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SEPTEMBER 8, 1852.

THE ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, and AUSTRA-
LIAN CHARTERED BANK.
The arrangements for the Constitution of this Company are now,
nearly completed. Application has been made to her Majesty's Go-.
vernment for a Boyal Charter of Incorporation.
Prospectuses, with the names of the Board of Direction. will b
published in a few days. In the mean time further information may
be obtai2ed from Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 39, Lothbury ;
and Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, 28, Threadneedle-street.
JOHN WILSON PILLANS, Sec., pro tern.
4, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, August 26, 1852.

C ARSON'S CREEK CONSOLIDATED
MINING COMPANY.
I'he Directors beg to announce, for the information of the Share-
holders in this Company, the return of Mr. Hawes, one of the gen-
tlemen forming the deputation sent to California to make inquiries
respecting Carson's Creek Mine.
Mr. Sandeman, another of the deputation, together with Mr.
Morgan, one of the proprtetors, and empowered to treat on the part
of the other proprietors, have been detained in New York, and are
expected by the next mail packet.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
BELFAST, MONDAY EVENING.—The sections
re-
sumed their sittings in the Queen's College this
morning, and the proceedings were listened to by
crowds of visitors-

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have an interest in promoting the undertaking. The
Arabs had evinced a most favourable disposition in his
intercourse with then, and proved remarkably faith-
ful in transporting not only all their stores, but up-
wards of 6,0001. in small sums ; and the existence of
commercial intercourse for centuries with Arabia
proved that there could be no difficulty in extending
relations with that country. In conclusion, the gal-
lant lecturer pointed out the superior fertility of
Mesopotamia, and the opportunities which it presented
for introducing our manufactures, and also for colo-
nivtion.
In reply to the president, Dr. Lee, the Rev. S.
Smith, Mr. Coll, and other gentlemen, Colonel Ches-
ney gave satisfactory explanations respecting the in-
frequency of storms, the peaceful disposition of the
Arabs, the salubrity of climate, protection of travel-
lers, and other points upon which be was interro-
gated, and, after some conversation upon the subject,
the thanks of the section were voted to him.

On theft: arrival the result of the investigation by the Deputation
will be communicated to the Shareholders. Meanwhile the Direc-
tors are taking steps to ascertain the value of the samples of Ore
bought by Mr. llawes Irom the Mine, to guide them in their nego-
tiations with Mr. Morgan.
By order,
U. NESBITT, Secretary.
Allhallowfs Chambers, Lombard-Street, September, 7, 1852.

SECTION E.-GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY.
Sir R. Murchison, President of the Royal Geo-
graphical. Society of Loudon, took the chair in this
section.

Colonel Chesney commenced the proceedings by
reading an able and interesting paper upon the com-
parative merits of the route to India, written in com-
pliance with the request of Dr. Robinson. The use
of the overland route dated from almost the discovery li
of India itself. The far-seeing Elizabeth maintained ,
a fleet at Bir to facilitate trade along the Euphrates, ,
which, being then the high road to India, was con-
stantly made use of by Balbi, Filch, and others, who
had occasion to march by that line with merchandise.
The route from Europe was by Alexandretta and
Aleppo to Bir on the Euphrates, from whence the
goods were carrisd by boats. The Gallant Colonel
then reminded the audience that even in the time of
Herodotus, Mesopotamia was a country of consider-
able commercial importance; and at present, al-
though the value to England of Bagdad, and the
other productive seats of co
nuneree was greatly
diminished by the cessation by the East India Com-
pany of the intercourse which previously existed, yet
the trade between India and the Persian Gulph
amounted to about two „ millions a gear. The line of
the Euphrates had another'advktithge.- The direct line
_
from London passes through Vienna Constantinople,
and Asia Minor, to Aleppo, whence, by the Desert of
Arabia, it reaches Bussorab. The route by the Red
Sea had been used in a similar manner, but, being less
speedy, the regular transit was continued through
Arabia up to the year 1815. his acquaintance with
Mesopotamia commenced in consequence of his having
set out for Constantinople in 1829, to assist in the
defence of Turkey against the Russians. He arrived ,
into
tteh
Asia
close
zdoifa tehr,e
withwar, andthe then
object
nf
examiningundertook h
a journey
te
1,1
proposed lines of communication with India, and
made a detailed report to Government, allowing
twenty-two days between Bombay and Alexandria.
