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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1842

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and
the Judges, sat in the House of Lords to-day, to hear Writs
of Error.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, JUNE 28.
ELECTION PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE.
:Motion made, and Question put, " That John Walter, Esq.
do attend and give Evidence before the Select Committee on
Election Proceedings to-morrow at eleven o'clock :"—The
House divided :

MAJORITY—AYES, 228.
Acheson, Lord-Co. of Armagh Langton, Col Gore-Somerset
t'Court, Captain-Tainworth Lascelles, Hon. W.-Wakefield
Ainsworth, P.-Bolton Lawson, A.-Knaresborough
Bailey, Joseph-Worcester Layard, Captain Carlow Co
ilannerman, A.-Aberdeen I,egh, G. C.-North Cheshire
Baring, W. 8.-Thetford Lennox Lord A.-Chichester
Baring. E. T. - Portsmouth Lincoln, Earl of-Northampton.
Raman!, E. G.-Greenwich shire, South
Barrington, Lord-Berkshire Lindsay, H. H. -F. andwich
Barron. Sir H W.-Waterford Litton, Edward-Coleraine
Be. k tt, W.-Leeds Loch, James-Kirkwall
Bell, J.-Thirsk ;Lowther, J. H.-York
Bellew, R. M.-Louth ILyall, G. - London
Benett, J.-South Wiltshire Lygon, Major-Gen. Hon. 11. 8.-
Bent hick, I out G.-Lynn Worcestershire West.
Berkeley, Hon. C.-Clieltenh, m Macaulay, 'l' B - Edinburgh
Berkeley, lion. H. F.-Bristol Mackinnon, W. A -Lymington
Bernard, Vise. -Bandon uridge , M‘Taggart, Sir John -Wigton, &c
ltiackburne, Ireland- Warrington. Mangles, R. D.-Guildford
Blake, Martin J.- Galway I Man ncrs, Lord C.-N. Lei cestersh.
Bodkin, W. IL-Rochester !Marshall Wm.-Carlisle
Bowes, John-South Durham J Nlarsland, Henry-Stockport
Biainston, T W.-Essex South 1 Martin, NV.-New port, I. of Wight
Bread ley,henry-East Yorkshire Martin, Thomas-Galway Co.
erotheruni, J.-Salford Nlasterman, J.-London
Bromic, W. D. - Kerry Miles, Philip \V. Skynner-Bristol
Bryan, Major-Kilkenny Co. Morris, D.-Carmarthen
Bulkcley, Sir R. W.-Flint ,orison, William-Kinross-shire
Boller, Edward -Statfird Morrison, Junes-Inverness
Busfeild, William-Bradford I Mundy, E. M.-South Derbyshire
Butler, Hon. P.-Kilkenny Co IMuri:hy, F. S.-Cork
Rvng, Right lion.ft S -Chatham, Murray, C. S.-Bucks
Campbell, A.-Argyllshire (Napier, Sir Char les -Marylebene
Cavendish, Hon. G. H.-N. Derisy, Norreys, Sir Denham-Mallow
Chapman, 8.-Westmeath. O'Connell, Daniel-Cork Co.
Childzrs, John W.-Halton C'Connell, Maurice-Tralee
Clay toil, R.-Aylesbury !O'Connell, M. J.-Kerry
;live, Edward 8.-Hereford I O'Connell,John-Kilkenny
Cobden, It -Stockport Ogle, S.-South Northumberland
Colebmike, Sir T. E.O-Taunton ,Paget, Frederick-Beaumaris
Collins, W --Warwick Palmer. Robert-Berks
Connolly, Edward M.-Donegal ,Palmerston, Viscount-Tiverton
Cowper, Hon. \V. F.-Hertford 'Parker, John-Sheti
Pechel, Captain-Brighton
tield
emit;, ,V. G.-Edinburgh Patten, J. Wilson-Lancashire
I Peel, Itt Hon. Sir R.-Tamworth
I Peel, Col. Jonathan-Huntingdon
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Denison, B 13.-West Yorkshire .Pendarves, E. W.-W. Cornwall
Den istouii, J.-Glasgow !Philips, G. It. -Poole
Dickinson, J. H.-Nest Somerset Pigot, Sir Robert -Bridgnorth
Douglas, Fir H. -Liverpuoi Planta, Joseph-Hastings
Duncan, Viscount-Bath I Plumptre, John P.-East Kent
Dolican G. - Dundee ;Plutniidge, t aptain-Penryn
