Star. — London, England, 1826-03-16 00:00:00

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Coes: tO • Creek lids, eats. flr: -- - -:- • • Diiiii - fleet. toe Pileziesn lid4ll_,WApr.slll I Diets PO. 1 I 1 Span. 3p. et. C. 111113. 01 7 BRITISH AND VORIIIGN . 3HARIIB, TWO O'CLOCK. ...a.-.__ ~:: tabi4).E iv.: ..411,11111.. fats. Anglo Mel an Spa. 100 4S 90 fleitieks Tres Gonier. ;el i s - :. i -lee 4, - 30 131 14 pll4pr ut4 4 c. r!,.. , 4 00 50 . . 4 54 40 . .! .. t.. 1 : it. .*i. i 40 4. , 114 " 38 • OP - '4O IS ''' ' 4 - , •SO 1 icvlo p ttifixgo i A s ha4iesson of ParbaweLint wean on, and yet no pro. im.fti'pl,;(l:lo4c in, 4thirlsnuie for an inquiry , into the conduct of the promoters and fabricators of fraudulent Joint Stock Companies, by which, it is confessed on all . 34444; Ave . :Ate . ilittsesset.nondition of the kingdom ~.. ... masa'. agveat slagree occalionod. The Journals teem' "111104.0#1000 debates of "Ole. disappointed Sisgni. beldetie,.., vibe ~. were maimed into these nefarious fettefrk- ,.. : 40* sanction 4 great nainP,'S 101 prtrewivis.cisar-as the eon at noon day, that malty '04 4 009094. 114 ,MEISPOM.Iiivec! 10400* the bares of tOimpanimPetihdeb they mooed . to. be 1 1 4 a , 1. *. 4 1 i tai l # *l l4 t• 4 4 040 )*PV :at a, 4ii* ..1 0 . 4 their met , linnMabeeeman . tininispectoof any beneficialj. e crtitiS: d jlet .610, 4 440: *S.3 . *t . sP hi' is thh being:WA:tip . to Inencal ilk/ignition, that some Members of, the' Legislataiili 4 laclarit !..ps n .a.' - ..e t;: ab:(..l; Rte.: . 0m 11Iiiirsdflif Ihittl Vial*: .• 1 1 , 4146iii f iji c. 54.5 .,;;.. •, - 4;u.•. )s :: $ 1 3 . 1 l 6* .% 11 . 4 , 01 :"P. . was 'only n.4ansfs; , 44 alone from - ' tie titi " lb . tpreigoiloom Si r ire* 44 _,...,..11...., 1 .,,,, ...6 • ... ~. _ ..,.. sal : ' , F,•'-' WiftTlM l lllooollll ilw plods tapis*.ii d i e eiiyttirj *AO* jag !. lxii ... —•; • . . . - . , a ..... r *1 • ~ doctrine be correct, we are a way neressessobbs POPW:lil f fi"4‘ , ,Ot a W. o o . o l : b r 4 24 "° i 'lliitgeft** ; they/war aelevisil—ootsCorn Laws; (*of say ether cUmbraucc, wt.tich a itoistei ParectcarAla s atbd therefore new can• impeverlarn cOt} try , yr . o !Alto rrom this cubject sky*. te,noodser class of Joint Stock.• Cryonics, Which are gradually'emerging into notice, and m4,14' due encouragement, become an object of high import ance to the national welfare i---these are the Friendly Bentet4sileties.nynong the poor, for the regulatibit of Skit Mr. epgili!thrhas obtained leave to'bring in a i'initiotastatight presented by Sir Jimmrir. Via**, ports. that those _Societies throughout thell connoryinay 4 plosediander the regulation of: central Oterntlssltiners,.4m . which subject one totem- . partiefortl;e!rdio ThOes has : made sotne !eery sensible *OO4O 1404.0.'whicli we cordially agree. Abesaasin wetreworAistinctioe, between the system and eigasberwbf Basics, and the system and organisation AUFriendly Societies, which ought to be catefiely ke i ttrn ttin'tr: Saiings' Banks ate supported chid* i(tio atOgety,„ by the provident persons of the Wier Okas If tits foor-.-servants, small shopkeepers. tradasmagandsasniy others in similar situations who are one* tire lemovird horn living 'from hand to 019,contF017s FtieAdly Societies in their lenitimate use an do n the esteem, working poor—the lAllcknrjog • classes, who subsist by weekly wages. and \rhea unable trkwork, must, without this resource, ge.teAhe•ipitrisb.mbase very death bed is ,cloudedi by the *mainly , thlit the mortal tenement must be sent, to'jtt • nairrot ; bouse in the same workhouse shell,' sliAhay conveyed many former temporal occopants, The fact that Friendly Societies are eageoly formaktsr *be poor of this class, is a proof that there is still in this country a very numerous portion of indus ditini f ti ms to whom, though in thehumblest ;cation, ponperissu is repnfimant • and odious. To cherish those in s icualini4'll3elefore. is in fact to diminish the over. whelmirig'': erg of parochial mendiciv. To favour and prOmote their beneficial purposes. goes directly too. prevent the demoralising effects of pauperism among the indentions labouring classes. - Select Committee of the noise of Cowtons 13 , t Setision, at the bead of oshiol was Nir.o.lo,l l flip, moo for many years has been indefatigabie hr is efforts: ism &vette of benefit societies.