The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-14 00:00:00

CHINA.

Lord J. RUSSELL laid on the table papers relative to
China.

BREHON LAW COMMISSION-ROYAL IRISH

ACADEMY.
Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether the labours of the Brehon Law Commission were
yet brought to a close ; whether it was not a fact that the
work, commenced in 1852, was to have been completed in
three years from that date; and, whether the gentle-
men engaged on it were remunerated by annual salary,
or by a contract for a certain sum • and also, whether the
Royal Irish Academy, to which Parliament makes an an-
nual grant, is open to the public for consultation and for
reference to its literary contents—tor reading and extract-
ing, as in the British Museum.
Mr. CARDWELL said, with reference to the first ques-
tion, that the translation of ancient documents were in
course of progress. The gentlemen comprising that com-
mission were selected for their proficiency in the Irish lan-
guage, and had discharged their duty most faithfully. The
period originally assigned for the completion of their
labours was seven years, and they wo.eld be terminated at
the expiration of that time. As regarded the Royal Irish
Academy, every facility was afforded respectable persons to
visit that institution, and to make extracts from the valu-
able works and manuscripts it contained.
NEW ZEALAND.

Mr. Alderman SALOMONS asked whether her Ma-
jesty's Government had not received despatches requiring
an immediate increase of the military force to assist in
quelling the native rising in New Zealand ; and whether it
was not therefore the intention of the Government to send
out such reinforcements forthwith by steam.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE, who was almost inaudible, was
understood to say that when advices on the subject were
received they would be carefully considered by the Go-
vernment, but they were not at present in possession of offi-
cial information on the subject.
WAR RETURNS.

Colonel DUNNE asked the Secretary of State for War
why certain returns, ordered some time since by the house
from the War Department, had not been presented, and
when they would be laid upon the table ?
Mr. S. HERBERT said that pll the returns moved for
had already been presented, and would be laid on the table
that evening, with the exception of one which was not pre-
pared.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
In reply to an MN. MEMBER,
Lord PALMERSTON said that if the Government could
get through the navy estimates to-night, they would pro •
ceed with the army estimates on Monday; and when they
were disposed of, they would bring forward the civil ser-
vice estimates. He submitted to the house the pro-
priety of allowing the orders of the day to have
precedence of motions on the paper on Fridays.
That practice was adopted in order to facilitate the pro-
gress of public business, and he hoped it would not be de-
parted from on the present occasion, as the session was far
advanced, and there was a great deal of important business
t) be transacted. (Hear, hear.)

THE NAVY.
On the order of the day for going into committee of
supply on the navy estimates,
Mr. LINDSAY said that the commission which had sat
on the subject of the best means for the more efficient man-
ning of the navy had recommended that there should be dif-
ferent exercises in the reserve forces and other branches of the
naval service which had not been carried. At the present
moment the country required a very large amount on
the navy, notwithstanding that it was a time of peace.
There was no less than £13,000,000 spent on ships
annually, and this was done in consequence of not
having a reserve force, the consequence of which was
that the country at present was not properly
prepared in case of war. Besides, these ships cruising
about the Channel led s-ine people in France to inia!ine
that we entertained au idea of in ading that country, hog, -
ever silly such an idt a might be. The result was that the peo-
ple of Fiance were led to increase their expenditure in military
and naval preparations. He did not apprehend that France
would in wade this country, but this was not the question
under consideration • but he thought it
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though
they duty to be prepared for any emergency that might
arise, which was not the case at present ; for,
they had ships they were not properly manned. A ques-
tion accordingly was raised as to whether the Admiralty
had adopted the proper course, which he contended they
had not, though he gave that department credit for a desire
to discharge their duty to the best of their ability.
No doubt there had been liberal pecuniary y.
s held out to the men engaged
in the merchant
service to enter the navy, but out of 20,000 of that body
only 11,000 had enrolled themselves. They paid
£1,000,000 annually to officers on the retired and
reserve list, and yet they required to have young and
active men in order that the vessels should be
properly officered. He contended that they should im-
port into the navy a number of young men, who, though

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THE NAVY.

rLAG PROMOTIONS IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

Admiral of the Blue Sir Henry Prescott, K.C.8.,
haying ricaTted the service pension of Ll5O ayear,
vacant by the death of Admiral Edward Hawker,
the following routine promotions will take place :
Vice-Admiral of the Red Edward Harvey becomes
Admiral of the Blue—Vice-Admiral of the White
Francis E. Lock becomes Vice-Admiral of the Red
—Vice-Admiral of the Blue Wm. J. Hope john-
sione becomes Vice-Admiral of the White—Rear-
Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Howe Fremantle,
K.C.8., in command of the Channel Squadron, be•
comes Vice-Admiral of the Blue—Rear-Admiral of

the White Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Bart., becomes
Rear-Admiral of the Red—Rear-Admiral of the
Blue J. A. Kingcome becomes Rear-Admiral of the
White—Captain Robert Spencer Robinson (1840)
becomes Rear-Admiral of the Blue. In conse-
quence of the above promotions, a Captain's Good
Service Pension falls to the patronage of the First
Lord of the Admiralty, and Captain M. C.
Symonds, C.B. (1841), a recipient of the Good Ser-
vice Pension, becomes the senior officer for promo-
tion to Flag rank.
Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe hoisted his
flag yesterday on board the Impregnable, 104, in
Hamoaze, as Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth.
Admiral Sir H. Prescott, K.C.8., has been
awarded the service pension rendered vacant by
the death of Admiral Hawker.

