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VISTRILIA.—Parties about to proceed to ta ,, Australia can be assured in the PROFESSIONAL LIFE tz'artANCE COMPANY, London, upon the whole 1 0 '2' of Life Scale, without payment f extra premium for voYage i'ltrrlesidence there. 4° 8 granted on oersonal security. EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA. GENERALSCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. kr" is titt . ttar GWEN, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron leave Steam -chip ARGO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, bay , ZuthaMpton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on SAED: h ith of May next. ftlly e __ fte4 Minsodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are t ria t ,.'ashed. The rates of passage money—After Cabin, first of Pore Cabin, second class. 501. These rates are exclusive oi l 15 ;1 1 2 beer, and spiritu,bus liquors, which, however, may be had sur geo 7 . at Moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced thi s ,rn.,._!n compliance with numerous applications the sailing of 4,77 1 has been postponed to Saturday the 7th of May. it, y r a rcations for Passage to be wade at the Company's Offices, 2, talfour,.range-building and s ; for freight and parcels, to Messrs. and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe. reached him, or been reported to him. During 1852 there were several rumours to the effect that Sir B. Walker was going to resign. Witness used to sit in the same room with Mr. Stafford, and the papers that passed through Mr. Stafford's hands also passed through wit ness's. Saw the circular of the 26th April, but could not say it came to him after it had passed the board. Papers relating to appointments and promotions gene rally came through his hands. Witness here entered into explanations, with reference to the system of appointments and promotions at Devonport. It was the usual course, after papers had gone through the legal department, where the appointments were made out, for them to be sent back to the Surveyor of the Navy. The circular of cancelment was not looked upon as an impor tant one at the time it was issued. Could not say whe ther it was ever submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty. He meant to say the Secretary of the Admiralty did not look upon it as an important circular, and that he, as private secretary, did not. Mr. Stafford was then called and examined at great length on the case of Wells. This examination, which was one of great detail, chiefly went to attempt to esta blish the statement that Wells never had any appoint ment, in consequence of its not having been properly made out and signed, although Wells was recommended by the submission of the Surveyor of the Navy. The appointment not having been properly made, would not consequently be found in the Record-department. He admitted having seen the submission of the Surveyor of the Navy, recommending Wells, on his return from the Mediterranean at the latter end of September, and that it was signed in the usual way by Admiral Parker, which would convey to him the impression that Admiral Parker had approved of it. The date of the appoint ment of Cotsell was the let of October, and, on seeing the document appointing Wells on the 26th of Septem ber, he told Admiral Parker it was his great wish to appoint Cotsell to Portsmouth. He did not go to Ad miral Parker's room on the subject, but after the board met him. Witness said there would be a difficulty, but Admiral Parker expressed a strong opinion in favour of Wells. Admiral Parker, in.his evidence, says—" I remonstrated with Mr. Stafford before I left town on the appointment of Costell to Portsmouth," but it was a re monstrance before the appointment was made. He was aware that Admiral Parker had been superintendent of dockyards at Portsmouth, and could not, therefore, say the admiral was an incompetent person to give an opinion. According to the circular of 1847, the opinion of such persons would have great weight, more particu larly on subsequently becoming a lord. Witness be lieved he named Admiral Parker's remonstrance to the First Lord, but to the best of his memory the First Lord gave no opinion on the subject. It appeared that Admiral Parker not only remonstrated with witness but with the head of the board by letter, according to the evidence. Thought Admiral Parker wrote the First Lord when he was absent on leave. Had no recollection of bringing the matter to the notice of the First Lord before the appoint. ment took place, but thought he consulted two other me mbers of the board as to Cotsell's appointment. They were Captain Duncombe and Sir T. Herbert, and their names were to the warrant. Knew it was against the opinion of Admiral Parker, by his signing the submission of the 9th of September, but he did not know that he mentioned the remonstrance to the board. Witness con sidered Cotsell the best man, and did not consult Com modore Eden at all. Endeavoured to ascertain the opinion of the superintendents, but did not communicate with any to obtain their opinion in writing. If he found that Wells had got the appointment, or the letter adopt ing the appointment, nothing on earth would have induced him to disturb it. He considered that all sub missions and recommendations for promotion signed by Captain Hamilton were either irregularly or inadver tently so signed, and that Admiral Parker went out of his province in signing or initiating the admission of Wells, for he considered all this s ort of p atrona g e in dockyard appointments was the secretary's, because the Duke of Northumberland had given him almost all of them. The principal appointments commonly belong to the First Lord ; but the inferior ones to the secretary. The letter he wrote to Wells, dated 18th October, 1852, ex plained this. It was as follows : " Admiralty, October 18, 1852. " Sir,—l have received your memorial without date ; and. I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to acquaint you that they are not aware that you. have received any appointment from them, and that their lordships do not consider you justified in designating your self `late master smith of her Majesty's Dockyard at Ports mouth ;' they therefore return your memorial. If, how ever, from any communication with any of the officers of the several departments, you have been led to expect such an appointment, their lordships are prepared to give their consideration to any memorial from you on that subject ; but my lords cannot recognise you as a late master smith of Portsmouth Dockyard, as no warrant has been given to you by their lordships for such an appointment." He had been in the habit of asking who were the best men in the service, and had heard Cotsell's name always favourably mentioned. He gave to Cotsell the " stereo typed" answer given to all persons, that their " applica tion should have the best consideration." This meant very little. When Cotsell made his request he considered that it was one that ought to be granted. Did not bring Wells' memorial before any of the Lords of the Admi ralty before answering it, though he had heard of its having been said by Admiral Parker that either " he or I would leave the Admiralty." Thought the Duke of Northumberland looked to making peace and mediating between Admiral Parker and himself. He had already stated that he was ready to take the resonsibility of the documents not appearing in the records department, and never knew the papers were lost until some months after he left the office. The Admiralty not having Wells' address, it was not on that account sent him. Had I (continued Mr. Stafford) had further experience in office, I should have looked more closely to the original circu lar, and have consulted others on the subject before I cancelled it ; and with my present experience I never should have cancelled it without laying it before the board. I have no hesitation in saying I think it was a hasty step. I was young in office at the time, and I did not attach the importance to it that I now do. I think Sir Frederick Smith had recommended Cotsell to my notice. Captain Richards, captain superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, was then examined at considerable length. He stated that he was appointed by Sir Francis Baring, on the understanding that he was not to meddle in politics. He considered the operation of the circular of 1849 very beneficial to the service, and that reversing it was prejudicial to it, and without his approval ; and read the following letters in the course of his examination : (Copy of a note from Sir Francis Baring, Bart., to Captain Richards.) " Admiralty, July 2,1F49. " Dear Sir, — Captain Eden will write you a etter re specting an application which I have had from one of your people. I should like to know the man's character in the yard, as his application is most improper, and I must take measures to put an end to these proceedings, which are worse at Chatham, I think, than anywhere else.