The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

FOREMEN OP YAM).

The foremen of the yard are to be selected from the
whole body of inspectors, assistant timber converters
and measurers, giving a preference, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, to inspectors of the first class, but preserving
the right to promote from the second class, upon a spe-
cial report, in cases of extraordinary services or melir.
Vacancies how Filled.—When a vacancy for a fore-
man occurs, the master shipwright i.. t submit three
names to the superintendent. who will follow in all re-
spects the rules laid down for the promotion inspec-
tors and leading men, taking care, however, that the
eximination is conducted with due reference to the
lugher qualifications required in this class of officers.
Qualdication of Foreman.—To be a foreman. a ma,
should have a competent knowle;'ge of simple equations,
in algebra, and be able to vvork pr.ib!ems deJnoed from
the three first books of Euclid. tie should also have a
thorough knowledge of the mode of laying off ship,,
upon the mould I..ft floor, and understand all the dill,--
rent methods of forming and combining them. These
qualifications are to be stated in the report made by the
superintendent to the Admiralty accompani. d by his
own remarks, as to the ma,ner in which the candida es
have discharged their duties as inspect.rs, and by the
reports which they have themselves drawn up as to the
conduct of the leading men and artificers v‘orking un-
der them during the preceilii,g twelve months ; and my
Lords will then select one of the two to flit the va.
cancy.

GOOD SERVICE GRANT.

Complaints of Foremen--Slown, as of Prom vim—
My Lords are snare that from the slowness of promo
tion amongst the foremen, owing to the very limited
numb,:r of master-shipwrights' as,istants, there is no
class of officers amongst whom there are to be fount
harder cases of long services and unrequited merit.
They cannot remove this disadvantage as regards pro-
motion, for that necessarily depends upon vacancies in
th74grades immediately above them t tley, will re-
commend to Parliament that, in consiiMtion of the im-
portant duties performed by tie forethen, a gratuity of
501. shall be given annually to one foreman in each of
the yards, who will be selected by their Lordships them
selves in April of each year, commencing in 1848, with
due reference to length of service and general character
as well as to the intelligence and integrity with which,
upon examination of the quarterly reports, he may ap-
pear to have discharged the new duties with which the
foremen are about to be entrusted. They regard this
grant in the light of a good-service reward, to be given
up upon promotion. Its renewal to the same individual
will depend upon his continued vigilance and exertion.
3IA STEIt -SHIPWRIGHT'S ASSISTANT.

Examination at Naval College and Yard.—When a
vacancy for master-shipwright's assistant occurs, the
master shipwright will select the three moat competent
men amongst the foremen as candidates ; but no candi-
date will be considered qualified who is not prepared to
epqa susa tai no
nesx, at
hmeio nfiartsi
principles of mechanics and hydrostatics. He will also
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be subjected to an examination in the yard, which is to
be conducted in the presence of the superintendent, by
.the master shipwright personally, as to all other matters
required of his subordinate officers ; and he will be ex
pected to be able to give designs for the construction of
ships, and to explain the principles by which it is
regulated.
The superintendent will then investigate carefully the
manner in which such candidate has performed his duty
as an officer of the yard, and he will transmit to the Ad.
miralty the original reports sent in by him to the master
shipwright, in order that their Lordships may judge of
his fitness for higher duties. The decision of the board
will rest upon a full consideration of all these various
circumstances ; but one of the three names sent up will
be selected to fill the vacancy unless an officer of still
higher qualification shall be recommended from some
other yard, who will, however, have to pass an equally
stringent examination.

OTHER PROMOTIONS.
Caulkers, Joiners—Qualifications as Inspector and
Leading Man, &c.—The forms to be observe(' in recom
mending for promotion as inspectors and Vading 4.en of
caulkerx and joiners are to be precisely similar, every
recommendation being founded upon we, kly and monthly
reports, which are to be transmitted to the master !.hip
wright. But as there is not the same scope ,r cessity
for instruction amongst these classes of artificers. the
examination required for a leading man of shipwrighrs
will be suificient for an inspector of caulkers or joiner-,
and a man will be qualified to bee .me a leading man
who can read and write wall, and ke,.p accounts cor-
rectly; provided the weekly reports be .r testimony to
his industry, sobriety, and good c. n, wet in other respects.
The same will be required of the foretm•ti and leading
men of painters, and of the master smith, who. with a
salary of 2501. a year, ought to be a man of some educa-
tion. His foreman should elso be able to read and write,
and to keep accounts correctly, and my Lords intend to
require this in all future appointments, both in the
stunhies and as Lading men of labourers.

