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IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by H.
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No. 11.
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THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi•
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BY F. B. COURTENAY.
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given
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period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases avid. and xis. appear, both
In duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag-
gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and, yet the
treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful."
=rrofesbor,LlaerKon the Treatment of Stricture,

THE INCOME TAX.

SHOULD this portion of the Budget pass,
Income Tax must be paid by millions now exempt; yet it will
then be useless to " look daggers " at the Tax, though many persons
will regard it as a great " bore " for penetrating their pockets and
their eamings—a character often given to other articles of daily
consumption called Taxes. None needs waste flesh by useless re-
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' MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.
DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
the various disorders of the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenitis irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ture decay at all stagPa of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
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ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existen,,e, traceable-to certain pernicious habits, to which 'Nervous
Deblitty, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Merri-
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endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men Should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely Sid of science cannot apply a cure.
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for along series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the. treatment of these delicate com-
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of the taunts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply
rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and
medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address.
It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT
should first obtain a copy of his work 'on •

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WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may run.*
Alpopular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
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IT.
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MusEnt or INVENTIONS.—Tbe movement in favour
.of the establishment of a museum of inventions that has
been commenced in many of the chief seats of
manufac-
turing. industry in this country is constantly extending
itself,
further memorials on the subject having just been
addressed to the Government and the Royal Commis-
sioners by Glasgow and Sheffield," signed in both cases
by all the leading inhabitants of those towns. The
Sheffield memorial was presented to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, the president of the commission, on
Thursday last, by the Mayor, and that from Glasgow
on_ Saturday by the Lord Provost and a deputation.
They express the opinion of the memorialists that such
an institution has long been needed, and that it will
command the zealous support of all who take an interest
in the industrial development of this country. It is un-
derstood that the Commissioners of Patents, with whom
the Board of Trade has entered into communication on
the subject, are fully alive to its importance, and that
Professor Woodcroft is under their directions making
every exertion, and with great success, towards collect-
ing such models of inventions and works having refer-
ence to them as may form a nucleus for the contemplated
National Museum and Library of Inventions at Kensing-
ton. Temporary accommodation will be provided by
the Patent Commissioners and by the Royal Commis-
sion, until the question of the erection of an appropriate
building for the due display of the collection is decided.
Mns. H. 13EECHER STOWS.—The Duchess of Suther-
land has invited a large number of ladies and gentlemen
to meet Mrs. Harriett Beecher Stowe at Stafford House
on Saturday afternoon. Wo understand that it is the
intention of this talented authoress to make a short
sojourn in London, and then to visit the Continent,
where it is hoped her delicate state of health. will be im-
proved. From all parts of Britain letters and invita-
tions are continually sent to Mrs. Stowe ; but it is be-
lieved that she will return to Scotland in September,
and afterwards be the guest of Major-Gener Sir Dun-
can M'Gregor, in Dublin.—Moilling

Mr. Cotsell was here recalled, and amused the committee
by a rather pompous account of the reasons which induced
him to seek a transfer to Portsmouth, where it appears his
salary Mood the same as at Chatham. it was, he said, a
point of honourable ambition for a man to seek to be master
where he had served his apprenticeship, and it Was a curious
circumstance that when he was apprentice at Portsmouth,
the then master smith made him sit down in his chair, and
tobl him never to rest satisfied until he had attained that
position. For five years previous to his interview with Mr.
Stafford he had been an applicant for the situation, to which
hei believed his long and faithful services entitled him.'
Sir Baldwin Walker handed in . two letters to be added to
hi, former evidence by the permission of the writers, since
pbtained. They are as follow
" Dockyard, Devonport, April 27, 1852.
'1" My dear Walker,—We have a foreshadowing' in this yard
of a return to the corrupt and dishonest practices of the past.
The policy of our late excellent and most respected chief, that
so largely sustained and - encouraged officers in my situation
is east aside ; and I confess to a sense of humiliation.

