The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-17 00:00:00

and to which, it is believed, the whole establishment is to
be removed from here. _

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DEVONPORT, SEPT. 15.—Yesterday the ceremony of
laying the foundation-stone of the Royal Naval and
Military Free School was
-performed by the First Lord of
the Admiralty, the Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland,
G.O B.
At ten o'clock in the morning a procession started
from the Town-hall, attended by the band of the Royal
Marines, and headed by seamen and marines, bearing
flags and banners. They were followed by the infant
school, girls' school, boys' school, subscribers, friends,
and committee ; officers of the navy and army, visitors,
commissioners of Devonport, superintendent of police,
mayor, magistrates, and Town Council of Devonport,
members of Town Council of Plymouth, architect, con-
tractors, the clergy and ministers of all denominations.
The Earl of Auckland and the other Lords of the Admi-
ralty were immediately preceded by Captains and Com-
manders R.N. in commission, Colonels and Majors of
regiments, Commandants Royal Engineers and Royal
Artillery, Colonel Beatty, Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel
Pym, Captain Sir T. Fellowes, C. 8., Major-General the
Hon. H. Murray, and Port-Admiral Sir John West.
On reaching the ground in King-Street, the Rev. W.
R. Payne, the chaplain in ordinary, offered prayer. The
stone was then lowered in its place, and adjusted by his
Lordship in the usual manner. After the children had
sung the national anthem, the Earl of Auckland, ad-
dressing the Worshipful the Mayor of Devonport, said,
that however much he had been -pleased on Saturday,
by the honour which then devolved on him of laying the
foundation•stone of the great national undertaking at
Morice-town, still that pleasure was surpassed by his
feelings on the present occasion, when the moral and
spiritual education of those brave defenders of their
country, her seamen and soldiers, was so deeply con-
cerned. He had always taken a sincere and lively in-
terest in the education of the people, especially in that
system which was entirely free from sectarianism ; and
he now most heartily congratulated the Mayor of De-
vonport, and those gentlemen' who had actively pro-
moted the present measure, on the successful result
which had attended their efforts ; and concluded by
saying that be should esteem it as a honour and a pri-
vilege to be allowed to enrol his name in the list of sub-
scribers to the institution.

Mr. Blackmore, the Mayor of Devonport, having in
suitable terms, acknowledged his Lordship's address, the
band of the Royal Marines played the national anthem,
and the ceremony, which was attended by a vast con-
course of persons, concluded.
In the afternoon the Lords of the Admiralty visited
the sail-lofts in her Majesty's dockyard, and witnessed
the result of some experiments on sail-cloth that had
been previously saturated with a preparation. The
canvass, which was quite rotten in consequence, parted
with a very small amount of force. Their Lordship's
then went on board her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120,
Captain Milne, in Hamoaze, and minutely inspected
that fine vessel. In the evening they patronized a ball
at Elliott's Royal Hotel, given in aid of the funds of the
Female Orphan Asylum at Stoke. The front of the
hotel was brilliantly illuminated with a handsome star
and the letters "V. A." The ball was attended by a
fashionable company, and being crowded to excess, no
doubt contributed a handsome sum towards the newly-
erected institution.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

THE DEVIL'S ROCKS-WESTERN ISLAND,

The following has been trrnsmitted at Lloyd's :
Extract from the log of the brig Packet, Wm. Squire,
R.N., Commander, on her voyage from Mauritius to
London.
SUNDAY, Ana. 23, 1846.—At 1.30 A.M. saw the
Devil's Rocks, bearing W.S.W., distance half cable's
length ; the rocks appearing in three distinct ridges
from so to 100 feet in length, and about 10 feet in
breadth, the eastern and western ridges forming like a
cockscomb, the whole surrounded by large bodies of
kelp or seaweed ; the shoal water appearing to extend
about two miles from the coast. The latitude and longi-
tude in the chart appeared quite correct.
MEM.—Theso rocks are in the direct Channel course
from the Western hien ds.l

