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• AUGUST 25, 1852.

PROFESSOR LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE
ALE.

From Baron TAcbig to Mr. Allsopa.

" The sp''cimens ^f your Pale Ale sent to me afforded me another
opportunity of confirming its valuable qualities. lam myself an ad-
mirer of this beverage, and my own experience enables me to re-
commend it, in accordance wills the opinion of the most eminent
English physicians, as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and as a
gene al beverage, both for the invadd and the robust.
" JUSTUS LIEBIG.
" Giessen, May 6, 1852

That the Public might form a correct judgment of the inten-
tion of that eminent authority, Messrs. ALLSOPP and SONS have
republished Baron LIELIIG'S Letter to Mr. ALLSOPP in extenso,
in all the London Daily Journals, as well as in other Papers, copies
of which Letter, and of the very numerous and continually increas-
ing Professional Testimonials in favour of their PALE and BITTER
ALE, may be obtained on application at the Brewery, Burton-on-
Trent; or at their Establishments in London, Liverpool, ➢lanches-
ter, Dudley, Glasgow, Dublin, Birmimham, and elsewhere.

[T. No. 4.]

A BRON LIEBIG'St OPINION of " PALE

The prominence given to the name of Baron Liebig in pla?ards and
advertisements will have created the impression that he coveted a
celebrity inconsistent with the dignity of his station in the scientific
world, Having learned that he had attained such undesirable no-
toriety, Baron Liebig has requested the publication of the following •
letter, with the view of iworrning the public of the motives which
dictated his communication to Mr. Allsopp :.
" The question of adulteration by strychnine, which has been
taken up seriously in England, seemed to me of great importance,
and I thought to do some good by aiding, to demonstrate the error.
If I wished t' associate with any individual brewery my remarks on
the alleged adulteration of bitter, beer with strychnine, it would have
been natural to have mentioned another brewery, in which alone,
and not in Mr. Allsopp's, I was engaged in investigating the Burton
mode of brewing : and it was also in that other brewery that the
Bavarian brewers acquired all the instruction they obtained at Bur-
ton. The admiration I expressed of this beverage in my letter to
Mr. Allsopp is advertised in such a manner as to lead to the inference
that my praise was exclusively confined to Mr. Allsopp's beer ; this
was not the case, my remarks referred to that class of beer.
" JUSTUS LIEBIG.
" Giessen, July 24, 1852."

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FRAM/LENTS FROM THE MOIMITAINS. Two Vols.
Vol. I.

A VISIT TO THE LAKES SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c

Vol. IL
VIE I.4ITES OF KILL CRNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
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111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
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"What passions hurt the body—what improve,

Truth; as refined as Athens ever heard."

Sawyer :—Lifo's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad
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as
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NAU
CommissionersFOßESTLTpp
appointed
I 9
THEOLI H
SaturdayAi the
the Forest
Act 14th and 15th Victoria, for disaff g lestin Forest
of Hainault, in the county of Essex, havingconcluded
their investigation, delivered their final awardrd
tothe
va-
rious claimants for compensation, &e. It will be rem bered that, in consequence of progressive encroachments
remem-
bered
the Crown property in Essex, an infinite number
of actions were commenced by the Attorney-General,
but before going to trial certain disclosures were made
of malversation on the part of some of the officials in-
trusted with the royal demesnes in other parts of the
kingdom, the proceedings were suspended, and eventu-
ally, the Legislature having been satisfied that the
timber grown in these vast wildernesses was not avail-
able for ship-building, two Bills were passed, disaf-
toresting Hainault and the New Forest by command of
her Majesty. The Commissioners appointed were di-
rected to inquire into all claims in or upon the soil,
timber, &c., more especially as to certain rights of
common, established by ancient usage. The Act also
directed that the deer should be removed or destroyed
with all convenient speed, end that the forest reeves
(rangers) should be forthwith discharged. According
to the evidence brought before the Commissioners, it ap-
pears that, as regards Hainault, it has been cnstomary,
from time immemorial, to allow every poor widow not re-
ceiving parochial relief, residing in the parishes of Bark-
ing and Dagenham (which lie within the forest), one
load of wood on Easter Monday, or, in lieu thereof, Bs.
in money to those who could not procure a team to carry
the wood on that day. In respect of this right the
Commissioners have awarded, as compensation, 4161,135.
101. to the parish of Barking, and 831. 63. Bd. to Dagen-
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whose claims may have been satisfactorily established.
The only claimant on the soil of any importance was Sir
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compensation. The deer have been either removed or
destroyed, the rangers have been discharged, the wood-
man's axe has already made considerable havoc, and in
a very short time the whole of this vast area will be clear
of timber.

