalent to be paid to the seamen :for such reduction. 3. The expedienCy of adopting the calendar for the lunar month in the,payment of wages, as rec or '- mended in the report of the committee of 1847, ' the causes of desertion, and the general improven tent of the position of the working petty officers of the fleet." Upon these points my Lords rely on the commi ;tee obtaining all the evidence in their power ; and • the committee are hereby authorised to call ;before th itam any officers, or others, whose,testimony in such IT Lat ters they may think likely to be of value ; and papers or reports on the above subject which the ct mittee may desire to see will be furnished to them. fon your application. A list of the officers of whom the committee is. to consist is herewith added, and my Lords would 'be glad, if their convenience admitted of it, if they w to assemble at this office on Tuesday, the sth proxit rt.), at twelve o'clock, to take these matters into their consideration, and to report to. me, for their Lo rd ships' information, their joint opinions and observa tions thereon. I have the honour to he, Sir, Your most obedient J. PARKER.. ient humble servant, Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.8., Admiral of the Fleet. P.S.—My Lords have made the necessary comtan nicatious to the undermentioned officere, who, with yours'elf, will constitute the committee : Committee—Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Thomas B. Martin, chairman; Admiral Sir Charles Adaan, K.C.B. ; Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas J. Cochra ne, K.C.8.; Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H. ; Captain Edward Collier, C. 8.; Captain Armar L. Curry; Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. ; Captain Henry D. Chads, C.B. ; Captain Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8.; Captain William H. Hen derson, C.B. ; Captain John Kmgcome. REPORT. Committee Room, Admiralty, March 18, 1850. Sir,-1. In compliance with the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the' Admiralty, signified i n your letter to the Admiral of the Fleet, dated 30th of January last, we, the undersigned flag officers and captains, have fully considered the several points re ferred to us, namely ; " Ist. The expediency of reducing the daily ration of spirits. " 2d. The equivalent to be paid to the seamen for such reduction. "3d. The expediency of adopting the calendar in stead of the lunar month in the payment of wages." 2. And we have now to request you will lay before their Lordships the ollowing observations, and report thereupon. 3. The concurrent testimony of all whom we have examined on the subject of drunkenness in the navy proves the necessity of some remedial measures, and we consider the step now contemplated with a view to its prevention, not only expedient, but imperatively called for, as well for the safety as the credit of her Majesty's fleet. 4. To tlicise familiar with the naval service it is un necessary to state the risks, and dangers attendant on drunkenness in a ship ;. but 'to others, not conversant with the subject, it may he proper to point out some of its effects. 5. Accidents, frequently fatal, are the consequences of men, under the influence of liquor, having to per form duties.aloft. The lives of boats' crews are often risked, and sometimes .sacrificed,, in the attempt to save drunken men who have fallen overboard. 6. Fire, under the most awful circumstances, is another of the dangers to be apprehended ; but still more serious.would ha the consequences of drunken men being called suddenly into battle at night time amidst lighted lanterns and gunpowder. 7. To guard against dangers of such magnitude, as well as to repress the insubordination which generally attends drunkenness, severity has sometimes been necessary.. .kut no dread of punishment seems to overcome the propensity. E. It is, therefore, better to seek preventive mea sures than continue an ineffectual effort to suppress the crime by the ordinary resources of discipline. 9. No man was ever more alive to the danger of drunkenness in a ship than Lord Nelson. His hu mane and generous feeling fur the welfare of the sea men was as conspicuous as the other noble qualities which render his memory so, precious to the service and so dear to his country. But.his sense of public duty overruled every other consideration, and made him feel the necessity or having recourse to rigorous measures in dealing with this dangerous habit. 