The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1852.

Major-General Jackse3, on promotion, by the Duke of , MR. HUME, THE MALT TAX, AND THE
Wellington. FARMERS.
(Rev. John Jackso-', Ott appointment to a caconry at The following lett. r item Mr. Hume will be gladly
Bristol, by ire Lord Chancellor. read by all who take interest in the malt-tax co, stion.
Commander Oliver J. Jones, R.N., by the Duke of London, March 20, 1852.
Northumberland. To Mr. Frederick Wese, farmer, Charsfield, Suffolk.
Mr. Lister Kaye, by his father Sir John Lister Kaye, Sir,—l have received and presented to the House of
Bart. Comment, the petitions transmitted by you from twenty-
Colonel Kelly, on promotion, by the Adjutant-General. five parishes in the county of Suffolk, praying" that
Mr. Wynn Knight, on his marriage, by General Lygorn immediate measures may be adopted for the speedy and
Mr. John C. King, delegate from the colony of Victoria, entire remission of the excise duty upon malt."
as the bearer of an address to her Majesty from the I have, on every occasion that the repeal of the excise
inhabitants of the colony of Victoria, expressive of duty upon malt has been proposed in the House during
their devoted loyalty and attachment to their Sove- the last thirty years, voted for its repeal; and I shall, on
reign, and of their sincere thanks to her Majesty for every opportunity, support the prayer of the petitioners
the erection of their province into a separate colony of —being opposed to the tax as a bad bax, whether it be
the British empire, under the Royal name of " Vic- considered as violating the rules of political economy
toria," by the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington. and of commercial policy, or as being injurious to the
Lieutenant J. Lawder, by Colonel Dunne. morality and social happiness of the industrious classes
Major-General Leslie, on promotion, by Field-Marshal of the community.
the Commander-in-Chief. This tax injures a great branch of native industry,
Lord Leigh, by the Duke of Northumberland. and limits the consumption of its agricultural produce,
Mr. B. Lewis, by Mr. Alderman Wilson. by raising the price of the wholesome beverage of beer,
Lieutenant Francis Lean, by Colonel Menzies. an important necessary of life, to an extent that deprives
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. W. Lane, on return from millions of the people of the enjoyment of it.
India, by the Earl of Donoughmore. The Legislature has of late years, after great opposi-
Lieutenant Loch, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Loch. lion, freed bread and meat, the chief articles of food,
Lieutenant Colonel Logan, by the Duke of Hamilton. from taxation, and by their free importation from other
Rev. James H. Long, chaplain to her Majesty's ship countries has greatly improved the condition of the in-
Arrogant, by the Duke of Northumberland. dustrious classes. I desire, in like manner, to free malt
Mr. John Savile Lumley, first attache to her Majesty's from taxation, and thereby to add the cheap beverage of'
Legation at St. Petersburgh, by the Earl of Malmes- beer to the comforts of the people.
bury. The malt-tax was imposed, and has been continued
Mr. Mainwaring, on appointment as deputy. lieutenant by Parliaments, consisting chiefly of landlords, who
for Shropshire, by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Right have had the power, if they bad thought fit to exercise
Hon. Viscount Newport, it, of repealing the tax. There is now a Government in
Captain H. J. Matson, RN, on appointment to corn- power whose members have for the last six years been
wand her Majesty's ship
R.N.,
by the Duke of loud in their advocacy of protection to native industry,
Northumberland. and especially of the welfare of the agricultural classes;
Lieutenant and Adjutant Wm. Mansell Mansell, R.M., . and it behoves the farmers to test the sincerity of Earl
on appointment as Adjutant to the Chatham division Darby and his followers in their long-continued pro-
of Royal Marines, by his -father, Rear-Admiral Sir fessions, by demanding the repeal of the duty upon malt,
Thomas Mansell, which is more oppressive to the farmers end to all the
Mr. Maxwell, Ensign 47th Regiment, by Major-General other industrious classes, than any other tax levied for
Sir Thomas Wilishere, Bart., K C.B. the public service.
