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111111. • not be put in until the vessels were launched; but that would be done in six weeks or two months. (Cheers.) The Government had. proposed plans that would add 15 sail of the line and nine screw frigates to our fleet in the course of the present year, and yet they were the men whom the gallant admiral charged with neglecting the state of the navy. (Loud cheers.) A more unjustifiable attack he_Q4 . l :. Corry had never heard in his life. (Loud cheers) A t v a l te ta r rega to the question:before the house, he hoped tha the statement of his right hon. friend, namely, that t the_ interests of the public service would be prejudiced b the production of these letters, the house would reject the mo tion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. G. 'BARING said that when the First Lord of the Admiralty stated it to be inconsistent with the public service that the recommendations of the Surveyor of the Navy should be laid upon the table, he must observe that it was an equally unusual course to read extracts to the house from letters which the right hon. gentleman was not pre pared to produce. He (the hon. gentleman) would not enter upon any defence of the right hon. gentleman the late First Lord, who would be perfectly able on a more fitting opportunity to justify his administration. There was, in fact, only one thing mentioned by the right hon. gentle man opposite on which he felt called to offer a remark. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Corry) had told them what his Government had done with regard to the submission of Sir Baldwin Walker but it should be recollected Sir Baldwin had made a submission in the previous March. Why, then, had the right hon. gentleman (Sir J. Pakington) reduced the estimates of the previous board ? (Cheers.) On the 12th of April the right hon. gentleman actually diminished the vote which his predecessor proposed to take for building line-of-battle ships, (Cheers.) Lord LOVAINE said that his right hon. friend had read the extracts from Sir Baldwin Walker's letters merely to justify an unusually large vote. He hoped therefore that the house would not cal/ for the letters themselves. When the present Government came into office his right hon. friend was naturally averse to propose a large estimate until he had had an opportunity of examining in the reason. But the moment he found that there was a necessity for in creased exertions he put the workmen on task and job, which as his right hon. friend had stated was equivalent to adding largely to the dockyard force. (Hear. hear.) Mr. W. S. LINDSAY was not prepared to censure the present Board of Admiralty, who had been unwearied in their exertions to place the navy in a satisfactory condition ; for he regretted to say that it was not yet in a satisfactory condition, especially when they remembered the large sums that had been spent upon it. (Cheers.) At the same time hh thought that the entire letters ought to be produced, and he should support the motion. Mr. WHITBREAD should also vote for the production of the letters, for if the Government were justified in read ing extracts from them this year to support a larger vote, they had not satisfactorily accounted for their withholding them last year when they proposed a smaller vote. (Cheers.) Mr. G. HUDSON, amidst much merriment and loud ironical cheers, expressed the surprise he felt at the conduct of the gallant admiral in impugning the efficiency of the British navy. When the day of trial came he felt satisfied that it would not be found wanting. (Laughter.) Sir C. WOOD said that if there was one member of the house who might be supposed anxious for the production of the letters it was himself ; but he would never allow per sonal considerations to interfere with public duties. (Cheers.) The right hon. baronet had said it would be inconvenient to lay the letters on the table, and he (Sir C. Wood) should, therefore ' vote against the motion. A t the sam e time he quite agreed with the hon. member for Sunderland, that the British navy had never been incompeteht to the task of de fending our shores, and he hoped on a fitting occasion to show that during his administration at least it had been perfectly efficient for any purpose for which it could be re quired. (Cheers.) Sir C. NA.PIER, in reply, observed that the Secretary to the Admiralty had made a very extraordinary statement, which he was sorry to say was not an unusual thing for him to do. (Laughter.) He said that the present board had added 18 sail of the line, and 15 frigates to the fleet. (No, no.) Well, then, 15 sail of the li ne an d 18 f r i ga t es . (Laughter.) But the right hon. gentleman (Sir J. Faking ton) himself bad stated that we had in all 33 sail and the French 32. How, then, could the right hon. gentleman account for the addition of 15 sail of the line and 18 fri gates ? The Secretary to the Admiralty had on a previous occasion made another very remarkable statement. He had told the house that it would cost £164,000 to replace the old and inefficient coastguard ships with the efficient ships which he said were ready. That he (Sir C. Napier) knew to be incorrect. The change could be made in eight-and forty hours, and he would leave the house to see what ac curacy there could be in the right hon. gentleman's state ment. Any naval officer would tell him that he was quite wrong; but thought the right hon. gentleman had twice been Secretary to the Admiralty he still knew nothing about it. Mr. CORRIE explained. Mr. BOUVERIE trusted, as the right hon. gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty was of opinion that the production of these papers would be detrimental to the pub lie service, his hon. and gallant friend (Sir C. Napier) would not press for a division. Sir C. NAPIER, however, persisted in his motion, and the house divided. The numbers were— Fol. the motion Against it Majority MERCHANT SHIPPING 177 -151 On the motion of Mr, LINDSAY, the folknving members were nominated the 8000 committee on Merchant Ship ping—Sir George Lewis, Lord Lovaine, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Horsfall, Lord Clarence Paget, Sir James Elphinstone, Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Dalglish, Mr. Francis Russell, and Mr. Lindsay. Power to send for persons, papers, and records ; five to be the quorum. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the house resolved itself into committee on the Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amendment Bill. The first and second clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. The Ecton and Welton Exchange Bill passed through committee. The Elections, &c., Bill passed through committee pro forma. - The Oaths Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. Ilia St. James Baldersby Marriages Validity Bill passed through . committee _ _ The - Consolidated Fund , (1,222,383 Bs. 9d.) Bill was read a second time. The Consolidated Fund (£11,000,000) Bill was also read a second time. The house then adjourned. OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT L GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa ryne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING will be presented an entirely new and romantic Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; Qr, THE POWER OF LOVE. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a new ballet of action, ROBERT AND BERTRAND. Messrs. Payne, Miss Morg an , Mdlles. Morlachi and Pasquale. Commence at Seven, 'I I HE A TRE-RO YAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith. J. 'L'HIS EVENING, will be performed the original English Ballad Opera, entitled WILLIAM AND SUSAN. William Mr. Haigh ; Susan, Miss Lucette. l'o conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ; or. Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. D OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince Diamond and Princess Brighteyes. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, an entirely new comic drama, called PILE YOUNG MOTHER. A new Comedy, MILLINER TO THE KING; or, The Royal Salute. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. With NOTHING TO WEAR. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON, Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer, THIS EVENING, OTHELLQ. lago, Mr. Jas, Bennet. After which, STAGE STRUCK. Reduced Prices —Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past 8 to commence at 7 every evening. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. This Evening, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. John Grundy, Mr. Wright. After which, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John Mildmay, r. A. lingt W M igan ; Mr. P o tt er, Mr. Charles Selby ; HawksleSt ernhold y, Mr. Mrs. A. on ; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billington ; M.Wigan. To conclude with TIIE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly. Acting Aanager-11r. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six --Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 •no carge for b oo ki ng. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept or all articles found. ROYAL STRAND Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO SPECTUSES. After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne And THE LITTLE SAVAGE. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Lessee and Manager Me. William Cooke. Brilliant and unprecedented success of the new Dramatic Spectacle. THIS EVENING the pertormances commence with a grand new Spectacle, from the pen of R. Phillips, Esq., interspersed with extraordinary hippodramatic effects and striking situa tions, in three Acts, and entitled THE HUNDRED CUIRASSIERS. Produced with new scenery, mechanical arrangements, gorgeous in 1 characteristic costumes, elabo rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand somest Stud of Horses in thoworld. Characters by Messrs. - Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard. Herbert ; Mesdames Dowton, Blanche, JullaWeston, Thorne, &c. . I To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Madame Fran cisco, being tne. greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night at any theatre. Grotesques : Messrs. Her amifig and Thorne. To conclude with the CAPTAIN IS NOT AMISS. Drees Circle, 45.: Boxes, :is ; • Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— Proprietor -C. MORTON. . The public is most re spectfully informed that the Fns ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12 )'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec .lon of 'Pictures, by Ancient and modern Masters and is also devoted to Art productions generally. viewed altogether the exist- The Proprietor feels hem y confidently assert that, lug Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which,' whether as regards the architectural beauty of the e tructures them combinations selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted as usual at within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT COMMCROCB Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAITVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the pr i nc ipal cities and t owns of the C on ti nen t, w i ll . m . form ever y Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, M ARCM 18. THERMOMETER, IN TAR SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night, 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.67. WIND, W.S.W. ; light, with fine sunshiny weather. • .1, i'Ziaik,' , i. ..^.'•• ) `).; + l, ' .. . .. A „o k i ‘: 1 ----- \ 4lll t 4 .4 44Nric0 o • '. '4.' ‘it s. 4l lo•l; ~ -1 ."" ‘ 44l ';‘() \ lEllerjrN) r ' I, W ' ..,,,7. 4) " , ' '-DRO T 1 ; , ) ,,- :<'Zt- .- i ~., 6IM " t...•*1:."...)--- 1:, ,r1111)11 ....- THE SUN. FRIDAY. MARCH 18, 1359. There is, perhaps, no one in the United Kingdom who more completely and thoroughly understands the currency question than Sir ARCHIBALD ALIS(N. If any doubt could have existed on this point, it would be removed by the brilliant oration delivered at the request of the Council of the United Trades, in the City Hall, Glasgow, on Tuesday evening, on the Currency Laws, and their effect on the profits of trade and the wages of labour. The distinguished historian manifestly felt the vast importance of the interesting subject on which he was entering, and which has really assumed gigantic dimensions. Never was there a period more appropriate for its consideration. Money is cheap, interest moderate, and the object should be to keep it so, or, at all events, to prevent the extraordinary fluctuations that have caused more damage to the best interests of society than the failure of all the banks of issue that have stopped payment since the first issue of paper money. The Bank Charter Act has also virtually expired. "The Old Lady" is now a mere tenant -at • will, subject to notice to quit at any moment, and it is full time that the subject should be disposed of one way or the other, so that th e industrial classes should know what they have to anticipate—whether the mer chant, trader, and manufacturer may be enabled to calculate on adequate returns for their enterprise, and the working-man for that which is to him the chief desideratum, viz., " a fair day's wage for a fair day's work." It is, indeed, extraordinary, when the vast results depending on the fitting solution of the great problem are taken into consideration, that the great body of the people have remained apathetic and indifferent on the matter. Sir A. ALISON explains the reason. The question requires deep thought, and has been studiously involved in mystery by hard calculators and other interested parties. The man who indulges in the foolish fancy of keeping gold in his pocket in place of paper little knows the serious injury he is in flicting on the best interests of society, and that he is striking a heavy blow against the dignity, inde pendence, and security of the British Empire. The honourable baronet carefully examined the events that have• occurred since 1819, when the first of the impolitic and inequitable measures brought forward by the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, which, to use the language of his venerable father, " doubled his own fortune, and ruined the people," received the legislative sanction. Then trade was in a healthy condition. Our experts Largely exceeded the imports, and therefore there was always a handsome balance in favour of this country. Now we have changed all that; and inasmuch as the imports largely exceed the exports, there is a constant drain on our monetary re sources, which • leads to the commercial crises, so terrible in their results, and so conclusive as to the folly of the law by which they have been so materially aggravated, and the suspension whereof on two occasions, in 1847 and 1857, afforded immediate relief to the suffering com munity. Indeed, when the simple fact is stated that five hundred millions sterling have been lost chiefly, if not altogether, in consequence of the very injudicious measures enacted by monetary quacks, it is surely right that the national attention should be directed towards an evil of such colossal magni- ,ude which " devours the bowels of the common weal." ,It is absurd to suppose that the same amount of paper money which sufficed for a much lower population, and a far less amount of business, when the imports were not much more than one-third, and the exports one-half of their present amount will do so now. Surely some change in the Bank issues would be required to provide for such extensive alterations. But no, the hard calculators stick to " their pound of flesh"—they will exact the penalty of the bond. and not be satisfied with any compromise, although it should give them far more than their legitimate claims. The exports ex ceeded the imports when bullion was a mere commodity, that could be purchased at its fair market price. England was not always bound to supply the world with gold at a fixed charge, no matter what might be the difficulties occasioned to British merchants; Then her exports were in excess of her imports, because gold could not be abstracted without paying its fair value. Now, because strangers who have no claims on us choose to take away that which is made the foundation of our entire monetary system, our people must suf fer—our mills and factories be placed on half time, and the intellingent and provident