4' J. B. SEYMOUR."
Thp second letter is from Captain Richards, Superintendent
of ; Chatham-yard, and is dated " April 9, 1852." It runs
thus :

4c IVlr4'ears point in the same direction as yours. In the
Ridgeway case there can be no mistake, and; if it be persisted
in, the order of the 27th of February, 1847, must be con-
signed to the tomb of all the Capulets. The order for the
promotion runs, ' Joseph Ridgeway, second-class man in the
metal mills, is to be appointed acting first-class man in the
existing vacancy.' Now, as he is a second-class leading man,
I can only understand it as to be acting first class leading
man, for which there is a vacancy, which the said Ridgeway.
wants; and reports have been current in the yard for some
weeks that he would get it. '

My letter of the Ist of March recommended an entry
from private trade, neither of the inferior leading men are
competent for the position.' Ridgeway is ono of these in-
ferior or second class-leading men, and if he (=rids his point
be will be raised to a station for which his officers declare
bhp to be incompetent, and oven more—that ho is not the
best of the men we have. " '

In 1849 he tried his band at a political rise through Ports-
mouth influence, and was put to rights by Sir Francis Baring's
orders, narrowly escaping dismissal: Under these circum-
stances I have put the order in my desk, and written to Mr.
Stafford privately and confidentially stating the whole affair
quietly, but I hope firmly. There is an immense stake on
the issue, for if we are beaten we shall be overrun by a swarm
around us, who are promising everything in the yard to their
friends. I have no difficulty in saying that it would be far
better to pension Ridgeway on 1001. a-year than to promote
him after-all that has passed, and which is publicly known in
the yard." . . .
Mr. Stafford was their called. He gave his evidence with
great self possession, and "Said---/ was apPeinted SeCretary to
the Adniiralty ob the 3d of March, 1852, having never pre-
viouhly held any official appointment. Sir B. Walker's first
statement has reference to a conversation he had with my
private secretary. Mr. , Grant. I shall content myself with
stating thket• 1 did not send Mr. Grant there-on the, errand
Sir B. Walker describes, and shall leave Mr. Grant to speak
for himself as. to what actually did occur at the interview.
The first circumstance referred to which bears a date is my
lettei of.the 2d of April, 1852. I was induced to write that
letter, I have no hesitation in saying, in consequence of the
receipt of repeated communications that the appointments
and promotions took a direction invariably hostile to the
existing Government. I desire to call attention to .the last
paragraph. To that letter I received in reply what I hold in
my hand, and which, with the permission of Sir B. Walker, I
will read :

" Somerset House, April 3, 1852.
"My dear Sir,—ln reply to your letter respecting the
great dissatisfaction which exists among your political friends,
as to the present arrangement of appointments and prOnao-
tions in the dockyards, I can only refer you to their Lord-
ships' circular of the 27th of November, 1847, by which you
will perceive that, unless these regulations are withdrawn and
fresh ones substituted, advancement on political grounds is
totally impossible, if the superintendents of ,the dockyards
perform their duty. It is needless for me to disclaim baying
favoured any political party, for you will clearly per6eive, on
reading the existing regulations, that merit alone can obtain
advancement. With reference to that part of your letter in
which you state that there seems no alternative but to re-
sume the system which existed previous to September, 1849,
I have to observe that it was only resuming a system which
had always been in force prior to 1845, and was then discon-
tinued, I have reason to. believe, on personal grounds. It is
for their Lordships to' deCide whether they will rescind the
Order of September, 1849, which bas been the means of caus-
ing an amount of reduction in the wages of the dockyards of
upwards of 10,0001. ; but if it is, of course the surveyor will
be deprived of that controlfwhich is so highly necessary, and
• can no longer be held responsible for keeping the establish-
Ment under the estimates. I have now stated the case
frankly, and •I
beg you to believe me, my dear sir, very fait.b.-
fully yours,

" BALDWLN WALKER.

