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THE MERCANTILE MARINE

The following letter has been address3d to the E3itor
of the Times:—

"Sir,—l have read with interest your remarks on the
merchant service. You may not, however, be aware
that the marine department of the Beard of Trade
has for some time had under consideration the ques-
tion of " uniforms." .In July', 1851, the late Ad-
miral Beechey was good enough to invite icy opinion,
and that of others, on this subject. The correspond-
ence r enclose ; it is at your disposal for publica-
tion, if you consider it of any importance. There is not
sufficient distinction between the officer and seaman ;
the fault may often rest wish the former, but the uniform
will tend to remedy the evil.
"Your correSpondcnts are quite correct. Our seamen,
as a body, do not improve. lam aware that the gene.
ration which is passing away too often thinks eery
lightly of those who are to follow. Nevertheless, it is a
stul,born fact that, morally,- socially, and physically,
the British merchant sailor is not what he was 20 yeirs
ago. Si.ice then far more attention has been paid to his
cembrt by his employers, the majority of shipowners
feel an honest pride in all that relates to his health and
happine,s, there is a vast improvement in the
accommodation provided for him on board ship,
his food is superior to what it was, and everybody
will admit that there has been no lack of
en'ctment to elevate and enlighten hire ; but
still the British merchant sailor does not improve. I
have no returns before me, and I therefore write under
correction, but I think it will be found that'desertion at
home, and more especiallyabroad, is on the increase.
Insubordination, contempt for-superiors, incapacity, acd
reckleeenees of conduct•are, from ail I can learn, as pre-
valent,. if not more so than ever.
"How these • evils are to be remedied is. a problem
not easily solved. I,fear, however, that we' have been
tinkering too much with the laws wh ch regulate the
merchant service. Too much legiel etion is as great,
and may be a greater evil than too little. I fear that
of late the tendency has been to forget great,
broad, and sound principles, while' attention has
been directed too closely to questions of minute
detail, which the Government would much better
have left alone. If I may use the expression, we
are getting too refined in our legisletion. We
define by act of Parliament to an inch the size of the
berth in which a sailor is to sleep, to an ounce the quan-
tity of food he is to consume, to a minute the time he 1.4
to work, and we have, bearing on such questions, a
mass of laws which the most erudite lawyer cannot
comprehend. Look, for instance, at the Mercantile
Marine. Act. It is a 'large volume, but it is a volume
of detail, and- any one who may' be disposed to
wade through its pages can hardly but feel that
the wise and prudent liberty of the subject--;be he
shipowner, officer, cr been sadly imposed
upon. The Government must sooner or later still
further revise, greatly condense, and materially
simplify these laws. It would be as well to lay down
a sound and broad principle, and o,leave questions
of minute detail to those whose duty it is to
see the law carried into effect. We must give to coin-
mauders and officers greater power over their men. - A
ship at sea is a little kingdom in herself, and he who sits
upon the throne for the time being ought to have more
kingly authority. Ido not seek for the commander of a
merchantman one-half of the power which is vested in
the 'captain of a man-of war, but it is that power which
maintains over 20 times the number of men inthe same
limited space an-order and discipline which it is vain to
expect.in the merchant service while our laws remain as
they are at present. But if we grant to commanders of
merchant vessels a greater power than they now poesesp,
we ought in a corresponding degree to increase their re-
sponsibilities, and to make their punishment more severe
for any abuse of that power.

"A change such as I venture to propose would make
the seamen themselves happier, better, and wiser, and
would, I feel, do much to elevate and improve their con-
dition, and to remove many of the eyils which now exist.
-" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"8, Austinfriars, April IG." " W. S. LINDSAY.

" Board of Trade, July 12, 1856.
• "My dear Sir,—l should be obliged if you would
give me your opinion upon a matter of general interest
to the mercantile navy. Upon ,a late occasion in the
Black Sea there were niet together officers of the same
service and of the same rank, but with such a variety of
uniforms that our Royal naval officer,' were puzzled to
know who was who, and one officer bad more stripes of
gold upon his arm than the commodore.
"It has been suggested that this' mould be a good op-
portunity for her Majesty to mark h-r approbation of
the services -rendered to the country by the mercantile
marine by giving that service a umbra', distinguishing
masters from mates, and limiting the privileges to those
officers only who have passed the examinations. The
uniform should be simple, but such as would impress the
seamen with respect. The establishment of a uniform of
this'description would, it is btlieved, have a metal effect
upon the crews' of ships generally, and be acceptable to
the profession,

should be much obliged by a candid opinion.
" I am yours faithfully,
" W. BEECHEY.
" The uniform is not to be compul-zory.
" W. $. Lindsay, Esq , M.P.,• &c."

