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N JANUARY 8, 1849.

NA VAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTB.—Commander J. M. Langtry, from
the Sheerness coast guard district, to the llyde district,
vice Talbot, promoted; Lieutenant W. W. Eyton has
been appointed to the coast guard service.
OBITUARY.—Master.—Jeremiah Ryan (18-I2), an old,
efficient, and highly-respected officer, whO had been in
the Falmouth packet service for many years, and who is
now borne as master of the Penguin, died on the 30th
ult., at the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, after a
short illness.

The Superb, 80, Captain Purcell, is under the hands
of the dockyard people, alongside the pitch-house jetty
at Portsmouth. It is supposed that some of her
channel-wall planks will have to be taken out, as in the
wake of the channel-bolts they are much rent and
shattered.

The Driver, steam-sloop, Commander Johnson, sailed
on Saturday evening from Portsmouth for Plymouth,
taking down a draft of men from the Excellent for the
Apollo, troop-ship. After delivering these men, the
Driver (should the easterly wind continto will proceed
to the chops of the channel to afford provisions and
water to any of the homeward bound vessels that may
require assistance. _ _

the Minx, Lightening, Charon, Monkey, Advice,
Zephyr, and Torch, are complite in the engineers' de-
partment at Woolwich.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Saturday being the day ap-
pointed for the funeral of the Earl of Auckland, late
First Lord of the Admiralty, as a tribute of respect the
Admiralty flag was hoisted half mast at the different
flag-staves in the dockyard. The ships and vessels in
harbour had their ensigns half-mast, and by orders of
the Lieutenant-Governor Lord Fiisclarence, the union-
jacks at the different flag staves of the garrison, South-
sea Castle, &c., were also hoisted half-mast.

SUNDAY' FIVE O'CLOCK.—Light
Sand variable easterly
wind, with thick foggy weather.
THE SQUADRON OF EXERCISE.—Advices to the 30th
ult., from Lisbon, give no news of Sir Charles Napier.
He had neither put in there nor been spoken or seen by
the Iberia packet.
The Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander M'Cle-
verty, was the only British man-of-war at Gibraltar
on the 27th ult. The Prince Adelberg, of Bavaria,
has been a guest of the Governor of Gibraltar some
days, and lett for Tangier on the 25th ult., under a
salute of 21 guns from her Majesty's steamer Poly-
phemus.
The Harlequin, 12 gun-sloop, Commander Seymour,
was the only British man-of-war in the Tagus on the
30th ult. French—The El Dorado and Caiman steam-
frigates.

STEAM RESERVE.—We may state with some confi-
dence_that the Admiralty have decided upon forming a
reserve of steam-vessels at Devonport, on the same plan
and under the same arrangements as they have got to-
gether a very efficient reserve of steam-vessels at Ports-
mouth, and that, in the course of a few months, we shall
have ten or a dozen frigates and sloops there ready for
commissioning at the shortest notice. A captain of the
royal navy to superintend them afloat, with a small staff,
will be appointed. Mr. Atherton, the chief engineer at
Woolwich, decidedly the best, ablest, and soundest, as
he is the most experienced engineer in her Majesty's
service, has already been appointed to form the engineer
establishment at Devonport, which will rank number one
of that department of the Admiralty.
TESTING OF ANCHORS.—The Admiralty have ordered
that the unserviceable anchors at Woolwich, Chatham,
and other dockyards, are to be sent to Portsmouth for
Mr. Owen to try his testing experiments upon them.
Commander Crawford starts to-day (Saturday) from
Southampton to join his command, the Polyphemus.
steam-sloop. This appointment was the last official act
of Lord Auckland, who, on conferring it, shook the gal-
lant officer by the hand, and inquired if he were eligible
for post rank.—United Service Gaaette.
PASSED CLERKS.—A correspondent of the Hampshire
Telegraph has written the following letter to that paper :
—" It is with great surprise and regret I find, on look-
ing at the official navy list, corrected up to the 20th of
December, 1848, that there are 254 passed clerks in the
service. May I ask what the Admiralty intend to de for
these gentlemen ? for nearly one-half of them are now
out of employment. How are they to live ? Some
may not have a home to be received at, and others, out
of feeling for their parents, do not like living upon
them now that they have arrived at an age when
they are considered able and old enough to provide
for themselves. Still the Admiralty appoint a clerk's
assistant to nearly every ship commissioned. Would it
not be better that such appointments be done away with
for at least three years, or until the Admiralty have been
able to clear the list of passed clerks by promotion. and
provide for the unpassed clerks and clerks' assistants
now serving. Why should the promotions be confined
to nearly one line of officers?—l mean the mates, for
they are now promoted after serving one year in that
rank, and a great many before the expiration of that
period. It would be doing a great service to the passed
clerks if the Admiralty appointed them (after being six
weeks out of active employment) to the different guard-
ships at the home ports, fur service in the various offices
in the dockyards, with their pay of 51. per month, until
they are able to provide for them by promotion or ap-
pointment to sea-going ships; for then passed clerks
would have something to keep themselves without being
a burden to their friends."

