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London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 4,

tare. Thus the -law student. would an opportunity
of commencing and afterwards copqnuing his studies
under able Professors, both in the Universities and in
London, with all the advantages that the wealth of those
bodies nr.d inns 'of court could command. While on
this sub,Vot we would throw out the suggestion that in-
teresting aid instructive popular lectures on the laws of
the country might be given at Mechanics' Institutions
and other similar plenes. The publicity of our courts of
Justice, the presence of a jury of fellow-countrymen, and
the practice of oral examination render our trials matters
of universal interest, and several branches of the law,
by means of such lectures, might be. brought to the
knowledge of the- commu,,Cy which
them, bound to obey

1852.

The suit"
lent of the relations between the Inv, the
attorney end
,the client was brought before the society
in a report which„o.. .vvas much considered, and us to
which the
adopted: g "owing resolutions were eventually
t• That any pre re.a
the public from enbtz which has a tendency to prevent
ex-
cept through tne com"'peinl '3
the assistance et eettastl ex-
should be discontinue-du s"Y
intezvention'of an tiorney
the
" That co lunch of 91st section of the Act 9'h and
a
101 Victoria, c. 95, s. prevents a barrister from advo-
cating the causes Of
an
attorney suiP
tors in the county courts hitless by
should be re ea.le I "
The latter resolutionbeen
has now adopied by both
Houses of Parliament, which by alill of this session for
extending the jurisdiction of the county courts has re-
pealed this clause of the former Act. It will be for the
bar to consider whether it will act on the first cf the
above resolutions, which it has power to do, if it should
see fit, and should the oee •
incthaßsui res of law amendment
The other principal "lon
require it.
GaliCh, either in the form
Parliamentsoc.rd the country since the
have been before Hills or in thattof reports,
last annual meeting of outthe
HouseltY, have been the report
of Commons on the
of the Commissioners of
laws of partnership, and thebillsfor for extending the ju-
patent
amending the
riadiction of the county courts,
laws, and for diminishing • the proceedings
ceder commissions de lunatics in expenses
ut'ren d of
o. In the consi-
a
deration of these several measure
ly
an ocive part, and we may reasonably
expericutt that its labours will :ant,e thisb society has taken
expect from past
a beneficial effect in
determining the course of legislation.
established, and
i,::- Local administration of jursrtaicceisaino
has been found of infinite
tic
,emettt, and your
council hope to see it gradually extended
of an equitable nature as to those
of a as well to suits
legal character,
and that in local courts, at least, both jurisdictions will
be amalgamated.
We should also call your attention to an effort that is
in progress for extending the jurisdiction of the county
courts In Scotland, the precursors of our own county
courts, and for improving the procedure of sheriff's
i
introducing vivo voce evidence,supe-
rior courts by and making
other reforms."
We entirely comas in the propriety o£ these changes,
and wa call on the law reformers of England to aid
their fellow-labourera in Scotland in effecting them. It
is only just to say, that among the whole body of judges
of different degrees in the United Kingdom, we know of
none more zealously or usefully employed, or more de-
serving of general respect, than the resident sheriffs of
Scotland. It must be gratifying to the society to at fleet
that while their president was mainly instrumental in 1
introducing the now popular county courts in England, i
another of their members (Lord Murray), now one of the 1
Lords of Session, brought forward the Bill for establish-
ing these courts under the name of Small Debt Courts •
in Scotland.
The proposed reforms of these courts would also bo
steps towards assimilating the law of the two countries—
an object your cou nc stowed
heart,
have much at hea and on wnich
they have already bestowed much attention.
Since our last general meeting the important Act for
admitting
courts, the evidence of parties in suits in the supe-
rior
which originated in a report of this society,
has come into operation. At first, as might have been
expected, the alteration was followed by some cases of
perjury; but we doubt whether in a single instance the
fraud was successful; and we are happy to say that tes-
timony has been borne in favour of this Act by many of
the judges of the superior courts, some of them in their
places in Parliaraelat, in addition to the evidence re-
cently given at the request of this society by the judges
of the county courts.
The chief subjects in which our society has taken
part, in which no movement has been made during the
last year, are the laws of debtor and creditor, of divorce,
and these relating to deceased persons estates. Eut al-
though there may be some matters in which little pro-
gress is nicking, the general cause
aft the amendment of
the law was never in sopromisng sate before. Hap-
pily law reform is beyond the region of party politics,
and we therefore Can count within our ranks dittin-
guished men belonging to all the present divisions of
the State, whose opinions on many other subjects are st
variance. At the beginning of the session the Speech
from the Throne, egproming, of course, the views of the
party then in power, recommended the amendment of
the law • and scarcely was• another party iatteded in
office than' it announced. law reform as one of the prin.
cipal features of its policy.
Under such favourable circumstances every measure
of law amendment on which there is a generel agreement
of opinion should be pressed forward for immediate
enactment.
To turn to full account the present opportunity the
powers of law reformers must be gathered and moo .n-
-trated. The organisation of the Law Amendment So-
citti affords the means of examining and brinninte for-
ward any measure of legal improvement, and ttia names
of its members, not to speak of its past acts, proton, we
trust, a sufficient guarantee for the work being; done
efficiently. Such being the case, it seems quite un-
necessary and a loss of strength to have separate so-
cieties fur isolated objects.
Since the last general meeting 44 now members have
been admitted, making the present number 340, and the
e
balance of income and ex n:litnre' instead
of being 1
against the society, as it Pty.'s; last
year, is now in its
flavour. Still, the exertions of
the society are crippled
for wa of
event larger funds, and itspotency diminished
the want of a greater body
With a larger income
associates'
two important objects at least
---
might be attained the formation of a good library of
reference and Ise
-room, with some of the social advan-
tages of a modern's club, and the engagement of a paid
assistant secretary, be in daily attendance at the
rooms, and qualifieelto to
ment and others who give
ail
to
Membeis
of
mightParlia-
want information on ques-
tions of contemplated legal changes'
A freer use of the
of much service, and would much facilitate the proceed-
ings of our committees.
To supply these , and
our fellow-toembers each other deficiencies we call on
sphere to meke known the to exert himself in his own
objects of the society, and to
obtain for it recruits who
and aYrnpathise in those objects,
who by their personal efforts and pecuniary coatri-
!outlaw, or, yet better,
their attainment. ,by both combined, wilt aid in
members of our society Especially
we would call on the lay
to endeavour to increase the
number of those who do not belong to the profession.
The combination in due proportion of the two ele-
ments of professional and non-professional members is
most desirable, and would, we are convinced, produce a
result far better than can be attained by either class at-
tempting to ant alone.
To the honour of the legal profession its members
have come forward in the cause
b,of law reform in a body,
powerful alike by number and position;
l but while wo
count many honoured names amongi members the
whole number of such members is otusrma