" 8, Austinfriars, City, July 16, 1856.
"My dear Sir,—l should have a'tswered your note
to the 12th ere this, but of late I have been more than
usually busy. I like what you propose ; it does you cre-
dit, and in my opinion the idea of cmferring a uniform
on the officera of the mercantile marine as an acknow.
ledgment, of their services during the late war would be
attended with the most beneficial results to all concerned,
and, when stamped by Royal authority, would lam sure
be duly ,appreciated and universally adopted. It could
not fail to raise the tone of the service, induce a superior
class of men to follow it as a profession, and reform the
present system, greatly to the advantage of the public
generally and the shipowners in particular, while it
would hold out an inducement to individual exertions
should the country again require the services of the mer-
cantile navy—a navy by the way (and I say it without
the slightest reflection upon your -own service) which
has done much to make England great and wealthy,
and which is a strong•arin fo;-, her protection in the hour
of need.

" The description of uniform would require some con-
sideration, and is of more importance than may at first
appear, as anything tending to a servile demonstration
would at once defeat the object in view. It should be
simple, but of consequence ; and rather be courted as a
uniform than avoided as a live ry.
" I should not think it-adlisable to limit the privi-
lege to those officers only who have passed the examina-
tions.' There are many most able and superior men in
the service now who were cmimanders before Mr.
Labouchere's Act came into operation, and who have
consequently not passed an examination.
" While upon this point I may as well state what has
repeatedly come under my notice. The term master,'
as applied indiscriminately to all men in command, is
objectionable. It is seldom voluntarily adopted, and too
often made use of as a term of disparagement. 1 would
suggest, therefore, that it would be much to the advan-
tage of the service were the appellation of commander, in
conjunction with that of master, given officially to those
officers who had obtained a certain proficiency in their
profession, to be determined by the 13)ard of Trade, as
an inducement to knowledge.
" These are my candid opinions' as you de,ire, and
you may make any use of them, you please. If you think
they are sound, and the Government likely to adopt
them, I will be happy'to aid you in Carrying them out.
"By the way, while the country is disposed to mark
in general terms toe services of the mercantile marine
during the late war, do you not think it would be but
fair to officers in that service if the names of those who
particularly exerted themselves were brought prominently
forward, and a return of such could doubtless beobtaived
from the officoil records of the principal agents of trans-
ports in the ,Black Sea.—Very faithfully yonrs,
"Admiral Beechey, &c." " W. S. LINDSAY.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW
PARLIAMENT.

(From the London Gazette of last evening.)
CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 18.

Members returned to serve in the Parlianent summoned

to he holden at. Westminster, the 30th April.
County of Surrey—Eastern Division—The Honour-
able Peter John Locke King, of Woburn-park, Chert-
sey ; Thomas Alcock, of King's Wood-warren, Epsom,
Esq. Western Division—John Ivatt Briscoe, of Fox-
hills, Surrey, Esq. ; Henry Drummond, Alhury-park,
Surrey, Esq.
County of Glamorgan—Christopher Rice Mansell
Talbot, of Margham-park. Glarnorganshire, Esq ;
Henry Hussey Vivian, of Parkwern, Glatnorgaushire,
Esq.

