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spot. The t, used the )irg the mi- and it was riven to the )r$ that the iers made a !veral of the their turn, id Marines, anded, some open. Mr. Er to Wool t, to aid the incessantly er some re ding five of ?re instantly in, and were , n saw what and appro. notion con hief to the ,n Lee, and and injured ucceeded in lers. il-T I-1E l handed to PRODIOTEVO • Lords, and sands (f of life, the' ou are called )eg leave to he hope that Ad object of 'led services acle for the it. :Aord has, in blic that tbe proposes to tion of 1851 ably to stir it into your ay, after the' en answered, riginal state Commission be necessarf loses of that; Best to your' tr entertain pposiLion tcP private sub•' )sei of your ed by those' :o this gran& ighness, of and very' Mines. :hall, stminster, oeipt of you r 3 you for tb 0 ertaking, s 0 t referred t 01 ant, Secretary. ETS. 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OS , t ' d $ nil to ins i in our Is e he cons?, fy irday ne ; r • • -the•und b g es shall o f amoun 3of the '" o t essful, ‘' y the c ef t in res J 1 , 60 d-class the lii ie. of the ite/rg ifo of or urp .;1013° py 2 r }lod e the 10 1 9 the w ird ij ‘ Tboo of 5 .; ;ndof el sq se , )rz :_e 101 Csgt, tb d urv, e t launv t • 0 1 vicar e bridg ict of tild Russe l? ,f Gea 0 )ph OS' the late ight Dra : )UNO , ND. ' ; 1 col'Atr SCOTTISa WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOC lETY. R EPORT of the PROCEDURE of the THIRTY-SIXTII ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this SOCIETY, held en the sth .Starch, 1850. The Bon LORD COCKBT - RN in the Chair. The T HIRTY-SIXTH AN N UAL GENERAL COURT of this SO CIETY was held in Edinburgh on the sth March, 1830. The Hon. LORD COCKBURN In the Chair. The Manager affairs Manager read to the Court vat ious Statements relative to the Society's from which it appeared lit, That during the year 1849, the total number of Policies actu ally passed and issued was 600, covering Insurances to the extent of 422,065/.lls. 2d, That the Capital of the Society at 31st December, 1849, was • 2 , 1 67,506/. 9s. Id., having increased during the year to the extent 0(112,957/. 16s. 2d. 3d, That the Annual Revenue of the Society at the same date was . 300,5371 . 1 9s. 6d.. being a decrease since last year, or sing from the reduction in the rate of interest during the currency Of the year. 4th, That the number of deaths which had occurred during the Year 1849 was 111, the sums Insured under the Policies which have emer ge d i n consequenc e o f these deaths, b . ein e , 1 17,621/. lOs , or, with Benue additions, 118,82 ti. 12s. .id. s th, That the above ' sum of 117.6 . 221. 10s. and the number of deaths were in the ratio of 63 per end. of is hat inbilit have been expected, according to the tables of mortality upon Which the Society's calculations are bases]. The accuracy of the statements read having been confirmed by he Auditor, The Chairman, addressing the meeting, paid, the Manager has !tow read certain papers, and made certain statements, which con- Zain a faithful exposition of the exact state of our affairs. He ! lav ing done so, I really am not aware what I can do to add either to your information or to your consequent confidence in this Institu tion. Your confidence must de/ end on the " facts" youT.have heard from 1 • um ; and were it net the usage that the person who occupies rthe place which I have the honour to occupy is expected to make ine. ad dress, I think the most judicious thing I could do wou ld b e o maintain silence. At the same time. however, it has often oc curred to me , , and it occurs to me now, that 'll,, e (lniet way, and in ordinary language, of the almost ] technical perhaps a recaitulation _ 't Ments made by the Manager, may sink more deeply into your imoulds, and hi more easily carried awaY— bar,me al low Me to recall to you a few of the le-ding facts which you (Applause)—and there ., now beard.—(Renewed applause.) the myself rn e °of till the h ve i e l r i c t re o e f e t n h t e l s v e , —at least the one that leads me to consider remark i have to make first—is one that I was not aware of trit;,, of the sums insured, which l f-e! " 1," this Institution by our mere numbers. I do not here w n o o r of nett,. is the view exhibited of the pro kno a -.; -se og of that soorft. our Look investments, at. the It better test of a society like this being well managed,—of o ur mere oof numbers. ou r se cu i gdorne of only being nd suspicion in regard to it. but that public con flambe: has be " always on the increase, than in the increase of the ref its interested members—of members, I mean, who have ,',l° interest but pure selfishness—who are as anxious as men can be y protect themselves from misconduct, in order that, If theou 1 '1 0 sly •eetected, it may be timeously corrected. Now . td that in the year 1815, when the Society was instituted, we • g with a small neat-egg ef 49 merfthers—(Laughter) —and it did i fi p: lo k well for the year 1816,. that the eggs laid there were only 17. h e ' enew ed laughter.) I also find that during the first six years of _ So ciety's exist ence, 212 were the sum tidal of our chickens.— ' (La ughter) And here I may observe, that the first thing that Indices me is the great caution with which the lives must have been l a ded; s for of th e 49 members who were admitted in 1615, 35 S ago, eleven still reinala upon the books, after deducting many , deducting many Who surrendered their policies, and who, for aught we know, may be living still. Then, of the 17 who joined them In the year 1815. after and of the 21 , there are surrenderers i still three upon the books ; i t . e , existence , nearly GO surrendered their policies, but 49 still survive. ;‘_`9Plause.) These seem to me to have been well selected lives.— (Hear, hear.) And the result now is that, at the end of 35 years, the nu mber of o ur members amounts not to one thousand, nor to two, nor. to three, nor to tour, nor to , five, nor even to six, but to above six the e eund•—(A.pplaftse) We have now above six thousand in ' !tired lives. From this tact I infer nothing but this—that, since we .. 0 n .._ 4 " 5 ° many jealous b u t uncomplaining eyes prying into us, I pre ...Dl that we cannot be an ill-managed body. -e_The Bu siness done durin g th e year 1849 , after d e d uc ti on o f severa l , .. - o ides chat were cancelled, amounts to above 422,0011.; that is • r h say, that layear the Insurances whi c h we e ff e ct e d amounted to 60 4 0 ' h surn, The number of P o li c i es on th ese i nsurances amoun ts t o one— ' ,at the th e average, ever all—which, lam told, is a high of no less than 7001. on every policy. above 100,p000al1. Cait has increased during the year at is now closed y ; and the total Capital that we th own now amounts b to • e ' l67 ' s °U.; that is t o say, i n roand numbers, which w i ll b e f ar more easilS remembered, considerably above Two Millions of money. — 1 t a Manse.) t Ihe statement that we have abo v e Two Millions—that is to say hat we ought to have It—would be a very idle one, if our funds Zero It t well i nvested ; many a man thinks he has, eve It ; but when he c to grasp it it and he ought to eldes the cl hand .. rd, therefore, it is of vital es and all-Important u consequenc o e sing to be told n this Place, that of our investments, so far as we have discovered, we have never yet made a single bad one.—(Applause.) 