The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-12 00:00:00

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There were employed 1,0 76 guns, the power of 9,680 horses (nominally, but in reality nearly double that amount), 40,207 tons of ,shipping, and ship s ' com p an i es that should altogether have amounted to 10,423 hands, although the actual numbers probably fell short of that by 1,000. The fleet thus comprised about the same number of men as are encamped at Chobham, only that, instead of being dis tributed in tents stretching over 2 miles of heath, they are cooped up in 25 ships-of-war, 13 of which are screw steamers, 9 paddle-wheel, and 3 sailing ships-of-the-line. The total steam-power employed, being stated at about h alf its actual value, probably represents a larger horse- Power than all the cavalry regiments in the service put together, and when the nature of this modern agent is considered, and its adaptability for the purposes of naval Warfare, the contrast which' it illustrates becomes still More formidable. For giving certainty and rapidity to the movements of a fleet, and for all the attendant ad vantages which are thus secured, the steam-engine far exceeds the standard by which its capabilities are mea sured, and in this respect those who did not witness the spectacle of yesterday can hardly realise the effect which it was calculated to produce on all thinking minds. It is not that those influences have been almost entirely disarmed which invest the seaman's life with such perils, but we have in addition the sublime idea fully realised of rnan controlling the sea and subjecting the winds by a mechanical power developed by the patient observa- Von of natural f orces an d the happy application of them to °tit' wants. If, however, the fleet in its crews and st eam-power had such a grand significance, when the number and calibre of its guns are taken into the reek *tiling the result is truly astounding. There were no less ' l lan 1,076 guns, the smallest 32-pounders, and as large thro wn at helargest used in the great sea fights by which our —ors won the sovereignty of the seas. The largest 841 b. shells, which would be 104-pounders if solid shot were used, and the frightful destructive cress of these missiles may be imagined, explod ing on concussion, according to Captain Moorsom's recent invention. The great feature, however,- of th e armament of the present fleet is its 68-pounders, W hich produced, when fired, a prodigious effect both nPert the imagination and the tympanum of all who Witnessed the review. Thus, by its floating batteries of the heaviest description, and by the power of steam to move them rapidly into any position that may be re quired, the British navy has now become the grandest co ncentration of force for destructive purposes that can Well be conceived. A tonnage of 40,207 tons in one fleet dedicated to such an object rditlinds one not only of the resources of a country providing such tremendous m eans of d e f ence , b u t suggests also how vast must be t he interests that require to be so guarded. And now, having said this much to prepare the reader for the details of the review, we might proceed at once Z 9 : t h our nar ra t ive ; but before doing so it is necessary observe that no facts setting forth the character of the f leet, its armament, and capabilities can give a n ad equate concept i on o f what took place yesterday, un - I ess it be also borne in mind that this great spec tacle, „.. s "" Peculiarly national, had every influence that could in eease its s pl en d our . The Queen, the Royal family , their illust r i ous guests, both Houses of the Legislature , t he Minist ers o f the Crown, the Diplomatic Cor p s, a ho st of official personages ; many of the most distin guished men, not only in the navy, but in the army ale ° ; crowds of eminent civilians, vessels of all the Yachting clubs in the country, and some from abroad a lon g train of atten d an t s t eam ers, packed with excur sionists ; such are among the concomitants of the re view which must be borne in mind by those who wish to form a true conception of it. Above all, however, th e spectacle was favoured with magnificent weather, and it w as with bright sunshine overhead and fine sum- Mer breeze crisping the waters that the Royal yacht was B n ee , at half-past 10 o'clock, rapidly approaching the eet. The Board of Admiralty had arrived an hour Previously in the Black Eagle, and swarms Gf steamers rsei Yachts surrounded or shot through the lines of the t• The ships were unmoored and hove short before eto'clock in the morning, and soon after got up their Siam, in which state they awaited the approach of her in - „, a , s •l e atY. Then the proceedings of the review corn tic`teed with a Royal salute fired by the whole fleet, and th e grandeur of which, great as it might appear from shore, could only be fully appreciated on hoard. the There no distance softened the effect, the fierceness, i t impetuosity, and the suddenness of which were % i e sistibly striking, and the volumes of smoke which o ne moment enveloped the ship being the next lifted ii;h ii _ 4 e a curtain, behind or through the rents of fo r i e l ,',the rest of the squadron could be seen hurling e , a .l 4 4 quickly repeated fire. The Royal yacht passed r a „ l . l through the fleet to the flag-ship of Admiral Coch th;; and received in her progress a separate salute from guns of the Prussian frigate, which at least served -Jr' good contrast to the chorus of great guns tha t pre - C eded it. The Gefion, also manned yards---a mark of . j. s Pect which the exigencies of the programme prevented t ransferred fleet from showing. When the Royal standard was t l 'ausferred to the Duke of Wellington, another general °Y al salute was fired, and then an interval elapsed, m A n ring which her Majesty inspected the great flag-ship. as a specimen of naval architecture, the Duke of Wel b"ligton well deserves the compliment of such a visit. by contrast towering bulk, conspicuous from afar, diminishes contrast the largest steamers in the squadron. Her co lossal proportions do not inter fere with her speed, and s he e glides through the water as smoothly almost as the finely ade cutter. It was intended that a third thite sho - ul in d be fired when the Queen re-embarked on about 11 t h e her yacht, but it was signalled that this part of e Programme was to be dispensed with, and I ., O'cle ck the order was given to weigh. This was soon . Per formed, and then, gradually assuming the following eider, and escorted by a surprising number of y achts tontsate:afers, the fleet, in two columns, put majestically THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1853, smoke to leeward, enabled the spectators almost uninter ruptedly to mark the splendour of the spectacle. The deep bass of the 68 and 84-pounders, chiming in at in tervals with the sharper roar of the lighter guns, could be readily distinguished, and the observer could even note how these tremendous engines of destruction hurled forth a more projected and larger mass of flame and smoke into the wind's eye. Along the whole line of battle, nearly three miles long, the cannonading was kept up for many minutes with a fury which it is quite impossible to convey an idea of in words. The expedi tion and facility with which the crews worked their guns in the midst of this terrible hubbub was a subject of nearer and hardly less interesting observation than the general effect of the battle. On board the Odin, com manded by Captain Scott, and the heavy armament of which is peculiarly unwieldy, this was very con spicuous. The enemy had replied vigorously at the outset to the fire of the fleet, and this was sustained for some time ; but at last the Prince Regent, the Queen, and London began to slacken their fire. When the firing had ceased and the great " war cloud" formed by it had swept com pletely away, the signal was given to "c hase to the south," ' and in this direction the whole fleet proceeded at full steaming speed. The movement was only con tinued long enough to make a fair display of the supe riority of the Imperieuse, the Agamemnon, and the Duke of Wellington screws. These would have beaten all the rest of the fleet, and seem to establish the inferiority of the paddle-wheel construction to their own not only for fighting, but even for speed. The royal yacht, which had retired to a safe distance during the action, joined with its attendant flotilla of steamers in the chase ; and both houses of Parliament, in the Stromboli and Bull dog, also joined eagerly in the pursuit. They were bolder still, for, just before the engagement commenced, they passed through the line of the fleet into theu central spa to ce between it and the enemy. They were ts exposed the entire fury of the cannonade, and it is expected that, in consequence, for some time to come there will be a marked diminution in the number of interjectional "hear, hears" observable in our Parliamentary reports. To yachtmen a leading attraction in this part of the re view was furnished by the performances of two beautiful foreign vessels sent over to the Ryde Regatta—one an American, the other a Swede, and both remarkably swift. These kept up with the squadron the whole day, and ac companied it on its return to Spithead. This return was made in the order which each ship could maintain by her sailing powers, the Duke of Wellington and the Aga memnon, however, easily leading. It was a fine irregu lar race back to the starting point of the morning, the stalwart and martial-looking war-vessels shouldering their way by screw power through clouds of yachts and steamers. Far behind, under a press of canvas, came the gigantic sail--cf-the-line=distance and the declining sunlight giving somewhat of a spectral character to their movements. The fleet reached Spithead about 6 o'clock, and on its arrival the signal was given for the gunboats of all the ships to assemble, manned and armed, round the royal yacht. The execution of this order involved a greater amount of exertion on the part of the crews than any other of the day's proceedings. Having seen proved the difficulties attendant on launching heavy boats with all the discipline and resources of a man-of-war at com mand, we can now under,tand how the terrors of ship wreck become so aergravated. Yesterday the gunboats of the fleet were all round the royal yacht in a space of little more than half-an-hour from the time when the sig nal was given. They then commenced, for the amuse ment of the multitudes of spectators on shore, a grand attack with great guns and small arms on the Magicienne and Conflict steatn-frigates. Thus terminated a spectacle unprecedented in el this country, and that co uld be produced nowhere se a spectacle which well accords with our national sympathies, and which is doubly gratifying from the light in which it places the efficiency of our navy. If it restores our confidence in that surest and greatest arm of defence for this island kingdom of ours, it will not have been held in vain. STARBOARD, OR WEATHER DIVISION. Agamemnon Duke of Wellington Hogue .4 Blenheim Ajax g, Edinburgh 44 .2 1. e1 • enne Arrogant d I mper i ense Conflict ''Peating Tribune I ° , Amphion repeating ship Desperate 8 Highflyer ship Encounter u Odin Sidon c '. i ., Leopard Vesuvius -1 Terrible It is impossible to convey any suitable idea of the i eff ect which this stately procession presente d . A proces :" it was as ceremonious and precise a s an y could de -IN to see, the number of huge ships at stated intervals, 4 (1 1 . 