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

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Coo".
Continued and brilliant success of the New Spectacle. Third liight

of an entirely new Drama.
THIS EVENING, Aran. 30,
The performances will, as during the week, commence with the
increasingly popular spectacle of AMAKOSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir
W.rfare ; with all its new and beautiful scenic, intresting dramatic,
and astonishing Equestrian effects. The Burping Wood, the Leap
through Fire, and the terrific. spring of Amakosa's Steed over the
Falls of the Umtata, nightly received with enthusiastic approbation.
To be followed by a novel and incomparable display of Equestrian
Achievements in the Scenes of the ARENA, supported by the most
accomplished Artistes of the day.
To conclude with a new Comic Drams, entitled IN FOR A DJG;
or, Life at the Diggings.
B,a-onice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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To-Mormow—Morning 59 min. after 7 1 Evening 44 min.aft. 8

THE WEATHER.—Smi OFFICE, APRIL 30.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
60—highest since noon yesterday.
46--lowest this morning and during the night.
61— this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'78.
WIND, W.—Light breeze, and fine, clear, mild weather.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1853.

A Nrarmsrs 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 lidduced 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 officer 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--I cannot help myself, I am so
pressed by the Government." He is proved to
have had an interview, on the 22d of April,
1852, with Sir B. WALKER, 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—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 after 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—
th e 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-
'erred to, as having taken place on the 22d of.
April, 1852, between Admiral PAoRKER, Sir BALD-
WIN WALKER, and Mr; AUGUSTUS STAFFORD—the
late Surveyor of the Royal Navy.distinctly stating,
on Thursday, before the Committee of Inquiry,
Asinairai PARKER had witness's letter in his
hand during the interview, and which con-
tained in it his resignation !" There had
been no correspondence with the Surveyor of
the Navy on the subj •
And
of the promotions in the
dockyards,.
the Surveyor of the Navy had
not tendered his
resignation ! Those are the as-
sertions of the late Secretary—_.assertions
by him boldly and ex ons made
plicitlyfrom the floor of the
Lower House of
the Imperial
fact Parliament. No
wonder—when we compare this
with the evi-
dence above particularised—no Wonder that Sir
B. WALKER regarded Mr. A
STAFFORD'S
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derable indignation. No wonder that, oxnsee°elll-8i;
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the Secretary to the Admiralty two days after the
utterance of that startling assertion, the late Sur-
awriratzwiat -d him, " What could have induced you
PAD 71'71"r"v" ch answers ?" The reply made to this
s
,140 r. STAFFORD iS, it must be admitted, 0i
h vu arkable—" What would you have me
&Ton Sir BALDWIN WALKER retorted
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"Anything but what you did say
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44:;" t./ 7 lOir that I tendered 'My-resignation,
t i some days after I wrote a letter to the
P ord of the Admiralty." But-0! these
letters, this correspondence, this resignation, these
long yarns and short mowories, these Lords of the