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For myself I never believed that England wished or intended to interfere, and having a firm conviction that her interference, even to the smallest extent, would do herself much injury and the Americans no good, I feel confident she will not interfere. As interference could not end the war, but would perhaps cauEe coalition of South and North against her, if we be lieve late expressions of opinion on this theme by a Southern General (Pemberton) ; as interference would not bring us cotton, while it would damage our trade with the North, it is difficult to see what good affect could be produced or what benefit ob tained by this interference. I have d welt so much upon this subject on account of the great amount of feeling which it has hitherto evoked on this coast ever since the war began. Much ill feeling is caused against us here on ac count of " the sympathy and encouragement" given to " the enemy" in England. The greatest griev ance is the building and fitting out of the Alabama, the " British pirate" as she is called in the news papers, aggravated by the alleged fact that her crew is English—a circumstance much to be re gretted, if the fact be so, but a matter not easily prevented, if the reports of some of the captains of vessels captured by the Alabama be true, that most of the men were engaged under false representations of their destination, and- she' rest -taken ..on board in a state of unconscious drunkenness. All sorts of absurd stories are put in circulation respecting the origin of this vessel, such as that 290 Englishmen subscribed the money to pay for her, and made " a present" of her to the South ; that she is owned by Englishmen, who are to share in the proceeds of her captures; that the English Government paid for building her out of the " Secret Service Money ;" and other equally absurd, wild, and ridiculous as sertions, all ?which go to intensify the vulgar hatred to the English. Now this case of the Alabama illustrates the say ing that acertain class should have a good memory. During the Crimean war a man-of-war (called the America, if I remember), was built in America for the Russian Government, and brought out to the Pacific,filled with arms and munitions, by an officer in the United States' navy. This gentleman took her to Petropaulovski, where she did service against the allied squadron ; and she is still in the Russian navy. We made no such childish fuss about this act of " hostility" by a friendly Power, which we could not prevent, as our friends are now making about the Alabama, whose departure from England our Government could not stop. A subject of much interest to England is the tele graph line now being constructed by the Russians from Moscow to the Pacific. The line runs through Siberia and comes down the Amoor river to its mouth. From the mouth of the Amoor, I was in formed by a gentleman who saw the direction of the line marked upon a map, that advantage would be taken of the archipelago of the Aleutian Islands, some 40 in number, ail belonging to Russia, and which would form a convenient series of stations for telegraph poles; while their proximity to one another, and the length of the group, would obviate the necessity of long submerged cables. By means of these islands the long marine portion of the line, by any other route, would be avoided; and from them the telegraph could be made to strike the coast, follow it through the Russian and English possessions into those of America, and either under or along the shores of Puget Sound to Portland in Oregon, to which place a telegraph from San Fran cisco is now in course of construction. This would complete the telegraphic communication between — say, St. Petersburg and San Francisco, and from the latter city to New York by the overland tele graph across the Rocky Mountains, or in other words, between St. Petersburg and New York. Another route spoken of is to carry the wires from one of the Aleutians to Cape Alaska and thence by submarine cable to the mouth of the Columbia river, so that, as many of our kind neighbours would much like, " thus, by avoiding the coast of I British Columbia, telegraphic e)mmunication with Europe, Asia, and America could be kept distinct from and outside of British interference if deemed necessary." However this may be determined, the telegraph is being laid along the Amoor; stations and other erections are being built as far down as close to the month of the river ; and the wires will most pro bably reach Nicolaievski (or Nicolaski, as the the Amoor this town is commonly called) O n entleman lately from the Amoor, whose opinion it is, however, that the Russians will for the present rest satis fied with opening telegraphic communication be tween St. Petersburg and their great garrison at the town last mentioned. If this be so, it indicates a change of purpose, for the intention certainly was to extend the line to Oregon, so as to com municate with San Francisco ; and the American Government very naturally took a warm interest in the project, offered every assistance towards its com pletion, and in the last session procured an appro