—and lebbis 11111111 encrenrenfltting 'ahem: on this' subject ateilkett praise: investigated the *prement situation of fleAltibrf resp4ittctbegse. toeletiet t *nd their r. 4 4 4 .w i r ipl k readily.sneetled,en length ift,opt, columns , is paissat uithinteeesting infortrattiott. . From this, and thitrit.: , Meats neiseibbtific 'prrtons in the appendir, it cettainly and tion of an Act introduced by the late Mi. Row e . Since then, and more rgentlt s - it. haiidea *dotted,. that the laws and regulations of Friendly! Societies should be airprmed . by :,fri,itirieiii:ti4 Qciatter Sessions. But it, was 'stated in the flown by Sir G. Cn crwymo, himself the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Stafford, that the laws of those Societies were almost always framed by ignnksre4thougli well : intentioned, persons; and that 411 e Justiaes very often rejected them, without even as signing a reason—doubtless from their frequent ab surdity in some points. Their objects are almost inva riably 'directed to three benefits : a small weekly relief in sickness; a small pension in extreme old age; and a sum of 101. or so for burial money. Now the contribu- Atm: from theMenalret s,which should be proportionate to gum benefits cannot be determined by Justices of the f'eace, much less by the Managers of the Societies.— This is the province of an actuary, and must, we should think, depend on very abstruse calculations —as, indeed, fully appears from the immense mass Of calculation ap pended to the report of the Committee. Nine tenths of those laudable Institutions have hitherto failed for want of this most necessary informathM. It is-provided, however, that two actuaries, or petsons well skilled in arithrhetic, shall certify to the Justices that the rates are safe: but any one may call himself an ictuary- The Justices are no ways competent to decide on the validity of the certificate. It therefore appears necessary that some proper Board or Department should be formed, for the advice and guidance Of those Societies,—and with power to require periodical accounts of their proceedings, and to see that they keep to the legitimate objects of their institution ; else their funds may be diverted to the support of illegal combinations. This last reason we think peculiarly cogent.. But the Committee assign another reason. It appears to beadmitted that thechances of sickness may be reduced to an average calculation as certainly as life and death; but that there has not yet been collected staficien4,extensive or authentic data. The returns of four eg,:ive thousand societies properly digested, would soda enable the central department to rectify the tables by which they are governed, and expo. rience would almost and enable the .conductor of such an idrics to. diesse among the various Inati. tutions itE this. Mad, suolsysefisl information as could notAtit to tender lbesiii II tidtl tdossiak to the beg &- paid portion of thenoelsbot poor. We earnestly hope I 1 ;K1., 9 * cOposmoi o*.ilt Itrnide for tbese import. tanbcattlenlaeos an& vartrust also, that the more hk 4 . l tePrlit 0,0 1 10,0.941 1 44 JlO be sailintlitsit &a I. biOustrious closes:, to attit 'Oa snit aid- • :tlepthd 'Oee-tilieetifint'srtiot, rather .thotfott poi* 1, 440 4411efiKeisilge Pd 144pfut V . v. • This. 1107 e 1 gaunt of the 9th inst. whiah aro ea? 'cant this artwoon, -coma*. a long account 'ifFaitftiftiit'Rheitish West India Company, Ojos& be seen that the Company is morosely active *iwoatoting a commercial intercourse between Germany and the New States of South America, and eve) Milk the nations of dasigast. The following are ELBRRnuk viesuar ; Yesterday pis the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Rhenish West India Company, in which the Sobs Director, M. Becher, laid before - the meeting a very long statement of the affairs of the Company. The &Hewing .are some. of the anon interestinng facts con tained in this statement. To a fund of a million of dol lars, which the Company possessed in MS. for the. sale of( 2000 shares, is to Wadded a sarplis 425.000 dollars, after .payaitut of all die expeagos