Dunconle. T. S.-Finsbury I Powell, Colonel. -Cardiganshire
Dundas, Oavid-Sutherlandshire I Protheroe, Edward-Halifax
East, James Buller- %Vinchester IPusey, Philip-Berkshire
Egerton, Sir P.—South Cheshire jltamsbottom, J.-Windsor
Ellis, Wynn-Leicester I Rashleigh, W.-East Cornwall
Eliot, Lord-East Cornwall I Redington, T. N.-Dundalk
Elphinstone, H.-Lewes 'Ricardo, L.-Stoke-upon-Trent
Estcourt, T. G. 8.-Oxford Univ.!Richards, Richard-Merioneths
Etwall, Ralph-Andover 'Rose, Sir George-Christchurch
Evans, William-North Derby I Rundle, John-Tavistock
Ferguson, Colonel-Kirka.dy I Rushbrooke, Colonel-Suttblk
fergoson,Sir It. A.-Londonderry! Russell, Lord John-London
Fitzroy, Lord C.-Bury St. Edin. !Russell, Lord E.- -Tavistock
Efolliott, Ju'hn-Sligo Co. /Sanderson, Richard-Colchester
Flower, Sir J. -Thetford Scarlett, Hon. R.-Horsham
Follett, Sir W.-Exeter Seale, Colonel-Dartmouth
Forster, M.-Berwick-on'fweed Seymour, Lord-Totness
Fremantle, Sir T.-Buckingham Shaw, ItightHon. E.-Dublin Un.
Gibson, 'l'. M.-Manchester !Shed, Richard Lalor-Dungarvan
Gill, T.-Plymouth (Smith, Abel-Hertfordshire
Gladstone, W. E.-Newarx-on.;Smith, Benjamin-Norw,ch
';'rent (Smith, R. V.--Northampton
Gordon, Hon. W.-Aberdeenshire Somerville, Sir Wm.-Drogheda
Gordon, Lord F.-Forfarshire Stanley, nd-North Lancashire
Gore, Colonel-New Ross Stanstield, W. It. C.- Huddersfield
Goulburn, Right Hon. H.-Cam. Staunton, Sir Geo.-Poi tsmouth
bridge University Stewart, P. M.-Renfrewshire
Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G Stock, Dr.-Cashel
-Dorchester Strutt, Edward-Derby
Greenall, P.-Wigan Sutton, C. M.-Cambridge
Greene, 'l'. G.-Lancashire Tancred, H. W.-Banbury
Gra gory, \V. A.-Dublin City Taylor, Capt. E.-Dublin Co.
vrey, Sir George-Devonport Taylor, J. A.-E. Worcestershire
Guest, J. J.-Merttyr Tydvil Thesiger, F.-Woodstock
Hale, R. 8.-Gloucestershire Thornely,Thos.-Wolverhampton
Hamilton, %V.-Newport, Isle of Thornhill, G.-Huntingdonshire
Wight Townley, C -Beverley
Hammer, Sir J.-Hull Trevor, Hon. G.-Caermarthensh,
Harcourt, G. G.V.-Oxfordshire Eroubridge, Sir E. T.-Sandwich
Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.- Tuf,iell, Henry-Devonport
Lauticest.n Turner, Edmund-Truro
Harris, J.-Newcastle under Lyme Vane, Lord H.-South Durham
Hastie, Archibald-Paisley Vere, Sir C. 8.-East Suffolk
Hawes, 8.-Lambeth Vernon, G. H.-East Rettiird
rieathcoat, J.-Tiverton Vesey, Hon. T -Queen's Co.
Villiers, C. P.-Wolverhampton
Hill, Lord A. Al. C.-Evesham
Hodgson, ltd.-Berwick-on-Tweed Vivian, Captain-renryn
Hollond, Robert-Hastings Waddington, H. S.-West Suffolk
Houldsworth, T.-Nottinghamsh. Walker, It -Bury, Lancashire
Howard, C. W. G.-Cumberland Wall, C. Baring-Guildford
Howard, Hon. J.-Malmsbury Wallace, Robert-Greenock
Howard, Lord-Shaftesbury Wawn, J. 1.-South Shields
!toward, Captain -Cricklade White, Henry-Longford
Hughes, W. 8.-Carnarvon Whitmore, T. C.-Bridgenorth
Hume, Joseph-Montrose, &c. Wood, Benjamin-Southwark
-lumphery, John-Southwark Wood, Colonel T.-Brecon
Hutt, W.-Gateshead Wood, Colonel T.-Middlesex
James, William-Cumberland Worsley, Lord-Lincolnshire
Jervis, J.-Chester Wrightson, W. 8.-Northallerton
J hostone, sir J.-Scarborough Yorke, Hon. E. T.-Cambridgesh
Johnstone, J. I, -Poinfriesshire Yorke. H. 11.-York
Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry- TELLERS.
Taunton Roebuck, J. A.-Bath
Lambton, H.-North Durham Wood, Charles-Halifax

