The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-26 00:00:00

UIYIVERIIITY INTELLI9ENCIL

CAMBRIDGE, Ocr. 26.
The Vice-Chancellor hereby gives notice, that the
following eight members of the Council of the Senate will
vacate their mete on the 7th day of November, 1868, via.:
Heeds t f Colleges • Dr. Phelps, Muter of Bidney College ;
Mr. Neville, Mester of Magdalene College. Professors :
Professor Thompson, Professor Grote. Other members at
the Senate : Mr. W. G. Clerk, Trinity College; Mr. Adams.,
Pembroke College ; Mr. Hardwick, Bt. Cetharine'e College;
Mr. Campion, Querns' College. The Via-Chanoellor further
gives notice, that the election of two heads of col-
lege*, two predessore, end four other members of the
Senate, to 811 the vacancies, will tali Piers In the
Senate-hones on Monday, November 8. The Vies-Chen-
oellor and Proctors will receive the vote. of those members of
the Senate, whose names are on the eketoral roll, from
10 o'alock in the morning till 1 (Mork, when the Vloe.
Chancellor will declare the election. The members of the
council must be chosen from the electoral roll, and among
those who ere choice es members of the Senate there must
never be more than two members of the same college. Of
the four members elected as members of the Beasts who will
continas to held office in the earned after the 7th day of
November, ane lea member of Caine College, two an of St.
John's College, and nne of Trinity College. Every elector
may vote for any number of persona, being beads of colleges,
professore, or members of the &este respectively, tot amid-
tog the number of beads of colleges, professors, or members
of the Senate respectively to be chosen; but all his yetis
most be given in writing at the same tiara, Ned aside will be
provided and placed in the Setese-hotase hr Oat purpose.

LIFEBOATS FOR THE COAST AND FOR THE CON-
TINENT.—The Boys] National Lifeboat Institution has bad
completed mama new lifeboats, which it is stoat to forward
to the following stations—namely, a first-eitus 34 feet bbboat
for Cromer, Norfolk; (me 32 feet for Nuke, on the mar
coast; cue wand clam for /Edmore, on ths mast of Wat-
ford ; one ditto for Boneless, on the mom seem ; and one,
lirst-elus 30 fest for Frawerbargh, on the &stab north-east
mask Each boat will be mottled, if ngaYal, wish a trim-
=*mime, so a• to make has for • coed-
its. of °cast. A substantial bass his been built at
esdi sloths. The a ccet of mmudsis lifeboat eats-
btlehmsatis IDOL TM as OM National Lifeboat
Issamilos sum mimmillyisssay Is imp Is a sums of efficiumy
Its mommas IMkut assabiliumais. leis year ha lifeboats

and thoieei other borlieTo roamed, according to puilmasatary
ratans, MO poor creatures shipwrecked on oar arts barna
watery grave. A second-class 30 feet beat is aim Toady for
despatch to Oalais, an appropriate present of bar Majesty's
government to that town for some gallant revises inedestai
lest winter by some Calaio sailors to an Enidlab ship in dis-
tress. The Prussian government have also requested the
National Lifeboat Institution, through the median ebb
Excellency Count Bonnard, to construot for them an addi-
tional first class lifeboat, to be stationed at Naufahrwmaer
near Doweic. The communication erns made through the:
. _

Date of Northeasione,:mounareideest eadely, whose
name will sew he aseeelmisi via 11=10a-
ston of the lifeboat cause be Enka& All the
self-righting if aped, and eject ray wits, Coy my 4.
They ram the desixa. of Mr. J. Peaky ee 114114
ahiorright In her Majesty's dockyard, Weald& sat bays
been ba
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Li ilt by the well-knoernboat-bzuldare, the Men. Fox,
ef reeheeee,

THE ARMY STORE AND CONTRACT

COMMISSION.

