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Eery be additional infortaation and f wins far opening acco unts, sec., b., supplied at the Bank and its Branch es, or sent by post on ap- - - On the Ist of April extra shipwrights will be placed on the St. Jean d'Acre and Phcebe; the latter will be launched in the summer. Fifteen caulkers are to be sent from Devenport to Pembroke dockyard to expedite the Windsor Cattle and two frigates. Woomvics, MARCH 24.—The Antelope steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Young, left Woolwich yesterday for Greenhithe, and, after having her com passes adjusted by Captain Johnson, will proceed to Portsmouth and wait further orders. The Pluto steam -vessel, Lieutenant-Commander West, left Woolwich this morning, and will call at Ports mouth, and then proceed for service on the west coast of Africa. N ° .18,567.] LONDON, THURSDAY E N 7 MARCH 25, 1852. [PRICE SD, By order of the Court of Directors, IG HUGH INSES CAMDRON, General Manager. Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. COTTISH VIDOIVS' FUND THE SHIPPING INTEREST. Would you reverse the freeaorn of 1842, and return to your condition before 1825?—(ilear and cheers.) Sir, I have purposely confined my observations upon the state of cur trade up to ihe year 1850, . and I contend, that looking to the then condition of the com merce of this country, experience has amply vindicated the wisdom of Mr. linskisson's policy. But in that year, s third and last great epoch commenced in the his tory of England's mercantile marine; for in that year the Act of 12th and 13th Victoria, commonly called en Act for the ROpeal of the Navigation Laws, was intro duced by Mr. Labouchere, and passed into law. The immediate cause of the repeal of Mr. Huskisson's Acts was owing to his not having' inserted a clause in the laws of which he was the author allowing British ships to import all non-prohibited articles from wherever they longer be trifled with. Let your voices then be heard! let your wrongs be heard too I Tell the British Minister, whoever he may be, the sufferings you have undergone. Point out to him the rashness which has characterized the recent legislation, and say, " We, the shipowners of England, whose prosperity as a class has been contributary to, and co-existent with, the national greatness of thin realm—we have had 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, inspirited by the stirring memories of the past, and buoyed up by the happiest anticipations of the future; what men can do, we cheerfully and confi dently undertake; but let us feel that the contest is fair as well as necessary, let us feel that it is to be waged under the eye of a Government which will not suffer our energies to be clogged with any unnecessary burden, but which will with jealous care secure to us the posses sion of that to which alone we are entitled, and which alone we require—a calm and considerate hearing. We seek no exclusive favour, we claim no special exemptions —all we ask is British sympathy, all we demand is Bri tish justice." The Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amidst en thusiastic and tumultuous plaudits, which were again and again repeated, the whole assembly at last rising, and, with hats in hand, giving him three hearty cheers, and one cheer more. A vote of thanks to the chairmin, for his able conduct in the chair, moved by Mr. W. Wight, seconded by Mr. Reginald Peacock, terminated the proceedings. _ COMBINATION OF MECHANICAL INSTITUTIONS. The following Letter and set of Queries have been addressed by the Society of Arts to the secretaries of the looal institutions throughout the country : Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi, London, March 20, 1852. Sir,—l am directed by the Council to request you to submit to the committe e of your institution the enclosed copy of a letter dated November 28, 1851, from Mr. Harry Cheater to the Secretary of this society. This letter has been for some time under the serious con sideration of the Council. It will be seen that the opinions and proposals put forth by Mr. Chester are founded on his experience as the president of a literary and scientific institution; and the publication of his l e tt er i n the weekly paper the society on the 21st Feb. 1832, has elicited from many other persons connected with local institutions very favourable expressions of opinion respecting the benefits which this society might confer -upon them by adopting that gentleman's proposals, and by receiving the institu tions into union with the society for the objects which his letter contemplates. The Council-is fully disposed to enter upon this new and important - work, pfovided that it can be previously shown that a Sufficiently large_ number of institutions are in favour of sueh a proceeding, and -are disposed to avail themselves of the - advantars which such an union with the Society of Arts might_ reasonably be expected to afford. The. Councildoes not desire ihat your inati- Con should at -once pledge -itself to-the adoption of the details of the etacloied letter, but it is requested that, if the general idea_ which Mr. Chester bas sketched oat, of a combination of local institutions- in .union with the the metropolitan Society of Arts be favourably enter tained by your initittition„_the - queries in the enclifaed may be answered; and that it may be stated whether it would be convenient -to you to name a- repreeentative to attend - s - mbetirfg which` it is ptoposed to laold,..in London, soon after Etiater:for, the purposes of a eon leree.;o between the representative& of institutions and the Council of - this society, in order to agree on the best modes of proceeding in reference to the wants and wishes of the institutions, and to the society's means of meeting them. - - - I am particularly to request that you will be so good BS to favour me, if_ possible, with a _reply to this - letter before the .10th of April next. I have th® honour to be, Sir, your obedien servant, G. GROVE, Sec t . Soc. Arts. LEVEES, DRIWING-ROO3IS, FANCY DRESS BALLS, PRIVATL THEATRICALS. Art ESSRS. NICOLL have eeversl ELEGANT SUITS, adapted for the above, ready for inspection or use, moderate prices. 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STREET. AND LIFE. - A - 4111ANCE SOCIETY. HEAD OFFICE.—EDINIMitGifr 5. ST. ANDREW SQUARE. The THIR 1 V-EIGIITII4vNtIAI t GENERAL MEETIN G of the MEMBERS at this SOCIETY was li.dd en the 21 current, — The Rev. Dr. GR tN r, (Mc of the Vice-Presidents, in the Chair. The Report by the Directors, which was rea ., to the Meeting, end unanimously approved-Athowed, inter ada, the following results, in regard to the Societyl.operations, during the year 1851 : That the :Number of Policies passed was 643, covering AS3U r inces to the ex cut of 412,565/. 4s. 6d. ' • That the Capital of the Society amounted, at 31st December last, to 2,450,7921. 2s. 2d ; That the Annual Iteycnue, as at the same date, was 318,6611. Nlcor, S REGISTERED PALETOT. Many have assumed the use of the word Paletot, but the i•entees of the design and material used in this inexpensive and Rent i im„ -- inL l 3' article of dress are Messrs. NICOLL, Merchant agoethters, Paletot Patentees, and Manufacturers of Cloth, who have lour t 2 in every princir al town in the United Kingdom and its C0•,„.7• •,„.7• Their London Address being as follows : `). W. Regent-street, for us a Deoartment for Paletots, &c. I ,•ne• 10 (the next house). is devoted for Military and Diplomatic t o t e ' . llB : for Robes and every novel or establish,cl article of cos " l'cu 12 A i a t is exclusive for Boys' and Y o u ths' Clothin g , Servants' ;`" , es, &C., of unusual excellenez ; and at 22, Cornhill. „Pecimens of tnl b 3 seen. % lir each Department y skilful and intelligent Assistants attend, and th e admitted fact, "Teat an article to be really ch ea p should be re tt ,Y good," is practically sustained. A_"' J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 11 8 , 120, Reg ent-street, and 22, wratiLl. lOs. Si. ; and That 97 Members had died during the year, the Sums Assured on their Lives amounting to 105,9781. 145. 9d., and this mortality Iming in the ratio of 53 pe: cent. o: what was to be expected, according to calculation. The Meeting had also under consideration three several PeSolu thins, of which special notice bad been pnvloUsly given, in terms of the Society's Constitution. Tiles; 11,iolutions were approved of, sad ordered to , be snbmitted to a Special General Court, on an early day in September next, for final disposal. The objects con templated by them, are-,- 1. To alter ihe'day on which the Annual General Coart shall la future be held. 2. To extend the power presently possessed by the Ordinary Court of Directors, of allowing a Conversion of the Penns Additions attaching to Policies, into an Equivalent Deduc tion from future Premiums. 