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LONDON

EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 3, 1850.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COmpany will
he held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
Fith instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desho of Nine
Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed in the following Let-
ter, viz,

" London, March 27, 1850.
" To the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
"Honourable Sirs,
" We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly quali-
fied by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court
of Proprietors at your earliest convenience, in order to take into con-
sideration the papers respecting the succession, by adoption, of
Sovereign Princes in India.
" We have the honour to be,
" Honourable Sirs,
" Your obedient Servants,
(Signed) " J. SULLIVAN.
" JOSEPH HUME.
" JOHN BRIGGS.
" JAS. STEWART FORBES.
" THOMAS DICKINSON.
" W. H. STEPIIF.NS.
" SAMUEL GOODFELLOW.
" CHAS. FORBES.
" 3f. LEWIN."
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

It IC C L U B.
ITTEE.
C. M. Eldertou, Esq., Barrister,
Lincoln's Inn.
John Howard, Esq., Pall-mall.
John Frederick Isaacson, Esq.,
Norfolk-street, Strand.
Wailer Lewis, Esq., M.S., Ed-
ward-street, Portman-square.
Captain J. Potter Macqueen,
Stoke, Plymouth.
David Moore, Esq., Clarendon-
road, Kensington.
r. 11. Plaskett, Esq., Merchant,
Old Burlington-street.
H. G. Robinson, Esq., el, Half-
' Moon-street, Piccadilly.
Thomas Mull Terrell, Esq., Bar-
rister, Lincoln's Inn.
Arthur Welch, Esq., Barrister,
Lincoln's Inn.
Iph, and Co., 43, Charing•cross,
tcle-

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" UNION." - -
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the Club.
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subscription five guineas, but the first Ave hundred Members will
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should such not be the case, will be returned without ally deduction.
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Gentleman desirous of becoming Members. •

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For receiving Deposits at interest, Discounting Bills, making Ad-
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INNES CAMEII.O.., General ➢Tanager.
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GUILDHALL, Arlin, 3, 1850.

r 11HE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S
LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDwzsDIT, the 10th
day of April instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS
for LETTING ea LEASE, for twenty-one years from Lady-day,
1850,:a Hoase, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-baCdings ;
Two Houses, Nos. 25 and 29, on the soath side of Broad-street-
baild jags.
Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING
LEASE, for 61 years from Midsummer next, a Piece of Ground, on
the north side of llarrow.street, Rateliff.
Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender
obtained, at the Office of Works, Guildhall.
THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
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And 14, PALL-MALL.
Chairman—The Right llon. the LORD MAYOR.
Deputy-Chairman—WlLLlAM LEAF, Esq.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. J. Humphery, Esq., Aid., M.P.
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Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
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- - -
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40 1 3 0 , 1 d 1 I • 7 3 14 10
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THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
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Friendly society's Acts) and BENEVOLENT FUND.

Established 1840.
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TREASURER OF VIE BENEVOLENT FUND.
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Policies issued in the year 1818-434, f0r.05,110.
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Increase.. • .

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March 8, 1850,

By order of the Board,
PIIILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary.

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Work. An Anecdote.
Perfect Felicity. In a Bird's-Eye 'View.
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Heathen and Christian Burial.
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Vol. 11.
Till& LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
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WIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID•
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Iv.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
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and remedlative. Advocacy of early marriages.

TIIE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."

