The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-05 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

TESDAY, APRIL 5, 1. State of the wind and weatherU
at each of the following
places at nine o'clock on Monday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
HASTINGS—S.W., gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
SoIITHAMPTON S. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
TCNBRIDGE—S.W! gentle breeze—cloudless.
BASINGSTOKE—N..4%, gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SWINDON—W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
YARMOUTII—W., gentle breeze--oVercast.
HOLTHEAD—W., gentle breeze—fine.
LANCASTER—S.W., calm—partially cloudy.
Wrirrßv—Calm—cloudless.
DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
gEtAp— S., calm—overcast.

THE WEATHER.---SUN OFFICE, APRIL 5.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
9.'3—highest since noon yesterday.
;Alowest this morning and. during the night.
58— this day at noon.

IPI BAROMETER, 29•88.
=W.—Morning, rain—Afternoon, dull

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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1853.

A Commission to inquire into the important
question of Manning our Fleets, with a view to
the improvement of the Naval Service, and the
increase thereby of the general defences of the
country, was organised (it will be remembered)
by the late Government. Perhaps, of all the acts
Of the DERBY Cabinet, the very best was the ap-
11pointment of that Commission. Certainly, among
Alenr all, it is the one most calculated to reflect
dotir upon the patriotism of the departed
inistration. It was a proceeding that
Liaci long been required by very pressing
1.114 extraordinary circumstances, but which had,
nevertheless, beenhitherto set aside pertinaciously,
time after time, by the successive Ministerial ad-
visers of the SOVEREIGN. It had been argued by
Pamphleteers. It had been urged upon the con-
sideration of the authorities by journm. It
lad been the subject of one or
two petitions to
Irle }Luse of Commons, and of one or two
iliee,ches from some of the more energetic of the
30pular representatives. vement c All in -vain. It was a
calculated n o All in
enhance the annual
unount of the national ex
Which Mr. Hurtn penditure—and yet one
might have regarded with bowels
d' compassion, and for which even Sir JOSHUA
ATALMSLEY might have found reason for some en-
;ouragernnt Notwithstanding all which, it was
theme that appeared to be virtually tabooed by
he Admiralty. Nobody apart from the profes-
the matter seriously.
ion was allowed to talk of
[f any response was occasionally extorted from the
Lords Commissioners, it simply resolved itself into
threat of reviving the old press-gang aboraina_
4011, that pet panacea of the Quarterly Reviewers.
Nothing consequently could have been better timed, svery thing considered, under existing circumstances,
'lan the organising of that Commission which,
'opposing there were actually nothing else to do
'0) would of itself, we cannot help reiterating,
',ender most creditably memorable the career of
.he DERBY-DISRAELI Administration.
*Very recently the Report has been issued by
'uese Naval Commissioners, showing the fruits of
'heir elaborate and sustained investigation.
la lather, perhaps, it should be said, to speak more
illicitly upon a matter of such vital interest to 6 community, a number of important sugges-
lerts have emanated from the Commission,
with
;p 6 VieW to
e the carrying out of a comprehensive sys-
of improvements. Those suggestions have been
°Med by the Government and sanctioned by the
st.°lzlizactrr The character of the proposed
',B"nges will, doubtless, have been observed, within
ri-uke last few days through the medium of the
ument published lately in' our own columns, a
he duly authenticated by the signature of
he Ron. and Gallant Gentleman the Secretary to
T?-A-thuiralty. From that document it will have
Fazi perceived that the intentions kept in view upon
subject by our maritime officials, are neither
rl3.6l*ficial
nd serin their bearing, resolved upon hastily,
,_, about toi be carried out with precipitation. In
a,os earnest there has, indeed, been
time allowed for forethought and
premedi-
Whatever may be said deprmiatively of
ile6e and ff ere orts at the Board of Admiralty, it
annot at
leen, fr any rate be insinuated that there has
athe "1 first to last, in all this anything
ik the
oreal!est degree approximating to haste
f this, ermg of the arrangement& Instead
• have been dawdling on, apparently in-