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FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT.-0a Saturday ,after.
noon Mr. Brent held an inquest at the George and Dragon,
New-road, upon, Emanuel Stent, a
builder,Bn e kMr. Isaac Stent, residing at 11,
ngahgaemd-pselavceen,ty
Buckingham-place, stated that the deceased, who •
*sit with him from the country, was
father, while on a vi
-four.
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he died a few days afterwards. Mr.
sus-
tained such injuries that s
Edward Bellhare, master tailor, 23, Tavistock- quare , said
that he had deceased conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, leaving a police-cons, table who was on the spot, to
take the number of the omnibus, which he did not do, but,
—"You can go
on the contrary, said to the omnibus driver
on." City police-constable 290 said, that on the day in
question, no report was made of the accident at the Smith-
field etation, although it was the duty of the constable on
the beat to report it. The 'kir returned a verdict of "Ac-
cidental death," accompanied
by the following addendum,
which they requested the coroner to forward to the City
of
police authorities : "that the
And the jury are opinion
policeman who was r.
is higuly culpable p esent on the occasion of the accident
for not having reported it at the station,
as such neglect
Was calculated
to defeat the ends of justice, as
his important eviden
not be adduced.', ce, relative to the fatal accident, could

FRENCH. AND SARDINIAN RAlLWAYS.—Negotia-
tions are taking place between France and Sardinia for the
j unction of the railways of the two countrieA.•..Galiynani.

