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TEE harter ßOYAL be BRITISH BANK (Incorporated sides all ordinary Banking bug iness, Continues to allow, On DEPOSITS for six months, 3 per cent. per annum ; and o:, nas for shorter periods and ut Call, interest varying with the Ittnonnt and time in Bank ; And Grants • CASH CREDITS for indefinite periods, on sufficient securities, at Per cent. commission half-yearly en the amount of the credit, and ° per cent. ner annum interest on the ba l a nce on,y at debit ; and LOINS for short periods on marketable securities, at rates vary -128 With the circumstances. Every additional information and firms f..,r opening accounts, , Will be supplied at the Bank and its Branches, or sent by post on ap- By order of the Court of Directors, MUGU INNES CAMERON, General Manager. 16 , Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. LEVEES, DRAWING-ROOMS, FANCY DRES3 BALLS, PRIVAT& THEATRICALS. MESSRS. NICOLL have severa l ELEGANT SUITS, adapted for the above, ready for inspection or uie, at moderate prices. 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STInET. ICOL L'S REGISTERED P kLE rOT. Many have assumed the use of the word Paletot, but the Patentees of the design and material used in this inexpensive and seatemant►y article of di:ess are Messrs. NICOLL, Nferchant Clothiers, Paletot Patentees, and Manafacttuers of Cloth, who have !gents in every princif al town in the Milted Kingdom and its Co lonies. Their London Address bzing as follows : No. 114. Regent-street, forms a Department for Paletets, &c. 116 (the next house), is devoted for Military and Diplomatic Uniforms. No. 118, for Robes and every novel or establish d article of CO3- turns . No. 120, is exclusive for Boys' and Youths' Clothing, Servants' Liveries, &c., of unusual excellenc2; and at 22, Cornhill. Specimens of all may b?. seen. In each Department skilful and Intelligent Assistants attend, and Inc admitted tact, "Teat an article to be really cheap should be good," is practically sustained. ll' J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornbitl. -------- POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY. Just published, price ONE SH ILLING, the " Supplement to t se Post Office London Directory for 1852," containing the Peerage a n Parliamentary Directory (as published in the Complete Edition), corrected to this da'e. The Parliamentary Directory gives the ekes held by the new Ministe rs and Chief Officers of State ; the Festal Directory in 72 Imperial octa vo p a g es, all the arrangements , or the transmission of letters and newspapers to all parts of the World, with a copious Index, so that any subject can be immediately referred to ; the usual supplemental matter, &c., &c., &c. W. Kelly and Co , Old Boswell court, and all Booksellers in town and country. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1852, Ilaydn's CREATION. The Oratorio will be preceded by the celebrated Anthem, "In that Day," composed and conducted by Dr. Flvey, Private Organist • her Majesty, and Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Vocalists—Miss Birch, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. H. Phillips. The Band and Chowakamlisit.cgfeßrilxr-P•venrmakr. Tickets, Area, 35. ; Reserved Area or Gallery, 55.; Central re- Served Area numbered, 10s. 6d. each. Only Office of the Soclaty, 9, Exeter-hall, entranc3 in Exeter-street. THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MlNE.—Notice is hereby given, that the OFFICES of the e°mPany are REMOVED from No. 10, Old Jewry-chambers, to 39, Zcicholas-lane, Lombard-street, in tl.e city of London. By order, WILLIAM PULSFORD, Sec. THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MINE.—The Committee of Management have the plc isure of Informing their co-adventurers that they have engaged a full and ___eempc!tent staff of arti=ans and miners, under t he su p erintendence of Air. Sherwood, the Company's Engineer, who Rill sail for Australia on TRugsDAlCnext, the 25th instant, from the Port of Bristol, In the the :surrey, w d will take wit:t them all ne cessar y machinery for e purpose of commencing mining operations immediately on their arrival in the colony. Dated March 23, 1852 WILLIAM PULSFOIID, Sec. pRANKLINSKI'S PATENT CONVEY ANC?: COMPANY. Provisionally lieglstered, 6th and 7th Victoria. Capital 25,0 0/., in 5,000 shares of 5/. each, to be paid up on complete registration. 'With power to increase the capital to I ° o ,oook An influential and competent Board of Directors has been formed to manage the affairs of the Company. This patent carriage contains Althat is required by the public, for "re, commodious, and economical travailing ie large towns, and has, since its first introduction, been greatly reduce in weight ana im proved in c mfort. In it every passeng r has a distinct seat, with a separate entrance, and the means of communication (if desired) through a sliding partition, thus combining privacy with court. it, an d Preventing all chance of infection—all opportunity of robbery And insult—and that uncomfortable crowding and inconvenience (especially in wet , Wettheri, which constitute the main objeetisn to the vehicles now in use, and at thu same time affording the traveller an , Opportunity of regulating the tempe rature a c cordin g to his or her Pleasure. It is proposed that a few of the Company's vehicles shall be ran Oil a Sunday, and, moreover, that a fund snail be provided to meet Cases of sickness and death among the Company's servants. Prospectuses may be obtained on application at the Company's temporary offices, 40. Regent•cirCUS, Piccadilly, and of the Aol:eitor, at 25, Gracechorch-street, City, where also applications for shares Will be received. March 17, 1852 J. A. FRANKLINSKI, Secretary, pro. tem. LIGHTI:--PRIZE MEDAL FOR LAMPS Clark's Lamps are the best. Their equal is unknown, and ;bah' superior may never come. How lig ht, how gay, how bright, loYons we feel in light. The sun pours forth its glorious rays to Sladdea myriads with its glorious ii;ht. It is a remark Able fact that hi the Papal kingdoms there is lit:le light, but i n Protestant lands t here is much light. Clark's Diaalond Lamps for general us e are the best in the w rid Clark's rtical Lamp far easels the French Moderator Lamp, and all other Lamps constructed with machinery. Clark's Pearl Candle Lamp surp ssses all o ther Candle Lamps.. T he; Public should ask fa* Clark's Limps, and purchase no ne other. . l e , can be had in great variety , at all prices and for every u se, at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Com p an y , 447, vv( s Strand, near the Lowther-arcade. RICH kltD CLARK, Resident ,_ . Manager. Lamps in every variety are sent out on hire at two thirds the usual charge, that the Public m a y be convinced which lamps are the best. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. tROYAb POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. During Lent , a Lecture on Astronomy , illustrated by bean • diagrams, will be delivered by Dr. Bachh,ffner, on Wednesday VICI Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock. —An Ra g lan,: 7 Description by Mr. Crisps, of the Prussian Musket, the Lan caster and Minks Rifles, the various Revolvers, and other Fire !Ms, with the Improved Conical Bullet , da il y , at a Q uarter to Three , cl celt, and on Tuesday, and Thursday Evenings, at Nine.—A " Mu -"cal Lento," being a Lecture on the Songs of Dibdin, and other emi !lent Composers, by T. Thorpe Peed, Esq., Professor of Singing at ▪ Royal Academy of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday Evenings, at Eight o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, by 3. H. Pepper, N.—Dissolving Views, &c. _Admission, ls.; I:Schools and Children under Ten years of a g e, 4 luf - Price. A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. 14 R. ALBERT SMITI-I'S ASCENT of MONT BLANC, illustrated by Mr. W. BEVERLEY, EVERY kV-ENING, at Eight o'clock. Stalls (numbered and reserved, which can be taken from a plan Mt the Hall, every day, from Eleven to Four), 35.; Area, 2s. ; Gal 'er7, Is. Children's Stalls, 23.; Area, is. Morning Performance every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. LAURENT'S CASINO, E A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. ,„ The PRIZE WALTZ. awarde d to Mr. W. H. Mont g omery, of th .4 3%1 Horse Guards (Blue), will be played every evening by t's C e l e brated Band. Principal Cornet - a - Fiston , M. ut. moors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and te at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. TO WHAT COUNT FRY AhE YOU ABOUT TO EMIGRATE? 