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This gentleman willplay every eventn,g . at 11 o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission is. N°. 21,790. G. MAY 1, 1862. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. PUBLICAI lONS. IRON - PLATED sHrps OF WAR. jog along in the old ruts and at the old pace. It will give offence,l know, even to hint at this; in deed, the mere production of my design has proved offensive in some quarters; but the national inte rests now at stake are so great that we cannot afford to defer to personal prejudices and apprehensions, for if we go through the next three years as leisurely as we have gone through the last three, our pre eminence as a naval power will most certainly be lost to us. beau, aided by a contingent of Americans under Washington, were not only besieging the British with a force considerably exceeding two to one, but had a powerful fleet in the river. There was no Merrimac in question; no friendly garrison close at hand in a great arsenal; no command of the two great rivers forming the Peninsula ; no base of ope rations in the population behind them. There are very few Americans of the present day who do not believe the surrender of Cornwallis was a magnifi. cent result of American skill and courage, and who, would not be inclined to dispute that the French had " anything considerable" to do with it. They would be astonished to learn that but for the French it never would have happened at all. By private letters we learn that General M'Clellati is obliged to land a regular siege train under most difficult eh= cumstances. His troops arc greatly irritated by the conduct of the Government towards their favourite 13, GREAT MARTMOROUGH-STREET. H URST & BLACKETI"S NEW WORKS, NOW READY. THE LIFE OF EDWARD IRVING, Minister of the National Scotch Church, London. Illustrated by hia JOURNAL and ConnEsroNotNcE. By Mrs. OLIPHANT, 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait; SOs. "Mrs. Oliphant's work is admirable, presenting a most living, consistent, vivid pi c t ure of Irving."—Macmillan's Maguine. THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCHES ; or, The Papacy a nd Th e T emporal Power. By Dr. DOLLING ER. Translated, with the Author's sanction, by W. 11. MAc CABE. 1 vol., ibs. THE PRIVATE DIARY of RICHARD, DUKE of BUCKINGHAM and CIIANDOS. 3 vets., Portrait, 31s. 6d. RECREATIONS OF A SPORTSMAN. By Lord WILLIAM LENNOX. 2 viols., with Illustrations, 218. THIRTY YEARS' MUSICAL RECOLLEC TIONS. By HENRY F. CHORLEY. 2 vols., with Por traits, 21s. (Just ready). STUDIES FROM LIFE. By the Author of " John lialifaX, Gentleman." Illustrated by Holman Hunt. 55., bound. Forming the New Volume of "Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library of Cheap Editions of Pcpular Modern Works." Mr. E. J. Reid, in a letter to the Times, says : la the first place I find it necessary to mention that my- plans have nothing whatever to do with mere coast defence vessels. Vessels of this descrip tion have, in my humble opinion, far too many ad• rotates already. I know of nothing which is likely to endanger our coasts at present, and, if anything should arise, the 15 iron-cased frigates already built or building ought to afford us ample protection at home, for none of them is likely to be long abroad. If this fleet is insufficient for the purpose, I dare say we should know how, in the hour of danger, to pro duce scores of Merrimacs or Monitors out of the old wooden hulls that - crowd our harbours, and are fit for little else. The real danger to which England seems to me to be exposed at this crisis is that of PHRENOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PHY SIOGNO Y,--sTessrm. FOWLER, and WELLS, from America, will LECTURE in EXETER HALL, May 1, on "How to Read Character ;" 2d. "Choice o f P ursu it s ;" 3(1, "A Good Memory." Reserved seats, 25.; unreserved, Is. Open at lialf.past 7, commence at 8. Consultation Rooms, 147, Strand, NV. C. 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The Committ ee or Management have to state that, during the past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses amount'ng to £28,650 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. During the past two years the Life-boats of the National Life-boat Institution have i - een instrumental in rescuing the Cvews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields . Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow Smack John 13.4 , o f Yarmouth ...• • Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields ••-4 A 13a';ge of Teignmo u th •• • Brig George and James, of London• 13riQ' Zephyr, of Whitby • • .• •I Coble Honour, of Cullercoats .• Schooner EliZ9, of North Shields • • • • Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, o f Teignrnouth •• •• Smack Wonder, of Teig,nmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth Sloop Hope, of Dublin •• Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth •• .•.. Barque Vermont, of Halifax. t j.s. Schooner William Keith, PI Carnarvon •• •• Brig Flying Fish, of W - n itby • • Smack Elizabeth .A . r a n, o f L yme Regis Steam Dredge., `di Newhaven ... . • • •• Schooner Ar:irriiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee . Schoc*.; . der Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• "Wag Prodro ma, o f S tockton :prig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. Brigantine Diana, of Fred r ik s h amn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields Brig Lovely N e ll y, of Seaham .. Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. Schooner Prospect, of Berwick • • Sloop Thomas and J ane, o f St . I ves • • A Fishing-boat of Whitburu Brig Arethusa, of Blyth • • • • • • Schooner Dew! Wyn, of Portmadoe Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris • . Schooner William, of M orecam b e . •• . . 5 Smack Gipsy, of N ewry •• •• •• . • 4 Schooner Margaret Ann e, of Preston .. •. 4 Prig New Drap er , o f Whitehaven .. • • .. 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool .. • • .. 5 Lugger Nimrod, of C as tl e t own Brig Providence, of Shields .. • • Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle .. 8 Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. 4 Barque Guyana, of Gl asgow . .. • • • 19 Brig Roman Empres s , o f Shields .. • • .. 10 Brig San Spiridi one, o f Galaxide • • • . 2 Schooner Voador du Vou ga , o f Vienna .. 8 French Brig La Je une M ar i e T herese .. 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. • • • • 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. • . .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of M arans Spanish Barque P r i mera de Torreviega (saved yea- 8 sel and one bf the crew) .. .. • • •• Schooner riurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and 1 crew) • • • • 4 Brig Anne, of' Plymouth (save,. vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead. (saved vessel and crew) • • • • • • .