Town of Drogheda—James &Mann, of Stalleen,
county of Meath, Esq.
County of Meath—Matthew Elias Corbaliy, of Cor-
balton.bill, Meath, El. ; Edward M'Evoy, of Jober-
tinau, Meath, Esq.
County of Mayo -- Roger William Henry Palmer,
; George Henry Moore, Esq.
County of Kilkenny—The Honourable Leopold Agar
Ellis • John Greene, Esq.
County —Patrick o'l3rien, Loftus Henry
Bland, both of Merrion-square, Dublin, &qrs.
County of Fermanagh—Mervyn Archdall, of Castle
Archdall, Fermanagh, Esq. ; the Honourable Henry
Arthur Cole, of Florence Court, Fermanagh.
Borough of Enniskillen—Jausea Whiteside, of Mount-
joy•square, Dnblin, Esq.
County of Roscommon—Fitzstephen French, of Lough
Erritt, Roscommon, Esq. ; Oliver D. Grace, of Mantu,
Roscommon, Esq.
County of Donegal—Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes
Bart., of Drumboe Castle; Thomas Conolly, of Cliff,
Esq.

County of Kildare—William Henry Ford Cogan, of
Stephen's-green, Dublin, Esq. ; David O'Connor
Hencby, of Stone Brook, Kildare, Esq.
County of Sligo—Sir Robert Gore Booth, of Lissa-
dell, Bart. ; Edward Joshua Cooper, Esq., of Markuee
Castle, Sligo Esq.
Borough of Sligo—John Patrick Somers, Esq., of
Denbigh-plaoe, London.

111,'ALTil OE LONDON DURING MB
WEEK.

(From the Report of the .Registrar-General. )

The total number of deaths registered in London
in the week that ended on Saturday was 1,054,
showing a slight itictease on the return of the pre-
vious week, which was 1,059. In the 10 years
1847-56, the average number of deaths in th weeks
corresponding with last week Was, 1,058 ; but as
the number recorded last week occurred in an in-
creased population, the average, fix the sake of
comparison, must be raised in proportion to the
increase, in which case it will become 1,164. Hence
it appears that the state of the pubic health was so
far favonr.able that 80 persons survived who would
have died if the average rate of inert tlity had ruled.
Whooping cough seems to p'evail as much, or
continues to be fatal to as many children, as in the
mid,t of winter, when . the mean temperature was
12 degrees' or 18 degrees lower than it is now. The
deaths from this complaint last week rose again to
71, which occurred in proportions of considerable
uniformity iu most of the metropolitan districts.
This increase may be due to the coldness of last week
-when the thermometer fell on four nights to 33
degrees, and on one to 31'4 degrees. Seven regis-
trars returned, each of them, thrm deaths from
whooping cough. The average number for corres-
ponding weeks of previous years is 55 ; and the
.present return exhibits, therefore, an excess of 16.
It is satisfactory to remark that only ono dealt.
from small-pox occurred in the week ; this single
case was that of an infant, and took place in Re-
therhithe. The numbers referred to measles and
scarlatina, respectively 24 and 26, vary little from
those of F revions weeks. The former disease prevails
chiefly in the central districts ; the latter, as well
as fever and diarrhoea, chiefly in the eastern. Inthe
south sub-district of West London, out of 11 persons
who are returned as having died since the 11th
inst., inclusive, 7 were children who were carried
off 'by whooping cough, scarlatina, measles, and
typhus. Typhus (and common fever), which num-
bered 38 cases, continues to show less than the
usual mortality. Fatal ewes of ph'hisis, or con-
sumption, were numerous ; they amounted to 172,
the corrected average being 155. , Bronchitis has
gradually fallen to 104 cases. 'Two men and two
women had attained the age of 90 years or more..
The oldest person who has a place in this week's
report is a sugar refiner, who die 1 in Clerkenwell-
close, at the age of 93 years.
Last week the births of 1,002 boys and 931 girls,
—in all 1,933 children,—were registered in Lon-
don. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years
1847-56 the average number was 1,567.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.453 in.
The readings ranged from 28.82 in. on Monday to
29.83 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of
the week was 43.4 deg., which is 2.3 deg. below the
average of the same week in 43 years. On Monday
the mean daily temperature was so low as 36.8 deg.
(or 8.4 deg. below' the average of the same day),
and it was below the average ou every day till Fri-
day. On Saturday the mean temperature rose to
57'4 deg., which shows an excess of 11 deg. above
the average. On Wednesday the thermometer fell
below freezing point,—viz., to 314 deg., and on
Saturday it rose to 68.5 deg., making an, entire
range of 371 deg. The mean dew-point tempera-
ture was 38.1 deg., and the difference between this
and the mean temperature of the air was 5.3 deg.
The wind in the north-west on Monday and Tues-
day ; it was afterwards in the south-west and south-
east. Rain to the amount of. 0.38 in. fell in the
week. There were heavy squalls of snow and rain
on Monday night, and showers of rain or hell on
several other days. Saturday was remarkably fine.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 18
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 5O
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration . 2OO
Diseases of the Stomabh; Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. 2
Malformations .. 5
Premature Birth and Debility B5
Atrophy 25
Old Age
sudden .. 6
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4O
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 1,084
Population Deaths in corre- Deatl s
• Enumerated. sponding week in the
1851. of 1856. Week.
West District!'
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 893,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts 616,635 ... . 270