Cuptain Alfred R. Margery, on return from foreign ser- It is submitted that the farmers must now be con-
vice, by Major. General Pane, vinced, by the late debates in the House of Commons,
Commander F. L. M'Clintock, her Majesty's ship In- that there remains little chance of any duty being ne-
tt epid, on promotion and return from Arctic service, imposed on the importation of agricultural produce,
by Captain Alex Milne, R.N. which could raise the price of their corn and cattle, the
Captain Milne, R.N.., on re-appointment to the Admi- two objects for which they have been contending, in any
ratty, by the Duke of Northumberland. - appreciable degree; and it is to be hoped they will not
Lieutenant M'Neir, by Colonel Chas. Wyndham. be any longer deluded by empty promises, or persuade
Lieutenat George F. Mechaes, R N., her Majesty's ship themselves that by any mere shitting of taxation from
Resolute, on appointment to Arctic Expedition, by the shoulders of one party to those of another, any per-
Captain Sir B. %ii. Walker. manent relief can be afforded to the farmer. The Pro-
Lieutenant-General Mercer, on promotion, by the Duke tectionist Cabinet does not promise the farmers any re-
of Wellington. lief by a reduction of taxation; but, on the contrary,
Mr. Martin Crofton Morrison, by Sir George Staunton. one of the present Secretaries of State has for_ tche last
Lieutenant-Colonel Morse Cooper, on promotion, by three years successfully nppoac-d-site-reformilin the levy-
Viscount Combermere. . - i.g. and expenditure of the county rates, which would
Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, on kis marriage and return give to the farmers the proper constitutional control over
fr..) service in Australia, by Lieutenant-General Lord those rates, which in some counties are not in-
Fitzroy Somerset: considerable.
Right Hon. Jo-eph Napier, on appointment as Attorney- I wish the farmers would consider themselves—as they
General for Leland, by the Earl of Derby. in reality are—as manufacturers of agricultural produce,
Lieutenant II Nason, R.-11-, by Major-General Sir John and believe that cheap food and low taxes are as neces-
Owen, K.O B. nary to enable them to compete with foreigners, and as
Mr. Newman. on appointment to Royal Devon Yeo- requisite to the comfort of their labourers, as these pro-
manry, by Viscount Courtenay. ducts of free trade have proved to the general menu-
Captain Nicholson, by Lieut.-Colonel Lord de Tabley. factoring interest of the country.
Captain Ne tt, by Lord Glenelg. The working-classes were for many years under the
Major-General Sir Charles O'Donnell, on promotion by delusion that the amount of their wages depended upon
the Duke of Wellington. the price of food; but that delusion had passed away;
Mr. L. Oliphant, by Sir F. Pollock. and the rate of wages is now found to depend upon the
Commander Richard A. Oliver, R.N., on return from supply and demand of labour, and not on the price of
foreign service, by the Duke of Northumberland. food. Farmers have been under a delusion of the same
Mr. L'lonel Oliver, by Lieut.-General Goodfellow. kind with respect to the rent of their farms, which must
Admiral Sir John Ommanney, on appointment as corn- depend upon supply and demand, upon the number of
maunder. in-chief at Devonport, by the Duke of North- farms to be let, and the number of farmers desirous to
uteberland. hire.
Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, on return from Arctic ser- The price of produce, therefore, affects the permanent
vice and re-appointment, by the First Lord of the interests of landlords more than those of tentuite; and
Admiralty. farmers, as well as manufacturers, should advocate cheep
Commander Robert Jocelyn Otway, R.N., on appoint- food, cheap drink, and economy and retrenchment in
meat as deputy lieutenant, county Tipperary, by every department of the state.
General Sir Loftus W. Otway. To obtain these benefits, the House of Commons must
Hon. Francis Pakenham, on appointment to her Majesty's be made a full and fair representation of the people at
mission at Lisbon, by the Earl of Longford. large, and then the interests of the farmers and all other
Mr. Arthur T. G. Pearse, by Sir Richard Bulkeley. industrious classes will be duly considered and attended
Lieutenant-Colonel Paschal, on promotion, by General to; for the House of Commonio as at present constituted,
Sir Cohn Halkett. does not fairly represent either the people or the pro-
Lieut.-Colonel Pussy, on promotion, by Lord George perty of the country, and, therefore, reform of Par-
Lennox. !lament is one of the first objects which should occupy
Captain Sir George Brooke Pechell, R.N., on appoint- the attention of all the industrious classes of the com-
ment as a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, by Vie- munity.