• 6 Barque Frederick, of Dublin . • Barque reme of London .. • • .. 1 2 Lugger Saucy Lebo, of Lowestoft . • • .. Schooner Fly, of Whitby • 11 vessel of four bands) and • • _ crew- Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. .. 7 Barque Undaunted. of Aberdeen . •• •• 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish one man Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone 13rig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk ~ • • Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland • . Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. Brig Content, of Sund er l an d Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan Galliot Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. .. 1 .. 6 .. 3 .. 1 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 .. 5 - 3 .. 5 Total .. 498 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has ,rated £1,893 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted re wards amounting to £515 10s. for saving 373 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. The number of ;Ives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is upwards of 12,2C0 for which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and £15,250 in cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by the Society to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefuhy acknowledge the following con tributions H X s. d • • • • .. annual 50 C o er Majesty th e Q ueen Clark, Mrs. .• annual 2 10 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. • • .. annu a l 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vinc en t, Bart.. .. .. don. 25 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers . annual 10 0 0 G. W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual 5 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. • . don. 10 10 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 llarvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •.! . don. 30 0 tambton, Messrs. W. 11 . & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanesboroug,ll, the Earl of ..• . annual 5 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. ••• .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • . •• .. don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. annual 5 0 0 Smith, Mrs. Geo rge , Greenwich .. .. annual 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Donations and Annual Sul - scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard -street; Messrs. Coutts and Ca, 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street,London by ; by al the Bankers in the Unit e d Kingdom; and the Secretary Richard Lewis, Es a the Office of the Institution, 11, John-street, Adelphi, L q., on t don, W.C. Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. Wilts, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. Just publiShed, price 25., free by post, 2 s . 4d., ON SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, .R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, th e P opular Delusions, and th e exaggerat i ons of QuackerY by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed Manner. "—Medical Cir in cul a c o ar mmon-sense and highly practical London : H. Ballnere, 219, Repent-a THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH R ESTORED IN ...11 FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This Wonderful agent will restore manhood to the molt chattered constitution, whether arising fromself-polluti on (xcesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or n atu. : ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects arc permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Bilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with frill in structions for use, et Ifs., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent MedieineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. DR. eußTis' MEDICAL WORK, MANDOOD: A UM - ) MAL ESSAY ON S PER MATO RRTICE N - VOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, Rio. Just rublisbed, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in R sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Bockscllor.'s, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANTTOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE .' Y l . MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. Crri.zp:, 15, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTEN'PR: INTRODT7CTOPY ('fI.2 I :I ) TER . on the Physiological Vtry , t. znd Fen:diens of the Reproductive Orf; - an.. CII PT;' T.—Ccutre sof Spematorri)ma and Impotence; arlv Vinionsinhre.recs: DA nixers of Nef.deet. CifA ll` RR 11 :Ito; few of the vitrious Disqnnlifleationt f rt7 - ftrr7age ; reAttlting from Y011111(111 Abue3, the Follies of TPTAturitr, the Effect:, of Climate, or Infection. CITAPTEIiS IV. And V. on the modern Treatment of Conorrh,na and i.yr2htlis,._ , 'T. ltoolc enclutles with numerous varied and interesting axes, to which is added the author'a recipe of a preventive 1.0t,0n. REVIIIIVS Ol' TUB WORK. , 'Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and beldel Ix, in the hsnds of young and old —"Sunday Times," ;,-{,! 7: - . Arcb, 184- 4 .,. ~, / , f ,s . ~_ .nthor has conferred A tfre!lt boon by publishing this F 5 11,,, v:crl, in whio, is (I , Tc:raw,' the source of those flictises whiel. I , i'' ,ll " - ' 11 ."-' 1, u , in yowl h Or more fret:W(lo3y I , tl'atetllrr! o ul ~,,,, f'--," 1 '5113, Telt - graph," Marcii ;•7, 1.855. Tlde work, Aril" to twenty years Iles stood the test of rrofersional al iit ,,, lP a nd empi 1:i 'lll hostility, treats in a plain and SYrapathisin frnmier .on Cie various disqualifications ff and Impediments arisi n g fl;9111 nervous excitement and de. Unity ; and to invalids f.uterll3,3g from youthful erro rs an d i xcesses it will be found Viol lo and useful."—Rec or d. so, Warwick Lane, Pator ji. Allen, London : l'uldisi!ed by umter-row • Han% 39 . I Dornbill. 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WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT Exrunixtow OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of II ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Plcoadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. Cd., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 52 5 . 6d . Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. Cd. Po s t age, ls. 10d. 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AN Ai , E FFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERTS rim , b lig . the head, truly bowels or afr ect ATlC BALSAM, without confining the efficacious and pleasant, co ld s , co V n ti . Lb_est medicine for immediately relieving tted to 1,, d cases of asthma, and consumption. , n _le tickling which provokes frequent s whom the faculty pronounce in ccilstotiurafagrdbelli e a n d t n i i Y l r e a u b re l Y B a 7 lair t l i coughin beneficial. Persons dep r 4clonsumption its effects are truly g. Ina pproao fear of suffocation, may ti e ;. J . lri . sleep, or even lying down for after taking it. Prepared O n on relief in a few minutes b a_r e ket, London, and by all Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, tv !lnd sold by W. Lambert, nrugg,ists, in bottles, 131 d., and . ' r one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular,' _e times the quantity in ksthmati3 Balsam. ' , lid ask for Lambert's LOST -OFFICE TURKISit BATHS, 19, St. Martin's -le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and Is. rid. from .5 till 9 ; Sundays, 1.. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, grati s. OPINIONS OF TTIE rEESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.--i t ve useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwelt, thery proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of tut s _ resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the p• actical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0V.1 2 , 186 t. "The Post-office Turkish Rativ, 19, St.Martin's_le_Grand. —Dr. Cuiverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now p rove d hi mse lf t o b oa worthy philanthropist, in as far as he h as es t a bli s h e d , i n th e heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of moriera days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the 'lin kish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct t h. , attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess ene of the best set of baths, at I!), St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. 'Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on: coming OW • Of Turkish nath."—Era, 0ct,13, 1861. Conoultatiowl daily tilll2 a.m. letting her pre.emincnt power upon the seas pass heedlessly away from her by neglecting her sea going navy ; and it is with the vie w of averting, if it be possible, this calamity that I have developed my proposals, aad placed them before the Admi ralty. It should be remembered that unprotected wooden ships of war have been virtually condemned for at least three years; yet, untila fortnight since, we had not begun to build a single protected vessel ,of•less than 4,000 tons. To me this seems an appal ling fact, and somebody must bear the blame of it. It has been stated over and over again —and the Board of Admiralty seem to have believed the statement—that comparatively small and cheap protected ships of war cannot be built. Against this doctrine I have privately protested, and have for nearly two years urged the construction of such vessels. They cannot, we know perfectly well, be protected all over, and still be rigged and rendered seaworthy; but all their vital parts can be covered with armour, and that ought to be, and must be, held sufficient. Even the Warrior is not protected from end to end, and although the Minotaur and other vessels are to be, it is doubtful whether they will, on the whole, be benefited by the change. Most probably they will labour fearfully in a sea way. But, whether they will or will not, we have no choice ad regards corvettes, sloops, and gunboats. These small craft can onlyreceive partial protection. Recognising this, I have endeavoured to make the best possible use of the armour which such vessels can carry, and have employed it in shielding, both from shell and from ordinary shot, the following vital parts—viz., the engines and boilers, the guns, the magazine, the rudder head, the steering appa ratus, and the whole length of the ship between wind and water. How Ido this is a question which I must respectfully decline to answer for the pre, sent, because in this age of sharp naval competition even a few weeks of silence on such a subject may be of real advantage to us. I may mention, how ever, that in order to reduce as much as possib!e the quantity of armour which it is necessary to em ploy, I have placed the gun platform in a novel position ; and by another device have made the whole of the broadside guns available for fore and aft fire. 'The consequence is that the armament of the new plated ship will be even more effective than that of the present combustible vessel of the same class. For example, while the present broad side of a 17 gun sloop discharges 2881 b. of metal in nine small masses, the plated sloop of like dimen sions will deliver 2201 b. of metal in two masses only, and while the former ship can only fire one 32-pounder shot forward in the direction in which she is going and a similar one aft, the latter can fire two 110-pounders ahead and two more astern. In order to make the armament of this powerful character I have been obliged, in the particular class of vessel just mentioned, to sacrifice about a knot per hour of speed, for without some magic art it is icapocciblo td put ZOO or 000 tons tirrhoactipona ship and still preserve all her qualities unchanged, but there is nothing whatever in the plan to pre vent any desired rate of speed being obtained pro vided sufficient engine power be given. Another feature,concerning which manyinquiries have been made, is the wooden bottom which has been given to the hull of the new ship. Some of my correspondents seem to think this unnecessary ; others, I am glad to find, very strongly approve it. All I can say is that five-sixths of her Majesty's ships in commission, including all the small craft of course, necessarily run great risks of getting ashore, and that when a ship does go ashore she is very likely to profit immensely by having a thick, solid wooden bottom under her. Let any one read Mr. Oliphant's account of Lord Elgin's mission to China, for instance, and note how common a thing it was for the war vessels employed in that expe dition to ground on harbour-bars, charge sand banks at full speed, poise themselves upon the peaks of rocks, and otherwise test their strength below water; and then let him say if a thin sheet-iron bottom alone is fit for such services. Ido not contend that iron is an altogether unfit material for the purpose, but I believe that if it is to be used it must be protected with a stout sheathing of wood, and thus have the necessary strength and security afforded to it. This being so, and with the ship wrights of the royal dockyards needing employ ment (to say nothing of the timber in store there), it was an obvious advantage to keep the hull of the new ships of wood below, especially as we were thus enabled at the same time to protect the bottom from fouling by applying metallic sheathing in the usual way. I know it will be easy to raise objec tions to the course which has been taken is this respect, and I know also that the " iron at any price" party are pretty sure to find fault with it, but practical seamen and disinterested shipbuilders take the opposite view. But, while the wooden bottom has been pre served, it has been deemed undesirable to build the exposed portion of the ship of combustible material, and this, therefore, will be of iron. Some persons doubt, I find, whether the connexion between the two materials can be made good ; but I must con fess that such a