The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-10 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Having observed in your esteemed paper is 100
Bth instant an article expressive of the pleasure 1104
in ascertaining it to be the intention of the First, tog
of the Admiralty to abolish the system of aPP(4ll,er
naval paymasters as secretaries to captains, and CO *
lore-superintendents of dock-yards and reconlillt
further step to be taken in that direction—namevr; to
also discontinuing the appointment of military oflieeera,
these establishments, to the prejudice of their engii! tjo
Perhaps, Sir, you will be good enough to advocatetbers
discontinuance of appointing naval captains and ° ante
as naval storekeepers and agent victuall ers—appoint°,,ool
which strictly belong to naval paymasters, to
these appointments should be invariably given.
Your kind attention to this subject would Bz--
oblige
AN.
OLD SUBSCRIBER'Devonport, Feb. 9, 1853.

THE BRITISH SQUADRON 1111 fil

MEDITERRANEAN.

Our accounts from Malta to noon of the 2clf.j;
announce the arrival there, an hour previously 1 a,o
Admiral Dundas in the Britannia, with the 0-1.,-10,
Trafalgar, and Bellerophon, ships of the line, Aret'ol
frigate, Retribution and Sampson, steam-frigatfthich
Niger, stem ' n-corvette severally from Gibraltar, ",Btte,
port they left 'on the 25th ult. The Modeste, Car—
:l3
was also at Malta, and the Tiger, steam-frigate' lc
hourly looked for from Tunis.

