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THE WAR IN CHINA. " The operations of the allied forces at Peiho," says the liloniteur, " have assumed a character which has strongly excited public attention, and as the details brought by the last mail are eagerly sought after, it appears useful to point them oat. " The embarkation of all the French troops took place on the 26th July at Che-Fu ; they arrived, after a fortunate passage, on the 28th .in the Bay at about 12 miles from the pass of .Peh-Tang. " The Peh-tang river, lying to the north-west of the river Peiho, is a stream that falls into the gulf of Petchili. Three leagues from the coast it passes through an agglomeration. of 500,000 souls, and one of the largest corn markets in the Empire. As far as the eye can reach all round, the country ap pears ,to be one vast mars... Every way, when the tide is up, there is nothing but water ; and when the tide has ebbed nothing but mud. , g A reconnaissance composed of officers of the navy and army was sent by General de Montauban' into the river of the Peh-Tang, which is very little known ; they left during the night, and were able to ascend three miles up the river without meeting with anything besides fishing boats. " On reaching that distance, the officers endea voured to land on the right bank of the Peh-Ting, but they met with great difficulties. "After having waded for about 200 yards in the water, on a muddy bottom, they met' at low water with a .layer of mud, through which a man might walk up to the ankle ; the layer extended over a width of 300 yards, as far as the firm ground. The pass of Peh-tang at high water is ten feet deep, and the gunboats alone could cross it. " The sea having become rough, the troops were obliged to remain on board until the Ist Atxgu*, On` that day the weather appeared calm enough for the light steam vessels, drawing less than nine feet water, to tow the different boats having on board in French troops 2,000 men, a battery of 4-pounders, one of mountain guns, a section of engineers, one of ' ambulance, and 200 coolies. It had been arranged between the commandants of the allied forces that the English should laud the same number, minus the artillery. . _ . " At half-past 12, the time of high water, the bar was crossed ; the flotilla, having advanced as far as the point at which the reconnaisancetook place, re ceived orders to anchor. The water still covered the banks of the Peh-tang to a great distance, and the forts on the right and left banks as well as se veral large but poor-looking villages could be dis tinctly seen. In the midst of the latter might be distinguished that of Peh-Tang-Tcheu, which com municates with the Peiho by means of a rode from six to seven feet wide. " It was important to surprise the foris by a vi gorous movement, and more particularly to prevent the Chinese from destroying a bridge which united the above road to the village. The troops re ceived orders to get into the water at half-past , three ; and it was decided that the gunboats only should leave at midnight, pass under the fire of the forts, and then turn and take them in the rear, while the land force, composed of 4,000 men and two French batteries, should take them on the flank by following the road. " General de Montauban got into the water at the head of his troops. General Grant followed his example, and soon the allied forces touched the firm ground, so difficult to reach, and which will not be quitted until after the capture of the forts of the Pei-ho. Cries of ' Vive l'Empereur !' to which the English replied by an enthusiastic hurrah, preyed that this improvised sea bath and the tiresome march through the mud of the river, had only tended to excite the energy of the assailants. " The remainder of the troops and the battery of mountain guns were landed while waiting until the state of the ground would allow of the four pounder guns being got on shore. " The Ist Brigade occupied the Peh-Tang road ; the 2d encamped at a short distance from them, and the English were on the right. A detachment of 200 men from each army took up a position on the bridge of communication between the road and the village. • " An order had been given for the troops to be under arms at three o'clock in the morning, when General de Montauban was informed that the Eng- lish General (Grant) and Lieut.-Colonel Dupin had penetrated into the fort, which hud been evacuated by the nhinc.e, who had only left there two wooden canon hooped with iron. " The Chinese took the precaution of under mining the fort and of depositing in six different places shells of the largest size with fusees carefully disguised. Our men in walking would have in evitably caused them to go off if General de Mon tauban had not adopted the precaution of sending a company of sappers to look for any mines made by the besieged. "At five o'clock the allies occupied the fort, and the flotilla anchored under their protection. " The troops entered Peh-tang Tcheu, a large town of 30,000 souls. All the authorities had taken to flight, and the inhabitants appeared greatly alarmed. The populations become more savage or more timid as we advance towards the nein. In this country fresh water is very difficult to find the boats which supply the place with it had all left, but the naval officers took measures to obtain a supply. " On the 2d August several groups of horsemen were seen on the road, which leads from the Peh tang to the Pei-ho, and a Tartar camp having been perceived the allied generals agreed to make, very early next morning, a reconnaissance in the direc tion