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L-N , 'k: 7 , --:* F ...L_ ~,, lit-. .*: -,, .'"n. a 01 , ,; 'Z' ''' tf' - - .44 , ' - ~ '"-44, Ili ~, .., ' lit• 1,.,^ 041• c o A ' A S% The following letter in the Debats describes the .... ‘..4• -- ..----*• ---- ,^ • - r --- '-'/)- •_ . .?.../. 111 0 1 41111100. , v."" (JO 1 1,*01 , 16.4 -.1 , excitement which the dissolution of the Agricul.' \ -9 , 4 ..,,,, ..... , . c-, , - . z ,- ' 0,7,,, ~.,, ,1 11 ,„ ,„ .. ~ .... 4... ., ,__ ....., _,... ,_.-----,../--: ~,..- .vo, /4 ~--,., - - --4. , , "I' •I. ' , ,fir 7 C, * , ... g ip '' " ° ;43 -•-"' . • 411 1 ' .. lin+ Gtr'. -,..„ L., „,,,,.... --„,-..- .., ) tural Society occasioned in Warsaw : " I write to you under the impression of sadness caused by the ukase which decrees the dissolution of the Agricultural Society. You may imagine how much we have been struck by this measure, so un expected and inexplicable. We cannot understand it, or, rather, we fear to divine the causes. What ! the Russian Government break up the very institutions to which Prince Gortschakoff gave the honour of maintaining -the order-and paci fication of the city ! It has violently dissolved this society, which during four years' assiduous labour, with efforts unknown to Europe, until now, has prepared the accomplishment of the most conside rable economical reform which has been known for some time. What! these men who, ambitious of the national honour, have been the champions of the great cause of emancipation and equality ; who have so well understood the force of dignity and calmness, that the balls of the Russian soldiers, in decimating their ranks, have not changed their moral attitude ; who, by their conciliatory lan guage, have spared the people a frightful disaster, and the Government that stain which rests on the foreheads of those who accomplish the massacre of unarmed men—these men are separated ;•they have been sent away ; they are declared useless, even dangerous ! The Society, says , the ukase, is incom patible with the present situation. The Govern ment, then, is so very sure of its popularity, ac quired at the price of concessions not yet realised, that it takes away all means of action from those to whom, according to its own avowal, it owes the maintenance of order. Ido not wish to push -this question any further. God grant that, under standing what constitutes their strength, the people of Warsaw, in spite of all, will remain dignified and calm as they have hitherto been, " The more we examine this act the more we un derstand the extent of , its beating. All our efforts lost—the cause of the peasants brought back to that of the peasants of Russia ; the influence exercised over the proprietors themselves by the Agricultural Society ; the benefits to the peasants which would result from it—all is annulled by a single stroke of the pen. What will become of those concessions, those reforms, promised by the Emperor ? What can they do, if it is proved that all initiative is re fused to us? In the councils of the Government, what will be the role of our citizens when it is made evident by that ukase that all our plans, all our projects of improvement,d isplease the sovereign, who, as far as we are concerned, wishes to bo the sole dispenser of progress ? What injured interests —what new-commenced works are interrupted at the beginning ? For the telegrams will probably have told you that time has not even been given to the society to wind up its affairs. " The funds have been taken to the bank ; the members have not even been allowed to assemble for the last time, to determine how they shall be used. A moment ago an active, intelligent institu tion, devoted to progress, energetically maintained public order, carried on its functions freely under the authority of the Government, and for having prevented the bursting of a tempest of which no one could foresee the consequences, this institution is for its reward broken up and thrown aside. " May God avert from us the dangers which such an act may entail. But , you will see that we do right in closing the theatres and keeping in mourn ing ; the hour has not yet come for enjoyment, and no one can tell what the future is preparing for us." PUCE AD . STAMPED, SD. have their heads level with the surface of the plate. On both sides the armour is continued to five feet below the water line. The stem and stern, which are unprotected by armour, are crossed and re crossed in every direction with watertight compart ments of the most solid kind. Those which cut off the stem and stern from the armour-coated portions in the centre are faced with plates to 5 feet below the water line, backed up with iron ribs and 22 in. of teak—exactly similar in arrangement to the strongest part of the broadside. The bows, as the place where the whole force of the blow must be received when the Resistance is used as a steam ram, are strengthened inside with a perfect net work of iron of the most massive kind. Here no less than eight wrought-iron decks stretch back from this portion to the armour plates, in addition to other supports, such as cross bracings.and bulk heads, almost innumerable. Throughout the entire length of the armour coated portion run two wrought-iron bulkheads, one inside the armour on each side. These are termed wings, and serve as main passages of com munication. Inside these wings are the coal bunkers ; inside these again are the water tanks, and within all the magazines. The engines of the Resistance are to be of 600 horse power, and with these it is anticipated that a speed of even 15 knots