The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-30 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The screw steamship Himalaya, Capt. Seccombe,
Was docked at Keyham on Tuesday to ship her fan.
. The steam gunboat Redwing, tender to the gun-
nery-ship Cambridge, was taken outside Plymouth
Sound for shell practice.
The steam gunboat Skipjack, Lieutenant John
Murray commander, was towed from Hamoaze into
Barn-pool on Tuesday and took her powder in.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Sprightly, tender
to the flagship Victory, 101, Captain H. Seymour,
from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday
with supernumeries for the flagship Cumberland,
70, and the screw steamship Royal Albert, 121,
Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton.
The officers of the Woolwich division of Royal
Marines entertained Colonel Stransham at a din-
ner in their mess-room on Saturday last, to welcome
and congratulate him on his appointnient as their
commandant. The whole of the available corps of
officers on duty were in attendance. Lieutenant-
Colonel Fielding, the senior officer present, after
the health of the Queen had been duly given, in °-
posed the health of their new commandant, eulo-
gising the estimable qualities of the gallant colonel
(Stransham), and expressing his satisfaction at the
appointment, in which he felt confident every officer
and. Man of the Woolwich division most heartily'
joined. He remarked that, although the duties of
the office, to be duly carried out, demanded attention
and capacity of the highest order, he had no hesita-
tion in avowing that Colonel Stransham possessed
the necessary qualifications in a cumulative degree►
and would discharge the important functions of the
department not only by commanding but also by
governing. The colonel's speech was received with
long and loud applause. The whole of the divi-
sion yesterday assembled on Woolwich-common, in
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Congdon, and were
put through a course of light field drill.
The brigantine Dart was placed in the basin at
Devonport on Tuesday. She is to be towed to
Faversham creek for a hulk for the men in the pre-

ventive service.
The Right Hon. Henry T. L. Corry, M.P., has
returned to the Admiralty from Scotland, and re-
sumed his duties as Secretary.
The late Vice-Admiral Thomas F. C. Mainwar-
ing, whose death has been announced as having
occurred at his residence at Bath, was lieutenant
of the Naiad, and served under Lord Nelson at the
battle of Trafalgar in 1805. He commanded the
Tartarus fireship at Copenhagen in 1807 ; was pro-
moted to post rank in 1810 ; accepted the rank of
retired Rear-Admiral, October 1, 1846, and retired
Vice-Admiral September 11, 1854.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :
Henry Wilson, acting assistant-surgeon, to the
Impregnable ; James B. Moorman, paymaster, to
the Cumberland ; and Frederick Lucas, additional
paymaster, to the Russell.
I.Aeutenant John Perry was promoted on the
23d inst. to the rank of commander.

SERIOUS DEFALCATIONS IN ST. PANCRAS PARO-
CHIAL ACCOUNTS.--Yesterday, at a special meeting of the
Vestry of St. Pancras, held in the Vestry-hall, Camden-
town, Mr. Churchwarden Attenborough in the chair, a
somewhat startling expose took place in reference to the de-
falcation of the parochial funds, the disclosures that had
already taken place exhibiting at least in one instance de-
falcations to a considerable amount. The collectors had their,
books taken from them, and they were entirely suspended
from performing their duties until the affair had been inves-
tigated by the finance committee. The report of the finance
committee was brought up and read. The committee, after
a most laborious examination of the parish books and tile
collectors' accounts, discovered that the accounts were kePt
in a very unsatisfactory manner, and the collectors had bee°
in the habit of keeping large sums in their possession, in-
stead of handing them over every week to the treasurer.
Out of the eight collectors six were exonerated from all
serious error in their accounts, but in the case of the other.
two, one had been detected in defalcations to the amount ot
£248, and the other was backward in his accounts to he
amount of about £2OO, but he made up the deficiency by
the period allowed upon the vestry being apprised in the
first place of the serious aspect of affairs. The defaulter
was ordered to be dismissed, and his sureties applied to to
make up the loss the parish had sustained, but the com-
mittee came to no definite resolution upon the conduct of
the other collector. Mr. Douglas, as chairman of the com-
mittee, moved that the report be received, and urgTi that,
after what had taken place, they could not retain in their
service the other collector referred to, who had admitted
having retained and made use of the parish funds for his
own purpose, he (the collector) alleging that he had been
robbed of £175. Mr. Ross seconded the motion, but ex-
pressed a hope that the vestry would not deal so harshly
with the other collector, considering he bad made up al
that was wanting by the time specified. A long discussion
ensued, and the dismissal of the collector was moved and
seconded ; but eventually the report was adopted, and the
matter allowed to stand over until the next meeting. The
board then adjourned.
MANSLAUGHTER AMONG BOYS.—A boy named
Wm. Bolton has been committed to York Castle for trial
on a charge of manslaughter. He had quarrelled with a
smaller boy, William 'Kenyon, only 10 years old, thrown
him down and beaten him over the belly. The little fellof
suffered a rupture of one of the bowels, and died a weet
afterwards. The deceased was son of the gltatjanuattotcv 8
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