10. Lord Nelson's captain, Sir Thomas Hardy, with the same feeling, and anxi ous d es i re for the good of the service , strove by every mea ns t o suppress t h e fort find df ro t u h cn a tko t ebne bi ,e t 1 804, very M any corpora l v s v s e t e e n o k t h p e l c 1 e s t on° of b o A a r u d g u t the his bord4hip's gag:,•ehip; but it would seem without diminution of the crime. 11. No greater proof can be given o f. th e d anger v l i B c o 7 , for I w st s e bf ot s th t o o ri b ty e of th ese grea t an d V pu ic n t i o sh ry, regarded than the 12., Nor can any better •teit b e pro d uce d o f t h e exemplary wieffortsthw mhacde, m e ,euon, drunkennessdf e o r r the it ss a up pression. authority value of.the measure now contemplated by their Lordships as a remedy; than. the opinion generally expressed by the officers of the navy as to the advan tages to be derived from 'its adoption. 13. Sir James Graham, Lord "Uinta, and Sir George. Cockburn, w hose experienc e a t t h e Board of Admiralty has made theß well ,a.equainte,d with the amount of this crime, its, causes, and ponee quences , have likewise expressed:fheir full concurrence in. the proposed measure. • - 14. We have also found reason to believe that the respectable part of the seamen (happily the great ma jority of.a ship's 'crew)' welc °mei' any ar rangement which will' abate a nuisance "ending so much to their discomf,A. iii ( i . subject ha's ;Made us 15. The importance Of desirouS of hearing. what could" be urged by perions of every class, and especially by the seamen themselves, of spirits, with f a o l r i .o b r e r a a g l against p e a n r s e a d ti u o c ri t i i o n n in o o f t .t le h y e ration . 16. We have therefore called before us 10 cap tains, 2 cemmanders,, 2; ,lieuteoants, 4 surgeons, 1 Royal Naiy ; 1 major, captain, Royal Marines . 3 shipowners and masters ot.rnerchantmen, I, chief engineer, employed afloat, ). quartermaste r o f S cotc h Fusilier Guards, 2 clerks of: Wages -office ' a warrant officer, 17 first-class pettj officers and abl e seamen, 3 sergeants of marines, 1 American merchant cap t a i n , who, being on the point, : of sailing, gave written Dr. Carpenter, M.D., a answers to the questions • Professor of University. College. admit in • 17. The seamen, without o ne exception, their evidence that drunkenness is the p reva ili ng crime on board her Majesty's ships, and th e y ac knowledge with equal frankness that drunke nness i s the cause of almost every punishment. 18. With such evidence .from the seamen them selves, it would be superfluous to seek further proof of the necessity of some measure which may put an end to a state of things so destructive to discipline and injurious to health. 19. The facts, as set forth in the evidence attached to this report, warrant us,in saying that drunken ness must be put down ; it cannot be any longer per mitted, consistently with what is due . to the efficiency of the fleet. 20. The question, therefore, which we have had to consider, and. upon which their Lordships will have to decide is, what remedy will be most effectual and, at the same time, most satisfactory and' beneficial to the seamen. .... .._, ~. 21, But on entering upon this part of their Lord- OLYMPIC THEATRE. Oa Saturday evening a performance took place at this pretty theatre in aid of the Metropolitan Typo graphical Widow and Orphan Fund—a rociety worthy of the utmost support of the printing , trade. The entertainments commenced with Tobin 's admired comedy of the Honeymoon. To, what high, rank Tobin might have attained under happy auspices, is a question impossible to decide, and melancholy to con template. Tne tine sensibilities of his genius were ill calculated to contend with the coldness and neglect he met with. It has been objected, that Tobin is not an original writer. What, since the days of Dryden, Wycherley, and Congreve, is original ? Gibber and Fielding's comedies are most certainly " taken from the French." Those of Murphy are precisely in the same situation ; and even Garrick and the elder Colman were very liberal borrowers. Is Sheridan original ? We think not. Of the authors of our own times the far greater number illustrate a remark which Sheridan took from Churchill—they have stolen the thoughts of others, and, as gipsies do children, disfigured them to make them pass for their own. Shakspere's Taming the Shrew, Much Ado about Nothing, and Twelfth Night furnishekTobin with the plot of the Honeymoon, and also with,sume of its principal characters : for instance, Juliana and the Duke are, with, some variations, Katherine and Petruchio ; Rolando and Volante bear some re semblance to Benedick and Beatrice ; and Zamora is a decided transcript of Viola in the last of the comedies above-mentioned; but to return to tbesper formance we witnessed last Saturday night. It is not usual