1 d the broad avenue of clear water between the two t i l visi ons still pressing on the mind the marvels of that e ehanical agency by which such order and power are The in one display on " the inconstant deep." eh 6 ships kept in splendid line ' on their way out to sea, th e y 7log proudly their long rows of port-holes, and by their ir stern, uncanvassed rig, to which the smoke of chimneys added an aditional feature of sullen PO MP, holding every intruding craft at a respectable _ distance._ To soften the grandeur of the spectacle by tlifeeature which might appeal to the gentler sympa -4 of all, the Queen, in her Royal yacht, led the ! c l, t u k adron to sea. Occupying a central position betwe en ti, i ie Duke" on the starboard, and the Agamemnon on Pert side, but slightly in advance of both, her Ma hadtr and the Royal f a mily, with their illustrious visitors , an uninterrupted and perfect view of the marine faeant. Th e y saw no t on ly an unrivalled fleet, the a : 11 Y developed expression of our maritime power, but , i aroaziwhing number of attendant yachts and steamers, t hwhich the sea swarmed as far as the eye could M ac l• In no o th er co u n try of the world, and at no teey,l'lla period even in this, could such a spectacle have t he Isle tat:got together. Thousands upon thousands of spec- f t,_ at: from Culver Cliff, and the other high grounds o Pa geant as it move d ou t into the Channel. The y had, of Wight in that dir ection, watched the great P Parent lY, calculated upon witnessing the sham fight 4 ;: ° 'n that elevated position, but must have been sadly ~,,l sa a PPcinted, for when the action commenced the island 1 ,,,' 1 , 8 , ,o 0 longer visible, and, had it been so, the wind, I,..."' e tlewas blowing in a ' n easterly direction all day, must ''''Te interposed all the smoke of the steamers and the Tula between them and the fleet. Not so those who , a c _ co naPanied it, or were on board men-of-war. They furtwAllietrOjbtheidn e g air w e i d tl . l a distinctness that left nothing to few miles below the Nab the signal was given to from line abreast, which the ships did at cable length e na a each other, and with magnificent effect. Some idea of their appearance in this position may be foamed 'orde r from the fact that the line extended about three miles inend . to end. Fancy, therefore, looking along or . fronting° it. To the advance of the steam-fleet ;11, this ra _ u the looming forms of three line-of-battle ships that .5, `ceded ally grew more distinct and formidable in the offing r_a su cl un a fine effect. They bad been very conspicuous ii"-Z. lnthsimg 1 7 u . them time before the Royal yacht appeared to have makes signal, h o t ut s , o b u u th t - a e t as le t ng a t u li d sh t e he si r g e n u a p l o le n d t h h e ree A s d tr m an ir g a e l west." The strange "All takesail wore grandly the sout h - Vas , while this order obeyed, the drums beat t `were taken to quarters, the hammocks down from theirposition the bul warks, on port-holes were thrown 3)!lrkoW turning their broadsides t o o open, and a n enemy,d the formed ship: _ e reply of battle, and signalled the demand. 1. PIY was made, though No very easily 4.in distinguish Admiral Fansbawe's flag uY gat the wizen of the Prince led the Regent, which way under a 1 by the Queen and London,coud of canvass. She was followed while the Barracouta, u also under a press of sail ; Steamers attended them phion, Vulture, and Driver Regent fired twice in as they bore down. The Prince but beyond this there a w pp a r s oanhg, as if to try the range, from the contrast which the sailingnothingto distract attention their steam rivals. The deeper we vessels presented to auveeclianical influences gathering aroguentdcommitted to the ''nn to regret those splendours of theus, the more do , no longer retain. This was a universalpast which we t2rda as Admiral Fanshawe's squadron neared opinion yes whenbroadsides the got within range, the the fleet. re upon them, and the cannonade their - 1 inship to ship, spread along the line , taken up andrapidity 'with a , energy ~ quite astounding while it lasted fr esh sea-breeze rolling away the • ana fine Immense volumes of PORT, OR LEE DIVISION. parts, cheered again and again, until the sound, echoing from point to point along the Solent, rose like distant thunder. Precisely at 10.45 the Victoria and Albert was seen advancing from Cowes road between the leeward ships of the fleet, passing first between the Vesuvius and Terrible, and then proceeding straight down the line towards the Duke of Wellington at the weather extre mity. Suddenly three little balls are run up to the Admiral's fore, where they burst out into tiny flags, flutter for an instant, and are hauled down again. Away go as many balls to the fore of every vessel in the fleet and repeat the same process ; and then those ponderous dark hulls, so silent, so deserted-looking, so gloomy, spurt out lightning, smoke, and thunder from their grim ports. The Royal salute, as rendered yesterday by 20 powerful men-of-war, was startingly grand. In its terrific force and vehemence it appealed to nearly every sense, and woke that dread instinct of war which must be inherent in man. The roar so like the mighty voice of the heavens in their anger, the quick arrows of fire running along the batteries and piercing through the sheet of smoke, and the graceful whirls of the wreath of aerified gunpowder exercise a powerful in fluence over the fancy, and reason, in spite of itself, submits to the power which it cannot analyse. As the Royal yacht passed up the line, she was fol lowed by the Vivid and Elfin, by the airy with the m embers of the Russian Royal family on board ; by the Banshee (Lieutenant Hoskins), with General Simpson, Governor of' Portsmouth, and several other distin guished officers ; by the Black Eagle, Bulldog, and Hecla, laden with " the Lords" and friends of the Ad miralty ; by the Stromboli and Gorgon, bearing on their decks both Houses of Parliament ; by the Lizard, Fly, and several other vessels, carrying pendants and freighted with persons who had been provided with tickets for that day. Nearly every yacht club was present in every form, from the clipper schooner of 200 tons down to the Thames cutter of 10, clothed in their snow-white can vas, big jibs and gaff topsails set, and, flitting over the water in, every direction, they formed the most beautiful coup d'ceil that could be conceived, stretch ing away for miles, tacking to and fro, running out of every creek along the isle, and firing their tiny armament with wonderful zeal and tolerable regularity. The dusky forms of numerous steamers, struggling under the enormous loads of living creatures who swarmed from stem to stern, on paddlebox, deck, rigging, yards, contrasted with the livelier hues of the sailing vessels and relieved their monotony. It is to be regretted, how ever, that in some cases the captains were more anxious to give th&r passengers an opportunity of demonstrating their loyalty than of consulting the convenience of those whom they intended ,to compliment—occasionally run ning their vessels so near as to interfere somewhat with the motions of the Royal yacht, or, when to windward, favouring those on board with a full taste of their quality in the production of smoke. As the Royal yacht ad vanced, head turned, the smoke was soon blown away, and her stately march between the ranks of the squadron was plainly visible to the many thousands afloat and ashore. At 11 o'clock the Royal pacht was astern of the Duke, and her speed was slackened. She then slowly went on ahead till she took a position on the starboard bow of the Duke. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal children, attended by a numerous suite, were seen on the deck admiring the giant man-of war. The Prussian frigate (Gefion) and sloop manned yards in excellent style as her Majesty passed, but the squadron did not follow their example, for it has been almost decided not to continue the practice in steamers, on account of the injury done to the men's clothes by the soot on the yards and riggin g . The Fairy now ranged up with the Russiau Archduchess and several officers in uniform on board. The Stromboli, rolling about beneath the weight of the House of Peen, lay still further astern of the Royal yacht, and Lord Pal se e h i e et •a . .ou ri l , d e e sp ß e i a i k ek to t a ag et e :/ w om it a h te th o e r a , n , f l e s e l l in a g n t e o h n e d r e , - , inetston might he seen chatting with one of the sailors just puba t a i of the Admiralty flying at the main, was close at hand, [FROM ANOTHER OBSERVER.] and a crowd of yachts and steamers were at greater dis t Laces to leeward. At 11.30 the Prince of Prussia, the On July 16, 1845, now just eight years ago, her Ma- Crown Princess of Wurtemberg, and the Dachess of t esty Queen Victoria inspected the Experimental Squa- Leuchtenberg proceeded in a barge from the Fairy to dron of that day, under the command of Admiral Hyde the Royal yacht, where they were received by her geve iboard ostaff. thet Prince,and sons The sight attracted an i m mense crowd of per - Ma j est y . The boats of the Victoria and Albert were theotlfs then Wellington, son§ from the metropolis and the surrounding country, and well were they repaid by one of the most splendid spectacles ever beheld. Bu t at one time there were great nf'l roewi a r e visitors i e iatnedre followed her proceededMajesty,by a brilliant the lli a t 11.55 the Queen appeared at the fears entertained on shore that the sight-seers would be with. her guests th the Admiral e Duke of of Ca th m e brid po ge, rt an andd disappointed. The suc cess of the whole ceremonial de- Sir T. Cochrane, - of the day, and remained for nearly 10 minutesgazing pealed on "the win d," which was then the deity be with the greatest interest on the wonderful scene which loved or the demon abh orred b y p oor Jack, according as lay before her. Her Majesty was greetedinthe most it was fair or foul, for he was the exception to the enthusiastic manner by the passengers in the commer " nobody" to whom an ill wind is inferred to be of some cial steamers which happened to be near enough to see advantage. Many an o l d sailor turned aside to pucker her. up his lips into a sly whistle, thinking, after all, there At 12.5 the Queen returned to her yacht. Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and Sir Baldwin Walker came on board could be no harm in the moribund superstition, and that the Banshee at the same time, and it was soon evident it might - do good to indulge in it, and it was felt that if that the proceedings of the day were about to begin. In these little supplicatory expostulations with Providence a few minutes more the signal was given to weigh, and did not succeed and the wind remained in abeyance, the as the vessels had been "hove short" since 8 o'clock, and exhibition might do very well for Vandevelde to paint had only one anchor down, they were all off in a few " a dead calm" from, but would be very uninteresting minutes, proceeding in the order of the p ublished pro to the Queen and her subjects . No doubt, too, there were thousands of good honest bl ue j ackets who did not gf steamers following each other with much regu l a rit y , ramme. The spectacle presented by the tw o columns like seeing her Majesty in a "smoker" at all, and would o considering the difference in their relative spee d, was m uch sooner have beheld the Roy al standard floating from one of those gaily ornam ented bar g es, which were splendid. At 1.30 o'clock "the enemy" were seen in fondly believed to be Royal yac hts half a centur y ago by the distance, beating out towards the eastward, six or seven miles beyond the Nab Light, and at 1 . 45 the alg a generation not yet recovered f rom their reverence for the " Shrewsbury Wonder" and th e " Bri g hton Tally- nal was given to form line of battle, while the drums ho." But a mightier power than the wind was spring- beat to quarters on board the squadron, and the ports ing fast into maturity. The youthful giant was in baby- were triced up and guns run out. `The enemy," con clothes. Most people said he would never be fit for listing of the I"rinee Regent, 02 ; Queen, 113 ; London fighting, and recommended him to be kept to work on 90 ; Amphion, 34 ; Barracouta, and Driver, were on railways or to serve in the merchant marine • but now the port tack—the sailing vessels wawa all the canvas he has grown up, and he has changed the whole' tactics they could set, the steamers standing yto windward of war. Knock away the paddles or the shaft of a of them. it was soon very evident that with all the ad steamer of the old school, and you had a very da igerous vantages of their position wind must yield to steam, log on the water, which might scald you to death, and and that they could not escape the "screw." At 2.5 the enemy tacked and stretched away towards the English which was deprived of half her b roadside b y the s p ace coast, while the squadron taken up by her paddle-boxes. Fire a shot into her, andformed the line of battle, the the chances were she became a vast mortar filled with ships moving in succession from their positions astern steam and blew the crew out of her. But now we of each other, till they were in a line abreast—the two have a perfect man-of-war, with a propellin g force work- Admirals in the centre—the paddle - wheel steataiers on ing down deep in the water , a n d secured noeuv re was executed in about 20 minutes, but the Duke against most ea ch flank, and the 'screws in the centre. This ma contingencies except that of breakage , with her engi nes below water-line, and, despite the pr e ju dic es o f our old and the Agamemnon had to wait for some time for the " salts," there is reason to t hink that from and after blockships to come into line, and when there the latter could not keep their position, though they did much this time very few ships will bp built indeed which are better than they had done when in column. The n ot provided with that potent auxiliary " the screw." a In these eight yea rs a com p lete revolution has been P roach of the two fleets was one of the most beautiful of the day, and the manoeuvres of the squadron of effected in our na v y and our s y stem of tactics, and the si most striking evidence of the su p erior merit of the new Admiral Fanshawe, being for the most part executed under canvas, formed the most attractive portion of it, order of things was to be found in the proceedings of a hick it the London being conspicuou , for the ease with which yesterday, and , abo ve ail, in the rapidity with she was handled, her superior sailing qualities (she has been produced. On the occasion of the Queen's visit to Spithead in s pared the others' royals), and the facility of her steering. 1845 the squadron consisted of the St. Vincent, Tra- At 2.40 signal was given "to chase." At the same moment the Prince Regent tacked, and was followed by falgar, Queen, Rodney, Albion, Canopus, Vanguard, 'list one— (the Superb, and Rattler. Of these, one . ( the rest of Admiral Fanshawe's squadron, and at 2.45 _ the enemy formed line of battle, beat to quarters, and Rattler) —was a scre w steamer ! A vessel of 880 tons epared for action, as it was quite evident nothingelse and 200-horse power , a nd b y no means deserving of her could be done: name so far as speed was concerned, thought built by - The Admiral fired a gun now and then as a signal to Sir W. Symonds,„ represented our navy, all the rest of his beleaguered force. Nand • his the squadron being sailing vessels. forces came, and every motion was watched with the Yesterday we saw in a fleet of 20 men-of-war 13 screw ~ reatest excitement by every one, from those on board steamers, and these by far the most efficient ships in the the Roya l • ht down to the sailors • in the fleet. At whole squadron ; and Ms if to admit the fact of their ya°within 3.30 the squadrons were a quarter of a mile of superiority in a tacit sort of way, the vessels of the each other, and suddenly the action commenced. The squadron which was intended to be beaten were tom broadside of the Prince Regent was tremendous—for posed altogether of sailing vessels and paddle-wheel regularity and rapidity she could not be excelled. She steamers. was followed by her consorts with an effective fire, but It was, in every sense of the word, a national exhi all the roar of their guns was drowned in the crashing bition yesterday, and, as far as might be, in spite of the localised nature of the display, a nati onal holida y . Such can nonade of the Duke, the Agam emnon, and the screw fleet, which vomited forth the fire of their batteries with a day was never seen in Portsmouth, even when our testify to its uninterrupted energy for n earl y a q uarter of an hour, navy was wont to tow in whole fleets to prowess. Many a strange tale has be en told ere this of when the firing ceased , and the enem y , maimed and the dreadful Wed- w ounded and crippled, was under stood to be defeated. shifts to which visitors were put o n nesday in order to find a resting p lace —the hotels were The Amphion and the Admiral i mitated the effects of filled with people, who roamed all ni g ht in ho p es of some an action most admirably by letting sheets and tacks fly One being driven out of leis room by an electric tele- hauling their yards out of trim, and letting down the graph, a fire, or insanity, and who, failing in their ex- to on the caps, the former particularly contributing pectations, lay down in holes and corners wonderful to to this picturesque effect with remarkable skill. The think of, and it is to be feared that many a respectable whole fleet then steered south-east till 4.25, when a man with a well-filled purse had no better resting place " race " homewards er ect place, in which the Duke of than his house-dog was enjoying in the back yard at Wellington and Agamemnon greatly distin,guished .theni home. The trains swallowed up thousands, only to selves, and gave the Royal yacht as much as she could leave more thousands behind, and then delivered them do to diminish her dietance from them. The quiet over to hungry watermen with the keenest thirst of gold smoothness and celerity with which the Duke moved ever known, or to innkeepers, seized with equally acute through the water astonished every beholder, but in the end she was passed by the Agamemnon. At 4.45 Bern manifestations of a similar appetite. bridge Light was passed, and the fleet proceeded in order The note of preparation sounded all through the night, and soon after daybreak the w hole world of Portsmouth, to their former