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London, England, 1860-02-20 00:00:00

THE AIN, LONDON, MOXDAY gVENINO, FEBRUARY 20,- 1860.

representatio sus and suggestions, as contained in
their memorit ‘l, their best consideration.

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treated as an article included under the treaty. It ,
was to be made duty free, but not under the
treaty. The deputation did not object to the most
THE WHOLESALE TEA AND SUGAR
complete free trade, provided they were tote ellowed MERCHANTS.
to start fair in the race with their rivals ; but the
price of the raw material in France and Belgium
being only half the puke that it was in England 'or of the Exchequer in reference to
A deputation frem this body of gentlemen waited
, on the Chancel
from the demand for rags being so much less than certain than; es in the
tea and shap
sugar, e of sttobaampcco, s that were
tnon Szc., im-
in this country, the manufacturers here were to be imposedu
thereby - incapacitated from competing on fair ported into this CountrY, and which was bonded
terms with those of the Continent and of the upon its arrival here. The deputation consisted of
United. States. Under those circumstances the de- Mr. Horsfall, my. ir. J. C. Ewart, M.P., Mr.
potation had, in the first instance, to press that the Blackburn, M.P., M.P.,
S4:4Ttes• M.P., Mr. Baxter,
admission of foreign paper should not be allowed MP., Mr. Vance, M.P., Yeir. Dunlop, M.P., Mr.
to take place free of duty so long as tile prohibition Dawson, M.P., Mr. Dalgkish, iI!.P., Mr. M-
on the export of rags was maintained in foreign ler, M.P., Mr. Gore Lang,,en, M.Ph. ,sir M.
4 countries;. but that, if the Government could not S. Stewart, M.P., Sir Hush Cairns, ALP-,
make that concession, they should undertake to the Hon. F. H. Barker, M.P., Sir E. Grog
P.,
an,
address an immediase application to the Govern- M.P., Colonel Sykes. M.P., Sir I. Ogilvie, M.
,ments of France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Sir J. Ferguson, M.P., Mr. Redmond, M.P., and
Russia to remove the prohibition. several of the wholesale tea and sugar merchants
Mr. JOYNSON said the paper makers of this coun- from Dublin, Liverpool, Hull, Edinburgh, Greenock,
try, to whom he stood in the relation of chairman, Leith, Glasgow, Belfast, Bristol, Cork, and other
gave employment to about 150,000 people, and a towns.
casnital amounting to something like £3,000,000. Mr. CLAY, M.P. Yor Hull, introduced the depu-
(Hew, hear.) lie himself had been now nearly tation.
40 ye t's in the trade, commencing first with one Mr. STEINE, of Liverpool, said that he had at-
of those village mills which the Chancellor of the tended a large meeting of the tea trade in Liverpool,
Exchequer' in his financial statement had been and with one exception the feeling of the meeting
pleased to eciiogise, but afterwards, as his trade in- was favourable to the principle upon which the
Ll4O 000 in machinery alone. Budget was based. They only took exception to
creased, expei:kalng ,
That ex'pendituYe he had incurred for the benefit of some details as set forth in the alteration proposed
his family. He could now produce a paper at to be made upon transfering tea in bond from one
Bs. 2d. a ream, a touch better than what he made place to another. The alterations objected to were
and sold in 1823 when' hecommenced paper-making, inserted in clauses 11, 12, and 13 of the resolutions
at 235. (Hear.) He stated that to show the improve- laid upon the table in the Committee of Ways and
men's which had been enade in the manufacture ; Means. The objection, however, to the llth clause
and he would say he was qapable of competing with was got rid of by the right hon. gentleman's ex-
any manufacturer in the world, if he was allowed planation in his letter to Mr. Glyn, which had been
to do so on fair and equt.:l terms. Last year he paid published in the various journals. The 12th and
duty in respect of his awl business amounting to 13th clauses were strongly objected to, on the ground
more than £27,000, and if the Government now that no tea or other goods that had been bonded
took off the differential duty of ld. in the pound could be transferred without extra payment for each
upon foreign paper, he would lose annually £lB,OOO. removal. All the tea imported into this country is
Again, the increase in the price of coal, which necessarily placed in bond, and there it is kept under
would result from its exportati on to France, and the care of the Customs watch-dog.
the maintenance of the (ity coa. dues. would in- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—And who
crease his loss by another £l,ooo' at least. The is to pay the watch-dog ? (A. laugh.)
taking off the paper duty would be t:- boon to the Mr. STEINE then went on to object to the pro-
country. (Hear, hear.) They (the paper-makers) posed charges on the removal of tea out of bond,
were all interested in that, but if they w`
And
not to because these removals were frequent as regarded
be allowed free access to the raw material, And if, each package of tea.
besides, paper from France and Belgium was' to be The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Are the
permitted to come in without some prohilh'tive removals of one package of tea frequent ?
duty, they would be annihilated. He himself w.l-11 Several Voices—Oh, very. Sometimes the one
a free-trader to the backbone, and free trade was all package is removed 20 times.
that the paper-makers in this country wanted. He The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—What pro-
had bought rags in France and Antwerp at £l4 per pxtion of tea imported into this country undergoes
ton, of a quality which cost him in England £2B removal in bond ?
per ton. (Hear, hear.) It was justly stated in the Mr.. STEINE—More than three-fourths.
Times the other day that at present—except straw, The JIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was
which was of little or no use for the purpose,— afraid th,at they could not go through the details of
paper could only be made of rags. Rags as a refuse the question. He suggested that they should em-
product could only be made by population, and, as body their objections in a memorial, laying down
this country had increased in population, so the some plan by which the principle they main-
