The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-24 00:00:00

Mow' I l yit al olo" we er, ied hls servi ce , na l ! c - oa st en ded and NtONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 4,000 bales, of which 1,000 American Were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed heavily, but without much change i l rices• The sales comprised 3,000 American, Pernarn and Maran.ham, at 7d. to Bd. ; 40 0 at 64d. to i s . ; an d 60 Sea Islands, at is . 1 0d. to 2 p s r . ic 7 e d s ..per lb. Railway Shares were flat L. Respectin g the Tea market, it is stated in a bro 4er's circular, that "The Chin a ma il of 24th June, bringing intelligence of the se t t l ement and shipment of new season's Con with details of quality and cost, originated a de thaead for such fine teas of the late crop as were still on market, and business has been effected at full rates f a or t ti, e e, while prices of good medium classes also show shipments e nueney to improvement. The news of the excess in for the China season, ending June last, caused wereporary depres s i on i n common C o ngou, some sales made as low as 10-1 d , but some speculative pur chases restored the quotation . to 11d. and 111 d. Scented teas are in limited supply, and saleable. The demand for Green s is inconsiderable, and sales made at rather easier rates." Th e annexed statement exhibits the quantity and v alue of certain articles exported from New 61 during the week ending and including Aug. distinguishing the destination and extent shipments to each place : COMMERCE OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK—WEEKLY EXPORTS. Liverpool London Hull Newcastle Belfast Glasgow Ravre Antwerp Spain riamburgh British West Indies . Australia French West Indies Cuba Dutch West Indies Brazil Cisplatine Republic Hayti Venezuela New Granada Rotterdam Gibraltar Portugal British North American colonies Mexico Canary Islands *Africa Total value of exports during week ending Aug. 6 $1,366,777 the exports last week exceed in value those of previous, 312,7215. ba nd accounts from Australia this week come to g k Q advise the sailing on the 7th of June of the o gee Polo from Melbourne with 54,201 ounces of i i , v 'en. board. The Catherine Jamieson has ar- Etta ' from Sydney, and is supposed to have a small ; l a of gold on board. the was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in :ee rate for bills of exchange on Hamburgh, 4 ,.:3 to 13 6/ to 6k , but on other places the quo- A Ll°rla were about ame. Paris 25 20 to 221 "„, - Isterdam 11 18 to es ; and Trieste 10 56 to 59. East amount of bills drawn by the Honourable 1,. 4 , 8 t India Company during the fortnight ending ' evening was 129,692/. There is a little flatness in the English Stock rket, but with limited transactions. The large n lelliat of stock taken yesterday 300,0001., ap pears to h ave b een for the Commissioners of Green -4°ll Hospital, being the proceeds of moneys paid po er to th em b y th e Commissioners of Woods and re sts The weather has a slight influe nce in Checking eokin g . speculative purchases for an adva nce, and Probability of money continuing in de mand is no tT ll to be lost sight of. Consols are 98 1 to 981. New 34 per Cents. are marked 1011 and the 2 2 ,er Cents. 99 to 1. Bank Stock is supported at 229. Exchequer Bills are 3s. lower, being SCOUIIt to par. tls - gn Securities have participated a little in 3 11 0 heaviness of the burghs and market. Spanish 2 ,ter Cents, are 47k to 48 , and t he Deferred 24 to at The Certificate 6 1 Gre nada Deferred are cull 10 4• Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 45 to 46. e nssian Bonds are heavy at 118. Dutch 4 p er el it,a , are fully 1 per cent. lowe r, bein g 971. The English railways have been rather de tfemed, principally from the small extent of deal t French Shares have been steady. Land lhe Gold Mine Shares have been quiet, and the Companies' and Bank Shares tolerably steady. BRIT ESH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the Official List.) Bas Inc ss done 229 3/3atlit Stock Per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... h 9 h lj e r Cent. Consols Annuities 9Bl V; 1..,, L ;" 3 i per Cent. Annuities lOl. g 4.1,1 R Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 (-1 . ..' 14 ' Bonds, £lOOO ..... ....•••••••••••••—••• 20 "Isola for Account Bth September 44chequer Bills, id. tl.OOO $506,874 78,819 7,212 4,664 12,271 97,444 12,721 85,057 14,825 54,870 4,842 77,125 8,280 31,749 14,610 18,042 5,620 14,485 7,886 31,283 10,366 7,689 3,400 38,024 59,785 4,506 39,830 li P RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. ___ tazi .... 141 1 Bonds, 5 per Cent t uitto New, 1852, .1i per Cent 99 (1 4 ,„ ba 7 per Ct. (Matanza & Sabanilla Bonds) 102 / Gr eek Bonds, Deterred -.1.111k:4t 1 0 3 , 0 Bluen Red _ 81 P -- 1 11 3 Per Cent. 4 - , - ,,, v ia1l Bonds., 4A per °mat. ... 85,1 1y,,,, - ,`" 11 Bonds, 5 per Cent. ii ,' • 4 11. Bond s , 3 per Cent 474 ii i , 4 „ 1 , 81 1 New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 23j ' -44 1 Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6 4 b nti , l Dividends on the above payable in Lon don. b . "' Exchange 2i per Cent. .... ...... •• ••• itt o 4 per Con ' t. Certificates , 1 a par 98} THREE O'CLOCK. c_lonsols 9SI 981 Ditto September Account 13 Ittu ON INDIA. —The —The am the so t ;o u r bills on India from Y of the East India-house a th t was 129,692'. amour — received at the Trea i, 0 the 23d inst. inclusive ; but great activity, I° a-rket showed —ouxx. The letters from Rouen mention that the th e .for manufactures APrices obtained are alleged ,S:•USTRALIAN EMIGRATION colonies during the to be unremunerative. They have 11, , ' - a!,, t ° I London for the Australian The departures —. Week considerable increase.attu res from the eo,,_show a i l tnPrised altogether 17 vessels-1 3,942 tons ; burden of . _ -4 1 °4 Philip, with an aggregate burden of 2,1 d 7 e 3 . tons ree to Sydney, with an aggregateo of which are for ia.d ; oae to New Zealand of 540tonofs ; 38 o 5 ne ten to s ; A and -e °I 452 tons ; one to Launceston . ° °e to of maim- The shipments . \vas T iobart Town, of 347 tons. Their total capacity tact e "sequently 7,839 tons.. and tkeured goods and merchandise continue extensive, ' rates of freight have been well supported. ThA4sTERDAII AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE tter and Ro P ROD UCE MARKETS.— d a ,! W eekly rev i ews from the Amsterdam TO Prod uce markets describe business as inact;ve. ees Weere°Pe.rations in coffee had been limited, d b e u m t an p d ri for e -fled 811 which had caused renterg . rfi steady, There had been an increased tatiogar, v ers us, but no alteration a and d rice was steady, firmness in clio tea . I ndigo was well supported, rice continued at about previous rates. rred in other descrip_ Th e t side atilt of England is e owing t tjaahlle amounts of gold, but which other produce, it. (l v e ' r ge Purchases of grain and atatprtheeeensatmreeetiemivi,eg e?e fa e been resumed within the la t s s t Ile es are being made to all meanwhil ). therra.a°3- Permanent accumulati . on p t a o r a ta r k ri e ve p . ho w ' r e, must continue steadily to o f f ew th d e a c y o e nt l m em e . nt. ~,,er, the shipments of wheat to Fiance la m ce a , 110;1,tLee', partiallyrateo thatt h e y sup be pli. L es ' . O A.I r. exchange with of th e „' r ..- VIIOII A CLlFF.—Aeuonufanvtroyu.rable tendency young and ~,,a jf, , e "s, on Lundy Island, last Friday, " to Pill, near . stalPears that the pilots, belonging 114 -out for manfell off s killed. stapl e westward on the Barn °n it; in the north of Devon, are in the habit of landing lo ok u nclY Island when cruising to the d to ono of the be l' a l t e i 8 Martin Payne, and who belonge._. He sa w a ships. On Friday, the deceased, whose Li r e, had clambered up to the top of a cl h itt resolved to throt.,,atorne distance from him, which e ne ~ raw at it, - A.ecordingly, he took up ado 9 tla tr e 411 losing his balance toppled over the cliff from a 41,11:,„"?...us height, and was dashed to pieces. The e° ii i -Iv-I-AY:XOOTH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.