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NEI SPAPER tiZ4lgUi tnd 4, ,' team A , 3 I %NI( Z sev 3, 4 Olt: our, z tea ic • e •ri , THE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen, is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character. F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. power, in addition to 72 steam complete the building, in the sev of the dry docks and factories the reouirements of the new st pense of these works is to be spread . from 1859 to 1871. "The money to be appropriated to'illese works, is also Stated in the Minister's report. lie proposes: that the annual'grants for labour, mate) ials, arms meat, new works, and repairs, up to the year 1871, shall be raised to the sum of £2,600,000 ; he esti mates that £1,920,000 of this sum will be absorbed. in the ' annual consumption of the steam navy, works of maintenance, and the renewal of existing materials ;' leaving the annual average sum of £680,000 for the increase of the fleet and the ex tension of the naval establishments. The sum which France intends to devote to the latter purposes up to 1871, when the fleet will have reached the limit of its proposed extension, amounts, therefore, to £8,840,000. THE LONDON.—S AW Y E R'S famous LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two fish, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from. Two till Eig,ht in the spacious Saloon. In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables, cheese, and salad, ls. 64. (attendance 34.), and soup, fish, en trees, Am, a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock. Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon. An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine. F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1859. No. 20,841. PRICE 4D . STAMPED, SD. HOUSEHOLD WORDS.—The result of an application made this day to the Master of the Rolls, on behalf of Messrs. BRADBURY and Evans, having been an undertaking on the part of Mr. CHARLES DICKENS to alter the statement put forth by himself in reference to " House hold Words," Messrs. BRADRURY and EVANS have to an nounce that it is only Mr. DICKENS'S editorial connection with that work that is about to cease. March 26, 1859. winces of the provincial and municipal institutions which have been established, if not put in practice, by the Pope himself on his return from Gaeta. This project should now be completed by establish ing at Rome a Consulta, nominated by,the provincial councils, to which should be submitted the ques tions relating to the general interests of the State. " The ideas which have just been put forth form a clear and precise answer to the in.terpellation which the Government of her Britannic Majesty has addressed to the Cabinet of Turin. • PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo, with Portraits, 305., MEMOIRS of the COURT of GEORGE IV, From Original Family Documents. By the Duke of BUCKINGHAM and CIIANDOS, K.G. " The country is very much indebted to the Duke of Buckingham for the publication of these volumes—to our thinking the most valuable of the contributions to recent history which he has yet compiled from his family papers." —John Bull. WHAT are the Wild Waves saying ? 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OXFORD NEW MUSEUM. - SOCIAL SCIENCE.—THE BUILDER of THIS DAY, price 4d., stamped 5d., contains :—Fine Views of the University Mu seum, Oxford—Review of Architectural Exhibition—Presen tation of Royal Medal—Social Science ; Medical Stumbling blocks—Architectural Association Conversazione—Colouring Statues—Military Hospitals—The A cce pt e d " Ta b ernacle " Design—Art Abroad - Decisions under Metropolitan Build ing, Act—The Citrus Wood—German Railways—The Nilo meter —To Aspiring Volunteers Competitions Church building News—Patents, &c., &c.—Office, 1, York-street, Covent-garden ; and all Booksellers. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, os. 6d., THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES o f t h e URETHRA; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, ➢i.R C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for tho Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. 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I ECOND LIFE : or ELECTRICAL NERVOUS FORCE ; a MEDICAL WORK, intended for the special perusal of all who are suffering from the various forms of NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEBILITY, and the distress ing ulterior consequences to which they lead ; with practical Observations on the great Curative power of ELECTRO GALVANISM in the treatment of these Disorders, by infus ing tone and vigour in constitutions relaxed or debilitated from various enervating causes. Illustrated with Cases com piled from the Note-book of a Registered Medical Practi tioner of twenty years' standing. Unlike many vaunted restoratives, Electricity is one which commends itself to the medical man as being accordant with the soundest teachings of physiology. 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OUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL tracing theri r of DERS of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM; which vitiate the n of these distressing afflictions to causes Tuntains of Life and prematurely de stroy the vigour of ]K r3r a aonfdLilsCfAr !q er' u lvs en a tl n y d s o u n eces on the Cure of these D'i l a , °° d• With Practical Observations impotenc, and Sterility, i n "' thesf successful withoutt r a ordin t a i r i y e r e aid t., LVA N I S M i n S p ermat o r r h cc a, sptaoirnatoiry danger,po ich cases it is applied without. of medicine. BY SAMUEL L 37, BEDFORD-scit A ZERT, M.D., Registered Licentiate of the Lo do E, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine of the Universlit Society of Apothecaries, Member of the London Hospital 4 e ol ie F a _,rian g en, Honorary An erroneous impression exists that public announcements &c. on these disorders emanate only frorear c announcements but as the new Medical Act provides that qualified persons, practitioners shall assume any medical Zj e trp il l registered legally qualified can readily be distinguished —a p z t that are importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill s a e equally requisite. __ . , r In the new