rROGIUMNIE : —Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to ago, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.
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CITY OF GLASGOW STEAM-OHM—It seems only'
the other day that we announced the launch of this noble
vessel. She is now out on' a cruise. The precise dates which
mark a rapidity so extraordinary, seem not unworthy of
being recorded. On the 28th of February, then, the launch
took place. On the let of March the good ship was at the
Crane-berth in the harbour, for the purpose of getting her
machinery on board. By the 12th, she had returned to the
building yard at Partick, with everything fitted in. On the
20th, her steam was up and machinery in motion ; and
on the 27th, she proceeded to the Gareloch, to get her com-
passes adjusted in full rig and equipment for sea. Consi-
dering the weight and power of the engines, and the
magnitude of the vessel, this celerity of dispatch on the part
of Messrs. Todd and DPGregor has perhaps scarcely a
parallel hi the annals of steam-craft. We understand that
the City of Glasgow, previously to going up the Gareloch on
Wednesday stretched out towards the Cnmbraes, and that,
in fair steaming, she made ten and a quarter knots an hour;
thus exceeding the expectations of her builders and owners,
by about two knots, although not in the best trim for speed,
being Tour feet draft of water more aft than forward, and
the screw topping the surface fully twelve inches. This is
an auspicious commencement, and we have no doubt that
under canvas, for which she has' been specially constructed,
the Pity of Glasgow will prove almost unequalled in
speed. The majestic steamer is new out at cea,-proving
herself in every possible way, in order that she may proceed
on her first voyage as a sound and well-tried ship. It was
expected that she would return from this trial trip yesterday
which has most properly been made a thoroughly business
matter, in place of a pleasure excursion, and that she will
then take her place at her loading berth, where she will then
come under the care of her active agent Mr. Langlands, who,
we are glad to learn, has not been idle in his department,
having already secured two-thirds of her complement of pas-
sengers, and a considerable quantity of goods. There is now
no doubt whatever that this magnificent vessel will proceed
on her voyage to New York on the appointed day—namely,
the 16th April Glasgow Herald.
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Thomas Emmerson, a police-constable, committed
suicide yesterday, by drowning himself near Richmond
bridge. He had been sixteen years in the force.
At the annual general meeting held by the share-
holders of the St. Germain Railway Company a few days
since, the report states that the whole amount of the
damage done to the line after the revolution of February
reaches the sum of 578,079 E 52c. No definitive answer has
yct been made by the Government to the demand made by
the board of directors for the reimbursement of that amount
The receipts for 1849 are superior to those of 1848, but in-
ferior to those of 1847. A dividend of 25f. per share for the
past year was declared; and as a sum of 12f 60c. per share
has been already distributed, a further stun of 12f. 50c. is now
payable to the shareholders.

SIR C. NAPIER AND THE ADMIRALTY

(Prom the Times.)
TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES.

Sir,—For many years past I have been endeavour-
ing to correct the abuses in the British navy, ,parti-
cularly as regards our steam fleet. Finding little or
no attention paid to my observations, I, following the
example of many others, published in the Times se-
veral letters to iLord John Russell, which brought
down on me a reproof from Sir Francis Baring. Con-
ceiving that I did not deserve such reproof, I beg to
inclose the correspondence which has taken place in
consequence, and which I have to request you will
publish in your valuable journal.
I think it unnecessary, and perhaps not right, to
send you the testimonials alluded to, but they are
much at your service, if you wish to see• them.
Lam, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES NAPIER, Rear-Admiral.

Oct. 15, 1849.
Aty dear Sir Charles,—With reference to ourcon-
versation on Friday, I am desirous that on one point
there should be no mistake. As I told you, I feel no
personal annoyance at your letter. Official men are
fair objects of attack, and there is nothing for which
personally I can, or of which I shall complain. On the
other hand, I hope I made it clear that I disapprove
officially of your correspondence. I wish no mistake,
as I consider that you have set a most unfortunate
example to the naval service, in having, with your
rank and position, written in the newspapers such
attacks on those to whom her Majesty has intrusted
the administration of the navy.
I feel bound to say this, and say it with much re-
gret, as I entertain a high opinion of your professional
character, and only-doubted your discretion.
I am, my dear Sir Charles, yours very truly,
Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier. F. T. BARING.