— i441/Tlissioners who have been appointed to conduct the or c itY into the state of Maynooth College are the Earl I:ii arr "bY, Mr. Justice Patteson, , Dr. Longfield, 3 tl f gellaron Pigott, and Mr. James 0 Penal', brother , ex-Governor of Malta—three Protestants to two ~,-tlail Catholics. Of the latter, one at least (the Chief 1 1011 1. ° 14 ) has been, through a lengthened public career, ito ourably been, for moderation and unswerving OfilmatiarslitY, whether in a political or judicial capacity.. heir '-'Perrall little is known, beyond the fact of his ey'R.a member of a, family remarkable for their extreme k ino (po.;to the interests of the Church of Rome. heLeooit eannoott,l 0 e omposition of the commission as or e °e Saul that any party has just giound a s w for I' cavil 10Plaint ----4413LeT)°N 0 1' A. RP:PRESENTATIVE PEER FOR SCOTLAND. pe el ?' r°Yal proclamation in last night's Gazette, all the tond.tr°f_Scetland are commanded to assemble at Holy epfo-`4-"Lise, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the 7th day of , Mber next, to nominate and choose another peer of cent to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the a ,,, n t Parliament, in the room of Francis William, voliof Sealield, deceased. bei n , xelclx LOAGU RRREGTYPES.—The Customs authorities or vre‘ot °Pinion that daguerreotypes, whether portraits free ( 4'l' 4 40u1d be deemed to be pictures, and passed late this °V under that denomination upon importation Cost counfry from abroad by virtue of the New or c i e , °4 ', 3 bnties Act, 1G and 17 Vic., cap. 54, a general til s has been 4(lCo rtt to th u e. isseeffecthe several ports th roug h out . A ~~ _ ~ ~,~ i I f SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Basiness done this day. RAILWAYS. PO I 8& Aberdeen ...... ....... Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons—. Do., £20....... Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dubliu&BelfastJune. Dundee Perth &Aber• deen Junction ......, 'Do. New East Anglian (n 5 L. & E. &L. &D.) Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 1)o., d 0... ...... .....••• Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Dund e k Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western.. •• • Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds ....: .....• • Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ....... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northein Liv. Crsby. & So utbpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.Sh.,M&B 0 London & S. Western, Do. £4O . . L n Adrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland . Do. Birming. (Si Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k...... ...... Northn. Counties Un North British N or th Devon, No.l r Do., No. 2. •• • ••• •• • Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed , North Staffordshire North Western. N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland_ Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry .... Shropshire Union • South Devon • South Eastern South Wales.. S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0......... ....... 'Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wmbledon &Croydov Woodford. York Newctl. & Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase, (York & N. Midland , PREF EREN( Aberdeen 100 100 100 t. 100 5 all Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 1). c. Shares ! Caledonian £lO 1.03 Chester & Holyhead 511 per cent Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 1.0.6 St. 20 5 St. 100 100 100 100 all 100 EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Laneash. 6 p. ets EdiubPrth.&Dundc e 56 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4i p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westu. (Berke & Rants Ex. 5 p. c) Do coy. red. 46 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. C Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. 0. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. &Ennis.6Sh Man., Shef., & Lin., Sares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. X 6 Marypt .& Carl. 4 p.c Do. 46 per cent Do Mid. Consol.6 p.a. St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 44 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Est Do. Guar. 56 per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6 p.c. Do Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 46 per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c.' York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Prof. 5 Do 10 York&N.Midlandll and S. Purch FOR 4 ;Antwrp & Rotterdam 3 'Belgian East. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin 10 ,Dij on and Besagon 8 (Dutch Rhenish all 'East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Indian Peninsula 10 ; Gd. Junct. of France 20i Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 3 jLucca and Pistoja, 5 I per cent. pref. 15 I Luexembourg 10 !Do. (Railway) . 2 'Do... 3 D o (Canal) 4 I Do. 6 p. cent. pref 9 'Lyons & Mediterran. 7: 1 ; Madras 29-(Maria Antonia 10 Do. New ............with ... all 'Namur & Liege ( interest ............... all Do. (ex interest) ...... all Northern of France.. all Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds.. , [fmy.B. &Am s. Shs.] all INorwegia.nTrnk Pref 10 'Paris and Lyons all 'Paris and Orleans all 'Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 10.1 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5 per cent. pref 6 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 54 per c. Pref, 10 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 9 1 Now Zealand,,,,,tem 10 20 20 33 10 20 10 20 10 20 25 - 26 4 41 91 101 9 7 d 1 20 - 22 34 -- 2A d 102 -- 103 67 - 67, - 21i -- 22 19i -- 204 4 . -- ..1) 8 - 9 5$ - 3 4 124 - 13i1 48 - 50 72 -r3 52 - 55 72 74 28 . :- :16 4 . 4 - 85 53 - 55 133 - 135 112 - 114 88;4 -- 89/ 104 --107 71 7 i 17 -18 p 76 -76 i 4 - 15 -15 i 8i lip 11011— 102? 112 112 lip 1 1/p 86 87 7 6d 6 5d 11 13 18 20 27i 284 —d, 71 - 72} 10 42 E - P 3t - St d 2 3 81 51 81 - ••• 3i-2# d 32 —33 ii 40 8i - 9 14 -2.1 50 - 51 94 - 96 62 - 64 62 - 64 69 71 ldis 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13i 32! 3sd 19 -- 20 70i -- 714 36 -- 37 12i 13i1 26 . -- ii 2 n - 1511 8i - 8B 32 - 33 9 - 104 -70 i 2i 7i - 2 4 d 58i - 59. E SHARES 1103 - 105 19 -20 i 6 - P 6h - 6i 4 - 5 - 54 - - 2 p - - 15 lip 21. 21i 128 -12 N 1124- 1131 4-- p 8 -- 9 103 1 99 101 101 103 Ad P 150 —152 d - ... 31 - 3i 10 - 11 131 - 14.} 8 - 9 100 - 101 - ti ..• ••• ~ ..".- ..• 149 151 par i 114 116 118 122 .. - ... - 117 24 -25 i 10i -- 11 In. -- 1 8 11 -15 P par P' 25i -- 261 110 --112 19A -20 A # d 103 -- 105 Oi -- 5i !par i pl EIGN. 2 - lf 13i - 144 2 - 30 - 4 . - 1 8 - 2 - 2ip 2 - i - 25i i 5 all 25 all 18 all 20 all I 25 all 25 N 25 Itu St. 100 50 all St. 100 10 13 St. 100 St. 100 St 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 10 0 12 11 50 all 1G 11i St. 100 196 16 14 114 50 all 100 20 20 50 20 21s. 1 ,100 100 1 18i 100 'lOO 100 all 3 'lOO 100 100 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGATST 24, 185 3. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Times.) . Among the l esser l a b ours of t h e sess i on o f Par liament which has just terminated, the report of the Select Committee to inquire into the manage ment of the National Gallery is one of the most interesting results. That inquiry included the con stitution of the National Gallery under its present anomalous and irresponsible form of government, the management o f th e gallery as specially connected with picture-cleaning, and the site on which new galleries for the reception of our collections of monumental antiquity an d fi ne ar ts may most fitly be erected. On all these subjects the committee examined a lar ge num b er of gen tl emen , either prof:assionally connected with the fine arts or well k rAown for their exper i ence and tas t e ; an d, after full deliberation, a d e fi n i te answer h as b een given to most of the questions raised in the course of the inquiry. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 23. The Stromboli, 6, paddle sloop, one of the advanced steam squadron, was commissioned this morning by Commander Robert Hall, and has been placed in the south dock to have her bottom examined. The Vesuvius, 6, Addle sloop, Commander Powell, will be paid advance at Spithead to-morrow, preparatory to sailing for South America. The Nile, screw steam-packet, belonging to the Bri tish and Irish Company, which left Liverpool at half past 12 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and arrived here this afternoon, reports passing a fleet of steamers, sup posed to be the Royal squadron, which sailed from the Isle of Wight on Sunday evening for Holyhead. The Nile saw them all day on Monday ; a long low steamer (the Fairy) was ahead with fore and aft sails set ; then other steamers, followed by a 30-gun screw frigate (the Tribune) with a low funnel, under fore and aft sail and jib ; two paddle steamers, a barque and a brig, were in the rear. At 6 o'clock yesterday evening the headmost vessel was bearing away for the Tuskar Light, and the stern steamer was some 12 or 14 miles north of the Longships. The weather was perfectly calm. The Ocean Queen, American liner, arrived here this morning from the Thames, to embark passengers and stores from Lloyd's agents at this port, the Messrs. Garratt and Gibbon, after which she sails for New York. The National Gallery has, in fact, had up to this time no regular constitution at all. The powers and duties of the trustees and officers belonging to the establishment have never been defined by rules. The most important business has been conducted in a haphazard manner. The gallery has had no funds at its disposal except what it could obtain from the occasional liberality of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and the consequence of this ab sence of regular control has been, that whenever a blunder is committed, which has not unfrequently happened, it is impossible to lay the blame with certainty on any single responsible agent. It was never clear whether the keeper was to be considered as the servant of the trustees or as their chief ad viser, though, by a Treasury minute of 1845, that officer was expressly relieved from all responsibility whatever in regard to the purchase of pictures. But one result of this system has been that works of art have been purchased without plan or method, and sometimes with very indifferent judgment, while at other times important opportunities have slipped by without our deriving the advantage from them which the country had a right to anti cinate. Conflict, 8, screw, under the direction of Captain H. H. Henderson, went again to the measured mile this day. Sho has undergone several trials, with a view to ascertain what advantage the centre boss would be, as in Griffiths' propeller. The blades of the old screw have been cut into various shapes, and on each occasion a trial has taken place. The average, however, has been about 9.5 knots per hour after about eight trials. The last three trials have been—first, with the old blade, and a boss or wooden ball added thereto ; the second, with part of the boss and the corners of the old blade cut off ; the third (that of to-day), the boss entirely taken off, and the blades cut nearly square, a trifling more vibration being perceptible. - Min. Sec. Knots. First run with tide 5 58 or 10.055 Second run against tide 7 6 or 8.450 Third run with tide 5 36 or 10.714 Fourth run against tide 7 39 or 7.843 Fifth run with tide 5 20 or 11.250 Sixth run against tide 8 6 or 7.407 Being a mean of 9.425 knots per hour. A new iron propeller is casting at the factory, with rather a coarser pitch, which will be ready in a few days, when the Conflict will have another trial. PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD BATTALION. The management of the gall er y, especially with reference to the cleaning of_ th e pi c tures, is a sub ject on which it might at least have been expected that the best professional exp er i ence an d judgment would invariably have been ex erc i se d. But on this part of the inquiry the committee soon found that they had to deal with irreconcilable differences of opinion, between witnesses who lay claim to equal authority on the matter. It is unfortunate that the O l b rd so l Le, the f erven t love of admissible in society, gentlemen who engage in discus s i ons on th e se sub jects allow themselves a latitude an d exagge ration and, of as the language which committee i s hardly art kindles some personal animosity which is wholly beside the question. There is, however, no doubt that the great preponderance of opinion is adverse to Mr. Seguier's operations, and th e mere f act th a t he actually cleaned nine pictures, some of them of large size, in six weeks, warrants a strong belief that they did not receive all the attention works of such extreme value and interest required. Cuii ously enough, none of the trustees appear ever to have ascertained what varnish was ever applied to the pictures when cleaned, though that is a point of the utmost importance to their effect and pre servation ; and it turned out that Mr. Seguier employed a mixture of mastic varnish and linseed oil, which he has since been instructed to abandon. Hereafter no picture is to be cleaned without a written report from the Director of the Gallery, and a commission is then to be appointed to con sider the state of the picture and the nature of the cleaning required. To place the whole establishment on a more sa tisfactory footing, the committee recommend that the management by a Board of Trustees be con tinued, but that the number of them be reduced ; and that a Director of the Gallery be appointed, with a salary of 1,0001. a-year, for a limited time, on whose recommendation alone pictures should be selected for purchase, and that such recom mendation be in writing. With these arrange ments, the Director will become primarily and directly responsible to Parliament and the public for the acts of the Board, and it is further recommended that a fixed annual sum for the purchase of pictures be placed at the disposal of the trustees, who will then be ready to avail themselves of every opportunity which occurs in the market, within the limit of the funds in their possession. If the director is only to be appointed for five years at a time, the continuance of his office will of course depend on the ability he may have shown in it, and, though he will pro bably hold one of the most troublesome posts in the country, he will certainly have the strongest incentives to the performance of his duty. These measures for the improved management and extension of the national collection of pictures must, however, still prove very inadequate to satisfy the taste for art now awakened in this country, unless they be accompanied by the erec tion of a public building suited to the reception of the works of art we possess. The present National Gallery is by universal assent wholly unfit for this purpose, and, even if it were practicable to rebuild a more extensive edifice on the same site, it has been shown that the deterioration of paintings exhibited in the densest portion of this metropolis would be fatal to the very works we are anxious to preserve. The committee decided, by a majority of 10 votes to 1, that the site of the present National Gallery is not well adapted for the construction of a new gallery, and they then proceeeded to consider the different sites which have been proposed for the purpose. These are five in number —three of them being in different parts of Kensin g t on - ga rdens, which the public would not willingly see invaded by any ne w ' building whatever • a fourth behind the Kensington turnpike ; and, lastly, the estate at Kensington gore, already purchased bythe Commissioners o f the Great Exhibition,assisted b y a vote from Par liament. The c omm itt ee recommen d th e accept ance of this last- men ti oned site for t h e N a tional Gallery, and they express a strong opinion that no further time ought t o b e lost in sett i ng a bout a work of so much importance to the progress of the arts in this country. Before, however, the plans for such a building can fairly be considered, it must be decided what thi s museum of art is to contain. The committee, therefore, recommend that the question of combining the various artistic and ar chaeological collections in the British Museum with the National Gallery be referred to a Royal commission, and, if the Government adopts this opinion, there is no reason why such a commission should not proceed to investigate this subject at a very early period. It is certain that long before the buildings of the British Museum were finished they had become too small to contain the vast mis cellaneous collections which are now heaped to gether in that receptacle. Further space is abso lutely necessary to provide even for the reception of the annual additions to the library; and the re moval of some considerable portion of these collec tions is the most obvious mode of giving effect and increased utility to the whole. We do not, how ever, venture to prejudge the question of the for mation of a grand united museum of sculpture and painting, which has as yet been but little considered by the public, though Colonel Mure's committee evidently favours this idea. But, whatever the building may be which is to be erected on the site designated for the National Gallery, it is evident that its plan ought to include very large means of subsequent addition and extension. We cannot, in our generation, expect to erect and bring to per fection a gallery of art which shall at once rival collections already formed abroad by centuries of munificent patronage. But, in order to arrive at some such result hereafter, we can at least lay a broad and sound foundation, proceeding with the work as far as