edition of ' Self-rreservation,' facts of mount utility are brought tofpther—facts appealing tci t ; prudence of all who are suffenng from affections which in volve the enfeeblement and ultimate loss of those powers which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks 4 the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degr a d ation. In cases where the vital essences have bee n weaken ed by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits. indisen_ minate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in eo n _ junction with the application of Local Galvanism, • have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible. Published by the Author, prioe is., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester ; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fargate, Sheffield ; Rner, High-street, Southampton ; W. Lovc.,l4lnoch-square, Glasgow; H. Powell, Westmoreland street, Dublin, or front the Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his Nadu" a 7, BedfOrdoquali• WHIM TILE ITALIAN QUESTION. MEMORANDUM PRESENTED BY THE SARDINIAN GOVERNMENT TO THAT OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY ON THE CONDITION OF ITALY. We are enabled to place before our readers the following interesting official document, dated Turin, March 1, 1859 : " The Government of her Britannic Majesty, ani mated with a kind solicitude for the fate of Italy, with the object of removing the causes which may lead to serious perturbations in Europe, has requested the Government of the. King of Sar dinia to make known what, in its opinion, are the complaints which the Italians have to bring for ward against Austria, either on account of her do mination over the provinces which she possesses in virtue of treaties, or in consequence of her rela tions with the States of Central Italy, the abnormal condition of which is admitted by all the Cabinets of Europe. "In order to respond to this appeal in a clear and precise manner, the Cabinet of Turin think it ne cessary to treat separately the two questions which are addressed to it by explaining itself in the first place on the condition of Lombardy and Venetia, and afterwards on the results of Austrian policy with regard to Central Italy. " Whatever may have been the results of the cession in 1814 of the Lombardo-Venetian States to Austria, it cannot beiisputed that their posses sion by that power is conformable to treaties; but in those treaties the fate of the people thus dis posed of is little regarded. We shall not therefore in consequence have raised a question which cannot be solved without a modification of existing treaties if the British Government had not requested us to communicate to it all our ideas on this as well as on other points. "We admit that the domination of Austria over the countries situated between the Ticino, the Po, and the Adriatic is therefore legal, but that does not prevent it from having produced the most deplorable consequences, and led to a state of things which has no analogy in modern history. " It is a fact that Austrian domination inspires a feeling of the most invincible repugnance in the minds of the immense majority of the Italian people who are subjected to it ; and also that the only feeling which they entertain towards the Govern ment is that of antipathy and hatred. "From what does this proceed ? The Austrian mode of governing has doubtless contributed to it. Her bureaucratic pedantry—the vexatious conduct of her police—the overwhelming taxes which she has established—her system of recruitment, which is more severe than any other in Europe—and her rigours and her violence, even against females— have exercised the most disastrous effects on her Italian subjects. This, however, is not the prin cipal cause of the evils which have often been pointed out. " History furnishes us with many examples of Governments which are worse than that of Austria, but less universally detested. " The true cause of the deep discontent of the li Lombardo-Venetians is that of being ruled and demineered over by foreigners, by a nation with which they have no analogy either of race, of habits, tastes, or language. " In proportion as the Austrian Government has applied in a more complete manner the system of administrative centralisation those feelings have increased. Now that this system has attained, its extreme point—that centralisation has be come more absolute than even in France—now that all local action has become ex:inct, the hum blest citizen finds himself brought into contact for the slightest reasons with public functionaries whom he neither likes nor respects, and the feeling of repugnance and antipathy towards the Govern ment has become universal. "The progress of intelligence and the diffusion of instruction, which Austria cannot entirely prevent have contributed to render them more sensible to their sad fate. The Milanese and the Venetians who return to their native land after having visited countries which enjoy a national Government feel more acutely than before the humiliation and the weight of the foreign yoke. " During a certain time the firm and indepen dent conduct of the Austrian Government towards the Court of Rome tempered the disastrous effect of foreign domination. The Lombardo•Venetians felt released from the rule which the Church exercised in other parts of the Italian peninsula over the actions of civil life, and even in the sanctuary of families. This was for them a compensation, to which they attached the highest value. " This has been taken from them by the last Concordat, which, as is notoriously well known, secured to the clergy a greater influence and more ample privileges than in any other country, even in Italy, with the exception of the Papal States. "The destruction of the wise principles introduced into the relations of the State with the Church by Maria Theresa and Joseph 11. has caused the complete loss of the moral force of the Austrian Government in the minds of the Italians. " In consequence of the causes thus pointed out, the Lombardo-Venetian provinces present the most melancholy spectacle, and one which, as already observed, has no analogy in history. It is that of a whole nation which has assumed towards those who govern it an attitude openly hostile, and which neither threats nor