The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Britannia, 120, Capt.
Drake, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Om-
maney, K.C.8., went out of harbour on Monday. It
is customary at all titles for many persons to congregate
on the Platform when a three-decker leaves the har-
bour, for such an occurrence is somewhat rare ; but the
events connected with the necessity of reinforcing our.
squadron in the Mediterranean, and the contemplation
that this noble ship may be called upon to take part in
those measures already so gallantly begun, imparted
additional interest to the Britannia leaving the harbour-;
and on this occasion, therefore, the Platform and ram-
parts were crowded with spectators. When the Bri-
tannia came abreast of the Platform, at eleven o'clock,
the hour at which the troops appointed for the day's

about 80,000/. collected upon 531 other - - -
duty are inspected prior to their marching off to their
articles, and excluding 147 articl,s, respective guards, the commanding officer ordered
upon which an excess of drawback of the troops to pile their arms and mount the
5 3981 was allowed, produced the total ' ramparts. With alacrity the order was
revenue of z£22,962,610 obeyed. They rushed to the ramparts, followed by
It will he seen that 17 articles, affording the largest the splendid band of the 72d Regiment, and waving
amount of Customs revenue, are articles of the first nc- their caps, spontaneously gave three hearty cheers, in
cessity and importance to the community ; viz. sugar, which they were joined by the concourse assembled.
tea, tobacco, spirits, wine, timber, eorn, coffee, butter, This was repeated several times, the band continuing to
currants, tallow, seeds, raisins, cheese, cotton wool, play " Rule Britannia." The effect of the scene alto-
sheep's wool, and silk manufactures ; and that the inte- gether was very exhilirating. The Britannia, with the
rests of the public revenue have been by no means the Howe, have been busy all the week in completing their
primary consideration in levying the import duties, inas- stores and equipments, and both ships are now nearly
much as competing foreign produce is in some instances in a sea-going state. The Howe yesterday received
excluded, and in others checked by high differential du- from Woolwich a schooner full of ordnance stores,
ties, levied for the protection of British colonial inte- towed round by the Fearless steamer, consisting of 400
rests ; and in many cases such differential duties do not barrels of ball-cartridges of 500 each, and 9.50 boxes
answer the object proposed, for it appears, in the case of muskets with bayonets, &c., making in all 5,000 fur
of foreign cloyed sugars, where it was obviously intended distribution among the Syrians. The Britannia's crew
they should be excluded from the British market, that was augmented yesterday by a draft of 80 men from
the monopoly granted to British colonial sugars has so the Queen, and the Howe received an addition of 130
enormously raised the prices in our market, that they from the Victory. There arc still some hundreds of
have lately come into consumption, though charged with good disposable men in the port, and these were added
a duty of 635. per cwt., while our plantation sugars pay to yesterday by the Vulcan bringing several prime hands
only 245. from Weymouth ; and the Pantaloon brig is gone to
Another inconvenience which the differential duties the eastward for others.
create is, that they offer a premium for evading the in- Rear-Admiral Sir John A. Ommanney struck his
tention of the Legislature ; foreign coffees are charged flag this evening, and proceeded to London to receive
Is. 3d. per lb., colonial coffees only Gd., while coffees his orders and instructions. His ship will be paid wages
imported from the Cape of Good Hope pay 91 Now, in the course of the ensuing week ; and she will proceed
as the cost of sending, in an unusual and indirect way, to sea about Sunday the 25th. It is quite gratifying to
coffee from foreign countries to the Cape is only from find, that seamen enter readily under the impression that
id. to Id. per lb., very large quantities are shipped from their services will he required.
the Brazils and Hayti to the Cape, and thence re-shipped The Rodney, 92, Captain Maunsell, arrived at Gib-
to England ; the English consumer thus pasß the in- raltar on the 28th ult., and proceeded to join Admiral
creased duty, and the difference of freight, and the fo- Stopford on the same day.
reign coffee is not excluded from the British market, The Sardinian frigate, Eurydice, arrived at Gibraltar,
though it was obviously the purpose of the law to ex- on her way to Genoa, on the 26th ult.
elude it. The Victor, 18, Commander Dawson, arrived at Ha-
Your Committee cannot refrain from impressing lifax from Jamaica, on the 30th ult.
strongly on the attention of the House that the ef- The Ringdove, 18, arrived at Plince Edward's
feet of prohibitory duties, while they are of course Island, on the 19th ult.