an hour will be obtained. This certainly appears a rather sanguine estimate for a ship of 600 horse power, of such immense weight, and above all, such unusually full and heavy bo ws. If her form is in fault, however, the Admiralty are to blame, for they supplied the model. In point of workman ship, all that could be done has been effected, and a better built ship was never sent afloat than that which glided so easily into the Thames yesterday. The hour fixed for the launch was 2 o'clock, but long before that every part of Messrs Westwoad's yard was thronged with visitors. About 200 men of the Royal Naval Reserve, the crew of the Bril liant, who are now undergoing their course of drill, marched on to the ground, with colours flying and band playing. They seemed a remarkably fine body of men. The band of the Life Guards was also in attendance, and, as the day was all that could be wished, the usual dull interval of expecta tion passed pleasantly enough until a few minutes before 2 o'clock, when the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress arrived at the yard. They at once took their stations on the raised platform at the head of the vessel, and the preparations for the launch began. Two o'clock was the time named for her going off the stocks, which, of course, every one thought was meant to be half-past. Contrary, how ever, to usual cuatom and general expectation, the vessel moved at the first touch ; when it still wanted one or two minutes to 2 o'clock she moved, and, before half the people in the yard expected it, began to glide rapidly down the ways into the river. It was a very quick and easy launch, and in less than a minute after the first movement com menced the Resistance was afloat in the middle of the stream, turning lightly to her moorings. She looked even less sightly in the water than out of it. Her draught appeared to be about 13 or 14 feet, and from her look thus it seemed as if, when brought down to her full-load water line, her port sills and hawse pipeholes would be uncomfortably near the water. Ihe next iron-cased frigate which Messrs. Westwood and Baillie have in hand is the Valiant. This, as we have intimated, will be one of the ugliest things ever seen. Her length is 280 feet, breadth 56 feet 3 inches, depth 19 feet 4 inches ; tonnage, 4,062. Thus, while 12 feet shorter, she is more than two broader than the Resistance, is almost flat-bottomed, and with stem and stern almost alike in obtuseness. The Valiant is to carry 36 guns and to be covered entirely with armour. After the ceremony of launching the Resistance the principal visitors partook of a dejeuner in honour of the occasion. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1861. COUNT CAYOUR ON THE ROMAN QUESTION. The following is Count Cavour's speech in the Italian Senate, on the 9th inst., in reply to the interpellation of Signor Vacca on the subject of Rome : The honourable senator, appreciating the diffi culties that surround the Government, has not asked from it fresh explanations as to the details of its policy ; he has merely wished for a confirma tion of the declarations which have been already made, and which were so well received by the representatives of the nation, as well as by the nation itself. This is an excellent resolution on his part. If our object is a high and legitimate one, if it does not admit of contradiction, it is at the same time one difficult of attainment. The other Chamber has admitted, and the honourable senator has concurred with it, that under present circumstances we cannot employ other than moral means. To arrive as conquerors in a city which is the seat of the Catholic religion would be a wrong on our part, and would damage the cause of Italy. Agreeing with the ideas of the Government on this point, the honourable senator adds to what has been urged elsewhere an important consideration arising from the connexion that exists between this ques tion and that of Naples. The first will solve the second. In this respect the Roman question is immensely important both in its influence on our foreign relations and in its influence on the con solidation of internal order. It is of great impor tance, as he has said, that Rome should cease to be the headquarters of the enemies of Italy and liberty, the centre of all conspiracies, and the starting point of all the emissaries who come to spread disorder and violence throughout our provinces. For final security, for completing the moral fusion of Southern and Northern Italy, it is of urgent necessity that the antagonism between the Church and the State should end. This antagonism the fault of which cannot, I think, be imputed to the Government, is of service to the extreme, dis satisfied, and ambitious spirits of the Neapolitan provinces; it aids them in agitating the country and embarrassing the Government. I say then, with the honourable senator, that the solu tion of the Roman Question is indispensable to the complete pacification of the Southern pro vinces. Not wishing to treat the question of Naples by itself, I shall not follow the honourable senator over that ground. I shall merely say that I accept the advice he gives, to use all constitu tional means to make law respected in the South, and to combat extreme parties, whether they wear black or red. The employment of legal arms will ultimately overcome all difficulties. No doubt ail difficulties will not disappear immediately ; the old parties will not be effaced in an hour; it is not thus, as is well known, that revolutions end. History shows us that after all great changes—even those