'these in- vest m ents are, fer the most part, laid out on real security—l mean : within Scotland, the best country, in my belief, for real security, in i to ; t old. besides this, a large portion of our capital is invested _n loans he members, upon the security of their policies. What better security can there be than that ?—(Hear, hear.) A member When he dies is our creditor, say for 1,0001. ; and he asks for a loan : nr 300 /. ; if the policy be or equal value, we lend it to him, because We lend it to him out of his own money. With such a security we .Plll advance it ; and we are as certain of its return as he is that he hail claims upon us. Part of these two millions is laid out in Bank Stock —I mean stock of the chartered Banks of Scotland and the Bank of England, which I believe is as secureeas can be. There 'lndividual inet penny of it 'laid out In any B an k S toc k of wh i ch a single -little private life entert a i ns t h e slightest doubt. A of our capital is laid out in redeemable annuities, which, by the law of Scotland, as we all know, fall under the class ' .ef advasices secured under real property. Some of it is laid out on railway —mark my next word, for this first one makes many :people tremble—(A laugh) —some ef it is laid out on railway de bentures. — (Applause.) Not one single sixpence of it—if there was a farthing of it, I would tell you honestly —but not one single farthing of It is invested in railway shares. One fact which I have to state is one which, above all others, testifies the solidity of these I nvestments; and it is, the regularity and the promptness with which the interest on the loans is invariably paid. Wherever an in vestment is not met by regular payment of the interest, let the creditor begin to tremble. Now, with us, we have never found the least cause for fear or doubt. The interests, I understand, are always paid almost within a day of the time. Ihe result I draw 'from all this is, that not only are these investments good, but that they are so good, that better could not be obtained. My belief is, that if these investments were all now thrown loose, and the Di rectors were required to retrace their steps, and to get good pecurities, they could, and therefore they would, do nothing but recur exactly to the securities that they have already obtained.— (Applause.) The six thousand members of this society have laid by above two millions ef as well-secured money as can be secured in this world. • Our annual revenue has decreased from the recent fall of interest during the last year, but it is now above 300,509/. The sum total of What we hare insured amounts to above Six Millions and a Half. The deaths in 1849 are peculiarly instructive. In the first place, they amount to 111—a great number, and to be accounted for only i f the prevalent p es til ence. But yet though they amount to e . e 'L theY are only sixty-thr ee p er cen t . o f our calculated ieeeablllties —that is to say, that our syst e m is founded on ' , e e , c alculation that there would be 100 death., while inst ea d o f that there have been only sixty-three, leaving thirty-seven rm. Cent, over and above for the security of the Society.—(Applause.) 2 .) Of 4 the 111 wh o have d i e d—l et the upper ranks thiik of this f l; a vlal. hav e fallen by cholera. It is commonly thought i that this bitten which afflicts only the poor and the destitute . I dare say it affl icts them first, and worst, but it is by no means confined to them ; • f or we h ear d i t t o -day stated, that of those who died from it last Year connected with this society, one individual Wa 11 insured tor 5,00 e/., one for 4,0001., one for 3.000 . 1., two for 2,000/., and one fur 1 ,5001., and that the whole twenty•tour were insured for something like 270001. ; and therefore you will observe that these, apparently Periodical visitations, ought to strike a lesson of prudence on the Minds of men in all classes. The sums paid by us since we began in 1815, are above 1,164,0001. ; and this is a fact with which I was much struck. We have distributed above eleven hundred thousand pounds. We have relieved to that extent the families of those members who trusted us and the example that was given by the manager so technically, and with such proper brevity, of the benefits of this Institution, made a great impression upon me, as I have no doubt it did open the meeting. The case I refer to was that of an old member who died abroad last year, and who had insured three times, each time for 1,000/. Well, be dies, and he has claims upon us for 3,0001. cer• taro. But besides that, his representatives will receive considerably above 2,0001. as a Bonus. That, upwards of 5,000/. is secured to his family ; and, even after paying that, the Seciety was plus nearly 1,500 /. —(Applause.) The next matter *which I have to state is, one for which I am very grateful ; and it is, that we have had up to this day, no liti,gatioa.— (Laughter and applause.) Now, what I have stated arc the material facts ; and what else need I say? It is not my business, and I am sure it would be no S atisfaction to you, if I were to boast of the excellence of our system, or the greatness of eur success ; and still less would it give any satis faction to you if [ were to do that from which every respectable So ciety will for ever abstain—that of attempting to raise ourselves by a contrast or comparison, or even by an allusion to kindred Institutions. -- (APPlause.) I have stated the facts ; and having done so, I can do no More. It is for you to judge how your affairs have been managed, and t o carry away with you t h ose reso l ut i ons or j u d gments which the tatements you have heard are calculated to produce. My inferences are merely two. It seems to me, in the first place, that this is a Society ha which we may have perfect confidence.—(Hear, hear.) 31y belief as —knowing as I do something about it, although not so much certainly manY others—is, that our confidence in it may go to this extent, that if we were to begin our career again, with the experience which We have acquired, I know many ways in which we might act differ ently, but I know no way in which we could do better.—(Applause,) Moralists have often amused themselves by speculating about what a Truitt would do, if he was again to become& boy, with all the expe- Merle° erhiS' Manhood. If this Society wpfe to, do so, I serieusly the and firml y believe afar if we were to begin ou r career I n 1815 , w i t h B?Perience which we bave gained between that time, and the Year 18`''0' We should walk in th e very paths, nay in the very Vruts by which we have reached our 'present state. 31y other infer ee—although it is something ver y lik e repeating the same sermon tw ice—is, that it is the duty of all of us to do all in our power to 7_oyagate a k nowledge of this Institution, and still more to propa .f! a knowledg e o f the great duty, in this precarious life, of preservation by insurance. Some people talk as if there were t_rno m any societies of thi s k i nd. Ido not agree with them ; and I 1 2' asPerfectly certain that, if the public, and every individual in it, Adher e impressed with the importance of insuring their aets,here would net only not be too litany, but it would be found' _ t h enet there was perhaps a great deal too few.—(hear, hear.) The F ere is hing is to get the community steeped in the conviction that thereno way in which they can practise the great duty of pru so :ell as by life insurance. All men are convinced that pru dence_ virtue, but all teen are not convinced that there is no wren in which that virtue can be practised with so small a present Bany ,mM-flee, contrasted with so great an ultimate reward. If you want (.:examples of this, I can tell hre you are to find them. fotihs Wnohtothoaayeeekhetinr t heinhere! 