priation" of money to defray the expense of making a survey of the marine portion of the line, and of fered to the Russian Government the use of one or more men-of-war for the purpose of such survey. The completion of this line would, it is supposed, obviate the necessity of the " Atlantic line," so long attempted, or at any rate discourage or prevent its completion. It would certainly appear as if it would take the wind out of the sails of the Atlantic Com pany and mar their project. The Russian line would work thus :—A message from London for New York or for San Francisco would be sent to St. Peters burg by the present telegraph, and from the latter would be forwarded via San Francisco, if for New York. Its other operations any one can work out. I see it stated that communication by electric tele graph has already been established between London and Turnen, in Siberia, a distance of 4,000 and odd miles ; and the promoters of the Russian line pro fess their belief in the completion of the great line I have described by the end of next year. What effect the scheme by itself would have on England, socially, politically, or commercially, I will not wait to discuss; but taken in connexion with two other projects on the tapis,—the Pacific railway and steam communication between Califor nia and China—both encouraged by the American Government, and both, in my opionion, likely to be realised, the telegraph forms a link in the chain of measures by which England is to be seriously damaged in her Eastern comm erce . It is announced by the promoters that one great object of the railroad and of the steamboat line is to change the traffic of Europe, Asia, and America, by diverting the trade of the East through America —to change the present road from England to India, to China, to Japan, so that it will pass through America. "We have had to pay toll," said a pro moter; of the railroad at a convention of its corpo• rators held lately, "to the turnpike-keepers, the bankers of Liverpool and London, in passing to the East for our teas, our silks, and our drugs. Freights, insurances, commissions, and premiums on bills of exc hange" are among the exactions which the pre sent course of trade enables the English merchant to subject his American correspondent to, which will all be saved, while a great many new advantages will be gained by the completion of the two vast projects contemplated. I cannot pursue the subject further at present than to remark that I can see no serious obstacle to the completion of these three undertakings. They all involve vast sums of money certainly; but ex cept the telegraph, which, if made at all, must be made by the Russian Government, the difficulty is not so insurmountable as at first sight a ppears. The terms grant e d to the railway prom oters are so liberal, there are so m a ny States to divie ex pense, an d there is so earnest a desire for d the the road, (From the times' Correspondent.) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24, 1862. We have news from the British possessions to the 19th. The last steamer, which left Victoria on that day, arrived here on the 22d, making the trip in about 62 hours, including a short stoppage at Cres cent City on the north coast of California. This shows the advantages the colonies would derive from having a line of British steamers on the route which could make the trip from San Francisco to Victoria direct in 21 days. De pendent as they have hitherto been on American steamers, which touch at the way ports on this coast and in Oregon, passen gers and mails are almost always subject to unne cessary delays, and make the communication so slow as to impede both business and travel. The remittance by the last steamer was, by ship's manifest, 403,120 dols., of which the largest portion, 223,421 dols., was from Victoria, shipped by the express house of Wells, Fargo, and CO., and being part of the produce of Cariboo, remitted to meet the requirements and engagements of com merce; 166,899 dols. from Portland, being the pro duce of the Salmon River and other golddiggings in Oregon and licashington territory; and 12,800 dols. from Crescent City, being nearly all in coin. These figures do not include the value of golddust car ried in private hands, which is at all times consider able, and at present, while the miners are coming to winter in California, is large. The purser of the steamer estimates that 400,000 dols. must have come from Victoria, including the amount manifested from that place, as given above. It is impossible to get correct returns of the gold brought from British Columbia for various reasons which I have repeatedly ex plained. The shipments are thrown into the periodical exports of gold from San Francisco three times a month, which they have greatly swelled, and they are credited to the " yield" of California in the gold statistics of the latter coun try—a drawback which must be submitted to until a line of English steamers shall be established be its prospects are not at all fanciful. The intercourse with China is so groat that the best informed men expect the line will pay. ____ Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY, The