This was the first proposal founded on examination
for opening a steam communication by the Red Sea.
The energy and activity of Waghorn, however, had
performed the transit in fifteen, and even twelve, days.
Having described the difficulties which he had en-
countered in pursuing his course, having been car-
ried off by the Arabs, Colonel Chesney stated that, on
regaining his'freedom he continued his journey across
the Great Desert, and succeeding in reaching the
Euphrates, pursuing his course from Damascus by
Palmyra. Having constructed a raft of thirty-
three inflated skins, he was launched upon
andthe made
et
hriiavewr,ayacctaomFpaenini
jah,ed by three Arabs,
opposite Bagdad,
not, however, without meeting with some
danger, and thence descended from Babylon to Bus-
sorab, and ultimately crossed the Persian Gulf. The
Gallant Lecturer then gave a general description of
observed, was entitled to
and highly pic-
the Fourth
aqueducts, irri-
tehveenEmueprherattheasn, wits
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1,700 miles of
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vrai at
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then
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traversed
Asia Minor,
sources of the
wßhuisashie,eannandiesdomheiml,Botoo miles
iteherotreh
rivers and the country between it and the Mediterra-
nean, having spent three years and a quarter in the
exploration. He then made a report, urging
the es-
tablishment of alternate communication by the Red
Sea and the Persian Gulf. King William IV. took a
lively interest in the matter, which was taken up by
Lords Palmerston, Ripon, and Lansdowne, and after
deliberation by the House of Commons, the sum of
20,0001. was at length voted for an expedition to the
Euphrates and Tigris, and in 1835 he sailed in com-
mand of it, consisting of two flat•bottomed iron
steamers, with a staff of scientific and other officers,
together with persons qualified to
put together
the vessels, which were in pieces. On arriving at
the mouth of the Orontes, the Paella of Egypt, Mo-
hammed Ali, in violation of his engagements with
the Government, refused to allow the exploration
to proceed ; but, being determined not to be stopped,
they disembarked the materials, and carried their
ships overland, notwittiotauaing all obstructions anti
difficulties, a distance of 147 miles from the mouth of
the Orontes, to Port William, in Egypt, a name which
he gave the place in honour of the King. The Go-
vernment, however, having then refused to grant any
more funds, he was compelled either to give up the
expedition or appeal to the assistance of his friends,
and, determining not to abandon it, he obtained an
advance of 3,000/. more. The gallant colonel then
described the terrible effects of a whirlwind, which,
although it lasted but 15 minutes,
destroyed the
Tigris, one of the vessels on the Euphrates, at Wirde,
about 500 miles from both the Mediterranean and the
Persian Gulf, and committed great havoc on the ex-
pedition, and which was unparalleld in violence, ex-
cept by a storm which destroyed the fleet of Julian the
Apostate, near the same place. The Arabs, how-
ever, unlike some of their countrymen at home,
showed them the greatest kindness. He bad
previously received orders from the Government
to break up the expedition on reaching the Per-
sian Gulf; but, lest he should dishearten the offi-
cers of the expedition, he did not communicate
the matter to them until some
then, conceiving that the circumstances would justify
them in not obeying these directions, he consulted
with them as to persevering with it, and they at once
agreed, and even gave up a portion of their pay in
order to reduce the expenses. They then continued
their survey of the river, and afterwards went up the
more
Tigris to the distance of time afterwards ; and
than 300 miles, to
Bagdad, the city of the Kaliphs.
The steamer every-
where created great surprise, the Arabs having a
prophecy amongst them, that when iron should swim
on the surface of the water their dominion
was to end.
They came several hundred miles to ascertain the fact,
and at first believed that the vessel went along the
bottom of the river by wheels. Having related other
difficulties in the expedition, and further inquiries
which it made, Colonel Chesney stated that fresh
orders having arrived, to break up the party, the rest
returned to England, while he followed, taking from
Bombay important dispatches and making a
journey of nearly 1,000 miles from sea to sea, the
distance from Damascus and Beirout being accom-
plished in 19 days. On arriving at England a
~
com-
munication was received from Prince
offering to meet the supposed India line at Scan
the
question but the Government did not entertain_ et
question at all, except by turning it over to the East
India Company, who launched three vessels upon the
river, but ultimately were obliged to withdrew them
t
in the Affghan campaign. The Turkish Government
then took up the subject, and after some reference to i n
two steamers more have been constructed by Messrs.