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.
TEE NEW REAR-ADMIRAL.
The Commandersin-Chief of the -coast of Africs sta-
tion, now Rear•Adnairal Bruce, who has attained his flag
by the death of Sir T. W. Loring, at present as comme-
dore of the first ciao, enjoys all the privileges of his
new rank, and we presume that like R3ar-Adnairal
P shavve, 0.3., his predecessor, who also succeeded to
an
his flag whilst commanding in chief on the coast, he will
continue in the command, with the blue at ae miasn
instead of a rod pendant. Rear-Admiral Bruce had seen
some clashing service since he entered the navy, es will
be seen by the following epitome of his avec'', to which.
we may add that ha commanded the Queen, 116, for a
short time, and that since be has been on the coast of
Africa, the sanguinary affair at Lagos, for which the
Eqest niggerily promotion was given, took place under
his direction.

As a means of -eX-teiTdrngakaowleclgeOf our seciety'a
proceedings, we recommend that the annual reports of
the council should be widely circulated, and we advise
that the council should be empowered to adopt such
arrangements as they may deem expedient for establish-
ing a connexion between the society and such town-
councils, chambers of commerce, justices at quarter-
sessions, and other bodies unconnected with patY Pa-
nties as may be desirous of entering into relationsbip
With it.

Henry William Bruce, bore Feb. 2, 1792, is third
end only surviving son of the lete Rev. Sir Henry
Harvey Aston Bruce, Bart., by Letitia, daughter of
• the lase Rev. Dr. Henry' naen;rd, granddaughter of
William Bernard, Bishop of Derry, and Deka °l'
Themes Barnard, Bishop of Limerick. He is uncle of
the present Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, Bart. This
• officer entered the navy towards the close of 1803, as a
boy, on board the Euryelue,
as, Captain Hon. Henry
Blackwood, and on Oct. 21, 1805, was present as mid-
shipman, at the . battle of Trafalgar. In 1806 be
joined the Ajax, 74, commanded by the same officer,
• and, on her eh etructicn by fire off the Dardanelles, Feb,
14, 1807, became attached to the Endynsion, 40, Captain
HotaiThomas Cape!, part of Sir John Thos. Duckworth's
force at the passage of those streirs. After farther as-
sisting at the embarkation of Sir John Moore's army at
Corunna, in January, 1809, Mr. Bruce rejoined Captain
Blackwood in the Warrpite, 74, stationed in the North
Sea, and on Jan. 5, 1810, ho was promoted from the
Bellona, 74, Captain John Erskine Douglas, into the
Prospero, sloop, Captain John Hardy Gody, from which
he was, however, removed on the 17th of the same
month to the Belvidere, 36, Captain Richard Byron.
While in that ship he in part commanded her boats, in
conjunction with those of the Nemesia, 28, at the very
gallant capture, off the coast of Norway, of 2 Danish
gun-vessels, the Bolder end Thor, of 8 guns and 45 men
each, and destruction of a third, July 23, 1810; obtained
the official notice of his captain for his skilful manage-
ment of the Belvidera's main-deck stern-chasers, when
she ably escaped, after a long rcnnirg fight, and a loss
of 2 men killed and 22 wounded, from a powerful Ameri-
can squadron under Commodore Rs6gere, June 23, 1812,
on wnich occasion he was himself slightly wounded; I
again served in the boats with those of a squadron
under Lieut. Kelly
cel Americanehadiregrfoe;nd aa
dnbedys
subsequently
andthbtose
er2q-eBesufpen
a-Nazer, at the boat ding and capture,
on Feb. 8, 1813, after a most obstinate resistance, of the
especial
yrique Lottery, of six 12-pounder