." Augustus Stafford, Esq., M.P., &c."
The committee wilkiabaerve that in that , letter Sir Baldwin
Walker himself 'states that if the regulations of 1847 remain
unalteredi.lidvaneement on political
ids Is totally
im-
Possible if the superintendents of dogrekoun
duty. I may ds perform their
mention 'that the officers whom' Sir Bald-
win Walker referred as controlling, in conjtinction, with the
1847 regulations, the advancement of merit alone, had all
been appointed by our political opponents. Sir B. Walker
is, I • believe, correct instating that he had an
interview with me. on April 5: He 'states that at that interview
I • said, " There is no use in blinking the question • I
am so pressed by' the government that I cannot help
myself." - Also at Q.'127 he adds, qualifying the word Go-
vernment, that I mentioned the names of Lord Derby and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Upon that statement
have to observe—add the observation holds good with regard
to all my evidence—that, as I never kept any note or memo-
randum of any conversation on the subjects now under consi-
deration of this committee, it is very difficult to pledge my-
self to the precise accuracy, either affirmatively or negatively,
of any particular word. I believed, and still believe, that it
Is usual in official life to speak confidentially, and, because
confidentially, without reserve. If the matters debated at
the Adiniralty were not arranged satisfactorily to all parties,
the board was the proper place, so to speak, of appeal. This
view, and, its you'will see •hereafteri -the apparently satisfae-
tory,tertnination of the Matter, leave me unable to speak with
certainty as to expressions, but I have of course a 'thorough
recollection of the state of things at the.time. There was no
pressure put Upon,n&e,either by Lord Derby or the Chancellor
of the Axcheque,kVhut what I believe I did state was, that
the pre*nre upOti me from members of my own party was
very selefe, and that the GoVernment of Lord Derby and the
Charic'elldr of the Exchequer would not, any more than any
other Government, permit all patronage to be.in the hands of
their political opponents. I should desire, before Igo further,
to explain exactly to the committee the dockyard code of
1847, and the circular of the 26th September, 1849. The
first was a code making advancement depend on merit alone.
That has never been interfered .with by. any subsequent Or-
eular; 'and remained in operation during the whole of the time
I was in office. The second, of September, 1849, applied to
the transfer of control to the surveyor, and it was to that
alone that the circular of 1852 referred. The Auckland code
was left Unaltered. I believe that documents exist in
the' Admiralty which show how that transfer of control
took place.
Lord Seymour—Did you send Mr. Grant to Sir B. Walker
• Mr. Stafford—Mr. Grant went to Somerset-house pi see his
father, who holds an appointment there, and it is very likely
I might have told him to ask Sir Baldwin for papers, but I
have no remembrance' f it.
Lord Seymour—Did you not send him with a request not
to submit names for promotion ?
Mr. Stafford—l never sent him with any such request.
Lord Seymour—ln your letter of the 2d of April to Sir B.
Walker you referred to an impression that appointments and
• promotions were given to political opc onents,—did you before
you wrote that letter consult any o the authorities of the
Admiralty 7 .
Mr. Stafford—l did not consult any of the Lords of the
Admiralty. I acted on the result of inquiries in other quar-
ters, and from numbers of letters which I. had received.
Many of these were sent to me in confidence, and sonic from
members of Parliament belonging to my party.
Lord Seymour—Did you inquire into the particulars of
them ?
Mr. Stafford—Ono of them was the case of Ridgeway, which
I eonsjder a strong one.
Lora' Seymour—But your letter is dated the 2d, and Ridge-
way's riromotion took place on the sth.
Mr. st:Afford—lt was rather the cases of promotions that
were witl theld than' those that were made that' were com-
plained, A-3.4 I Made a 'great number of promotions from the
let of Match to the 2d of April.

Mr. Stafford-4 took the number of complaints as a justifi-
cation for issuing the circular, but lam free to own that I
did not then attach so much importance to that document as
has been given to it since. So long as I left the regulations
of Sir Henry Ward and Lord Auckland untouched. I did not
think I made much change ; and I consider that my letter of
the 2d •of April was an act of courtesy to BaldwinSiir
Walker. The first thing I had to inquire came
into when I
into office was the amount of my patronage, and I told
that the patronage of the dockyards was under the secretary.
I never heard Sir Baldwin Walker charged with any political
bias in the discharge of his duties.
Lord Seymour—Did you not convey an impression 'to Sir
Baldwin Walker that the previous Government wished • to
keep the patronage of the dockyards through an arrange-
ment made by themselves? -
Mr. Stafford—l thought the best way to manage the ques-
tion was to come into direct communication with the 'dock-
yards. •
-
Lord Seymour—lf you believed that such a system had
been devised was it not-your duty to expose it?
Mr. Stafford—l was not, sure that it could be exposed,
though my,mind was sufficiently convinced, to make me alter
the existing regulations. .The superintelidents of the dock-
yards were all appointed by political opponents, and had it
been otherwise my motives might bemore liable to suspicion.
Lord Seymour—Then you distrusted the surveyor's-office I
Mr. Stafford—lt was represented to me that in that office
there 'were relations of people who were in the dockyards,
and that other causes of promotion, existed besides political
ones. I found, also that there existed a great • deal of pro-
fessional jealousy in the dockyards. If I had gone into an
inquiry on such matters it would have been endless ; and
while I considered there were grounds for altering the regu-
lations I did not think they were sufficient to justify harsher
proceedings. I consulted the First Lord about cancelling the
order of 1849, and the tone of his Grace was that he left the
department to me.
Lord Seymour—Sir Baldwin Walker says that no dockyard
prbinotions were made between the 3d of March, when. you
took office, and the 2d of April, when you wrote to him on
the subject.
Mr. Stafford—l cannot say without reference to the boOks.
I think there were some ; I will not say many. I made the
alteration on account of the complaints of my 'political
friends.
Sir Baldwin Walker—l have no power over the first ap-
pointments into the dockyards. I merely submit samba for
advancement. •
Lord Seymour—The letter of the 2d .of April, , then, was
issued rather on account of the representations of your friends
than on actual facts ? .
Mr. Stafford—There were a number of names of people who
had been passed over.
Lord Seymour--Did you not consult Captain Milne ?
Mr. Stafford—No; I 'did not. It might have been better if
'I had done so • but I found that at- the Admiralty nothing
was more jealously watched than patronage.
Lord Seymour-here read the following letter which he had
redeived from Mr. Talbot• the Earl of Derby's private secre-
ta? ,