appointment of Mr. E. J. Reed to the chief constructorship of the Royal Navy, announced in The Sun of Monday, has special significance at a time when the eyes of the whole nation are directed with peculiar anxiety to Admiralty proceedings. It has been very well understood for a long time past that an infusion of "young blood" into the Construction-office was in the highest degree desir able, and that without it neither Boards of Admi ralty nor Controllers of the Navy—no matter how well-intentioned and energetic—could possibly suc ceed in maintaining our pre-eminence in face of the activity and skill of our Imperial rival. Mr. Reed possesses many unusual qualifications for the post. He was trained originally as a shipbuilder in her Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness, where he was for four years employed on the actual building of war ships. In 1849 he was specially selected by the Rev. Canon Moseley for removal to the School of Mathe matics and Naval Construction at Portsmouth. There he enjoyed the advantage of studying the highest branches of the theory of naval architec ture under the Rev. Joseph Woolley, LL.D., a distinguished mathematician. While at Portsmouth Mr. Reed also studied the practice of shipbuilding under the teaching of the late Mr. John Fincham‘ the most distinguished shipbuilder of the last gene ration. After leaving the School of Naval Con struction he returned to Sheerness Dockyard as a supernumerary, and, before receiving a permanent appointment, applied for permission to leave the service, owing, we believe, to causes connected with the military service imposed in that day upon offi cers in the dockyard battalions. In 1853, on leav ing Sheerness, Mr. Reed accepted the editorship of a scientific periodical, closely connected at that time with shipbuilding affairs, and in the execution of his duties he was, of course, thrown into inti mate acquaintance with the system of shipbuilding pursued in the private as well as the public dock yards of the country, and especially with the prac tice of iron shipbuilding. In December, 1858, he read a paper" On the modifications which the ships of the Royal Navy have undergone during the pre sent century in respect of dimensions, form, means of propulsion, and powers of attack and defence," at the Society of Arts, for which he received the Prince Consort's silver medal. This paper at once established the author's reputation as a high autho rity on naval architecture. It is worthy of remark that in this paper, written more than four years ago, the author anticipated many of the devices which have since been adopted in iron-cased ships, and especially the method of employing armour of increased thickness in the region of the water-line, which has been so largely employed in the French navy, and to which so many persons now lay claim, from time to time, as a new suggestion. In 1859 the shipbuilders, marine engineers, and naval offi cers combined to establish a professional institution for the purpose of fostering their science, and they not only fixed upon Mr, Reed as the most desir able person to act as their organizing secretary, but made the whole project hang upon his co operation in that capacity. Under this pres sure Mr. Reed agreed to act, and the success of the institution of Naval Archi tects has been signal and complete. Since that time, as the public already know, Mr. Reed has applied himself more particularly to the iron-cased ship problem, not so much as an inventor as a naval architect ; and the result has been that whereas in the early part of the year we had no prospect be fore us of applying armour to any other than monster war-ships, we have now in progress iron cased vessels of 1,000 and 2,000 tons completely armour-cased. It cannot be doubted that, by means similar to those by which this result has been ob tained, the principle of armour plating may be greatly improved in vessels of all sizes and classes. We have no doubt that the appointment of Mr. Reed, who has had the ability and energy to win the office for himself solely by his own exertions, will be succeeded by a more vigorous administration of our Royal dockyards than has hitherto been possible. The steam storeship Justitia, laden with returned ammunition, shot, shell, gun carriages, &c., arrived at Woolwich on Monday from Bermuda, and com menced discharging yesterday at the Arsenal-pier. Yesterday a numerous body of shipwrights were placed on board the sailing frigate Active, 40, moored off Chatham dockyard in order to convert that vessel into a training ship for the men of the Naval Reserve. Beyond, however, the removal of the cabins, bulkheads, and other fittings, there will be few alterations required, as the Active, which was launched at Chatham dockyards about 18 years ago, and was then considered to be one of the " smartest" of the sailing frigates of her class, has never yet been to sea, and, in fact, has not been re moved from Chatham harbour, where she has been lying ever since her launch. In accordance with directions received from the Admiralty, the dimensions of No. 3 dock at Chat ham, in which the Royal Oak, iron-plated steam