The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-08 00:00:00

SERVICE

Sir F. SMITH asked the Secretary of the Admiralty
whether it was intended to introduce the competitive
system of examination in the selection of cadets for the
marine service. He was opposed to limited competition,
and contended that, if there were any competition at all, it
should be open.
Mr. BASS expressed a hope that the system of open
competition would be applied to the royal navy as well as
to the marine service, and strongly objected to the system
of appojntng boys in the navy merely because their fathers
had been in her Majesty's service, and without reference
to their intellectual qualifications. (Hear, hear.)

DOCKYARD MANAGEMENT:
Sir J. ELPHINSTONE asked the Secretary to the
Admiralty when the report on the commission on dock-
yard management would be presented; and whether her
Majesty's Government intended to fill up the appointment
of surveyor of the navy, vacant by the retirement of Sir
Baldwin Walker, before the house was in possession
of the evidence taken by that commission. Be
complained strongly of the mismanagement exhi •
bited by .the authorities at the dockyards, and he
alluded to the failure of the floating batteries constructed
during the Crimean war, which proved utterly useless.
He thought that before theyproceeded further in the budd-
ing of iron coated ships, they should have
sent the Warrior to sea, or try the experi-
ment of iron coating on some of the old vessels that
were lying in the docks. Instead of that, however, they
were building enormous vessels, some of which •would cost
ammo. The officers appointed to decide on the con-
struction of vessels for the Royal Navy were incompetent
for the duty, and he cited the case of Sir Baldwin Walker,
who had no practical acquaintance with shipbuilding
and no knowledge of naval architecture at the time of his
appointment, and yet for the last 10 years all the ships
that had been built in the dockyards had been sub-
jected to his approval. It might be said that he
was furnished with models by naval architects ; but he
exercised his own judgment, and complaints were made that
he carried out his crotchets of long masts to an injurious
extent.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON expressed a regret that
the Government had not made experiments on a
limited scale before they adopted the principle of
iron-coated vessels, and deprecated strongly the delay in
the launching of the Warrior. He asked for full informa-
tion as to when this vessel would be sent to sea, which he
hoped would be with as little delay as possible.
After a few words from Mr SCULLY against the system
of half competition and half nomination in Ireland, parti-
cularly in the constabulary,
Lord C. PAGET said that, as he would shortly lay the
naval estimates before them, lie trusted that he would not
be expected to enter into any detailed explanation
on the subject. The system of limited competition
had been introduced into the navy, which was at
all events an improvement on the old system. It should
be remembered that different opinions prevailed as to
limited and open competition, or to the.advisability of any
competition at all, but he confessed that he was in favour
of unrestricted competition. He defended the character
of Sir Baldwin Walker, who, from the state of
his health had been anxious to retire, but retained
his office at the request of the Duke of Somerset, who was
anxfous for his services until the naval estimates had been
completed. In regard to vessels of war it was requisite
that they should have the opinion of naval officers, who
from their nautical knowledge were competent to decide
various points of detail, of which mere naval
architects could not possess the necessary information.
The noble and gallant lord entered into some further ex-
planations, and was
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

LON4ON EVENING).

WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 6.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Charles Pressly, Esq., Chairwau of the
Board of Inland Revenue; to be an Ordinary Member of
the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 4.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of the appoint-
ment of the Right;Hon. Edward George Fitzalan Howard
(commonly called Lord Edward George Fitzalan Howard)
to be Deputy Earl Marshal of England.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEE. 5.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Augustus
Charles Gumpert as Conan]. at Bombay for his Majesty the
Emperor of Austria.
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER,
BUCKINGHAM GATE, FEB. 5.
John Francis Basset of Tehidy, in the county of Corn-
wall, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of the county of

