The Sun. — 1845-07-24 (London, England)

XPERINIENTAL FLEET. We publish the following observations on the subject of the Channel Fleet. They are from the pen of a naval officer The decision of the present Board of Admiralty to maintain the effective and disposable force, provided for in the naval esti' mates; in the British Channel. is deserving of unqualified er,. probation. The proportion at present so employed equals a fifth of the seamen and marines voice for the year. At peace in e" quarters of rbegiobe, from the extended colonies and settlement. of Great Britain, it will perhaps be found impracticable always to retain so large a demonstrative force in t he English Channel, bet the wisdom of the Admiralty in arriving at this determine' tinn to collect the present fleet, is based on the soundest vs' soiling. The proviri,ns and stores supplied to this fleet direct from our home naval establishments is an actual saving of ifr per cent., independent of repairs—obviating the expensive necessity of hiring transports to victual a fleet in the Alediter.. raneari, which has until this period been the rendezvous of British ships of war. But now less importance being attached to the value of such a position, from the rapid advances stems power is introducing into naval movements, it must be admit" ted that the eligible and effective station for line-of-battle ships is the English Channel, whether for the direct influence it exercises on our political relations with fereivn Governments, or the confidence it imparts to the subjects of this country, wit" whom this service has been always a cherished and deservecfil prized arm of defence.  Time, and the judicious improvements in paying seamen their taps in monthly allowances instead of the old manner, e• the expiration of three or four years, has made Jack a more refleetly° being, and his first great improvement in his position attributable to Sir James Graham, when he presided over the Admiralty. Discipline has made such happy progress in lessening corporal punishments that the notion which universally pr.e" veiled that a British ship of war was unable to maintain interne' discipline, without proceeding to a foreign station, now 1 longer exists: The mutual benefit, too, received and conferred on the sailor by giving him an opportunity of laying out wages in England, instead of a confined harbour like Malta, 111 which Jack was robbed of half his earnings to make some three or tour individuals there wealthy in the extreme, is not to be overt°. ked; and, keepine a Channel fleet in peace willdo Much to make the service popular with the mercantile marine. The Admiralty also are enabled more efficiently to superin" tend the valuable experiments now under trial, than if thel were deputed to a Commander-in-Chief on a foreign station ; but it is to be hoyed the present Admiralty will allow more publicity to be given to the results of these experiments than tt furni,hed to the brig experimental squadron in the autumn °' last Sear. Up to this time not a document has been laid before the public as to its results; and the public, who have en indisputable right to be enlightened on the success or failure to, such interests, are alone indebted to the creditable efforts of the daily press. A series of circulars have emanated from the Ad" miralty, all tending to suppress fair inquiry. The results of the last line-of-battle ship squadron were dragged forth piecemeal,' and no better auspices await the present. The only assurance the public can obtain is that the reports will be made to the proper authorities, with whom it will remain, until from 011; pense will proceed indifference to the important interests involve" in the trials.  Major. Gereral Morison paired off with Lord Heniker on Tuesday, the 15th inst., in favour of Lord Palmerston'', motion on the Spanish treaties. THE SUPPOSES) MURDER AT NEWCASTLE —.The adjourned Inquest or. the body of Jane Kelley, who died at the infirmary at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, under circumstances airesd,Y stated, was held on Monday evening, when a great number of nessea was examined, whose evidence was very conflicting. 1" surgeon who made the port ntoriews examination, stated that she had died from inflammation of the outer membrane of the bowe; accompanied by a perforation into one of the intestines, bat how these effects were caused, he could not say. There were no ester' nal marks of violence. The Jury, under these eireumstances, re; turned a verdict " that the deceased had died of inflammation, whether caused by violence or not there was no evidence to aati " them." The prisoner, Michael Kelley, who was remanded on hel brought before the magistrates soon after he was apprehended, g° is still in custody, will in all probability be dleicharged.