The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-24 00:00:00


1 'or practical distinction. Men who
distinction to flu army, they carry with them nei-
and even of war-
ractically disrated, and mingled
rank of petty
tiihaevre eammeal tiinme
de n.L
vith ordinary seamen and the
service. "Distinguished rT.nt officers are p
rs' standing, who have been
indiscriminately
d in action, or otherwise dis-
refuse of the nava,
confounded with others who
sea-
men of many yea
tive service at all, and who
ore rather to be rega
wounded and maime
led as labourers or as abled on duty, are
have never known at
n
domes-
tic servants than as sea men." The food of the pen-
s'ioners seems to be good and abundant, and the
systeLn of messes not • objectionable; but
.the dress
appears not to be satl'sfatetory to the men. "At
the time oz the founda, `do n," say the Commissioners,
a the dress th:w in us e there was the mark of a
superior conditu:n in life, and was doubtless
Now it is antiquated ;
adopted on that ace:0111a- "
he uniform of the navy,
it has no resemblance ,fo t
ranee not unfrequently
and " its grotesque appea.
attracts a notice little coionli. mentary to the wearer."
But the most practical griows •nee is the small allow-
ance made to the inmate bej-ond his board and
lodging. On entering the 1-10 b,nital he is made to
relinquish any pension he may havegained in the
service. He thenceforward recei yes, under the
name of "tobacco-money," the sum oic one shisling
a week. This sum was fixed in the ea: 1Y days of
the Hospital, when a shilling represented A larger
exchangeable value than now. It is at present very
inadequate to supply the men with the humblest
comforts ; and, indeed, we can see but little differ-
ence between a fraction under twopence a day and
nothing at all, so far as the gratification of the poor
old men is concerned. " The practical effect," says
the report, " of these parsimonious restrictions is at
once offensive and demoralising ; they induce many
pensioners to present themselves to visitors of this
great national asylum in the character of ordinary
beggars ; they force others to seek in places of the
lowest description about Greenwich menial and de-
grading employments, and they tend to exclude
the pensioners from social intercourse with all but
those of their own monotonous fraternity." The
remedies for these and other evils are pointed out
by the Commissioners in a long report, which 'we
recommend heartily to the consideration of the Ad-
miralty. A better classification of the men, an ex-
tended system of out-pensions, 'more attention to
the wives and families of those residing in the
Hospital, and a small increase in the sum allowed
them for humble comforts, pill probably give
Greenwich all its former popularity, and encourage
the seamen of England to uphold their " ancient
reputation foi the courage and constancy mani-
fested in engagements for the defonee and honour
of their native countrv."--Times.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NEWARK--MAY 23.

The show of wheat from the farmers to-day was tolerable,
and a moderate business was transacted at prices is higher.
Barley in short supply. Oats steady. Peas ,at 458 to
55s per qr.
White wheat, new, 56s to 63s Barley, grinding.. 30s to 33s
Red do. s4s to 59s Oats, old, 28% to 338
Old white sBs to 62s New do 26s to 29s
Red do.. 548 to 56s Beans.. ' 48s to 528
I
Barley, malting.... 38s to 45s Beans, new 46s to 4Ss