count Palmerston. .With extension of the suffrage, protection ensured to
Lieut.-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., on promo- the voter by ballot, and a more equal distribution of ra-
tion, by General Viscount Hardinge. presentatives to electors, the constitutional balance of
Mr. Edward Porter, late her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, power will be established in the Commons' House of Pat-
on return from foreign service, by the Earl of Malrees- liament; and then, and not till then, may the agricultu-
bury. ral as well as all other industrious classes, hope to have
Sir John Potter, on his appointment as a deputy haute- full and equal justice done them.
nant for the county of Lancaster, by the Earl of Sefton. I remain, your obedient servant,
Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, by Lord John Russell. Jc SEPIK HUME.
Major-General William G. Power, on receiving the tes-
timonial for good service, by the Marquis of Anglesey.
Commander Pullen, R.N., on re-appointment to Arctic
Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland.
Captain Herbert Patton, by the Master General of the
Ordnance.
Lieutenant Charles B. Payne, H.M.S. Herald, on ap-
pointment to the South Sea Expedition, by the Duke
of Northumberland.
Sub-Lieutenant A. W. Peyton, on appointment to Ist
Life Guard,, by Colonel J. Hall.
Mr. George H. Poring, on appointment to 87th Regi-

meat, by Mjor-Getiral Sir 'John Itolt.
Captain W. 11. Reeve, on prumotion, by General Earl

of S.rafford.
Ensign J. L. Reynolds, on return from India, by the
Roght Hon. J. C. Herries.
Captain Peter Richards, R.N., on nomination to good
service pension, by the Duke of Northumberland.
Commander G. H. Richards, on return from foreign ser-
vice, and appointment to her Majesty's ship Assistance,
by the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Mr. Richard Gater Roach, on appointment to the Hon.
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by the Earl of Sand-
wich.
Msjar-General Sir John RIR, on being
appointed to the
command of the western district, by the Duke of Wel-
lington.
Lieutenant Rolt, Coldstream Guards, on appointment to
the Stuff, Western District, by his father, Major-Ge-
neral Sir Jlohn Rolt.
Captain Ro.s, by Admiral Sir George Sartorious.
Captain J. C. Salkeld, by
Mr. J. Boyd Saunders, by the President of the Board of
Control. the Right Hon. J. C. Herries.
Paymaster Scott, an appointment 38th Regiment, by
Lieut. General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott.
Lieut. General Shubrick, on
promotion, by Admiral
K"lly.
Captain Charles Schomberg, on promotion, by the
Earl of Dundonald.
Hnnywood D'Owyns Yate Scott, by the Duke of
Richmond.
Mr. Charles Shubrick, on return from India, by Lieut.
General Thomas Shubrick.
Lieutenant Alexander J. Smith, R.N., on return from
ber Majesty's Magnetic Observatory, Hobart Town,
by the Duke of Northumberland.
Mr. Solomon, Hanseatic Consul at St. Helena, by Mr
C.,!quhuun,
agent and Consul General for the Hansa
Towns.
Major General Simpson, on
appointment to command
south. western district, by the Earl of Stafford.
Mr. Alderman R. S. Spiers, sheriff of the city of Oxford,
by Rii.tht Hon. S. H. Walpole.
Ensign J. 11. M. Stewart, by Rear Admiral Houston

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sra,—ln your article of this evening you deprecate
the advice I deemed it my duty to offer with regard to
further economy in our Naval Estimates. Yet I cannot
believe we materially differ, since you desire to see our
n a
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disputable fact that when merchants want to get a par-
ticular sort of ship built in order to perform a given
service, they can generally get it for their money, whilst
the very opposite is more near the truth in the case of
the public acting through the Admiralty. Indeed, if
it were not for the alterations constantly going
on in the bows and sterns of vessels—in cut-
ting down some ships, and in lengthening others,
there would hardly be an excuse for keeping up large
establishments at our seaports, and, perhaps, this is
partly the secret of many of the changes ships undergo.
