The Sun.
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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1847.

Car n total power, is so essential to our very exis-
f.r,ce as a nation, that too many precautions 'cannot
be ts'ken for the prevention of its decay, too much
iTo-nest cannot be felt in its prosperity, or too much
CL". tiny cast upon the administration of that depart-
ment of our national service. We have already ex-
pr: -sed our satisfaction at the vigorous course entered
ur,na by the present Government in reference to the
e -nsion and development of our maritime ervergies.
1.1 ,he able and comprehensive speech, deliveted on
Fi',.l),y evening by the Hon. Gentlemen the Secretary
Admiralty, we have recognised the programme
" innovation most propitious end most conso-
' But our observations upon the re quisi-
announced in that statement of the naval
tes for the current year were ineces-
restiicted to the consideration of the
circumstance that a new system. was

to be adopted. Our congratulations to the
were, for ostensible reasons, confined to the
nnouncement of an increase in those important
L It is, however, so essential that the n Loney
. :obt-iacted from the Exchequer shoul.d be
• applied—that, in short, with the minimum of
we should obtain the maximum of s.dvanitage
we r"e induced to return to the examin.ation
o WARD's clover and satisfactory statemen t.
• hsve been the perpetual •themes of the
serutators of the Admiralty ? riChese
:—.-first, the mal.applicaticn of the moneys

fiy expended in our naval affair=, ' and,
the niggardliness of the amounts com-
p ;A in our annual estimates for that ser-
?-. It would be absurd 9nd futile to deny the
v "dity of those accusations. That parsimony has
t.n evinced by our Legislature in the sums voted
1. :cdically to this most national and rational ex:pen-
(." 'Lire, is manifest on comparing the gross calculation
he naval estimates of France, not a merely roar--
nation, and of the naval estimates of Great
stain, essentially and pre-eminently a mariitime
ion. Mr. WARD has contrasted those by no means
9'wlogous estimates. We have repeated that con-
t rst ; we have done more, we have enumerate& the
N sous amounts devoted to the English navy as far :back
a 1816, and as recently as 1844—an enumer %don
I)ich would be of itself sufficient testimony the our
'sour as an insular empire has been stunted, instead of
I ; *ig been fostered to a natural and noble mattr.rity.

pile a sagacious neighbour, with all its mural, and
,„;,neering, and military means of defence, has lbeen
' -.'sbing millions upon its extraneous imam.
12 cats of protection and aggression—namely, its
-remise; England has been doling out the 4:ash
t -ich was absolutely requisite for the maintena nee
• our only safeguard—the main cause of all our na-
Curial greatness—the glory and boast, and, whl t is
racrc-, the very bulwark of our magnificent dc,mi-
u'ors. That the application of the moneys voted by
P, •..anient for our naval service has neither teen
• ractelised by the highest prudence nor the n iost
judicious economy, is an assertion wholly indisputable.
And it is this mal-application of the national re-
venues that has excited the attention and aroused the
ei:,argies of Sir CHARLES NAPIER. That there has
ix 2.1 considerable reason for the indignation exprel ,sed
by that gallant officer is certain : the very reforms
e- ounced by the Admiralty through their Secret ary
• :'ilday se'nnight, is a plain acknowledgment that
was something to be reformed, and the deraand
-1 extension of the naval estimates, which was
se announced in the same speech by Mr.

necessarily implied that the previous esti-

were regrrded by the present Right Hots. the
of the Admiralty as having been insufficien t and
lonious. So for the acctuations of Sir CHARLES
_,a, and the proceedings of the present n-
ally and it is with singular satisfacti on we
I:;=,erved the bold and decided course taken by
v.inment an Ws delicate, but absolutely neces-
: 'nayJinn.

':ung the most advantageous regulatioria con-
;3 t tbis improved system must be ex:Tpresslv
ilmised, the advancement of the corps o f naval
c ^<rs from ranking with the ships' carpel] tars to
t :.-?1 position to which they are entitled r.s gen-
t' -11, together with an increased pay from 131. ls.
r- month as heretofore, to 251. per month, propor-
to the vat ions grades of the profession.. The
c -•:equence of such a modification of the isting
syttem is obvious. Talent and respectabilit; r
.will
ti- be insured, and the service perform° 3 will
rrtorelly be done more effectually from th e cir-
comstance of its being performed more cordially.
I t!ddition to this, no less than 20,000/. are pro-
p.--,?d to be applied to the organization of the' dock-
s. corps ; the leave of 'absence granted to semen
vrnm remaining on the ship's books, is to be er:ended
to. aix weeks, with the simple proviso of :leaving
clothes, kit, &c., in the local dockyard. Th,e total
v6‘e for salaries and wages is 810,664/. These: salu-
1-;,- measures are, moreover, accompanied by a. :scheme
must tend to the substantial benefit of the
by exciting a wholesome spirit of emulation
tl‘,:oughout all the subordinate artizans in the
di Terent dockyards of Great Britaba. By
the plan unfolded by Mr. WARD, each -man is
to allured and incited to the most etieri torious
dischrrge of his duties by opening up to him :a series
of promotions and rewards. With an extomsion of
wages, and a systematic education, they ti 4.11 be in
such a position that the improvement of Els ir con-
dition must inevitably result from their own p robity,
sobriety, industry, and intelligence. Thum they
..-,u Id be enabled to anticipate their gradual ell* ,vation
to he rank of foremen, and thence, by suci !essivo
sto:ses, to be inspectors and dock-masters, with a pos-
sib.e income of 6001. per annum, and a residenc a free
of rent. It is by such sensible enactments th At the
interests of our naval service may be best coast ilted;
and the prosperity of that naval service is synon a mous
with the grandaur, the strength, and the stability of
the empire.

i'Arid papers of the 22d hrve arrived.
e debate on the Address continued in the C 1 tuber

of ;I'.:=Fllities, and Senor PIDAL, one of the late 161 anis.
,19-1 commenced his defence of the Istuam Ca-
bi again.t the attacks of Senors CoRTINA and: Ros
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;: Herald() says that the Government is addit gto
th Cady enormous army. A corps is to be static med
fori:i,ith on the frontiers of Portugal, and anotl rin