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EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1863.

and served to check abuses ; but he thought engineer officers
should confine themselves to what they were conversant
with, and not enter into minute details of railway manage-
ment that had taken years of experience to arrive at. With
regard to the general control of Government, he thought it
was most beneficial to proprietors.
_ _

Mr. GRAILAm, the chief engineer, explained that the
works were steadily progressing, and they were extending
into the cotton dietrict. At Nagpore they would get into
the most important cotton fields of Western India. By the
end of the year they would open to Sheagaum, and in June,
1864, a further distance. He confidently looked forward to
the end of 1865, or nearly in 1866, fur the completion of
the lines to Nagpore and Jubbulpore. The surveys of the
line to Hydrabad had been completed, and lodged with the
Government for approval. Hydrabad contained between
300,000 andl4oo,ooo inhabitants. When the undertaking
was completed he could hardly imagine a more successful
system of lines than they would have from Nagpore and
Jubbulpore in the interior to the port of Bombay.
The proceedings then terminated,

and Armagh. The vacancy created by this translation
was filled by Dr. Verschoyle, Dean of Ferns. But the
richest of all the prizes of ecclesiastical patronage was
shortly to fall into the hands of the Premier, The aged
Archbishop of Canterbury was gradually sinking from
exhaustion consequent on natural decay, and swiftly
followed the Primate of all Ireland to the grave. On
the 6th of September, by the death of Dr. Sumner, the
Primacy of all England, with an income of £15,000, fell
to the disposal of Lord Palmerston. As in the case of
York, the Premier, in filling this archiepiscopal see,
contrived to make three appointments out of one vacancy.
Dr. Longley was translated for the third time within six
years, and sent from York to Canterbury. Dr. Thomson was
promoted from Glocester and Bristol to the Archbishopric
of York; whilst Dr. Ellicott, Dean of Exeter,was appointed
Bishop of Glocester and Bristol. And now, with the au-
tumn of 1863, the fourth archbishopric has fallen in. The
death of Dr Whately gives the premier a piece of patronage
value £7,636 per annum, Lord Palmerston has twice filled
the bishopric of Cork, Dr. Fitzgerald, who was appointed in
1857,having been translated from this see to that of Kilaloe,
in 1861. He has likewise supplied vacancies in many Irish
deaneries, and in England those of Canterbury, Westmin-
ster, Carlisle, Ripon, Lincoln, Glocester and Bristol, and
Exeter twice. The united annual value of the sees held by
the 27 prelates who constitute the English hierarchy is
£151,200,and of this Lord Palmerston has had the disposal
of very nearly one-half—or £75,500. Vast as this amount of
might appear,it shows more strikingly by contrast
thatpwiwaitrthage
which has fallen to the lot of previous Prime
Ministers. Sir R. Peel held office from 1841 to 1846, and in
years filled as many bishoprics—those of Chichester,
these 5
Ely, Lichfield, Oxford, and St. Asaph, with an annual
stalue_of £23,400. During the six years of Lord John Rus-
sell's Administration from 1846 to 1852, the amount of
`patronage which fell to his disposal was just as much as
that which in one year alone-1856—fell to Lord Pal-
merston- Lord Johnfilled.the primacy, and the bishoprics
of Chester, lierefordr Llandaff, and Manchester, with an
aggregate revenuk of /32,100 per annum. During Lord
Aberdeen's Ministry, from 1852 to • 185 b, the bishoprics of
Bath and Wells, Lincoln, and Salisbury were filled, with
an annual income of £5,000 each. The Earl of Derby has
holden office altogether about two years and two months—
namely, ten months in 1852, and 16 months in 1858-59. The
only episcopal appointment made by the Conservative leader
was that of Dr. Campbell to the bishopric of Bangor, in
1859, the revenues of the see being £l,OOO a year. From
these calculations it will be seen that the aggregate amount
of patronage disposed of by Sir Robert Peel, Lord John
Russell, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Earl of Derby
amounted to £75,400. So that Lord Palmerston, in seven
years, has, within the small sum of £3,000, disposed of as
much church patronage as his predecessors in the Premier-
ship during a period of 16 years. But when we take into
consideration the noble viscount's lash patronage, repre-
senting a total of £28,120 per annum, and add this to the
£71,500, the value of his English Church preferments, we
have a grand total of £99,620, or a yearly sum amounting
very nearly to £lOO,OOO. Such is the annual value of the
appointments which have been made by the present Prime
Minister. Of the 27 prelates who sit in the House of Lords,
no less than 10 have been placed there by Lord Palmerston.
Add to these five Irish sees, and the number of the present
Premier's bishops is increased to 15. Twice has he filled
the archbishopric of York, once the archbishoprics of Can-
terbury and Armagh; while that of Dublin yet remains to
be filled. Three times has the noble lord been called upon
to appoint new overseers to the dioceses of Gloucester and
Bristol, and Durham; twice has he filled the vacant
bishoprics of Carlisle and Cork, and once those of London,
Rochester, Norwich, Worcester, and Ripon. Of the 27
prelates on the episcopal benches, ten owe their positions
to Lord Palmerston ; five to Sir Robert Peel ; four to
Lord Russell ; three to the Earl of Aberdeen ; two, the
Bishops of Peterborough and St. David's, to Lord Mel-
bourne; one, the Bishop of Winchester, to Lord Liverpool;
one, the Bishop oftthEeß orxeaßtneigrs,htoopthoef DmruiknecohfesWtere,llainpgptooinnt;edanind
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£10,417; the least in point of revenue is that of St. David's
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1863. The richest
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the youngest is the Archbishop of York, now in
his 44th year.— Western Morning News.
con-
secrated