4 , Question answered by diffe rent p ersons , each having different 0,, • Zfects ha view, and intending to (migrate to different stations, some -.Z‘liEvy• YORK, where provisions are che a p , working tools to be at hundreds of Stores kept by English Houses, hut all kinds of Clothing, HATS, CAPS, HOSIERY, BOOTaI, -HOES, &c., must „."Paid dearly for, and in many instances will be found of inferior and make; hence the absolute necessity of procuring a stock °ftbecheapest and best in the world , at E . MOAEs and SON'S, agate and Minerles, or Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. AUSTRALIA, where the Climate is warmer, where labour and 'sent is well paid, but where CLOTHING and ARTICLES, use:ul for domestic comfort, can scarcely be had at any price. hence the Lnsdom of providing r. complete OUTFIT, at E. MOSES and SON'S, ~,,met being the Br ST and CHEA PEST in the Universe; it contains 'OODs requisite for the passage, and which will continue ne censurY on arriving at your station;; also CLOTHING exactly re quired for the Climate. CALIFORNIA, where Gold may be found, but cannot be used for tentnediato comfort, and when found may have to be bartered ,wayaway at small v a l ue for poor an d u seless ARTICL rIS of DRES , observe the itiVantage of t th e OUTFIT from E. MOTES and SON'S celebrated EstablillaL n ent ; no useless • articles, everything being suited for the p v , CANIDA.S, or FARage and the country . wEs r. Avoid the inconveniences at tending traveling through ~t i b r ne e g y . Specially reat plaltie prepared, epAairneedf:Crao. RlAtabkLinEg, Your own articles for the trNtQUE, and every way COMPLETE, all .comprehended in the Outfit, furnished at the lower, ra.e.' by E. MOSES and SON. INDIA per any ROUTE. the C ompact Outfit serviceable in all Maces, and incorporate even the elegances of an English Home, are those prepared' by E. ISOSES'ana SON.' • Emigrants! Callas fitted up at a trifling expense. Every comfort and even elegan3Y combined In E. MOSES and SON'S Outfits. They apply them for 3/. 155., 6/. 155., 1 i. 11x., and upwards. A detailed _est can be had on application, or forwarded, post. free, to auy part of the kingdom.. Vol. 11. THE LASES OF MIL to.RI•TEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, 803. E. MOSES AND SON. nim Landon City Establis,ment, 1 5 a, 155, 156 . and l St ; Minories, 811 ''• 4s , and Bfi, Aldgate, oppos ite the Church, all co ~o ndon West-end Bra nch, 5b6, 507, 508 , New Oxford n fmt e r athg eo t t. I. ~ 414 14 ilart'•street, allzommunieAtinZ, isradford (Yorkshire) lirexch. IS, Bridge-st Test.. 'befficid Branch, 36, ragas. ~..1 1e rchant sailors, Clothiers, 'clatters, Vosiers, Furriers, p,, 4 , '",,' 0.,.., a4kers. and ;eneral Outfitters for Ladles and Getleaa. - a The c Establishments are closed rrom sunset Friday to :,,,,,,, on 4 1•2 r '^ .8 -.hen brutiliwo is rmyrord tilt Tvreive -Mne,lr, _. ,rANTED—A Young Lady to attend in the Mantle and 'under clothing Department. None need apply except they have been der clothing in the business. ..... . . ~.,, ,: he Universal Guide, a newspaper containing daily events, TI list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had, t etiSs Pn application, or forwarded, post-free, to anY part of the ••Ileltdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can ba had , g ratis, 9 application. lel I'on pane Francais. I Quiet parla Itali ano. Eller sprieht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol. ___------" CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 7 To be had of Sherwood , 23, Paternoster - row; Carv al li° , 14 • Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author ; gripe One Shilling each; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and 'national Use of Time." CONTENTS: —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings —Es tars ions about the Enviro ns of London—The Parks Lanes, Hills, Kore3te, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home -- -31usic —The Draina — On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, 41 r, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., Ffx FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, • " That three score years and ten our course may run." ' A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner- Vougy_d e biut a ted health and enfeebled constitution, that d e harasses to young, besets the man of p leasure, business, or stuly, an bitters old age • with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hart the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." StrancT •—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad- Vent of the passions. Chastity and its in The casual he of licentiousness and diasipation, with illustrations graphics, nar rative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. • V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." Paeoasantz :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Tim and choice, on both aides, as to age , temperament, comp lexion e and , igure, to secure healthy offspring , with the art and of its cony erE rearing them. physi ca l defectiveness and its removal. Sterility alon. Oases, &c. „ R. J. CITLYERWELL, M.D. (184 1 ), 082 7 ). L.S. A. " 824 ). Twenty-nye years Medical and Forensic Retiree in these Flatters. Reception hours day till YLT 7 . ; Evoninsa, Sew' till Chu. W Argyll-plw Beg pt • i ~~ 1~ /' ~~~ __ •,::- . ‘N . , ,, k ' . '",'' ,. '04.4.. :2 ,,,,, '1.%'40., , ,,. g.y, - , c • "'' 1 • 2lr -", ....„..,\ K : r -, ..<_,'.‹..? ..,-,•:,, --Z- ~r .4 '' ' '''' ' '' ''' '''' ' ';7 •--- A ,--,-.--). N, ,- , , - e4,-;.,,__-- , , , ".. ~•- ----.o ‘ l 1 5,- ~,- -,,, , f, - ; it--e - ' 4 li . Q14,-;= ----- T.03 ' . 7 .- '--T•z., -4 . -' , ;l= 4, • 5- 5 ' ol '‘7%. m . F.71 E:74 t7a N°.lB 567.] THURSDAY t fil ' 4l " tr . v MARCH 25 ) 1852. LONDON, &ill • 7 SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. HEAD OFFICE.—EDINBURGII. 5; ST. ANDREW' SQUARE. The TEHR rY-EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETIING of the MEMBERS 01 this SOCIETY was hold on the 21 current, — The Rev. Dr. GRAN r, one of the Vice-Presidents, in the Chair. Tim Report by the Directors, which was real to the Meeting, and unanimously approved of, showed, inter ala, the following results, in regard to the Society's operations, during the year 1851 : That the Number of PolicieS passed was 643, coverin,g _Assn - r.7ncei to the ex eat of 412.5651. 44.6 d. That the Capital of the Society amorinlcd, at 31st Dccediber last, to 2,450,7921.25. 2d ; _ That the Annual It:Nenue, as at the same date, was 318,6611. 164. 64.; and That 97 Members had died during the year, the Sums Assured - on their Lives amounting to 105,9781. 14s. 94., and ,this mortality being in the ratio of 53 per - cent. o; what was to be expected, according to calculation. The Meeting had also under consideration three several Resolu tions, of which special notice had been prsvionsly given, in terms of the Society's Constitution. Thes, Insolntions were approved of, - sad ordered to be snbmitted to a Special General Court, on an early day in Septetntlr next, for final disposal. The objects con-. templaled by them, are 1. To alter die day on which the Annual General Court shall is future be held. 2. To extend the power presently possessed by the Ordinary Court of Directors, of allowing a Conversion of the Bonus Additions attaching to Policies, into an Equivalent Deduc tion from future Premiums. 3. To enable the Ordinary Court of Directors (under c ertain conditions and restrictions) to declare Pelletes to be free from challenge upon any ground except that of non-pay ment of the Ordinary Annual or Extra Premiums, if such - be exigible, A vote of thanks to the Directors and Office-Bearers having been proposed and seconded, and the vacancies occurring in the Direction having been tilled up, the thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman for his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting adjourned. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. LINDEAY, Secretary. Edinburgh, March, 1852. N.R. - A full Report of the Procedure at the ahove Meeting is in course of being printed, and wall shortly be ready for circulation. LONDON OFFICE, 4, ROYAL EXCHN VGE-BUILDINGS, HUGH M`KEAN, Agent. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANC E COMPANY. I, Princes-street, Bank,bondon,- • ..SVAMISII , I - l et . Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. ORPHANS' AND CillbitßEN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH. , This Branch bas been established for the purpose of affording to Parents, Guardians, and Friends the means of providing, in an easy and inexpensive manner, a fund for the maintenance and education of their children, so as to guard against the difliculies and destitu- tion in which infants are frequently left by the premature deaths of those on whom they are dependent. For this purpose an extensive set of Tables has been prepared, showing the Quarterly Rat .8 of Premium required, at at all ages, for Annuities •ta commence at the death of a Parent or Friend, and to be continued until a child shall have completed (if a boy) his twenty first, or (if a girl) her twenty-fifth year of age. Tables have also been prepared, showing the sums for which such Annuities may be Commuted, when required to assist the child's outset in life. TH-lE•SIIIPPING INTEREST. ADDRESS DELIVERED liY WILLIAM DIGBY SEY, MOUR, ESQ ,' BEFORE THE ELECTORS OF SUN DERLAND. - 1g TUE NEW ASSEMBLY HALL, SANS-STREET, ON MONDAY LAST. Mr. Seymuur me; .11 numerous and influential body of the electors at the Assembly Hill, on Monday evening. The hall was crowded by at least 2,000 individuals. On the motion Of .f. B.chluectiAme, Esq., seconded by W. BURN, Each, Joshua Wilson, Esq., was called to the chair. • _ _ Mr, SEYMOUR ' who was received with enthusiastic plaudits, having- been called upon by the Chairman, ad dressed the miring, amidst hearty and ofarspeated acclamations, us follOVV8:—. Mr. Chairman--and Electors of Sunderland,—l em anxious that you - should Oidersnind my views upon the great—the Vital: question of .the shipping interest, that befere you-&terwine:whether I am_ to repndent you in Parliament you may have a clear and adequate outline of my sentiments,—(Hear, hear.) My esteemed and excellent friend. Mr. Joshua-Wilson, whose laborious and indefatigable exertions, added to the patriotic z.