doubt seems to me not only ground less, but almost frivolous under present circum stances. For my part I should hesitate before I cast a doubt even upon the practicability of Punch's notion of building " platinum ships with diamond cement," provided its realisation seemed serviceable to the nation at such a crisis as this ; and I cer tainly receive with impatience the suggestion that the naval architects of 1862 may not be able to raise an iron bulwark upon a wooden bottom ! The best answer to the objection is, however, that highly experienced shipbuilders are quite satisfied with the new arrangement. The most pressing and certainly the most impor tant inquiries that have been made are these—how many of these plated seagoing vessels are to be built, and how soon will they be ready r To these questions, however, I am wholly unable to reply. They are for the Admiralty to answer, not me. I may state, however, that as soon as the new form of vessel was submitted to Admiral Robinson, the Controller of the Navy, he gave it instant and earnest consideration, and equal attention was be stowed upon it by the Board of Admiralty, nothing in the shape of routine being allowed to obstruct it. The consequence was that an order for its adoption in a vessel to be called the Enterprise was speedily issued, as already announced by you. Since that I have done my best to forward the preparation of the detailed drawings which are necessary, and to arrange for the commencement of the vessel. More than this I cannot state. I would avail myself of this opportunity of re marking, however, that the prompt and " enter prising', spirit which the Admi ra lty h ave th us f ar displayed in this matter is extremely necessary just now. 1 "11l afraid to mention the many changes and improve/11, tits in our war ships whi c h seem t o me highest degree desirable, b u t w hi c h thshort of a most enlightend and vigorous g nnaovtaoiln be in the administration can effect. In the ra c e w hi c h the nations are now running we are bound by th e most solemn interest to take and to keep the first place, and this cannot possibly be done if we are to Oa the other hand,. it must never be forgotten that we arc bound to go rightly as well as rapidly ; and' hero again another danger awaits us. The counsels offered to the Admiralty in Parliament and elsewhere are various enough and extravagant erlugh to distract almost any set of men. Mem bets of the House of Commons, naval officers, pri vate shipbuilders, engineers, and even railway con tractors, all set themselves up nowadays, in the most confident manner conceivable, as great autho rities on the construction of ships of war; and Mr. Cobden actually reproaches the Admiralty (in his pamphlet on " The Three Panics") for not follow=_ ing the guidance of gentlemen of the greatest abi lity undoubtedly in other, spheres, but who are probably as little qualified to design ships of war as ,they would be to take efle'kfAito action. .it ought not, must not, be forgotten ;that the construction of a ship-of_war is a d opecial and an exceedingly diffi cult art, and that to hand the designing of our navy over to amateurs would be the most fatal of all dangerous measures. I may be allowed, I hope, to say this, having spent 10 years of my life in prac tically studying the art in question, and another 10 in watching the momentous changes which it has lately undergone. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. The departure of M. Mercier for Richmond, an nounced by telegraph, may well affect the Northern world with strong emotion, if he has really gone there. The Minister of France is a gentleman who has never for a moment concealed his belief that the North cannot succeed in the object it proposes to itself, and, who naturally regards the loss and in convenience caused to France by the prolongation of this strife as very useless concessions to the pride and lust of power of the people of the Northern States, who are neither grateful nor just towards those who maintain a strict neutrality regardless of their material interests. M. Mercier has always acted with the most perfect good feeling and cor diality in his relations with Lord Lyons, although he may not share the English Minister's kindly sympathies for the country to which he is accredited. There has been no Trent affair to stir up the passions of the unbridled democracy of the United States, or to turn the fulsome eulogiums of France in which their press indulged into rabid abuse, but the Minister of France has not been without evi dence of the shallowness of friendship which once nearly astonished the world with a display of its ingratitude, nor can he have quite forgotten that in one of h:s Buncombe proclamations Mr. Stanton insulted his country by calling her "infidel France." Nevertheless, if M. Mercier has gone to Richmond to open negotiations—and it may be remembered that our correspondent in his last letter stated that the Confederate Congress was reported to be sitting in secret session to consider the propriety of sending another envoy to Paris—it will be said, in all pro bability, that England has instigated the Emperor to interfere, and France will at the same time be threatened with destruction if she attempts to act as mediator. As yet the story is improbable, but is not so much so as the report that France was about to revoke her concession of belligerent rights to the South in consequence of the recent defeats of the CuuletlcLtttes. The real natarrof the battle at Pitts burgh is more clearly developed by recent confes sions and correspondence. Still more clearly will it be admitted as a Federal defeat if that trouble some and utterly useless body, the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War, take it into their heads, as reported, to make an investigation into the causes of the Federal "surprise" on Sunday morning. An army which carries off from 8,000 to 10,000 prisoners and 36 pieces of artillery from the battle-field, and awaits the enemy in its intrench ments, cannot be called "routed and pursued," no matter what General Grant's instructions may have been. If General Grant, or any other General, were prevented by " previous orders," which must have been issued in ignorance of the future, from following a routed enemy, retaking his guns and prisoners, and occupying his intrench ments, the sooner he is sent about his business the better for the Federal Government. Until the fact is demonstrated by precise indications it will be well to withhold belief from the assertion that the Con federates are " shut up" in Corinth. There is no place where they can be so confined, nor any force capable of effecting it, but it is not improbable their communications may be threatened very seriously, and the intelligence that the bridges by which the railroad from Memphis to the East is cArried over Bear Creek have been destroyed by a Federal expe dition, is in all probability correct. It is stated that the Union gunboats ascended