frigate, is being completed for sea, have been taken, in order to ascertain whether sufficient accommoda tion can be provided for docking the iron frigate Tamar, 2,812 tons, 500-horse power, which has been constructed for the Admiralty at one of the private ship- building yards in the 'names. The completion of the Royal Oak will not be prolonged beyond the middle of the ensuing month, by which time she will be ready to be floated out of dock, when the remainder of her fittings can be completed while she is lying in the harbour. The Tamar will then be placed in the same dock, where she will undergo a thorough survey at the hands of the dockyard offi cials, after which it is intended she shall be des patched to Sheerness dockyard to be masted and rigged. The Tyrian, screw gunvessel, commenced her offi cial trials of speed at the measured miles in Stokes Bay, on Tuesday, and completed them yesterday. The trials were carried out under the supervision of Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the steam reserve at the port ; 111 r. Ward, assistant engineer of the dockyard, and Mr. Murdoch, inspector of machinery afloat, noting the working of the engines and boilers. The Tyrian is one of the new description of gunvessels, of an in termediate size between the sm all Hasler class and the despatch boat. She is fitted with engines of 60 horse power, nominal, by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, on the high-pressure principle; but since her completion, by Messrs. Mandalay and Field, a condenser has been added by the Admiralty Department. She has a Griffiths screw of Bft pitch, ard. On and Bft diameter, working with a draught of water of the ship's hull of aft aft a nd 7ft din forwThe wind Tuesday the trials were a t high press ure. WNA7 . direction. Six runs were mad e with the f was at a force of about 4, and in . knotsaollow 3d in 509 6 g resultf-- ; Ist, 6 . 371 kno ts ; 2d, 10.055 knots ; , 4th, 10198 knots ; s th , 6.070 knots ; 6th, 9 863 knots. speed of the ship of the six rune The mean number low mr of pressure revolutions trials luontis were of i 6 i n knots was 8.214 ; the average pressure of steam is 60lb . ; and engnes, • they Yesterday t a e v rd er a a y th average he ma de at the measure d mile. The weather was 15 un usually favourable for the season of the year, a dead ca l m prevailing at the commencement, and a light breeze springing up to less than 2 by the time the series were completed. The first trials were made with six runs at full power, as follows-Ist, 7.438 knots ; 2d, S - 695 knots; 3d, 7.531 knots ; 4th, 8.780 tween Panama and Victoria. This is so great a pro ject that I can merely allude to it at present. Suffice it to say that the steady progress of the colonies justifies the hope that the exigencies of trade and of immigration will soon make the estab lishment of such a line feasible in a pecuniary view. It is clear to all conversant with the countries .that the absence of such a means of communication with ,the mother country in particular, and with the world in general, retards the increase of their popu lation, checks the development of their varied natural resources and of their industry, and limits their commerce. In the month of October the golddust deposited in the Mint in San Francisco, and entered by the depositors for conversion into bars and coin, as from Cariboo, was 9,442 ounces, and, as from Fraser River, 102 ounces, the value of which would be about 162,248 dols. gross. Cariboo dust loses about 6 per cent. in melting, and its ley is lower than that of California dust ; the average fineness of the former being 700, and that of the latter 880. The difference in quality is due to the fact that the Cariboo dust contains a larger proportion of silver. It is a remarkable fact, become a miner's dogma, that the further north on this continent the mines are situated, the more abundant is the production, the larger is the yield, and the lower is the fineness. The miners paraphrase the statement, " Southern mines yield little gold, but rich; Northern mines yield much gold, but poor" in quality. Nov. 26. Yesterday we had a marked illustration of the value of the telegraph in the receipt of late news from England that the English and Russian Go vernments had declined to intervene in American affairs. The rapidity with which the news has tra velled so great a distance is somewhat striking. The telegram reached San Francisco at 11 a.m. yesterday. It informs us that the Arabia had arrived on the day before (the 24th) at Cape Race, Newfoundland, with dates from Liverpool to the 15th, and from Queenstown to the 16th instant. From Cape Race the news was telegraphed to New York, and thence by the overland telegraph to San Francisco, thus bringing us information of great interest from the old world on the morning of the ninth day from the date of its despatch, by the steamer, from Ireland. And the intelligence so speedily conveyed is not, as might be expected, a mere bald announcement of an important fact. A full and clear synopsis of the subject is conveyed, embracing the proposal of mediation by France, Earl Russell's observations, views, and arguments