The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, L 348.

distant derainicns of the Crown without imposing an
unnecessary burden on the finances of this country."
A return, showing the complements of the dil

ferent rates of ships in 1837 and 1847 exhibits a very
considerable increase of the established complements
for the latter year, and consequently the charge for
a ship of the same rate is neces3arily greater than it
was in the former period.
The ab,ve necessary preliminary inquiries as to
the genend expense, number of men, and distribu-
tion of the navy, having been disposed of, the report
presents the results of the Committee's inquiry into
each particular vote, there being 19 in all.
Vote No. 1 embraces the estimate for wages to
seamen and marines. The gross estimate tender this
head for 1848-1849 was 1,425,3801. The Secretary
to the Admiralty states his belief that this estimate is
based upon an incorrect average. In former years,
an average of 361. 33.11 d. per man upon the whole of
the men voted was sufficient to cover the expense of
the reliefs, and even to leave a considerable surplus.
The extension of the steam navy has since rendered
it necessary to employ a number of men, such as en-
gineers and stokers, whose services can only be ob-
tained by higher pay, and, consequently, the former
average can no longer be relied upon. The true
average would amount to 381. 15s. 3d. per man. This
statement seems to have puzzled the Committee, for,
notwithstanding the fact, that the average charge per
man has increased, the sum asked for in the estimates
to defray the wages of the current year is less than
in 1841, when the same number of men (43,000)
was voted, showing that an increase of charge under
this head will probably fall to be supplied in some
future years. Many causes operate to render a
strictly accurate estimate of the expenditure under
this head very difficult, but, though some of them are
stated, they will scarcely interest the general reader.
The inquiries of the Committee, however, brought
out distinctly the fact already stated, that, with the
same number of men as were voted in 1841, the cost
of maintaining the force has considerably increased.
This is partly explained by the circumstance, that
while in 1841 there were only sixteen steamers in
commission, in 1848 there are in commission fifty
steamers ; and some idea of the difference of cost in-
curred will be obtained from the fact, that whereas
the average expense of wages per head of the crew of
the St. Vincent is about 281. per annum, the average
expense per head of the crew of the Sampson steamer
is about 401. per annum. A considerable increase in
the pay of engineers has also taken place since 1843,
and there is a higher charge than usual for Admirals
and their retinue.

A statement showing the rate of able seamen's pay
at different periods may not be uninteresting :
Previous to the 22d of April, 1797, it was 1/, 4s. per
month, subject to' a deduction of ls. for the chest at
Chatham, and 6d. fur the hospital at Greenwich.
From 1797 to 1806 the pay was U. 9s. 64 ; and from
that time to 1816 it was 1/. 13s. 6d. ; from 1817 to
1824, when the new system of victualling was
adopted, the pay • was 1/. t2s. ; and from the new
system of victualling to the present time 11. 14s. net
pa
The report contains an account of the expense of
12,000 marines and a marine artillery, a force greatly
reduced in 1832, but now re-established. This was
considered a most important branch of the service
since the increase in the steam navy, and the greater
use of shell guns. The expense of a company of
marine artillery above a company of marines is 878/.;
and, as the force could not be suddenly raised, if
wanted for an emergency, the Committee consider its
maintenance at the present limited amount to be
consistent with a well considered economy.
The Committee directed their attention to the dif-
ference between the number of men voted for the
navy din d the number of men borne; and on this head
Lord Auckland stated his desire to restrict the num-
ber of men within the amount voted, and expressed
his belief that this object will be effected in the course
of the next few months.

The estimates fur the present year centain a vote of
30,000/., which it was proposed to take for the pur-
pose of ameliorating the condition of petty officers
and able seamen, the object being to bestow a higher
rate of payment after a certain length of service, to
induce them to remain, instead of going s‘ here they
could get batter pay. On this vote the Committee
offer no opinion, referring the matter entirely to the
wisdom of Parliament.
Vote No. 2—Victuals for Seamen—This estimate
was 653,6831. The quantity of provisions required
for the 3.5,000 seamen afloat is calculated upon
the established allowance of some articles, and
upon the estimated consumption of others, an aver-
aze of which is obtained from former accounts.
'With reference to the established allowances, the
same ration is issued to every one without distinction
of rank, from the Admiral downwards, and compen-
sation is made to the men fur such portions es they
may save from the daily allowances made to them.
In 1847- the value of th(, savings thus effected by the
seamen amounted to 66,610/. It would be neither
profitable nor entertaining to follow the report
through all the intricate calculations that have been
made relative to the sslt teef, pork, biscuit, vege-
tables, Sze., supplied to her Majesty's navy. Suffice
to sw that, for victualling 35,000 seamen afloat,
those is the packet service and yard craft, and for
victualling stores, ke., the esimated expense for
1848•49 is 620,6831. ; and that, according to the
evidence of Lord Auckland, "it is nut possible to
procure provisions of a better quality than those
which are issued to cur sailors," while " the sum
annually paid to them in lieu of provisions uncon-
sumed prow s that the quantities are amply sufficient."
The following is the rate of
victualling :
s. (1.
Per man per annum .. l7 15 4_oBB
Do per month ....
Do. per day
_ _