, • ,
I " May 2,-1853, House of Commons Committee-room.
I' My Lord,—l have been desired by Lord Derby to attend
the committee this day, and to inform you, as chairman, that
unless the committee be perfectly satisfied that his lordship'
brought no andue influence to bear upon Mr. Stafford, with
reference to the dockyard appointments, he would wish to ' be
caked upon to-give evidence before the committee. It would
probably be right that this ishoidd be made public, but I will
not do so without your permission.—l am, -my lord, your
obedient servant, . " W. P. TALBOT.
The Lord Seymour."
It would be premature-, his lordship added, for the committee
toaffive an answer at present to this communication, because
they were not able to form an opinion whether the noble earl's
attendanee would be required or not. .
/fr. Stafford then resumed his evidence, and said—Obser-
vat ons have been made by the witnesses, who have been exa-
mined as to the issue of the circular of the 19th April, 1852,
addressed to.• the superintendent :of each yard, without
any, order or minute of the board. I have no difficulty
in healing_ with that point. rn 'the first place, I put
in"now the board' book of that date, by which you will see
that the circular of September, 1849, was not issued by a
board minute, and, according to . precedent, required no
Wirral minute for its cancelling. I put in, also, the general
minute-book of the respective dates, by which the committee
will see that the circular and its cancelling were dealt With in
a similar manner. This cancelling circular was issued with
• the cognisance of the First Lord, and I may refer the commit-_
tee to the opinione of the present First 'Lord, expressed the,
other night in the House of Commons, as to the official cor-
rectness of the _course adopted. I now cone to the evidence
with refereuce to Sir B. Walker'alettei of the 21st of ,4.pril,
whidh appears inthe Parliamentary ret\rrn. It seeme that it
Nies addressed to rae;as Secretary of the Admiralty. It was
not, ,howeer,.given to me. I never saw it. In fact; I find
it stated at question 3,452, •Chatham E., that. Sir, Baldwin
gave. it to Admiral Parker, not to me. It certainly .never
reached me. If there is any complaint of its not reaching
the board; the fault does not rest with me. Sir B. Walker
states that Admiral Parker took the letter, after it had been
read in Captain Milne's presence, and told Sir Baldwin that
he (Admiral Parker) vevula bring It before the board. 1. had
no communication with Sir Baldwin, or Admiral Parker, or
Captain Milne, and was shown no letter. Sir Baldwin says
that ho thinks on the following day, which would be the 22d,
he was asked by Admiral Parker to meet me on the subject.
My impression is, that the meeting did take place on the 2tith.
That, however, except for the sake of accuracy, is compara-
tively immaterial, as there is no doubt that Sir Baldwin, Ad-
miral Parker, and I did meet, and at that meeting the circular
of April 19 was discussed. On that occasion I was shown no
letter. I am clear as to that; indeed, I am confirmed as to
that view by the evidence of both Sir Baldwin and Admiral
Parker, Sir Baldwin says—" Admiral Parker had my letter
in his hand during the interview." Admiral Parker says—" I
did not read the letter on that occasion." Sir Baldwin Walker
complained of the circular of April 19 as a personal reflection.
I assured him that nothing of the kind was intended, and offered
towrite anyprivate letter he pleased,deeming at the moment that
that was all he required. When,however, he answered that as the.
circular was public any document removing the imputation on
himself should also'be public, I directly replied that there could
be no possible objection: - A draught of a further circular was
made and read to Sir. Baldwin Walker, and after some modifi-
cation to his satisfaction was assented to, by him. The
draught I refer to is that of the circular of
.All6l 26. It is
material to notice here, in • confirmation of my former state,
ment, that the Auckland regulations have never been proposed
to be interfered with, and that in this circular, issued to sa-
tisfy Sir Baldwin, it is expressly set out that no such inten-
tion had existed. My impression of the whole affair was, that
Sir Baldwin had felt that the circular of April 19 had con-
veyed a personal imputation, which ho desired' to have re-
moved, and which, as it never had been intended, I desired
should be removed, and about which be was satisfied ' by the
circular of the 26th. That impression seems to have been
entirely shared by Admiral Parker, as I gather from his letter
of April 11, 1853, which I read in the House of Commons. 1
never thought more of it. Sir Baldwin, however, further,
states, with regard to that interview, that I repeated those
observation& which he states I made at the interview of April