Rear-Admiral Superintendent Thomas S. Pasley,
Bart., who has been absent on leave, returned to
duties at the Devonport dockyard yeterday.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Hecate,
Commander Hosken, fitted out at Woolwich for
survey in the Pacific, sailed this morning from
Greenhithe for Portsmouth, performing the mea-
sured mile from Shoeburyness on a trial of her
engines, under the superintendence of Mr. Patridge,
inspector of Government steam machinery afloat.
The Hecate conveyed to Portsmouth 120 boys and
12 ordinary seamen from the flagship Fisgard, for
the fleet, who proceeded early this morning, in
charge of Mr. Hall, instructor of novices, to Green-
hithe, in the steam tender Bustler, Second Master
Commander Draper.
The screw steam storeship Supply, 2, W. H.
Balliston, master commanding, left Plymouth on
Tuesday, for the Mediterranean.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, in
Hamoaze, got up steam on Tuesday and went out-
side Plymouth breakwater to try her machinery,
prior to being placed in the steam ordinary.
The paddlewheel steam tender Lizard, Lieut. E.
Maunsell commanding, left Plymouth on Tuesday
for Sheerness.

Lieut. Daniel, of the steam frigate Forte, at the
Cape of Good Hope, is under arrest on board the
gunboat Wasp, at present in Plymouth Sound. on
a charge of drunkenness on board the said gunboat,
which is bound for the Cape.
The screw steamship Gibraltar, 101, building at
Devonport, will not, to all appearance, be launched
this month.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. F. IL S. Webber and Lieut.
A. G. Wootton to the Donegal; Lieut. G. B. Gool-
den to the Mars ; Lieut. G.A. Brine to the Monarch;
Lieut. W. J. Walker to the Barracouta ; Lieut. F.
Blackwood to the Aboukir; Lieut. E. C. Batty to
the Blenheim, for service in the Violet ; Lieut. G.
Stratton to the Blenheim ; John W. Elliott, third-
class assist.- engineer, to the Asia, as supernume-
rary ; James Nelson, acting third-class assist.-
engineer, to the Asia, for service in the Comet;
Percy V. James, master, to the Geyser • George
Moore, master, to the Blenheim; Thos. J. -Whinier,
master, to the Asia, for the Princess Royal ;
William J. Cunningham, second master, to the
Torch ; Thomas H. Tizard, second master, addi-

tional, to the Britannia; Charles Love, master's
assistant, to the Ranger; G, J. Hirtzel, master's-
assistant, to the Algiers; Robert W. Clarke, staff-
surgeon, to the Blenheim ; Horace H. Smith, addi-
tional surgeon, to the Blenheim ; William Ellis and
Robert Deveson, paymasters, to the Blenheim;
Henry Tucker, assistant-paymaster, to the Blen-
heim ; Edmund G. Ellis and Cecil P. Walker,
assistant-clerks, to the Blenheim.

The following young gentlemen passed their
examinations at the Royal Naval College, her Ma-
jesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, on the 6th, 7th, Bth,
and 9th inst. :

For Naval Cadets, 24 Candidates (14 and under
15 years of age)—J. H. Corfe, first of his class, G.
L. Poe, F. A. Watkins, J. S. Hallifax, H. G.
Gough, E. C. Stewart, W. H. Gabbett, H. B.
Sheridan, V. B. Orlebar, G. S. Deacon. 20 Candi-
dates (13 and under 14 years of age)—T. T. A.
Smith, first of his •class, .1. H. Orlebar, G. G.
Compton, R. H. H. Henderson, F. C. Master, A.
C. 0. Beddirigton' A. W. Massey, Count F. C.
Metaxa, G. A. E. Crattwell, A. 0. Hill, C. J. Fel-
lowes, A. A. Joyce. 31 Candidates (12 and under
14 years of age, under the new regulations).—C.E.
Wood, first of his class ;J. E. Symons, F. Papillon,
J. S. Mackinnon, S. G. Smith, A. G. Leith, S. M.
E. Wilmot, G. S. Smith, W. B. Kirwan, A. J. Ha-
milton, F. A. Blackett, A. St. Maur, J. P. E. Jer-
voise, A. R. Woodriffe, A. S. White, C, H. Millett,
C, B. Neste, F. R. Knollys.
For Masters' Assistants—A. E. Andrews, first of
his class ; A. R. Wonham, A. J. Neville, E. Kearns,
E. J. Behenna, F. J. Palmer, R. 0. Jones, G. Hole,
G. Wood, A. R. Ring, C. J. Carter, E. Nankivell,
R. St. G. Deane, A. IV. Coward, A. C. Dennys, H.
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F 11011e.eik,sioanr,iannedk.ctrt
Cadets—Competitive Examination
(6 candidates).—F. H. Mountsteven and H. J.
Bowman.