1,043 1,084
573
511

Totals
Males
Fomales
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males

~ 1002

Females 931

Total 1,933

EXECUTION AT TAUNTON.

The execution of Thomas Nation, convicted at
the late Somerset Assizes of the murder of John
Alpin, near Wiveliscombe, in December last, took
place yesterday morning in front of the county gaol
at Taunton.
The prisoner, who was only 22 years of age, has
had good general health since his conviction, has
taken his food .as usual, and, with the exception of
an occasional depression of spirits, has not mani-
fested much anxiety at his apprLaching fate. If
any hopes of a reprieve or commutation of his sen-
tence had existed, they were dispelled on Saturday
last, when Mr. Taunton, the prisoner's legal ad-
viser, received a communication from the Hume-
office, in reply to a memorial addressed on legal and
other grounds for a mitigation of the punishment,
in which Sir George Grey stated that he had con-
ferred with Chief Justice Cockburn, before whom
the prisoner was tried, and that he saw no reason
fur interfering with the courspof justice.
Since Nation's conviction, the ministrations of
the Rev. R. Mant, thegaol chap!ain, have been un-
ceasing, and at the prisoner's own desire he has
been visited by the Rev. J. Bore, 1113 minister of
Upton (Nation's parish) ; the Rev. J. Lewellen,;of
Wiveliscombe ; and the Rev. F. J. Smith, incum-
bent of Trinity,Taunton. His father and brother
also bad interviews with the culprit on Monday
and Thursday last, but on none of these occasions
could he be induced to make any confeSsiou of his
guilt. He admitted that be deserved his fate for
other crimes, but resolution denied that ho was the
murderer of Aplin.
On Sunday the condemned sermon was preached
by the Rev. R. Mant, from Colossians i , 28. The
prisoner paid marked attention to the discourse,
and appeared to beimpressed by some portion.of it.
Yesterday (Tuesday) morning the Under-Sheriff,
Mr. J. Nicholets, attended at the gaol at 7 o'clock,
and shortly afterwards, the convict, who had pre-
viously been visited by the chaplain, attended Di-
vine service in the gaol chapel, at which all the
other prisoners were present. After the service,
and the other prisoners had been withdrawn from
the chapel, the sacrament was administered, and,
at a few minutes before 8, the culprit, accompanied
by the chaplain, the governor (Mr. W. Oakley) and
several officers, proceeded to one of the ward Twins,
whore the prisoner was pinioned by Calcraft, the
executioner.

The procession, headed by the chaplain reading
the burial ser7ice, then moved towards the scaffold,
which had been erected at the north-west end of the
gaol. The prison bell announced that the last sen-
tence of the law was about to be carried into effect.
The turnkeys mounted' the platform, followed by
Calcraft, next to whom came the prisoner (dressed
in a gamekeeper's dark jacket, a crimson waistcoat,
and drab breeches and gaiters), who walked to the
drop with an unfaltering step. The plisouel's head
and face were quickly covered with a white -cap
he was placed under the beam, the rope was ad-
justed, iho executioner and his as Int 3 withdrew
from the platform, the bolt was withdrawn, and,
after several convulsive strugee., Thomas Nation
was dead.
Tho crowd who witnessed the execution was va-
riously estimated at from 6,000 to 8,000, almost ex-
clusively of the lower orders. Their behaviour was
for the most part becoming, and after the wretched
culprit ceased to exist they quietly dispersed.

The inauguration of the railway from Paris to Cha:
mount, 81 kilometres (521 miles) in length, being "the
first section of the Mulhaunen line, took place on Bator-
OPT.