5, that it was of no use " blinking the question," &c. I ob-
serve that Admiral Parker's evidence is silent on that point.
For myself, I can only repeat the remark I made before on
the other occasion on which I am stated to have used these
words. So far as my knowledge or thought about the matter
went, things remained thus until November, on the 21st of
which I received-a notice of questions from Admiral Berkeley
—and on November 23 Admiral Berkeley and Sir G. Pechell
put the two questions to me—first, whether there was any
correspondence on the subject ; and second, whether Sir B.
Walker had tendered his resignation. On. the 22d, the day
-previous, I wrote a private letter to Sir B. Walker, sending
him a dopy of Admiral Berkeley's notice, and asking to what
correspondence it referred. Sir B. Walker states that ho
could not find the copies at Somerset-house' but they were
probably at Whitehall. On the reciept of that note, or previ-
ously, I made every search, and found no letter, or traces of
any ; consequently, the following evening, in the House of
Commons, I answered " No " to both questions. I have
before stated that I had never seen or been told of Sir
Baldwin's letter of resignation. Admiral Parker has
told the conamittoo that he did not show it to me er
read it to me. He has also told the committee that he
destroyed it. That evidence gives the' reason, both
why I do not know it, and also why it could not be
'found when I searched on the 22d of November, as, in fact,
it did not exist. Sir Baldwin states that he found the copies
in a dispatch box at home. He does not say when—if it was
that night or the following morning. He might have supplied
me with them before the evening of the 23d, when I was
called upon to give the two answers. Sir Baldwin states,
quite truly, that on the 25th November, two days after my
answers in the House of Commons, he wrote the' letter to my-
self, as secretary, referring to his letter of April 21 and May
10. ' I mention the' letter now for the first time, as the com-
mittee may observe. All that I know or knew of that letter
was this : the Duke of Northumberland showed it to me in
the strictest confidence. I need not mention to the committee
the regret which I feel, in my desire to lay all the facts be-
fore them, in referring them to a letter which I am obliged to
say in the same breath was shown me in the strictest coufi-
denco. I read. it, however, and returned it to the duke.
Sir B. Walker further states, that calling at the Admiralty
on that day he was informed that I wished to see him, and
that I began a conversation by naming his 'letter and stating
, the answers I had given in the House of Commons. All I can
say of, that, statement is that Sir Baldwin is more accurate in
it than he .is in the earlier part of his evidence. The commit-
tee will see that the only letter to which Sir Baldwin can
have referred was the letter of the 10th of May, to which I
have before adverted, as Admiral Parker has told you that he
had not only not given the letter of resignation to me, but
that he had destroyed it. The letter of the 10th of May,
which is now in the Parliamentary return, was treated by me
confidentially as it had been treated by the duke, and, having
been so treated, did not exist in the Record-office. I must also
remark that if such a conversation and these facts as stated by
Sir B. Walker occurred, it is remarkable that I should have
written the next day, November 26, the letter asking for
copies in reply to Sir Baldwin's letter of the 25th. The com-
mittee will observe that the next document in date is a letter
from Sir Baldwin to myself, dated November 29. I had asked
for copies of the correspondence by my lettertohfet2h7et2h6thw.hiSeihr
Baldwin has stated, that ho wrote a letter on
enclosed copies ; that it was late when he reached White]
that the members had left ; that he took it home, itel
tlo
send it on Monday ; that on Sunday, the 28th.‘
.71eraeteni-ve-a
a letter from me, requesting him to
call on 14°11dahro; that he
did so call, and that I stated to him that I had. " hit:upon a
plan" of settling the affair. Sir Baldwin certainly did come
to me. I told him that there was no trace of the letter in the
Record-office, and that it seemed to
me
to adopt was to write a letter, the ,the only plan for him
suggested, and which were practically the terms of which I
terms of the lett:er
which Sir B. Walker did write on that day. I. believe I did'
state to him that on all occasions I should regret if Ive were
on any other terhothan those of co-operation. Ho said, as I
understood, tha should go and consult Admiral Parker,
and he left for that purpose. He returned to me in my office'
in a state of considerable excitement, with' a draught of the
letter in hisland. _I read it, and
iit, that's might bring it before proposal to him to - write
the Ward. He declined, and

