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t -- 1 / /--- - ~r ~ i~ ~~~~~- IVIR4 „ - gißratT S MONT BLANC ,_ate 84 ,_a Pen Every Evening, at A o'llock, except Friday, iray, Th;2 4 7. The Menting new •esentations take place e Very 1. 6 1h_t_80x,4 4 7, and saturday, at 3 rr'elnek.-- , talls can be taken eTery day trout , reeve ti till pour. —Egyptian / 1/ 4 ; 0.131 • At A A hv = 4 .4 1. t4 ' 3 4 , 14( 11 rOS'' • • lin+ t ita • _ ItA s . or 44. I, • FLA . 1 1 0 4, 40 *. \: Ae ,i 4 ~2 • t ,„ )lEU R OIT• / /, ,1M --The ROYAL POLYTECHNIC Nim.r..BllTuTiox wiu not be opened to the public To-morroW -'01.4.1%) f ltheed ROOMS, --Immense suc cess o f th e eve LA ni ng. VARSOVIAN A : ataxic by H. LAURENT. No. 19,535.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1855. r PRICE SD. VMO IND V AND EVE. —This grea t or i g i na l work Y J ' itarlb e LERIU S i now on vie at 57, Pull-mall, rough-houSe, frOM 11 s till 6 daily.— w Admission, One S lter t 110„Ali the°,sf,_.EVASTOPOL.—GREAT GLOBE. Ik'&).. of fo,':w APproaches and Siege Works are placed on the 4 ;7 ney it, AST ROPOL, i ncluding Inkerman, Balakla va , an d th e re Tt 'o 10 GEAT GLOBE, Leices,er.square open from eZarld seha Admission one shilling to the whole building. Child. -- " 71 the 478ritrishalf-priee. A large collectou of Trophies taken tqlr o • - -11.e gen t,' ' ) ES, London and Suburbs, for Sale. ur Itruzula s -park, Highburr ett, Lontiorento the Pro Islington, Dalst ply fo prletor, Dd. Hughes, Solicitor, 13, Gresham-REAT itte p ge.e,,ed „WE STERN COALS.—Best, 245. th,,,,,e , An now Per ton, The Greet Western Railway Coro °, ltt -.‘eeUte orde r s for Ituahon Coals, equal to the finest t: (partly, , 243 Per ton, and for excellent and economic Vron IP eat e e ,.„hddi e e p .,'.el), at 22s per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles sau '''"n Station - Address ' to the Superintendent, Great way, Paddingion. Rt A diCgt i ,„ ,§,IIRt,w7,,W ESTERN RAILWAY.- -.qatbiiiTutTßY RAr; ES —Through Trains leave the Pad , Le.ve gailY, as Under • Paddi '— 9,15 a. ligton. 11 Arrive at Shrewsbury. 0 i n• EXpress ..... .. 1.40 p.m. the 4,50 1) " ra Ordinary 4.50 „ kip • E xpress 9.25 „ v4e . P4p Urdlnary 2.10 a.m. Nd incto ress Tr ain leaves Shrewsbury, for Paddington, at 5.50 Station , . BY order. 7th May, 1655. k i AP b 11 1 il li I d every.,,„, SHILLING" RAZOR. & too " iut►gere. warranted ru at Rtit *ranted good by the makers, JOSEPH — sweet ~, .,Queen's Cutlery Works Sheffield • and ,ty, don. ' ' Allp tivc , . . . • hlabei,,lbl).betornMe fo / . t , aI TPERIOR TABLE KNIVES, - t i, I ne 1 ' , e e gt li i ,,, sir 0 ,., so% , rY al Palace, Sydenham ; handles cannot CI veils ' ll she ` llll blades a all of the very nest quality, lied ertithf.. London waa . rehouse, 37, Moorgate-stre: t, sti ßom e rY Works, Sheffield. E.\ -.. PRA !„. tifliqedintlLAlN t'''" OE, GERMANY, or in ° tifp th e co h e best • ER o . b , Astrue Manufacturing Talent is obtained and h e ,kIEO L AS lit i .,7 01 1 of the following : • ALL', 1, 8 pA,. ` IIO OTE, the new garment of the Season. ~,,, At/ gv. I 'ETOI , e;ri rt , ne and Two Guineas each. "'°o t,/, , v., CAPE, One Guinea, Waterproof, yet kirr, 8 (11111 r,,,, Evaporable. ta,,Akt.'ltATt ---'.., TROUSERS and HALF-GUINEA -, Mited 8 for \v. WAISTCOATS. kiailih:rlrst.kplequintr,arlil'AltY and other OUTFITS sent gratis. . Parts of the gi. 4,e who have the above ' l ' ' a rlab - 44 gar.. 1 -- 4* "- at l"ents Prepared in regulated sizes, so that they Ne St.; 44l Add Well. r eet; „V I R, a . n , 41 the eit -tis. D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, ~,,_ Y 22, Cornhill. t ;° o lit 410 LIFE 4, 4 /t o 'Thl Pub... ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 1. 4 ,4, 44 4 z1vr liimc.lCX STEPHENSON, Esq., Chairman. 1. le The 10 14 ,'M Es' Deputy-rhairman. I to si t of ti , ~....e.St rates of Promium on the Mutual System otiiiilar:eforpolit'''''' di vided among the Assured every Fifth It itb erol, r l 3 ll. 3'. Sta mps, nor for Service In the Yeomanry or 1 1 2 30 p i :, , le llet e , In for ~1 ce 1 - ' O ,, force 7,600. .. 7elin,oitier nl..nalnounts to 1,402,5221. Income upwards of tilt 11 1),. 37 00z, ir . 1148-ize.eed avers ss added to Policies at the last Division, ...,ge Bonus of per cent. on the Pre -4 F4 LEXANDor Particulars apply to R DONALD, Secretary, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. eh 4 A q , )..1,, .t 1 oT 1 C TEL ~, ld 11 1 .,, , TAniborr OFFIcEs. Ntet eett Nee-street (six doors from the Royal Evchange-) Vt.h°Th„,,,,4lllni(2,',ellarlag-cross (opposi e the statue.) . ' NI t f or " A.ln ( 1 -01 1 by underground wires with the principal tti 4 1. 2 " ' mi. tih• W en ' 144'1)4, ti Words, including delivery, and address not ' i Ne ll ette rtl ee 2 E ~ kill, r, , Xchan ge-buildings .... •• • • *** ,40114: " txchanercade i RIN, .• 22, E n ~,, g l ishstreet Is. Od, h '`Gi4g,.o, tievv-street 144 4 , ,C l ree n :t l ike, 18, Exchange-square.. ••% • • 1 4s. Pd. „.111nr,,,_ •• Cane/In-a uare. 'ithi,•`", ~, fligh-stre• t q ,t i elfsat i _ •• 23 College-green •••••• • • '' " Ps ' Pd. 78. bd. i , or v i ' •• 1, Donegal-street • tll letnat„,.__ •• Pembroke-stree I - "wn• •• The Quay• ****** •• •• •• • • • EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary S °l4) iris by AUCTION, pursuant . to an sett, . 4 irch Court of Chancery, made in the causes, ktilt *c arin t an dlerCandler v Wheelton, and . Wade (1 ., 44 .84 ° I th e i l i ate the loth day of March, 1804, with the leSft Wi et eht Honourable the Master of the Rolls, by .4 1 ,. 1 ,. or th.,ertiood. and Ellis (the . persons appointed by iy,ObPrei, 44 3. Durpuse), at the Auction Mart, opposite the klvobie iti4E 'for Inn on WEDNESDAY, the 30th of May, 3 1 4, c tu , risl 44 4. s l l t ate m a all th PLEASURE GROUNDS, and GAR AI 4 RN Rcari re • • • t!, quisite accommodation for a moderate tt, t nr e dr-eTentlotri, a n the county town of Colchester, Fssex. tt itti,l4 l Part Corm . hold, Property consists ot a qttr i t e Ltogether with its Ofilces, -tabling, ' tr e - n ated containing in all about 3 acres, ult , terri ster , , e its th e timbered, commanaing eaten. 1 ., °1 1 wi th '° l lnti e , W ithin.,7 ch at a. " to the p'cturesque village of txl all th e ) , 4 ` 4 ltra,' IT convenient Inns - nee from tilte rin c i and th the Colchester Station, on the F 4 d Patti e `• , -4 to wns e reforP in immediate commitnica °l Suffolk and Norfolk. May be 4e q e‘er afi glary anti w ir h cohd n , " I '',lch e ,:s• li ar : and 2, t iii ,„?ne of sale may be had gratis of 1 4,e e 'er; 0 ,", e ,' and S olicit all-chambers, Basinghall- street ; r-°Ol l ,; "le ara,:: , ek, I ;9rs• 9, St. .within's-lane, London : ' said ti,;-,ttuseA 'llitors, Colchester ;at The Cups, 8 g 0 m 2 ... Zt th e art ; ar,d at Messrs. Gadsden, 18, Old Broad-straet, City. P l l 41 t s x. `icy tent ; l i lt ' R, pm , 4 Ode p a ,, ngle nd, n ,9Cted bY Royal Letter 11 1 ek ed —4 , arid th:17,1 secured by the geals of the Ecole ,i• N'tZee\ ~! fo r I ,_, TR,,,,...n1P Mal College or Medicine, Vienna. bee'lletbe.,7laXation''''''tMAß, N o 1 _%lll4,,etlort:rlBl4R f rO ,,,.'3"4tre rrhai . a. ' and Exhaustion of th T,„„ 444 -erie,p,,,,,irao re . excesses, accident, or climate. ' early errs vented enterinx the married state by lt ijkliteZ' ' ll th e Titi k " It is invaluable. t4 4 10 10,_ 411 tre,...._Bll°rt s pace BtAl Alt, No 2, otet '.ii be e :7'. et o„. Of three day.% completely and entirei3 4„ Dortio,,.. phas e Disorders 'Which Capivi and Cubeb , 4nte., otellatio le, 'Of th-"°,, antidote for Titrp n• for, to th^ ruin of the heal ti: Slfe.l44l;trlt'nentl ' St ir iR de l , het.. • Rernm ' , Ne• 3, lit hx‘rectionegileh physic for that class of Disorders, whit]. IohNNI I tAlh tiu °f . the art treats with Mercury, to the in ti ea.,k h. - world cannot c onstitution, and which all the S 4l34 d t t hei nitl ea r i °' I, ~, ~enlve. ftki ill ~•r Il k , ~.4 11 1 qu a l i ,,— 0 , are alike devoid of taste or smel, , ~,,..,4 e ~,e14 , ,, _ ties„ ~,,....._ te;*. 4 tos4 4l at Irtspeq ed. 'eeY may lie on the toilet ' taxi To s ' ta cit, free 1 14 1 *-- bell— .... 11,111 'ster e d ,_ by Post, 2s. extra, divided inv 1 1? 4 'elit tli ene y '' "boie sai ey Valpean, Lailemand, Roux, tic.; R, I , end eo fib, end Retail in London or JohnQten, 68, -Bri,v,_". Ingb a " ".• Oxford-treet • and Sanc,r. NO, Ox -4414111 Lin'qsell n'lrtlg"lit t ottittt,t, '196, v erpe o ,",%Dean., '-' u2l _en. hoov-; r owell l a -.Seller, t . 46 , Market -street, Manchester; e, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, f oo okseller, 15, Westmoreland-street. 4 gh-street, Birmingham. t i l % 8 f 414, 11, EN D 8 T .A, P A tt e 36ts c all at th e IC E T S . vlto,:ktGreenhithe and Purfieet Piers. 4... TER,. • 111 43 underlined (weather permittin: , 4 ACE Pr - -Ert, GRAVER -END. 44,4 ‘•1 vi, _ ',,,. I 1 4.! 3 , VNDAY: Tim, e tl ll. • • % o r k e a ch 44--ar ch-st reet Station to all p ar t s o f Louth, 141P11 6 * 114117:: ont L K ins -AC KW .LL, on the arrival of the the Pe nehurch-street Station. \Pot Y. 10, fir' 4 1 9% 11 -- 2% 5 Ir;N i 4 k .... - 1"..... I. p Otti, I . 11 1 7 01.it it i 44 14 ) 4t 0; tI onl et orld Fore Cabin. Saloon. (4, 41, tra ittl. _nd tondo Op te l 'ese tk r n1ae1...,_ n•••• • • • • • 10d. .. Is, 2d. Of i tt 2i li l ,, and I n roll or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. lOd. 4... p.._ 03 . . ri.......,„_ erniediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. .ril leto n . to 1," the 30th 14 ' Teri" . had of t of September, 31. Os. ; i hree 6 . 