of that camp, under the orders of General Collineau. " A rather sharp cannonade was heard at about eight o'clock in the morning ; the troops had fallen in with about 2,000 or 3,000 horse men and infantry, who protected an entrenched camp at five miles from Peh-tang, and at less than a mile from the point of junction between the road of that place and those of Tien-tsin and the Pei-ho, The frequent discharges, the noise of which put on the alert the English and French garrisons of the fort of Peiho; arose in great part from a battery of large rampart guns placed in front of the enemy's camp, which swept the road by which the troops engaged in the reconnaissance were ad vancing in good order. "As the forts on the left bank of the Pei-ho were not far from the scene where the action appeared to he taking place, General de Montauban mounted his horse, and went in that direction with another section of mountain artillery and a company of in fantry. He found General Collineau, who, with his customary energy, had taken the best dispositions to fulfil the mission confided to him, the object of which was a simple reconnaissance, not a serious engagement. " After it was clearly proved to the Tartars that we had driven them from their advanced posts, and that we remained firm under their fire the troops returned to Peh-Tang without having lost a single man; and only a very few English and French soldiers received wounds which were - without gravity. " The entrenched camp, which was defended by the Tartar cavalry, was occupied by the infantry; it is placed in advance of a rather large village, which appears to be Ta-ku. " These Tartar horsemen remind one of the Arab goums, exclusive of the courage of the individuals ; they appear to manage their horses with facility ; their weapons consist of bows, arrows, and muskets. They have well organised advanced posts, and no one can leave Peh-Tang without the cavalry of those posts making signals which must be seen at a great distance. "The firmness of the European troops appears to surprise the Chinese soldiers. The attack of the entrenched camp was to have closely followed the reconnaissance of General Collineau ; the occupa tion of that point by the allied troops was the more desired froth the fact that the stay at Pell tang presented serious difficulties as regards the. supply of water to men and horses, and from the place being damp and unwholesome, it might have affected the sanitary state of o tionary corps, • The carrying by force of.thc en r 3j ri p was to have taken place on Au:. I: " At the moment the despatches were sent off, a mandarin with a blue button, escorted by two horsemen, had displayed a flag of truce, and brought propositions on the part of the Chinese Govern ment; but it was not known what.the nature of those propositions were. The navy and the troops of the allies were rivalling each other in devoted ness, impatience, and ardour, and Were preparing for a decisive conflict. The next accounts can not, then, fail to 'be important and , of great in- :erest." 711 E IV :IVY . -Her Maydrs ships Bla6k Eagle and Vivid:VW- - ders to the flag ship Fisgard at Woolwich, Masters John E. Petley and Henry W. Allen, yesterday returned to their moorings off the dockyard, from service with the royal squadron. The former vessel' brought up the carriages and baggage of the Court, which were landed at the Arsenal pier at 10 a.m., and were promptly conveyed to London. The new screw steam frigate Newcastle, sister vessel to the Bristol, under construction at Wool wich, was yesterday brought down from Deptford in tow of the Admiralty tugs Monkey, Bustler, and Widgeon, and was made fast for the night at Greenhithe, on her way to Sheerness, to be brought forward for service. The steam sloop Rosario, launched on Wednesday at Deptford, is moored at Woolwich, to be entered in the steam reserve of that yard. The steam troopship Dee, T. C. Pullen, Master commanding, yesterday arrived at Woolwich from Plymouth, calling at Portsmouth, and is under orders to reload with machinery and steam gear, for the same destination. In consequence of Admiralty orders having been received at Chatham for laying down several addi tional vessels at that dockyard the greatest activity now prevails in the shipwright and other depart ments, in order that those line•of-battle and other screw-steamers at present on the stocks, and in various stages of progress, may be completed with every possible despatch. The vessels most forward and which it is expected will be completed and ready for launching during the present financial year, are the Undaunted, 51, 600-horse power, one of the improved class of screw frigates recently in troduced into the British navy; the line-of-battle two-decker Bulwark, 91, 800-horse power; and the screw corvette Rattlesnake, 21, 400-horse power. The Undaunted is rapidly approaching completion, and when launched is to be equipped with the long range Armstrong rifled guns. She has been con structed throughout from the plans and drawings of Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, Controller of the Navy, several alterations and improvements having been effected by him in her form. The Belvidere, 51, 600-horse povier, a sister frigate to the Undaunted, has been laid down on the adjoining slip, and is already in a very advanced state. The Royal Oak, 91, line-of-battle screw steamer; 800- horse power, although only commenced a short time since, is progressing very fast and is being pushed forward with all despatch. The Reindeer, 17, screw steamer, 200-horse power, is about half finished. The