The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

Tod !4`. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 !8;1

THE BRITISH NAVY.

OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE NAVAL FORCE OF GREAT BRITAIN,
ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY, 1841.
Commissioners for executing the dfice of Lord High
Admiral of the Unitcd Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland.
The Right lion. Gilbert Earl of pinto, G. C.B.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K C.B.
Sir William Parker, K. C. B.
Captain Sir Edmund Thomas Troubridge, Bart.
Capt. Sir Sam. John Brooke Pechell, Bart.,K.C.B.
The Right Hon. Archibald Lord D,►lmeny.
FLAG OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY.
Admiral of the Fleet—Sir Charles Edmund Nugent,
G. C. H..

Admirals of the Red 7
Ditto White
Ditto Bluc ll

Vice-Admirals of the Red ..
Ditto
Ditto Blue ..

20
23

Rear-Admirals of the Red
D:Vo White 42
Ditto Blue

Captains on retired half.pay
Captains on the retired half. pay of 149 61. per diem 100
D:tto ditto I2s. G• 1. " 150
Ditto ditto 105.61. "

Retired Cr.ptains, Commanders under her Majesty's
Order in Council of the 10,h of August, 1840 ••• 49
Commanders
Ditto retired under his Majesty's Order in Couacil
of the 30,h of Jinn-try, 1816, on the half-pay of
e3e. per diem ..
••••
Ditto retired under •
his Majesty's Order in Council
of the Ist November, 1830, on the half-pay of 7s
per diem
N.v al Knights of Windsor (Licu:cnants)
Lieutenants on the half-pay of 7s. per diem ........99
Ditto ditto 6a. "
Ditto ditto

609
9,053

2,752

blasters superannuated
Ditto for service, on the haf pay of 7s lOO
Ditto ditto 65 2OO
Ditto ditto 5s 152

Pursers on the half-pay of 6i. per diem
Ditto ditto 53.
Ditto ditto 4s.

528

MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Inspectors of Hospitals and Fleets
Deputy Inspectors ditto.
Surgeons retired
Surgeons retired on a commuted allowance .... 43
Ditto unfit for further active service 219
Surgeons for service
Assistant- Surgeons unfit for service 55
Assistant-Surgeons fit for service 277
Dispensers of Hospitals 8
Chaplains retired 40
Ditto for active service 34
ROYAL MARINE FORCES.
Head-quarters, Gibraltar.)
Major. Generals
Colonels Commandants of Divisions
Colonels and Second Commandants
Lieutenant Colonels .
Captains
First Lieutenants .
Second ditto .

124

ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY.
( Head-quarters, Portsmouth.)
Lieutenant-Co!onels
Captains
Field Officers
Colonels on retired full pay
Lieutenant- Colonels, ditto
Majors .
Captains
First Lieutenants
Second ditto
Lieutenant-Colonels on reserved half pay
Majors
Captains 7O
First Lieutenants
Second ditto 135
The Hugel Marine forces consist of 90 companies, sta-
tioned as follows, viz.:
Chatham lst division, 22 companies--1,5, 9, 13. 17,
21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 70,
72, 73, 77.

62

Portsmouth 2d division, 27 companics_2, 6, 10, 14,
IS, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66,
68, 74, 78, 81. 82, 85, 86, 87, 90.
Plymouth 3d division, 23 companies-3,7, 11, 15,
19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 51, 55, 58, 61, 64, 67,
69,71, 75, 79, 83.

Woolwich 4th division, 18 companies-4,8, 12, 16,
20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 76, 80, 84, 88, 89.
Royal Marine Artillery, 2 companies.
The British Navy, the most extensive in the world,
consists of 584 ships of war mounting from 10 to 120
guns each, of various calibre ; of these 84 aro armed
steam-vessels, built on the most approved principles for
active service.

This immense fleet, the strong bulwark of England, is
manned by 20,000 able-bodied seamen, 2,000 stout lads,
and 10,000 Royal marines.

REGISTRATION OF LETTERS.