•stl with which he 1)1..9 devoted his talents and his time to the interests of this port, have already insured him your warmest gratitude--(Cheers)--and which will mike his name long reinembered in this town—(Cheers)—has en tered practically_ in the del ails of the subjecaand has laid before You faros and figures relative to the shipping of the country generally and of this port in `particular; and, With these - 'facts fresh in your recollection, I trust before I sit down to lead you to the impression that, whatever or wheever be to blame, whatever be the cause which operwes to depress the shipping interest, that cause is but temporary—(Hear, bear) —that, however- dark the clouds which hang over the horizon at the present moment, there is a cheering beet k of blue which promises the . retarn of mere-,prespereus days to the desponding ship owners of England.—(Protracted tiliesrs.) I doubt trot erseeeesadese.o , aarn of the 'facts of our 'natio-us! history, and she political circumstances under which the famous Act of Navigation was - passed. introduood by_ .ttie Protector, A.D. 1651, as a check upon the maritime ambition of the Dutch; then the great ocean-carriers cO the world, it was thereby enacted that no merchandise of Asia, Africa, and . America Should be imported into Grt at Britain in any but English built ships, navigated Oy an. English estiomander, with three-fourths of their crew at least Euglith. In addition to this exclusive right of British shippires ' it imposed discriminating good_ duties, so that s which might still come in foreign shipa t from Europe were taxed higher than if they were imporied under the British !Lg. This system of navi gation was perfected by 12th Charles 11., ch. 18, and con tinued during more than 160 years to be the great mari time charter of this country. Probably in that infant state.oncuemerine the cffeet of ibis system was favour able to its growth and expansion, just as you may have serr young trees surrounded with protecting which become a-derormity and an encumbrance in their maturer growth, and sr, it proved in the case of these restrictive enactments. Declared the law, when the com merce of England was 3, et in embryo—as soon as disco very had given us - a New World, seience new arts, in dustry new mebulectures— when millions of customers were totted for cur - productions, and boundless wealth !awarded our labours, the principle of the navige time law that sought' to shelae the little navy of a little trade was 'no longer wise or justifiable.—(Cheers.) L was nos, however, reason or foresight,. but the force. of a stern tedesetty that compelled this country lulu the adoption of a less restrictive system.-a(Hesr, home) true, Gnalue had „wriAsn hie " Mare Liberum,' and Solder, his " Mare Claissurre"the " Open Sea" Ind the " Snit!. and Sic M lia , ker, Sir J. Child, - end others, hod iiiveedgeeed the subject, and either die euted or supported Ilse policy of theSe acts; hut truth was not elicited from these controversies. We persisted in a rigid protection e —we refused to let foreign ships share our carrying trasle,—and it still continued to be our 'lobe) , to .drive into the' ships of England the car rying trade of the whole world.—(Hear, hear.) Mean 'while, however, on the other side of the Atlantic, a new empire was rapidly maturing,—a young and vigorous' .4cion from the loins of our foretathere,—a country which, when it was_weak and dep-ident, was compelled to submit to our protective system; but which was, even then, speeding forward to he high destiny which awaited ia—(Cheers.) The independence of the United States was the inevitable result •of our- Navigation Laws.— (Hear, hear.) Wan that independence came a re newed. enerey and spirit of sell-reliance. Gradaelly the commercial ardour of the United States rose superior to the influences--which had depress:edit, and at length en American Navigation Act taught England to know that if she injured she would be punished—that retalis tion was the recoil df restriction.—(Cheers.) S: e what followed —americ in ships sailed to Liverpool in ballast, having British,ships iu their wake laden with tobacco, rice, or cotton; while British ships traversed the At lantic to New York in ballast, with American ships hard in their wake leden with calicoes, cutlery, hard ware, and iron. —(Hear, hear.) A pretty game for two crest nations 'to play for the space of 28 years-- (Laughter.) In 18i5, this stete of things was put an end to by mutual_consent. A treaty of reciprocity was signed between England and America.—(Hear, hear.) A sitailar treaty was next made with Portugal.—(Hear. hear.) In 1823, - these treaties produced their natural result—a menace of _retaliation on the part of Prussia. — (Hear, hear.) The Prussian Minister of the day called on Mr. Huskisssn, and quietly intimated the intentions of his Government. Our shipowners, too, looking for ward with anxious-eye to our Prussian trade, and fear ful of retaliation, exerted themselves in favour of a treaty. Meanwhile Denmark and Sweden demanded a similar concession; till at length Mr. Huskisson, y to a necessity h e cou ld no l on ger oppose, intro diinuecleddthg olteelproeity, Acts, by which it was provided that`his then Majesty, King George the Fourth, might by order in council, admit ships of foreign states into our ports, en payment of such duti--s as wore charged on British vessels, 'providei that British ships were ad..eitted into the ports of such foreign states on payment of the seme duties as were charged on their own vessels. Under the authority of these Acts of Parliament, reci procity treaties have been concluded with the ,Govern ments of thirty different states.—(tlear, hear.) Thus, then. Sir, was .lEsoo's fable realized, when , we, like the north-west wind, blew from a -restrictive quarter, other nations retaliated, by drawin g the cloak of protection more tightly around them ; but when the: sun of free trade broke out, in warmth and brghoiess, the pro ter:wive cloelt fell from their shoulders--(Cheers) Now what was the effsot of this change in our commercial system?' io the five years preceding 1825, when the re proeity measures. of - Mr. Huskisson were passed, the British snipping entered inwards increased 6 per cent., while the foreign during the same period increased 22 per cent. Remember - that this proportion took pleCe while our legislative enactments were closely protective. The ports were then opened to those who would deal with us' on equitable terms. Calamity and ruin were prophesied to our shipping interests. But what was the result? In the five 3 ears between.lB2s and 1830, the , etries inwards of British shipping increased 17 per ef nt., while foreign only increased 12 per cent.—(Cheers.) From thot• peri, d. till 18[10, our shipping rapidly pro gressed, and the edtadily increasing and advancing tide of;-prosperity showed- the soundness of the principle upon which the new policy was based. Then another era dawned, and the name of another great atateman became associated with the shipping interest of the country. In 1841, Sir Robert Pepl received the reins of power and immediately set about, tiehorough,revieion of our customs earSff. The _result to tho shipping inter-ate was that from 1841 to 1845 inelueivea there was an increase of 37 per cent. entries inwards of British tonnage, while the in crease in foreigrawas only.l-5 per cent.—(Cheers) The famine of 1847 caused a suspension of our laws of navi gation, and the vessels - of all nations were allowed to enter our ports free With cargoes of ;rain or flour. To this we must leenAG fact that-in 1847 the entries in wards of foreign tonnage were.h i gher , by 447.657 tone, than they were in 1846, At the close of 1849, the Te pissl of our navigation -byes took piece; and in 1850 the entries inwards of fore i g n tonna g e exceeded, b y 354,587 toes, whet they were in 1849. The comparative rate of e years ending 1850, of 28 per teat.t the British twoe during cent. foreign, must be ascribed to have e m eerioned.—(Hear, hear.) I t i t c a i n and uses s e t s h s e 0I fire per ve Reciprocity Ac , was a step in the right on the whole, r the in the years 1834 and 1835 there was think., then, - gentlemen, that I have proved that, taken direction. 'true, dit received a shock, and a general panic commerce depression in different departments of overspread ce tional causes, into which we table to. .carethe market. These were attribu need not now he-43 isolated years by themselves, occasional! ex therefore, take t facts you must nut look at you must deal withbroadly; exceptional Jo inquire. You must not, u ears together, If you look alongside your So as to form an estimv e. shoreyou look out towards docks, if standing on the of a ve,sel in the offing, the sea, you may see the masts One year or another, but you must gro P 'but if you ascend the cliffs .of RnkeC or Hendon , y ou May see the hull as well as the roasts; thus a man who takes a narrow view of commercial statistics Will not see the truth so c l ear ly, an d it is only when he ascends to the elevation of principle ,that he can take-.a coin- Mending survey.