—Yours truly, "F. BARING. " This inquiry is not intended to be confidential ; on the contrary, though not a letter by direction of the board, it is well it should be known in the yard, that notice has been taken of the memorial." (Copy of a note from Captain Charles Eden, Private Secre tary to Sir F. Baring, to Captain Richards.) " Admiralty, July 2. "Dear Richards,—l am desired by Si F. Baring to forward to you the accompanying letter from Joseph Ridgway. " You will observe that this application for promotion is made in direct contravention of their lordships' circular of February 27, 1847, under the head of promotion. Sir F. Baring would wish you to call upon Joseph Ridgway to give such explanation of his conduct as he may be able, and that you will forward such explanationto him.—Yours, very truly, CH A RLES EDEN." " Chatham-yard, May 2, 1852. (Extract from a letter from the Captain-Superintendent of Chatham-yard, dated Ist March, 1852, transmitting the usual monthly list of vacancies for workmen.) " First-class leading man of metal mills. An entry from private trade is recommended for this vacancy ; neither of the inferior leading men being competent for such a posi tion. "R. M. RICHARDS, Captain-Supeiintendent." (Extract— From Sir F. Baring to Captain Richards.) ' There must be some understanding that you will not meddle with politics. I make this understanding with op ponent and friend, and I do not think that you are likely to object to a condition which will oblige you to look to the public service alone." (Extract—Answer.) "The condition which you are obliged to attach to your gratifying favour is most acceptable to me, and I pledge myself to its rigid observance. Had I been in a condition to have proposed any stipulation, it would be precisely that which you have been plea sed to enjoin, and which claims my added thanks." (Private and confidential.) " Chatham Dockyard, April 8, 1852. " Sir—Under the very grave responsibility that rests on me as the superintendent of this dockyard, tat res t s lord ships' instructions of February 27, 1847, and by Mr. Ward's letter of the same date, I hope I do not misunder stand my duty in referring to you, in the mode permitted in Mr. Ward's said letter, the apparent difficulty caused by their lordships' order of the sth inst., for the promoti moteltheon of Joseph Ridgway , second-class leading man tn the mills, to be acting firs t-class leading man thereaA i existing vacancy. The case of Joseph Ridgway in trut i presents much difficulty. "He is neither con sidered by the professional office rs under whom he serves , to be equal to the duties of first class leading man, nor to be the best workman in the Mares, mill, e ither in ability or exer tion. My letter of the lst last submitted. with reference to this vacancy . an entry from private trade, neither of the inferior lenaed3gthbese.6 competent for such a position. Ridg is 9 " The records of the mills show that Ridgway has fr.e quently been found far behind the other leading men in the amount of work performed. heying their " I have further to observe, that about three years since lie involved himself in much difficulty by disc 1 in fluence,as will appear lordships' orders in attemptin.g. to obtain promotion —this very promotion —through politica late First . by the enclosed copies of notes from the list Lord and his private secretary. " For this proceeding Ridgway was openly reprimanded by Inc, by the personal order of the First Lord, with an in timation that any repetition of such conduct would cer tainly be followed by dismissal from the service. " All these facts, though well known in the yard, are not likely to have been brought under your notice. and it is therefore that I feel it a duty imperative on mu to bring them before you previous to putting in force their lordships' order, that you may be aware of the effect such a promotion must have in the yard when it cannot but be known to be not only without the recommendation a the officers, but ii)....................---_ PATRON— 11. RM. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. —A MUSICAL LECTURE by GEORGE &ICELAND, Esq., entitled SONGS and SONG-WRITERS, every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight. Lee ures.—By J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the Chemistry of Gun powder and Rocket Composition ; by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Pneumatics, which the Principle of the Fly's Foot and Walking on the Ceiling will be explained ; by Mr. Crispe, on seat, illustrated by tw ) gigan tic Reflectors, by which Cooking is effected at a distance of 100 feet from the fire. 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Commissioners for Executing the Office of High A dmiral of the United Kingdog of Great Britain k i , 4 - 1 " and, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TIIURSDAY, the 12th Ger i ne at , at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Ito 1„. a3 ,,, , 11aY be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering 'Aiestra Victualling Stores at Deptford sundry articles of for „. BARRACK STORES, gl e USe o f Opo, c 0.,, the Royal Marines, consisting of Brooms, Brushes, 444 afte Basket., &c., under a Contract for twelve months certain, patrWards until the expiration of three months' notice. "'Ms "'retracts may be THE INCOME TAX. SHOULD this portion of the Budget pass, Income Tax ni. st paid by millions now exempt; yet it will then be useless to " look daggers " at the Tax, though many persons will regard it as a great" bore" for penetrating their pockets and their earnings—a cha , acter often given to other articles of daily consumption called Taxes. None needs waste flesh by useless re pinings, for the sacrifice may be easily and pleasantly survived by agreeable retrenchments, in which much is gained and nothing lost ; and even if the Tax is paid, an annual gain may be accumulating, which will ecesstiiute a respecabie fortune for Individuals ,and Families. This is one o: the advantages derived from business transactions at the Aldgate and Minorles or the New Oxford-street Establishment% of E. MO sES and SON, where Attire for Spring and Summer is now ready for inspection, uniting the skid of all countries in the anuacture of materials, and the talent of the best artists In the world in f the consh uction of styles for Di ess of the most elegant and seasonable description. The. Spring and Summer Dress Salts, T'aletots, and Overcoats, combine the efforts of the most talented cutters and the best work men in the world; they display a variety of materials and a correct ne sin St which cannot be found elsewhere. 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MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public agalngt imposition. having learned that the nntradesman-like falsehood of " lteing connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to In many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have NO CONNEXION ' , KITE AN'S OTHER HOUSE IN O follows E OUT Of LONDON, except their own Establishments. as :— London City Egtablishinent, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (York.hire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge - st reet. Sheffield Branch, 36, Vargate. Merc h a nt Tailors, Clothiers , Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Id l'on parle Francais. Hier stzlebt man Dentsch. of the articles and the conditions or the Contr.__ $ 0 ,.. at t~derhe said Office, be‘wesn the h o u rs of Eleven or Two. Dot an no;Zl_, be received after one o'clock o n the day of Treaty, a tithor i unless the party attends, or an a g ent tor him, duly Er eender r m th ti g st . be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ''irrttal bear iu the left-hand corner the words, " Ten der for Stores," and must also be delivered at Somerset -place. n a l l , l ed by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to th 't du; „ D° Wi, with the person tendering, in the anm o f 3001. for Y'rforrnance of the Contract. PpmNEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. DEPOSIT ' and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, New Bridge-street, Bleckfriars, London. ‘-kTITAL--ONT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. 'The A L .,. TRUSTEES. Co •'"t Ponourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P. , P.C., gt, nr.Ptroller of her Majesty's Household. t.-General 14-- har les Price Bart , 3, King William-street, London. %au C l a yton. Bart, Sir W. R. Gloucester -place, Portman % and Marden-park, Surrey. %ai m .," DIRECTORS. C in 7.The Right Hon. the Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., R ' ,;t oiler of her Majesty's Household. otoll• 117-'o9l39wileasYrkilelL'n", E3q" ii, City-road, Finsbury. ' Eazi , late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service C lub. . er .-ettl'...-':°°,l,,,u*e'sErep., l'ortland-terrace, Wan@sworth, and Be v St .1 phen Cracknali ~ l'lew-s u -, -isq., 1, St. Jebn's-gardens, Notting•hi ll , and 11, v.... Tone: fireALincoln's-inu. Leicestershire. , M•lr,Davies-street, Berke l ey- s q uare , n and Lutterworth, `'..rge Knox 14, 4 ' Es(l ' , 15 , Connaught-square , 46,....!, r Staftordsh ire. Hyde- park, and Tor to,"Me . _ Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-11M' tavlurt Ell., Berkeley, Gloucestershire. ” Il kta l • '° l e, Esq. 32 , U pper S ey mour-street, u r_atreet, Portman-square. ,lii,,,_ Prb is .