'ou y o w u must e go among the . familles l a n ], already In d i i i s i t e r s i , bitted greatly beyond and ask the you that Instead bereaved, and amongst .o million w o h t o ni th money.es c i G e t o y has nto a nsi the breesi M what they think of life insurance. They d of thinking it unreasonable and useless, tWhieilirtoelnliy pang, even at the memet when they arc experiencing TVs of life insurance, is, that the head of their house had d ot ear ' rled it to a greater extent. Therefore, what you have to Gentlemen, ends —to urge it simply Your friends —to is, in your various spheres, to urge this duty upon upon these two grounds, that no man can__avoid death, and that no man can fix its period ; but that in t_ff,e e f e is a science which, out of individual irregularities, extracts Z s, not, general uniformity ; and thus converts the very precarious life into a method of correcting its uncertainty. These are ]l e impressions made upon me ; what yours are, I leave you to say. -(Lord Cockburn then resumed his seat amid loud applause.) Qtr the motion o f Si r James Russell, K.C.11., of Ashlest ee l, seconded . PrOfe ssor Miller, a vo t e o f th an k s was given to the Courts of Di ectoraa,ttoyetahre. Trustees and Office Bearers, f or t h e i r services during the past. On the motion of Alexander Shank Cook, Esq., Advocate, seconded DY the Rev: James R. Campbell, of Alb any - street Chapel, the Courts fellows of Directors for the following year were appointed as PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the Earl of ROSEBERY, K.T. The Ir on VICE-PRESIDENTS. . Lord MONCREIFF. H i' Grace the Duke of DUCCLEITCH, K.G. The Most Hon. the Marquis of TWEEDALE, K.T. and C.D. swilzam GIBSON-CRAIG, Esq., Younger of Riccarton, M.P. EXTRAORDINARY DIRECTORS. Robert v, very Rev. Prlncl...M`Farlane John Ravenhill, Esq ,, b an k er, G. Balllle, Esq., of Cutter- Warminster. ellere. Thomas Beveridge, Esq., D.C.S. James APGregor., Esq , Chairman Charles Bantle, Esq., advocate. Of So uth-Eastern Ita . ilway. Archd. Davidson, Esq., Sheriff of air John Stuart Richardson of Aberdeem,hire. Pi trodr., Dart. William James Duncan, Esq., I II ' Right Do. the Earl London.ln. Manager 01 National Bank. .eonard Horner, Esq., * Sir William Hamilton, of Pres• Daniel Watney, Esq., Wands- ton, Bart. worth, Rev . Dr'.Robert M acna i r, Paisley. land. Loudon. * The Solicitor —General for Scot- Shuttleworth, Esq., S Archibald Alison, Esq., Sheriff town-clerk, Liverpool. of Lanarkshire. .4_,nthony Murray of Dollerie W.S. * George Dunda*, Esq., Sheriff of Mitchell limes, Es ' q , of Selkirkshira. Parsoins Green. • Christopher Wood ORDINARY , jun, Esq., Mer chant; Leith. dames Balfour, Esq. of Pi!rig, W. S. William Smith, Esq., of Carbeth fluthrie. Isa Levee I: yley, Esq., of Manuel. Jam 8 .Alex. Wall ace, Esq,, archt. es Alylne. Esq., W.S. Alexander Pringle, Esq., of Whyt bank. James Tytler, Esq., of Woodhouse- I lee, W.S. DIRECTORS, George Gibson, Esq., merchant. Leith. 'William Wilson, E sq„ Sir Adam Hay, Bart., of Hays loon. Esq., merchant. Johni oenry J i lt „ t y tin n r e: Eiq., * Robert Scott Moncriefi, Esq., advocate. * Alexander Thomson, Esq„ W.S. * Thomas G. Mackay, Esq., w.s. On the motioThose marked * are New Appointments. Bank, a vote nof Robert Paul, Esq., manager of th e C ommercial Was received wi of thanks was proposed to the lion. Ch a i rman, which ioUrned, th much applause, and the Court thereafttr ad- ' • ' ••• - - .. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WILLIAM GEORGE, Chi ef Clerk. Xilinburgh, 5, St. Andrew Square, Bth March, 1830. 1.011.D011. OFFICE, 4, ROYAL EXCIIANGE *BUILDINGS. M`KEAN, Agent. y.• it • 1 L V CD_ /)-• r 77-4 41 r ( 04 1111 1 1111 ... , . Ace 4 r 8i ••• ; . e 4, „.. • •• •„;;;;.; • 464.1..., ! „ . ,, 10 - . • • Iv '" I`` • •,• •••• - fic.‘ . 1 4P- • \-• ce••' • , :44 - 4j••-' • - S 4 ff , [PRICE 6D. my discretion; which letter I inclosed to your Lord ! ship, together with my reply. When I saw the Channel squadron, which I com manded for two years to the entire satisfaction of the Government, reorganised under my late second in command, I waited on Sir Francis Baring and stated my surprise at his letter, and handed him testimonials I have received from various members of the Govern ment, expressing their opinions or my services, ex pecting to remove the impression from Sir Francis Baring s mind of my want of discretion, in which your Lordship will see by the correspondence I failed. Feeling it impossible to rest under such a slur, I wrote an official letter to the dmiralty, which I also inclose, together with my reply. For the testi monials alluded to I beg to refer your Lordship to the Admiralty. Failing to receive any redress from them, I now appeal to your Lordship, as Prime Minister of this country, whether it is to be borne that a First Lord of the Admiralty, and, as a civilian, necessarily igno rant of the service over which he presides, and of the character of the officers in it, should inconsiderately express a doubt of the discretion of an officer (without alledging any cause) who has as high testimonials as ' any officer. in the service, and who has performed his duty to his Queen and country zealously and faith fully, both at sea and on shore, in most parts of the globe, and been three times wounded in the service ? I also appeal to your Lordship whether it is to be borne, when an officer is so treated by the First Lord, and appeals to the board far redress, he is to be told by that board—his natural protectors against injustice —" that they do not consider it any part of their duty to enter into the question as to the reason of the First Lord of the Admiralty for having expressed a doubt of your discretion"; and, moreover, "that they doubt the discretion and judgment of an officer appealing to them, and sending testimonials of his character from various members of this and other Govern ments" ? Is this, my Lord, the position that a British Admiral ought to be placed in ? To be subject to the hasty judgment of a First Lord, and when he appeals to the board for protection to be reproved by them for so doing; and for sending them testimonials of his character—testimonials which, if before a court martial, he would be fully justified in producing, and gill "more justified in producing before the colleagues of the First Lord who oppresses him. I do look upon it as an act of great injustice, that an officer should be reproved for asking for redress and explanation, which reproof will remain on the records of the Admiralty, and infallibly ruin his pro fessional prospects. I beg your Lordships to distinctly understand that, had Sir Francis Baring's expression been confined to my publishing letters to your Lordship, I should not have said one word on the subject, as that admits of a doubt, notwithstanding the examples I have quoted in my public and private letters, to the Ad miralty and Sir Francis Baring. I have the honour to remain your Lordship's obedient humble servant, CHARLES NAPIER. Right Hon. Lord John Russell. 