raw material for paper had augmented ; but the tained ought to be carried out. He felt sure that
supply was unequal to the demand. The English any suggestion coming in a proper spirit from them
paper-makers now made double the quantity of would receive every consideration from the Go-
paper they made 20 years ago. They had invested vernment.
in the aggregate £3,000,000 of capital in their Mr. STEINE said the trade which he represented
works; they gave employment to 150,000 people; would much rather that an additional ld. per lb.
and he submitted they were a body of men whose should be charged to the present ls. sd. duty on
position ought to be studied to some considerable tea than that their trade should be crippled by
extent. (Hear, hear.) these various complicated charges.
Mr. EVANS said one way in which we could corn- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—What I
pete with France would be by the production of propose will only create £15,000 or £20,000 per.
some raw material which should answer as a sub- annum, while by your suggestion you propose to
stitute for rags, and he thought we had exhausted give me something like £350,000.
all the sources likely to be available as such substi- Mr. STEINE said they had no wish to throw the
Lute. In France, where rags were plentiful, it would burdens off their shoulders, for they knew that the
be simply ridiculous to make paper of straw. The Government must have a revenue, and ought to
case of the English manufacturer was further pre- have a surplus ; but the revenues should not be
judiced by the exportation, which went on to a eon- raised in a manner that would hinder,
harass and
'
siderable extent, of rags from this country to Ame- fetter trade. In fact, the 12th and 15th clauses
rice;_ and the probable result of the movement on would render the trade impracticable.
the part of the Government with respect to paper Mr. GLADSTONE—Is that additional penny made
would be that all our rags would go to America; to me as a suggestion from all the gentlemen pre-
that the greater proportion of our paper would sent ? (Cries of " No, no.")
come from France; and that the paper mills in this Mr. STEINE said he stated that this was the
country would fall into disuse. (Hear, bear.) feeling of the trade which he represented.
Mr. COWAN hoped it was not yet too late for the Mr. PATRICK O'BRIEN, M.P., on the part of the
Government to get the paper-makers here put on consumers, strongly protected against this pro-
an equal footing with their brethren abroad. They posed increase of a penny additional duty on tea.
had nothing to fear from the manufacturers of (Hear, hear )
France or any other country if they were put upon Some conversation then ensued, in which it was
a fair footing; and he reminded the right hon. gen- shown that the same objections urged in respect to
tleman that successive statesmen, from Sir R. tea would apply to sugar, pepper, coffee, rice, soap,
Peel downwards, had been actuated by the desire and tobacco.
to emancipate articles of raw material—a principle The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
that was one of the most important that a Govern- it was impossible for any memory to retain so many
meat could set itself to maintain. ();fear, hear.) subjects, and again suggested that the several ob-
Mr. SAUNDERS said paper making was a large jealous should be embodied in a memorial, to which
and important trade ; the manufacturers paid he would pay every attention.
£1,500,000 annually to the revenue ; they asked for The deputation, having thanked the right hon.
no protection against the foreigner ; there might be gentleman, then withdrew.
some shades of difference among thew, but as a body
they were thoroughly free traders; their great grie-
vance was the want of raw material, the exporta-
tion of which was prohibited from abroad. They
wished to have access to a common market with
foreigners for the raw material ; but at present they
had to fight against Belgium and France, which
protected their own manufacturers.
Mr: MILNER GIBSON said of course he entirely
agreed with the deputation that it would be most
desirable if foreign countries could be induced to
repeal their export duties on rags. lie certainly
thought it was a fair thing to ask them to do. Just
on the same principle that we were not going to
prohibit the export of coal to France, so in France
they ought not to prohibit the export of rags to
this country. But still the allegation that there
was a great want of the raw material for the manu-
facture of paper in this country was not quite con-
sistent with the fact of an exportation of that raw
material. With all respect to the deputation, he
thought they underrated their own powers in the
eompetition. It was to be remembered that they
would be able to manufacture paper at less cost when
they manufactured it freely than under an Excise
etegulation. He entirely agreed with them as to
what they wanted—viz., that the export duty on
foreign rags should be got rid of; and he assured
them the Government would do all they could do
to induce foreign countries to reduce or abolish it.
He should have thought the quantity of rags in a
country depended very much on the number of the
population and the extent of its manufactures.
We had a large and well-clad population
and extensive manufactures. He could not say he
should be in favour of any protection to our domestic
paper man ufacture—(" We don't want it") ;—but
he thought it was quite right that the Government
should do what they could to induce foreign coun-
tries to forego their export duties on the raw material.
Mr. TURNER, M.P., said a great deal would depend
on vigorous action on the part of the Government
at this moment ; and as we were going to concede
to the Emperor of the French a supply of coal and
other materials which were valuable to ibitn, if
the Government were to hold out the mosrdistant
threat of putting an equivalent on the articles which
lie wanted so much, his Imperial Majesty might be
induced to remove the prohibition on the raw
material which we wanted so much. (A laugh.)
Some further conversation ensued, in which the
President of the Board Trade,
of and Mr. Puller,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Joynson, and other gentlemen took
part, but which was not of
report, and the interview terminated.