working men compelled to draw out their hardly acquired savings, and to part with the com forts they have continued to accumulate. The remedy is the issue of paper money of small and convenient denominations—notes which would speedily supersede the use of sovereigns, and render a oonsiderable portion of the forty or fifty millions now circulating from hand to hand for the transactions of every day life available for our foreign trade, or rather for adjusting the balances with other countries,. which is all for which it is required. As we have repeatedly stated the fact that these notes would satisfy the claims of the tax collectors, wou ld ren d er them uni versally acceptable, and if parties wanted should b e compelled to to expo r t gold as pay the speculation fair market valueth they according to the current price of the day. Sir A. ALIsON is entitled to the thanks and gratitude of the country for hay Ing . • directed public atten tion to the matter, and if others, accor d i ng to their several gifts, would go and do likewise, we might expect a speedy arrangement, ve •ry sat i sfactory and beneficial to the industrial community. For the fourth time, and again, - b ra ya s. , : j oirsitsl3 . which ought to be decisive , t he Hous e of Common's has pronounced the doom of chur ch te church-rate abolition was in a minority of forty.. eight ; in 1854, of twenty-seven ; in 1855 the mino rity Was changed to a majority of twenty-eight in 1856 the majority had increased to forty-three; in 1858, to seventy-four ; and this year, though in a larger house, the same majority is repeated. But it is not merely an increase of majorities. Member after member rises on the hostile side of the house and confesses that the obnoxious impost is doomed. "Another place" is the only hope of the immovables, and to get rid of the whole busi ness the earne.s.t wish of the practical men, It was quite amusing tm Tuesday to witness the hopeless looks, and to hear the ad miserecordium appeals of those faithful sons of the Church, who thought me difeval extortions one of her most blessed privileges and dearest rights. They spoke as to hardened sinners and unsentimental men of business; as for Dissenters, dear good people, erring as they were, they respected their scruples (they did not respect them much till Dissenters first got an overpowering majority to respect them) ; they wished them to be exempted ; they even admired Dissenters like the admirable member for Cambridgeshire ; but how, then, could these pitied and bepraised Dissenters want to abolish the venerable church-rate ? Why not write themselves off Dissenters ? Or why not send a notice to the churchwarden that they were Dissenters, and intended to take no part in either laying or paying a rate ? Vain, however, was all the wooing of Mr. BERESFORD HOPE, Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, and others. Sir J. TRELAWNY, on behalf of his clients, sat on the back benches immoveable; before him, on the left hand of the Speaker, sat the closely-packed rows of abolitionists ; on this question he was their acknowledged leader; he adhered to abolition pure et simple ; and two hundred and forty-four votes, and forty-one pairs, supported him in his adherence ! When four hundred and ninety-six members have thus voted on a question—and the same number within two' voted last year—and when the votes and pairs in its favour are nearly half the entire members of the House, it is surely time that the matter shbuld be settled. The reason of the defeat of Mr. WALPOLE'S bill is now evident. It was defeated because, as almost every speaker confessed, the time for compromise is past. Great numbers of Churchmen are as eager as Dissenters to put an. end to the useless struggle. The latter will never, as Mr. DEEDES, in seconding the motion to throw out•the Bill, acknowledged, consent to any compromise. They have it in their power to inflict an annual debate most damaging to the Church itself, on the house; they have the power of harassing half the clergy in the kingdom in parish parliaments ; they have the advantage of a law, by which they are triumphant if in a vestry majority ; and by which, if in a minority, they can vex the rate collector with technical difficulties, which will cost him more than the rate is worth to overcome. Dissenters, therefore, are masters of the situation. They gain, indeed, more in some respects by the delay of abolition than they would do by carrying it. The thorough-going Anti-State-Churchmen, as their own organs let out, will regret the loss of so good a point of attack on their antagonist. They do not at all conceal it. They tell us that it is like the question of a fixed duty on corn ; the longer it is discussed, the more it will open the eyes of the ,public to the merits of Voluntaryism, and the needlessness of an Establishment. But a few years ago, indeed, half the honourable mem bers, if asked who and what Voluntaries were would have had to confess their ignorance. Now they hear the praises of Voluptaryism from almost every Churchman who opposes the abolition of compul sory rates. To be sure he does not so far commend it as to think he can do without Endowment and Rates ; but we strongly suspect that such Church men are further on the road than they think, that they will very soon question the utility of their crutches, and begin to wish to get rid of them and of theological debates in Parliament, for ever. And now, with a majority of 83 against Mr. WALPOLE'S kindly-meant compromise, and one of 74 in favour of abolition, what will the Lords do ? Will they this year also hold out against what the House of Commons has decided for the fourth time ? True they will have been asked formally but twice to abolish Church rates; and it generally has taken very much more asking than ;hat to teach them a liberal discretion. It seems to be pleasant to them to have one or two of these annual ecclesiastical squabbles with the House of Commons, by way of showing that they are a House of Lords. So little they have to do, that were they not to put themselves in our way every year we might forget that there was a House of Lords. Better be the stumbling-block to religious liberty than be forgotten. Well, we must leave the Lords to settle the question for themselves ; we know, and they know, how it will be settled at last ; but if they prefer to have a few more years of conflict with the country, well and good. Well and good for the country and religious liberty, we mean. Every good cause is a great gainer by pro longed discussion, and by the self-exposure of per verse resistance. Lords may lose the respect of the people, but Church-rate abolition, and some other ecclesiastical abolitions, will assuredly lose nothing. Nothing, indeed, so successfully exposes prejudice and. bigotry •to deserved contempt, as their own endeavours to prevent the increase of religious, social, and political light. It would be a pleasure certainly, to see that our House of Peers had become as en- lightened as the people and their representatives, but should the Peers prove too faithful to their nature it will be only too pleasant a task to try another battle with them next year and the next also. We are happy to see that some peers' sons are wiser than we fear their fathers will be. It will however be matter for regret if Lord DERBY cannot give his vote on the same side as his son. Aboli tionists, of course, have noticed that Lords Rapt RUSSELL and PALMERSTON did not vote at all. We cannot respect this shirking of public questions by men who insist so strongly on the poor elector being compelled to register his vote openly. Keeping it out of the division lists, and hiding it away in the lobby of the House of Commons, or in a member's own private dwelling, is quite as un- English and cowardly as the poor elector's Ballot Box. of Manchester, now of Birmingham, proclaim that the ship will never do as she is. She might have done very well some years ago, but different bows, greater length, above all, the popular power of steam, must and are now essential. Well, what shall be done ? Pull the ship entirely to pieces, which is just completed, and sell her for old timber ? rather a costly process that. Why not