5, ace Pier. he Collectors on board the P.tr..itets ; .-ier, Gr avesend I Eb..... .., • Dl R;tli I: N . t, x,,.,,,„,... On% , 2lti OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Illustrated with cases; free by post for Hl' v. 4 p• tNN,' 4 44,, o II sta m p s , ?, N. - Yrop t „ 8 DEBILITY; ,:k1 1 ,,,, %Zed, Pr,,,;'595. and Cure. —An Essay on Sper ,,tyalih, 10,,,, o_f fre.,_,le Observations on a safer and more . i Ni til eiß ,l3 3 ny . t h ;•'•ol tr nt of the diseasos of the Generative l'i Ntit tl. l4 , 4,_, or ~, Oar, „....7 o! the Microscope in detecting and t. tttf),ldoet`,22hpiiit.-Inlnation, the real cause and effect of t4, liti ;p " I r . ell/1 1 Z In.Fther arising from solitary habits, bi n NI, , s lity, etPerf ee l' , .lowed by practical remarks, founde il k : 0 4 hflue l ,„._ocel ~,,,,,,17_ In the treatment of Impuissanci ighlk4te Lle, o,'ness, S permatorrhcea, &c. To which ffite.,l7_ l the ,„L_lle Physiology of Marriage, with pre to/. t C:tlii re;;;:lect ernanating from empirical pri etice, tder s 3 a dvocated by various write. son 4 ay 14 • Not k t b p Artrtr, L A , ' it % 4 0 4 (11ei„_ 0 it ilLs AERIE M.D. 1411, ok,tl444:4riVit4trieUls. QUARE, LONDON, l i s tl enci s a chtiAno ttt rrib er Of tl 'Wernher of the University of F.tlin • h_ tc., Obj,„2art ee • ,_.e. Londor Hospite Medical Society. 05,.. QV% - 4i; el this ......r.til. London, ace., tkc. k it, ' O tti t'Dr, l iL°One,.;°: l 3 ee r ,;:flse is to point out the fearful eon --`llf - s''_ltlor,;Z:' habits irregularities, and eiCeßses; hi. o k li,,llise, s oec.t t p - " s erY in Youth, degradation in Man Sli it h l e;l 3 'stes7ent nni kno wn a to t all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an; , trit - ``i,_ 00,,,..ertdo c i modern th i • liti gii. 'mili - sett° to p ers pa o ogists. Its perusal is k ie.4l ri, iula __. ons entertaining secret doubts oi I O:INI N O111._, and prime are conscious of having hazarded til l rr t t a or Zly nece r yu eges to which every human being is shi)her..trq'ollal 88ar Y at all k l . posy on, rs.. Man age a 1 men should know, that there ari t,,..4114,riut.„0.r li,g.,erialties X.:en:Mich cannot be violated without 44:4- th;''ted.-i,"srderio":"`' When wisdom and regret succeed tip.l-rt NI tirw the au indulgence how these nalties .14 . Zen t Zarc iel ; , 1 its c on , e hg of their bitterness may PIO % Or hat hieh.l decrr e e n l. c es may be avoided, an 1 above all. tt rienlib t . 4 tlh. rot 4 4 e itl e! '' PhYsical infirmity or functional liiiin t4. tlii 3 , k trt at 2erl e , of 3 :2lid of science cannot apoly a cure. h .t r e k ,til f h l the ren do of there ethers engaged in an extensive ge,. l ;•„tlr e „Vlic t -, " ge eer IT e delicate complaints, which have tki„ .. 4 41 , .`47 , ;(,,`ttee ;great fej,LIY e( wided to the dude of ignorant tSltht.. .;,,,,,, titt i ;iens . ... , Y on those vrh are induced to place L S t„b t Ata;93 tr i P .,_May b a , ktl ..a,. 1, a t 4 .-' .„- "vrnost„,: "ad. Price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, .4 0 ,'0. •,, ah; 'Aar; tun, 39' Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; 44. z'a drew, r", 39 Cortthill ; or fe e i hY post for YI4 41 41 4. tin '. . 4 1116., om the Author's resideaco, 37, Bed -41 4°711'941 Eleven tlll . Tw and from I I • c ls tr: hp eet AIINDATB. Fen- j church 3 Street 8 z SMITH TESTIMONIAL FUND. 37, GREAT GEORGE-STREET, WESTMINSTER. The superior adv ntages of screw propulsion being fully de monstrated by Its mineral ado;iticn for tile public service and for the commerei 1 operations of almost all maritime natious,a favourable time appears to have arrived for i n d uc i ng a public recognition of the merit of its introduction. Convinced that screw navigation—whoever may be regarded as its o. inventor—must date its real commencement from the successful teals and voya..e.- o; the" Archimedes" in 1839 and 18411 ; and retling that all naval nations are indebted to the performances •if that shi 0, for lie fir. t practical deVelopment .1 this great imp , ove n, M. is the mean,: of mare - ime enterprise; the foliowelf; genth hien , rie;:sonally co,nisatit of the facts co' tech-I with the pro4n,ss of the system, are strongly imp ess•al wth 'h:. ,ju.tic , of the cl timi of M r 'Francis Pettit ho.e tali nes a d untiri g energy it is well known the " Archimedes" owed li.•th h r origin and success. can also bear record tc the steady perse!ve ate e with whith that gentleman has continued to dev , te the bast years of las tie to the pit . - pose to eta lie! ing the me ies en the .crew. Aral they know that the national benefit thus eemerred by his labours—wieich wa - first so clearly co. firmed by the per - orrnaoces of thelittler in lis4s, then so strikin,ly d at the naval review of 1853, and whist; is now so confide ntly re red on for stieee , s in aetu 1 war—ti no! hitherto procured for him ei her pie blic ae,knowleesment or pecuniar! reward. They have thereore formed tllems'lves Into a Provisional Conamit • tee, and have requested us most respectfully to solicit the honour en yourn tine, and the adva'.tage of your influence and examp , e, in sup port of MI appeal to all cl :s-i s and interest- fora genera subscrip; ion to rrennt a suitable 'estimoKifil to Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, for his prominent services in bringing into practice the system of screw navigation.—We have th honour to he your oheq. servants, EDWARD PELLE W HALSTED,I Hon. Sect. JOHN scyrr RUSSELL, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. James Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company Charles Atherton, Esq., Chief Engineer lI.M. Dockyard. 'Woolwich Joseph Iteardmore, E,(l , Manager of the General Steam Navigation Compan 's Engine Works 11. Wollaston Blake, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London Isairfbard K. Mune], Esq., F.R.S., C.E. Edward Chappell, Esq., Capt. R.N., Secretary to the Royal West India Mail , ompany William t tiepin, Capt. R.W., the Royal Yacht John Iftlay Ellis. Esq., Chairman of the General Screw-steam hipping company Joshua Fltld, Esq , F.R.8., EnglneeniLondon John Fincharn, Esq., late master Shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth Sir Richard ilrant, Kt , Capt. R.N. William EL Ihinderson, Capt. R.N., C. 8., Comptroller-General of the Coast Goat , ' Edward iltimphrys, Esq., late Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich :Met .regor Laird, Esq., Managing Director of the African Mail Com pany Thomas Lloyd, Fse., Chief Engineer of H.M. Navy Charles J. Mare, E , q., • hiobuilder, London Joseph Miller, Esq • F. 8.5., Engineer, London Itobiirt Napier, Esq., Engineer, Glasgow James Nasmyth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester John Penn, Esq., Eng neer, Greenwich George Rennie, Esq , Engince-, London Joseph d'a Samuda, E.g., Engineer, London Roilerr Step! ens°n, EFq , M.P., F.R.S., C.E. Isaac Watts. Esq., Asdstant- , urveyor lI.M. Navy Money Wigram, Esq., , hipbuilder, London Joseph Whitworth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester TREASURER Charles Manby, Esq., F.R.S., C :iecretary of the Institution el Civil Engineers HONORARY SECRETARIES. E. P. Halsted, Capt., h.N., and J. Scutt ICus,ell, Esq , Engi neer. Extract from the Report of Baron CIURLES DUPIN to the Academy of Science., Paris, on the p , izes awarded by the French Govern ment to DCPUY DE LoaIE, and M. 1401 x, Officiers superieurs du Genie Maritime, et Ingeoieurs de la Marine delere 'lassie, and M. Bomtoms, Captaine de Fregate, for the successful application of steam.and screw p - opulsion to sat , ing vessels of war:-- "En 1835,-,nn fermier de Middlesex, M. Francis Pettit Smith, en cadre ht:Ttzontaiement une vis d'Archim tde a l'arriere et dans la partie la plus pincee de la carene; cette vis est continue; elle a deux revolutions completes. l.'autear prend son brevet le 3l Mai, 1836." Revenenx au fetmi7r Smith. Aussi peu savant dans le principe que le barbkr Arkwri ht, II avait la meme perseverance et le meme tricorn ptable courage Ces deux qualites morales l'ont fait triom pher de t ais 'es obstacles. M. Smith, pendxnt deux annem, essaye son bateau cur la Tamise et sur l canal de Paddington. Dan 4 ce canal, par un accident heureux, une rev , lutton de ea vis d'Archimede est hrisee, et le navire marche plus vite qu'auparavant. C'est un trait de lumiere, et l'on llnira oar n'employer qit'une moitie, qu'un tiers, et meme une nmindre partie de rev, lutirm d'hellce. Par ce moyen, lon pourra loger le propulseur dans mic etroite ouverture verticale, en avant du gouvernail, entre deux etambots. " D'essais en CSSaii, ii. rmlth se hasarde a hitter contre lee dlffi ciiltes de la mer. Avec un extr,m,rnent petit, ii s'ave•iture dans la Manche, et bravo un mer touf tuts si dure, en essuyant des temps manvait= ; son courage inspire une taveur univ ['Amirante d'Angleterre prepd un vif interet a des estate tentes Si ennrageusement, et couronnes par le sticces. Ell, demand, aM. Smith un es.al plus conside•able, et la construction d'un navire a Ice do 200 tonneaux, avant de conclure a l'adop.ion du nouveau systeme. En consequence, I'Archiniede, de 237 tonneaux, est con st, nit et mis ala men L'Amiraute s sernit montree satisralte, at dais ks experiences demandees, le batiment eut parcouru 5 nceuds par heure ; it en parcourtit pres du climb e. AI - ,litre le vent et la 'payee, mit quo vingt heures pour aller de Gravesend a Ports mouth. "Convaincu par ces epruves, l'Amiraute d'Angleterre accepte l'holice pour ses prowes ty,vires En 1 , 41, elle fait commencer a Sheo• ness son pretsner batiment a propulsenr haicoide, le Rattler (In port de 888 tonneaux, batim-nt qu'on mit als me an printemps, de 1843. On multiplint les experienc, our ee navire, et l'Amiraute, cvnpletemeot edifieo, ordunna de construire ala lois, ving bat meuts de l'Etat, a prupul curs helicoides." Letter from the Richt II n. the Earl of Minto, G.C.8., &e. (First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835 to 1841 ) " Lond n, June 13. 