which are the noblest and most legitimate—there remains something of the previous struggles, and that the salutary principles introduced by the new rule only after a time succeeded in quieting all agi tation. When England made the glorious revolu tion which has made 1688 illustrious, she had to struggle for 60 years against the strife of factions. The change which has been just accomplished among us has not been inspired solely by the prin• ciple of liberty, like the English revolution ; it has been based also on the rights of nationality which give it additional force. And so I do not think it will take 60 years, to completely tranquillise the South, but it certainly will take more than the six months that have elapsed since our King entered Naples in the midst of general acclamations. I have, then, reason to believe that by legal means we shall make the laws respected, and that existing difficulties will be smoothed. If, however, that hope is fallacious, we should address ourselves to Parlia ment and ask it not for a dictatorship or full powers, but for some special measures adapted to the peculiar circumstances. Like the English minis ters belonging to the more liberal party whose useful measures Signor Vacca has reminded us of, we should apply for the modification of such or such a law ; but we have a firm confidence that we shall not be obliged to do this. The debates of the Chamber of Deputies, the enlightened representation of those who have been sent there by these provinces, the advice everywhere given to the King's government by men of various parties, to show itself strong and energetic, are of themselves elements of power to the suvernmeut. But the best means of arranging everything is to settle the question of Rome, the headquarters of opposition and disturbance. I will not repeat here how that solution may be brought about ; I have spoken of that elsewhere. I will only say that we .are still animated by the hopes we have expressed. ft is not in so short a time that the opinions ex pressed, for the first time, by the government can have made many conquests, but still they have made some progress. The principles proclaimed by us, the separation of the church and the state, the liberty of the church, have been favourably received by all parties who are inspired by liberal senti ments, even by those who are at the same time in fluenced by Conservative ideas. That is a great step actually made.. But that is not enough ; it is not merely liberal opinion, but the enlightened part of the Catholic world that must be brought round to our views. If same distrust, some reluctance is exhibited on that side, we ought not to be alarmed at it. Liberty cannot be accepted without hesitation, without fear by the Catholic world; for, in truth, it is the first time that a great Catholic nation has addressed itself to the church, with the offer of full and entire liberty in exchange for its temporal' power. Never before has the Church found itself in this situation. I will not speak of ancient times, or of the middle ages, when the question of liberty could not so much as be raisea ; but the religious reformation of the sixteenth century itself, while combating the Church, never . proclaimed this prin ciple ; it was effected in the name of certain doc trines which laid greater stress. on the individual reason than Catholicism did ; but a circle of iron always surrounded this now threatened domain. Look, gentlemen, even at the s ocieties in which the reformation has been maintained ; they have not yet, at this day, full and entire religious liberty; legislation, for the most part generous, is there marked by some grievous exceptions. Reformed Sweden has still penalties against Catholics, and a liberal sovereign is making ineffectual efforts to abolish them. In England even the political laws against Catholics lasted till the end of the first quarter of this century. It is only a few years ago that the Pope having created a few merely religious titles within the United Kingdom, offence was taken thereat, and a severe penalty enacted against these titles. Such considerations may well explain the distrust exhibited by the Church ; but there are still other causes of her reluctance and her fear. We have seen only too often liberals who have become conquerors after long struggles in the name of liberty against old systems make use of the liberty they have gained for the oppression of their adversaries. Thus in France in the last century the benefactors of humanity —the immortal men of the Constituent Assembly, passed against the clergy a deer ee borrowed from the spirit of despotism, imposed on them a civil con stitution inconsistent with the liberties of the church, modified, without any agreement with Rome, the limits of the bishoprics, interfered with the right of investiture, and required of the priests an oath contrary to their conscience. All this, gen tlemen, enables us to understand the attitude of the French episcopate, who do not understand our country in any way, who only judge of it by the incorrect—l will say the calumnious—statements of the ultra-clerical journals. Disturbed by the re membrance of these things, these bishops regard with a kind of horror our efforts to establish our relations with the court of Rome on a liberal basis; they fancy that what is taking place among us is a repetition of the events that took place in France ; they picture to themselves a new civil constitution of the clergy, new encroachments upon the church. And this is why some French bishops who are emi nent for their virtues, and who