Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-24 00:00:00

aliont seven' phiirs,
the opinion of al+

great- delq."
Comparing the navel ehtfilidte,
amount, IfhiCh havefo*Weir
guard and ;hb-tiaval coast vol fO6.
up to the statecontemplate4 by the' etatee,, Wk-
late these forces respectively, a further expeVdßar‘•
be required of €44,892..

,f this year with the
1. before the coast
been brought

intcera M2,t

ch rein-
will

Thecommissiorre6 estimate ?he' whole expense of thy
additions as follows':'

IMPROVEMENTS I"4 TILE PEACE ASTABLISHMENT
Increased allowances of provisions ..£42,331
Pensions of warrant diem's' widows 1,9,150
Mess' utensils, clothes,.ana bedding.. 14;200
Instruction and training taips . . 15,918 •

Petty officers' badges
Pay and pensions for gunnery

ADDITIONAL MISERVLS,

IN TILE QUEEN'S. SERVICE.
2,a40 additional coast-guard men- £116,525
4,000 reliefs in home ports
5,000 short service pensioners,
marines

IN THE MERCHANT SEMICE

26;000 royal naval volunteers in
homer and 5,000 in distant voy-
ages (including school ships), ..

200,000

Making in all

ks -a' final resource, in case of actual danger to the

com?ulsory service must remain her Majesty's
prerogative, but the commissioners recommend that two
limitations be made in the latest enactment on the subject ;
viz., onei.that it shall only be called into operation in
the ease- of danger to the country, declared'i by her
Majesty in council, after the voluntary reserves shall
have been. first called out for service ; and secondly,
that if her Majesty should ever find it necessary to
proclaim compulsory service, a relief should be prOVided
for every seaman within a period of three years front
the time of his entry on board ship ; and that he should
not be liable to be• called upon for a second period of
service, until after the expiration of a time, to be ex-
pressed in the statute_
Concluding-their report, the Commissioners obser7e

counti

"Your Majesty possesses in the merchant service elementg
of naval poweri.such:as, no other government in the world

tie that hitherto no sufficient organise-
tiOn.has existed'fdr seeming .to your Majesty the imme-
diate command of these- resources.• During a long peace,
reliance has been Tlheed either on the improbability that
danger would arise; or on the efficacy of impressment to
furnish the means- by which danger could be confronted
and overcome. Changes in public sentiment, and in the
circumstances of: the case, have shaken. that reliance.
We rejoice to believe that, by improvements fix
the administrations of your Majesty's navy, and
in the regulation. of the merchant service,
other resources have• in the meantime been placed
within the reach of- your Majesty's Government, and
that it is now in their, power to substitute for untrained
compulsory service a system of defence, voluntary,
effective, and calculated, to draw closer to your Majesty
at the moment of danger„ the loyal enthusiasm of those
on whom your Majesty will rely. We therefore humbly
and confidently submit to . your Majesty the adoption of
measures, which, while their primary object is the pro-
tection of this country from the hazards of war, must at
the same time improve• the position, and alleviate the
character of the British seamen in the two services ; and
unite thorn to,gether in the-firm bonds of reciprocal good
feeling, and of common interest."

The report is dated the 19th of the present month, and
is signed by the Earl of ilardwicke, the Marquis of
Cbandos, Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Admiral W. F. Xartin
Sir J. D. Elphinstone, Mr. John Shepherd, and Mr. 11:
Green.