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London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

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miralty have given instruntions, a, ri.!rtztz. ati Si 4. ..s,
solicitation, to supply the materials newaryildir
putting the ship in her former good t 'onallion;The `3
work to be performed by the carpenter, a of the ship.
Since clearing out the cargo, it has been ascertained
'5 that if the shot bad entered 4ft. higher t hs, lives of
four of the crew would have been sacrifices i, as on
account of the great heat the sleeping berths had
been shifted to the 'tween decks, where tl e men
were lying at the moment when she was fixed into.
Capt. Thorwaldeen states that he has rep ,attedly
sailed in that direction, and was never before called
upon to exhibit his colours, nor had he any :flea of
such reguktions being in force. The act was,
he sass, a breacil of toe law of nations.. The
Thornhill, transport, also laden with stores from
Cssrfu, has taken the place of the Tanar o, at
Woolwich pier, to discharge. The whole of
the transports Engaged for that purpose h.lve
now arrived, with the exception of the Corcyra, put
into Malta for rep .irs, and the Transt, still lying
in Corfu harbour, to nick up whatever niay be found
belonging to Government after the geLeral clear-
ence at the departure of the troops, ordered to
evacuate on the 6th of June.
The Aurora, 35, screw steam frigate, 2,558 tons,
400 horse power, Capt. Sir F. Leopold M'Ciintock,
is now at Sheerness receiving stores, recoalins, and
awaiting Admiralty orders.
Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Clio, 22 gmis.
1,472 tons, 400 horse power, which has for soma:
time past been in the hands of the dockyard arti.,
fibers, is now completed, and is placed in the Ist.
division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, ready for
the pennant. She will be taken out of the fitting
basin in Sheerness dockyard on Wednesday next,
and tried at the measured mile on the following day.
The Icarus, 11, screw steamsloop, 580 tons, 150
horse power, which has arrived at Sheerness from
the Mediterranean, in command of Acting Cora-
mander 11. T. Bager, has been inspected by Capt.
T. Fulford, of the Formidable, flagship of Sir Char.
Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness,
and will be paid out of commission this day.
The Frederick William, screw line of battle ship,
in the first class of the Steam Reserve at Ports-
mouth, and fitted for commission, was taken out of
harbour yesterday on her half-yearly trial of ma-
chinery, under the supervision of the officers of the
Steam Reserve and factory. The ship afterwards
again returned to the harbour.
Her Majesty's steam store-ship Dee, Master Com-
mander Raymond, yesterday sailed from Woolwich
laden with steam machinery for the ironship Agin-
court, building at Birkenhead. The Dee had a.
couple of boilers and other gear weighing 100 tons
lashed fast on the open deck. She also took 43 lade
for the Impregnable at Devonport.
The Britain's Pride, transport, in the service of
the War Department, now at Woolwich pier, has
shipped the following cargo :-58 tons of iron
girders, for completing bombproof sheds, 30 tons of
shot, and 100 tons of Tower stores, and will fill in
her magazines with 185 tons of powder, fuzes, and.
other combustible stores for Halifax. The Melina,
also for Halifax, has left Woolwich for the docks to
complete her cargo ; and the Ida was yesterday
surveyed by Capt. Hall and the officers of the ship-
ping department, with a view of her being taken
up for the same destination.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. Gilbert V. Story, to
the Aurora ; Fitzpatrick W. Praed and J. A. Fraser,
midshipmen, to the Enterprise ; and Peter Samson,
assist.-engineer, to the Assurance.

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done. The only apprehension which I think the most sen-
sitive of your friends can entertain is one connected with
the approaching exhaustion of that scene to which, for the
present at least, your labours are confined—l mean the
limited surface of this globe itself. (Hear, and a laugh.)