lii the estimate fol. the present year, as in all pre-
vious ones, there are sums taken for various purposes,
which it may be of use to specify. For instance,
there is an item of 7,020/, for condemned provisions;
that is, provisions declared unserviceable, and such as
are returned into store from ships arriving from
foreign ports. There is also a sum of 3,8251. to
replace the estimated loss of provisions by evaporation ;
and under the head " necessary money" is a sum of
329611. as an allowance made to pursers for providing
her Majesty's ships with various items, under the
authority of the Admiralty iastructions, such as coals,
wood, candles, oil, &e. Then there is 39,4761. under
the head " Pursers' profit balances." Every purser is
required to e!ose his accounts annually ; he is charged
with all supplies of prZwisiens, and credited with the
established allowance for thenumber of persons appear-
ing to have been victualled according to the ship's mus-
ter-books. A fixed allowance is made to him for waste
in the issue, and be is paid at a certain rate for audits
on the balance of his account. For what is culled
" provision money excess cost" there is an item of
3,4301., being a compensation in lieu of provisions
given in some cases to flag-lieutenants, admirals' se-
cretaries, clerks, and seamen, when employed on
shore. The Committee are not satisfied that this
lexpense has been at all times properly incurred, and
recommend
_the matter to the attention of the Ad-
miralty.
Provisions are obtained by contract, end it is con-
sidered desirable to keep a stock of salt meat sufficient
for six months' consumption. Of late years preserved
meats have been substituted once a week in lieu of
salt meat on all foreign stations. This arrangement
is conducive to the health of the seamen ; and the faci-
el:it.), of obtaining a supply has superseded the neces-
sity of retaining in store the large quantities of salt
meat formerly deemed indispensable. Biscuit is manu-
factured a tDeptford,Portsrnauth, Ply mouth, and Malta.
In the year ending December, 1847, the quantity ma-
nufactured at the above ports and purchased abroad
was 11,977,821, at the average rate of 1/. 2s. 7.10 d.
per cwt. The contract for salt meat is taken towards
the end of September. In September, 1847, there
were purchased of salt beef (Irish) 5,000 tierces, all
at V. 19s. per tierce; and of salt pork 9,950 tierces, at
the average price of 81. 6s. Id. per tierce. It will be
observed that the 5,000 tierces of salt beef were all
Irish ; and it may also be noted that of the 9,950
tierces of salt pork, 6,400 were Irish.
In order to point out distinctly under which divi-
sion of the estimates the great increase of charge for
the navy arises, the Committee furnish several returns
to show the great expense incurred by the effective
force at tea in the two principal items, wages and
victuals. They give a return showing the expense of
wages and victuals per annum for a ship of each rate
and class, calculated upon the present complements.
To give all these details would go beyond the scope
of this notice; but one or two may be selected as
examples :
A first-rate, with 1,000 men, costs annually for wages
25,7431.; for victuals, 17,7661.—t0ta1, 43,5001. A.
first rate, 950 men, costs for wages 24,6351. ; victuals,
16,878/.—t0ta1,141,5131. A second-rate, 850 men,
costs for wages 22,0281 ; victuals, 15,1011.—total
37,1291. A fourth-rate, 500 men, costs for wages
13,617/. ; victuals, B,BB3l.—total, 22,500. A sixth-
rate, 240 men, costs for wages 7,3561 ; victuals,
4,2641.—t0tal 11,6201.
Asteam.sloop, 160 men, costs for wages 5,467/. ; vic-
tuals 2,8421—t0tal 8,3091, A steam vess4l, 80 men,
costs for wages 2,691/. ; victuals, 1,4211.—t0tal 4,1121.
The whole annual cost of an 80-gun ship, with
750 men, is as follows :—Wages, 19,812/. ; victuals,
13,325/ ; rigging, sails, and stores (exclusive of
ordnance), 3,201/. ; wear and tear of hull, 3,660/,—
total, 39,9981.
_ The Committee, in their remarks upon this vote,
observe, that " the only sure and efficacious check
a in againstenyt e recommenda
tnnexcess of expenditure is to limit the
number of men borneth w ithin the number voted ; and
d
thtierneesti
e , showingthe
1848-49 was 136,3031.,
the
tautatlhlye sameborn estimates,
tae
s, statement
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presented shouldt
obethaen
housenually
'Vote No. during3.—Adin-e the number of men ac-
past financial year.
36,3013r1altyb.office—The estimate for
eing a small diminution
from the charge previous year, but showing a

considerable increase since 1833. The business of
the Admiralty is divided between the office at White-
hall and at Somerset-house. The several departments
are distributed among the members of the Board of
Admiralty, so that each one of the Lerds Commis-
soners, ly sides attending the board, is made con-
versant with the details of the particular branch
which is placed under his especial superintendence.
The First Sea Lord attends to the distribution of
the fleet, and the preparation of orders in commis-
sion. Another naval Lord attends to the manning
and arming of ships, and to all matters connected
with the marines and marine artillery. A third
superintends the building and repairing both of sailing
and steam-vessels. A fourth overlooks the purchase
and disposal of naval stores and provisions for the
navy ; the transport service and the medical depart-
ment are placed under his care as well as all claims
for pensions. The junior lay lord superintends the
finance accounts, the engineering, and architectural
works, and the packet service. The First Lord is
cognizant of all that is in progress in each depart-
ment, and exercises the general control which neces-
sarily accompanies the chief responsibility.
The Committee, in their inquiries as to the causes
which have led to an increase in the expenditure of
the Admiralty, found that with the increase of naval
force and of establishments at home and abroad, a
corresponding increase has arisen in the daily busi-
ness to be transacted, and consequently extra pay-
ments are made to the clerks who work additio❑al
hours, and extra clerks are employed beyond the
number sanctioned by the Treasury. The mode of
employing extra clerks the Committee consider ob-
jectionable, and they recommend that none shall be
hereafter employed without the written permission of
the Treasury.
The number of officials employed in the offices at
Whitehall and Somerset House is 289.

Under this vote are placed the appointments of
Vice-Admiral and Rear-Admiral of Great Britain.
The Committee of 1833 nominated to inquire into
army and navy appointments observed that these were
distinctions immediately connected with the naval
service, and have always been reckoned among the
highest professional honours to which a naval officer
could aspire, and the Committee therefore recommend
their continuance. The whole emoluments are to-
gether less than 8001. a year.
Vote No. 4.—General Register and Record ',Office
of Seamen.—The gross estimate for 1848-1849 was
9,7721. 'On this estimate the Committee report,
",Some information on the subject will be found in
the evidence, but since the questions of register and
apprenticeship, together with the general policy of
the navigation-laws, have been brought under the no-
tice of the House, your Committee deemed it un-
necessary to pursue this inquiry further."
Vote No. s.—cientific Branch.—The estimate for
this year was unusually large, being 80,395/., whereas
last year it was 46,7971. The increase is chiefly
caused by a charge of 30,000/. for the Arctic Expe •
dition, being the sum requisite to send out an expedi-
tion in search of Sir John Franklin and his crew,
who, in 1845, sailed in two ships for the discovery of
a north• west passage. On this subject the Committee
inquire—" What has been gained by these reiterated
attempts to find a north-west passage ? has any
result been obtained commensurate with the cost ?"
And they add, "Such researches may gra-
tify the laudable curiosity of scientific men, and
settle long-disputed theories; nor is it denied that
some indirect advantages may casually be derived
from these perilous voyages ; but the expenditure for
such should not be included in the navy estimates,
since it is in no way connected with the maritime
power of the country." It appears that since 1815 a
sum of 428,7821. has !men expended in Arctic expedi-
tions. The charge for the Antarctic expedition was
80,5201.