thereon, and his determination ; and a report of the commercial effect in England of the settlement of this vexed question, all communicated in five sen tences, containing 293 words, besides the introduc tory passages. When the telegraph is in good order and has not much work we have almost instantaneous communi cation with New York, the only break in the work ing being at Chicago, the principal intermediate station. Respecting the principle involved in the subjea of the late news, as it is well that you should know the sentiments of the American people generally upon the question of intervention or mediation, I may avail myself of this opportunity to state what the feeling is in the Pacific States. I shall be upheld in asserting that in California the Unionists, who form the majority of thepopulation, are more universally and unanimously opposed to interference of every kind, name, and nature by England than the people, or any section of them, have ever been on any public question ever mooted in the State. No other ques tion could so universally evoke a hostile and bitter feeling of resentment, or could command so unani mous a condemnation as that of our interference in the present quarrel—a quarrel which all insist shall be settled by the parties thereto, without aid or advice or any interference from England directly or indirectly. Even the Southeners seek no more than recognition, and they are satisfied with the neutra lity hitherto observed. They admit, with as much reason as gratitude, that England has acted through out with great propriety and fairness, preserving an evenhanded neutrality towards both parties. In the neighbouring State of Oregon there always has been a considerable sprinkling of Secessionism, and several persons of " So uthern p roc l i vities" have r emoved to Victoria, where they have purchased property and set up in business, with a view to set tling permanently in the British dominions—some to avoid the annoyance, and others the persecu tion, to which their political principles subjected them in their own country. A few of these, it is reported, have become or are qualifying to be come British subjects, for which the laws of the colony of Vancouver Island afford every proper facility—involving little lose of time and very little expense. The change of nationality is not, how ever, necessary to entitle these immigrants to the full protection of the laws ; and aliens are per mitted to hold real property with the same legal guarantees as English-born subjects, without being subjected to any drawback or liable to any special imposition. The laws protect the foreigner and Englishmen alike, and both are equal before them, except in the matter of political franchises. That there are still in Oregon a considerable numbe r of Secessionist s is true, bat the great body of the people is Unionist, and the majority is of the same mind of Washin g t on - as C alifornia on the question of interference. Simi lar views are entert a i ne dwou l dd e b e y p l t y h e o b ff u e l n k d of a th n e d people w oud be resented, loc a ll y , b y t Wash Oregon, and of the people of California, of territory, without doubt.truth, I may add emphatically, that all the quickly excited sen sitiveness of the national character, is u this point. It is a q uestion put beyond aroused pale on of rational discussion. The public mi n d • is made up, , • 4.- C. „ c /<r_ C._ - Z-- l( placed on Colonel Colquhoun's invention of raised racers and hollow-soled trucks. The sister fort, which will be placed at the other extremity of the fosse, will be situated some distance above the en trance to the river, its position enabling it to deliver a telling fire on any vessel which may have suc ceeded in escaping the fort at Garrison Point. This fort will at the same time bar the entrance to the Medway from the other side of the Island of Sheppy, , by way of the Swale, which is always navigable to gunboats and other vessels of light craft. Taking into consideration the magnitude of the work, some time will necessarily elapse before its completion. The land through which the fosse will pass has nearly all passed into the hands of the Government, and there is every probability of a speedy cora mencement of the undertaking being made. PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. knots.; sth, 7.438 ; 6th, 8845 knots. The mean speed of the ship in knots was 8.120 knots, the average pressure of steam 38ib., and the average number of revolutions of the engines 152. One boiler out of the two with which the ship is fitted was next cut off, and six runs made with the one boiler, yielding results as follows :—The first 5.825 knots, the second 7114, the third 5.598, the fourth 6593, the fifth 5891, and the sixth 5.479. The mean speed of the ship in knots was 6.192 ; the average pressure of steam, 371 b. ; and the average number of revolutions of engines 121. In testing the mechanical working of the engines they were stopped dead from the time of giving the signal in 9 seconds; they were started ahead in 8 seconds, and turned astern in 3 seconds. Machinery, boilers, and con denser worked admirably, in spite of the most ad