11.11NORITY
Allix, J. P.—Cambridgeshire
Arbuthnot, General—Kincardine-
shire
Archdall, Gen. M.—Fermanagh
Arkwrght, George—Leominster
Ashley, Lord—Dorsetshire
Attwood, AL—Whitehaven
Baillie, H. D.—Honiton
Baillie, H. J.—lnverness-shire
Baird, W.—Falkirk, &c.
Bateson, R.—Londonderry
Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford
Bradshaw, James—Canterbury
Broadwood, Henry—Bridgewater
Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire
Bunbury, H. -Carlow
Burdett, Sir F.—N. Wiltshire
Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham
Carnegie, Hon. Captain—Stafford
Cartwrignt, Wm. lt.—South Nor-
thamptonshire
Chriatopher, It A.—Lincolnshire,:
Chute, W. L. W.—West Norfolk
Cochrane, idport
Colville, C.—South Derby
Dick, Quintin—Msidon
D'lsraed, B.—Shrewsbury
Dodd, G.—Maidstone
Douglas, J. S —Rochester
Ellice, Edward—St. Andrew's
Escott, B.—Winchester
Farnham, FHB.—N. Leicestershire,
Feihien, W. J —Blackhnrn
Ferrand, W. B.— Knaresborough
ridden, John—Oldham
Filiner, Sir E.—West Kent
Fitzroy, H 0... Henry—Lewes
Fleming, John—Hampshire
Forbes, W.—Stirlingsoire
Fuller, A. E.—East Su:sex
Godson, R.—Kidderminster
Gore, M.—Barnstaple

'--NOES, 77.
Gore, Ormsby—Salop
. Grant, Sir A. C.—Cambridge
Grimsditch, T.—Macclesfield
Halford, Henry—Leicestershire
Hampden,
.Reran—Great Marlow
Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire
Hodgson, F.— Barnstanle
Hornby, J.—Blackburn
Howick, Viscount—Sunderland
Hussey, Thomas—Lyme Regis
Irving, John—Antrim Co.
Jackson, Mr. Serj.—llublin Unl
versity
Jones, T.—Londonderry Co.
Kemble, H.—East Surrey
Knightley, Sir C.—Northampton-
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shire
Lefroy, Anthony—Longford
,Lockhart, William—Lanarkshire
Mackenzie, Thomas—Ross-shire
Maclean, onald—Ox ford
F.—Honiton
Manners, Lord J.—Newark
Marton, Geo.—Lar.caster
IMaunsell, I'. P.—Northamptonsh
Net Id, Joseph—Chippenham
,Neville, R.—Windsor
O'Brien, A,—N.Northamptonshire
Frederick—Bedford
Pollington, Lord—Pontefract
Praed, W. T.—bt. Ives
Round, Charles Gray—Essex N.
,Stewart, John—Lymington
ISturt, Henry Chas.—llorsetshire
Trollope, Sir J.—S. Lincolnshire
Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex
Verner, William—Armagh Co.
Vyvyan, Sir 11.—Helstone
Waklcy, "Thomas—Finsbury

TELLERS.
Inglis, Sir It. H.-ox. University
Sibthorp, Colonel—Lincoln

CUSTOMS BILL.