our present means and collections require, and leaving room for our posterity to com plete it. The time is happily arrived when it is unnecessary to demonstrate that the improvement of the taste of the nation, by extending to every class the refined enjoyments of art, is the duty and the interest of the Government, and that the maintenance of these national institutions is a part of the work of national education which can only be obtained with the co - operation of the State. The subjects considered by this committee are re garded g mb a ya r t d vta seedrts e f wit i t t h at is t tt h ue e das s ns t d r o o fci n tu g be e es s t t i e interestquestions people ef:a aint is not g i ven and, although on d to mankind andtruth, indto agr w agree to any may at absoluteanyprinciple of certainty least all concur in promoting that love of these ennobling pur suits, and that tolerant admiration of them, which are the surest signs of a highly cultivated people. On the termination of the drills for the present season the Colonel Commanding-in-Chief (Rear-Admiral Fan shawe, C. 8.) has just promulgated the following well earned order : "Portsmouth Dockyard, August 19. " The Admiral-Superintendent, as Colonel Commandant of the Dockyard Brigade, avails himself of the earliest op portunity which has been afforded him on the conclusion of the respective drills and practice for 1853, to express to the officers and men generally the great satisfaction he has derived from witnessing for the first time the performance of the different battalions; on every occasion they have ap peared to be alike desirous of maintaining their previously established character for zeal and attention. " The manoeuvres of the infantry battalion having been witnessed by the Major-General commanding the district, he is enabled to add the opinion of an officer of his distin guished experience as to the steadiness and accuracy with which they were performed, as well as to the appearance of the corps, and of the proof it afforded that the unre mitting and able exertions of Adjutant Long and his assistant sergeants had been well bestowed and duly ap preciated. " The state of perfection to which the artillery battalion has arrived is also most creditable to it, and the excellent practice at the targets by the respective companies from both battery and field guns proves how useful an auxiliary it would be found if required for the defence of the town and arsenal. " The boat brigade has, if possible, added to its former reputation for activity and steadiness, and the accuracy of their fire from boats and batteries has again attracted much attention. In the expression of his approbation he has therefore to add his best thanks to Lieutenant-Colonels Abethell (Master Shipwright of Portsmouth Dockyard) and Davies (Master attendant of Clarence Yard), to Major Edwards (Storekeeper of Portsmouth Dockyard), and to the whole of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men under their orders, and his confident feeling that the same spirit and order will be manifested by all who may be permitted to assemble again on parade in 1854. " ARTHUR FANSHAWE, Admiral-Superintendent." PLYMOUTH, AUG. 23. Her Majesty's ship Sybille, 40, Captain the Hon. C. G. Elliot, sailed at 8 o'clock this morning for the East Indies, to relieve the Fox frigate, which is ordered home to be paid off. The Sybille takes out supernumeraries. On leaving the sound she bore away to the eastward. Wind, north-west. Those officers and seamen of the screw steam-ship Ajax, 58, who have been three years in commission will be paid off on the Ist of September, and others appointed in their place. DEPTFORD, AUGUST 23. The Right Hon. Sir James Graham. Bart., First Lord of the Admiralty ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. Richard Dundas, C. 8., and Captain Alexander Milne, Lords of the Admiralty ; Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy ; Lieutenant-Colonel Greene, Director of Engineering and Architectural Works •, and Captain William A. B. Hamilton, R.N., Second Secre tary at the Admiralty, paid an official visit of.inspection to Deptford Dock and Victualling-yards to-day. Their Lordships arrived at the west-end entrance of the Victualling-yard at half-past 10 o'clock a.m., and immediately proceeded to the Captain-Superintendent's offices, where they were received by Captain George B. Martin, C. 8., Superintendent of the Victualling and Dockyards ; Mr. E. J. P. Pearn, Master-Attendant ; and Mr. John Breaks, Storekeeper. After remaining about an hour in the Captain-Superintendent's offices to inspect the books and vouchers of the various depart ments of the establishments, and the inventories of the stores on hand, and other matters, their Lordships pro ceeded on their tour of inspection, and, after passing over the rum stores, the men were mustered, and passed through the Pay-office, that their Lordships might see each person on the establishment individually. At the conclusion of the muster of the men the Lords of the Admiralty visited the medical storerooms, the wine, sugar, soap, lemon-juice, and vinegar stores, going over every part of them. They also visited the old brewing house, which has now been well lighted and ventilated, and converted into a depot for sea-biscuit, which is kept ready for use in casks. On entering the biscuit-baking department they witnessed the whole process, and each partook of a portion of the newly-baked biscuits. The steam machinery for kneading, rolling, and stamping the biscuits is capable, with three or four hands, of making 16,8001 b. of biscuits per day, and, were it necessary, on an emergency, to work night and day, the machinery could make 40,0001 b. of biscuits in 24 hours. Adjoining the bakery are the flour mills, in which six pairs of stones have been put up on a new patented principle, each pair of stones being capable of grinding ten bushels of wheat per hour. A very large room has been made into a depot for serving out the clothing, blankets, and bedding used in the Royal Navy, and it is so high in the roof and well ventilated as to be admirably adapted for the preservation of the articles from dampness, hot-air pipes being conducted over every part of the building. Great improvements were commenced in the Victualling-yard during the pe riod Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Hon. R. S. Dundas was Superintendent, and Captain G. B. Martin is judi ciously following in the steps of his predecessor, and much valuable property, which for a considerable period has remained comparatively unused, is now so improved and well arranged as to render it available to a very great extent for naval stores and many other useful pur poses connected with the extension of the resources of the Royal Navy. At a quarter before two o'clock their lordships passed from the Victualling into the Dock yard, where they were attended by Mr. F. L. Mouchet, storekeeper ; Mr. A. Couch, store-receiver; Surgeon William Bruce, M.D.; and the heads of the various departments, and immedi ately proceeded to the Pay-office, at the east end of the yard, to inspect the m e n of the dockyard, who were all mustered for the occasion. When the inspection of the men was completed, their lordships expressed their in tention of paying another visit to the dockyard, for the purpose of inspecting it on a subsequent day, and then again proceeded to the Victualling-yard, to complete their inspection of it. After passing through the pork stores, where improvements are to be effected, they ordered two tierces of salt beef and one of salt pork to be opened, and the entire contents of each to be emptied into separate troughs, that they might minutely examine every portion of the salt food kept in store for the use of her Majesty's naval service. The beef and pork appeared in excellent and well-keeping condition. On entering the coop erage department, the new saw mills for making staves were inspected, and the various other branches of the establishment, including the seasoning of tho casks when completed and ready for use. At the west end of the cooperage an extensive range of buildings is in s progress uhter of being repaired and put in proper order . n for en la i n gcattle, commence the m eat is to be cured and the navy on the spot, where in October next. It and placed in casks for preser vation " kill i in t the Victualling-yard were u sed killing i s t h e i n a t n e d e ma d l s that h t a s h ee for tr a the c o s r g n s p h p a l y l d l at hlf day a - • Lordships,completed their i n spection for the of a luncheon with t 3 o'clock, and, after partaking pas G B. Martin, left the Captain-Superintenden t G. is now a considerable time sincefotrhethsaltaupguhrpteors-eh.ousTehssiinr Victual ling-yard on their return to town. THE STEAM SQUADRON. The squadron under Commodore H. B. Martin are ex pected to put to sea to-day, for three weeks' cruise across the Bay. The squadron will consist of— The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Commodore Henry Byam Martin, C.B. The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland. The Imperieuse, 51, screw, Captain Rundle B. Wat- THE WAGES MOVEMENT.