have sprung from the liberal classes of society, show such passion, hatred, and injustice towards the efforts which the Italians are making to win freedom for themselves and at the same time to give it to the church. Under less reprehensible forms the same things have been done elsewhere. In Austria, in Tuscany formerly, in Sicily, illiberal principles have pre vailed—the province of ecclesiastical authority has been invaded ; but it should •be stated at the same time, in exculpation of these Governments, what their relations were with the Court of Rome, armed as that court was with tem poral power, and preserving the remains of its ancient political influence over the other European states. It was impossible to carry out an enlarged policy towards a power thus constituted ; and if we must declare that the laws of Joseph 11., of Leopold, of Tanucci, are not in accordance with our purer principles, we must admit that their authors were justified, by the plea of necessity, for these laws which were for them weapons not offensive, but de fensive. But however this may be, all these things have ill prepared the church to receive propositions dictated by the spirit of liberty. And yet some genuine liberalism has been displayed even in the bosom of the catholic world. A part of the clergy of France has seen since the revolution of 1830 that the cause of the church ought to be.bound up, neither with that of the fallen Bourbons nor that of ideas that fell with them; and some eminent members of catholic society have given in their adhesion to liberal views. The chief of that school, a man of vivid imagination and extraordinary genius, having seen that his doctrines were ill received at Rome, instead of qualifying them, abandoned catholibism, and lent the aid of his intellect to the enemies of the church ; but the seed which he had sown did not die, and liberalism did not disappear from among the French clergy. Many members of that clergy desire the carrying out of the programme traced, after the revolution of July, by the Abbe Lamennais, M. Lacordaire, and M. de Montalem bert. There is one country in which these views have received wide application : I mean Belgium. There the separation of the church and the state and the liberty of the clergy have been established. It is an example that should have weight in the eyes of liberals as well as in those of catholics ; it shows liberalism that it is is not endangered by the recognition of a free church, enjoying full rights of association and in struction. It is true that a struggle—even an eager struggle—is taking place in Belgium between the catholics and the liberals ; but it is a struggle by which neither the country, nor liberty is endan gered. Liberals were raised to power in Belgium at the very time when the reaction reached its height. Laws very favourable to the clergy have been passed sometimes, but no attempt has been made on the liberty of the press or on that of indi viduals ; the oscillations of opinion have not been' extreme, and have been freely left to the action of circumstances without any grave mischief resulting. There is far from being excessive deference in Bel gium either for clerical personages or clerical no tions. It was not long since this was shown in an incident connected with a foreign princess. We must, gentlemen, accept courageously and in all its consequences the great principle of liberty. I think it is not difficult to show that Italy is, of all the nations of the world,the most fit to apply this prin ciple, because there exists in her less antagonism than almost anywhere else between the religious sentiment and the spirit of liberty, because the liberals here are more catholic than they are any where else, than they are in Belgium even. All our great thinkers in this century have applied them selves to the conciliation we desire. The chief literary glory of Italy, the man who is reckoned among the chief poets of Europe, and of whom you have the honour to be the colleagues in this assembly, has always sought to harmonise these two orders of ideas : he remains faithful to both at the end of his career. In philosophy, where harmony is, however, more difficult, the same thing occurs; our greatest philosophers are alike in their search after conciliation. Rosmini and Gioberti have made it the object of their lives. Without multiplying illustrations may we not conclude that these views have a very great number of advocates among us ? Italy is the most catholic of nations. She will see disputes arise ; be it so. Ido not ex pect complete agreement ; but these disputes will be an advantage. I believe, to speak candidly, that if Rome accepts our offers, the Catholic party will in a short time acquire a very imposing and quite legi timate influence ; but for all that, I have resolutely takkt my side, and quite resign myself to end my career on the Opposition benches. (Laughter.) lam so convinced of all these things--I so firmly believe in the immense advantages which both the Church and Italy will derive from reconstitution, that I cannot imagine that most people are not of the same opinion. Some astonishment must surely be felt in the quarters that judge us in so singular a fashion at seeing in the assembly of the repre sentatives of the nation so much calmness, modera- tion, and respect towards the Church. They surely must be struck at seeing our most catholic deputies —a great deal too catholic in my opinion—sitting on the benches of the extreme left. Join, then, gentlemen, in this imposing ma nifestation—give to the vote of the Chamber the sanction of