caresses can put down or alleviate. " It is only sufficient to go through Lombardy and Venetia to acquire the conviction that the Austrians are not established but simply encamped in those provinces. All houses, from the humblest cottage to the most sumptuous palace, are closed against the agents of the Government. In the public places, the theatres, the cafes, and in the streets, there is a complete line of separation be tween them and the native inhabitants, and any one would say that it was a country invaded by an enemy's army, rendered the more odious by its in solence and arrogance. This state of things is not a transitory fact produced by exceptional circum stances, and the more or less distant end to which can be predicted. It has endured and gone on aggravating for the last half century, and it is cer tain that if the civilising influence of Europe does not put a stop to it, the attitude of the people towards the Government will grow worse and worse " Such a state of things is not contrary to treaties as has been aboVe declared, but it is contrary to the great principles of equity and justice on which social order reposes ; it is in opposition to the pre cept which modern civilisation proclaims—that there is no government legitimate except that which the people accept, if not with gratitude, at least with resignation. " If we are now asked what remedy diplomacy can apply to such a state of things, we shall frankly reply, that if Austria cannot be induced to modify treaties, no definitive and feasible solution can be come to ; it will be necessary to put up with any palliatives. Europe must resign herself to witness impassably the painful spectacle which Lombardy and Venetia presents, until revolution—which is constantly mouldering in those countries—avail ing itself of favourable circumstances, shall vio lently break a yoke which conquest and war have imposed on them. "This spectacle would, however, become less afflicting, and the state of the Lombardo-Vene tians more tolerable, if Austria would show her self faithful to the promises which she made to the Italians when, in 1814, she excited them to rise against French domination, and if, in con formity with the proclamation of the commander in-chief of her armies, General Bellegarde, she were to establish beyond the Alps, if not a go vernment, at least an administration, entirely national, with a national army quartered in Italy and commanded by Italian officers, and institutions on the representative principle. This would be a palliative which would inspire a feeling of patience in the minds of people accustomed to suffer, and remove to a distance the dangers which now so justly excite the attention of public opinion in Europe. _ _ _ " Diplomacy, in recommending to the Cabin et of Vienna to foll ow th e p a th w hi c h h as b een pointed out, will permit a prudent and meritorious act, although we can scarcely hope that the results pro posed will be obtained. The experience 0f45 years has but too clearly shown that Austria only relies on,,her force to maintain her domination in Italy. Passing to the secon d ques ti on , v i z. , th e e ff ec t s of Austrian policy on Central Italy, the King's Government will confine itself within the circle traced out i n diplomacy by treaties and public European law.. Placed .on this ground it will not confine itself to pointing out the illegal acts of Austria ; it will in its turn invoke European en gagements violated by Austria, and will demand the execution of the measures necessary to remedy the evils which have been the consequence of that violation. This is its right and its duty. " The Treaty of Vienna made over to Austria a large part of Italy, nearly quadrupling the number of her former subjects. In adding to the Duchy of Milan—which belonged to her before the revolu tion—the Valtelline, the possessions of the Pope situated on the left bank of the Po, and all the States of the Republic of Venice, it has destroyed the equilibrium which existed in the last century. Piedmont, notwithstanding the annexation of Genoa, has no longer been Ii a state, as formerly, to form a counterpoise to the empire which com • mands the Po, the Adige, and the principal rivers of Northern Italy. " Piedmont has thus found herself in presence of a Power reckoning more subjects in Italy than herself, and disposing:of forces infinitely more con siderably than hers. " If, however, Austria had kept herself within the limits assigned by treaties, the rest of Italy would have been able to have shared in the progress which has been realised in Europe since the termi nation of the wars of the empire, and to have formed, with Piedmont, an effectual barrier against foreign influence in the peninsula. " But Austria has endeavoured from the first year after the restoration, by every means in her power, to acquire a preponderating influence over the whole of the peninsula. " By setting herself up as the declared defender of all the Italian Governments, however bad they might be, and interfering with irresistible forces whenever the people sought to obtain ameliorations and reforms from their own Government, she has succeeded in extending her moral domination far beyond her frontiers. We do not refer to the his tort' of the last forty years, for it is too well known, we confine ourselves to pointing out the present state of things, caused by the persevering action of Austrian policy in Italy generally. " The Duchies of Parma, Modena, and Tuscany have become real fiefs of the Austrian empire. " The domination of Austria over the first two is proved by the Convention of December 24, 1847.