MOVEMENTIL-The West India Mail brings thefollow.
ing:-The Wellesley, with the Commander-in-Chief, the
Earl of Duudonald, expected at Bermuda from Halifax;
Scourge, Bermuda; Iniautn, receiving ship, Commodore
Bennett, Port Royal, Jamaica ; steam-sloop Vixen,
(Jenner) left Jamaica on Dec. 5 for Port au-Prince;
schooner Bermuda (Lieutenant Jolly) left Jamaica on
the 7th for St. Jana de Nicaragua; Electra, at Maracaibo;
Alarm (G. G. Lock, C. 8.), on passage to Halifax from
St. Jago du Cuba; Tricomalee (Warren) and Helena
(De Courcy), Barbadoes; Viper, brigantine (Lieutenant
Bernard) arrived at St. Thomas on the 15th ult. from
Porto Rico on passage fur Barbadoes; Hound (Wood),
Vera Cruz. At Lisbon, Dec. 24, the Harlequin. At
Gibraltar, Dec. 27, Polyphemus, which sailed on the
same day fur Tangier.
TUE MERCHINT NAVY.-(From Friday's Gazette.)-
A list of all the Masters and Mates in the merchant
service who hare, since the 30th of Nov. last, voluntarily
passed an examination and obtained certificates of quali-
fication for the class against each assigned, under the
regulations issued by the Board of Trade.
Masters.-G. Barnas, Ist class cert., North Britain,
of Newcastle ; 11. Burn, 3d, Jullindur, London ; R.
Lonsdale, 2d, Dorothy, Newcastle ; W. Pollard, 2d,
Perseverance, Newcastle ; J. Cook, 2d, Fanny, New-
castle ; E. Smith, 2d, Othello, Newcastle ; J. Taylor,
3d ; M. K. Johnson, Ist, Tay, Miramichi ; J. Sargent,
2d, Henrietta, London ; W. Thorns, 2d, Triad, Kirk-
:tidy ; J. Blyth, 3d, Rover, London ; T. J. Thomas,
3d, Jullundur, Newcastle ; G. W. Jackson, Ist, Ac-
hilles, Peninsular and Oriental ; T. Carlyle, Ist, Har-
vest Homo, Liverpool ; S. Kelly, Ist, Earl of Liver-
pool, Liverpool ; R. Jackson, 2d, Edwin, London ; W.
‘Veatherhead, 3d, Raby Castle, Newcastle ; J. Work,
2d, Sunbeam, Stockton ; T. C. R. Gill, 2d, 11. M. ship
Stromboli ; J. B. Rennie, 2d, John Mitchel, Glas-
gow ; J. W. Miller, 2d, Samuel Enderby, London ; C.
Young, 2d, Symmetry, London ; W. Crick may, 3d,
Heroine, London ; J. Mackellar, 3d, Conquering Hero,
London ; J. Douglas, Ist, John Mitchell, Glasgow ;
P. Scott, 3d, Eaglet, South Shields; W. Lister, 2d, he-
roine, London; J. W. Smith, 2d, David Malcolm, London;
J. Bugle, 2d, London, London; A. Anderson, 2d, Tory,
London; C. H. Fretwell, 2d, La Bonne Mere, Liverpool;
D. Smith, Ist, Dudbrook, London; R. Gordon, 31, Ro-
bert and Isabella, Newcastle; T. Knox, 2d, Theti4,
North Shields; G. Simson, Ist, Majestic, Glasgow; R.
Winter, 21, Brunette, London; R. Codner, 2d, Persia,
London; E. Montgomery, 3d, Susannah, London; W.
Deane, Ist, Apolline, London; A. Cowie, 2d, Good Suc-
cess, Bombay; T. Williams, 2d. Magnet, London; C. H.