„ ~, , i. eymo . t ,,-- , ..Ni ir , YI Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 5, bi,rt 4,4 1 41 t. Hyde-park )44.:4i!ah• Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. ier s i ti , Upper Seym our-street West, Connaught-square. x,14, P, a St. James's-square. ~._. Big t . 0 AUDITORS. "vp,,„'4l ' ...N o 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical , .4,1 41 11 3 4 1 4 4 General Life Office. cc sant 3. Onildhall-chambers. th . ^... e e ek e' --, 11" ., ' EIPA". A ccountant, to ' TI ,34 • ' the Engineers and Masonic Life • R. s lier -, Strand. Lud gatehin 'clan, Esq., Manager of Times Assurance Company, - N I . eb :IClng Wam-street, London, Regen 4481.11114Prilanceso' n M a a u rrY d Co ! , ' 3 13 : 1dkn0.," r. i • TUYSICIANO. 3 t , street. b r Lewin, Finsbury-place. _.,..„ t West, Connaught-square . Scanlan, 21, Upper Sera our-s. , — ' 'riotous. IT, T. A i ,• Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-squars, 'cuael T eeva n, Esq., 44, Gloucester -place, Hyde-park-gardens. cols SULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, El., F.L.S. Gotten°as. Messrs. lu ll and Mathews St. Mary-axe. ItEsIDENT SECtZTART. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. b The public Is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the ' , Posit System of Assurance. which is based upon tables calculated ) 7 . and i s under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, 7.1. S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. wtraPgrative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a DEPOSlTperson aged t Air `_ Lt Y next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the system Assurances. Qui si parla Italian°. Aqua se habla Espanol —.sesames. ....___ ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. ~, Annual A en t d the 4, 1 ca ,, miura thirty at that or sale Edinburgh , nonfr3gThedliciionieic,,a;yil I t a e t inb c e n r a of the em ,o e n r d I o on HeospnitalveZeldricof P of his policy, paid into their coffers Ito assure Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, & c., &c. e the party in case, after thirty ,249/.75.6d., and which II 5 00 hPrisemettlorrmenott DDRill, se •is is is fifty of case, they have had the use MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on years old, death amounting to 1 of at compound hewillhave will be 249/. 7s. 6d. ) interest, or in the various disorders of the nervoas and generative system, sa 4 SAMUEL s l i i . r u l c E h L t . m i, A is 13 , m isei Eß 2 , rr s, , a r 13 . 7 , 11 1 ,TBhl.e6ssu.l3nat.hafte oerrdhineahrays The sum thc. ILife Offices would give -.. rei ordinary Life ihim if he were unable MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF gu Offices would to o pay, or if he omitted of policy jis the giv e su h e i r ul e nfgerr :ill% yearswhen age, 1 Paid into worth which theyhave the event of his death the office. ,had the benefit one hour after such of at compound omission or inability YOUTH AND MATURITY. EteDdFIIORDI:SQUf I t i l l i tE lj , L I OND I ON, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro- it A ticed more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prerna- i c tore decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis- ',,, Bey known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience ''' in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist i_____lntere___st. I ._____ to___pay. ti 20 c. , little more once secret causes of self -acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in ". sfs.3d. 2491.73.6 d. 5001. 1 than 801. NOTHING. existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous .........._ Debility, various imam of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruittld Merri -1 perhaps 901. ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their ---------____„.„. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. endless medific;tlons owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary tbat all men should know that there are i If unable to pay, or not principles of personal management which cannot be violated without N desirous of paying or incurrine grievous pen ,aties, and when wisdom and regret succeed omittingtopay,there the heyday of ineonsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties , licy would still remain may howged how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, 1 of its rum value, and the evil and its comequences may be avoided, and above all, 522/.25.7d.til death, if that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional 20 years after, no fur- derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. i titer payment beingre- DOCTOR LA'ar E ItT has for a long series of years been engaged quired. If bowever the in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com. party,from any cause, plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless wished to cancel the of the taunts awl envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had Policy, he could not the confidence, throagh the medium of the public press, to direct onlydraw out allhehas attention to these eeorrnous evils, from which no grade of society is 25 7 1 102 as put in, viz., 2251., but tree. In selecturg OA: department of practice, he has been amply . 225/. 5221.257 d 2871. 28. 9d. a certain horns of 621. rev arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the 28. ed. in the bargain, treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the is more care of unqualified and ignorant empirics , who, with their pirated which than one-fourth of the p u blications, assumed foreign na mes and titles, and pretended virtues whole ofhispayments, of their patent nostrums, have indicted serious injury on those who or he could either draw have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. out a part, 201. or 501., At home for cowsuitetion daily from Eleven till Two, and from diminishing the Policy Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and (rely by the assured medicines can Le forwarded to any initials or address. value of the sum se It is desirahle thet patients wishing to consult Dr. LAWERT drawn out at the age should first obtain a copy of his work on when withdrawn. See SELF-PR ESERVATION. ia gess and 7in detailed . pamphlet, by A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous an d ---- F. G. P. Nelso n, Esq. Generative Debility , illustrated by fifty coloured engravings , a nd des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and On corn . the novel excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct 1111slet Panson of these two tables it will be seen that a person description of their eases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch ' , Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper 'II a,, sstem of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow -4,141'11er Ziaes'in viz., I st. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row • Hannay, 63 Oxford-street Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Sion e, Titchborne-street, laym , arket ; or tree s,V hi.n the event of a desire to surrender his Poli cy lles to all ages, de he can receive by uc p e. 37, BED FORD -sp ost for fortv-two stamps ~ LormoN.to any addresa from the Author 's real _.nnusaz '3ll e eMParison of these two tables it secure th Under th an he can assure 1 .6 novel system of DEPOSIT will be seen that e a annually, system. fo person l low ,g, advantages, viz. Ist. For a less sum, p a id , I , the o rdinary re c eive he can . ges. - 4_,; u rger sum in case of death than Un d e r olY• In the event of a desire to surrender h e i" P 2 l a l i e 3 y p ii es to al l ut this Company, by the above example, which TRltzx times as much as on the ordinary system.ina atilt his property, i't inability or omission to pay, his policy rema hie current payme e r s cr'r tile same value es it was, though be cease ordinary system, In the event _ ti g ro tlr , ,?' ellY number of years ; whereas on the 3rdlY. ' etlll ug• 4thly. Should be require to increa : a_ a ( e l up to the !•Izionnt of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. II t from 1 1 °Y giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any par After he W hole l atn, st and with intere • o d a e t c r e c o s h y s e e b a amount of his previous payments a withdrawn part one to a greater or eve ?t e ar, or any time a ft erwards, raise his policy at an times regulate Year he can, by a sisgle p a former amount ; and by this system payment, threen Ids au ;,__ nual sayings by his annual expendi h tu e r ;ea, necessity, t o t e h m t i h ty e , fa t c h il e it a y am in e th as e 14 0 '11ain of baying a fund to fly to in case o 11 receive more than pa l . chank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets Inte 'th: ''' r his money, and in case of death his ta if m y 8..