* That Convention, by giving her the right to occupy them by her troops not only when the interests of Parma and Modena might call for it, but whenever it might be useful to her own military operations, renders Austria absolute master of all the eastern frontier of Sardinia from the Alps to the Mediter ranean. And let it not be said that this is a vain menace and an imaginary danger; for only three years ago, when the Congress of Paris was still echoing with the protestations put forth by Pied mont, and supported by England, against foreign intervention in Italy, the Austrian troops were seen on a most futile pretext to occupy not only Parma, but the most distant parts of the duchy, and to encamp on the summit of the Appenines, whence they commanded the shore of the sea belonging to Sardinia. " Austria considers herself so much at liberty to do as she pleases in the States of Parma, that in contempt of the treaties which only gave her the right to keep a garrison in the citadel of Placentia, she has had constructed and is arming at this moment detached forts outside the enclosure of the city, destined to transform Placentia into a vast entrenched camp, capable of giving shelter to a formidable army. " The bond which attaches Tuscany to Austria, although less apparent, is neither less real nor less strong. It is not known whether a secret treaty exists between the two States ; but what is certain is, that on the one side the Tuscan Government knows that it may at all times and under all cir cumstances rely on the armed support of Austria to keep down her people ; and that, on the other, Austria is certain of being able to occupy Tuscany if by chance a strategical interest should counsel her to do so, " As to the Roman States, the mode of proceed ing adopted by Austria has been more simple. She has occupied them whenever political disturbances have furnished her with a pretext for so doing. Since 1831 she has crossed the Po three times, and placed garrisons in the towns of the Romagna. The last occupation has been more complete than the preceding ones, seeing that it extends as far as An cona, and has lasted for 10 years. Although at this moment the Pontifical G. ~awg nt has demanded therithdrawal of the not think that this measure could change the abnormal condition of the States of the Holy See. The depar ture of these troops, if not preceded by radical reform in all the branches of the administration, will leave the field open for revolution. Anarchy . would be substituted for foreign occupation, to again, and necessarily, have recourse to foreign occupation. "Thus the intervention of Austria in this country has been of so permanent a character that one is authorised in saying that these provinces which should have belonged to an independent Sovereign are really under the Austrian domination. "So great an extension of Austrian power in Italy, besides the stipulations of treaties is a serious danger for Pied m o n t, an d aga i ns t which its Go vernment has a right to protest. Austria, absolute mistress of the Po from Pavia to the Adriatic, creating on our frontiers a stronghold of the first order, free to occupy when it pleases her the moun tains which should serve as ramparts, and menacin g us on all sides, obliges us to maintain our forces on a ruinous footing, and far out of proportion with our financial resources. "It will perhaps be observed that the presence of the French troops:at Rome neutralises the strength of Austria and diminishes the dangers of Piedmont. Far from it. In a political point of view the occu pation of Rome by France may be of great import ance. In a military point of view it is none,•par ticularly with regard to Sardinia. "If in case of an aggression we were to appeal to France for support. the troops which that power has in Provence and at the foot of the Alps would afford us more effectual succour than those which, isolated in Rome, could only act in our behalf by embarking at Civita Vecchia. "We therefore think that the presence of the French at Rome, which, indeed, we earnestly wish to see put at end. to, does not at all diminish the force of the remonstrances which Sardinia raises against the ever-invading policy of Austria. "If Austria, acknowledging these just remon strances, would recognise the absolute independence of the other States of the peninsula, the condition of Central Italy would soon be considerably im proved. The government of these states being no longer sustained by the Austrian armies, would, necessarily be brought to . give satisfaction to the legitimate wishes of the people. But in the interest of order and of the principle of authority, and that these inevitable concessions may not be forced from them by disorders and popular movements, it is necessary that the principle of non-intervention by Austria should be proclaimed, and that the Sove reigns of Central Italy should greatly modify the political system that they have pursued for such a length of time under the protection of foreign bayonets. The Cabinet of Turin is convinced that all danger of revolution would be avoided in the Duchies of Parma and Modena if they possessed institutions simila r t o tho s e which Piedmont has enjoyed for the last 11 years. " The experience of this country shows that a system, wisely liberal, applied with good faith, may work in Italy in the most satisfactory manner, securing at the same time public tranquillity and the regular development of the civilisation of our age. As to Tuscany, all classes consider necessary the re-establishment of the constitution of 1848, which the Grand Duke swore to, and which was revoked at the very moment when, basing itself on the institutions which it consecrated the Grand Duke was restored to the throne which had been overthrown by a revolutionary movement. " With regard to the Papal States, the Cabinet of Turin cannot but see that the question presents far greater difficulties. The twofold quality pos sessed by the Pope—that of head of the Roman Catholic Church and that of Temporal Prince— renders • almost impossible (in his States) the esta blishment of a constitutional system. He could not consent to it without running the risk of often finding himself in contradiction with himself, and of being constrained to choose between his duties as Pontiff and those of a Constitutional Sovereign. "Nevertheless, whilst acknowledging that the idea of securing the tranquillity of the Papal States by means of constitutional institutions must be given up, the Cabinet of Turin thinks that the same object might be attained by adopting the pro ject which the Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King of Sardinia at the Congress of Paris had developed in the note of the 27th of March ,1856, addressed to the Ministers of France and England. This project, which received the full approbation of Lord Clarendon, reposes on the complete adminis trative separation of the provinces of the Roman States situated between the Adriatic, the