The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-14 00:00:00

TILE GUNBOAT QUESTION.

We understand that the committee appointed by
the House of Commons to inquire into the state of
the gunboats built for Government by private con-
tract, met on Friday last for the purpose of con-
sidering their report. We are enabled from per-
sonal observation to anticipate some portion of it.
In order to enable the members of the committee
to make a thorough investigation of the quality of
the wood employed by Messrs. Green, Pitcher, and
the other builders of these vessels, the authorities
had ordered that a plank above the " fillings"
should be removed from each side of forty-seven
gunboats hauled up at Haslar; and it must be most
gratifying, not only to the constructors themselves,
but to the Comptroller of the Navy and the, officers
serving under him, that the result of a severe
examination has been to prove that, with the ex-
ception of two, all these boats have been bviltin a
faithful, workmanlike manner, in accordance with
the terms of the different contracts. This is more
than we could reasonably have expected, when we
take into consideration the anxiety which pre-
vailed in this country during the years 1.,854 and
1855, in reference to the construction of k ;un and
mortar boats. The builders were at that ti me told

to hurry on their work, and turn it out .of hand
with the best materials at command ; and .we can-
not but help thinking that more noise has been
made about the matter than the case warranted.
The establishment at Haslar is in perfei ct order,
and, by the aid of additional cradles, which have
been lately supplied, at least ten of the g •unboato
could be launched per diem, and as the guns, shot,
and other stores are ready on any emergent 3y, how-
ever sudden, to be put on board, they would be
sent to sea with an expedition that would
surprise not only seamen of the old. school,
but those who pique themselves upo: a their
modern education. The superiatende: at sub-
jects all the engines to a rigid ins:pection ;
and there is therefore no probability of any de-
rangement being allowed to exist. The of itabhsh-
ment has been visited by the committee col lectively
and individually, and from what we have I mrselves
witnessed, we are satisfied they must bc ave gone
away impressed with a proper idea of the extreme
regularity which prevailed throughout the whole of
its branches.—. Army and Navy Gazette.

WAR-OFFICE.—The Right Hon. the Secretary of
State for War has been pleased to make the following ap-
pointments in the account branch of his office :—.Mr.
Brown, Accountant-General, vice Mr. R. C. liirka•B•l
retired; Mr. John Milton and Mr. IL W. S•

Assistant-Accountant-Generals.
—A letter from
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collar round the priest's neck, dragged him into the street
by the chain, kioking and cuffing him unmercifully all the
while. Then they got up a riot in a cafe, but were
repulsed."
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