moorings , afte r which the review was Gosport, and Southsea rushed down to the beach to find terminated by the boat attack. the fleet quietly at its moorings, with scarcely a sign of At half-past 6 o'clock the Admiral made signal for the boats of the squadron to attack an enemy to leeward. life on board except the steam blowing off from the boilers. Thousands repaired to the dockya rd in order to The hostile force was represent ed b y the Ma g icienne get on board the men-of-war for which they had or ders ; and the Vulture steamers, which took u p a position and so great was the anxiety to be in tim e that the yachts within a mile of the Southsea beach. The y la y " broad- side on " to the s hore, and as soon as the boats were from Cowes and about the island ran over and anchored during the night in the shingle off Souths ea beach, in hoisted over the side the y p re p ared their batteries to order to get a good start of wind for the Nab in th e give them a warm rece p tion . morning, and stood off at an early hour for the point of Th e utmost activity prevailed among the vessels of the attacking sq uadrons, which were now anchored at action indicated in the programme which was publis hed the moorings th e y ha in yesterday's paper. The sky gave promise of a fi ne d left in the morning, in a line day—regular "Queen's weather"—and the day fulfilled from Spithead all along the coast of the Isle of The the pledge. The wind was east - north - east, and though Wight. rapidity with which the huge launches there was not enough of it for the sailing vessels to work were cleared away, raised over the side, and lowered with, and to puff the smoke away, it would have been into the water, must have surprised those who had not uncharitable and ungallant to have asked for more, when before witnessed the admirable perfection to which the so many ladies were preparing to brave some amount of boat service of our navy has been brought. In a few suffering in trusting themselves even to the tame and minute each vessel had its launch floating by its side, a g entle Neptune of th e Solent. Soft w h ite clouds floated carro nade (a short, serviceable gun , of he av y metal) on placidly through the blue sky, and the sun shone out its slide in the bo es w, and then pouredartill intoery her its With stream brightly, the on l y conse q uence of his a pp earance bein g of seamen, matin, marine . 24 the adoption and use of an extensive crop of " wil e s " oars, double-banked, the marines tseatehe sternsh e ets water, which interfered with the full scope of the tele- the yokS lines in his hand, and the jack floating from scope. As the morning wore on the crowds of course the tall in itself flae-staffnd for in th med an y stern, engin each e of war, boat was so a beautiful increased along the shore. Every landing place was a object , a centre of attraction, and men-of-war and shore b oa t s by no means despicable, having all the appliances of laden with parties of ladies and gentlemen, and portly ; attack, defence, and retreat concentrated in a very short hampers of provender, crossed to and fro, coining and i compass. A few minutes more, and the words " Give going in all directions, the sun's rays flashing brightly way ' sent from the sides of the squadron a flotilla of back all the while from the blaze of gold in the officers' i enormous force and power. The boats might be seen uniforms as they sat in state and dignity in their trim 1 advancing with great velocity from the line of ships, gigs. Hour after hour passed cheerfully away, for there , swept along by the long powerful pull of the stalwart was plenty to see and remark upon its the ever-changing ' oarsmen, and convereine as they advanced in two divi panorama which lay before one fro m the Southsea beach , rims —one for each of the devoted enemy. The Royal to the opposite shore, where the Isle of Wight, rich in yacht moved slowly up towards tie steamers, and all all its natural beauties, formed a gracefu l background to the immense multitude of yachts and tenders, wherries , the scene. Soon after 10 , o'clock some longesighted people steam-vessels, great and small, swarmed astern of her, declared the "flag was down at Osborne," and, indeed, or dodged about to find an opening in tie thronged it soon turned out they had reason to be proud of their masses of hull and spar and rigging through which this eyesight or of their imagination, for the royal standard exciting portion of the spectacle amid be witnessed. not long after was transferred to the main of the Victo- Meanwhile the launches drew rapi fly ahead, and as ria and Albert, eszkch lay off shore in the Cowes roads. , soon as the leading boat had cleared the vessels of the The yacht in a few minutes afterwards left her moor- spectators a flash from the bows of the Vultare, followed lugs, and steamed towards Spithead, threading her by a gush of white smoke, showed that the fight had way with care and difficulty amid the innumerable com vomitedboats T dense masses of people who darkened every eminence , of the launches, served with great quickness, sounded a on the beach, who swarmed on the platform and rain- 1 rolling bass of thunder to the smart sharp rattle of the musketry ; and the irregular nature of the firing, at one time bursting into a simultaneous roar as the metal of boats and ships spoke in awful unison together, and now subsiding into the discharge of a single gun, diversified the tumult of the uproar. And now one could understand the formidable character of a boat attack, for, as the flotilla drew near the broadsides of the men-of-war and got into range, they divided and steered away, so that one division made for the bows and the other for the sterns of the ships at bay, thus escaping to a great extent the fire of the st-ongest portion of their batteries, and assailing them in their weakest parts. The smoke blew away to leeward in advance of the boats, but as they drew nearer to the steamers it became so dense that they became altogether enveloped in it, and nothing could be seen but the wreaths of the snowy vapour rising in pile on pile, and hiding from view the animated work which it seemed as if anxious to conceal. The heavier metal of the frigates was heard at intervals through the din of the carronades and firelocks, and at length the rapid rattling volleys of the marines on board, delivering their fire as the launches drew up alongside to board, were distinctly audible. Still more launches kept coming from the fleet, and opened fire as they formed their divisions, the marines all loading and firing as if for life, and the sail Ors pulling with the regularity of machinery, until a loud ringing cheer—such a -joyous burst of exultation that one might imagine the gallant fellows had won a new Trafalgar—proclaimed their vic tory over the enemy, and the firing was over. As the wind slowly rolled the clouds to leeward of the flotilla bringing into view boat after boat and the hulls of the steamers, the coup d'ail was one no language can con vey, for it was instinct with motion, teeming with ener getic life. The boats were returning to their respective ships, from which the signal of recal had been hoisted 4 or with oars aloft were lying-to off the late " enemy ; on the white beach at Southsea, as far as the eye could reach, thousands of people were gathered in full enjoy ment of the spectacle ; every mound—every hillock — the ramparts of the fortifications, the tops of houses — any and every place, in fact, from which a view of Spit head could be had, were black with a swarm of human beings. On the other side, with the aid of a glass, it could be perceived that the whole population had poured down to the shores of the Isle of Wight, and the pier at Ityde and the hills towards the seaside were covered with men, women, and children. Everything that could float and move by sail or oar—and wonderful it was to see occasionally what feats, contrary to all appearances, were performed in this way—collected from all parts of the neighbouring shores, was on the waters flitting about, so as to shut out the face of the waves, beneath a shifting veil of rope and wood and canvas. The Royal yacht, beset with theth like a queen bee by its loving subjects, floated tranquilly, the centre of innumerable lorgnettes and prying eyes. At in tervals some very dirty and very loyal steamer came waddling close to the - Victoria and Albert, and discharged a volley of hearty cheers from its living cargo as the well-known form of their Sovereign was seen on the deck of her floating palace ; and gen tlemanly yachts veiled their topsails as they came near, and ungentlemanly ones stood too close in, and became objects of universal abhorrence, for the time being, to many thousands of people. Far away to the east a thick black background of coal smoke, left behind by the steamers, rested on the horizon, and brought out in fine relief the snowy canvas of the hundreds of yachts which were stealing up to their moorings. The slower steamers, and men of-war, with company on board, came hustling through them, each with a long dark trail in the air behind it, and, in the centre of the pic ture, Admiral Fanshawe's squadron, with every stitch of canvas that could be set, except studdingsails, bore down majestically in line between the port and star board divisions of its late assailants, towering above the pigmy craft as the p illars of some ruined Eastern temple over the Arab tents at their base. No other country ever exhibited a spectacle so grand and so im pressive. It was a great Peace Congress, headed by the Queen. THE SMYTII FORGERY CASE, EXAMINATION -OF THE PRISONER. GLOUCESTER, Thursday. To-day Dr. Smith, alias "Sir Richard Hugh Smyth, Dart.," the plaintiff in the notable action of " Smyth v. Smyth," which terminated yesterday in so remarkable and dramatic a manner, appeared before the Rev. D. Jenne, master of Pembroke, and a magistrate for Glou cestershire, on the charge of forging certain documents, purporting to be deeds and certificates belonging to the Smyth family, the prosecution having