ho ---
I
Br cia Uld prefer sending it from Somerset-house. Before
h e left he informed me of what had occurred in his interview
w ith Admiral Parker, and the observations of the Duke there
I considered to be the cause of his excitement. He then left ,
tl tiroom. I believe that I have correctly stated the circum- -
st anees of those interviews. I did not mean Sir B. Walker to
setppress the copies. I have no recollection of his stating that
hes must send them in. I remember that I repeated inunedi-
ately the substance of what passed to a Mr.. Briggs, a gentle-
=n in the office. I have ascertained his recollection of that
statement, and it is in accordance with that which I have now
stated. I was surprised when- I heard that
,portion of Sir
Baldwin's statement. I have fUrther to notice portions of the .
evidence of Captain Milne: I quite assent to Captain Milne's
statement, that I requested him—and it was immediatelyafter •
My conversation with Mr. Briggs—to " smooth matters over"
with Sir Baldwin. I adopt Captain Milne's expression. I
cannot, however, adopt Captain Milne's word " mediate," if
it 1)e intended to imply that such. mediation was between Sir
Baldwin and myself, or that it was to induce Sir Baldwin to
supp."ess the copies. -
Sir .13. Hall—Are we to understand that you neither saw
the letter of the 21st of April, '52, nor were aware of the ex-
istence of such a document till the 23d of November ?
Mr. Stafford—Yes ; it remained with Admiral Parker, who
had received a discretionary power from Sir Baldwin Walker
in the matter. I went to the duke, and he said that the sur-
veyor would not remain, and that if he resigned there was no
person to fill his place ; that if he went Admiral Parker would
follow him, and he (the duke) did not know how they could
get on with the businesS" of the Admiralty. I said that any
imputation would be removed, and there Admiral Parker's
evidence takes up the thread of the story.
Sir B. Hall- Did the duke allude to Sir Baldwin's resigna-
tion having been tendered ?
Mr. Stafford—No ;he said the surveyor was very much
annoyed, but mentioned nothing about his having tendered ,
his resignation; and I have no recollection of that being
discussed. No one talked of it for fear of raising the
subject.
Lord Seymour directed Mr. Stafford's attention to the
terms of Admiral Parker's evidence, in which he stated that
the letter of resignation was made the subject of conver--
satien at an interview between them and Sir Baldwin
Walker.
Mr. Stafford—The question "of resignation was not dis-
cussed. •
ethf ethreesbceiarri.d,ngen being
Duke 0
f broughtN erNorthumberland
u undermberl
atuhde
Lord Seymour—Admiral Parker said that he remonstrated
naBotticoe
cdirctuhlaatr thenot
agreed with him, and Net you say that you had the concurrence
of the bop. 4 I
Mr. Staffoixt---I cannot say what passed between Admiral
Parker and the First Lord on the subject, but I had the
cognisanee and sanction of the latter to what I did. The
Admiralty act as a corporate body, and are in the same posi-
tion towards their secretary as the Commander-in-Chief is to
the Secretary-at;War. The signature of the secretary
was
necessary. and I never heard of an instance in which a First
Lord had overruled the whole office. Vacancies are sometimes
finstance in the ed up the
case of labourers wi out my knowing how—as, for
in.
Mr. Grant, an officer in the civil department of the Admi-
ralty, and who had acted as secretary to Admiral Dundas, to
Admiral Ste Wart, and to Mr. Stafford, described the routine
of appointments '
with reference to which, when vacancies oc-
e rk
red,
the surveyor might recommend that they should not •
be filled up. He knew of no instance where such a recom-
mendation had been made, and the vacancies filled up not-
withstanding. It had happened that Mr. Stafford had filled
up vacancies which had been previously supplied by labourers
' without his knowledge ; but he had a perfect right to do so.
With reference to the promotions on the Bth of May, 10 names
were submitted by the superintendent, and five selected, in
strict conformity with the rules of the office. In the case of
the man selected for "Idle appointment of writer after two years'
service, in, preference to the man who had served thirty years,
Mr Stafford had ascertained from the Commodore Superin-
tendent that the former was more suited for the situation.
With regard to the appointments-of the five men, the surveyor