After deducting the 30,0001. taken on account of
the Arctic expedition, there still remains 50,0001. for
scientific purposes. The Royal Observatory costs
42301.; and the observatcry at the Cape of Good
Elope costs 2,8551. The astronomer at the Cape, Mr.
*Maclean, has, it _is said, arranged a plan with the As-
tronomer Royal, in furtherance of which a series of
observations have been made, and are still continued,
of great value to the science of astronomy.
A charge has for some years appeared for the re-
measurement of La Caille's Arc of the Meridian.
Doubts having been entertained of the accuracy of that
astronomer's measurements, executed about the
middle of the last century, it was resolved to repeat
La Caille's observations and measurements and con-
duct similar operations along a more extensive arc.'
The work has accordingly been going on at the Cape
and is now nearly terminated, an important addition
having been thereby made to our knowledge of the
form and dimensions of the earth. The total expense
incurred is 9,7371., and any future payments required
will be trifling.
Thor the compass department the sum required is
2,1981., and the charge for the hydrographical de-
partment is 28,7001. In the surveying department the
annual charge has greatly increased since 1837-38.
In that year it was 68,0001., while in 1845-46 it was
178000/. A reduction in the number of vessels
employed in the service has since taken place; seven
or eight were called away to be sent with meal to the
coasts of Ireland and Scotland. Ten vessels are now
employed, and it is not intended to increase the
number. The Committee recommend a fixed limit
to the sum annually expended on surveys, and they
propose that 70,0001. should henceforth be the
maximum.

An arrangement by which greater facilities are to
be given for the distribution and sale of charts is stated
to he under the consideration of the Admiralty.
There is a charge of 3,630/. to defray the addi•
tional expense and labour thrown the Admiralty by
the duty of examining and reporting on all railways
and other plans and projects which may interfere with
the tidal waters and navigable rivers of the United
Kingdom. On this point the Committee suggest that
the duty might be better discharged by the railway
department of the Government ; and they consider it
inexpedient to establish a central authority for the
supervision of harbours in connexion with the Ad-
miralty till Parliament is fully informed as to the
powers with which such a department was to be in-
vested.

The charge for the Royal Naval College at Ports-
mouth is 2,203/ ; and there is a new charge, for
a school of mathelratics and naval construction, of
800/.

The Committee think that in future new expenses,
unless connected with the interests of the nary,
should be excluded from this estimate. They believe
that the advancement of science will be better pro
moted by a direct appeal to the House of Commons
than by the introduction into these estimates of charges
v. hich have no reference to the naval strength of the
British empire.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PoRTSMOUTIT, S UNDAY. —Yesterday morning the First
Lord of the Admiralty and Captain Eden, his private
sect etary, embarked in the Admiralty barge from the
Sallyport-stairs fur the dockyard, to hold a levee at the
Naval College. At half-past nine o'clock the inter-
views commenced. The following officers were pre-
sented :-
11,,,?.tr-Ailtioirsl—Douglas.
Captains—Sir Henry Leek; JOseph Harrison, and the
Hon. G. F. Hastings.

Commanders —'Graham Ogle, Moorman, Michell,
Western, Tarleton, Schomberg, Curtis, Morrell, Fein,
Franklin, Douglas, Seymour, Hewlett, ranby, Guinness,
Joluison, and Edwin. _ _ _

Lieutenants—Cochran (flag), Herrick (Admiralty
113 g), Compton, Bullen, H. Walker, Morris, Haslett,
Barnard, R. Ward, J. Stone, H. Lappidge, Oxenhatni
Rooke, Hall, Budges, the lion. J. B. Byng, and Darby.
Masters—Thomas, Ellis, and White.
Mate—Huthwaite.
Assistant-Surgeon—Pritchard.
Messrs—Hodges and Jameson.
ROYAL MARINES.

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Balliugal.
Lieutenant—Searle.

Surgeon—Dr. Irvine.
Whilst the First Lord held his levee Admiral Dundas,
Captains Lords J. Hay and Milne, with the master ship-
wright, mustered the men of the dockyard, who after-
wards had a holyday. Colonel Irvine and Captain
Ellice in the meanwhile transacted business with Cap-
tain James, the Royal Engineer officer in charge of the
works of this port. Mr. Secretary Ward and Captain
Berkeley also transacted business connected with their
more immediate departments. About twelve o'clock the
above duties having been brought to a close, the whole
board, accompanied by the Admirals and their staff,
and a party of ladies, embarked in tho Lightning
steamer and went out to Spithead to witness the steam
trials of the Termagant frigate, 32 guns, 1,640 tons, 620-
horse power, built by White, of Cowes; the Encounter,
1,000 tons, 360-horse power, built by Fincham; and the
Plumper, 12 guns, 650 tons, and 60-horse power (also
by Fincham). These vessels went out at ten o'clock, in
order to get their machinery into good order by the
time the Admiralty went out. The Termagant was
commanded by Commander Stevens, of the steam-squa-
dron; the Encounter by Commander Grenfell, of the
Illustrious; and the Plumper by Lieutenant Robertson, of
the steam establishment at Woolwich. The following
Admiralty and other officers were on board the three
vessels :—Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., Chief Superin-
tendent of the steam squadron at this port ; Mr. Lloyd,
Chief Admiralty Engineer ; Captain Halstead, Mr. F.
P. Smith, Inspector of Screw-propellers, &e. ; Com-
mander Matson, Commander Johnson, the officers of
the Royal Naval College, Mr. J. White, of Cowes, Mr.
Seaward, of the firm of Seaward and Capel, the civil
engineers of London ; Mr. Murray, civil engineer ; Mr.
Penn, the civil engineer of Greenwich ; Mr. Fincham,
Mr. John Fincham, &c. The result of the trials at the
measured mile or knot in Stoke's Ba was (officially)
—Termagant, 9 knots ; Encounter, 10.2 ; Plumper, 5.4.
When the Admiralty, in the Lightning, got up with the
steam squadron, they gave orders that they should steam
round the Herefordshire at the Motherbank, and round
the Powerful at Spithead, a course of about eight miles;
in making which the Encounter went ahead of the Ter-
magant at the rate of about a knot an hour. On return-
ing, the order was given for the Encounter to close and
stop, when their Lordships went on board, inspected the
vessel, and then re-embarked in their barge,