INQUIRY AT WOOLWICH.
The Royal Commissioners (Mr. Aspinal Tamer,
M.P., Mr. Bette, sad Colonel French) appointed to inquire
tato the keeping and issuing army stereo, and the army
imanset system, met yesterday at the Royal Arsenal, Wool•
with, Sr Ifitapurpom of commencing them investigations, so
far se rear& that establishment. They ware met in the
Arsenal by Mr. Morris and Mr. Parkins, assistant. store-
keepers, die former of whom since the recent death of Captain
Parry, the lateprincipal storekeeper, has been arcing as pnn-
cipal storekeeper. until Captain Gordon, who has been ap-
pointed to the office, enters upon its duties. The principal
portion of the day was devoted to an inspection of the store-
=the caoutosibners being accompanied in tteir walk
the various rooms by Mr.4forrls and Mr. Par-
kins, who gore anch.-,ezplanations and ouch in-
formation ea they samfrom time to time called upon
to give. The rooms thich the commissioners visited are not
ordinarily open for publie inspection like some other portions
of that mutt establishment, cad therefore some slight descrip-
tion of them and their contents may not be out of place,
though it can be but -alight, seeing that the inspection was
only of a cursory character.
We should premise that to Woolwich a great portion of the
supplies of storm are sent from the regiments stationed at
home and abroad, sad that Pmeksges of soon stores are being
continually received at this establishment. On their receipt
the articles are examined, those that are unfit for re-issue are
condemned and set aside foe sale, those which are repairable
are eat apart to be repaired, and those which an in a am-
dition good enough for re-iartn• are taken into store and
issued as occasion may melee. Woks are also received -from
Wooden and The Tower war aleamriepatearre over full.
The first room which the oommissioners went through was
filled with bins which contained ',egos, great coats, casks of
boots, old and new, there being, it was stated, 280 paint of
partly worn boots end 21,380 pairs of new boots ; and here
she were the remains of the 312,000 pairs of socks about
which there has been some controversy as to whether it had
been intended that they should be sold la obsolete stores or
not. Several parcels of the socks were opened and the rocks
examined, and there was but one opinion, that they were of
excellent quality, and that to have sold them for
obsolete stores would have been a shameful waste •
of public property. Passing on, the commissioners
went through various other rooms containing cases of shot,
wagons in parts, the wheels being placed in heaps which
reached to the ceiling, rocket oases, spades and shovels, of
each of which there appeared to be thousands, earth rum-
mers, sod a variety of other munitions of war, which it
would be tedious to mention in detail. One 1000.1 100 yardslong, was filled with tannery harness and saddlery?. Apropos
of saddlery, we may state that after the present stock is
worked off, of which there appears to be no large quan-
tity, it is intended that all the saddles should
be made after the new and improved pattern.
In all these store rooms there is tithed to each bin • card
containing a statement of the number and kind of articles
contained in the bin, which is altered from tints to time as
additions are made to or subtractions made from the store ;
and it was stand that by means of there cards alone it would
be easy within a very short period to ascertain the quantities
of any article in stock. It should also be stated that in the
course of their inspection the commissipers examined the

books of one of the deparrmenta, and had explained to them
the system on which they were kept; and after the
examination Mr. Turner Mid he considered the book-keeping
=good. After their inspection, the commissioners pro-
to hear evidence, and called . .

Mr. William hlorris, who said—l am deputy military
storekeeper at Woolwidt. I have been so for the last font
years. I was previously chief clerk. I have been employed
at the Arsenal 42 years. Captain Perry was lately principal
storekeeper. Ile was killed by a fall from his carriage.
Captain Gordon, I understand la to succeed him. The
establishment °owlets of a principal storekeeper, two deputy
storekeepers, 11 first-class clerks, 7 seriond-class, and, I
think, 10 temporary clerks. There are 648 labourent.
The establishment has incresaed much of late, since
the war. There are several branches of the military depart-
ment; first, the corresponding branch of which the first
clerk is the head; second, the contract branch, which
receives all the contract stored ; third, the receiving branch,
which takes cognisance of all returned stores. The next is
the foreign Issuing branch ; then the home issuing branch;
and then the ledger breech and the pay office. There is
also the laboratory department, presided over by Captain
Boxer; the royal carnage department, presided over by
Colonel Talloch ; the royal gun factory, of whieh Colonel
Wilrnott is the head. I have nothing to do with the roam-
teetering departments, except that all the money panes
through my hands. I draw the Warden of the total amount
brim a month. The average is from 28,0001. to 34.0001. a
month, which is paid for wages. I get about 16,0001. at a
lime. I give security, two sureties, joint and several, for
1,0001.

The Clairman—What security, except your own honesty,
have the government that you may not follow Mr. Elliott's
example?
Mr. Morrie—l really cannot sneerer that question.
The Chairman—There is none ?
Mr. Morris—There is s great deal in the respectability of
an individual and hie family connection..
They Cruet you In fact as a beaker trusts his cashier.
There is nothing to prevent him robbing the till if he is so
minded.—No, 1 render an account awe a month.
In answer to further questions the witness said he should
not consider it an affront, but should be rather pleased if the
government were to ask him at soy time to produce the cash
which his account steed he had in hand. Three weeks or a
month ego a gentleman came down from government to
ascertain the balance. It wee a busy day, and he had to wait
half an hour, but then they showed it him. There had not
during all the 42 years he had best employed in the esta-
blishment been a era of a dale being deficient in his cash
balance. The cash account. were made up and rendered 14
days after the quarter. The stock accounts up to the list
March ware sent in three week. ago. Ins large establish-
ment they were allowed three months, but in consequence of
the owners they were allowed longer. The arrears arose In
ooneequeuce of the immense quantity of work to he done
daring thewerand the inefficiency, or ratherthe inexperience
of the Additional clerks then employed. The work at the
arsenal wee treble what it was some years ago.
Colonel French—Yon say you, have been 42 years here.
Why should yon be overlooked in the appointment of prin-
cipal military storekeeper?
Mr. biome—l cannot say. I should not like the appoint-
meat. I would not take It fee 60,0004 a year. The region-
sittlity and t►e worry would be too much for me. lam not
in weed, sad I would rather have an appointment in which
I should have more quiet.
In answer to further questions Mr. Morris add the supply
of timber did not come under his charge, but under that of
the superintendent of the royal carriage department.
Has anything been done to improve the trenchleg boots,
which were so much complained of in the Crimea P—There
was a committee appointed, and new patterns were deter-
mined on.