Corks, squared for rounding—Amendment proposed in pr. 92,
1. 3, to leave out " 165." in order to insert " 45." instead
thereof : Question put—" That' 16s.' stand part of the Bill:"
—The House divided :

111AJOR1T Y—AYES, 110.
Acland, Sir T. D 1 Fleming, J. , Mundy, E. Miller
A'Court, Capt t... Flower, ~ir James Neeld, John
A lund, Viscount Forbes, William Neville Ralph
Antrobus, Edward Fuller. A. E. Nichol!, J.
Arbuthnot, Hun. H Gasket% James Miles Peel, Hon. Sir R.
Paillie, Colonel H. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Colonel J.
Barrington, Viscount Glad•tone, T. Pigot, Sir 11.
Barron. Sir Henry Gordon, Hon. W. Plumptre, J. P.
Bateson, Robert Gore, Montague Polhill, Frederick
Beresford, Major Gore, W. R. 0. Pollock, Sir F.
BlM:emote, R. Goring, Charles Pringle, A.
Botha!, Beriah Graham, Sir James Reid, Sir John R,
Brainston, T. W. sreenall, Peter Rose, Sir George
Brocklehurst, J. Greene, T. .Round, C. G.
Bruce, Lord E. Grimsditch, Thomas Roos, Captain
Buck, L. W. Hamilton, W. J. Rushbrook, Colonel
Burrell, Sir C. M. hampden, Renn Russell, J. D
Burroughes, H. Hardinge, Sir H. Ryder, G. D.
Campbell, A. Hervey, Lord A. Shaw, Frederick
Cardv,eli, E. Hogg, J. W. Smith, Abel]
Cartwright, W. L. hope, Hon. C. Smyth, Sir H.
Clietwode, Sir John Howard, P. H. Stanley, Lord
c lerk, Sir George Hughes, W. B. Stewart, John
Clive, Robert Hussey, Thomas Stuart, 11.
Cresswell, B. Inglis, Sir R. H. Sturt, H. C.
Cripps, NV. Jackson, Serjeant Sutton, Hon. h. M
Dawnay, W. H. Jermyn, Lord Trench, Sir V.
Denison. E. is. Jones, Theobald Trotter, J.
Dickinson, F. H. Kemble, Henr• V Lord Harry

Douglas, Sir C.
East, J. Huller
Eastnor, Viscount
Egt root', W. T.
Eliot, Lord
Escott, Hickham
r:tcourt, T. Ci. B.
Ffolliot, John
Fitzroy, Hon. H.

Lincoln, Earl of
Lindsay, H. H.
Litton, Edward
Mackenzie, T.
MacKenzie W. F.
Mahon, Mackenzie,
Manners, Lord C. S.
Marsham, Viscount
Martin, C. W.

dane,
Vesey, Hon .T.
Wall, C. B.
Walsh, Sir John
Welby, G. E.
Wood, Colonel
Young, John
TELLERS.
Fremantle, SirT.
Bating, H. B.

kldam, William
Barclay, David
Baring, F. T.
Barnard, E. G.
Blake, M. J.
Bowring, 1)r.
tl:oadley, H.
Brotherton, J.
Browne, 8.. 1).
Browne, Hon. W.
Busfeild, William
Cavendish, G. H.
Chapman, B.
Childers, J. W.
Clayton, H. R.
E. B.
Colcbrookc, Sir T.
Colville, C. It.
Craig, \V G.
Crawford, W S.
Duncan, George
Evans, W.
Ferguson, Sir Robert
Forster, Matthew
Gibson. T. M.
Gill, Thos.