Alexander in his day thought he might reach a point in his
career when he would desire to have new worlds to con-
quer. You, too, seem likely at some time or other to reach
that point, and 1 have no doubt that when you do reach it,
whether it be sooner or later, our excellent and distin-
guished friend Sir R. Murchison, whatever he may say to
the contrary, will be here in the chair, presiding over ;ou
—(cheers and laughter)—and endeavouring to consider
with you what new fields of enterprise you can explore in
some, at any rate, of the nearest planets which you can
occupy yourselves until science, so rich in her appliances,
enables you to reach those that are more distant. (Re-
newed cheers and laughter.) Gentlemen, I cordially hope
that the relations established between this society and the
Legislature, this society and all successive Governments,
and this society and the country at large, may be perma-
nent relations of credit and honour on the one side, of ad-
vantage and utility on the other—and that for many years
you may be recognised, as you are recognised now, as hold-
ing a foremost place amongst those institutions which, per-
haps deriving some slight acknowledgment from the State,
but essentially resting on the broader and surer foundation
of private enterprise and private energy, form one of the
most marked distinctions which attract the eye and excite
the admiration of every foreigner who visits the shores of
England. (Loud cheers.)
The PRESIDENT then, in eulogistic terms, proposed the
health of the medalists of the year, Baron von der Decken
and Captain Grant.
The toast was drunk with much cordiality.
Baron VON DER DECKEN and Captain GRANT severally
returned thanks in a few modest words, the latter remark-
ing that he was so unused to address public assemblies that
he would almost rather traverse Africa over again than un-
dergo the ordeal of making a speech. (LaUghter and cheers.)
The PRESIDENT then gave " The health of Sir C. East-
lake," Chairman of the Royal Academy of Arts ; to which
Sir Charles briefly responded by a graceful allusion to the
many links which bound together the votaries of science
and art.
Sir H. RAWLINSON next proposed "The health of the
President of the Society," warmly eulogising his invaluable
services to science, and particularly to that institution over
whose whole career from its infancy to its maturity he had
exercised so sedulous and watchful a care. If, he said,
Scotchtnen were formed by nature to overrun the world, Sir
Roderick Murchison was pre-eminently formed by nature as
well as by his attainments to fill the chair of the Geogra-
phichal Society. (Cheers.) After expressing the deep obli-
gations which the council owed to Sir Roderick for consent-
ing to act as their president for another year, Sir Henry
concluded by proposing the chairman's health.
The toast was received with enthusiasm.
The PRESIDENT, in responding, said he felt highly
flattered by the compliment just paid to him. It was also
very gratifying to him that he should have been so una-
nimously invited to continue one year more as their'
president. Having been born in 1792, and having filled
that post for many years amidst his many other avocations
--for he was a geologist by profession and a geographer
by love—he had thought it was time for him to give
place to another man, and not imitate the Archbishop
of Toledo, who remained in his office until he might almost
be said to have preached his own funeral sermon, (Laugh-
ter.) If, however, they would kindly bear with his infirmi-
ties he would strive to discharge his duties for another year
to the beat of his power. (Cheers.)
The next toast was " The Colonies and the Colonists of
Great Britain," which was given by Lord HOUGHTON; and
acknowledged by Sir STUART DONALDSON.