8, Downing-street, Jan. 25, 1850. Sir,—l am aware that you have published several letters addressed to me on the state of the navy. These letters contain gross imputations on the cha racter and motives of the late Lord Auckland and his colleagues in the Government; but I have not taken any notice of these imputations. When, however, you inform me that the First Lord of the Admiralty has disapproved of these letters, and that he has finished by telling you "he has a high opinion of your professional character, but doubts your discre tion," I cannot say less than that I concur in his opinion of your professional character and share in his doubts of your discretion. I have not interfered in the disposal of the com mand of the Channel squadron. You commanded that squadron, as you say, for nearly two years to the en tire satisfaction of the Government. I concurred in that satisfaction ; and you may remember that, when you applied to me in 1846 for a seat at the Board of Admiralty, then about to be formed under Lord Auc land, I expressed my opinion that your services would be more useful to the public in a naval than in a civil department. Your brilliant services in 1840 on the coast of Syria evince the energy and boldness of your pro fessional character, and will always be remembered by me.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier. JOHN RUSSELL. Feb. 1, 1850. ?Iy Lord,—l read your letter with surprise, both at the terms and the nature of the charge, that " my letters contain gross imputations on the character and moires of the late Lord Auckland and his colleagues in the Government." I never in thought, word, or deed, said or meant to say one word against Lord Auckland or his colleagues in the Government ; I honoured and loved him too well ; and what expression of mine your Lordship has fixed upon to authorise such an accusation I am at a loss to know. More than once in my letters I disclaimed all per sonal attacks, and in the last letter I did so in the most explicit terms. My remarks extended over many years, and there fore could not be aimed at Lord Auckland, whose name was never once mentioned, and who held the office of First Lord little more than two years. I appealed to your Lordship because Sir Francis Baring refused to explain if his expression was applied to my publishing letters to your Lordship, though I showed him testimonials to convince him of the in justice of such an imputation—to awaken in his mind a sense of the pain he had inflicted on mine. It is satisfactory to me to find by your Lordship's letter that, although you share in Sir Francis Baring's doubts of my discretion, you confine those doubts to the publication of my letters. had I consulted my own interest, I certainly would not have published those letters, for I knew full well they could not be acceptable to men i❑ office, but I had a public duty to perform which I was de termined to do at all risks. I am glad your Lordship was satisfied with my command of the Channel squadron. I am not aware that I ever applied to your Lord ship for a seat at the Board of Admiralty. I offered my services to you generally. I am obliged to your Lordship for your remem brance of my services in Syria, but, after, what has passed, they are not likely to be again wanted in a hurry. I remain your Lordship's obedient servant, CHARLES NAriiin. Right llon. Lord John Russell. N V . 17,949.] LONDON, TI URSDAY E N G IT Illy APRIL 4, 1850. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 3, 1850, T" COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COUKT of the said Company he held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the Fah instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desh eof Nine Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed in the following Let ter, viz.:— _ _ " London, March 27, 1850. " To the Chainnln and Directors of the East India Company'. " Honourable Sirs, " We, the undersigned Proprietors of East India Stock, duly qual fled by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court of Proprietors at your earliest convenience, in order to take into con sideration the papers respecting the succession, by adoption, of Sovereign Princes in India. "We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants, (Signed) " J. SULLIVAN. " JOSEPH HUME. "JOIN BRIGGS. "JAS. STEWART FORBES. " THOMAS DICKINSON. " W. 11. STEPHENS. " SAMUEL GOODFELLOW. " CHAS. FORBES. " M. LEWIN." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. H E P A COMM RK CLUB ITTEE. Rev. Charles Boone, Kensworth, Frcdk. Bird, Esq., M.D., Brook street, Grosvenor-square. Captain George N. Clarke (late 17th Lancers), Junior United' Service Club. James Cockburn, Esq., Merehant, New Broad-street. Robert Clarke, jun., Esq„ Mer chant, Cheapside. W. Guest Carpenter, F.R.C.S., West-street, Finsbury. Anthony Dunlop, Esq., Merchant, New Broad-street. Vincent G. Dowling, E.q., Nor folk-street, Strand. Thomas Chambre, Esq., Fernhill,, , C. M. Elderton, Esq., Barrister, Lincoln's Inn. John Howard, Esq., Pall-mall. John Frederick Isaacson, Eeq., Norfolk-street, Strand. Waller Lewis, Esq., M. 8., Ed ward-street, Portman-square. Captain J. Potter Macqueen, Stoke, Plymouth. Dav,d Moore, Esq., Clarendon road, Kensington. T. H. Plaskett,- Esq., Merchant, Old Burlington-street. 11. G. Robinson, Esq., 6, Half- Moon-street, Piccadilly. - Thomas Hull Terrell, Esq., Bar rister, Lincoln's Inn. Arthur Welch, Esq., Barrister, _ Windsor. I Lincoln's Inn. Bankers—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross, - London. It Is proposed that this Club shall consist of Noblemen and Gen tlemen, members of the learned professions, Officers of the Army and Navy, Merchants, Bankers, &c., without reference to their political principles, and stall Not exceed Two Thousand Members. A well-regulated Club presents se many aivantages to its Mem bers that it is unnecessary to enlarge on the subject; in intro ducing it to Gentlemen disposed to avail themselves of the oppor tunity new offered-, it will be sufficient to say that the founders of this Club propose to establish it on the principles of the " UNION." 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I think, Sir, I had a right to know from the First Lord of the Admiralty from what circumstances he had formed his opinion of me ; but this he thought proper to decline replying to, observing, at the same time, I was my own enemy, and had I accepted the command at Cork I should have been now in Lisbon. I now thought I had a clue to his conduct to me, and I observed that, if it was owing to my letters on the state of the navy to the Prime Minister, I had not another word to say on the subject ; to which he replied, " he would say no such thing." So, then, Sir, it appears it is my professional repu tation that is doubted, and still, Sir, inconsistent as it may appear, had I accepted the Cork command I should have been now in Lisbon. I did not accept the Cork command, because, after being Commander-in-Chief of the Channel squadron I could not descend to a Port-Admiral's station with out_a ship and almost without a boat. But, even had I accepted the Cork command, how could I have been sure that I should not have been told, that I already had a command and could not expect another ? Such things have happened before, and most probably the same interest that got the command of the Channel squadron now would have got it then. I conceive, Sir, that I have been treated with great indignity, and I told Sir Francis Baring respectfully, and I tell their Lordships respectfully also, that a First Lord of the Admiralty has the power to de grade and dishonour an officer when he pleases, and that he has carried it out to the fullest extent towards me ; that I had been affronted and insulted ; and if he would read the records of the