STATIONS of the BRITISH ARMY
ON THE IST OF SEPTEMBER.
(From the United Service Magazine.)
Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that-at
which the depilt of the regiment is stationed.
Ist Life Guards, Windsor 42d, Malta, Isle of Wight-
2d, Regent's-park Reserve batt., Malta
Royal Horse Guards, Hyde- 43d, Dover
park 44th, Belfast
lstDragoonGds., Birmingham 45th, Cape of Good Hope,
2d, Dublin Isle of Wight-Res. batt.,
3d, Piershill Monte Video
4th, Nottingham 46th, Canada, Chatham
sth, York 47th, Dublin
6th, Norwich 48th, Jamaica, Newbridge
7th, Cape of Good Hope, 49th, Galway
Maidstone 50th, Bengal, Chatham
Ist Dragoons, Ballincollig *slst, Van Diemen's Land,
2d, Dublin Chatham
3d Light Dragoons, Bengal, 52d, Quebec, Brecon .
Maidstone 53d, Bengal, Chatham
4th Light, Manchester 54t1i, Gibraltar, Fermoy
6th, Longford 55th, Devonport
7th Hussars, Hounslow 56th, Bury, Lancashire
Bth Hussars, Cahir 57th, Madras, Chathtn
9th Lancers, Bengal, Maid- 58th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
stone 59th, Dublin
10th Hussars, Bombay 60th (Ist batt.), Bombay,
11th Hussars, Coventry Chatham
12th Lancers, Brighton Ditto (2d batt.), Canada,
13th Light Drag., Newbridge Edinburgh
14th do. Bombay, Maidstone 61st, Bengal, Chatham
15th Hussars, Madras, 62d, Bengal, Chatham
Maidstone 63d, Madras, Chatham
16th 'Lancers, Bengal, Maid- 64th, Dublin
stone 65th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
17th Lancers, Dundalk 66th, Gibraltar, Clare
Grenadier Guards (Ist batt.), 67th, Cork
Winchester 68th, Dublin
Do. (2d batt.) St. John's- 69th,Manchester
wood 70th, Templemore
Do. (3d batt.), Tower 71st,Barbadoes,Isle of Wight
Coldstream Guards (Ist batt.), -Res. batt., Canada
St. George's Barracks 72d, Gibraltar, Nenagh
Do. (2d batt.), Portman- 73d, Monte Video, Buttevant
street Barracks 74th, Portsmouth
Scotch Fusilier Guards (Ist 75th, Athlone
batt.), Wellington Barracks 76th, Fort George, N.B.
Do. (2d batt.), Windsor 77th, Halifax, Fermoy
Ist Foot (Ist batt.), Trini- 78th, Bombay, Chatham
dad, Dublin , 79th, Gibraltar, Belturbet
Do. (2d batt.), Edinburgh 80th, Bengal, Chatham
2d, Winchester 81st, Canada, Jersey
3d, Gosport 82d, Canada, Spike Island
4th, Madras, Chatham 83d, Limerick
sth, Fermoy 84th, Madras, Chatham
6th, Cork 85th, Buttevant
7th, St. Vincent, Newry 86th, Bombay, Chatham
Bth, Bombay 87th, Aberdeen
9th, Bengal, ,Chatbam 68th, Malta, Ballinasloe
10th, Bengal. Chatham ' 89th, Canada, Hull
11th, N. S. Wales, Sheerness 90th, C. G. Hope, Chester
12th (Ist batt.) Mauritius, Isle 91st, Cape of Good Hope,
of Wight-R. b., Mauritius Isle of Wight-Reserve
13th, Portsmouth batt., Cape of Good Hope
14th, Canada, Plymouth 92d, Enniskillen
15th, Ceylon, Waterford 93d, Canada, Carlow
16th, Gibraltar, Athlone 94th, Men, Chatham
17th, Bombay, Chatham 95th, Ceylon, Tralee
[Bth, China, Chatham 96th, N. S. Wales, Chatlim
[9th, Barbadoes, Boyle 97th, Corfu, Isle of Wight-
20th (Ist batt.), Bermuda, Isle Reserve batt., Cephalonia
of Wight-R. b., Bermuda 98th, China, Chatham
21st, Madras, Chatham 99th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
22d, Bombay, Chatham Rifle Brigade (18th), Corfu,
23d (tat batt.), Antigua, Isle Chatham
of Wight-R. b., Canada Do. (2d batt.), Halifax, N. S.
24th, Bengal, Chatham , Isle of Wight-Reserve
25th, Madras, Chatham batt., Halifax, N. S.
26th, Dublin COLONIAL CORPS.
27th, C. G. Hope, Guernsey Ist West India Regiment,
28th, Bombay, Chatham Jamaica
29th, Bengal, Chatham 2d Do., Nassau
30th, Leeds 3d Do., Demerara, Sierra
31st, Bengal, Chatham . Leone, &c.
32d, Bengal, Chatham Ceylon Rifle Reg., Ceylon
33d, New Brunswick, Clonmel Royal Canadian Rifle Regi-
34th, Corfu, Clonmel ment, Canada
35th, Mauritius, Charles Fort Cape Mounted Riflemen, Cape
36th, Weedon of Good Hope
37th, Newport, South Wales Royal Newfoundland Vet.
38th, Jamaica, Londonderry Comps., Newfoundland
39th, Bengal, Chatham Royal Malta Fencibles, Malta
40th, Canterbury St. Helena Regiment, St
41st, Mullingar Helena.
* 51st-Under orders for Bengal.