sad, interest; which 25,000 dollars the Board propose •te employ as fol.; l a w s , •is. 20,000 dollars (Or an ettra dividend of two per cent. and 6000 to fetal a reserve fund, which is to be in the propUtticin. of futurodivithmids, and is intended to cover possible Jones. The Consignments of the Company: meow airert, year; last year -the value of goods expoittd arts nearly double what it was the preceding, year, and amounted in the whole to 1,737,860 Prussian dol are; The increase *of the capital Was therefore necessary, and. was so well approved of by the first shareholders, that the 1400 shares, offered them at par, wereimmadiately disposed of, end many of the fourth and last 1000 wen' takers at a premium of 5 per cent. The increase of the business of the Company has induced them . tO open an isublishabent at Haniburgb. . 'By the. Treaty between France and Hayti such great advantages ate secured to the French trade that the .Get mans will not be able to compete with France,. and it is therefore resolved . to ere :up the . .company's i establishment at Port-au.Priace, The last .accounts from Mexico are more favourable than any before tit= ieivae.. The internal affairs , of die' company are lie. coning.-more settled; • civiliaatfoa, and the.ftea velopeaseat of its, immense resouree4,* make a rapid progtess. The consumption : of German. manvfaewves has gained artrernely by. the revival mining npe. rations in Mexico,- and the intertottrie -with' retesting country beconies daily atom icophrtiint and valuable. The news from Sueaos . A . yres it to the fist of Novembei. War with &trail bad -br0ken.. , 014.; and Butane Ayres - was :threatened with a brotialer. The *chitipariy's two ships on eheii voyage to _drat ,. port are. hewer, insured •against all ind at is hoped that peace will soon be restored,• es. Eel; has prospered in an unparalleled manner. In 1819, when it was established. there were only one hundred and fifty inhabitants ; in three to •nths thtre were three thousand ; in 1820, five thousand; in 1821, ten thousand; in -1824, thirty thousand; and in 1825, fifty thousand. The commerce; according to official statements, has increased in proportion ; .the value of it was, in 1821, eight millions and a half of dollars and in 1824, twenty millions. The trade with the East is indeed immense. Thus England annually imports into the Port of Canton alone, woollen goods to the, value of above seven - millions of dollars. Germany requires a greater market for its manufactures beytolsti sea, and the Company's exertions will be constandyl directed to it. Every million that foreign countries pay for German goods employs, on a moderate esti mate, five thothand workmen all the year round, and thus gives support to twenty thousand souls ; a SU& cient proof that the thousands of dollars put into circu lation by the dealings in the manufactures and produce of the country are productive of more good than the millions circulated in stock j• bbtng. The CHANCStLOS of the Excnetamtn, In his speech on Monday night, very happily ridiculed the alarm excited in Scotland by the letters signed hiatacwt MALAOSOWTHIR, on the subject of giving that country a metallic for a paper currency. The Dumfries Courier, in noticing these letters, and the suspicion they excite, that the miter vroidd rejoice to see the Mem ben of the Cabinet•drieen from their posts, says, " Prom 'such a calamity Heaven forfend ! if ever men deserved well of their country; the public owe a debt of gratitude to Messrs. CANNING; HinIICISSON, tositmoat, and WAL• 'LACS ; and much as we deprecate any change in the currency of Scotland, we deem it highly indecent to invoke the aid of kilt and claymores; and if ever Scot tish swords leap from their scabbards, we trust it will be in a much better cause than that of a threatened shower of gold." We trust so.ton. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, which were done at twelve o'clock-at for the account, have since experienced a trivial de pression, and to 78 sellers. It is now i reported in the City that no funding wilt take place until June, as the Bank at present is not in want of money,. owing to the immense quantities of gold .and silver which are daily isoporend into this ceontry,eassed by the great stagnation:let ceanmerce en the Continent, where credit ii teniporbrilly et an Cost, antßills cannot be negotiated.' Plnsetso6oy,„ personi Who still have property, plirelokse ,betjr,in the English and Wei. foods, foe which they smirenitthis specie to thiscoontry. d Accorsoture hi Omit froth Bt. Petersborgh, smite disbanding great pot. tiro` or his 'Vali: , t „ c The ,Diario of Hawkins giims the natnes•of twenty- eight persons (including swim , the band of BAZAN, who were shot at Valencia 96thult. Trade seems to be reviving . at tire.' Poo t; the gloom t which pervaded the Paganze - for erteral leeks is dissipating, and the ceinatercial prospects of the town ere lietkestig tkaik more encouraging. In cotton the demand is considerable. •. At Glasgow atm the prospects of couterberpr brigtnl. The Fos p r am says— " It is with heartfelt pleasure that we can coating's'. our Readers on being able to use the words ' Commercial Improvement in. stead of Commercial Distress.' Bosisiess is decidedly looking better—lnActien is succeeded by activity, and bustle and briskness will, we trust, soon again animate oar. looms, our warehouses, and our docks." --- Some complaints having been made against the agents of Mr. TAYLOR. ' the Maiugur of the Company's atillltt at Mold, s meetiog of the Magistrates was. held at the elle* of the ' rabies, at Pest.y.fron, en the Ilth lost. hdere the Rev. 'r. H. Ctheasr„ and C. H. T. Rana, when all who wished to prefer com plaints were invited to elms forward. It appeared, on investi gation, that all the charges were frivolous and vexatious. The impression produced by the great combination stains is A lotlino& ArigAs,. list wasted IRS one additional C=l;to Its maraamil repetition ea Saturday. Pswinann, .bettuis, anti Calumet, are indeed a treat. Aiteents from H olland state, that another attempt, ;li-to be made to fish up the tteisure lost in the English • Opts Estrin, on the coast of Holland ; but it is strongly tej the, industrious Dutchmen have not allowed . o. to remain so Long idle, ! paptiog has been held in. Birmingham, for the Farye* et establishing a Joint Stock Ranking Com y, wit's it capital of 690,0001. in shares of 1001. Ch. 'nig list aireadikontains name's to a very con terible amount. ThsOjec! of. the Company is to •. . ,- count vadeusteei hills, They do trot intend to issue lab), local-piper. .. .. •Ilt ILte*C NEwtox.—MinuNt.inxt, this . great loan :OAR hive 'left ibis stiblenai y world a century. The !bole, civilisted.srorld has benefited by his works. and his itnm*'tal genius .stausli. et present unrivalled. Such an event as the loss of such a 121 W C 22004 in this en lightened age, be a matter Of indiffetento, least to all to the nation which gave him birth. The Royal Society will, we suppose, be forward to support any measure! ' which has for its object the paying of homage of so great a man, the :founder and brightest ornament of, their institution; and we may expect that some arrange-' in.ent will soon be made. for laying the first stone of a grand national monument rep commemorate his genius, "Ind the national appreciate - of '' ion it. letters from ihisishargh bring the Exchange one per cent. higher in favour of this country. It taw appears that a considerable quantity of gold is coming here from place, instead of bilks as heretofore. Trade in genital, it is likewise stated, is reviving. : -. ,A,Sclict Committee will be this day proposed. to in quire into the banking sysum of Scotland and Ireland. l in the meantime nothing can equal the energy of what we may nail the Scotch banking interest in eluding or resisting any invitstigation of their s)s:em, or any in flrfarence with their concerns. • XfireeViolent shocks of an earthquake were . felt at Constantinople on the nightof the 9th of February. but Kama doing, any damage, The Multi had ordered public prayers and ehaalseeings to be acted on the occasion. • 1 appear: to us that those racieties' . can never he eaten- land art.l..blardi ii.metica are an. much intcre,ted tensively tikaftir or petitianeni' in their nature, and in it. The deliv erance of Peru has had a favour- re . e • •• i•A L 1 therefor, will,Rot .bu xeligdAp. ,104.,aqipportesnlor alrliet - be - trade.. a n d 'ar: in passed taro* !here is: ocuarttheral . 