The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-07 00:00:00

NOT RUINED BY PROMOTION,

A writer in the 7 lines rays:—ln corroboration ot
the statement by "R. N." in your paper of this d-+y
relative to the mention in Southey's "L fe ot Nel-
son" of Lieut. Pollard, R having shot the man

by whose unerring aim Nelson Jell, I beg to forward
an extract from O'Byrne's "Naval Biography,"
bearing out the fact, and which may prove i❑terest-

ing to your readers. He says— On the return of the
fleet of Lord Nelson from its pursuit of the. com
biped squadrons to the West Indies Mr. Pollan'
was tifThrded an opportunity of participating as sig
nal midshipman of the Victory in the action off
Cape Trafalgar. On that occasion, when standing
on the poop, he was struck by a splinter on the
right arm, and chanced to be the first officer who
was there touched. A musket-ball nest passed
thr .ugh the shell of his spyglass, about a toot above
the hand that held it, and a second one shattered
the watch in his pocket. Some time after the Vic-

tory had been in action with the French 74. gun
Redoubtable, the officers and men around him be-
ginning to fall fast, the attention of Mr. Pobard was
arrested by a number of soldiers whom he perceived
crouching in the tops of the Redoubtable, and di-
recting a destructive fire on the poop and quarier -
deck of the Victory. He immediately seized a musket,
and being supplied by the signal-quartermaster,
King, with ball cartridges from two barrels kept on
the afterpart of the poop for the use of the Marines
(who at the time were elsewhere engaged), con-
tinued firing at the soldiers every time they rose
breast high in the tops until not one was to be seen.
In the act of handing the last parcel of ball car-
tridges the quartermaster was shot through the
forehead and fell lifeless on the spot. When the
action terminated Mr. Pollard was the only officer
left alive of those who had been originally stationed
on the poop; and thus, in the manner we have
described, originated the belief that it was he who
had shot the man who had killed Lord Nelson."

Lieutenant Pollard was promoted the following
year to the rank he now holds, having seen much
active service in both war and peace, and it is ot ly
during the last 10 or 12 years that he has been
found a shelter 'within the walls of Greenvtich
Hospital. Surely, sir, after a period of 66 years in
her Majesty's navy, during which most of his gene
ration have passed away, he may well present a
claim upon his country's gratitude that at the least,
if nothing can be done for himself in his declining
years, his relatives in the service should meet with
due consideration at the hands of the Admiralty P

AMERICAN SPEECHIFYING.—Speeches are deli-
vered to be printed and circulated amongst consti•
tuents, rather than to influence the audience to which they
are addressed; and, indeed the newspaper summaries are
ordinarily so meagre, that any member whe wishes for aiull
report is obliged to have his speech reprinted. Probably, in
consequence of this, the custom of reading speeches, or re-
ferring constantly to memoranda, is very common, and
mars the effect of the discussions. There is an amcunt, too,
of unimpressive gesticulation which become perfectly mono-
tonous. I saw one member, who, during a speech of an
hour, kept advancing and retreating constantly up an open
space of some 12 feet in length, like the Polar bear at the
Regent's-park gardens; another, who always sialed from
one desk to another; a third, who swung his arms up
and down with the regularity of a windmill ; and a fourth,
who kept turning like a teetotum towards every part of
the house in turn. The constanr, accentuation, t, o, of
unimportant words, and the frequent misplacement
of the right emphasis to the wrong place, makes long lis-
tening to an American debato wearisome to an Englishman
Still, the one remarkable feature is the marvellous fluency
of the speakers. Everybody has the gift of speaking—the
power, at least, of stringing words together without a hitch. '
I never heard an American member of either house stutter,
or hem and haw, as nineteen• twentieths of our speakers do
when in want of a word, Ana this is not solely because the
spe