verse tests, and the decided success gained is a credit due alike to the Admiralty and to Messrs.Mandslay , Sons, and Field. The chief novelty connected with the engines of the Tyrian consists in her beingfitted with two short boilers, with return tubes, taking up less space than the ordinary mode of gunvessel fit ting, steam being got up in less time, and also kept up with greater ease to the maximum point. The machinery and boilers were fitted expressly for working on the high pressure principle, but, as we have already stated, since completion by the con tractors the Admiralty have added a condenser. Mr. Warrener represented Messrs. Maudslay and Field, and had control of the engines on both days' trials. The vessel is rigged as a three-masted schooner, and presents a smart appearance on the water, although somewhat low She carries as armament one 110-pounder and one 40- pounder Armstrongs. The Duke of Somerset has conferred upon Capt. H. Broadhead,commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the steam reserve at Portsmouth, the good ser vice pension which has lapsed to the Board in con sequence of the appointment of Capt. Aidham, C. 8., to Greenwich Hospital. In addition to his sea service, Capt. Broadhead has rendered very im portant services as captain of the steam reserve at Portsmouth, among which may be noticed the trials of the iron fleet—the Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and Resistance—at the measured mile— the trials of the Warrior and Black Prince " off the Wight," ar.d the elaborate series of screw experimental trials made in the Shannon and ordered to be repeated in the Emerald. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. E. J. Jermain, to the Alecto ; N. H. Ward, midshipman, to the Buzzard ; H. W. Elgar, chief engineer, to the Buzzard; J. Niel, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Mars, when the latter is paid off; J. Walsh, engi neer, to the Buzzard ; T. S. Gissing, first class assist. engineer, to the Asia, for the Foam; D. Langlands, first class assist. engineer, to the Cara doc ; W. Nicholson, first class assist, engineer, to the Buzzard ; T. Barker, in the Foxhound, promoted to acting first class assist. engineer ; W. Tempest, second class assist. engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Bann; J. G. Sampson, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Buzzard ; C. F. Roberts, T. Grey, W. J. Brown, and H. W. Hunt, assist. clerks, ad ditional, to the Fisgard. )6 THE EXHIBITION BUILDING. Anything more desolate than the aspect of the nterior of the Exhibition, now that it is really clear, is difficult to be conceived. For once in its exist- cnce it is not only empty, but even silent, and the footfall of the visitor who enters on its vast expanse of solitary floor goes echoing through the wide spread courts and lofty nave with a sound which, though slight, is almost noise amid such stillness. ‘9O indelibly is the place associated in one's mind with eager crowds and hurrying feet that you almost fail at first to recognise it under its present aspect, when the wide-spreading side-courts can be traversed by the eye from end to end, and the whole length of the nave seen for the first time without he break of a single object or individual. Minton's ... fountain still stands in its old place, and the melan- choly drip, drip of water from some of its leaky pipes breaks the silence in anything but a cheerful manner, while the green slime which has sadly dis figured the faces of some of the winged angels at the base has a still more forlorn and unpleasant effect. In the niches immediately beneath this dome a few of Elkington's figures of the Magna Charta barons frown grimly down upoirthrtinot-ben - gath: In the nave is one solitary statue with beseeching took and outstretched hand, as though protesting against desertion and imploring removal. Near it are the famous Norwich gates, dustier than of yore, and in front of the gap in the earth where Benson's great clock once stood, and daily chimed the hours, still stands the over-coloured temple out of which, like a queen from a twelfth-cake ornament, the Anted Venus used to simper at the crowds. There is a small hole in the floor where the beautiful Glas- gow obelisk once stood, which but the other day was sold for £loo—rather leas, we should think, than the price of its gilding—and the boards are deeply worn, and the very paint scrubbed from the columns where the visitors used to so push and struggle and be kept " moving on," that all might see in turn the Koh-i-noor and other glittering pebbles of EGarrard's case. The Roman Court looks like a deserted workshop, and a still damp spot on the other side of the building marks were stood that most impotent of little fountains that used to dribble about the floor, and block the entrance to the ices court, and annoy everybody that ventured near it, Beyond one or two such little landmarks, one almost loses all idea of locality in the great expanse,and with difficulty traces where were the furniture courts and where the limits of the glass and porcelain. Partitions which formerly separated them are no ef removed, or, more