in amateur perforaaances to pick out pas sages here and there, or to particularize the acting of this or that would-be actor, bu,t in such a perferm ance as the one we are speaking of, we will in a, great measure step out of the usual course, and make a,few remarks on those gentlemen who we think deserved, and richly, too, the applause they met with. The. Duke Arnim was very ably sustained by Mr.,Dor rington, kis reading and acting of the part was really excellent. Mr. 11. Thomas made a very spirited Rolando; he rattled through the part with. the' ease of an old stager. Mr. Ross, as Jacques, the. mock duke, was irresistibly comic, with his droll visage and peculiar walk. Mr. Bustin was the Count Montal ban, and Mr. Pringle made An excellent Balthazar ; his make-up was exceedingly good. . The pars of Juliana, the proud high-soaring lady, was given, with great truth and beauty by Miss E. Clayton. The cottage scene in which the Duke, her husband, calls' for chairs for himself and friend, was, true acting. Of the Volante of Miss J. Coleman, the expecta tions we had 'formed were not disappointed.. We never saw this young lady act with greater taste and vivacity ; the meaner in which she acquitted her self won the admiration of the audience completely ; the merry ringing laugh of the light-hearted happy girl was given in a manner that was quite refreshing. She was much applauded, and exhibited throughout the play very superior his trionic powers. Miss Moss made a very interesting Zamora. Mrs. H. Thomas was very excellent as the Hostess. The principal ladies and gentlemen were called for at the conclusion of the comedy. After the first piece we had a variety of singing and danc ing. Mr. Smith and Miss Rose gave a very grace ful pas, and Miss Louisa Coleman also gave us one of her prettiest hornpipes in capital style -it was honoured with an encore. The evening's amuse ments terminated at a late hour with The First Champagne. The house was crowded. NARROW EiCAPE.-A horse and cart, the property of Mr. Blythe, butcher, were left standing for a short time against the foundry on the Nottingham road, in Mansfield, ou Tuesday morning last, when from some cause the horse started off towards the town, passing along the Nottingham road, Cock -pit, and Market-sireet, at a terrific speed. On its arrival in the market-place, a person stood on the road, and by bellowing and waving his bat succeeded in turning it round the corner of the l3entinck monument. where it immediately afterwards made another sharp turn towards West Gate. The horse was stopped in the lawn without doing any damage, although there were several very narrow escapes. Immediately after the above occurrence, a boy who was gathering manure in Leeching-street, only just saved himself from being :run over by the Worksop coach, by throwing himself dawn, and rollißg towards the pavetnent. —Nottingham Journal. S 7 APRIL 1, 1850. ships'' instructions, it may make the subject more generally intelligible if we call to recollection the steps taken twenty-seven years ago in the mutter now under consideratiOn, and explain what Was, and what is, the ration . of spirits in the navy. 22. Upon a report from Sir John Phillimore, cap. tain of her Majesty's ship ,Thetis, we find, an Admi ralty minute, dated the 24th of 14arch, 1§24, express ing the future benefit to be expected, as regards the. discipline of the' ships' and the health of the crews generally, it' only half the present allowance of spirits be issued daily `to the meal ; but before taking any definite measures regardi ng this scheme, my Lords desire the opinion of a committee of flag officers." 23. A committee was' thermion appointed, of which.LOrd Extnouth was chairman, with Sir Pulte ney Malcolm, Sir Elward Codrington, Sir J. 13?res ford, and girWilloughby Lake, as his associates. 24. These distinguished officers stated in their re port :—" We are of opinion the Pleasure (a reduction in the allowance of spirits) m/sy be adopted with great advantage to the discipline of the service, and 'benefit to the snmen." 25, Acting upon this recomm endation, 'the Acltni- ralty proniufgated, in July, 1824. a new and imp`rov: scale of victualling, in which the allowance of spirits was fixed at one gill of the wine measure then in use, being half the former allowance. . • 26.. The allowance haying been, thus reduced, and the evening serving Of' grog ccinscquentlw discon tinued, a sensible improvement in disciPline took pine, to the content and comfOrt of all on board. • 27., Tois new system was unt brtunately, of short duration. 28. On .the let of January, L 826, the imperial measure came into use, and took ;from the previous reduction of the allowance much, of its benefit, by making an addition thereto of one- , fifth. 