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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1853.

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17th May, 1853.

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MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, and
,ADELAIDE
CHARTERED BANK
_ . _ _

Capital, £200,000, in 10,000 Shares of £2O each.
Deposit, £4 per Share, with power to increase to £1,030,000
The Charter of this Bank having been duty settled and referred
by the Privy Council to the Board of Trade, where its provisions
were found to be in conformity with the rules laid down by the
Colonial. orrice and Treasury ; it was then referred by the Board of
Trade to the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Directors, on receiving this information h.d an immediate
interview with his Grmee,, who said there were no objections to the
Charter, but that he. clnsiderest it proper to refer it to the Governors
of the respective Colonies, and which he would do by tl.•e next
mail.

As there is no •bj4ction on the part of the Home Governmen',
and it being Also fully admitted that there is by no means sufilelent
Banking acconnuodation in New South Waleft, Victoria, and South
:Australia. the Diree!ots have no doubt of toe completion of the
Charter without any opposition on the part of the Co:onial autho-
rities.

The Shareholders are. therefore, Informed that, in order to effec-
tually carry out the objecte of the Company in the Colonies. the
Directors will immediately dispatch. to Melbourne, John Reed
Mackenzie, Esq , a gentleman eminently qualified in every respect
to represent the interests of the Company, during the period of ob-
taining the locll acts, and to occupy the position of Bank Manager
so soon as the necessary arrangements in the Colony are completed.
By order of the 80ar.%
PERCY DRUMMOND, Secretary.
9, Moorgate-street, London.

rant officer's widow's pension was withdrawn without
any equivalent, my lords have no hesitation in concurring
with the committee in the expediency of increasing the
pay of the warrant officers as follows, it,being distinctly
understood that such increase is awarded partly for the
special purpose of enabling them to make provision by
insurance for their widows :

Per day.
s. d.
First class 6 7 .
Second class 5 8 .

SEA PAY.
Per annum.
£ s. d.
120 2 11 .
103 8 4

Third class 4 9

86 13 9

Increase.
i: s. d.

. 25 17 1
. 23 18 0
. 22 16 3

HARBOUR PAY.

_
Per day. Per annum.
s. d. £ a. d.
Ist Rate
This pay to be eventually that of the Ist class.
Ist Class
2d Rate 5 2
•{3d Rate
4 9
4 4
4th Rate
79 1 8
2d Class This pay to be eventually that of the 2d class.
sth Rate 3 11
3d Class{ 6th Rate 3 6
This pay to be eventually that of the 3d class.

"In the cases of warrant officers of long service, and
of exemplary character and conduct, my lords recom-
mend that two years' harbour service should, in award-
ing pensions, be considered as equal to one year's sea
service, in lieu of the proportion of three to one, as at

present.
"Having reference to the increased responsibility at-
taching to the situations of commissioned and chief boat-
men, their lordships recommend that time served in the
former capaCity shoultl count as first class, and in the
latter as second-class petty officer's time, in awarding
pensions ; and whereas coast-guard men from the naval
service are now entitled to higher gratuities than seamen
it appears desirable that the former should be placed on
the same footing as the latter.
"An estimate is transmitted herewith from the .A -
countant-General of the Navy, showing the total ex
pence that will eventually be incurred by the proposed
increase of pay to the warrant officers, petty officers,
and seamen of the fleet. The sum that will be required
for the ensuing financial year will not, probably exceed
55,0001. ;and it is estimated that the surplus under vote
No. 1, of the naval estimates, will be sufficient. at the
close of the next financial year, to meet this additional

expense.
" The pay has been voted for the whole number of
men from the sth of April next. The number entered
falls short of the number voted to a considerable extent;
and the deficient number will not probably be completed
for four or five months. Hence arises the estimated
surplus sufficient to cover the increase of charge for the
ensuing year. A large proportion of the increased pay
and allowances is contingent on the voluntary adoption
by the seamen of the altered terms of entry and of ser-
vice.
" Considering the great national importance of the
objects to be attained by the proposed measures, the
increased maritime strength which will be gained, when
they shall have proved succeesful ; considering also the
necessity of increasing the pay of the royal navy to a
rate more nearly corresponding to that of the American
and merchant services, my lords earnestly hope that the
above expense will be freely sanctioned by her Majesty's
Government ; and they request you will accordingly
move the Lords of the Treasury to signify their early
concurrence therein, in order that the necessary steps
may be taken without loss of time, for bringing the pro-
posed measures under the consideration of her Majesty
in Council, before they are brought to the notice of Par-
liament.
" My lords request to be favoured with an answer to
this letter at the earliest possible period.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) " R. OSBORNE."
"James Wilson, Esq., M.P., &c., Treasury.