your vote. Support by your high authority the policy of the Government. It will derive great strength from the approval of this illustrious and grave assembly, the guardian of social order, and natural protector of conservative interests. Br persevering firmly and resolutely, without disturbing ourselves about momentary misunderstandings nr pnagibie perils, we shall anon wit' over the best part of the religious world to re cognise the loyalty that inspires us. It will be recognised that what we propose is the only means of ensuring the legitimate influence of the church in Italy and in the rest of the world. In a short time, I hope, voices will rise from the midst of catholic society and will tell the Pope : "Accept the terms which liberated Italy offers you, for they restore freedom to the church and add to the lustre of the Holy See; accept these terms, and the Italian na tion, while completing the work of its liberation, will remain the most faithful of all to the genuine spirit of religion." The conclusion of Count Cavout's speech was re ceived with loud and prolonged applause. Docks, where she has had her machinery put on board by the contractors. The Undaunted on reaching Sheerness brought up a little below the Nore light, and yesterday came into harbour. The Newcastle, 51, steam frigate, 600 horse power, having had her engines and machinery fixed on board at Sheerness, has been taken out of No. 3 dock, which is now occupied by the screw steamer Anson, 91, 800 horse power, fitting for the steam reserve. The Newcastle got her steam up yesterday for the first time, when the engines were found to work in a very satisfactory manner. The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander N. Salmon, V.C., was undocked at Portsmouth yesterday, and placed at a berth in the harbour. She will try her • machinery on Monday. The Octavia, 51, screw, was yesterday floated out of dock at Portsmouth, on her completion of her lengthening and conversion from a sailing ship to a screw, and towed round to the steam basin to receive her machinery. She will be fitted with three cylinder engines and surface condensers. The ship has not been lengthened by the bow, but merely amidships, with the necessary length added to her stern to adapt it to the screw, and will, for this reason, as well as owing to her peculiar form of bottom, carry but a small quantity of fuel. The screw steamships Donegal, 101, Commander Henry Broadhead, the Aboukir, 90, Capt. Douglas Curry, and Centurion, 80, Capt. H. D. Rogers, C. 8., went on Wednesday afternoon from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound. A draught of ordinary seamen were sent yesterday morning from the In dus to the screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Capt. Edward Sotheby, C.B. That ship and the Hero, 91, Capt. Alfred P. Ryder, were appointed to follow the others yesterday afternoon from Hamoaze into the Sound; they have crossed royal and topgallant yards. The screw steamship Gibraltar, 101, at Devon port, is receiving coal for the purpose of making another trial of her engines with an altered pitch to her screw propeller. The gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell, 60, went yesterday alongside the Royal William Vic tualling-yard, Plymouth, where she received a draught of Royal Marines, and proceeded to Fal mouth. The gunboats Nightingale and Hyena were re moved yesterday from the basin of Keyham Steam yard. The screw steam frigate Orlando, 51, has been removed from Hamoaze into the basin, and will be placed in No. 1 dock when vacated to-day by the gunboat Speedy. Thefollowing appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. William Cashman, to the Colossus, additional for the Coastguard service ; Lieut. H. L. C. Robinson, to the Edinburgh ; James Jenkins, surgeon tb the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marines; Thomas Pattison, third-class as• sistant-engineer to the Hornet; Charles S. Giles, paymaster to the Conqueror; James M. Lowcay, paymaster to the Aboukir; W. C. P. Grant, pay master to the Edgar ; George A. Rowe, clerk, as supernumerary to the Fis,gard ; Mr. Malcolm H. Drummond has been nominated to a naval cadet ship. THE ARMY. Major-General Lord W. Pau C. 8., command ing the S.W. district, and Lieut.-Governor of Portsmouth, yesterday paid an official visit to Admiral Wipff, commanding the Dutch squadron at Spithead, on board his flagship, the screw frigate Evertsen, 51 guns. His lordship was re ceived with the usual honorary salutes. Admiral Wipff, with Captains Vreeland and Fabius, were entertained at dinner by the Chevalier Wanden bergh, Netherlands Consul, at his residence, Hol land-house' Southsea. In the evening the Consul gave a ball to the officers of the squadron. Instructions have been issued by Lord Herbert, Secretary of State for War, to the principal military storekeeper at Woolwich, directing a number of barges to be sent to the batteries at Coalhouse Point and Shornmeade for the removal of the powder and ammunition at these stations to Chatham and the floating magazines at Woolwich during the recon struction of those forts by Messrs. Brassey and Betts, the contractors. The removal of the powder will not be commenced until the floating batteries lEtna and Thunderbolt have taken up their positions in the Thames, which is expected to be the case in a few days. The half-yearly inspection of the Royal Artillery, stationed at Gosport, took place yesterday on Has lar-common. Lord W. Pauiet, C. 8., was the in specting officer. Mr. Naylor, builder, &c., of Rochester, is the successful