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THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON FOR 1845.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 9.—By a return, moved for in
the House of Commons by Commodore Sir C. Napier,
or the weights, draught of water, &c., of the , experi-
mental squadron, on the second and itird cruise, similar
to the return' of the first cruise ; the greatest inclina-
tion of each ship when carryincr sail, and the gieatest
number of degrees each ship rolled, and the npmber, of
spars sprung and carried away during the cruises ;
their defects on returning into port, and the expense of
Making the, defects goods," we are put in possession of
some very important facts relating to the above par-
ticulars.

THE LONDON GAZETTF,
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From etc official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
LONDON, TIIURSDAY, APRIL 9.
XOINT-STOCIS SAN .5.

WHITEHALL, Aram 9, 1846.

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The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, fur granting the
dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland unto Major-General Sir Henry
George Wakelyn Smith, of Alliwaul, on the Sutlej,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military
Order of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body
lawfully begotten.
Notice is hereby given, that we, the undersigned,
being three of the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma-
jesty's Treasury, have, in ousuance of the execution of
the powers vested in us by an Act, passed in the eighth
and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty
Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act for the general regu-
lation of the Customs," appointed the port of Preston,
in the county of Lancaster, to be a port for the importa-
tion of tobacco.

With regard to the expense of making good the de-
fects of each ship, the return gives the following as the
amount :

The St. Vincent, 120, incurred fur defects made good
at Devonport, on the 20th of September, 1843,
125/. Its. 2d. For defects made good at the same port,
on the 10th of October following, 4s. Other defects, of
a numerous and expensive character, are also repot tr d
in the return as defects at Portsmouth, 13th Of No-
vember, 1845, but which are not yet taken in hand,
consequently no amount is furnished. Total amount
reported, 125/. 16s. 2d.
_ _

Given under our hands, at the Treasury-chambers,
Whitehall, this 31st day of March, 1846.
____

The Trafalgar, 120, new ship, her first commission,
cost, for defects, at Devonport, on the 20th of Septem-
ber, 1845, 1041. 7s. 4,1.; for defects made good at the
same port on the 10th of October following, 143/. 185.
10d. Total, 2481. 6s. 2d.

WILLIAM CRIPPS.
RALPH NEVILLE.
S. T. CARNEGIE.
Office of the Poor-law Commissioners,
Somerset House, April 7. 1846.
In pursuance of an Act, passed in the session of Par-
liament held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 76, inti
tnlel "An Act for the amendment and better adminis-
tration of the laws relating to the poor in England and
Wales ":

