The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-12 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieut. Charles R. Robson (1851), of the Cumberland,
70, flag-ship, West Indies, to the Dauntless, 33, at Bar-
badoes, as first lieutenait, vice Floud, deceased, having
volunteered.

Chief Engineer.—G. M. Burt, of the third class, in the
Devastation, steam-sloop, to the Dauntless, as second,
vice Langlands, deceased. _

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Carpenters.—Beniamin Bennet of the Devastation, to
the Calypso ; W. Baines, promoted to be acting carpenter
of the Devastation.

THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DEPTFORD.

Captain George Bohun Martin, C.B. (1828), has been
appointed Superintendent of Deptford Dock a.ndVictual-
ling establishments, vice Captain the Hon. R. Dundas,
C. 8., appointed a Lord of the Admiralty. The fact of
this appointment was made known to the officers of the
estabhshment yesterday by Captain Dundas, who carries
with him to the Board of Admiralty the respect of every
officer and man at Deptford.
We gave no credence to the report that Sir James
Graham was about to appoint his brother, Captain
Graham, to the vacant berth, for although the gallant
captain is on the senior list, and two officers junior to
him have superintendentships of dockyards, it would have
looked rather invidious on the part of the First Lord of
the Admiralty to have first made a vacancy by nominat-
ing Captain Dundas a member of his board, and then
have filled up the vacant five years' appointment by no-
minating.his own brother. With the appointment of
Captain Martin no one can find fault. It is a just and
fair selection ; for in him we believe the navy has a very
good, as we know it has a very gallant and distinguished
officer, and his standing, experience, and active habits
render him well qualified for the post of a dockyard
superintendent, having served actively, in all grades,
about 22 years. Captain Martin is third and youngest
son of the late Henry Martin, Esq., of Colston Basset,
Notts, a magistrate for the county, M.P. for Kinsale,
and one of the Masters in Chaneery ; and nephew of the
late Admiral of the Fleet, Sir George Martin, G.C.8.,
G.C.M.G. He entered the Royal Naval College, April
3, 1812 ; and embarked, 1815, as midshipman of the
Impregnable. He was made a lieutenant in 1821, and
served as flag lieutenant in the Queen Charlotte, 100, to
Sir J. H. Whitshed, when Commander-in-Chief at Ports-
mouth. Ho got the " haul-down " promotion in 1824,
and was posted as soon as he had served his time, for his
share at the Navarino action, in command of the Mus-
quito, 10. As a captain he commanded the Volage, 26,
in 1835 ; Caledonia, 120, as flag-ship of Sir Josias Row-
ley, to 1837 ; commissioned the Eagle, .50, in Nov.,
1844, and commanded her at Brazils, and then in the
West ladies for three years, and from September, 1851,
commanded the Victory, at Portsmouth, as flag captain
to the late Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., whose daugh-
ter he married, and by whom, we believe„ he has 10
children.

Captain Martin, who obtained his C.D. and other
honours for Navarino, paid a visit to Deptford yester-
day.—Morning Herald..

THE RESTORATION OF LIEUT. ENGLEDUE.

The Portsmouth correspondent of the Times, referring
to Lieut. Engledue, truly says--
" The restoration of Mr. Engledue, the manager of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's
flotilla at Southampton, to his former rank in the Royal
Navy, is the theme of general conversation in naval circles
at this port. All praise the act of restoration, as Lieut.
Engledue stands high in the estimation of all practical
naval officers who know his merits ; but all are puzzled to
which Board of Admiralty—the Northumberland or the
Graham—to award the credit of having done him this
tardy justice."