644*•, , ukflahltat;diepattfilehr LW 11..,,04 litry , vta4.elf.- ".17,: a " a ittlaix,4l4, l o),4ri for *Oki . - will **n • 4cm liaailkirgh..P4A RiltiP.V36l Shame, Hui and direakmh '' h ' 's- 11 , ? • • ; Garman-produce and amtnufacturas far India anithina, ma Th 4 hil l re 170 tioder the protec. ft* *Mediate destinition is Siaiipare, the fiee port of , hie d Rini _ _ _ THE AiM?.. . Different traw. of the Xiog's Osra or .stl Light Dragooned passed through Aftfriee last week Sad en Monday, aa their way be Deland. The mote or tbit 10th (the PAW, or Wales's Dieti . atße.. boat, Retain) has been changed. Tide dne carpels *Woe its march from Exeter, for Nottingham and Northabiptia. • ' The' Depet of the 99th Regitnent of Foot, tisaberkati fres the We of Wight, an board a trampart, on the Mot: foe lief The lath (East Suffolk), and the both yto Regiments Of Infantry, halve Opt blish men t. 't• 07 " I t • 4, l l l f i t iel tit i tY A lta " The Depot of the tooth ItAlinen gia lEAt*detOl ,' t k4apreh to deyThegi Northemptto The Depot of the nth Regi7leußal l idflititLitrivprtsvhe 13th keleat„ • als board the Illeplifithielpitt,iie ilife (realTThe tie! Nth Regiment odpenCeppgeaknpley Sunder's* to repbce the Depot Eth - 1401000 t, 91( Arcant, which Is Iltdeled be proceed to . • The Deitet of the 924 Regitnest,isoridedVlZtrebnied on the 15th, instant, on board a vessel Agee* ' 10tr+ pool, os-rouse to Ireland. . jr.f•lv '0 I DINIVEZ PARTIES IN Hroz,ung• 16 .1 a- Tarrnanart•—Lady RAYLIMIIK and • Colima Statist. ' M their bow in Grosvenootquare ; bitsb Miami iltuinstant, In Portman. square; °mitten Of &waveband Wanatinnow. in Chairs-street. Betkelepsquate ; General Sir Gan. Naas" in Grosvenor -street; the Vsea-Cmancausta, in inutb-street ; Mr. Attestant. In Lower Brioskttriast; Sir Was. Ronson, in Y St. istnes . 4- Duke e- _a ork-street. . square; the ... of hlowntAita, in Grosvenor:equate ; and the Archbishop of You, in the awe place ; the Earl of Kinoston, in Whitehall- place. ' ' 'V PORTSMOITTM NAIW4-1 1 140r:u4* 3 • n-r. firr - PAS' . _ Arrived on Monday •afeernessi dot: antlassert *Steer, Lieut. Aest.ear,,,tender to His Majesty's ship Viewer, whit' her prize the Ann, of Hastings, a fine bbageling ingget. lagethWl , with a lariA tub bout. tab* aPbcaatife ig bales of In% ond.stos About two .'slack en Monday morning, the wind bliterMg fresh frost the eastward, the Sueartrats fop la with die !street.. r ot Bitchy Head, whets, *her a sharp chase, the lugger was captured, the smugglers lutvliog previously made off in a fast revving gaßey, which was haw,* br tie boats of Mt-Jogger. Having wend. -the 4egpm. -Lin& Ammer Abitibi. it& aatention :bit the 'lib- boat which be bad pest lox is the tbette,c bit bed so* covering herigall, as the night Was very dark, Vie. belatgalated white. After making a tack or two, Lieut. A.m.',/,' canw tett with her, and sot having a beat to board her with, 'be :nobly limped overboard, sad swum to the KW: bit plait centuple was fol.. lowed by one of the crew. The unigglers intended landing their cargo amongst the chalky cliffs of &achy Head. The tubs - were painted white to resemble the cliffs, so that in the event of` not getting them off in one night; they would escape the vigilance of the coast blockade. This is the wiled lugger this active deer has brought to our custom-hose within this mouth: the last was the - nsaorious smuggling logger L'lbagene • Sr wig, with a cargo of Soo tubs of brandy and Geneva, several bales of tea, and Afteen men, valued at upwards of Ct,ooo. Ale-had heett?even rare in the trade; and was a nary superior litho. to. any pc, our cruisers. . --. • • Iw-cox • , His MAJESTY it getting better of the late altick of the Irregular-rim The King of Name met with a slight sicti fetif &edgy, btirwlailtat beperienchig any injary. As he viii)laiiitt:g throu g h thi Itydta &Ids on his way back frota St. Gernialk• the fore-wheelsof Ms carriage separated from tkekliell wet, anti loldwae obli g ed to print, use belonging to his saite,oildsli t lotAldp. w we thin, I' with his until sang freid and gaiety.' Prince I,2OPOLD, of Sicily, will teitili inepni 4th April, with bin Convert, be Areadoebniitkainn, to