NORITY—NOES,
Grey. Sir G.
Grogan, Eaward
Halford, H.
Hanmer, Sir John
Heathcoat, J.
Henley, J. Warner
Hill, Lord A. M. C.
Hobhouse, Sir J. C.
Hodgson, Richard
Howick, Viscount
Hume, Joseph
Hutt, W.
Jervis, J.
Labouchare, H.
Lapin!, Captain
Marsland, H
Mitchell, T. A.
Morris, David
Napier, Sir Charles
O'Connell, D.
O'Connell, M. J.
O'Connell, J.
Ogle, S. C. H.
Pechell, Captain
Plumridge, Captain
Power, James

Pulsford, Robert
Rundle, J.
Russell, Lot d John
Scholefield, J.
Seymour, Lord
Smith, R. Vernon
Somerville, Sir W.
Stansfield, W. R. C.
Stewart, P. M.
Strutt, Edward
Talbot, C. R. M.
Tapered, H. W.
Thornely, Thomas
Villiers, Charles e.
Wakley, Thomas
Wallace, it
Wawn, J. T.

Wilbraham Hon. B.
Williams, W.
Wood, Is.
Worsley, Lord
Wrightson, W. B.

TELLERS.
buncombe, T. S.
Humphery, J.

REPORTFD RESIGNAr.
GUARDIANS of THE rooß
PARISH.

TION of THE
f ST. MARTIN'S

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
We have just been informed that owing to the Poor-law
Commissioners having required the Guardians of the Poor of
this large and influential Metropolitan parish to carry out mea-
sures offensive to that body, they
.have come to the resolution to
suspend their usual weekly meetings for the present, prepara-
tory, we believe, to retiring from the offices which they now
hold. We have not been informed of the nature of the com-
munication which has led to this misunderstanding between the
Guardians and the Poor-law Commissioners. This parish is
by no means a poor one, and probably there. is no workhouse in
the metropolis whose inmates are so well fed and clothed, and
are so healthy, as in St. Martin's parish.

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the aid of a
SINGULAR A--------CCIDENT.—AbOIIt 11 o'clock on Satur-
day morning last, as some of the draymen belonging to the firm
coaf
skTsrutreornmant,h
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hone, the animal, by some unaccountable means, was drawn
backward=, and fell with great force into the cellar below, to
• 100, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford-market, by
the great dismay of the draymen, who imagined that the horse
was kilted. The animal, however, who had on his nose-bag,
quickly resumed his perpendicular, and commenced eating as it
notliit g whatever had happened. The draymen now used every
effort to extricate the horse, which, however, after the lapse of
several hours, was not accomplished,
and
it was not until the
evening, when some of the firm, who had been informed of the
circumstance, had arrived, that the animal (who manifested no
displeasure at the means adopted) was got out by the aid of
gullies. The horse, which is valued at COL , was fortunately
not in the slightest degree injured.
A YANKEE SERMON.-1. once called on a sick per-
son, whom the doctors had given up as a gone case. I asked
him if he had made his peace with Heaven ? He said he
thought he had squared all up. I inquired if he had forgiven
all his enemies? He replied, " Yes. I then asked him if he
had made his peace with his printer? He hesitated for a mo-
ment, and then said he believed he owed him something like
about two dollars and fifty cents, which he desired to have paid
before he bid good bye to the world. His desire was imme-
diately gratified, and from that moment he became convales •
cent. He is now living in the enjoyment of health and pros-
perity, at peace with his own onscience, with Heaven, and
the world. Let this be an example for you, my friends. Pa-
tronize the printer, take the papers, pay for them in advance,
and your days will be long upon the earth, and overwhelming
with the honey of happiness.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 29.—The Satellite, 18, Commander
R. F. Gambier, has been taken out of the basin, and is now
alongside her hulk, the Dryad. She is getting equipped very
rapidly, and will be ready for sea in a few days. She is fully
manned, and has a very excellent ship's company, and from
the number of applications which have been made to join her,
she might have been manned three times over.
The Pique, 36, Captain H. Forbes, has been taken into
dock. It is not expected that she will require much, if any.
repairing, and the alteration of her fore powder magazine will
not. occupy much time, and as she has her guns and stores on
board, and is nearly all ataunt, she will not be long ere she is
reported ready for sea. She is picking up her hands very fast,
and might ere this have been more than manned had every man
who wished to join her beer. accepted.
There is now not the slightest difficulty in procnring volun-
teers for the navy, and all the best sailors prefer it to the mer-
chant service. If a captain of the right sort, a thorough sea-
man who a ill carry on the duty and maintain the discipline of
his ship without harassing the men, or abridging them of those
indulgences compatible with the interests of the service, be
appointed to a ship, his only difficulty is in selecting his ship's
company frem the numerous first-rate sailors, who are anxious
to join him. It is only when a captain of an opposite stamp
who, perfumed like a civet cat, has a horrible antipathy to
smoking, and would deprive Jack of his chief luxury, and who
employs the men in polishing shot and other frivolous and use-
less work, gets a command, that the blue jackets hang back,
and there is any difficulty in getting a ship manned when so
commanded. Happily there are but very few such officers in
the service.
The Cleopetra, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill, and the Talbot, 26,
Capt. Sir Thomas Thompson, are expected here from the east-
ward in the course of the week.