,eches are prepared beforehand. I have constantly heard
members interrupted in their speeches, and unexpected
questions put to them, yet they always replied with the
same perfect self-possession, and almost fatal fluency of
language. Whether this arises from the fact that, unac-
customed as I am to public speaking,' is a phrase no Ame-
rican out of his teens could use with truth, or whether, as
I think, it is due to some characteristic excitability in the
race, which supplies words at command, I cannot say. The
fact is certain, that though I never heard anything in the
way of American parliamentary oratory which rose to the
height of eloquence, I never heard so much average good
speaking in any English assembly. Dicey's feaeral
Oftfe.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Duke of Somerset, First Lird of the Admi-
ralty, and Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey,
K.C.8., Senior Naval Lord, accompanied by Rear-
Admiral S. Robineon, Controller of the Navy, Mr.
W. G. Romaine, C,8., Under-Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, and Captain R. Hall, Private S,:cretary to
The First Lord, went down to Chatham dockyard
yesterday, in order to inspect the vesse,s under
construction and repair, as well as the works in
progress at that establishment. Their lordships
reached the dockyard at 11 a.m., and were received
at the entrance by Capt. Fanshawe, the supelinteu-
dent, Mr. Lang, master-shipwright, and the
°ther
heads of departments. The chief object of their visitwas to inspect the screw frigate Orlando, 46,1,000-
horse power, Capt. Randolph, which has been sent
home from the West Indies to undergo heavy re"
pairs. It now appears that the defeats are more
serious than were at first conjectured, and her re-
pairs will require her detention in dock for some
time. Moat of the injuries she has sustained are
towards her stern, which, from the heavy strain this
portion of the vessel is called upon to sustain from
the enormous power of her engines, will require to
be very considerably strengthened by the addition
of iron knees to those parts which give signs °r
weakness. The whole of her copper sheathing into
be stripped off, when her planking below her water
line will be inspected, in order that those portions
which give tokens of unsoundness may be renewed'
Atter completing their inspection of the Orlando
the Board proceeded to the adjoining dock, 10
which the iron frigate Achilles, 50, 1,000 horse
power is under construction. Since the formervisit
of their Lordships the progress made in this ship is
something marvellous, and from a mere skeleton of
huge iron ribs, nearly every portion from her stem
to sierra is covered with the inner skin of iron, 011
which has been laid the 18-inch backing of teakritl
readiness for the reception of the armour-0161.
About one-third of the armour-plating ix already
completed, the number of slabs of iron fixed uP t°
yesterday being 97, the total number required to
encase every portion of her surface above the water
and to Sit. below the water line being rather over
300. The number of workmen already employed
exclusively on the vessel exceeds 1,300. Alter
spending some time in the inspection of the Achilles
their Lordships went down the harbour in the Ad'
miralty steam yacht Wildfire, Mr. Brockman COni;
mender, to the iron-cased frigate Royal Oak, 3'
800horsepower,Capt.Campbell,lyingat Folly P°1.114
preparing for sea. They spent some time in theirs'
spection of this ship, which has comparatiolf
little remaining to be done on board before sh
will be ready to take her departure for her
experimental cruise. After re-embarking in tde
Wildfire, and before returning to the dockYar
they inspected the works at St. Mary's DO!
for the extension of the dockyard by the forrn,o°t
of additional docks and basins. On relanding 11;
the dockyard they were occupied a short time in the,
transaction of official business with Captain-Saps'
rintendent Fanshawe, and afterwards left the e°
tablishment for the Admiralty.
The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse-poker,
Capt. J., F. Ross, having been dismantled,
put out of commission and her crew paid off in Chat
ham harbour yesterday. The Cadmus has been font ,'
years in commission, and has been employed nbleo
on the North American and West India stations-
The following appointments were made yoter
day at the Admiralty :—Henry A. Henri, eugirieenr,
to the Indus for the Tilbury; George ThomPs%
engineer, to the Indus for the Nightingale; °ft,
James W. M. Ashley, paymaster, to be secretary
Admiral Sir H. Stewart.

