The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-05 00:00:00

.. 5,795 17 11
26,499 0 0
4,197 10 0

or-699 persons .. £92,268 10 2
.41 junior lieutenants (page 61 .. 80,482 10 0
89 naval instructors (page 7) .. .. 13,400 1 3

530 officers
and only about £5,000 less than-
-152 chief engineers (page 7) , .
166 surgeons (page 7) ..
158 second masters (page 7)

.. .. £93,882 11 3

.. 34,197 9 4
.. .. 48,875 1 0
.. .. 15,800 0 0

478 officers .. £98,872 10 4
In addition to the 316 Admiralty clerks, there are
heads of departments and other officials (page 23),
which bring their numbers to 361, and these are
waited on by no less than 81 messengers, at a
cost of £7,000, or about one servant to 41
masters, who occupy no less than 197
rooms and repositories (page 23), or less
than two gentlemen to each apartment, in the war-
rens of Somerset-house and Whitehall. This esta-
blishment is a mistake in every way. The clerks
should be arranged as in our banks, with private
rooms for their chiefs, and plain directions where
the public could find the department wanted. Nine-
tenths of the clerks should be recruited from the
well-conducted petty officers of the Navy instead
of .Rugby and other schools, not omitting Eton
and Harrow, and you would then have a good
class of workmen, to whom the situation would be
a great boon, and £50,000 a year might be lopped
off the vote.

Another striking thing is the difference in the
cost of management at our various dockyards. For

example :

Deptford—The sum to be expended in labour (page 53)
amounts to £38,978, and the management (page 45) £9,564,
or about 24 per cent.

Woolwich—£lo9,s79; management, £19,310; or about
L7l per cent.
Chatham—£lll,4l6; management, £18,750; or 17 per
cut.

Sheerness—£lo4,779; management, £16,055; or less
than 141 per cent.
Portsmouth—£2o6,l44; management, £25,557; or less
than 121 per cent.

Plymouth—£l93,3o9 ; management; £28,760 ; or nearly
16 per cent.
Pembroke—BO' '
440 . management, £10,093 ; or upwards
of 161 per cent.

It is quite evident that the sooner the smaller
yards merge into the larger the better, and it is
well worth inquiry to learn the cause of Plymouth
being 31 per cent. moire than Portsmouth.
At page 59 there is a. most flagrant vote—viz., for
two troopships, £60,000; two ditto, £140,000;
total, £200,000.

This is based on Captain Eden's evidence before
the Transport Committee last year, who have not
reported on the evidence. Captain Eden stated that
he Himalaya and Per severance had done certain
work cheaper than the Indiana hired transport, and,
although this has been contradicted again and
again, the Board of Admiralty have launched his
pet scheme of a fleet of steam transports like the
Himalaya. Let any member move for a return of
the cost and expense of this ship, and what she has
done for the money, and the result will be appalling.
Besides, it is a great abuse of the privileges of
Government to commence such a tremenlons outlay
until the Transport Committee have finished their
work. They were not appointed to "lock the
stable when the steed is stolen."

From pages 60 to 79 there is the record of various
works, and it seems a waste of money to go on with
expensive operations extending over many years
at a great annual loss of interest, instead of hurry-
ing them to completion at once. The works at
Devonport and Keyhavn seem to be instances of this
kind, as well as barracks at Chatham, and other
buildings at Fort Cum►Derland, Gibraltar, and Malta.
I have given you simply the result of one
evening's meditation over the Navy Estimates,
and I do so in the hope that others may be
tempted to take up ithe pruning knife in this as
well as other departm pats of the public service.--
Yours faithfully,

PRUDENT ECONOMY.

THIRD EDITION.

'SUN OFFICE, Soren o'clock.

NOTTINGHAM RACES—(This Day.)

Atherstone
Tyrant ..

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
TRIAL STAKES.

Four ran.
NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP.

Furious
Calpe
Jenny Longlegs 3
Nine ran.
PARK STAKES.

Adamant 1
Yaffa filly
Five ran.
INKEEPER'S
Medora
Gwellyan 2
Two ran.
STAND PLATE.
Tyrant
1
Medora
2
Seven ran.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 8 agst Master Bakot (offered)

IMPE RIAL PA _Rid AME NT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THis EVENING).
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.

CHURCH RATES.

Petitions against the abolition of church rates were pre-
sented by Viscount Dungannon, Lord Romney, the Earl of
Hardwick, and Lord Berners.

LAW OF DIVORCE.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Mon-
day next he should move for a select committee to inquire
into the law respecting parties who have or ought to have
the right to sue in the Divorce Court in England, and the
Court of Session in Scotland. •
PRIVATE BUSINESS

The Atherton, Bedford, &c., Gas and Water Bill was
read a second time.

ADMIRALTY COURT JURISDICTION BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading
of this bill, which be said, was one of much importance
to the mercantile marine of this country, and its object
was to enlarge the jurisdiction and improve the
proceedings in the High Court of Admiralty. The
causes tried in the court last year amounted to 1,618, and
the average cost of each suit was £974. With respect to
the jurisdiction of the court, it was at present somewhat
circumscribed, but the present bill was to extend the juris-
diction to owners of all ships not residing within the juris-
diction of the court. The bill also, in his opinion,
made other great improvements in the law with respect to
salvage and the mode of proceeding with causes
in the court. If the bill received the sanction of Parlia-
ment he had no doubt it would be hailed by all parties
interested as a great improvement in the law as it stood
previous to the passing of the bill.
After a short discussion in which Lord Cranworth, Lord
Chelmsford, and Lord Kingsdown took part,
The bill was read a second time.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(TIIIS EVENING).
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. LEADER, who was introduced by General UPTON
and Mr. LONGFIELD, took the oaths and his seat on his
election for the County Cork.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a second time :—Devon
Central Railways; Edinburgh, Perth, ani Dundee Rail-
ways (Queensferry Branches); Merionethshire Railway ;
Great Dover Road; and Wexford Harbour Commissioners.

PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented in favcur of the remission of
the hop duties, against legalising marriage with a deceased
wife's sister, against the Parochial Assessments Bill,
against the abolition of church-rates, against the continu-
ance of the income-tax, in favour of the appointment of
Roman Catholic schoolmasters and chaplains in Poor-law
unions ; against certain clauses in the Highway Bill; by
Mr. BRIGHT from a public meeting, held at Newcastle-on-
Tyne, presided over by the Mayor, in favour of the intro-
duction of a Reform Bill this session ; and from other
places to the same effect.
NEW ROSS ELECTORAL DIVISION.
Mr. M'MAHON moved for a copy of the reports made
by the inspector appointed to inquire into the late election
of guardians for the New Ross electoral division.—Ordered.