—"( Cheers.) But mere do you lax oweat nothing more to free trad e th an navigation_ system? Has not the repeal of the corn-lairs given a great stimulus to the cocan-oar rying trade of the c ountry. ? Did not the value of the reion of your England's•exparts rise - from fo'rty-seven millions in 1842, to sevedty-One millions in 1850? Was rot the value of her inverts, swollen from sixty-five.- millions, in 1842, to one hundred millions in 1850? ~Did not the ,aggregate amount of .teneege mitered inwards and outwards, in the Tini.ed R:ugdom, increase from 7,046,000 tons in 1842, to 12,0:9.000 tons in 1850? And if our exports and imports have been so augmented, can it be deuicd that en itemenee advatitago has been derived by the shipping of the country? I do-not nice üby the cheapening of, provisiens, by which to victual vesiels, hut by the, increased employment arising from th e im petus given to our carrying iseae. Take auger, for in stance. Were there. not in 1850, 120,00 Q tons mere or sugar brought into this _country than in 1842? Again, with regard - to dose.. Were-- not -Right niillio n quarters .core grain imported into Great Briotio in 1850 than in 1842? What then! you who sigh after protection—you who declaim upon the wisdom and policy of the past— would you :re-iwpose ibia. cora and noiptiOa-laws? Would you reverse the freedom of 1842, *led return to your condition before 1825?—(Bear sad cheers,) Sr, I have purposely confined my. observations upon the state of our trade up to the year I/XS°, and I contend, that . looking to the then condition of the cm mace of this country, experience has anthl° . ndicated the wisdom of Mr. Hutkissen's policy; r_l3 is that year a third end lest great epoch commencedthe his tory of Eegland's mercantile nts.riue; for i that year the Act of 12th and 13th Victoria, commonly; called en Act for the Repeal of the Natigation Laws, was intro duced by Mr. _Labouehere, end-passed into law. The immediate cause of the repeal of Mr. Huskisson's Arts was owing to his not having inserted a clause is the laws of which he was the authotnalleiving British ships to import all non-prohibited articles from ivherever they might be fcund; the consequence of which would have been that the cotton of America, the sugar of Cubs, or the coffee of Java might have been glutting - . the parts along the English Channel. They could nett be im ported in a foreign ship unless the goods were carried bank to the country win nce they had t beterroriginally shipped, unless tin y werefirst carried to EuropOretin sore , other continent. Now, why was not this cltesee , marided , instead of precipitating a total repeal, an i why could not goods be declared nationaliz'd _wherever they wore found? Is it to be said that the question wis made one of party? Is the haste which et areeterised this me mentous change to be excused on the' ground that is was made . a Cabinet nitasure? Is it to be said thet the existence of a Miniatrx was the main cause €„r the hut'} alteration of'a system, a false step in eff cttng which ' alight prove fatal to the best interests of the twpire.— (Loud cheerio) Whatever was the motive, the repeal of the navigatiotsiaws was carried, .and carried with cir eumstances of inexcusable precipitancy _(Renewed cheers.) How happens it that, during the period which has elapsed since this repeal, with exports and Upper's enormously increasing, with trade oansually buoyant.with money. abundant end credit eatY t that oarorieg, ' instead of rising, as it his :is& before, fretin the epres si.tis iillich have, tiKib , fl it, is so tatcly in its receven ? Because it has received a shock w hich might - halt ! , proved _fatal; because to save a WhiK_Mini-trY anima interest was jeopardized plunged ; because oar. Laboueeere unged us into free trade without stipulating for reciprocity, an that before we could make ourselves reedy for the race to which we were exposed, foreign shipping overstecka our ports, and freights are reduced so ruinously low, thst 20s. per ton was the last return from Calcutta.—(Loud cheering) What have we gained froth America for conceding to her the trade of our colonies.? Nothing. What have we gained from Spain? Nothing. France has not met us—(Hear, lear)—Holland has not met us—(Hear, hear)--Itursia, Germany, Sweden, and other states have nothing to meet us with,—(Loud cheers.) Was it then right for a British Minister, I repeat, to take a step so momentous with plans so ill considered? —(Loud shouta of "No.") Had he gone to America' and said,—" We are a Free-trade country—we have adopted through all our interests the principles of corn— mewled freedom; it is your highest interest to fellow our example.—(llear, hear.) By so doing we ~hail be mutually ben , fited; we have opened to you our colonies; we offer you now our coasting trade; we a,l; you in return to allow us to navigate cur ships in the carrying trade to Calitornia."—(Cheers.) Had he then gone to Spain, and said, " You. Spaniards, now trade in your vessels between England and our colonies entirely unfettered; and yet you will not permit a Bri tish vessel, loading British menu actures, 'to trade to Masille, Hevatitiah, or any of your settlements.— (Hear.) You charge a BrOish vessel in the port of Ha vannah double what you charge a vessel of Spin; you make Spanish goods arriving from Spain, under your national flag, liable only to an ad valorem duty of 61 per cent ; while, if Spanish goods are carried from Spew in British vessels, the duty rises from 141 to 181 percent, This is not fair to us—this is not politic in you. Retnimber your past glories. Recollect you once had . a marine. Forget not the tittles - of mari time chivalry, when a Columbus manned his vessels to go forth in search of a new world. - Yeti hale been torn since by revolutions within; you have suffered from want of credit, anti distrust abroad. Awake to your true interests. Take advantage of your great na eional resources. Cultivate the principles of comm.:r ead freedom. Follow the example we have sot you in the Free-trade brotherhood of nations."—(Tremendous cheering.) Had he gone to Eelgium and said, "We grant to your ships the same privileges as our own; we admlt your produce (el the terms of the most favoured nations. Why, then, is white salt from England pro. hibited by your tariff, and rock salt, unless imported under your flee, and ehy is a duty, of 14f, per ton on British ships still retained?" Had he gone to France, end said to the French Government, "Contrast yOUr tariff with ours, and say which of ua has shown most solicitude for the commercial intercourse of cur respect , tive countries? Have we nut opened up a Lew maiket for your flour, your brandies, your silks, your hats, your shawls, your gloves, your leather? And what have you done in return? You - - have not taken _off your duties on coal, or iron bars, or chain', or anchors, or pig iron, or linen threads, or needles, or pottery ware. If you will not deal liberally with us as we have dealt with you, leek, to your own interests. You are ambitious to establish manufactures, then redu th ce e duty of 4s. 9J. per ton you ex act on English coals, and in stead of the 600,000 tons we now export, two million tons of coals will find their way into your conntry."— (Protracted cheering.) Sir, had Mr. Laboueh e r e thus acted—had he calmly 'and ditps.stienately , . mind ful of the great interests at stake, propurly i m bued with a sense of the 'danger arising from a torced or ilitcen sidered legislation, entered into ne,ociation with toreign powers, at.d, by argument, by entreaty, or, if neces sary, by inspiring th em w i t h a wholesome tear of pus Bible and ulterior consequences, ledohern to the adopts-tn of the grand principles of commercial freedom, then would his conduct have been more worthy of a British statesman—then would we not have been hurried, as it were, in a moment, from a system o into a with co-extensive recip roc i t y i li m ited free trade , condition of abso lute free-trade, with ' limited rev rocity.—(PrOl"g ed cheers, mingled with cries of " Bravo.") Sir, the deed is done ; the die is oast—the British shipowner is hunched into Competition with the w hole .world. (Hear, hear.) There i s a d anger i n going back to a course which has been once abandoned. — ( Llear, hear.) Indite interval, which' hats elapsed, new relations; of commercial property b e u n d t s e r , p r t i h t. : a r lance in the natural body, like ShuckttLiteploafee a , ours, reaction may be attended with die most perilous consequences." ) , —r the body politic tot ( w.eele,) A n d yet I mustnut.ne misunderstood.' I do not mean to deny that in principle Mr. Lebouehere was right. I censure him, not .f tr the end a; which he mine:', but for the speed with which he - approached it —(Rear, bear.) What, then, is to be dout? Go back? No; it is too late! Go forward? Yet! But methinks I . hear some of you say, te How can we ge forward? We are aced at our startirg p ost in this ocean race, burdened sand over -weighted. You must, at least, relieve us o f every impo r t t h at p r esses too heavily upon us." Sir, I feel the strength of that argu ment. The chipping interestef this c ountry has deep and many causes of complaint—(flear)—and I know cot whether more emphatically to condemn the haste which marked the repeal, or the injustice which stopped short of the removal of these burdens.