Mettermdceh
Laird, of Birkenhead, and will speedily be launched
of competent management. Of lest
on the river of Mesopotamia; but he felt anxiety
a great undertaking should fall to the ground for' wantern
Steam Navigation Company, in competing with the
Peninsular to the
Peninsular and Oriental, appear to have
conclusion that long and powerful steamers, using
both paddle and screw, would reach India
in
aboutll be
32 days i but admitting that 10,790 miles will
have to compete
travelled in that time, this line will
on the other lines,
with steamers of a similar
power
A Sea, and the
one of about 5,238 miles by the Be- Th G llant
other of 4,823 miles by the Euphrates.
el
of t lelatter
Colonel then pointed out the advantages
late the Las tern
line. A railway at present exists
all, tthiN'es, and, ere long, will probably reach ns
fan-
Minor present im-
pediments, The great chains of Asia
tarma rivers, the line might
pediments, but not such as may not beoverecsoemee..;
and, having once reached the valley of • the
d al P
from Londoneat to
soon to be adopted. They might' and t e coas Of
the southern shores of Persia
the question to a railway xeense, and the unset-
tled to India;
but the e e
this line nut likely
tled state of
the country ,rendered be conthinue t ong
therefore, confine
Arabia, having
a extremity, and
steamer to India from 00° line to •
another to Trieste from the opposite—the to quit
the Mediterranean at the Bey of Antioch, and thence
pass by Aleppo (Benin) to the Euphrates, at Tabir,
and so won_
K the right bank to the estuary of the
With powerful
river, a distance of about 715 miles'
Bombay, from London,
steamers letters might reach B
in eighteen or nineteen days, and messages, partly by
'laving estimated the
electric telegraph, in ten days.
coet of a single line of railway on the American plats,
through
temporary arrange-
mentsand two steamers, at about 6,000,0001., the gallant
lecturer advised that, instead of in the first instance
incurring so serious
by which the Austrian Lloyd's
should be made,
vessels could carry passengers and mails to Scanda-
roon,
which required no outlay as a harbour, and
from thence, by the air line, a distance of 110 miles,
to Balis, on the Euphrates, between which and Bus-
sorah small steamers might be used; the whole dis-
tance being traversed iu eighteen
hours, and partially using the telegraph, in ten days.
The whole expense of this temporary arrangement
an outlay,
would be 'about 50,000/. or 80,0001. In short, the
overland i Journey could be performed by relays of ca-
mels, or the carriages of the country, called tach-i•van ;
and the necessary protection from place to place being
ts t
i connected with the hire a the Puillitle-, the Arabs would a

Captain Allen, R.N., then read a paper proposing,
in the first instance, to account for proofs of sudden
drainage in the valley of the Jordan, as shown by
terraces 500 feet above it, which have been noticed by
Lieut. Lynch, U. S. N., and Dr. Robinson; also more
recent proofs, in hills with flat summits, exhibiting
horizontal deposit, but with torn sides ; parallel
raised beaches near the Dead Sea, &c. Such drain-
age, having lowered the Dead Sea 1,400 feet below
the Mediterranean, could have no connexion with the
catastrophe recorded in Scripture. In the course of
the investigation of the accounts of other travellers, at
the southern end of the Wady Arabs, and his own
observations at the northern end of the valley of the
Jordan, Captain Allen had reason to think that be-
tween the gulf of Akabah and the southern Ghor or
Evady there is a tract of very low ground, and also
on the other hand from the plain of Isdraelon, so that
the waters of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
were kept in by those low tracts ; and if they were
cut through there would be water communication
with the .East Indies, by means of a ship canal in the
angreaterd t h o
tp atrhte byex naturepeos
o wthroughte vhea t depressed r y
small, valley
and a y
because,e
if a new canal were cut for a small way, the force
of the Atlantic and the aid of gunpowder would very
soon cut a channel sufficiently large for navigation of
the largest ships. Captain Allen pointed out the ad-
vantage which this course would be to the Sultan in
opening up communication with an important portion
of country which now but partially recognises his
authority, and also to the pilgrims, so that there
would not be a probability of having opposition to
encounter. By this means he thought a more direct
and expedious route to the East could be obtained.