`whence they boarded the Pearl cutter-yacht
I of the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Marquis of
Anglesey, when the Board invited that nobleman to join
their party. They then went on board the Termagant,
whose machinery made so much noise that they ordered
its alteration. She made, during her trials, 43 revolu-
tions, and with the exception of "priming," to which all
vessels for the first few hours of steaming are liable, and
the bearing of the driving-wheel heating, worked ex-
ceedingly well. From the Termagant the Board re-
turned to the Lightning to an elegant dejeuner, of which
a large and brilliant circle partook. After this they
boarded the Plumper, and made a most minute inspection
of her machinery; after which they ordered the common
log to be hove, which indicated her speed as 6.225. The
patent log gave the actual speed as above. The trim of
the vessel was then altered by shifting about eight tons
of ballast from the after body forward, which seemed to
improve her speed, Which no doubt would have been
greater had she been fitted with her own screw, whereas
she was using the screw of another vessel 15 inches less
in diameter, and is mot yet coppered. The draught of
these vessels after returning to harbour was:—
Aft, Forward,
ft. in. ft. in.
17 3 15 5
13 5 10 8
12 0 10 9

Termagant
Encounter
Plumper ...

The Admiralty being perfectly satisfied with the per-
formance of the steamers sent them into harbour be-
tween three and four o'clock, and returned themselves,
after an inspection of the apprentices in the Rolla brig
in the Solent, at five o'clock, landing from the barge at
the Victoria pier, and walking thence to the George
Hotel, where in the evening they entertained the fol-
lowing party :—Sir Charles Ogle, Admiral Prescott,
Admiral Sir Francis Austen, Vice-Admiral Sir John
Ommanney, Colonel Lewis, Royal Engineers, Colonel
Powell, Royal Marines, Captains Sir W. Parry, C.
Eden, Yates, the Hon. G. Hastings, and Austin ; Com-
manders Stevens, Hewlett, Ogle, Moorman, Caldwell,
Grenfell, Michell, Dumaresq, and Captain J. Home Pur-
ees, Brigade-Major of the district.
Colonel Irvine, the Director-General of Works to the
Board, left for town last evening by the South Coast
Railway, as did Mr. Ward. Lord John Hay left this
morning by the South-Western line.
The Seamen and Marines' Orphan Schools were mus-
tered this morning in the dockyard before the Earl of
Auckland, Rear-Admiral IDundas, Captain Berkeley,
and Captain Milne, who afterwards went on board the
Victory to church. The board has given a piece of
ground for the building of new schools for these orphans.
Their Lordships received dispatches yesterday which
caused them to order four steamers to Ireland as soon as
they can respectively "be got ready ; accordingly the
Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. G. Hastings,
has been completing her victualling and storing since,
and has this afternoon embarked a field battery of the
Royal Marine Artillery and 200 officers and men of that
serviceable arm for daty on the Irish coast without a
moment's delay. The officers selected for this duty are
—Captains Thomas P. Dwyer and -11. W. Parke, and
Lieutenants G. G. Alexander, G. A. Schomberg, Julius
Roberts, and C. L. Barnail. These forces go as a
Royal Artillery brigade, and take with them harness,
rocket battery, and every munition of the service. The
Cyclops, fully manned and armed, sailed this evening
for Cork. The Driver steam-sloop, 1,050 tons, 280
horse power, just brought from the Irish coast after tem-
porary service thereon, under Commander C. R. John-
son, was at the same time ordered by the Admiralty to
be regularly commissioned for permanent (three pars)
sea service, and commander Johnson has been ap-
pointed to her. She, too, goes immediately she is
manned to Ireland. The Sprightly steam-vessel, 234
tons and 100 horse power, was lathe same time commis-
sioned by Lieutenant Barnard, of the Excellent, and
manned from the crew of that ship, also for Ireland;
and the Dwarf screw steam vessel, in dock, is also or-
dered to be commissioned for the like service. These
latter vessels are ordered to be got off without delay,
and will sill on Tuesday or Wednesday for Waterford.
Captain Horatio Austen and Commander Stevens, of the
steam squadron, and Captain Jakes and the officers of
the Flu arious depot-ship, with a working party of 180
men from that shin, have been indefatigably employed
to day in storing the Cyclops, and taking the Sprightly
out of the steam basin, Sec., to forward the work of ex •
pedition. Admiral Superintendent Prescott, Mr.
Murray, the Superintending Engineer, and the chief
officers of the yard, are all employed on this work to-
day, and are to go more bodily to work upon them to-
morrow; they and the artizans employed under them
will re-commence work upon the vessels at five o'clock.
The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Moorman, is
ordered to be paid off.
The Pigmy, one of the steam mail-boats lately em-
ployed at Pembroke, Lieutenant Commanding A. Darby,
arrived from that port yesterday morning, and sailed
last evening for Woolwich to be paid off.
The following promotions and appointments have been
made during the past week:—

PROMOTIONS.

Mates—W. G. H. Morgan and John W. Pike, to the
rank. of Lieutenant, in consequence of the candlelit ex-
amination they have passed at the Naval College, the
proficiency they have made in the scientific branches of
the profession, and the high certificates they possess from
the officers under whom they have served.
Assistant• Surgeons—James Davidson (1838), and Fd-
Stupart (1846), to the rank of Surgeon.
Cleik—Watson W. Parrninter (1841), acting Pay-
master and Purser, of the Juno, confirmed to that rank,
and re-appointed to the; Juno.

APVANTMENTS.