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The Albion, 90, for defects repaired at Devonport on
the 20th of September, 1845: 251/. 19s. 5d.; ditto, I 1 t h
of October followbag, 20/. 11:.; ditto, 3d of December
following, 513/. 2s. Bd. 'Total, 7851. 131. Id.
The Rodney, 92, for defects repaired at Devonport,
20th December, 1845, 236/. 19s. 11d.; ditto, 10th of Oc-
tober following, 28/. ss. Bd. Long list f defects re-
ported on the 3d of December, but which were not made
good at Devonport, consequently no amount; is affixed.
Defects on the 10th of December, 1845, made good at
Portsmouth, 947/. 18s. 2d. Total, 1,213/. 3s. 9d.
The Vanguard, 80, defects at Davenport. 20th Sep-
tember, 1845, 411/. 19s. 10d.; ditto, at Portsmouth, 13th
of October following, 2,006/. 15s. 7d.; ditto, at Devon-
port, 3d of December following, 4831 7s. 3d. Total,
2,9021. 2s. Bd.
The Superb, 80, defects at Devonport, 20th of Sept.,
1845, 54/. 19s. 7d. ; ditto, at Portsmouth, on the Ist
of October following, 1,253/. 19s. 7d. ; ditto, at Devon-
port, on the 10th of the same month, 70/. 14s. 11d.
Long list of defects reported at Devonport on the 3d of
December,. not made good there. Defects at Ports-
mouth, on the 10th of the same month, 1,1011. 9s. 33.
Total, 2,4811 3s. 4d.
The Canopus, 84, defects at Devonport, 20th Sep-
tember, 1845, 127/. Is. 6d. ; ditto, at same port, 10th
October following. 301. 7s. 11d. ; ditto, at the same
port, 3d December following, 936/. 10s. 4d. Total,
1,093/. 19s. 9d.
The Daring, 12, for defects at Devonport, on the 20th
of September, 1845, 18s. 6d. ; ditto, at the same port
on the 3d of December following, long list not made
good at that port ; ditto, on the 10th of December, at
Portsmouth, 402/. 16s. Ild. Total, 403/. 15s. sd.
The Rattler, screw steam-sloop, for defects made
good at Portsmouth, on the 24th of September, 1845,
227/. ss. ; ditto, at Devonport, 10th of October follow-
ing, 44/. 2s. 2d. ; ditto, at Portsmouth, 3d of November
following, 1,600/. 15s. Total, 1,672/. 2s. 2d.
Each list of defects is signed by the captain arsd car-
penter of each ship, and the cost. of repairing them
signed by the Master-Attendant, Master-Shipwright,
and Storekeeper of the respective duck-yards at which
they were made good ; comment, therefore, is unne-
cessary.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, the flag-ship
of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, Commander-in-Chief of
the squadron, was built on the lines furnished by the
late Sir W. Rule ; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain W. F.
Martin, was built by Mr. 0. Laing, Mater-Shipwright
of Woolwich Dockyard, at that yard, in 1841 ; the
Queen, 110, Captain Sir B. Walker, was built on the
plan furnished by Sir W. Symonds, Surveyor of the
Navy, at Portsmouth Dockyard, in 1839 • the Rodney,
92, Captain E. Collier, was built on the plans furnished
by the late Sir R. Seppings, Surveyor of the Navy, at
Pembroke Dockyard, in 1833; the Albion, 90, Captain
N. Lockyer, was built on the plans of Sir W. Symonds,
at Devonport Dockyard, in 1842; the Vanguard, 80,
Captain G. W. Willes, and the Superb, 80, Captain,. A.
L. Corry, were also built by Sir W. Symonds (the for-
mer at Pembroke Dockyard in 1836, and the latter at
the same yard in 1842) ; the Canopus, 84, Captain F.
Moresby, is of French construction, and was captured
at the battle of the Nile ; the Rattler, screw propelled
sloop, was built by the Surveyor of the Navy, at Sheer-
ness, in 1843 ; and the Daring, 12, Commander Schom-
berg, was built by Mr. White, of Cowes, in 1844.
The Rochester and Falmouth dockyard lighters ar-
rived yesterday with stores from the Eastern yards.
The Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander J. J. M'Donell,
arrived from her cruizing ground off the Sussex coast
this morning to obtain supplies.
The Blenheim transport, Lieut. E. War 3, agent, sailed
o.is morning for Deptford.
The Ferret, 8, Commander George Sprigg, arrived
this morning from Sheerness, and sailed this evening for
Plymouth.
The 'Emerald tender sailed to-day for Plymouth with
supernumeraries.
The St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. Grant, Knight, the
flag- ship of Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., was removed to•
day from th:- ba in, and brought alongside the jetty to
make room for the Oriental mail-steamer, which came
from Southampton yesterday, to be docked, and was
taken in on her removal.

This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commis-
sioners have appointed John Thomas Graves, of th(-
Inner-temple, Esq. Barrister-at• Law, to be an Assis-
tant Rommissioner of Poor-lave ; and that the said
John Thomas Graves, on the 7th day of April instant,
took the oath required by the said Act before the Hon.
Mr. Justice Creswell, one of the Judges of her Ma-
jesty's Court of Common Pleas, at his chambers, in
Rolls'-gardens, Chancery-lane.
By order of the Board,
EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.
Office of the Poor-law Commissioners,
Somerset-h-house, April 7, 1846.

In pursuance of an Act passed in the:session of Par-
liament held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 79, in-
tituled, An Act for the amendment and better admt-
administratied of the laws relating to the poor in Eng-
land and Wales."