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Cornwall.
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 8.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Leicester—William Unwin Heygate, Esq.,
of Brent Pelham Hall, in the county of Hertford, in the
room of Joseph William Noble, Esq , deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 8.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Frederick Grea..
torex to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barnes, who has
retired • Michell Duncan Gordon, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vies Greatorex.
sth Dragoon Guards—Cornet William Miles Nairn King-
ton t) be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Frederic
Heyworth, who retires.
4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Howley Border,
from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice
James Edward Bradshaw, deceased.
9th Light Dragoons—Ensign Thomas Albin Saunders,
from the 23rd Foot, to be Cornet, vice Bashford, pro-
moted.
17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Illidge Frazer
has been superseded for being absent without leave.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Henry Grattan to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice William Campbell, promoted by
purchase to an Unattached Majority; Ensign Frederick
Blake to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phillips, pro-
moted ; Ensign James Campbell Stratford to be Lieu-
tenant by purchase, vice Grattan ; Gentleman Cadet
Charles William Davie, from the Royal Military College,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Blake, promoted ;
Gentleman Cadet Robert Bleazby, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wm.
Edward Montague, appointed to the 94th Foot.
3d Foot—Lieutenant George Grant Suttie to be Captain,
without purchase,viee William Edmund Cater, deceased;
Ensign llenry Thomas Holahan to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Suttie.
sth Foot—Ensign Adolphus Ni3ols taabe Lieutenant by
purchase, vice Legge, whose promotion by purchase on
the 18th January, 1861, has been cancelled.
6th Foot—Lieutenant John Dennis Ryan, from half-pay
of the late 224 Dragoons, to be Lieutenant. vice William
Wastle, appointed Payniaster 6th Foot ; Ensign James
Fitz-Gerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ryan,
who retires.
Bth Foot—Gentleman-Cadet William Willoughby Eger-
ton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Chute, promoted ; Gentleman-
Cadet Charles Frederick Malet, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vico Jones,
promoted.
10th Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Henry Guy Carleton' from
the Royal Military allege, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Kelly, promoted.
12th Foot--Gentleman-Cadet Charles Henry Gardner,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Gun, promoted.
13th Foot—Captain enry Neville Cotton Thurston, from
the 61st Foot, to bo Captain, vice Samuel Head, who
exchanges; Captain Henry Seymour Hill, from the 41st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Richard Nugent. Clayton, who
exchanges • Gentleman-Cadet Charles Bowerbank Camp-
bell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign with-
out purchase, vice Burton, promoted ; •Lieut. John J.
Paterson Fox to be Adjutant, vice Edward Lutwyche
England, who resigns that appointment.
15th Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Francis Walter Cary, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Boultbee, promoted.
18th Foot—Gentleman-Cadet George Albert Macdonnell,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Smith, promoted.
20th Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Agathus Henry Elster, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Gibb, appointed to the 3d West India Regi-
ment.
22d Foot—Gentleman-Cadet John Claxton Addison, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice William Farley, who retires.
23d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert. Frederick Williamson
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Thomas Albin Saunders, appointed to the
9th Light Dragoons ; Gentleman Cadet Alexander Spink
Beaumont, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
' sign, without purchase, vice Worswick promoted in the
3d West India Regiment.
30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Brown Stewart, fir
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, ‘yritelliorues.P
"'chase, vice David Matthew LI Touche,:lvilTata
33d Foot—Gentleman-Cadet FrederickaNY,Psign,Durrant,
without
from the Royal Military College, to b -11,u
purchase, vice Lynch, dentprotuote
Clayton, from the
41st Foot—Captain RichardeolWenry Seymour Hill, who
13th Foot, to be Captain, vi
exchanges. son Edward Middleton, to be
Slat Foot—Ensignclo William Henry Saunders,
Lieutenant, by.poF
eutenantVilliam Hoare Hume, from the
who retires:
Rifles Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase,
Royal Antrim Ri
vice Middleton
57th Foot—
Geotleman Cadet John Thornton Down, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
ase, vice Murray, promoted.
58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Andrew Michael Creagh,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice, Key, promoted.
61st Foot—Captain Samuel ead fro the 13th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Henry NevHille, Cottom n Thurston, who
exhanges.
62(1 Foot—Ensign Charles Callaway Ross, from the East
Kent. Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase,, vice John P.
Sargent, who retires.
70th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Cuppage
is Greer, and not Green, as stated in the Gazette of Dec.
21, 1860.
71st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Felix James Taylor Brown,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Morgan, promoted.
72d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Walter Frederick Kelsey,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice M`Ray, promoted.
78th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Anthony Jones Carstairs,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensigg, without
purchase, vice James Hart, who retires.
83d )Foot--Gentleman Cadet Charles Ray Tollemache,