PEMBROKE DOCKYARD FORTIFICATION.—The varC2
works now in course of construction, for the defetl;o
Milford Haven and the Dockyard, at Pater, are ef, Wel
progressing, under the direction of Lieutenant-v°tthe
Victor and his corps of engineers. Thorn Island' at the,
entrance of the haven, will be strongly fortifi'd and
works thereon mounting guns which will connlian,, or
sweep the approaches to the haven. The hnt,t.d'ing
ott 32
admitp
fort, at the west end of the dockyard, is and went
f
alterations, consequent upon the change in its, therg
outnhde elaaltitberre
uspnTorsohitleaeßneeTtdmliEbiatraAisiTuliorek
es
w. aires.
raeohl,pcoeo4.oi;dniigt,on:enptiltts laced
from the 24-pounder guns, at present raounteo, widenede
ce.
eeanlasndofsiddee,fen
alterations 8 and 10-inch guns at the angles. Whe-, Teri
will snh
formidable
are carried out, the battery will Pr that
farsenabbolen 'nth
large
FREEHOLD fort,
fo
LANDth oortlftlytihsbiesruei
rulec7t:rce. tonnaiv:hlui
TOWNS.-- No place in England suffered THE ODD
se' -,re:
the introduction of the railway system than the t° at
at
Hounslow, so well known to every traveller on the,''
western highway in the good old times of a the, rood
Nearly three hundred coaches were driven off tui,e,,
by the monopolist locomotive ; and Hounslow, t'..(jole'
liest, became one of the dullest towns in the 04600
Property in the town, which 'in the busy coaching, bsi'
readily realised from 4/. to 51. per foot frontlgi'ollo,
been depreciated at least one-third, and the g 00,1,. Bu
of course, for a long time fervently blessed the rani:lie, is
having in the interval taken to economical strode'
their meditations on the past, they begin to ha place'
stroyer as the probable restorer of business to thc fool.
With a healthy situation, a convenient distan'Of tll°
town, a good line, as railways go in this quarter
globe—a station to match—and very numerous 011,4
sra
after building lots —the good people find that ISO
not quite ruined yet. They have left offnZ.lboll
and begin to hope for better times coming.
has been considerably raised of late in consetl,Llo7,
the agitations by, and purchases of land on "'ln 1171
freehold land societies. The right hand of wel°?.,:s3, el;
been held out to the promoters of these socieulu-ruall
there is every prospect of the movement being, hay
advantageous. The Conservative Land Socie,b,-Yoy
purchased a valuable estate adjoining the raj". ALI
tion, which in the course of a very few months vitiospl'
a little town of elegant first-class houses to ft° 16/ice:
A public meeting, presided over by Mr. Fat-o'e' Picha
worth, was held on Friday evening, when Colonsen, t
son, Mr. C. E. Lewis, the solicitor, Mr. Grueeldeci°o•
secretary, and Mr. Morgan, the surveyor, attenf the g
deputation to explain the principles and plan ° rovl/31,6
ciety. After a full explanation, resolutions lig t„,
of the principles, and pledging the warm supPcra ctib,
meeting in favour of the society, were passed, *I/ ea 011.
siderable number of additional shares were at 030014
scribed for. In the course of the proceedings liool‘,,„0,
nificantly remarked that " Hounslow must o°' Botwot
before, to the High-street, but to the railwayocie
and to the freehold land societies, to recover her
prosperity."
fano'. la
-
FUNERAL OF VISCOUNT MELBOURNE.--The $a it
the late Viscount Melbourne took place inn. srf
Church, on Friday morning. The late lord le."d be the
injunction that all pomp should be avoided, an or of 'tte
companied this with a legacy of 2001. to the P°t-bat
neighbouring parishes, evidently intending 1 shod
money which was not expended on the filnelliodlic
be given to them. The funeral was, therefore, c fowler('
in a strictly private manner. The hearse we6Adit
by only three mourning carriages. In the
wick, g.
Earl Cowper, Hon. W. F. Cowper, Lord Feriloneft
Viscount Palmerston : in the second, the 3ftw'ri;
Cowper, the Right Hon. E. Ellice, Lord Peed I°4o
and Mr. J. T. Cookney (solicitor to the dece'its
and in the third, four of the domestic Pry" h
lordship.—Herts County Press. deAtef
FATAL ACCIDENT.—We have to recoil', —„ear,
Captain Nathaniel Middleton, of Tredegar-cl- of °lie"
end, who has for many years filled the officearia loar
the surveyors to Lloyd's Register SocietY,f big ircoo'
just and impartial conduct in the discharge ° t aneolers
rant duties had procured for him the resPe'efind
vttf
fidenee of a large body of shipowners en o„ is
connected with the mercantile marine of tud, sbiyie
Captain Middleton was engaged in a survelwing t°oog°
Lavender Dock, on Monday last, and ni.ioh 0, I, he
careless and highly culpable manner in WPI2,
had been put up on the outside of the alai!: enretheth e
was standing, it suddenly gave way, ant:, 10, delioses.lo
this much respected officer into the en in
0,0.1; ti;
about 20 feet. One of his legs was broken. 1.1.!,r, clieypiol)
and the other most seriously injured.
(Wednesday) morning about four o'cloca• deo/
nes 1
Gazette. t °l;eoeocle
So, after all, not a Romish bishop, P '4O pga
honoured Lord St. Germans' levee with,redoni. 9
The meaning of this is plain. Lord 9iihoicis
them precedence. Lord St. Germans with baelool
rest
they "levee'd" the one, and turned theirrcho
other. Thus, therefore, the boasted P11,,61; tlets"a
Brigade now stands. Eight votes secilf- AP(Oi
lost. And the priesthood holding ale' sessic° 'o°
prospect for Lord Aberdeen in the corningtoi,9o,o
what is of real import to us is the sPe°l
by e 80
principledand desperateconcess Government t 0 r that
port they had originally counted upon 7,„iiision 140,74,
main business to watch. The frightful audisarni."oo7o
yield ground in the hour of danger is te_fthe
versary, seems to hang over the councils u_ of a
and to inspire its organs. The whole for;;rest yorir
indignation must be brought into play teiers.---4P
gress of such fatal, such disastrous blunu ,01,4
Herald. s ttle
CURRENTS OF VIE OCEAN.—
The Nu° ;1111:1:;4:;
fishes the following, which was found 101140
miles S,W. of Arkansas Pass, on gutlrs., tip, yswl
is signed by Lieutenant Newenhani,, pee,errfet),
agent, of the Royal Mail steam-sulroo
makes the fourth bottle which I have 11,ed. uP, strroP
from this packet to ascertain, when Pi°4oististbove ,e 0
Jaemel, St. D •
the currents of the Gulf, and any otherer,ord,
For this purpose I have thrown ov sere 11Ptills
omingo , one ;
proceeding for Havannah in April ; gal
Passage, when going to St. Thomas 0, ;-ainaieit,ii 11° tlO
one now, when nearly a out from
,331.01;oriPg
off the Colors:o°in t
for Havannah and Honduras. We noreilloss
some—souls, and have had no seriou
four months' (Nov. 17) absence from

RESUMPTION OF PARLIAMENTARY

BUSINESS.

Both houses will re-assemble to-day--the Lords at
five o'clock, and the Commons at a quarter to four
o'clock. It is rumoured that Lord John Russell will
make a statement on the subject of the Ministerial
Policy.
State of business at the resignation of the Derby Mi-
nistry

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Law of Evidence and Procedure Bill
ce
County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Bill 5
5
County Courts Further Extension Bill an
0 F
District Courts of Bankruptcy Abolition H 4
Bill 4
Metropolitan Building Act Further Extension Bill—
read a first time.