survey her afresh as she stands; why not let the opposition surveyors, RUSSELL and BRIGHT, try their hands upon her, and see if they cannot, without an utter break - up, make the vessel fit for political high seas ? Look at the Reform Bill as it stands. A very admirable and substantial part of it was con structed from the designs of LOCKE KING, Esq., a part for which Reformers have long con tended earnestly ; the present surveyors have mutilated that part seriously, but the mutilated portion may be restored. In the pocket borough portion, schedule B wants to be greatly lengthened, and a schedule A added ; well, this can be done ; then the steam requires to be put in by a lower franchise in the boroughs; and what hinders ? And then, above all, the good ship must be well coppered all aver (to keep out certain enemies de structive to her timbers) with the protection of secret voting—and this may easily be done if the surveyor for London will but agree with him of Birmingham. One word to our Tory friends. They now see that their most Radical opponents have no kind of objection to make a several years' battle of Reform. They will certainly do so, if now resisted too much. Take either alternative—and let Conservatives con sider which is best for them. A large number of members, and a considerable part of the public will say, we will take the £lO county franchise from the Conservatives and leave the rest. If this be not conceded pure et simple, we believe the Ministry has little chance. But if no more be conceded, can it be a settlement ? Will not agitation for Reform commence immediateiy. Take the other alterna tive, that Government will consent to large amend ments in committee ; if they be not large enough the course will again be left .open to Reformers for further agitation, and that with additional strength from the enlarged constituencies. We have no doubt whatever that Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL are quite in as great a fright as even the present Government can be with the growing demands of Reformers; and we beg to tender our humble advice to both the " outs" and the " ins," that they had better, for their own peace, close at once with the popular demands of the hour. Once upon a time, according to Lord CLARENCE PAGET, a vessel was laid down by somebody, or by " THE SYSTEM" in our Dockyards. But while she was building, which took a long time, years we believe, to accomplish, improvements in a ship's lines were discovered, and steam asserted its naval claims, and so the good ship on the stocks was first improved in her bows, then touched up at her stern, and finally was cut open and lengthened, and the steam let into her amidships. At last a right good ship she went forth ready to cruise in the Channel, or keep watch over Cherbourg, or to sail or steam round any French frigate—in fact, quite up to the mes. Now, to us this all reads like a parable. For a long time, for these five or six years at least, our political dockyards have seen the good ship Reform Bill laid down and building. Many - unforeseen hindrances have delayed her completion. Mean time some slight alterations have been made in her, 'index the surveyorship of Lord JOHN RUSSELL. As the Fates would have it, however, it became a ne cessity that she should be launched for the public service, under the administration of quite another - surveyor, one whose views of political shipbuilding have not changed since 1832, and who is nnt ashamed to say so. He has therefore brought the vessel as nearly as possible to the model then a pproved, and says that she is ready to be launched. IVlpantilnfe, the 014 survey or and a new one, late SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1859, FRANCE. 41 per Cents. 94 10 Do. end month I 3 per Cents. .67 751 Do. end month 67 85 Bank Shares 2850 Credit Mobilier Do. Account RAILWAYS. SARDINIA. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : ST. PETERSBURG, THURSDAY. Advices have been received from the Caucasus. On the 19th February General Jeffdokimoff with his corps d'armee laid seige to Schamyl's capital. The place is fortified, and the besieged appeared determined to make a stubborn resistance. An account of the particulars of the siege is ex pected. The tribe of Pshok, in Abhasia, made its sub mission to the Russians on the 28th January. TURIN, MARCH 17. Private letters from the frontiers announce that the Austrians had commenced preparations to lay mines for the purpose of blowing up the bridge of Buffalora, over the Ticin. The number of volunteers arrived here already exceeds 6,000. ROME, MAACII 17. No further despatch of reinforcements has been notified to the Pope by France. It is asserted in some quarters that a note of the Papal Government has'been lately addressed to the Duke de Grammont requesting the evacuation of the States of the Church by the French troops as early as possible. LISBON, MARCH 17. The King has accepted the resignation of the Ministry. The Duke of Terceira is charged with the forma tion of a new Cabinet. The following are the members of the new Ministry : President of the Council and Minister of War Duke of Terceira. Minister of Interior Minister of Justice . . . Minister of Finances Minister of Public Works Serpa. Minister of Marine The contract Sir Morton Pete has been aban doned. MILAN, MARCH 15. On the occasion of a dinner party the Governor- General had assured his guests that peace would ere long be consolidated. A different opinion, however, prevails in mili. tart circles. TRIESTE, MARCH 17. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer just arrived brings news from Constantinople to the 12th inst. Husseini Pasha, who was lately arrested for issuing counterfeit coin, has been condemned to 16 years' imprisonment. CORFU, MARCH 12. Sir Henry Storks has instructed a mixed corn mission to submit to him proposals for administra tive reforms. ATHENS, MARCH 12. The Chamber of Deputies has unanimously disapproved the charges against the Minister of War. PARIS, MARCH 17. Lord Cowley arrived yesterday evening in Paris. His lordship this morning had an interview with .the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It is believed that the English Ambassador has also had an interview with the Emperor. M. Musurus also arrived yesterday evening, and was to have had an interview to-day with M. de Walewski. Lord Cowley's mission, whatever its result may be, appears to occupy for the present the entire attention of the diplomatic body. It is still believed that the Paris Conferences will not be opened till next week. Among the military promotions announced by the Moniteur on the occasion of the Prince Imperial's birth-day, is that of Col. de Castagny, 82d Regiment of the Line, who is made a brigadier-general. His was the first and most enthusiastic of those cele brated addresses published by the Moniteur, in which the invasion of England was suggested, in order to root out the refugees. "If," said Colonel Castagny, " your-Majesty requires soldiers to seek out these wretches, even in the recesses of their den, we, the 82d of the Line, humbly pray to be allowed to form part of the advanced guard of this army." Another hero of the same epoch, Colonel Gault, of the 46th Regiment, is also made a general. His address was one of those few, which, on account of their containing matter too strong for the public eye, were not published in full. That part of it which in all probability referred specifi cally to England is indicated in the Moniteur of January 28, by asterisks which are followed by the phrase—" We will fight your enemies wherever we may find them." - BOURSE, March 17.—The market has been heavy, with litlte or no business doing, and the variations consequently trifling. Threes, after having been done at 67f.. 550., declined to 67f. 35c., and are now at 67f. 45e. Mobilier varied from 757 f. 50c. to 762 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 520 f. to 522 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,327 f. 50c. to 1,330 f. ; Lyons, 825 f. to 827 f. 50c. Northern, 915 f. to 917 f. 50c. ; Eastern, 673 f. 75c. to 675 f. ; Southern, 595 f. to 507 f. 50e. The fol lowing were the last quotations : Credit Fonder 645 Belgian 4f 97 75 Piedmonteso (5) Roman B5 Austrian Spanish Threes 43 50 Home Debt 39 50 Account. Orleans • 1332 50 50 . . 