THE ARMY.
Yesterday Col. J. W. Ormsby, commanding the
9th Brigade Royal Artillery, made an official r;
spection of the mounted D field battery of the o
brigade quartered at Chatham garrison. He i1:16.;
tuted a minute inspection of the mer, horses, gun;
quarte,:
&c., and afterwards went through the
stables, and offices, and inspected the official
of the battery. In the afternoon the non comfits
sioned officers and men of the battery assen)bje,
dismounted, in the square, for the purpose of belnb
inspected at drill. The D battery having just under_
gone the half-yearly inspection, the customary ell:Ye
iutions on the Lines were dispensed lA.
battery is just now in a very high degree of Ell'
ciency. first
The half-yearly inspection of the Chatham e„
recoru-
division of Royal Marine Light Infantry 109 e,
Burned at heat quarters on Tuesday, by
Maj0r.°63...0
rai A. B. Stransham, the Insp,7ctor General of
Royal Marine forces. On the previous daY ho
inspection was confined to a battalion et 6°°f,mille or
in order to test the efficiency of that numbei 0" ott
taken from the division, when under arms. tat
Tuesday the Inspector-General selected is Great
smaller battalion, which was marched to the urea
Lines in order to enable him to ascertain the 0°1333i0r
in which the captains of companies and the jun" A
officers could handle their men and watt:ollk%,
battalion. For this purpose M. jot.. Gemral Str6re
slam selected a number of tie officers, wn°,ll:o,
successively called to the front, and under his u'n'etie
tion put the battalion through various movelne-der
The. battalion was subsequently manoeuvred 1113
the command of one of the fiela-officers, and at 1)°0
was marched back to its quarters. At 2 o'clock tjeo
companies were formed in the barrack-square' °nee.
Major-General Stransham made a minute in`=tiii
tion of their arms, kits,uniforms, and accoutremel3o
byo
a portion of the inspection which occupied biro L'c'
time. The Inspector-General, accompanied do
Col. Ltmon, C. 8., and other officers, aftervisr.t,
proceeded to the gun battery for the purpose of Wolo
nessing a portion of the battalion at ship's x 49
drill. The number of men selected for this duet
was 60, a portion of the number who are 11131,700
daily instruction in gun-drill. The battery in 1"„ re
i,
the Royal Marines are exercised is made to re r
sent a portion of a line-of-battle-ship, and is ref
nisbed with the naval 110-pounder and 40 P°,111300
,
Armstrongs, and the ordinary 68-pounder 9° "re
guns. Tue inspection on Tuesday proved in a
markable degree the value of training the -"tits
Marines in a thorough knowledge of still/84:0
drill, so as to render them valuable auxiliaPieliegf
the seamen. During the inspection the Nifird-clot
under the direction of Capt. Bligh, the jostr",-
tti
in gunnery to the division, displ.yed a the°"-tils
knowledge of every portion of their gun
large Armstrongs and 68-pounders being castfire
loaded, pointed, and fired with rapidity evioci piot'
ctsion. On leaving the gun-shed battery 'LI%O
General Stransham expressed his satisfaction at
ctrl
manner in which the Royal Marines had sequer
themselves. The inspection was brought to 01000
ruination yeeterdby afternoon. The result lissociill
in the highest degree satisfactory, and the °121,b0
report to the Admiralty will, there is little dnu

an exceedingly flattering one. dive
Mejor-General Sir Richard Dacres, eommsn
rll
at Woolwich, on Tuescay resumed his balf"Tei
inspection of the garrison, by parading a thc-81- oa
of the Ist Horse Brigade, commanoed by °l°lillg
Sir David Wo ill The F and H batteries bsiot
been supplitd with 10 roundsof blank rucoralialitolf'
per man, mustered on Woolwich common dof
past 10, in heavy matching order, in nollitnfin
Capt. F. L. H. Lyon.

The Ron. ibert Craven, youngest On all 2 °f
the
R
Earl and Countess Craven, whose illness at Bton Wee
tioned a few days ago, is much better.
COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS.--Sir J. a
bill
gusson has laid before the House of Con3:l°'3
providing that railway companies shall not be liable tor P.6O,
kitled le,
any larger compensation, on a passenger being
je.ured, than £4OO for a first-clasTpmaesusegn er, X3OO Or °;ager
boanbdp-acildasfsa,
ranindataonOefeeraat third-class, ugniesschbey,Ptob:eraholra;
Shipowners, also, are not to be liablteninbesutenti'es
ethvea,n,D£2ooyo,ouunlliekssetrhaewpareasemn7, pays for iaor insurance. t
on
young 1331:iche.
whincihnghepwaratsyo,
ffheirnitnigngtoaat
ladythe qautatlhietysuopfptehretar; and
was a while before the lady redistributed the utterfole,outb.
raver 'amt and so got at the raw ham of which. the ,Jotttia
was sneaking. In this intense case there is tho 09'9141,
fault of the Rand the H; but not a few who waY 18' good
it cannot say " lite sofa is hargdiv"i:iht oaust
.7137 fit, the
deal of R out of the hard and
eofo(r),

Two O'CLOCK.
At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's
telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were
69f. The. 69F. 72c.—heavy
The Spanish Certificate-holders are now
assembled at a general meeting for the purpose
of considering their present position and future
prospects.