29. The quantity thus increased was found too much for a single issue, and the mischievous custom of, an evening, serving was forced into use a second time. 30. The evidence before us clearly proves that the evening grog is the source of those evils which render discipline irksome, and give to the naval service a character for harshness which it does not deserve. 31. Tea, introduced into the navy. in 1824, as a part of the substitute for the diminished allowance of rum, is served at the same time a 5 the evening grog ; ilnd men, who prefer the tea, sell their alloWance of grog to others, of less temperate hails. This is one source,of drunkenness. 32. Another is—the men who are expert in mak ing clothes, or other articles, very frequently receive payment for their work in liquor. 33..1t appears, also, by the eviderce of the seamen, that a custom prevails, more or less, in every ship which enables at least one man in each mess to get drunk every night ; namely, that the cook of the mess for the day has, by consent a his messinates, a large proportion, and, in many messes, the whole of the evening grog of the mess for his own use or dis posal ; and in the latter case he has, the power to make many others drunk as well as him self. 34. The existence of these practices, which it does not appear can be effectually Checked by the police of a ship, as at present constituted, induces us to recom mend to their Lordships' consideration the establish ment of a corps of higher qualified and better paid persons--men of proved steadiness, activity, and in telligence; so that, on first commissioning of a ship, a master-at-arms :and ships' corporals would at once be sent to her from the dockyard, where such an establishmen`, when not afloat, may be usefully em ployed in helping to check the depredation of stores, &c., which there is reason to believe takes place to a considerable extent. 35. At present it is a matter of chance whether a captain may find men qualified for duties upon which the good orders of a ship so much depends ; and we cannot too strongly press the necessity .of some im provement in this respect upon their Lorships' at tention. 3G. This proposal respecting the police will be in complete unless measures be adoptwd for preventing the clandestine' introduction of spirits which now takes place to a very great extent when ships are in port. We therefore recommend that the command ing officers of her Majesty's ships be armed with au thority, to search, and seize, share boats, hovering about the ship with spirits, and to send the offenders before a magistrate, to be dealt with according to a law which it is desirable should be enacted for that purpose. S 7. We come now to the consideration of the best means of preventing a misuse of the allowance, of grog. 38. Some of the men in their evidence have said that "if a man drinks no more than his allowance it will not hurt the old seamen ;" but there is sufficient evidence to show that it has a different effect on the younger sailor; and he it is who most needs to be guarded froth the dangerous temptation. 39. Me obserVation of the men; however, means to - attribute drunkenness- more- to -the vicious practices we have mentioned than to the actual quantity of spirits allowed. 40. In the American navy the men drink their grog at the tub, in the presence of an officer. In our service this plan has been known only as It punish ment for drunkards, until recently adopted on broard her Majesty's ship Constance, with a complement of 500 men. 41. Punishments having been found unavailing to check the drunkenness that prevailed in that ship, Captain Courteney repeatedly warned his men that he would be, obliged to make them drink their grog at the tub ; and he accordingly did so. 42. The beneficial effect of this experiment is well described by the surge3n of the Constance in his me dical journal, in which he lays great stress on the im proved health and discipline of the ship in conse quence of greater sobriety., 43. But a system so contrary to the habits of our service, though followed by some other nations, con tains difficulties which it is not necessary to discuss in this report. In deciding, however, not to recom mend it as a general measure, we entirely approve of its being left, at the discretion of the captain, to have recourse to it in the event of drunkenness being found generally to prevail, but especially as relates to the evening serving, so long as that practice continues in force. , 44. Another plan has been put before us by Captain Michael Seymour, whose <attention to this subject gives