competitor for the construction of new buildings at Sheerness barracks, his tender being £9,300. The buildings are to consist of quarters for 70 married soldiers, together with washing, drying, and ironin grooms, besides ablution rooms and baths, and everything necessary for the health and corn fort of the soldiers' families stationed at Sheerness garrison, LAUNCII 01 THE IRON-CASED F.RI- GATE RESISTANCE. A further addition to our iron-cased frigates was made yesterday by the launch of the Resistance from Messrs. Westwood and Bailie's yard, near Millwall. On Saturday next the sister vessel to that sent afloat yesterday will be turned off the stocks from Messrs. Palmer's works near Newcastle. Within this week, therefore, England will possess four armour-plated frigates actually afloat, and four more in embryo, which have been ordered, and the frameworks of which have been commenced. This is as yet but a small set off to the one actually in commission, three afloat and set ting ready for sea, and 10 building, of the French navy. The lead, however, which France has taken in this matter is more one of numbers than actual strength. The Warrior and Black Prince are nearly double the size of the French iron frigates, which, except in the matter of strength of framework more resemble the Defence and Resistance than the co lossal iron monsters which have been turned out from our great shipping yards. There is not the least doubt that if any sudden emergency arose the manufacturing resources of this country are quite equal to producing 20 vessels like the Warrior in a single year. But, as it is even now an open ques tion how far these ponderous hulls will be service able in a seaway, the Admiralty are not unwisely halting to see the results of experiments with the Warrior before they are committed to the building of a greater number than those now ordered. Every day seems so show that the science of build ing an invulnerable ship is quitein its infancy. The Resistance and Defence are built as steam rams. In the two new ones which have been ordered to be built, of about the same size, the idea of the " ram" is entirely abandoned, and the Admiralty, rather late in the day, take a hint from the Gloire, and by giving the proposed vessels a greater breadth and greater midship section, they are enabled to plate them in armour from end to end. It was generally believed that the Resistance and Defence would for a long time have the honour of being the ugliest ships in her Majesty's service. Their supremacy in this unfavourable respect, how ever, will not only be disputed but quite overthrown by the two completely cased armour ships which, as we have said, have just been ordered. The chief dimensions of the Resistance are— length extreme, 292 ft. ; breadth, 54ft. ; depth from spar deck, 381 ft. ; and tonnage, by builders' mea surement,3,6BB. As we have stated she was designed and built with a view to being used as a " ram," and therefore, instead of having a concealed, obtuse beak like the Warrior and Black Prince, the whole out line of her bows resembles the curved line formed by a swan's neck and breast. Thus the projection of the breast is placed below the water line, and would strike the enemy below the water line also. It is this projecting beak and exceedingly retreating bows which give the whole vessel so clumsy and unwieldly an appearance in the water. As a speci men of ironwork manufacture she is perfect, and neither the Black Prince nor the Warrior surpasses her in the care and strength with which the whole frame is put together. Like those vessels, she has no external keel, but an inner kind of girder, which acts as a kelson, and which, from stem to stern, is formed of immense strength. To this are bolted the massive ribs, which are made in joints, with an angle or ledge on the outer side, on which the armour plates, with their teak lining, 22 inches thick, are to rest. The armour only extends a length of 144 feet of her broadside, and thus only 14 guns out of the 32 she is to carry are under cover. In proportion to size and tonnage her armament is greater than the Warrior's, though, in proportion also, a smaller number are sheltered by the armour. The orlop deck is of wood, but the main and upper decks are of iron, and all the decks are carried on wrought iron beams of the most powerful description, to which both decks and ribs are riveted together with as much firmness as if the whole were one piece of wrought iron. The armour plates are of the same size and excellence as thos e w hich cover the fr igates already launched; they are about 16 feet long by 4 bread, and 41 inches thick. Behind these come the beams of teak, while the bolts which secure the plates themselves are countersunk outside, so as to THE NAVY. We are requested to give publicity to the sub joined notification :—" A Cabinet having been sum moned for to-morrow (12th instant), the Duke of Somerset's levee is unavoidably postponed. Those officers whose names were on the list for that day the Duke of Somerset will be happy to receive on the 2d of May next." The 17 screw steam sloop Zebra, recently fitted with engines of 200 horse-power by Messrs. Hum phreys and Tennant, yesterday went down the river from Woolwich, in charge of theofficers of the steam reserve on an engineer's trial, which was highly satisfactory. The iron screw transport the Megvera, 6, Com mander H. S. Henderson, from Gibraltar April 5, arrived in Plymouth Sound' on Wednesday after noon, and went immediately into Hamoaze. She brought the 4th and sth batteries of the sth Bri gade of Royal Artillery, under command of Col. A. A., Shuttleworth. They were appointed to be landed yesterday afternoon by the steam tugs Zephyr and Confiance, and will shortly take up the quarters in Plymouth citadel to be vacated on Monday next,. at 5 o'clock in the morning, by the 3d Brigade of Royal Artillery, commanded by Col. Wright, who will then embark on board the Magwra for conveyance to Woolwich. The Rosamond, 6, paddle, better remembered by her old name of Eclair, in No. 4 dock et Ports mouth, is ordered to be fitted up as a floating steam factory. The Osborne, paddle, Royal yacht, Master Com mander George K. Bower, was swung yesterday in Portsmouth harbour for the adjustment of her com passes, prior to her departure, for Madeira. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, in the old ship basin at Portsmouth, has sent up her lower yards in her,progress of overhaul and refit, for the first-class reserve. The Amelia, gunboat, at Haslar -yard, is receiv ing her copper, and is ordered for immediate launching. The Glasgow, new frigate, was yesterday undocked at Portsmouth, and the Duncan, 101, screw, after wards placed in the same dock to receive her three-bladed screw. She will undock again about the 22d inst. Messrs. Taylor & Co., of the Britannia Ironworks, Birkenhead, have commenced the erection of a pair of their new description of steam travelling-cranes, with the elevating jibs, on each side of the second dock at Chatham Dockyard, in which the Achilles, iron steamer, will be built. The tramway and supports for the cranes extend the entire length of the dock—a distance of 330 feet, the works being of the most substantial character. The tramways rest on double rows of supports of great strength, the cranes being required for lifting the immense beams and slabs of iron used in the construction of the new steamer. A considerable portion of the new ma chinery which will be used in preparing the iron work for the Achilles has arrived at the dockyard, and as soon as the workshops and sheds have been completed will be fixed in its place. During the last few days a powerful planing machine for plan ing and preparing the large slabs of metal has been received at Chatham Dockyard, from the firm of Messrs. Collier, of Salford, the manufacturers. Two of Whitworth's punching and shearing machines have also arrived at the dockyard from the Govern ment factory at Woolwich. Yesterday afternoon steam was got up onboard the two floating batteries JE tn a, 16, and the Thunderbolt, 16, in Chatham harbour, for the purpose of testing the machinery and screw, which were found to work satisfactorily in both vessels. The batteries will remain at Chatham a few days longer for the purpose of shipping the remainder of their stores. The water tanks for the /Etna have been shipped on board that vessel, and those for the Thunderbolt will be put on board immediately. Yesterday the Thunderbolt continued shipping the gun gear and other materiel from the Gun• wharf. The screw frigate Undaunted, 51, '6OO horse power, has arrived at Sheerness from the Victoria SCOTTISH PRISONS. The annual report on the prisons of Scotland has been laid before Parliament. It states that in the year ending on the 30th of June last the number of commitments was 19,102; of sentences, 15,883, numbers slightly below those of the previous year. A very large proportion were of a class corresponding to our " summary conviction ; " 5,366 were cases of :imprisonment until, or in stead of, payment of a fine, or until the finding of sureties to keep the peace ; 10,308 were sen tences of imprisonment for definite periods, but no less than 9,179 of them were for less than three months, and 2,668 for not more than 10 days. There were but 207 sentences of penal servitude, and two of death (afterwards commuted j. Of the prisoners committed during the year 1,935 were under 18 years of age, 1,062 under 16, and 95 juvenile male offenders were sentenced to a whip ping. Among the prisoners punished for miscon duct e r them. td in prison 171 (67 males and 104 females) had 611 Info p r prisonerssethr prisoners, on general rsu and prisonnde t hr the longa tchaplain Perth, irons which put was on last yearece sen tences (exceeding s i x months), there were at the el states that 487 of them had been in prison before, one woman 59 times, another 61, a third 64, and a juvenile 14 times. These prisoners are taught trades which may be useful to them in after life, and 12 teachers are engaged in giving them general in struction. The chaplain adds, that the library being well supplied with books and periodicals, religious and secular, it " affords a vast amount of interest ing and important information to the prisoners." He states that of the 251 male prisoners discharged from that prison in 1860, 105 are " entered in his register as expected to do well ;" but of the. 196 liberated females the matron only informs him that she considers 27 " hopeful as to their future career," and that 31 got work, and 10 were sent to houses of refuge. A return obtained concerning 542 boys liberated in the period 1848-59, shows that some time after their discharge (certainly more than a year afterwards), 207 were in .employment, 262 were not ; 200 had returned to crime, 54 bore bad characters, 164 good, 49 tolerable. The system of discipline in the prisons of Scotland is that of sepa ration, but without solitude; indeed, the prisoners are to receive at least 10 visits daily from chaplains, teachers, and others, whose communications are ex pected to improve them. As part of a punitive system, a mattress is not allowed during the first month of imprisonment, but the prisoner sleeps on a " guard bed," that is, a board and a wooden pil low, supplied with a covering sufficient for warmth. The inspector of prisons has intimated his opinion that the use of the guard bed ought to be limited to prisoners sentenced for not more than 3 months ; but the majority of the governors of gaols are against the proposed relaxation, and say that this ) is an effective ingredient in punishment, and does not injure the health. GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.