The English Stock Market presents a very de-
pressed appearance, sales being effected by specula-
la.tors for the purpose of realising the recent ad-
vance, and a decline of about / per cent, has been
the result, Consols being 93/ t- for money, and 938
I for the 9th June. The New Threes and Reduced
Annuities continue at 91/ 2 ; Bank Stock is heavy
at 233, and a dealing has taken place in the 3u
years' annuities at 14 13-16 15-16; Indian descrip-
tions do not exhibit any material alteration ; the
5 per Cent. Loan being still quoted 109/ 110; the 5
per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1074 ; end the 4 per Cent.
Debentures, 1001; the Bonds are slightly higher at
225. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, on the other hand,
have declined to 3s. prem.
There is less animation in the Foreign Depart..
ment today, and a general decline has occurred in
values on sales in realisation of profits. Turkish 6
per Cents., 1858, are 701 6 ; do., 1862, 71/ 4 ; do.,
Consolides, 54/ 1; Spanish Passive, have declined
to 338 348; do., Certificates. to 10/ 11 ; Greek, to
311 321; do., Coupons to 14/ 151; Mexican to
361 37; Egyptian are 981 991 ; Dalian Marern-
mana Railway Loan, 78 s ; Grenada, "ex call,'
16 ; Portuguese, 49-1-, 4 ; and Russian 93 f. The
Confederate Loan is 4 to 1 prem.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been limited, and prices have shown a slight down-
ward movement. Great Eastern, Great Western,
North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick) have
declined ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and South Eastern, 10s.; Midland, £1 ;
Great Northern A Stock, £1 10s.
In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
have been no change of importance.
Joint Stock Bank and, Miscellaneous shares con-
tinue at 4hoat I:l7,vious quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
I Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 93! New 3 per Cent. Annuities
ortuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 —
bitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14 13-16 15-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 100/
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
221001 1
Dirt , Bonds E,1.000
*Consols for Account, June 9 x Xxchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent 3 pin d
Ditto
.E5OO
Ditto Small 3 pm
3 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ......
Ditto Account ....
Egyptian 7 pet Cent 941
81
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.ins —
Ditto Account..
Ditto Coupons l5 11
/ 15
2
Itllian 6 per Cent. (Maremtnana Railway) 784 8 8
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account 374 61 74 64 74 7
Moorish Itiperial 5 per Cent
New Granada l6l
D'.tto Deferred
95 9 416 4
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 6/
Peruvian 41 per Cent.
liitto Account ........... 95
... 95
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1862. •
Ditto Account ......... ▪ 89
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1863
Ditto 1862
Ditto Scrip, £3O paid
Russian. 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Ditto 45 per Cent. 1850
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 69
Ditto .5 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account ... 885
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account 64
Ditto New Deferred .
Ijitto Account
Ditto Passive 334 4/ 31 1 4 4 44
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded lll 104 11 101 114
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Aczount....
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account..
DDitto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. 711 1 2
Vitto Account ..................... 71/
enezuela, 3 per Cent ..............
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .............
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .......... 981
Datil 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 ........ 65}
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ 1005
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs—
Ditto Account. .... 714 2
THREE O'CLOCIi,
Consols, Money
934 /
Ditto Account

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
Firm, Sales, about 10,000 bales. Import, 9,913 ;
PrevL°llBlY, 11,986.

DUDLEY GALLERY.
on Tueßav • ------
--
gehi,t m. Levassor,
public entertai: who has not given a
years, commenced
at in London for something like five
miques" at the tml:eries of " Scnes et Chansons Co.wer() no sooner oport:dGallery• The doors of the room
crowded, and when it is
than the room was cmnph tely
ment delivered in a bornefore in mind that an entertain-
limited portion of the pub& language appeals nly to a
tractive power of M. Levasso; tbltB detrionstrati.n of the at-
On his first appearance his nairthefers' indeed, remarkable.
tenant® was at once recognised aslitc good-humoured mun-
e t of an old and wel-
come friend, and every one of his •
through tho medium of song, epetecahtal Whether conveyed
the signal for roars of merriment. I°
eerd movement, Was
quisile neatness on the one side, mad
aldildc ) what with ea-
the other, the artist and the audience could not have been
better matched. M. Levassor was assisted,
and 11 as
eusual, by
the pleasant vocalist Madlle. Teissore,
Vaudeville, is promised for some fufwe occasion, Y of
the