3. To enable the Ordinary Court of Directors (under certain cohil ,, ions and restrictions) to declare Policies to be free from challenge• limn any ground except that of non-pay ment of the Ordinary Annual ur Extra Premiums, if such be exigible. POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY. Just published, price ONE SHILLING, the " Supplement to Post Office London Directory for P 452," contain : ng the Peerage "!" Parliamentary Direztory (as published in the Complete Edition), and eorrected.to this da‘e. The Parliamentary Directory gives the 'pees held by th e new Ministers and Chef Officers of State ; the 'pees Directory in 72 imperial octavo pages, all the arrangements for the trait& usission of letters and newsplpers to all parts of the World, with a copious Index, so that any subject can be immediately referred to; theusual supplemental matter, &c., &c., &c. Kelly and Co , Old Boswell-court, and all Booksellers in town mud country. ~ • A vote of thanks to the Directors and Office Bearers having been proposed and seconded, and the vacancies occurring, in the Direction having been filled up, the thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman fur his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting adjourned. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. LINDESAY, Secretary. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXE lER HALL. .TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1852, Daydn's CREATION. ~_The Oratorio will be preceded by the celebrated Anthem, "In "Ltt Day," composed and conducted by Dr. F Ivey, Private Organist heT Majeity, and Organist of St, George's Chapel, Windsor.. 4,,qoaßilts,—litiss Birch, Mr. Jockey , and Mr. H. Phillips. "e nand and Monti will consist of nearly 800 Performers. Conductor—Mr. SURMAN. Ltekets ; Area; 3g ; Reserved Area or Clattery,' 55.; tenfrali'eL i'7 , 10 Area numbered, tos. on. each. Only Office of the Societ y , 9. 7 4 eter-hall, entrance in Exeter-street. • Edinburgh, March, 1852. N.B.— A full Report of the Procedure at the above Meeting is In course of being printed, and will shortly ho ready for circulation. LONDON OFFICE, 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS, HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. w - 1-1 g AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD MlNE.—Notice is hereby given, that the OFFICES of the _n aare REMOVED from No. 10, Old Jewry-chambers, to 39, s-lane, Lombard-street, in tie city of London. By order, WILLIAM PULSFORD, Sec. LIST OF QUERIES. THE AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD orbi. MINE. —The Committee of M ana g ement have the pie isure orming their co-adventurers that they have engaged a full and D l 4 Z .. 1 1 ,, W Ptent st a ff o f a rans and miners, under the s up erintendence of ,plaerwoocf, the Company's Engineer , who will sail for Australia s 4 trIInaSDAT next, the 25th instant , fro m the Port of Bristol, in the th e 7 . 4 e Surrey, and will take with them all necessary mac::inery for ar ri rrPose of comm encing mining operations immed iatel y on their tc al in the colony. March 23, 1852 WILLIAM PULSFORD, Sec. PtANKLIN SKI'S P&TENT CONVEY ANCEva" COMPANY. Provisionally Feg istered, 6th and 7th pp ~.a• Capital 25,0 01., in 5 , 000 shares of 51. etch, to be paid up 10p deplete regis.ration. ith power to increase the eapital to An . to rn Tifluntial and competent Board of Directors has been fo rmed T ii r age the affairs of the Company. Ik Patent carriage contains Al that is required by the public, for nine' 8 L e ornmodious, and economical tray.dling is large towns, and has, Dro v; its first introduction, been greatly reduced in weight and 1e In c 'mfort. In it every passeng-r has a distinct seat, with a t> r ate. entrance, and, the means of communication (if desired) an VI a sliding partition, thus combining privacy with comfort, and preventing all chance of infection—all opportunity of robbery ( 4 ,, suit—and thit unconif alabla er iwding• an d inconvenience thr clally in wet weather), which constitute the ma in ob j ection to j e bicles now in use, and at th.: same time affording the traveller L.Pnorttutity of regulating the temperature according to his or her Itl • !Proposed that a few of the Company's vehicles shall be run 4 4' unday, and, moreover, that a fund shall be provided to meet 1 , 1 ! of sickness and. death among the Company's servants. P , Pectuses may be obtained on application at the Company's r A offic, 40, Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and of the Solicitor, IrinViracechur es ch-street, City, where also applications for shares be received. J. A. FR LICKLINSKI, Secretary, pro. tem. a rch 17, 1852 LIGHTI-PRIZE MEDAL FOR LAMPS il l*, Clark's Lamps are the best. Their equal is unknown, and IN "Defier may- never come. How light, how gay, how bright, tlairvre feel in light. The sun pours forth its glorious rays to ` le myriads with its glorious 11,ht. It is a remarkable fact that tl) er .,Papal kingdoms there is lit.le light, but in Protestant lands ,71_ 111 much light. Clark's Diamonl Lamps for general use are k o a . 4 t In the w rld Clark's •Vtrtical Lamp far excels the French Qat - et-or Lamp, and all other Lamps constructed with machinery. Iti e V Pearl Candle Lamp surpasses all - other Candle Lamps.. U. nhlle should ask far Clark's Lamps, and purchase none other. %can be had in great variety, at all prices and for every use, at at i ,j'..!tablishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, 447, West 11, 01 " u, neat the Lowther-arcade. RICII IRD CLARK, Resident !llt: l g.:F. Lamps in every variety are sent out on hire at tWo -4414:0:' the usual charge, that the Public may be convinced which are the best. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBE . R- ItC r Y AL roL - YrrEcHN It: IN c_ri,'Tlrrj.()N. tittn During Lent, a Lecture on Astronomy, illustrated by beau ttld agrarris, will be delivered by Dr. BachhArner, on Wednesday tOry Description Evenings, at Eight o'cl o c k.--An Explana wasei "erlistion by Air. Crispe. of the Prussian Musket, the Lan , aryn, and Minie Rifles, the various Revolvers, and other Fire - 'tNAZ i th the Improved Con'eal Bullet, daily, at a Quarter to Three 4 1C14 .. "6 , and on Tuesday, arld"Pbutriday 'Evenings, - at Iffne - .—A. Hista. 41 0 t'r,ent°," being a Lecture on the So n g s of Dibdin, and other emi- Ro Mlilsers, by T. Thorpe Peed, Esq., Professor of Singing at ave, 24 ,f al Academy of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday ' O 4 ht at Eight o'clock.—Leetures on Chemistry, by J. 11. Pepper, solving Views, &c. kil"'"ion Is • Schools and Children under T en y ears of a g e, price, A NEW EDITION OF TIIE CATALOGUE. hit ALBERT SNILTH.'S ASCENT of MONT BLANC, illustrated by Mr. W. BEVERLEY, EVE RY .tI.ICG, at Eight o'clock. (numbered and reserved, which can be taken from a plan kry , I nail, every ,lay, from Eleven to Four) , 3 5.; Are a, 2s. ; Children's Stalls, 2s. ; Area, Is. rel.,.._" ° rning Performance every Tuesday and Saturday, at Three EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. ARGYLL RGYLL ROOMS, LAURENT' eat G CASINO, Windmill-street, St. James's. 40,,., • RIZE WALTZ, awarded to Mr. W. H. Montgomery, of th tl t ii r ` , Horse Gnards (Blue), will be played every evening by hot i i,l n t's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. Court. khz l i 4 rl : open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and to at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. 1 1 ° WHAT COUNTRY AhE YOU ABOUT TO EMIGRATE ? ~,Zz_l ie stlon answered by different persons , each havin g different to in view, and intending to emigrate to differen t stations, some • '"v YORK, where provisions are cheap, working tools to be hundreds of Stores kept by English Houses, luit all kinds of otp a • ng, HATA, CAPS, HO sIERY, BOOT.i, SHOES, &c., must tu t u,. dearly for, and in many Instances will be found of inferior Make • hence the absolute necessity of procuring a stock 41,1„`..feapest and. best in the world, at E. 1110 - 'F, and SON'S, 4,2te and Minories or Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. Itu::STRALIA, where the Climate is warmer, where labour and ler ,i,L IS Well paid, but where CLOTHING and ARTICLES, useful Vel a edestic comfort, can scarcely be had at any price, hence the tli st tra of providing A complete OUTFIT, at E. MOSES and SON'S, 11 0n7,,,, t hg the Ili. ST and CHEAPEST in the Universe; it contains requisite for the passage, and which will conti , uue daily ne -4141.011 artiving your station;; also CLOTHINt, exactly re _ for the Climate. • Il l ,‘" , _4•LIFOR NIA., where Gold may bo fo und, but cannot be used for . Itt ediate romtort, and when found may have to be bartered away b,"all value for poor and useless A::TICLES of DREST, &c., ibserve the advantage of taking the OUTFIT from E. MOSES and il"nZg'aiitlieteletirated Establishment ; no useless articles, everything CAN IDASf9:othe Passage and the country. l ading travellinrgt4tlrolF4h" tu s tir own articles for the the Avoid the inconveniences at m•rnhe:g.rea. t plains of America, by taking n.! { IQUE, and every Speciallyprepared, PORTABLE, COMPLETE, all comprehended in the "'Alit, furnished at the lowestlND r a`e, by E. MO AES and S ON. lA. per any ROUTE, the Compact Outfit serviceable in all ilaCes, and incorPorite even the elegances of au English Home, are ' L ose prop ired by E. MOSES and so N. s th ,t . 