wholly unproductive to the revenue, is to impose The schooner yacht Kate, Sir Simon Clark, was at
an indirect tax on the consumer, often equal to the Halifax on the 14th ult.
whole difference of price between the British The Pilot, 18, was at Quebec on the i3.9th ult.
article and the foreign article which the prohibi- Tee Queen, 110, for the flag of the Commaeder-in-
tion excludes. This fact has been strongly and Chief, was removed to her moorings on Tuesday, on
emphatically urged on your Committee by several wit- which day the Pembroke was taken up to the harbour.
nesses ; and the enormous extent of taxation so levied It is reported that the Warspite, 50, razee, and the
cannot fail to awaken the attention of the House. On Vindictive, 50, razec
have , will shortly
be ben e commssuedissione upon d. No
articles of food alone, it is averred, according to the orders, however, as yet ith
testimony laid before the Committee, that the amount subject.
taken from the consumer exceeds the amount of all the The Vengeance,
84, was taken into dock on Thurs-
other taxes which are levied by the Government. And day ; and the Indus, 78, is preparing for commission
the witnesses concur in the opinion that the sacrifices with all despatch.
of the community are not confined to the loss of re- The Locust, steam-vessel, has
Mbeen commissionedo at
venue, but that they are accompanied by injurious ef- Woolwich—Lieut. Joh Lun, r'. W. C. Triphok,
fects upon wages and capital ; they diminish greatly the second master, and Mrn .R. C. Crispin, clerk in charge,
productive powers of the country, and limit our active are appointed to her.
The Prince Regent, transport, Lieut. B. Jeffery,
trading relations.
Somewhat similar is the action of high and protec- Agent, arrived this morning from Jamaica and Ber-
tive duties. These impose upon the consumer a tax muda ; she brings 113convictsfrom the lett r I ,
with womene p aand
equal to the amount of the duties levied upon the fo- and about 200 invalids (soldiers),
tai =n article, whilst it also increases the price of all children ; and 130 tons
aot Breetrurne da. * d stores The Thun-
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the competing home-produced articles to the same der, surveying ship,
was
amount as the duty ; but that increased price goes, The Salamander, o
Thursday took round to the
not to the treasury, but to the protected manufacturer. Eastward the officers off the Camperdown lent to the
It is obvious that high protective duties cheek importa- Howe, and army
invalids.
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tion, and consequently are unproductive to the reve- NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND Al\'
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nue ; and experience shows, that the profit to the APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenants—John Lunn, to Lo-
trader, the benefit to the consumer, and the fiscal in• cust steam-vessel , John Steane, to c
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terests of the country, are all sacrificed when heavy,' im- stearn-vessel, 'service in the'
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The inquiries of your Committee have naturally led Somerville transport ; M. ,
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on manufacture and labour. They find, on the pof
those who are connected with some of the most important cutsteac.ond
of our manufactures, a conviction, and a growing con- 1 C. ri
victinn, that the protective system is not, on the whole, steam-Vessel.
beneficial to the protected manufacturers themselves. Surgheon—Drh. Anthony Yeoman, to the Pearl ; Dr.
Several witnesses have expressed the utmost willingness Mt/krt. ur, tso t e Howe.
to surrender any protection they have from the tariffs, Assistant-Surgeon—Alex. urgeon—Alex. Woodcock (additional) to
and disclaim any benefit resulting from that protection ; the i. ester.
and your Committee, in investigating the subject AS to Clerk.in-charge---R. C. Crispin, to the Locust steam-
the amount of duties levied oa the plea of protection to vessel.
British manufactures, have to report that the amount Mates—John Millbourne Jackson J. C. Rowles, and
does not exceed half a million sterling ; and some of the , J. C. W. N. Taylor, to the Excellent , J. J. Dornford,
manufacturers, who are supposed to be most interested R. A. Buchanan, F. Freeliner", H. Bainbridge. C. Hein-
in retaining those duties, are quite willing they should
sted, to the Howe ; G. L. Palmer, to the Stags: M. L.
be abolished, for the purpose of introducing a more B. Cockraft, to the Albert steamer (for the iger ex-
liberal system into our commercial policy. petition).
Your Committee gather from the evidence that has Midshipman—Pakenham Osborne to the Howe.
been laid before them, that while the prosperity of our Vol. hat ,
be anna,
own manufactures is not toClass—Adolphus B. Oldfield, to the Br:-
traced to benefits de- ti