weight to his opinions ; he proposes-- Ist. That no ration of spirits shall be issued, but a compensation in lieu of it given to the men. • 2d. That such men as wiih to do so may draw the reduced allowance of grog from the purser; the same being charged against their wages as is now done with slop clothing, tobacco, soap, &c. 45: Captain Seymour considers his plan " will give support to those persons who would rather put the value of their allowance in their pockets than drink it ; and will give a chance to a lad who enters the navy not to :become a grog-drinker; in fact, to take temptation out of his way." '4G:: Though we think Captain Seymour's plan well Worthy of being kept in recollection, we are not pre pared‘to.recommend its adoption at the present time. 47. ,We come now to the method which we think best calculated to bring the issue of spirits within such limits as will effect, the object their Lordships have in: view. -Ist. We propose that the ration of spirits or wine be reduced oue-half, continuing the dinner- allowance as it has been since 1826, and to do away altogether the evening grog. • .23. That no raw spirits shall be issued as a daily ration to any one, but that the allowance be mixed with three times its quantity of water, except at the discretion of the captain, under special circum stances ; and that an allowance which shall be omitted to he dfawn on one day shall not be taken up on any subsequent day. 3d. That no allowance be issued to tilt , midship men, master's assistants, clerk's assistants, or first class boys, except by the special direction of the cap tain, and that compensation be granted as hereinafter provided. 4th. That the allowance to cadets and second-class boys be wholly taken away, and that compensation be given as hereinafter mentioned. sth. Troops, when embarked, to receive the sam3 allowance of spirits or wine as seamen. 48. This brings us to the consideration of their Lordships' second question, viz., "The equivalent to be paid for such reduction." 49. Admirals, captains, and ward-room officers having the same rations the men, will, of course, be subject to the same reduction, but we do not think it necessary to include them in the scale of compensa tion, as they have, when afloat, their wine and gro ceries duty free. JO. But :Tart from this view of the subject, we cordially concur in the opinion expressed by the com mittee, of which Lord Exmouth was chairman, that the "flag and other officers will consider themselves amply rewarded by the great improvement which vt ill evidently arise in the general health of the seamen, and the discipline and good order of her Majesty's fleet.' 51. We believe that the officers will cheerfully as sent to any sacrifice that can be proposed with a view to the success of a scheme promising such advantages to the service. 52. We propose that mates, assistant surgeons, second masters, midshipmen, master's assistant, clerks, clerk's Assistants, nand cadets, and boys of both - _ _ . . 6:/: --• . - . That the monthly allow ace -to the men not 94 , - - • ~--their growing wages, be limited to j2s., per plotith,. A --' 11. That thei police on board her ..Majesty's ships. he put on a better footing. ' • • L • ~ ' . . ;•.• 12. That the ' seamen and meri ne a• s h a ll b e at Ilberty . l , ~- ,to make f t la rger a ll otment for the mainteu ance?oithatir . - . • !rah:idles. viz., IL- h.' 61. per month for an alula.seentan.'—, ' 13. That the Admiralty . , cireufar jo the fleet ~- of ;the .;Ist July,- 1846, respecti ng proilcions, 'be b?4uglitmuder; ~ ~ review, fir the purpose of a more satibfactoryadjustinent ." " ' ~..f .• • , of the scale.' ' ' ' i , , . • .. 14. Thst the DroPpited - ineefureAakelttur ii e, . .'o,;(feet '',.-: ' sit regards,all officers ; end all.fututo entries;, anti h aa, •- ' rep,oards' ships in .commission, their-Lerdshipax fi x otkien- 1 --.,. "' venient day for carrYing the measure. ,auto cflekt. ,:13tit . .„ , men-nowin i the,uavy should, in the nieaffitiine,,fitsiwibe - '' - --. i'entien of taking advantage of the proposecl•eonapbniation; " '..4 0 ,.. the committee clainot close their-report:on : the its- ~, .:.,.. portant qtiestiOns - referred to their consideration without • • expressing their hope', and confid,?tir etzentittion, that .;:`.. ,the, measures thei haVe'pl'iipoSql %Oil. IRts ill?t01"e044; 9 .,-, Op, eredit of tte Britishnavy, and 'tindl .to f u l fil ',heir Lordships' anxious desire to promote the best int,ireats ot'the seamen. '• , ' .. .. - • • • Piteroun ALLOWANCE OF. GROG AND COMI'ENRATION : ntoNEY- Admirals, ' captains, lieutenants, and wardroom .offi- . cors, hall present'allowance;. compencation,nit: -.. .. .: . 