the Tennessee river from Pittsburgh at night to a place called East port, and landed a party of men, who proceeded across country and destroyed the bridges across the swampy river which bears the above name. The interruption may ba only temporary ; if it be per manent it will cut off the Confederates from any communication except with Mobile and New Orleans. There is little additional information in the Ame rican papers respecting the battle, but General Beauregard's despatch may be accepted as an accu rate account of what occurred up to the date of the morning of the second day. His second despatch declares he merely retired to Corinth, which he in tends to hold at his discretion. He has certainly struck the Federal army advancing into Mississippi a tremendous blow in the face, and has staggered them for the time. The Federals admit their ene mies won a victory on Sunday, and are reduced to weak logic to show they were beaten on Monday. It is now confessed that Van Dora did not reach Pittsburgh in time to take part in the action. A paragraph, dated St. Louis, April 14, states that the Confederates had 123 battalions, or 75,000 men, engaged; the Federals, reinforced by Buell, must have had at least equal numbers. The - same authority estimates the Federal loss at 8,000. Several of the Federal regiments are openly named by the New York papers as conspicuous for cowar dice, and are branded by name, number, and State. 'Some had only 200, 40, and 17 effectives on Mon day, but there are no means of knowing whether the absentees were hors de combat by their own exertions or by those of the enemy. An attempt to carry the position of Corinth in the present state of the Federals would not be very wise. On the whole, the effect of the gallant and well conceived attack of Generals Johnston and Beau regard has, for the time, paralysed the Federals, but it would not be fair to conceal that the loss admitted by the Confederates is very consider able, and that their Congress has been fain to mingle with congratulations on its victory natural expressions of regret for the loss of such an able and gallant leader as he who had nearly gained a most signal success by a movement only retarded by unexpected bad weather. The North is taught to believe that General Halleck, who has taken command of the troops, will soon attack the Con federates, and " no doubt" will " give them a pretty severe whipping." The arrest at Yorktown affords time for histori cal research, and it is discovered thtit the position of the present belligerents very nearly resembles that of the French and Americans on the one side, and of Lord Cornwallis on the other, in 1781. Not a bit of it. There is no parallel on either side, and no resemblance, except in so far as the ground occu• pied by the belligerents may be identical in some places along cue lines. The French under Roclit:m• with, a singular want of straightforwardness and consideration towards the man who was hailed a few months ago as Salrator _Patrice, been deprived of 10,000 Men, when his plans were all completed and he had taken the field to execute them. Rightly or wrongly, -there are suspicions entertained that:Genesal has.. not been acting -with perfect loyalty towards his old comrade and recent commander, and great indignation is expressed against him by the Staff and by the officers of the regiments under M'Clellan's orders. These small elements are not to be disregarded. The most seri ous consequence of Mr. Stanton's recent degrada tion of General M'Clellan into the post of comman der of a corps d'armee may prove to be that the General cannot rely on General M'Dowell's co-ope ration, as he cannot command it, for that officer, as well as General Banks, is now free to report directly to the War Department, and to receive orders from Mr. Stanton exclusively. A New York paper, " doing history to order," thus discourses of the first siege of Yorktown, and of the second siege, which is so singular a commentary on the first. What would the gentlemen who objected to a three penny tea-tax think if they found their great-grand children fighting under a tax upon everything for King Union against King Cotton ? Says King Union's man,— "ln the first instance the object of the war was the establishment of the independent nationality of the Union against a powerful European enemy; in the second instance, our object is the maintenance of the ' integrity of the Union,' against the most causeless, foolish, and hopeless, and yet the most formidable, domestic rebellion in the records of any nation on the face of the earth. In the first of these two great wars, after five years of a gloomy and doubtful struggle against superior numbers, re sources, and facilities for war by land and sea, the final issue was decided in favour' of the Union in the successful siege of Yorktown ; in the present war, with all the advantages of superior numbers and warlike means and resources, and after a nu merous train of brilliant victories by land and water, who can doubt the issue of the second siege of Yorktown ? Surely it will virtually end the war, as did the first, in favour of the Union. But in view of the grand results depending upon the siege of York town of 1781, how insignificant appear the contending forces of that day compared with those now gathered around that famous locality ! The army surrendered by Lord Cornwallis amounted to 7,000 men ; the combined forces besieging him consisted of 7,000 French troops, 5,500 American continentals, arid 3,500 militia, amounting in all to 16,000 men. The killed, wounded, and missing of the British, during the hot work of a close siege of 19 days, from the lot to the 19th of October inclusive, were some 552 men ; .of the allies about 300. The artillery em ployed in the defenc's of Lord Cornwallis hardly amounted to 50 pieces, and these were chiefly six pounders, and the artillery investing him was largely composed of six-pounders. Now, with Gen. M'Clellan's approach to the work of besieging Yorktown, instead of a resisting force of 7,000, he finds himself in front of an enemy numbering per haps 100,000 men ; and, instead of a little circle of defensive works, embracing 40 or 50 guns of the smallest calibres, be finds himself confronted by a yawning labyrinth of earthworks, extending across five or six miles, from river to river, and armed with perhaps not less than 500 heavy cannon, in cluding numerous 100-pounders and long range rifled pieces. And yet we are satisfied that Wash ington, in moving upon Yorktown from the north and west, in conjunction with a French fleet and army from the east, commanding both rivers and the peninsula, confident, as he had every reason to be, of a complete success, was not mere confident than Gen. M'Clellan may justly feel of repeating the decisive victory of Washington. That he will do it we feel entirely assured, and if he should do it within Washington's limit of 19 days, or within a period twice as long, the country will appreciate