Admiralty he would not find that an officer of my rank and service had been so treated. I appeal to their Lordships for protection ; I appeal to them to state their opinion of me, to bring before the First Lord a statement of my services (they are at the board), and show him that he has been deceived. The honour of an officer is like a woman's virtue—it must not be breathed upon. The First Lord of the Admiralty has breathed upon mine, and may breathe it to his Ministerial colleagues and ruin me fur ever. Had Lord Auckland entertained such an opinion of me—had Lord Palmerston entertained such an opi nion of me, would they have written me such letters ? Would Lord Auckland have written to say that dur ing the rebellion in Ireland he would sooner see me there than any other officer in the service; that all I had clone and proposed doing would be approved of; and that I enjoyed his entire confidence ? Would his colleagues and their secretary hare written to me as they did ? Would the Prime Minister and three of his col leagues have paid me a visit at Portsmouth had they doubted my discretion ? Would her Majesty have honoured me with visit on board the St. Vincent unless I had enjoyed the confidence of her government ? And ,finally, would Lord Auckland and the Admiralty have dined with me on board the St. Vincent and accompanied me to St. Helens, had they not entertained the highest opinion of my character ? The senior naval officer has al ways been supposed to be the confidential adviser of the First Lord, and should he be disposed to go wrong, is supposed to keep him right ; but the senior Naval Lord, as far as I could understand from him, disavowed having more to say than any of his colleagues ; his position, he said, was not the same as Sir George Cockburn's or Sir Charles Adam's—his rank and service did not give him the same authority. It is therefore that I appeal to your Lordships. From what sources Sir Francis Baring could have drawn his opinion of me lamat a loss to kno w . It could not have been from official letters, for they are all in my favour, nor could it have been from letters I showed him, and extracts of which he may again see. It could not have been from his colleagues, for they could not have told him one thing and me an other. It surely could not have been from the scurrilous attacks of a correspondent of a morning paper, who I am sorry has too easy access to the private rooms at the Admiralty ; if so, Sir, the repu tation of no officer is safe. I have the honour to be, &c., CHARLES NAPIER. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. P.S. I also beg to enclose letters of Sir Francis Bering himself, expressing his opinion of me, likewise of Lord Melville, the late King, Sir Charles Adam, Sir William Parker, and Lord Minto. . The Admiralty replied to my letter, that it was no part of their duty to enter into the question of why the First Lord should doubt my discretion—adding, that they doubted my judgment and discretion not only in publishing my letters, but in writing to them and sending inclosures. Merchistoun-ball, Jan. 6, 1850. Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the sth, informing me that their Lordships do not consider it their duty to enter into the ques tion as to the reasons of the First Lord for doubting my discretion. I should have thought, that when a civilian was placed at the head of the Admiralty, who knew no thing of the service or the officers in it, it was the duty, and should be the inclination, of the naval officers to set the First Lord right if he formed an erroneous opinion of the character of an officer ; but as their Lordships think different, I must submit, and consider Sir Francis Baring has formed his opinion of me from what he has read in the Morning Herald, which gives me the right of doubting both his justice and his judgment, and leaves the question open be tween himself and me. As for their Lordships' opinion that I have shown sufficient proof of want of discretion and judgment in publishing - the letters I have done, I beg to observe that : 4 is quitelt different qtiestion. In sodoing I only followed the example of the two Senior Naval Lords and a late Secretary of the Admiralty, all of whom puhlished—one a pamphlet disapproving of the way in which the navy was manned, for which he lost his seat at the Admiralty (while the Secretary, who re plied to him, kept his) ; the other a letter to Lord J. Russell on the retired list, and ati anonymous letter besides. Ido not say they showed either want of dis cretion or judgment, and the Prime Minister did not think so, as he appointed both of them to their present places, independent of the above reasons. I did think it high time that an effort should be made to put a stop to the wasteful expense and blunders that had gone on for many years, and I do hope my letters will be the means of drawing public attention to what I have set forth, and of correcting the abuses that exist in almost all the departments of the navy. Their Lordships have thought proper to mix up with the letters I have published an official letter which I have written to them, with enclosures, which they have brought under their general censure. Their Lordships will pardon me for taking that letter en tirely separate from the others. I have been accused of want of discretion by the First Lord of the Admiralty. I have already told their Lordships, had it been in consequence of my letters, I should not have said one word on the subject, and there the matter should have rested ; but this Sir Francis Baring did not admit, and, moreover, re asserted his opinion after reading my testimonials. May I ask their Lordships what I was to do—it was impossible to leave the matter where it was. Nothing was left for me to do but to appeal to their Lordships and send my testimonials. Their Lordships accuse me of want of judgment and discretion in so doing. If their Lordships mean to infer a breach of confi dence in my sending extracts of letters regarding my own character—if that is their Lordships charge, I repel it as strongly as an officer of my rank is justified in repelling an unjust charge. Had I been brought before a court-martial for an offence, there is not one letter that I would not have been justified in showing, and they would have all appeared' in the public papers. I am not under trial before a court-martial, but I am under trial before their Lordships ; and I conceive myself fully justified in sending my credentials to my masters and judges, where they are, or ought be, as secure in the archives of the Admiralty as they are in my own possession. Their L ordships are perhaps not aware that a cir cular of the Ist of February, 1846, invites officers to send copies of any private letters of such superior officers, or other persons, wherein services are espe cially referred to, up to the 31st of December, 1845. All mine are there up to that dote ' • and I presume what was right in 1845 canno t be wrong in 1849. I have the honour to remain your obedient servant, CHARLES NAPIER. John Parker, E'q., Admiralty. Receipt of letter acknowledged. 12, Ryder-street, Jan. 22, 1850. My Lord,—Your Lordship is no doubt aware that I have published several letters to your Lordship on the state of the navy. The First Lord of the Admi ralty addressed a letter to me, disapproving of my having done so, and finished by telling me he had a high opinion of my professional character, but doubted _BONUS, OR PROFIT BRANCH. Persons Assuring on the Bonus system will be annually entitled to SO per cent. of the profits en this branch (after payment of five yearly Premiums) ; and the profit assigned to each Policy may be either added to the sum assured, or applied in reduction of the An nual premium, NON-BONUS, OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH. 