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE.—The subjects re-
ferred to the consideration of the committee were :-
1. The entry and training of boys and seamen, and the
periods of service for which they are engaged.
2. Whether such periods of service could be advan-
tageously extended ; and the regulations which it would
be advisable in such case to adopt.
3. The practicability of permanently retaining the ser-
vices of boys and seamen, as is the case with the Royal
Marines, so as to ensure the means of rapidly manning
her Majesty's ships when required for service.
4. Whether a period of service abroad might be fol-
lowed by a period of service at home, in the coast guard,
dockyards, or home ports.
5. Whether a reserve of seamen might not be orga-
to remain in England, reference being had to the scheme
recently laid before Parliament for that purpose.
6. What measures could be adopted at the present

time in order to secure the services of a large Body of
seamen for the defence and general service of the coun-
try, in a case of emergency.
7. The questions of pay and prize money, and espe
daily the clause of the Act 5 and 6 Will. IV., cap. 24,
relating to bounty.
8. All regulations at present in force relative to petty
officers and seamen gunners.
9. The award of good-conduct badges and of pensions.
10. The entry of seamen into the coast guard and
dockyard., • _ _
11. The admission of SealllVll 'Lao Greenwich trospi-
tal, and their support therein.
The committee's recommendations comprise the fol-
lowing :
BOYS OF THE SECOND CLASS.—They propose that
the ago of eighteen (instead of twenty, as at present)
should be the age from which boys and seamen, entering
the navy under the new system, should be allowed to
count their time for pay and pensions, according to the
rule now in force in the Royal Marines, under the pro-
visions of the act 10 and 11 Vic., cap. 63. All boys
under the age of eighteen, who hereafter enter the navy,
to be required to engage for a period of ten years' con-
tinuous and general service from the above age, in addi-
tion to whatever periods may he necessary until they at-
tain that age, which is the course now followed in the
case of boys who enter the corps of the Royal Marines
—thus, a boy entered at fourteen, would be required to
engage for a term of fourteen years' service. They deem
it advisable that the entry of boys and seamen should be
as general as possible throughout the United Kingdom,
and that particular attention be given to obtaining a
more equal proportion from Scotland, the population of
which, from their hardy habits and steady character, are
well adapted for the naval service.
BOYS OF THE FIRST CLASS.—The qualification which
should be required for boys entering in this class is,
that they should have been, at sea, or have been accus-
tomed to boats, although this qualification should not be
held to be indispensable in the case of promising lads
who are found fit for service in other respects. Good-
conduct badges should be given, the time they are worn
being allowed to count towards seamen's time for good-
conduct badge and pay in the proportion of two years'
boy's time to one year's man's time, and promotion
should be given to the rating of second-class ordinary or
ordinary seamen in special cases of good conduct and
ability in boys at the age of eighteen ; whilst discharge
by purchase should be permitted upon a graduated scale,
according to length of service, &c.
SEAMEN.—The committee recommend that, first, petty
officers and seamen who volunteer for a period of ten
years' continuous and general service, to have the
highest advantages of pay and short-term pensions here-
after mentioned, time being counted from the age of
eighteen, and to be eligible for every reward open to
deserving seamen ; secondly, seamen may also be en-
tered as heretofore under the provisions of the act sth
and 6th Will. IV., c. 24, which renders them liable to
be retained, for five years' service, and subject to re-
moval from one ship to another during that period, at
the discretion of the Admiralty or Commander-in-Chief,
to meet the unavoidable and urgent requirements of the
service ; the pay and pensions of seamen under this
head to be at the rates hereafter proposed. Servants,
musicians, bandsmen, barbers, and tailors should be
always be entered under the said act, and not be con-
sidered as forming a part of the permanent navy. The
triennin period of service should be adhered to where
the public service admits of it, and when the period of
service is temporarily extended under emergency, the
seaman's pay should be proportionably increased.
Bounties should be granted to volunteers in time of
peace ; and the wages of seamen entering for ten years,
in addition to the present rates, should be :—For 2d
class ordinary, id. per day ; ordinary, 2d. ; A. B.'s and
petty officers, 3d. Men re-entering after ten years'
service, for five years more, have their additional pay
raised thus :—Ordinary, from 2d. to 4d. • A. B. and
petty officers, from 3d. to sd. ; and men who have been
ten years in the service under the old system from the
age of twenty, and who enter for a further five years, to
receive an addition of—ordinary, 2d. ; and A. B. and
petty officers, 3d. Men who have completed a period
of fifteen years' continuous and general service, from
the age of eighteen, to be granted pensions varying from
7d. to 9d. a day, provided they hare not been out of
the service more than twelve month's. Men in the re-
ceipt of such pensions to be subject to further service,
as hereafter pointed out. After twenty years' continu-
ous and general service, from the age of 18, to be granted
pensions from 10d. to ls. 2d a day, provided they shall
not have been out of the service more than a total period
of five years. The pensions for hurts under taeh new
system to be, under ten years, from 3d. to d day ;
after ten years and under fifteen, from 6d. to Bd. a day ;
after fifteen and under twenty, from Bd. to 10d. a day ;
after twenty years, 10d. to ls. 2d. a day.
TRAINING.—The committee recommend, in connection
with the formation of a permanent navy, the mainten-
ance of a force at home for the protection of our arsenals,
&c., and the beneficial employment of the seamen
com-
posing it, that the n umber under training in the Excel-
lent, and her tenders should be increased.
PETTY OFFICERS.—As an encouragement to the ser-
vice generally, the service recommend the establishment
of the following class of chief petty officers, to correspond
in some measure to the higher rank of non-commissioned
officers in the army and marines, viz. :—Prresft -bnoliatrt:
shal, or master-at-arms, chief gunner's mate,
swain's mate, admiral's coxswain, chief captain of
fore-
castle, chief quartermaster, chief carpenter's mate, sea-
's schoolmaster, ship's steward, ship's cook ; and
petty officers are to be induced to mess together, to up-
hold better discipline and elevate their position.
GUNNERS, BOATSWAINS, AND CARPENTERS.—COU-
vinced of the great advantage which the public service
would derive from those situations being filled by the