1335 Northern . 920 .. 925 .--• New ditto. 790 .. 790 Lyons and Mediterranean B3O .. 830 New ditto — .. Geneva — .. Midi — .. Southern Western 595 .. Eastern Grand Central — • • -- -- Sardinian 395 .. Austrian 527 60 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 21c.; money, 24f. 971 c. Some of the journals having stated: that the English Government lately addressed remonstrances to the Sardinian Government, complaining of its enrolment of Austrian deserters, the Arnzonia re marks on the subject :—" If we are well-informed the reply given by the Sardinian Ministry declares that the English Government complains of facts in which. it is in nowise concerned, and has not the right to ask for explanations rela tive to the enlistment of Austrian deserters. The answer nevertheless declares that Piedmont can not avoid enrolling the deserters, because it can neither send them back, nor, without danger to public tranquillity, leave them unoccupied. The note concludes by asserting that this measure is but a feeble act of reprisals for the provocations of Austria, who is effecting concentrations of troops, raises fortifications at Piacenza, Pavia, &c." The Armonia of Turin states that active prepara tions are being made for transporting the seat of Government to Genoa, a city which is not, like Turin, open to the inroads of an enemy. • ROME. " The occupation of the Papal States, both by the French and Austrian troops," says the Pays,"may continue much longer than was expected. The true character of the step taken by Cardinal Autonelli with the two protecting powers is at present known. In demanding the evacuation, the Papal Government did not intend to declare that it could entirely dispense with the assistance of the two powers ; but his Holiness, in his paternal kindness, only wished, at his own risk and peril, to put an end to one of the causes of the dispute which threatened the peace of Europe. In addition to this, if we may believe private letters from Rome, the Pope is said to have completely explained his ideas, by making known both to Austria and to France that, but for the European question and the great interests attached to it, he should see with satisfaction the occupation prolonged at least for several months." AUSTRIA. Austria, full of distrust as to the success of the negotiations, continues to concentrate her forces upon the frontiers of Piedmont. A hundred and ten 36-pounder guns have arrived at Pavia, 6,000 men have been quartered at Lodi, and 7,000 will shortly assemble at Mantua. Ten thousand siege shells, it is stated, are to be distributed to the army, and the Diritto assumes that they are to be used in an attack upon Alessandria. At Pogli and at Trieste armaments continue without ceasing. And, having regard to the pos sibility of a sudden descent upon the coasts of Elyria and of Dalmatia, Austria has ordered 70,000 earth-bags, and 1,200 block-houses or wooden forts, to be constructed for the defence of the different parts of the shore. Each of these forts will con tain 50 soldiers. ST. MARTIN'S HALL. Mr. Henry Leslie's concerts are among the most plea • sant of the season, and the sixth one, given at this hall last evening introduced a valuable and delightful variation in two solos for the pianoforte, played by Miss Arabella Goddard. The first was the concerto in D minor by Mendelssohn—the second was Beethoven's celebrated " Choral Fantasia." Both were deliciously ren dered with Miss Goddard's usual brilliance and expression, and her efforts were rewarded with applause of a most genuine and hearty warmth. The Choral songs were excellently given on the average, and some with especial effect ; among which we may cite Wil bye's exquisite madrigal, "Sweet honey-sucking Bees," Webbe's glee, " Mighty Conqueror," and Leslie's " Oh I Gentle Sleep," the last of which was given with singular delicacy and feeling. We should like to see a degree more of mental animation in some of the solo singing, but many professionals appear to imagine that brain and soul are not required to aid the full development of good music. They labour under a serious mistake, and we can assure them that many a voice of inferior quality, guided by a sen sitive taste and elevated intellect, will afford more com plete satisfaction than many a splendid natural organ does, destitute of those great adjuncts. Several songs were re-demanded ; and, may we here venture to suggest, that something like personal opposition appeared in the re sistance:to the encore of " By Celia's Arbour." May we'add, that private prejudice chooses a very unbecoming arena for its exhibition• before public audiences. The skill and care withwhichthese concerts are got up, at least, merit the tone of courtesy, even from those who entertain objections to exceptional particulars. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Last night Mr. A. Wigan appeared for the'first time at this theatre in the farces of the "Bengal Tiger" and "The First Night." As examples of Mr. Wigan's powers of a§suniption, the very distinct character of the peppery, irritable, old East Indian, and the supple, ever-ready, indefatigable Frenchman, determined to procure a debut for his daughter, are judiciously chosen, and afford a striking contrast. The latter character is, however, by far the most finished performance, and is one of the most careful and elaborate studies from nature it is possible to conceive. At the end of both pieces Mr. Wigan was loudly called for by one of the most numerous audiences we have seen in the new theatre. POLYGRAPHIC HALL.—The " Female Creole Serenaders" appeared for the first time in England last evening, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Strand, and were received with very great favour by a crowded assembly. The entertainment given by the " Female Creole Serenaders," which is really excellent of its kind, is well worth a visit. THE NEAPOLITAN EXlLES.—Another party of about 20 of the Neapolitan exiles will arrive to-morrew at the Paddington Station of the Great Western Railway. An address is to bo presented to them on this occasion. A deputation of hop growers from the counties of Worcester, Hereford, and Kent, consisting of Lord Beau cham, Lord Elmley, M.P., Lord Wm. Graham, M.P., Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., Hon. Captain Hanbury, M.P., Mr. King King, M.P., Mr. Knight, M.P., and Mr. iohn Locke, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Australian mail is now four days overdue. It is reported from Stuttgardt that the army of Wurtemberg is immediately to be placed on a war footing. A return has been ordered by the Government of all persons above 65 years of age in full employ under the Post-office department. On Sunday next the Emperor intends to review the entire army of Paris, on the occasion of the anniversary of the return to Paris of Napoleon 1., in 1815. HARWICH ELECTION.—Captain Jervis, the Con servative candidate, had a show of hands at the nomination yesterday. The poll will take place this day. THE BANK OF ENGLAND..—The half-yearly General Court of the Bank of England was held to-day, Mr. Sheffield Neave, the Governor, presiding. The profits during the past six months have been £610,946, and the rest now amounts to £3,632,944. • A dividend of 4 per cent., without deduction of income-tax, was declared, leaving the rest at £3,050,825. No discussion took place. THE MAIL SERVICE. - -SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 17.—The steam ship Atrato, Captain Woolley, left this day with the West India and Pacific mails, 74 passengers, £2BO in specie, £8,500 in jewellery, and a full cargo. The steam ship Jeddo, Captain Black, left this day with the usual Peninsular mail, 13 passengers, and £5,300 in specie. The Magdalena, with the homeward West India mail, and the Fulton, with the American mail, may be looked for to-morrow. The Ceylon, with the East India and China mail, is expected on Saturday. The wind has been blow ing a gale throughout the di) , from the westward. LETTERS FOR CANADA.