After some conversation upon the subject, the
thanks of the section were given to Captain Allen for
his paper.
Learned papers were then read by the Rev. Dr.
Hincks on the connexion between the Indian, Euro-
pean, Semitic, and Egyptian forms of the personal
pronoun • and by Professor M'Douall on the present
state of pronoun; philology.
The latter gentleman also read an interesting ac-
count of a journey across Africa from Zanzibar to
Angola, as communicated from the Foreign-office to
the Royal Geographical Society.
SECTION F.—STATISTICS.
His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin presided, as
on the preceding days, in this section on Saturday.
Mr. Gilbart commenced the proceedings by read-
ing a second paper on the laws of the currency in
Ireland, showing that the circulation of notes began to
decline every January, slowly at first, but afterwards
more rapidly until July, and reached its lowest
point in August. It then began to rise, and con-
tinued to do so until January, when it
again declined. This was accounted for by the fact
that in September the harvest began to be disposed
of, and the rent to the landlord was paid about the
end of the year, when the notes returned to the bank,
either to be placed to the account of the landlord, or
converted into cash. The total number of banks
of issue was 163, of which 76 were in Ulster.
As Ireland had a population of 6,500,000, and as the
population of Ulster was only two millions, their pro-
portion of banks out of 163 would have been only 30.
In some portions of the country the money circulation
of small notes (under 51.) was only fifty per cent. of
the whole returns, in Ulster it was 86 per cent.—
owing to the peculiarities of the linen trade requiring
small accounts in the nurchase of
for the manufacture, &c., though lately the trade
had undergone some change by which small amounts
of money were not so much required as formerly.
The average amount of gold and silver kept by
the banks for the purpose of making their notes
varied from 29 to 38 per cent. Gold could now
be so readily obtained from England by steamboats
and railways that it was not at present necessary to
put so large an amount of gold and silver in their
coffers as formerly. The recent discoveries of gold
in Australia and California had affected the price of
money in England, and reduced the interest on the
balances of the Irish banks kept in London, and it
became a matter of consideration whether, in keeping
had
non alarm e ,
from
safelyespeciallywouldtheproprietaryvery
believeddiscoveries
theof
h
y thing
in gf raisedor th
under the Encumbered Estates Act.eoe
Californiathe
and Australia reducing too much the value of money,
b
*the UniversityllflP.coumnrtr.oyfffeywood,
, andnest
someread
ofa ptahpoe r oo
colleges
in-
come of
Oxford, compiled from the report of the Oxford Uni-
versity Commissioners, from which it appeared, as far
as could be ascertained of nine colleges, that tho
o average
Christ income
Church, of
the
ee
average
eo f
whouses
41.ay was
year.
r.
100T1. h
ea
year; and, as regarded fellows, taking in the canons
total income of the Oxford University was 22,0001,
and of the colleges, 152,0001. The income of Cam-
bridge University was about 133,000/. ; and of Trinity
College, Dublin, about 50,000/., making the total
about 355,0001. There were 557 fellowships in
Oxford, of which about thirty-five were vacant every
year. The revenue arising from the University press,
by the printing of Bibles and prayer-books, was stated
to be about 8,0001. a year, though the amount was not
regularly paid over, but only when it increased to
sums of 40,0001. or 60,0001.

Professor Hancock next read a notice of " The
progress of the Sewed Muslin Manufacture in Ire..
land," communicated by Mr. Holden. It stated that
the trade was introduced into Ireland between 1800
and 1810, but little progress was made with it until
between 1820 and 1830. The introduction of ma-
chinery for the spinning of linen yarn left the female
population of Ulster almost without employment,
but the introduction of embroidery amongst them
soon more than compensated them for their loss. The
introduction of lithographic printing between 1830
and 1835, instead of the old block system, was one of
the most important elements in firmly establishing
the trade. The old blocks cost from 3s. 6d. for sim-
ple patterns, to 6/. or 71. for the more intricate, be-
sides the time (two or three weeks) formerly occu-
pied in the preparation of the patterns and cutting
them upon the blocks, whilst they could now be
produced in a few hours at about the same amount of
shillings as it formerly cost pounds. For a long time
there was a prejudice against Irish goods, which
prevented their selling out of Ireland, especially in
the London markets, and therefore the grey muslin
was sent to Glasgow when bleached and completed,
after which it was sold as Glasgow manufacture.