Merchistoun-hall, Oct. 17, 1849.
• My dear Sir Francis, have'received your letter
of the 15th, and am glad sou feel no personal annoy-
ance at my letters. None was intended. 1 did not
exactly understand—though now I do—that you offi-
cially disapproved of my correspondence ; and as your
letter is not marked private, I take it I am to consider
it official. You say I have set a most unfortunate
example to the naval service in having, with my rank
and position, written in the newspapers such attacks
on those to whom her Msjesty has intrusted the ad-
ministration of the navy. In reply to this, I beg to
observe that it is bad measures—hot men—that cost
the country enormous sums, that I have attacked;
and I cannot subscribe to the doctrine that a naval
officer on half-pay is interdicted from publicly
pointing out what is wrong in the management
of the affairs of the state, any snore than a civilian
or a military man. The late Lord Melville pub-
lished a letter to Lord Mulgrave on Milks con-
nected with the navy. Sir John Barrow wrote,
when Secretary to the Admiralty, a severe critic on
Captain Crawford, for giving a true account of the
strength of the Russian navy. Captain Berkeley,
w hen a Lord of the Admiralty, in a pamphlet disap •
proved of the under manning of the navy, and lost his
place like an honest men. Sir John B arrow replied
to his pamphlet, and kept his place like a courtier.
Sir Edward Codrington published a pamphlet on his
recal from the Mediterranean. Captain Plunkett has
published much on the navy, and done a great deal
of good. Admiral Bowles . publishes. Whether all
these gentlemen, and many more, were in favour of
or against the Government, I shall not inquire—the
principle is the same ; but he that boldly points out
their faults is the honester man of the two.
Lord John Russell published in the newspapers his
famous letter from Edinburgh that brought him into
place for a day. The Marquis of Anglesea published
a letter when Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and was
removed ; and the Duke of Wellington, Commander-
in-Chia of the army, wrote his celebrated letter on
the defenceless state of the country. How it fe.,,„a
its way into the papers I neither know nor care ;
there it was, and a great pity it was not attended to.
After these examples, it is not just to say that I
have set an unfortunate example.
You sat in the House of Commons when I did, and
you must be aware of my unwearied exertions to
correct the errors they were committing; and had my
advice been followed, hundreds of thousands of pounds
would have been saved to the country. From the
House of Commons I went afloat, and while there,
both publicly and privately, pointed out all the mis-
takes committed, but to no purpose, for at the mo-
ment I write we are blundering on as much as we
before did ; our experience has done no good; and
unless we change our system I see no prospect of
amendment. What is doing in one dockyard is un-
doing in another ; nay, more, what we are doing in
one part of the same dockyard we are undoing in an-
other part. Had I been in Parliament I should have
made the same statements that I have now done, and
the First Lord of the Admiralty would have scarcely
ventured to have said, " I was setting an unfortunate
example."

If your doctrine is correct, let us see what it would
lead to. A naval cffizer could not attend a public
meeting, or if he did, he must be silent if any naval
subject was breached. Should he stand for any place
as candidate, and be opposed by a person in office, he
would be prevented from stating his opinion how the
affairs of the country were carried on ; for I hold,
whether a man states his opinion in Parliament, in
writing, or on the hustings, it is exactly the same—
they are ell made public by the press—and I only wish I
was in Parliament to state mine; be assured you
would not see them published in a letter. Your doc-
trine goes further, for if it is improper for a naval
officer to attack the measures of men whom her
Majesty has intrusted with the administration of the
navy, how much more improper must it be to attack
the measures of men whom her Majesty has intrusted
with the administration of the country ?
In conclusion, you state you are bound to say what
you have done, and it is with much regret, as you
entertain a high opinion of my professional character,
and you only doubt my discretion. For the first part
of this I feel much obliged to you, and for the last
part I am not at all angry, for if the First Lord of
the Admiralty doubts my discretion, it is most candid
to tell me so, for I then know what I have to expect,
and am not kept in the dark, and it gives me an op-
portunity of removing that impression ; for if I do
not, he would be very wrong to employ an officer on
whose discretion he could not rely.
How you could have formed such an opinion cf me
I am at a loss to conceive, for it is not to be found
in the records of the Admiralty. If you examine
them you will find no proof of want of discretion in
the whole of my service, which I am proud to say
will bear comparison with that of any officer, and no
one can show more scars or fewer favours. Yours
was not the opinion of my esteemed friends Lord
Auckland and Lord Palmerston, neither was it the
opinion of any one member of your board, if there is
truth in man, which the scurrilous articles in a morn-
ing paper, the organ of the Admiralty, during the time
referred to, sometimes make me doubt.
I have the honour to be, yours, &c.,
CHARLES NAPIER.
Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring.

Merchistoun-ball, Dec. 11, 1849.
have the honour of inclosing a letter I
have received from Sir Francis Baring, and the re-
ply ; it is to the latter part of,
attention, in which he
his letter to which I
beg to draw their Lordships
says, "he has a high opinion of my professional cha-
racter, and only doubted my discretion."
When I heard that the Channel squadron was re•
organizing, and to be put under the orders of my
late second in command, it appeared to me that the
First Lord of the Admiralty by not re-appointing
me to the command of the squadron (which I held for
nearly two years to the entire satisfaction of Lord
Auckland and his colleagues) was carrying out an
opinion of me that would damage my professional
reputation ; I, therefore, lost no time in waiting on
Sir Francis Baring, to endeavour to remove the un-
favourable opinion he bad formed of me.
After expressing m
surprise at his letter, so ydif-
ferent from those of his predecessor (Lord Auckland)
I handed him some of his Lordship's, Lord Palmer-
ston's, and the late Secretary's letters, extracts of
inclose.
I I have the honour to
I did. not think that, at this time of day, it would
be necessary for an officer of my rank, after 50 years'
service, to show, like a youngster soliciting promotion
my credentials to a First Lord not long in office, and
who could have no idea of the feelings of an officer :
a gentleman who had been brought up in quite a dif.
ferent line—had been a Lord of the Treasury, a Se-
cretary of the Treasuary, a Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, and, finally, First Lord of the Admiralty.
Degrading, Sir, as I felt it, I did show Sir Francis
Baring my credentials, and their Lordships may
judge of my surprise when, after reading them care-
fully, he told me he would take a letter of Lord Pal-
merston's as a confirmation of his opinion, or words
to that effect.
The letter, Sir, to which he alluded was one from
Lord Palmerston, informing me of his having read in
some newspaper that I had not been following up the
views of the Government, which he regretted, as he
had answered to his colleagues for my discretion and
obedience to orders. This was followed by another
letter from Lord Palmerston, in reply to my explana-
tion, acknowledging his mistake in the handsomest