THE WHOLESALE STATIONERS.

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A deputation of wholesale stationers waited
upon Mr. Gladstone to submit a statement as to the
claims of the trade for full allowance of drawback
on the abolition of the paper duty.
Baron ROTHSCHILD, M.P., introduced the depu-
tation, and urged the claims of the deputation to a
full allowance of drawback on the stock of paper
in hand, which the wholesale stationers regarded
not only as a question of justice, but also of expe-
diency, as unless that was granted they would be
great losers by the proposal of the Government.
Mr. CHATER, a member of the deputation, said
they anticipated a great fall in the price of paper
after the first of July, should the duty cease on that
day.
Mr. GLADSTONE remarked—Then your view of
the matter differs very much from other parties in-
terested in the question. I have just received a
deputation from the newspaper press, and from the
statements made to me by those gentlemen, it seems
that they entertain a confident belief that, so far
from the repeal of the duty lowering the price of
paper, it will increase it considerably.
Mr. CRATER said whatever the effect might be,
they asked for a remission of the duty upon the
stocks in hand, and they hardly saw how that could
be refused.

In reply to a question it was stated that the
duty upon stocks in hand would amount to between
£200,000 and £250,000. It was further argued
that large sums of money had been invested on the
faith of the Excise label being returned, and that
there was no possibility of defrauding the revenue
if such drawback was allowed. Unless it took place
the trade would be paralysed till the tax was re-
pealed. Several publishers had already declined
to issue any works until the tax was repealed, and
in one printing establishment 40 hands had been dis-
missed in one day.
Mr. GLADSTONE said—l am sorry lam unable
to devote more attention to your representations
to-day. My time, as you may conceive, is much
occupied at the present moment. I have another
deputation in the next room which I have pro-
mised to see, I have to be present at a Cabinet
Council at two o'clock, and I have more than a hun-
dred unopened letters, all of which must receive
attention at my hands. I can only say I shall be
glad if possible to meet your views, and that the
subject shall receive my best and earliest conside-
ration.
The deputation then withdrew.