the crowning glory of this achievement." The Confederates are well prepared indeed, and the American papers point with truth to the cir cumstance as an argument against the ridiculous re strictions on the press, and against the theory that the enemy are guided in their movements by the accidental and non-accidental or incidental corre spondents of the Northern papers. Had 20,000 men been sent round to Fortress Monroe in June, 1861, Norfolk could have been taken, the Merirmac never could have become the Virginia, and the second lines of Yorktown would never have existed. The circum stantial details of the New York papers which we have received have no military value whatever. They state : " There has been no change in our position since my last. It continued to rain hard all day yester day and last night, and one can form no conception of the depth of the mud, unless they chanced to visit Virginia during the latter part of the winter. The experience of the army thus far on the 'sacred soil' has been anything but a pleasant one. If we remain much longer in this mud hole, we shall lose more men from disease than we would by storming their batteries at the point of the bayonet. We have counted thirteen batteries on the river, besides some they are said to have at the back of these, and they undoubtedly have a large force to defend them. Several Southern gentry have come in and taken the oath of allegiance, and requested our General to place a ' safeguard' over their property, which was being appropriated by our troops. I believe their request has been granted in every instance, although I think the loyalty of some of them is very ques tionable. One of them has five sons in the rebel army. He tells the same old story of being a Union man, and his sons were forced into the army. The rebel gunboat Teazer keeps a constant watch on our movements, moving backward and forward in the James river, near the mouth of the Warwick. Whenever she catches a glimpse of our pickets, she runs up and salutes them with a few shells. She is a small boat, and carries only O ne gun that we can discover. It would be well for some of our gun boats to teach her better manners. As near as can be ascertained, the force opposed to us at this point is 43,000, and they are being constantly reinforced. General Peck discovered the camp fires of eight new regiments on our left last night, and we can hear them cheer upon the arrival of every new regiment. "The exciting event of the day has been a balloon reconnaisance by General Fitz John Porter on a scale of rather larger magnitude than was intended. At fivo o'clock in the morning General Porter took his place in Professor Lowe's balloon. He supposed the usual number of ropes were attached to it, whereas there was only one, and a place in this, as was afterwards ascertained, had been burned by vitriol, used in generating gas. Taking his seat in the car, unaccompanied by any one, the rope was let out to nearly its full length—the length is about 900 yards—when suddenly snap went the cord and up went the balloon. This was an unexpected part of the programme. The men below looked up with astonishment, and the general looked down with equal bewilderment. Open the valve,' shouted ' one of the men below. ' I'll manage it,' responded the general. tip went the balloon, higher, higher. It rose with great rapidity; its huge form lessened as it wildly mounted into the regions of the upper air ; it became a speck in the sky. The wind was taking it iu the direction of the enemy's territory. By this time every staff officer and hundreds of others were looking at the moving speck. It is impossible to describe the anxiety fait and expressed for the fate of him, the central object of thought, i n m e v o e v r e y i m n o o m u r e n il r b e c e c t om itohgatlef,sasr.la.iwsiabyle.molvtiinsgsesepnectko, The countenances of our men brighten with hype. It passes over our heads. Soon it begins to descend but with a rapidity that arouses renewed appre hension. Quickly a squad of cavalry, with Capt. Locke and Lieut. Al•Quade, of the general's staff, plunge spurs into their horses, and dash away in the direction of the descending balloon. The rest of the story is as I received it from the geneitt'S own lips. While the rope was being payed outle adjusted his glass in readiness for his proposed view of the enemy's territory. A sudden boiind of the balloon told him in a moment that the rope had given way. He dropped his glass, heard the call Open the valve,' made the response gives above, 14114 set About looking fpr the vaive. lie was iensibli Of being Ifighft "(the gen& Erves'ft - pun hs wall as the next one), but was not at all nervous. He saw the wind had taken him over the line of the rebel intrenchments. Having no wish to drop in among them, he let the valve take care of itself, and pro ceeded to take advantage of his position to note the aspect of rebel objects below. Crowds of soldiers rushed from the woods, and he heard their shouts distinctly. Luckily he was above the reach of their bullets, so he was not afraid on this score. The map of the country was distinctly discernable. He saw Yorktown and its works, York river and its wind- ings, and Norfolk and its smoking chimneys. A counter current of air struck the balloon, and its course was reversed. Its retreat from over rebel dom was rapid. He opened the valve, the gas escaped, and down he came. He could not say how fast he came down, but it was with a rapidity he would not care to have repeated. The car struck the top of a shelter tent—under which luckily no one happened to be at the time—knocked the tent into pie,' and left him enveloped in a mass of col lapsed oil silk. He crawled out, and found him self in the middle of a camp, not a hundred rods from General M'Clellan's headquarters. ' I came mounted, you see,' was his remark to Gen. Burns, who was about the first man by his side. He gave the details of his aerial;;voyage to General Burns, who seeing the opportunity of getting off a joke, t could not lose it. You are a suspicious character,' remarked General Burns. ' How so ?' asked General Porter. 