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My dear Sir Charley,—With reference to our con versation on Friday, I am desirous that on one point there should be no mistake. As I told you, I feel no personal annoyance at your letter. Official men are fair objects of attack, and there is nothing for which personally I can, or of which I shall complain. On the other hand, I hope I made it clear that I disapprove officially of your correspondence. I wish no mistake, as I consider that you have set a most unfortunate example to the naval service, in having, with your rank and position, written in the newspapers such attacks on those to whom her Majesty has intrusted the administration of the navy. • I feel bound to say this,And say it with much re gret, as . I entertain a high opinion of your professional character, and only doubted your discretion. I am, my dear Sir Charles, yours very truly, Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier. F. BARING. Merchistoun-hall, Oct. 17, 1849. My dear Sir Francis,—l have received your letter of the loth, and am glad you feel no personal annoy ance at my letters. None was intended. I did not exactly understand—though now I do—that you offi cially disapproved of my correspondence ; and as your letter is not marked private, I take it I am to consider it official. You say I have set a most unforturate example to the naval service in having, with my rank and position, written in the newspapers such attacks on those to whom her Majesty has intrusted the ad ministration of the navy. In reply to this, I beg to observe that it is bad measures —not men—that cost the country enormous sums, that I have attacked; and I cannot subscribe to the doctrine that a naval officer on half-pay is interdicted from publicly pointing out what is wrong in the management of the affairs of the state, any more than a civilian or a military man. The late Lord Melville pub lished a letter to Lord Mulgrave on affairs con nected with the navy. Sir John Barrow wrote, when Secretary to the Admiralty, a severe critic on Captain Crawford, for giving a true account of the strength of the Russian navy. Captain Berkeley, when a Lord of the Admiralty, in a pamphlet disap proved of the undermanning of the navy, and lost his place like an honest man. Sir John Barrow replied to his pamphlet, and kept his place like a courtier. Sir Edward Codrington published a pamphlet on his recal from the Mediterranean. Captain Plunkett has published much on the navy, and done a great deal of good. Admiral Bowles publishes. Whether all these gentlemen, and many more, were in favour of or against the Government, I shall not inquire—the principle is the same ; but he that boldly points out their faults is the honester man of the two. Lord John Russell published in the newspapers his f.imous letter from Edinburgh that brought him into place for a day. The Marquis of Anglesea published a letter when Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and was removed ; and the Duke of 'Wellington, Commander in-Chief of the army, wrote his celebrated letter on the defenceless state of the country. How it found its way into the papers I neither know nor care; there it was, and a great pity it Was not attended to. After these examples, it is not just to say that I nave set an unfortunate example. You sat in the House of Commons when I did, and you must be aware of my unwearied exertions to correct the errors they were committing; and had my advice been followed, hundreds of thousands of pounds would have been saved to the country. From the House of Commons I went afloat, and while there, both publicly and privately, pointed out all the mis takes committed, but to no purpose, for at the mo tnent I write we are blundering on as much as we before did; our experience has done no good; and unless we change our system I see no prospect of amendment. What is doing in one dockyard is un doing in another; nay, more, what we are doing in one part of the same dockyard we are undoing in an other part. Hid I been in Parliament I should have made the same statements that I have now done, and the First Lord of the Admiralty would have scarcely ventured to have said, " I was setting an unfortunate example." If your doctrine is correct, let us see what it would lead to. A naval officer could not attend a public meeting, or if he did, he must be silent if any naval subject was broached. Should he stand for any place as candidate, and be opposed by a person in office, he would be prevented from stating his opinion how the affairs of the country were carried on ; for I hold, whether a man states his opinion in Parliament, in writing, or on the hustings, it is exactly the same— they are all made public by the press—and I only wish I was in Parliament to state mine; be assured you would not see them published in a letter. Your doc trine goes further, for if it is improper for a naval officer to attack the measures of men whom her Majesty has intrusted with the administration of the navy, how much more.improper must it be to attack the measures of men whom her Majesty has intrusted with the administration of the country ? In conclusion, you state you are bound to say what you have done, and it is with much regret, as you entertain a high opinion of my professional character, and you only doubt my discretion. -,,kor the 4rst part 'of this I feel ranch obliged to you - -anal for the last part am not at all angry, for if the First Lord of the Admiralty doubts my discretion, it is most candid' to tell me so,,for I then know what I have to expect, and am not kept in the dark, and it gives me an op= polatunity of removing that impression; for if I do pot, he would be very wrong to employ an, officer on whose discretion he could not rely. How you could have formed such an opinion of me I am at a loss to conceive, for it is not to be found in the records of the Admiralty. If you examine them you will find no proof of want of discretion in the whole o f m y serv i ce, which lam proud to say will bear comparison with that of any officer, and no one can show more scars or fewer favours. Yours was not the opinion of my esteemed friends Lord Auckland and Lord Palmerston, neither was it the opinion of any one member of your board, if there is truth in man, which the scurrilous articles in a morn ing paper, the organ of the Ad m i ra l ty, during the time referred to , s ometimes make me d ou b t. I have the honour to be, yours, &c., CHARLES NAPIER. Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring. Merchistoun-hall, Dtc. 11, 1849. Sir,—l have the honour of inclosing a letter I have received from Sir Francis Baring, and the re ply ; it is to the latter part of his l e t ter to which I beg to draw their Lordships attention, in which he says, "he has a high opinion of any p ro f ess i onal cha racter, and only doubted my discretion." When I heard that the Channel squadron was re• organizing, and to be put under the orders of my late second in command, it appeared to me that the First Lord of the Admiralty by not re-appointing me to the command of the squadron (which I held for nearly two years to the entire satisfaction of Lord Auckland and his colleagues) was carrying out an opinion of me that would damage my professional reputation ; I, therefore, lost no time in waiting on Sir Francis Baring, to endeavour to remove the un favourable opinion he bad formed of m e . After expressing my surprise at his letter, so dif.