The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-29 00:00:00

FR EE-TRADE.

iStit.to THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
address you with all the freedom of a brother
same cause, " the cause of free-trade." Immo-
441iti Y upon the receipt of your valuable Seven o'clock
412,11 of Saturday's Sun, on Sunday last, at nine
announcing that the prospect of a free-trade
kb "eminent being formed by Lord John Russell was at
elk, (I. the free-traders here of the middle and working
Ithls, were moving ere Monday's Sun had ahown
41134 ttud the pens of a,
few were moving also in the same
.4'ricl they rose as
" When mankind falls asleep,
A miracle is sent as an alarm
be. wake the world, and prove him o'er again.
BY
recent argument, but not more strong.
"'an which imports more plenitude of power,
And Or nature's law to fix, or to repeal ?"
lad • 11 middle day on Monday a requisition was out ;
tkstill less than twenty-four hours it received the signa-
oth of one hundred and nine freemen, electors, and
Itopen inhabitants, addressed to W. James, Esq., our
tfte7 and humane Mayor, " to call a public meeting
It 0,„! inhabitants on as early a day as possible, for the
Qtr, Se of addressing her Most Gracious Majesty the
bdi-vh, praying her to call to her councils such men only,
kt° Will immediately, totally, and unconditionally re-
otii,le those imposts upon corn, which a Noble Lord,
ej high in her Majesty's confidence, has publicly and
if Y stated to be the blight of commerce, the bane
• tl%44.griculture, the source of bitter division-, among
tsirties, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime,
itt"„xt the people,' fend thereby secure to her Ma
4/6 suffering but faithful people, a full supply of the
felleBaaries of life.—Dated, Dec. 22, 1845."—(Here
towu„w a list of 109 signatures, twelve of whom are
eTentincillors.
till's compliance with the above requisition, I hereby
Ni „4, Meeting of the inhabitants of Hereford and its
It t"L`t3'. for the purpose therein specified, to be holden
tt,',"e Town-hall, at the hour of twelve of the clock
,715,,(41, on Wednesday, the 31st of December instant.
t 0 memorial
23, 1845. WILLIAM JAMES, Mayor."
ton—A left here on Christmas-day, signed by a
number, addressed to the Council of the League,
togging of them, as they value the cause of free-trade,
14(1 down a Villiers, a Cobden, a Bright, a Paulton,
Of °Ote,, a Fox, or a Gibson, to pourtray the evil effects
Ile .111 w we all feel, but lack the power to describe in
tei:ektent force, but can and will throw the weight of our
tirbourhood's testimony, that even in happy, agri-
eloilural Herefordshire, low wages, and scanty food and
liphsg,ing is severely felt, as the memorial of nearly five
ttou'ured of the sons and daughters of industry, now in
It ;No of signature among the very poor, will fully prove.
1114,411 address to the Council of the League, to lend
tied in their helpless condition, aid, that an impres-
th,", may be made upon the employers in this district,
pr,..` if low prices mean low wages, they can feelingly
Op,t,e With their little ones, that high prices now for
th-N here does not give them and theirs high wages, as
tat 'it little ones' unsatisfied appetites can prove. The
41,4lvarial will be presented to the delegates when they
the e, and will be an evidence, with the facts laid before
illitkeeting on the 31st instant, that Herefordshire is
°fining, and will continue
.to suffer, until the hands
Oq.'t
ea'
ostry are untied by repeal, and the removal of, or
A"sation of t sugar, and other duties, are made ;
Illi e corn-laws must go first, and then the [unholy
ttlt,"„hee of colonial and agricultural protection bonds are
ilirr,vP'd by an appeal to the middle and working classes,
\e Rh the hustings ; and, then, let the watchword be
the Measures, not men," for " party is the madness of
for the gain of the few."
Pp,," conclusion, J call upon ;you, in the name of the
of whose cause I am the humble but sincere advo-
NI, to send us down one of your able reporters, to
ot
back to the metropolis, and there publish to the
Wheo"s the state of the working classes in a district
hip :a nature has been most bountiful, but where " the
)vhi" okr the labourers who have reaped down your fields
eri:44 is of you kept back by fraud, crieth ; and the
eltr4 of them which have reaped are entered into the
(talc, ,of the Lord of Sabaoth ; ' and thereby add their
leete',4bourers') testimony to the mass of information col-
" without commissioners.
Laurie a° dear Sir, you will add another leaf to the
la the already won for the columns of The Sun, which
cause chief London paper read here by all parties, be-
itki or its giving later news than others, and for its
Sir.QPeoclent course on public questions.—l am, dear
' 3 our sincere brother in the good cause,
12, RICHARD NASH,
,J-vidge•street, Hereford, Dec. 28, 1845.
Re 0.• No attorney has lens us his aid yet, although
ore nearly fifty.
IN it! Papers are, the one a protectionist (the Journal)
yea..ti'le Other (the Times), a low-duty, sliding-off in five
sorb' but Suspending for six months the present duties,
at we have no organ here in Hereford.

sib TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
1%11,-Ths-We are happy to inform you that Mr. Harvey,
thA his company, vi ere reported " during
th'''e gales from Guernsey to Exeter, arrived safe in
attge hiteter City late last night, after a tempestuous pas-
As the report of their loss has appeared in some
illee.u2orning papers of to-day, by inserting this you
iient—servulanat7 an aching heart, and oblige your °be-
t ovv-stree TURNOUR
9th AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
t Dec. 2, 1845.

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nlbe clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, and other
ITters f tile Church of England resident therein, have
oreired inoto a subscription for the laudable purpose of re•
its ng the an cathedral of that diocese.—Cambrian.
kiLno and Lady John Russell are prolonging their
at Slinto Castle, the seat of the Earl and Countess of
"''c's in Itozburgsbire.