Myrmidon, 4, 200-horse power, screw despatch gun vessel, the last of the vessels laid down at thief anovynra. is being put in frame, and orders have been received that she may be finished with the least possible delay. In addition to the above squadron of vessels building the Bombay, 81, 400-horse power, and the Arethusa, 51, 500-horse power, have been converted from sailing ships to screw steamers, and are both nearly ready to leave their respective docks. The ships building and in course of conversion at Chatham Dockyard give an aggregate of 30,000 tons, 459 guns, and 4,700-horse power. The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan mure, H. T. Moore, commander, from Woolwich Arsenal, yesterday continued her voyage from Til bury Fort for Devonport, laden with 340 boxes of Armstrong shot; 3,427 Armstrong shells ; 4,000 6-pounder shot ; 2,000 quarter barrels and 200 half barrels of powder and ammunition; 40 chests of arms, and other military stores, for coast defence purposes. The lady who christened her Majesty's ship Rosario at Deptford, on Wednesday, was Miss Warde, the daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Warde, Staff Officer of Pensioners, and not of Capt. Ward. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Wm. Striven, master's-assist., to the Himalaya ; Henry S. Ray, paymaster, to be secretary's clerk to the Victory ; Charles A. Prit chard, paymaster, to be secretary to Rear-Admiral Stopford ; and Francis A. Carter, clerk, to the Hogue. THE ARMY. The military invalids from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, who reached Portsmouth in the screw steamer Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe, arrived at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, yesterday afternoon, in charge of Lieut. D. B. Moriarty, 2d battalion, 6th Regiment. The number of invalid troops who reached Chatham was 105 non-commissioned officers and men. No death occurred among the troops on board during the voyage. On their arrival at Fort Pitt yesterday afternoon the invalids were medically inspected by the staff at that establishment, when 27 non-commissioned officers and men were taken into hospital for medical treatment, and the remain der forwarded to the invalid establishment, St. Mary's. In the announcement which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, quoting the regimental order issued by Colonel Charles Bingham, it should have been stated that Major Field had been appointed "Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General," in stead of "Deputy-Assist. Adjutant• General," to the Royal Artillery on the staff at - Woolwich, on the retirement of Capt. Freeth. SUICIDE OF THE HUNTSMAN OF THE DURHAM COUNTY HOUNDS.—lntelligence has just reached us that a well-known character, whose death will be much deplored by all those who knew him—we mean " Tom, the hunts man" of the Durham County Hounds—committed suicide yesterday morning by hanging himself at Sedgefield.— Newcastle Chronicle._ _ _ .- [ADTSUTISEMENT.I Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E S. 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SOLOMONS' Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns having lenses of pure German Glass, and being arranged with Solomons' beautiful light, which surpasses any other for its simplicity and brilliancy, a clear disc is obtained 20 feet diameter, hitherto unattained. Slides in gfeat variety. They also beg to introduce their new Instrument, which is one of the most amusing and in structive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, Armstrong's shot, and many wonderful effects, price 255, Also, the improved Life-boat Barometer, by Admiral Fitzroy; it needs no comment upon its superioriby, and is now arranged by them for the use of the public. Price £4 4s. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Picea dilly, W. „"11)ECTACLES.—SIGHT AND HEARING.— K.J DEAFNESS.—A newly-invented instrument for ex treme cases of deafness, called the SOUND MAGNIFIER, Organic Vibrator, and Invisible Voice Conductor. 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Will show distinctly a person to know him at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from 8 to 10 miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast guard are makidg use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes, 3i inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 34 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles' die tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen ; they are in endless variety, of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal letters patent. —Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, W. CHINESE PROCLAN4 TION. The following proclamation has beep posted on the walls of Shanghae; the translation is taken from the North China Herald Le, of the verily Heaven-ordained Celestial King dem of Great Peace, Commander of the Imperial Body Guard, Imperi al Commander-in-Chief, Loyal and Righteous, the Faithful King (Chung Wang), once more most impressively and distinctly proclaims And ordains, that all may understand and not be confused, thereby calling down sorrow on themselves. I, carrying out the heavenly commands, have for no small number of years led as one man my mighty soldiers to - the slaying and extermination of the. destructive imps. It having occurred to me that within a hundred li of Nanking itself were many myriads of demons, my heavenly soldiers swept them away-as by a flood. Everybody has either or rd of these thine, so there is no use in my a nig them. -- Vier leavinrNanking