perplex ing still, stripped of the beautiful works which formerly covered them, look like recent and unex pected constructions, to the cause of which the red banners overhead marked "engineering," " naval architecture," &c., give no sort of clue. The most constant of visitors, the most vigilant of officials, would be sorely puzzled to mark out the great divi sions of the interior, with which only a few months back we were all so familiar. On the foreign side there is a great litter of straw and papers, amid which whole flights of hungry, chattering sparrows are eagerly searching for a meal, and go up with a great flutter to the galleries as the visitor draws near. One or two gloomy-looking glass cases, with their windows half obscured with dust, are here marked " for sale," and opposite the Swedish Court the two Scandinavians, locked in deadly embrace, struggle on the verge of a hole near them as though it were more for the grave of the vanquished. The French Court is as bare and as empty as it was a few days before the opening,only a few defaced ships showing where their exquisite paper-hangings were displayed. Under the west dome the two tall poles which used to carry the arms of England and Gotha still remain, but stripped of all their Royal emblems, even to the little gilt knobs at the top. The Royal arms, that until lately lay between them ticketed for sale, have, we presume, found a purchaser, for their place amid the dust and litter is empty now. Of all the busy, whirling wheels and rising pistons in the machinery annexe, not a vestige remains. There is no steam, no crowd, no noise, nor endless perspective of life and movement which seemed to have an almost fascinating power for the visitors to the Exhibition. One may see through it now from end to ond, without a break even in the ground ex cept in some few places where economical exhibi tors have removed the earth to sell the bricks of their foundations. The picture galleries, though empty, look as they always did, so admirably adapted for displaying pictures that it seems a waste of capital and labour to leave their long array of walls all tenantless and bare. The main galleries of the building are, if possible, even less to be re cognised than the ground floor. Spain has left a wreck of scantling behind her here, and France acres of bare partitions. Perhaps, however, the greatest changes of all are in the refreshment de partments, with their long rows of empty counters, cheerless tables, and dry beer engines —so sugges tive of bygone festivities that it is quite painful to look at them. Great quantities of Mr. Morrish's extensive " plant" were sold before Christmas, but the sale, which is again on, will have to be extended over the next three weeks to get rid of the remain der. Even the metropolitan public are unequal to the sudden consumption of 1000 dinner tables, 16,000 wine glasses, 22,000 tumblers, with table-cloths and etceteras to match. In some cases at the general sales of exhibitors' goods of all kinds which took place soon after the close of the building the prices , realised were high, and the residue of the Indian collection was last week sold at Christie and Man son's on almost as good terms as were realised in the Exhibition. This, however, has not been the rule, and many hundreds of pounds worth have been sold for little more than the price of carting them away. The foreign exhibitors, as thelastatnodcFraomen,ce the the last to go, Austria being the first latest departure. The former, having sold every thing, had very little to remove ; the latt er , l ess succe ssful in its trade, taking back nearly as muc h as it brought. The distribution of the prize medals h a s been nearly completed in England, and just completed by the Emperor in France. On the other side the Channel the occasion was worthily made the subject of a public ceremonial; on this the dis tribution has been effected by the more economical and simple process of allowing the clerks at the building to hand over the medals across the counter to those of the successful competitors who chose to call and prove their identity in due form. Just now such of the executive staff as still re main at Sauth Kensington are engaged in prepar ing the details and statistics for the report of the Commissioners. This document is not likely to be made public before the middle or end of next month at the earliest. As we stated throughout, this re port will show no deficiency whatever in the ac counts, and therefore no call of any kind upon the guarantors. No decision has been come to as to the destination of the building itself, which we ven ture to think, now that it is clear, might with ad vantage be thrown open to the public as a pro menade during certain hours of the day. Its vast proportions, and rich, effective colouring, can now be seen and fully realised. As a building, its inte rior has never yet been displayed so strikingly as now, and the public, we are sure, would appreciate the permission to visit it. THE ACCIDENT AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — DEATH OF MISS SMITH.