been instituted by the direction of Mr. Justice Coleridge. Mr. Way, a relative of the Smyth family, deposed to the inaccuracies in the spelling of the letters of the pri soner, and he also deposed to his stating that the trinkets produced were the same that had been given to him by John Provis. The prisoner cross-examined Mr. Way at some length, and continued to ejaculate, " You may hang me if you please, but give me a fair chance." In reference to the mis-spelling of the word "holiday," he asked Mr. Way if he knew the derivation of the word. Mr. Way de clined giving any explanation, and the prisoner then stated that the word was derived from the holly branch by the Catholics, and that therefore it was impossible a scholar could spell it otherwise than he had. He also asked Mr. Way if from his own knowledge he could swear that he had forged the parchments. Mr. Moring, engraver, 42, High Holborn, London, deposed that he made and engraved the steel seal now produced about the 7th March last. The prisoner em ployed him to make the seal, and he sent it to him in the brown paper parcel produced. He had examined the seals on the two documents produced, and the impres sion on both was made from this seal. By Mr. Gray (who conducted the prosecution)—The order was a written one by the prisoner (produced). The order was shown to the prisoner yesterday while under examination, and he admitted it to be his. Made a sketch of the arms while the messenger waited, and in the hurry he blurred the u in "capitur," and hence the mistake in the engraving of the word " capitor " occurred. He engraved the arms and crest, and sent out the seal to have the motto stamped on it. The words "the one before" in the order referred to another seal, which he had previously made for the prisoner about December. The seal with the ivory handle produced is it. He had no doubt that the seal on the document " A." was made with the same seal as that on the document " B." The impression on the letter signed "Hugh Smyth," ad dressed to " Mrs. Smyth, Warminster," and dated Feb. 2, 1797, was made with the seal which witness engraved for the prisoner in December last. This letter was produced on the trial of "Smyth v. Smyth." No two seals could be made su much alike that he could be de ceived as to the impression, and, more than that, the peculiar manner in which both seals are engraved had only been discovered within the last three or four years. The peculiarity was, that the seal was engraved by peculiar circular steel tools. It was a peculiarity that could be seen by the eye, both by the impression and the seal itself. He discovered that peculiarity in the documents A and B sealed. Before sending out the seal made in March, he took an impression of it, which he had kept ever since, and now produced. In that impres sion the word appeared " Capitor." By the prisoner—l received the handle of the smaller seal from you, when you gave me the first order. There was a seal upon it at the time; with a crest and motto. The crest was an elephant's head. The prisoner having put several other questions to the witness, without shaking his testimony, said—Now I have one question to ask you touching my honour—for bad as I may be thought to be, I have still some honour left. Did I not call upon you after the appearance of certain advertisements and handbills issued to seal en gravers, respecting the larger seal, and offering a re ward of 51. for the discovery of the person who en graved it ? Witness—Yes, once. Prisoner—Did I not say a person would call on you respecting the engraving of those seals ? Witness— You asked me if a person had called on me. The witness went on to say that the prisoner had re quested that the porter in the shop should be sent out, and witness having sent him out, the prisoner said inquiries might be made respecting the seals en graved by him, and requested him to give no info' , mation whatever respecting them. He asked witness to give no information respecting his knowledge of the engraving of seals. He did not request him to observe secrecy when he gave the order for the seals. He (witness) first gave information by letter to Mrs. Warrington on the day the advertisement appeared. It was the day the prisoner called upon him. A letter was produced bearing the Bristol post mark of March 15, 1853, and another of the 16th of March, 1853, ad dressed to the "Rev. T. G. Bennett, Ballinadee, Ire land." They bore a seal which the witness identified as having been made with the larger seal which he made for the prisoner. We understand that Mr. Robert Cocks, of Oxford street, London, engraver, will make the following state ment as to the trinkets produced in court yesterday, and which brought the trial to the crisis :—That on the sth of June last the prisoner called at his shop, and giving his card, " Sir Richard Smyth," stated that he was trustee of children just come of age, and who de manded the mother's property, and he (the prisoner), finding he had been robbed of them, desired to purchase other similar articles made not less than fifty years ago. He selected five rings and two brooches, and wrote the inscriptions which were placed on them. These facts were communicated by telegraph to Glou cester yesterday. SOUTHAMPTON, TFICRSDAY NIGHT, 10 O'CLOCK. No public event which has happened of late years has excited such a strong interest in Southampton as the grand naval review which has so successfully terminated this evening. During Wednesday afternoon, and throughout the night, a constant succession of trains brought an im mense concourse of visitors to this town. All the hotels and lodging-houses were crammed, and enormous prices paid for accommodation. The price of tickets issued by the various excursion steamers rose to a great sum, and transactions of this nature were even effected at an advance of 300 per cent. on the original cost, the tickets to a great extent having been bought up by speculatora, one, two, and three guineas being freely paid for per mission to go in the vessels. The movement towards Spithead. commenced this morning shortly before daybreak, and steamers were rapidly dispatched, filled with people, to the scene of action. At half-past 6 o'clock the Royal West Indian mail steamer Thames got under way, with the directors of the company, their friends, and distinguished party on board, to the number of nearly 400 persons, for whom a magnificent hospitality was prepared. The Thames monceuvred throughout the day in the rear of the fleet, and afforded the persons on board an excellent opportunity of witnessing this grand spectacle. At 9 o'clock the beautiful screw steam-ship Cadiz, under charge of Captain Cooper, and belonging to the Penin sular and Oriental Company, started from the Docks, having on board a number of the directors of the com pany, with a large party, including the mayor and cor poration of Southampton, the Governor of the Bank of England, several Directors of the East India Company, and many gentlemen eminent in the monetary and com mercial circles of the metropolis. The Cadiz was early dressed with colours, and had the fine brass band of the steamer Bengal on board, which played during the day. On board this ship also an excellent entertainment was provided for the invited guests. The Peninsular and Oriental Company having placed at the disposal of the officers of the camp at Chobham their steam-ship Tagus, a party consisting of nearly 200 from that encampment, and accompanied by the band of the Bth Hussars, embarked in that vessel, under com mand of Captain Killock, and have returned to South ampton highly delighted with their trip, and with the bountiful preparations and refreshments provided for them by the liberality of the company. • Besides these excursions of a special nature, the seve ral steamers of the South - Western Company, the Isle of Wight Company, and many vessels from L ondon and • various places which came to this port to provide con veyances for the masses anxious to go afloat, went off during the morning crowded with passengers, and have re turned with their freights, no damage or accident having, so far as we know, happened to mar the general enjoyment. The town is full of company, and in the course of the morning and evening the Docks have been visited by thousands of persons to witness the embarca tion and return of the visitors from the review. WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Sergeant Manning.) WILSON V. CHAMBERS. IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO TENANTCY.—This was a case on a judgment obtained in the City Sheriffs' Court to recover the sum of 4/. 10s. for rent. Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. W. It. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, stated the case, by which it appeared that, after the judgment had been obtained, defendant tendered the key, which was accepted ; and it was con tended by Mr. Hughes, as counsel for the defendant, that this was a waiver of judgment. Evidence was adduced to show that plaintiff had agreed to forego the claim ; but, on cross-examination of the witness by Mr. Beard it was clearly shown that, so far from assenting to this, the plaintiff had positively to sign a document to that effect which had been previously prepared.' His Honour decided that the defence had not been made out ; and even if it had been made out, he did not consider it would have been a satisfaction of the judg ment. The defendant was then committed for 30 day s LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TRIS DAY.) __— THE GREAT FIRE IN ST. JAMES'S.