TO TEE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
SIR,—I believe I may say with confidence that the
recent regulation for registering money letters is not
calculated to satisfy those for whose benefit it. is in-
tended, both on account of its tediousness and expense.
I submit to you the following plan, equally simple in its
arrangement, less expensive to both the Post-office and
the public, and attended with every security the present
plan offers.
I would have covers or envelope.; provided especially
for the purpose of cash letters, to carry not exceeding'
one ounce, and to be sold for sixpence each ; to be num-
' bered in the same way as Bank notes, and printed in-
side in the same form as at present. Oa presenting one
of these at any post-office, I would present a duplicate•
of the number of the stamp and address, for the purpose
of receiving the post mark of the town where it is posted,
in the same way as the letter, and then the clerks in
every office through which it passes should be required
to take the number, and attach to it the Post-office
stamp in the same way. Of course I should only pro-
pose this plan for inland letters, and am persuaded that
it is worthy of the attention of the Post-office authori-
ties, both on account of its effi,iiency and economy.
Doncaster, Jai. 13. JUVENIS.

CHARTIST MEETING At tiAtll

TriE EbiPOli 'IIE
Sir—Your account from a Correspondent, di` the Cha-
rity Meeting at Bath, is so gross a mis-statement, that it
is impossible for any one having a regard for truth to
suffer it to pass without correction. That the Mayor
took the chair upan that occasion, that mast of the
Clergy were present, and that the awl:tory were cow-
posed of a large proportion of the working classes, is
just all that is correct in the communication of your
Correspondent. For instance, he sta:es, that the speak-
ers instead of being met with cheers, were assailed with
vociferations from hundreds of voices, " We want jus-
tiec, and not charity." Instead of this there was not a
speaker, from the opening address of the Mayor to the
last step of the meeting (his returning thanks), that was
not heard attentively, and with marks of the most un-
equivocal satisfaction. One attempt there was at inter-
ruption ; it was by a woman—but she was immediately
called to order, rot by the chair, but by the people.
Your Correspondent also states that the proceedings
were for the most part dumb show, and were hurried

through amidst much visible fear. I have shown you
already how atttntively the speakers were listened to,
the you will rc,ard that statement of " your Cor-
respondent" as one of those contradictions inevitable to
the exercise of mendacity.

But then, says your Correspondent, the Mayor quitted
the chair when Mr. Philp rose to move a resolution
Oa the contrary, the Mayor vacated the chair to re-
ceive the thanks of the meeting, which were cordial')
voted to him, and which he rose to acknowledge, when
Mr. Philp got up to speak upon the Charter ; for no
sooner had this meeting (called for by the inclemency
of the season and the pressing necessities of the poor)
ben advertised, than the Chartists issued a placard inti-
mating their intention to pervert the meeting into an
occasion for insisting upon the Charter. Now the inha-
bitants of this city felt such a design to be nothing
less than an outrageous attack upon their consti-
tutional right of meeting ❑pon any given cbj,et,
and therefore it was the determination of every

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one, except the Chartists, that no such aggres•
sign should be submitted to. Bat the truth
is the pree,_iLdings of the Chartists in this CAS,: wi.re
most unusually out of order. The business of the day
was concluded, the Mayor bad left the chair, and re-
ceived the thanks of the meeting, when the Chartists
commenced their interruption. In demanding, there-
fore, to be heard at that time, they asked for nothing
less than a re•cammencement of the morning's business,
a course that never would have been attempted but by
a party that seem bent on prejudicing their cause by
outraging every established rule of order and decorum.
The business of the day being done, the Mayor, there-
fore, left the room.

I cannot conclude without again correcting your
Correspondent. He says the police were" exceedingly
active in pushing the people out of the room." There
was not a policeman present, and the Chartists them-
selves soon left when they found there was none but
their own party to give them audience. In corrobora-
tion of my statement, I have sent you one of our local
Journals ; and to satisfy you that there is moiling of
party representation in the matter, I will send you
another in the course of the week.

I have been the more concerned to correct this
statement in your Paper, because of the Liberal charac-
ter it has attained. It is deplorable indeed to see a
print like yours lending itself to the errors of the Chart-
ists, and pandering (not designedly) to the meanest vice
of cur nature, misrepresentation. I am no enemy to
the Chartists considered as men, much less as English-
men ; but I am, and always hope to be, an enemy to
their errors. It is in your power to do much to cor-
rect these errors, so obstinate at. present to the progress
of improvement, and so hostile to the principles and
very name of iiberty.—l am, Sir, your obedient,
J.in. 13, 1841. VIGIL.
[We have inserted the letter of " Vigil" entire, al•
though it makes unjust reflections on the line adopted
by this Journal. We must, at the same time. for his
information, state that while " Vigil" writes anony-
mously, the Correspondent of whom he complains, gave
his name.]