Upon that fact becoming generally known the preju-
dice began to wear away. The goods were completed
in Ireland, and the London and foreign buyers now
visited Belfast to make purchases as often as they
visited Glasgow, and the market was rapidly widen-
ing. So extensively indeed had the business increased
in the last fifteen years that there were now employed
in Ulster and other parts of Ireland nearly a quarter
of a million of individuals. The wages of the young
yersons, when they first commenced, were only from
6d. to ls. per week: the more experienced obtained
4s. to 65., and there was now paid between 500,000/.
and 600,0001. per annum for the manufacture, exclu-
sive of some of the cost of the materials ; and more-
over, the employment was afforded in the best
manner, being given to the young females at their
own homes, under the supervision of their
parents. A great deal of good had also been effected
by the establishment of training schools for teaching
embroidery, and the landed proprietors had been very
forward in establishing those institutions. Amongst
others the Earl and Countess of Enniskillen founded
one of these schools, the result of which was that the
females of Enniskillen were now earnieg,he byrrsh
broidery, no less than 4001. a week•
importance and,
manufacture was rapidly growing in impo_king
great
in despite of fiscal arrangements,
was making great
in despite of fiscal arrangements, we
where the
way on the continent. Even in
import of such goods was altogetherFr
by smuggling, and
interdicted, a
I large quantity obtained admission
at present one article was highly fatirsalbairegeinly in.the
salons of Paris. Certainly the tradeo
creasing, and they had every reason to anticipate that
it would advance still further.
SECTION G.—idEc"
NICAL SCIENCE.
James Thomson,
Esq c.E., read elaborate papers
on the jet pump, and on the vortex water-wheels;
Fairbairn, Esq., offered some remarks on the
linz6 rifle; Alfred J. liroodhouse, Esq., gays a de.

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scription of a mould for casting conical bullets ;
William Fairbairn, Esq., gave a description of a new
kind of tubular boilers • papers were also read by
James Barton, Esq., C.E., on the permanent way of
railways, and by John Godwin, Esq., C.E., on an
improved cast iron sleeper for railways.
The grand evening conversazione of the associa-
tion took place on Saturday evening, in the room of
Messrs. Workman, which was fitted up as on the
previous occasion, and filled with a brilliant as-
sembly.
A meeting of the general committee was held this
(Monday) afternoon at three o'clock, on the con-
clusion of the proceedings in the several sections.
Colonel Sabine, the president, occupied the chair.
A number of officers were appointed and other
routine business transacted ; but the principal sub-
ject engaging the attention of the committee was the
selection of a place in which to hold the next annual
meeting. Letters of invitation from Hull, Leeds,
Brighton, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Dublin, were
taken into consideration, and their respective claims
advocated. After some discussion, Hull was ulti-
mately selected.

~, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Commander
Benjamin Baynton (1841) has been ap-
pointed to the Hercules, old line-of-battle-ship, for the
conveyance of Scotch emigrants to Australia.