-.arnount et his savings. In ordinary e cancelled the moment h u s en Thin& but his policy at once lapses or is L o ffi ces be can do no ceases to pay his current " preiums, andofeh forfeitedentyo .7e 'society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his more fortunate co-assurers. Such a system is too equitable and too striking can be and inspourr assurance is the only system of assurance w hich t ar 'snivel., principles are mp to be overlooked 4 ,_,. • ally recognised arid adopted when the p "4-11 Y canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely fair rate "?.Illes greluer advantages than a honk because it allows a t in the of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amino in diffused. It t ons of the Company to the represtutatives of the Depositor case.of death, thus combining the ADVANTAGES OF A BANN WITII THE BENEFITS OF AN ASSURANc COMPANY. I n cast of endowment assurances E the advantages of the DEPOSI ?Mem are still more striking. AbPANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY LIFE ° ASSURANCE BRANCH. .To th ose wh o prefer this branch Policies are granted from 20/. to ,o _ o o/. on ev ery known principle th ereof. Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been cul re3.autedlar di sea q se other Offices , are tak en at rates equivalent to the parti . Loans from 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security, real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower Non -f orfeiture of ev er y description granted on very favourable terms. A trium s , of a Policy.—ln case of inability to pay the currant retniums, th e Di rectors will eltner purchase the Policy at a fa'r LenTarket value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte correspondin mad mount to the whole of the previous payments "'nth have beene. Detan.,. -" Prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De- Posit syn e ~,,t 1 tn, and any farther Information may be obtained on appli on to the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. DR. CIJLVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To he had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho, 47, Fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill. 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" You will, I am sure, do me the justice to believe that I do not for a moment presume to question their lordships' making any promotion or annulling any orders they in their better judgment may think fit, but I am prompted solely by the feeling that I should be doing less than my duty and falling short in the trust confided to me if I abstained from putting you in possession of the whole state of the case. experience to the ntg, ke crowded stakeof the formed a serious obsffus to business, and difficulties of competiticfn . " - with.other towns, especia. free trade had introduced, unrestricted, the product whole world to our markets. a ir ss. Sir J. DUKE, M.P., stated that h e had been called upeis • • to preside over large and influential meetings of his con stituents in reference to the object of the deputation ; and he was a witness to the unanimous and most cordial appro bation with which the project was hailed and supported. In the ward of which he was the alderman, the site of the proposed improvement and terminus was included, and he could bear unequivocal testimony to the fact that the ex ecution of the plan was most anxiously desired by alltheh inhabitants of the district, whose unanimity of opinion upon.the subject afforded the best proof that in their judg ment the admirable arrangements made for passengers and vehicles, to and from the intended station, would form no impediment to the free passage of the streets. Mr. J. MASTERMAN, M.P., as member for London, was in a situation to corroborate fully the statements of his colleague as to the general wish of the constituency for the accomplishment of the objects sought by this deputation. There could be no doubt of the stste of public Opinion On the subject, or of the advantage which would accrue to the City from its being supported by the Government. Mr. W. WILLIAMS, M.P., could assure his lordship that the objects of this deputation were not merely local. As representing a borough on the south side of the river, he could attest the interest with which the inhabitants of that borough looked to the progress of this movement as _ generally calculated to promote the comfort of the poorer classes, and to afford facilities for trade. He might add that, as having been himself long and extensively engaged in business in the city of London, he could vouch from personal experience for the accuracy of much of the detail of difficulties which had been laid before his lordship by the commercial gentlemen who had preceded him. Mr. APSLEY PELLATT, M.P., also represented a consti tuency on the south side of the river, and could speak from a somewhat intimate knowledge of the subject. He had attended several of Mr. Charles Pearson's expositions, and having also carefully examined th e d ocum ents and plans, he was prepared to say that the execution of the works would diminish the present crowding of the streets, pro mote sanitary improvements, and would be received as a . great boon by the inhabitants of the metropolis at large ; and it was so regarded by his constituents. Mr. WILKINSON, M.P. said, as a metropolitan member, he rejoiced in the p ros p ec t .before them of seeing this pro ject carried out. He confessed that he regarded as one of its most important features the means it would afford to artisans, mechanics, clerks, and porters to enjoy the privi lege of passing their nights with their families in conve nient and healthful habitations, away from the scenes of their daily toil. A cheap railroad accommodation to the heart of the metropolis would enable the Corporation and the Government to proceed.with this great street improve ment without adding to the overcrowding of the dwellings of the poor, by destroying, as had been the case, thousands of houses, and driving their inhabitants to take refuge in the wretched habitations that remained. Mr. BUNCOMBE, M.P., bore testimony to the deep in terest the borough he represented took in the success of the measure. The evils which had been so faithfully depicted by preceding speakers were necessarily on the increase, and e c r ee e stsha i n ery b pi ni o ne g tfi r e ti s si o s ooftfitirhneee project. Mr. BARBER (Barber, Mea d, and Howse), said that Lon ass re should ooi upwards ai b nr e d Fs l o lo s e ef t ng don, though the greatest comme rcial cit y in the world, was one in s a t e l h o l e u o y r u i d t ob housesme epunwil destitute of conveniences which were enjoyed in other places. Birmingham and other large manufacturing towns, had railway stations in the centre of their business. The accomplishment of the present measure would place Lon don upon a level in this particular with other towns. Mr. HALT said the object of the deputation w as,not to ask money from the Government, but to urge them to carry out the principle of the commissioners' report. The railway proprietors must look after their railway them , selves, but the report required the Gove rnment to watch over the public interests, and the duty therefore ct res whited with the public authorities to support a projech would effect such a great public improvement. Mr. BUCKMASTER, late chairman of the West London Board of Guardians, said that the clergy and parochial offi cers were all favourable to the plan on account of the im portant benefits it would confer on the poor. The Rev. Mr. JACKSON, being the incumbent of the parish of St. Sepulchre, would be glad to see the project adopted on sanitary grounds alone, for he had nothing to do with its commercial features. He felt sure it would bo the means of improving the wretched dwellings in which the poor were compelled to live ; it would give facilities for obtaining better habitations five or six miles from town, where their families might reside in comfort and health. Mr. HOWELL (of the firm of Ellis and Everington) de sired to impress upon his lordship the importance of giving immediate attention to the subject, for all the causes of complaint were growing causes, and 20 years hence the evils would be very much worse. There was now an op portunity of grappling with the difficulty at a compara tively small outlay by reason of the great extent of ground already laid open, which, if built upon, would not again be rendered available, except at an enormous cost. If the budget passed, the omnibuses and cabs would be so cheaply kept, that the City would be deluged with them to a still more inconvenient degree, unless better means of conveyance were afforded by substituting cheap, prac tical, and expeditious railway trains. Mr. WALKER (of the firm of I. and C. Boyd and Co.) entirely concurred with preceding speakers as to the great benefit this measure would confer upon both the whole sale and retail traders of the City, by diminishing the crowding of the streets, and facilitating the means of transit for both passengers and goods. But he desired to direct the attention of Government to the important bene fit the country would derive from the improved postal arrangements which a central terminus, in direct commu nication with the Post-office, would afford. Mr. SIMON, the officer of health to the city of London, said