The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-16 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.

Sir,—Will you be good enough to insert in your
paper, which contains so much naval news, the accom-
panying letter, the copy of that sent to the editor of the
Times, explanatory of Vice-Admiral Sir Fleetwood
Pellew's services ? and I have since heard that Sir
Fleetwood's appointment to the Revolutionaire was in
1817—only three years after the Resistance was paid
off.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Ron. W. G. FESTING, Rear-Admiral.
Maiden Bradley, Jan. 12, 1854.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—ln justice to Vice Admiral Sir Fleetwood
Pellew, I must request you to correct the mistake re-
garding his 'sea services ; for the comment upon his cha-
racter in your paper of yesterday states the Resistance
to have been the last ship he perved in as a captain forty
years since. Now, allow me to inform you that Ad-
miral Sir Fleetwood commanded the Revolutionaire, a
frigate, under Sir Graham Moore, in the Mediterranean
—from 1820 to 1823 (I believe). I must also mention
that I commanded a frigate—the
rev psyche—which
that
Sir
Fleetwood had been the captain of piously, and
I never heard a word then of his being a severe officer.
This was on the East India station in 1811, where he
was well known as a gallant and promising young
officer.—l am, sir, your very obedient servant,
ROB. AV. G. FESTING, Rear Admiral.
Maiden Bradley, near Frome, Jan. 6, 1854.

MANNING THE NAVY.
TO THE EDITOR, OF THE DAILY NEWS.
Sir,—The recent proclamation relating to prize money
will not materially improve the condition of the class
Upon whom our defence at sea will mainly rest—our
able seamen. It will still be true, by way of example,
that, of a given prize taken, the captain will take as his
share 7911. 13s. and an able seaman will take 61. 12s.
At least such is the result of a useful analysis recently
published.
Further details would encumber the question. You
want to man your fleet at a time when it can be proved
that men receiving 121. a month from Australia to Lon-
don actually left a ship touching at Plymouth and paid
a class of men called runners 3/. 10s. a head to take
their places on the voyage to London, thus enabling the
owner to get his ship navigated to the Thames for
nothing. Under such circumstances how can you help
raising wages largely unless you make the shares of able
seamen more attractive ?
The true proportion should be the same as that which
subsists between the respective emoluments of any two
classes. If seamen, before the mast, had a chance of
rising to the higher grades, it might be argued that supe-
rior advantages given to the officers of a ship act as an
incentive to the men to distinguish themselves. As, how-
ever, the fact is otherwise, the Admiralty practically main-
, tains a system which tends to discourage from the naval
service the very pith and marrow of the nation's strength.
The consequence to the tax payer will be increased bur-
-1 thens, while the men you get will be of an inferior deserip-

tion, and eh men as the macke shame') who
come to at this period, Penzance, Ryde,
Southam. on, and various other ports to the number oi4,‘_
of • ly hundreds, paid on the principat.:Wilfanz::%-/-r&
its, and by no means disposed to place deint'sellnix for ' `t,
a pe 'iod of 10 years at the mercy of offic9tellinyden't • -
know.
Sir James Graham must steel his nerye4 still further- ''.A
He must answer remonstrant officers lb_y ,I;6ll,ing
that the navy must be manned. Let hina'*.t,to:thireH
gentlemen that, as it is, they have a virtuMbiiiiimig..7,%Y..,,,
wherewith it were wise to rest contented ; Card s
valuable as are their services, they might bettenti spa4oll
than those of able seamen. With a good admiral, vice-
admiral, a good captain and sailing master for each ship,
you have all that is essential. The rest of the crew are
useful, but not indispensable. The chief use of finding
room for young officers is that they may learn their pro-
fession. One of our ships has been lately endangered on
her way to the West Indies, her crew having been eked
out with marines, and consisting in very small part of
able seamen. This ought not to be when there is a
remedy ; and in part, at least, the remedy is at hand.—
Yours, &c., JOHN S. TRELAWNY.
P.S.—The case of a master in the navy who wanted
to rise higher and was barred by routine, is further illus-
trated by intelligence lately received from the antipodes.
He is seeking command in the merchant service, where
he Will be valued as he deserves, while the public will
probably have in his place an inferior article.

DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL ANDREW, C.B.—Rear
Admiral John W. Andrew, C. 8., on the retired list of
1846, died at Chudleigh, Devon, on the sth instant.
The services of the gallant deceased afloat extended over
28 years, all rendered during the war. He entered the
navy in June, 1798, on board the Foudroyant, 20,
Captain Sir Thomas Byard. He was present at the cap-
ture, in the following October, of a squadron of French
ships under Commodore Bompart, destined for theinva-
sion of Ireland, after which he removed to the Royal
George, 100, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport,
in the Channel, where, and on the Mediterranean
and East and West India stations, he subsequently
served in the Seahorse, 38, Blanche, 36, Conqueror,
Leopard, and Canopus. While in the Leopard, he served
in the boats in the celebrated catamarin attack of 1804,
on the Boulogne flotilla, and was present in the Cano-
pus in Sir John Duckworth's action off St. Domingo,
Feb. 6, 1806. Being advanced to the rank of 11011491'
ant, he joined on July 24, in the same year, the London,
98, which ship escorted the Royal family of Portugal
to South America ; in July, 1809, he was appointed
to the Ajax, 74, Captain Robert Waller Otway, and
during the two years thlt followed, saw a good deal of
active boat-service in the Mediterranein. ri.After acting
for six weeks as captain of the Rainbow frigate,
he was confirmed as commander of the Weasel, 18,
Sept. 26, 1811; and on Feb. 21, 1812, was in company
with the Victorious, 74, in the Gulf of Venice, when
that ship encountered an enemy's squadron, consisting
of the Rivoli, 74 ; Mercure and Jena, of 18 guns
each ; and Mamelouck, 8. During the action that
ensued, Captain Andrew, whose exertions were ex-
tremely creditable, was 40 minutes engaged in close
contest with the Mercure, which vessel eventually
blew up. He then chased and put to flight the
Jena, by whom he had also been opposed ; and
having likewise driven off the Mamelouck, bore up to
the assistance of the Victorious, stood across the bows
of the Rivoli, and twice poured in a broadside, shortly
after which the latter ship surrendered. For his exem-
plary conduct he was promoted, his last commission
bearing date Sept. 26, 1812. His last service was as
captain, from Oct. 1, 1814, to Jan. 24, 1816, of the Dee,
24, and during that period he visited Hudson's Bay.
Rear-Admiral Andrew was nominated a C.B, June 14,
1815.

DEATH. OF CAPTAIN HAY.—Captain Patrick Duff
Henry Hay (1833), on the retired list of 1846, died on
the Gth inst. He entered the navy in 1805, and served
afloat 16 years. As a lieutenant he served with Sir
Thomas Hardy in the :Ramifies, at the blockade of New
London, and the capture of the islands in Passamaquoddy
Bay, and the bombardment of Stonengton. His latest
services were in command of the Redpole, Medina, and
Pylades sloops.
DEATH OF COLONEL MURTON, R.M.—Colonel Henry
John Murton, on the retired full pay of lieut.-colonel
Royal Marines, who died at Brompton, Middlesex, on
the 6th inst., aged 73 ; he entered the service in May,
1798 ; became first lieutenant, Feb., 1804 ; captain, Oct.,
1813 ; major, January, 1837 ; lieutenant-colonel, July
in the same year ; and colonel, Nov., 1851. He served
in the North Sea, and the Helder expedition in 1799 ;
served in the Egyptian expedition and the East Indies
in 1801 ; the West Indies (slightly wounded), in
1804 ; coast of France, and engaged. with the enemy's
flotilla and batteries, in 1805 ; the Mediterranean, in
1806, engaged in cutting out the enemy's vessels vim
under batteries, and was voted a sword from the Pa-
triotic Fund ; in 1809, coast of Spain, and aiding the
Guerillas ; served in Holland in 1813. Medal for ser-
vices in Egypt.

