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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1853.

A NExEsis at the Admiralty Her sword
keener than ever, and her temper more inexor-
able ! It would so appear to be from the Select
Committee appointed by the House of Commons,
now inquiring into the exercise of influence and
patronage in the various dockyards by the Lords
CommiSsioners under the Earl of DERBY'S Go-
vernment. During the last few days important
evidence has been adduced before the Committee
in reference to the resignation by Sir BALDWIN
WALKER of the office of Naval Surveyorship.
Everything, indeed, has now been explained by
that distinguished office: in regard to the long-.
talked-of correspondence. The whole transaction
has been detailed by him with a lucidity really ad-
mirable, and, on consideration of the singular en-
tanglement of the whole question, really also quite;
extraordinary. It must by this time be apparent
that discredit of no trivial amount falls upon the
head of the late Secretary to the Admiralty.
Nevertheless, it remains yet to be learnt what Mr.
AUGUSTUS STAFFORD can possiblyhave to say in the
way of exculpation. Hitherto the evidence has
all gone against him indisputably. He is proved
to have cancelled, on the 19th of April, 1852,
the circular of 1849, " without the knowledge of-
the Board." He is proved to have said plainly
enough to the ex-Surveyor, in exculpation of his
conduct in so doing, " There's no use blinking
the question—l cannot help myself, I am so
pressed by the Government." He is proved to
have had an interview-, ea the 22d of April,
1852, with Sir B. WA= 3R, in the presence of
Vice-Admiral PARKER, : upon which occasion the
late Surveyor of the Navy, having done so on
the previous day by writing, then again (by word
of mouth) formally tendered his resignation. Yet
—after all this:2-Mr. STAFFORD is proved to have
stated in the House of Commons, on the evening
of the 23d of November, 1852, in answer to in-
quiries put by Admiral BERKELEY and Sir GEORGE
PECHELL, that there had been no correspondence
with the Surveyor of the Navy on the subject
of promotions in the dockyards, and also that the
Surveyor of the Navy had not tendered his resig-
nation! No correspondence after the " confiden-
tial letter" written by Mr. A. STAFFORD to Sir B.
WALKER on the 3d April, 1852 ! 'No corres-
pondence aftei' that reply penned on the very
same day, and forwarded in the evening to the
late Secretary by the late Surveyor ! What, Sir
BALDWIN WALKER had not tendered his resigna-
tion—after the communication written by him on ,
the 21st of April, 1852—the letter addressed to'
Mr. AUGUSTUS 'STAFFORD himself in his official
capacity—the letter read out loud to Admiral
PARKER in the presence of Captain MILNE—
the letter committed to the charge of Admiral
PARKER, to be laid by him before the Board of
Commissioners—the letter which actually ap-
peared in the course of the interview already re-
ferred to, as having taken place on the 22d of
April, 1852, between Admiral PARKER, Sir BALD-
WIN WALKER, and Mr. A.UGUSTUS STAFFORD—the
late Surveyor of the Royal Navy distinctly stating,
on Thursday, before the Committee of Inquiry,
" Admiral, PARKER had witness's letter in his
hand during the interview, and which con-
tined in it his resignation ! " There had
11 no correspondence with the Surveyor of
the
Navy on the subject of the promotions in the
dockyards I
And the Surveyor of the Navy had
not tendered his
resignation ! Those are the as-
sertions of the
i
by him boldly acid explicitly Secretary—assertions made
e,xplicitly from the floor of the
m
Lower House of Imperi:tl Parliament. No
wonder—when We coT,
pLcti,lll,;;'i7d' fact. with the evi-
dence alx,ve
B. WALKER regarded wonder Ur:A Sir
witehln b FFORD'S
er, 1852,
statement of the 23d of
v A. STA
in the HouAe
''' ine()11-
derable indi2;l,ation. No wonder that
the Secretary to tie Admiralty two days-„-fter the—eg
utteranc:i asseHoti, the 1 S
ate ur-
vey,ir asked '• W : e it l Irtve in4lnced you
to !live such 1.;;IA-k• io this
inquiry by Ali. STAFFORD is, it must be admitt.:A,
somewhat remarkable--" What leo* you hate me
say ?" Whereupon Sir BALDWIN WALKER reti rted
with honest spirit, "Anydiim; but what you did say
—for you know thiLt I ivnuered my resi,guatiou,
wrote_ a Ipttct
anti that SOW'- Lfte I
First Lord of tilt: Admiralty. 2., But-04.4(1(14
letters, this correspondence, this resignation, these
long yarns and short memories, these Lords of the