—On the Ist of April next and thence-forward, letters addressed to Canada posted unpaid will be charged with a fine of sixpence each letter in addition to the usual postage; and letters posted insuffi ciently prepaid will also be charged with the amount defi cient and with a fine of sixpence. A similar fine, in addi tion to the postage, will be levied in this country upon all letters received from Canada which may have been posted unpaid or insufficiently paid.—By command of the Post master-General, Rowland Hill, Secretary.—General Post office, March 15: One English ship (name - not - stated) is loading lacquered ware for London ; besides which there were one other English, and several American ships, including whalers, in port. H.M.S. Inflexible left four days before the Tribune reached Nangasaki. The price of lacquered ware has gone up fifty per cent. since the Calcutta was there, though it still. appears, to old Canton residents, mon strously cheap. English money is at a great discount 12s. Bd. only for a full weight sovereign. —China Telegraph. ADVERTISING LAMPS.—A Mr. Prisley, of Wal worth, has patented a method of advertising on ordinary street lamps, which we hope will not come into general use. He first removes the top or upper part of any of the lamps or lanterns now in use for lighting streets and other public thoroughfares, and affixes to the lamp, in the place of its ordinary top, an addition or elongation, on which th e name of somebody's hats, or pills, or coffee, or other necessaries or luxuries of life, is blazoned.—Mechanies' Magazine. IMPROVED LIFE 130 ATS.—Mr. Andrew Lamb, engineer, of Southampton, and W. J. White, of Cowes, have introduced several improvements into the construction of life-boats. They form the boat with longitudinal water tight compartments on each side, and, extending nearly from stem to stern, " the centres of gravity and displace ment of which (should the life-boat be filled by a sea)," say they, " are so high as to make it almost impossible for the boat to be capsized." They introduce two or more delivery tubes, with valves so constructed as to prevent the admission of water from without, and to tree the boat from the water within down to the level of the water outside ; and "we so, place and arrange the tubes," say they, "with reference to the calculated centres of gravity and displace ment of the boat, as to make her available for carrying out the largest anchor from the ship, the anchor being slung under the bottom of the boat, and (being a life-boat) should she ship a sea, there will be sufficient buoyancy in the air tight compartments to carry the anchor and crew with safety, whilst an ordinary boat would be buried by the waves, and consequently sink." Thesevalves will also admit air, should such a contingency as the boat's capsizing oc cur, and the crew be confined underneath, where they would be safe, there being sufficient head room from them beneath the thwarts and the bottom. In addition to the water-plugs at the lower part of the air cases, they introduce screw plugs at the top of the water-tightcompartments, by which a free current of air may be Dossed through the cases ti ensure their durability , —Mechanics' magazine. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Fulton steamer, Captain Wotton, with New York mails of the sth, has arrived off Cowes. She has 75,656 dols. for England, and 460,344 dols. for France. She spoke the' Europa steamer on March 6th, and on the 13th a large steamer, supposed to be the Arabia. The Fulton signalled the Egyptian steam yacht Faid Gihaad off the Lizard Point at 2 p.m. on the 17th, bound for Falmouth, with an accident to her engine. Congress adjourned on the 4th. The disagreement between the Senate.and the House relative to the postage question was not healed, and the Post-office Appropriation and Post office Routes Bills failed to become law. New York cotton market firm, with sales of 3,500 bales. A lively inquiry prevailed for bread stuffs, and a fair demand for provisions, sugars, and molasses. Hides and leather were more sought after. Freight engagements moderate. The money market was easy and quiet. Exchange closed firm for Fulton, at 109,1 to 1091 on London, and sf. 121 c. on Paris. Stocks were higher and left off steady. New York CentrLs, 811 ; Rock Island, 62 ; Galena, 711, ; Michigan Central, 531; Southern Preferred, 49; Pacific Mail, 77 ; Panama, 1171 ; Illinois Central, 70; Bonds, 89k. At New Orleans, on the 3d, cotton was firm, and 6,000 bales sold middling, at lie, to 11,-,c,; sugar steady, fair 61c. to 61-e. ; flour firm. The cotton market at Savannah closed at ad vancing prices, and at Charleston the market closed at . 7 1c. to ie. better prices on the week. The ship Vanguard, with 14,000 bales of cotton for Cronstadt, was burning at Algiers, opposite New Orleans, and it was feared would be totally de stroyed. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The screw steamship City of Manchester, Capt. Kennedy, arrived here this afternoon. She sailed from New York on the 3d inst., but anchored off Sandy Hook until the morning of the 4th. She brought 90 passengers, and 200,000 dols. in specie. Congress was in a state of confusion, as usual when within a day or two of the expiration of the session. As a last resort for securing adequate provision for the wants of the Government, the United States Senate had made an amendment to the General Appropriation Bill, authorising an issue of treasury notes to the extent of twenty millions of dollars. The house would have to concur in this movement. A fire had occurred at Memphis, Tennessee, de stroying property on Main-street to the value of 150,000 dollars. Five newspaper establishments were burned down. The following scene had taken place in a Ken tucky law court :—An old political feud has existed for some time between Thomas S. Low, of Hawes ville, and Cicero Maxwell, of Hartford, Kentucky, the prosecuting attorney for that district. Mr. Low had threatened to cowhide Mr. Maxwell on meeting him. On the 2d.of March, while Mr. Maxwell was addressing the court at Hawesville, he was inter rupted by Mr. Low denouncing him in grossly insulting language. Mr. Maxwell and others then fired several shots at Mr. Low, wounding him in the thigh and arm, cutting off his thumb, and riddling his shirt. A general fire with pistols en sued, and John Aldridge, a friend of Mr. Low's, was killed, and a Mr. Miller shot through the thigh. Mr. Low has been committed to gaol for protection from the mob. On the 28th ult. the House of Assembly at Toronto resolved, by a vote of 43 to 16, that the per diem of members should be increased from 4 dols. to 6 dols. The seat of government question continues to agitate the Canadians. Ottawais to be the eventual capital—that point is settled ; but while Ottawa is getting ready, the Government will • leave Toronto, and make a temporary settlement in Quebec. A bill for the protection of squatters has been read a second time and referred to a select com mittee. There are large tracts of land in Lower Canada owned by non-resident proprietors who have totally neglected their property. Persons have settled on these lands without title, and the object of the bill is to compel the proprietors, whenever they remove squatters, to pay them for their improvements. It encounters considerable opposition, but its passage is conceded. The New York money market was very easy, and money was offered in Wall-street at 4 per cent. Exchange was rather less firm. The bulk of the business passing in sterling was at 1091. The stock market was rather lower. The latest sales were : New York Central shares, 801 ; Illinois Central, 691; ditto Bonds, 893; Panama shares, 1161 ; United States Fives of 1874, 103 s ; Erie shares, 121. The cotton market was active, and -}c. higher. Sales of the day, 5,000 bales. Middling Uplands, 121 c. Flour in good demand, and dearer for common and medium. Wheat active and rather higher Coin steady. Freights without change. Liverpool at 5-32 d. and 3-16 d. Cotton taken for THE NAVY. Lieutenant Frederick C. W. Liardet (1855) joined the. Britannia training ship at Portsmouth on Tuesday as in structing lieutenant (additional). Tke Rodney, 90-gun sailing ship, has been towed up to Chatham from the Nore by the Adder and African steam ships, and is now