The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-30 00:00:00

CASE OF LIEUTENANT INGLEDUE.

S 64. G. PECHELL then called the attention of the house
to the case of Lieut. Ingledue, who was dismissed the ser-
vice for impertinence and disobedience of orders. This
gentleman, he said, had represented that he could be very
useful to the Government in the election at Southampton,
and was re-tored to his rank in the month of January,
1852. He had memorialised three Boards of Admiralty ;
he had memorialised the fourth, who had refused his appli-
cation, and who afterwards appointed him as soon as cer-
tain explanations were made as to his political value in the
town of Southampton. The very day after his appoint-
ment the Government of the Duke of Northumberland
was very properly bundled out of office ; but the whole
case was so suspicious, and reflected so much discredit on
the Government by whom the appointment had been made
that he thought the case ought to be referred to the dock-
yard appointments committee.
Capt. SCOBELL seconded the motion. He complained
that a gentleman who had been ten years out of the ser-
vice had been restored under these circumstances, after
having rendered himself useful at the Southampton election.
Mr. STAFFORD said the difference between the appli-
cation in June, when it was refused, and in December,
when it was accepted, was contained in the three last lines
of the last paragraph of the memorial to the board. [The
hon. gentleman read an es Tact from the memorial of Lieut.
Ingledue to the board tendering his services for the pur-
peso of assisting (as we understood) in the manning of cer-
tain vessels of war.] The house might agree, in a naval
point of view, with the opinion of the late Board of Admi-
ralty. They would remember that additional forces were
ordered, and that great difficulty was experienced in pro-
curing seamen to enter the service. Under such circum-
stances, the late board felt that the services of such a man
as Lieut, Ingledue were partly necessary towards the
equipment of the navy. And, therefore, though it was
quite true that they (lid refuse him in June, they thought
it was not compatible with their sense of duty to throw
overboard his proposition when he might be of great ser-
vice to the board in procuring seamen. Now for the poli-
tical aspect of the case. Did it show much skill to refuse
Lieut. Ingledue when on the point of a general election ?
It would have been perfectly competent for the Board of
Admiralty to have appointed him then, or have postponed
their answer to the memorial. But that was not done.
In the face of a 'general election they refused to reinstate
him. Well, when the general election came on what was
Lieut. Ingledue's conduct ? In Southampton the borough
was contested, yet Lieut. Ingledue divided his vote equally,
and voted for both candidates. Did the hon. member op-
posite, therefore, wish to lay it down as a principle that no
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it was quite within the power of the present Board to
strike Lieut. Ingledue's name off the list altogether, or to
order him, in a small gun-brig, to the coast of Africa, and
if he declined to go, to dismiss him. (Hear.) If the house
thought fit to send the present motion to the committee
sitting upon the question of dockyard appointments, it, of
• course, could do so ; but he was bound to maintain that
the lade Board had merely done what was necessary for the
good of the service in reinstating that officer, and whose
re-appointment he denied had given any offence to the
service.
. Mr. PHINN would not detain the house at that late
[ hour with more than ono or two observations. It appeared
to him, and he believed to the country generally, that the
appointment was not given at once to Lieut. Ingledue,
because it was reserved until he had displayed his zeal at
the general election. The labourer was worthy of his
hire ; but he believed he never got his hire until he had
earned it. With regard to his having given his vote to a
Conservative and Liberal candidate, he voted for the chair-
man of the Steam Packet Company, his master, and
against the Attorney-General, against the return of whom
the whole efforts of the Conservative party were directed
at that time. (Hear, hear.) The circumstances of the
case were at least suspicious, and he thought that they
were made more suspicious by the fact that two of the
naval lords of the late board had protested against the ap-
pointment.
Mr. STAFFORD was not aware of the precise circum-
stances that took place at the board as he was away from
town at the time that the application was made. If the
hon. member who had just sat down would look to the
paper he would find that the appointment was signed by
one of the secretaries to the board (Captain Hamilton we
believe). He (Mr. Stafford) was of course jointly answer-
able with him for that document, but he must protest
against being called upon, as Secretary to the Admiralty,
to state the divisions that took place at that board, and the
course of the various debates—if he might use that term—
which occurred in their official meetings. (Hear, hear.)
Though he was not aware of any division of opinion hav-
ing occurred, as he was not in town at the time, it was
done by the Board of Admiralty, and he must therefore
refuse being called upon, as their secretary, to give any
explanations with regard to the matter. (Hear, hear.)
Captain DUNCOMBE said, as one of the late Board of
Admiralty, he was bound to bear testimony to the zeal
and efficiency with which Lieutenant Ingledue had dis-
charged his duties since his re-appointment. The tact and
discretion with which he had equipped those vessels which
were ordered for sea was beyond all praise, and he was
entitled to any reward which the country could give him.
The motion was then agreed to.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the house adjourned at twenty minutes past one until
Monday next. ,