we came through Chu Jung, Tanyang t Changchow, and Wuhsi, to Soochow; through a journey of many hundred li we never received a check. We have recovered every place (from the Manchoos) and all the imps have now hidden their carcases by the seashore. Now I ask you people what is the use of shaking and trembling ; why don't you choose the right side P Everybody is aware of my forbearance. It is my determination now to lead the whole of my mighty troops to the capture of Shanghae and the extermination of the imps, nor shall this my intention ever be absent from me early or late. During my march the people everywhere fled, first to Soochow and afterwards to Shanghae —like birds fearing the bow, there is no resting place for them. Is it not so? It was on this account that I, looking up and acting according to the life loving benevolence of God (Shang-ti) and the world-rescuing heart of the True Holy King, did not wish to lead troops against Shanghae too quickly; but having pity on you, I issued a pro clamation for your guidance. All good people should have deeply reflected (let. wash head and wipe face), and with all speed have submitted themselves, thus walking on the right path. Shanghae is but a hundred li or so from Soochow, in which place I have now been for two months ; you should have made a book for presentation to me, containing a list of your houses and families ; or standing on the roads, you should have respect fully offered a cup of wine as a token of your sub mission. Instead of so doing, you have seized and killed the messengers sent by me to execute my commands; your wickedness has really no limit, and is unpardonable. The ancients previous to a fight exchanged cour teous civilities, nor were the heralds ever killed. How is it that "you Shanghae people alone with stand all reason, and still listen to impish man darins who do you nothing but injury ? Your offences have now reached the climax that compels me to set troops in motion for your extermination, and I have consequently ordered a Pai-Yuen-shih (Generalissimo) to precede me on the way to Shanghae. • Although I should properly spare you on no ac count whatever, yet apart from punishment, I have still a merciful intention towards you, and therefore once more emphatically advise and direct you at once on seeing this to reform. I have hitherto taken cities without number, and it would behove you to amend your faults, and so be in the way of having your lives spared. From the first outbreak of righteousness in Kwangsi until the present time ten years have passed, during which time no enemy could withstand, and no attack could repress us. Should your little place, only a span in size, brave us and refuse to listen to us ? Shanghae is an intel ligent city enough, let the people take the good and the evil, and make their choice (of sides). I issue this proclamation strongly to command and advise you ; you know that an egg can't oppose a atone ; make up your minds, then, speedily, and submit yourselves; and when the soldiers shall have come, :13 one fraction of any thing shall be exacted from you. if you won't put confidence in me, but run away, every one of you, with the idea that you can withstand me, why, do exactly as you please. I will establish my will firm as a mountain, and my com mands shall be as flowing water. Immediately after 1 have informed you by this my soldiers will arrive; they are not going to wait for you ; don't say that I gave you no warning. Tremblingly obey, and don't slight this. Heavenly Kingdom of Universal Peace, 10th year, 6th month. THE END OF 711 E SEA-SIDE SEASON. (Front Punch.) Our Ramsgate correspondent writes to us as fol lows :—" If the ghost of Goldsmith were to rise up at this time, with a wish to add a line or two to his Deserted Village,' he could not well do better than take the train to Ramsgate, and muse in mournful numbers' on its melancholy aspect. Everything and everybody soon would clearly enough show him that the season is all over. Even the poet Thoth son, who wrote four books about the Seasons, could hardly find materials to write two lines now about this. The few visitors who linger sadly on the pier flit noiselessly as though they were the ghosts of the departed, and pass with downcast looks as though ashamed of being seen there. They move about with all the air of melancholy maniacs, and if they stay much longer they will run the risk of being carried off to private madhouses and clapped into strait waistcoats. The steamboats come in daily with nobody on board except the crew and captain. The shilling-an-hour boatmen have laid up their crafts in winter quarters, and have rigged their better halves in bran •new gowns and bonnets. The bathing machines are all drawn up so high and dry that it seems to be a problem if they ever ' will be wet again. Not a donkey brays defiance on the beach ; not a bath chair is now visible, even with a telescope. Not a wooden spade or sand-heap is there by the sad sea waves ' • not an organ, or a bagpipe, or a German band is audible. All the minstrels with blacked faces have taken themselves off to Charlestown' or some other locality ; and the Tyrolean tenor who sings so sentimentally and sweetly out of tune, with one eye closed in strong emotion, and the other looking out for coppers, has left us with his wife and small harmonium-playing son, and is probably now singing to some al fresco inland audience. More saddening fact still—the vocal vendor of crisp hardbake, delicate drops, and tempting toffy, has at one fell swoop deprived us of his sweet songs and his sweet stuffs, and has left