—Wo regret very much to state that Miss Smith died at 5.45 yesterday after noon. At 11 o'clock at night Mrs, Hunt's condition was unaltered. THE ARMY. The committee appointed by the House of Com mons to supply a report on the relative merits of the rifled ordnance proposed for the naval and mili- tary services,• Gen. Rumley, president, and Capt. Dyer, secretary (the names of the committee having been already given in The Sun), assembled yester day at Woolwich and commenced their investigation of the metal and system of manufacture employed in the shot and shell foundry of the Royal Arsenal, and afterwards inspected each branch of the Royal gun factories, sighting rooms, boring mills, &c They were accompanied through the departments by Sir W. Armstrong and Lieut.-Col. Boxer, the respective superintendents. The new gymnasium erected at the rear of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, having been completed by the Royal Engineers, was yesterday formally handed over to the Governor's orders for immediate use. The gymnasium is pronounced one of the most perfect of its kind. The principal portion of the building is cruciform. It stands on an elevation, the lower floor being appropriated as smoking and lounging rooms, American bowling alleys, &c., which are fitted up with great taste and convenience under the superintendence of Mr. Jones, R.E. They are well ventilated on Dr. Arnott's prin. ciple, and heated throughout with Deane's patent gas stoves. In the area approached from the back of the Academy is a range of smitheries and work shops containing forges, lathes, &c., driven by an 8 horse power steam engine, where the gentlemen cadets practice the art of forging and turning out every article required in their profession. On the reassembling of the classes at the close of the vaca tion next month, the company of cadets will be reduced to 240, instead of 300 as heretofore, on ac count of the small number of commissions to be awarded at the ensuing examinations. Beyond purchases of property in the neighbour hood of Chatham and the adjoining city of Roches ter, under the provisions of the Defences Act, on which to erect fortifications for the protection of the arsenal and garrison of Chatham on the land side, po steps have as yet been taken by the Government for the construction of any of the defences. It is probable, however, that the next few months will see a commencement made of a portion, if not of the whole, of the works, the various tenants to whom the land acquired by the Government has been let having received an intimation that posses sion will be required in a short time. Tho cost of the land at present taken 'and hereafter required is stated in a Parliamentary paper recently published to be £150,000, of which amount a considerable portion has already been paid to the owners and occupiers. The cost of the buildings and works proposed to be erected in the neighbourhood of Chatham is given in the same return at £500,000, exclusive of the value of the land. In the mean time, the works at the entrance to Chatham har bour, as well as those which will command the ap proahes to the Medway, together with the batteries placed at Folly Point, Bishop's Marsh, Garnet Ness, Garrison Point, drain Spit, and other points, so as to render Chatham dockyard and arsenal se cure from the sea, are being pushed forward as rapidly as the numerous obstacles to be encoun tered will permit. In addition to the works already in progress, a full description of which has already, appeared in The Sun, it is the intention of the Go vernment to construct a large fosse of consider o able breadth and depth, which wi ll add still farther t the security of the channel approaches to Chatham. The entrance to this foss e will be at Cheyney Rock, situate about a mile to the south-east of the salient angle of No. 1 bastion, thence taking a westerly circuitous dire ction through a portion of the Isl e o f Sh e ppy, and terminating on the Lapwell-bank, a short distance south-west of Sheerness dockyard. The proposed fosse will be upwards of two miles in extent, and from its position will prove a formidable obstable to the advance of an invading force against the numerous batteries and bastions which will guard the approaches to Chatham on that side. At each end of the entrenchment will be constructed a powerful casemated fort, constructed of sufficient strength to mount guns of the heaviest description. On Cheyney Rock will be placed a fort of much larger dimensions than either of those at the en trance to the Medway, and of a size sufficient to allow of its being garrisoned by several hundred men. The position of Cheyney Rock is admirably adapted by natural formation as a site for the erec tion of formidable works. Its proximity to the main channel of communication, through which all vessels of any considerable amount of tonnage have to navi gate, will enable its guns to play u p on any hos tile flotilla attempting to enter the river either under sail or steam. The armament will be mounted on platforms traversing three -fourths of a circle, ... ✓..y,E~tl in of ?.riod caise, sune, i the ered, [ling, 1. In ional t four G. S. Park- , of a , the near Esq. 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