manner, and speaking with admiration of the order
and discipline of my squadron.
One would have supposed that an unprejudiced
man would have been satisfied ; but Sir Francis
Baring was quite the rererse.
I think, Sir, I had a right to know from the First
Lord of the Admiralty from what circumstances he
had formed his opinion of me • but this he thought
proper to decline replying to, observing, at the same
time, I was my own enemy, and had I accepted
the command at Cork I should have been now in
Lisbon.

I now thought I had a clue to his conduct to me,
and I observed that, if it was owing to my letters on
the state of the navy to the Prime Minister, I bad
not another word to say on the subject; to which he
replied, " he would say no such thing."
So, then, Sir, it appears it is my professional repu-
tation that is doubted, and still, Sir, inconsistent as it
may appear, had I accepted the Cork command I
should have been now in Lisbon.

I did not accept the Cork command, because, after
being Commander-in-Chief of the Channel squadron
I could not descend to a Port-Admiral's station with-
out a ship and almost without a boat. But, even had
I accepted the Cork command, how could I have been
sure that I should not have been told, that I already
had, a command and could not expect another ? Such
things have happened before, and most probably the
same interest that got the command of the Channel
squadron now would have got it then.
. I conceive, Sir, that I have been treated with great
indignity, and I told Sir Francis Baring respectfully,
and I tell their Lordships respectfully also, that a
First Lord, of the Admiralty has the power to de-
grade and dishonour an officer when he pleases, and
that he has carried it out to the fullest extent towards
tne ; that I had been affronted and insulted ; and if
he would read the records of the Admiralty he would
not find that an officer of my rank and service had
been so treated.

I appeal to their Lordships for protection ; I appeal
to them to state their opinion of me, to bring before
the First Lord a statement of any services (they are
at the board), and show him that he has been deceived.
The honour of an officer is like a woman's virtue—it
must not be breathed upon. The First Lord of the
Admiralty has breathed upon mine, and may breathe
it to his Ministerial colleagues and ruin me fur ever.
Had Lord Auckland entertained such an opinion of
me—had Lord Palmerston entertained such an opi-
nion of me, would they have written me such letters ?
Would Lord Auckland have written to say that dur-
ing the rebellion in Ireland he would sooner see me
there than any other officer in the service; that all I
had done and proposed doing would be approved of;
and that I enjoyed his entire confidence? Would
his colleagues and their secretary have written to me
as they did ?
Would the Prime Minister and three of his col-
leagues have paid me a visit at Portsmouth had they
doubted my discretion ? . .

` Would 'her Majesty have honoured me with a '
visit on board the St. Vincent unless I had Enjoyed
the confidence of her Government ? And
.finally,
would Lord Auckland and the Admiralty have dined
with me on hoard the St. Vincent and accompanied
me to St. Helens, had they not entertained t}'.e
highest opinion of my character ?
The senior naval officer has always been
to be the confidential adviser of the Fivist Lord, and
should ho be disposed to go wronr is supposed to
keep him right ; but the senior )...Tia;al Lard, as far as
I could understand from hip-, supposed
, disavowed having more
to say than any of his
said, was not the s.. colleagues; his position, he
.me as Sir George Cockburn's
or Sir Charlesj'....:dam's—his rank and service did not
give hint tliie same authority.. It is therefore that I
%; eal `,,0 your Lordships.
___

rum what sources Sir Francis Baring could have
dawn his opinion of me lamat a loss to know. It
could not have been from official letters, for they are
all in my favour, nor could it have been from letters
I showed him, and extracts of which he may again
see. It could not have been from his colleagues, for
they could not have told him one thing and me an-
other. It surely could not have been from the
scurrilous attacks of a correspondent of a morning
paper, who I am sorry has too easy access to the
private rooms at the Admiralty ; if so, Sir, the repu-
tation of no officer is safe.