us lollipopless to lament his absence. " Paragon is a wilderness ; grass is growing in High-street, and hay, if there were sunshine, might be made on half the pavements. The shopkeepers have mostly put their chains and shutters up, and are now engaged in counting over their unholy gains, and in sending conscience money to the income tax collector. The lodging-letters have emerged from their coal cellars and dust bins, or whatever other holes be in the summer time their sleeping places. It is believed that they would occupy the bedrooms which in summer time fetch five guineas a night, but that they are haunted with the ghosts of recent victims, who came, saw, and were fleeced, and flea bitten into the bargain, The flys have flown away, or else hybernating in back slums; the r iding horses have returned to their normal occupations,nin a and are now drawing bakers' carts or working to g visit circus. The hotel-keepers have vanished their estates, or confer with Bfaerwonayßofoethmspchloiyld about buying up the Bank, as a. ra ing some of their spare millions. n short, so dull the il t e e i n r is ltamsgate, that the brigand's oc cupation is, like ° are p now the only Othello's, gone. A cat or two N en the fleas, it is y beasts of prey left payable. flightaffirm affirmed, have h b a e v e e n this Kopf asti r7ed retreatth e t w i o g f . thousand." ......O.IINONOOO laW/m/MMOMIN •Wdescribedeek AUTUMNAL HERRING VOY:AGE . , LOWESTOFT, This fishery, we are ha pp y to repot 11, i s progressing most favourably. On Monday nearly dl the boats had good safers, and one or two had as many as three lasts. Prices ranged from 3s. 7d. to 4s. 10d. per 1 kundred. One boat has a l rea dy made over 4200.-13ory (4t4 2\ 7 0,1(404 2'04 G/L .RATEY AT L.ZVERPOOL. e'--e_- The Free Library presented by Mr. William ke-.- Brown to the people of Liverpool, was inauguri4 ; ea s na,„snee on 'Wednesday. The building itself is descrilansr,r , l Very handsome : k a‘ a-a:Oar:es:e ws astes !-:\.- X 4 -1 It is placed on the no rth side of Sha'-brow,, a --SV close prox i m ity with the north end of St. George's -a ~, . . 'pa n d a Hall, and on a level corresponding with the genera .N a features of that structure. E xternall y its p rinci p al • cl front consists of a handsome hexastyle portico of Corinthian architecture, surmounted by a pediment.. The shafts of the columns are plain, and rest on a .. basement to which access is obtained by a hand- Procrastination has its advantages, w hich are , some flight of steps. At each side of the central hidden from the eyes of superficial and CO'narrins p or tico th e re i s a wing, with a slightly projecting place moralists. The philosophers of the AdmiT. o3t Y flank, sufficiently ornamented to relieve it from any - arc cleaaly alive to this fact, and are resolved to silol' charge of tameness or monotony, yet not of such that a vice which is said to be the thief of time sh,\l-` importance as to interfere with the p redominating. at least prove . in their hands the means of saving; , l aspect of the portico. Interiorily th e chief architec- English mon e y . They will allow the French Go- aural feature of the edifice is a noble central hall, en- Terns:cent to waste time end money in naval experi- t ering . from a vestibule of moderate dimens ions and meats, an ei com mit the folly of being prompt,while 1 1 t 1 , stetul decoration. The hall spokenof is 96 feet long to re a p the advantage and bor- i ' a, they stand ;wily , row the experiment iv hick, a t any rate ,until_yes_ two l aortions in its height lay a gallery, on the front for. bheridan's teriay, they determined not to pay ~. of senich a handsome stone balustrade extends come maxim of doing nothing to-day that can be done .Pletely round the hall. The gallery is su pp orted t o -morrow, because w hen to-morrow conies you n la a Y on square pillars, above which there is a cortespond not have to do it, scone to be earning some juetiti ing range . 4.1 lonic columns extending nearly to the cation in the case of frig to building ;and it is just r00f,,. an d supporti ng a series of groaned arches. The propensity of our naval ceiling, which is richly ornamented... is pierced by possible that the, habitual officials, of always being in the wake of the national 1 three square apertures filled with pound glass, determination, may i n thi s i ns tance prove an adVane which transmit a copious supply of grasivated light, tage. The game of paradoxes is,. however, always further augmented by the light of seven large win a difficult one, and in such an important affair as dows on the east and west sides of the ha2l, so high. shipbuilding is actually dangerous. ,It is possible lasto be almost top lights •lii all the easea:'• The that by having waited thus long the Admiralty are lower portion of this fine hall it is proposed dill just in time for positively the latest invention in fuxther to enrich by the introduction of statuary. naval architecture ; and the country may be saved Its upper portion or gallery is b e appropriated to the expense of six Warriors and as many Rams, the purposes of a picture gallery, for which its fine which, if it had possessed a hasty and lavish Adnii - mellowed light and great exte e nt edc admirably fit i t. rally, it would have been oblig ed to p a y for. • The wing portions 9f th e Contain Without thinking .it necessary to consider the! wally useful really working or practically P a of p artments or eastern p art Times the supreme authority upon naval architecture 1 the institution. The right band,. o f the public will commend the enterprise of our con- ' the building, is devoted exclusively to the purpose% . temporary in promptly bringing under i t s notice the 0 . f the librar y ; the left , or west part, to those of latest scheme for casing our ships with iron. So th e museum. The leading feature o the_ fo r t l on g, is long as it seems to be a law that Englishmen can- a barge and commodious reading; the 108 feet 101,1 g, not go to bed without the prospect of being faced 49 feet wide, and 50 feet high in the ceiling. b itir in the morning with some new warlike contrivance, cas Sesrn side is to a great extent occupied sr a . Tun.