1854 "Dear have not a doubt that Mr. Smith may justly clam the rn. tit of having been the first to introduce the us , of the screw propeller ; and t was owing to his success in its application that shortly betore I left the Admiralty I felt myself justified in °Net ing the Rattler to he built, for the tonn) c of testing the comparative advantages of the paddle and the screw —Bel'eve me, dear s'r, yours taithfully•, (Signed) " MIN TO. "(Charles A. Cal 'well, Esq. " I can have no objeotio whatever to your making any use of my letter that can b • serviceable to Mr. Smith." Letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of 11addington, &c., (First Lod of the a dmirolty, 1841 to 1846) tt i yningliame, Pre-to , kirk, N.B August 24, 1854. " is imom , sibie for me t) tae upon myfiolf to offer an onininn as to which of the claimants is to he attributed the merit of the first invention of the screw propeller; but I be'leve that s'igticss of" tile Archimi der," followed by the trial i.f" the Rattler," ( Mit raider Lord !V? into's Board), led to the adoption of the screw in H M.'s Navy, and in the merchant service. "It is admitted, I believe, that to Mr. Pettit Smith belongs the credi of the s cc, ss of tit.. Archimedes," consequently he is en titled to be col si 'end as the introducer of a most valuable improve ment in steam navigalon. " He wa• employed generally under the steam Department of the Admiralty in my time, and I have every reason t • believe that his services we-e found to M. v bitable. But tne profes Iona; names , -.ttached to the attestation vouhave furnisho me with, as well as those of the most eminent engin ers, are of fsr great, r va , ue to %Ir. Smith, thin any testimony of mine can possibly be.—l have the honour to ba, :it, your obedient hum ble servant, (Signed) " H,A DDING "Captain Halsted, R.N. " I enclose the answer to your letter, of which you may make any use you may think fit." SUBSCRIPTIONS. -- - Richard Abethell, Esq., master shipwright, lI.M. Dockyard, PortsmQui h ... Jai Allan, Esq., managing ,grector of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, Leadenhall-street WAlston, Esq., Birmingh im .......... •• . ...... .•• .. 25 0 Captain W. S. Indrews, North Europe Steam Navigation Company, 84, King W 111 am-street • John George Appold, Esq., Wilson•street, Finsbury.square.. 10 0 C. Atherton, Esq , chief engineer, TIM. Dockyard, Woolwich 10 0 Captain Doratio T. kustin, R.N., C. 8., Admiralty Inspector of Packets. Southampton .. The Au‘tratasian Pacific Nall Steam Packet Company, Moor gtte-street Thomas Back. Esq., Military I)ep , rtment, East India House 1 1 Messrs. Bayley and Ridley, 2, Cowper's-c0urt...... John Barrow, Esq.. F.R.S., Admiralty .••••• .. •. • • George 7 , ,eardmore, Esq., Deptord • • ...• • Joseph Beardmore, Esq , manager of the General 'Ream Navigation Company's engine works, Deptford Joseph Bear !more, , Esq , Deptfo:d .. •••••••• • • • • .. • • 1 0 William Beardmore, Esq., Deptford • • • • •.. .. ••• • •• 2 0 ‹r Er mei , * Beaufort, K C. 8., Admiralty .. • • 5 5 The Birmingham Tube Co Timmy, Birmingham •.•• • . • • 25 0 Mes-rs..J , h.i Borne and Co., engine ,es, qireenock William Roxali. Esq., Welheck•stre,t,C +vendish square 5 5 Messrs. Brownlow and Co.. Hull •. • • • • 3 0 Peter Bruff. E q., C. E., Ipswich . T. K. Brtmel, Esq., F R.S., C. E., Dike-street, Westminster 59 Carpmael, C.E., Patent•offlee, Lincoln's inn•• 21 0 Wiliam • • • • • . ....... • • • Ciitt, Esq., Brighton 10 0 Caw ain E. Chapped, R.N., seere , ary of the Royal West India Mail Company, Moorgate-s•reet ..... 25 0 Henry Chatfield, Esq., master shipwrigbt, lI.M. Dockyard, Deptford .................. . Jabcz V' urch, E•q., (1.E., Chelmsford I). K. Clark. Esq., C E., Great North of Scotland Railway Company, Aberde-n Lieut. J. E. Commerell, R.N..... • .. . • 5 0 Robert Cowen, Esq., Carlisle .... • • ...... ........ • • Commander Peter Cracrott, H.M.S.. st. Jean d'Acre.• 1 0 Capt. W. Crispin, R.N., the Roya Yacht, Portsmouth lO 0 Messrs. Wm. Denny and Brothers, shipbuilders, Dumhartcn 100 0 .Tohn 'Armen, F9q inspector of steam machinery afloat, Ad miralty, , omerset-house M. stirs. Richard Durant and Co., Lloyd's.. •• • ....... • • 2 2 Messrs C. anti W. Earle•, engineers, bull ..•..... •• .. •• .. 2 2 David Elder, Esq , en ineer, Glasgow ...... • • •• .. • ,Tames Elliott, Esq., C.E , Dymehurch, Kent J. U. Ellis, chwri, an of the General Screw Steam Co., Ade- 2 2 5 5 lalde-pace, London-bridge Messrs. Allen Everitt and Son, Rirrningham .. • • ...... •... 10 0 Rear-Admiral Sir William F'. Parry, St., lieutenant-gover nor of Greenwich Hospital .......... William Parsons, Esq , Leicester -•• ........ 2 2 The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company •• 100 0 Messrs. John Penn and Son, engineers, Greenwich •• .. 100 t John Diston Powles, Esq., Wimpole-street ....... •• • • 5 0 Edward J. Powell, Esq., Hydrographic Department, Ad ....•• •• Capcain William Ramsay, R.N.„ H.M.S. Hogue , tenirs G. Rennie and Co , engineers, Holland-street, Black friars ............ IVi lion Rigby, Esq., Glasgow • •• • lO Major F. C. Robb, E I C,S., Beaulieu Ho , se, Southse.4 Scott Rus el!, Esq., F' R. , ., C.E; (lion. Sec.) Great George-street, Westm'iliter...... • • .. • • 100 Messrs. Sam,da Brothers engineers, Popl . • 20 John Scott, Esq., engineer and shipbuilder, Greenock 25 Messrs. ` 4 eztwani and easel, engineers, Llinehouse Joseph Sims, Esq., ............- Birmingham.... 5 i• Mess - s. Sims and Mintz, Birmingham • • Edward Slaughter, Esq:, engineer, tiristol .•• ..•• ..•• •• - 5 ° . m,m te a rhtsoli, l•q r Luke BSn.l, m , Itht et : ,8.N., H.M.S. Vivid ..... 2 R st eel, %Westminster F R.S., C.E., Great George- 50 l'aptain James N...ltran. , e, 1.. N 1 John M. , unle , , Esq , ins ranee broker, Cur. hill , 10 William qwann, I sq., Q,een-street, WeAmin , ter ........ 2 t James ninny, Esq , :lendon 1 ;=. II ,I. Wa!tore,, Esq., Serle• , treet, 5 Captain Frederick Warden, R.N , Ajax homes 'Waterman. jun., Esq.. shipbuilder, Rlackwall lO 1, Mess, s. lames W tt and Co., e• gineers (per 11. Wollaston 'lake, Esq , Rohe, Birmi ieham 100 I. Watts, Esq., Assistant- , urve)or ii M. Navy, Somerset- house . • • 2 2 Messrs J.lin and Robert W •Ite, ship uilders, Cowes Joseph Whitworth, Esq., engineer, Maoches' er• • .. •... • 25 W-gram, Esq., shiphuil !er, Blackmail G. T. Wright, Eso., 1 ympetone, Devon Thomas Wright, Esq , engineer, George-yard, Lombard-st 2 Su scriptions are received by Messrs. Martin and Co. 68, Lnm ~a rd-street, London; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pal Mall vat, London : J. Scott Russe 1, Esq , 37, Great George-street, West muster (Honorary Secretary) and by C. Manby, Esq., 25, Great George-street, Westminster I Pre surer). E. P. H.% LSTED, Honorary Secretaries. J. SCOTT RUSSELL, 37, Great George-street, Westminster, 1855. Chas. Few, Esq , Henrietta-stree', Covent-garden ...• . • .... 105 0 J. Fincham, late ma-ter shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Ports mouth 5 0 Capt. John Ford. m •linesuperintenOent General Screw-steam Shipping Co - parry, Southam, ton Capt. Robert Ford, Battersea • ... Joseph Freeman, Esq., Artillery-place, Finsbury Charles Frodshlm, Esq., Straml.... .. •• .. William Fronde, Esq., C E., Dartington, Devon 5 0 Messrs. Joseph Gee and Co., !lull mews, Gibbs, Bright, and 0., Liver oal Lionel Gishorne, Esq.. C. , `,.. Duke-street, Adelphi 1 0 Vice- , Admiral Sir James , lexander Gordon, K.O 8., Gover nor of rlieenwich Hospital, Greenwich...... Captain Sir Richard Grant, Kt., R N , 3, Connaught place, Hyde-park William Green, Esq., R.N., harbour master, Lowestoft .• • • 1 1 Capt. E. P. Halsted, R.N. (Hon. Sec.), United Service Club, Lonol n John Ilawkshaw, Esq., C. r-., Great George street, West -10 0 Wiliam flartree. E-q.. engineer, Lewisham Captdi W. ii. Henderson, K.N.C.8., Comptroller General of the Coast Gu ird, Custom House.. • ......... Messrs. J. . Hay and Co., Renfrew .......... „ Captain James FU , sken.. ...... .. • • ........ •••,••.. • • .. •• 1 0 Messrs. Howard, Ravenhill, and Co., envineers, Rotherhithe 25 0 E. Humphrys, Esq., late chief engineer 11. M. Dockyard, Woolwich, Deptford ........... ......... ...... .. • • Messrs. Humphrys, Tens ant, and Dykes, engineers, Deptford 50 0 Captain Thomas Jacksnn, the Baron Osy A:Jim-ship ••• • • • 1 1 William ~ a ckson, E-q. engineer, Lema n-street 5 0 Jabez lames, Esq., engineer, Black i ria rs . 2 2 W. S. Johnson, Esq., St. Martin's-lane• •• • ....... ...... ••• 2 2 j. Hodg.on Jones, f sq., engineer, Poet's-comer, Westminster I Townsend Kirkwood, Esq., Llandilo, Carmarthen ...... .. 5 0 H. Rea(er Lack, Esq., Board of Trade .. •• .. • • M`Gregor Laird, Esq., in,naging director of the African Mail Company, Mincing-lane ........ ...... . ......... • W. B. Lambert, Esq., engineer, General Screw Steam-Ship- J trv a h m o iseiaLg Lloyd,a d m on in . E g , s (l E . s , q e . n , g ll l l , a , e i e d r e , - 5 5 ping Company, Southiimpton .... 50 0 10 0 hLiollndWones-hill Esq sq.. . Howe. chief engineer of 11. M. Navy, Somers et 10 0 James Luke, .. ..... ...... ...... • • • • shipwright, !L . AI. Dockyard, Portsmouth 10 0 C•‘ityailihY' Esq., F RA, C. E., secretary of the Insttitution of Civil Engineers (treasurer), Great George-street, West- C. l .T ni . P ltgr r e, F.—sq., shiphuilder, Mac .............. • . . ........... 101'0) 1°) • ....... •••• Messr. Martin. Samuelson, and Co. engineers Hull •....• 3 0 Captain B. R. Mattti,,vg,gitnheeerG:reeari Britain steam-ship .... 2 0 John Matthew. E,q., u . . z i , elido n u, n ee d ens o gte n hri.e . : . errr . sia . : l3c . e . . i,a • • c : : : : w i a : ei . i i Greenwich 'Bessie. Maudslay, Sons, and pi e i' d T. W. Miller, Esq., engineer,loo 0 Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and S lk 1., engineer, Dockyard, Portsmouth• •5 5 C. %I ills, Esq. •• .- •• . . •• • 10 Ii 100 0 ••••••• 10 10 William Morgan, Esq., engineer, G •• •• Hyde park R. Napier, Es , n - pJace...... Giwgevr .: .1 . 1 . . M.• :5 .. ..1 : T r :11C . James Masmyth, Esq., engineer, Petri • • '• • • • • •• • • •• •• 100 0 kdrnir.:l Sir "hir! es Ogle, Bar 'Eato ” Commander Matthew S. Icolloth, iti rt. Manchester .... 10 il 11,..ieb • 1 1 . o . s . p . it ' sl . * ,.G . r . e . en . - ........ 10 1 0 0 lames Oldh iin, E , q., C.E., Hull ' . • . William Pa.oe, Esq., cashier of Green ..... • . 20 0 0 Wlrl2 =Sp... - - -!!!!!_!_ • ... ._. ••.• • .. 2 9 PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the booksellers', CHEAP EDITION of MISS STRICK. LAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. With all the late Improvements and Portraits of every Queen corn fete in 8 volumes, price 7s. 6d. each, bound, either of which mto be had separately. Published for H. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. Just published, New Ilap, 6th Edition. SEVASTOPOL (WYLD'S NEW MAP of th ( SIEGE OPERATIONS at), with the Position of the Allied Armies, the Fortitica'i.ms, 'Parallels, and Mines, Russian Outworks, showing the Approaches and the Points of Attack. 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" lickfor;: 's known to English readers by his frequent practi z:.l contributions to German medical literature, This is the fin: , L.me, he informs HS, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We.trast this may not be the last, if he shall Jetect any aher equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .over to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers.' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this boot: ;;ould find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the cow !-Jaint of which it treats. we are satisfied that many hundreds wouli.: fie saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is 0 less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize-- rrnioh money—. —This volume is well qualified to put an end to the ennirical Ayetern of treating Spermatorrhma, and to place. the treat !nerd upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefor,,, LilYely 10 ao much good." London: H. Rainer% 219. 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This new costume (says the Bath, Journal) will materially add to the appearance of the force, and pro• mote the comfort of the men. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times of this day.) There seems to have grown up among our public men a most unreasonable, and to us most unaccount tble, desire for peace at almost any sacrifice. :These who :ast year could speak of nothing but humbling Russia, ircurnscribing her dominion, reducing her power, and apturing her strongholds, of opening the Danube and Ott Dardanelles, and d r i v i ng her from the Trans-Cau asian provinces, a n d w h o took infinite credit to them dyes fur not immediately unfurling against her the flag f every nationality she has extinguished, are now con -oat with little more than the status quo ante bellum, grid only seek for a nominal limitation of the Russian leet in the Euxine, in order to colour, by some aPPa' eta concession, their real dis grace an d terg i versa tion. The arguments by w hi c h this recreant policy is ad ocated in Cabinets an d coteries are as yet little farni ,ar to the public ; but we b elieve that they are pretty early the following:—First, it is sail that all restric ,ve terms of p,-ace with Russia are useless, since while and France are united they aro already able to of , irce moderation, and when they cease to be united ail stipulations of this nature will lose their cogency. :hen it is said that we are putting everything on the Hiik of the life of a single ma n ; and, laitly, that Russia inaccessible by sea, an d that we, owing to the break in of our military s y s t em, are incapable of assa i ling ,er by land. At th e b o t tom of all this there may pro ,ably also lurk a secr e t conv i ction that the duration of 4cv he war is encouraging a spirit of inquiry, and leading .0 results unfavourable to that predominance which our governing clique nowhere asserts so completely as in the oanagement of the army. The first of these arguments ,eerns to suppose, and indeed requires, as-a condi ,:ion of its validity, that the force of. England and France should not be diminished, nor that of Russia ,ncreased, by the conclusion -of a dishonourable ,eace, for unless this be so it seems idle to expect bat Powers which admit themselves utterly unable to .oerce Russia will he able to do so hereafter. But will England and France, after the conclusion of a dishonour tble peace, be no weaker, or will Russia be no stranger? Reputation is no trivial element in success. There is , •ot a petty Court in Germany, or indeed in Europe, There the praise of the Emperor will not be sung, and its triumph over his vaunting enemies will not be cele • rated by sycophant kings and pensioned nobles. The King of Prussia will become his viceroy, Sweden and Denmark will surrender in despair the last hope of inde oendent existence, and Austria, exhausted by the ex lenses of an armed neutrality more costly than war itself, will seek only to appease by the humblest submis non the anger she has excited. Of the position of Pnrkey in such a case we need hardly speak. Her re- qurces are utterly exhausted, her national spirit is gone, her councillors are venal, and her councils divided. The continuance of the war and the presence of large armies atom the West have shaken to pieces her old system without providing her with a new one, and the allies cannot but leave her infinitely we i aker than they found ler. Having, then, as we have shown, weakened Turkey md strengthened Russia, we should retire from the con . est with the absolute certainty that we bad greatly ac celerated the catastrophe which we took up arms in 1854 to prevent. Nor could it be a matter of indiffer ence to us that in the opinion of Asia, as well as of Europe, Russia would have established her decisive superiority over the Powers of the West. There is not a tent on the steppes of independent Tartary, not a hut that clings to the precipices of the Himalaya, not a village in China, India, or Per pia, in which would not be told the tale of our repulse and our submission. The same races that forgot Genghis in Timur, and Timur in Nadir, would b ow itefore the spell of a fiercer race than the conquerors of dindostan. Meanwhile how would it fare at home ? The armies of England and France would return crowned with bloody and barren laurels, victorious in battles but vanquished in the fortune of the whole war, ill satisfied .with themselves ' and little disposed to do justice to each other. Those bitter recriminations which ill-success 'ever fails to provoke would certainly break forth, and the embers of old jealousies and heart-burnings would , rtainly be once more fanned into a glow. Thus would he created in either country a feeling inimical to the other, and that cordial alliance, which may well_ be con sidered an ample indemnification for she dangers and sacrifices of the war, would run the most imminent risk of extinction amid the repining of peace. Nor can we conceal from ourselvestbat, whatever be the risk to which he recent attempt on the life of the Emperor warns us we are exposed in relying so much on the precarious ~x istence of a single man, that risk would be fearfully 'nerea-ed by a peace which should give the discontented ' factions of France the opportunity of suggesting to a na tion sen-itive above a'l things of its military honour that the second empire had tarnished by an ill-conducted war a.Azl an ignominious treaty the martial splendours of the first, The steel of the assassin might still glance aside, but there would remain the risk of the rising of that tur bulent popuLtion which no ruler of France since the days of Louis XVI. has been able wholly to tame and to subdue. Suppose a change of dynasty, and how great the probability that the first act of the new power would be to direct popular feeling once more into the well-worn channel of ancient rivalry with England ! If we escape 1 this danger bow long will such a peace last ? We must either be content to see province after province left be hind the ever-advancing frontier of Russia, or once more, with diminished character, with impaired confidence in ourselves, and with feebler alliances, prepare