—A deputation of the men employed by Messrs. Abbot, builders, Great Pulteney street, Golden-square, yesterday morning waited on their employers, to request an advance of sixpence a day. Messrs. Abbot courteously received the party, and stated that they would be prepared to give an an swer in the course of two or three hours. About the hour of five o'clock, the deputation waited on them again for their answer, when Messrs. Abbot stated that they would accede to the wishes of their workmen. ENLARGEMENT OF THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—A spacious and lofty room, extending from the vestibule to the north-east angle of the General Post-office, has just been completed. It is situate at the top of the building, and is to be appropriated to the letter-carriers, for the purpose of telling over the letters of their respective walks. The letters, newspapers, and other correspond ence will be, as heretofore, sorted in districts, in the lower rooms, and thence conveyed by the railway appa ratus to the letter-carriers' room, where each will re ceive those addressed to persons residing in his walk, and will there be sorted in the most convenient manner for delivery, son. The Arrogant, 47, screw, Captain S. G. Frem an tl e. Th e Odin, 16, paddle , Captain Francis Scott. The Desperate, 8, scr ew. Captain W. W . C hambers. The Magicienne, 16, p addle, Captain Thomas Fisher. the Jason and Amphion. He was made a commander for that service ; but not being either a young Hyde, or an old Hyde Parker, or even a Berkeley, he remained a commander till he was forced into retirement, after being 37 years on the active list. Commander the Hon. A. R. Tumour (1851), on the reserved half-pay list, died on the 20th instant, in as 66th year of his age. He was second son of the second Earl of Winterton ; entered the navy in 1799, and served 17 years afloat, all during the war, Ile was in the Cwaar, with Sir James Saumarez, in his Algesiras actions, and was constantly in active service on all stations. Commander James Howard Turner (1852), died at Haslar Hospital, on the 20th inst., aged 58. He en tered the navy in 1811, was made a lieutenant in 1825, and for eight years commanded the Falmouth packet Ranger. His last service was command of the Merlin steam-packet, in the Mediterranean. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL LS. Ibr.l Paidl RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. ;t.llOO 0 all it. 100 5 all 10 all ;31 all 5 1 all 24 all 21 all 0 all ;t. 100 it. 100 5 all ;() all i 0 all ;5 all ,2a 11; 3t..100 3t. 100 15 18i .2 gill io all 5 all ;t. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. B 6 p. cent Clydesdale Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hrtlpl. Dk. & rale in t Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. I Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference, L o westoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per et Manch.Exton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar• liidld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W, Caledon.., Do. Shares. Do.Shopth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do.. Gt.Northn cit.lVestn. Yk. New. dt Berw Do S. Eastern, Po !Norfolk Ln.&N.W. & Midld., Stcktou dr, Darlingt. Midland... E. Count Do D 0... Closing Price this day. 103 —lO5/011 51i —s3ixd 150 152 32 33xd L. . W &Ln&Yk Do Gt. Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh WMClean Stockt. & Darling , Do Gt.Westu 113 - 114 56 - & 5 7 27 - 28; 141 -14 f 26 - 27 98 - 100 3 - 34 ad— -108 109 65 - 67 1 :flatness t i, la day. ad ad i Wilts &Somrsti 14 —1150:01 x d 11.48 x d I_ Ua -X d Xd 31i : t 24 X d 102 1 1 )3 MINES. 1 all Agna Fria ........ 1 11 p' 10s. all Anglo Californian 4— Ap 10 2 Australasian ld par 1 20 5 Australian 2 -- 2 24 1 all Australian Cordillera d 1 all Australian Freeh old d 1 all Ave Maria d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) dm' - par 1 all British Anstrin. Gold i id 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 242 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 3l 44 31 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cniada 2i 35 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 32 34 331 1 Carson's Creek 4 d par 40 all Cobre Copper 43 45xd 5 1 Colonial Gold — 4 P -• 14 Copiapo loi 113 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 65 25 all Do. Pref. 1 7i• p. cent si 7 p' 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2i 2d 24 20 all General l5 —l6 2 all Great Nugget Vein — p 3 all Great Polgooth — d 1 all Lake Bathurst d d 1 all Liberty — par 1 all Lond.&Californ•Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 all Mariquita 4d— par; 4 i r c 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 6 7 1 all New Granada id p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 d 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock d P 50 all Rhymney Iron • ••• 15 Do. New . 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 3i 1 all South Australian ld— par 10 7 Tin Croft ....... 7 9 28i all United Mexican 4 44 1 all Waller - d • 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba - d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia BO 82 81 801 14 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China 1p 21 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. id par 44 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud. ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd... par— i p 20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia - 3 p 174 50 20 London and County ... 301 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ••• 50 22A National of Ireland • 25 all Oriental Bank Cor. poration .. ... .. 50i —5 1 i 100 25 Provincial of Ireland .• 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co d— par 25 25 South Australia 43 45 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 71 70i 21 $ Do. New 8 8i 50 10 Union of London . —19 a 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 lubin Coal and Iron 100 35 Australian Agricult. 35 37 20 8 Australsn.Pcitc.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail ... 50 384 Brit. American Land 65 68 67i 6 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Redac:, , on Co ..• ..• Do 324 Canada Company . 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 p 20 1 Eastern Steam...... 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irei. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 14 General Screw. Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 4 Magdalena, St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land d par 21 1 all N. B. Australas'an par p 1 20 76 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. - 1 p 6 50 a ll Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 77 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam an Scot. Austral. Invest 1 - 2pad 21 3 Do. New Scrip ••• 25 25 South Austral. Land 37 39 38i 7i I all Submarine Telegraph ... 100 284 Van Diemen's Land i 6 —17 i MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in to-day's market. For all kinds, the demand ruled steady, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday. The few parcels on offer were speedily cleared off. For forward delivery very little was doing. This week's imports of foreign wheat have been under 7,000 quarters. There was a steady inquiry for good and fine parcels, at extreme rates. In low and damp qualities very little was doing. The floating cargoes—the arrivals of which continue limited—were the turn higher, arising from sales on French account. Barley and malt were in fair average supply, and mode rate request, at full quotations. Oats moved off freely, at extreme rates. Beans and peas were the turn cheaper. The flour trade was active, and the top price of English was 55s per 280 lbs. American flour was is dearer. English .. Irish •• • • Foreign •• Wheat. 660 ARRIVALS THIS WREN. Barley. 1 Malt. Oats. 1 Flour. 230 70 1 1,070 2.480 6,450 420 2,000 300 sks 6,350 brl WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled steady to-day, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s 5d to 5s 6d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very dull, and prices are barely supported, Duty, 155,000/. to 150,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 24.