Naval and Military Intelligence.

1 HE NAVY.

The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty, is
expected to visit Great Yarmouth in a few days for the pur-
inspecting the naval asylum near that town.
pose of
the flue paddlewheel yacht steamer Salamis, 4, 250 horse
power, and 835 tons, having been finally completed and
turned out of hand by the dockyard officials at Chatham,
was yesterday taken horn her moorings in the harbour to
the trial ground at the Maplin Sands for the purpose of en-
abling the Admiralty officials to test her steaming qualities
before it is finally decided upon what service to employ her.
Since her former official trial, upwards of two months ago,
the Salamis has been rigged and in other respects completed
in her seagoing trim, and from being one of the handsomest
vessels of her class afloat, and a credit to the dockyard hands
by whom she was constructed, she is now conspicuous only
for her extreme ugliness. This arises from the manner in
which she has been masted and rigged. Unlike the other
yacht-steamers of her class, she has no knee, and being
without a bowsprit she has a very bare appearance. Instead
of three light graceful pole masts, she carries two heavy
schooner-rigged masts and yards, which are altogether out
of character and place in a vessel of her class, which steams
up to fourteen knots per hour. They serve to give her
a heavy lumbering appearance, and, seen from the water,
stamp her as the perfection of ugliness. The cabin and
general fittings on board are very costly, so as, in fact, to
render her one of the best vessels of her class afloat. The
Salamis left her moorings alongside Chatham dockyard at
9 30 a.m., having on board Admiral Bullock, Mr. Moore,
assistant-master-shipwright; Mr. Baker, inspector of ma-
chinery afloat and principal engineer at Chatham dockyard,
with other officials. At her former trial the Salamis drew
9ft 2in forward, and 9ft 10 in aft. With 120 tons of coal,
and nearly the same quantity of stores, shot, cable, water,
Armstrong and other guns, she yesterday drew 10ft forward,
and 9ft llin aft, and was therefore not in the best possible
trim for making her trial. The immersion of the paddle.
wheel from the inner edge of the floats was Bin, and the
total dip, 4ft 2in. She is fitted with Morgan's patent
feathering floats which materially increase her speed. The
diameter of the paddlewheels is 21ft 6in. The engines,
which are by Messrs.Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co., are fitted
with all the latest improvements, including superbaters, &c.
They were yesterday in charge of Mr. Daniels, the chief
engineer of the Salamis. Garrison Point was reached in
45 minutes after leaving Chatham, and the engines were
then stopped to take on board Capt. W. R. Hall, C. 8., su-
perintendent of the steam reserve, under whose directions
the trial was made, and Mr. Rumble, chief inspector of ma-
chinery afloat. The steamer's head was then made for the
Maplin Sands, which were reached at 11 a.m., and the
vessel placed on the mile. Six runs were taken at full
boiler power, with the following results :—ln the first run
the time was 3 min 54 sec, speed in knots 16.385, and
number of revolutions 33i per minute ; in the second run
the time was 5 min 6 sec, the speed 11.765 knots, and the
number of revolutions 33 ; in the third run the time was 3
min 52 sec, the speed 15-517 knots, and the number of re-
volutions 34 ; the time in the fourth run was 4 min 42 sec,
the speed 12.766 knots, and the number of revolutions 34 ;
in the fifth mile the time was 4 min 3 sec, the speed 14•815
knots, and the number of revolutions 34 ; in the last mile
the time was 4 min 35 sec, and the speed 13'091 knots. The
mean vacuum was 20, and the average temperature of the
stoke-holes 90 deg, and of the engine roam 78 deg, during
the trial. The average speed attained by the Salamis daring
the six runs was 13.84 knots—that is to say 16 statute miles
per hour. This is exactly a knot an hour less than on the
occasion of the former trial of this steamer, when she at-
tained a mean average speed cf 14.813 knots an hour. __
hus
falling off in her speed is to be attributed to her uneven.e
trim, the vessel being down more by the head thal:Prfs,
stern; the heavy nature of her rigging, masts, d
which operate disadvantageously to the speed of
the
—and, lastly, to the foul state of her bottomt•he
close of
lengthened time she has been in harbour. thallefrsotemainer
the trials at fall speed two of the boilers wer.
mile atn half-boiler
couple of runs taken over the measure,d,
Firstrun_
tut off, and a
time, 4
power with the following resalts
of revolu-
tions 40 ace, speed in knots, 12.857,
30 ; second run—time, 5 rain 2 sec, speed numbereed 11.92 l knots,
gs a mean speed at
and number of revolutions 12.389,
as against 12.648
half-boiler power of 12.389 knotsn
the occasion of her former
knots per hour at half speed
From
per hour,
trial on the 21st August. Diaosterthese figures the Salamis is
vessel under half-boiler
out of proportion a much.
power than when steaming atafuklnl
ostpeaendd, tahehdailfftearn hour.
During During the trial Y
in
the two rates being less
yesterday Admiral Bullock was busily
employed on board in making experiments with and re••
cording the results of the trials with his new description of
log for enabling
the speed of ships at sea to be instantane-
ously ascertained. The apparatus used for the purpose is a
kind of steelyard, which is suspended from the vessel's taff-
rail, and attached to which is a line,of some 150 ft in length
with the log at the end. The pressure on the hand of the
dial causes it to revolve, and a series of numbers on its face
will indicate the true speed of the vessel at any moment.
The S‘damis last evening was placed in the first division of
the stean.l reserve in readiness for any service for which she
Easy be destined.
A vacancy has been occasioned on the list of Naval
Knights of Winl/41sor, by the death of Lieutenant Edward
Buller, R.N., whici; occurred at Edinburgh on the 19th
instant, The salary of the naval knights is £lOO 6s per