'ln the space of half an hour you have been taken up by a balloon and ar rested by a shelter-tent." And you have come down safe, I see,' broke in Captain Locke, before the laughter at Gen. Burns's duet of puns ; I came with this cavalry company to look you up." You ought to have sent flying artillery after me,' re joined Gen. Porter." While the Federals were picking their steps to wards the entrenchments at Yorktown the Confe derate fleet made a small demonstration, which is thus described in the New York Evening Post:— " Fortress Monroe, April 11. " The long-expected Merrimac is out last, and has been lying in full sight of us hero all day, look ing black and mischievous as possible, but confin ing her warlike demonstration to looks. Will she fight P' everybody asks. Yes,' seems to be the general reply; wait until the night closes down on us, and we shall have her at work Thus far not a gun has been fired, except two from the Rip Raps early this morning, when the Merri mac first appeared. I was enjoying my breakfast in the most comfortable manner on the steamer Commodore, M‘Clellan's flagship, when the signal of the Merrimae's coining hurried me through the meal, and I hastened on deck. Far out at the mouth of James river, just off the short triangle of Se well's Point, the Merrimac and her companions were appearing in the hazy atmosphere of the ukorning— first their misty outlines, then in more sharply defined shapes,as they gradually approached down the channel, dignified, mysterious, and ter rible. Further in the rear the faint shadow of smoke arising from several points indicated the presence of other vessels, whose timorous approach so far behind indicated a peaceful character; pro bably small steamers bearing spectators to the coming fight. It is a way they have at the South. It was so at Port Royal,when boatloads came down from Charleston and up from Savannah to see the Yankees driven back. They saw how the thing WAS done there, and I devoutly hope they are to have a second edition of the same experience here. On that occasion a vessel bearing the French and English flags was conspicuous among the fleet of sightseers, betokening the presence of the Consuls of the two nations. They have their representatives here as well. Close along the path by which the rebels approach are three war steamers, one bearing the Union jack and two the tricolour of France. Presuming on their nationality they have ventured far beyond our pickets, so to speak, and lie in loving proximity to the rebel vessels, determind to see the fight at all hazards. A boat has passed between the two, if my eyes do not deceive me, though from which the messenger proceeded I cannot tell. In light of this first beautiful day which has visited us during the week, thousands of spectators can be seen gathering on the shore, along the parapets of the fort, covering the roofs of buildings, crowding the yards of vessels; everywhere swarming, watch ing the progress of events and coolly speculating on the probabilities. None seem anxious ; few are much confident. We only watch and wait. But it is dull, with so little disposition to fight shown by either side. The Merrimac evidently wants the Monitor to come further out ; the Monitor is deter mined that the Merrimac should venture further in, and so, like two knights at a tournament, they measure each other's strength before engaging. It is an ugly little trap into which the Monitor would decoy her antagonist before attacking her. That single turret, with its pair of guns, is no longer our sole reliance and hope, though I for one believe them still our main protection, with the addition perhaps of the yet untried Stevens battery, which is steaming about. This still retains a little yellow coloured cabin, erected temporarily on the after deck, and looks precisely like a common tugboat, innocent of war. The Monitor steams leisurely about, her decks at times covered with men, and again deserted by all except the look oat or two on the top of the broad tower. She has not gone at any time to-day half a mile from the shore, and a shot at her as she lies would send confusion into the fleet of merchant vessels at her back. But the Merrimac is yet too far off for that. Thus far the rebels have the laurels of the day, one of the gunboats having carried off a couple of brigs and a schooner, which lay too far out to be protected withotit a fight, which they were scarcely worth. As one of them was loaded only with sutler's stores, the quartermaster hi consoled for her loss; another had hay; of the third I know nothing. There has been great commotion among the shipping here, and they have been flitting to and fro in search of a safe anchorage. Many of them have got ten under way, the expected fight not being supposed to interfere with the movements of transports. Some have gone out heavily laden with soldiers for General M'Clellan. If the Merrimac should successfully follow their track she might in a few hours avenge Corinth. There is little danger of this. Had she the hardihood to attempt it she could scarcely ran the gauntlet of our batteries, gunboats, and forts, and escape alive. What she may or will do with the Federal flotilla is not so easily settled. It is certainly a curious sight for a people to-witness on th eir own shores who were going to dispute with the great naval Powers of the world the possession of the high seas ! Another account says, under date of April 12 b . n,at, *N t -` 7 1 445 4'; 1 A, Yjt s) 7.7r: 7 V , " This morning the sun peeped out,Coliio"V - 44` ' :;,r ;4; zon, and soon illumined a clear sky ; .-‘ was perceptible on the water, which for 4 short L ' a time obscured the vision, but at 7 a.m., it elearta. up, and instanter the rebel fleet was seen abreast of Sewell's Point. The announcement of- the ap proach of the rebels created no little excitement, as at the time their fleet appeared running directly for this point. The signal gun at the fortress was fired, and in a few minutes the garrison was under arms; and the artillerists, composed of detach ments of the Naval Brigade and Wisconsin Artil lery, soon after manned the guns on the parapet of the fortress. The large fleet of Union schooner transports which was anchored in the roads, on seeing the rebel fleet, slipped their moorings, and, favoured by wind and tide, were soon out of harm's way. Many of those in Hampton Cove, restricted by the narrow and serpentine channels, net being able to get out of themselves, were assisted by the: steamtugs, of which there are a number here. The little Monitor, which has been anxiously a v,-aitin, the reappearance of the Merrimr.e, on seeieg the latter approach got ready for action by clearing her decks, lowering her smotae and steam pipes, slip ping her anchor, and in less than 10 minutes was ready for action. Tho orders from Fleg• officer Goldsborough were, however; to act , strictly on the defensive, and to give battW only when the rebel craft should approach a cero.iff g i v en point. The Merrimac find h e jr consorts mean -Olio had approached to within, four miles of the fortress, and there she stopped, having;iis it after-. wards ,proved, a certain houndarY,'Without . , the ran g e e f i ghe guns of : the- fort, over' Wial* she Would napes., he French war steamer Catinaf; which was *oliered near tho Monitor when the - kerrimac hoyain-s'lf,,tir,,tind was taking in water from a Union schooner, took up her anchor, and, taking the schooner under the protection of her flag, proCeeded to a point between here and Newport's News, where she had already been pre ceded by the French war steamer Gassendi, and the British steamer Rinaldo. The steam transports State of Maine, Mystic, South America, and others with troops, were in the harbour, but soon moved to a haven of safety out of the range of the threatened point. The