Batnpfylde, 2d, Severn, London; E. Gooch, 2d, Bom-
bay, London; W. Campbell, 2d, Wansbeck, Newcastle;
J. Lonsdale, 2d, Ilewson, Newcastle; T. Bremner, 21,
Pacha, London; 11. Luke, 21, Marmion, Liverpool; J.
A. Barton, 2d, John Line, London; R. Harland,
2d, Mariner, London; R. L. Jones, 21, Saghalien,
Liverpool; A. W. Mitchell, 31, Ringdove, White
-
haven ; R. T. G. Howe, 2d, K. nt, London ;
T. A. Orfeur, Ist, Tribune, Great Yarmouth ;
W. Robson, 2d, Agenoria, Newcastle; C. F. Lambert,
2d, Mary Ann, London; R. H. Newby, 2d, Orestes,
Southampton; J. M`Ewen, 3d, British Empire, North
Shields; J. W. Lock, 3d, Nautilus, London; R. I. Kirby,
91, 'Veracity, London; L. Dickman, 2d, Veracity, Lon-
don; R. Milne, 2d, Derwent, London; A. Stewart, Ist,
Satellite, Liverpool; W. W. Stewart, 21, Satellite,
Liverpool; G. 0. Hall, 2d, Theron, Newcastle; W. Lu-
cock, 3d, Thomas and Mary, Newcastle; R. Foster, 3d,
Conference, Newcastle; W. J. Henderson, Ist, Pember-
ton, Liverpool; G. 11. Corbett, Ist, Levantine, London;
J. Dobbin, 21, Diana, London; A. Boyle, 2d, Tulloch
Castle, Loncl,n; W. Caig, 2d, Warree, Liverpool.
MATES.-W. Summer field, 3d class cert„ Edwin, of
London; H. R. James, 21, Hindustan, Glasgow; T.
Noble, 2d, Duncan, Leith; J. W. Buchanan, 2d, Ganges,
Kirkaldy ; A. M'Callan, 2d, Earl of Balcarras, Bombay;
J. Hall, 3d, Jessie, Banff ; R. W. Commins, 3d, Hash-
enny, London.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. EDWIN YARNOLD, OF
THE PAVILION THEATRE.—The mortal remains of this
gentleman were consigned to their last resting place yes-
terday, in the Beaumont Cemetery, Mile-end-road.
The mournful eorieye was attended by sorrowing rela-
tives and several members of the theatrical profession.
Mr. F. R. Neale, the stage manager, was unable to attend
from severe indisposition. The deceased, who was a
good father and a kind husband, will be much regretted
by a numerous circle of friends in the profession, and in
private life.
DOWGATE WARD.—The Lord Mayor has issued
his precept for holding the wardmote, and taking the
election for an alderman in the room of the lute Alder-
man Johnson, at Tallowchandlers'-hall, on
the 11th inst., at eleven o'clock precisely. Mr..Whtlitiee
Thurs_dsy,
having resigned, the only two. candidates now in
mr.
field are Mr. R. W. Carden, citizen. and cutlher, and
,andid ate;
J. Pilcher, merchant, and late sheriff. o_
appear sanguine of success, but there isßlittiledoubt of
the election falling upon the first named. candidate.
Mr. George Marsh is appointed resident magistrate
at Monsell Bay, Cape of Good Rope.
011 the first (lay of January, Regent-road Bridge,
Manchester,
was thrown open to. foot-passengers, with-
outtoll.—Lwerpool Mad.
the payment of spy