Po, and the Appenines, and the development in those pro- * See Slue Seok 411618 on the affairs of Italy. " By summing them up, it appears that, in our opinion, the danger of a war or revolution would be warded off, and the Italian question, at least temporarily, solved by the following changes : "By obtaining from Austria—not in virtue of treaties, but in the name of the princi pies of huma nity and of eternal justice—a national and separate government for Lombardy and Venetia. " By requiring, in conformity with the letter and spirit of the Treaty of Vienna, that the domination of Austria over the States of Central Italy should cease, and, consequently, that the detached forts constructed outside the walls of Placentia should be destroyed ; that the Convention of the 24th of December, 1847, should be annulled ; that the occu• pation of the Romagna should cease ' • and that the principle of non-intervention should be proclaimed and respected. "By inviting the Dukes of Modena and Parma to give to their people institutions similar to those existing in Piedmont, and that the Grand Duke of Tuscany should re-establish the constitution to which he had freely consented in 1848. " By obtaining from the Sovereign Pontiff the administrative separation of the provinces beyond the Appenines, in conformity with the propositions communicated in 1856 to the Cabinets of London and Paris. " May England obtain the realisation of these conditions ! Italy, relieved and pacified, will bless her; and Sardinia, who has so often invoked her co-operation and assistance in favour of her unfor tunate fellow-countrymen, will vow to her an im perishable gratitude." THE NAVY. The Severn, 50-gun sailing frigate, which has been taken into dock at Chatham for the purpose of being converted into a screw steamer, is ordered to be cut asunder and lengthened 50 feet amidships, 18 feet aft, and 23 feet forward. As soon as the alterations ordered have been made to this vessel she will be one of the finest frigates belonging to the British navy. The screw steamer Amphion, 36, has been taken into No. 2 dock at Chatham for the purpose of having her defects made good, when she will be attached to the steam reserve. The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, having com pleted her fitments at Chatham dockyard, has been floated out of the second dock and towed to Sheer ness by the African and Adder steamers, and will be attached to the steam reserve at that port. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-sloop Ardent, Commander John H. Cave, commissioned Nov. 12, 1857, for service on the west coast of Africa, having sustained considerable damage, has been docked at Woolwich for repairs, and was yesterday paid off, and the officers and crew released from duty. The following ships were yesterday engaged by the War Department for the conveyance of stores from Woolwich—namely, the Royal Rose, for Colombo ; the Sea Park, for Simon's Town • the Malabar, for Demerara ; and the Hannah Cozier, for St. Helena. The Urgent screw steam troop-ship, Commander E. W. Hire, arrived at Spithead yesterday, after having conveyed the depot of the 77th Foot from Jersey, and disembarked them at Cowes. It is ex pected she will next proceed to Devonport to load provisions for the fleet in Bantry Bay. The Shannon, 21, screw steam frigate at Ports mouth, was yesterday moved out of No. 7 dock, at that port, to the steam basin. The Melpomene, 51, screw steam frigate, was afterwards placed in the same dock for the purpose of having a Kingston valve for the supply of her auxiliary fire engine. The Grasshopper, 2, screw steam gunboat, at Portsmouth, yesterday steamed out of the harbour to try her machinery after her late overhaul and repair, prior to her being placed in the steam reserve. The Bullfinch, 2, screw steam gunboat (tender to the Illustrious), Lieut. I. W. James, was yesterday taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth to have her boiler& taken out for examination and repair. The new steam crane on the east wall of the steam basin in Portsmouth D oc ky ar d w ill un d ergo i ts testing trial in the courso of a few days. Steam was got up yesterday for the first time. Messrs. Fairbairn, of Manchester,_ are the contractors. The steam storeship RhadamanthUt, with ma chinery from Woolwich, arrived at Devonport on Monday. She takes jurymasts and gear to Pem broke for the Revenge, appointed to be launched to-morrow. The gunboat Hind, with stores saved from the wreck of the Czar, arrived at Plymouth on Friday, and returned to Falmouth on Monday. The stead). tender Avon, Second Master J. Pal mer, from Scilly and Penzance, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday with boys for the service. The steam tender Advice, from Queenstown, ar rived at Plymouth on Wednesday. The gunboat Forward made a trial trip outside Plymouth Sound on Wednesday. The screw steamship Nile, Captain A. P. E. Wilmot, was taken out of the basin at Keyham, Plymouth, on Wednesday. It has been found necessary to take out the boilers of the screw steamship James Watt, 91, Captain E. Codd, under repair at Keyham. The screw steam frigate Topaz, at Devonport, was taken to the new north jetty on Tuesday, to give place to the screw steamship Algiers, 91, Capt. D. O'Callaghan, which is to be docked on arrival. The new screw steam frigate Forte, 51 guns, of 400 horse power (nominal), left Sheerness on Tues day on a final trial of her engines. In six times running the measured mile in the S win she ave raged 111 knots ; she made from 58 to 60 revolu tions, with a vacuum of 251 b. and 201 b. steam pres sure. After running for a trial of speed she pro ceeded towards Harwich, and returned to her moor ings at 530 p.m. The authorities, on the part of the Admiralty and Engineer Department, ex pressed themselves highly satisfied with the work ing of the engines. A letter received at Plymouth, written from the screw steamship Caesar, 90, Captain C. Frederick, dated off Greytown, March 3, states that all on board were healthy. For nearly three months they had not started "tack or sheet," and there were no signs of moving from the place. Some of the officers had not been over the ship's side for several weeks. In consequence of the increasing shallowness of the harbour, which prevents the Caesar from entering, it has been suggested that vessels of lighter draught such as gunboats, might be employed more advan tageously on this duty. Letters received at Plymouth, written from the screw steamship Orion, 91, Capt. W. Houston, dated Gibraltar, March 27, state that they, with the screw steamship Victor Emmanuel, 9, Capt. J. Wilcox, were awaiting orders. They do not expect to be sent further up the Mediterranean. It is reported among naval officers at Plymouth that the Diadem and Ctesar will be ordered home from the West Indies, aid the Orion and Victor Emmanuel from the Mediterranean, for the purpose of attending the approaching naval review at Spit head. _ _ Lieutenant A. G. E. Murray has been appointed to the Jackal, and Lieutenant S. F. Studdart to the Excellent. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as General Commandipg-in-Chief, held a levee yester day at the Horse Guards, which was very nume rously attended. Colonel Second Commandant A. Anderson, of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines, has assumed the command of the garrison of Gosport, during the absence on leave of Colonel Hurdle, commandant C. 8., Aids-de-Camp to the Queen. The Royal Marines are ordered to receive volun teers from all militia regiments. Mr. F. A. Abel, the chemist to the War Depart ment, has been engaged at Chatham in making some further experiments for the purpose of demon strating the manner in which charges of gunpowder may be fired by means of magnetic agency. The experiments took place at St. Mary's Creek, ad joining the practising ground of the Royal Engi neers, where several charges of powder were fired by the new agency discovered by Mr. Abel, which is likely to supersede the voltaic battery at present used for submarine and other explosions. The South -Eastern Railway Company have made rapid progr ess i n marking out and forwarding the works recently commence d under contract with the junction railway Depa r t men t f or t h e f orma ti on o f th e railway from Wool w i c h A rsen al to their main line, for the speedy transport of guns and war stores to the coast stations. Embankments have been levelled, ezcreseent buildings razed, and bridges commenced, so as to make the transit available with the greatest possible expedition. The Royal gun factories yes terday engaged 70 extra hands, and the Royal Car riage Department operatives are daily engaged over hours in the preparation and fitment of guns and other war stores for the coast defences and our foreign possessions. A couple of sample gun car riages and slides are in course of construction in the Royal Carriage Department on a perfectly new principle, from designs submitted to Col. Tulloh, the superintendent, by Sir Wm. Armstrong, C. 8., Government engineer for rifled ordnance. One of the carriages is intended for a 40-pounder Arm strong siege gun, for land service, and the other to work a 32-pounder ship's gun. The slope of the carriage for the reception of the gun is on an accli vity of 22 deg., which will considerably counteract the heavy recoil usually experienced with so much inconvenience, especially on board ship, where in sundry instances it has been expedient to erect an exterior scaffolding for the purpose of loading and cleaning out the gun, so as to afford space for the re coil under the confined dimensions of a ship's decks. The breech-loading principle, together with the improved gun carriage, it is suggested, will obviate the abovenamed inconvenience. THE NAVIES OF ENGLAND AND FRAN CE. A valuable report of the committee appointed by he Treasury to inquire into the navy estimates from 1852 to 1858, and into the comparative state of the navies of England and France, has just been issued. It is stated in the minute of Dec. 1, 1850, that the attention of the cabinet had been drawn to the serious increase which had taken place of late years in the navy estimates, while at the same time it was represented that the naval force of the country was far inferior to what it ought to be with reference to that of other Powers, and especially of France, and that increased efforts and increased expenditure were imperatively called for to place it on a proper footing; and it was in consequence of these statements that the committee was appointed. It appears from the report that the total amount voted for the navy for the year 1852 was £5,835,588, and in 1858 the amount was £8,851,371, showing an increase of £3,015,783, or 51 per cent. on the votes of 1852. The increase arose mainly from the excess of the sea wages, victuals, artificers, stores, new works and transport of troops, under which heads the increase over 1852 is put down at £2,752,285. The number of men and boys in 1852 was 40,761, including marines ; and in 1858 the number was 55,580, exclusive of 3,880 coastguard men employed on shore. Of this increase 9,162 men were sent to the East Indies. The increase on the other stations is stated to arise principally from line-of-battle ships having been substituted as flag ships for frigates. In 1852 the average pay of all ranks in the navy was, per man, £39 14s. Bd. per annum, and in 1858, £43 3s. ; and the report shows that this increase of pay and the wages on the additional number employed in 1858 amounted to £837,044. The victualling of the navy in 1852 was £544,507 ; and in 1858 it was £1,027,357 • an excess of £482,850, or 881- per cent. Various other items of increase are shown, amongst which is that under the head of " establishments at home." This item in 1852 was £132,647, and in 1858 was £151,634. The cause of this increase is the larger number of officers requisite in the dock yards, victualling, medical, and other establish ments, to superintend the additional men employed. The cost of artificers at home in 1852 was £666,929, and in 1858 it was £966,921 ; giving an increase of 45 per cent. The naval stores for 1852 are set down at £882,495, and for 1858 at £1,389,742; an in crease of 57! per cent. In the year 1852 the navy possessed horse-power to the extent of 44,482 ; in the last six years it has been more than doubled, amounting now to 99,512 ; the number of steam ships has increased from 177 in 1852 to 464 in 1858 ; the tonnage from 182,562 to 457,881, and the guns from 3,045 to 8,246. The report states —" An increased ratio in