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FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday afternoon, Lieut.
Frank K. Hawkins, of the flag-ship Impregnable, 104,
was shooting wild fowl in a boat in Hamoaze, and while
adjusting the lock of the gun it unfortunately went off,
and the charge lodged in the thigh of the boatman,
William Alger, of Devonport, who was immediately
conveyed to the Devon and Cornwall Hospital, where he
has since expired. Lieut. Hawkins has, we understand,
undertaken to make provision for the `- ,94;...,0f
fortunate deceased.—Plymouth Mail,
REPAIR OF THE RUSSIAN SHIPS IN IrVt MAJESTY'S
DOCKYARDS.—This fact, which the Czar ha the auda-
city to require of Lord Aberdeen, was pulAilisei to the
population of Russia, thus —" While the tlisle/Aare
not send one ship into the Black Sea, we ordevt'e to
receive our ships into the very inside of their e, :Veds,
and the miserable islanders obey." This is thfle ;ealge
in which England is held up before the e• Russiartc:e#o7 1)3".
Hants Advertiser. •
GREENWICH HOSPITAL.—Rear Admiral Sir \V‘. C. 49 o'• ui 412
* ward Parry, the newly appointed lieutenant-govey
this institution, joined the establishment on Wedn y Sr
last. He and Lady Parry are on a visit at Sir
Gordon's until his house is ready for his recep 1
which will be in the course of a few days.—Kentish
Mercury.
THE AFFAIR AT SINOPE.—The following particulars
have been received from Mr. Thomas Taverner, of New-
ton Abbot, master of the British vessel Howard, which
was destroyed by the Russians in the harbour of Sinope.
Under date of Constantinople, December 11, be states
that, "On the 30th of November, he was lying at an-
chor, the Turkish squadron being also at anchor in the
hay. The Russian fleet, taking advantage of the thick
weather, ran in with a strong breeze from the E.S.E.,
and were not more than a mile and a quarter distant
when first seen ; and in 15 minutes from that time an
engagement took place, without giving any notice to
him to remove his vessel or get away. He used every
exertion to slip, his cable, which it was impossible to
effect, before continued showers of shot and shell were
striking the hull, mast, and rigging, directed from the
Russian ships of war. The Howard, with the whole of
the Turkish squadron, were in a short time involved in
flames. The Howard was partially blown up abaft,
when one of the Turkish frigates drifted foul of her. The
remaining Turkish crew, about 100 hi number, jumped
on board the Howard, and with axes, chisels, &c., cut
and slipped her cable ; both the
.vessels drove together,
when, the fire having reached the powder magazine of
the Turkish frigate, an explosion took place, and what
was left of both vessels was blown to pieces. He then
describes the loss of the Turkish fleet, &c., and finishes
by saying that everything was destroyed ; he had only
the things he stood upright in ; that, after reaching the
shore, he was attacked by robbers who were plundering
the town, and they stripped him of everything, leaving
him only his shirt and drawers. He then made for the
woods, and remained there in a large tree all night with
the remainder of the crew, two of whom were missing
(one the steward), having jumped overboard in a state
of insanity produced by fright. On the following even-
ing he made for the town, and finding the Austrian Con-
sul, be placed himself and crew under his protection."

RESIGNATION OF SIR R. H. INGLIS,

BART., M.P.

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OXFORD, SATURDAY.

The Vice-Chancellor has this day received a commu-
nication from Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P., announcing
his resignation as one of the representatives of this
University.

Sir R. H. Inglis was elected in 1829, when he op'
posed Sir R. Peel, who had resigned his seat in conse-
quence of his :views on the. Catholic question having
undergone a change since his election for the Univer-
sity. On that occasion Sir R. Peel offered himself again
as a candidate, but was defeated, Sir R. H. Inglis
polling 755 votes, and Sir R. Peel 609. Sir R. H.
Inglis was re-elected without opposition at the general
election of 1832, 1835, 1837, and 1841.
At the general election in 1847 , there was. a contest,
when Sir R. H. Inglis polled 1,700 votes, Mr. Glad-
stone 997, and Mr. Round 824. Again, at the general
election in 1852, the University was contested, when Sir
R. Inglis polled 1,369 ♦otes, Mr. Gladstone 1,108, and
Dr. Marsham 758. Thus it will be seen that Sir R. H.
Inglis has sat for this University for 25 years—namely,
from 1829 to 1854.

His less in Parliament will be severely, felt by the
University, especially in the present session, when Uni-
versity Reform is likely to engage the attention of the
Legislature, for no member was more attached to the
acaemic body, and none resisted with greater perseve-
rance any attempt to " weaken its influence," or " in-
vade its privileges." The right hon. baronet is in his
68th year, and in declining health, which he urges as his
reason for withdrawing fronr the turmoil of political life,
for which he feels himself unequal.
The Marquis of Blandfon!, M.P. for 'Woodstock, is
spoken' of as a candidate on the low church interest, and
Mr. Roundell Palmer, M.P. for Plymouth, rind peputy
High Steward of this University, on the high church
side. The Marquis of Chandos and Lord Mallon are also
named as probable candidates.
The high church party now in Oxford, held a meeting
this evening, in Oriel College, Common Room, to con-
sider what steps should be taken under the present cir-
cumstances, but the result of that meeting has not yet

been announced.
Late in the evening the Vice-Chancellor issued a
notice that a convocation would he held on Monday the
16th, at two o'clock, when a letter addressed to him by
Sir Robt. Harry Inglis, Bart., one of the representatives
of this University, would be read to the house.
It is anticipated that the high and low church party
will have so matured their arrangements as to be able
to announce their respective candidates in the course of
Monday.