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most competent and deserving men, they recommend
that the following increased rates of pay should for the
future be granted :

First class ..
Second class
Third class..

SEA PAY.
Pcr day.
s. d.
6 7
5 8 ,
.4 8 ,

HARBOUR PAT.

Per dap.

Per annum.
X s. d.
120 2 11
103 8 4
86 13 9

Per annum.

s. d: 2 s. (1.
Ist Rate
Ist Class This pay to be eventually that of the Ist Class.
2d Rate
3d Rate
(4th Rate 4 4
2d Class', This pay to be eventually that of the 11 Class.
(sth Rate
3d Class $
6th. Rate. .... . .... ..... 3 6
This pay to be eventually that of the 3d Class.

CoAsT-GUARD.—The committee have come to the
conclusion that it would be inexpedient to alter in any
material respect the present constitution of this force, so
far as it is connected with the naval service. This force
should only be embarked under a requisition from
the Admiralty, having the approval of her Majesty,
any part of the force not required, or fit to embark, to
be available as a coast artillery. The committee recom-
mend an addition of 500 men to this branch.
MEASURES FOR MANNING THE FLEET IN EMER-
GENCY.—The committee state that they have anxiously
considered the means of effecting this important object
without having recourse to impressment. They advert
to the operation of the registry of merchant seamen, and
remark that fishermen, lightermen, and others liable to
impressment, have not yet been brought within the
working of the registry system, although forming a large
portion of the maritime population. They suggest that
local investigation into this point should be instituted.
ROYAL NAVAL COAST V6LUNTEERS.--ZWith regard to
the formation of a coast militia as a part of a naval re-
serve, they recommend that such a desirable force should
be established upon an analefgous principle to the pre-
sent enrolment of volunteers for the land militia. They
consider that about 5,000 or 6,000 men, or such addi-
tional number as her Majesty's Government shall deter-
mine, might without much difficulty be so raised chiefly
through the instrumentality of the coast guard. On
some parts of the coast the disposition to ♦olunteer may
probably be found less favourable than on others ; but,
under a system wholly voluntary, it does not appear
essential that the numbers in each district should be
equal ; this might be regulated to some extent by the
portion of men which could be conveniently trained at
particular coast-guard stations.