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E., and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 23.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Kalli bokka, Madras ; Iron Duke, Newfoundland ; Union, Ice land; Bijou, Maccio ; Wm. Tapscott, New York; All port, Alexandria. Off Port—Pelican (s), Australia ; Athelstane, Adelaide ; New Zealander, Portland Bay ; Elvina, Bombay ; Hero, Africa ; Lampedo, St. John's, N.B. ; George, Quebec ; James Watt, Odessa ; Nettuno and Manilla, Canstantinople. The Mary Stoddart, from Akyab, which arrived here Aug. 21, encountered a N.W. gale 17th and 18th April, in lat. 13 S., long. 90 E., shipped a heavy sea, which carried away bulwarks and filled the poop and store-rooms with water. She is supposed to have been on the S.E. edge of a cyclone. Aug. 24.—(9.55 a.m.—Per Elec. Tel.)—Wind, E., mode rate and fine. Arrived—Gipsy, from Konigsberg. Sailed —Carl, St. Thomas ; Anonima, Havannah ; Taurus (s), Boston. BRISTOL, Aug. 23.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Diego de, Leon, and a Spanish brig, Havannah ; Sir Henry Pottin ger, Quebec. PYLMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Unione, Monte Video. Sailed—H.M.S. Sibille, East Indies. SWANSEA, Aug. 23. - Wind, N.B. Arrived—lsle of Wight, Coquimbo. HOLYHEAD, Aug. 23.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—East London, Quebec. WARRENPOINT, Aug. 20.- - Wind, variable. Arrived— Magerona, Cavalha. ARCHANGEL, Aug. 10.—The Helen, from to this Fort, has been lost in the White Sea, near Cross Island; crew saved. ST. JoHN's NEWFOUNDLAND, Aug. 2.—The Charles Clarke, from Hamburgh to Quebec, during a dense fog, was totally lost on Freshwater Point, July 27 ; crew and passengers saved. A HIPPOPOTAMUS IN PARIS.—The hippopotamus from Egypt has arrived at the Jardin des Plantes. On Satur day he bathed in the basin constructed far the elephant, and appeared to find great enjoyment in his bath. Thirty goats which supply him with milk, arrived with him in Paris. He does not, however, live exclusively on milk, but eats melons and some other vegetable pro ductions. He is exceedingly tame, and allows himself to be handled by strangers. NITNNEBIES.—A Madrid journal states that the num ber of nunneries in Spain, in, Oa, and the number of nuns in them 20013. NAVAL OBITUARY. Captain John J. Arrow (1851), on the retired list of 1840, died on the 19th inst., at Plymouth, in his 66th year. He was midshipman of the Kent in the expedi tion to Egypt ; Lieutenant of the Jason, at the capture of the French West Indiamen, and senior of that ship at the capture of the French frigate Topaze, under the batteries of Guadeloupe ; and at the taking of the s a i n t e s, in 1809 ; and in 181 S and 1814 was actively employed in the Scheldt, particularly in an attack on lire French brigs, under Fort Lille with the boats of _ 67 i i i 211 13} 13 49i 8 31 4 73 84 54 i 891 9 76 i 151 i I 1021 1i 112 i 72 7i - 8 36 - 8i - 18i - 444 -- 391 -- _i4 14 . - 20 9 1 -___ 5 --- i -- 4 -- 10 -• • on• In •.... i i pm THE RENDEZVOUS OF THE FLEET. Various reports are in circulation as to the destina tion of the three squadrons into which the Spithead fleet has been divided. We believe the following report from the Plymouth Mail to be the correct one : " We hear that the large Channel fleet, which is now sepa rated into divisions, under their respective commanders in -chief, and each ordered on detached cruising service, will form a junction in the course of the next month, and will all rendezvous at Queenstown, about the 17th or 18th of September, to meet the Board of Admiralty on their tour of inspection." The Times has assumed, erroneously as a matter of course, that the death of Sir George Cockburn creates a promotion vacancy. Such is not the fact. It does not necessarily follow that another admiral of the fleet will be appointed. Sir George Cockburn's pppromotionwas a special one , on account o f hi s distinguished services. Unless, therefore, it is otherwise determined, the only vacancy to be fill e d up b y t h e d ecease o f th e illustrious admiral is that of reanadnairal of the United Kingdom. The appoint men t, h owever, of ma j or-genera l o f Ma rines, as we stated on Monday, by the last flag regula tions, is abolished, and it was understood that the salary, 9801. per annum (according to Allen's New Navy List), was to be divided into distinguished service pensions. Should this arrangement be carried out, there will be no less than six promotions of captains to the active flag list, which will include Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Captains the lion. M. Stopford, and H. D. Chads, C.B. ; Commodore Lambert, Captain A. T. E. Vidal, Captain Hope, and the following to the reserved half-pay list :—Captains Percy Grace, H. Dundas, the Earl of Hardwicke, J. Leith, and Lord Colchester. And in the event of those promotions tak ing place, four captains' good-service pensions and two appointments of A.D.C. to the Queen, together with the appointments of the command of the Royal yacht squa dron, flag captain, and captain superintendent at Sheer ness, the second in command in India, and the command of the Excellent and superintendentship of the Royal Naval College, will be relinquished, and fall to the pa tronage of Sir James Graham. Promotions of the usual proportion of commanders to the rank of captain, lieu tenants to the rank of commander, &c., will also follow. Herald. MANSLAUGHTER OF AN OFFICER IN HER MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS. Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held a long inquiry at the Rising Sun Tavern, Bermondsey, relative to the circumstances attending the death of Mr. Wm. Stone Gampton, an officer in her Majesty's Customs, aged 43. Mrs. Elizabeth Gampton, the widow of the deceased, deposed that on the 11th o f April last the deceased left home to go on duty, being at that time in exceedingly good health. He returned home in the evening, and appeared extremely ill, his face being dreadfully cut and bruised. He also had a large lump at the back of his head, which he said caused him great pain. Although deceased continued to complain of the back of his head, he refused to leave off attending to his duty until the 29th of May, when he was obliged to apply to Dr. M'Williams, the Medical Inspector of Customs, who attended him until the Ist of July, when, having be come quite insane, he was removed to St. Luke's Hos pital, where he expired on Wednesday last. By the Coroner—Witness had heard how the injuries were inflicted on the head and face of deceased, but was not with him when he received them. Dr. M‘Williams, Medical Inspector of Customs, de posed that when he was called in to attend the deceased on the 29th of May, he examined his (deceased's) head, and found traces of effusion or ecchymosis behind the left ear, but there was no wound. He (deceased) com plained of violent headache, giddiness, impaired vision, and weakness. From these appearances he (witness) was of opinion that deceased had received a blow on the back part of the head, and was suffering from compres sion on the brain. Had no doubt that the state he found the deceased in was the result of violence. Mr. William Taylour, Acting Surveyor of Customs, of 88, Princes-road, Bermondsey, stated that on the 11th of April last, about five o'clock in the evening, the deceased came to his house, accompanied by a man named Patrick Sullivan, who stated that he was a detec tive officer, and said that the deceased had stolen a boat cloak he was carrying, and also that he knew the deceased had taken a man named Jesse for smuggling, and that he would be revenged, and would not leave him until he had examined the cloak. Witness told Sulli van that if he were an officer they had better go to the police-station, where be (Sullivan) could examine the cloak, and they accordingly started to do so, but had not gone above 100 yards when Sullivan stopped and said, "Oh you mean to go to the police-office, do you ?" and immediately afterwards struck the officer on the face and head, and knocked him down, and afterwards kicked and fell upon him. Witness then dragged Sulli van off deceased but he made his escape, and was ulti• mately taken into custody by Inspector Bowlas, of the Thames police, while endeavouring to get into a boat on the river Thames. A charge was preferred at the South wark Police Court against Sullivan, who admitted the assault. By the Coroner—When the deceased got up from the pavement he staggered about a great deal and com plained of