'hilgrants' Cabins fitted up at a trifling expense. ETerV comfort even an^v combined in E. 510siEs , e dgl and SON'S Outfits. They st WY them for 3/. 15e., 61:• iis , and upwards. A detailed 14 e an be had on application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of k ingdom. E. MOSES S4 A , N IS D S, SON. d 1 57, Ittineriee, 811, 14 14 2.nd0n City Establivmen t, opposite th_e_C , h s ur a y ti ,a e ll w ef.mmunt ea ti ng. 45, ittld 86, Aldgate, 14P r tnen west-end Branch, 506, 507 Oxford-street, 1,2, M edford rlart-street, all commun.—tenting. t , dford (Yortshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. • ueld Branch, 36, Fargate• Hatters , --cosier*, panto e rellant canon, C lothiers, entiam e . 111.6,",* nakees.and oeneral OutittersfOr Ladies and G Boot .stablishmenta are closed on from sunset Friday 4. 0 b•isiress i 5 rasr*rir° till Twelve ' Vttend in the Mantle and Under e iettr TPA) —A Young Lady to 11 )44 7 , l'ePartment. None need apply except they have been pre_ in the business. Universal Guide, a newspaper cnntaininc; daily events, &c., trs tiß of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can he had, 0 si4grforiti application, er forwarded, post-free, to any part of the Al, • an dsome Almanac for the year e ndin g 1852 can be had, gratis. a - Ppt eation. L e ; P en itarle Francais. Qui sl pa rla Italian°. ' e r spricht racui Deutsch. I Aqua se habla Espanol. CUL'ERWELL'S NEW WORKS. •‘l, p a . To be ha v 1 of Sherwood, 23 , Pate rn oster - row; Carvalho , 1 , 44 - ,teet-etreet t Mann, 39, Csrnhill ; or direct fro m the author ; -vile Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFg. ta- tecreation, and Rational Use of Time." w_ tltrinvre :—Early Rising—Spring and Su mmer Mornin g s— Ex ,torto ' Ls about the Environs of London —The Parks, Lanes, Hills, /1/ I ,' , Piekts, Mgh-roads, and other pleasant places—Country and Ranables—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home 4 1r, " ) :!! - -The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Base, Occupation, &c., &e. t UQUX.NTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. l. I. TO THE LAKES ; vKETCII 0r EDINBURGH, &c, ttt Vol. IL LAKES OF KILL kRN EY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, A That three score years and ten our course may run." p6447 . 1) u1ar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner gut debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses l etti' l rog, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and ern. . 4 Uori °l4 age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical r e g u of every-day life. Iv. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, of . ye ti Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." *—Life'a pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad• i t ., e pason& Chastity and its infringements. The casual. kth e f lit c h e si ntiousness and dissipation, with illustrations gr aphic, oar. , remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. TILE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question ." ta ) : 46.4a Altxx •.—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and roll- A nce "ruing raarriage, to be observed by either Time and Wit t : 4 ° . 0 both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and j.,! , 314,..,"1ieanre healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. 'ase‘;": defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. hy % O. (1 R. a 4 4 . CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841) M.R.C.S. ( 1827), L . S.A. atta kitti; L •Twanty.five years Medical and 'Forewic Referee in these la aseePtion hours.da4 tul.,2lVe• A - Xviata 3 g l / 2 -130Vesi tilt 41 411/WlOO IMllteitost, B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street; Rank, London. Established 1837. Empowered by - SpeciatlAel OflPatilaifielft ;JO onrH ANS' AND CIIIL ST'g _.E...sri)osymor rtANCII. Thin- hal omen 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 gu Ord against the difficuLies 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 Table has been prepared, showing the Quarterly Rat , sof Premium required, at at all ages, tor Annuities 'o 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 EXTRACTS FROM TABLES. Quarterly Premiums for an Annu. ity of Fifty Pounds, to corn• mence at the Death of a Father or Friend, and to be paid until Male Child shall have corn. pleted his Twenty first year 01 age. Quarterly Premiums for an Annu ity of Fifty Pounds, to com mence at the Death of a Father or Friend, and to be paid until a Female Ckild shall have com pleted her Tweuth fifth year o age. Quarterly Premium When Child's age is under Quarterly Premium when Age I Child's age is under of g a th e r 3MontW' . 1 1 £ s. d. X s. d. s. d. 3) I 1 15 0 1 14 0 1 11 6 35 I 1 19 7 1 18 3 1 15 2 40 2 7 5! 2 5 812 1 6 45 ; 3 0 8 2 18 3 2 12 7 of ' 1 Year 3 Year Fathefl3Mo 1 Year 13 Years s. d. £ s. d X s. d 30 1 9 5 1 8 5 1 6 0 35 112 91 11 6 1 8 40 118 61 1611 1 13 16, 45 2 8 7 2 6 42 1 2' Values of the above Annuities, or (when in possesiion) be Commut (for Boys), and. seventeen (for (1 • Sams for which the sar ted, at and after the age of iris). rite may thirteen hies Age.' Value of Annuity. Boy's Age.l Value of Annuity. s. d. 331 2 0 254 18 0 180 5 0 94 7 0 --- • s. a. 17 329 12 19 2.5 3 0 21 179.18 0 23 94 5 0 F. . It. FOSTER, Resident AND REW FRANCIS, Secretary. rector. London, January 1, 1852. IIkIETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3, Princes. street, Bank. The Directors hereby giye notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of April next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on , the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to :Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering tor helodge So ciety as Members on the s th of April ne xt, should appear their proposals at the office on or before that day. 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Mr. SEYMOUR ' who was received with enthusiastic plaudits, having been called upon by the Chairman, ad dreaied the meeting, amidst hearty and oft-repeated acclamations, as follows: Mr. Chairman and Electors of Sunderland, —I am anxious that you should understand my views upon the greet—the vital question of the shipping interest, that before you de teratine whether I am to represent you in Parliament you easy havna clear and adequate outline of my sentiinentse—(Hear, hear.) My esteemed and excellent friend Mr. Joshua Wilson, whose laborious and indefatigable exertions, added to the patriotic zeal with which he: hes devoted his. talents and his time to the interests of this port, have already insured him your warmest gratitude=-(Cheers)—and which will make his name long remembered in this town—(Cheers)—has en tered practically into the details of the subject, and has laid bet;re you tales and figures'relative to the shipping of the , country 'generally and of this port in particular; and, with • these facts fresh in 'your recolledtion, 1 trust beforei sit down to lead you to the impression that, whatever or Wheev4 be' to blame, whatever be the cause which operaeei .to depress the shipping interest, that , cause is but temporary—(Hear, heal) —that, however• dark_ the 'clouds which hang over the horizen at the present moment, there is a ch.erieg breelt of . eblue Avitioix,, promises Attie return of Rl±relirOftperOUS, dal's to tbetlo pditditig.l42: owners of Etiglitode—(ProtraCted cheers:) I doubt not you.are &efficiently aware of the haetti of ohs; Inatibilal history, aredertiereetilitiestleeirenefistantier titiceleti whicstilfa' famous Acteof - Neeiotion was' 'seised. Introduced by the Protector, A.D. 1651, as.a check upon the maritime ambition of the Dutch, then the great ocean-carriers o' the world, it was thereby ebacted that no merchandise of Asia, Africa, and America should be imported into Great Britain in seer but geglish built ships, navigated by an English - c •niinander, with three-fourths of their crew at least Eeglith. In addition to this exclusive right of British shipping, it • imposed discriminating duties, so that goods which might still come in foreign ships from Europe were - . taxed higher than if they were imported under the British'flsg. ' This system of nevi- . gation was perfected by - 12th Charles 11., ch. 18, and cone tieued during more than 160 years to be the great mari time charter of this country. Probably in that infant state of our marine the effect of this system was favour able to its growth and expansion, just as you may have Seen young trees surrounded' with protecting palhsades, which become a deformity-and an encumbrance in their maturer growth, and so it. proved in the case of these restrictive enactments. Declared the law, when the com merce of England was yet in'embryo—as soon as disco ver) had given us a New-World, science new arts, in dustry new raanufaCtures when millions of customers were found for ur productions, and boundless wealth re warded our labours, the principle of the naviga tion law that sought to shelter the little navy of a tittle trade was no longer wise or justifiable.