—Notwithstanding that the firemen had been actively engaged during the whole of Wednesday and the greater part of yesterday, the fire was not entirely extinguished until past 6 o'clock last evening. It was then found that the property destroyed by this disastrous event was considerably greater than was at first expected, for, owing to the fire continuing to rage so long amongst the ruins, much property that was expected would be saved has unffirtu nately been consumed. In the veneer-house there was a stock in trade valued at from 1 , 5001 . to 2,000/., and i is to be regretted that nearlythe whole has been reduced to ashes. The premises of Mr. Sibley, the silversmith, are also gutted, for since the fire ha d been n o t somewhat under, the whole of the floors and roof havebfallen in, and the timbers which had settled on the ground floor, in spill of the torrents of water thrown upon them kept burning until they were reduced to a charred mass. Amongst the property destroyed were a great number of partially-finished pianofortes, including several Foncias, of which the firm were the patentees. A very valuable stock, however, in the southern warehouses has escaped with only trifling damage by water and heat. As b to the origin of the fire, in sp ite of the inquiry madded e y the brigade authorities , nothin g that can be ye ended upon could be learned. The factory has been in the hands of the same family for ieearly 200 years, and the present was the first fire that had ever broken out in the place. A subscription is about being opened for the aid of the numerous men, who, besides being thrown out of work, have lost their tools, and are consequently unable to take another shop of work. HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.—A quarterly Court of the Governors of this Institution, which was established in 1851, for the purpose of treating poor children both surg i ca lly and medically, attaining knowledge regarding g Ho a sp nu it ffi al e , i 4 en 9 t , co h r a m v n e n b d e - e s n t r held ee t, but ye s t t e b r e ty , n a e t t the bei n the diseases of children , and training nurses for children , 'a G 'a re s a t t o number of Governors present to form a quorum the meeting was postponed. It appeared, however, from the books of the Hospital that the number of in-patients had been extended to 27, and the attendance in the out patient department was upwards of 120 daily. During the quarter the number of in-patients had amounted to about 40. Since the foundation the number of in-patient 3 had been about 200, and the out-patients about 2,000. 1 The donations for the past half-year amounted to 7341. 16s. 4d., and the subscriptions to 4141. Bs., making the total receipts 1,1791. 19s. 11d. The expenditure for the same period had been 8641. 17s- 7d., leaving a balance of 3151. 2s. 4d. The Committee rejoice at the progress of the Institution, and earnestly entreat the public to come forward and support them in their exertions to re lieve the poor child in the time of sickness. FARE TABLES FOR HACKNEY CARRlAGES.—Yesterday the commissioners of police issued orders, under the pro visions of the New Hackney Carriage Act, for the pro prietors of hackney carriages immediately to post tables of fares inside and outside their vehicles. Forms of the tables may be seen at Scotland-yard ; they contain a statement of the fares to be charged by time and dis tonne the quantity of luggage tha t ma y be taken, and the Charge allowed for extra luggage and passengers. The Hansom cabs must carry them inside, on the off s de, close to the roof, near to the front glass bli o n the nd, to e char of the same up or down ; and outside, near side close to the roof, to the right hand of the w i do+,v panel. Clarence cabs and others must have tem inside the panel of the off-door, immediately under the window, and on the outside on the back panel in the cenire close to the roof. All who neglect to supply their vehicles with these tables forthwith are to be sum moned, and the penalties enforced. That there may be no excuse, the commissioners supply the tables for ls., on application. COAST DEFENCES. —Among the many arrangements for effecting the more efficient defence of our coast, the Government has directed that a tower shall be at once erected in the spit of the Isle of Grain, opposite Sheer ness. To those who know the locality, it must be evi dent that the erection of this tower will prove a most efficient coast defence. LONDON, Aug. 12.—Wind this day at Noon, N.B. to E.N.E. ' • light breeze, and dry weather, but cloudy at times. The barometer is steady. RAMSGATE, Aug. 11.—Wind, N.E. to E.N.E. Sailed —Twee Godfields, Melbourne. DEAL, Aug. 12 (9.10 a.m )—Wind, E.N.E. ; fine and cloudy. Aassed—Earl Balcarres, from London, for Bom bay ; Alfred, from London, for Calcutta ; Herefordshire, from London, for Sydney. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 12 (10.30 a.m.)—Wind, S., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Star of History, new ship, from Har lington. Sailed—Frier, for Cronstadt ; Bella Ancona ; Trois Freres, Dunkirk ; Honour, Ceylon ; Dolphin, Narva ; Sebastian and Leon, Havannah. Off Port—Gouverneur von Devriere, from Bruges._ QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 10.—Wind, S., moderate. Arrived —Eliza Emma, from Rio Grande ; Rosa A. Moranda, from Ibraila. HAELErooL, Aug. 11. 7. -Sailed—Zerlina, St. Thomas. MALTA, Aug. 3.-:The Fortunate, Catania to Falmouth, which was assisted in here on fire, and sunk at the entrance of the harbour, has been raised, and is discharging. NEW YORK, July 30.--The Rapid (English brig), New port to Wilmington, put into Norfolk, previous to July 28, leaky; &c. BOSTON, July 29.—The Tweed (British brig), 'Sydney, C. 8., to New York, went ashore at Nova Scotia. on the 19th inst., came off leaky, and subsequently filled near Owl's Head, with 5 ft. water in her hold, and filled. CaRISTIANSAND, Aug. 3.—The Augustus, Carlkrona to London, put into Grimstadt, 31st ult., leaky, and with bows stove, Sm., from contact with a vessel off the Coast of Jutland. SHIELD', Aug. 11. Wind, E. by N. Arrived—Pallas Miramichi ; Choice, Quebec. THE NEW BILLINGSGIAE MARKET.—III addition to the clock placed in one of the new towers forming the river frontage to the new Billingsgate market, which has a face on each of the four sides of the tower, and is illuminated at night, so as to be distinctly visible from pressure on the London-bridge, as well as for a considerable distance up THE UNITED STATES.—The accounts from New York and down the river, and which strikes the hours and describe considerably increased money every quarter in deep sonorous tones, affording infinite market, which was likely, however, to be mitigated by Francisco. The importations of manufactur ed goods ;rum convenience to the shipping lying off the Custom -house , an arrival of 320,0001. that had just taken place from San -- France and England continued to be ex tremely large, as well as to the wharfs and other premises at the water side ; there is a large bell for the purpose of being rung France but the shipments of specie in return w ere still con at the time of high water, as an official notification o siderably below the receipts from the fact to all concerned. This bell, which has bee a n s p e ut wneewekllyawin, s tead requiring of qutahreterlbyanrkesturonfs Cal i fornia.. The into operation within the last two or three days , h the city to make would come into cited some attention, and is particularly well adap.tedx, on account of its loud and sonorous tone e nabli n g i t to operation on the 9th of August, be heard for a long distance, for its intende d_ purpose, the fact of the accumulation of and this, coupled with NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE UOMPANT.—The sury being larger Land Enclosure than at any period d • during the preceding first annual meeting of the Nethe rlands six months , is sufficient held at Rotherham on the 29th ult., • t o account for the temporary Company was stringency. Meanwhile, there has been avera ge :a ll as a d opted. With an when the report of the direc.toresdw to of 5 or 6 per cent , in the regard to the damage occasion - various descriptions of spe culative securities. At the same time, the shares of the sure by the storm of February last, i t appears that Crystal for its repair and permanent security Pal ace werefairly maintained, and were quoted at a contract was 132. The number of • * made in May ; while, as respects future proceed- visitors was about 5,000 a-day, and the cas h ' it has been resolved to adopt a new system, receipts about 300/. or 4001. There was no ings, and to construct a barrier entirely across one portion later intelligence from Mexico, but a letter had been in the company's concession, at a cost of 320,000/ , serted •in the New York papers from ex-President Arista, the contractors agreeing out of this to pay 4 per cent. . i dated London, July the 12th, denouncing a forgery by i n terest to the shareh olders until the completion of the which he had been represented as an advocate for the i w ork. It is believed tha t the final results will thus be annexation of Mexico to the United States. From acres Texas the accounts refer again to the alleged silv er ren dered more certain, and that about 35,0000 f mines about fifteen miles from Las Cruces o n the land can be secure d wi t hin a reasonable time, the to Mexican frontier ; but, after the exposure of th e th e company being 20/ , per acre. Auth or it y raise 250,00 01 . on debentures, and at the was taken recent gold stories, it will be difficult to get up a n ex tosame time eitement on the subject, more especial l y as t h e state two calls were made of 1/. each, pay a bl e respectively at the end of September and December meats arc accompanied by remarks which..indieate that next, making the total paid up Si. per share• and render ing land speculators are at the bottom of it, and that one any further contributii n ring, it is stated, object of the movement is to effect quietly a further t o e cr 13, 'ecessary. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENOE.—Yest cupation of Mexican territory. The mines are asserte d an elderly gentleman was h • erday morning, as to extend about 40 miles north and south, the ore being 1 hurrying along to the Water-inexhaustible. 