'ltlet , 2s, assistatr.-,mrgeone. second mastera,- and clerks, • ihalf.presentallowance; compens at i on, asvings price. - •,' ..,MidshiPa ni tan, arer's- assists/it ? ' Cli;rk',l .41.a'.itent.,-aed e: - ...• boyi of Ist cl as s, u o a!lowance except' fly tile SPeitrll.. „ rection of the captain; compeasation, savings. prioe. CiVe's, stud boys of 2d class, nil; • conipbtsation, iat•.' legs price. tVareaut officers, junior engireerr, petty of6cm!, able seamen, and others of th a t c 'a ss , ordinary:seamen, n,- conielisior f. R el o ffi cers and priv a tes of Marines, half present allowance; compensation, 3s. 6d, per Man-per slender month- &cond.:class ordinary 'seamen, landsmen. and ethers of, • that r elass, half present allowance; compensation, 2,.-8d.,. per man per calendar month. - We are, Sir, ~ , .. z -... Your most obedient humble eervatte, T. BYAM MARTIN, Admiral of the Fleet, ' , . CRARZES ADAM, Admiral, Governor o' Green wieh hospital, late Commander-in-Chief in the • ' Wert Indies. _, .... _.,, .. , • Tiros. COCYTRANE, Vice - Admiral,' - • 'ln-Cll4f in the East Indies. 'G. SEYMOUR, Rear- Admiral, lat e Commander-in- ; Chief in the Pdcific, EDWARD • COLLIER, late Captain cf k r Majody'S ship Liodn.y. - - --- - - --- ----- - --- - ARMAR .LOWRY CORRT, late C a pt a i n o f her Ma ji-sty's chip Sucerb. T. HERBERT, late Commodore and Commander-in- Chief in South America. 11. D. CHADS, Cap:Rill of her Majcaty's ship Excellent. Chas. Hoziram, !ate Commodore and Comtnande:-. in -Chief on the coast of Africa. IV. 11. BENDERSDN, Captain of her Majesty's ship B'enheito. JOIIN KINGCOME, late Captain of her M jesty's ship Bella.isle, To the Secretary of the Admiralty. • TOTNES ELECTION.' (peoat A CORRESPONDENT.) TOTNES, S &TURDAY EVENING. —The Right lion. Lord Seymour, Chief Commissioner of Woods end Forests, has this day been re-elected for the hou g h of Totnes without opposition, nearly all the different sections of politicians in the borough having volun teered their support to his Lordship. On Wednesday evening last the Conservatives held a meeting at the Seven Stars Hotel, when it was unanimously resolved that the support of that party should be given to Lord Seymour, in the event of a contest from the extreme Radical party, from which circumstance it May .be in ferred that Protectionist principles are not in the ascendancy here. Shortly efter eleven o'clock a procession of about 200 of tho most influential electors .of Totnes and Bridgetown (preceded by the excellent • brass band); started from the Seymour Hotel for the hustings, which were erected on the Plains; .when; the - usual preitninaries having heen gone through, ' 'The Matron (William Bowden, ESq.) briefly ad dressed the meeting, to the effect that in pursuance of a precept which had just been read, a burgess was to be elected to serve in Parliament for' this borough, and he hoped that a fair and impartial hearing would be given to every elector and candidate who might that day address them. Three cheers having been given for the Mayor, , G. S. Cani, Esq., of Follaton, thenstood forward to I propose Lord Seymour. - Hue said—Mr. Mayor and profiler Electors,—Often as it has been my pleasing task to propoSe a 'candidate for your suffrages in the person of the. Noble Lord who is again desirous of receiving your support; I have never felt so much pleasure as on the present occasion, because his ship has been very lately appointed to an office in the Government of the greatest honour and responsibility , —the more honourable to him from itshaving been con ferred without any solicitation on his part. The office of Chief Commissioner of Woods acid Forests, is one 'of so much importance that he would not have been ap pointed to it was he not entitled to the entire con fidence of the Government ; it was an office for which his great talents well qualified him. Gentlemen, you have hitherto nobly done your duty, and Lord Sey. mour has well repaid you for the confidenc e you have so often and so long reposed in him. .1 will not further trespass on your time, but assure you, gen tlemen; I feel it a high honour to propose for re-elec tion the Right Hon. Lord Seymour.—(Cheers.) E. .Luscostne, E. 1., (91derman),_ seconded the nomination. The Mavoe, having twice asked if any elector had another candidate to propOse, after-ii - eloort 'Fiume de dared Edward Adolphus Seymour, Commonly called Lord Seymour, duly elected to serve, as - a burgess in rarliatitent for the borough of Totnes.—(Cheers.) Lord SeYmourt then came' forward to' thank .the electors, and was' received with great cheering. He said—l tear many now present are much disappointed, fqr, from the, placard that has been 'issued,. they might have been* led to expect a novelty that -flay in the shape of a candidate • on " true Reform" principles. 