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A deputationßfErolmiljtCheEl I)risphijaLY.Scoteh distillers
waited on the Chancellor of the Exeliequer, to
ddraw
his attention to the effect which tiro
re-
duction of duty on foreign spirits admitted into thiscountry for consumption would have upon
the
interests of the British distilleNris..p.';rhme
rdeputatione
consisted of Sir E. Grogan,
M.P.; Mr. P. O'Brien, M.P. ; Mr. Vance, NlyPr:
Mr. George, M.P. ; Captain Esmonde, 111.1.•
Mr. Ellice, M.P. ; Colonel 'Cole.
Bellew, M.P. ;
M.P. ; Mr. Dalglish, M P. ; Mr. Redmond, M.P. ;
Sir J. Power, Mr. Haig, Mr. Jamieson, &c.
Sir E. GROGAN said he had the honour of intro-
ducing to the Chancellor of the Exchequer a
deputation from the distillers of Ireland and Scot-
land, in order that they might lay before him their
views as to the effect which the admission of foreign
spirits would have upon their interests. They had
drawn .up, in a memorial, the particular points
which they wished to submit to his mnsideration.
Mr. JAMIESON, one of the members of the depu-
tation, then handed to the right hon. gentleman the
memorial, which was to the effect that the proposed
alteration of duties on foreign spirits exposed the
Irish and Scotch distillers to the competition of
foreign distillers in the home market, giving them
only a protection of 3A-d. per gallon as an equivalent
for the Excise restrictions. The memorial asked
fora drawback for ex port of 3d per gallon, as spirits
imported by the Excise restrictions were produced
at an extra charge of 174. per cent., even though
they paid no duty on the export.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
he was much obliged to the gentlemen for their con-
sideration, and begged to assure them that lie would
give the matter of the memorial his best attention.
Alter alluding to the subject of a drawback, which
lie Said he should consider, he asked the deputa-
tioniffeatlrieiyn
respect
competition with the French
brandy.
Mr. JAMIESOxe stad they did not. .
.They had.
m ore
was a fine pure spiritPe
The Clia.NcEroa
to the German spirit, which
D urh. of the EXCHEQUER—The
?mt eHMG—Yes ; we fear the introduction of the
Dutch spirit. -

The Cll. ANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUEII. said he had
only to repeat the Government would give to their

211 E NAYY.

The subjoined is from a letter dated Hong Kong,
December 20 :---

services, and the Commander-in-Chief is not likely -
to incur so grave a responsibility. Not long since
we expressed our impartial opinion of the manner
in which the Duke of Cambridge has exercised his
patronage in this respect since his accession to the
command of the army. Notwithstanding some
three or four names -that rather grate against
one's ideas of gallant service, we believe
it to have been on the whole fair ; and we are sure
that so great a blot as the appointment of General
Grey to a colonelcy—so utter a denial of claims
arising from service in the field—will not be
allowed to tarnish his Royal Highness's adminis-
tration of high office.
We announced some weeks since that the Minis-
ter of War, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Trea-
sury, were in communication respecting a plan for
the reduction of cavalry commissions to infantry
prices, and the abolition of the stoppages for forage
now made from cavalry officers. The execution of
the plan was delayed by various impediments ; but
we believe we may state that it is now in a fair
way of being carried out, and will very shortly be
officially promulgated. Henceforward all cornets
appointed to the cavalry of the line will receive two
chargers for regimental purposes from the Govern-
ment, and these chargers will be maintained at the
public expense. The rate of purchase of commis-
sions will be precisely the same as in the infantry.
As regards officers now serving in the cavalry,
they will be allowed the full prices paid for their
commissions, and those who have not purchased
will be entitled to the usual allowance for their
service—at the rate of £lOO per annum—on selling
out. We trust this step may be the means of re-
cruiting the commissioned ranks of our cavalry re-
giments, and inducing young gentlemen to select
that once favourite but now disregarded branch of
the army. We fear, however, that other causes
tend to render the cavalry unpopular. During the
last few years they have got harder work, fewer
honours, comparatively less remunerative pay than
the rest of the service. The preliminary examina-
tion has a very deterrent effect upon the candidates;
and the extravagant style of living in many regi-
ments upon their fathers. The expenses • to be
complained of aro not generally speaking what are
called regimental expenses, but they arise very
often from causes which are nevertheless within the
power of a good commanding officer to remove ;
and we trust, as it has been found impossible to induce
rich men to enter dragoon regiments in sufficient
numbers, that the less wealthy class of gentlemen
to whom the door is now open will preserve the
efficiency and military prestige of that splendid
body, the British Cavalry.
Under the newly-recognised rule, as regards the
period of service on the Staff, a large number of
vacancies will take place on the Ist of April next.
Various rumours are afloat as to the successors of
those who are about to resign, but the arrange-
ments are not yet in a condition to allow of our
giving any authentic information respecting them.
Lord Seaton has returned to Ireland to wind up the
affairs of his office, and will leave on the Ist of
April ; but his successor is not yet selected. The
Adjutant-General Sir George Wetherall's period of
service expired in December, but he will remain at
the Horse Guards for some time longer, at least
until some measures of military administration are
settled, respecting which the want of his assistance
would form a serious difficulty.
The command of the Dublin district will become
vacant on the Ist of April by the promotion of
Major-General Gascoigne to be Lieut.-General.