ERICAN NEW►.

the state of the question. Mr. Calhoun desired a propos a
from Mr. Pakenham, who said be would be able to make a
definite one at the next conference, and desired Mr. Cal-
houn to be also ready with his proposal. Adjourned to the
26th of August, when it again assembled. Mr. Pakenham
made a proposal to Mr. Calhoun, whiCh Mr. Calhoun de.
dined. They then agreed that a more full understanding
of their respective views was necessary to facilitate future
proceedings, It was agreed that written statements of the
views of both parties should be given before proceeding fur-
ther. It was also agreed that the American plenipotentiary
should make his statement at the next conference, and,
when ready, give the necessary notice.
Attached to this protocol is the offer of Mr. Pakenham to
take the 49th parallel of latitude to the Columbian River,
and the river to the sea ; and also to make free to the United
States any port or ports which they might desire on the main
land or on Vancouver's Island south of 49 deg.
Sept. 2, 1844, the third conference was held at the office of
the L nit ed States Secretary of State. The American negotiator
gave his views of the claims of the United States to the
portion of the territory drained by the Columbia as his grounds
for declining the British Minister's proposal.
Sept. 12, 1844, the fourth conference was held at the same
place, and the British Minister gave his views.
Sept. 20, fifth conference, Mr. Calhoun delivered a re-
joinder.
Sept. 24, sixth conference.
The British Minister stated that he had read with due at-
tention the rejoinder of the U.S. plenipotentiary ; that he
did not feel authorised to enter into any discussion relative
to the territory north of lat. 49 deg. which was understood
by the British Government to form the basis of negotiation
on the part of the United States as the line of the Columbia
formed that of England. That his former proposal was
offered by Great Britain as an honourable compromise, and
that. it was made with the proviso that in no case in any
further negotiations should it compromise or weaken the
claims of Great. Britain unless accepted by the United States.
September 3d, 1544-Mr. Calhoun to Mr Pakenham-
declines Mr. P.'s proposal ; as it would limit American pos-
sessions to narrower bounds than what it had a clear right to.
Mr. Calhoun then enters into an argument on American
claims to the territory drained by the Columbia, arising
from right, and those derived from France and Spain. The
former he grounds as against Great Britain, on priority of
discovery, exploration, and settlement. The prior discovery
is claimed for Captain Grey, a citizen of the United States,
May 11, 1792, who gave the river its name. This discovery
is opposed by these of Meares and Vancouver. The
former sailed along the coast through which the Columbia
flows, in 1788, in order to ascertain whether the river laid
down in Spanish charts as " St. Roc " really existed, and
he declares "we can now safely assert that there is no such
river."
Mr. Calhoun then proceeds to consider the discoveries of
the Columbia's branches by Lewis and Clark, and asserts
America's clear right by the discovery of the mouth and
head waters of the Columbia river.
He next describes the question of settlement by American
citizens in 1809, 1810, and 1811. The taking possession by
the British during the war, and restoration after peace.
He then proceeds, "We have added to our claims those of
France and Spain by the treaty of Louisiana and the treaty
of Florida. The cession of Louisiana gave us undisputed
title to the summit of the Rocky Mountains and by conti-
nuity to the Pacific, founded on the treaty of 1763."
He then dwells on the argument of continuity, instancing
the contest between Great Britain and France, which was
erminated by the treaty of 1763.
He then examines the treaty of 1763.
He then takes up the restoration of Astoria, and he con-
cludes by stating that the same cause which peopled the
valley of the Mississippi will yet cause emigration across the
Rocky Mountains, and that the whole region drained by the
Columbia is destined to be peopled by us. Mr. Calhoun
closes his able paper by stating that he refrains "from pre-
senting the claims which the United States may have to
other portions of the territory" than those drained by the
Columbia River, and by renewing assurances of high consi-
deration, &c.
Sept. 12, 1844, Mr. Pakenham writes to Mr. Calhoun in
reply to the above, that he has no evidence that Louisiana
extended west to the Pacific, but that the Rocky Moun-
tains was the western boundary, for which opinion he
quotes Mr. Jefferson. Even if the boundary did extend
westward of the Rocky Mountains, that France transferred
to Spain in 1762, and Spain to England, by treaty between
Great Britain and Spain in 1796, which abrogated the claims
of Spain.
He denies that the claim of continuity can affect the claim
of right. He acknowledges that Spain, in 1819, transferred
her rights north of 42 deg., but that it did not invalidate her
former concessions in 1790.
In regard to the discoveries of lleceta and Gray they con-
flict, and if Heceta's claim be good it favours Great Britain,
owing to the treaty of 1790.
The United States had no claims when they became a
nation. Those of France were worth nothing. He urges
the commercial intercourse of Great Britain with the north-
west coast, the voyages of Cook and Mears, the survey of the
coast by Vancouver, which makes Great Britain's claims to
discovery and exploration very strong. He sets the accuracy
and authenticity of Cook and Vancouver's survey against
the discovery of the mouth of the Columbia by Captain
Gray. Of the exploration of Lewis and Clarke he says that
APKenzie, a British subject, crossed the Rocky Mountains
to the Pacific in 1793, and discovered the upper waters of
Frazer's River, near lat. 49 deg., and puts this against Lewis
and Clarke's.
He meets the authority of Lord Castlereagh by the dis
patch of Lord Castlereagh himself to the British Minister at
Washington, when giving up Astoria, claiming the whole
territory.
Great Britain and the United States are in joint occu-
pancy; one cannot divest the other but by an equitable divi-
sion of what is jointly occupied.
In claiming the Columbia as the boundary, Great Britain
is not influenced by ambition of possessing large territory,
but by considerations of utility if not of necessity, which
cannot be lost sight of.
Mr. Pakenham concludes by requesting a proposal from
the United States and statement of further claims alluded to
by Mr. Calhoun.
Sept. 20, 1844, Mr. Calhoun rejoins to this rebutting the
British claims on the discoveries of Cook, Mears, and others,
on the Nootka Sound convention, and on M'Kenzie's explo-
ration. The Frazer's River is an inferior stream and cannot
affect the discovery of the Columbia.
Jan 15, 1845, Mr. Pakenham to Mr. Calhoun states that
he has sent the discussions already had to his Government,
but that, in the meantime, he is authorised to offer arbitra-
tion, leaving the choice of arbiters for after consideration.
Jan. 21, 1845, Mr. Calhoun says he has laid the offer
of Mr. P. before the President, and he cannot accede to the
proposal. He hopes the question may be settled by nego-
tiation. Arbitration might rather retard than expedite the
settlement.
July 12, '1845. Mr. Buchanan having been appointed
Secretary of State, and seeming to overlook the later pro-
eeedings, and replies to Mr. P.'s letter of September 12,
1844. rests the American title on that of Spain, contend-
big that, at the date of Spain's transfer of her rights to
America, she had a good title to the whole of Oregon
against Great Britain. The Nootka Sound treaty conferred
no right on Great Britain but to trade with the Indians,
was transcient in its nature, and did not touch the sovereignty
of Spain over the territory. That it was annulled by the war
between Great Britain and Spain in 1796, and has never
'since been renewed, and consequently that Great Britain is
destitute of any claim to the Oregon territory. Having
defended these views at length, and enforced the American
title to the whole of Oregon, he says the joint occupancy
treaty excepts the American title from being impaired.
In this view of the subject the President, considering the
action of his predecessors, and embarrassed by their offer, to
show also to the world that he is actuated by a spirit of mo-
deration, has authorised him (Mr. Secretary Buchanan) to
offer the 49th parallel to the sea as a boundary, with any
port in Vancouver's Island south of that latitude.
July, 29, 1845, Mr. Pakenham replies to Mr. Buchanan ;
combats strongly Mr. B.'s position, particularly the claim
of the United States to the Valley of the Columbia to be
older than, the treaty of 1819. He examines the Spanish
title-the American offer to divide the territory-the United
States can- found no claim on discovery, or exploration or
settlement, prior to the treaty of Florida, without admitting
the principles of the Nootka Sound convention, and the pa-
rallel claims of Great Britain, He contends that the Nootka
Sound convention continues in force, and even if that con-
vention had never existed, the claims of Great Britain are as
good as those of the United States.
He then goes into a history of the discoveries, from which
it might appear that American citizens discovered the Co-
lumbia River, while British navigators discovered Frazer's
River and Vancouver's Island. He repeats the British
claims to the territory, and declines the offer made by Mr.
Buchanan.
August 30, 1845, is the date of the last dispatch. It is from
Mr. Buchanan is reply to Mr. P. He quotes the declaration
of Messrs. Huskisson and Addisonton that "Great Britain
claims no exclusive sovereignty over any part of that (Ore-
gon) territory." Mr. B. makes a very long argument in re-
ply to Mr. P., maintaining the rights of the United States to
the whole of the territory, and concludes by withdrawing his
offer.

ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA

TIIE OREGON QUESTION AND BUSINESS IN
CONGRESS.

The steam-ship Cambria, Captain Judkins, arrived at
Liverpool from New York on Sunday, having made the
passage in eleven days and a half from Boston. She
brings New York papers to the 15th inclusive, and has
ninety passengers. On the 17th she passed the Acadia
between Halifax and Boston. The intelligence brought
by this mail is of considerable importance, though we
regret to say not of a very pacific character. The prin-
cipal topics are thus given in one of the New York
journals:—" lst, The papers contain the whole diplo•
matic correspondence between the American and British
Ministers upon the Oregon question. 2d. Intelligence
from Washington that the negotiations which had been
su.pencled have been re-opened by Mr. Pakenharn, upon
new propositions of compromise. 3d. In the event of
any difficulty taking place with England upon this
question, the probable action of Congress upon the
subject, and the proposition by Colonel Benton of
organising 200,000 militia, in order to meet the
important crisis, including also a suitable increase
of the steam navy, fortifications, and naval armaments.
4th. The re-opening of negotiations between Mexico
and the United States, and the proposition for the pur-
chase of California, with the probable expectation of a
magnificent plan for uniting both republics, so as to give
peace to both, and to present an important front to all
European Governments. These things 'affect our foreign
relations. In domestic affairs, the prospect that a re-
venue tariff will be established by Congress, together
with a specie currency system for the Government, as
the best general plan to prevent inflations, give protec-
tion to all the int( rests of the country, and enable it to
meet and prevent all commercial explosions hereafter."
Besides, we are enabled to give the reports of
the state of the American army and navy,
with the Treasury report on the state of
the finances. An opinion prevailed in certain
quarters that the Oregon question will be made to assume
such a shape in Congress as not to be justly offensive to
Great Britain. War, they say, is declared not to be the
necessary consequence of the inflammable course of Mr.
Pole, although none deny but that a continuation of
such can but irritate the public mind, and so force on a
belligerent attitude. The extreme democrats are for the
immediate establishment of a territorial goverLment over
the territory, without giving the notice required by the
convention of 1818; the next in the order of zeal are for
extending the protection of the American Government
to its citizens there, and simultaneously giving the notice
required; while the more moderate, and the more numer-
ous friends of the Administration, together with the great
body of the Whigs, will probably go for no further
legislative action at this time than shall be sufficient to
carry out the recommendations of the message in relation
to this subject. The President's message has been referred
to its appropriate committee in the Senate and House, so
much of it as relates to the Oregon matter to the Com-
mitt, e on foreign relations, and that part relating to the
tariff to the Committee on Ways and Means. There is
good reason to suppose that the Democrats wish to wink
this subject out of sight iu the excitement created by the
hazardous state of foreign relations, but they will have
some difficulty in so doing. When the subject was re-
ferred, Mr. Andrew Stuart, of Pennsylvania (Whig),
moved that the reference be accompanied with instruc-
tions to report the tariff of 1842, without amendment,
which was, however, subsequently withdrawn. This
shows that the Whigs mean to have a fight on the sub-
ject, whenever and in whatever stage of it they find an
opportunity. The admission of Texas into the Union as
a state will be accomplished at an early day.
Mr. Douglass, of Illinois, by general consent, reported
back from the Committees on territories the copy of the
constitution of Texas, referred to them, accompanied by
a joint resolution for the admission of Texas into the
Union, declaring the state of Texas to be
,one of the
states of the Union. Made the special order of the day
for 16th December, and ordered to be printed. An effort
to refer to the Committee of the whole on the state of
the Union fails d.

Two memorials have been presented to Congress from
the inhabitants of the Oregon territory. The first was
presented by Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, in the House of Repre-
sentatives. It enumerates in very glowing style the ad-
vantages which Oregon holds out, and expatiates in
flowing language upon the future greatness of the Pacific
shores, derived from the fertility of soil, salubrity of
climate, the abundance of productions, and the com-
merce of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They ask for
the protection of Congress by extending over the terri-
tory the laws of the United States, taking exclusive pos-
session of it, and sending an adequate military force fur
its security. They also ask fur donations of land to
settlers, a monthly overland mail, navy yards and marine
depots, and the establishment of commercial regulations.
This memorial is signed by S. Leets, jun., president, and
by two persons who make their marks as vice-presidents.
It has been intimated that it was written in Wall-street,
New York.

The other memorial was presented by Mr. Benton, in
the Senate. It is much more modest in its tone And re-
quests, and purports to come from the citizens of the
United States residing in the Oregon territory. They
solicit equal protection from the United States to that
enjoyed by British residents. They state their exposed
condition, and their liability to Indian aggression ; and
that to avert impending evils the British and American
population have united to establish a provisional and
temporary government. The union of interests, thus
far, they state to have been productive of good results,
but the government is crippled in its powers by the
paramount duties of each class to its respective nation.
Dr. Elijah White, who carried the above memorial from
Oregon to Washington, asks for a seat in Congress to
represent that distant territory. It is said that upon the
success of this agent in securing the assistance asked for
depends the decision of the question, whether or not the
people adopt an independent republic on the shores of the
Pacific Ocean.

