The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-01 00:00:00

ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.

Yesterday afternoon a special meeting of the
governors and subscribers of the above college was
held on the stage of the new Adelphi Theatre, for
the purpose of electing three male pensioners, and
one female pensioner in the place of the late Sarah
Ann Garrick. Among those present (including the
chairman, Mr. B. Webster), were I)rs. Rowe and
Bell, Messrs. Childs, Churchill, Buckstone, Keeley,
Cooper, Well, Widdicomb, Potter, Sir George
Armitage, Major Lyon, &c.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, remarked
that the college had had nine houses given them
out of the ten houses which they required, so that
their funds would only be drawn upon for one, and
£3OO had also been subscribed for the Central Hall.
(Loud cheers.) Anything more prosperous, or
anything more calculated to bring them to a pro-
sperous end could not be conceived. (Cheers.)
The SECRETARY then read the report of the
council, which stated that in August last three
female pensioners had been elected, one of whom,
Mrs. Garrick, had since died, and that, though no
provision for such purpose was made in the rules,
the council had allowed £5 for burial. The
payment of pensioners had been at the rate of £25
per annum, with ss. a week in lieu of residence
until the houses were erected. Tenders had been
received for the ten houses intended for the resi-
dence of the 20 pensioners, and it was hoped that
the foundation stone of the central building would
be laid es rly in the summer. The remainder of the
report will be found embodied• in the resolutions
moved.

Mr. WARING suggested that all who had sub-
scribed. £5 already to the college, on subscribing
£5 more, should be made governors.
The report was then received for consideration.
The following resolutions were then agreed to :
" That on the death of a pensioner the council be
at liberty to pay from the funds of the college a
sum not exceeding £5 for the funeral expenses of
the pensioner.
" That the course pursued by the council, in
causing to be elected on the 31st of August three
female pensioners, and in calling a meeting that
day to elect three male pensioners, is approved of,
and this meeting now authorises such election.
" That any lady who on the day of the laying of
the foundation stone of the Central Hall presents a
sum of £5 55., 'whether from her own purse or the
result of collecting smaller amounts for which the
donors do not claim to vote, shall rank as a patron-
ess, and be entitled to vote at the general and
special meetings, and at the elections, for a period
of ten years."
Major LYON moved that persons making presents
to the library or the collection of works of art
should not have votes allowed them (as the report
stated) in consequence of such presents. (Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN thought the motion might appear
somewhat ungracious to those parties who might be
intending to give presents of pictures or books, and
asked whether it was not worth the consideration
of the meeting merely to agree to omit that part of
the report to which Major Lyon's motion had re-
ference. (Hear.)
Major LYON said that that was the opinion he
held.
The CHAIRMAN then moved "That that part of
the report which referred to the presentation of
books,
&c., be olnitted ;" a motion which was unani-
mously agreed to.
The remainder of the report was then adopted. _

The candidates for election were then nominated.
The CHAIRMAN said they had forgotten to men-
tion in their report the name of Mr. Tite their archi-
tect, who had rendered them his best services in
every possible way.
Mr. J. B. 13ucKsToNE said he had just left a
meeting of the General Theatrical Fund, and was
happy to state that they had voted £2OO to the
Dramatic College, for the purpose of building ano-
ther of their houses.
The CHAIRMAN, in replying to a vote of thanks,
said that to have the object they had in view finished
was his greatest ambition; and he hoped that by
that day twelve months their houses would be com-
pleted, and filled with 20 occupants. (Cheers.)
The poll was then opened, and at four o'clock the
names of the successful candidates were announced.

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The Castor, 36, and the Brilliant, 20, the two
frigates ordered to be fitted at Chatham as training
ships for the naval coast volunteers, are to have a
complement, the Castor of 36 men, and the Bril-
liant of 25 men, the whole of whom are to be borne
on the books of the Castor. The Brilliant has a
number of hands employed on board in preparing
her for the service for which she is intended.
It is stated that a 60 gun Ship, probably the
Blenheim screw blockship, is about to be placed on
Milford station for coastguard ant coast volunteer
service.