,had reported that the vacancieswould be required shortly for
15 shipwright apprentices, but the report had been mislaid,
and could not be found.
Lord Seymour-(addressing Mr. Stafford)_ Why did you pro-
ceed to fill up these vacancies after, such a representation ?
Mr. Stafford—Because the Coinmodore Superinteydent re-
piesented it to be necessary.
Lord Seymour—Did you send to the surveyor any reply to
his remarks ?•' • ,
Mr. Stafford—l really don't remember ; these things were
coining every day. . .
Lord Seymotir-But it was not every day that the surveyor
. „
was remonstrating.
Mr. Grant, with reference to the promotion of Ridgeway as
acting first-class man at 'the metal mills, said it bad 'been re-
presented at the Admiralty by Sir Frederick Smith that the
superintendent of the dockyard had recommended a private
hand with the view of passing over Ridgeway, who was senior
second-class man, and had been 39 years in the service. He
was in consequence appointed acting first class en probation.
Lord Seymour,--Was this acting in accordance with the re- '
gulations of 1847 ?
Mr. Stafford—Yes ; because they say nothing about intro-
ducing men from the private trade.
Lord Seymour—Did not the superintendent report that
Ridgeway was incompetent ? and is it consistent with any
eireular of the Admiralty to put any man into an office who
is not fit for it ?
llitr. Stafford— I wrote to Captain Richards the following-,
lettr on the •E,ubject,:-- - -
- (" Private and Confidential.)
" Her Majesty's ship Retribution, off Portland
April 11, 1852.
' Sir,-.—l fully appreciate the motives that dictated' your
let rof the Bth. • . . . , . _ , -
,
ie
The. appointment of Ridgeway must now go forward, and
if is incompetent to
a perform the dutlea`of his situa-
tio it will of course upon you to repottriifficially to
the. effect.-,4 Tung; &e.,.
. .
4 Captain Richards,-C.8., R.N."
1 di
It
not -censure Captain Richards, and Admiral. Parker was
vinog in saying so. . „-' - . ..
1 erd Seymour-Was -Captain Richards acting politically
agaLinst Sir Frederick Smith ? . .
gr. Stafford—l believe ;that Political influeneea, were at
work. Captain Richards was always-looked on as one of the
strongest political partisans in the yard. I could not say'that
he was ta.ii-ing partin the election, but, if so, he VMS acting In
defiance of his, dsty, I did not think the incapacity itf Ridge- -
way so made Out as to deprive him of the benefit. of 1.-prolia- ,
4 tionary proitio‘ion; and no report was made•agaimit hirn• dim-
ing the 6 months he was on trial.
Lord Seymour—Must not the effect of disregarding his re-
ports have been to discourage Captain Richards from sending
up any more?
Mr. Statrord—l think not. If he felt that he had not been
properly treated he might have addressed the board, and one
or two isolated cases give an unfair view of the way in which
his recommendations were generally received.
Lord Seymour again directed Mr. Stafford's attention to Sir
Baldwin's letter to the Duke of Northumberland, and with
reference to it
Mi. Stafford said, when the duke told me that he considered
it confidential, I was sorry that I knew of the existence of a
letter which brought grave charges against .me that I had no
i powe • to. answer. ,
Lod Seymour—Could you not have gone through-the cases
ofLord pr motion, and.brought them under the notice of the First
s
Mn 4 Stafford—l did so confidentially. That Li/indicated
my character •is shown by his Grace not making the. letter
publ. The duke did not ask for an inquiry, but determined
at (moo to.make the letter• private. To have made' it public
would have involved a public inquiry. :
. Lad Seymour-mid it not occur to you to prepare a, re-
-port ti T .
. .
Mr Stafford--No ; birt I believe I asked the-duke to make
it a public letter. • He declined, however, saying that I had
no right to suppose I had ever seen it. .
Sir B. Hall—Did you press the point urgently ? '
Mr. Stafford—l simply asked him. I could do no more.
Sir B. Hall—Did he say it would be inconvenient for the
public service ?
Mr. 'Stafford,---He did not give me any answer. I was new
to Offiee, and auy mistakes I made at first I corrected. as I
gained- more experience, becoming more in accord with the
general feeling of the Superintendents.
At this stage of the proceedings the committee-adjourn° d,
and the examination of Mr. Stafford will be resumed (to-day)
with reference to-the case of Wells.