Commanders—Michael de Courcy, to the Helena, vice
G. W. Smith; Humphry J. Julian, confirmed in the Re-
sistance troop-ship; A. Viner, to study at the Royal
Naval Col'rge; William O'Brien Hoare,' to the Coast
Guard; C. R. Johnson, to the Driver.
Lieutenants—WT. 11. L. Quinlan, to the Coast Guard ;
the Hon. J. R. M. Ilyng, to the Ocean.
Paymaster and l'urter—W. L. Noreccii, to the Cy-
clops.
Master—J. T. Crout, to the Cyclops.
Naval lostruo.A)r—W. IL nicintosh, to the Cyclops.
Assistant Surgeon —H. Lt. Mackenzie, to the Pe-

M.dshipmen—E. Stubbs and C. R..bson, to the Pe-
nelope; W. Butler, to the Ftigard; A. G. Cowper, to the
Powerful.
Naval Cadets—Viscount Guillamore, to the Fisgard.
Master's Assistants—E. Browne, to the Cyclops; T.
Ogler, to the Ocean.
Royal Marines—Qaartermaster Shcwin, to be Captain.
Woo',wren, Sxr. 16 —The Hogue, converted into a
guard-ship at Blackwell, and made ready to receive
auxiliary engines with a screw-propeller, with which she
is to be fitted at Sheerness, was taken out of duck yes-
terday by attaching 60 casks and two lighters to her
stern at low water, which had the effect of raising the
vessel upwards of two feet at high water. The applica-
tion of these means was rendered necessary in conse-
quence of the alterattons made in the vessel since she
was taken into dock, and the impression that they would
be requisite was confirmed by the fact, that even with
their aid she was only got out of dock ten minutes
before high water; took place. The Hogue was towed
by the Monkey and A.:rican steam vessels to Woolwich
the same evening, and left again this afternoon at one
o'clock, towed by the same steamers, for Sheerness.
The Dover steam-vessel, 3rlr. Boulton, second master,
commanding, will leave on Monday for Portsmouth, and
Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. K.C.H., with
Lady Gordon Bremer, will take a passage round in her
to that port. The gallant Commodore has obtained six
anal
iwili proceed to his estate
Fitzroy, who is to commission
thei'e Delsii:lr:orlonegashavneirteo,.fssaiCbllsaeapnctctaeian's Cap am-superintendent during
the Commodore'a absence._

General Lord Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B. and G.C.H.
previous to leaving India, ordered two of the Sikh
field battery guns, taken at Lahore, to be forwarded
to this country for presentation to her Majesty. These
guns arrived some time ago at the Royal Arsenal, Wool-
wich, and, having been thoroughly cleaned, were packed
in boxes on Saturday last to be forwarded with great
care to Windsor Castle, where they are to be deposited
in future. The guns are 6 pounders, one of superior
gun-metal, and the other with a large proportion of brass
in it, and are evidently of those furnished to the Sikhs
by this country, and afterwards turned against it. The
carriages are of a superior description, made by natives.
The limbers, the ammunition boxes, and the wheels are
made of the finest teak, richly embossed with brass, and
inlaid with steel throughout the length of the brass bor-
ders. The upper part of the teak is beautifully inlaid
with mother-of-pearl ornaments regularly arranged, and
the sides inlaid with brass representing a tiger pouncing
upon and seizing an antelope, an Indian carrying a flag,
and an alligator catching a fish, the later being formed of
mother-of-pearl. The naves of the wheels aro surmounted
with solid brass ornaments,
cast to represent the heads
of tigers, and the limber is joined to the gun-carriage by
an excellent representation of an elephant's head cast
in brass, and a representation of an elevated trunk formed
of iron, the hook to hold the limber to the gun-carriage.
The poles of the gun-carriages are all of bright iron,
and the ornaments are profuse in every part of these
splendidly-mounted guns. The water buckets are made
of the best teak, strongly hooped with brass. The port-
fire cutter is formed entirely of brass, the fore part re-
presenting the head of a peacock, and the handle the
body and tail of a fish, carved to represent scales. The
hatchet on the other side of each gun-carriage is of
polished steel, and the handle inlaid with brass. There
are two seats for gunners on each of the gun carriages
made of bright iron, with elbows similar to arm-chairs.
The arms are necessary to confine the elbows, as the
chairs, in place of being elevated, as the seats of the Bri-
tish artillery gunners are, have been fixed on the axle-
tree of the gun-carriage, betwixt the gun and the wheels,
and the gunners have to sit with their feet swinging in
brass chains below the axle, with their backs to the
horses, and so near the ground that they can easily step
upon it from their seats.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.--Major Fraser's company, 4th
battalion, and Captain Stace's company, 7th battalion,
arrived in the Atholl troop-ship at Quebec on the lath
of August, after a passage of forty-one days from Wool-
wich and thirty-six days from Plymouth. Major Fra-
ser's comp .my, under the command of Second Captain
Lyle, proceeded on the following day to Montreal, with
Lieutenants Pigou and Colomb, to relieve Captain Cal-
lington's company, Ist battalion, and the latter came to
Quebec on the 22d of August, to embark in the Atholl,
being under orders to return to head-quarters at Wool-
wich. Captain Stace's company remains in Quebec to
relieve Captain Poole's company, 2d battalion, also
ordered home. The Atholl embarked the companies,
and sailed on the 25th of August for England, and may
be expected to arrive here before the cad of the present
month.
LEwI .1: 'shy-

:SHAM.—The
Kent, are almost astonished by the sudden and rapid
progress of the Gravesend rail line, which now occupies
good folks of Lewisham, in
the ground between the Plough and the Brewery in the
Lewisham-road. A bridge is nearly made over the
water or Ravensbourne, and the arches of the viaduct
pass through Bridge-place, where the row of houses hue
bow moved.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Mrs. Ann Batt; the owner of the house No. 19, Buck-
lert.bury, and also of the house No. 6, Bond-court, \Val-
brook, was summoned by the overseers of the parish of
St. Stephen, Walbrook, for refusing and neglecting to
pay poor-rates, due upon two houses, to the amount of
251. 10s.

Mr. Maninie, the collector of the poor-rates, attended
with the overseers, and proved that several ineffectual ap-
plications had b2en wade to Mrs. Batt for payment of the
rate, but 'she excused herself upon the ground that the
parish was largely indebted to her.
.4 person who attended on the part of Mrs. Batt re-
presented the lady as being unable to obey the summons
in consequence of indisposition, and handed in the fol-
lowing communication, signed by her son:— _

"Sept.
"My Lord,—Mrs. Batt (the sextoness of St. Ste-
phen's Walbrook), being summoned to appear before
you this day to answer the complaint of the churchwar-
dens and overseers for not paying the poor-rates, I wish
to inform you of the facts relating to the reasons of not
paying.
" The churchwardens are in debt to her nearly 5004
for supplying the church with every necessary article
for these last five years, vis., for coals, candles, sacra-
ment wine, making and washing surplices, paying man
for bell-ringing, and every other article too numerous to
mention. The bills having been sent to the church-
wardens, and not being able to get one farthing from
them, I think, my
,Lord, you will not insist upon her
paying the poor-rates till she receives some part of the
large amount owing to her from the parish. She has
not the least objection to the claimed rates being de-
ducted from her bills, or will settle the amount when she
receives the moneys from the parish, if they will give
her credit till that time.