—(Cheers.) It was not, howeier, reason or forestght, but the force el a stern necessity that compelled this .country into the adoption et' a less restrictive system.—(Hear, hear.) True, Grotius had .written his •" Mare Liberum," and Selden his ":Mare Clausum,"—the " Open Sea" and the " Shut Sea," and' Sir M. Decker, Sir J. Child, and others, had investigated the subject, and either dis puted or supported the policy of these acts; but truth was not elicited from:these controversies. We persisted in a rigid protection,—we refused to let foreign ships share our carrying trade,-=and it ?till continued to be our policy to drive into the ships of England the car rying trade Of the whole world.—(Hear, hear.) Mean while, however, - on the etber side of the - Atlantic, a new empire was rapidly maturing,—a young and vigorous scion from the loins of our - forefathers,—a country which, when it was weak and dependent, was compelled • to submit to our protective system; but which was, even then, speeding forward to the high destiny which awaited it.—(Cheers.) The indepetidence of the United States was the inevitable result of our Navigation Laws.— (Hear, heate) Wits that independence came a re newed energy and spirit of self-reliance. Gradually the commercial ardour of the United States rose superior to the influences which had depressed it, and at length en American Navigation Act taught England to know that if she injured she would be punished—that retalia tion was the recoil of restriction.—(Cheers.) See what followed —:lmericen ships sailed to Liverpool in ballast, having British ships in their wake laden voila tobleee, rice, or cotton; while British ships traversed the At lantic to New York :in ballast, with American ships hard in their wake laden. with ealicoee,e_entkry, hard.- et are, and iron.e- (itiate_ hear.) A pretty game for two arrat nations to play for the space of 28 years—'• (Laughter.) In 1815, this state of things was put an end to by mutual consent. A treaty of reciprocity was signed between England and Atner;ca.—(Hear, hear.) A similar treaty was next made with Portugal.—(E-Isar, 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 e a Mr. fluskissen, 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, yielding to a necessity he could no longer oppose, intro duced the Reciprocity 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 duties as were charged on British vessels, provided that British ships were admitted into the ports of such foreign states on payment of the same 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.—(Hear, hear.) Thus, then, Sir, was Aeolis fable realized, when we, like the north-west wind, blew from a restrictive quarter, other nations retaliated, by drawing the cloak of protection more tightly around them ; but when the sun of free trade broke out, in warmth and brightness, the pro tective cloak fell from their shoulders.—(Cheers) Now what was the effectf• of this change in our commercial system? In the.. five years preceding 1825, when the re erocity meesures of Mr. Huskisson were passed, the British shippied entered inwards increased 6 per cent., while the foreign during the same period increased 22 per cent. R- member that this proportion took piece while our legislative enectinents 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 years between 1825 and 1830, the entries inwards of British shipping increased 17 per cent., while foreign only increased 12 per cent.—(Cheers.) From that peried till 1840, our shipping rapidly pro gressed, and the steadily 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 stateman became associated with the shipping interest of the country. In 1841, Sir Robert Peel received the reins of power and immediately set about a thorough revision of our customs tariff. The result to the shipping interests was that from 1841 to 1845 inclusive, there was an increase of 37 per cent. entries inwards of British' tonnage, while the in crease in foreign was only 15 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 grain or flour. To this we must refer the fact that in' 1847 the entries in wards of foreign tonnage were higher, by 447,657 tons, than they were in 1846.' ' At the close of 1849,, the re- - n o took plaice; exceeded,and ibay1386540,5t8h; toss, what they were in 1849. .The comparative rate of seal entries o f inwards our navigation-laws of freign t tonnage cent. foreign,. must be ascribed cent. British and 50 per mentioned.—(Hear, hear.) I tincr'e've during the five years ending 1850, of 28 per to the two causes I have that I have proved that, taken think, then, gentle ß m e en i on the whole, the p gentlemen, that Act was a step in the right e the years 1834 and 1835 there was direction. True,d la ssionin different departments of occasionally a These were attribu d the market. overspread exceptional causes, into which we table to to inquire. You must not, commerce—credeirreeeeived a shock, and a general panic need not now stop broadly; you must t look at must deal with facts you must group years together , another, but you one year or If .you look alongside your form an estimate. th e refore, take the se isolated years by the no mselves, so ae to docks, if standing on the s h o re you look out towards the sea, you may see thomasts of a vessel in the offing, but if you asce nd the cliffs of linker or Hendon , y ou a man who may see the hull as well as the masts; thus takes a nar row v i ew o f commercial statistics will not pip see the truth so c l ear l y, an d it is only when he a scends to the elevati on of principle that he can take a com manding survey.—(Cheers.) But do you ow e nothi ug more to free trade than the mere relaxation of your navigation system? Has not the repeal of the corn-laws given a great stimulus to the ocean-car rying trade of the country ? Did not the value of England's exports rise from forty-seven millions in 1842, to seventy-one millions in 1850? Was cot the value of her imports swollen from sixty-five millions, in 1842, to one hundred millions in 1850? Did not the aggregate amount of tonnage euteted inwards and outwards, in the United Kingdom, increase from 7,046 000 tons in 1842, to 12,019.000 tons in 1850? And if our exports and imports have beta so augmented, can it be denied that an immense advantage has been derived by the shipping of the country? Ido not mean by the cheapening of provisions, by which to victual vessels, but by the increased employment arising from the im petus given to our carrying trade. Take sugar, for in stance. Were there not in 1850, 120,000 tons more of sugar brought into this country than in 1842? Again, with regart to corn. Were -riot eight million quarters wore grain imported into Great' Britain in 1850 than in 1842? What thsn! you , who sigh after protectiOn—you who declaim upon the wisdom and policy of the past— would you re-iwpoie the corn sud uevigetiou-law§? mighi be found; the consequence of which would have been that the cotton of America, the sugar of Cuba, or the coffee of Java might have• been glutting the ports along the English' Channel. They could not be im ported in a foreign ship' unless the goods were carried back to the country, whence they had , been originally shipped, unless they were first carried to Europe from some other cdntinent. Now, why was not.this clause amended, instead' of precipitating a total repeal, awl why could eot goode be declared nationalized wherever they were found? Is it to be said that the question was Made one of party? Is the haste which characterised this mo mentous change to be excused on the ground that it was tdade a Cinet measure? Is it t o b e s aid that the existence of a Ministry was the main cause for the hasty alieration of a system, ,a false step in effecting which ;night prove fatal to the best interests of the empire.