Whilst many men are on the books in time of peace, if
they did not find an excuse for something to do, reduc-
tions would commence,
a thing which all aorta of officials
instinctively held in horror.
The fact is, we ought to build by contract. This has
been done in some instances with good effect, and ought
to be done in mere, if not in all. White, Ratsey, Green,
and Camper, would soon shame our empirical builders
into a substitution of exact science for rule of thumb.
No deubr, we have our Chatfields (Chatfield, I believe,
deeigni d the Thetis—a beautiful vessel); but owing to
the fatal mistake committed in abolishing the school of
naval architecture which was founded many years
since, it is only of late that advances have been made on
a bet er system.
The long and short of the matter is this—a sum of
nearly 1,500,0001. is required for ship-building during
this year. I maintain that we ought to have for this sum
a greater number of efficient ships than, judging from
the experience of the past, we are likely to obtain.
One million a year judiciously expended during the past
thirty-seven years would have placed our navy on such
a footing that, with a better system of manning the
navy, we might at this moment fold our arms and defy
the world. Unfortunately, our wisest measures have
been conceived in a panic, and, consequently, many
things have been forgotten which ought to have been
considered. For example, the reserve of steamers
founded by the Government of Sir Robert Peel were,
if lam rightly informed by a late official, built too
small for their engines; and the result was, that the
vessels turned out to be unsuited to th© purposes for
which they were required, and it became necessary to
get more. Then, war steamers did not answer, except
as troopships.
Of Key hare you say nothing. That case is absolutely
unanswerable. It is neither more nor less than an abso-
lute waste of a million of money, because a quarter of a
million would have made Millbay r erfect fur the same
purpose, and far better situated. In the debate, I was
told that Keyham was a better place for the steam docks,
because Keyham is less exposed, inasmuch as Keyham
is up Hamoaze. This is evidently erroneous. Keyham
is more exposed. Keyham is exposed to attack by a
force operating from the land side, and which would not
enter the port at all, but disembark in Whitsand bay,
the distance being but a few miles, and the route unde-
fended. Millbay, on the other hand, would be further
from attack, except seaward, and, as to that danger,
it would be an almost impossible enterprise for a fl,?et to
attempt to pass the batteries on Drake's Island, and
other places. Besides, Millbay lies contiguous to the
Victualling-yard and Marine-barracks, and would, there-
fore, have offered peculiar advantages. However, it is,
perhaps, now too late to rectify that mistake; and my
only wonder is why, it it be so urgently necessary to
have steam docks, which no doubt it is, so small a sum
as 40,0001. is taken this year-352,0001. being the fur-
ther cost. But if we are to avoid such mistakes in future,
it will he ascribable in the main to the readiness of the
Press in affording opportunities for the discussion of the
views entertained by different persons.
You do not approve of what I said with respect to the
pay of sailors. When I spoke of sailors—able seamen
—serving for 11. a-week to find themselves, it was not
intended to be supposed that blue jackets were to scram-
ble fur a chance of cooking their provisions, and that
every man should have his own store. My remark, as
to what could be done, was merely intended as the
basis of an estimate. No difficulty is found in yachts
—even where sailors actually "find themselves.' The
limit is the gist of my argument. I meant to convey
that, if able seamen can be obtained at 11. per week
to " find themselves," mixed crews of able seamen,
second-rates, and youngsters, to the extent of 40,000,
might be obtained fur 2,000,000/. a year, and I believe
that proposition is a true one.
As to " invoking the Press," as well as using Hansard,
I can only say that when I think I see my way to a
saving of public money, and a mode of improving the
efficiency of a great national arm, I shall certainly not
hesitate to avail myself of it, feeling assured that, though
an assault upon the strongholds of prodigality and waste
may easily be made the occasion of capital jokes, the
subject is by no means laa jn,oke to the, public.
Sir, 84c.
London, March 24, 1852.

6:ewart.
Lieutenant Charles Sullivan, her Mcjesty's ship St.
George, by his father, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Sullivan.
Sir George Grant Sutlie, Bart., by the Duke of Mont-
rose.
The Solicitor-General for Scotland, by Mr. Secretary
Walpole.
Captain Herbert Slade, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord
George Paget.
Mr. Deane Shute, Deputy-Lieutenant of Hants, by the
Duke of Wellington.