to confront an enemy emboldened by success, an d instructed alike in his weakness and str eng th b y the results of the former struggle. We have suffered in the present war no disasters which we may not trace to the improvidence of our councils and the corruption of our system. It is absolutely ne cessary that the country should be placed in a state of defence, that obsolete routine should be swept away, and that an organization of thorough and business-like efficiency should take its place. For these purposes we need the unrelenting stimulus of war. We cannot and ought not to trust ourselves to repair in peace those evils that war has disclosed. Too many persons are interested in concealing the true state of matters from us to allow us to trust to any except the test of efficiency, which hostile operations alone afford. — We can choose our point of attack, and our enemy is, and must continue to be, reduced to a defensive position. Our resources are practically unlimited, while his must be growing scantier and scantier every day. Our commerce is free, —his is destroyed. Our people are free from all taint of disaf- feetion, while among his ill-assorted dominions one por tion of the people is in actual insurrection, and many others in a state of dangerous and chronic discontent. We have no civil war to fear,--no Poland, no Georgia, no Mtngrelia to watch and t o guard. Grant that Prussia and Austria fall from our side, we have been able hitherto to carry on the war without them, and can do so still. There can be no greater mistake than to suppose that by putting an end to the war the Government would put an end to the burning discontent it has engendered. Past miscarriages we may forgive, but any attempt to screen them behind an ignominious treaty will infallibly pro duce a state of public feeling whi c h would induce the nation to take effectual precautio ns against such mis carriages and such disgraces for the future. (From the Daily News of this day.) Count Walewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. de Persi_ny, Amba , eador at the Court of St. James's— rtehseisgenaaptipeoriinetfrnmet.itps a r, p )u p y ea e r d t e o i t , h H ro ey w e. som m e . li d g e ht pe o r n sig t n h y e has been understood to be friendly to the resuscitation of the Kingdom of Poland, as a bulwark against Rus sian encroachments. A pamphlet advocating this policy, which was published a short time before he retired from geTnheeraildlyeaaetftrrieb.euettaedbtlioshhiinmg,paenidiehwnitehtoieuntacloitny rffiat d e e i t ie was n. must, views of M. py however, r e b e e presumed de i wu Huy s, to eif h be that at statesmanwithb e the dis posed,tem per asisi temporising he ei Austria.bel believed to T h b e e, G to e v b e e r a e r m still ee t longer Viennawithetahne. not be expected to regard a proposal for the restoration of Poland otherwise than with apprehension. When Poland was partitioned, Austria came in for a large slice of its ter y,treitnoere e s w a h n i c e b t , i n n , t e h h e e e m v j e g n h t t o b t e P e o b l g n l d b t e e i being f recalled e o , A e x u i s e tria has been allowed tooccupy the Danubian Principalities, and might hope to be allowed to retain them as a com pensation for any territory ceded to Poland ; but then ' the re-establishment of Polish nationality would be a "revolutionary movement," and Austria has a morbid fear of the mere word " revolutionary." No French or English statesman, therefore, who still hankers after an Austrian alliance can think of calling in the aid of the Poles. It is consequently but natural that the recent change in the councils of Napoleon 111, should be re garded as a triumph of the friends of Polish nationality over its opponents. And it cannot be denied that the steps recently taken for the organisation of a Polish Legion point to the same conclusion. It must, moreover, be admitted that the history of the more recent wars between Russia and Turkey seems to suggest the expediency of striking a home -blow at the former power by raising Poland against it. Sebasto pol is not a new erection, and the Russian fleet in the Black Sea is not a thing of yesterday's creation. Yet Russia has never thought of availing herself of her naval preponderance in the Euxine to seize Constanti nople by a coup de main; she has always commenced by a land campaign, with Poland for the base of her opera tions.iandsh the e defences acophobl e ihas ofn g thethe Turkish uB securing case,Rkl i k u a sTh u sntuif, Turkey of her e. r it ktto the eni ys This strategy was dictated b y necessity• for though an advance upon Const an ti nop l e by the Bos phorus would have enabled Rus s i a t o t urn the line of the Danubian n tdheE fortresses harbour ng of fleets. sb ssut l sinking of a few ships of 'wa r a t th e mouth of the Bos phorus would have shut out h er navy from the capital of the Sultan as effectually as th e same operation at the mouth French of and the reverse of i m p ro b a bl e th a t th e F rench Government nrtiary baseas havet ofe h i entertained t y n el t is e lti rt n e enedepeetrehafet operations ema nearestaon feetly depriving the kept againstbe regardedplateami no more h e e extendedlight of Theseh e e encroachments. conjectures njeetu ree ean e n ly l o li t ee as e p e i n r t e em to the c h aracter of pro loambs ilibtiileisti.es—ThtahteYthdel'An elan of campaign than the mere capture of Sebastopol, .icarcely, indeed, admits of a doubt. The intermission the bombardment, the reconnaissances on the Teher qaya, the strengthening of Eupatoria, and the hastening up of reinforcements both of men and ordnance --all plat in that direction. Repute ton roach us go* Constantinople about the strengthening of the defences of the city and the construction of an entrenched camp in its immediate neighbourhood, which, if true, indicate a resolution to establish an army of reserve there. But beyond what can be conjectured from these indications nothing is known. The Allied Powers preserve, and will very properly continue to preserve so long as they can, silence as to the ulterior operations they contemplate. It is right that Russia should be kept as long as possible in suspense as to the point on which the storm is to burst. The country between Con stantinople and Varna is equally well suited to serve as the basis of operations fix a campaign in the Crimea or for a campaign in Bessarabia, with Poland as the ulti mate destination of the invaders. The considerations above enumerated would appear to favour the notion that the latter is contemplated by the Allies. A state ment confidently made in well-informed quarters yes terday that a squadeon has been detached from the Allied fleets to occupy Kertch would lead to the infer ence that the Crimea is to be the scene of operations. ( .Fmns the Morning Herald of this day. ) The family constitution of the present Cabinet, to which yesterday we ventured to direct the attention of our readers, is a subject of much more importance than to superficial observers it might seem. At first sight it appears almost invidious to inquire into the relation ships and affinities of noble lords and right honourable baronets. A cousin of a Cabinet Minister is not, there fore, unfit to be a Cabinet Minister himself. We do not want to establish any rule of exclusion within the pro hibited degrees. Sir George Lewis is not the worse Chancellor of the Exchequer because he is brother-in law of Lord Clarendon. Sir George Grey is not neces sarily unfit to be Home Secretary because he is con nected, either by birth or marriage, to three-fourths of his brother Ministers. It does not follow that Lord Hnrrowby may not very gracefully fill the "otium, cum dignitare' of the duchy, even though he be cousin by blood of one-half the Cabinet, and cousin by mar riage of the other. All this we readily admit. Nay, more, we concede that such inquiries into the alliances of Ministers savour of ungraciousness. It is only when the whole web of complicated family relationship is ex posed—when we find that the list of the Cabinet is no thing more or less than a genealogical tree—that British statesmanship is made a matter of pedigree, and offices are religiously distributed in due course of administra tion to the next of kin—it is only then that such iu- quiries are proved to be relevant and proper, as the con viction forces itself on the mind, that the highest honours and most important posts of the state are made by an adroit, although imbecile conspiracy of cousins, the pa trimony and peculiar of an aggregate coterie of two or three great families. That this is the true state of the case we yesterday established. We showed by a very cursory glance at the materials of the Cabinet that at least ten out of fifteen Cabinet Ministers were allied by the closest re lationship to one or other of the great houses of Devon- shire, Sutherland, or Carlisle. — The close connection between these patrician families might entitle us with truth to dispense with the triple enumeration. Were the Queen's Ministers assembled at a Cabinet dinner, they would perfectly represent a Christmas family party at Woburn or Sutherland or Devonshire Houses, with the very natural addition of two or three old and attached _ _ friends - of the family. Almost every Cabinet Minister recognises at the Council-board cousins or brothers-in law, varying in number from two or three to ten. The man is a stranger who has not at