Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

THE NAVIES OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

We have before us an official document entitled To_
Wean General des Batiments a Voilsset of Vaneur corn_
posant les Flottes de la Marine Imperiale Franeaise,',
which presents in detail the present effective force of 1110
naval service of France.

SAILING Vt 23GLS.

Guns.
31 ships cif all sizes, mounting an aggregate of 2,360
61 frigates do do 3,028
49 corvettes eo do 1,024
57 brigs do do 1,006
14 corvettes de charge do do 413 ;
23 sloops do do 444
38 schooners do do 223
38 cutters do do 132

317 sailing vessels, carrying a grand aggregate of 9,17 d

STEABLVESSELS.

' Guns.
27 ships of all sizes, mounting an agregats of 2 680
21 frigates do do 336
4 frigates (new construction) do 2:,0
34 corvettes of all siz s do 9.39
76 advice bolts do do 456
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4 floatirg batteries

19 gun bo is

25 mixed transpoits

220 steam vessels, mourlttng an aggravate of 4,901

The ordinary classification of naval officers in France
stands thus .-2 admirals in time of peace and 3 in time of
war ; 13 vice admirals ; 22 rear admirals ; 113 captains
of ships of the let and 2d class ; 235 captains of frigates ;.
679 lieutenants of ships of the Ist and 2nd classes ; 550 en-
signs of ships ; 109 midshipmen of the Ist class ; 165
midsh'pman of the 2nd:clas,.3 With respect to the classes
of midshipmen, the Admiral Minister of Marine regulates
yearly the number of young gentlemen who may be, re.
celved in the service.

According to the navy list for 1856 (July) the effective
Foice of the navy of Great Britain was at that period :
Sailing vessels 269 carrying an aggregate of 9.362 guns.
Stoam vessels 258 carrying an aggregate of 4,518 Bans,

Total
Tha elassiEcation of •ffi era was as follows:—
In service. Oa i pay. Retired. Total.
Arlml.ral3 ...... 21 15 36
Vie Admirals.. 27 • 19 46

Rear Admirals . 51 55 129 225
Captains of ships 295 GO 318 774
Commanders ... 551 61 256 VOl
Lieutenants.... 1139 664 1807

TROOPS FOR INDIA.—The Glorina, freightship, arrived at
Spithead on Friday night, and went alongside Portsmouth
dockyard jetty on Saturday, to prepare for embarking, this
day (Monday), 125 men of the 66th regiment, and 9/.) com-
posed of draughts from various regiments, with the relative
proportion of officers for India.
Fran ON Taxa IVlontvreess !—la the village of Dapinko,
near Posen, several houses and well filed barns were
lately burnt, which cost the lives of three children, who
caused the fire playing with chemical matches. At Saros-
borg in Norway, Q.lsa, 15 Louses were destroyed ; a seen id
fire, at D.awn:leo. in the same neizhbourhood, consumed
25 buildings. The village
_if Ruckershausen, in the
Duchy of Nassau, had 30 houses, out of the 40 it contented
destroyed by fire last week; and about the same time, 15
houses were consumed in the small town of Niederlahnstein,
in the same duchy,
THE TEANSPORT SERVlCE.—Letters from St. Vinemt
(Cape Verdes) announce the arrival there, after a capital
run east, of the screw transport ships Golden Fleece and
Lady Jocelyn, the former on the 19,h ult. and the latter
on the 20th. Owing to the excellent arrangements made 1
by the managers of the Kuropean and American company,
to whom these steamships belong, both vessels were
enabled to be coaled and proceed immediately en their
voyage to India. The Sydney and Australian steamships
were at. St. Vincen'.'s coiling on the 26th ult., when the
Tamar steamer called there an her way to Southampton
from the Brazils ; an: up to that date the Carthage, John
Bell, United Kingdom, and Thebes, all engaged in the
transport service, bad a'so coaled and passed on.
BODIVELLING EXTRA"EDINARY.—We are indebted to a
monthly Journal, devoted to matters relating to patent
inven;ions, for the falltwing summary of the pecuniary
result of the patent commissioners' labours in the printing
and publishing department of their office, as gathered
from their annual reports to parliament; From the com-
mencement of the commissioners' operations in October,
1852, to the end of the year 1856, they have expended in
printing, for public use, the specifications of patented
inventions and indexes referring thereto, the sum of
£119,886 16s 91; and in return for this ou,lay, they have
realised, by the sale of these publicatir;ns, the sum of
£3,932 19s 2d. there has thus accrued a loss (represented
by dead stock) dining a period of four and a quarter
Nears, of no less than 4113,05317 e 7d in this department
of the patent office •