The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-25 00:00:00

MANNING OF THE ROYAL NAVY.

Captain BERKELEY begged to call the attention of
the Hon. Secretary to the Admiralty to a resolution
of which be had given notice with respect to the efficient
manning of the navy. He wished to know whether it
was the intention of the present Board of Admiralty to
issue orders that in future none of her Majesty's ships of
war should be sent to sea without a fixed and full com-
plement of men?
Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said the subject was at
present under the consideration of the Board of Admi-
ralty. The principle of having a fell and efficient com-
plement of men on board vesels of war was one of which
he entirely approved ; at the same time the Hon. and
Gallant Member must see that, consistently with the
public service, it was impossible for him to pledge him-
self to the extent to which that principle would be
applied.
Captain BERKELEY then begged to withdraw the
motion of which he had given notice
upon that subject.
He begged also to ask whether the Hon. Baronet was
aware that Admiral Stopford had made application to
the late Board of Admiralty to renew the system of
giving prize money to the seamen and marines employed
at Algiers and Naverino—whether any answer had been
returned, and whether it was intended to carry the re-
commendation into effect?

Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said the application had
been referred to the present Board of Admiralty, and
was under its consideration.
ROYAL GARDENS BILL.

On the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
Mr. VERNON HARCOURT said he wished to ad-
dress a few words to the Ilouse in reference to a
statement contained in some public documents respecting
the price of Russian corn. Ile had taken the liberty of
inquiring of his Noble Friend; the late Secretary
of State for the- Foreign Department, whe-
ther he could give any explanation to the House
respecting a statement in those papers which had been
communicated to the House under his direction, that a
single Russian province could produce 38,000,000 quar-
ters of grain. His Noble Friend agreed with him that
there must be some mistake. He (Mr. V. Harcourt)
had inquired at the Foreign-office, and found, from a
communication with the Under Secretary of State,
that not only was such a statement made,
but that within the last two days aletter had been received
from the Consul at St. Petersburgh, whose attention had
been drawn to the subject by seeing the speech of his
Is.;oble Friend upon the Address, in which it was stated
that 38,000,000 quarters of grain were produced in the
Province of Tamboof. He intimated to his Noble
Friend his conviction that there was a very
considerable arithmetical mistake in the calculation,
:and that whereas it was there stated that the corn could
be brought to the market at St. Petersburg at a price of
from 13s. to 145., it was obvious that the calculation
there given in Russian money and in Russian measures,
when reduced to the English stsndard, would give a re-
sult differing from that made in the paper no less
than 100 per cent.; that the cost would, in
fact, be 275. or 28s. Although the Consul
voluntarily confirmed his original statement with regard
to the ;production of corn, he admitted the arithmetical
mistake, and that the cost in the market would be what
be (Mr. V. Harcourt) had stated.
The SPEAKER reminded the Han. Member that the
question before the House was the third reading of the
Royal Gardens Bill.—(Hear.)
Mr. V. HARCOURT thought the present was the
most fitting opportunity to make the statement, and it
showed the importance of making due inquiry before
legislating, upon the subject of the Corn-laws.
Sir R. PEEL said the mistake referred to by his
Hon. Friend had occurred at the Foreign-office. The
statement made by their Consul at Petersburgh was, that
a certain Government - Russia produced 38,500,000
quarters of wheat, but that statement had been commu-
nicated to him, and he stated that he had some reason to
question its accuracy. He further stated that the price
at which he originally said the wheat could be sold in the
market of St. Petersburg", namely, 13s. or 14s. a quar-
ter, was a mistake, and that the price should have been
somewhere about double that sum. He should have all
the documents in reference to the subject laid before
the House.
lIA RFORD complained that the Bill would take
sway all privacy from the Royal Palace; even now there
wasless ground attached to the Palace than was attached
to any private gentleman's house who was possessed
of 1,0001.
After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, the Bill
was read a third time and passed.
The Frogmore Lodge Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Population Payment Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed
, on Monday.
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