TIMBER CONVERTERS.
There is one other officer in ttTie dockyard with whe se
position my Lords are not satisfied. his duties b: ing
!sadly defined, and his reslm,n,ihility divided. The head
thusqualified
fie
i,(-1
timber converter is, or ot.o be'lsmaan tof
much x
perience and great integrityp i.I 1t
; and a te
connectedshould
w
havei
with
the
the entirereceistupperr.ts:,etrevnadteitoince,
ando of aelolnmvea:stie,risi
of timber, and the timber abcocaouints, reporting through
theht y superintendent.ol
the
timber
when to
first brought yard,the qauned-
iunpgon it,thaes stacking iansguauodn other arrangements for preserv-
uthpeon
any cases of improper conversion
that he may discover.p
Timber Inspector 4001., two Assistant-Converters at
1501.. and 1251., two Attendants at ss. per day.—My
Lords are pleased, therefore, to
if itdo drect that the head
timber converter in eachproperly qualified,
shall exercise henceforward m
this general superinten-
dence with the rank of " timber inspector," and with
a salary of 4001. in lieu of 350/. He is to have
(as at present.) two sub converters under him, to be
called " assistant-converters," who, with their two as-
sistants, will be employed exclusively in conversions
at the saw pits end have the salary of first and second
class inspector. But the general superintendence and
conversion of the timber are to rest with the timber in
Spector, and no timber is to be received by the store
receiver without his certificate. In case of any failure
in the contracts, or attempt to introduce into the yard
timber of an inferior quality, or not due, or not in ac-
cordance with the contract, the inspector is to report
the same to the superintendent, and copies of the repre-
sentations so made are to be sent to the Admiralty direct
in order that my Lords may have the means of judging
of the causes and character of his objections. When
vacancies occur, the timber inspector will be selected
from the foremen of the yard, and will be allowed one
clerk to keep the timber accounts, being a charge and
duty transferred from the storekeeper.
REMOVALS UPON PRoMoTIoN.
" Quarterly" Promotions of Foremen and In-
spectors.—Haying made provision for the more liberal
remuneration of the foremen and inspectors, and having
opened to them a field of honourable exertion in
which merit is as certain to lead to preferment as
any written regulations can make it, my Lords
conceive themselves entitled to hold the services
of these officers as absolutely at the disposal of the
Crown whenever and wherever they may be required.
They will lay down no general rule respecting age or
reinova;s et the time of promotion, hut it is their ieten-
lion early to fill up the vecanc:es up
oe the list of fere
/nen end inspectors once le every quarter, when the
quarterly returns from all the yards e ill be b. fore them.
tied they reserve the right nt tr.f.tv,r,rr:flg 411
upon promotion to any yard where it is the tight tlini
they reay prove moat uettful. My Lords except from

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LwEßrooL,Eta 5.

Srocx Excitateuk.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham,
Boston, and Eastern Junction, par—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, % p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 p.—Bucking-
hamshire, lie 3d. dis.—Caledonian, Halves, 1,(3 p.— Chester and
Birkenhead, 20/. Shares, par—East Lancashire, New, 21 p.—Ditto,
New (Scrip), 1% p.—East Lincolnshire, 3% p.—Edinburgh and
Glasgow, Halves, 80 --Fleetwood, Preston, and West Biding Junc-
tion, % p.—Great Northern (Nos. Ito 108,000), p.—Ditto (Nos.
106,001 and upwards), 4 p.—Leeds and Thlrsk, New, par—Liver-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 2% p.—London and North-Western,
185 ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, Grand Junction, 19 p ex div.- Ditto,
Quarters, New, 124 p.—London. Manchester, and Birmingham,
72 ex div. - Manchester and Southampton, 16s. 3d. dis.—Matnehes-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield).
4% dls.—Ditto. Docks, 2% di-.—Midland Stock, 12134—Ditto, 401.
Shares, 56 p.—North Stailorrishire, 3% p.--North Union (A). 210...•
ex div.--,hre.sbury and Chest. r (late N. W. M.). .INeo, Ise P. -
Ditto ditto, Ne, , par —Shrev.sbury and Birminghani, 151. 17-. !al.
Shares (A). 114 p.—Ditto, 9'. 12s. 3d. Shares (It), p,--Souti,
Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Tidr.N. 7% T.--South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole, 05..3d:y..:7-york.and_liorth 131,,

N(II)•:S ' it, MARCH 5,

STOCIS Excuslios.--The sales are—Ambergate, Nottligharn, and
Boston. 1-16 dis.- Birmingham and Oxford Junction, #3;‘, - lilacs-
burn, Clitheroe, &c., I -16 p c. n.--Esstern Counties, Perpetual, No.
2, 7—East Lancashire, New, 214 -Ditto, New (,scrip). I --East Lin•
cohishire, 34 - Edinburgh and (1148gow, Quarters, PsN --Exeter,
Yeovil. and Dorchester, %—Fieel wood, Preston, and W,a Riding
Junction, 5-16-- Great Northern (late London and York), Iteg„
--Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport (West Lancashire), 2 -- London,
Brighton, and South Coast, 5374—Manchester and Leeds, 3'21. Shares
(late Extension). 34--Manchester, Shettele, and Lincolnshire
Quarters. No. 2, 224 Ditto, Eighths, 34 --Msuichester and South-
ampton, 15s. —North Briti,h, Extension, /4 —North Staffordshire,
34 - North Staffordshire .krid ::'hurnet Valley Junction, 2 p.--01d-
ham Alliance, 34 —Prest,n and Wyre, 11,ilves (B), r _-Shropshire
Union, 34 c.—south-Eastern and Dover, No 4, 13-16—South Stat.
lordshire, 13-16—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 5-16—West
Riding Union, 1% —Wharfdale, 3-16—York and Newcastle, Prefer-
ence, c.