" Admiral Jones left in the mall steamer for
Shanghai on the 17th inst., whither her Majesty's
ship Furious, on board which he will temporarily
fly his flag, had preceded him.
" The remainder of the 3d Buffs, from India,
have arrived in her Majesty's Indian navy steamer
Coromandel and sailing ship Tasmania, the former
having the latter in tow until arriving in Chinese
waters, where, in a gale of wind, they parted com-
pany. The troops have since gone up to Canton.
" The seamen and officers of her Majesty's
steamer Cambrian, who have garrisoned Macao
Fort for many months, are to be superseded by ar-
tillery from the marine brigade at Canton and re-
turn :!' their ship.
Capt.,",?ramerell, of her Majesty's ship Magi-
cienne, has been several days with her Majesty's
gunboats Clown, Drake, Woodcock, and Leven,
with armed boats from her Majesty's ship Chesa-
peake, Cambrian, and Magieienne, in search of
pirates, who are again becoming numerous and
bold in the south of China. They had no fight-
ing, but captured and burnt many junks.
" The -vessels composing our Chinese squadron
ati present stationed at Hong Kong are :—The
Chesapeake (flagship), the Cambrian, the High-
flyer, the Magicienne, the Nimrod, the Hosper, and
the Princess Charlotte; gunboats, the Opossum,
the the Kestrel, the Leven, the Starling,
the
the Woodcock, the Drake, and the
Forester,clew h,
Watchful.
" At Canton and Whampoa—The Fury, the As-
sistance, the Bittern ; gunboats, the Staunch, the
Banterer, and the Firm.
"At Shanghai—The Furious (flagship), the
Sampson, the Camilla, and the Roebuck ; gunboats,
the Haughty, the Janus, and the Bustard.
" At Ningpo—The Algerine.
" At Foochow—The Inflexible.
" At Amoy—The Acorn.
" At Japan—The Cruiser.
" Coast of Tartary.—The Actaeon and the Dove.
"At Singapore.—The Esk and the Saracen.
"In India.—The Retribution, the Cyclops, and
the Sparrowhawk."
Our Malta correspondent, in his letter dated
Feb. 12, says :
" The Valetta, Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamer, arrived here at 3 30 from Alexan-
dria, with the China and Calcutta mails, but will
not get away until daylight to•morrow, having had
a very boisterous passage, and sustained damage in
her rudder, which is now being repaired. This
was the only steamer out of some eight or 10 out-
ward bound which contrived to get to sea during
the prevailing gale, as the pilots refused to take
them out. The China and Himalaya steamers had
both reached Alexandria in safety, but up to the
7th of February no troops had reached Suez from
India for embarkation ii the Himalaya. The
Ornen, Norwegian corvette, and the Nayaden,
Swedish corvette, were lying at Alexandria, to
leave about the middle of February, the former for
Palermo, the latter for Malta, where the Lagerb-
jelk, Swedish corvette, is hourly looked for from
the Firearm. Admiral Fanshawe, in the Marl-
borough, is looked for at Malta from Gibraltar,
where he will be relieved by Rear-Admiral Mundy,
in the Hannibal, from Corfu."
The screw steamship Brunswick, 81, Captain
Erasmus Ommanney, which arrived in Plymouth
Sound on the 18th, as reported on Saturday even-
ing in The Sun, left Lisbon January 30, and
has experienced nothing but strong northerly
and north-easterly winds on the passage home.
Spoke Feb. 5, in lat. 41 9 N., long. 18 25 W., the
bark Fortuna, from Liverpool, and Feb. 10, in lat.
45 26 N., long. 11 30 W., the English ship Ger-
trude. The Brunswick has a few invalids. She
was commissioned Jan. 8, 1856, and will probably
be inspected to in the Sound, after which she
will go up Hamoaze, where her crew will be paid
off.