a violentpain in the back of his head. The cloak which Sullivan accused the deceased of stealing belonged to witness. _ By Mr. Cumberland—Sullivan was not a detective officer. Mr. Henry Stevens, the resident medical officer of St. Luke's Hospital, deposed that when the deceased was admitted into that establishment he was decidedly insane. When walking he staggered about a good deal, and had considerable difficulty of speech, indicating pressure on the brain. Deceased progressed favourably for some time, but gradually sank and expired on the 17th inst. Witness made a post mor•ic:n examination of the body, and found the viscera of the chest and abdomen healthy. On examining the skull could not discover any fracture, but there was a large shot embedded in the forehead above the right eye, which, however, had nothing to do with the cause of death. On removing the skull he found an enor mous clot of partially coagulated blood occupying almost the whole of the left side of the brain, the quantity being fully two ounces pressing upon the brain. The effusion arose from the rupture of one of the vessels of the brain, and was the immediate cause of death, and had evidently existed some considerable time. There was also another spot of blood at the base of the brain, partially absorbed, and which, from pressing on the brain, caused him to stagger about. He had no doubt the effusion was the result of concussion by a blow or fall. Dr. WWilliams, on being recalled, said that the death of the deceased had arisen from the violence inflicted. Mr. Robert Brown, a superannuated officer of the Customs, stated that the deceased received the shot found in his forehead about twenty-two years ago, when in the coast guard. Several other witnesses having been examined, The Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a ver dict of "Manslaughter against Patrick Sullivan," and a warrant was placed in the hands of Mr. Inspector Bowlas for his apprehension. THE SMYTH CASE.—Sir Frederick Thesiger, it is un derstood, is going to give the public " a full, true, and particular account" of the great Smyth fraud. CLAPHAM LITERARY INSTITUTION.—On Wednesday the members of the Clapham Literary and Scientific In stitution, with their friends, went in a special train of first-class carriages, to spend a day at the Rye House. The train reached the Rye Station at 10 o'clock, andthe company quickly dispersed themselves over the grounds, a considerable number of them soon finding their way to the water's edge, whence they took boats, and rowed, some up the river to Amwell, others down the stream towards Nether Hall. The morning was fine, and the party, about 200 in number, appeared to enjoy the goods which the gods and Mr. Teale had provided for them out of doors. These consisted of a game of cricket or in the meadows, between members and non-members, boating, archery, &c., &c. An excellent band from London played in the gardens during the morning, and d H ow ll n to un a t c ll a altogether time passed pleasantly enough, supported the cold was fi c ll o e l l d a t i h o y n prepared pr . Gartie,n the ttentiemp thae dinner hour, when th e com p any satl L T T h o e ph ch a a ta ir . jun., ex-Secr e t ar y, M r . St evens Wil liams, Vice-P res id en t, and other e Secretary, to M r , Dancing followed, and was kept upe music of the very superior band with great spirit; quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas following in rapid succession until six o'clock, when tea was serv e d, after hich dancing was again re sumed until 8 o'clock, when they Institute is on e o f th e most left flourishing for London. The London ; its success is owing to o g in no slight ethe f suburbs zeal and ene rg y o f the officers n ht the degree both past and present. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A MERCHANT'S CLERK AT LIVER POOL.—A respectable-looking Lacourt, a collecting clerk for Messrs. Bowman, Grin nell, and Co., merchants and shipowners, at Liverpool, was yesterday brought before the borough magistrate, charged with having embezzled his employers of the suns of 2201. Evidence conclusive of his guilt being then adduced, Inspector Kehoe, of the detective force, was called, and he said the prisoneradmitted the.embezzlement when taken into custody. On being asked what he had done with the money, he stated that he had been unfor tunate in his bets at the last Liverpool races, and had appropriated the money to his own purposes in conse quence. The prisoner, who is an active and intelligent young man, has been in the employ of the prosecu tors for the last few years, and until within a recent period every confidence waa reposed in him. Latterly he mixed himself up with the betting - offices, a number of which exist in Liverpool, the result of which is re lated above. The prisoner, who had nothing to say in his defence, was fully committed for trial. Perhaps the most painful part of this case is the fact, which tran spired in court, that the prisoner has for some time been almost the sole support of a mother and several brothers and ;listen. THE RUSSIAN NAVY. ( From the Allgemeine Zeitung.) Very little is known of the Russian navy in all other countries of Europe, and, whatever notions may exist on the subject, they are vague and all but delusive. We are, however, enabled, from our personal observation, to state a few facts with respect to the naval force of Russia. If a war fleet is to be good for anything besides firing salutes and rotting in harbours, the first thing requite is the possession of a line of coast on the open sea with convenient ports. Next in importance come good ships, able crews, and efficient officers. Russia has three inland seas. The one open sea she has—the Polar Sea—is blocked up with ice. The Sound and the Bos phorus are the outlets to the more important of her in land seas. Either opening is exposed to a blockade. The Russian ports, excepting always those of Cronstadt and Sebastopol, are not fit for the harbouring of war fleets. Helsingfors, the best of the Finnish Ports, is small. The port of I; , otshenealm at the mouth of the Kymmene in the Bay of Finland, is indeed fortified, and it is, moreover, the station of the so-called "Scheerean fleet." Revel, in the Bay of Finland, is a commercial port ; there were fortifi cations, but they are almost dismantled. Baltish port, in Estlionia, at the mouth of the Paddis, is large, but altogether devoid of fortifications. Riga and Libau, in Courland, are commercial ports. Archanr2;el has docks and a fortified port, but it is lost in the far north, and devoid of importance in the case of a war. It is the same with the ports in the Caspian, the port of Astrcakan is being ruined by accumulations of sand. Azof and Taganrog want depth, and the same may be said of all the posts in the Sea of Azof, of Feodosia, and Chersof. Between Cronstadt and St. Petersburg the water is so low that vessels of more than seven feet draught cannot reach the capital. The vessels from the Petersburgh Docks must be taken to Cronstadt by land, and at one time they were dragged by camels. Odessa is a mere commercial port, and Sebastopol is the only serviceable war port in the Black Sea, whose fleet is stationed there. The port of Odessa is large, of great depth, strongly for tified, and it has the advantage of regular tides and winds. The ports of Bessarabia are altogether unim portant: As to the police, of the ports, the maintenance of light-houses, buoys, &c., it must be confessed that all these matters are in excellent condition at no small expense to Russian Exchequer. But a strategical sys tem of ports, such as England and France can boast of is altogether out of the question. The fleets of France and England may, in their own seas, venture on the boldest and most hazardous manoeuvres—in case of need they have always a place of refuge under the guns of their war ports ; but the Russian fleet, with nothing but Cronstadt and Sebastopol to back it, is in continual danger of being cut off, and cannot, therefore, ever be ex pected to advance to the attack. Its services are purely defensive. This being the case, what can be more na tural than that Russia should desire to possess herself of better harbours and a more serviceable range of sea board ? Let us now talk of the ships. For shipbuilding Russia has the best materials that can be found. Her forests supply her with oaks which are equal to the oaks of C ana d a of which the Brit i s h s hi ps are built ; but of late years so great has been the waste that the forests of Central Russia are unequal to the demand of the navy, and the Russians have been com pelled to take their wood from the forests of the