—(Cheers,) The first burden-which must be removed are the duties open timber. I think no tax whatever ought to be im posed upon the raw materiel of our shipping. When Mr. Uuskisson proposed to grant to the builder of ships in this country a drawback equal to the full amount of any duty that had been Peidupen the materials used in their construction and 'equipment, he proposed a wise and . 'gelid meature— , (llears bear)'— an d I thug say it Wei littledo the credit of theehipowners who formsd the nee putation to Mr. fluskisson of that day, that they re fused his offer, dreadinglest the Government, by adopt ing Mr...Huskittion's suggestion, should give a fresh vitamins to shipbuilding at home, and raise up new com petitors, who wou!d be able to rival them in every branch of commerce. —(Hear, hear.) The maintenance of a. timber duty on - the part of Her Majeste'e litte Government was a perfect absurdi t y —(trend Cheers.) Their professed aim wag to adteit the raw 'materiel duty free, especially. that which creates labour in its manufact or, d state, and to tax articles of mauutac tare imported from other countries, butbere they taxed the foreign raW.naaterial. while they admitted the same material, when manufactured into a ship , du y free:--- (Hear, hiar.) Another burden on shippin g is the I;gitt. dues. Foremost atnong these 'are the tight dues, im posed by the Ti inity" House at Deptford -Stroud, amount ing now to about 400,000/. a yeas.—(Rear, hear). That is a large sum, and is felt as a sore grievance 'by the' shipping interest of this country.—(Hear.) Indeed, the Trinity House system, in ail. its details, is an enormous anomaly—(llear, bear)—and ill-auited to the temper and advancing spirit of these times.—(Cheers.) Bodies like these Trinity . House Corporations, really self elected, practically irresponsible, with all their cumbrous appendages, and their multitudinous parasites, aro un suited to an industrious_ and economical age,. and. only form relics of the legislation of an unenlightened anti quity,—(Renewed chrering.) To give one small instance, out of a multitude, of the enormous injustice of this' system—The Heligoland Light cost the Government 2501. a year for maintaining it, and the Comber cial marine 5801. a year—(Hear, hear)—previously to 1846, when it was taken by, the Trinity Rouse, and the nation relieved from further payment of it; but in 1845 the Commercial marine was made to pay 1,8901. for its maintenance, while its actual cost w as on l y 5291.— (Ch e ers, and cries of " Shame.") Now, why should the s hipowners of this cou ntr y be excl u s ively toted for the support of these lights.—(Hear.) Enecioy, why .an, they so taxed, Since the rapt el of the nav!gatiou laws has thrown open the benefit of these lights to the rest of the world. — (Cheers.) In the Milted St a i ns o f A mer i ca , t h e Expen se of the light - house establishment is annually p ro vided for by a vote of Congress; in 'Lewi t t the lighting is c onfided to te h h Governuteet; in Russia the G e vernmtnt support the lishbouses' and no cz,arge is ~ it ~ trade on that a ccount, on either uttnan or foreign ships Why should net the lighting , of our (ma t t be a c!ialge up et the ceirso - lid a ted fund o: the country a—(ptete and Closely connected with this su!jeot to the toll cheers) —which is colic in 1 called prirnage—which - Sander land a n d tem ‘ other of the northern ports, for the belie ' House in Newcastle. The right of fit of the Trica'y tha, h ous e to ) ()ele wh ichct a revenue of which they snake eo return, has been very properly made the subject of a trial at law a nd it was my lot to be called upon the i other day, a the Wirt of Qiiiieh's Beach, to tido, a pro- minent part, in exposing the usurpation and illegality of this impost.-(Loud cheers.) I remember a smile pass ing over the features of the venerable. judge, who has lately retired from that benob, when I read, from the governing charter a James II , the recital of the grounds upon which that Monarch bestowed the grant-' " Whereas, there have been divers and many iticursions of the river Tyne upon the honks of the same, and that in addition repairs are reentirsd for the Trinity Mete, at Newcastle, therefore, out cif our mere motion," Br.c., So,. - And so Sunderland, without getting a single benefit in return, ha; been called upon do pay, from year to year, a sum amounting to some 1,2004 or 1,500/a and this to enable certain gentlemen of Newcastle to proper their appetites and toast away the money you have paid to' the hea'th of the Elder . •Brethren, and tha good old times of charter and monopoly - ,-(Leugliter and loud cheers.) Than there are the-Dover and Ramsgate passing tolls.-(Cries of" Hear, hear.") Wby the amount levied upon the shipping arid eel:boleros) of the country, in support of thesis - harbours in the e ear •1849; amounted to 43,2971. 93. 3id., for which the ship ping and . trade h. f the country received no. equivaket Whatever.--(Cries of "Shame.") Sunderland pays of this 1,5791 Bs. 21.-(Hear.) A still more flagrant act of injustice is to be found.in the exactions of the Reliefs Company, who have power, under letters patent 'of Wil liam and Mary, to tax Russian produce i eportrel inter .thig:country; this they do to the extent of more thatt- 3.000/, exclnsiee of sums levied on the Britisti shipping et Russian ports, Now, what equivalent do the parties taxed get for this impost? On glancing over an account ,rf their expenditure, I find the foil :wing itett,:-Pie sent of plate to the governor, worth 42/ •10s.-(lheugh ter)-Again, grant for expenses of organ, psalm-b toke, &e., for the church at Crunstadt, 2051. 4e. 3 i.-(Hear, heat.) Surely this is a burthen.whic,h ought to be in veatigated, taken off, and removed. There is another evil of great magnitude, which consiSts lin ttite tax. cal leeted by the Corporation of elsoneori e esiled s City•dues; thek, :in•-irited';`lii;`t 3 ear - til 192,47412 i., and toe thi;;; ItlrtC , SUM 154 4601 13i. was lee ch no eels trom •he eoutitiea - or Durham taut 1•,1 , -whumberi4G,1. a 1 0n ,.:..... iar_ii....r.,_), -Theo there - are the , I '.inetio Putts AM .. beir dependencies, with-his Grace tee bor.! Warden's little sinecure of 30001. per acnum-(Laushter)-.no all the sinecure captain•i at Dee!, Weimer, and else ehere. Then there are the evils attendant upon the peseta eys - tern of pilotage. The system requires a thorough re , vision. In my opinion, the taking of a pilot on board ought-to be rendered as nearly voluntary as pdssible.- (Hear, hear.) Then there is the system of foreign con sulage, which must be substantially altered, and rendered more suitable to the advancing and economic spirit of the age. Goiernment salvage is an unjustifiable charge. If a ship of war throw a rine or a hawser to a mer chant ship, it may be made the ground of an exor bitant claim fur salvage, and, if resisted, the trader is throWn into the Court of Admiralty. But,' besides this, it has numerous other vexations attending it. Then there are the Admiralty Courts, which I would vote for abolishing altogether.-(Cheers.) I would let them, and the Chancery Courts, with all their bar barisms, and quirks and quidditios, with all their bills and answers, petitions and affidavits, be shovelled by my Lord Brougham into one huge mud-cart, and along with the whole body of doctors and proctors, equity draftsmen, andl e it such excrescences, be emptied into the gulf of oblivion fur ever! -(Roars of laught ,, r, fol lowed by a burst of applause.) There are other grie vances, such as that relating so the use of bonded stores, and other impediments to the free exercise Of commer cial enterprise as applied to sbippieg. But I think I have specified sufficient tonsake out a heavy and impor tsnt case for the shipowners of the empire.- (Hear, heeee) Remove these burdens, - take a comprehensive review of our Registry and Mercantile Marine Acts, with a view to their amendment, so as to Suit the altered circumstances of the age, and then. Government will have done that which it should have provided for before it drove you to struggle with the competitioh of the world,-(Applause.) - I do not soy that when even all this is attained, there will not be causes for anxiety; but I do ask, if you do sue c-ed thus far, there will be ground .for hope.- e (Rear, hear.) Why should you, with a fair field and no fa vour, fear the censterieticeeef a riva!ry in shipbuilding with any ether countries of the world ?-(Cheers ) Withohe Untied States?-or Russia?-Sweden, Nor way, Denmark, Or Prussia?-Franco, Holland, Germany, or Belgium? Tat-c, for a issenierit, the materials used in American shipbuilding. Their timber does not grow at the water's edge; they have to stud. for it as well as we, to Carolina, Florida,r Maryland, and what ativatitsge baS New York , Boston, or - Baitimoree -eve the difference of freight between the timber-growing states and the northern port::, and the same states and England fr Dots not the seem dean import his iron from England, with a freight of los. per ton, and a duty to be supsradded of 30 . per cent ad valorem? Do not the chain cables wiliut. pay 35 per cent duty, and the sheet copper, go from &elated ? Is not the hemp got from Russia, and are not their, sales purchased here. while canvas.psys 10 per cent. ad valorem, and is fatly 19 per cant. dearer. Then the wages are higher, and the general cost of navigation greeter. Finally, the Americans have no ships that would stand A 1 twelve years in this country. Look then to the build of ships in Russia. In Roland a fir ship may cost but 81. 