" There is property to the amount of about 700/ per
annum belonging to the parish, and if the moneys were
properly managed there would be no occasion for any
rates at all, as there have not been any for the last 20
years. Hoping you will take the facts into your kind
consideration, I beg to be
" Your Lordship's humble and obedient servant,
"(For ANN BATT), CHARLES BATT.
" 19, Bucklersbury.
" N.B. My mother is seriously ill with the rheumatic
gout, which prevents her attending the court."
The collector submitted that the overseers of the poor
bad nothing to do with the debt to which Mrs. Batt had
alluded, and that as it was compulsory upon them to
raise the rate, they had no alternative but to apply to
his Lordship for a warrant against the defendant.
The LORD MAYOR—It seems that there is a large
amount of money due to her by the parish. Are you
aware that such is the fact?

One of the Overseers—lf she bare any claim it is
against the churchwardens, and not against the over-
seers of the poor. We have a very considerable rate to
collect by the end of the month, and this refusal is likely
to be all impediment to that collection. The guardians
of the por will not wait ; they will expect a punctual
supply.
The LORD MAYOR—I really cannot think of ordering
a warrant in such a case as this. What ! compel a per-
son to pay 251. to the parish when the parish owes her
twenty times that amount ?

The Overseer—What course are we to pursue in such
a case ? The application for a mandamus to compel
your Lordship to grant the order will be attended with
considerable expense, and we very much dislike such an
al tern ative.

The LORD MAYOR —You must take your own course.
It is better that all the facts relative to the allegcd debt
to Mrs. Batt should come out.

The overseer;--I am placed in a most disagreeable
situation, befit under the obligation to find upwards of
5001. for the support of the poor by the end of the
month. I have but lately come into the parish, and I
am scarcely in it when I find myself one of the over-
seers.

The LORD MAYOR—I admit that is a hard case, but
look at the situation of this poor woman. She has been,
it appears, in the parish for many years, and the parish
is indebted to her upwards of 5001., and she cannot get
one farthing of it. How can it be supposed that I would
issue a IN arrant in such a case? Cannot the parish
authorities come to some arrangement on the matter?

The Overseer—She has her remedy against the
churchwardens. To the overseers, I assure your Lord-
ship, this a very disagreeable task.
The LORD MAYOR—I have no doubt of it. Ido not
by any mearvs question your humanity; on the contrary,
I am sure you perform your duty with the most kindly
feelings. But it would be both cruel and unjust to press
upon this poor woman for the payment of mousy to the
perish when the parish is her debtor in twenty times the
amount.

The Overseer—We do not know that the money is
due to Mrs. Batt.

The person who represented Mrs. Batt here stated
that he could bring the bills to his Lordship to prove
that the whole amount mentioned by her was due, and
she had not the slightest objection to pay if she got part
of the debt.

The LORD MATOR—I suppose she has not the money
to pay the rates.
Mrs. 'Batt's representative—She certainly has not.'
The Overseer—But, my Lord, we, the overseers of
the poor, have nothing to do with her claims, and the
guardians will certainly look to us, in whom delay is a
transgression of the law.
The LORD MAvoa—What has become of the 7001. a
year, of which Mrs. Batt RlY.,aks in her lettor as belong-
ing to the parish ? The Overseer—That I believe is in
Chancery. We have nothing to do with it, and know
nothing about it.

The LOlll5 MAYOR—Yon surely had better suspend
your coarse of proceedings for -the payment of this de-
mand until that matter is decided. This poor woman is
not able to pay, and I shall not Coln pt.l her unless a man-
damus compels roe. If you choose to adopt that course,
do; it wig the thing to a point.
The Overseer—The guardians of the poor may seize
upon my property if I fail in the collection ; and other
parishioners may, as they have already threatened to
do, refuse to pay the demands upon them, in conse-
quence of the non-enforcement of the obligation upon
Mrs. Batt.

The LORD 'AfAYOR—Not one of the parishioners has
the same ground of refusal. We have had instances of
refusal here from other persons in the parish, •but they
did not hold out long. Every one of them soon paid.
But I thought everything was on the point of being
settled in the parish, and that litigation was at an end.
The Overseer—We are informed that Mr. Rock and
Mr. Flight, who have all the money in their hands, re-
fuse to have it settled. They call themselves the church-
wardens, and Mrs. Batt ought to apply to thorn. It is
our anxious wish that there should be no more litigation;
but if your Lordship has made up your mind upo❑ the
subject, why I do not see that we can help app!ying to a
judge for a mandamus.
The LORD MAYOR—I most assuredly have made up
my mind. I must of course obey a mandamus, but I am
greatly migalren if any judge will grant you one under
such circumstances.

Application for a warrant was then formally refused,
but the LORD MAYOR main expressed his conviction that
the overseers of the parish performed their duties in the
most humane and at the same time the most Efficient
manner.

