The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-23 00:00:00

NATIONAL DEFENCES.

TO TUI IDITOR OF Till WALT AIRS.

slll,—lf the information given by your correspon-
dent, " An Englishman," be correct, it would appear that
we have scarcely a single vessel on oar southern or eastern
coasts available for defending, on an emergency, even our
principal harbouni, mach less our open coasts. And yet,
though this is the case, and though government is said to
contemplate asking for more naval forces ma security against
sudden attack, they are sending to a distance the few vessels
now in preparation, and paying of the crews of those
which are returning from foreign service. Now, if it is
really advisable to have our shores ins state of defence (and
I cannot conceive of anybody denying this), it does seem the
extreme of folly, nay, of infatuation, to throw wantonly
away in this the services of these crews, who are
already in a starroehraining and effeiency, at the very ties
whee.w• we to be asked for more. Why not retain these
skips to anion about the channel? Why not recall a_part,
at bona, of oar Lisbon and Mediterranean fleets ? There
I are amply enough there to form a Meet which, under good
esionamad, would make a descent en our 160116 isagendble,
sad the fears of an invasion utterly groundlom With
on alio admiral at the hand of a ekes ships in the channel,
sarptle= knee sf milliory, sod shim ride corps on shore,
as Ingliimen eronht be, to die rather than
see their ssfl iseinlei br the itrommee of a foreign foe,
England wenn U.S only to ode, het might again speak
I with aniihorlty in lamps es MAW of humanity end Cree-
-1 din. De oar rules nok Mow that the naval forces of
Zomba an eattuteil to sot for idle show, but that
they may wield them ter tits honour sad security of the
orestry? • wootal toopmethility will rest upon the man
winsWl her. allowed this ~dry, through hie apathz
sr Widow to . 611 from her high and hitherto imp
poskint—l
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Dlefitzesteo BUICIDIL—Mr. Hobert Brest, the
landlord or the dear Inn at Newport, Isle of Wl htt,, com-
mitted suicide as Tuesday last. He nes es ustek and,
after tiring some diner's. to hie erase ober the Mesa.,
de., he went up to Ids Mies. Notomalog down to break-
fast, nor enswerbw wltis the door was treed epee,
when be was felted deed. He wet *sent
to the ale of Wight rod LIMAS Mpg* °sway, and
to vorloos ether meestri ee eseershre era egad. Se bad
the greyer, ds par swim et puree IN la bee&