Admiralty, and Secretaries and Surveyors, these ,
statements and counter-statements ! Admiral
PARKER takes charge of Sir B. WALKER'S letter
Go Llie First Lord of the Admiralty. Subse-
itteti Li). tiir IS. NV:\ (IvtaluS an intervicw with
the Duke Of NoRTIIIIMBERLAND-whea he learns
from, I.ii, (,:rack_-• i Itztt Ito had kir heard
of this letter coutaining the tender of his resigna-
tion. " His Grace," this is the evidence of the
witness, " his Grace stated, with much warmth,
that, had it been given to him, he should have at
once taken it to Lord DERBY. Sir BALDWIN WALKER
is naturally amazed when, as luck has it, Admiral
PARKER himself walks into the room during the
interview, whereupon " witness expressed his sur-
prise at hearing his Grace state that he had not
seen or heard of the letter tendering his resigna-
tion, upon which Admiral PARKER reminded the
Duke that he had put the letter into his Grace's
hand." He might as well have put it into the fire—
as he actually did with another communication.
Again say we-0 these long yarns and short me-
mories!

Like everything else just now—except the Jew
Bill—the Committee of Inquiry was yesterday ad-
journed. The further examination of the Gun-
powder Plot at Rotherhithe is postponed. The
discussion on the Budget is delayed. Everything,
we repeat--excepting that Jewish Disabilities Bill,
which was defeated last night M the Lords by a
sweeping majority of 49 in a house of 279, in-
cluding proxies—everything except that is sub-
ject, it would seem, to reiterated adjournment.
Among the rest, this Committee of Inquiry into
the exercise of political influence and patronage
in the dockyards is doomed to what we cannot
but regard as a most judicious and wholesome
procrastination.

The annual ceremony of bringing forward in
the House of Lords the bill for the removal of the
civil disabilities affecting persons professing the
Jewish religion was last night repeated, and with
the usual result. The hereditary legislators once
more rejected the measure by a considerable
majority—there being 164 against the second
reading, and only 115 (including proxies) in its
favour. Had Lord JOHN RUSSELL really intended
to set the question at rest, and to carry out the
wishes of the important constituency of which he
was the representative, he would have adopted a
very different and far more simple course than
that which he deliberately pursued. The question,
so far as the House of Commons was concerned,
lay in a nutshell. There was no greater impedi-
ment to Baron ROTHSCHILD'S taking his seat than
had previousiy existed with respect to Mr.
PEASE. Then, however, the House acted boldly
and independently. The majority of its members
would not permit a question affecting their own
privileges only, and the discipline and regulation
of their own concerns, to be referred to
another tribunal. They took a broad and
comprehensive view of the subject. They
considered that it was the spirit and not the
letter of the obligation that should be regarded
—the substance and not the form. They, accord-
ingly, by a simple resolution, decided that the
Hon. Gentleman should be permitted to make his
affirmation, as he would have been authorised to
do in any Court of Justice, even in the highest of
all—the House of Lords itself. The matter was
thus disposed of in the easiest manner. The
Hon. Gentleman made his affirmation, took part
as one of the popular representatives in the busi-
ness of the country, discharging the important
duties confided to his charge, honestly and effici-
ently. No person ever thought that the British
Constitution, or even the Church of England by
law established, was endangered by the admiss n
of Mr. PEASE, or subsequently of Messrs. BRIGHT
and Mx's into the popular branch of the Legis-
lature, and if a similar course had been resorted
to when Baron ROTHSCHILD presented himself at
the table, and having taken the substantial part
of the obligation, declining only the formal decla-
ration that "he swore it on the true faith of a
Christian," inasmuch as the other form which he
was willing to pursue, was " more binding on his
conscience," there would have been an end of the
dispute—the obstacle would have been quietly
removed, without discussion or excitement, and
there might have been two or three Jews taking
part in the proceedings of the House of Com-
mons—a circumstance that would no more have
un-Christianised the Legislature than their tole-
ration in the country, and admission to civic
offices, has un-Christianised the nation.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, however, wanted some-
thing to divert the popular attention at the mo-
ment, to prevent the impatience that might other-
wise have arisen at the undue procrastination
exhibited with respect to the -various reforms
urgently demanded at his hands. Like a Necro-
mancer in the olden time, he had a potent
spirit under his control, but he was bound to
provide it in work. A Jew Bill, one that
would command a majority in one House,
and was certain of rejection in the other, would
answer the same purpose as twisting ropes of
sand or other equally useful occupations by which
the busy demon was prevented from doing mis-
chief. We have, accordingly, had a bill which
has answered the purpose for seven successive
Sessions, and which is good for seven years more,
unless the step be now taken which might have been
so beneficially adopted in the first instance. If
Lord J. RUSSELL be really sincere in his intention
of carrying out the emancipation of the Jews, he
will now, albeit at the eleventh hour, bring for-
ward the resolution which he should have pm-
posed in 1847. The difficulties have, unques-
tionably, been increased by the vacillating
conduct above referred to ; but it is time that
what a morning contemporary has, with too
much propriety, termed " the annual farce,"
should be brought to a conclusion—that the Jews
should be admitted to the popular branch of the.
Legislature without further delay—that the city
of London should no longer be partially disfran-
chised, and one of its most respected citizens de-
prived of the honourable privilege bestowed
on him by a majority of his fellows. If
Lord JOHN RUSSELL be in earnest, he will forth-
with bring the question to a summary conclu-
sion. If not, his conduct will afford another, and
by no means a favourable, illustration ofLegislative
and Ministerial " sayings and doings," which we
have no doubt the electors of the metropolis will
k,new 4ppreciate. when the .fitting time
shall arrive.

DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE, THIS DAY.—
Shortly after one o'clock this day, her Majesty, H.R.H.
Prince Albert, and the rest of the royal family, accom-
panied by the Lords and Ladies in Waiting, left Buck-
inghain Palace for Osborne. The royal party, occupied
three carriages, and proceeded over Vauxhall-bridge to
the new railway in the Wandsworth-road. In conse-
quence of the Nine Elms station, from which her Ma-
jesty formerly started, having been turned into an emi-
gration depot,, the London and South-Western Railway
directors have built a short line from the main
line near the Richmond Junction to the Wands-
worth-road, near the toll-gate, which will be
kept expressly for the use of her Majesty and royal
family. It having been found impossible to conl-
- the station in time for to-day, a large tempq-
rary one, in the shape of a marquee, was erected by M.
Benjamin Edgington of Puke-street, Tooley-street, for
the accommodation of the royal party. Upon the arri-
val of the Court at the new station, the Queen was re-
ceived by the chairman and directors of the railway.
The royal party having taken their seats in the train, the
signal was given, and the party dispatched. Her Ma-
jesty and royal family were looking remarkably well.
CHANDELIER FOR THE QUEEN.—A splendid chandelier
has lately been made at the works of Mr. R. W. Win-
field, Cambridge-street, Birmingham. It is for her
Majesty's marine villa, Osborne House, and was for
w ,rd, d on Saturday last, in order that it may be sus-
p ided in the council-room before the arrival of the
Royal Family. It is designed in the later Italian style,
wrought in the most admirable manner, and is composed
of brass, matted, and in part relieved by burnishing.
From what is termed a jewelled shaft depends the body
of the chandelier, which is vase-shaped, and above
which, round the shaft, are placed three elegantly-
Ino :.11.d ht,ures in Parian, illustrative of Peace, Plenty,
, :.,(I,,Lore. The body 1, decoraLil with masks of female
1 T t ~ with closed eyes, t!, pical of night, and the whole
Pref'"lts a ,pe.cimen of design and workmanship seldom
excelled
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MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL.
INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWO 0 CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 were
taken for export and on speculation. The market
-:osed quietly. Railway Shares were quiet.
The weekly return of the Bank of England to
the 23d inst. is interesting, owing to the further
numerous changes. There was rather a large with-
drawal of deposits, but these went in part towards
the payment of loans, the amount of the other
securities being much smaller. The bullion was
again trenched upon, but this week's arrivals will
soon restore the balance. Compared with the pre-
vious week the changes are as follows :

Active circulation...

Decrease
Bullion
Decrease
Rest
Increase
Public Deposits
Decrease
Other deposits
Decrease
Seven-day and other Bills
Decrease
Government Securities
Other Securities
Decrease
Notes unemployed
Decrease

204,835
18,554,181
238,815
3,114,339
3,868
3,712,989
67,227
13,206,923
416,045
1,412,479
7,116
No alteration.
13,632,497
452,540
8,584,145
322,575

Bills of exchange on the principal foreign cities
were yesterday afternoon negotiated on the follow-
ing terms, for those dated 90 days :—Paris, 25 25
to 21 ; Amsterdam, 11 17/ to 18f ; Hamburgh,
13 71 to 8i ; and Trieste, 11 4to 6. These are
slightly higher terms for Hamburgh, and scarely so
good for Amsterdam and Trieste.
The amount of gold exported from London dur-
ing the week to Thursday last was 23,920 ounces,
nearly all to Boulogne, and of silver 2,840 ounces.
The English Funds have been quiet, and have
not improved upon yesterday's rates. The absence
of business is the chief cause, and the closing of
speculative accounts in connection with certain
parties in the iron trade has its effect. Consols
have been 100/1 for Transfer, and loot for
Account. The New 3k per Cents. have realised
104 to f, and the 3 per Cents. 99i to par. Ex-
chequer Bills have been at par to ss. premium.
India Bonds have fallen to 28s. and 255. premium.
East India Stock is worth 2601. Bank Stock has
been firm, at 226 i to 228.