the cost of maintenance appears to apply to smaller vessels. Every addi tional ship, therefore, brought into commission in consequence of the mote which increases the num ber of seamen in the navy may be taken as entail ing an annual charge varying from 8 : 1, to 91 per cent. on its original cost, which is expended in the purchase of stores and wages of artificers for main taining it, thereby rendering necessary both an in crease in the quantity of stores and number of artificers. It is stated by the surveyor of the navy that at the end of 15 years, on an average, the hull of each ship requires a complete and expensive repair; that the duration of a ship cannot be esti mated at more than 30 years; that during the last 10 years 35 ships of the line and 46 frigates have been removed from the effective list of the navy ; and that on an average three line-of-battle ships ought to be produced every year merely to main tain the navy on a proper footing as respects line of-battle ships. The surveyor of the navy states that the present force in the dockyards, which com prises 4,000 shipwrights and apprentices, is not more than sufficient to build three line-of-battle ships, three frigates, and six sloops per annum, besides oxecuting the necessary repairs to all the ships in the navy. If, therefore, the naval supre macy of Great Britain is to be maintained, it is impossible to deny that a large force of artificers, and a large quantity of stores, materials, &c., must be kept up in our dockyards." The report further proceeds to set forth that " in the year 1851 the expenditure for steam engines did not amount to £103,000. In 1852 it exceeded £200,000 ; in the last six years £3,423,021 has been expended, giving an average of £570,503 a year. The money votes in the six years from 1852 to 1858 for labour, timber, and stores, for the purposes o building and converting ships, and keeping the navy in repair, exclusive of the purchase of steam engines and cual, and building vessels by contract, amounted to £14,105,096 ; the amount provided during the late war for building gun-boats and floating batteries, and other vessels was £1,633,147', but a sum exceeding £3,000,000 was actually expended. The whole sum expended between 1852 and 1858, and voted in the latter year for labour, including superintendence and ma terials, but not including ordnance, amounts, it will be seen, to about £24,000,000. The concluding part of the report is devoted to an elaborate comparison between the navies of this country and France. The committee premise that although they are enabled to obtain tolerably accu rate information as to the numbers, tonnage, and so on of the ships in the French navy, that it is impos sible to ascertain their real condition and efficiency at sea. The number of line-of-battle ships absolutely complete is the same, 29 in both cases ; 21, however, are in process of construction in this country, while France possesses only 11 in this condition. England has 26 frigates complete and 8 in process of con struction. France has 34 and 12 in process of con struction ; 17 of the complete English frigates are, however, screws, while only 15 belong to this class in France. France, again, has four iron-plated ships building, while this country has none. It is stated that these iron-sided ships, of which two are more than half completed, will be substituted for line-of-battle ships ; their timbers are of the scant ling of a three-decker ; they are to have 36 heavy guns, most of them rifled 50-pounders, which will throw an 801 b hollow percussion shot ; they will be cased with iron ; and so convinced do naval men seem to be in France of the irresistible qualities of those ships, that they are of opinion no more ships of the line will be laid down, and that in ten years that class of vessels will have become obsolete. In 1852 the horse-power of the engines belonging to the English navy was 44,482 ; to the French navy, 27,240. Since that year England and France have advanced pan/ passu in the increase of the horse power of their steam navies, and consequently Eng land has not at present the same relative superiority over France she then possessed. The additions, also, i made to the horse-powers of the two navies, has been in France principally with the larger class of vessels, in England with the smaller. As regards sailing vessels, England has 35 lime-of-battle ships, of which six are proposed to be converted into steam ships. France, 10, of which only two are con vertible; England has 70 frigates (of which 27 only aro reported by the surveyor as effective sailing ships), France, 32, of which it is supposed that 9 or 10 will be•converted into steam transports, the remainder being too old for conversion ; there are in both countries several other vessels which, being too small for conversion, it is not necessary to notice. The total number in the two sailing navies is, England, 296 ; France, 144. The expense of the French navy for the last seven years has been £38,935,384, that for England, £3 5, 1 7 9 , 58 6. The present dockyard area of the two countries is al most the same, 866 acres in England, 865 in France. The committee, in conclusion, say.— " We beg also to direct your lordships' attention to the prospective outlay contemplated by France to complete her steam navy and her naval establish ments. " According to a report of the Minister of Marine, prefixed to the French navy estimates for 1859, it appears that it is intended to raise the French steam navy to 150 vessels of war of various classes, built after the best models, with ongiueo of full " The proposed annual grant of £2,600,000 would amount, in 13 years, to £33,800,000. Maintenance and renewal will absorb nearly three-fourths of this sum, leaving the above sum of £8,840,000, or rather more than one-fourth, to be devoted to the increase of her strength in ships and naval establishments. The sum granted in England by Parliament in the year 1858-59 for the same services in the navy estimates, including £757,000 for naval ordnance and ammunition provided for in the army estimates, amounted to £3,754,000, being £1,154,000 in excess of the increased annual grants proposed by France for the next 13 years. Before we can ascertain how much of this sum, or of any smaller sum, can be con sidered applicable to the increase of our steam navy and Naval establishments, it will be necessary to fix the strength of the fleet to be maintained in com mission, fcr the larger the number of ships in com mission, the larger must be the sum for mainte nance, outfit, and repairs ; and, consequently, the smaller will be the margin available for the increase of our existing force. France founds her calcula tions upon a return to her peace establishment of 1852, the number of her ships in commission for 1859 being 152, against 175 in the year 1852 ; and the number of seamen afloat being 25,784 against 25,016 in 1852. Our position is very different. On the Ist.4.Ncember, 1858, our ships in - commission mplemeats, as Awnpared with 1852, were as follows :-- Ships. Dec. 1, 1858 .. 