that great improvements had been made in the sani tary condition of the city by improved drainage and water supply, but he felt convinced that by cheapening railway conveyance for the labouring classes between the outskirts and the centre of the metropolis, more would be done to effectuate the wise and benevolent designs of the Govern ment and other public authorities in improving the moral and sanitary condition of the poor than by any other mea sure that could be devised. The district which it was pro posed to clear was the worst in London, and very many of the houses to be removed were unfit for human habitation. Lord PA LatER STON said that, prompted as well by personal feeling as by a sense of official duty, he should be happy to do all in his power to promote any measure having for its object so many advantages as had been suggested to him by the respectable and influential gentlemen who had addressed him. Every person who had occasion to go into the City know that it required almost as much time to pass through one mile of its crowded streets as to travel thirty miles by rail. It had been truly said, that the overcrowding of the streets was daily increasing, and he might add that it was fortunate that it was so ; for the causes of that incon venience must be looked for in the increasing trade of the City, the enlargement of the metropolis, and the growing prosperity of the country. In a measure like that under consideration there might be parties who opposed it. He was not aware of any ; but reserving to himself a discretion to consider any fair objection that might be brought for ward, he gave the matter his mostwilling consideration; and, as far as he was at present informed, it was deserving the support of Government. The details, of course, fell within other departments. The railway portion of the measure would devolve upon the Board of Trade for con sideration, and the proposed street improvements would be inquired into by the Office of Works ; but he regarded the project as a whole to be highly deserving all the sup port that the Government and Parliament could fairly give it. " If I have erred in so doing, if I can have misunder stood the instructions and injunctions of the 27th of Fe bruary, 1847, which have induced me thus to address you, may I beg, as the greatest favour that can be conferred, you will be pleased to say so in such explicit terms as shall leave no room for future doubt. " I have much to regret in not having the honour of b e ing personally known to you, and also that circumstances prevent me from making this communication personally rather than by letter. " I have the honour to remain, sir, your faithful and obedient servant, " M. RICHARDS. " Aug. O'Brien Stafford, Esq., M.P." The Chairman then read the following letter from Mr. Disrae " Grosvenor-gate, May 3 , 1853. "My dear Lord Henry,—l should feel very much obliged to you if you would have the kindness to attend the dock yard committee this morning, and state to the chairman (Lord Seymour) that as my name has been injuriously in troduced into the evidence, I am prepared and desirous to to appear before the committee at their convenience. " Yours sincerely, " B. DISRAELI." " House of Commons, May 3, 1853. "My Lord,—ln compliance with the wish expressed in the enclosed note from Mr. Disraeli, I have attended before the dockyard committee, respectfully to request that you r lordship will call Mr. Disraeli as a witness, should you, as the chairman of that committee, be of opir ion that any evidence has been adduced before you which can in any way impugn the character and conduct of Mr. Disraeli while helield office under the Crown.—l have the honour to remain your obedient servant, " HENRY GORDON LENNOX. " " The Right Hon. Lord Seymour." The committee then adjourned to Thursday, at eleven o'clock. The following is the third letter of Admiral Parker to Sir Baldwin Walker, produced in evidence, but not yet published "2lth August, 1852. " Dear Sir Baldwin,—l quite agree with you about the master smith, and that it will be of advantage to the pub lic service. Captain Richards, the superintendent of Chat ham yard, was with mo this morning, complaining of the jobbing taking place in Chatham yard. My advice was to rest on the good. cause. It is really lamentable that such a system should go on through a secretary who fancies himself First Lord. It is disgusting, and the sooner it is exposed the bettor. " HYDE PARKER." CITY TERMINUS-DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON. On Monday afternoon a very numerous and most influ ential deputation from the citizens of London and the me tropolitan districts waited, by special appointment, on the Home Secretary, at his office, to solicit his support, and the active co-operation of the Government, in carrying out the projected City improvements at Farringdon-street and Holborn-valley, in connexion with the proposed City rail way terminus, as designed by Charles Pearson, Esq., City Solicitor. The deputation included members of the firms of Fisher and Robinson ; Morrison Dillon, and Co. ; Brad bury, Greatorex, and Co. ; J. and C. Boyd and Co.- and many other of the great wholesale houses. The deputation was attended by the members for the City (not in office), and several of the metropolitan representatives ; also by the late Postmaster-General, Lord Clanricarde, and by se veral clergymen and medical men, who take an interest in the sanitary improvement of the metropolis, and in ame liorating the condition of the poor. E. CURItIE, Esq., having briefly introduced the deputation, thus stated their object :—My Lord, a royal commission acting under the instructions of the Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1846, reported that railways ought not to be admitted into the City, except in combination with extensive street improvements, to be effected at the joint cost of the railwa y company and the localities to be benefitted by them, and to be executedwith the approval and under the supervision of a department of Government and the Corporation of London. Mr. Charles Pearson's grand project of constructing a trunk railway in connexion with the removal of the acclivities of Holborn and Snow-hills, has been approved by the Corporation, and re quires only the concurrence of the Secretary of State, sub ject to a negotiation now pending between the company and the Common Council, as to the proportion in which the cost of street improvements should be defrayed. The plan proposed is not a measure of mere city or even metropolitan improvement. It is an object of national --of universal interest ; for it proposes to provide, both by road and rail, a grand arterial organ of communication between the ter minal stations of the railways and the outlets north of the Thames, and the heart's core of the metropolis of the em pire, in which are and have been con centrated for ages the greatest public monetary and commercial establishments in the world. By the plan proposed 10,000 persons will be daily conveyed by this great iron highway, composed of four double lines, to stations in Farringdon-street -- the widest and least frequented broad street in London—with diverging streets for passing p as sengers in all directions to and from the stations without confusion and without in commoding the ordinary traffic of the st;eets. Thousands of omnibusses and cabs, which now creep through our principal thoroughfares, plying between the western and northern outskirts of London, and the great railway sta tions in these directions, will by these means be superseded, and their passsengers will be cheaply and expeditiously conveyed by rail in a well-lighted and well-ventilated subway to within a walking distance of their places of destination. Gentlemen attending in this deputation re present 15,000 influential and intelligent persons of all classes in the City and its suburbs, who, for various reasons expressed by them, have petitioned in favour of this plan. It has received the support of merchants, bankers, and professional men in great numbers, because it will diminish the overcrowding of the streets, while it will largely in crease the facility and economy of railway travelling, by giving to the inhabitants of this vast metropolis the benefit of cheap, frequent, and punctual trains, which the daily travelling of such masses of a migratory population entitles them to expect. The great wholesale houses of the City, who aro represented in this deputation byinembers of leading firms, support the plan, because it will enable them to get their goods carried with more economy and less delay to and from the great railways which conduct the transport of goods. The retail dealers give the project their support, because, by facilitating and cheapening railway carriage for their customers, and by diminishing the overcrowding of the streets, they hope to recover some of the retail trade, which for some years has been passing out of the City, as obstructions in the thoroughfares have increased. Philan thropists and sanitary reformers are represented in this deputation by clergymen, laymen, and medical men, who take a deep interest in the