The Alban steam •vessel, Master Commander J. King, sailed
on Monday afternoon for Gibraltar, with a detachment of sap-
per; and miner•.

During the last twelve months there have been twelve line-
of-battle ships, twelve frigates, and eighteen sloops of war,
paid off, and daring the same period five line-of-battle ships,
eighteen frigates, and twenty-six sloops of war, troop ships, &c.
making a total of forty-nine ships, have been put into commis-
sion. The eioparily between the number of line-of-battle ships,
which have been paid off, and that of those commissioned, arises
from the s eduction which has taken place in the ➢lediterranean
fleet. The increase in the number of frigates and other small
craft put in commission over that of those paid off, is caused by
sending the additional squadron to China.
The following is a list of the ships paid off and commissioned
since last June :

Ships paid off at Portsmouth—Britannia, 120, Princess
Charlotte, 104 ; Powerful, 84 ; Hastings, 72; Edinburgh, 72;
Alelvilie, 72 ; Queen, 110 ; Winchester, 50; Pique, 36 ; Pre-
sident. 50 ; Tyne, 26 ; Samarang, 26 ; Conway, 26 ; Carys-
fort, 26 ; Orestes, 18 ; Hazard, 18 ; Rapid, 10 ; Ringdove,
16; and Apollo and Athol, troop-ships, making altogether 20
ships paid off at this port.
Paid off at Plymouth—lmplacable, 72; Belleisle, 72; Cro-
codile, 26 ; Scorpion, IS ; Espoir, 10; Saracen, 10; Wizard,
10; and Forester, 3—Total, 8 ships.
At Chatham and Sheerness—Ganges, 84; Revenge, 76;
Ba nbovr, 72 ; Seringapatam, 42 ; Talbot, 26 ; Castor, 36 ;
Cleopatra, 26 ; Dido, 18 ; Wasp, 16 ; Weazle, 16 ; domus,
18 ; Dal hne, 18 ; Griffin, 3; and Larne, 18—Total, 14 ships.
. .

. . . . .
Ships Commissioned—At Portmouth—Queen, 110; Illus-
trious, 72; Vindictive, 50; Warspite, 50; Winchester, 50;
Madagascar, 44; Belvidera, 38 ; Pi pie, 36; North Star, 26 ;
Carysfurt. 26 ; Hazard, 18 ; Ringdove, 16 ; Satellite, 18; Al-
batross, 16; Nautilus, 10; Rapid,. 10; Pantaloon, 10; Viper,
6; Sylvia (cutter) ; i
__ and Apollo, troop-ship—Total, 20 ships
exclusive of the St. Vincent.