North. This wood i s na t urally wet, and they never give it time for proper seasoning. Consequently, it is soon worm-eaten and rotten. It is generally said that a Russian vessel lasts but two-thirds of the time which an English ship is expected to last. In part, this may also be owing (at least in the Baltic) to the short, irregular waves, and the ice. The sails and ropes in the Russian navy are excellent. The Russian sail makers were famous, even in the days of Peter the Great, and to this day Russian canvas is preferred to Scotch canvas. Russian hemp is quite as famous as Russian tar and Russian leather. The guns are all that can be desired. The vessels are very orderly and clean ; they show to this day that Peter took his first lessons in Hol land. The fitting of the cabins are splendid in the ex treme, according to the manners and customs of the Russian aristrocracy. The Russian captains and admi rals are not by any means bluff, bearish old tars of the Drake, Tromp, or Ruyter stamp. Slippered they are and wrapped up in morning gowns, and got up in the most splendid style of ease ; they 101 l on soft sofas of purple velvet, reading French novels, or they sit at the piano by the hour, playing Etudes par Chapin. The fact is, the Russian naval officers care very little for the profession ; not that they are ignorant--the nautical academies at Oranienbaum, Petersburg, Cronstadt, Odessa, and Nicolajen provide all sorts of theoretical knowledge—but for all that, it's not in the grain ; and in case of a war it will be shown that the Russian ves sels are badly officered. Very much the same may be said of the crews. The Russians are not fond of salt water. The majority of the sailors come from the inte rior ; they are inveterate land rats, and never saw the sea until they were enlisted in the navy. They have not, as the sailors of England and France, breathed the sea breeze in their cradle. The English are of Norman blood—of the blood of the oldest sea kings of the world. The Russians come from the waterless Steppes of Mon golia. The vessels of England and France sail about in all waters, but it happens very rarely that a Russian ship of war ventures into the open sea. This is an important point —the Russian sailors are not accustomed to the sea ; they are not " weather-fast." The Russian fleets have scarcely everbeen in a serious engagement, for of i course Navarino must not be mentioned. With the soldier, present courage is partly derived from the reminiscences of a glorious past. The Russian marines • and sailors have no past to think of. They stand in their high boots and stiff coats in the exact po sition prescribed by the rules and regulations of the ser vice, so that their feet form an angle of 45 degrees, and this position it is their pride and their glory to preserve on the spars, at the pumps, and at the guns. The rules and regulations of the service alone determine the move ments of the Russian sailor ; he will, in the very teeth of danger, go on winding up his anchor, while an Eng lishman would have cut his cable, turned the ship, and put on every rag of canvass, to the bending of the masts. The guns alone are quickly seized and cleverly handled, but the manceuvring generally is by far slower than the manoeuvres of the British ships. The shortness of the ships snakes it difficult to turn them, and the signalling is far from being perfect. The ships are clumsy ; the planks are thick, and remind one of the wooden walls of the Armada. The various manceuvres in the Russian fleet are exe cuted with great precision ; but it appears that every fit ce for makes only him s m e a t n o l f ia i s na h n is ip p u e l c a u t l i i o a n r s p . os o t, f an c d ou t r h s a he p r e a l e s t' perfect ; but the question is how the same manceuvres are to be performed in battle when many of the crew are killed or disabled ? The Duke of York insisted on the same men being marines, gunners, and sailors ; and surely his principle was the better one. The stiffest mechanism prevails in the Russian naval service. The Russian sailor works his hours off, and having worked them off he goes to sleep. He takes no interest in the service, and the receiving his rations is, in his opinion, the important business of his life. He is not wedded to his ship as the British sailor ; he is not a child of the ocean. When he sees a stray rope he does not coil it and putlit aside, he reports the matter to his lieutenant, and the lieutenant refers to the journal for the name of the man who has neglected his duty, and, having found the culprit, he takes hold of his ears and pulls him up to the neglected rope. Such is Russian order and discipline. With all this order, however, there is no penal law for the navy. Each captain has his own set of rules and punishments. The administration of naval affairs in Russia is in ex cellent order, according to the books and records of the Admiralty. As to the real state of things, Ido not hazard an opinion But, since the Government bestow much care and money on the navy, it is just possible that their Swedes. I stores are well supplied. But fo r a ll th at, Russia is not fit to engage in a naval war, f or s h e h as no mercantile hands n the a ° of the e a o ,d f all g U i ner Germans, English, a r e e n e s t navalmEnagril marine. : p h. ; w Greeks,il er e s the w rtrade is in a a n r fleet dBwe sprang from a trading The Russian fleet is not a natural offspring of the na tional inclinati on ; it i s a th i ng of order and command, and, as I said before, though possibly useful as a means of defencs, it can never become an instrument of aggres sion. stationed n on flet consists e e dinthe of tie The e a lt re u fi a v n e d d i t v w i s e i o in , the oof which three Black Sea. In the last war with Turkey Russia had 32 vessels of the line, 25 frigates, 20 corvettes and brigs, 7 brigan tines, 6 cutters, 84 schooners, 20 galleys, 25 floating batteries, 121 gunboats, making a total of 464 sail, and carrying 6,000 guns. Since that time a great activity has prevailed in the Russian docks, and the result is that at the present day the Russian fleet consists of 60 vessels of the line of from 70 to 120 guns, 37 frigates of from 40 to 60 guns, 70 corvettes, brigs, and brigantines, 40 steamers, 200 gunboats and galleys, the whole manned by 42,000 sailors and 20,000 marines, with 9,000 guns. These remarks show that in a contest with any of the great naval Powers Russia has not a chance of s uccest The various Czars have, indeed, strained every nerve o create an efficient fleet, but all their endeavours_ ar e fruitless unless Russia succeeds in conquenrip S weden 1)- propriating the coasts of Turkey, Greece, d a the open sea, harbours, and a marine popu lation. C O MP U LSORY VACCINATION. Yesterday the new act - futher to extend and make compulsory the practice of vaccination was published. By this new law, p arishes or unions, if need be, are, within six wee . ks . of the pass perfo.rmance of the same, and t for the purpose of vaccination, ing of the act on the 20thnt, o dis trictsbeandaivivellldeeisntaoretoob object being, as described, to n b o e ti a ce pp i o s in to te b d e afford increased facilities for the the vaccination of the f g o i r ven th , e the poor. The parents and guardians of children born after the Ist of August, 1853, are to have such children vac cinated within three or four months after the birth, and the children are to be taken for the inspection of the medical officer on the eighth day after the operation, to ascertain the result of the same. A certificate is to be given of successful vaccination. In case a child should not be in a fit state for vaccination, the *medical officer is to deliver a certificate to that effect to be in force two months. The compulsory part of the new law is con tained in the ninth section, which enacts that the regis trar of births and deaths in every sub-district shall, on or within seven days after the registration of the birth of any child not already vaccinated, give a notice in writing in,the form prescribed, to the father or mother, or person having the care of it, shall not attend to have it performed, or shall not, on the eighth day after the vaccination, take the child for inspection, such father or mother, or person, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 20s. The penalties imposed by the act are to be recovered ilk 1 a summitry manner. !Ike: , s of nade sing rkets, ions' is to nt. habl" Orin" c iLl e'cted "Sar land, need the eed. a th© • the e bt of cond) „ lec r ' e t 05 , pl o t ( is g ad r per I - 7A - 41 - 14 - -- 11 - 129} 113 1021 Id 7 4 19Ap1 53 454 39i 5i d 21i 91 3.0 A 21d 241 5 2i .