sanitary, social, and moral wel fare of the poor, and who advocate the plan because this railroad will practically annihilate the distance between the green fields in the suburbs and the pestilent courts and alleys in the centre of this metropolis. By means of an ex traordinary reduction in the charge for railway conveyance, which nothing but extraordinary numbers can warrant, the power of residing out of town will be extended to thou sands of small shopkeepers, clerks, mechanics, artisans, porters, and others employed in the City, who will be enabled to obtain (the price of daily railway conveyance included), comfortable dwellings, in healthful situations, for less money than they now pay, in pestilent situations, for wretched rooms, unfit for human habitation. The pro jected railway penetrates into the very heart of the City, and through densely-populated portions of the northern suburbs. Those districts, and the parishes with which the railway will be connected by means of tributary lines, in action and in contemplation, contain a population above half a million, requiring cemetery provision for more than 10,000 deaths each year. A cheap railroad, with one or more funeral trains daily to a suburban place of interment beyond the metropolitan area, would remove some of the chief diffi culties which have impeded the execution of the Government plan, by supplying conveyance for both the living and the dead, at a charge below the present cost of walking funerals. This deputation desire thus briefly to bring the main fea tures of this remarkable undertaking under your lordship's notice ; not in its character of a railway project, but in its collateral bearings upon the health, convenience, and phy sical and social improvement of the masses of this great city. They believe that the p eculiar energy, the pre-emi nent ability, the indefatigable devotion to the public ser vice, which have long signalised your lordship's career in one of the highest departments of the Government, may now, under Providence, be the means of conferring domestic benefits no less remarkable—no less deserving the labours of a great statesman —on millions of your fellow countrymen ; and in this point of view, and under these impressions, they respectfully submit this important under taking to your lordship's attention and favourable con sideration. Mr. LOWREY (Holyland, Rogers, Lowrey, and Co.) said that the leading commercial houses of the city of London usually abstained from taking part in the local affairs of the city, but upon a subj ect so deeply affecting the trade of the city, they felt it was their duty to step out of their usual course, and to press upon her Majesty's Government the importance of giving its support to the measure city of eLntoanrdyoneecnaontittaninenedta,upanwdardslessofthtawnenly thheo'nu.s.sfia.nl par Government, as the local tmhuantitchipeyalsheelenelted n ap . peal It taevatsh,etaeherevefrnore, not , surprising nrticrdail of the interests of the inhab itants, and pte, htoueseese,pewraerte,enno.t andyeqthuae f y re trat Y pre_ e se m nted ea. l in arg th e e e co nm u tu nc e i ruial ls of h of foreign su res of their present commercialn countries in co ttons, lin sysen, te s manthdewmeealnleunflasctwuereres admitted into this coun tr y; the immediate consequence of which had been largely to increase the general mercantile beriotyu,ghwtheilnetotheimpl.nrotelu.acttemici oomfpaeltlitfi foreign n eig i u n their warehouses with theipurfoldwutc,taiosnsfaolf. as the oewhnigchoeuin, classtrs. The present state of our streets, he submitted, was utterly nationsbusiness owfetrebe trTandee,reateatill sthhoopkwet.e,rieith inadequate to the r equirements of the extended commerco of this city, which was, of textile fabrics was concerned, the market not only ,c E partici pantgeldanind btuhtisofinthereea-soerlodf. airts and wholesale and retail trades concurred iu believing se nt project to be admirably calculated o t th e pro _ wants of all classes of citizens. They meet the grow instead of tending to crowd any parti cu 1 believed th a t , been erroneously supposed, it would ar locality, a s h a d make a b roa d li ne of intercommunication between th e we of London, and its operation would she to ad a pt L on d on to ern and e as t ern s id es the improvements which had taken locomotion and transit of the City, place i n th e mo d es of long a time to come from Pad&in ln fact, th e y t oo k as that station from the pl ace of manufacture. a s th ey t oo k to reac h manufacture. Under all these circumstances, no course was o p en t o t h e w h o l esa l e dealers but to ask the Government which they believed the Mr. W. LE (L • national interest was concerned. eat, Coles, and Smith, Old Change) availed himself of th e concurrence in the statements of statin! - ; his entire As senior partner i n oneofthe largest wholesale of his friend Mr. Lowrey. establish ments iii the City, he y; could bear the ample testimony of TEE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—A deputation from the executive committee paid a second visit to Yorkshire last week, to explain the objects of the society. It consisted of the Rev. Dr. Worthington, R. N. Fowler, Esq. (of the firm of Dimsdale and Co. Bankers), C. E. Lewis, Esq., L. S. Gorman, Esq., ander. Morgan, Esq. A public meeting was held at the de Gray Rooms, York, on Wednesday, when a very full explanation and satis factory account of the rapid progress of the society were given by' the various speakers. It was announced that the deputation had viewed land in the neighbourhood of York that day, and they might eventually purchase it for the members. A meeting was held at the Odd-Fel lows Hall, Halifax, on the following day, over which George Haigh, Esq., of Halifax, presided. Several interesting speeches were delivered on the occasion. Mr. R. N. Fowler, in the course of an able address in ex planation of the principles and plan of the society, said it was not their intention to disguise the fact that this was a Conservative Society, and that their object was to further Conservative principles. If stronger efforts on the part of the Conservatives were not made, ere long all the county constituencies would be in the hands of their opponents. Considered as a commercial scheme, it was based on the same principles as other societies founded by their opponents. It afforded to every man the means of obtaining a small portion of land, without the great difficulties which had hitherto attended the purchase of small allotments. Hitherto an investment to the amount of 501. required as much legal acumen as one to the amount of 5,000/. This had been a great impediment to the land being divided into small portions amongst the working men of this country. But it was very desirable th a t ijo i i t n s v l e iu ste ld d i be so divided, because the working la his savings in land felt a n interest in tlhienstawbility of his The society coun try that nothing el se would gve. formed a remarkably safe investment for any man's sav ings, because any on e , had the power of calling in his money at a few days notice,and no member could be Held responsible for the debts or engagements of the. In the first place, t hey had a simple constitu society. tion, which left the management entirely in the hands of the members, and the ne x t a dvantage was, that no mem bers could by any possibility be risking anything by joining. It was announced the committee were taking measure s for an early purchase of l an d at Halifax.- B ra nches of the society, with influential local committee , are in course of formation in the principal towns of Yorkshire. MEDITERRANEAN MAILS. —The Greek Government has concluded a postal conventio n with the Glas gow an d Liverpool Shipping Company, which engages to esta blish a communic a ti on t h ree times, or at least t w i ce , a Gibraltar, month between Liverpool, Malta, Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinopl e. T he convention Hellenicven tionis made for five yea rs . The approbat ion h of h Cham bers is , still requisite . The are to be exchanged possible. within four months, or sooner , if ratifications on either side LOLA MONTES IN TROUBLE J o h , L e . summary of Europe ofnews, New written in F renc h i n the . of the 20th instant, containsastatemen e t respe cting rald fo L r ose Lola Montes, of wh ic h th e f o ll ow i ng i s a t rans l a ti o :—" Lola Mentes, having returned to New Orleans, has been arrested at the instance of Mr. George R. Rowe, employe at the Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Rowe charges her with having assailed him in the theatre, in company with Mr. S. H. Henning. Mr. Rowe declares this upon oath ; and the affair was to have been examined on the 4th instant. On her part, Lola Montes has made an affidavit, accusing Mr. Rowe of having, in January last, put his hands upon her in a more than indelicate manner, and to have accompanied these daring gestures with ins ulting language." No mention of this is made in any of the English part of the Herold. PRIZE ESSAY ON EUROPEAN STANDING AitILLMEN TS.