100 station, in order to catch the first of great richness, and apparently _ A train for Ports- L ARGE MANUFACTURING ESTABLisum build mouth, he was:perceived to start ld r t ir n the borders ceeded in gaining the steps ager.Re, however, sue- in has just been completed at Duken r e r e dimensions of one of the houses in of Lancashire and Cheshire, of ad th g Great Charlotte-street, on hich four e'l stories high, with he . sat for a minute or 130 feet long by 94 feet wide, a so, when a policeman of the t L division went to his a warehouse attached 82 feet long and 48 feet wide. It assistance, and endeavoured to raise Mr . Wainwright for a cotton fac his residence ; but theunfortunate wi ll give Ira ment to a man. was found to be 'tory, and when in full work speechless. ! large number of hands. COUR LAR. OSBORNE, Aud. 11. Duke Geer of Mecklenburg and the Grand Duchess Catherine visited her Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, attended by Count Piickler and Count G-oltz, arrived between five and six o'clock from Dover on a visit. His Royal High ness arrived at Dover on Tuesday from Ostend, and tra velled yesterday to Portsmouth by railway. The royal steam yacht Fairy was waiting at Portsmouth, and immediately conveyed the Prince and his suite to Osborne. _ _ _ The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Lord William Paulet, has arrived on a visit to the Queen, and also Sir James Graham. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa, accompanied by the royal visitors and Sir James Graham, and attended by the ladies and gentleman in waiting, embarked on board the royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert this morning, at 10 o'clock, and proceeded to Spithead to witness the grand naval review. THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT ENGLEDUE. The select committee appointed by the House of Com mons to inquire into the circumstances under which a circular, sent to the superintendents of her Majesty's dockyards, dated September 26, 1849, was cancelled on the 19th of April, 1852, without any order or minute of the board ; also, to inquire into the circumstances under which a letter addressed by Sir Baldwin Walker to Mr. Stafford, as Secretary to the Admiralty, in which letter Sir Baldwin Walker tendered his resignation as Surveyor of the Navy, was withheld from the board ; also, into the circumstances connected with the appointment of Mr. James Wells as master-smith in the dockyard at Portsmouth, the subsequent cancelling thereof, and the appointment of Mr. George Cotsell in his stead ; and generally into the exercise of the influence and patronage of the Admiralty in the dockyards and Government de partments connected with the several Parliamentary boroughs, and to whom the return respecting the case of Lieutenant Engledue, R.N. (presented 11th of April), was referred ; and who were empowered to send for per sons, papers, and records, and to report their observa tions, together with the minut es o f ev id ence ta k en b e f ore than,: to the house ; and who were instructed to con sider the said return, and the circumstances connected therewith, and to report their opinion thereupon, have, pursuant to their said intruction, further considered the matters to them referred, and have agreed to the follow ing report : It appears that Lieutenant Engledue was struck off the list of the Royal Navy in the year 1840, and that, after having made several unsuccessful appli ca t ions f or restoration, he was replaced on the list in January , 1853 The question, therefore, which has been referred to . your committee, and upon which they are requ i re d to report their opinion, involves two considerations First, whether Lieutenant Eugledue was rightly re moved from the list in 1840 ? Secondly, whether he was rightly restored to the list in January, 1853 ? In the year 1840, a notice in the usual form was sent by the Board of Admiralty to Lieutenant Engledue, ac quainting that officer that he must hold himself in readi ness to serve. In reply to this notice, Lieutenant En gledue mote a letter to the Board of Admiralty, stating that if he were to be appointed a commander, he could be ready immediately ; but if he were required to serve as a lieutenant he could not accept the appointment, from the urgent nature of his private affairs. Subsequently he was ordered to join a ship, which he refused, having in the meantime, without having applied for-or obtained the permission of the Admiralty, accepted employment under the Peninsular and Oriental Company. For this conduct Lieutenant Engledue was struck off the list of the Royal Navy. The course pursued by the Admiralty in this case was in accordance with an invariable rule whenever an officer declines to serve. Moreover, the letter written by Lieu tenant Engledue was an additional offence, inasmuch as he endeavoured to impose a condition on the Board of Admiralty, and to stipulate for his promotion. All the witnesses concur in stating that Lieutenant Engledue was justly struck off the list ; he himself ad mitted to your committee that his letter to the Admiralty was indefensible, and that if lie had exercised authority at the Admiralty he should have aetel towards any Wier officer as the Board of Admiralty had acted towards himself. During the following years, Mr. Engledue made nu merous applications to be restored to his former rank in the navy. These applications were by successive Boards of Admiralty refused. In the month of June, 1852, the late Board of Admiralty twice declined to entertain his application. Undeterred by these refusals, Mr. Engle due forwarded another memorial to the Admiralty, on the 30th of November, 1852 ; and upon this occasion the board decided that the case should be again specially considered, and that for this purpose the papers should be circulated amongst the members of the board, so that each lord might have an opportunity of separately re viewing their former decision. It has been stated to your committee that the Lords of the Admiralty did not agree as to the course which should be adopted, but that four lords, the majority of the board, decided in favour of the restoration of Mr. Engledue to his former rank in the navy. This decision was on the 22d of December, and, accordingly, on that day a letter was written by the direction of the board, informing Mr. Engledue that he was at liberty to memo rialise her Majesty in Council for restoration to the rank of lieutenant. On the 3d of January, 1853, the Lords •of the Admiralty recommended her Majesty in Council to comply with the prayer of the memorialist. The Order in Council sanctioning the restoration of Mr. Engledue was dated on the 4th of January. Your committee endeavoured to ascertain the practice of the Admiralty in regard to the restoration of officers who had been struck off the list. Lieutenant Engledue mentioned some instances, and although in many par ticulars his information was proved to be erroneous, yet it appears that in some cases officers have been struck off, and afterwards restored to the list. The Lords of the Admiralty who concurred in the restoration of Lieutenant Engledue state, as the grounds for their opinion, the admitted ability of that officer, his acknowledged efficiency, which is proved by several tes timonials in his favour, and the length of time during which he has been deprived of his rank. On the other hand, it has been stated that Lieutenant Engledue had committed a grave offence by his letter to the Admiralty, as well as by his refusal to serve, and that the circumstances attending his refusal aggravated his fault. It is said that his restoration will afford a precedent for other applications, and will be injurious to the interests of the service. Lieutenant Engledue was restored to his former rank without having acknowledged the impropriety of his conduct, and without having expressed any regret for his letter of August, 1840. It appears from his state ments to your committee, that, notwithstanding his re cent restoration, he is not now at once prepared to serve, and that if he were ordered to join a ship, his compliance with such an order would be a matter for his own consideration. He regards his previous services as entitling him to the boon of half-pay, without refer ence to any future obligations. It is obvious that this opinion of the purposes for which half-pay is granted is neither in accordance with .he usage of the service nor with the intentions of Par iament. Your committee directed their attention to the time at which the letter was written authorising Lieu tenant Engledue to memorialise her Majesty in Council. This letter was written on the 22d of December, 1852. The late Government had, on the previous `2oth of De cember, announced in both Houses of Parliament the resignation of their offices. Your committee have not, however, heard any evidence which shows that this favour was bestowed from any political or unworthy motives. Since by the terms of reference your committee are re quired to report their own opinion upon this case, they must observe that they consider Lieutenant Engledue's dismissal in the year 1840 to have been strictly in con formity with the practice of the Admiralty ; they do not underrate the former merits of Lieutenant Engledue a' a zealous and efficient officer, but having ascertained that Lieutenant Engledue was dismissed in consequence of his refusal to obey the orders of the Admiralty, and having heard from himself in the course of this investi gation that, although now restored to his former rank, he still holds it as a matter for his own consideration whether he' Will or will not comply with any demands which may hereafter be made upon him for his services, your committee are of opinion that the restoration of Mr. Engledue to his former rank in the Roy a l N avy was not a judicious proceeding. THE BILL. The following remarks on the above-named bill are contained in a circular from the City Committee for Reform of the Customs : At a meeting of the committee, held at 19, Swithin's lane, Monday, August 1, 1853, it was unanimously re solved :- 1. That the Customs Bill, printed with the amend ments, proposes a more comprehensive title for the act. 2. That it is accompanied by a bill repealing previous acts, and giving a schedule of those acts. 3. That it restricts the withdrawal of an agent's license to cases of fraud and misconduct (cl. 16, line 40, as amended). 