'"
AUG. STAFFORD.

The sale, by auction, of the immense territory of the
Western Australian Land Company; announced by Mr.
Robini to be held on Thursday next, is, we perceive,
unavoidably postponed until Tuesday the 31st inst.
The'extensive landed estates in Lower Canada of the
Gaspe Fishery and Coal Mining Company, announ
by Mn Robins to be sold on the 2d of June, present
strong temptations to enterprising capitalists, especially
when it is known that railway communication is about
being 4stablished between these properties and Quebec)
and Montreal, and from thence to the United States.

SUNDAY TIPPLING IN SCOTLAND.—On the Bth tilt.
nearly 200 gentlemen in Edinburgh agreed to ascertain
the actual amount of Sunday traffic in the publichouses
of that city, and their report, entering into the statistics
of each house, the character of the visitors, &c., has just
been published. There are in all 464 licensed houses in
Edinburgh, and 312 of these were open on the Sunday
referred to. The visitors 'were-22,202 men, 11,931
women, 4,631 children under 14 years of age, and 3,032
children under 8 years of age. Total amount during
the day, 41,796.—Lim:p00l Chronicle.
Loss OF AN EMIGRANT VESSEL—lntelligence has
been received by Messrs. Corry and Son, of Belfast, of
the total loss of their barque Hercules, 551 tons re-
-1 gister. It appears that on the 6th ult., in lat. 35 N.,
long. 72 30 W., she was fallen in with in a sinking
condition, by the Perote, from Rio Grande, and by the
Montank, from Galveston for Antwerp, and having
taken off the crew, 18 in number, the Hercules shortly
afterwards foundered. The Montauk arrived' at Deal
severe
and eight of his crew, and the Perote, with the chief
on the 26th inst. and landed the captain, Mr. Louden,
officers, and eight others, arrived at Baltimore on the
12th inst, The Hercules was bound from Liverpool
for Charleston, • and sailed from the former port about
the 6th November, but having got about 360 miles off..
she experienced very weather, Which ,
carried away her starboard bulwarks from Stem
besides doing other damage. She
was towed back to
the port on the 29th of. November,and• —
Cape Clear,
having
necessary repairs, sailed again On the got the
but on the 27th of the same moath l3th of December;
Man, she encountered another s , when off the Calf of
lost her fore and mainmast,
&c.,evere gale, in which she
standing ; she-then put back the wizen only loft
towed into Fleetwood on a second time
, and
got new masts, &e. the 2d of Janu u was
. arY, and•thire
STEAMER FOR THE PAPA nu manufacturer has. received — IPT—A- French
steam-ship in
London,
cabins of a
Pasha of Egyptintended for his'
Highness the
the introduction and
arrangements
of the furniturehave been made for
,
from France, which will b Sze., into this country,
for the
purpose. e required, and manufactured
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
.—From Van Diemen's Land
the dates are to the Bth
Council had 'just of January. The Legislative
when it was beenprorogued to the Bth of Alarch,
Government with regard.
expected
th e determination of the tnglish
thy
e to transportation would be
known. Meanwhile,
had only voted three months'
supply for police and gaol
apparently being to cut dowenx expenses, nses, the determination.
further allowance to a
merely nominal sum if
the fature advices from this
country should proVe
unsatisfactory. Nothing of much
importance had taken place in the
veries. A charcoal-burner had just found some quartz
specimens about six miles from Hobart Town, and two
men had started with proper implements to,
_examine the
spot. Of the deposits. at -Fingal;it is stilted that there
had never been more than an average of ten persons
- ' there, and that their profit had vet at any time exceeded
I lOdyita, per man.