Benjamin Baynton,
horn Sept. 17, 1789, in Wales, is
son of the late Major
Benjamin Baynton, of Duncannon
Fort. This officer enotnered the navy Nov. 3, 1801, as
first-class volunteleyri,n
Edward Kendall, oflitord the Flora, 36, Captain
Mediterranean
and, on subse-
quently proceeding to the pranean in the Victory,
100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson, which he assisted at
the capture of the French 32. n
became midshipman, in August, 32-gun Ambuscade,
32, Captain Samuel Sutton, under 31,1 of the Amphion,
we find him
contributing to the capture of threew eSrepanish frigates
of a fourth, off
laden with treasure, and the destruction
axrtahattached to
Cape St. Mary. Oct. 5, 1804 While n
the Halycon, 16, Captain Henry Whitme
was on four occasions engaged with divisions Pearae,
he of
gun-boats-assisted, during an encounter with
an S-pse'
armed
vessel off Malaga, in taking the enemy's launch, Oar,
17, 1805-was instrumental in effecting the capture,at'
after a gallant action with three privateers, of the
largest, the Neptune Dios de los Mares, of 14 guns and
72 men, Dec. 13, 1806-commanded a mortar-boat in an
attack on the French batteries at Scylla, in February,
1808-was, constantly, from May 12 to June 27 follow-
ing, employed in a tender against the enemy in the Faro
of Messina and on the coast of Calabria-contributed,
on Sept. 8 in the same year, to the reduction of the town
of Diamante, and seizure of a flotilla of vessels under its
protection-and was further present at the ensuing de-
fence of the Island of Capri. After acting for eleven
months as lieutenant of the Ocean, 98, bearing the flag
of Lord Collingwood, and of the Cambrian, 40, Captain
Francis William Fane, he was at length confirmed to
the latter ship, by commission dated Jan. 2, 1810. In
the following September he co-operated in the reduction
of a French battery at Bagur, on the coast of Catalonia;
and he afterwards obtained the thanks of the patriot
General O'Donnell for his conduct at the storming of a
fort near Palamos, on which occasion the boat of
which he had command was struck by a shot,
and sunk almost before the wounded and the powder
could be removed. On the 13th of the following
December Mr. Baynton took charge of the Cam-
brian's boats in an attack made, in conjunction with
those of the Kent and Ajax, 74's, and Sparrowhawk and
Minstrel sloops, on an enemy's convoy in the mole of
Palamos; and during the disastraea retreat of the Bri-
tish from that place, when the boat in which he was
serving grounded under a murderous fire from the shore,
sustained, without any means of resistance, a loss of 30
men killed and wounded, and was only eventually got
under way by the three survivors swimming and towing
her off, he received a musket-ball in his thigh, which,
we believe, has never been extracted. For his service on
the coast of Catalonia, where he was farther present at
the defence of Tarragona Mr. Baynton again obtained
the open thanks of General O'Donnell, also a gold medal
struck for the affairs at Bagur and Palamos, and a sword
valued at 501. Being next appointed, Jan. 23, 1812, to
the North Star, 20, Capt. Thomas Coe, he served in that
vessel, on the Channel and West India stations (the last
twelve months as senior lieutenant) until November,
1815, in the early part of which year be landed with a
party of seamen and marines on the island of Cuba, in
pursuit of the crew of an American letter-of-marque,
three of whom were taken prisoners, and the vessel ulti-
mately captured. He was afterwards employed for two
years and a halt, part of the time as first lieutenant, in
th. 41.6 .„4
Erskine Douglas, Sabine and Tay, Captains Alexander
Campbell and Samuel Roberts, and Salisbury, 50, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Douglas, all on the Jamaica sta
tion, where ho commanded tor some time the Speedwell
tender. From May 1, 1818, until December 3, 1839,
with the exe,ption of an interval in 1827, when, as agent
fur transports afloat, ho attended the expedition to
Portugal, he appears to have been on half-pay. He then.
antil promoted to his present rank, November 23, 1841,
commanded the semaphore station at Cobham, Surrey.-
O'Byrne.
Paymaster-\V. G. Parmeter (1842), to the Terma-
gant, 24, screw-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Assistant Surgeon-John Stuart, acting, to the Vic-
tory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth.
Mates-W. D Garland, to the Daring, 12, at Chat-
ham; W. S. de Kantzou, to the Electra, 14, Portsmouth;
C. R. Maberly, to the Meander, 44, Spithead.
Naval Cadet-William Hartley has been nominated.
r, ssaptain Gordon, of the Encounter, screw-corvette,
to be paid off, it is reported, will have an appointment
connected with the steam department at the Royal
Naval College. The Encounter will be paid off at
Woolwich.
Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., is
at Halifax, in the Cumberland, 70. Captain Seymour.
The two steam-sloops, Buzzsrd, Commander Dabble,
and Basilisk, Commander Hon. F. Egerton, were cruis-
ing in the straits of Belleisle, and the Devastation, 6,
steam-sloop, Commander Colin Campbell, was at Pic-
tou. The Netley tender was cruising in .the Bay of
Fundy.
Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron, the Prince Regent,
90, Captain Hutton; Rooney, 92, Captain
Graham,
Arethusa,
C.B ; Leander, 50, Captain King;
Cap-
tain Symonds, has left Lisbon by thi , s
time on the li,mar-
ward cruise to Cape Clear. The squadron will not be
home before the end of the month.
Captain Skibsted, of the Danish navy, has been visit-
ing the royal dockyard, by special permission of the
Admiralty.
OLD MEN-OF-WAR.-The Tweed, 18, Racer, 16,
Seagull, 10, and Kestrel brigantine, are ordered to be
broken up and their names to be removed from the Navy
List. The Tweed was built at Portsmouth in 1823, and
is of 500 tons; the second, the Racer, was one of the
pegtop class of sloops, 431 tons. and was built at Ports-
wouth in 1833; the Seagull, of 279 tons, was built at
Chatham in 1831, and bus been employed as a packet;
the Kestrel, of 200 tons, WAS the yacht of the late Earl
of Yarborough, was built by White, and was purchased
by the late Government on the decease of the late Earl,
Archer, 14, screw-sloop, Commander Strange, will
not come to Spithead, but will remain in the Tagus
until further orders.
Blenheim, 60, screw-ship, Captain W. H. gend
erson,
C. 8., will be at sea for a month. She will visit Queen..
town in her exercising cruise.

Calypso, 18, Captain Forbes, was at Greytown by
oande
igr
last advices, all well.
Conflict, 8, screw-sloop, will be ready to come out of
dopekilbyetnhcee
transport, m) 16ttofOcttbear2
October, at
Master-Commander Portsmouth.
-
Mitchell, is
to carry stores to Gibraltar, and to return to Portsmouth.t
a
Driver, 6, steam-sloop, will be taken out of dock_
Woolwich on the 25th of September,and will be ready
for commission by the Ist of Novem
Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, is detained "CD rt. Her
newly-raised crew will be paid a evOnpo ,
_e
advance to-day, before
proceeding to Port Royal.
k,
Green ot,. iron screw-ship, sold to the Australian
Mail Company, will be ready to come out of dock at
Woolwich on the 18th. has been
Hart,
tender to the flaship at Sheerness,
sent to Yarmouth and Lowg-
estoft, to enter boys for the
navy.
et ered to
Magicienne steam-frigate, at Devonlac.: 'tis
he o
fir rdst class
have her defects made good and placed
of steam resery Alle.
'tcbell, was at Belize by
last advice
Persian 12, Commander
s. to come out of dock at
Powerful, 84. will be ready
and will be complete as an
Portsmouth on the 16,b.!, insont.
advanced ship by the 24w
I ordered home immediately,
team-sßoop,
Rosamond, 6, el
Auguet 7' •
was at Port BoYa , :ti c. IL Efamilton, proceeds direct
Vestal, 24, Cap's.
to Jamaica.
, , TUESDAY MORNING.—Her Majesty's
SB"RN-s-team troop-ship Megfera, Commander J.
iron screw '
Her MajestYd feted by the artificers of the dockyard.
Johnson. i 9
comp '
brig Bittern, 12, Commander Vansit-
tart, has
her topmasts on end, and is getting on rapidly
with her equipment.
Ber Majesty's A
ship cll 111 e, 76, was removed yesterday
from the harbour, and towed by the Lizard and African
steamers to Black Stakes, in the river Medway, whore
moorings
• have been laid down for her. She is a hand-
some looking line-of-battle ship of the old class, and was
built upwards of fifty years ago after the plan of the
Pompi,,_

Her Majesty's ship Hercules, 72, is to be placed into
the hands of the Commissioners of the Colonial Land
and Emigralioa Society, who will have the superinten-
dence, of the internal fittings for the reception of emi-
grants. After landing the emigrants in some of tie
colonies, the Hercules will convey a cargo of timber to
this country.
Her Majesty's brig Kangaroo, 12, has been built on
similar lines to the Flying Mali. She is one of that
class of vees. le which will probably become obsolete as
the screw•propeller is brought more generally into use.
Her principal dimensions are as follows:—Length be-
tween wrpendiculars, 105 feet ; length on the upper
deck, 105 feet 9 inches; breadth, extreme, 33 feet 6
inches; ditto, moulded, 32 feet 8 inches; depth in hold,
15 feet; burden in tons, 480,