- The Peace Congress - Committee have just int im ated their intention to give the sum a t 250/. as a prize o the author of the best Essay u p on the European Standing • Armaments; and a second prize of 100/. to the author f of the tie o ) nd best essay up on the same subject. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The members of the new medical board, to which we referred yesterday, are, we understand, to be Sir John Richardson, Sir John Liddle, and Dr. Bryson. We believ e that this change in the medical department was originally propounded by the late Board of Adr&ralty, and as Cap tain Milne has been a member of the late, preceding, and present boards, the alteration has been favourably consi dered. We do not yet know the exact position to be oc cupied by the respected director general of the medical de partment, Sir William Burnett. We are, however, quite satisfied that the services of this useful public servant will not be neglected nor slighted. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 3, A court-martial was held to - day on board the Victory, to try Eugene Egan, a seaman of the Agamemnon, for ab senting himself without leave from a boat belonging to that ship, while on duty at Healer Hospital, on the 22d of March, with intent to desert. Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., of the Agamemnon, prosecuted for the Admiralty. The charge was fully proved, and, as he was a naval appren tice, he was sentenced to be imprisoned for 10 calendar months in Winchester gaol. The Conflict advance screw-sloop having shipped a Boomerang propeller, steamed out of the basin this morn ing, ready to make another trial of her speed to-morrow, and at which a number of naval and scientific men are expected to be present. The Cygnet sloop, Captain R. White, sailed from Spit head last evening for Plymouth, to be paid off. The Encounter, screw-frigate, came into harbour this morning to be supplied with new boilers. The Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, got up her steam this afternoon and proceeded to Stoke's Bay to test her speed by the measured mile. The trial lasted between two and three hours, and was highly satisfactory. Additional hands have to-day been put on the Princess Royal, 90, screw steam-ship, building in this yard, in order to expedite her so that she may be launched next month. It is understood to be her Majesty's wish that the launch of this fine vessel should take place at a time when she may be able to witness it. The Duke of Wellington, 131 (screw), Captain Henry Byam Martin, has the ordnance lighters alongside, and is receiving her heavy armament therefrom ; her main-deck guns were mounted to-day. PLYMOUTH, MAY 3. Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Argus, Commander Purvis, sailed last evening for Halifax and the West Indies. The Avon steam-tender, Master-Commander Veitcb, sailed yesterday for Falmouth, to bring the detachment of infantry stationed at Pendennis Castle, to this garrison to join head quarters. They will be replaced by a detachment of artillery from Woolwich, which will be taken there by the Duke of Cornwall merchant steamer. WOOLWICH, MAY 3. APPOINTMENTS. Assistant-Surgeon Charles Harper (1853), recently serv ing in the Phaeton, 50 , to the H o g ue, 60, steam guard ship, at Devonport. Master's-Assistant John Richards to the Banshee steam. packet, at Portsmouth. The Fishgard flag-ship of Commodore Henry Eden, and all the ships in ordinary at this port, were paid down to. day. The Melampus, 42-gun frigate, was towed from Wool wich to Sheerness to-day by the Monkey steam-vessel. The Melampus has on board the mach'nery of the James Watt, 90, ordered to be brought round from Pembroke, where she was launched, to Devonpoi L. The Melampus has also taken the boilers of the Algiers, 90, for convey ance to Devonport. The Cyclops steam-frigate was taken into the basin to day to receive on board the machinery of the Algiers for conveyance to Devonport, and on arriving at Sheerness on her way round she will take the Melampus in tow from that port to Davenport. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander H. W. Allen, was taken into the basin to-day. The weather has been as yet so unfavourable that Cap tain Washington has deferred laying down the electric tele graph cable from this country to Ostend. The Lizard steam-vessel will direct the course of the wire, which will be paid out from one of the screw steam collier vessels. Vessels in the Harbour.—Fisgard, flag-slip of Commo dore Henry Eden ; Phcenix screw steam-sloop, Commander ' Edward A. Inglefield ; Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master ' Commander John E. Petley ; Rhadamant hus steam-vessel, : Master-Commander Belam, in commission ; and the Spite ful, Merlin, Medina, and Medusa steam-vessels, not in commission. In the Basin.—Terrible steam-frigate ; Hecate steam sloop ; Rifleman screw steam-sloop ; Prometheus steam sloop ; Janus and Jackall, steam-vessels. In the Docks.—Tribune, 30, screw steam frigate ; Un dine, Dover mail steam packet ; and the Dover, iron steam vessel. THE WEST INDIES. The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Sey mour, K.C.8., in the Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, was at Bermuda. Commodore 11`Quhae was at Port Royal, April 11th, with the Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton; and Alban, steam-tender, ordered home. The Calypso, 18, Captain Forbes, was at Antigua. The Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Wilson, was on the Spanish Main, ordered home. REPORT OF A CAPTURED SLAVER. The schooner Creole, commanded by Captain Thompson, arrived in this port on Tuesday last, from the Caymans, with a cargo of turtle and shell, consigned to Messrs. P. Abrahams and Co. One of the passengers reports that a few weeks ago, about ten o'clock at night, between Cayman Brack and Little Cayman, an engagement took place between a barque and an English brig of war, and that after an hour's fighting the barque, supposed to be a Spanish slaver, was captured. On the following morning both vessels were seen to bear away in the direction of Cuba. It is said that 32 rounds were fired before the engagement was termi nal ed.—Falmouth Post. PRESENTATION OF PLATE.—The M a rquis of Exeter bas in the most courteous manner, prevented Wm. Robertson, Esq.., surgeon, R.N., with a richly-chased claret - jug , i n gra titude for the skill h e displayed and the grea t a ttention paid to the noble lord's son while labouring under illness at sea a short time since. The jug, which is a beautiful specimen of workmanship, was selected from the chaste and extensive stock of Mr. Cave, goldsmith and jeweller, George-street, and has the following inscription :—" pre sented to William Robertson, Esq., M.D., surgeon, H. 3 1 . 0. Leander, by the Marquis of Exeter, as a token of esteem for the kind attention shown to his son, Lord Henry Ed ward Cecil, midshipman onboard that ship during a severe attack of illness. April, 1853."—Plyartouth Mail. THE LATE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY, Yesterday, on the re-assembling of the committee, Lord Seymour (chairman), Lord Hotham, Sir B. Hail, Sir F. Davie, and Mr. Beckett, The Chairman, in reply to Hon. Mr. Talbot--who re peated the statement contained in the letter we pub lished yesterday, that, unless the committee were per fectly satisfied that Lord Derby brought no undue in fluence to bear on Mr. Stafford with reference to the dockyard appointments, his lordship wished to be called to give evidence before the committee—said the com mittee were not in a position to give a reply to the ap plication at present. The Chairman said he had understood from Sic Bald win Walker that he wished from personal reasons to read a letter with reference to what had passed between himself and Admiral Parker before the committee. Sir Baldwin Walker then read the following letter : " Admiralty, May 2,1853. "My dear Walker—l regret I made a mistake about your making use of my three letters. I was not aware when I said before the committee that I had only given you per mission to make use of one letter, that the three letters were all on the subject of the master smith. You are therefore perfectly at liberty to make use of the three be fore the committee, —Yours very sincerely, " HYDE PARKER." Sir Baldwin Walker—l also wish to ask Mr. Stafford's permission to read a letter he addressed to me on the 28th of November. Mr. Stafford having intimated his acquiescence, Sir B. Walker read the document as follows : (Private and confidential,) " Admiralty, Nov. 28. " Dear Sir Baldwin—As no official answer has arrived to so k the letter you received from the board on. T4`riday t, on the subject of your communication of that trig!, I ' youthis unofficial note, which I trust y ou will read in t e same friendly spirit as actuates its writer. Admiral Berkeley has given me notice of a motion on the subject of your corres pondence with the Board of Admiralty, and he may to morrow raise in the House of Commons the question of its existence. I cannot, therefore, let another board day pass without another official letter to you or from you. " But if you will call here before the board meets, i. e., before half-past eleven o'c lock to-morrow, I think I can point out a course of proceeding which may be adopted without the least annoyance to yourself or to any one else. "We cannot, of course, control the proceedings of our political opponents ; but it is also absolutely necessary that the several departments of this important establish ment should at once be brought into harmony with each other. " My only objects are to carry out the instructions of my Government, and to avoid as much as possible giving pain to any one. I shall be glad to see you any time after nine o'clock.