business. The prisoner, with a sigh and a shake of the
head, replied, " I don't find it all." He then looked at
the bill, and said he would fetch a pen and ink in order
that witness might receipt it, but witness said he had a
pencil, and could receipt it with that. The prisoner
said he had better have a pen and ink, end, taking up
the parct 1 under his arm, walked out, closing the par-
lour-door after him. Witness, however, suspecting that
all was not right, opened the door a little way, and saw
the prisoner, with his hat on, walking cut of the house.
He immediately pursued him, and caught sight of him
running down Fox-court, Gray's Inn-lane. He over-
took him at the end of the court, when the prisoner said
he was coming back directly to the George. Witness,
however, caught him by the collar and seized the parcel,
upon which the prisoner made a blow at him, which he
warded off. Ile then twisted witness's arm, and pinched
a piece out of his hand in his endeavours to make him
let go, but witness succeeded in detaining him and tak-
ing him over to Mr. Morgan's shop, where he com-
plained of having a sprained ancle. He said he was
very lame when he ordered the goods, but when he was
running in Fox•.court he appeared to be perfectly sound
in both legs. He was given into custody in the shop.
Mr. Moreton, landlord of the George, proved that the
prisoner was never landlord of the house, and had no
authority to order the goods.
The next case was precisely similar as to the facts,
except that the prisoner had got clear off with the goods,
which were worth nearly 3i He had ordered them from
Mr. Joy, a hosier, in Westminster-road, and represented
himself as landlord of a public-house in Canterbury-
place, Belvedere-road, to which housa Mr. Joy's as-
sistant took the goods, and found the prisoner, without
his hat, reading the paper. 110 took the goods from
the assistant, saying, he must show them to his brother,
but of course alter the young man had waited until he
was tired he discovered that his customer had fled.
There was one other case heard, in which he had
defrauded a Mr. Williams, a hosier, in Blackfriars-
road, to the amount of 31. 9s. 3d. in a precisely similar
manner.
F 58, who had taken the prisoner into custody, said,
he bad been three times convicted, and on the present
occasion he had no less than seven clear cases against
him.

Mr. HENRY thought that three cases would be quite
sufficient to send before a jury, and the witnesses being
bound over to prosecute,
The prisoner was committed for trial on the cases
above mentioned.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

James Waller Gardner, of 43, Great Portland strret,
a welt-dressed man, who has passed under the names of
E. H. Green, Straubenzee and Co., Rutter and Co., and
several other names, and who calls himself a bill dis-
counter, was brought up for further examination,
charged with having stolen a bill of exchange for
2001, the property of Mr. William Barnwell, of Jer-
myn-street, under pretence of getting it discounted.
The prisoner has been long known in the discounting
world, and his apprehension created a good deal of inter-
est in those quarters in which he was more particularly
known.

Mr. Redpath, of the firm of Dean, Leeks, and Red-
path, St. Swithin's-lane, on behalf of the City of. London
Protection Society, attended to prosecute. Mr. Hobler
appeared for the prisoner.
The prisoner, it appeared, obtained information by
some means that did not transpire, that the prosecutor
was in want of temporary accommodation. Thinking
this a good opportunity, he wrote a letter to the prose-
cutor, stating that he could accommodate him by dis-
counting his bill. The prosecutor answered the letter,
and ultimately an interview was obtained with the pri•
soner, when the latter, by his plausible manner, and re-
presenting that he had a large cash account at Messrs.
Coutts', succeeded in getting possession of the prose-
cutor's bill for 2001., on the promise of bringing him the
money in a few hours. This promise, of course, the
prisoner never intended to perform, and the prosecutor
saw no more of the prisoner until Tuesday last, when
he mat him in Albany-street, Regent's-park. He im-
mediately demanded the prisoner to restore the bill.
The prisoner said he had not got it, and begged, for God's
sake, that the prosecutor would not expose him, and
promised that the bill should be returned to him. The
prosecutor, however, turned a deaf ear to the prisoner's
protestations, called a constable, and gave him in charge.
The only additional evidence produced this day has that
of Mr. James Allan Green, clerk in Messrs Coutta'
banking-house, who proved that the prisoner never had
an account with them in the name of Green. He also
stated, that to the best of his recollection he never saw
the prisoner before in his life.
A solicitor, whose name did not transpire, said, he
attended on behalf of Sir W. Worsley, from whom the
prisoner had obtained a bill for 3001. by precisely
similar means. As Sir W. Worsley would not be in
town for a few days, he must beg to have the prisoner
remanded.

Mr. BINGHAM remanded the prisoner until to-morrow.

WORSHIP-STREET.

A young woman, :named Rachel Bradley, was
charged before Mr. Arnold with annoying and
threatening the life of Mr. John Lettice, a clerk in the
Post. office.

The complainant stated that the prisoner had for-
merly been in his service, bat left it about three years
ago, and he had almost over since, at intervals, been
subject to annoyance and threats from her. While re-
turning home on the preceding afternoon she waylaid
him again with the object of extorting money from him,
telling him that if he locked her up it should be the last
opportunity he would have of so dealing with airy one,
as it was her determination to serve him as Annette
Meyers bad the soldier, and, as it was impossible to get
rid of her by any other means, he was compelled to give
her into custody, though he had no wish but to obtain
protection.

The prisoner burst into tears when called upon for her
defence, and said that while in the complainant's ser-
vice, in attendance upon his who was ill, he had
availed himself of that opportunity to seduce her, the
result of which was the birth of a child which she had
no means of supporting. She afterwards went to
Ramsgate, where he again met her and induced her to
come to town; but he had refused her the means of
subsidence, and, as she did not wish to cause his wife
unhappiness by calling at his house, she had dote rmined
to importune him in the street in the way ho hail de-
scribed, to make him do something fur her.
The complainant offered some observations strongly
impeaching the young woman's conduct, and said that he
had not only more than once relieved her, but had
offered to send her home to her friends, by whom she
would be properly taken care of. He, however, ad-
iniVed the substance of the girl's allegation against him,
and

The MAGISTRATE, after telling the young woman
that if she had any grounds of complaint against her
accuser she must adopt legal means for their adjustment,
instead of resorting to such violent courses, said he did
not feel disposed to punish her under the circumstances
stated, if she would give an engagement to abstain from
such annoyance in future; and the girl having made the
required promise, though with much reluctance, was ul-
timately discharged.
THAMES.

T. and J. Jones, in the employ of Mr. Byass, wine and
porter merchant, of Limehouse-hole, were brought up
on remand, charged with causing the death of Susan
Coslidge, a servant girl, by driving their master's horse
and cart over her in Iligh-street, Whitechapel. A cGro-
ner's jury had already returned a verdict of manslaughter
against Thomas Jones, driver of the cart. Two wit-
nesses, who saw the occurrence, proved that the prisoners
were in the cart, which was driven at .a furious rate.
Mr. Pelham, who appeared for the prisoners, said,
there were no grounds for charging either of the pri-
soners with manslaughter. Both of them very deeply
lamented the occurrence, which was purely accidental.
Mr. BALLANTINE was of opinion that the jury on the
inquest had come to a right conclusion, and that there
had been furious driving. He should therefore commit
Thomas Jones for trial and discharge his brother.

MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN.
WILLENHALL, FRIDAY.—This afternoon an inquest
was held beforo Mr. T. M. Phillips, coroner for this
district of Staffordshire, upon the bodies of two children,
named Edwin Jones, aged 18 months, and Sarah Spt ncer,
aged 12 years, who were murdered late on Wednesday
night by a woman named Maria Jones, mother of the
first and aunt to the second unfortunte victim of her un-
doubted insanity. The facts of this horrible case may
be told shortly. The woman charged with the murders
is the wife of a working man named Enoch Jones, in
apparently comfortable circumstances. She is a remai k-
ably interesting-looking young woman, and appears from
littr conversation when in a right state of mind to have
received an education superior to those moving in her
sphere of life. About three months since her husband
noticed a change in .her usual behaviour; she negltct, d
her household affairs, and seemed absorbed in religious
speculations. Her manner became so strange, that ulti-
mately it was deemed advisable to place her in the lunatic
ward of the Wolverhampton Union Workhouse. She
was, however, discharged on Wednesday last, at the
instance of two of her relatives, named Maria Hadley
and Martha Jones. She then appeared to be in a ra-
tional state.

During her short stay at the union workhouse her
child was at the house of a sister-in-law, enw on her re-
turn she took it home with her, being accompanied by
the little girl, Sarah Spencer. About nine o'clock that
night the neighbours were alarmed by the woman's cries
from a window, declaring that she had murderedth
children; and she then attempted to cut her owne throat,
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that during her stay at the workhouse it was not
deemed necessary to place her under particular restraint.
Her husband is what in this country is termed a
" whimsey" man, and necessarily at some periods works
at the pit all night.
The next morning the woman entered into conversa-
tion with Mr. Abbot, the governor of the workhouse,
and in the presence of Colonel Hogg, deputy chief con-
stable of Saffordshire, narrated the manner in which she
committed the crimes. She stated that she sent the little
girl to bed with the child before eight o'clock, and then
walked down the lane wtth a neighbour, named Mrs.
Cave. She returned, bolted the door, and went to bed
herself, but did not sleep. She then got up and searched
for a razor with which to cut the child's throat, as she
believed it would be damned owing to its having been
christened by a Catholic priest. Not being able to find
a razor, she got a black-handled knife, which she sham pened against a steel, went up stairs, then cut the throat
of her niece, but did not cut the head quite off: She the-n
declared she ought to suffer for spilling the poor !Jahn,
blood. At times the unfortunate woman appeared calm

and collected; and renroacited hE Togolf bitterly for the
crime, but at oth:r73 she was,exceedingly viol" 4
threatened to• kill those around her, and had she nut
been prevented by the rarties wt.tzbing, would hare
strangled herself.
The inquest stands adjourned, bat mo person seems to
entertain a doubt es to the prisoner's insanity.

SHOCKING MURDER.
The feelings of the community of Stockport and its
neighbourhood were very much she eked, at an Early bout
yesterday morning, by the perpetration of a cold-blooded
and deliberate murder, an event that has not occurred iv
this borough for very many years.. The perpetrator°
this crime is James Kelly, between twenty-five and thirta
years of age, who was employed at, Ur. Orrcll's, TraviS
Brook Mill; and his victim is a young woman named
Eliza Faulkner, of comely appears .nee, somewhat ov",
twenty years of age, who also wot ked at the same mat
as a throstle spinner. The decease i and Kelly had soya!
time kept company, but her friends having lately
her some circumstances connected with his lire previous
to their acquaintance, she determined to break off the
connexion with him, and had told him so several days
previously. On Thursday night t e went to her lodg-
ings at Mrs. Dyson's, and solieit;e6 an interview. She
granted it, and stated to him that besides being a
Chartist he had been in prison.. He replied bo bad
been in prison for poaching, at :Preston ; but she told
tole
him that all her friends hail threatened to turn
their backs upun her if she continued to receive
his addresses, and that she had firmly made up her
mind never to marry him, or inn eeed. meet him again. On
Friday morning, at half past five o'clock, he went to the
house again, and called her by i.arne, knowing that she
would be going at that hour to 'work. She kft home
with her landlady's daughter, and he joined them at the
entry end, where it is supposed lite -renewed his entreaties
to be received again as a lover, and she refused; the
other girl had before that left her. They crossed Nor-
ris-street together from the entry end, and were close to
the window and door of a Mrs. Sleigh, near the turning
into Hope-street, and not more than forty yards from
the entry end, when she gave a lend scream, and Mrs,.
Sleigh opening the door at the time, saw a torrent of
blood gushing from her throat, and the unfortunate girl
the next moment precipitated herself into Mrs. Sleigh's
arms. Mrs. Sleigh attempted to carry her across the
street to her lodgings, but she felt down upon the flags
just outside the door, and died almost instantly.
Several persons were witness to the shocking (Teed'
and the prisoner was at once apprehended by three meth
who stated to Bowers, the officer, that the man the!
had in custody was charged with almost cuttingll
wife's head off. Bowers, addressing the prisoner, awed
if be heard what the men said against him? The pr='
soner replied, "It is true." Het hen asked Bowers to
sit down by the side of him, which he did, when the pri'
sonar said, It- is not my wife, but my sweetheart. Its
all her friends' fault, and they tried to persuade her sil
they could not to keep company with me." lie was then
locked up, and an officer placed in the cell to watch hilt
He had a cut on his left hand at the time, which bleu
profusely, and this was dressed. The murder was per'
petrated with a long, sharp knife, which the prisoner im-
mediately after throw away, but it -was soon afterwards,
picked up in the street, and is now in the possession 01
Policeman Walters. _

• .
The deceased had neither father nor mother,
but she had two 'sisters. She is represented as a girl
of good character, quiet disposition, and steady tmbits.
The inquest was held on the body, before Mr. Rutter'
coroner, at the Crown public-house, Heaton-lane, at rout'
o'clock on Friday afternoon.
The above statement was fully corroborated by se•v
witnesses. The Coroner having briefly summed up, tu'
jury returned a verdict of " murder" ugsin6t
James Kelly, who was then conuniated to Kirkdale on
the charge.—Manchester Guardian-