At Plymouth—Agincourt, 72 ; Malabar, 72 ; Cambrian,
36 ; Iris, 26 ; Scylla, 16 ; Wolf, 18 ; Philomel, 6 ; Fly, 18 ;
Bramble, 10; Belleisle, Resistance, and Crocodile troop-ships,
and Minden, hospital-ship--Total, 13 ships.
At Chatham and Sheerness—Formidable, 84 ; Alfred, 50 ;
Isis, 44 ; Thalia, 42 ; Volage, 26 ; Aigle, 24 ; Talbot, 26 ;
Cleopatra, 26 ; Dido, 18 ; Wolverine, 18 ; Snake, 16; Har-
lequin, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ' • and Spy, 3—Total, 14 ships.
At Woolwich—Siren, 16; and Heroine, 10—Total, 2 ships.
Number of ships paid off, 42; number of ships commis-
sioned, 49. This does not include the steam-vessels.
The distribution of the recently-commissioned ships is as
under : _ _ _

China and the East Indies—Agincourt, 72; Vindictive,
50; Thalia, 42 ; Cambrian, 36 ; Dido, 18 ; North Star, 26 ;
Hazard, 18 ; Harlequin, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ; Wolverine, 16 ;
Siren, 16; Apollo and Belleisle troop-ships, and Minden hos-
pital-ship—Total, 14 ships.
Mediterranean—Queen 110 ; Formidable, 84 ; Belvidera,
36 ; Aigle, 24 ; and Snake, 16.—Total, 5 ships.
North America and the West Indies—lllustrious, 72 ; War-
spite, 50 ; Volage, 26 ; Ringdove, 16 ; Scylla, 16 ; and Resist-
ance and Crocodile troop-ships.—Total, 7 ships.
Brazils and South America—Malabar, 72 • Alfred, 50; Isis,
44 ; Carysfort, 26 ; and Viper, 6.—Total, 5 ships.
The Cape and Coast of Africa—Winchester, 50 ;_ Madagas-
' car, 44; Iris, 2d; Rapid, 10; Pantaloon, 10; and Heroine, 19.
—Total, 6 ships.
Torres' Straits—Fly, 18, and &amble, 10 (surveying).—
Total, 2 ships.
At home, fitting-out, surveying, and other duty—Pique, 36;
Albatross, 16 ; Satellite, 18 ; Talbot, 26; Cleopatra, 26 ; Wolf,
18 ; Nautilus, 10 ; Philon:el, 6 ; Sylvia, 6 ; and Spy, 3.
Total, 10 ships.
'1 he foregoing statement is a perfect refutation of the charge
that has been made against the Admiralty by an ex-Ministerial
Evenino. Paper, that ships have been sent to other ports to be
paid off, gratify a political feeling against this town. Out of
the whole number of ships which have been paid off during the
year, twenty have been paid off here, and only twenty-two at
Plymouth, Sheerness, and Chatham united. Of the ships
commissioned, twenty have been done so at this place alone ;
only twenty-nine at the three other ports.
The Vestal, 26, Captain J. Parker, is hourly expected, with
Sir Charles Metcalfe and suite from the West Indies.

Ship at Spithead—ThQ Success hulk.
Ships in Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent,
Royal George yacht, Satellite, Albatross, Pique, and Echo
steamer.

The cutter Speedy, Lieut. Beaufoy, is hourly expected from
the North Coast, with men fur the ships fitting out.
The Vestal, 26, Captain Parker, hourly looked for from Ja-
maica, is to proceed to Chatham to be paid off. Sir Charles
:Metcalfe, who is a passenger in her, will disembark at this port.
The war steamer Geyser, Commander Carpenter, is now
ready for sea at Chatham, and daily expected at Spithead. Her
destination is not accurately known.
The new sloop Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, will be
ready to depart the West India station about the Bth July.
The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Christopher Wyvill, will be at
Spithead from Chatham by the sth July. Her destination is
the East Indies and China ; she will take out several officers
and tnen to join the squadron, but is not expected to sail until
after the arrival of the Wellesley, 72, from that quarter. It is
also said that she will convey the new Governor (Sir W.
Gomm) to the Mauritius.
The only vessels fitting out at Plymouth, are the Wolf, 18,
Commander Hayes, and Philomel, 10, Commander Sullivan ;
'the latter will be ready to proceed to the Brazils about the 10th
July, on surveying service.
The report of the Collingwood, 84, Vengeance, :84, and
Powerful, t 44, being ordered for commission, is without founda.
tion. These noble ships are only held 411 readiness for any sud-
den emergency.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. Bouverie is acting Commander-
in-Chief during the absence on duty of Admiral Sir Edward
Codrington.