The Diadem, 32, screw, Captain J. 11. Cockburn,
at Spithead, had her crew paid wages on Monday,
and granted leave ashore (five days) by watches.
The Prince Regent, 90 guns, sailing two-decker,
at Portsmouth, is ordered to be pltced in dock and
receive the necessary lengthening and alterations
to her stern to adapt it for the screw. The Prince
Regent is a ship of good capacity of stowage. She
was originally constructed as a three-decked ship,
but afterwards had her upper deck removed.
oThe Ariadne, 26, screw, Captain Vansittart, at
Spithead, will not resume her screw trials until
Monday, the 6th inst.
The Espoir, 5, recently launched at Pembroke, is
to be fitted with engines of 80-horse power at
Devonport, where she is to be brought forward for
commission. She is to be schooner rigged, and her
lines promise great speed.
The Pitt, coal depot, in charge of Second Master
Attendant Stokes, was towed out of Portsmouth
Harbour on Monday evening, and anchored for the
night at the Motherbank. Yesterday morning she
was taken in tow by the Virago, 6, paddle, and the
Lucifer, paddle, and proceeded on her way for Port-
land, where she will take up her station as coal
depot for the fleet.
The Dee, paddle, Master-Corn. Pullen, arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday from Woolwich with machi-
nery for the Duncan, 101, screw, and other vessels
fitting ont at that port.
The Rhadamanthus, paddle, Master Commander
Sturdee, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the
eastward.

According to the present orders the water will be
admitted into the old fitting-basin, in the Ports-
mouth dockyard, on the 6th inst., and the vessels
in the docks connected with the basin will be re-
moved, and other vessels take their place. In No.
2 dock the Princess Royal, 91, screw, will replace
the Stromboli, 9, paddle. In No. 3 dock the Prince
Regent, 90, replaces the Nelson, 91, screw; and in
No. 5 dock, the Vigilant, 6, screw, replaces the
Bulldog, 6, paddle. The Medea, 6, paddle, will also
undock from No. 4 dock on the 6th inst. Of these
vessels, the Stromboli, the Medea, and the Bulldog
have undergone very extensive repairs. The Nelson,
91, has been converted from a sailing three-decker
to a screw two-decker. The Bulldog and Nelson
move into the steam-basin to fit out for service on
the 7th lust: The Alban, 4, paddle, is expected to
be placed in the dock vacated by the Medea.
The following vessels were yesterday chartered
by the War Department to ship military stores
from Woolwich for foreign stations, namely :—The
Ocean, the Sarah, the Zodiac, the Albion, the Cara-
doe, the Havering, the Shuttle, the Elizabeth, the
Georgetown, and the Kahlamba. The Ocean sailed
yesterday for Malta.
The following appointments were made yester-
day, at the Admiralty :—M. G. Thorold and A. P.
Douglas, naval cadets, to the Forte ; A. Geenfell,
midshipman, to the Nile; E. T. Read, second-class
assistant engineer, to the Hogue, for service in the
Harpy ; and Richard Wyllie, acting third-class
assistant engineer, to the Hogue, for the Harpy.
The following circular has been received at Ports-
mouth Dockyard, and promulgated by the authori-
ties by order from the Admiralty :

"Circular No. 403. " Admiralty, Jan. 24, 1860.
'Revision of the Complements of her Majesty's
.....

Ships.)
" The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
having had under their consideration the comple-
ments of her Majesty's ships, are pleased to direct
that the undermentioned additions and alterations
shall be made with regard to the positions and
ratings of the officers and men to be borne on the
books of her Majesty's ships hereafter commis-
sioned.

" 1. The gunner, boatswain, and ca'penter, to
rank next and after second master.
" 2. The yeoman of the signals to be a first-class
petty officer, and to be paid the same as other
first-class petty officers ; one to be borne in addition
to flaghips at home and abroad, and to be paid as
a chief petty officer.
" 3. A new rate of signalman established as a se-
cond-class petty officer, and to be paid as the pre-
sent yeoman of signals.
4. The armourer to be a first-class petty officer,
and to be paid the same as a blacksmith.
" 5. A new rating of plumber to be established
as a first-class petty officer, and to be paid as a
blacksmith.

" G. New ratings of tinsmith and second-class
stokers to be established, and paid the same as a
painter.
" 7. A new rating as a sick-berth steward to be
established, to have the same pay as a non-con-
tinuous service leading seaman, and the sick-
berth gratuity allowed to the present sick-
berth attendant.

" 8. The sick-berth 'attendant for the future to
be paid the same as a non-continuous service ordi-
nary seaman, and to receive only half the sick-
berth gratuity at present allowed ; but on board a
sixth-late in which a sick-berth steward is not
borne, to be paid the whole sick-berth gratuity.
" The following new ratings established to be
paid as severally stated :—Shoemaker, lamp trim-
mer, engineers' servant, engineer's cook's assistant
—with same pay as non-continuous service able
seamen. Captain's servant, captain's cook's assis-
tant, ward-room servant, ward-room cook's assis-
tant, gun-room servant, gun-room cook's assistant
—with same pay as non-continuous service second-
class ordinary seamen.—By order,
" W. G. ROMAINE."