— (Loud'eheers.).e Whatever was the motive, the repeal of the nitvigetiou4aws was carried, and carried with cir cumstances of. inexcusable precipitancy.-(Renewed cheers.) How happens it that, during the period which has elapsed sintte -this repeat;' wiih . exports and.imperts enoemeetatlONCeasping, . with' -trade elpettellarr i e e . with Money abundant and credit easy; that-our ebi ;bag, instead of rising, au' it has risen beforeefrom the depres• sidrig visited it, is so tardy in its recovery? Because Mites; received a shock-which might have proved fatal ; because to save a Whig:Ministry a great interest was jeopardized; because Mr. Labouchere plunged us into free trade without stipulating os eo.ip, °city, SO that before we.ootrld make ourselves ready for the race to which we were exposed, foreign shipping overstocks our ports, and freights are reduced so ruinously low, that 20s. per ton was the last return from Calcutta.—(Loud cheering ) What lave we gained from America for conceding to her the trade of our colonies.? Nothing. What have we gained from Spain? Nothing. France has not met us—(Hear, hear)—Holland has not met us—(Hear, hear)—Russia, Germany, Sweden, and other states have nothing to meet us svith.—(Loud cheers.) Was it then right for a British 'Minister, I repeat, to take a step so momentous with plans so ill.considered? —(Loud shouts 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 com mercial freedom; it is your highest interest , to follow o ur example.—(Hear, hear.) By so doing we shall be mutually bent fited; we have opened to you our colonies; we offer you now our coasting trade; we ask you in return tp allow us to navigate our ships in the carrying trade to California."—(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 manu'actures, to trade to Havannah, or any of your settlements. — (Hear.) You charge a British vessel in the port of Ha vannah double what you: charge a vessel of Spain; you make Spanish goods arriving from Spain, under your national flag, liable only to an ad valorem duty of 64 per cent.; while, if Spanish goods are carried from Spain in British vessels, the duty rises from 144 to lBi per cent. This is not fair to us—this is not politic in you. Remember , your past glories. Recollect yea once had a marine. Forget not the times of mari time chivalry, when a Columbus manned his vessels to go forth in search of a new world. You have been torn since by revoluticns within; you have suffered from want ot,credit, and distrust abroad. Awake to your true interests. Take advantage of your great na, tional resources. Cultivate the principles of commer cial freedom. Follow the example we have sett you in the Free-trade brotherhood of nations."—(Tremendous cheering.) Had he gone to Belgium and said, "We grant to your ships the same privileges as our, own; we admit your produce on the terms of the most favoured nations. Why, then, is white salt from England pro hibited by your tariff, and rook salt, unless imported under , your flag, and why is a duty of 15t. 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 us has shown most solicitude for the commercial intercourse of our respec- tive countries? Have we not opened up a new market 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 leen bastkseer -chaise,- or' anchors, or pig iron, or linen threads, or needles, or pottery ware. If you will not deal liberally with U 9 as we have dealt with you, look to your own interests. You are ambitious to establish manufactures, then reduce the duty of 4s. 91. per ton you exact on English coals, and in stead of the 600,000 tons we now ex p o rt, two million of coals will fled th e i r way i nto your country. — (Protracted cheering.) Si r , h a d M r. L a bouehere thus acted—had he calmly a n d dispass ionalelY, mindful of the great interests at s t a l te, p rop , r ly imbued with a sense of the danger ari s i ng f rom a -forced or ill-con sidered legislation, ent e r e d i nto negociat i on with foreign powers, and, by argument, ,by entreaty, or, if neces nary, by inspiring them with "a wholesome fear of pos sible and ulterior consequences, led . tbem to the adop tion of the grand principl es o f commercial freedom, thee 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 of limited free trade, with co-extensive reciprocity, into a condition of abso late free-trade. with limited repreeity.—(Prolonged cheers, mingled with cries of " Bravo.") Sir, the deed is done ; the die is cast—the British shipowner is I lunched into competition with the whole world. (Hear, hear.) There is a danger in going back to a course which has been once abandoned.—(Hear, hear.) In the interval, which has °leased, new relations of commercial property and enterprise take place, and, like a relapse in the natural Lindy, th e s h ac k of a reaction may be attended with the most perilous consequences to the body politic —(Cheers,) Aid yet I mus t not be misunderstood. I do not mean to deny that in principle Mr. Labouchere was right. I censure him, not far the end at which he tsimea, but for the speed with which he approached it.- (Hear, hear.) What, then, is to be done? Go back? No; it is too late! Go forward? Yes! But me , Hulce I hear some of you say, " How can we go forwat d? We are placed at our starting post in this ocean race, burdened and over -weighted. You must, at least, relieve . us of eve ry i mpost t h at p re sses too heavily upon us." Sir, I feel the strength of that argu ment. The shipping interest of this country has deep and many- causes of complaint—(Hear)—and I -know rot whether more emphatically to condemn the baste which marked the repeal, or the injustice which stopped short of the removal of these, burdens.—(Cheers.) The first burden which must lie removed are the duties upon timber. I think no tax whatever ought to be im post(' upon the raw material of our shipping. When Mr. Huskisson proposed to grant to the builder of ships in this country a drawback equal to the Lull amount of any duty that had been paid upon the materials used in their construction and equipment, he proposed a wise and solid measure—(clear, hear)—and ..I must say it was little to the credit ot the shipowners who formed -the de putation to Mr. Huskisson of that day, that they re fused his offer, dreading lest the Government, by adopt ing Mr. Huskieson's suggestion, should give a fresh stimulus to shipbuilding at home, and raise up new com petitors, who would be able to rival them in every branch of commerce ! —(Hear, hear.) The maintenance of a timber duty on the part of Her Majesty's late Government was a perfect absurdity--(Loud cheers.) Their professed aim was to admit the raw material duty free, especially that which creates labour in its manufactured state, and to tax articles of manufac ture imported from other countries, but here they taxed the foreign raw material, white they admitted the same material, when manufactured into a ship, d al f oe ._ (Hear, hoar.)' Anotherrborden on shipping is the light dues. Foremost among these are the light dues, im posed by the Trinity House at Deptford &rend, amount ing now to about 400,000/, a year.—(Hear, 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 all ias details, is an enormous anomaly—(Hear, hear)—and ill-suited to the temper and advancing spirit of these times.—(Cheers.) Bodiesi like these Trinity . House Corporations, really self elected, practically irresponsibleawith all their cumbrous appendages, and their multitudinous parasites, are un suited to an industrious and economical age, and only form relics of the legislation of an unenlightened anti quity.—(Renewed cheering.) 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 Commer cial marine 580/, a year—(Hear, hear)—previously to 1846, when it was taken by the Trinity House, 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 was only 529/. (Cheers, and cries of " Shame.") Now, why should the shipowners o f this country_be x_ exclusively . taxed for the ( ear.) Es support ot these lights.— bi pecially, why are the repeal of the navigation laws has they so taxed, benefitslues the of these lights to the rest of the thrown open the the United Stsies of Americus world.—(Cheers.) In establishmentis ' the light-house the expense of b y a vote of. Congress; in Holland the provided for fid d to the Government; in Russia the lighting is con e the lighlhouses, and no charge is Government supportt on either Russian or foreign ships made on that accoun t , lighting of our coast he a charge: Why should not . th d f the country ?—(Hear and consolidated fun o this subject . upon the con connected with this subject is the toll cheers.) Close l y __r which is collected in Sunder called primage— H ( ea ? the northern ports, for the bene fitland and some other o he Newcastle. The right of of the Trinil House revenue of which they make no that house to collect a made the subject of a return, has been very' properly lor to be called u on the trial at law, and it was mY ~ , - e other day, in the Court of Qtl6oii a Bauch; to tqlies a pro- minont 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 bench, when I read, from the governing charter of James II , the recital of the grounds upon which that Monarch bestowed the grant— " Whereas, there have been divers and many incursions of the jiver Tyne upon the banks of the same, and that in addition repairs are required for the Trinity House, at Newcastle, therefore, out of our mere motion," &c., &e. And so Sunderland, without getting a single benefit in return, , has been called upon to pay, from year to year, a sum amounting to some 1,2001. or 1,500/. and this to enable certain gentlemen of Newcastle to pamper their appetites and toast away the money you have paid to the health of the Elder Brethren, and the good old times of charter and monopoly.—(Laughter and loud cheers.) Then there are the Dover and Ramsgate passing tolls.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Why the amount levied upon the shipping and commerce of the country,. in support of these harbours in the year 1849, amounted to 43,297/. 9s. 3d., for which the ship ping and trade of the country received no equivalent whatever.—(Cries of " Shame.") Sunderland pays of this 1,5791. Bs. 2d.—(Hear.) A still more flagrant act of injustice is to be found in the exactions of the Russia Coicpany, who have power, under letters patent of Wil liam and Mary, to tax Russian produce imported into this country; this they.do to the extent of more than 3,000/., exclusive of sums levied on the British shipping at Russian ports. Now, what equivaletit do the parties taxed get for this impost? On glancing over an account of their expenditure, I find the following items:—Pre sent of plate to the governor, worth 421, 10a.—(Laugh ter)—Agaip, grant for expenses of-organ, psalm-books, &c., for the church at Cronstadt, 2051. 4s. 3i.—(Hear, hear.) Surely this is a burthen which ought to be' in vestigated, taken off, and removed. There is another evil ef great naegnieude, which consists in the tax col "leete4'by tbe Corporation of tendon; - ctilled'City-dues; these Amounted last year to '192,470/. 125., and of this large sum 18'4,4601. 13s. was levied on coalt from rho counties of Durham and Northumberland alone. — (Hear, hear.) Then there are the 13innue their depend...A.o, rets --- urriee the Lord Warden's little sinecure of 3.000/. per annum—(Laughter)--end all the sinecure captains at Deal, Walmer, 'and elsewhere. Then there are the evils attendapt upon the present sys tem 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 possible.— (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. Government salvage is an unjustifiable charge. If a ship of war throw a line or a hawser to a mer chant ship, it may be made the ground of an exor bitant claim for salvage, and, if resisted, the trailer 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 quiddities, 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, and all such excrescences, be emptied into the gulf of oblivion for every—(Roars of laughter, fol. lowed by a burst of applause.) There are other grie vances, such as that relating to the use of bonded stores, and other impediments to the free exercise of commer cial enterprise as applied to shipping. But I think I have specified sufficient to make out a heavy and impor• tent case for the shipowners of the empire.— (Hear, hear.) . 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 competition of the world.—(Applause.) I do not say that when even all this is attained, there will not be causes for anxiety; but I do say, if you do suc ceed thus far, there will be ground for hope.—(Hear, hear.) Why should you, with a fair field and no fa vour, fear the consequences of a rivalry in shipbuilding with any, other countries of the world ?—(Cheers.) With the United States?—or Russia?—Sweden, Nor way, Denmark, or Prussia?—France, Holland, Germany, or Belgium? Take, for a moment, the materials used in American shipbuilding. Their timber does not grow at the water's edge; they have to send for it as well as we, to Carolina, Florida, or Maryland, and what advantage has ew York , Boston, or Baltimore. save the difference' of freight between the timber growing states and the northern ports, and the same states and England ? Does not the American import his iron from England, with a freight of 10s. per ton, and a duty to be superadded of 30 per cent ad valorem? Do not the chain cables which pay 35 per cent duty, and the sheet copper, go from England ? Is not the hemp got from Russia, and are not their sales purchased here, while canvas pays 10 per cent. ad valorem, and is fully 10 per cent. dearer. Teen the wages are higher, and the general cost of navigation greater. 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 Finland a fir ship may cost but 81. lOs. 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 cases sixteen years, without any expense whatever. Then there is the cost of the Hamburgh build, in which there is no advantage whatever over this country. The Hamburgh vessel, from 200 to 500 tons, iron -fastened, and coppered, costs 11/. per ton, but she stands seven years A 1, and no more, while the English ship, at 201. per ton, can make 16 years in all. So with regard to Sweden and Norwe gian ships, your advantages are self-evident.—(Hear, hear.) Further, a Prussian vessel cannot be permanently sailed and equipped cheaper than an English; the ice which blockades their coast for three or four months 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 of interest on account of the ship during the months she cannot run. These and other matters considered, 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.—(Hear, hear.) As contrasted with these, look at the anvantages you possess in England ! You build the best and cheapest first class ships in the world; you lay in your stores more cheaply than any ships in the world; you have the best shipwrights and the hardiest sailors; you have irons and British oak, and the other appliances for ship-building; you have the raw material, it I may so express it, in man as well as in manufacture, giving you a decided pre-eminence; you have the cheapest and most commo dious docks in the world, you are the great storekeepers of hemp and flax, and the world's manutacturer3 of cordage and sails; you have your furnaces, your forges, and your rolling mills fed with your own coals. Eng land, too, is the great timber yard of the world, so that sou have the choioe of the best wood of every kind; you have the best method of loading and unloading, the machinery and the best tools iu the world.--(Loud cheers.) Be not despondent, then; talk not of return to an antiquated system; your coasting marine has flourished least because it was most protected; your foreign shipping has progressed in proportion as it has been stimulated by competition. If you go back to protection you go back to restriction, with restriction you produce retaliation, and, by restriction on one side, and retaliation on the other, you narrow the field of enterprise, you enhance the cost of transport, and you throw half the carrying ships of the country out of employment.—(Loud cheers.) What, then, are you to do? There is a duty upon the Government — there is a duty upon you; upon the Government, to re lieve you of your burdens; upon you, to rouse yourselves for the contest, and to be equal to your proper destiny and your historic character.—(Loud applause.) Why do we hear disparaging comparisons drawn between the captains and crews of our own vessels and those of America and other countries? Gentlemen, you must begin to elevate the condition of your officers and your mariners, not by Acts of Parliament, but by ur g in g upon them the importance of temperance, by stimultoing them in the pursuit of knowledge, by seeking to infuse into them higher aspirations, by paying them, if need be, a higher rate of wages, which in the end will be the surest economy, and so press forward to that glorious consummation when not alone shall your ships be regis tered as A 1 at Lloyds,but thecrews who man them shall be chissed A 1 in every port in the world!---(Tremen dons cheering.) Sir, unless this spirit pervade the shipowners of this country, no Acts of Parliament, no remission of burdens, no, nor your much-talked-of protection, can save you.—(Renewed, cheering.) Be lieve me, too, there is a good day coming, boundless markets, boundless fields, will yet be opened up tor the employment of the commercial marine of this country, for which you should make ready and prepare yourselves. —(Cheers.) For,. lift up your eyes, and look towards that hitherto down-trodden and degraded land of Africa. See how marvellously within the last few years her trade in as palm oil h increased! There is the Delta of the Niger too, where cotton can be produced almost sponta neou-ly I What a world of enterprise does not the newly-opened trade with China present to your commer cial ambition! Then, see India, where cotton can onbegreoewtntenp threedeeßaendks by y f the the lulonoigthedleys. States —where w ri t v ie a r l e s the sugar can be produced equalling those of Cuba and the Broils! See the tempting shores of you truso d California on the one side, and the geld regions of Australia on the other, and tell me, have you not good cause to hope and to take courage ?—(A. burst of pro tracted cheering.)• Such, gentlemen, is an outlin e o f l ily views on the present state and future prospects of the shipping interests of the country. You have been htoaovelosnigepta.s_le(eup,e(a,rr: rather, hear,)ny oo t ywu h r. ei cual i uw n sasehn w mat - h iala o n m advocate ze lows, faithful, devoted to your interests.—(Hear.) 1 cana promise you one thing. If you send me to Parliament I shall carry the same spirit there which gives me , e toi d when d h d e r n e ;a d y ou : spr t exertions to assert your righoi and may devote m y right y band t not let a day pass in l •• :4: true condition ; the ears of the Legislature can promote your re " in its cunning (Tremendous cheering.) Y ou laying before Parliament c tis:,o o horr u oueg r urse a lt not be deaf to you; tan interest like yours Gin " NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE APPOINTMENT OF CAPT. LOCH, C. 8 .- In answer to some strictures on the appointment of Captain Loch to .the command ot the Winchester, our contemporary, the Times, who has affected very great, but very indiscreet., this appointinont of ailltbre3 or little service, less standing, but ot great family influence; has the following:— " A very unjust attack has been made by some of the professional papers upon the appointment of Capt. Loch to the Winchester. We have reason to believe that his appointment was entirely unsolicited, and as Captain Loch is one of a well-known Whig family, we are dis posed to consider it a favourable example of the spirit which is to prevail over the distribution of patronage by the now Admiralty. Captain Loch commanded the Alarm in the river St. Juan, for two years, under most difficult circumstances, and 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 distinction of C.B. We believe that Captain Loch is a good seamen as well as an able negotiator, and see no reason to regret that the Ad miralty has disregarded the claims of party in his favour." 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 remained in office another week. Captain Loch, it is true, is allowed to be a good seaman, and may be an able negotiator, but the navy have yet to discover the superior qualifications he pos sesses, and the distinguished services he 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. 13., when scores of officers on the list had not only ten times as many claims for the decoration for brilliant, dashing, and dis creet services against the enemy. Moreover, Captain Loch has already served one term of commission to wards making himself eligible for his active flag rank, whereas no leas than 50 captains, made in the same year in which Captain Loch was promoted—to say nothing of scores of deserving senior officers—have not had the chance of a single day's employment as captain. The compliments, therefore, of our contemporary on the First Lord's impartiality, aro inconsistent with his pre tended advocacy of the claims of old meritorious and distinguished but efficient officers, as they are at the ex pense of the Noble Duke'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 standing in the list, is made evident in the following remarks in the Standard of last . night. Our contemporary says:— " The present Board of Admiralty will, no doubt, en deavour to redress as many grievances as their power may enable them, and there are some cases of hardship which are well worthy of consideration. Many post 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 guished themselves in the-late war as lieutenants, but, for want of interest, were late in obtaining their commis sion as captain. Thes© older officers, but younger cap tains, are told, on applying for consideration, that they do nut 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 officers." Captain Loch's case is a very appropriate illustration of the Standard's statement. Capteie. Loch was pro moted to the rank of captain in 1841. Of the thirteen officers promoted to the rank of captain in 1851 — that is, ten years later—no less than six were senior to him as lieutenants; and of the officers promoted in the same year as Captain Loch, no less than 50 were lieutenants before Captain Loch even en tered the Royal Navy. If the above is all the defence or excuse our contemporary can offer for the 'ex-First Lord of the Admiralty's nomination of Captain Loch, that gallant and distinguished officer may truly exclaim, " Save me from my friendsl"—Morning Herald. Commander Albert Ilesseltine (1845) has been se lected by the Duke of Northumberland to command the Britomart, 8, to be commissioned at Devonport. The selection of this Officer for employment reflects credit upon the Noble First Lord. Dczens of officers, junior to Commander Hesseltine, have been employed, and not a few of them promoted, whilst this officer has not hitherto had a chanco of a command. The Duke has evidently' selected him on account of his standing and good services. He must have entered the navy about the year 1825 (bs•fore Captain Luca, by the way)— passed his examination in 1832—seried five years as a mate, and, as a lieutenant, serve d in the Electra, 18, South American station; as first of the Grecian, 16; then ns first of Commodore Sullivan's frigate Stag, 46; then the Sappho, 16, Cape; and Conway, 26, on the same station, when ho was made a commander at the general promotion of 1846. In the early part of his career, we are told, ho served in the Andromeda frigate in the East Indies, and was frequently engaged in her boats against the Malacca pirates. Commander Barnard and 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—H. 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 Martin's flag-ship, 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. Dacres, is hourly expected at Davenport, having left Queenstown for Devonport on Saturday last. Vivid, Dover steam-packet, Master Commander Smi thett, will not have her defects repaired before the mid dle of next month, at Wcolwich. DEFENCES OF SPITHEAD.—The engineer officers went out again on Tuesday to examine the site for th e i ntended fort on what is termed No Man's Land ; near Spithead, to ascertain the nature of the ground, and whether th e soil is of that character that would be fi t for th e h eavy b a ttery intended, and at what depth they might decide for a foundation. They commenced boring' on Monday. P ORTS MOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Th e R es i stance troop ship, Master - Commander Bradshaw , sailed, to , daywith na val stores for Devonport and Cork. She was towed into a good offing by the steam-tug. The Rodney, 92, Captain C. Graham, C.B , has been ordered to prepare for tea, and will go to Shead in a few days. Her crew were exerc i sed this Sp ithead in a few days. Her crew were exercised this mo rnin sending up and down top ga ll ant masts and cr ossing i ng ntop gallant and royal yard s . Sh e will be ready to go oat to Spithead on bending sails. The Sprightly steam-tend er , Acting Master-CCW mander George Allen, sailed this evening with super numeraries for the east a ard. The compasses of der the V ixen , steatn-sloop, C o mmander Barnard, have been adjusted to-day The Areth usa , 50, Captain Symonds, has c ompleted her refit, and is aga i n ready for sft. The Superb, probably come take up the into harbour on the Rodney going out, and 8 0, Captain Purnell, will moorings vacated by her. tni E rs kine, Second - Lieute - ROYAL MARINES —CV- - n nant Gill, tw o s e r geants, two her Majesty's ship corporals, and 63 privates, embarked this afternoon on bo a rd Winchester, for service in t:1 Her Majetty's brig Racer, PLYMOUTH, WEDNE SDA. 12, Commander Bed d ow,e fr om the Mediterranean, an chored in the Sound She afterncon, and saluted the Port Admiral. • he s ailed from Malta on the 7th of her M a je s t y 'sß • the 9th spo ke ship rt- March, and o n the a Goldsmith, with the flag of Rear tannia, Capt d i s all well. The Racer passed through Admiral Dula a Gibr a ltar on the 17d', and made the pa , sege the Gut of days. She • be paidoff at this is to the Sound in bix ays, to po.ltie Albion, 90, the Indefatigable, 50, and Encounter, s team-vess el , el were at Malta on the 7th, preparing to sail ; destination unknown. The Queen was to leave for Englan d 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 iU the ehauntl, W relieve the UctillentrtiebOttncl• Title of the Institution Name and address of Correspondent on behalf of the Institution 1. What is the total number of your members? 2. Are you in favour of the general idea, which Mr. Chester has sketched, of the combination of many local institutions in union with the Society of Arts? 3. What are the chief advantages which you expect to derive from such a combination and union? 4. About what number of lectures, of ;;rious kinds, would you desire to have yearly? At what seasons? 5. At what rate, on an average, could you afford to pay for such lecture'? 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 further expense to yourselves? or b. that the Society should negotiate, and make ar rangements, between you and the lecturers, and (receiving from you a small annual contribution to defray the Society's actual expenses of corre spondence, &c.) leave it entirely to yourselve to remunerate the lecturers upon such terms as might be agreed on? 7. Do you consider it desirable to have occasionally exhibitions of useful inventions which have received medals from the Society of Arts, provided that such arrangements could be made by the Society as would enable you to have the exhibitions without any serious liability, and with the chance of such exhibitions being self-supporting? 8. Is there any opening for the establishment of Drawing School, or a Modelling School, in connexion with your institution? INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday, James M. Bendel, &q., President, in the chair, the first paper read was " On the Results of the use of Tain'ar Boilers, or of Flue Boilers of Inadequate Surface, or Imperfect Absorption of Heat," by Admiral Earl Dundonahi. This paper advocated the general introduction of what were termed " economical heat trap boilers," or boilers having vertical water tubes, instead of oblique fire tubes, contained within a chamber, into the upper of which the hot products of combustion were introduced, and allowed to circulate until, by the abstraction of heat. they descended to the bottom, and passed into the chimney at a temperature little exceeding that of boil ing water. From some trials which had been made at Woolwich and Chatham in 1844, as well as from the experience which had been gained by their actual appli cation to some of the North American traneatlantio steam-pscleetr, and some in the service of the Emperor of Russia, it was contended that these boilers possessed greater evaporative powers, and were more economical than those ordinarily in use; and, moreover, that their safety was much greater, owing to the products of com bustion passing into the chimney at a very low tempera ture, instead of the usual high temperature, from which i t wa s apprehended much danger had been, and might still be, incurred. The second paper read was, " On certain points in the construction of Marine Boilers," by Mr. J. Scott Russell, M. Inst. C.E. The author having arrived at certain practical results relative to the construction of marine butlers, put them into practice about ten years back, in designing the boilers for the Royal Mail Steam Packets Clyde, Tay, Tweed, and Teviot; and as they had been in constant work ever since, running from 42,000 miles to 48,000 miles per annum, without material repairs, he believed their durability, combitv.d with effective combustion and econony of fuel, had been fully established. The principles on which these boilers were constructed differed from those generally recognised. In the first piece it was considered, that a judicious distribution of the most intensely heated surfaces would be conducive to durability; and for tlis purpose instead of returning the flues over the furnaces, the top of the furnaces and the hottest flues were brought to the surface of the water, and the cool( r, or return flues were taken to the botto of the water. The water was admitted at the be 4 ,171 1,, in contact with intensely and was gradually waimed as it rose, the greate s t - heat being imparted at the last were large,capacity of the by which means the bubbles of steam re pre yuch and their vented from accumulating heated metal. In the next place the pionrcaltnindgeseseunrtfufca:lin these greaterboii,r a than was furnaces or fire boxes, was unusua m li usual. T h e aThcn,voe evaporating than three feet of evaporating surface also much more than customary, th ere being every foot of under the clues ere no less furnace bars. The process of blo wing water spaces, as reservoirs for the for by arranging and furnaces large off of brine and other deposit. off was provided e collection and blowing The last paper was this steam " M. Description of a Diaphragm Steam Generator," b upon which by I. Boutigny (d'Evreux). The principle was that "bodies This being receiv ed evaporate only from their surfaces." surface an axioin g , the evaporating as follow that in the e i n t eri must tnoert necessarily the construction of steam -boilers, either was based should be extended to its utmost limit, or of metal lid be so divided, and its evaporating surfaces water sho multiplied, as to arrive at the same end, of obtaining ca be so remest amount of steam by the expenditure fth the g e least amount of fuel. The steam generat o or was described to consist of verti cal cylinders of wrought iron, 25 inches high by 121 inches diameter; t h e base termi natin g in a hemisphe rical end, and the upper part closed by a curved lid, upon which was attached the usual steam T an safety valves, feed steam , a nd other pipes, Sm. The interior contained a series of diaphragms of wrought iron, pierced with a number of fine holes, and having alternately con vex and co „ ass surfaces. They were suspended by . iron r ods , three a t given distances apart, in such a man ner as not to be in contact with the heated ex t erior, or shell of the boiler. When an y water was admitted t h r ough the feed pipe it fell upon the upper (convex) • which had a tendency to spread it to the periphery, disc, tbe largest quantity falling through the perforation in the shape of globules; the second diaphragm being concave, tended to direct the fluid from the circum ference to the centre, and so on, until if any fluid reac hed the bottom of he cylinder, it mingled with a thin film of water, in a high state of ebullition, that being the hottest part of the boi ler. It appeared, how ever, that in its transit through these diaphragms, the water was so divided, that exposing a very large sur face to the caloric, it was transformed into steam with great rapidity, and with great economy of fuel. The boiler described had been worked for a long time at Paris with great success, giving motion to a steam-engine of two horses' power. The consumption of coal was stated to be very small, 7891bs of water having been converted into steam by 182Ibs of coal in nine hears, under a pressure of ten atmospheres. The chemical part of the question was carefully ex amined, and it was sheen, that at that temperature the ken was exactly in the best condition to bear strain. The prodeed application on a large scale was sub mitted to the engineers, the author having only proposed the system tor.tuaall boilers and tinder circumstances of wanting to obtain a motive power in situations of re stricted space, and where first cost was a g reat object. It was announced that at the meet i n of Tuesday, rs March 30th, the owl& y ballot for g Members would take place, and the followit g paper would be real, " An Ac count of the drainege of the town of Richmond, Surrey, under the autherit of the Metr o p o lit a n Commissioners of Sewers in 1851, " by M r. George Donaldson, Assoc. Inst. C.E. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, we are happy to state, continues in the enjoyment of im proved health at Glounater House, Park-lane. The vene rable Duch(si, now th e on l y s . urv iving offspring of likng George 111., will compl e t e her 76 t h year on the 25th of the easluing mouth, een e a t o f the so&