totem so-Naples.. • • • • • - -• • ' The rvoontees of Aalawa'a-Caul Party; on Taisdet evens , pacer. thee, we, attendfid by La* Canoe -my Thema. Lady musonto. fiir Witmoss 'Sumitomo', Mr. sad Mrs.. Anatol' ,Stainteen, Mrs. Courts, Mr.Tarioo, etc, I . . ,the Dike of: WZlA s tatorOii shrived Riga nn the 'l(79t• ult. lie was proceeding to the Russian Capital, whereJaa Was espected on the id instant. . _The Duke and Duchess of CLARF.NOS left their pen & dense, at Bushy, yesterday morning, and proceeded to the 'aftsrt , . menu of the Duchess of Km?, at the King's Pahice,.Kenstneton, whete the Duchess of CLAnVICS alighted on a vi•ic to the:Duchess of Rm. The Royal Duke proceeded to his retidenee in Charles. aunt, Berkeley square. Prince Laorout honoured the Italian o,,era Ilqu , e with his presence on Tuesday evening. Mr. WILI4OT.HoItToN gave A grand din'ner yesterday so a numerous party of persons of distiaction,Ac. at his iresiaetiee, at Richmond-terrace. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A meeting tote place on Monday on WingfielkPllin, Herbs, near Windsor, between Major L. T—s—, mita \k —c, Esq. of °ewer. The Meeting originated from a dispute at the Midgham Hunt 80, tn consequence of an alleged insult to a Lady, a relative of Major T. The parties exchanged two fires eack'and reconciliation by friends failing, a third. fire took place, in which Mr. W— was wounded in the side: but the b4U passed. and the ended by the panics benumb'. friends. A General Court Martial, of . which, General Yoweo, Artillery, is President, is now sitting in Dublits, for the trial of Surgeon Edon, of the 66th Regiment, for neglect of dot y. Satur day. the Doctor commenced his defence, and produced the mint satisfactory proof of his professioaal talent--ef his attention and re prJ to the Men and men of the 14th Lancers, In which corps he served with muck distinction in the Peninsula. We understand that Lord HILIMA ND has rerignedhis gam. as one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, which situation this venerable and respected Judge has held since 1606.--;- Caledonian Yawl. At Westmoreland Assizes. the assize iceman was preached at Appleby by the Rev. Joint Ruswrou, from Bth chapter of the Ist Corinthians, and part of the 7th verse " Now. thklteinre "there is utterly.a fault in you, because you go to lair one %%IN ahrs. user." The lawyers win hardly thank' Mr. Restating for his teat. MARINO Socterv.—The anniversary dinner .of this tinstitution took place yesterday at the City of London 'Tavern, his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE in the chair. It is observed with regrr, that the iii ,tentlance, although respectable, mir k by *o means as Immerons as on former occjisions. in propo , ing skit loess to the ,4 Marine Society'," the Royal Chairman en tered at some length into the merits of the charity, and ;warmly advocated its peculiar claimsupon the support of the people of this country, which was indebted for its greatness, and ever would be, to the toils and the valour of her naval defenders. The toast having been received with the greatest enthusiasm,. the boys of the 'institution were introduced, and marched in excellent order, preceded by the - master, and . unforted banners, round the room. They then drew up at its lower extremity, and in answer to the signel of the boatswain's whistle, gave thr:e hearty cheers, "and Marched off amid the applause of the company. The scene was altogether of very considerable interest.* • 'The whole of the new arms commissioned for tie Scottish Military and Naval Academy have gone to the buttons with the Delight smack, lately lest. In' the wardens of Somerset House there is n 'store house *bleb has been just completed by order •or the Board of Works, for the me of such ships as may sorra 'at the Nand of Ascension, where it is to be funekjed with some workmen to fit it up. The frame work 'is of large. dimensions, being 71 feet long, 20 broadisind ST feet high, with a double , flooring trt-phirdislahit inches Thiele', • It it covered , A ids elates, and,* to: I aciti:: tate"the petting it together, the to d . esieri iho Slates, me . all num Iced - and ma rehired.. • 'The areliVie the whole is about 180 tons. 1 .51k