The Chairman—But it was not the pattern which wee
complained of, but the quality.
Mr. Howell (Director-General of Burrs) -In the case of
tools we did not bind ourselves to accept the lowest tender.
Mr. Monis said the tools were inspected and he produced
a book in which the result of the inspection of a quantity
was entered. Amongst the entries wee one of the entire
redaction of a quantity of elves (handles of hatchets),
some because they were too large, others because they
were too email. Tb..y never, at Woolwich, allowed
• contractor to fit the deliveries under one con-
tract into another. Timber was bought by govern•
meat brokers and not by contract. It was
on condition of its being subject to inspection rf7 ma:it
speedos, tams than ono-third of the deals were rejected, they
had to take the remainder at an agreed upon enhanced /Mee
but if the rejections did not mount to one-third, that which
they took wee at the lower price. When Ma me were con-
demned a Het was made out of the different articles, which
wee sent to the different departments; and after the erdcles
had been again inspected by the heads of the Tarim; depart-
ment', in order that they might see whether may of them
could be made available for the public service, be submitted
the list to the War Department, end got their orders for the
sale. It often, happened at the sales that the price
wee enhanced by some stranger coming to bid,' or by
some disagreement amongst the Jews. .This articles
were often bought in if the price offered wag
sot considered enough ; or. what was tantamount, the sue-
dosser put them up at their value and did not get a bid. He
did not think they had a large quantity of obsolete er con-
damned stores in stook now but they were constantly receiv-
ing them from all parts of the world . He was responsible
for goods being sold that might be available.
Mr. Turner—lf the article that we saw to-day set sport
for sale are a specimen, I wonder you get any bidders for
these at all.
Mr. Morrie—l wonder so myself sometimes.
Mr• Turner—What racy have yogi ?

Morris-44W. a year:
Mr. Terser—After 42 yews' =Mos ?
Mr. MOTTU—Yes. I rise 2W. a year up to 5001.
Mr. Turner—l do not maim any oominient, because if I
did It would be a very severe osa—not au you, but on those
who pay you is your poetics a rimy of Gal, 4401. a year
altar so long a service.
The inquiry was then adjourned until this day.

CIVIL SERVICE SIIPERANIMATION.—The repro-
sestatore• of the civilians of the War-ea" Customs, Per
masse-Geerref eat" Adfalsedrr, Prosterilies, sad asps-
brer-deasra s dike, will mast at Radar-hall, ea ths 11.5
last, with the view of adopting mask Mai as Boy be
considered necessary to promote a tapa pormensat, sad
satisfactory settlement of the chi uN,ias eapsesaatte eon
gustiest. The apsoial objects ifs elmeliMiks will be to
obtain gemerally an improved sagerseamelisa sail* for all
dames of the civil saviors to were a esperior seals for
thee@ who iv,n subjected to the late mtpsramseittioll tam, is
compared with the scale for shoos wbs aewr rid the tee,
and to Cerise measures to MOO Plarre askailli Mil km
beteg reduced in future by Tress}

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

•
ADMIRALTY, Oct. 23.—Aepo1NYmEN28.—Ifeeter
B. B. Stuart (1864), to the Virago, 6, paddle-wheel steam-
ikTP' st Dewmport.

ACting Aseitasa t-Bargeons Dr. T. Jameson, to the Mel-
Mlle, 8, hospital ship ; sad 8. Bweetzesa, to be addidcmal to
the Amber, 18, screw steam-shlp, at Portemtntb.

CHATHAM, OCT. 26.
The Naijaden, 18, Swedish man-of•war, Captain
Warberg, was taken into the new stone dock this afternoon
to be examined, and also to have the Injuries she sustained
in vetting aground made good.
. . . .

The Lrd; of the Admiralty have ordered a 91-gun line-of-
battle screw steamer, to be called the Bulwark, to be laid
down at this dockyard, which will make the fourth line-of-
battle ship now building at this establishment.

PORTSMOUTH, Oc-r. 25.
The Gorgon, 6, paddle-wheel steamer, Commander
Joseph Dineen, arrived at Spithead at daylight tills morn-
ing, from North America, and, having discharged her super-
numeraries, sailed again for the eastward
The Euryalue, 61, screw, Captain J. W. Tarleton, C. 8.,
went out of harbour this forenoon, and anchored at Spithead,
where she will await the embarkation of hie Royal Highness
Prince Alfred. It is rumoured that the Euryalue will pro-
ceed to Ferrol, on the coast of Spain.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, want out of harbour
to-day, for trial of her engines, •

The fifth battalion of the Military Train passed
through Liverpool yesterday (Monday) for Dahlia, on raid*
to the Curragh of Kildare, where they are to be stationed
during the winter mouths. The troops were In fall marching
order, sod were accompanied with the requisite number of
gone, agununifion waggons, do., de.