We believe it is now pretty well understood that the
restoration of Mr. Engledue was the last official act of
the late Board of Admiralty, with the concurrence of
the board elect, and it is said that the chief recom-
mendation to the board was, after the consideration of
the sharp practice from which he suffered, his handsome
and patriotic offer on a recent occasion to train all the crews
of the contract mail steam-packets at Southampton in
the art of gunnery, in order to make them an efficient
and available force, in the event of their services being
required for the defence of the country ; and his gene-
rous offer also to register and enlist seamen for the ge-
neral service. The Duke of Northumberland, and
others of the late board, perceived the great value of
having such an officer belonging to their own service at
Southampton ; and thus in his restoration they repaired
to some extent the injury he had sustained at the hands
of others. But if the late board were alive to the value
of his position, there can be no doubt that Sir James
Graham will not have forgotten the service merits of
this officer. We believe it was Sir James Graham who
wished to make all seamen good gunners, by which,
it is said, be thought he could do away with the
marine artillery. Be that as it may, however, Sir
James took a great interest in the establishment
of the Excellent, and Mr. Engledue having bees
the first officer who passed out of the Excellent,
he must have' been regarded with special favour
by the right honourable baronet, for the last pro-
motion which Sir James made before leaving office, in
1834, was that of Mr. Engledue, for his proficiency in
naval gunnery. Since that time dozens of officers have
risen rapidly on account of their Excellent education—
indeed they have been the most favoured of the service,
and• many are now captains and commanders, who were
pupils of Mr. Engledue, and one of them, Captain Jer-
ningham, is now an extra captain of the Excellent.
There is no doubt that had Sir James Graham continued
First Lord of the Admiralty Mr. Engledue would not
have been neglected ; but now it is rather a singular
coincidence, that, after a lapse of 19 years the lieutenant
and his official patron re-enter the Navy List at the same
time. His a long interregnum for Mr. Ingledue, but
the opportunity is now offered to the successor of the
Duke of Northumberland to emulate the last act of his
grace, by completing that measure of justice to one who
has already received the reward of merit at his hands by
promoting Lieutenant Engledue to one of the first com-
mander's vacancies that may fall to his patronage.—
Morning fferald.

THE ROT,IISH' CHURCH IN LOWER CANADA.—A Mon
treal journal gives the following account of the cost o.
the Roman Catholic Church in Lower Canada :—" The
amount of tithes paid to the Catholic clergy by the Ca-
tholic population is at least 100,0001. per year, which
would be for the last 25 years alone the sum of 2,500,000/.
Upper Canada is free from such a tax. The loss of time
caused to the Catholic population of Lower Canada by
the ,number of obligatory holidays, novena, retraites,
&c., is at least 50 days per year for each person, besides
the Sabbath. The Catholic population of Lower Ca-
nada, between the ages of 15 to 16 years, is at least
300,000 persons ; each losing 50 days per year, which is
15,000,000 days lost, at a shilling per day, is an annual
loss of 750,0001. The loss for the last 25 years would
be 18,750,0001. The money paid by the Catholic popu-
lation of Lower Canada for low masses, high masses,
funeral services, funeral anniversaries, marriage expenses,
celebration of • marriages, ceremonies, &e., becomes also
a considerable sum, and cannot be less than 300,0001.
per year, which would be for the last 25 years 7,600,000/.
A MODERN ROMANCE.—Madame Carregot, the Mexi-
can passenger who died on board the Magdalena of yel-
low fever, was a French girl of about 22 years of age. A
young Mexican merchant met her in Paris, and becom-
ing enamoured, took her about two months ago to the
city of Mexico to his friends, with the intention of mar-
rying her. His friends, who are of the highest respecta-
bility, objected on account of her inferior rank and cha-
racter, and sent her to Europe. They, however, treated
her with great kindness while she was with them, sent a
person with her to take care of her as far as Vera Cruz,
paid her passage to Southampton, and gave her 3,500
dollars. It was understood that she received that money
in cash, and when she died her boxes were examined,
and it was found that the money was in the form of a
draft on one of the first Mexican mercantile houses in
Paris. It was discovered by her papers that Carregeot
was an assumed ,name, and that she had an extengive
correspondence with the fregyenters of theatres, and
many of the gay ones of Paris.