—Truly yours, STAFFORD. " Sir Baldwin Walker, &c." The Chairman then said it was his intention to move in the house that there be laid before the committee re turns of the appointments and promotions that took place in the several dockyards during 1852, specifying when such appointments and promotions were made, and in every case, where practicable, specifying on whose recommendation. Captain Duncombe suggested that, in fairness, the return might be extended as far back as 1847. Mr. Cotsell was then recalled, and requested to pro duce the letter he alluded to in his evidence given yes terday, addressed to him by Thomas Collings. He said, the Surveyor of the Navy led him to believe that his desire to be removed to Portsmouth had been favour ably entertained, and Thomas Collings, in the Account ant-General's department, wrote to him a series of letters on that and on general subjects, leading him to believe it. From 1846 he had communications with Collings on the matter. The witness went into a narration of this, and then produced the following letter : (Strictly confidential.) " Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 13, 1852. " My dear Cotsell,—l have resumed my duties to-day, after having been confined several days at home with in flamed eyes. I cannot w rite much, but, knowing your anxiety, will not omit to inform you what I have heard since my return here. " Your letter applying for the change was received here last Wednesday, and Sir B. Walker very considerately di rected it should stand over until Mr. Tyler's papers came from Portsmouth. They were received only yesterday, now, therefore, the case is comple te. You will be g ratified to know that Sir Baldwin has received a letter from Mr. Fincham, applying for you in very earnest terms, and all I can tell you more is that, up to the present time, no obstacle has presented itself to your request being complied with. The Surveyor himself is very desirous of doing it, and as it will not interfere with patronage of any kind, he does not foresee any objection on the part of those in power. On the whole, the matter is surely in as fair a train as it possibly can be, and albeit I am not unmindful of the adage about the cup and the lip, I sincerely hope that I may before long have to congratulate you as Master Vulcan of Portsmouth dockyard. "My wife and bairns are all well, and hoping you are the same, " I remain, yours most faithf COulLly, " THOS. LINGS." The evidence adduced during the day had relation almost exclusively to the case of Wells, and to the sys tem of patronage and promotion adopted in the different dockyards, and which mainly formed the material of evidence adduced on previous days. Sir Baldwin Walker was further questioned by the committee on a variety of points, and stated that the report of the Admiralty committee of revision of 1848 was not published, but that no doubt a copy of it might be had at the Admiralty. It was a rule with the Ad miralty seldom to promote an officer in the same ship, but generally to another. Mr. Hamadros, clerk in the Admiralty, deposed, from the entry-book in his departmert, that Joseph Ridgway was appointed acting first-class leading man in the metal mills at Chatham, on the sth of April, 1852, having been then advanced from the second class. The papers con nected with the appointments were missing. Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty Record-office, deposed that sometimes letters and documents did not go into that department at all. Mr. John Briggs, 27 years reader to the Board of Ad miralty, deposed with great preciseness and importance to the duties that devolved on him in his department. Two lords of the Admiralty and the secretary were suffi cient to form a board ; but it would be, probably, what was called a " secret " board. His duty was to open all the dispatches sent to the Admiralty. They were opened either by the secretary or by him in the presence of the secretary. He marked the papers and distributed them —asking the lords if they approved of them. He made the selection of the most important papers, and read all the letters to the secretary and the lords. He took the sense of the First Lord on various subjects, as well as the opinions of the other lords, and the secretary entered it in a short minute. He did not know how often a se cret board was held. All the most important proceed ings would be known both to himself and the head of the secret department, whether it was a message from the Foreign-office, the Queen's command, or an order for the distribution of the fleet. When there was any se cret document, it would be put under a sealed cover with " secret" endorsed upon it. Was present at the board meeting of September, 1 8 4 9, and remembered the circu lar being brought before the board. Witness was very glad of the arrangement which directed that all letters for promotions should go to the Surveyor of the Navy in the first instance, as it diminished witness's labours ; but subsequently, owing to the cancelling of the circular, they were sent to the secretary, and opened b y witness. Witness's opinion was, that the old system of sending first to the surveyor was the more desirable one, and that it would have been better, for that and other reasons, not to have cancelled the circular of 1849. Ile thought it occupied the secretary's time. which might be devoted to more important matters. When the matter of the resig nation of the surveyor of the navy was mentioned, witness did not pay much attention to it ; it was so common een a thing for naval officers to talk of retiring. Had b desired to leave the board-room when some matters were discussed, but it had not occurred f or man y years. After reading all that was proper he might have withdrawn, and then their lordships might discuss matters among themselves. Remembered the occasion ➢of Sir Baldwin Walker, the surveyor of the navy, being at the Admi ralty on the subject of his letter of resignation. "On g unpleasantu n der great had ad agita tion my entering the room, said said the witness, " the Surveyor o f th of fN mind,a y a p a p s e a u r e something b t h e n 1 labouring o v u: oc curred. I heard some words and si w r, as l wi ab l o l u g t o to to s r o et m ir e e r , - thinking something had taken place. The Surveyor was standing at the table, folding up his Papers, and I heard him say these words, 'Very well, set-house, and return by and by. Seeing that he was very much agitated, I said to Mr. Stafford, ' I hope the Surveyor has not resigned.' No, he's resign ed.' I said, ' What do you mean 7 Then Mr. Stafford said, The Surveyor of the Navy has been to the Duke of Northumberland, and the Duke of Northumberland informed him that he had never seen his resignation, and letter a y l otfh t o or l e d Dsigu h kn im ae,. that if he had seen his letter of resignation he should Sur immediately have taken it to Lord Derby ; that the t j P o i iw a b r fii r i k ; :i e gh cs w u i s lff i_ t letter before the that v b e o yaor board, e h had b a n d t efisttryed it.' Mr. Stafford also been thatn ot ht thoughteo hadd Admiral made use of these words t Navy not only comes tions ub b i n e d t hboyfirfire, the Admiral Surveyor Par,P a r, f to inc and recites this in his own proper person, but asks mark (said Mr. Briggs) nished at you, I am. Laughter.)nos topress too' heavily 'let me beg and entreat of you me what he had better do.' cL_o_urd.slatuayfihnnrtedder,e.d)l,,mMl the Navy ; he's a most amiable ya said, s o man, on the Surveyor of g oing on quic kly to put a stop to belief whatis is that no as posilble goo a d s possible, as my it.' Mr, Stafford then put his hand he's a most talented officerl a , n m d y I b d e e g ar an ß d ri e g i g it s r , ea y t ou y , o v u e can come from it. to know that I am not vindictive.' known me long enough h (I au ht If 1 known hi five mont s. s g er.) e t very I had cause from what I knew of the sur much distressed, be , 1 1 • I believed that when le sal( lie was going to /eY° l., - I would be a real bona fide resigna- Somerset-house, t iere on my shoulder and said, secretary to Mr. Stafford, was then Mr. Grant, private to the system pur called and examined with reference When tion. said, I did not thins. the surveyor was to blame. sued in 'slaking appointments and promotions. for promotion, but to ascer it was not to submit names . xisted, in the dockyards; tarn whether certain vacancies e iralty having received notice the Secretary of the Adm he went to see Sir Baldwin Walker at S o merset -house, that certain vacancies existed, but that they had not l