I have the honour to be, &c.,
CHARLES kAPIER.

To the Secretary of the Admiralty.
P.S. I also beg to enclose letters of Sir Francis
Baring himself, expressing his opinion of me, likewise
of Lord Melville, the late King, Sir Charles Adam,
Sir William Parker, and Lord Minto.

The Admiralty replied to my letter, that it was no
part of their duty to enter into the question of why
the First Lord should doubt my discretion—adding,
that they doubted my judgment and discretion not
only in publishing my letters, but in writing to
them and sending inclosures. .

Merchistoun4iall, Jan. 6, 1850.
Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter cf the sth, informing me that their Lordships
do not consider it their duty to enter into the ques-
tion as to the reasons of the First Lord for doubting
my discretion.
I should have thought, that when a civilian was
placed at the head of the Admiralty, who knew no-
thing of the service or the officers in it, it was the
duty, and should be the inclination, of the naval
officers to set the First Lord right if he formed an
erroneous opinion of the character of an officer ; but
as their Lordships think different, I must submit, and
consider Sir Francis Baring has formed his opinion
of me from what he has read in the Morning Herald,
which gives me the right of doubting both his justice
and his judgment, and leaves the question open be-
tween himself and me.

As for their Lordahips' opinion that I have shown
sufficient proof of want of discretion and judgment
in publishing the letters I have done, 1 beg to observe
that is is quite a different question. In so doing I only
followed the example of the two Senior Naval Lords
and a late Secretary of the Admiralty, all of whom
published—one a pamphlet disapproving of the way
in which the navy was manned, for which he lost his
seat at the Admiralty (while the Secretary, who re-
plied to him, kept his) ; the other a letter to Lord J.
Russell on the retired list, and an anonymous letter
besides. Ido not say they showed either want of dis-
cretion or judgment, and the Prime Minister did not
think so, as he appointed both of them to their present
places, independent of the above reasons. I did think
it high time that an effort should be made to put a
stop to the wasteful expense and blunders that had
gone on for many years, and I do hope my letters will
be the means of drawing public attention to what I
have set forth, and of correcting the abuses that exist
in almost all the departments of the navy.
Their Lordships have thought; proper to mix up
with the letters I have published an official letter
which I have written to them, with enclosures, which
they have brought under their general censure. Their
Lordships will pardon me for taking that letter en-
tirely separate from the others.
I have been accused of want of discretion by the
First Lord of the Admiralty. I have already told
their Lordships, had it been in consequence of my
letters, I should not have said one word on the subject,
and there the matter should have rested ; but this Sir
Francis Baring did not admit, and, moreover, re-
asserted his opinion after reading my testimonials.
May I ask their Lordships what I was to do—it was
impossible to leave the matter where it was. Nothing
was left for me to do but to appeal to their Lordships
and send my testimonials. Their Lordships accuse
me of want of judgment and discretion in so doing.
If their Lordships mean to infer a breach of confi-
dence in my sending extracts of letters regarding my
own character—if that is their Lordships' charge, I
repel it as strongly as an officer of my rank is justified
in repelling an unjust charge.
Had I been brought before a court-martial for an
offence, there is not one letter that I wculd not
have been justified in showing, and they would have
all appeared in the public papers.
I am not under trial before a court-martial, but I
am under trial before their Lordships ; and I conceive
myself fully justified in sending my credentials to my
masters and judges, whore they are, or ought be, as
secure in the archives of the Admiralty as they are
in my own possession.
Trick Lordships are perhaps not aware that a cir-
cular of the Ist of February, 184(3, invites officers to
send copies of any private lettf:rs of such superior
officers, or other persons, whemin services are espe-
cially referred to, up to the 31st of December,
1845. All mine are there up te, that date ; and 1
presume what was right in 1845 cannot be wrong
in 1849.

I have the honour to remain y our obedient servant,
CHARLES NAPIER.
John Parker, Admirelt2

Receipt of letter acknowledgfx 1.

12, Ryder-strE tet, Jan. 22, 1850.
My Lord,—Your Lordship is no doubt aware that
I have published several letters t. ) your Lordship on
the state of the navy. The First Lord of the Admi-
ralty addressed a letter to me, disapproving of my
having done 59, and finished by telling me he had a
high opinion of my professional c 7 ;tauter, but doubted