The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

" 4. If he has served in a steam vessel an acquaintance
with the different parts-ant working of the steara engine.
"Is. A proficiency in French to be attained if he has had
an opportunity.
"6. He must be a good practical obs'rver, and his sex-
tant must be producad in good order.
" 7. He must produce log-books . kept by himself from
the time of his entry into a sea-going ship and certificates of
good conduct.
"8. lie will likewiss be examined as to his progress in
the knowleige of rigging masts, bowsprits, &c., in getting
tops over and placing a lower cap ; in setting up rigging,
and especially as to the precautions required in staying
lower masts ; in hoisting a quarter or stern boat up in a
strong breeze with a sea on; in making up a course and
topsail for bending at soa ; in shifting topmasts, yards, and
sails, at son ; and the effect of the sails on the ship both in
tacking and wearing; in the detail arrangements for mooring
and unmooring ships and getting under way, and the use of
the hand and deep-sea leads. He must also know the groat
gun and small arm exorcises, the use of tangent sights, the
charges for the guns of the ship, and be able to exercise the
men at quarters. A report of the progress he has made
in each of the above subjects is to be made to the Secretary
of the Admiralty in tho half-yearly return.
" This examination is to be conducted by the officer in
command, not below the rank of commander, and the next
senior officer in the ship, and the examinations in navigation
in the presence of a captain or commander, by two naval
instructors, when it may be practicable, or by a naval in-
strustor and a master, or where there is no naval instructor
by two masters ; that in gunnery by a gunnery or other
competent officer ; and the candidate is to be made to take
and work oat his own observations for latitude, longitude,
variation, &c., as the case may be. First or second class
certificates are to be given according to the merit of the
candidate, in the form A, page 8, or he is to be rejected if
found incompetent.
" XIII. A midshipman, having completed his term of
service, and being 19 years of age, may be provisionally
examined by the captain or commander of such ship or vessel
with the aid of other competent officers, lieutenant, master,
or second master, when no other ships are present; and if
they find him to be duly qualified they are to give him a
certificate to that effect, dated on the day of such examina-
tion, and the captain may forthwith give him an acting
order as mate; but he must be re-examined on the first op-
portunity that shall afterwards offer by three captains or
commanders, and if he passes successfully he will receive
from the commander-in-chief, or senior officer, an acting
order as mate, to take rank according to the date of the first
certificate.
"The examining officers are to be most strict in their in-
vestigation of the qualifications of officers, and they are to
see that everything required by these regulations has been
complied with by the candidate, and that he produces cer-
tificates of good conduct from captains he has served under
from the time of his discharge from the training ship.
" XI V. All acting mates and midshipmen will be required
to undergo the following final examinations
"1. In SearaanshipLOn board the training ship at
Portsmouth.
"2. In Gunnery—On board the Excellent.
"3, In Navigation and the Steam-engine—At the loyal
Naval College.
" Acting mates, who have already passed abroad, are to
present themselves for examination, on board the training
ship at Portsmouth, at the first examination day after their
arrival in England, or after being paid off, and having passed
in gunnery they are then at liberty to sciect either the first;
second, or third examination day at the Royal Naval Col-
lege.
"X V. Any offices rejected on his first examination at the
Rollege will incur the forreituro of three months' seniority in
rnk as mate. He then may present himself on the next
exanuraion day, but a see rejection will incur the for-
feiture of three months' more ieniofily ; he may again pre-
sent himself on the next examination day, but a third re-
jection will cause his name to be removed from the list of

the navy.
" XVI. Officers, when they have passed their final exami-
nation at the Royal Naval College, as provided for in those
regulations, will be confirmed from the date of their first
certificate. The non-appearance of an officer for examina-
tion at the Royal Naval College at the times required by
these regulations will be considered as an acknowledgment
of his not being qualified, and ho will be dealt with in the
same manner as if he had been actually rejected on each day
on which he may leave omitted to appear, unless under cer-
tified ill health, to be duly reported at the time.
" XVII. Naval instructors are to keep a school journal,
or register, which is to be producted when required by the
captain of the ship or the examining officers, and the captain
is to allow them reasonable access to the charts and chrono-
meters, for the furposo of instructing the officers in their
use.