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TESTIMONIAL TO MI!. ROEBUCK.

FINANCIAL REFORM.

On Thursday evening the Reformers of Bradford,
Wiltshire, presented to J. A. Roebuck, Esq., a
token of their respect. A public dinner was held at
the Swan Hotel, which was attended by many of the
I most respectable inhabitants of Bradford, as well as
by several of the electors of Bath.
Mr. Wilkins, of Bradford, presided, and upon the
removal of the cloth, the usual toasts were proposed
and responded to.
Mr. Rolf, Secretary to the Bradford Reform As-
sociation, then presented Mr. Roebuck with a piece
of wool dyed cloth, of Bradford manufacture, upon
which was embroidered, in gold letters, the following ;
—" Presented to John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., by the
Reformers of Bradford, Wilts, as a token of respect
for his manly conduct in the House of Commons.."
The CHAIRMAN, upon the subsidence of the enthu-
siastic applause which followed the presentation, read
an address, and proposed "The health of J. A. Roe
buck, Esq., the able and consistent advocate of the
people's rights," which was drunk amidst loud and
continued applause.
Mr. ROEBUCK then said, I hope my friends of
Bradford will accept the grateful thanks which I now
desire to return them for the beautiful present they
have made me. Ido not think, however, that I have
only to return thanks. I will go a step further, and
say that, being a public man, I hope the gentlemen
present will not think I am about unduly to occupy
their time, if I discuss for a few moments the great
political questions which now agitate the country.
It must be plain to everybody that this country oc-
cupies a very remarkab'..e position. Whilst all Europe
is ringing with revolution, destruction, and disorder,
in England we have perfect peace. What cause,
then, for the difference between this and other
countries ? The first great cause is, that the circum-
stances in which the people of this country stand are
markedly different to those in other countries ; and
the rext cause is the thorough downright good sense
of the people of this country themselves. Incited to
every species of folly as they have been, they have
not yielded to them as other nations have.—
(Hear, hear.) They have already fought their
battle of freedom, and they have gained so many
advantages that they will not risk the many blessings
they have to thank God for, by seeking the remainder
through violence and disorder. And I advise the
working men of this country, in particular, to give
no ear to any one who would wean them from their
peaceful and great constitutional aims, but to re-
member that every incitement to violence is offered
by a real enemy, or what is almost worse, a very ill-
judging friend. We all know, indeed, that incite-
ments have been made, but the smallness of the num-
ber who have yielded to them have marked the solid
sense of the great mass of the people of this coun-
try. The magnificent spectacle offered to the
world by the people of this country is a proof
that they deserve the franchise which we Reformers
are desirous to obtain for them.—(Cheers.) But if
we are to gain that right, it must be by a cordial
co-operation. The Learned Gentleman then explained
his views on further Parliamentary Reform and
education, and alluded to the unhappy condition
of Ireland. In reference to financial economy,
Mr. Roebuck went on to say :—Mr. Cobden, as
you are all aware, has brought out a budget.
—(A voice : " And a very good one it is.") Yes, it is
good, and none can do harm by repeating the figures of
1835. In round figures there were between eight and
nine millions more expended in 1848 than in 1830.
(flear, hear.) This has been done by a Reform Par-
liament, this increased expenditure has been brought
about by the very gentlemen who called themselves
the Reform Administration, and blamed the Duke of
Wellington for his want of economy.—(Hear, hear.)
Now where is the change that has taken place
between 1830 and 1848 in this country? What has
changed ? We are peaceable in England. In Ireland
there is quietness, such as it is called. We have peace
in our colonies. Not so in the Eist Indies ; but then
the people of that country pay for their own wars.
What then is the difference by which this increased
expenditure has been created? Is any man here
happier ? Not a bit. It is clear then that the differ-
ence is not caused by the people. The cause is that
there are fastened upon this country the dependents
and connexions of half a dozen reigning families, sub-
servient to whose wants are the colonies, the army,
the navy, the ordnance : and all the other departments
of the public service are made instruments for their
advantage. There is nothing more done, but there is
more expended. Unfortunately Mr. Cobden has not
shown how this expenditure has arisen. I recollect
that, in 1835, I requested the Administration to do
certain things in reference to Canada, but was re-
fused. There were then 2,000 soldiers in the colony,
but the Minister of the day thought that the colonies