Lieutenant J. J. Smith, on appointment to Royal Artil-
lery, by the Master-General of the Ordnance.
Lieutenant Frederick R. Stack, by Lieutenant-Colonel
Me.cDuff.
Earl Talbot, on appointment as one of her Majesty's
Lords in Waiting, by the Lord Chamberlain.
Surgeon Tardrew, 2d Lite Guards, On promotion, by
Colonel M.Douall.
Lieutenant Richard Williams Thomas, 7th Royal Fusi-
liers, by his father, Vice-Admiral Thomas.
Lieuti-nant-General Thomson, C. 8., 74th Highlanders,
by Lord Fitzroy Somerset.
Dr. Todd, by Lord Claud Hamilton.
Colonel Trevely an, Coldstream Guards, on promotion,
by the Earl of Strafford.
Lieutenant Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards, on ap-
pointment, by the Earl of Strafford.
Lieutenant S. D. Turner, 21st Bengal Native Infantry,
by the Right Hon. J. C. Hordes.
Ensign Roger D. Upton, ht West India Regiment, on
appointment, by Lieut.-General Mercer.
Hon. Henry P. Vereker, her Britannic Majesty's Consul
at Rio Grande do Sul, by Earl Granville.
Mr. Samuel Vines, her Majesty's Consul at Para, on ap-
pointment, by the Earl of Malmesbury.
Commander F. P. Warren, on promotion, by the Duke
of Northumberland.
Rear-Admiral Wallis, by the Duke of Northumberland.
Mr. W. Walter Wells, Bengal medical service, on re-
turn from India, by Lit:tr.-Colonel Lane. C.B.
Surgeon A. C. Webster, 78th Highlanders, by Lord
Ft zroy Somerset.
Captain T. Narramore Were, Elder Brother of the
Trinity House, by the Duke of Wellington.
Mr. Wheble, by the Marquis of Clanricarde.
i‘lykiiniisioanm7C4u2budisithtti.ony
Colonel R. W. Wilson, C. 8., Bengal Army,
to India, by Viscount Gough. on return
Mr. Sydney
Lieutenw,t Edward Andie Wylde, &M., on return
Whiting; by Lord William Lennox.
from iore.gn service, by Sir J. Oven.
Sir J. L •
Captain George H. Wilson, RN., by Lord Berners.
Royal gton.
Captain Frederick
High-
landers,
d Prince Albert returned to Bucking-
ham Her M.sjzsty au
Pal after the Levis.Commilsion had a • t*
The Oxford University
the F' Inee
3"
the official residence on promotion, by Sir John Rolr.
rr.
wpailgdbYWYliilydabt?reb'eynbSyWi r
yesterday at
the Treasury in
of Carlisle, the Master of Pem-
broke, Downing street. Present—the Bishop
of Norwich, the Dean .
T. dd II J. L. Dampier,•
the Rev. G. H. S.
the Rev. Professor Powell'
)Johnson,
and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary.
ly broke, the Rev. H. G. , leg.,

J. J. TRELAWNY.

DEATH OF THE HON. FRED. WEST.—We regret
to announce
c
tia the death
athueoifksthhirie. this velnleeralbilson. Fredgentleman,.
~Fezt was
brother to the last Eli.' Delawarr, and was for many years
in Parliament for Denbighshire, and about the Court of
George 111. and IV. By this demise the families of Dela-
warr, Chesterfield, Radnor, Fox Lane, Northwich, Middle-
ton, 13iddulpb, Bulkeley, &c., will be placed in mourning.
The largest sailing vessel which ever floated on the
Clyde is now lying at the Broomielaw. The H. C. Kidston
measures 1,444 tons, Custom-house measurement, and is in-
tended as a regular trader between Glasgow and Australia,
under the command of Captain Patterson, late of the Mont-
gomery. Her principal dimensions are—length, 168 feet:
breadth, 32 feet; depth, 29i feet. She Wile bltilt at New
Wapply, 80 'Ruched in June, 1851.

The Duchess Dowager of Bedtord and the Lady
Rachel Evelyn Russell, who have been passing the winter at
Brighton, baYe retuned to CamPdon-hill for the gown.