• ferent from those of his predecessor (Lord Auckland) I handed him some o f his Lords hi p's, L ord Palmer ston's, and the late Secretary 's letters, extracts of which I have the honour to inclose. I did not think that, at this time of clay, it would be necessary for an officer of my rank, after 50 years' service, to show, like a youngster soliciting promotion my credentials to a First Lord not long in office, and who could have no idea of the feelings of an officer : agentleman who had been brought up in quit e a dif. ferent line—had been a Lord of the Treasury, a Se cretary of the Treasuary, a Chancellor of the Exche quer, and, finally, First Lord of the Admiralty. Degrading, Sir, as I felt it, I did show Sir Francis Baring my credentials, and their Lordships may judge of my surprise when, after reading them care fully, he told me he would take a letter of Lord Pal merston's as a confirmation of his opinion, or words to that effect. The letter, Sir, to which he alluded was one from Lord Palmerston, informing me of his having read in some newspaper that I had not been following up the views of the Government, which be regretted, as he had answered to his colleagues for my discretion and obedience to orders. This was followed by another letter from Lord Palmerston, in reply to my explana tion, acknowledging his mistake in the handsomest Sir,—For many years past I have been endeavour ing to correct the abuses in the British navy, parti cularly as regards our steam fleet. Finding little or no attention paid to my observations, I, following the example of many others, published in the Times se veral letters to :Lord John Russell, which brought down on me a reproof from Sir Francis Baring. Con ceiving that I did not deserve such reproof, I beg to inclose the correspondence which has taken place in consequence, and which I have to request you will publish in your valuable journal. I think it unnecessary, and perhaps not right, to send you the testimonials alluded to, but they are much at your service, if you wish to see them. . I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES NAPIER, Rear-Admiral. THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK, BY MRS. cHrLD. In a handsome volume, square IGMo., embellished *ith 178 new Cuts, partly from Designs by Gilbert, price oily 4s. 6d., bound in cloth, THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK, by Mrs. CHILD, Author of " The Mother's Book," "Frugal Housewife," &c. The Fifteenth Edition. 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The Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, are shown at One o'clock.— _ Experiments with the Diver and Diving-hell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.—Schools, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE COMMANDER OF THE SHARPSHOOTEL—The following gallant act of , Lieut. Bailey, the commander of the screw-schooner Sharp shooter, deserves to be recorded. On Tuesday, th e 26th ult., whilst the ship was at Portsmouth, one of the Sharpshooter's men, who had evid en tl y h a d more than his due allowance of grog, fell into the steam basin, where the poor fellow would have been drowned but for the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Bailey, his commander, who, without hesitation, jumped from the wharf (a height of 15 feet), and happily succeeded, but n o t w i t h out considerable diffi culty, in bending a rope round his body, by which he was hauled up the wall. The Terrible, Captain J. Hope, C.R., is to remain at Lisbon until the return of the squadron. Lieutenant Henry B. Hardman, second of the Hogue, 60, screw-ship, in a fit of aberration, made an attempt to blow out his brains, but it is supposed that he either forgot to put the bullet in, or that it fell out, for he only disfigured his face by the discharge of the pistol. The squadron was in splendid order, and a finer lot of ships was never seen. PROMOTIONS. Master—George Farquhar Morice (1814), who has held the office of Master-Attendant of the Vic tualling Establishment, Deptford, since June 27,1836, has been promoted to the rank of commander on the retired list of 1846, on 12s. 6d. per diem, having served 25 years as master and master-attendant. Com mander Morice was midshipman of the Pincher, and was frequently engaged in that vessel and her boats with the enetny's gun-boats in the Belt and Roads of the Baltic, in 1810.11-12 ; particularly at the cap ture of the French privateer Phcebc, in the Elbe, in 1811. APPOINTMENTS. Captains—J. J. Stopford, torme.rly of the Amazon ; W. Houston, formerly of the Immo ; and C. B. I-la unilton, promoted from command of the Frolic, to study at the Naval College. Commanders—W. C. Chamberlain, late in com mand of the Britomart ; G. S. Hand, formerly in command of the Espoir ; Eger ton and J. R. rlase, to study at the Naval College; John Sam ue l W illiam Grandy (lately promoted), to be in command of Gos port coast-guard diatrict , vice Oakes, whose p er i o d o f service expires on the sth; J. E. Bingham, to be in command of Largs, N. 8., coast-guard district, vice Thorne's, resigned. Lieutenants—E. S. Grove (1849), to the Archer, screw-sloop, at_llevonport ; S. Tremlett, to study - viz.:- " Starboard Division--Prince Rsgent, 90, Com modore Martin; Leander, 50, Captain S. C. Dacres ; and Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson. " Port Division—Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, C. 8.; Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart, K. 11.; La Hogue, GO, Captain M`Dougal ; and Terrible, 21, steam-fri gate , C ap t a i n th e li on . C . Hope, C. 8., to windward. " The Phaeton was ordered to take next to Lean der. Not many hours were allowed to pass before the sailing of the new-comer was to be tested. " At 9 A.m., per signal, the Thetis ran four miles to leeward ; the others then formed on her. At 11 A.M., being all in fair position, started under all plain sail ; wind E. by S., smooth water ; theiPhaeton had much the advantage, beating the Thetis 1 mile in two hours 50 minutes ; Leander, 14 ; the Indefatigable and the Arr ogan t very much more. At 1.50 signal to return to station. " Supernumeraries were sent on board the Prince Regent. People were rather surprised at Phaeton's sailing, as well as her general appearance anti hand ling. So ended trial No. 1. "March 14—In the morning Phaeton set up top mast rigging ; when ready, made sail and ran to leeward. TRIAL No. 2. " At 11.30, signal to frigate—' Try rate of sailing by the wind.' As soon as the ships were in good position they started ; strong breezes. Wind, S.E. by S., under single-reefed topsails, topgallant sails, jib, and spanker. The Thetis held on to the Phaeton for some time. 2.30 P.M. Wind, falling and variable ; out reefs and set royals. 