103. per ton against 201. per ton for a first-class British ship, but the first will not stand more than four years on the register, whereas the second stands twelve years, and in some .oases sixteen years, witheut any expeose whatever.. Then there is the cost, of the Hamburgh. build, is whi c h there is co advantage whatever over this country. The Hamburgh vessel, from 200 to 500 tons, iron-festened, and coppered; costs ill. per ton, but he s t se e s 5e ,,,,,,, yeet . e .A 1, and .e more, While the Engli , h ship, et 20/ per ton, can make 16 years in all. So with regard to Sweden and Nee% e gran ships, your advantages are self.evident.-( ll ear , hear.) Further, a Prussian vessel cannot be permanently tailed and equipped cheeps/ than an English; the ie, which blockades their coast for three or four alorrbs in the year places tnem under a great physical disadvan tage. Then there is the amount .of the sinking fund which must be laid by, and the amount ef interest on account of the ship during the months she cannot run. These and other matters coosidered, you need 'have no fear of,Prussian competition. I need say nothing of the ships of Bremen, of Holland, , or the commercial marine of France; and you need no argument to convince you that they are rivals you need not dread.-(Fleur, hear.) As contrasted with these, look at the advantages you possess in England ! You build the best and cheapest first class ships in - the world; yeti lay in your stores more cheaply than any ships is the world; you have the best shipwrights and the hardiest senses; you have irons and British oak, and the other appliances for ship-building; you have the yaw material, it I may se express it, in man as well, as in manufacture, a giving you a decided pre-eminence; you have the cheapestand most commo dious docks' in the world, you - are the great storekeepers of hemp and flax, and the world's manutacturers of cordage and sails; you have your furnaces, your forges, and your rolling mills fed with your ovn coals. ,Eng land, too, is the great timber yard of the world, so that you have the choice of the best wood of every kind; you have the best method of loadinse and unloading, the best machinery and the best tools its the world.-(Loud cheers.) Be not despondent, then; talk not -of retnee to an antiquated system; your coasting marine has :flourished least bscause it was most protected; your foreign s hipping has progressed in proportion as it has been stimulated-by competition. If - you go back to protection you'go back to rcstsictioe, with restriction you produce retaliation, and; by restriction' on . one aide, -cod. on the other, , you . narrow the ,field of enterprise, yohi enhance the cost of transport, and you .throw .half the carrying ships of the country out of employment.-(Load cheers.) What, then, are you to do? , There is a duty upon the Government liters is a duty upon you; upon the Government, to re-, !tetra you.of your burdens; upon you, to rouse yourselves for tha_ctinteet, ' and tiebe iqual to your proper destiny. end your historic character.-(Loud applause.) Why do we hear disparaging comparisons-drion between the captains and crews of our own vessels tied those of America and other countries? Gebtlemen, you mtro begin to elevate the condition of your offitiers and your mariner?, .not by Acts of Parliament, ' but by urgiog Upon them the importance of t mpetacce, by stitnu a tree them in the pursuit of knowl- d e o, by seeking to intone into them higher aseirationh, ey_paekg , t e h n e d er . , w i i l l n l e b .s e d t h rt e t , , a.higher rate of crepe', which re _ . surest economy, and so press forteard to that glortous consummation when not alone shall -your ships be re. is tered as A 1 at Li •yds,but thecrews who man them shall be classed A 1 in every port in the pworld!-(Tremen the - dons cheering.) Sir, unless this spirit p s hipowners et. this country , no Acts of Pediment, no ervade remission of burdens, no, nor your much-talked-of protection, can save boundless you.-(Renewed, cheering) Be lieve me, too, there is a good day comin g, . will yet, be. ° petted up for the e m w er v it li e l ts in , e b n o t u of nll t e h ss e ficeolaatil:;;croial marine .of thi s country, for which-you should Make redy and prepare Yourselves. --(Cheers.) ' For, lift up your eYes, and look towares that hitherto down-trodden and degraded land of Africa, See how marvellously within the leo taw years her trade in : palm oil has increased! There 'is the Delta of the be produced almost spont a aworldes ii n f enterprise dees nut the n N e i o gn yi. too, W w h h i e t re cotton newly-opened trade with China present to your commer ciaVamnition! 'lnen, see Indio, where cottou can be , ' green on the Ba nks of the -11oe g ble y . w hich rival s the cotton produced. by the United States -where be produced equalling those tghmo-isde rtedgioCnsuboaf See the tempting shores of A. burst of pro- th c e an ßrazilbl Australia California ononthtehsothoenre, a a n id d e' tell me. have you not good ° a n egme d e?nt future (l prospects ' of muse to hope and to take courage state and an outline - of m t r a y c y te ie d w c s h o e n eri t n t g e .) pie S , u un ch t , tete shipping interests ef the couutry y . ou e been too long asleep, or, rather, they in whom you trusted h , ,, 3 dopt,—(Hear, hear.) You want tin advisea 'e zea lous, faithful, devoted to your interests.-(H ear .)l can protaiso you one thing. If you tend me to Parliament I Jail carry the same spirit there which gives me courage to address you now.-I shall devote my best exertions to assert your,righesyour in terests, and when I desert your cause may my rig" hand forget its cunning I- (T r e men d ous sneering') You should not let a day pass in laying before rarliaraent your true conditio n ; th e ears o f. the Legislature can not be deaf to you ; un:iuteioss like yours can no dvoui." • The Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amidst en- EiiiStio- and tumultuous plaudits, which were egsin anrriigain'repeated, the whole avernbly at last rihirte, and,- with hots in hand, giving him three hearty cheer..:, and on.a cheer more. , A vote c, f th-allts to the chairmen , for his able conduct in the chair, mol,ed by .M.r. W. Wight, seconded by Mr. Regioaid Peacock, tfratioeted the proceediLgs. NAVAL IN T E,LIAGENCE. THE APPOINTMENT OF CAMP. LOCH, 0,13. Strie4ml...94: the. amintraent of 't.;aPta,ia Loc44o7:the.ci,tninand .ot.the ,Wiiichemter, our but Very indiscreet, tudTguation at the.appoititment officers of little service, lest standing, bat of great family iffluerce, has ti , e following:— " A very unjust.attsck hue been made by some of the professional 'pipers upon the appointment of Capt. L. es to the Winchester. We have reas to believe that hit appointment was entirely unsolicited, and as Capt.iti Loch is one of a well-known Whig femily, we we , 11 . :-- 09Z33 to consider it a Lvourable example of the spiti. *Ouch is to prevail over the distribution of patronage by the new Admiralty. :uptain Loch commanded the Alum in the river St. Juan, for two yearn, under cost difficult circumitances, aid displayed in the conduct of a negotiation with the state of Nicaragua an ability and discretion which were appropriately rewarded by Lord Palmerston with the distinciiou of C.B. We believe that Captain Loch is a good seamen as well at an able Legotistor, and see no reason to regret that the Ad miralty has disregarded the claims of party in his Unfortunately for our Contemporary's compliment to the present Board of Admiralty, we believe that Cap tain Loch's appointment was made by the Duke of Northumberland as a point of delicacy towards his pre decessor, who, it is said, would have given the Winches ter to Captain Loch had he remain! d in office another week. Captain Loch, it is true, is allowed to be a good seaman, and may be an able negotiator, but the nt.vy Lave yet to discover the superior qualifications he pos sesses, and the distinguished services ho has rendered, to justify his rapid promotion in time of peace when thousands of war officers could not obtain even employ ment, and which entitled him to the C. 8., when scores of officers on the list bad not only ten times as nanny claims for the decoration for brilliant, dashing, arid dis creet services against the enemy. Moreover, Captain Loch has already served one term cf commission to wards nicking himself eligible for his active flag rank, whereas no less than 50 captains, made is the same yesr in which Captain Loch was promoted —to say nothing oft scores of deserving senior efficers—have not had the ehauca if a single day's employment as captain. The compliments, therefore, of our contemporary on the First Lord's impartiality, ere inconsistent with his pre tended advocacy of the claims of old meritorious and distinguished but efficient offieers as they are at the ex pense of the Noble Mike's well-known appreciation of the services of the gallant profession of which he is now happily. the head. The unfairness—we may say injustice—of such rail road promotions as those by which Captain Loch reached his post rank and his stranding in the list, is made evident in the following remarks in the Standard of last night. Oar coatoreporary says:— " The prussnt Beard of Admiralty will, no double en deavour to redress as many grievances as their power may enable them, and there are some cases of hardship ;'.hick are well worthy of consideration. Many pest captains of 15 years' standing and upwards entered the service after some who, of only of 11 years' standing as captains, had their lieutenant's commission; thus many with only 25 or 28 years' service are senior officers to those who have been 40 years in the navy, and distin guiehed themselves in the late war as !reuse:eat:ti e but, fur want of interest, were late in obtaining their commis sion as captain. These older officers, but younger cap- . tains, are told, on applying for consideration, that they do not stand high enough on the captains' list, and thus an appointment is bestowed on one 15 years the junior, and who has no good service to plead. This is sorely felt by the old and meritorious (Boers." Captain Loch's case is a very appropriate illastrafon of the Standard's statement. Captain Loch was pro moted to see reek of captain in 1841. Of the thirteen ()freers promoted to the rank of elptain in 1851 — that is, ten years later—no less than sir were senior to him as le ateusett; and of the officers promoted in the - same year as Captain L mit, no less than 50 were lieutenants before Captain Loch even en tered the Royal Navy. If the above is all the defeece or excuse our c,:ntetept;tary can offer for the ex-First Lord of the Admiralty's mornination of Captain Loch, • hat gallant and distinguished officer may truly exclaim, "Save me from my friends!"