4. That it requires a copy of the order of dismissal, stating the cause to be served upon such agent (cl. 16, line 41, as amended). 5. That it includes the withdrawal of agents' licenses in the cases for the Commissioners' Court (cl. 31, lines 13, 14, as amended). 4. That it enables parties to be heard, before what is termed the open court, by their agents (d. 84, line 2, as amended). 7. That it requires the decision of the board, upon the commissioners' hearing of the case, to be delivered in open court (cl. 35, line 24, as amended). 8. That it gives parties a right of appeal within a week of such decision (cl. 35, line 40, to the end, as amended). 9. That it omits clause 106, which required the im porter or owner to be liable for all deficiencies and duties upon goods, unless upon every change of hands they were re-warehoused in the name of the new owner (el. 106, in bill as first printed). _ _ . lb. It brings all cases, where either the duties or penalties claimed by the Crown do not exceed the sum of 1001., within the jurisdiction of the county courts (cl. 260, line 3, in bill as amended). IL That it extends the time for taking proceedings against officers, for acts done in execution of their duty, from one to two months, and gives single instead of treble costs in case of a verdict against the plaintiff (cl. 314, lines 31 and 41). 12. That all orders made by the Customs during the year shall be printed (cl. A, 852, amended.) That the above amendments in clauses are all more or less important. That the committee consider the Repealing Act, sche dule of Acts repealed, and the synopsis of Customs Consolidation Bill of 1853, setting forth the unrepealed clauses of existing acts, and the reasons for their tempo rary continuance, as giving much useful information, and more practical value to the act, than it possessed when considered at their meeting held on the 14th of last month. That the committee have been informed that a Trea sury minute will be issued upon the appointment and promotion of officers, giving all who have had reasonable experience the right to be examined for promotion, and establishing the rule, that of every five vacancies occur ring in the landing department, two shall be filled up from the weighers, lockers, and tidewaiters of experi ence and known excellence of character, who shall have obtained certificates of examination. That the subjects for examination for the several classes of officers are to be published, and laid upon the table of the House of Commons, as a sessional return. That in the estimates for 1854, the whole of the pay ments now permitted to be made by the revenue are to be included in the votes, and that thenceforward the gross revenue is to be paid into the Exchequer. That the committee consider these valuable conces sions to Customs reform. That the bill is still deficient upon the following es sential points : I. It omits mention of the right of appeal of an agent to the open court (cl. 16, line 53). 11. It does not render the open court sufficiently ac cessible to be of practical business utility. M. It does not define what court in the city of Lon don, where there is no county court (and the Lord Mayor's Court could but rarely be satisfactory), is to be the court of appeal from decisions of the Customs court, or of trial, in cases where the penalties or duties do nut exceed 1001. IV. It does not state that counsel may attend for par ties before the Customs court ; the term agent is not sufficient. Unless counsel be specifically named, the rules of the profession would prevent their attendance (cl. 34, line 2). V. It does not relieve the importer or owner from all liability of goods under the lock and key of the Customs, and to which he has no access unless in charge of a Cus tom-house officer (cls. 103, line 19 ; 104, lines 2 and 3). VI. It does not enact that all liability, alike of impor ter, owner, and warehouse-keeper, shall cease upon the delivery of the goods from the warehouse by the Cus toms. That for the amendment of the bill in these particu lars, it is essential 1. That the 31st clause, instead of giving full power to the Board of Customs, in the first instance, to hear and determine all cases, shall be so framed as to make it possible for parties obstructed in their business by any proceeding of the Customs to come at once before the commissioner in open court, and have the point heard and determined, and the right of appeal reserved. The delay, and trouble, and waste of time of the present system of memorials, lead those who have business at the Custom-house to submit continually to ignorant, over bearing, and obstructive conduct on the part of the officers, and unjust decisions on the part of the board. The open court, as it stands in the bill, would be open only through the same • system of petitions, and would not meet the wants, either o the commercial community or of the Customs. The can be no difficulty in having a Court of Customs as open as the Lord Mayor's Court, or a police office. That for this purpose clause 31 should enact — That one commissioner shall sit daily in a convenient apartment appointed for the purpose, and having, in plain letters, upon it, in some conspicuous place, the words, " Court of Customs," to hear and determine any dispute which shall arise between any masters, or owners of ships, merchants, importers, consignees, shippers, or exporters of goods, or their agents, and any officer of Customs, with reference to the seizure, or detention, of any ship or goods, or duties upon deficiencies of goods in bond, or to any apparently accidental omission, inad vertence, or non-compliance with the laws or regulations relating to the Customs, or touching the withdrawal of agents' licences, in the same manner as such inquiries are conducted before justices, with the same freedom of admission to all parties, and the same rights to plaintiff and defendant to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and be heard by their counsel, solicitors, and agents. 2. That clause 33 will require to be amended, so as to provide—That, nevertheless, where no such hea r i ng shall, in the first instance, be had, and any such master, owner, merchant, importer, shipper, exporter, or agen t shall feel himself aggrieved by the determination of the Commissioners of Customs in any of the cases aforesaid, or have any ground of complainant against any officer of customs in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by such officer in or about the execution of his duty, the party so feeling himself aggrieved, shall upon an application in writing to the Commissioners of Cus toms, which application shall state the substance of his complaint, or the reasons of his dissatisfaction with mph determination, be entitled to have the facts and circum stances of such complaint or determination inquired into before the commissioners in open court, on a day to be fixed for the hearing. 3. Clause 34 may be entirely omitted. 4. That clause 35 be amended—The commissioner so hearing the case shall be at liberty to consult with the other members of the board ; the commissioners shall either determine to prosecute, if they deem it a proper case of prosecution, or decide the case upon such evi dence, and make their order thereon accordingly, which order shall be communicated by a commissioner in open court either on the same day or a future day to be ap pointed at the bearing for that purpose ; and every order of the Commissioners of Customs, made upon consider ation of the facts, circumstances, and evidence so re ported by the commissioner by whom any whom al shall s p u e c n hin ty l n uiry r have been holden, shall, in case miti gated penalty, or forfeiture, shall be adjudged by such order to be paid or enforced, be of equal force, validity, a jtiluhl n ase d effect, i make, hands a e lod c nr t sd , un a i s taci nn a c n eyts y i wes c o opo n rr i ; a. c urm t c i e o toi n uro eon f wo o of r fe tamhpenaltiesndol i w rsid,s h yei o i r c nl h uae wnr s a d n teo y or Customs to any justice or justices of the peace, it shall be Lawful for such justice or justices to enforce such or ler, in the same manner and by the like authority as such justice or justices is or are now empowered to en force orders under, and by virtue of an act passed in the 11th and 12th years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, chap. 43, unless the party against whom such order shah have been made shall, within one week after the same shall have been communicated as aforesaid, give notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs, or to their solicitor, that he refuses to abide by such order, in which case the Commissioners of Customs may direct such proceedings thereon as they may see fit, or the party against whom such order shall have been made shall have the same remedy by action in the county i courts or small debts court of the city of London. 5. That clauses 103 and 104 require ainendnjent, by omission of all words rendering the importer or owner liable for duties upon deficiencies. 6. That the following specific clause should he in serted :—That upon the delivery of the goods, br porter, all laty in respectter,ow i r b ie il r i ,and warehouse-beeper arell o t u b s e e r - e k e e f e . per shall be relieved from committee there It was also further resolved that the quest Mr. Mitchell, when the bill i g i house, to put questions to the Chancellor Exche quer, so that the subject may e of thegross revenue brought o ugfh again before t t distinctly he before in tn the teh Exchequer, übl ic, ast a o n d t e the x -p payment examination of offices. That these changes to the commercial c lass as an Customs re. would instalment render theacc eptable to n billf form. That wit hout them cannot but fail of ita intent, and doe s no t merit the cordial support of the commercial community, 11. L. MORGAN, lion. Sec. Ma. 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