4 P.m , back to station. " The Phaeton and the Thetis as far as one could see, the wind latterly being variable, were I nearly even, the Phaeton having a slight advantage ; the Leander, the Indefatigable, and the Arrogant, were much beaten. TRIAL No. 3. " March 15—At noon the frigates again started by the wind, strong breezes, wind south, going 8 knots 8 lengths. The Phaeton was going tolerably to windward of all ; at 1.25 tacked per signal. The Phaeton's foretopsail yard was sprung, and this ended her chance of the race, leaving the Thetis to beat the Leander, the Leander the Arrogant, and the Arrogant the Indefatigable. " The Phaeton shifted foretopsail yards remarkably well for the first time, but gave up the race, and did not make sail when the wind fell light, but even then beat the Indefatigable, when at sunset the ships re took their stations. TRIAL No. 4. " March l 6—Signal to try rate of sailing before , the wind ; studding sails both sides ; course east ; wind W. by S. ; speed 6 to 7 knots ; 0.45 P.M., short ened sail. In 4 hours 45 minutes there was hardly any perceptible difference between the Thetis, the Leander, the Phaeton, and Indefatigable. The Phae. ton bad a slight advantage, and gained a few ships' lengths. The Arrogant was 6 miles astern. 1.30 signal—' Steer N.E. by N.; try rate of sail ing,' the Commodore wishing to try what ships would do ; wind 4 points abaft the beam. They set port topmast, topgallant and studdingsails and lower stud dingsail. 5.40 P.m.—Phaeton shortened sail to top sails, and took station, having beaten Thetis mile ; Indefatigable 1 mile ; Leander 1 mile. The Arro gant was not in the trial, as she never came up. March 17—Sunday, a day of rest. The Ter rible went round the squadron and collected diagrams of sailing. " March 18-11.30--Made all plain sail her sig nal, and try rate of sailing on the starboard tack ; royal breeze, smooth water. Wind N. k E. ; speed from 6 to 7 knots. The ships had a good start. Thetis and Phaeton close together, Arrogant a little on Thetis's lee bow, Indefatigable from 1,500 to 2,000 yards to leeward. 4 r.ar.—Signal, Take station.' " Phaeton had beat, in 4 hours and 20 minutes, " Thetis 2i miles to windward. " Leander 4i miles to windward. "Arrogant .53- miles to windward. "Indefatigabl e 7 miles to windward. "Phaeton thus beat the Thetis mere than half A mile to windward per hour. "March 19—Forenoon, squadron exercised, ma nceuvring and sailing in line of bearing. 1.50 p.sr. —Signal, 'Try rate of sailing W.S.W.' Light breeze from N.N.W., made all plain sail, and set topmast and topgallant-studding-sails. 4.30. Signal to take station, Phaeton having beaten Leander fr mile, Thetis I mile, Arrogant and Indefatigable, 'Nowhere.' " March 23-8.30 A.M. — Signal to close Thetis to leeward. 9 A.M. — Frigates try rate of sailing by the wind ; ships under topsails, topgallantsails, cour sers , jib, and spank er; smart breeze, wind N.E. by E. E. 9.50 A.M.—Thetis set reefed royals, and soon after the others set their royals. At 10.30 the Phaeton tacked her signal. 10,30 Leander tacked. 10.45, Thetis, Arrogant, and Indefatigable tacked. Breeze very steady, but freshening a little. 10.50, signal to show heel of ship. Answered as follows :—Arrogant, 3f degrees ; Leander, 4 degrees ; Thetis, 4 degrees ; Indefatigable, 51 degrees ; Phaeton, 4f degrees. "1 P.M. Phaeton tacked ; 1.45, Thetis and Leander tacked ' • 2 r.m., Indefatigabl e t ac k e d, an d A rrogant a t 2 30. Signal to take station. The result was about as follows, as near as is correct to state : Phaeton beat Leander .. mile. Phaeton beat Th e ti s .. lt mile. Phaeton beat Arrogant 1i mile. Phaeton beat Indefatigable 3 miles. " This was the best trial, and very decisive. " Squadron arrived off Lisbon on the 26th, and found the Arethusa there." PLYMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, Capt. Purcell, came in yesterday morning from a cruise in the Channel, and anchored inside the Break water. This morning, under double-reefed topsails, she went up Harnoaze. The Superb is to be got ready in six weeks fur foreign service. Woor.wicu, APRIL 3.—The Ariel steam-vessel, fitted with a smoke-consuming apparatus, went down the river to-day on an official trial, under the charge of the proprietors of the invention, with their own en gineers, stokers, and others, to navigate and pilot the vessel. Lieutenant Robertson, assistant to Captain Henderson's steam department afloat at Woolwich, and Mr. Taplin, assistant to the Chief Engineer at Woolwich, also went in her to report the result to the Admiralty. The vessel came down the river to Woolwich in the forenoon, and continued running up and down short distances until 12.20 when she left Woolwich, and proceeded down the river, against tide, as far as Erith, and returned to Woolwich shortly after three r.m. On this occasion the proprietors hare demonstrated that the ad prin ciple of thoroughly consuming the smoke on board or steam-vessels is practicable. and the fires cn f stoked without any inconvenience from the .eit e smoke, as was the case on former trials. The greatest to ensure appa rent difficulty they have now to overcome, of the the proper working, under every circumstance, was last, found but vv i a n s g .n n o i t l u for driving the small boiler of the donkey downc:enat engin with it during fanners. No difficulty ffi. private trial on Monday the river to-day the draught of air vessel were proceeding in the to keep the steam up to the , full working pressure when the wind and tee . 1 o n turning opposite Erith and same direction. coining up the river against the wind, the fire under the small boiler was very bright, and consequently revolvingsteam srkig n greatly in creased, speed n o the for working and the the to the h brougt up although the throttle full power with p lent y to spare , valvei were both left open. This result was very satisfactory, and in the event of the full power of steam being kept up a t all times, a very important desideratum will be obtained, and a great saving effected, as she run fur five hours on Monday with a consumption of oue and a half tone of coals, her usual consumption in the same period without the smoke.. consuming apparatus being two and a half ton. When the vessel started she made twenty-three revolutions per mioute, and during the whole trial tnede truth twenty-two to twenty six revolution:, although her engines are very old and much worn. The wind blew a strong breeze to. day, testing the vessel fairly, and she prevented a singular appearance, having no funnel or masts. The great oljection which existed un former trials of a close and heated air below strongly mixed with an unpleasant sulphuric smell, arising front the imperfect combustion of the coals and smoke, was completely remedied to-day, and the air below in the part where the fanners were at work was as pure as on deck, with comparatively little beat in the , engine -room.• A the Naval College ; J. W. Vaughan, to study steam at Woolwich factory. Master—John Symons (1849), to the Archer; Peter Loney, to he in command of Torcrosa coast guard station, vice Lieut. Standbridge, resigned. Paymaster and Purser—Joseph Lewis (1848), to the Archer. Clerk--George Turner (1847), to the Archer. Midshipman —G. J. Richards to the Archer. Master's Assistant—E. A. Deane to the Archer. Naval Cadets—Richard Onslow and Pownall 'W Pellew, to the Fisgard, flag-ship at Woolwich, Charles J. Carey, to the Victory, flag-ship at Ports mouth. Clerk's Assistant —James A. Nicholls to the Archer. Gunner —Daniel Fisher to the Archer. Boatswain —John eTackon to the Archer. Carpenter—Charle s Miller to the Archer. THE SQUADRON OT EVOLUTION. We have received advices from the above force to the 28th ult. :--,. " March 13.—IIer Majesty's ship Phaeton, 50, Captain Elliut, arrived off Lisbon. At daylight ob served the squadron, consisting of two divisions, NAVAL OBITUARY Th. following, officers' de ,ths have been official' reported since Dec 20, 1849 : klag Otticegs—Admirals 7 Lford Colville, 1841 „