Foreign Securities have been buoyant. The
Spanish Committee's Certificate has improved to
6i Mexican Bonds are lower, being 26i
Greek Bonds are not so high, the Red having been
114, and the Blue 9k. Peruvian scrip is very firm.
Sardinian Bonds l• ave been quoted 97 to 98 ;
Austrian Bonds have realised 881 ; and Dutch
Two-and-a-Hall per Cents. 65i to 66.
In the Railway Market there has been a realisa-
tion of profits as regards Great Northern, and they
are cheaper. North-Western are steady. York
and North Midland have been also very good.
French shares have been flatter.
The Gold Mine shares are generally very firm,
but the Land Companies are lower, except the
British American and the North British Austra-
lian.

The Joint Stock Bank shares are much the same.

BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY.
( From the Official List.)

_ .
Business done.
Bank Stock
:3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO 991-
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 31 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
1 6
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 2B 5
Consols for Account
India Stock for Account 2621
Exchequer Bills 11d. June. March.
£lOOO.. par 4 p 5 p par
£5OO — 5 p par
Small — 5 p par
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Small

Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 67il
Greek Bonds, Red
Ditto, Blue
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Scrip 4 P
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent.
_. __

Russian Bonds, 5 pe; Cent.
Ditto 4A per Cent lo4s
Sardinian ]fonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6t p c
Swedish Loan ....... ....................... la dis
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Cu 2. BBi
Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cent. 12 Guil. ... 656 6
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates....... ..... 96 5i

Consols
Ditto May Account

TWO O'CLOCK.
10013
1001

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
her Majesty on Thursday. The Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary have likewise visited the Queen.
The Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Lord Steward of the
Household, the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord
Chamberlain, and the. Earl of Mu!grave, Treasurer, had
an audience of the Queen at three o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, and presented addresses to her Majesty from
both Houses of Parliament respecting the Canterbury
and Kingston-upon-Hull elections.
Herr Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene
Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and his
Serene Highness the Prince Ernest of Leiningen, dined
with her Majesty last evening at Buckingham Palace.
The following were presented to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert at the levee on Wednesday :—Rear-Ad-
miral Wallcott, M.P., by Admiral Sir G. Hammond,
Bart.; Rear-Admiral Sir George Tyler, M.P., by Admiral
Sir G. Hammond, Bart.; Deputy-Assistant Commissary-
General Fitzjames Edward Watt, by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied by her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of
Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson
and Sir George Couper, honoured the Royal Italian
Opera House with her presence on Thursday evening.
A deputation of the Rector, Churchwardens,
Vestrymen, &c., Trustees of the New Burial Ground
of the Parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, had an inter-
view with Viscount Palmerston, yesterday, at the
Home-office. The deputation consisted of the
Rev. Robert Bickersteth (Rector), Messrs. Rowland
and Hunt (Churchwardens), Messrs. Saml. Angell,
F. A. Carrington, Thomas Waring, W. Rogers, Soward,
and H. Harrison (Vestrymen and Trustees), Mr. J. D.
Robinson (Vestry-Clerk), and Mr. Robert Finnis (Clerk
to the Trustees of the New Burial Ground).
A deputation, consisting of the Rev. William Stone
(Rector of Christ Church, Spitalfields), Mr. Wyllie
(Upper Churchwarden of Christ Church, Spitalfields),
and Mr. Tayler (Vestry-Clerk of do.), had an interview
with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home-
office.

Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor-General of Canada and the Go-
vernors of the other North American provinces.

POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.

General Post-office, April, 1853.
Minor Money-Order Offices will be opened at the un-
der-mentioned places on the respective dates named :
Head Office When the Money
ENGLAND. COUNTY. from which Order Office
served. will be opened.
Porthcawl Glamorgan...Bridgend 3d May.
St. Blazey Cornwall. ...St. Austell... 2d May.
Westbury-on-Trym Gloucester ...Bristol 2d May.

IRELAND.
Drumkeerin
Leitrim " Carrick-on-
lat May.
Shannon ...
Drumscambo
Ditto Ditto lst May.
SCOTLAND.

Bunessan Argyle Oban 13th May.
Easdale Ditto Ditto 7th May.
Glencoe Ditto Bonaw 2d May.
Morvern Ditto Oban 10th May.
The Major Money-Order Offices at Ford, N. 8., and
at Portaskaig, N. 8., will be reduced to Minor Money
Order Offices on Ist and 12th May respectively.
The issue and payment of money orders will be discon-
tinued at the Money-Order Office at Kirknewton, N. 8.,
on 6th May.
In consequence of an alteration in the circulation of
letters, Pyle is now served (as respects money-order ad-
vices) from Taibach instead of from Bridgend.