lying off the dockyard for the purpose of being taken into No. 2 dock as soon as the Trafalgar, late 120, has been undocked. The Rodney will require consi derable alterations to fit her for a screw steamship. The Hood, 90, screw steamer, is ordered to be launched on the 4th of May. It is reported that the Illustrious, 72, old training ship, is again to be fitted out to take the place of the St. Vincent, guard ship in ordinary; and that she will take the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, admiral-superin tendent of the dockyard. The St. Vincent, it is said, will be commissioned and have a crew of 900 men for reserve. Tlie Mersey, 40, screw steam-frigate, Captain H. Cald well, C. 8., moved out of the steam basin at Portsmouth yes terday, and berthed alongside the Bellerophon hulk in the harbour. The weather prevented her proceedin,g on the engineer's trial of her machinery as had been intended, it having blown a hard gale all day from S.W. The Princess Charlotte, screw steam transport, fram Hong Kong, with naval and military invalids, is hourly ex pected at Spithead. She is now 112 days out. The Ardent, paddlewheel steam-sloop, Commander John H. Cave, has arrived at Sheerness, from the West Coast of Africa (last from Woolwich.) An additional number of artificers, riggers, &c., are put on the Hero, at Sheerness, to expedite her equipment for immediate service. Mr. John - Wrap was yesterday appointed master to the Vulture ; and Mr. Robert J. C. Grant master to the In trepid. THE ARMY. The 3Gth Company of Royal' Engineers is under orders to proceed from head-qUarters, Chatham, to the camp at Aldershott, to relieve the 28th company, ordered to return to Brompton Barracks. First-Lieutenant W. Taylor has been appointed Acting- Adjutant of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, until Lieutenant J. 11. Mackerry, who has been promoted to be adjutant, joins the head-quarters of the division from China. • • •• The 58th Regiment, recently arrived at . Portsmouth from New Zealand, are under orders to proceed to Shornelifte about the 21st inst THE JAPANESE AMBASSADORS FOR AMERICA.-- The Japanese commissioners appointed to proceed to Wash ington to exchange the ratification of the American treaty are Nagaai Genba no 'Cana, Governor of Accounts and Minister of the Navy, and Twa. Say Higo no Kami, Im perial Inspector. The former is said to be a learned and intelligent man, instructed by some officers, of the Dutch navy at Desima, in algebra, mathematics, and navigation. In 1857 he conducted the steamer Soembing, the first ever possessed by the Japanese, from Nangasaki to Yeddo, with Japanese e ngineers and sailors, a n d w i t h out any European aic iH e wa s one of the commissioners engaged in nego tiating the late treaties,—China Telegraph. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTI- I'UI'ION. Yesterday the annual meeting of the friends and sup porters of this national and philanthropic institution was held at the London Tavern, Sir John S. Pakington, Bart., M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, in the chair. The meeting was influentially and most numerously attended, and amongst others there were present Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., chairman of the society; Thomas Chap man, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., deputy-chairman; Admiral Bullock ; Captain Lean, R.N. ; M. Gore, Esq. ; Ad miral Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. ; Captain Perrott ; Captain Washington, R.N., F.R.S.; Sir James Tyler; Captain Collinson, R.N. ; Captain Stopford, R.N. ; John Roberts, Esq. ; General Moore ; T. B. Chanter, Esq. ; J. S. Brickwood, Esq. ; John ' Barrow, Esq. ; John Chap man, Esq. • Francis Lean, Esq. ; C. H Cooke, Esq. • Admiral 111‘Ilardy ; E. Pepys, Esq. ; Capt. L. Perrott, Capt. Hall, R.N., C.B. ; Capt. Robertson, R.N. ; Capt. Sullivan, R.N. ; Sir Charles Pasley, K.C.B. ; William Roupell, Esq., M.P. ; General Dixon ; John Dyer, Esq. ; George Hanson, Esq. ; General Blanshard, C.B. ; and many other gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN explained that he had consented to take the chair in consequence of the indisposition of the President, his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. He had great pleasure in presiding over the meeting, as he thought the institution most valuable, and one which deserved the sup port of every man. He thought the report most gratifying, especially when they saw that whereas the average of the loss of life on the British coast was to the extent of 800 persons, during the past year it was only 343; whilst there had been saved by lifeboats 427 persons, of whom the lifeboats of the institution had saved 106. He trusted through the exertions of the society, and a royal commission which he had had the honour to be instrumental in having appointed, that there would soon be lifeboats and harbours of refuge all round the coast ; but even than the exertions of such a society as this would be most important, and he trusted it would receive the support its usefulness demanded. He thought there could be no more appropriate time for the society to meet than that clay when they were ex periencing the effects of a heavy gale of wind which would probably render necessary the efforts of the boats of the society. Indeed they had been so called upon' uring the last few days for assistance, as was shown by letters he held in his hand. One from Padstow stated that five lives had been saved from a wreck on the 15th inst., and on the same day another letter said a crew was taken off a vessel at Fishguard, but the weather moderating they returned to it. Having borne testimony to the value of the self-righting lifeboats, and the rule of the society which compelled every one of the crew to wear a life-belt, Sir John called upon Mr. Lewis, the secretary, to read the annual report, which commenced by expressing gratification at the con tinued enlargement of the sphere of the institution's opera tions, and its accompanying advancement in public favour : —" The society now possessed 81 lifeboat establishments, thoroughly equipped in every way; 15 of which had been added during the last 12 months. A new boat is building for Kilmer°. All these boats are on the self-righting prin ciple. Transporting carriages and boat-houses had also been provided for the same, viz —at Cromer, Mundesley, Bacton, Winterton, Yarmouth (two b oa t s ), Exmouth, and Fleetwood ;in Ireland—at Dundalk, Carnsore, Tra more, Dungarvan, and Newcastle, the last named in lieu of a previous boat ; and in Scotland—at Fraserburgh and Lossiemouth. The committee continued to receive the most satisfactory reports of this class of lifeboats, many of which had rendered important services in saving life during the past year. Lifeboats on the- same plan had been ordered by the Goverment of Russia, Prussia, and Portugal, and by some of our own colonial Governments, from the builders to the society; and the institu tion had in every case been requested to-superintend their construction. The lifeboats of the institution had been instrumental in saving 106 persons during the past year. They had also been off on 29 occasions to the assist ance of vessels showing signals of distress. The institution again acknowledged the important and cordial assistance which it continued to receive from its several branch com mittees. It appeared from the report of the Board of Trade presented to Parliament, that the number of ship wrecks on the coasts of the United Kingdom during the past year had been nearly the same as that of the previous year-1,170 in all—from which, 343 lives had unhappily perished. It was, however, gratifying to find that the total number of lives saved from shipwrecks by lifeboats and other means on our coasts during the same period was 1,555. The total number of persons saved from shipwreck since the first establishment of the National Lifeboat Insti tution, and for rescuing whom the committee had granted honorary and pecuniary rewards, was 10,902. The lives of 427 persons from 64 wrecks on the coasts of the British Isles had been rescued during the past year, through the instrumentality of the lifeboats of the institution, and of