The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE.

At the monthly examination of officers for promotion
and candidates for entry into the Royal Navy, which ter-
minated at the Royal Navy College, Portsmouth, on Thurs-
day, the following qualified and received certificates :
Mates, R.N., for Lieutenants—Messrs. H. 111. N. Dyer,
C. J. Bullock, E. White, W. H. Blake, J. Grant, A. J.
Villiers, R. Steins, C. D. Davies, C. W. Manthorp, G. G.
Wallace, G. Worefold, A. M. Norman, J. C. Wells, J.
W. Simeon, W. M. Wright, J. S. Tonkin, S. Take, D. E.
Orr, E. D. Pouter, R. D. Clarke, H. G. Hale, W. W.
Howell, W. G. Silverlock, F. Semple, G. A. Douglas.
Second-Masters, R.N., for „Masters—W. B. Shellaboar.
C. E. H. Farrant, H. G. Arguimbau, J. A. Bull, and J.
E. Suda'more.

For Naval Cadets—W. H. Hornby, F. Edwards, G. R.
Keating, H. F. Stephenson (from Mr. Eastman's establish-
ment, Southsea), C. E. Foot, E. L. Trafford, G. R. Baker,
H. Izod, F. R. Brovvnlow, E. H. R. Stephen, and the
Hon. C. L. Cadogan.
For Masters' Assistants—B. Wellington, T. C. Layton,
and F. James.

For aerke Assistants—C. B. Sivecke, F. Bullmore, R.
Harding, T. E. Harper, F. T. Fitzmaurice, A. J. Myers,
and W. C. T. Meader.

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

The hired steam despatch transport Telegraph (No.
184), at Portsmouth, which we noticed on Wednesday
last as another added to the many instances of mismanage-
ment and want of head in the transport service, bids fair
to afford much more food for complaint. She has
sliippedls3 cwt. 391 b. of coffee, ready roasted and ground,
from the Clarence yard, also 73 casks-(d2 cwt, 661 b.)
of coffee in the berry, roasted at the establish-
ment, 800 mite, and a quantity of _ other Govern-
ment supplies and stores, besides bale goods from
private establishments, for the British army before
Sebastopol, and she also takes out Major-General Simpson
and staff and other officers and their horses to the seat of
war. The naval authorities at Portsmouth, quite regardless
of what the vessel has been constructed to carry, and
against the most urgent remonstrances, have loaded the
vessel so deeply that the watercloset pipes have burst, the
pre sure being too great upon the valves, and consequently
the hold has been flooded, and it may be fairly presumed
the cargo not improved, if not damaged. She is, in fact,
a racehorse, and has been hired as such, but the dockyard
authorities have loaded her like a waggon hack ; she has
never been loaded, before deeper than 9ft. Gin. under ordi-
-pary eireumetanoee ; take-Dockyard people haVe loaded her
to lift. Bin., and she still has her water to take in. Tn
consequence of this reckless blundering from the want of a
competent working superintendent of transports, the
Telegraph cannot carry coals for more three days and a
half's consumption, whereas she usually stows enough
for seven days. She will now have to put in at Lisbon
(if she over reaches there, her cabin windows being
only 30 inches from the water) for coals, and even at Fal-
mouth if bad weather continues. To remedy the water-
closets bursting, she was docked at 10 o'clock on Thursday
night. This handsome ship Telegraph (which was put into
the hands of the Government by the Belfast Steam Ship-
ping Company replete with every essential, and even
luxury, that a steam despatch yacht could need) has been
hired by the Crown for three months, at 2,5001. per month
(or about 30,0001. per annum). Now, for another thousand
or so the Government might have bought the ship and all
in her. To bring the 50 starvelings of car-drivers from
Liverpool to Portsmouth, and to take in the coffee, &c.,
at the above rate, coupled with the loss of a fortnight of
time, eomes to between 1,5001. and 2,0001., all items con-
' sidered ; whereas, the expedition to Portsmouth, with
easterly gales, might have been avoided altogether, and
her coffee and car-drivers, sound in package and robust in
health, might have been at Malta, on their way to the seat
of war, for about 80/. or 1001. of railway expenditure from
Portsmouth.

.11 A B K.E T NE WS-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.

Very limited supplies of fruit and veg€tables were on
offer to-day, The trade was heavy, as fullows

Flaorr.Pine apples, English, 7sio 105 per lb ; apricots,
Osito Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, Os Od to lOs Od per lb ;
foreign ditto, 10d to is 8d ; melons, Os 01 to OA each
peaches, Os Oil to Oa ; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ;
apples, 4s 6d to. lOs Od per bushel ; pears, 72 Od to
10s Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to
Os Od per punnet ; ditlo, Os to Os Od, and common plums,
3s 01 to Os Od per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ;
lemons, 6(1 to is per doz.; oranges, 3s Od to lOs per 103; fil-
berts, 193 s per 100 Ibs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od
to 2s 6d per lb,
VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, 9d to is 6d per dozen;
red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen ; French beans, Os 3A
to Os 4d per 100 ; brocoli, le 3d to 2s Od per bundle ;
potatoes, 90s to 120 s per ton ; vegetable naarrow,Od each ;
peas, Os Od. to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half
sieve ; turnips, 4d to Bdperbunch ; carrots, 7d to 10d per
bunch; cucumbers, is Od to 2s Od each; garlic, Od. to
Os &l per peund ; spinach, 2s 6(1 to 4s Od per sieve ;
onions, 2s 6d to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s
per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 5d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d. ;
horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s Od per bundle ; parsley, 5d
to 7d per bunch ; celery, is Od to is 9d per
bunch ; endive, 2s Od to 3s per score ; beat, Os 6d to is
per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ' • small
salad, 3d to Od per punnet ; mushrooms, is 3d to is 6d per
pottle ; artichokes, 4s to Gs per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, Is
6d to 2s per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ;
radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s
Od per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels
sprouts, is Od to 2s 0(1 per half sieve; capsicums, is to 2s
per 100.