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND BLACK WALL.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. N. Daniell
in the chair.
The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said the affairs of the company were in nearly
the same position as when the shareholders last met,
a short time ago. They wore going on in the old
way, progressing steadily and well; they had had an
increase of traffic and a diminution of expenditure,
and he believed that every exertion had been made
to carry out the best interests of the company. They
had hoped to have had the goods traffic on their line
at this time, but circumstances over which they bad
no control had delayed the completion of the Hay-
dornequare junction line, which was to have been
finished in June last. The workmen had not been
able to complete thp warehouses, without which it
would haye been useless to open the junction line.
They ivere, however, assured that the line and ware-
houses would be ready to accommodate the goods traffic
of the London and North-Western Company on the
Ist of October. He had little doubt the whole
would be ready_ for traffic before the end of October
next. It was hoped it would be then open, as
that was the time of year when their passenger traffic
commenced to fall off, and the goods traffic then com-
ing on would aid their dividend materially. The
dividend for the first half of the year was generally
less than for the second half, and although at the cor-
responding period of 1851 they had a dividend of 2s.
per share, that did not arise entirely from traffic, for
3,000/. of it consisted of profit on the sale of shares.
The dividend on the present occasion was from the
net earnings of the line. He bad trusted that the
amount would -have been further increased by the
North. Western. goads traffic, but no doubt they
would derive some benefit from that traffic in the
current half-year ;:aed so soon as the terminus was
completed for the accommodation of the Eastern
Counties trains at Fenchurclso street they would re•
ceive a considerable addition to their traffic. With
regard to the Tilbury and Southend line, the Black-
wall Coropany were defended and guarded in every
Way from loss of the Gravesend traffic. He believed
the addition to their traffic from "that source would be
very great. Every exertion would be made by the
contractors to open the line to Tilbury, opposite Graves-
end, by the Ist of May next. The extension to
Southend would be opaned in about twelve months
from the present time, although the time sti-
pulated was eighteen months. So that their
present prospect was very good. He might
be allowed to mention that the directors
were firmly of opinion that their line, as one of. five
miles in length only, could. never be a paying line in
itself, and it was for this reason that they had, with
the sanction and support of the proprietors, altered
the system of workieg the railway, and done other
things with a view to advance the interests of the
company and to connect the line with other railways.
Their anticipations with regard to dividends had long
been deferred, but they were now on the eve of being
realised. The exertions of the directors in promoting
the welfare of the undertaking had been as zealous as
possible, and he believed the shareholders generally
were satisfied with those exertions : but that they had
not given universal satisfaction was to be seen from a
letter which appeared in the Times of that morning,
under the signature of " A Poor Debtor."—(Laugh-
ter.) The writer of that letter impugned the conduct
of the directors, who were charged with wasting large
sums of money in the construction of a branch
to Haydon-square, and in building an extravagant
terminus at Fenchurch-street, while the shareholders
were obliged to put up with a dividend of 2s. per
share. Now he thought the shareholders would
agree with him in saying that a person writing to a
paper like the Times should, before he attempted
to censure a company, at least take the trouble of
investigating the truth of the charges he thought
proper to bring against them.—(Hear, hear.) The
writer of the letter to which he referred might be a
" poor debtor," but he was evidently much poorer in
intellect and information. The r‘ Poor Debtor's"
charge was, that the company had agreed to spend
half-a-million of money upon the Hayden-square
branch. The fact was that the branch was to cost
75,0001., not one farthing of which would come out
of the pockets of the Blackwell Company—(Hear)—
and not only would it not cost the proprietors any-
thing, but the latter would reap a very considerable
advantage from the additional traffic it would bring on
the line when constructed.—(Hear.) With regard
to the Fenchurch-street terminus, the proprietors
were thoroughly acquainted with the fact that that
terminus was scarcely large enough for the
present traffic, and it must, of course, be satis-
factory to them to know that the enlargement
was not to be made with their money ; so that, in
short, these excrescences, which the writer in
the Times charged them with having undertaken
at an enormous expense, would not cost the
company anything, while the outlay would greatly
increase the passenger traffic, and consequently add
to the receipts of the railway.—(Hear.) A good in-
terest was guaranteed on the outlay at the terminus
in Fenchurch-street by the Eastern Counties Com-
pany, and there could be no doubt that the latter
company saw clearly they would derive considerable
advantage from the extra accommodation it would
afford them for their passenger traffic. He concluded
by moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. Hato seconded the motion.
Mr. PALLISER entered into some statistics with a
view to show that the company carried passengers on
the line for less than id. each. He arrived at this
conclusion from comparing the receipts and number
of passengers carried at one period with the amount
tlae result of Mr.e
of receipts and number carried at other periods, and
, inasmuch as
ntauhminbgerst.he differenecxeplianintle:
that receipts andu lt in
th
ph
he
iTheiosme
r;Csa
rinte
calculations
'nut
m lealtns s
as receipts were erroneous
an and the number of
passengers of the Dock Junction line included in the
returns with the net receipts and number of passen-
gers included in the returns at another period, in
which case the receipts per passenger would appear
to be much less than it really was ; and, so far from
carrying passengers for less than id. there were none
carried under a mere fraction less than ld.; and that,
so far from having received less money, they had re-
ceived 3,0001. more during the past halt-year than at
any corresponding period. The Blackwall Railway
had boats on one side of it and omnibuses on the
other, and the directors were obliged to do the best
they could to protect the interests of the company.
The sum paid by passengers for single tickets on the
railway averaged 4.307 d. each; for return tickets,
3.154 d. each ; and to and from the steamboats, 3.497 d.
each ; so that the steamboat passengers paid more than
the return-tickets on the railway.
Mr. PALLISER contended that the steam-boats had
taken away their dividend.
The CHAIRMAN could not help Mr. Palliser, if he
chose to take that view of the case, which was not the
fact.