This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commis-
sioners have appointed John Ball, of No. 85.
Stephen's-green, Dublin, Esq., barrister-at-law, to
be an Assistant Commissioner of Poor-laws fur a
period of six months from the second day of
April instant ; and that the said Jolyz Ball, on the
3d day of April instant, took the oath required by the
said Act before the Hon. Mr. Justice Cresswell, one of
the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at
his chambers in Rolls' -gardens, Chancery-lane.
By order of the Board,
EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.
Office of the Poor-law Commissioners, Somerset House,
April 7.
This is to notify that, in pursuance of an Act passed
in the session of Parliament held in the first and second
years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria,
intituled " An Act for the more effectual relief of the
destitute poor in Ireland," the Poor-law Commissioners
have directed John Ball, Esq., Assistant Poor-law
Commissioner, to carry the provisions of the said Act
into execution.

By order of the Board,
EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.
ADMIRALZY, APRIL 7.

Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Quar-
termaster C. Miller to be Captain, vice Dwyer, trans-
ferred to the Artillery Companies of the Corps ; First
Lieutenant H. Bremer to be Csptain, vice Logan, trans-
ferred to the Artillery Companies of the Corps ; Second
Lieutenant H. G. J. Davies to be First Lieutenant, vice
Miller, promoted ; Second Lieutenant R. V. Allen to be
First Lieutenant, vice Bremer, promoted.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower

Hamlets.

G. C. Reiman, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; A.
W. Beetham, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 7.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire..
F. R. Haggitt, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 6
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxford.
Col. H. Dawkins, R. B. Marsham, Esq., J. S. Phil-
lips, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants, March 27.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant S. W.
Gardiner to be Captain, vice Lampet, who retires,
April 2.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of

Forfar.

W. B. Gardyne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Dalgairns to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant, March 27.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham.
Durham Militia—J. R. Bowlby, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, March 23.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Bate.
The Lord Rossmore to be Deputy Lieutenant; the
Right Hon. J. S. Wortley to be Deputy Lieute-
nant ; Lieutenant Colonel C. Stuart to be Deputy
Lientenant ; A. Fullerton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
R. WlCirdy, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; W. lelar-
shalljEsq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; D. Salmond, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; A. Sharp, Esq., to be De-
puty-Lieutenant ; C. V. Stuart, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, March 7 ; N. Jamieson, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant, March 17.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 8.

The Childers, 12, Commander J. C. Pittman, was re-
moved from the basin this morning, and taken alongside
her hulk the Topaz.
The Experimental steam• squadron at Spithead exer-
cised their crews in gunnery (target practice) this af-
ternoon.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Montague Ganrga
Smith, of Hemel Hempstead, in the county of Hertford,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court
of Chancery.

We regret to announce the death of Captain Charles
Burrough Strong, R.N. (1819), which took place yester-
day, under very melancholy and distressing circum-
stances; the gallant deceased having ruptured a blood-
vessel. Captain Strong was Midshipman of the Irresis-
tible, in Bridport's action, and of the Colossus, off Cape
St. Vincent. Served in her boats at two bombardments
of Cadiz, and in several actions with Cadiz flotilla in
1797. Acting Lieutenant of the Genereux, at the sur-
render of Malta, and of Genoa, and capture of the
French frigate Diane, in 1800. Was Lieutenant of the
Pearl at the defence of Porto Ferrajo, and capture of the
French frigate Carriere in 1801, and in command of ber
boats at the capture of a convoy in the Piombino Chad-
nel, and on other occasions. Was Lieutenant of the
Irareortaiite and Clyde, during the frequent actions with
the French flotillas and batteries, and wounded. In 1807
he commanded the boats cutting out a vessel under the
pier-bead at Fecamp ; was senior Lieutenant of the
Clyde at Flushing; constantly in action with the gun-
boats; was commander of the Bustard co-operating wiih
the Spanish patriots in 1811-12, when he was wounded;
and covered the landing and retreat of General Donkin
at Dania. His commissions bear date—Lieutenant, Feb.
25, 1801; Commander, March 14, 1811; Captain, Aug.
-12, 1819. Captain Strong received pecuniary reward
-for his brilliant services from the Patriotic I' and, and
has been residing at Southsea for some years. A better
officer, or one more deeply respected, the country never
boasted.