PRICE..... —..4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

annum, and they take precedence according to their
seniority as lieutenants of the Royal Navy, the governor
getting £l2 in addition ; they are appointed under the will
of the late Mr. Samuel Travers. It sets forth they " are
to be superannuated or disabled lieutenants of English
men-of-war," and shall be "single men" without chil-
dren, inclined to lead a virtuous, studious, and devout life,
to be removed if they give occasion for scandal. The
nature of the certificates and testimonials which are re-
quired can be obtained upon application at the Admiralty,
Whitehall.
The following appointments were made or. Thursday at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. E. Reade, to the Falcon ; Lieut.
C. L. Oxley, to the Excellent; Lieut. R. De B. Hawtrey,
and Lieut. J. Smail, to the Euryalus; Lieut. C. S. P.
Woodbridge, to the Liffey; Sub• Lieut. Philip It. H. Parker,
to the Falcon; Sub-Lieut. Alex. It. Kerr, to the Resist-
ance; W. H. Drysdale, master, to the Resistance Alex
J. Lieth and Edward Riddle, midshipmen, to the Falcon ;
Edward J. Bawtree and Claude S. Fuller, naval cadets, to
the Curaeoa ; John A. G. Buckmer, master's assistant, to
the Falcon ; Henry Grey, master's assistant, to the Curacoa ;
Edward Tankivell, master's assistant, to the Dee ; John F.
Channon, engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ;
William Todner, engineer, to the Tamar; J.ohn Downes,
engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Bullfrog; and John
Rice, engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty:— Lieut. Thomas W. Simeon, to the Euryalus ;
Thomas S. Gissing, engineer, to the Falcon ; P. Murray
and H. Thomson, assist-engineers, to the Falcon,