It is reported that the President is desirous of secur-
ing the return of Mr. Calhoun to the Cabinet. Mr.
Benton, as chairman of the Committee on Military Af-
fairs, intends reporting a Bill for the immediate organi-
sation and equipment of 200,000 volunteers. General
Cass has already called for information, from his place
in the Senate, as to the military condition of the country,
and its present capability to defend itself in case of an
attack. Col. Benton, as the proper exponent of the land
forces in that body, will throw the whole subject before
the country, and recommend an appropriation of
10,000,000 dollars to organise and equip this force.
The Washington National Intelligencer states, that ne-
gotiations for an adjustment of the Oregon question are
to be opened at London, under the auspices of Mr,
M‘Lane, or a special Minister, if any serious difficulties
should occur with the British Cabinet; and further, that
the overtures for a reconsideration of the whole issue on
a new footing, will originate from the American Ad-
ministration, under the immediate instructions of Pre-
sident Polk. It adds, that members of the Cabinet have
individually expressed themselves in decided terms of
corroboration with this statement, and that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury declared to a senator, that although
war was a possible contingency of the Message, he did
not consider it a probable one, for the steps now under
consideration, and which would be adopted by the Ad-
ministration, would, in his judgment, prevent the occur-
rence of such a catastrophe. Room has been left for the
re-opening of negotiations under the " compromise," or
any new proposition, on the ground that Mr. Paken-
ham's instructions did not embrace the boundary line
which was offered.

The papers bring the messages of the governors of
various states. We find that the finances of the states
are, severally in an improved condition, and there is
every prospect of the interests on debts being paid.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO
OREGON.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR

This document occupiem five tolunins of the Union, but the
following synopsis from that paper tells the whole of a long

It exhibits, in the first instance, the organisation, strength.
and constitution of the regular army. The rank and
embracing every arm of the servite=dees hot exceed 6,500
men. At this time there it Stationed but a single regiment
on the whole northern frontier, from Maine to Lake Superior
—an extent of 2,000 miles; and on the whole line from the
Falls of St. Anthony to New Orleans (1,500 knifes) only
one regiment of dragoons and two of infantry. The
artillery regiments—reduced by detachments of four com-
panies from each—now garrison the fortification of the sea-
board, from Newport to New Orleans. The remaining and
larger proportion of the army is now stationed in Texas.
The report gives an interesting account of the political
reascns which have induced the Government to give them
this destinaticn. The Secretary does not think it prudent
to remove the troops from this position until our relations
with Mexico have assumed a more decidedly amicable
character. In the event of there being any necessity to
increase the army, he proposes to build upon the basis of the
regiments by adding to the rank and file of each company,
instead of creating new regiments. This necessity may be
found in the course of Mexico, or in the conduct of the
Cumanches, or of the Indians that are found in Oregon, or
that may interrupt the increasing current of the emigration
to the Rocky Mountains. By the proposed arrangement of
filling up the infantry companies to 68 men, and the dra-
goons to 60, the privates are increased, without a corre-
sponding augmentation of the officers.
The report suggests that, besides this increase of the num-
ber of privates in the two existing regiments of dragoons,
another regiment of dragoons or of mounted riflemen may be
necessary, in the event of extending our posts to the Rocky
11Iountains.
It states that, though the concentration of so large a pro-
portion of the army on the frontier of Texas may have, in
some measure, enlarged the expenditures (certainly in the
article of transportation), yet it has in some degree been
compensated by the improvement which has taken place in
the discipline of the troops. It renews the recommendation
for establishing a corps of sappers, miners, and pontoniers,
to assist, among other things, in constructing bridges, in con-
sequence of the military occupation of Texas. One hundred
men will be sufficient for the purpose.
The report gives a rapid but interesting account of Col.
Kearney's expedition, during the last summer, to the South
Pass of the Rocky Mountains, the impressions it produced
among the Indians, the number of emigrants whom it met on
their,l
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and 460 waggons. This report of Colonel Kearney accom-
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palms the communication of the commanding general, and
will furnish, no doubt, an interesting store of extracts, at
a season of greater leisure. It also refers to the adventures
of another detachment of the dragoons, under the com-
mand of Captain Sumner, nearly to the northern line of the
United States; between Lake Superior and the Lake of the
Woods. Among the Indians whom they met with on their
route, and upon whom they made a due impression with
their military array, was a numerous band of the half-breeds
of the Red River of the North, who had come from the re
gion of the Hudson Bay Company into our lines to hunt
buffalo. 'ley had even solicited permission to reside in the
United States.

The correspondence on the Oregon question extends
to an enormous length, for which at present we cannot
find space. In the meantime the following comprehen-
sive summary will be found sufficient for understanding
the points at issue and the ground taken by both par-
ties:—

The first is a letter from Mr. Fox, the British Minister, to
Mr. Webster, United States Secretary of State, dated Wash-
ington, Nov. 15, 1842, covering a copy of part of a letter from
Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Fox, requesting that the United States
Minister at London might be furnished with instructions to
treat with such person as might be appointed by England on
the north-western boundary. Assuring Mr. Webster that
England was ready to enter into a fair and equitable com-
promise of the difficulty.
Mr. Webster replies to Mr. Fox. N0v..25, 1842, informing
him that such instructions would be given to the United
States Minister at London.

Mr. Pakenham writes to Mr. Upshur, United States Secre-
tary of State, dated Washington, Feb. 24, 1844, intimating
the anxious desire of the British Government to come to a
speedy settlement, and proposing a conference.
Mr. Upshur to Mr. Pakenham, Feb. 26, 1844, names 11
o'clock A.M. next day for said conference.
Mr. Pakenham writes to Mr. Calhoun, July 22, 1844, an-
nouncing that the death of Mr. Upshur (on Feb. 28), &c.,
had prevented prompt attention to the Oregon boundary,
and that now as Congress had adjourned, it would be a pro-
per time Lo proceed with it.
Mr. Calhoun to Mr. Pakenham, August 22, 1844, appoint-
ing one o'clock, P.M. next day for conference, concurring with
the English sentiment in desiring a speedy settlement of the
question.
Mr. P. to Mr. C., August, 22, 1844, agreeing to the hour.
The conference was accordingly held on the 23d of
Augusts 1844 and the plenipotentiaries proceeded to examine

THE SUN, LONDON MON DA Y EVENJ NG, DECEMBER 29, 1845.