- no invention whatever is entitled to be regarded as ter, e a som behind which the librarian's assis south-. final, and every one sees that t he difficult y of the will mi. pply books to the readers. To the h. authorities lies in the surprising energy of the east of Otis is a " reference" reading-room, in w_ c suggestive or creative faculty of our scientific men. books of a more valuable class may be consulted, ~ , ~,,,, All that can be done is to lose no time in balancing An intee:esting feature of the museum departs. the qualities of each new-born scheme, and to take ment consists of the spacious hall, devoted to the • • care that in settling the differences to a nicety we pur p o ses of t e Polytechnic gallery, or museu.m of do not get behind our less discriminat in g and more practical meclattanical science. This is 86 feet long, sanguine rivals. They at least hare adopted what by 50 feet wide, and 50 feet high. Mr, lohn seems to be an undeniable truth, that iron is more Weightman, the borough surveyor, designed to durable than wood, and while we have been superintended the ?minding, which, as ,a minor struggling to ascertain how much better one is matter of detail, it islay be mentioned has cost than the other they have been content to rely upon somewhere about £40,000. the general truth. Procrastinating and undecided, The munificent donor a this very handsome and the Admiralty have only had time to admit the useful edifice, it should be mentioned, is Mr. William. superiority of iron in a general way, and then ii Brown, the principal partner in the extensive mer all haste to make an iron construction of some kind t eantile firm of Brown, Shippley, and Co., of Liver upon the most likely principles. The question of p o ol, a gentleman who has long - occupied a promi its penetrability must be settled at a future time ; ne d position among the leading commercial men of no matter so that the ships are built. It must be this town, and who, it May be W ielAbered, was one confessed that amid the consternation of alarmists of the Parliamentary representatives of South Lan- - and the differences of scientific men it is something cas hire fai three successive Parliamelitsnfrom -which of a relief to hear of a plan which offers a plausible position lee i retired at thedastgenezaisselection. The expectation that the difficulty is met—at least for library has been purchased by the L ibrar y Com a time. It is too much to hope that the combined paid far ' out 'of a ,. mittee of the' Town Cou ncil, and efforts of nature will in this case be as final as the with their own consent, On the inha rate imposed, poet tells us they have been in the construction of bitants of the toy,. The collection of booke amount a Shakespeare. If Mr. Jones is not the victim of a to upwards of 40,1,100 volumes, of which many are • fallacy, or ensnared by the sanguine temperament of valuable and standassd works; and it is rapidly in a man who has patented an invention, we earnestly creasing in the numbe; and importance of the works hope that for the present, at least, the force of nature which it contains. will no further go, because, in the event of that lady The museum consists .elliefly of an admirably not being exhausted, there is a fear that Great preserved collection of objects of natural history - , Britain will get no navy. bequeathed to the town by ti l t° late Earl of Derby's "The rules of the game" which had been going to which, however, valuable additions have since on so long between shots and butts have included been made, partly as purchassee and partly as the condition that the shot should hit the object at donations. something like a right angle, and an impartial con sideration of the results has proved the contest to have been as nearly " drawn" as possible. Some times the shots have pierced, at others they have failed, and in each case they have done more or less damage—perhaps an inconvenient quantity of less has been observable. But Mr. Jones has devised a plan by which the plane of the mark, instead of being at right angles (speaking in round and not strictly accurate terms) to the line of the projec tile's flight, is at an angle of 50 degrees--that being the angle which a ship built upon his plan makes with the water. All the additional power of resist ance which a ship of this kind may get is clearly due to the direction of its sides, which by their inclination may be said to shirk the bolt directed against them, Just as of old an arrow that struck anything at a particular angle would glide off in ' stead of entering it. Experiments have been made upon a butt encased in iron, 5 feet by 21 in size, and though as many as 17 shots were fired against this limited space, not one effectually penetrated. Not only is the new ship to have the power of resisting shot, but it is to have engines of 1,200 horse power, by which it will run through the water at the rate of 14 knots an hour ; and since it is presumed invul nerable steam power and steam mechanism are its sole