mu,t be made to fear us before they would love us ;
and the 2,000 soldiers were consequently increased
to 14,000—(Hear, hear)—and the expenditure was,
of course, increased in a corresponding ratio.—
(Hear.) Instead of governing Canada in peace, as
they might have done, they ruled it with a large
army, and at this present moment they are obliged to
do in 1848 what I asked them, and they refused, to
do in 1835. In fact, we have now—as was observed
to me by the best authority upon the colonies not
three weeks ago--we have now Canada governing
herself.—(Hear.) We have our colonies in all quar-
ters of the globe ; and if Mr. Cobden had run his
finger over them, and noted down all the con-
nexions and dependents of the reigning families con-
nected with them, a very curious book it would
have made, and would be highly illustrative of aris-
tocratic dominion. 'We want an Administration which
shall embrace within its sphere the experience, the
intelligence, and the virtue the representatives of the
people may evince, and not be the mere appanage of
a few families—an Administration which, though it
may not be prepared to go beyond the people's ex-
pectations, would be willing to consult the people's
will and to yield to the people's demands.—(Cheers.)
That thorough broad kind of Administration which
shall have the people for its foundation, and the ad.
vice and intelligence of all the people for its buttress
—not composed of nurslings, scarce fit to come from
their mother's bosom, but men of thought, stedfast,
honest, practical men, who will bring with them what
they learn out and in their own business, and apply
it in conducting the business of the public. We want
not a red-tapist Administration, but an Administration
composed of men from the people ; men of mind, and
whose intellects are the topmost intellects of all.
This time is coming. I see around me the horizon
brightening. I have come down from the north, from
those palaces of workmen, those great marts of in-
dustry, with my mind full of hope, because I see
hope in those who are so well able to foretell the
future by the progress of the:r own individual wealth.
They are full of hope for the future, and I now
beseech my fellow-countrymen to compel the Go-
vernment to carry on the affairs of the nation as we
carry on our own private business, efficiently and
economically ; expending when expenditure is for the
benefit of the country, but withholding, as with an
iron grasp, when individual interests are only to be
satisfied. If the people are united and wish it, the
Government must concede, no matter whether Sir
Robert Peel or Lord John Russell be in office.—
(Hear.) I have now to thank you for the generosity
of your dealing towards me. I have often thought,
when not in direct communication with my
fellow-countrymen, what could induce them
thus to desire to meet me. I thought
that in what I have done my conduct has been
honest if not very wise, and that it is in that
sense you have been pleased to express your approba-
tion of an honest course.—(Great applause.) If you
will allow me I will now thank you heartily, not
only for the beautiful present you have made me, but
for the honour of inviting me to come among you
to-day, and to assure you that, in whatever relation/
I may hereafter stand towards you, or should I again
by any chance become a representative of the peopire,l
that course which you approve now shall be stil_ll)ll.iii
sued by me ; and by an example of honesty' -1-,w2w!
endeavour, not only to win approval, but t.O
irng to
others that the people of this country lare.fw
mark their approval of an honest course oijiduct,
which that
no matter how humble the tt:letsuon.by Gentleman
honesty may be supported.
in,
resumed his seat amidst loudillunie
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and Cobden and
The " Health of Messrs.
f House of Commons,"
the Reform ,Memberso
vweerets.ubsetqhuently proposed.
and several other toasts,
rsa e meeting sopa-
After some further con
rated.

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°3lTuter' TO THE LATE LORD GEORGE
House of Assembly of Jamaica, in its
ittings on the th ult
~ unanimously agreed to a series
of resolutions, expressive of the great regret felt
by the whole island on learning the death of this la-
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The
mented nobleman, and also of the irreparable loss they
had sustained in such a bereavement. The resolutions
were unanimously passed, and the Speaker was re-
quested to convey them in the mess acceptable manner
to the Duke of Portland, father of the late nobleman.
The Luminary states that an attachment has been
issued against the Rev. James Short, by the Ecclesias-
tical Court, for contempt of court, and for the costs
arising out of the suit against him by the Bishop. If so,
Mr. Shore will be shut up in a prison for preaching the
gospel, that being the contempt of court, although the
Luminary does not say so.—Exeter Western Times.

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