MANNING CLAUSES IN MERCHANT SEAMEN'S Acr.—
The committee allude to the complaints of the merchant
shipowners of the existing restriction as to the propor-
tion of British and foreign seamen forming their crews,
and remark that they could not but regard any proposal
for the abandonment of those restrictions without serious
apprehensions of its effect upon the naval power of the
country.
GREENwren HOSPITAL.—The committee recommend
that in all cases reference should be had to the character
of the men previous to their admission to this establish-
ment ; and they call the attention of the Admiralty to
certain suggestions made by the governor of the institu-
tion for improving its internal management.

AMOUNT OF FORCE TO BE RETAINED IN ENGLAND.—
The committee submit the expediency of maintaining
the navy in commission at such a numerical force as,
independently of the Channel squadron, will admit of
10,000 seamen and boys, exclusive of officers, being re-
tained in England for the protection of the ports and
coasts of the United Kingdom, and suggest that 1,000
additional Marines should also be kept at home for the
same purpose. They consider that the sudden fluctua-
tions to which the naval force has heretofore been sub-

ject ought to be prevented.
CoNcLuSION.—The committee express their concur-
rence in the opinion of previous committees of the House
of Commons with regard to the policy of relying upon
our naval power as the right arm of our strength, and
conclude by indulging in a sanguine hope " that the
various measures which we have recommended will sub-
stantially promote the welfare of the seamen and the
efficiency of the naval service, thereby establishing our
maritime power on a more solid and secure foundation."

DESERTIONS FROM THE NAVY.

We noticed in our last week's publication the credit

able manner H.M.S. Hastings was paid off—every man
orderly, sober, and clean, and from their healthy and
youthful appearance we may very reasonably suppose the
ship's company to have been one of the best iu the ser-
vice ; but the question now is, where are these fine body
of efficient men ? Are they in the service, or likely
to return to it ? We fear not. As we said before, allure-
ments abroad hold out stronger attractions than employ-
ments in If. M. ships, and we much regret it is not in
our power to contradict the statement which we made
last week as to the major part of the men having united
to go over to the diggings in the manner we then de-
bt:lilted.

We sincerely wish- it was in our power to induce the
Lords of the Admiralty to lose no time in adopting such
favourable measures as would raise in Jack's mind a
greater interest, and thereby a stronger tie, to remain in
a service in which be has been reared almost from child-

hood to manhood. When no longer able to serve his
gracious Sovereign from ago or incapacity, how well it
would become a grateful nation to bestow upon
Jack for his long and faithful services a moderate
competency which would enable him to live happy
and contented all the days of his life. The great
difficulty heretofore has been to procure kands
to man our ships, and now it would appear
a greater one is arising to keep men to the service whom
you have had in it for years. Existing pensions were
formerly thought adequate to answer the fulfilment of all
good purposes, but it is now conclusively evident that
greater allurements have come to the views of the sea-
man, so as to induce him to seek greater a dvan-
tages in a distant land. The present system of entering
boys in the service as apprentices, for ten years, is un -
questionably an admirable regulation, and time was when
such servitude would have kept them to the service on
arriving at manhood, with favourable retiring prospects
before them ; but then there existed no load-stone
to attract theft (as they think) into a more profitable path
to the diggings. Be that as it may, it is now too evident
that the time has arrived and the necessity is most
urgent, for at once adopting efficient means to check
the ardent desire of our brave tars for emigration, for

in the event of its continuance Briton's best bulwarks
will be left unmanned and undefended. If this be the
case in profound peace, what alternative have we left in
war but to return to that most arbitrary of resorts—im-
pressment ; alike un-English, and unconstitutional ?
Many have said we can, in the event of a sudden
break out, fall back upon our Coast Guard, forget-
ting that numbers of the men in that service
were never brought up to the sea, and many more,
although qualified in every way as good seamen, yet
from age, and rheumatism generally following, ren-
der them anything but efficient. At the same time, we
admit, as an auxiliary, they would add much to our naval
strength by being distributed amongst different classes
of ships, and it would be still more advantageous if prac-
ticable to complete the complement of men in each ship
to a full ship's company, with younger and more active
men.—Portsmouth Times.

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