reliance for locomotive purposes. Such is the attractive sketch which is offered to England of the implement by which she is to main tain her naval supremac. Have we really reached th e solution of the prob lem which has distressed us so long ? or will this last vaunt serve only to delay ,the Admiralty and provide materials for discussion a mong mechanistte "and =port captains ? There is nothing in the opening statement made by its ad vocate which has not been predicated of nearly every similar contrivance that has been offered to the public, and we are rather dismayed by the old array of assumptions under shelter of which it is pressed upon our notice. Nothing seems easier to the un initiated than to discover whether a shpt does or, does not penetrate a given material, or, if it does ' penetrate, to ascertain what amount of damage is received by objects placed in arrear of the target. But this is, we all, know by this time, a popular delusion. It is a matter upon which there may be half a dozen opinions. Englishmen "may be for given for dreading the announcement some months hence, by an eye-witness pr his initials, that Whit worth's bolts play old Harry with Jones's sides, or that the 'Jones vessel cannot be got to mop in the water on •account ofa shot beingelodged in her principal boiler. It may not be so; but we must be prepared for something of this kind and its attend ant embarrassment: It is best not to be too sanguine, and, above all, to put a limit upon theoretical as sumptions of the, capabilities of a fleet made up of vessels that have never yet been tried or seen. All the balances that' are made between sails- and steam, between relative capacity for unprecedented rapidity and being waterlogged, must be of limited value until we are unfortunately compelled to test them in the only school in which their truth can be ascertained. Hitherto the results of war have shown that it has a great tendency to equalise, to take the edge off nice schemes and nice weapons, and to throw combatants back upon the good old qualities which have always been followed by vic tory. A great deal was said during the late war about the havoc made by the French rifled cannon; but no ono doubts that if the the Austrians had been properly handled the war might have ended very differently. Solferino was won by the French because the Austrians had a line of battle twelve miles in extent. All these uncertainties, how ever, do not interfere with the one great fact, that we must speedily have a fleet of iron-cased vessels of the best kind. The Admiralty must at once sit in judgment upon the new plan, and if it promises well an experimental vessel should be speedily con structed. It may be the ill luck of this generationesno 'to have these things forced t n its. but o tl f ier unp i ow. help. We have escaped the lll'e;itendure g and to der, which our forefather complainhado that we have discuss, and should not et; To determine the to decide the question ef. o ° arm ament with the merits of a vessel an d its a time of peace it would be requisite nicety in the first two that shall worth while to anchor as from and opposite to each be completed 50 b ar of both, and fire them by other, load the guns d out ef harm ' s s an , place way, and electric battery, I compare the damag e . t ought not to be then 4: any r experiment wolld very great --as re ecture to a minimum, an d thingduce conjecture like security at a not very costly rate.. Herald. A meeting of the working classes was held the same day preparatory to the final p resentation of the library. The working men presented Mr. Brown with a silver shield and a clock—testi monials of their gratitude. • , Mr. BROWN, in returning,thanks, said—We hope yell will influence your fellow-workenen to visit the library and museum. We promise them spacious apartments, well ventilated, com f or tably war mostmed, we ll lighted, and handsomely furnished, and intelligent and intellectual society, witkout costant Many of you will recollect t he ignorance sod w of thought ,that preva iled amon g a lar g e body • of the working clase'es 30 or 40 years ago.. When .theY had any dispute with their master about wagOsy or anything else, they thought they were reveng ing themselves and punishing him by breaking' and destroying ,his res.chinery, forgetting that his capital and his works were the instruments with which they had to care' bread for themselves and their families. •Far different is their conduct now. Education has made such progress that they are much more intelligent ; they see that such suicidal conduct would be as bad as the carpenter destroying the • tools by which he lives. It is now pretty well understood that the more we improve our machinery the more wog' incr mo ease hands our customer s throughout the world, and tho re he demand. ar e wanted to make articles to meet tA We do not give the present generation of Working men su ffi cient credit for their intelligence'. They clearly see that accumulated capital is necessary to give them regular employment, and that if IY 4 v any m eans that increase of capital was prevented .they would be great sufferers. Hence the volunteer, movement now going forward as necessary to guard •against• invasion, which would be most disastrone to both master and man. It would be every great misfortune if these two parties were independent of each other er of other nations. It would be a very great grievance if I were to be compelled to be independent CS my bootmaker, and I think he would be as great a sufferer without my custom. Mutual dependence ol man on man and nation on nation is