Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-09 00:00:00

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THE DIPLOWIC SERVICE.—The Daily News says it
was correctly reported on Thursday. that
_Lord Chelsea, as
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ANECDOTE OF PRINCE MENSCRIKOFF.—` The devil, ' said
Prince Menschikoff, ' came one day to claim my soul.'
" So, " said I, " it is the soul of the Minister of the Navy
you require ? Well, there are two of them—l, who overlook
the affairs of the salt water; and Count. Kleiminchel, who

presides over the fresh water canals and rivers : go look for
him. " ' Off went the fiend ; but he soon returned, :making
an infernal uproar.' "You have deceived me, " he cried,
you sent me to that other fellow !" " Well i" " Well, he
has no soul '— Chambers's Journal.
THE SINKING OF THE ALBATROSS YACHT—DISCOVERY
OF THE BODIES.—The ill-fated Albatross yacht, which went
down in the river off the Clifton Baths, Gravesend, imme-
diately after the storm on Sunday'morning last, causing the
loss of three lives, has been raised by means of lighters and
chains, and is now in dry dock near the scene of the.a.eci-
suairs, but she has sus-

pose of necessary r

tained

coniparatively little damage, In consequence of the
trong tide at the time of the accident, it was generally
believed that the bodies of the sufferers had been'lnken out
to sea, and would probably never be found; but this opinion
has proved incorrect, as the bodies of Mr. Andrew Bern-
castle, owner, and Mr George Pawson, captain of the yacht,
have been picked up ou the shore at Cliffe, about five miles
below Gravesend, by a waterman named Martin, who con-
veyed them in his boat froM the spot, and gave information
to Mr. Superintendent White, of the Gravesend police force.

who immediately forwarded a communication to the friends
of the decased.

SHIPS AND VESSELS ADDED TO THE NAVY. -A return
has been issued " of the ships and vessels added to the navy
between the 31st March, 1858, and Ist June, 1859, dis,
tinguishing those which were added in accordance with the
general scheme of works for the year, and those which were
added in consequence of subsequent orders; and also of the
frigates and sloops which would have been launched
according to the general scheme of works for 1858-'59, but
which were deferred on account of the men being removed
to convert ships of the line." The screw ships added to the
navy between the 31st March, 1858, and the Ist June,
1859, according to the original scheme of works for 1858-9,
powerr-;
'Windsor
Ships of the
Castle, - -
50 Do horse
onega 101, 800 horse
l,
power ;
Revenge,
91, 800 horse power ; Edgar, 91, -.600 horse power ;
Hood, 91, 600 horse power ; Hero, 91, 600 horse
power ; London 90, 500 horse power ; Lion, 80, 400
horse power. Frigates : -Topaze 51, 600 horse power;
Icarus, us ,
Forte, 51, 400 horse- power ; Orlando, 50, 1,000 horse
power.•lo, sl,loooopo
power 22, 400 ; horse Mer s
ey
11, 150 horse power.
power. Corvette : Clio,
The screw ships added in consequence of subsequent orders,
are - Ships of the line converted: St. George, 90, 500 horse
power; Neptune, 90, 500 horse power; Trafalgar, 90, 500
horse power; Queen, 86, 500 horse power. -The frigates
and sloops that ought to have been launched according to
scheme of works fur 1858-59, but were deferred on account
of the men being removed to convert ships of the line, Btc.,
are-Frigates : Bacchante, .51; 600 horse lower ; Galatea,
26, 800 horse power. Corvettes : Charybdis, 21, 400 horse
power ; Jason, 21, 400 horse power. Sloops : Rinaldi, 17,
200 horse power ; Greyhound, 17, 200 horse power; Panta-
loon, 11, 150 horse power. Another. return shows that the
number of screw ships and vessels of her Majesty's navy
afloat on the Ist of February, 1855, was 84 ; and on the Ist
of Feb., 1858, as many as 308.