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ttihnegr aitlhweay .
paid on the borrowed money, in the course of 'Which
it was stated that it had been reduced from 5 per
cent. to 42 and 41 per cent., and that they always
advertised for loans and had found few individuals
who were willing to lend their money at 4 per cent.
for so long a period as five or seven years. They
had borrowed money from the Bank of England at 41
per cent. In answer to a question it was stated that
they estimated the Gravesend traffic at between 8,0001.
and 9,0001. a-year, which was not to be less when the
Tilbury line was opened from traffic.
The report was then adopted.
Mr. TITE, in reply to a question, stated that it was
not the fault of the London and North-Western nor
ayTdnoen-square
akre junction
oline any
ha
d otherne not been
pnaeretny thatcompleted. th e B
Corn.
pang had to provide the land, a large bridge had to be
built, and the warehouses had to be altered ; these
and other matters caused delay, and there was no
blame to the engineer or anyone else; the delay was
unavoidable.
Mr. PALLISER moved a resolution to the effect that
in future no steamboats be permitted to collect the
fare for the Blackwall Railway ; that the Blackwall_
pier be open to all passenger-boats by the payment of
pier-dues; that the booking at Fenchurch-street for
boat and rail be discontinued, and that the boats that
make the Black wall-pier terminus have an allowance
only upon the pier dues.
The motion was not seconded, and therefore fell to
the ground.
A resolution
vote of thanks toa
separated.
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EAST INDIAN.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the offices, Old Broad-street; Mr. J.
Baxend ale in the chair.
The Secretary read the report,
The CHAIRMAN, in
moving the aioption of the re-
port, Said he was not aware that he bad anything to

q, esfs'itil)aigoes'
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expenditure The disbursementgeameo9ndted to 172,8161., and for 1
showingtll the eor corresponding sdpeocnrde
The balance of. revenue for the
ce
oafb3lepetor dceivnitd.enpder
the Then
nest
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andannum s income-tax, leaving
epnlaBdstsitluhraetlof_yoflesa22ro,B64p7:sll/ii.,.
80interestto
b_e amounts
carried
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dftoor2w4alr
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thaantd,thaeftearmdonuentcosanhrhdsaaide;
account.s
irnß
poofrttiboens of capitalthe
r:ihalalnydtoontntttpoufrpt purposes of
Union lines once projected between BO
Leeds, Salterhebble and Huddersfield, and other paond
Cons, together with the Holtrifirthß;anch Extension
of the Huddersfield and Sheffield line, has alsoensioell
ceived Parliamentary sanction, and the' company
,hereby relieved from liabilities which involvedis
a
large additional outlay of capital. Consequent upon
this abaudonment, the nominal amount of tbe ex-
tansion sharesis reduced to 161. per share, and of the
West Riding Union shares to 141. per share. The
mandamus issued by the Court of Queen's Bench fur
the formation of the remaining portion of the Man-
chester and Southport line, in which the company
is interested, having been made absolute, it
has been determined, however reluctantly, to
commence the preliminary proceedings con-
nected with the purchase of land, in the first instance,
for the line between Wigan and Southport. The
order of the Vice-Chancellor's Court, which directed
the Great Northern Company to account for all traffic
belonging to them which might pass over the lines of
the company, is still in force. In the matter of the
Wakefield lied Enottingley stations, an award has
been made, which has determined the coat of the
former to be 68,354/, and of the latter to be 11,516/. ;
or, together, 79,8711. A moiety of this amount is
chargeable by agreement to the Great Northern Rail-
way Company. The negotiations for an amalgama-
tion with the East Lancashire Company having
the attention of the boards of both companies
is being directed to the propriety of concluding a
A•affic agreement, by which several of the many ad-
vantages which would have resulted from the first-
named measure may be secured at places and in dis-
tricts which are served in common by both companies.
The capital account shows that 11,855,7371. had
le.en received, and 11,812,2221. expended, leaving a
balance of 43,515/. The revenue account for the
half-year ending the 30th of June shows that
432,6671. had been received, and 191,622/. expended,
including 7,944/• rates and taxes, and 5,1311. Govern-
ment duty, leaving a balance of 241,0451. To this
sum is added 19,2791., the balance from the last ac-
count; 6951., dividends on shares in other lines ; and
3 0351., interest on balances ; making together
264,0561. Out of this sum is deducted 66,4861., in-
terest on loan, &c.; 15,9811., Preston and We're;
20,721/., North Union ; 6,5001., Sheffield and Barns-
ley ; 23,821/., on 6 per cent. stock; 5,8481., interest
on 4l per cent. stock ;
leaving 124,691/. for general
dividend ; out of which it is proposed to divide
115,883/. at 3 per cent. per annum, and leave 8,807/.

LEEDS (NORTHERN).
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dt hteoi rtrheep osrht
aarnedh
os
ltda
et er a-
on Saturday next.
ipts and expenditure it
From the statement of rece
under the same head of
ment
" capital account," the
Theo
fdaicreccotuonrtsshtaov ebjeu sstubissued
directors say,—The requisite
appears that the expenditure
June
3oonth capitallast,
was accountlB ,u7rsionlg
the half•year, ending.
With respect to the receipts
exercise of the company's
borrowing powers under ethxe
Act of 1851 s ms
been
year. Down to a
by sums
amounting haiing raisedlf loans on
debenture during the last ha
mameoanusntfionrgdteofraying the above expenditure have been
provided principally by the
annum interest. But, es no difficulty is now expe-
oeobmtapinaeraitiovnellyowreecrentpiod termser th
at
nh e saet ofiavnes
pce or u lcde
ut. not
pbe
re
rienced by the company in obtaining money on
debenture at greatly reduced rates, an important
saving will be effected in the annual charge for in-
terest, as loans from time to time fall in, to be paid off
or renewed. Having thus been enabled to raise so
large a sum on such favourable terms, and to provide
the means of the half-yearly expenditure ou capital
account, the directors have postponed making any
further calls on the company's preference shares,
the capital represented by which is still available
to a large extent. The extension line to Stock-
ton, joining there the line to Hartlepool, was
opened throughout on the 2d of June last. The
connexion is therefore completed between Leeds
and these ports, and the company is in pos-
session of 70 miles of railway. The revenue account
shows that during the last half-year the gross traffic
receipts were 18,2041., and the working expenses
14,448/. ; Government duty on passengers 481/. ;
leaving 13,2751. as the net profit for the half-year.
The balance left of last half-year was 442/., making
the total disposable surplus 13,7171. Of this avail-
able balance the sum of 9,3961. is required to pay the
interest on loans ; and the directors recommend that
the further sum of 2,7131. be appropriated to the pay-
ment of the half-year's dividend at the rate of 6 per
cent. on the preference quarter shares, leaving a
eeha-
correspondingbt
yof statingftethe
e thatof
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edh produce
acp
completioneef
an o
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o opening
very
yos
ba-
lance of 1,6071. to be carried forward to the next half-
year. The gross receipts for the half-year, ending
30th of June, exhibit an increase of 3,5471. over the
f muchls
severe
hv oeu Tfr
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reportnalpsnorthernopextension
aintcompetition
te has,ion.frlhow-
ever, concludeshh e
r eexten-
sione
been t
traffic of the new district. On the opening of the line to
Stockton, the rates to and from nearly all points at
which this railway comes into competition with other
companies
were reduced to an absurd extent by those
companies. The effect of the extremely low charges
which this company had been compelled in self-de-
fence
to adopt has consequently been to prevent its
hitherto deriving those benefits which were anti-
cipated, and which are still confidently expected
to be realised, from the formation of the extension
line. The directors continue to entertain the same
confident expectations as heretofore of the value of the
undertaking. The capacious New Dock at West
Hartlepool was opened on the Ist of June last, and
extensive powers were obtained in the last session of
Parliament for the improvement of the navigation
and dock accommodation of the river Tees, and ulti-
mately a large traffic cannot fail to be derived from
these sources. Much attention continues to be de-
voted to the cultivation of the local traffic, which ex-
hibits a satisfactory increase ; and the directors en •
tertain the hopes of being able shortly to effect a
connexion with the beds of ironstone in the Cleveland-
hills, from which a further source of profitable reve-
nue is to be anticipated.

PROMOTION•
Lieutenant John Knapman (1809), has been pro-
moted to the rank of commander on the reserved
half-pay list. He entered the navy in 1801. as
midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales, 98, Capt.
William Prowse, bearing the flag a
Calder, in the Channel, where, in 1802, he joined the
Sirius, 36, also commanded by Captain Prowse. In
1803 he removed to the Temeraire, 98, Captain
E!iab Harvey, and from foughtthatwosefhilfP,oauf:eorhfehaevSlyiiradilobe
Sqn!ac,_EfEl°brefri under the o rel ers o f Sir
present at
the Achille, 74, Clptain Richard King•. On the 25th
at Trafalgar, he was draught.d, in March,
'befitdeehninllB27 and his
1806, into
French
ftorhfieg thea
tceasfpo ltlbuoyrNev,i naogirs
Samuel Hoed. : lie was next,
promotion to the rank of lieutenant, Sept. 14. 1819,
employed off Cape Fini:•terre, Cadiz, and Toulon, in
Cressy, 74, C
the Tonnant, 80, and Ocean, 98, flag-ships of Adad-
rals E. Harvey and Lord Coilingwood. During the
remainder of the war he served on the Mediterranean
and home stations in the Nettuno (rfterwards
Cretan), Favourite, Electra, and Albacore sloooe., and
Benjamin Clement, H. Gregory, Henry Thomas
Davies, and Charles Dashwood. Under Capt. Davie►,
of the Albacore, Lieutenant Knapman took part, Dec.
off the French 40ituainnsfrigCaltlearile: G:
18, 1812, in a gallant action, in which that vessel,
when in company with the 14 gun schooner Pickle,
12-gun sloop Borer, and 4-gun cutter Landrail, beat
to herself of one lieutenant killed and six or seven
men wounded. Through the influence of his late
Majesty he obtained, Nov. 20, ov 1827, an appointment
in the Coast Guard, which he retained until Dec. 18,
1832. roeidree,rivvekithPa"lnoes's

(1843)
to the
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mud.
_ma
at
th-,FRapotaxianl
factory, Woolwich.
`Scott: 841);' r-
Commander Thom-,8 Wilson
14:Gregor
Woolwich.
(185,1 to study
sterieuattentetfsftcrore3-o,,rl.;Ve*OoTlw.
Daring, 12, fitting at Sheerness; Chas. G.
LFore7erick F. P. Taylor (1846),
Portsmouth;reWse:rved steam-frigate, Portsmouth.
(1846), to the Victory flag-ship, Portsmouth.
(1851), to the Daring;
Surgeon—Nicholas Littleton (1851), to the Bittern,
William Ellis (1842), to the S;don, reserved steam_
frigate,to iVt
Ihaes t
Feras n
as.
12, fitting at Sheerness.
Paymasters—Charles G. Burney (1850), to the
Bittern; Francis Cole (1846), to the Calypso, 18,
West Indies, vice G. L. Herbert.
Assistant-Surgeon—G. B. Newton, to the Bittern.
Master's Assistant—J. B. Haines, to the Daring.
Clerk—Charles J. Warner (1851), to the Bittern.
Boatswain—Fred. M. Johnson, to the Daring.
Carpenter—John Williams, to the Daring.
We understand that the Rosamond, 6, steam-
sloop, in the West Indies, has been ordered home
immediately, in consequence of the great amount of
sickness amongst her crew. This vessel, as the
Eclair, is known es the " ill-fated," and as the Rosa-
mond, when at the Cape, she was so sickly that she
was ordered to the Mediterranean station, and now
in the West Indies the same fatality attaches to her :
there must, therefore, be some radical defect in her
construction, as we insisted when she returned home
as the Eclair, with scarcely en officer or man alive
in her. It is right to remember, also, that the In-
flexible steam-slcop, just returned, from the West
Indies, was as sickly as the Rosamond when on the
same station.

We corrected the statement of a morning contem-
porary a few days since, to the effect that the
French had nothing in the shape of a screw ship that
" could stand up
against our Arrogant and Aga-
memnon." We showed that the French bad as
powerful a screw-frigate as the Arrogant, and that they
had a 90 gun screw-ship, the Charlemagne, in com-
mission in the Mediterranean, whilst our Agamemnon
bad not her machinery fitted. Since then letters
from Toulon announce that the Napoleon, ship of the
line, fitted with the screw, left that port, and pro-
ceeded to sea to try her sailing powers. She returned
in the night. The Napoleon sailed at the rate of 12
knots an hour. A letter from Rochefort, of the 14th

inst., states that the ship of the line Ulm, of 100 guns,
now on the stocks in that port, is to be fitted up as a
screw-steamer.--Herald.

Captain Scott, of the Neptune, 120 flag•ship, at
Portsmouth, has returned to his duties, after a months'

leave of absence.

Her Majesty's steam-vessel Cherokee, of 750 tons
and 206 horse-power, recently sold on the breaking
up of the naval establishment on the Canadian lakes,
has been resold at Boston, United States. and has
realized a net profit to the speculator of 8,000 dolls.
The Cherokee, we believe, was built at Kingstown.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDLY.—The Sprightly steam-
vessel, Mr. George Allen, Acting-Master, command-
ing, embarked Viscount Hardinge, Master- General
of the Ordnance , Lieutenant-General Sir John Bur-
goyne, Inspector-General of Fortifications; Sir
Charles Fox, C.E. ; Colonel Sir Frederick Smith,
M.P., commanding the Royal Engineers ie this gar-
rison, and other Ordnance officers, this morning at
seven o'clock, and left with them on an official visit of
inspection to the Channel Islands.
The Sampson, 6, steam-frigaditerranean, sailing
te, Captain L. T.
Jones is under orders for the Me
to-morrow.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord
A. Fitzelarknce, G.C.H., and the Fairy steam-tender,
went down to Cowes this morning to be in attendance
on her Majesty.
The Dasher steam•vessel, Commander Le Febvre,
sailed this evening for the Channel Islands, to resume
her station for the protection of the Fisheries.
The Collingwood, 80, is ordered to
brought
ins dolor
from the ordinary and docked on th3oth
refit, ready for commission.
The Termagant, 24, new screw-frigate, will be
rigged, fitted, and ready to leave the dock on the 28th
inst., when she will leave for Pembroke with the
masts and yards of the Grampus, 50 gun frigate, fcr
jury-rigging the great steam-ship Windsor Castle,
140, for navigation to this port.
A plan has been recently submitted to Government
and private shipbuilders by Mr. L. Armen, of Bor-
deaux, and Mr. J. J. Brunet, of the canal ironworks,
Limehouse, with the view of obviating the objections
which at present exist against iron vessels. Mr.
Artisan proposes to remove these objections by build-
inge
vessels of the most approved modern lines for
speed, the outer frames and planking to be of timber,
much thinner and lighter than vessels built entirely
of timber; and, within the outer frame, building on-
il i r
tehnetireelnytiroef iron, also
werealso builtof
proportionately ighter than
c ifh
iron.
The French
Government have ordered the building of a corvette
at Rochfort, to be named La Megilre, with auxiliary
having
ux y
engines of 220 horse power, the specim
man built for the mercantile service of Frn ansc Mr. Ar-
given great satisfaction. The plan
adapted for the mercantile service of the appears welt
it is not probable the Admiralty
is order any vessel
country, but
will
to be built where iron plating
from it would be most destructive used,
as the splinters
struck by 32-pounder shot, to the crews when
unless Mr. Arman can
show, by experiment, that '
his iron is protected.

SEABORNE MAILS.
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(N signifies that the mails are sent front the General
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

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31 c
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Aug. 27 ;": •••• ti„Teren,Toi•• JIA nzUg. 23 9
America (by U.S. pkt.) N, .. • • •• 500118•020" --*
America (by 'U.S. pkt.) M r
Australia (via South- I sout• kanipt• a
ampton) .. .. .. MI .. .. .• • •
ii)over
Ditto (via Marseilles) Y • • • • ': .... fri3ln,,.m.°62tk Aug. 26
th*,.. Nov. 30 1
Ditto, viaC. of G. Hope N • • 704; zonal tw's;;,-. .. Aug. 28
Africa (West coast)• • N 14th :200 et me* Dover .. Daily I
Alexandria* " ''''" Ifit .• _,'„ti; Sonthampt. Sept. 16
Belgium •• •• • • Nib OI!' "--th soathampt. Sept. 16 (
Brazil .. " " /21'9th oft be,,,rorenthSouthampt. Sept. 1
Buenos Ayres .• •sm 2dk 7.1, month Plymouth .. Aug. 26 1
Callfornia(viaCkagreei v. “th
~ n°thr t month !Plymouth .. Aug. 26 1
LT ~2,1" 7ue27th efmo [Dover .. Aug. 30 i
CConstantinople* ••
.. 3[sd &
17th of mon. Southampt. Sept. 1
j".
,-„,i. wed., &Fri.;Sonthampt. Fri.; Sonthampt. Tn. Th• Sat ,
Cape
pe °die G°Ver(illail_.°.P....
Central Anl arks • 5 `...-i I7th of moth 'Sonthampt. Sept.! 4
Chan/1811meg .• • 02d
',.. Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily j
Chili " ...
:: la -NN 7thi7th27th of ino Mover .. Aug. 30
Flo* .: • . `... N Tuesday & Friday London, .. Thes. Sat.
Rambo rgb •
„„ M Wednes. & Satur.London .. Mon. Thur
.•
golland " .. . N 17th of the mouth 'Sonthampt. Sept. 16
noodurae • ' MS; N Twice daily .. ..iHolyhead.. Twicedaily
Irelau,d„,..2.,Outhamp.) M 20th of the month' Southampt. Aug. 28
Indiasl•.-",f,naiues) N Sthic24th ofmonthDover 1
India ,'''' of Hope N 15th of month Plymouth ..lAug. 26
rndia, via C. OG. -,
' lug .. • .. N 15th of month Plymouth.. 'Aug. 26
Mataii
goditerrane.an (via
soutnmrpton) •• M 20th of the month Soutbami t. Aug. 28
•,fediterralean (v!a
Marseilles) .. .. N Sth&24thofmontb Boyer ..1
Mexico .. .. .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. pl.
,S,Aseueppgtt...l22B
Madeira .. .. .. M,9th of the month Southampt. SePt. 16
Malta', .. .. f '7th,17th,19th,27t13 1 ..,
( j Ec 30th of month
Naples* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. 'Sept. 2
Sept. 6
Papal Stet's* .. .. N 'sth 15th25th of mo, Dover
teninsula .. .. .. M 7th 17th 27th of me, Southampt. '
per,
..
.. .. .. m2d & 17th of mnthSoutharnot. Sept. 1
Tuscany* .. .. .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. I sept. 2
West Indies .. .. M 17th of the month Southampt, Sept. 1
West Indies (except
M 2d of the mouth
Havanna & Nassau) .• Southampt.
* The mails to those countries thn3 marked (5) are conveyed by
French packet Vitt Marseilles,

THE BALEARIC ISLANDS.--The Madrid journals of
the 18th state that the Spanish Government has decided on
reinforcing the Equadron cruising off the Balearic Islands .
It will be composed of eight vessels, mounting together 201
guns.
They are now lying in the Bay of Rosas,
and the
crews are daily exercised in firing find other =names.