" The Scientific Societies of Europe, coupled with the
name of Dr. Hoffman," was next:drunk; and, after one or
two other minor toasts, the company separated.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

MALTA, May 18,
The Trident, steam sloop, arrived on the Bth from
Corfu, to which portthe Me.gicienne, steam frigate,
was despatched on the 10th, and returned en the
14th, with the diligence for which this vessel, under
the command of Capt. Armytage, has been remark-
able. Fe' he brought two batteries of artillery, con-
sisting of Lieut.-Col- Maude, four other bffieer6 246
non-commissioned officers and guenere, 21 women,
40 children, four prisoners, and two hospital at-
tendants. The Liffey, st3am frigate, left for Zinte
on theellthefor the purpose of removing the troops
from that island, and relieved there the Cosseck,
which reached Malta on the 13th. Th, Foxhound,
steam gunboat, was despatched on the Bth to Susa,
at the solicitation of some Maltese merchants. Rho
had received alarming intelligence of threats
against the Christian and the Jewish population on
the part of the revolted Arabs. Oa the 14th and
15th a number of families reached Malta in four
small coasting craft, in ell some 250 persons, for the
safety of their lives, and others are looked for. The
Foxhound returned on the 15th, having run along
the coast as far as Tunis. She brings intelligence
from the British Consul-General, Vice-Consuls, and
Consular agents, from which it would appear that
the Arabs are close upon Tunis. They are said to
be 40,000 strong, under the command of a renegade
Frenchman, and they maintain a menacing atti-
tude against the Bey, though no positive act of
aggression had been committed against Chris-
tians. The Ottoman steam frigate Feizi Babri,
having on board his Excellency Haydar Effendi,
a special envoy from the Sultan to the Bey of
Tunis, left Malta for Tunis on the 10th of May,
accompanied by the Monbir Sourer steam frigate
and the Peki Cherrif despatch boat. The French
Admiral is said to have questioned the right of the
Sultan to send a naval demonstration to Tunis
under the present disturbed state of affairs in that
Regency, to which the Envoy, Haydar Effendi, had
very properly paid no attention. The matter seems,
however, to have been considered of sufficient im-
portance to call for the presence of an increased
naval British force. Accordingly, on the 16th, the
Resistance, ironclad steam frigate, was despatched
from Malta to Sues, and the Psyche, despatch
steamer, to Tunis. The Foxhound left on the same
day for Melidia, and the Trident on the 18th for
Gmba, in the regency of Tunis. The Meannee and
the Psyche returned to Malta from Tunis on the
18th, bringing dates thence to the 17th, announcing
the arrival of the Italian steam frigate Re d'ltalia
with 200 marines to be landed in case of need. The
insurrection had not yet been put down, but the
Bey had superseded the Governor of Susa for allow-
ing himself to be panic striken. A French line of
battle ship had been despatched to a point north-
west of Tunis, where the public peace had been
threatened. The Imperial Ottoman steam yacht
Feizi Djehart, having on board his Excellency
Vice-Admiral Roussan Pasha, arrived at Malta from
Constantinople on the 12th of May to be decked
and cleaned. On the evening of Sunday, the 15th,
this magnificent vessel, as well as the Mahomed
Ali, Egyptian steam frigate, was most brilliantly
illuminated, and on the following day dressed oat
with flags innumerable in honour of the feast of the
Bairam. The Sofia, a small Nile steamer, intended
as a yacht for the Pasha of Egypt, arrived at Malta
on the 15th of May from Newcastle, Falmouth, and
Lisbon, and left for Alexandria on the 18th. The
Italian steam frigate Principe Humberto, having on
board upwards of 100 naval students on a voyage
of instruction, arrived from the Piraeus of Athens
on the 11th, left for Syracuse on the 14th of May,
and returned to Malta on the 17th. Her Majesty's
the
screw steam ship the Marlborough, bearing
flag of the naval Commander-in-Chief, accompa-
nied by the Magicienne, steam frigate, will leave
Malta on the 21st of May or, to be
present at the cession of the lonian Islands to
Greece, and also to assist, if necessary, in removing
the British garrison, if the steam transports do not
reach in time. The DronaeJary, screw steam.
transport, arrived from Gibraltar on the 12th, and
in stores on the day fellow_
ihg. The Supply,
left for Corfu to take
storeship, also took her depar-
ture for Corfu on a like misbion cn the 14th of May.
The Tamar, screw steam-transport, arrived at
Malta on the 17th from Cape Coast Castle, the
Island of St. Vincent, Madeira, and Gibraltar, will
leave Corfu to take in troops on the 24th. Lieut.
Hanson, a Supernumerary Lieut. of this vessel, is
to be tried by Court-martial to-morrow, the 19th,
on a charge of having been found intoxicated and
asleep during his watch at sea.
The Norwegian transport Tanaro, damaged by a
Spanish gunshot from the Fort of Tarifa, as re-