The Secretary refers to the considerations which had
prompted General Gaines to dispatch the volunteers of
Louisiana to the camp of General Taylor. Ample justice is
done to their gallantry, and Congress is invited to make ap-
propriations for their compensation. General Taylor had also
acce;,ted the services of four Texan companies of mounted
men for three months.
The estimates for the ensuing year do not greatly vary
from those of former years. The item for arming the fortifi-
cations is increased 100,000 dollars. The attention of Con-
gress is directed to the state of the fortifications—to the
armories of Springfield and Harper's Ferry—to the establish-
ment of a national foundry for cannon—to the preservation
of the gunpowder belonging to the Government—to the con-
dition of the mineral lands in the north-west, which the
Secretary proposes to transfer from the management of the
ordnance department to some other (the President's Message
suggests to the Land-office).
It calls the attention of Congress to the 48 forts in process
of construction, and to the propriety of erecting new forts at
other points. Among these, as suggested by the reports of
the engineers, are fortifications of the narrows at Staten
Island and Sandy Hook, and the condition of the long-sus-
pended fortress at the Pea Patch ; an additional work at
Solles' Point, for the protection of Baltimore; and projected
fortifications on the Florida reef.
The Secretary speaks with great consideration of the school
at West Point, and proposes some improvements. He calls
special attention to the report of the chief of the corps of
topographical engineers; to the improvement of the harbours
on the lakes, which are so well calculated to furnish accom-
modations to steamers, that, hi a state of war, may be turned
to the most effective purposes, and to furnish facilities to a
commerce that is now estimated at 100,000,000 of dollars
annually.
The Secretary speaks with enthusiasm of expeditions
under Captain Fremont, and his valuable services. He refers
to the reports of the pension-office, which has now returned
on its books 28,921 pensioners-9,371 added during the last
year, and 1,438 known to have died. He devotes a consi-
derable space to the Indian agency and the Indians—the
Pottawatomies, the Choctaws, and particularly the Chero-
kees. He lays before the President some highly interesting
communications from our Indian sub-agent in the territory
of Oregon.
He dedicates the conclusion of his comprehensize and very
interesting report to a subject which is of so profound an im-
portance in a free government—viz., the organisation of the
militia. He suggests various alterations, and, amongst the
rest, submits the question whether it might not be advisable
to reduce the period of service from 18 years of age to 21,
upon the ground that although citizens of 18 years of age
are not too young to bear arms, they were not generally
in a situation to equip themselves with arms, as the law re
quires.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
The communication of the Secretary of the Navy opens,
without any preface, with the following sentence :—" During
the past year the usual squadrons of the navy of the United.
States have been maintained." In the Mediterranean Cora-
-1 modore Smith had command of the Cumberland and the
Plymouth. The Plymouth was ordered to the Brazil squa-
dron, and the Cumberland returned home, and their places
will be taken at the opening of the present season by a part
of the present African squadron. The African squadron was
organised under the command of Commodore Perry, who
was relieved by Commodore Skinner; the Preble and the
Truxtan contracted disease on board, and were sent home;
the Southampton, with stores, was sent out to remain, and
was fullowed by the Marion and the Dolphin. The Boxer is
destined for the same station; and in January the Cumber-
land, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Read, will
relieve the Jamestown and Yorktown, which will proceed to
the Idaliterranean.
The disposition of the remainder of the naval force is thus
stated :
On the Brazil station, Commodore Rousseau, the first officer
west of the Alleghanies ever selected to command a squadron,
relieves Commodore Turner. The Raritan will repair to the
home squadron ; the Boston is ordered to return to the
United States. The Columbia, the Saratoga, the Plymouth,
and the Bainbridge, will, for the present, constitute the Brazil
squadron.
Commodore Parker, after a very successful cruise, returned
from the Asiatic station in September, bringing home the
Brandywine, the St. Louis, and the Perry. At the Bay of
Islands, Captain M'Keever, in the St. Louis, had the happi-
ness to render valuable service to the inhabitants of an infant
British settlement.
In May, Commodore Biddle sailed for the East Indies in
command of the Columbus ship-of-the-line, and the. Vin-
cennes, bearing the Minister to China, and the ratified treaty
between the United States and the Chinese Emperor. The
health of Mr. A. H. Everett, the minister, having induced his
return, the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty was
committed to the charge of Commodore Biddle, who will
doubtless show that an able and gallant naval officer conducts
satisfactorily all affairs entrusted to him.
The Constitution is on her return from China, after having
visited different ports and islands in the Indian seas.
The Pacific squadron, under Commodore Sloat, has con-
sisted of the Savannah, the Levant, the Warren, and the
Shark. The three first will return in 1846, and will be re-
lieved by the Congress, the Portsmouth, and the Cyane.
The home squadron has been under the command of Corn-
niodore Conner, who has distinguished himself by sound
judgment in the performance of his duty. His force, which
consisted of the Potomac, the Falmouth, the Vandalia, the
Lawrence, and the Somers, was weakened by the return of
the Vandalia, which visited Hayti, and was driven home by
the yellow fever, contracted at Port au Prince, where she
had been ordered on duty. The squadron was increased by
the Princeton and Porpoise, the St. Mary's, and the Sara-
toga, under Commodore Stockton, and soon after by the John
Adams, and the steam ship Mississippi.
The Secretary visited all the naval establishments but
those at Pensacola and Memphis, and they are generally in
excellent order.

lie recommends that the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia,
at which are now more than 100 sailors, be never enlarged,
but that new pensioners should be placed in sotne salubrious
spot near the ocean, where the aged seaman can watch ships
as they come and go, and have old familiar objects in sight."
There is a dash of romance in this suggestion which is rather
unexpected.

He'condernns as a fruiCess expenditure the employment of
professors and instructors on board ship—and suggests that
midshipmen, in the intervals of sea duty, may be collected
together on bore and be suitably instructed. The instructors
being provided, the idea was carried out by organising a
school at Fort Severn, at Annapolis, under the direction of
Commander Buchanan.