BAILWAY BETURNE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
opened, NAME or RAILWAY.
Receipts.
1853. 1852. 1853.
=Tim.--- I
72 Aberdeen .. "• • ............ •• „_ „ £1,450 I 1,575
373( Belfast and BallYmena ........ ••••,, • 630 711
17 Belfast and County Down•• • ..• • • ..., 231 255
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,635 1,809
2630 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • - -
85% Bristol and Exeter -., ~ •••••, ...... 4,498 4,728
..
189% Caledonian....... •• • ... .• •• •••• „ .. 7,699 9,234
94% Cheater and Holyhead .. ••••.. , • 2,808 3,592
6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••.. • • 131 169
20 Cork and Bandon .. .. • • ~...... 152 185
..
56 Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. •• • • 872 861
53 Dublin and Drogheda ........, 1,072 1,015
6 Dublin and Kingstown •• ••-.;., ~ .. 724 710
16% Dundee and Arbroath • • ... .. ,•• 389 469
81 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 655
703
19 Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ 1 156
68 East Anglian..• ••••••••••• • • •• • • •• • • 583 814
81 East Lancashire •••••• • • • • • • ........ 4,293 ' 4,550
11112 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. .. -.. 15,099 16,488
95 Eastern Union •••••• • • • • • • ...... • ... 2,136 2,..45
89% . Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • . ........ 3,602 4,151
78 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee.- 2,571 ! 2,657
6 Exeter and Creditors.. •• • • ...... •• .. 123 110
19 ' 'Furness Railway •• • •• •••••• • • .. • . 541 717
171% Glasgow; and South-Western• • 4,910 4,575
285% Great Northern and E. L.• •• •
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 5,459 5,235
319% Great Western ••••"••"•• • . • • • • • . 18,787 18,951
25 Irish South Eastern •••••••• .. .. ..
90 Lancaster and Carlisle ... 4,228 4,625
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire 15.636 18,161
70 Leeds Northern . • • • • • • • " • • • • ' • • •
184 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport
553% London and North Western .....
• _3% London and Blackwall ••••••• • • . • • • • 992 1,041
113 4 I London, Brighton, and South Coast 9,612 9,99',
253% London and South Western. •••• -
34% Londonderry and Enniskillen ••• • • •
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - -
167% Manchester, Shefti eld, and Lincolnshire 6,185 6,765
9% Manchester and South Junction •
28 Maryport and Carlisle •••••• • • •• ••
498% Midland .. •• • • • ••• .•••••••• • • •• •• 23,391 23,703
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • 2,315 2,543
37 Monklands ••••••••-•' " • • • • • • • • - 926 912
60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •••••• • • • • • • 2,322 2,634
149 North British ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • -3,518 3,815
232 North Staffordshire •••••••• • • • • • • • • - -
47 North-Wesi urn •••••••••• " • • • • •• • • 612 879
50 scottish Central ••••••-• • " - ' • - ' 2,003 2,108
32 Scottish Midland ••••"-•• • • • • • • • 621 675
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••
• • • • • 803 725
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ••.••• .. - - 1,756 1,784
29 Shropshire Union ••••••••• • • • • • •• •• 695 622
58 South Devon .••••••••••• • •• •• .• • • • • 2,017 1.935
17371 Ssoolunthh
284% Sout b Eastern •••••••••"• • • • • • • ' • • • 12,549 12,651
11:520764 2,7511831
2,482 2,482
1 002 1,018
YWoalrke.s, Doncaster, t.e.1,.a.n. 'd a00..1.e. ::
508
50 Waterford and Limerick •••••• • • • • • • -
526 617
25 West Cornwall ••• • • • • •••••• • • • • • '
12 Whitehaven itllletioll .•• •••••• •• •• " 208 225
651% York And Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & L eeds 22,622 25,673
FOREIGN.
57% Dutch Rhenish ••••• • • • • • ..... '.• • 990 992
21% Maria Antonia ••••••••' • " • ' " " • • 67
941180
4,3 Montereau and Troyes .... ..
1,150 1,438
63 Nainur and Liege • • • • • • • • • • • .......
413% Northern of Franco ••••• . • • • • ...... 22,678 24,856
577 Orleans and Central* 2; ,699 25,981
'2lO I' Ll-16 and I:, on° ••• . • ..... ••• • • ... 13,0, 0 :14,680
,s 4 Paris and lloucn .•••••••• • • •• - - •• 6,549 7,469
322 Paris and Straiburgl. --•• • • • • ... .. 16,361 47,924
.59 ‘,1111.1 and ilivre • • •.. •.•• • • • ... .. 2,543 3,091
,C 0 ar,..t.en of France ...... •••••• • • • • • • 3,739 4,148

Paris and Rouen. • .. • • -
Paris and Straiburgi, .... ••• • • •
and I livre• • • • • • • • • •
Western of France

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* The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans] and Central, Or-
leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines.