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CONTRACTS for VARIOUS ARTICLES for HOS'PITAL SERVICE. Office of the Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, Somerset-place, June 18, 1852. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 15th July next, at One o'clock, they Will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying and delivering, within four calendar months, into the Medical Stores at her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Dept ford, all or any of the undermentioned Articles, viz.:— Sacking Bottoms - - - - 300 No. Bed Cases (linen) - 500 „ Bolster Cases, ditto - 500 „ Pillow Cases, ditto - - 1,000 ~ Skeet If 500 Pairs. Shirts ff 1,000 No. Pillow Cases (ticken) - - 800 „ Gowns (flannel) - 500 ~ Waistcoats „ - 1,000 ~ Cotton Coverlits (white) - - 500 ~ Calico - - - - 6,000 Yards. Linen Feathers Blue Clothing for Seamen - - no suits. • Ditto for Marines - - 50 ~ Blue Cloth Waistcoats for Seamen - 300 No. Patterns of the articles, the conditions of the Contracts, and a form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing, Every Tencler must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by- a letter signed by two responsible persons, engag ing to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 25/. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contracts, if exceeding 2,000/., and by one person if under that sum. CON TRACT for CLEANSING BISCUIT BAGS, &c., and for CLEANSING and REPAIRING BED DING, &c. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, June 18, 1852. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 29th July next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con tract for CLEANSING BISCUIT-BAGS, HAMMOCKS, BED CASES, and COTS; and for CLEANSING and REPAIRING FLOCK-BEDS, BOLSTERS, and BLANKETS. The Articles to be taken by the Contractor from her Majesty's Yards at Deptford, and to be retune d b y him into Store when • cleansed and repaired. A Form of the Tender and the Conditions of the Contract may be Seen at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, for any noticed, unless the.party attends, or an agent for him duly Authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accom panied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the pers,n tendering in the sum of 6001. for the due performance of the Contract. A USTRALIAN CORDILLERA GOLD and • COPPER MINING COMPANY. Conducted on the Cost-book System. it 60,000 Shares, 1/. paid, with power to increase to 150,000 Shares. A Royal Charter of Incorporation limiting the liability of 'Shareholders will be immediately applied for. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. _ .roionel James 11 ,- . Wooldridge, the Keep, Dartmouth Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Malmtlyne Hall, Kent Richard Towne, Esq., 114, Fenchurch-street James Hunter, Esq., 48, Lime-street. City W. B. Bennett, Esq., St. James's-place, St. James's. Richard Martin, Esq., Serjeant's Inn. PURSER. Warwick Augustus Hunt, Esq. SOLICITORS. ;Messrs. Scott and Edwards, 23, Southampton-buildings, Chaneery lane. BANKERS. Sir W. J. Lubbock, Forster, and Co., Mansion House-street, London. Naval Bank, Plymouth. London Offices-124, Bishopsgate-street Within Offices in Plymouth-4, Frankfort-street. This Company bas been formed for the purpose of working Gold, Copper, and other minerals in the vast range of mountains com prising the Liverpool Range. the Blue Mountains, the Australian Alps, and others traversing the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria from north to south, termed by geologists the " Great Aus tralian Cordilleras," and the various flanks and streams contiguous. In addition to gold and cooper, these mountain ranges are well known to abound with various other valuable minerals—platina, Silver, and lead; precious stones are also stated to be among their hidden treasures. The Committee of Management have entered into a provisional contract for a Mineral Lease of 4,000 acres of the celebrated Segenhoe Estate in the county of Brisbane, in the Hunter River district, where valuable veins of gold quartz, and copper ore of rich quality have been discovered. The Quartz rocks that run through the Segenhoe Estate are pro nounced to be the fountain-head from whence are annually carried • by the flood the debris that form the auriferous alluvial dep•site of the River Hunter. (See a pamphlet, " Australia and her Treasures," Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange.) The valuable testimony (as to the auriferous mineral wealth of this region) contained in tee pamphlet before alluded to, is fully corroborated by the fact, that the report of the Government Sur veyors, Messrs. Hargreaves and Stutchbury, who have lately returned to Sydney from exploring the district, has been deemed by the Colonial authorities of too exciting a nature for present tiublication. The titles to land in Australia, being all originally derived from grants or purchases direct from the Crown, are clear and un questionable. The provisional contract and draft lease will lie for inspection of shareholders at the Company's Offices in London, and copies of the tame at the offices at Ply - mouth. In dispatching a staff of officers, engineers, and foremen, with the requisite machinery and appliances, it will be the study of the Coin 2nittee of Management to nmbine the greatest efficiency with a judicious economy, and to obviate the disadvantages arising from the enormous cost of entirely employing European labour, arrange ments have been entered into for the engagement of large numbers sat . Chinamen, on reasonable terms, to proceed from Hong-Kong and the neighbourhood to Australia, to meet the Superintendent's staff -and machinery at Newcastle, on the mouth of the Hunter River. 'The value of Chinese as workmen has already been fully tested in 'California and New South Wales, where large numbers are already Settled, and daily arriving. The Company being formed on the Cost-book System, share holders will not be required to sign any deed until the Royal _Charter is obtained ; and as the scrip certificates will be issued from the purser to bearer, it will be optional for any one to sign he Cost-book. Applications for Shares may be made at the Company's Offices in London and Plymouth ; Messrs. Scott an d Edwards, Solicitors, 23, Southampton-buil Begs, Chancery-lane, where Prospectuses and ltiaps may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ' To the Committee of Management of the Australian Cordillera Gold and Copper Mining Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of IL each in your Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the ' same, or any less number you may allot me, and pay the amount When called upon to do so. Usual Signature • • .. Dated this day of , 1852. Name in full .... • • • • ................ Business or Profession ................ Reference • • • • • • .. • ........, .. SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY. SUR EWS BURY to WORCESTER. Capital, 351,0001., in 14,000 shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. 'Under the sanction of the following Proprietors of Estates, and other parties locally interested upon the Line : His Grace the Duke of Cleveland, The night Rev. the Lord Bishop of Worcester, The Right Hon. Lord Forester, Sir John Dean Pail, Bart., Sir Thomas E. Winnington, Bart., Thomas Charlton Whitmore, Esq., M.P., • William Wolryche Whitmore, Esq., William Lacon Childe, Esq., The Mayor and Corporation of Bridgnorth, The Coahrookdale Company, The Lilleshall Company, &c. &e, A Company is in the course of formation to colestruct a Railway directly connecting Shrewsbury and Worcester, and to afford to the important districts along this portion of the Valley of the Severn the benefits of railway communication. The proposed line will leave the Madeley Branch of the Shrews bury and Birmingham Railway near to Madeley, and proceed direct to iiridgnorth, and thence follow the Valley of the Severn by Bewdley and Stourport, near which latter place it will fall into the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, thus affording railway ac commodation to the towns and districts of Coabrookdale, Ironbridge , Coalport, Madeley, Broseley, Muen Wenlock, Bridgnorth, Bewdley, Kidderminster, and Stourport. The line will also, in connexion with other Railways, establish the shortest route between Worcester and the whola of the South- West of England and Wales on the one hand, and Chester, Mr ' kenhead, Holyhead, and the North of Ireland and Wales on the other. As regards the local requirements of the line, the enumeration of the towns and districts that will be served by it, and which are at Present without railway accommodation, is considered sufficient. It should, however, be stated that the difficulty of navigating the Severn above Stourport has long called for some better means of transit in those parts. The proposed line is about twenty-six miles in length, and the country througk which it will pass well suited for the formation of a railway ; the landowners have been consulted, and are favourable to • the project. It is obvious that the construction of this line will be beneficial to the existing railways it is intended to j oin ; the line is, e in, the natural extension of the Oxford, Worcester, and IVolver hampton Railway, which Company it !s expected will give its support to the undertaking. A preliminary survey of the line has been made, and a de tailed prospectus will be shortly issued; communications in t the Too Meantime may be addressed to Messrs. 11. and W. Toogood, Parliament-street, London. June, 1852. _ . (O XFORD GRAND COMMEMORATION.- GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. An EXCURSION TRAIN will leave the Paddington Station, at 7.0 lUD., on WEDNESDAY, the 23d instant, and will call to take TM Passengers at the following Stations :—llanwell, West Drayton, i Slough, Maidenhead, Twyford, Readin;, Pangbourne, and Walling ford Road, returning from Oxford the same evening at 10 o'clock. Fares from the above stations to Oxford and back, Gs. first class ; closed carriages, 3s. 6d. The Excursion Tickets are only available for the Excursion Train, and on the day on which they are issued. Passengers having lug gage will only be conveyed at the ordinary fares. Tickets may be previously purchased at the Paddington Station; 27, King-street, Cheapside ; or 269, Strand. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Open every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. Boulcourt. Doers open at t Ei ast gh oleven. 'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and terminate at half-p e Admission —ONE SHILLING. R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; M ann, 39, Cernhill ;or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." Corrvirs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings —Ex unions about the Environs of London —The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places —Country Trips and RAMl3l.3B—The Sea—London at Night —Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, Sic., ecc. II FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKE S ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Er. 4 Vol. IL THE LAKES OF KILL ABNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &o. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our cour use se and cure) ay run." of ner- A popular review of a lmost every form (ca vouly-debilitated health and re for the diet and physical regu eufeebledb co ine nsti s, tution, th t a harasses the young, besets the m an of pleasu, uss or study, and em bitters old age ; with table s and rules lation of every-day life. Iv. TES PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SIIIITEOT e—Lifes pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad ent of the passionS. Chastity and its infringements. The casual tlesoffteentionsness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar rative, and remediativcs. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the quesUon." PRoonamice :.--Laws and obligations of nature, society, and roll 'eon regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and w ith the art of rearing them. Ipfure, to; secure healthy offspr in g . Sterility and its conversion. hysicai defectiveness and its remov al. Cases, &c. (1841), Af.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. _ .3 7 R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. . 1824), Twenty-live years Medical and Forensic Referee in these ,ttera. Reception hews daily till FITS. Everibligh seven till 14149 , 10;,,Anyll-place, Regent-street. • -r • I P. I • . 1 \ • \‘.. - s • I • .Ik, I: • A 4 k ‘''4Cl*‘' 7 te ~/ /~ ,1:5 7 N JUNE 21 , 1852. 4 .fit . „ m3 N lo - 7 ° .lB 642.] O LNDON M , N_LYTN AY HE ROYAL BRITISH BANK , on the Scottish System (Incorporated by Charter), besides the trans action of all ordinary Banking business, grants CASH CREDITS, and allows 3 per cent. per annum on Sums of any amount deposited for Six months. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. LONDON—HEAD OFFICE, 16, Tokenhous,-yard. BRANCHES, 429, Strand ; 77, Bridge-street, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, Islington. Now ready, with Portraits, 10s. Gd., bound, VOL. IV. of LINES of the RINCESSES OF ENGLAND. By Mrs. EVERETT GREEN. Comprising the Life of Margaret Tudor, Daughter of Henry VII., and WATERLOO BANQUET IN PRESTON. (From the Preston Chronicle.) The annual commiemeration of the great and decisive victory which shed undying lustre upon the British arms, and prostrated the gig ai le a genius and insatiable ambi tion of Napoleon-le-Grated, has this year passed off with more than its wonted eclat, consequent upon the visit of the redoubtable vetereve a n d heroic General Sir Chatles Na,pier—perhaps next to the Duke of Wellington , t 4 greatest living military chief taie. The distinguishedheeo arrived on Thursday after noon last, at five o'clock an d • ' was received at the station by Mr. Cooper, of the Oaks, Penwortham;_whose guest conqueror of Sit*, the Sir Charles will remain during his stay and by •Lieute nant-Colonel Sidley and the officers o the 50th Regi ment,with which corps the gallant general w as connecte d for forty-three li years as major and ma. a ----nant- c olonel. Besides the officers of the garrison,, there w as a l s o in waiting at the station a largo and verYlashionable attendance of the f in garrison at Pel woo d Barrac k s , ladies and gentlemen of , the town and neighbourhood to receive the gallant veterati, all . on the tiptoe of expec tation, and eager to catch a glimpse of one of the brightest and most how:hirable ornaments of the British army. Yesterday (Friday) the General, accompanied by a splendid muster of the elite of this district, proceeded to the Fulwood Barracks, to inspect the corps with which he had seen so much military service. Soon a fter the inspection, Sir Charles har angued the reg i men t •as.fol lows :—" Soldiers of the - 50th - -It would be use less in a me to address you as steady and well drilled regi ment, as all regiments unde r his Grace the. Duke of Wellington are well drilled. I address you as a hard fighting regiment, as a regiment that has gained many a well earned laurel in the field, I t i s no w forty-three years since I commanded you as lieutenant-colonel and major in many a bard-fought battle in the Peninsula. the other day I met you again a t Lahore, and was exceedingly, glad to see that you still maintained the high renown and gener a l goo d disciplinary character which youhad reviously so well earned on the Peninsula. No re ira a ette,ocionieeaana , r e p_ t in I n di a—an d I say it because you veell.al meat in India distinguished itself more t h an the 50th ; elb And I have, on more than one occa s i on had great cause to admire your bearing and action in the field , your patience and energy, Your Perseverance and mo ral courge. Soldiers, the r(gtment th at a man f i rst joins is his home, and he always afterwards l oo k s u pon it as his home; and when a man, after bei ng absent from it for a length of time, comes back to it once more, h i s f ee lings ~re those of a man who is once snore returning to t he friends he loves—to the home which is endeared to his heart. I look at this visit of mine to this regiment as a return to my friends—to my old -coh m e; an d, as b ing fhe greatest honour it is in my power t o bestow upon same belt and this regiment, I now wear the plate I von) when major of this corps. (T he General in to the soldiers the accoutre ments ment i one d by aim.) I have again del' , day admir e d your stea diness and drill, and am truly proud to see 3 , 0 u in the state y ou Ja e now—no one sick, no one absent, no one quarre lling, out rough and ready, able and w il ling to tight at the first sound of a amt.". He then turned to Lieutenant - Colonel Salley, and complimented alai n w arm terms e- - k" S- - neon the state of the regiment, p a ; t'g particularly of -heir appearance and discipline, and orde re d him to dis miss the regiment. The Lieutenant-Colonel then gave h er e ex the word, " Unfix oeyonete;" and during the execution o f ne euvre soldiers. Bayonets were unfixed and returned to'the scabberds. che General said he had one word tnore th t i o s s m ay a Sir Cninaus then resumed—There has been a great teal oftfile about the Mine rifle ; but Lean assure you, 50th, there is nothing like " Old Brown Bess," with a axed bayonet, a strong arm, a strong heart, and strong courage. I have seen the 50th, with the old ram-down musket need bayonet, beat all before them, and they would beat the Devil if they met with him, If you were to go to meet the French to-morrow, I would go an d toad you myself.—(Loud cheers.)to the At a signal from the Colonel, the seen, with caps off, cheered the old warrior long and lustily, and the General ordered the Colonel to dismiss them. rt-snit which enabled the army to go to other fields, as he before said, where they covered themselves with fresh laurels, which would always be the case with Bri. tish soldier:. Consort of James IV., of Scotland, &c. Lieutenant-Colonel DERINZY said that he had been requested to respond to the toast by ono whom it had ever been his pride and his pleasure to obey—their illustrious guest and visitor.—(Hear, hear.) He was sure they would agree with him, whenever the banner of the British army should be unfurled, whether the ec • casion should be one of invasion on our part, or of de fence, the same bulldog tenacity, as hitherto, would dis tinguish our forces.—(Cheers.) Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND proposed "The Wooden Walls of Old Englend."--(Cheers.) A veteran seaman, who toueht under Lord Nelson at Trafalgar, named George Margenson, now residing at Blackburn, was here introduced to Sir Charles Napier, who shook hiss warmly by the hands. The old hero, who paled not before the French at ' Trafalgar, was moved to tears by the interview. This incident was the most interesting of the evening, and much affected many of the company. Mr. R. T. PARKER said he congratulated the veterans upon their having,the honour of the attendance at, their board of one of the most distinguished generals in the service.—(Applause.) They had been welcomed by their townsmen; and they had especially witnessed upon that occasion, in a most tender and affecting cir cumstance, the union between the army and navy.— (Applause.) Who could for a moment stoically witness the feelings of that old sailor, and the kindness with which the Gallant General patted him on the shoulder? —(Applause.) That was an instance in which they might be proud of the, general whom they had never seen there before. And if he so encouraged the old sailor, how thought they he would encourage the soldiers in his day? Why, by leading them to victory. • That was the mode by which he learnt the way to the soldier's heart. Mr. Parker then adverted to Sir C. Napier's services at Corunna, where he was left upon the field with five wounds in his body, and at Vimiera, where he led the 50th Regiment; Sir C. Napier had attached one of the- most•important of our provinces to this empire. The hero of Sinde was before them.—(Applause.) The soldier of a thousand battles was among them. He concluded by proposing " Sir Charles Napier, and the Waterloo and Peninsular Heroes," invoking them to drink the Gallant General's health with three times three. The toast was drunk amid tremendous cheering. Band—" See the Conquering Hero comes." Sir CHARLES NAPIER, on presenting himself to re spond, was enthusiastically applauded. He said—Mr. Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen, I rise to thank you for the kind way in which you have received my health, and for the honour you have done mo in asking me to this dinner, and for that greater honour which I feel in sitting down to dinner with the gentlemen of Preston and my old comrades in arms.—(Cheers.) It is mostgratifying to an old soldier to see so many of his brethren in arms assembled together by the generous sympathy, of our countrymen at Preston—l confine it to Preston, for it is nowhere else seen,—(Applause.) And it is (as this glo rious anniversary when our immortal Duke—(Hear, ticar)—sits down annually to commemorate it by his great banquet. He it was that forced, from the stand ards of Napoleon that fame and that fortune watch had ever attended that great man; and in an instant, in that battle, his great empire disappeared like a meteor amid the,brilliauce of its own glory.—(Applause.) Gentle men, with your leave I will now read to you the pre face to a work published by the author of the " Pad's sake War"--(Applause)—a man lying on the bed of pain and sickness, and who feels no comfort equal to that of recording the beiiliant deeds of the British so ldier.—(Cheers.) He says — "In this publication the combats of Roleia, Vimiera, and Oorunna, and the character of Sir John Moore, have been entirely recomposed;" [that Sir John Moore of whom this gentleman (Mr. Grentell) spoke so justly ; and of whom no man can speak toe much in his praise— Cheers]. " The other battles and sieges are, with more or less compression of details, transcripts from the His tory of the Peninsular War.' Thus arranged they will perhaps most - effectually exhibit the constant energy of the British soldier, and draw attention in their neigh bourhood to the .veterans who still survive.—(i Th ey have done so at Preston.'—(Cheers.) Few of these bravo men have more than a scanty provision; many have none, and nearly all, oppressed with wounds, disease, and povertp—sure attendants on an old soldier's services— feel life a burden so heavy as to make them envy the lot of comrades who threw it off early on the field of battle. " For the authenticity of the events, tho reader has this guarantee. The author was either an eye-witness of what he relates, or acquired his knowledge from others who were—persons of no mean authority. Com manders-in-chief, generals, and other officers on both sides; private official correspondence of the English en voys; military journals and reports of the French leaders ; the correspondence of the intrusive King Joseph and his Ministers; and the private military notes and instructions of the Emperor Napoleon, have all contributed to establish the truth of facts and the motives of action. " Mrs. Green, whose conscientious care and accuracy in historical writing we have more than once had occasion to praise highly. has in the book before us omitted nothing that can throw light on the personal character, the pursuits, or the various incidents which marked the lives of her respective heroines. Her style is attrac tive. and her opinions afford always evidence of judgment and im partiality. :ler work will be a valuable addition to any library."— Examiner. FXTRA STEAMER to the CAPE of GOOD .41 lIOPE.—The GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SIIIPPING COMPANY'S screw steamer lIELLESPONT, 530 tons, W. WATTS, Commander, will sail from Plymouth on the 26th instant. She has excellent accommodation for Passengers, a nd space for a limited quantity of tine goods. For passage apply at the Offices of the Company, No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildlngs ; for freight, to 3lessra. Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 157, Fenchurch-strk et. ColbUrn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAMSGATE DIRECT! The COAIMERCIAL COMPANY'S splendid steam-ship DUCHESS of KENT, every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRI DAV, from London-bridge Wharf at 10 o'clock ; Blackwall, half past 10 ; and North Woolwich Pier three-quarters past 10. Saloon, Si. ; fore cabin, 45.; children, 35. Offices, Arthur-street East, and Universal Office, Regent-circus. PHE BRITISH SCHOOL of A -VOCALIZA TION.—The great success that attended the First Exhibition of this School (after only 15 months' instruction), at the Concert given in the Hanover-square Rooms on Thursday Evening, June IY, 1852, fully justifies Mr. FLOWERS in announcing his intention of permanently establishing an OPERATIC SCHOOL OF SINGING, for Professional Students only, under the above title. Terms of admission for each Student, including an Italian Master, to be Fiftyfive Guineas for Two Years (no shorter period being al-, to r ed), to be paid in advance. For further particulars, apply to G. F. Flowers, 3, Reppel-street, Russell -square. At three o'clock the General's carriage drove up, to convey him to the town; bat the men, who would hear no remonstrance, unharnessed the horses, and when Sir Charles was s e a ted in the vehicle, with Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Cooper, and Mr. German, they d rew hi m round the barrack-e quare a nd into the road, wh ere t h e y again yoked to the h orses , when the General d rove o ff amid dae•loud a n d en th us i as ti c buzzes of the so l d i ers . In Pr es t on , f or man y years past, th e pens i oner s re siding in the town a n d neighbourhood, wh o h a ve fought either at Waterloo or is the Peninsular campaigns, nave been annually regaled at a sumptuous repast li berally provided by the subscriptions of the gentlemen of the district. It had been known for some time past that the gallant Napier had promised to honour this year's festival with his presence; and this distinction gave unusual interest to the feast. Many of the pen sioners had fought with " brave old Charlie." The pensioners mustered in Deepdale•road, near the House of Recovery, awaiting the arrival of Sir Charles from the barracks. O n his a pproach they formed in line, and greeted th e veteran with cheers. On the the carriage stopping, M rs , C oo per held a new oh prepared for the occas i on, an d presented it to the pensioners of Preston, which was received - - r by Mr. Byron, on o o f the body. Upo n this, . German addressed to th e assembled ve t er ans a brief ze and appropriate address, e xpressive of the c ompliment paid to them by so hatdsom e . knew they would value it highly, an d preserve it un sullied. It was then proudly unfurled, and the veterans, headed headed by the band of the 50th Regiment, which came up, bad it borne before them, and they thus Ina orderly procession through the town. They co l sed :heir march about five o'clock, at the Corn Exchange, where, to the number of a present, remarking that he town in the large room, They were on this occasion honoured with the attendance of a much larger number of the gentry of the' district than on any former occasion, not less than 240 ntlemen being present. On . the south wall of the flag inscribed, i room was a Soinde, Meeanee, se —yderabad, 22d Cheshire Reg d • meat." On one side the arms of Prince Albert, an above four hundred, they sat siltianleia, Orthes, Douro' , the other the emblaz onment of Prince Albert. On the opposite end Pyrenees Toulouse, was the Prince of Wales's crest, 1 with the other royal eilot„,nments. In the recess 1 na mes -' o u f ' d IJ I naedßtehio the recess e hS e l :b :: ugr ' of the west side was the new flag presented to the pen sioners.{);ninsular en made of crimson silk, with a It is a large one white fringe. Upon it is formed a wreath of laurels and other flowers, around it being entwined at intervals the gere proents—Sala - je u saco, Fuentes imn,ableatinceolsr,,oi3f Vittoria, a t r h o e ss l o. e numbe r Virniera, Talavera, Albuera. Encircled in t h e e Corunna, and Ciudad Redrigo. knighthood were the Ire the centre of the colour was e Waterloo." The whet° w as the work of Mr. Carr, to whose taste it did infinite c re di t. Th e c ost (about 201) was defrayed by subscription,orders of this flag floated was n gallery, to which ladies were ad mitted during the after-dianer roceedings- In the op. poeite recess was stationed the p h a nd of the 50th Regi ment, favourite airs during dinner, and at intervals thr nsent, which played a ° l l^ehout the evening. over which On the veterans being A seehed th e Mayor, Sir Cha rles Napier, and other distinguished gue sts entered the ,room. The Gallent General's for several rounds of hearty cheering, the band playing " See the Conquering !tor _ ° comes."` , Sir Charles was evidently gratified with his reception The gallant veteran woro the full dreeer of a Li eu tenant -Genera l , with the star and ribbo n re: a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, a peninsular medal, and two' In di an m edals. The Mayor took his seat a , supported on his right by the following , chairman, entrance was the signal 'sae es •—Lieutenant-General Sir Charles J. Napier, G(1 13 : Mr. Grenfell, M.P , ra ia ; German , Mr. Cooper, the Rev. Gilmour Robinson, e te Captain Knowles, Mr. Aide Strickland, Bart., M.P., Mr. henry Stricklend ° , LieurrenanVolonel Sidley, Mr. Alderman Paley, jute, se an Miller, &c. Rev. J. Owen Parr, e'er. ' Alderns There were also present Nes. T. _ _ e 1 Parker, Lieute nant-Colonel Martin, K.S.F. M " r - A wn lcie } r 7 an Peddcr, Mr. Alderman Catterall, most of officers m of the 50th Regi ment, and a considerable numb er of • h Li ., lits . After the usual loyal toasts h ad I n a' ' M.A., viear:;,„janod. on his left by th e been given, Mr. GRFNFELL M.P. prop Y " Perha s, at the very hour in which be had then th e e Duce of Wellingto ' n, and the A . ° ll , 4e e ri . , that great and illustrious. chief - enour to address p them, partakers of the victory o f w as surrounded by the the grit day was that pr e t martial day. Amongst the toasts given upon v _ e a . "The health of the ~ The „ Duke of Wellington and h des of those herces who fell in the fight, and shads: given in the next toast was given to t `i' le British Army solemn silence. He confessed that in all - his w ll 4 f s e e never Was so affected as on going over the field of Waterloo, and when he entered the church b y the e every part of that church, every Wa i l er w t a h 'si building , covered with tablets commemorative of the loss e that each regiment had sustained on that i mmortal H e honestly confessed it as a man day. , that h e ~,,,, move d 10 floods of tears; and he would Pity the British — t the possessor of which could ace unmo ved hear "ed those tablets con taining the losses of each regi ment, h , told a fearful tale of the miseries of r aenhs h " n was sorry to say that ho was old enough events in which the British array r r and carry the selves, before the occasion to which he i n them' the eninsular war. Need he refer t had a dverte r dl Weight evere action, wt:' geee r a l , who closed a very lr iii er mostn a, ( e , . E7 t ?ogalttotheir e i cd s o l ah i t el n u rite t a o n . teiestn, the u-e ici e- ee ' s presence of the great Nepoloo n e ' l ene, his victorious army, aster . ort ial career 1 Co' to some other fields of coefliet and glory a a ven down to_u_o_ e enabled to retire, which crowned the efforts of that c l' i o ry, by the victory Sir John Moore.—(Applause.) I/ stinguished ma lay Was buried—he lay —in a foreign land; but his country ' n•ed his name in the aross.l3 of the had immofta :, British generals. " For the general who led the British troops so tri umphantly, this record gives no measure of ability. To win victories was the least of his labours. Thoso who desire to know what an enormous political, financial, and military pressure ho, sustained, what wiles he circum vented, what opposing skill he baffled, whet a powerful enemy ho dealt with and overcame, must neck in the original history from which this work has been ex tracted. "For the soldiers it is no measure of their fortitude and endurance, it records only their active courege! But what they were their successors nom are—witness the wreck of the Birkenhead, where four hundred men, at the call of their heroic officers, Captains Wright and Girardot, calmly, and without a murmur, accepted death in a horrible form, rather than endanger the women and children in the boats.—(Loud plaudits.) The records of the world furnish no parallel to this self-devotion!" Such, gentlemen, are the warriors of England.—(llear.) And he to whom is owing the splendour of the British army is still our leader. But, gentlemen, lam sorry to say there are men in this country who seem to talk of war with terror; men who whisper the word lest sur rounding nations should take umbrage; men there are who dread the glorious sound of preparation for de fance.—(Applause.) These men, gentlemen, forget that every Englishman's house is his castle—Clear, hear)_ they forgot that England is the nations' castle—(Beer, hear)—and that, with God's blessing, we will dea- e l i t with arms in our hands.(Applause.) That castle con tains the Lancashire witches.—(Applause.) Aid it contains our free constitution—free laws ' free tend,,, free press, and, with, God's blessing, if attacked, the free use of our bayonets.—(Load cheers.) Our men, our young men, burn to be in arms; our old soldiers have lost their streagth, I am sorry to say, but we retain our ex perience and our courage.—(Applause.) I am happy to say that our militia are at last called out; I rejoice at it; and I hope that ere long they will ba seen to rival the troops of the line.—(Cheers.) It is to me painful to see in the public papers that Members ot Par liament have got up in their seats and said that we have 100,000 regular troops to defend England. The Secretary at War very properly at once put down this electioneering nonsense.— ( ,Laughter and loud applause.) We have no army iu England to defend it. We have our sons, and they are brave, but they are not discip lined; and if the Duke of Wellington had to put hie self at the head of the army to-morrow he could not muster 10,000 men in the country to defend it.--(heir, hear.) But some of these gentlemen will, say, '• On, there will be no inva.ion." Very possibly; I dare say eny man oa the Continent will think twice before be invades Eng- laid. I perfectly agree that it is probable that there will be no invasion ; but there may be an invasion—it is possible. The present ruler of France, whom, I think, prejudice must allow to he daring, bold, secret, and clever, is at the head of four hundred thousand of the finest troops in the world. Now, gentlemen, if I may be allowed to say so, we ought to keep a vigilant eye upon power ful France. Louis Napoleon is at this moment making railways, and, strange to say, a deal of English money is employed in making them.—(Hear, and cheers.) One of those tines leads to Toulon, another to Lyons, another to Belgium, and another to Boulogne, so that from the 200,000 of this 400,000 men could come very heart of France, before England could be aware of his purpose, from every point to attack us. He is quite right. I admire his sense and his patriotism; but it is right that we should learn that 200,000 men may be marched to B ou logne, and the straits of Calais immediately covered vrith steamers and men of war.—(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, it is for this reason I rejoice in the militia being called out. The militia have at all times evinced a martial spirit, and I am sure that we shall soon see Government fashioning them for war. Gentlemen, I must say that personally I regret that the volunteer c orps were not called out.—(llear, bear.) If they had bean, we should have seen our Queen, beloved for her private virtues and beloved for her wise government of these realms, sitting upon the strong battlements of her ocean castle, defying, invasion and protecting peac e ._ (The Gallant General sat down amid cheering several times renewed.) Several other toasts were then given, including " Th e r Mayor," proposed by Sir Charl e s Na p ier ; " Si r William Napier," by Mr. Cooper; " The Through Members," by Mr. Paley; " The Magistrat es," b y Sir C.. Napier; " The Ladies," by the Rev. J. Owen Parr, " , and u the 5e Townoth Regimen a sad i c by "M . Alder man de of rest 0n,,, Colonel uibyanmGr. S German; Grm i r d ea l nn e ff and rrh e The meeting broke up about nine o'clock. TERRIFIC ACCIDENT IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL: On Wednesday evening, about five o'clock, an accident, at tended with loss of life to one person and serious injury to another, occurred i n the tunnel connected w ith S p it a l Tongues Colliery, n near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. C erta i n re pairs were going on in the tunnel, and no waggon was to be sent down after ten o'clock on Wednesday. About five o 'clock Messrs. Arkless, colliery viewers, and a slaitbsman named Coulsen, proceeded up the tunnel to l oo k a f ter the repairs. To their surprise and horror, the tunnel only being' broad enough to admit a waggon to pass, they heard the noise of a loaded waggon rapidly approaching. Their only possible means of escape was to lie flat on the ground between the rails, and allow the svaggon to pass o ver t h em . Th ey did so, when Coulson, being a stout man, was caught by the lower part of the waggon, and was so dreadf u lly mang l e d that he died almost immediately. One of the Messrs. Arkless had his arm broken, and was otherwise injured, but his brother escaped unhurt, " He lay like a warri or taking his rest, With his martial clo a k around him. " Here he could n o t but refer to th e distinguished gentle' man who hed th a t day hon oured the m with h is pre" senee. " Well done, my majors," said Sir J o h n Moore, when there was any difficult work to be accomplished; and they proceeded to it with that courage and deter mination which distinguished •every roan of their race. " Well done, my majortA" • And Sir Charles Napier was one of those majors. And well did they do iti. 1 they contributed by their prowess to thU t distinguished EQUITABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN F'',IND LIFE INSURANCE CONIPANIES 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. f*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. IL Bennett, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. f*Hugh Croft, Esq. Wolin Rawson, Esq. {J. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq. t*Heo. Fuller, Esq. {-*Edmond S. 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He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through so :rat practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of s.h.r years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas ing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater cioster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Vitchborne-street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; o- free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, wno may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily fie as Ten ill Two. and from Six till Eight. IRELAND. THE PROCLAMATION. DUBLIN, SATURDAY.--Ektiother hurricane of vapour ing agitation lours over the Irish political hoeeson, and it may be certainly predicted that, aided and stimulated by the fanatic zeal of a fanatic press, backed and sup ported by the voices of the vast majority of the Roman Catholic clergy, the country will ere long be replunged into a sea of " religious" &mord for the manifest ad vantege of bee professional patriots, but to the serious detriment of all her material interests. The royal pro clamation ngainst public clerical processions is now the grand bone of contention, the picking whereof seems to be relished with great gusto. inasmuch as the " mum mery" letter had become so stale that all parties had been long since surfeited of that memorable document, the probability being that its memory would not have outlived the assembling of the new Parliament. The fire opened by the morning crgan of the priesthood has, of course, been taken up by the weekly mouthpiece of the 131trtimontanes, the Tablet of this day heralding what it calls the "new reign of persecution" by an intimation that " Lord Derby's Government has come out against the Church of God with a royal proclamation." After a con siderable expenditure of abuse of the author of the offending documents, the writer proceeds to dissect the Home Secretary's speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday, when replying to the Member for Athlone's interpelletions, and points out for the information of in nocent Mr. Walpole no less than 15 instances between the years 1843 and 1845 in which the Act of Parliament was deliberately infringed in England, without any at tempt being made to punish the transgressors. The pre tence, therefore, of alarm about the peace, the Tablet argues is " a false pretence of a kind that even a Home Secretary should be ashamed of." It is almost unneces sary to add that the whole Roman Catholic provincial press. sings to the same tune; and it may he certainly relied p r ( o )t e i I c a h n : a t t i i f o , n a s has t h e b e o e p n p odn devised d o of s M a i n g i s o t o e a r s e l a e l e l e t. i g o e n , cry," it will turn out that their antagonists will make it do sound service at the hustings when the day of trial shall arrive. THE PACKET STATION COMMISSIONERS, Tlio Freeman's Journal states that Cuptsin Beech'', R.N., and Captain Smith. R.N., accompanied by a gen ti,man, name unknown, passed through Dublin yester.. day en route to Galway, to prosecute the inquiry ordered by Government as to the capabilities of that port for a Transatlantic packet stati on.—Times. ROBBERY AT LORI) J. MURRAY'S.— On Saturday information was received that Walter Moodie, valet to Lieutenant-Colonel Lord James Murray, 25, Westbourne- Pimlico, had ,absconded, plundering the place of a large quantity of silver plate articles of jewellery, gold epau lettes, &c., in value between two and three hundred pounds. It i 3 believed that he will try to get out to Australia, and a full description of his person has been sent to all the out ports. [PRICE SD. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. C gptain—Wa, lace 11.)ustown, to the Trincomalee. d t Lit utenaut—J. 0 ,t , ho Trincomalee. V . t Minshipmatt—Mr- —• Broughton, to the &W.. B. F rif iel ierkeiey, to the lc ary. Naval Cadet-11r. F. S. D. pareil. Boatswain—Mr. Nicholas Broad, confirmed in the Monarch. Gunner —Mr. Charles Oliver, confirmed in the EI- 1 cellent. en- PORTSMOUTII, SUNDAY.—This being the fifteenth niversary of her lu s i est v t , acce; bioa to the thethropf, s. day was commemorated rn the fleet by all the siall) .B.,, ln d commis,iou " dressing ; ' the royal standard yes hoisted at the Dockyard, Victualling -yard, the the King's rooms, Gun-wharf, and other Government establishments, and a general royal salute was fired by King's bastion, the ships at one o'clock, and also by the platform bat tery, at half-past twelve ; the former waitieg until ge neral Church seiviee was over, but the latter firing when the garrison chapel service terminated, The Dido, 18, Captain Morshead, which grounded et Callao prioi to the departure of ' the April mails from that port, got off we hear without damage, for Guayaquil on the 9th of Ap r il. and had kit The Thetis. 36, Captain, Kuper, C. 8 ., has been or dered up to Vancouver's Island for the protection o f British interests in reference to gold discoveries in that quarter. _ The Baracouta now steam-sloop. after a trial under the command of Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, came into this harbour yesterday to replenish coal. The Cyclops, 6, advanced steam-frigate, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from Sheerness. When launched, the Windsor Castle, 140, now nearly completed at Pembroke, will, when ready, be brought round to Portsmouth; juryspars, rigging, 84 - c., are now being selected at Portsmouth, to be sent to Pembroke for the use of that ship. The Dragon, steam-frigate, was dismasted on Friday, and her officers and crew were turned over to the Tiger. and the pendant hoisfe Saturday. _ _TheTigs will be immediately fitted ' or seiVinc_ _ The old convict-ship, Windsor Castle, has been brought into the basin, at Portsmouth, for the purpose of alteration. Her dccks will ho lowered to give her greater accommodation, and adapt her for a hospital ship. The Sampson, steam-frigate, Captain Jones, has come into harbour, and her crew have been hulked. The vessel requires docking, to get at somo of the steam dis charge pipes. The Grampus, 50, has been brought into the north dock. She requires new copper. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser sailed this forenoon for the coast of Ireland. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 19.—OFFICIAL SURVEY OF THE STEAM FLEET AT SPITHEAD.—This morning Captain Sir B. W. Walker, R.N., K.C.8., Surveyor-General of the Nave, accompanied by the Surveyor-General of the Steam Fleet, Captain Warden, R.N.; Mr. Isaac Watte, A ssistant-Surveyor of the Navy; Mr. T. Lloyd, Chief Engineer and Inspector of Machinery to the Admiralty; and Mr. John Dinnen, Inspector of Machinery, of her Majesty's ship Fisgard, arrived at this port, to make au inspection of her Majesty's screw steam-frigates Arro gant, 46, Captain Robinson; Dauntless, 24. Captain Hafted; Highflyer, 21, Captain Matson; Encounter, 14, Captain Gordon; and the paddle-frigates Retribu tion, 28, Captain the Hon. J. Drummond; and Barra coats, 6, Captain (pro tern.) the Hon. S. Carnegie, which latter arrived at this station to-day, after a cruise in the Channel under her gallant and experienced tem porary captain, whose own ship, the Horatio, 24 screw-frigate, is at Sheerness. The inspectieg board embarked in her Majesty's steam-tender Sprig,htly, with Port-Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, whose flag di - 14-. car ried. Mr. Andrew Murray, Chief Engineer of Ports mouth Dockyard, accompanied the board to Spithead, and attended thi-m during the inapec ion of the respec tive vessels, which now being reported ready for sea, will sail in the early part of next week (probably on Monday), ou an elaborate trial of their several merits and capabilities, under the orders of the senior officer of the squadron, Captain Robinson, After cruiz!ng in-the Channel to the extent of their store of coals, the squadron will make for Lisbon, where they will replenish. They will then have another cruizo of three weeks, and communicate with Rear-Admiral Dundas in the Mediterranean, rendezvousing at Gib raltar or Minorca (as the Arrogant has some supernu merary seamen and Marines for the Mediterranean squadron), and then return to this anchorage. Her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, Manser Brad shaw, Esq., master, R.N., com manding, arrived at Greenock on Thursday, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, with the 42d Hightlaaders (18 officers and upwards of 600 men), who - leaded yesterday, and proceeded by railway to Stirling, Perth, Dundee, &c. The Southern Cross, from Hobart Town, passed this port to-day„ and sent in mails and Government dis patches. The Encounter, 14, Captain Gordon, went out of Portsmouth, Harbour to Spithead this afternoon, The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Thomas Briggs, (ern cially inspected her Majesty's ship Highflyer, Captain Matson, at Spithead, this morning. DEVONPORT, SUNDAY.—Leander, 50, Captain G. H. V. King, sailed yesterday afternoon to join the squadron at Cork. Buzzard steam-sloop, Commander Dobbie, went Into the Sound yesterday, and will sail in a few days for the West Indies. SHEERNESS, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty's iron screw steam troop-ship Megsera, 6, Mr. J. C. Barlow, Master Commanding, made her number Yesterday morning, and proceeded on her voyage to Woolwich. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops,' 6, was ordered on the 17th instant, to get ready for sea, and forthwith bent sails, coaled, &c. She left port yes terday afternoon for Spithead end Plymouth, with the officers and privates of the Ptymcuth division of Royal Matinee, and some seamen belonging to the Superb, 80. A portion of the Horatio's crew and some officers trom the ships in port have been placed on board the Cyclops pro tem. On arriving at Plymouth and disembarking the Marines, &a., the Cyclops, we are informed, will probably proceed to the river Clyde, and convey the Miranda, 14, new screw steam-sloop of 250-horse power, to this port, as as addition to the advanced steam squ W ren of reserve. Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain CospatrEek - Baillie Hamil.on, has been taken into the north dock. of the fitting basin to have her detects made good. She is destined, we bear, for service on the North American and West India station. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam•vessel Cuckoo ar rived from Chatham yesterday at 2 P M., with seamen end Marines from the Superb, for conveyance to Ply mouth in the Cyclops. Her Majesty►', paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cuckoo, tender to the Waterloo, left port ou Friday afternoon for Chatham. Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, Captain E. Purcell, was paid off at Chatham yesterday, the 19th inst. The Goodwill lighter, Patrick master, arrived here on Friday from Portsmouth with stores for the dockyard and a supernumerary naval cadet of the Victory for her Majesty's ship London, 90. In consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather during the past week the usual drills of the Royal Dockyard Battalion, comma nd e d b y Col. ' Reed, have not taken place. The Chatham division of the Royal Marines was in spected on the lsth inst. by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The efficiency evinced by the first division drew forth from the Duke expressions 4W gnat satisfaction. Brigadier Major-General Collin, and Major Wesley, Assistant-Adjutant-General, we.7 , e pre sent with his Royal Highness during the inspectiran. Second-Lieutenant S. G. Walsh, of the Chatham division of Royal Marines, has embarked for service in the Waterloo, 120, Port-Admiral'a iing-ship, in. lion of Second-Lieutenaat William H. H. West, sent to Mel ville Hospital for medical treatment. Captain William Gordon, of the Chatham division of Royal Marines, has had his leave of absence eztendEd for a month from the 15th inst. The fortifications of the Channel Islands will shortly be visited by Lord Hardinge, Master-General of the Ordnance Department, and Colonel Sir F. Smith, of tho Royal Engineers, with a view of,placing Literat i if ne cessary, in a state of greater efficiency. To-day being the anniversary of her Majesty's tw ee _ sion, at 8 Am. the ships in port were decorated with flags in 'the usual manner, the, Royal standard fkying at the main of the Waterloo and ,at the dockyard. .i1t,1.30 P.M. the Waterloo, flag-ship, Captain the lio n . Al ontega Stopford; Monarch, 84, Captain C. Rope; and m a w , 90, Captain G. R. Mundy, fired Royal salutes (tie first gun being fired from the Waterloo) in honour o f the occasion. SHIPS In rohT AND FITTING. In Harbour—Waterloo, 120 (fiag) Captain the lion' Montagu Stopford; Monarch, 84 (guard-ehip of ordinary). Captain C. Hope; Lond on , 90 (advanced ship), C!all'tal° G. R. Mandy; Horatio, 22 (screw-step frigate), C'sP,,.'", ,, m a the Hon. S. T. Carne g i e; A g , frigates; Cuckoo, Li zar d , and M 1 —Yrt 0 rophion, 34 (,ere P"Owl - - es and Hart , tenders to the dockyard.ckyard. steamers; In the fitting basin—Achille, 76 ; Russ€ll, 72. under In the discharging basin --Wildfi re steamer , going repairs. , In dock—Howe, 120; Gan ges , .t 026, Captain B. Hamilton, fittin.g for foreign serri'l a t h slip. 84; V a..-- 0 d Fribune, 30, screw steam frigate, building on the no t r wo Corporals, WOOLWICEI, JUNE 19.--Two berg e . a : a ,, t „ s ' of R(Tal Ma _and 66 privates of the Woolwich div isi on Hues, under the commend of Lieutentlkent Rls3.waY, at at the Dockyard station of 1 he Nort h b nEr 80, being paid off twelve o'clock to•day, on the Su' la station. at Chatham on her return from th e to play t hen up to The divisional band was in w aiLiug at head-quarters 4 j o g 1 the barracks, and, on the' r r 1 ne l 0 Mercer, Commau- DaihY. arrived here, they w ere iuspeote d by ‘,' " arrived, and joi ne d head-quarters , i dant of th e Division. and 11 privates Two c orporals, one drogue r, n the came day, from the Island of Ascension. screw steam troop-ship, Master- The Megmra iron cd at Woolwich this afwernoon Master- Commander Barlow,aql with invalids from the_citine Royal Artillery, i d 0,.... Royal Sappers % wen t & The nom-COED Miali" "uc pe of Good Hope, consintin d g of number of line r r t ir e latter were transferred to the cers and men °` ,Light ning steam-vessel, Master-Command.Or H. Vir,- . Alls n, for E( '5l( /lll~ C E • cn conveyance to Chatham. The Megan* is expected fo unload at this port the stores s h e has nrought hew, and then proceed to Sheerners, to wait further (Triers.' LAUNCH OF THE CRITIZER WAR• STHAMER, DEPT FORD, JUNE 19.—The launch of this veitel tocli'Dkle at three o'clock, in thy preserne; of c,4 tairi R. s.:Dan. des, C. 8., superinteedent of the dockyard, Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Captain Crecroft, and a number of ladies and gentlemen connected wi:h the naval departments. Mr. Willcox, master-shipwright, directed the launch, and on the vessel being christened by Miss Porten, in the =al manner, F‘y breaking a battle of in on her bows, shi• went off the new iron slip into the basin, and was brought - ^Mr. Pearn, master attendant of the dock and vietualling yards, who was on board, with Mr. M'Donald, master-attendant of Wool rich Dock yard, who was present as a visitor, three hearty cheers being given on her leaving the slip. Tho wiather was remarkably favourably for the launch, at,d the visitors had, just time to get to their respective places of abode when a thunder-storm, with vivid flashes of lightning, oecurred, and the rain fell in torrents; and she had not been long in the water before she was well saturated in every part. The following are the dimensions of the Cruizer screw steam-sloop, to be fitted with engines of 60-horse power by Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie:— Feet. In. length between perpendiculars 160 ... 0 Do. keel for tonnage Breadth extreme Do. fur tonnage ... 31 ... - 8i Do. moulded Burthen tons old measurement 75P87-94 - Draught of water 10 feet 14 inches aft, and 6 feet 5 inches in the forepart of the vessel. She was commenced building on the 28th of April, 1851, .The Hornet, screw - steam-sloop, a sister-vessel in every respect, and building in the adjoining slip, for engines of 60-horse power with screw-propeller, will now be brought forward for launching. THE SCREW STEAM SOUTH. -SHIP QUERN OF THE PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY MORNING.—The return of this splendid vessel to port, as already announced, has af forded the shipwright officers and men of the Royal dockyard an opportunity of witnessing a class of ship building to which they are practically strangers, and all class es, from the chief downwards, are loud in their corn the workman. teendation of the Q , , en of the South es a complete gem of their craft l' del is admitted to be perfect, and t of the most masterly kind. The circumstance obliged to putback, h' l P er thr m ou o ghan all she. had ..etx of her being and the fact that weather, m a d e she had withstood. . pounced most severe hands curl 'ow to witness how even in the most deli: suffering -Itieee 4 f asearesi-eibateresme - . ' -4 " • to fi. c d, 80, . Vbe 7 trial ; and- they were sur psesed of the usual mark s of 1 " 1 " 6114)- ...... be perfectly tight, anr7l*e n !Parte. Her hull was found to be found of the ship having riathe could be discovered smallest indication could pare; and, though in accordancel4 strained or worleed in any builder Was mendable on the part of Mr. Mer , rho taken into d with the wishes of her have her thoroughly examined a e n ' d w s b° was determined to 'elf, this, though come have been quite unnecessary, a, tested, was found to might as easily have been completed a - her defectst to make the Sonnd. ln fact, the ship had ntoher r a e u r h i o r r e a ns g e e n i t n s good—the whole cause of the water'in found to were be only com partment, for to this it was confined until the en fromportron engine opened to equalise the depth (which was 2 fret 6 in.)—arose from the fact of the choki ng or water ° bilge pumps by the coal dust, in conseque nce " a n g of the of the protecting grating of the pumps having cause teeen displaced. To the non-practical reade r en ' a easy explain that acme theuseeds of gallons ere hourly admitted into ell large steamship s , th rough pipes runpiied for the purpose, to keep the hearings of the machinery cool ; and this sewer has no na n d, of egress but through the pumps. Though the q uant i ty of water named may appear large, its accumulation in large vessels is not such as to acquire more than occasional clearance ; and it was not until the ship began to experience bad weather, that the fact of the quantity in the machinery compartment was discovered ; as it li'&3 to the wash the extinguishieg the fires was to be attributed, rather than to the ab solute increase of water. But fr , m the fact that when recourse was had to the pumps they were found defec tive, Captain Hyde, who is acknowledged to be one of the most efficient and experienced officers shoat, would not have tbouslat it at all necessary to return to port, as he had already suf f iciently tested the noble ship to prove her complete mistress of the task for which she was de signed. Her conduct in the gale inspired general confi dence in her as e sea-boat, anti when placed under canvas bee execution (running, as she frequently did, 11 knots) was a theme otedmiration. It is duo to Captain Hyde, and the officers generally, to state that, to the respect and esteem which their gen tiemenly conduct had before won from all the passengers, must be added an increased confidence from their cool and sailor-like conduct, under the circumstances which induced Captein Hyde to bear up for Plymouth Sound. Of the vessel herself little can be added to what has before been said in her praise. She was taken into dock on Thursday evening, and on the following morning underwent a thorough overhaul, the result of which has been to increase the confidence of all concerned in her welfere, and she will leave the port with the highest pos sible professional testimony to the talents of her projec tors and the skill of her constructors. As we have be fore stated, defects she had none, and the sole cause of her return, after having commenced her sea voyage, was the result of a casualty precisely similar to that which, it wilt be recollected, detained her Majesty's steam-ship Megasra at this port on her outward voyage to the Cape with the Rifles. A simple mode of preventing the oc currence of such a casualty was then suggested to the Admiralty department at Somerset House, by Mr. Gor mully, the shipwright officer under whose charge and direction the Alegtera was made ready to renew her voyage, but nothing we believe has since been heard of the suggestion. There is no fear, however, now that the subject has been brought practically under the notice of the enterprising gentleman from whose yard the Queen of the South was launched, that steps will be speedily and effectively taken to prevent the recurrence of similar casualties. As a precautionary measure the Queen of the South has now been supplied from the store at this yard with four of Gossagee portable engine?, similar to those supplied to the ships of war for use iu the event of the main pumps from any circumstances getting choked or otherwise unfit for use. On Friday Captain Lowe, R.N., inspector of mail packets at this port, mustered the crew a second time, when, in reply to a question from this officer, the men, ono and all, expressed their confidence in their captain end officers, and satisfaction with their treatment and rations in every respect. Captain Lowe also assured those on board the ship that she should not put to sea again until he was perfectly satisfied, by the testimony of qualified persons, that she was perfect in every an b d also respect. Is consequence of the desire to substitute some more simple cooking apparatus than the one with Which t h e ship was before supplied (Grant's), and which did not appear to be understood by the cooks on board, to avail themselves of the opportunity afford e d fact that the Post-office authorities h ere had named t y his day (Sunday) for her final departure, to make some t r ifling improvements in the internal arrangements, f v a i mt s h i e t e e h d the b vessel was not taken out of dock until the evening tide of Queen of the South yesterday. During time the dock she has been. again persona rtracotffiedcebrysall the principal dockyard and port, together with an immense p an er d the of number of - other by the ' reports of those b ut . her anchorage in the Sound . yw whom she was seen while north, or largest dock in the Thengh in the Yard, there was but barely room to close the gates, the vessel being 240 feet in length between her ceeding this by four fed)erpendiculars, the dick c al % South exceeds the Caledonia Only; in fact, the . C2u l e e e n n gtb f by twenty feet, a fact that will first-rate ' i t n o the unpro fessional reader the great readily co 3,' ri f ve tuis This morning the ship capacity ° trial cruise, in ut to sal ac cordance with the tut P "' B l ed by Captain Lowe, and the 'wishes of the eeties expressed connected with the steam Screw, shin c gentlemueonw in Plymouth. A heavy auxiliary mail °l3lP4nYher r eturn, and it is ex pected she will awaits voyage as soon as th is is will proceed oil her embarked. b y handassbulaninedin PLYMow ni sin7 , v T wo pM. —T h e —TheQueen of the South, C aptain • t returned from a satisfac , Hyde s haypsEcJdystone, and will a ril at four P.M. tortri p round the with the mails for the Cape and Ca/cut , a. ---____:------ ... PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. In the House of Commons this evening, Lord John Russell will, on consideration of the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, es amended, call the attention of i to or and b ci e o r n •er o n r t t tn t h t o r et t belleorof Hours e ude C ar o sr nionnngc theilt h o en f 0 t i a e - of Itahealtgtoiftoguths'ee of Lords t L h o e rd co ß rr e e n s n y m on o d n e t the e tiol ou T s h e paper are likely to occupy ir : hi t ae t er c il n as: t s i os o rai n auttihet el y , Foemrne ra a en c i t t he te dA d imn on b Ea ErskineMsrsaarnd.coer.nwceillredsrpaewwEdchti:nhge her at Flo • and Lord Somerhill will ask whether her Ma reoce, Government intend jesty , ,, c . . to communicate to Parliament con the jany.correponden e With her Majes's Ambassador at w i nh London ich occa s io nedM atcon cern ing withdrawal of the Surrender of Criminals (Convention w i t h France) Bill, presented to this House. SALE OF THE METROPOLIS ROADS.—On Friday the commissioners of the metropolis roads north of the Thames rnet for the purpose of letting by auction, for the term of one year, the tolls payable at the gates of the respective turnpike roads within their district. The tolls arising from the Kensington, Brentford, and Islev,rorth roads were sold for 16,5301. ; they produced last year 15,8901. The tolls from the Uxbridge and Tyburn roads went for 9,5001., the sum last year being 9,1101. The Harrow road tolls realised 1,1601., the price of them the previous year being 1,2001. The Kilburn and Edgware roads were offered for 3,7101.. being the return last year, and were knocked down for 3,9901. Those from the Ilighgate and Hampstead roads realised 18,2301., and they were sold last year for 18,130/. The City road tolls were put up at 3,000/. and were knocked down at 3,24. q.; the previous year they produced 3,2001. The tolls arising from the Stamford-hill and Green-lane roads were disposed of for 8,1971, the sum they fetched in the former year being 8,1871. The Hackney and Lea bridge roads were knocked down at 5,3101., they last year produced 5,2601. The Marylebone and Finchley tolls went for 2,100/., last year they fetched 2,100/. And the New North road tolls, which last year went for 7801, were snl for 8301. Last year the tolls fetched 67,2771.. while this year they realised 69 ,1671,, being an excess of 1,890/. over the return of the previous year. SOAP.—S3me returns relating to soap were printed on Saturday in a Parliamentary paper. In England and Scotland, in t he year ended the s th o f Januar y last, t here were 1,317,1831 b. of silicated soap made, 184,725,2651 b. of other hard soap, awl 19,025,0511 b. of soft soap. There were 317 licensed s oapma k ers —152 in England, 21 in Scotland, i and 141 in Ireland. .// 2 C.t.e.t2 A ' Now ready, price Is., Second Edition, .A. I L 0 it, HOMES. 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