--A violent explosion of gunpowder took place in a fuse manufactory at Pool, near Camborne, in Cornwall, on Wednesday. Three lives were lost, and several persons injured. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—We have read with much pleasure Du Barry's report of the cures without medicine by Du Barry's food. The following are a few extracts which ap pear to merit the attention of many :—Cure No. 47,121. 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Their alterative proper • ties place them in the foremost rank as correc4ors and improvers of the secretions. They discipline disordered functions, remove the cause of the irregularity, and restore its regular and natural action to every organ without in convenience, pain, or any other drawback. Where the blood is impoverished, the constitution broken down, or the nervous system shattered, every invalid should make trial of Holloway's Pills, their benign action will speedily reassure the most despondent. sous I'lt he p ij r ur gin ge te r e sc: EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Yesterday, at the Bow-street Police-court, a black man, named John Delobe, a native of the West Indies, and by trade a tailor, was charged, with Charlotte Sullivan, a woman who lives with him as his wife, with assaulting a gentleman named Hooper. Delobe was further charged with an indecent assault on Sarah Ann Oliver, a girl of between 14 and 15 years of age, and Sullivan with aiding and assisting him in committing the assault. Mr. Hooper said that about two o'clock that pwrnhriietosrhonnihneergr invit ed to h he Delobe,h met iemrt t lo h o idh e nge f female bn m hego a dsu l e s enitotph prisoner ma trehke eet Parker-street, nsot young Dru enregutr,ywaw-nlooadmnan woman nnn ; s who was lodging w ith h er . F rom cur i os ity h e wen t entering her room was surpr i se d to fi n d a man, t h e Oliver, who was sobbing bitterly. tie inquired what was the matter, and declared his determina tion to protect the girl. The male prisoner then jumped out of bed, and, seizing the poker, struck him with it several times about the head and face. The woman Sullivan also struck him several times. He rushed to the window and tried to open it, but finding that he could not get it open he smashed the glass and frame, and so attracted the notice of a police constable. Policeman Monckton said his attention was called to this occurrence by the smashing of the window. He made his way to the room, and Mr. Hooper gave the prisoner into custody. The girl Oliver was lying on the floor, apparently sense less. When she recovered she appeared much dis tressed. She charged the male prisoner with an indecent assault upon her. Mr. Hooper appeared to be sober. Sarah Ann Oliver said she was a servant out of place, and was a little over 14 years of age. On the previous night she met the prisoner Sullivan in Drury-lane, a tittle before midnight, and, being without a lodging, she asked the prisoner where she could get a bed. Sullivan replied, " I have a very nice lodging. Come home with me, and you can stop till morning if you like." Witness went with her. On the way they entered a publichouse, where Sullivan gave her some rum, upon drinking which she became so stupified that she did not know what she was doing. Sullivan took some money out of witness's pocket and paid for the rum. Sullivan then took her to the house in Parker-street, where she went to bed. She had not been there long when the male prisoner entered the room, and, having stripped himself absolutely naked, got into bed. She screamed out for assistance and endeavoured to resist him, but the female prisoner assisted him, holding her down in the bed and pressing the bed clothes over her mouth, so as to stifle her cries. Sullivan then left the room, after which Delobe repeated the offence, notwithstanding her cries and struggles. After this Sullivan returned, accom panied by Mr. Hooper, who on entering the room said, " What have you brought me here for ?" Sulli van replied, "To smoke a pipe." Upon this they sat down by the fire and both began to smoke. Mr. Hall—Do you mean to say that the woman smoked ? Witness—Yes, sir, smoked a pipe. The witness went on to say that Sullivan wanted Mr. Hooper to undress and go to bed, but he refused to do so, as there was a man there (the prisoner Delobe). She then asked for some money, which ho refused to give her, saying that she had already taken some from him. Upon this she called out, " Jack, come and give it him," upon which Delobe got out of bed and assaulted M r . H oo pe r with the poker. Sullivan also struck Mr. Hooper. Witness after wards found that two half-crowns had been taken from her pocket. Mr. Hooper's face was much disfigured by the injuries he had received. Mr. Hall remanded the prisoners for a week, and desired Mrs. Green, the female searcher at the station-house, to provide the girl Oliver with a lodging and take care of her until Saturday, when she is to enter a situation. 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