267 Dec. 1, 1852 . . 203 Increase .. Guns. Complements. 4,649 .. 47,953 . 3,584 . . 36,372 64 .. 1,065 .. 11,581 " This number is exclusive of a further increase of 3,302 marines on shore, including 1,800 employed on shore in China, also of 3,880 seamen employed in the coastguard on shore; making a total increase in 1858, as compared with 1852, of 18,763 seamen and marines. " It is clear, therefore, that although the sums voted on our navy estimates for labour and mate• rials are greater than those expended in France, a much smaller proportionate surplus is available for building new ships. " It is desirable to refer to a programme of engi neering works which has been laid before us, in which it is estimated that to complete the new works considered necessary in the several naval establishments a sum of £1,351.000 will be required. This sum, if spread over six years, will render it necessary to provide annually £50,000, to cover the cost of new works, alterations, re-constructions, and. ordinary repairs. The amount vo t e d f or 1858-59 for new works, improvement, and repairs, was £585,862. " The progress which France has made and may hereafter make in the formation of a steam navy is a consideration which cannot be overlooked in de termining the amount of our future naval expendi ture," It appears from the appendix to the report that the number of seamen and marines voted in 1852 was 41,166, and the expenditure £6,527,811. The number voted in 1853 was 45,500, and the expen diture £7,197,804. The number voted in 1854 was 63,500, and the expenditure £15,017,591. The number voted in 1855 was 70,000, and the expen diture £19,590,833. The number voted in 1856 was 61,000, and the expenditure £14,664,514. The number voted in 1857 was 55,200, and the ex penditure £9,962,839. The number voted in 1858 was 55,500, with the addition of 8,880 coast-guards on shore, and the estimated amount of expenditure was £9,839,589 ; but the actual expenditure is Stated to be " not complete." The excess of expen: diture over grants in 1853 was £77,099 ; in 1854 it was £204,982, £211,820 in 1855, and £133,383 in 1857. The surplus of grants over expenditure was £177,935 in 1852, and £1,904,100 in 1856. The number of ships employed on the Ist of December, 1852, was 203, the guns 3,584, and the men 41,165 ; while the number of ships in 1858 was 267, the guns 4,649, and the men 56,048. A foot note to the report states—" It has been considered right to omit from this report various passages founded on confidential reports and communications made to the Government. The statements respecting the French navy have been derived from authentic sources." LONDON AND EASTERN :BANKING CORPORATION. " An Unfortunate Creditor" of the London and Eastern Banking Corporation, makes the following complaint with regard to the position of the cre ditors of that establishment. As the bank was formed under the old law of unlimited liability, it affords a fine example of the value of the " security" imparted by that system : " is now two years since the London and Eastern Bank stopped. A large Indian bank tried to mitigate the wetter by stepping in and taking the liquidation into its hands. A new law was then brought into operation, by which the liquidation was transferred to Chancery. Feeble attempts were made by the despairing creditors to get some thing from the wreck by appealing to Bankruptcy, but relief was not to be got this way. After all the time that has elapsed, we have now protection of Chancery,' ' two official managers ,' one creditors ' representative," Court of Bankruptcy,' &c., and all shielding the shareholders. As ,is natural wherever there are Chancery proceedings, every one has gone to sleep. Creditors not only cannot take any legal steps against their debtors, but are unable to hear anything that is going on, and not a sixpence seems forthcoming. Is this law? Is this justice? The whole debts of the corporation do not, I believe, exceed £150,000, and apparently not a step is taken to draw the amount from a fairly wealthy proprietary ; or, if any money is wrung from them, who gets it ?" PROBABILITY OF MARRYING.--A table inserted in a paper in the Assurance Magazine exhibits results of a rather startling character. In ;the first two quinquennial periods, 20-25 and 25-30, the probability of a widower marrying in a year is nearly three times as groat as that of a bachelor. At 30 it is nearly four times as great ; from 30 to 45 it is five times as great ; and it increases, until at 60 the chance of a widower marrying in a year is 11 times as great as that of a bachelor. It is curious to remark, from this table, how confirmed either class becomes in its condi tion in life—how little likely, after a few years, is a bachelor to break through his settled habits and solitary condition ; and, on the other hand, how readily in proportion does a husband contract a second marriage who has been deprived prematurely of his first partner. After the age of 30, the probability of a bachelor marrying in a year diminishes in a most rapid ratio. The probability at 35 is not much more than half that at 30, - and nearly the same proportion exists between each.quinquennial period afterwards. [ADVERTISEMENT±.-Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Hooping Cough.—This harassing disease, now very pre valent, and largely swelling the bills of mortality, is sure to extend its dominion, for its contagiousness contaminates all children previously unaffected. 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