Monitor, in her defensive attitude, joined by the Stevens battery Naugatuck, steamed around in the roads, at times showing their broadsides defiantly at the rebel fleet. The rebel fleet seemed to take a cowardly advantage of the presence of the foreign vessels in the roads, and kept continually under their cover, so that had our policy been_on the offensive, we could not have fired a shot at the rebels without endangering the neu- tral vessels. Things remained pretty much in statu quo, the rebel fleet backing and filling, at times running up to the Merrimac for orders, and then steaming away. At nine o'clock, a.m., the rebel gunboat Patrick Henry left the fleet and ran into Hampton Cove by the inside channel leading from Newport's News Point towards Hampton village. At first it seemed to be a manoeuvre to induce the Monitor to change her position ; and others supposed the rebel steamer had hostile de signs on the Federal camp at Hampton (Camp Hamilton). The sequel to the problem was soon discovered, when the rebel craft subsequently joined by the rebel steamer Teaser, Was seen cutting out two Union brigs and a schooner, which were at anchor about two miles from shore. The affair was deeply humiliating, and no efforts were made by our fleet to prevent the outrage until after the rebel steamers were escaping with their prizes and under full headway for Norfolk, when the gunboats Octarora and Naugatuck were sent up Hampton Cove to a point near where the stolen vessels had been anchored. The Patrick Henry tewed her prizes to Norfolk, and returned to join the rebel fleet shortly after 12 (noon). A large number of rebel excursionists on steamers followed the fleet down from Nurfolk to see the fun ; but were doomed to disappointment, as no fight occurred up to five p.m., up to which time the robe! fleet confined themselves to the bounds established by them in the morning. At this time the Monitor . 1!: at her old moorings, but ready for action at any moment. The flog - ship did not approach the threatened scene of conflict, but was anchored several miles down the bay, from which point ull orders had to be communicated. General Wool, with his Staff, was busy throughout the day, mak ing the most ample preparation to guard against and meet the assaults of the rebel fleet, The Merri mac and her rebel consorts returned to Norfolk from the roads at half-past five o'clock last evening, without having induced our fleet, including the Monitor, to give battle on equal grounds. Moro leaving, however, she exchanged a few shots at long ranges with the Union gunboats Octarora and Stevens battery Naugatuck, the latter lying .at anchor in Hampton Cove. The practice of the Merrimac was very poor, her best gun not throwing a shot over three miles, while her opponents throw shot over three and a half miles—the Naugatuck, with her superior 100-pound Parrot gun, throwing even further." The next point of attack on the Mississippi is thus described:—" Fort Randolph is on the cast bank of the Mississippi river, near the town of Randolph, Tipton county, Tennessee, about 60 miles above Memphis, 160 below Columbus, and 180 be low Cairo. The position is naturally a strong one: Th e fort is a rough and incomplete earthwork, con structed last fall. It is built upon the Second Chickasaw Bluffs, more than 100 feet above the river, and immediately south of Island No. 34. The lower part commands the three mouths of the Hatchie river, and empties into the Mississippi, just above the town of Randolph, at the upper edge of the bluffs. These bluffs form natural parapets of batteries, and at this point command a 'view of the Mississippi river for six miles each way. Our iron clad gunboats, however, by silencing whatever guns ma y be placed on island No. 34, might enter the northern mouth of the Hatchie out of the range of Fort Randolph. The town of Randolph, near which the town stand s , cons i s t s o f h a lf a d ozen or so dila pidated frame houses, and is approached in the rear by several good roads ; but the country behind it, being full of ravines and gorges, is capable of being fortified to an almost indefinite extent. The posi- tion, however, is of no manner of use or benefit, ex cept to dispute the navigation of the river. It has no railroad communication,and as an army stationed tliere would have to depend upon the river exclu sively for the transportation of supplies, it would not require long to cut, it off and starve it out." THE SHIPBUILDING ON THE CLYDE.—Messrs. Burns have contracted with Messrs. R. Napier and Co. for a paddle to be placed on their line between Glasgow and Belfast. Messrs. J. and G. Thomson have launched at Govan a screw named the Clydesdale, owned by Messrs• David Hutcheson and Co., of Glasgow, and intended for the West Highland trade, The Clydesdale is 500 tons burden, builder's measurement, and will be fitted with engines of 110-horse power on the inverted cylinder principle, with surface condensers and other recent improvements. Messrs. W. Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, are laying down two screws of 600 tons each, for Mr. W. M‘Farlano, wire proposes to employ them in trading on the Chinese coasts. Messrs. Denny and Co. will supply each vessel with en gines of 100-horse power nominal. Tho Lotus, s crew, re. cently launched from the yard of Messrs. Henderson, Coulburn, and Co., of Renfrew, has mad e a satisfactor y trial trip. The Lotus, which will carr/ 700 tons with 10(' t. fore and aft of water, is also intended for the China t ra d e . She is propelled by a pair of inverted diagonal oscillating engines, and attained on the trial trip an average speed of 131 miles an hour. She is 21011. long, 27ft. breadth of ummus Ex ECUTION.—The beam, and 16ft, deep. A SCENE AT TOE D states that L2avemrposo most extraordi nary :I x / t e r r a :mg nonf yesterday (Wednesday) r y scene took pl ace . Af ter Calcraft bad pinioned the culprit, and the usual officers of justice appeared on the scaffold, a messenger in breathless ha;to, and hearing in hie hand a document fn m the railway office, was observed to he making his way through the crow d. Instantly the execution was stopped, it being von aidercd certain that the man was the bearer of a rcptic-ve from the Horne Secretary. The document, which was ad. dressed to the Governor of the prison, proved to be a letter forwarded to that office by a Mr. Butterfield, of Stamford street, Blackfriars-road, and requesting that the Governor would immediately forward a telegraphic message contain. ing information as to the last moments of the unhappy woman. A telegraphic frank was enclosed, with an inti. mation that the message must be in London immediately after the execution, as the writer wished to send a report to the evening papers, which " wont to press" at one o'clock, The arrival of this request at such a moment caused some amount of indignation, and the Governor handed the letter to the reporters present, by whom it was copied,", • *A; V f v~ . a ~{ RI - #