He recommends that the plates of all the charts engraved
by order of Congress be depo&ited in the National Observa-
tory building.
_ _

The grant of a large sum for the establishment of a well-
furnished and efficient navy yard at Pensacola is recom-
mended, and he disapproves of the grant for the Memphis
Depot, as too large for a mere work of preparation. He
thinks Congress should confine the us. of the money first to
the construction of a rope-walk ; and, next, to simple ar-
rangements for building and equipping steam-ships. He
justly adds, that " the United States should produce all the
hemp used in the navy, and that to introduce at the west the
manufacture of American hemp for the navy, will prove a
natioaal benefit."
The subject of lake defences is reserved for a special com-
munication.
The care of the reservations and plantations of live oak,
he thinks, should be transferred to the Land Department,
which alone has the proper means of ascertaining titles.
The present contract system requires modification.
The balance of appropriations with rigid economy, he be-
lieves, will be sufficient for the fiscal year. The estimates
for next year contemplate no increase in the force employed
during the present year.
No estimates are presented for the increase of the navy:
the department awaits, in that matter the instruction of
Congress; but he remarks, that in comparison with other
nations, our own is poorly supplied with sea .going steamers.
The navy is praised for its excellency and efficiency, and
its able and skilful officers. He thinks the capable only
should be promoted, and
his position is illustrated by the
following remarks :
"Age alone now claims precedence, though that claim
is unauthorised by the constitution, and unsustained by the
law. Seniority demands promotion as its right, and the
highest rank and pay are awarded to the longest life. Yet
the chances are that the eldest are not the most meritorious.
Excellence seeks the opportunity of displaying itself, and is
selected for the most perilous and wasting service; while
mediocrity fails to be employed, and obtains lsngth of days
in safe and afiluent tetirement. Promotion by seniority is a
premium upon inactivity.
" Many of the best among the older officers received high
promotion while comparatively in early life. The younger
Alters of to-day are equally full of talent and ambition ; but
the present system refuses to them the opportunity of corn•
mand while life is in its vigour, and reserves it for the de-
cline of their powers. In consequences the average age of
captains is constantly increasing, and is alrhady neatly sixty.
The average number of annual promotions is about two.
The average age of commanders, from whom captains are
and should be taken, is nbt Much leas than fifty. From their
great numbers, the little sea service to whiclabey are called
is favourable to longevity. Continue the present usage
twenty ytara longer, anti while hope will be crushed in the
young men in the service,
the class of commariclete will itself
be composed of none but aged men, and there will not be it
captain under threescore years and ten.
" This custom discourages the most worthy, and lead the
incapable and the indolent to cling with tenacity to their
cmunissitnt. •

The estimated receipts, means, and expenditures for the
fiscal year commencing Ist July, 1846, and ending the 30th
June, 1847, are as follows:

RECEIPTS.
From customs for the four quarters ... Dolls. 22,500,000 00
From sales of public lands ... ... 2,400000 00
From miscellaneous and incidental ,
sources

" Those that are capable—and our service abounds in
thole, and those only should be promoted."
he argues against the probable objection that selection
will degenerate into favouritism, and asserts that wherever
the principle of discrimination has been carried out, it has
ts
beau attended with success.
The number of' midshipmen in the navy has become so
reduced that new appointments begin to be made, and he
suggests that it would be desirable If a system of free cem.•
petition could be devised.
A remedy in the mode of paying pursers, and against the
progressive amount of salary given according to service, is
desirable.
A change is needed to protect the treasury and to atctife
bieninageimple needful. The
form, in
apupnrneenrtsic in
the hope of better results than heretofore.
the prompt payment of balances.
gunners the
sstntth navy, An increase of six acting boatswains, and as many acting
represented3wr,liiissoonbev
revi as being
The report closes with some general remarks upon the
evils which exist in the navy, and the causes from whence
they have sprung.

Total revenue ••• •••
Add estimated balance to be in the
Treasury on the Ist July, 1846 ...

100,000,

25,000,000 00

4,851,254 32

Total means for the services of the fiscal
year ending the 30th June, 1847 ...
EXPENDITURES.
The expenditures during the same period, as estimated by
the several departments of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Post-
master-General, viz.:—
The balance of former appropriations which will be re-
quired to be expended in this year .. Dolls. 1,441,457 10
Permanent and indefinite appropriations 2,997,915, 72
Specific appropriations asked for this year 21,079,440 43

29,851,254 32

Total estimated expenditures .. 25.518,818 25
This sum is composed of the following particulars :
For civil list, foreign intercourse and mis-
cellaneous dols. 5,925,292 62
For army proper
For fortifications, ordnance, arming militia, &c 4,331,809 93
For pensions
For Indian department
For naval establishment 6,339,390 88
For interest on public debt ... 835,844 72

Dols. 25,518,813 25
Which, deducted from the total of means
before stated, gives an estimated balance
on the Ist of July, 1847, 0f... 4,332,441 07
By this it will be observed that the contemplated expendi-
ture for the year ending June 80, 1846, is nearly the same as
the actual outlay of the year preceding, and that the estimates
for the year ending June 30, 1847, are only 25,500,000 of
dollars, being nearly 5,000,000 less than the expenditures of
1844 and 1845. The expenses of the army, navy, fortifica-
tions, &c., estimated for 1845.6, are about 10,000,000 of dol-
lars ; those for 1846-7 are put at 14.000,000 of dollars.
The war of 1812 to 1815 between the United States and
England left the United States in debt one hundred and
eighty millions of dollars. She went into it in good credit,
borrowing money at par, while at the termination United
States Securities sold at 30 a4O per cent. discount. The war
lasted three 3 ears.

The great contrast between the contemplated expenditure
for the ensuing years, and the actual outlay which war re-
quires, show conclusively, that whatever sentiments the Pre-
sident may entertain towards England, he does not even ask
the means of supporting those he has put forth. He does not
mean to go to war if he can help it, but he is playing a game
which will soon put the whole matter out of his control if
it be continued. The contemplated outlay is by no means
commensurate with what our policy requires.
The Secretary's recommendations in regard to the tariff
embrace the quintessence of Polk's views in the Message.
or, what is more likely, the Message takes its hue from and
amplifies the propositions of the Secretary, which are sub-
stantially as follows :-
1. No more money to be raised than what is wanted by
Government.
2. No duty to be laid upon any article above the lowest
rate which will yield the largest amount of revenue.
3. Discrimination made below that, down to perfect free
trade.

4. ➢iaximum duties on luxuries.
5. All minimum and specific duties to be abolished, sub-
stituting ad valorem duties—care being taken to guard
against frauds.

-6. Duties to be laid equally, not discriminating in favour
of any class.

HOrizontalism is repudiated, because, peradventure, some
of the horizontal duties might possibly operate as protective
and not as revenue imposts—protection being the monster
which is to be killed at all events in this tariff war.
Mr. Walker says the revenue from the highly protected
articles is becoming gradually less, because domestic manu-
factures are driving the foreign articles from the market, and
thinks the result will be, in time, a necessity for direct taxa-
tion, unless the duties are reduced so low as to permit impor-
tation again.
Among other modes of " equalising" the tariff, and " re-
lieving the people from its oppressive burdens," the Secre-
tary proposes to repeal the fishing bounties, and the duty on
salt.

The recommendations of the Secretary of the Treasury
for the establishment of a sub-treasury- system have already
been noticed in the President's Message, with which they
coincide.