'What those principles are .LI do not know.- . But if true reform means universal suffrage, lat once tell you that I 'am not in favour of it. Look at France, and see how universal suffrage has worked there. Has she benefited by the violent re volutionary Changes which have ben brought to pass? or, may I not with truth 'say, her position and the trade of her country' has been injured thereby. But the novelty that was promised has not been produced here to-day ; I can only imagine, thert fore, that the " true Reform" candidate is to be kept in the dark until next year, when, as they all probably knew, they were to have a great exhibi tion of works of art, &t.., the produce of all nations, and no doubt that extraordinary candidate would, then excite the envy of the world.—(Great laughter.) France would see 'what England could produce in the shape of an universal suffrage. member, whilst he would be the laughing -stock of Italy, and even Ame rica would not be able to recognise Eriglanefas pat— tern •member. All the world would laugh at us for departing from our old established constitution, which . has, justly been for ages the pride and envy of the civilized world.—(Bear.) I strongly su s p ec t, however, that the p ar ty who has issued that placard, is not' so anxious for the five points of the charter as for.the fees he would receive AS an election agent, and all he wanted was opposition.----(Laughter.) Gen tlemen, I will not vote for change merely for change sake. I consider that the House of Commons should-be compesed'of men of m er it and of some position ice I the country, and by such men alone ought great changes in our constitution to be effected.—(Hear, hear) But, gentlemen, let me tell you, the present Grovernment and the Parliament are unfettered to' any system, and lam firmly persuaded, if the country should declare for an extension of the suffrage, the Government would be willing to" forolio e a whole some measure of further referm,-..suld grant such timely concessions' as, whilst the franchise ,would be possessed by a l arger num b er o f the people, would tend at the same time to preserve and strengthen the jriStitutions of the country.—(Loud,pbeers4 Gen tlemen, having . fully explained . to you my. views on ether political subjects at the meeting of electoral the Guildhall a few days since, I think I need : c p . , now further detain you. But if' eriahes•explanation On any subject, I arniquile,l willd any ;eleFto x t e ' s .t y lt tnanswer any questions whatsoever. con duct are complaints to be,ma_ A de P p 4 a far more difet .as your ,representative, it would., b e 4 ,__ manly to appear here' face to face . .torY l.3. l min Th to write' letters of abuse to the prOvincr 1 the ele a dt p or i Z and con! Noble Lord cordially thanked eluded amidst loud cheers. On the motion of Lord s io moutt a vot e o f thanks and the proceedings ( w hi c h was given to the Mayor, were throughout of the, most orderly descriptiOn) terminated. the hg e ri port,mrnt e aar t l considerable INCREASE or Srirrtsyo,,AucTnt SIIIELDS. Though the the towns first quarter of the year has not yet expired, no less than 46 Shields 4oeoroa bt since taor N tt e ho w et m aking an increase of Y pr e e s y se io ls us h Year's PaY, ships that have recently bweheinc purchasedh transferred front the port of New people, the remainder consisting e c ) . f a s tle„ vessels.a r . s : ° t n l 'n t ee o a n'v o b t a l cg d 1 :: : : ; 0. i sa e le : l l been l s tdsh: i ad m at no immense ense accession of tannage to the raise i p , o r r e t ly ,c et o i ll le t i ia r u c eu months,si ittot corresponding ratio to that of the labt peopleof Shields will soon be able to illa respording n e i establishment to a second-class port Sunderland lierald. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY.-A few evenings since, a daring attempt at highway robbery and murder was perpetrated in the neighbourhood of Tetsworth. Mr. Little, tea-dealer, was travelling on business in that lo cality in a one-horse chaise, and about eight o'clock at night he was attacked by two fellows, one of whom seized his horse's head, and the other attempted to pull loin out of his vebiee. Mr. Little, at the same instant, struck his horse a blow with the whip, which caused it to spring forward with a force which knocked down the man in front. The follow beldnd Mr. Little then fired at, him, but forth dately without doing him any injury, and he succeeded in making his escape item these unpleseant "brethren c.f ►he road." ' " • • ~: V