least the smaller num ber. The whole affair, we repeat, is a conspiracy to mo nopolise in one family connection the great offices of state. This conspiracy was consummated when Lord Pal merston manoeuvred Sir James Graham, Mr. Glad stone, and his associates out of office. In 1852 the cousin Cabinet fell before the contempt of the country. To regain place, which they had lost by their own imbecility, the family coterie entered iuto a new, but it now seems a separate, conspiracy with the followers of Sir Robert Peel. A Cabinet was formed which included not only men outside the charmed circle of Sutherland or Devonshire affinity, but actually men who had no aristocratic connection at all. But the family influences were too strong. Slowly, hut surely, they undermined the Coalition Administration. The first moment of popular discontent, the blow . which everyone knew was long meditated was struck. The first movement of the Cabinet got rid of the Duke of New castle and Lord Aberdeen. But the cousins were not sure enough of their position to dispense in the first in stance with all " the Gentiles of the outer court." Lord Palmerston returned to office, retaining a few of the aliens in his service—but it was only to get rid of them at once, and hardly had the noble and facetiou; viscount kissed hands upon the premiership which he obtained on the faith uf their co-operation, than he managed gently to get rid of the rest of the intrudeN, and constitute his Cabinet a pure \Vhig one—which, being interpreted, means a Cabinet selected from the relatives of the great houses we have 'tamed. . The result is that England is at this inomect governed by a coalition of three clans. It would certainly be a marvellous co . ncidence if, in a nation of thirty millions, the dozen individuals most worthy to be the advisers of the Sovereign all happened to be related to this singu larly fortunate family coterie. Yet to this conclusion we must come, or we must believe that men not the most worthy are thrust into this position because they , happen to he able to put forward the claim of consan guinity as their title to office. We have said that this is a subject of much greater importance than at first sight it might ap pear. This system of selecting our Ministers from one family connection, however honourable the fa voured families may se, entails of neceslity imbecility and narrowness upon the national council. We do not merely speak of the improbability that the limits of any one connection will supply the fittest or even fit men for the high offices of the state. But, inde pendently of this, we believe the tendency of such exclu siveness is to enervate the councils of the country. The family group at the Council Board, however, is still the family group. Their sympathies are those of "the con nection," and not of the nation. There is a law of na ture which forbids the institution of a distinct family caste. Physiologists tell us, and experience assures us, that families which intermarry exclusively with their own connections degenerate and dwindle away. The law has its analogy in politics, and Cabinets that are re cruited from relatives of Cabinet Ministers become by the very operation of the process enervated and imbecile. But there is more than even this. This system of government, tolerated by the habitual phlegm of Eng lishmen in times of quiet, will be denounced with their characteristic resolution in times of national emergency. In plain honest English, the country will not stand it. Not even to the " Blood of all the Howards" will we concede the right to ruin us ; and in spite of co teries, and clans, and cliques, we are perfectly resolved, rather than let England go to the --, under the pa tronage of great houses, to take the management of our own affairs into our own hands. But the danger is— and it is no slight one—that this exclusiveness of caste may be confounded with our whole system of govern ment--that the aristocratic, aye, and even the monarchi cal element of our constitution may be held answerable for this vicious and selfish monopoly of a gang of family conspirators, who for the last 24 years have well nigh converted our constitutional system of government into an oligarchy. The dynasty of Whig families is an exclusive one ; but the aristocracy of England are the subjects of its exclusion just as much, and as completely as are those who can boast no patrician origin. Noble blood avails nothing, eialesi it be allied to some one of the great Whig families, who in the name of liberty and liberal government assume the exclusive privilege of being statesmen. Popular in dignation will not be very nice in making this distinc tion ; and because the dynasty of the families is an aris tocratic one, it will be directed against all that is aristo cratic in the country. The truth must be plainly told. The exclusiveness which the country cannot tolerate is one for which the aristocracy at large is no more responsible than any other class or section of the community. Whiggery has become a family tradition, and Whig policy degenerated into a family compact. In a constitution like ours the union of any number of men, in either House of Parlia ment, can effect great results. Witness what has been acomplished by a Popish Brigade. We have had a few families banded together, having representatives in both houses, with high historical pretensions, with large posses sions, great social distinction, and great personal respecta bility of character. Of these families a league has been formed, of which the real principle has been to keep the Government in their own hands. With an affectation of popular politics—with a readiness to adopt any policy that conciliated for the moment the support either of the Court or the people—making all their movements subor dinate to their notion of the constitution, which means to them the supremacy of the favoured families—it is, after all, not to be wondered at that such a league should succeed to a great extent in its design. The time is come when national disaster has taught the country the true effect of such a system, and in the exasperation of that lesson the danger is, that if the aristocracy do not head the people in breaking down the exclusiveness of "the great families," the people may, so far as practical government is concerned, insist on getting rid of the aristocracy and " the great families" together. Our first duty i s t o get rid of the family alliance. This is the cause alike of the Throne, the nobility, and the people. We have to vindicate the cause of free go vernment—to assert the right and the duty of the Sove reign to choose as her servants those who willfamonarchial verve her best. This grea t—thi s essen ti a l principle constitution we have now to vindicaten aristocracy, o but wem must do so, not against the privileges of s against the p re t ens ions —we must say, the insolent pre tensions of a family coterie. THE REPRESENTATION OF ROCHESTER.—TIIO Kentish, Gazette, after observing that no intimation has been re ceived from Mr. Villiers with respect to the representa tion of Rochester, says that the chairman of the local Conservative committee stated at a meeting, held at the Golden Lion, on the 2d inst., that if another election should be necessary, and if it appeared the wish of the Conservatives of this city that Mr. Bodkin should come forward, he would be found willing as hertofore to yield to their wishes, and represent their view; and interests ist Airlisauenit: NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Orders have been received at Portsmouth to expedite as much as possible the fittings of the Britannia, 120- gun ship, for an hospital ship ; for this purpose additional workmen have been placed upon her, and they will labour extra hours. The Lily, 12, Commander Sanderson, sailed into Portsmouth harbour on Monday night, and began to strip yesterday to be put out of commission. The Enterprise discovery ship, Captain Collinson, C.E., sailed from Spithead for the eastward, to be paid off yesterday morning. HER MAJESTY'S NEW YACHT. A large number of hands are now employed in re fitting the paddle-wheel steam-frigate SAmpson for an other commission. This vessel, the Marlborough, 131, and her INlaj , sty's new yacht Victoria and Albert now engross the whole attention of the shipwright depart ment in Portsmouth dockyard. The cylinders for the latter were alongside ready for hoisting in yesterday, and large parties of every branch of artificers are engaged below in getting ber ready for sea, by the next anniver sary of her Majesty's coronation (the 28th of Jane), soon after which date she will embark the Queen and Court for the summer cruise. The figurehead of this beautiful vessel was affixed on Monday. It represents a scroll shield surrounded by a wreath (the shamrock, ro - e, and thistle.) Within this are joint shields bearing the arms of the Queen and the Prince Consort, and on the trailboard the cipher " V. A.", beautifully worked, amid much ornamentation. When gilt the appearance will be splendid. It is from a design made by Mr. Richard Poate, artist of Portsmouth, and carved by Mr. Hellyer, master carver of Portsmouth dockyard, &c. Rear-Admiral Baynes is expected to put to sea with the block-ship squadron, now at Spithead, in a few days. The steam gun-boats attached to each of these ships have been withdrawn for service in the Black Sea. The Lancashire Witch sailing transport left Ports mouth yesterday morning, with the cavalry remounts before reported for the Crimea. Letters received at Plymouth from the West Coast of Africa state that on the 11th of March Commander Heseltine called the crew of the Britomart on the quar ter-deck, and inquired if they would volunteer for ser vice in the Baltic Fleet, when all consented immediately. The brig will probably be home in June or July. The steam-transport Holyrood, from London, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, to embark a portion of the Land Transport Corps for the Crimea. The brig Ellen, Captain Clasper, sailed from Plymouth on Monday, with provisions for Balaklava. • The Medway steam-transport, belonging to the Royal Mail Company, embarked at Southampton 210 horses and a complete field battery of Royal Artillery, consist ing of 204 men, four 9-pounders, and two 4-pound howit zers, besides other appurtenances, including a l arge quantity of ammunition and fodder for the horses. The whole of the men and animals are under the command of Captain Connell, and constitute the X Battery. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Herbert W. Wilberforce, recently serv ing in the Trafal g a r , wh en on th e Black Sea station, to the Hawke, at Portsmouth • Henry Burnaby to the Belleisle, hospital-ship, at Davenport ; James A. R. Dunlop, to the Sanspareil • Richard P. Gresham, from the Dragon, to the Royal William, guard-ship, at De vonport. Acting-Master Charles H. E. Farrant, from the Dee, at Woolwich, to the Prospero, at Pembroke. Second-Master Robert Gilpin, to the Dee, at Woolwich. Acting-Second Master Willoughby Montgomery, to the Malacca, at Deptford. Assistant-Surgeon Frank T. Toms to the Malta Hospital. Clerk's-Assistant E. T. 33 , 3>5, to the Atholl, receiving ship, at Greenock. Midshipman F. M. Kelsall, to the Royal Albert, on he Black Sea station. ANOTHER EXPEDITION FOR THE CRIMEA. It is said to be the intention of the Allied Powers to embark an immenee force immediately for the Crimea ; such a movement is considered necessary by persons well acquainted with military affairs. It is understood that the expedition will comprise about 50,000 men— cavalry, artillery, and infantry—and that its destination will be some place near the isthmus of Perekop, in order to co-operate with the allied army bef.re Sebastopol, by checking the advance, or, in the event of the fortress being carried, by cutting off the retreat of the Russians. MILITARY. Viscount Hardinge, the Commander-in-Chief, has sig nified his intention of giving a commission without pur chase to olte of the sons of M,..j•,r Fulford, the governor of the county gaol of Stafford, in ackno.vledgment of his father's meritorious service during 20 years in the Royal Artillery. His lordship has also recently con ferred a commission without purchase on a clever and very promising son of a highly respectable clergyman in this county, who is blessed with a large family, but a 1 small stipend. Sir C. Wood, also, i n hi s capac i ty of First Lord of the Admiralty, has just given a commis sion in the Marines to the son of a worthy clergyman in this neighbourhood, two of whose sons have died in the service of the navy. The rev, gentleman's claim was instantly acknowledged by Sir Charles, and in a manner the more flattering as it was the only commission vacant in that branch of the service at the time. Captain Thompson's cmnpany, Gth battalion, Small Arm Ammunition Brigade, on Saturday embarked on board the Candia, for the Crimea. Twelve additional companies of the Royal Artillery have been placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for the seat of war. An order has been received at Woolwich Arsenal to send out immediately to the Crimea2o,ooo shells-10,000 13-inch shells, and 10,000 10-inch. The order was re ceived at Woolwich within 24 hours from leaving Se bastopol. The Er.rl of Carlisle on Monday inspected in St. Patrick's-hall, Dublin, a number of invalided soldiers from the Crimea, who bad arrived on the previous day from England. - - Capta „ n Lindsay, of the Rifle Brigade, has, in addition to his promotion for meritorious services in the Crimea, received a staff appointment in Dublin. Capt. Lindsay, although a very young man, fought through the Kaffir war and was present at the Alma and Inkerman. ARMY HALF-PAY OFFICERS. Return of all officers, under the rank of field officers, now upon hall-pay, who are willing to serve, and the number who are fit for active service :- 30 to 40. 40 to 50. 50 to 60. Above 60. Captains Lieutenants Ensigns ... ... 10 ... 17 Cornets Paymasters Quartermasters ••• ••• -- 36 ... 78 l9l •••... 267 Total 572 The above return has been prepared from returns fur. nished in May, 1854, as accurately as the records of this office will permit. Officers who have applied to be placed on full pay for active service. Brevet Captains. Lieuts. Majors. Quarter- Masters. Under 30 years From 30 to 40 — ... -- 3 ... t 5 From 40 to 50 1 ... 4:11 Above 50 2 ... 12 - ... ____ - ... 5 6 28 1 5 * Cavalry. ;3 Cavalry. 2 Cavalry. FREDERICK PEEL. War Department, 26th April, 1855. STAFF OFFICERS (CRIMEA.) The following is a Parliamentary return of the names of all officers serving on the staff in the Crimea, dis tinguishing such as have obtained certificates at the senior department of the Royal Military College, at Sandhurst : Commander-in-Chief—Field-Marshal Lord Raglan. Lieutenant Generals—Sir G. Brown, Sir R. England, Sir C. Campbell, Fennefather, Sir J. Burgoyne. Major-Generals—Bentinck, Hon. Y. Scarlett, Sir J. Campbell, Eyre (Sandhurst, Dec. 12, 1829), Buller, Torrens, Codrington, Barnard, Lord Rokeby, H. D. Jones. Brigadier-General—Lockyer-97th Foot. Colonel—Cameron, 42d Foot (Sandhurst, Dec. 10, 1831.) Lieutenant-Colonels—Dacres, Royal Artillery, and Irving. Ha C r o d m i zan 2 d 2 a d n E t oo a t t . Balaklava—Brevet Lieut. General —Brigadie r- Commandant in the Bosphorus Commandant at Smyrna--Colonel Storks , una ttached. -C o lonel Lord W. Paulet. .Ciihdijeuftlo,filtleeSnetaraffr:Lariea juet.r-.GGeenerr_all Assistant Adjutant General s- - W-Colonel Wilbraham, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Bane, Lieut.-Colonel ; " L i James t s t t . - c o uS l r o ti n n e P l " Hon. Pakenbatn, unattached ; Co lonelßrevSetuLlliiveaunt.,-CBolroenveetl Lieut.-Colonel Wood, 13th Ayde, RoyalGuar Guards Artillery i l L leT e y u l t ; . 3 . 16 Lieut.-Colonel u e t n . e - C l . o 1 Sterling,o n el B r o w nurni unattached Gre nadierehedlB32) ; Major Sillery, 30th Foot ; 19, 1832) ; Brevet Major Smith, 3d (Sandhurst, shut e 3 , l 6 ay th Major Foot. Quartermaster General— G Major a -General onAeilreny o ( n - Sa . (Sand burst, Cunynghai , burst, Dec. 14, 1826). H. P. Herbert, unattachende; r e.. t rc e G r o m luoa a n s nei t i e s r ;ll - L hGa i o e lAfr u -dsi t os . ai - nys C " o aG; l n o rtLe n iQ e lea l uudati Airey Coldstream Guards • Brevet Lieut.- Colonel Colborne, 15th Foot ; Colonel Windham, unat taebed ; Brevet Major Shadwell, 19th foot, acting • Lieut.-Colonel Mayow, unattached ; Brevet Lieut.-Col. ' Na p p e ie p r u , t 2 y s .A th s, F ia o ta ot n . t.Adi ntan A t or Quartermaster-Gene rals—Lieut.-Colonel uisa—r Li(esuatn. fhoulorante,lAilla °11 it 2 . 2, 1 . 850) ; Foot; Major Woodford,y Hallowell, 28th Foot ; Brevet 4 Hardinge, Coldstream Major Weare, 50th rx r d sa e; uk ß e r y e , v 4 et zth M 7 s oo jor t ( 614 44 11 % No?. 6 . oig) i 1314*(4 moor eta 7741 Foot (S an dh urst, Noy. 7, 1851) ; Brevet Major-Stuart Wortley, Ist Dragoon Guards: Brevet Major Wetherall, Scots Fusilier Guards (Sandhurst, May 18, 1849) ; Brevet Major Hamilton, 47th Foot; Lieutenant-Colones Maitland, Grenadier Guards ; Brevet Major FelloweF, 11th Hussars ; Brevet Major Thompson, 10th Hussars; - Brevet Major Kirkland, 21st Foot; Major Campbell, 23d Foot ; Captain Sir C. Russell, Grenadier Guards ; Brevet Major M'K enz i e , 92d Foot ; Brevet Major Hon G. Elliot, Rifle Brigade ; Brevet Major Hon. A. M Cathcart, 93d Foot ; Captain Bellairs, 49th Foot ; Captain Ross, 93d Foot ; Captain Barnston, 90th Foot ; (Sandhurst, May 19, 1853); Captain Lowry, 47th Foot ; Captain Field, Royal Artillery ; Captain Ire land, 3d West India ; Captain Mundell, 96th Foot ; Captain Eager, 40th Foot ; Captain Hutton, 31st Foot; Lieutenant Dick, 78th Foot ; Lieutenant Macd ona ld , 3d West India. Military Secretary—Lient. Colonel Steele, Coldstream Guards. Assistant Military Secretary—Captain Hon. L. Cur son Rifle Brigade. Cur son, Officers—Captain M'Crea, 45th Foot ; Captain Blacklin, unattached ; Captain Gordon, East India Com pany ; Captain Weil, East India Company ; Captain Henderson, Eat India Company ; Captain Ryan, East India Company ; Lieutenant Ayton, 84th Foot ; Lieu tenant Moreland, Ea-t India Company; Lieutenant - Davidson, East India Company ; En , ign Pennefather, 55th Foot ; Erevet Major Laye, 58th Foot; Brevet Major Heaton, 37th Foot. Aid es - de-Camp —Captain Whitmore, 62d Foot ; Cap tain Pe arson ; 7th Foot, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Burg h ers h ; Lieut.