—Morning Herald. Commander Albert Hesseltine (1845) has been se lected toy the Duko of Northumberland to command the Britomart, 8, to be commissioned at Detemport. Tee selection of this officer for employment reflects credit upon the Noble First Lord. Derstis of officers, junior to Commander Htsseltine, have been employed, and not a sfew of them promoted, whilst this officer has not hitherto had a chime of a command. The Duke has evidently selected huh on account of Ms standing and Konil services. lie must have entered the navy about the year 1825 (before Captain Lot!, by the way)— passed his examination in 1832—served five years as a mate, end, as a lieutenant, served in the Feectia, 18, South American station; as first of the Grecian, 16; then as first of Commodore Sullivan's frigate Stag, 46; then the Sappho, 16, Cape; and Conway, 26, on the same station, when he wes made a commander et the general promotion of 1846. In the early part of his career, we are told, he set ved in the Andromeda frigate to the East Indies, and was frequently engaged iu her beats against the Malattca pirates. Commander Barnard aid the officers of the Vesuvius, steam-sloop, on their arrival at Portsmouth found their commissions appointing them to the Vixen, 6, _steam sloop, for service on the Brazils station. Clerk—ll. W. M. Arnold has been appointed to the Winchester, 50, at Portsmouth. Clerk's Assistant—H. W. D. Shanks to the Impregna ble flag •ship. Devonport. Gunner—Richard Page, of the Spiteful steam-sloop, has been confirmed. Commodore -Mai iieea flag-Alp, Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris; is on her way from Queenstown to Spit head, to be " paid down," and for her crew to have a fortnight's holiday. Leander, 50, Captain S. C. Decree, is hourly expected at 'Merril:more having lett Queenstown for De.vonport on Saturday last. Vivid. Dover steam packet, Muster Commander , Smi. theft, will not have her defects repaired before the mid dle of next month, at Woolwich. t DEFENCES or. SPITILEAD.—The engineer officers he out again o on Tuesday to examine the site te w nd e e i C i fort on what is termed No Man's Land. mean tarSpitheed, to ascertain the nature of the ground,whether the soil is of that character that would be fit for th heavy b a ttery inienthd, and at what depth they mi ght decide tor a foundation. They commenced bra , ' PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —The on Monday. ship, Alaster-Comtnander Bradoaw, -, Resistance troop' they. t o day with naval stores tor Devonport and e, ' e I - d into a good offing by the „ team . u Sue was Lowe The Roiney, 92, Captain C. tll. bas b : cen . ordered to prepare for sea, and' Graham , pi' beau ' n :e e few days. Her crew were ex e w rc i i i s l ed -ottl i sS ur m os t° s r ;g ivg teP ‘ : seeding up and down topgallant gallant and royal yards , Sue -ant masts ltn is go out tO Spitheasi on bending sails. will be ready 'the Sprightly steam-tender, Active ))15ter.elt22er mender Geor ge All an, meted t hi s eveuirig with sap flume-reties fie. the eats= ard. der The comp-esses of the Common Vixen, steam:sloop, Barnard, have b een j ai e e t e to-daY- The Are :ho se , 50, C: tele Symonds, has complete d her refit, tied is agai n ready P for se"- ni e ne le will robably come Tra Superr, 80, Captai n -e t aid take up the into harb our on the Redriey ou moorings vacated by 1; , ,e Royals MARINES .sin Erskine, Sccond-Lieute and 63 privates, natit Gill, two eeeteautt,al""teorpd?rhals, m ty , s ship er a .5 embarked this afternoon on ioar Winchester, for s ervice in that ship . nsper.—Her Majetty's brig Racer, Pevetotmet, rens m d. n 12, Commander,lteddoes,. from the e tterrantan. a - chored in the bound , yesterday afternoon, and saluted the r e st Admiral. She sailed from Malta_ on the 7th of M a rsh, and on the 9th spoke her billijosty's ship Bri • tatunas Captain frtedsmitis, with the flag of Rear - A d m iral Dandas all well. The Racer passed t hrou g h the Gut of Gibraltar on the 17th, and made the Passage to the Sound in six days. She is to be paid off at this port. The Albion, 90, the Indefatigable, 50, and Encounter, s team-vessel , were at Msla on the 7 , .h, prepating to sail; destination unknown. The Queen was to have for England on the 15th. The Racer will be inspected to-day, when she will go up harbour to be paid off. • The frigate Vesuvius, Captain Barnard, returned on Monday into the Sound, from a cruise in the Channel, to ;Cove the heurfard-}woad. EXTRACTS FROM TABLES. 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Point out to him the rashness which has characterized the recent legislation, and say, " We, the shipowners of England, whose prosperity at a SIMS hss been contributary to, and co-existent with, the national greatness of this realm—we have hod our dearest interests too hastily meddled with, we have been exposed, without preparation, and almost without notice, to compete against the world; in this struggle, we feel the pressure of burdens too heavy for us to bear; we implore you . to grant us a Parliamentary inquiry into their nature and their remedy.—(Hear, hear.) We do not deprecate the struggle, nay, we enter on it proudly and trustfully, inspirit,d by the stirring memoriee of the past, and buoyed up by the happiest anticipations of the future; 'Whet men can do, we cheerfully and coral deiatly undertake; but let us fee.' that the contest is fair as well necessary, let us feel that it is to be waged ander the eye of a Government which will not suff,r our energies to be clogged with any unnecessary burden, but which will with Jealous care secure to us the rtsts siou of that to which alone we are entitled, and which aloile we require—a calm and considern,to hearing. We seek no exclusive favour, we claim no special exemptions —all we ask is British sympathy, ell we demand is Bri t%•,h i twice." o 'e‘) II IC On the Ist of April extra shipwrights will 4/ on the St, Jon d'Acre and Pt ce`l-; the last =to .( launched, in illy butumer. Fitt,en ceui are tv from I), vonport to Pembrolc , ? (lockyal fi to ex Windsor fla•tle end two frig ,to , :• , 'Wo)LvvICEi,. MA:ICH Antelope ,„ %; vessel, L.= u'" Yout-g, Lett Vi'az I.l;hlNi t ti,V - yesterday for Gu-i3nbithe, end, atter huvit;,7 her - Ecrai ' passes adjus.od by Okpr?.in Johnron, v<tit proceed to Portfm , h and waic tu,:thPr users. The Pinto stettra,vesstl,Licurew-,,nt-Corzroander i7est, left Woolwich 1116 tuorotug, end viii call at -Po . ; ts, mouth, and then proceed lior service on the west coast of Africa. COMBINA7 lON OF MECHANICAL INSTITUTIO S. The following Letter and set of Q'teries have been addre3sed by the Society of Arts to the secretaries of the local institutions thrcugh.:ltt the ceuutry Soe:ety of Ars, A telan t i; . r.clures, and Commerce , delphi, London, Match 20, 1852. Sir,—l am directed b the Council to requ est y ou to Submit to the com m itt e e of your institution roe enclosed copy of a letter dated November 28, 1851, from Mr. Harry Chester to the Secretary of this society. This letter has been for some time under the serious eon• sideratien of the Council. It will be seen that the opinions end proposals pnt forth by Mr. Chester are founded en his experience as the president of-a literary and scientific institution; and the publication of his letter in the weekly paper of the society on , the . 21st Feb. 1832, has elicited from many other persons connected with local i nst i tu tio n s very favourable expressions of ()Onion respecting the berietita which this socie ty might confer up-ce thew by adopting that geiiltler - pan'e propJetils, and by rceei v i ug the institu tions trio union with the society th e y for -b-o o jects Which . his letter couteral , lates. - The Couctl Fs fully disposed to-enter upon this new • and itePortent work, provide :1 tiezt it cm be preciously • shown that- a :Al fficiently large number of iustitations are in layout of - such a 'proceeding, and are-disposed to avail thems - eivel of :.he advailtages which such un un i on With the Society. of Arts might reasonably be exp k t e d to afford. Ttiu Ununc:l s-uut-desire that your iusti tier, bhuuld 0nce:0 , 41 ,, itself - Jo. the aitoi...itel of : t h e •netaile if the et 7 .clo,d that, if the general idea whicti Mr. Co,ster b.‘s vtv..ech.d out, o f a c9metuatron of local - iest.ttuti=s in union with the the metropf)litailt Sr:ciet7 - ; of :Arts ba favourably enter tained by our institutton,:the.queries in the enclosed iist may 13:: azasw-cred and that it Ivey be et.atcd reh;:ther 44"="214.4.‘,1:makeniclat. to y ua_fal_yrt a rtpKteg&Ta to au , tal a _meetirg. which u is proposed to hold, in .London, stem af.....er Easter, tar the purposes of a eon lerinee between - the ' repr:l, , eutatfres oi institutions and • the Cou - pcill et this eoct.-try,lin order to egri e en the best modes of proce4dieg iu .reterence to thc'wants and wisnes et the institutions, and to - the lociezy's means of m,-etit g thtm. • I am particalirly to request dist you will be so good as to tevour me, if posFrrle,-eith a reply - to - this letter 'adore the 10th of April ritat: • I - have the honour to he, bit . , }air c , bt.cliint servant, G. GROVE, Sec. Soc. Arts. __-----`----) LIST OF QUERIES. Title of the Institution •• 4 10••• Name and addteas of Citi - EapouL:eut 011 beii4lf of the Institution 1. What is the total number of your mtninors? 2. Are you in &your of the 9eheral idea, which Mr. CheAer has 2 kr : , teheti, of the coulbthauvu of many local institutions in union with the Society of Arts? 3. Wbat are the chief advahtvw-s which you expect to derive from such a combinati,.o and union?. 4. About Whris nurnt‘er of Ire ures, of various kinds, would you desire to have yearly? At what 6easen,? 5. At what rt-, on an average, could you afford to pay for such knave.? 6. Which would you prefer, a. that this Society should receive from you an an nual subscription, equal to the average cost of the , lectures, and supply you with lecturers for the year, at no fur.her expense to yours:Ayes? or b. :hut the Sortiety should negotiate, and make ar• rangements, between you sec the lecturers, and , (receiving from you a small annual contribution' to defray the Society's actual expenses of cone spond'enee, &c.) leave it ei - it7ftly to yourselva to remunerate the lecturers upon such terms as might bo agreed on? 7. Do you cocsider it &Arable to have occasionally exhibitiotis of usciul inventions which have receined medals from the Society of Arts, provided that such arrangements could be made by the Society as would enable you it, have the exhibitions without any serious liabillty, and with the chance of ouch exhibitions being self-supprx!ing? 8. Is there any opening for the establishment of Drawing School, or a Modelling School, in connexion with your institution? IN.T;TITUTIOg OF CIVIL ENGINEgRS. On Tueiday, James M. Rendef, , President, iu the chair, )11,- firA paper read was "On the Results of the of Tubu'ar 13a)krs, or of Flue -13,:ilers of Inadequate Surfec©, or Lnperfect Absorptiuu of Heat," by Admiral EallDundous,lll. This pai , er tviveultei the getcrid introduction of what were tetteA " ec3nstuical hc;it trip boilers," or boilers having Nettic;;,l water tuba, iu . stead of calque fire tithes, contained within a chatnlicr, , into - the upper of which the hot precincts of cembus.ion were introduced, and allowed to circulate until, by the abstraction of heat, they detcaided to the bottom, and ptszeti into the chimney at a temperature little exceeding that of boil ing water. From some trial a which had-been mac at Wuolwieh and Chathstrn in 1844, as well as from the experierca which had been ga:ned by their actual appli cation to seine of the North American trawatlantic steam-plcket? , , and some ia the service of the Emperor of Kuala, it was contelded that these boilers possa.ided greater evaporative 'powers, and were more economical than those ordinarily in use; and, moreover, that their safety was tench greater, owing to the produels of. com bustion- pasi.ing into thesis mLNp Lt a very low tempera tore, .inttead. of_ the u,ual high teteper,aiurn, from which it Was apprehended much dang:r had been, and might still be, incurred. The recoiid paper read was, " On cirtaia points in the cons tructien of Marine Boilers," by Mr. J. Scott Russell, _ a Just C E. The etreor havieg strrived at certe:n practical results relative to the construotien of mutioe butlers, put them into practice street ten years back, in designing the boilers fur the Royal Mail Steen, P..ekets Clyde, Tay, Tweed, and Teviot; and•as they ha I been in cutthroat work ever since, running from 42,000 miles to 48,000 miles per annum, without material repairs, he believed their daraeility, combin.d with eller:five cumbuation and econony of fuel, had been fully e‘tebitened. The priucipies on . which these teAlert - were constructed differed teem those generally recegund.., In the first place it wag cousideied, that a judiciens distribution o f the most i ntensely heated surfaces woirld be conducive to durability ; and for unit purp.eie initead of returning the flues titer the tweezes, the top ef the tense, 4 C d the hottest flues were brought to the surface of .he 1:, - -. and the cooler, or return flues were token to the bottom of the water. The water was admitted tre. th moment, and was gradually warmed as it rose, th e e pe c f rt e t ,"! in confect : 2- ith intensely heat being - imparted at the last '''''''''ea"' by which means the 'bubbles of sites, . vented from eccumtilatieg Were pile! heated mend. In the next place the furnaces or fire boxes, was unustri Capacity of the height above the iueandeseent Liao much more man usual. The evaporating surface much greater then L ici t ' 1Y large, and their than thrie feet of evaporatinig in these boilers was customary, there being no less surface for every toeCof for by arranging under furnace bars. The process as reserve' blewieg off was provided water spaces, off of brine and other detphooesi flues and furnaces, large Ira for the collection and blowtng The last . paper was , - t. Steam Generator , " „ 3 ' A Description of or, by hr ~• , eeEvreux). principle upon whiche. Boueg y Tuts Lein r‘et ,:i ~animr.ite - 1 i .... ~t his steam (rater was barred was that " be n n v fromt" their surfaces." a tliaphrc di, e ev foilow that in the the evaporating : a i an 6 l" - o - f j ',l ss m-boileis, either Constructionrof=t it turret aeccesarlly ed s hould be extended to its utmost Lath_ or the vrater should be ao divided, and the sae en d by the '' of obtaining the expenditure of the least amount of fuel. it! evaporating surfaces be so pr,ert;,lltteinslttcl The steam generstor was described as to arrive at eunt of steam to consist of verti cal cylinders of wren gbh irt7rrateuthe i " ' - isu a owleho inchoi diu=eter; the " , A . per . put closed by a curved lid, sisal end, said e .etheattuaPcbed the usual steam and safety u ,, p i o v n e : f h e i e c i s i e - e s re , and other pipes, &e. The interier - diaphragms at wrought iron, pierced with a num . , • , and having alternately con vex and concave • .They were suspended by , iron rods at con distances apart. in Enda a man'' Q v- ontained a b se ci ri series ot;!eaces hulce, three intact with the heate - d eiterier, or snbeerllasor t s he t° t:o be iler. When any water was admitted threugh the feed pipe it f.lt upon the uppor (convex) disc, which had a teuelency to spread it to the periehrrY, t he large-st quantity falling through the pertotaeon in the shape of globules; the arc,.nd diaphragm being concave, tended to direct the fluid - from the circutn terence to the centre, and so on, until it any fluid rea,:hed the bottom cif the cylinder, it mingled with a thin film of water, in a high state et ebunitii.n. that beiegehe hottest part of the hqili?r. Iz appeared, how. ever, that in its transit through these dlephritgres, the water was so divided, thet Exposing a very leree sur face to the caloric, it was trensto:ne d into team v i tt), great rapidity, and with great reneeray of fuel. Iba boiler described had been worked for a long time et Paris with great success, giving motion to a sterun-eneine of two tierces power. The neosumption of ewe e,at iteted to be very me n, 7Fl9,bs at v 4.,, orprising ngbeen eeee erted into !.team by 1821bg of' t, , at l•a 111 - ::Mhours, under a pressure of tee eterosiee.ree question was carefully The cnemical part of the ex amined, and it was sheen, that at that b b ertpteatu! -- e the iron was exactly in the best cludition t The prectica application ch a lar ge o (. a , r i e strain.wns sub' witted to the engineers, the et, ~ —c au, ..1)1. It imiyg B o C L . 1:y proposed the system ter small . boilers eed tinder circumstance' of wanting to obtain a motive ,. power in situations of re stricted space, where nrtt coat wets a great obje ct . It was announced that at the meeting of T uesde y , an,A March 30th, the monthly ballot for I\l :enters would take place, end the.followir Im re wcu id be real, " An Au count of the thainege of the town of Rtchuiond, Surrey. under the Ea iithrlity of the Metropolitan Coulualz="o'aers et! Sewers in 1851," by Mr. George Doneldson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. Her Itoptl we are happy t o s t a t e , c ontinues in t he enj o y ment of liighnEes the Da cbess of Giotto:niter proved health at Gloucester house, Park-lone. The vene rable Duchess, now.the only turviving offspriog of King George 111 , will complote het 76t4 Yeig Oa t h e 2 - 4,4 Ws etWiPg tucAtb, At A d e d I 1 • ,