INSECURITY OF POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.—
A correspondence has taken place between a gentleman
in Scotland and the public authorities on the insecurity
of post-office money-orders, the substance of which
may be interesting to our readers. The- gentleman
referred to having had occasion for tome post-office
money-orders, was struck with the apparent mystery of
the forms, and at the same time with the fact that this
mystery gave no security whatever against fraud. The
mystery consists in the order for payment bearing no
name, but that it is to be paid to the person named
in a separate letter from the post-office people, in which
also is the name of the sender. Now, supposing a per-
son to steal a letter containing a money-order, he finds
the name of the person who is to receive the money on
the back, and that of the sender in the letter. He has,
therefore, only to write the name of the receiver, and
give the name of the sender, and the money is paid to
him. Indeed, the officials at the window are not very
particular in inquiring whether they pay to the right
party or not. To render money orders secure, the gen-
tleman prepared certain simple forms, and submitted
them to the post-office authorities at Edinburgh, prepa-
ratory to replying to letters from the Treasury and the
General Post-office. These authorities frankly admitted
the defect of the existing forms, and the efficacy of the
form proposed; but they stated, verbally, some difficulties
in the way of their adoption, to remove which seemed to
the gentleman referred to, quite easy. In order, how-
ever, to enable him clearly to show how the difficulties
could be removed, he requested a statement of them in
writing. Thq answer to this request was neither a com-
pliance nor a refusal, but an advice to apply to the Lon-
don authorities. This evasion is characteristic of office.
But until those who have the management of post-office
c :ncerns show a little moro desire for improvement in a
most important department, the public are not one whit
more secured against fraud by a post-office order as it is,
than if the names of the sender and receiver were
written on the order so full length. The make-believe
of the authorities may be said to be a mere deception—
professing to give security where none is given. Their
refusal to listen to any improvement not suggested by
some of themselves will of course surprise no one.
At all the theatres of Paris a number of men are
regularly engaged by the management to applaud all
the pieces performed, and all the actors and actresses.
From a process before one of the Law Courts the other
day, it appears that at the Theatre do l'Ambigu-Co-
inique (one of the minor theatres of the Boulevards) a
regular mercantile company was formed for the purpose
of doing the applauding business. The rage for com-
panies is certainly great now-a-days ; but it was hardly
to be expected that the claque of a theatre would be put
into a company, and divided into shares.