-C olonel P. Somerset, Coldstream Guards ; Brevet Maj or Kingscote, Scots Fusilier Guards • Lieutenant Hon. S. Calthorpe, Bth Hussars ; Brevet Major /lI'Do. nald, 92d Foot ; Brevet Major Graham, 41st Foot; Cap tain the Hon. W. Wellesley, Coldstream Guards (extra); Brevet Major Neville, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Captain Snodgrass, 3 8th Foot ; Captain England, 55th Foot ; Captain th Hon. H. Cliff ord, Rifle Brigade ; Brevet Major De Mor e l, 67 th Foot ; Captain Elliot, sth Dra goon Guards ; Lieutenant the Hon. H. Campbell, Rifle Brigade ; Captain Torrens, 23d Foot ; Lieutenant the Hon. C. Keith, 4th Dragoons ; Lieutenant Stopford, Royal Engin eers ; Lieutenant Jervoise, 42d Foot; Bre vet Major Burke, 88th Foot ; Captain Vi scoun t Bat gonie, Grenadier G uar d s ; Brevet Major the Hon. W. Scarlett, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Captain Montgomery, 42d Foot ; Captain the Hon. J. Bourke, 88th Foot; Captain Hume, 38th Foot (extra temporary); Captain Darner, Scots Fusilier Guards; Lieutenant Jameson, 2d Life Guards • Captain Legh, 97th Foot. Brigade Majors—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel the Ron. A. Hope, 60th Foot ; Brevet Major Thackwell, 22c1 Foot; Brevet-Major Conolly, unattached ; Major Armstrong, 49th Foot ; Brevet-Major Ellison, Grenadier Guards ; Brevet-Major C. F. T. Daniel, 38th F oo t ; Brevet- Major Glyn, Rifle Brigade ; Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel th e Eon. R. Rollo, 42d Foot ; Captain the Hon. R. Gage, Royal Artillery ; Brevet-Major Lovell, Royal Engineers; Captain Bourchier, Royal Engineers (acting) ; Major Elrington, Rifle Brigade; Captain Tomkinson, Bth Hussars ; C a pt a i n Earl, 57th Foot. Provost-Marshal—Captain W. Johnston, 41st Foot. Quartermaster—Ensign Deacon, lst Foot. Town Adjutant--Lieutenant Webber, 42d Foot. STATISTICS OF SHIPPING. Some further returns relating to the building of ships and the number employed in the trade of the United Kingdom, have been printed by order of Parliament, on the motion of Mr. Ingham, M.P. They show, among other particulars, that the number of vessels registered at the ports of the United Kingdom, on the 31st Dec., 1854, was as follows :--viz., sailing vessels of and under 50 tons, 9,450 ; tonnage, 282,865 ; and above 50 tons, 15,885, tonnage 3,658,628 ; steam vessels of and under 50 tons, 578 ; tonnage, 14,459 ; and above 50 tons, 946 ; tonnage, 291,778. The number of sailing vessels that entered inwards, coastwise, at the ports of England in the year 1854, was as follows :-British, 94,545 ; ton nage, 7,554,934; and foreign, 297; tonnage, 43,778. The number cleared outwards was-British, 108,630 ; tonnage, 8,653,953; and foreign, 248; tonnage, 34,628. The number of British steamers that entered inwards was 12,787 ; tonnage, 3,106,396 ; and the number that cleared outwards, 12,584; tonnage, 2,950,775. In Scot land, the proportion of British and foreign sailing ves sels entered inwards, coastwise, was 13,739 to 52, and the number cleared outwards as 16,146 to 58. The num ber of British steamers entered inwards was 4,879 ; ton nage, 1,075,388 ; and the' number cleared outwards 5,080; tonnage, 1,132,897. In Ireland 17,414 British sailing vessels entered inwards against 1 foreign, and 8,070 cleared outwards against 70 foreign. The number of British steamers that entered inwards was 4,751 ; tonnage, 1,428,435 ; and the numberlcleared outwards 4,797 ; tonnage, 1,493,609. The number of sailing vessels that entered for the colonies at the various ports of England, in 1854, was 4,967 British to 567 foreign ; and the number that cleared outward, 4,552 British to 559 foreign. The tonnage of the British ships was respectively 1,552,071 and 1,501,605 ; and that of the foreign ships, 290,447 and 223,370. In Scotland 595 British vessels entered inwards from the colonies ; tonnage, 280.765 ; and 650 cleared outwards ; tonnage, 238 485. The numb( rof foreign ships that entered and cleared was respectively S. and 15. In Ireland 383 Bri tish vessels entered from the colonies, tonnage 117,605, and 242 cleared out, tonnage, 77,143. The number of foreign ships entered rind cleared was respectively 41 and 39. The number of British Failing-Fessels that entered inwards from foreign ports, in 1854, was-in England 9,393 ; tonnage, 1,857,247. In Scot land, 1,008 ; tonnage, 166,177, and in Ireland, 494 ; ton nage, 92,102. The number of British ships that cleared out for foreign port s was -i n E ng l an d , 9 , 59 4 ; tonnage, 1,975,772 ; in Scotiand, 1,117 ; tonnage, 232,659; and in Ireland, 136; tonnage, 40,967. The number of foreign sailing vessel, that entered inwards Irons foreign posts was-in England, 16,151 ; tonnage, 2,934,902; in Scot land, 2,307 ; tonnage, 264,664 ; and in Ireland, 580 ; tonnage, 103,201. The number of foreign ships that cleared out for foreign ports was-in England, 18,565 ; tonnage, 3,360,166 ; in Scotland, 2,446 ; tonnage, 281,674 ; and in Ireland, 401 ; tonnage, 76,759. But these figures are exclusive of steamers. Of those steam ers engaged in the foreign trade, 4,072 that entered in wards (tonnage 1,251,458) were British, and only 597 (tonnage 176,309) foreign ; while 3,319 (tonnage 1,191,626) that cleared outwards were British, and, 592 (tonnage 181,242) foreign. The number of sailing vessels above 50 tons registered at the various colonies of the United Kingdom on the 31st of Decem ber, 1854, amounted to 3,518, and the number of steamers above 50 tons to 118 ; tonnage, 43,600 ; while the number of timber ships built and registered in the United Kingdom in 1854 amounted to 592 ; tonnage, 115,807 ; the number of steamers amounted to 22 ; ton nage, 2,090 ; the number of iron sailing vessels to 3i ; tonnage, 16,880 ; and the number of iron vessels to 152 ; , tonnage, 62,165. Th e num b er o f sa ili ng vessels sold and transferred in the United Kingdom in 1854 amounted to 3,078 ; tonnage, 625,121 ; and the number of steamers to 173 ; tonnage, 22,488. 721 sailing vessels and 17 steamers, in all 738 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 168,843, and all belonging to the United Kingdom, were wrecked in the year 1854 ; 74 vessels were broken up, tonnage 9,975, of which 59 were sailing vessels and 15 steamers. The number of colonial-built vessels rekis. tered at the ports of the united kingdom in 1854 amounted i to 61, tonna ge 43,003. Th e num b er o f f ore i gn -b u il t I vessels so registered in 1854 amounted to 267, tonnage c 97.641. The total number of British vessels employed in the trade of the united kingdom in 1854 was 21,340, entered inwards, tonnage 5,374,551, and 20,876 clears outwards, tonnage 5,370,298. The number of foreign ships so employed was 20,251 entered inwards, tonnage 3,786,815, and 22,618 cleared outwards, tonnage 4,137,423. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—Our attention has been called to an enormous pair of shears which are now being erected at the eastern side of the:outer dock, and which form a prominent and striking object amongst the im provements which are being made to render this dock one of the most perfect in its arrangements and facili ties. An attempt was made to place them in position a few days since ; but owing to an accident by which th.7ce of one of the legs was broken, they were taken down for a new cap to be supplied. by steam, the engine being of 8 horse pow er , d pabie of raising The shears are of large proportions, upon the high-pressure principle , and capable feet 7 inches a weight of 60 tons. The front_ n legs , c s e arid their diameter long, the back legs 104 fettf i 6 i a nd wil l co ye aced The admirable si"aere shipped . a: s 2 e f a e w e t a r 6 cL i n a c n h d e s t . h e T 1 e h g e i ; guson, of London. . lizi2fmnerniye w h o a r s k bbeyeniuess Messrs. supplied r e b r y . the directors of the y are undeterred by expense, making every effort, ' for the From these and o th seo r u i t in h p ani ro l vl o m n en D ts oc it k is c o o b m v p in a u n s that a s— nd th h e o ir rse e ac commodation of cattle and contiguity to the railway terminus, from whence a tramway is c ducted which passes round the whole of the quays on. ; the transhipped ; the large cattle sheds (a range of fcaocnilsittyruwctiitohn wofhitchhescae ca pable of holding 400 horses or cattle) graving docks, and its importan ; the extensive packet station, entitle it t ce as the foreign mail o a considerati on the attention of Government well worthy We may also notice that th e and the shipping interest. now being considerably wid ened, entrance to the dock is entering with greater ease. to allow of vessels no comment, when it is This is a point which needs mails from foreign considered that the arrival of the with which a vessel can at all hours renders the facility can enter the d oc k s a t n i g ht w ith safety a great desideratum. In ._connection with thi s , it may b e o b serve d, th a t though Government have em l •p to in the transport ser vice some of the fi nest and quickest of the several mail companies' steam-ships, thus leaving the said companies to carry and bring home the mails with a reduced num ber of vessels—yet the arrival and departure of the mails to their dates—with but very little digression—has been accomplished ; and further evidence is furnished of the great facility afforded in the export and import duties of these decks by the readiness with which the freights of vessels can be shipped and landed, coaled, and prepared for sea. The order with which everything connected with the docks is conducted is worthy of comment, and reflects great credit upon the dockmaster and the executive. PRICE OF SaxEn.—The bar silver brought by the last Mexican packet has been disposed of today for shipment to the East Indies at 61id. per ounce, being an &dm°. o f id. pao dollars gra Cot yet sow