wisely ordained by Providence. I wish we were more depending on France and France on us. Our mutual material inierests might have re lieved us from the anxiety we now feel as to their relative position and ours. Just consider the effect of an invasion of our soil from any qoarter. None has more to fear from it than the indusirial artizan, for our commerce would be paralysed, rovement suspended, and' hundreds of WensaLds oA ll our im f men thrown out of employment without on which the bread of their families and them depends. I hope the good sense of those w4oa_. address, and others, will not leave the country ject to the caprice, whim, or ambition of any . man, pre but that they will volunteer their seeviees t ° vent such a - dreadful calamity as produCe. Our Library will inform you theheziv! a n invasiondruts a govern their people, and will teach a rch bi w ssing e we enjoy under a constitutional monay. si _ are well armed no one dare desecr ate T v:m ot b e putting a hostile foot upon _ ore re p w ar e ed cul to tiv m a e t meet nm our mminpdsowthere, better the m contingency. If w e e r ed ourselves to be brought under the rule of any continental despot we should lose the freedom and our la of the Press, our constitution, our ws. It rests with ourselves to protect and preserve these b i ns u iemg great t a ! e v il n e t i a l g e e f s t , h and a t c i o o n u t ianuude our t o b yi e rt r i t us ed e a nd noble Queen. L or d BROUGHAM was the next speaker. He delivered an address on the value of free libraries and museums to the w orking well entitled to rem classes. He alluded being to Watt as one who, a working man, was as ficial effects. remembrance as Stephenson , to show that working men, with properly dir ected p T a h b e l r e e of w p as ro a d n u o c t in h g er energies are ea tliiiiveormknstg manybene however, wh om he had two years ego met withh John ; n Plummer, a working shoemaker of Kettering, in Yorkshire, who had just published as address to • the working classes, showing the danger and detriment of strikes. The Hon. ALGERNON EGERTON was the next speaker. He said, within the memory of men still living, it was believed that knowledge was wed. ought to be confined to the aristocracy, and that if any of what was then called the " lower orders," were able to acquire knowledge. the first use they , would make of it would be to tear the aristocracy to pieces. That opinion was now exploded. He hoped that before long England, which at present was the freest, would also be the best educated in the world. JOHN PRIEST said, while fully recognising the advantages which arise from several distinctions of rank, he gloried in being a working man. He be lieved, in fact, that the full object and attributes of hunianity were to be found in conjunction with hard work. The distinctions' of rank were, no doubt, valuable to society ; but their utmost reach could not for a moment compare with the distinc tions of intelligence. If he might be allowed such a liberty, he would say of the learned and noble and venerable lord who had addressed the meeting, that, much as he valued distinguished rank, he did not think for a moment that it could be placed in comparison with the distinction which he had earned by his intellect. (Cheers.) Sir J. BOWRING, w ho arrived late, delivered an address on the advantages of literature and science to working men. He illustrated his subject by reference to Chinese thery- and practice as con trasted with what exists i o n this country, Private letters from Brazil express great dis satisfaction at the circumstance of the E ng li s h Govern ment hav ing. suddenly put a stop t o th e procee di ngs o f th e mixe d commission sitting at Rio de Janeiro , by the appoint ment of the two Governm en t s f or the adjustment of all o utstanding and long -pending claims. There are many claims made by British subjects ag ainst Brazil which have never been settled, and at l e a s t an equal number on the part of Bra zilians against the En g li s h Government. The mixed commission, which had sat for a few months only, had given in three cases decisions in favour of Brazilian sub jects, when Lord John Russell put a stop to further pro ceedings. It is report e d at Rio that Mr. Morgan, the Commissioner for the English Government, has requested to be removed from his appointment, feeling the false posi tionin which he has been placed, but that as yet his desire has not been acceded to. The reason suggested by the Brazilian claimants for the suspension of proceedings . by the English Government is, that the reclamations against England on account of vessels and property seized are so numerous that we are alarmed at the amount. Looking at the fact that we sanctioned the appointment of the com mission by a special treaty, and nominated our own com missioner, it is not unnatural that in the absence of expla nations severe remarks should be made; b u t the En g lish public will hope that whenever the question may be mooted m in Parliament the answer will be such as t o prove. satis factory not merely in a technical poi nt of view, but that liberal and equitable sense which alone would be creditable to Oreat 13ritaiA in Gala matter, Intelligent© has been received from Madrid of the twos , after but a few hours' illness, of Mr. O'Sh ea , th e e mi n ent banker there. Mr. O'Shea had resided upwards of 60 Tears in Spain, and was greatly esteemed throtigheUt b o th Spa2ltaliand Ta6liah eocittY ba yam tea try %i/', r 2 pRJCr 4D . STIIMPED, 5D., _IRON- CA SED I.tt ~,,,,.:.,4,.., . .... v,....,..\ / ..- ..kkf-i!; , - k 1 1314 S •