VERY LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
Our private advices from Monterey (Upper California),
to the middle of October last, came to hand yesterday. The
intelligence is important. A British fleet destined for
Oregon was passing up the west coast, of which our corres-
pondent at Monterey says :
" The pioneer of this fleet, the British ship of war America,
touched here some time ago, and the movements of her
commander, Captain Gordon, aroused our suspicions at the
time. He refused to give any news, saying men of war do
not carry news.' He also refused to carry a circular letter
to the United States Indian Agent at Oregon City, remark-
ing that he was not sure of going to Columbia River.
I have ascertained that Lord Aberdeen, the British
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, had a brother on board the
America, and ono of Sir Robert Peel's sons was also an officer
or a passenger. We were all glad that these distinguished
visitors had every facility extended to them for collecting
facts in this vicinity. They can give their illustrious relatives
aninteresting account of California. At San Francisco they
found every well-built house owned by a Yankee.' D—n
it,' said one of the officers, is there nothing but Yankees
here ?' They had the satisfaction of hearing direct from
several over the mountain travellers of the many hundred
waggons on the road for Oregon and California, as well as of
the excellent facilities for travelling between the States and
this coast.

" The Governor had the militia called out to resist an ex-
pected invasion from the United States squadron, and the
soldiers, ready to run at the first shot, were gratified with the
frolic. Foreigners of all :nations are respected. Americans
are pouring into the country from Oregon and the States.
The British merchant schooner Star of the .West, with a
cargo valued at 30,0001. sterling, was lost near the entrance
to the harbour of Monterey, on the 27th July. The goods
saved and sold fetched only 3,000 dolls. at auction. The tax
of 30 dolls. on whale ships has been taken off by the authori-
ties of California.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury (R. J. Walker)
states the receipts for the year ending June 30, 1845,
29,769,133 dollars,
to which the balance in. the Treasury of
7,857,379 dollars may be added, making the total means
37,626,513 dollars. The expenditure during the same period
were 29,968,206 dollars, and, therefore, left a balance in the
Treasury of 7,658,306 dollars, July 1, 1845, The total means
estimated to accrue up to June 30, 1846, is 34,478,306 dollars,
including the balance left over from the former year. The
expenditures are estimated as follows :
The actual expenditures for the first quarter, Dollars.
ending 30th of September, 1845, amounted 8,463,092 41
The estimated expenditure for the public service during the
other three quarters, from Ist October, 1845, to the 30th
June, 1846, are as follows, viz. :
Civil list, foreign intercourse, and miseella-

neous purposes 6,789,211 06
Army proper .............. • 2,594,735 06
Fortifications, ordance, arming militia, 2,346,778 82
Indian department 1,649,791 94
Pensions ......... .............. ••••
Interest on public debt and Treasury' notes „, 856,976 48
Redemption of the residue of the loan of 1841 29,300 00
Treasury notes which are yet outstanding and
payable when presented
687,764 18
Naval establishment ....................... 4,902,845 93

" The crops in Southern California have unexpectedly
turned out a failure, owing to extreme drought, in the latter
part of the season : barely grass enough to save the lives of
the cattle ; provisions scarce and high. The crops pro-
mised an abundant harvest early in the season, but a total
cessation of rain for nearly two months ruined everything.
The climate baffled the skill of the settlers on the Sacra-
mento, and a change in the time of sowing and planting is
to be resorted to, but it is doubtful whether that will save
the most valuable roots and grains. Of small vegetables,
two crops are gathered in a season. The winter is always
mild and spring-like."

Which, deducted from the total means befo-L

29,62;051 90

stated, leaves in the easur:
nl.l;tst
i July, 1846, an estmated. valance of ... .... 4,851,2 M 32
But this balance is •subject to be decreased by such addi-
tional appropria':lons as Congress shall make, to be expended
Tri , 0
during the fiScal year ending the 30th June, 1846, and to be
,altered by the sums which may be presented for payment of
the old funded and tlnfitpc3,ed debt, and old Treasury notes,

in spite of whatever consequencss may arise to the state from
its firm determination either to perish or assure its political
existence.

" The Ministers of England and France announced a mis-
sion of peace, and are giving rise to a bloody and desolating
war, with the independence of the Republic constantly in
their mouths. They are blockading our ports for not hum..
bling ourselves before their nod. They may give their own
colouring to these acts in Europe, but here it is well known
that the legal president has with him the whole nation ; that
he is only its mouthpiece; and that the obstructions offered
to his measures are therefore attacks upon it. They profess
great solicitude for the interests of humanity and commerce,
whilst they are notoriously sacrificing both now, and prepar-
ing for them a future still more fearful.
" An apprehension is affected lest the Argentine Govern-
ment, which acts only in virtue of a natural alliance, and in
accordance with the lew of nations, should have some views
upon the independence of the Oriental state, and this in
spite of its known determination to abstain from any inter-
ference in its internal administration—and yet, while affecting
this, the English and French Cabinets, their diplomatic
envoys, their naval commanders, without any cause, or right,
or dire t interest, think themselves entitled to interfere in
everything—to exact, to blockade, to attack the independence
of both republics, and the admirals go so far as to say they
will take the rebels under their protection, and defend them
by all the means in their power.
This, Honourable Gentlemen, proves that they wish to
exercise a despotic dominion over these countries, which it is
our duty to resist at every hazard, whatever be the mask
under which it is hidden. The Government is resolved to do
so, and doubts not that, supported by your patriotic decision,
it will succeed in so glorious an object.
(Signed) " MANUEL ORIBE." ,