" XVIII. Tho captains of. her Majesty's ships are to
take care that a convenient place is set apart and proper
hours are fixed for instruction by the naval instructor; and
all acting mates and acting second masters, as well as all
executive officers under that rank, are to attend ; and care
is also to be taken that they aro regularly instructed in
practical seamanship, rigging, and the steam-engine, and a
monthly examination day is to be
" XIX. This circular is to come into force on the Ist of
April, 1860, and is to apply to all cadets who may enter the
service after that date."
N.B. A list of instruments and books which each cadet
will be required to have on entry being the same as specified
in Circular No. 288, dated Feb. 23, 1857, it is unnecessary
to repeat them on this occasion.

TB TIMONIAL TO SIR I. RIKINGTON.

WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY EYENTNG.

A large party, including several members of
both Houses of Parliament, attended a public dinner
held in this city this evening, for the purpose of
takin,, part in the presentation of a testimonial to
Sir John Pakington, by the inhabitants of Worces-
tershire and others, for his public services. About,
200 noblemen and gentlemen assembled at the Guild-
hall at five o'clock, under the presidency of Lord
Lyttelton, lord lieutenant of the county ; and among
those present were Earl Beauchamp, Lord Ward,
Lord Northwick, Hon. F. Lygoe, M.P., Mr. Foley,
M.P., Sir T. E. Winnington, M.P., Mr. Westhead,
M.P., Mr. Ricardo, M.P., and a large number of the
gentry of the county and city.
The testimonial consisted of a magnificent silver
gilt shield, 40 inches in diameter, and of elaborate
design, intended to illustrate those branches of the
public service to which the right hon. baronet had
specially devoted himself—in the colonies, the navy,
education, and justice. The shield, which is de- ,
signed and modelled by Mr. 11. H. Armisted, was
lately submitted to the inspection of H.R.H. the
Prince Consort, who expressed his admiration of
the design and execution of it. The subject selected
to illustrate education is the presentation of the
first book printed in England to Edward IV., by
Lord Rivers and Caxton. The navy is illustrated
by figures representing the death of Nelson ; the
colonies, by the landing of Captain Cook
upon New Holland ; and justice, by Prince
Henry and Judge Gascoigne. There are
also portraits of men famous in the admini-
stration of justice—Lord Lyttleton, Lord Somers,
and Lord-Keeper Coventry (all Worcestershire men);
in the navy, King Alfred, Blake, and Nelson ; and
for maritime discovery, Drake, Cooke, and Frank-
lin ; in education, King Henry VI., Cardinal Wol-
sey, and Sir Thomas Bodley. The outer border of
the shield is decorated with acorns and oak leaves,
and in the border is the following :—" Presented to
the Right Hon. Sir John S. Pakington, Bt., G.C.8.,
M.P., by the county and city of Worcester, in grate-
ful recognition of hie services for 20 years as chair-
man of the County Quarter Sessions. 'The shield
also illustrates his public career as First Lord of the
Admiralty. Secretary of State for the Colonies, and
an able advocate of general education.

LARGE SEIZURE OF GOVERNMENT METAL.-
Two sergeants of the Portsmouth dockyard police seized at
the Luidport railway station, on Monday evening, a cask
containing 3001 b. weight of ships' copper bolts (the greater
part new), cut up into different lengths, and which had evi-
dently been reduced to their present lengths before leaving
the dockyard. The greater portion—about three-fourths
—have had the " broad arrow" removed by the application
of the file, but the remainder have the broad arrow still
upon them. The cask was directed on the back of one
of the sender's own cards—" A Morris Harris, glass
merchant and marine store dealer, adjoining the police-
station, Landport •road," and was directed to " Mr.
Marks, Tilley-street, Spitalfields, London." Mr. Morris
Harris, it is almost needless to say, is "not at home." The
plundering of copper in this shape from the Portsmouth
yard has been carried on now for some time to a very great
extent. It is known that upwards of a ton was sent on one
occasion by rail from this town to London only a short
time since; but the information came to hand too late to be
of any service. At the Portsmouth Police-court yesterday
(Tuesday) a hired labourer named George Harvey, em-
ployed in the yard in breaking up the Drynd hulk, was
convicted of stealing a copper bolt weighing 21b., and sen-
tenced to 21 days' hard labour. The prisoner had been
stopped on leaving the d.ickyard, and the bolt found secured
by two pieces of spunyarn round his waist in a perpendi-
cular position.