New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19

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"Tba, "a 10 say in The aggregate, this seies ofg&
ra,iors has cost the country no iess sum ,n
I'll ,3Ss-snd al to wnst nj ~ can sssfcay
said that because the time OF service hsa eI2rN
therefore il impossible 70 keep tne cfewstogsx
Ss,lors when they are well reated are GLAD enosf,a
remain In ship which has bsconie to them soA
and with ne ssrnates 20 whom they have bees ny
sccu:tomed. Beyond doubt, Jack viii take an
ashore. in order 20 convince himself oy persons u<
rienee OF tine exceecing dscorfort OF absolute ios
but very few days, In niIety-uine csses ousst
bur dred will ee the end of his Iun. In the casat
comfortable ship. well commspced-that 10 to W.
where steady, not worrying ditcipliae seniorcea-ss
great bulk Of the men would be wiling TO sesr
Themselves again before going down her side upon
harder condition than that Of leave for few Sssf
run on shore.
Regular men. OF var men will come back ssaS
but then, W der the present sys.em, good shPi
crew gets scattered about among half dozen shh
in place Of being kept together, which IS the cessa
point We are well aware that the Redtapists, OK
us ssy the Blue!apsts, OF the Admiralty will DO rsefl
TO point TO endless regulations Of their own devur
which would render such measure as keepingW
trained crews together next 70 mpracticsble; botAg
shou'd consider that tie regulations for the bat
fit the service not the service for the benefit o ~
regulations. IL is certain that the thing could Be 6e
II the gentlemen at besdqusrter would but ~ %
work about it. Even ftte captain must he chaaesd
in order to give other captains chance Of euYsl.
ment it does not follow that the Ship comp any sSuN
be broken up. Surely sDy officer who succeeded
the command Of any one Of the ship, which We hsa
named We ud have been too glad " nd well trslpa
crew reacy to his hand"
TIE condition the River Thames still provokes n.
we're snmsdverson, with OCCASIONAL satire and rdaA
The London GloJe perpstrstes the following:
"On Wedne sday afternoon about o'clock the pS.
oDs who happened 10 be in the long corridor ssdns
10 the different comm 'ee rooms OF the House Of Goa.
mons, as well a. the Ciiicers OF the House who wenn
attendance were suddenly surprised by the member
ofa Committee rushing out OF one Of the rooms 10 ~
greatest haste and confason ard no slight anxiety vm
sDfesed as 10 the cause which had led 10 80 s!maI
tsnsous a-qui,iiDg of the apartment. Il sppsSA
that the Committee, which had been sitting fof ns
session to inquire into the operation Of the Bank A
had met on Wednesday morning in room No. II, cd
ss 1t was for the purpose Of considering the report ~
mest important part of the business Of the Commim)
there was an unususlly full attendance Of ms nbsfs.
Matters proceeded in the usual quiet msttes, u
being q secret committee, no person except nnss
witness was allowed a. any time to be presest ustl
the hour above stated, when o sudden rush fom the
room took place. foremost among them bsiag tho
Chancellor Of the EIche9uer, who. with . nAca
papers in one hand and with his pocket hsndkwc>d
With body half bent hsstened in di,msy from the ~
tentia odor, followed closely by Sir James Grsdsn,
who seemed TO bs attacked by sudden t Of expect<
ration; Mr. Gladstone sso paid particular stteatol
a
frcn the stencil which prevailed in cup of hot coI
fee The other members Of the Committee also ps
cpfatey Quilted the pestilental apartment, the d.
ordered state Of their p'pers, which they carried
Their bands, showing how imperstivsly they had n
ceived notice to quit Having been thus unsI pscsdlf
eected, their next business was if possible TO 6o1
smother local hsbitation," but the only room .he
was available Ter them was one hitherto devoted
TIE confederation Of the subjec. of tho "Irremovabh
Poor into which they at once rushed, found comfod
aDie quarter, and were well pleased with IL thx
they remared until 6 o'clock and thus finished ~
labois ofthe Bank Acts Committee"
BY the explosion Of boiler at the Atlas Lva
Works Max chester, six or seven persons were killed.
their remains being 20 scattered that the fragments kad
to be gathered up in sacks for removal.
The following report from the Eugsh dssd lsts3
efiice is interesting:
The total number Of letter cent TO the Rs.urne4
Letter Office in 1851 fas deed letters J amounted
England TO 2 2G2i, ,OJ1, in Scotland 10 ls3, ,l32 and n
Ireland to 1861. Of these there returned %
the writer's 1922 in England, 1882 in Scotland,
and l23 .Of in Ireland. In England I02, 24 Letters
were Iessued 70 corrected addresses l96. .779 were
returned unopened to foreign countries and the colo
niee, and 26f 2J were destroyed l2 39 letters were
destroyed in Scotland, and Sc 81 in helsnd. Ths
lumber Of dead letters containing money and vsluabs
was, for The united kingdom, 80 G69, and the smous
OF pr pefty was tfl9 y3y. Almost all this property
WAS, however ultimately returned to the writers Of ~
leters. 3,52O Letters in England ID the amount Of
@2 with the exception OF II refused letters CO.
tsniog duplicate br of exchange for e., ,936 &c. ID,
which hsve been destroyed Of no value are ,til \
the Returned Letter brarcb awaiting spplicso thae
Icing no means of discovering the wrtsrr who're they
viii remain 70, two cesr years when the letters vn
lie cestroyed, with the bills and other securities
"tlch may have become vslueless through lapse Of
tine.
The jewelry and other articles Of permsnent vslde
will be cod b. auction and the sum realised ss vel
IS tie cash and bank notes found in such letters vii
De carried 70 the account Of the Life Insurance Fund.
TO the value Of $3.50 is. 3d., but many of them vii
pIobeey ye. be applied for and delivered. Tho sac
2t t1I te ID was carried to the account Of the Lie
l Insurance Fund during the year as the prooeeds Of
icst property but this SUN does not represent tne
ahorA, properly sppertainpg TO the year, for, owing
20 an alteration IN the Jgsmens fos the sposs
returned letters, the proceeds OF two years !esssm
were carried M in fS,. -