WEST RIDING ELECTION.
The requisition calling upon Lord Morpeth to come
'orward as a candidate for the representation of the West
Riding of Yorkshire, was presented to his Lordship at
Castle Howard, on Friday evening, by a deputation con-
sisting of Messrs. F. H. Fawkes, Charles Wood, M.P.,
Ratner Stansfield, and Edward Baines, jun., when he
consented to be put in nomination.
The feeling in favour of his Lordship throughout the
riding is most decided, and far beyond what even his
warmest admirers could have anticipated. As a proof of
this we need only mention the fact that within twenty-
four hours the requisition to his Lordship received the
signatures of no less than 8,500 West Riding electors.
This marked display of feeling has thrown the utmost
dismay into the Conservative ranks, and even the
bitterest opponents of his Lordship hesitate not to pre-
dict his success, and to discourage, as altogether futile,
any attempts at opposition by the Monopolist party to
his return. The only rumour of opposition that has yet
been current is that the Hon. Edwin Lascelles, brother
to Lord Harvwood, will be brought out by the Tories.
We believe, however, that by the Tories no steps what-
ever have been taken to contest the riding, and wo be-
lieve also that few of them are so short-sighted and in-
judicious as to venture upon a struggle which must
result in inevitable mortification and defeat. The fol-
lowing is the address which has been issued by Lord
Morpetb, and from that it ss be seen that the contest,
if any, must be a battle, not of party politics, but of
free trade against monopoly':—
"To TOE ELECTORS OF TITS WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.
"Gentlemen,—l aes deeply penetrated by the gratifying
import of the invitation which has just been conveyed to me.
More than one reason might have induced me not to resume
a parliamentary life at present, but if the electors of the
West Riding; shall determine to persevere in the prompt and
generous movement they have made in my favour, I cannot
hesitate, in such a crisis of public affairs as the present, to
put myself at their disposal. I appreciate the kindness of
the suggestion for dispensing with a winter canvass, and I
should feel it invidious to visit sonic of the polling districts
and omit others. I will, therefore, present myself on the day-
of nomination at Wakefield, and there submit the issue to
the decision of this great constituency. The inhabitants of
the West Riding are already acquainted with the principles
by which my public conduct, in and out of office has been
guided. I still adhere to them in all essential points, but if
I am sent to the House of Commons at the present juncture,
I should deem it the main object of my mission to insist
upon an immediate and final repeal of the corn-laws.
"I have the honour to be, gentlemen,
"Castle Howard, Dec. 26. " MORPETH."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, DEc. 27.—The Baretto Junior, transport,
Lieut. Griffiths, agent, bound to Bermuda with 200 convicts,
arrived at Spithead on Monday. She had proceeded on her
voyage, and was off Ushant, when one of her soldiers guard
on board was taken ill with small-pox, and in consequence
it was thought necessary to put back. The Baretto remains
at Spithead. •
The Endymion, 44, Capt. Lambert, has left Portsmouth
Sound, fully and well manned and stored, and with many
supernumerary officers and men, for the West Indies, there
to be under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen.
The Vanguard, 80, Capt. Willes, has left Plymouth Sound
for Cork, there to be stationed for the present, as the flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot.
The Lizard, iron steamer, Lieut.-Commander Tilden, re-
ceived her orders to proceed to Falmouth, on her way to
South America, on Tuesday, and sailed ; but in consequence
of a strong westerly gale springing up, she was recalled, and
remained at Spithead until Thursday morning, when she
sailed fur Falmouth.

The Bittern, 16, Commander Hope, is hourly expected at
Spithead, from the eastward, to be paid, and complete her
stores, preparatory to sailing for the coast of Africa.
The Daring, 12, Commander Henry J. Matson, will have
her defects made good, and be ready for sea on the 30th inst.;
she will proceed to the coast of Africa
The Rodney, 92, Capt. Collier, C. 8., at Spithead, is having
her mizen-mast raked three inches more.

The Harpy steam-vessel, Lieut. N. B. Proctor, is ordered
to be made ready for sea with all possible dispatch, and it is
saidherdestination is South America.

The Birkenhead, iron steam-frigate, 1,400 tons burden, and
560-horse power, building for some years by Mr. Laird, of
Birkenhead, is expected to be launched on the 30th inst.
The Alban steamer, from Plymouth, arrived this morning
with supernumeraries.

The good service pension 0f.3001. per annum, which reverted
to the Admiralty on the death of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley,
Bart., is conferred on Sir William notham, G.C.8., Admiral
of the White.

PROMOTIONS. ..
Commander—llenry Bagot (1838), of the Excellent, and
Thomas Baillie (1841), of the Modesto, to the rank of Captain.
Mate—T. Brandreth (1844), of the Excellent, for passing
the best examination at the naval College last week, to the
rank of Lieutenant.

Assistant-Surgeon—James John L. Donnet (1840), of
Greenwich lloiTitel, to the rank of Surgeon.

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander—Wm. Maclean, to Cruiser, vice Fansbane,
promoted. _

Lieutenants—W. F. Warren, to Endymion ; R. L. Curtis,
additional, to Hibernia; T. A. Aldridge, to Sampson; T. B.
Christopher, to Alarm ; T. S. Hall, to be Mail Agent ; J. B.
Kooystra, to Bittern; Charles T. Leckie, to Ineonstent;
W. D. Luster, to Agincourt; Edward Lacy,to Collingwood;
Armine Woodhouse and Arthus Tower, to Ringdove ; M. F.
O'Reilly, additional, to Penelope; Francis S. Tremlett, addi-
tional of the Agincourt, to Nimrod; Edward F. T. Roberts,
of Albion, additional, to Vindictive; W. L. N. Lockyer, to
Rodney.
Masters—James William Armstrong, from the Seamen's
Registry-office, t• the Admiralty Store Department, Somer-
set•house, vice Hoskins, to Greenwich Hospital; John Davis,
to the Seamen's Registry-offices, vice Armstrong; J. G.
Mugt rd, to Samson; W. H. Langtrey, to Ringdove ; Ri-
chard S. Godden, to Scourge, vice Forster, commission re-
turned.

Paymaster and Purser—Walter D. Bateman, to Ringdove ;
E. A. Smith, to Bittern.

,
Surgeons—John Davidson,3l.D., to Sappho; James Booth,
to Samson ; Thomas H. Lowry, M.D., to Ringdove ; J. L.
Clarke, M.D., in charge to Joseph Somes, convict-ship; John
'ilson, in charge, to Emma, convict-ship.
Chaplain—Rev. J. Moore, M.A., to Trafalgar.
Assistant-Surgeons—N. L. Dulling, to Viper; C. A. An-
derson, to Greenwich Hospital; John E. Hamilton, to Ring-
dove; Charles Ede, additional, to Caledonia.
Mates—W. H. Phipps, of St. Vincent, to Rattler; F. W.
Bishop, of St. Vincent, to Retribution.
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Cleik—T. W. W. Spear, of Excellent, in charge, to Wild-
fire steamer; W. H. Richards, to Carysfort.
Naval Instructor—James Stephen, to Vernon.
Midshipmen—H. H. Sainsbury, to Vanguard; H. H. Cot..
neck, to Carysfort.
Master's Assistant—J. 0. Jones, to Victory.
Naval Cadet—J. S. Twysclen, to Scourge.
Boatswain—W. Campbell (late of Formidable), to be
Master Rigger of Sheerness Dock-yard, in the room of Mr.
John Young, superannuated.
COAST GUARD.—Lieutenant J. G. S. M. Moore, from Ax-
mouth, to Lyme Cobb Station, vice T. E. James, previously
removed ; Charles F. Collett, from Courtmasberry, to Port-
mack Station, vice Mr. John Hungerford, chief officer, pre-
viously removed.