other means—in acknowledgment for which services one gold medal, 23 silver medals, 37 other honorary distinctions and £952 had been voted. Since the formation of the in stitution it had expended on lifeboat establishments £28,061, and had voted 81 gold and 629 medals for distin guished services for saving life, besides pecuniary awards, amounting together to £11,651." From the financial statement it appeared that the institution had expended on new lifeboat carriages and boat-houses and their equipments £8,051 4s. 11d., and £1,203 18s. 6d. for exer cising the crews of its lifeboats—making altogether a total of £,9,255 3s. 4d. This great and national work had, how ever, only been accomplished by the society incurring fur ther liabilities to the extent of £3,047. The report referred to a donation of £5O from his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, K.G., vice-patron of the society; to Lady Rolle, who had promisedlto defray the cost of the Exmouth life boat establishment, amounting to £367; to the following gifts—£lso from a lady who had previously presented the society with the like amount towards the cost of a lifeboat station; £l6O 9s. 10d., being the produce arising from the sale of the contents of a plate chest, presented by Mrs. Coles, of Tunbridge-wells, whose husband had previously bequeathed to the institution £2OO ; £3OO, being the cost of a lifeboat station, from a lady wh ose lif e h a d b een provi dentially saved from drowmng on the Irish coast ; £242 from the sister institution, the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariner's Society, chiefly collected in threepences from its members; £2l..from Viscount Bury, M.P., and his fellow passengers, being the amount collected amongst themselves in aid of the funds of the institution, on their homeward voyage from New Yerk, on board the steamship Asia ; and £3O from the boat-builders, sawyers, and other workmen in the employ of the Messrs. Forrestt, of Limehouse. The report concluded by earnestly soliciting the support of all those who are able to render it. The report was adopted, and a special resolution carried, to the effect that the meeting heard with great satisfaction of the continued success which attended the opprations of the institution during the past year, and taking into consi deration that the institution had now 81 lifeboats under its 3nanagement, and that the same required a large permanent annual income to' maintain them in a state of thorough efficiency, the meeting was of opinion that the society emi nently deserves continued and extended public support. Votes of thanks were then given to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, and to the Marin e Department of the Board of T r ad e , for the important and cordial aid afforded by the board to the institution ; to the Commodore Comptroller-General, the Deputy-Comptroller- General, and the officers and men of her Majesty's Coast guard service, for their valuable assistance to the society ; to the various officers of the institution; and to the chair man for presiding over them. . DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.-LOSS OF FIVE LIVES. STRO3INESS, March 12, 1859.—1 t is our painful task to report one of the most fearful shipwrecks that has occurred on our shores for these many years, being the total loss of the barque Lord Mulgrave, of Hull, a vessel about 500 tons register, commanded by Captain Robert Atkinson, a fine young man, a native of Hull. The ship was bound from Shields to New York, with a cargo of coals, and had only been about three weeks out of port. She had passed the Orkney Islands about eight days previous to the sad occurrence, and had experienced fearful weather to the westward, and had spent some sails, got decks swept, and bulwarks carried away. The gale continuing, the cap tain resolved to put about ship, and run for the Orkney Islands. They sighted Dunnet Head on the night of the Bth. The gale still increased on the 9th, and towards even ing it blew a perfect hurricane ; as they neared our islands sail after sail wore blown to shreds, and no sooner had the poor fellows bent on another than it shared the same fate. At last, for want of canvass, the vessel became unmanage. , able, so that she could not weather the point of Brackness to get into Hoy Sound, but began to drift to leeward, and as a fearful sea was running it became evident that the ill fated vessel was hurrying fast to destruction.:The captain and his noble crow, as a last resource, resolved to give the ship her anchors, as it might check her rapid progress lee ward, until the life-boat could be got out, so that they might endeavour to reach the shore by it. Anchors were dropped, and the life-boat was launched, and some of the crew had got into her, when a tremendous billow struck the vessel and capsized the boat, drowning two of the crew, the one an old man, cook on board, and the other a fine young boy about fifteen years old, son of a most re spectable-gentleman in Hull, and who had only joined the ship in the way of a trial voyage. Before the boy was put into the life-boat the captain tied his own life-belt on him,' but to no purpose ; the little fellow was seen after the boat upset, floating away to leeward amongst the raging surf, and waving his hand to his shipmates as if by way of farewell. This took place about six o'clock, p.m., when the anchors dragged and the vessel d r ift e d rapidly to leeward, and soon struck on that ridge of rocks known by the name of Bailie Crowe, near Brackness, and close by the Black Craigs. Very. soon after she struck, the mizzen-mast went over board, and the mainmast soon followed; some of the crew bad been in the main rigging, hut fortunately got out before the mast fell overboard. The forechains were now the only stand by for the poor fellows ; wave after wave was passing over the ship, with, fearful rapidity, and with tell ing effect. The shore to a considerable distance became strewed with the wreck, and the noble ship, which a few hours before seemed to defy both wind and wave, was now a helpless wreck on the shore, .billow after billow dashing her to pieces, and sending the scattered fragments to the beach. About this time the foremast fell overboard, and the ship was fast breaking up. The anxiety amongst the crowda_who had assembled on the shore became most in tense, as they were almost giving up hopes of seeing any of the helpless crew in life ; and to add to the horrors of the scene, it was getting quite dark, and nothing of the crew could be seen from on shore. About 8 o'clock the ship parted amidships, and the stern portion drifted a little shoreward. A cry was then heard in the direction of the wreck, which proceeded from the crew, and was answered by a shout from a few young men who were nearest the wreck, and who, headed by a young man, Wil liam Louttitt to name, a native of this place, determined to strain every nerve to save them, and after extraordinary efforts and great risk, he, along with the other four, suc ceeded in getting the poor fellows to the land, greatly ex hausted from cold and fatigue. Had it not been for the timeous assistance of these young, men, who deserve all praise, they would have soon been swept from the rock where they had got a footing. When the ship parted nine of the crew got on a p i ece of the wreck and floated to the rock, and were thus miraculously saved. The poor fellows were immediately assisted to the houses of Mr. George Inkster and Thos. Linklater, at Brackness, who kindly warmed, fed, and gave them beds for the night. The crew consisted of 14 in all. The following is a list of those drowned and saved : Atkinson, master; Francis Chatham, boy 15 years old ; Thomas Al‘Clusky, cook; Charles Dolli sen_, second mate; Edward Kirk, seaman. SAVED—Francis Anderson, mate ; Henry Sellers, sea man ; William Appleby ; Richard Taylor ; George Glen; John Kight, steward ; Thomas Smithson, apprentice; James Campbell, seaman; James Holmes, apprentice. The body of the second mate was found yesterday, and was decently interred in the parish churchyard to-day. None of the remains of the other persons drowned have as yet been found. 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