The increase to the Royal Artillery will be made
in the shape of two brigades, to be numbered the
15th and 16th respectively. The 15th Brigade will
consist of 56 officers, 112 non-commissionedofficers,
trumpeters, drummers, and 1,608 rank and file.
The 16th Brigade will number 53 officers, 80 non-
commissioned officers, &e., and 864 rank and file.
The :promotions consequent on this augmentation
will, in all probability, promote the Lieut.-Colonels,
down to Col. Kennedy, to be Colonels ; the Captains,
down to Brevet-Major Longden, to be Lieut.-Colo-
nels ; the Second Captains, down to Brevet-Major
Penn, to be First Captains ; and the Lieutenants,
down to Lieut. Philip H. Sandilands, to be Second
Captains.
An Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers will be
stationed at each of the following places, viz., York,
Birmingham, Canterbury, Plymouth, Winchester,
and Edinburgh.
By the lamented death of General Sir William
Napier, Lieut.-General Sir James Ferguson, Colo-
nel of the 43d Regiment, another of the gallant
band forming the old Light Division, becomes
a General ; Major-General Gascoigne, Colonel
of the 69th Regiment, a Lieut.-General ; Colonel
the Hon. A. Spencer, a Major-General ;
Colonel C. E. Michell, 54th Regiment, a Colonel;
and Major Bruce, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, a
Lieut.-Colonel in the Army.
The following regiments are to be increased by
100 men each, and fixed at a strength per regiment
of 46 officers, 81 non-commissioned officers, and
1,050 rank and file, making a total of all ranks of
1,177, viz.-9th Ist bat, 10th Ist bat, 11th Ist bat,
11th 2d bat, 12th 2d bat, 14th 2d bat, 15th Ist bat,
16th Ist bat, 16th 2d bat, 17th 2d bat, 18th 2d bat,
19th 2d bat, 20th 2d bat, 21st 2d bat, 22d Ist bat,
24th 2d bat, 25th 2d bat, 26th, 29th, 30th, 32d
Light Infantry, 36th, 45th, 47th, 55th, 58th, 60th
Rifles 4th bat, 76th, 78th, 84th, 86th, 96th, and
Rifle Brigade Ist bat. The other battalions now
serving in India remain at 950 rank and file, with
the same number of officers, with the exception of
the 65th Regiment, which numbers 1,400 rank and
file.

The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. Rod-
gers, C. 8., at Plymouth, received her powder on
Saturday.
Top-gallant and royal yards were crossed and
studding-sail gear rove on Saturday on board the
screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Curry, in Ply-
mouth Sound, and she now waits orders from the
Admiralty to sail for Portland. On her arrival
there the Donegal will sail for Plymouth, where her
crew will be paid wages and obtain leave of ab•
sence.

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The following hired transports have been char-
tered by Government to ship munitions of war from
the Military Store Department at Woolwich—viz.,
the Stirlingehire, the Marianne, the Nugget, the
Pioneer, the Mary Innes, and the Scotia.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—F. G. Barr, chief engineer,
to the Asia, for service in the Immortalite ; George

Weeks, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for ser-
vice in the Severn ; A. M'lnnes, chief engineer, to
the Virago; J. W. German, acting chief engineer,
to the Cumberland, for service in the Charybdis;
Wm. J. Brown, first class assist.-engineer, to the
Victoria and Albert, for service in the Elfin ; Alex.
B. APLucicie, acting third class assist.-engineer, to
the Victoria and Albert; James Bell (b), acting
third assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, for ser-
vice in the Meeanee ; M. B. Kelly, third class assist.-
engineer to the Cumberland, for temporary charge
of the machinery of the Wasp.