The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-17 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 16.—Surgeon—Henry IL Turn-
bull, 151. D. (1846), to the Vestal, 26, Sheerness.
Assistant Surgeons—Henry Loney (1846), to tho
Vestal; Willism Culhane (1847), formerly serving in
the Birkenhead, and saved when that vessel was wrecked,
t.o. the. Vulcan screw stearn!ltip, at Pcrtsmonth.
Assistant islogiveers—Pattick Dail, to the Geyser
steam-sloop, at Portsmouth; GeorAe Kyr t, to the Dragon
seam-frigate. at Lisbon.
Clerk—AEred Wbiffin (1852), to the Fie and flag-
ship, at Woolwich.
'.l2te Triton mail stem-packet, Lieutenant-Com-
trartder Ll, yd. making reedy for the Mediterranean
station, was taken into the mideh; of the stream to-day,
and will be ready for sea about the 26th inst.

TIIE NAV Y.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—The stirring up you enabled me to give the late
Board of Admiralty has had its effect cn the present,
who really are doing a vast deal of good. The sailors
are treated with more consideration than usual; their
wages are now '° paid down " and leave given on their
arrival in port, instead of being kept back till they are
on the point of sailing; and they have brought a Bill
into Parliament to reduce the money kept in hand from
six months to three. But why, Sir, keep any money
in hand at all? Why not pay the sailor the money he
has earned? It is said, if paid up, they will desert.
This is quite a mistake; if a sailor wishes to desert,
that won't hinder him; and if he does he goes without
taking any of the Queen's money with him.
Why punish all the navy because a few men may
desert? Why should the sailor be the only man in the
country who is not paid his wages at once? Why should
the soldier be paidevery day and the sailor once a-year?
For it amounts to nearly that.

iVe cannot man our flag-ships, or even the Excellent.
Is it to be wondered at? Alen who enter as seamen rig-
gers are paid monthly; me,n who enter the flag-ships or
Excellent get two
month? advance;
but nothing more
for a year. This is not right, it is not just. The sol-
when he enlists, get a bounty; so does the marine.
dvvi
should not the sailor have one also.
I hear it is proposed to pey
the ships in harbour
der,
Why
monthly; but
the progress is slow; it requires
quickening; a little ink from your pen would settle it
at once.
The Admiralty, I see, have abandoned the system af,a
reserve of seamen, and the money is not to be used.
Giving up the reserve is quite right, because it was im-
practicable. The only rational system of reserve
sr
manning the flag-ships, pointedifur
Let them be depots (a the divisions of as I have before
marne? sr"-' e.
on
manning:thips newly commissioned with Wellidri"ed m
The time saved in fitting out a ship would go a great
way to cover the expense.
The Rodney was more than three utneritlisintanhantintgim; el
do not know if the is complete yet. -- and a half-
wo were paying a full-manned ship broad
and tear of
manned. ship in England besides the wear,6 manned im-
twn
.slups- Whereas if the reliefilPbe saved. These
Ine.dtate-IY, all that expense
at Admiralty; or, if
things are never thought or a. ."-; They are penny
they are, they are not 6
wise and pound foolish; and -re were it properly stated
not without blame; but Ism .!
srue urought on, they would
to them when the estimate requtreu money.
acted ugou.se of Commons are
COO the advantage
and
1"u
our obedient servant,
I remain, E'ir,Y CHARLES NAPIER.
Merchistoun, June

L ANCH ACCIDENTY AND
ME
sE a
RIO LOSS OF LIFE.
An accident most deplorable nature, attended with
of four, human beings, on
the loss of three'el I off Globe Stairs, Rotherhith occurred
e, at a
the River Thafft,ber's midnight on Tuesday. From in-
few minutes bon the spot it appeared that a vessel,
quiries maderuied a " monkey," named the Isabelle,
technical) 9 teraddiegton, was lying off Caen-wharf, near
belongiag to stairs, laden with stone. There were
the above-men
the vessel Mrs. Lydia Whitlock, the
et that a ilme Iptain, her infant daughter, and a female
wife Of the
„amcd Mary Castle. Whether or not Mr. Whit-
friende- espetain, was on board could not be ascertained,
lock, 1-eice is quite certain if he was in the ill-fated
bat one t 1 g
vessel
Whilstbe haswith
te
h es
boatalsoarcel was
a peraisshed .
apparently safely riding on the
water, ripple on the surface, a large
steamer hove in sight, and was proceeding at a rapid
pace down the River. She had barely cleared Globe
when the swell of the water completely covered
Stairs
the smaller vessel. The captain's wife at that time was
on deck, and had ample time to save her own life by
jumping overboard, but instead of so doing she gave a
fearful scream of " Savo, oh save us!" She then ran down
into the cabin, end whilst in the act of lifting her child,
the water rushed in with such impetuosity that none of
the occupants were enabled to c scape, and in the ?pace
of a few minutes the vessel sank. The tide, is the
cluree of no hour, had run down sufficiently for the
Thames police and others to board the boat, when they
beheld the lifeless bodies of Mrs. Whitlock, her infant,
and the unfortunate woronanbeliniagr,
madeC acquainted ainDter.d Mar-
d3ck,with of Rotherhithe, u
the accident, hastened to the scene, and ieniained in at-
tendance hoping to bo of some assistance when the boat
was got up, but unfortunetely such was not the case, and
from the state of the bodies there seems no doubt bat
that death must have taken place the moment the water
entered the boat. The three bodies found have been re-
moved to the deed-house at Rotherhithe, and Gardener,
the beagle, having dispatched the necessary information
to Mr. Carter, the Surrey coroner, it is expected that
that gentleman will hold an inquest on the unfortunate
sufferers this morning.
The name of the steamer that caused the catastrophe
is not precisely
known , but the Thames police believe it
to be the John Bull, trader, which left liorslydown ties
a few minutes previous.