aided at hr exploit pp,
7oi t
of
takingtwhichhe
and
no
dmwas aan
destroyingcdkenr
the privateers Bunker's Hill, of guns and 72 men, and
Mars, of 15 guns and 70 men. Captain Brace. who was
advanced to the command of the Manly brig, May 27,
1814, next, in August otfhee-patt;year,
;accompanied Rear-
Admiralthe..usx9 as far as Notting-
ham, and,
returnrn u P
of
ington, there hoisted the flee. lel;l2thhautrngYalflaonnit 1.34-
whose acknowledgments for 'his
Iservices he hadc etehre
honour, with others, to
nitoploryeeeedlvue. September follow-
ing
river dur-
ing tthheeaMdvlnnlyce of PatapstoMajor-General on Baltimore.
We soon afterwards
find Captain Bruce returning to
England eon:.
inw i tsh dispatcherp:ember,
Bmathsis, successivelyß over sl
sloop, and, until
to
employed in
ee the
escorting the outward-bound East Indit
trade
southward of the equator, in convoyinghoon Bonaparte,me a fleet
merchantmen from 13erbadoes, and cruising off Dieppe
of
for the purpose of intercepting Napolo
should occasion offer. On March 16, 1821, ho was ap-
pointed to the Sappho sloop, and, being the senior com-
mander on the Cork station at the time of George IV.'s
visit to Ireland, was promoted to post rank, by commis-
sion dated Nov. 16 in the same year. He subsequently,
from Oct. 4, 1823, until April 3, 1824, officiated as flag-
captain in the Britannia, 120, to the Hon. Sir Alexander
Inglis Cochrane, commander-in-chief at Piymouth ;
commanded the Imogene, 26, on the South American
station, from June 7, 1836, until paid off at the close of
1839; and, on Feb. 1, 1842, was selected by his brother-
in-law, Sir Thomas John Cochrane, to be his fiag-
captain in the Agincourt, 72, on the East India station.
Captain Bruce married, first, Feb. 9, 1822, Jane, second
daughter of Admiral Hon. Sir Alexander Inglis Coch-
rane, sister of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane,
and sister-in-law of Rear Admiral Sir Edward Thomas
Trowbridge, Bart., by whom, who died June 22, 1830,
he has issue two sons and two daughters. He espoused,
secondly, March 13, 1832, Mary Minchin, youngest
daughter of the late Colonel George Dalrymple, and by
that lady ho-slso has issue.
THE SAPETY or THE. HARPY.-fie are glad to and
that the Harpy has been heard of at Fayal, which place
she had reached in great distress, from Rio, with inva-
lids, bound to England. The Harpy is one of the " no-
torious half-deem" iron squadron, and ono of a class
that has been reported efficielly to be unfit and unsafe
for a sea voyage. We are not at all surprised to hear of
disasters befalling any of the half-dozen, and after the
repeated warnings the Admiralty have had, officially
and otherwise, they incur a fearful responsibility in
trusting' them at sea. The Harpy has been on the south-
east coast of South America 'for some years, and
was one of the sqesdron engaged in the Parana. She is
badly designed, and is incapable of carrying her intended
weights. She is very much overpowered with inschi-
nery. She is under 350 tens, and 2. t she has engines
of 200-horse power. She is one of the disgraceful Navy-
office blunders.-Herald.

The interest in the objects of our society which our
treasurer found to exist in different parts of Scotland,
which he visited last autumn, is evidence of a wide-
spread feeling of sympathy and concurrence of opinion,
which under good arrangement may serve to create for
us powerful auxiliaries. • Such a connexion as we have
referred to would, we believe, be mutually advantageous;
and among other benefits to our society—benefits which
twould ultimately be partaken in by those who conferred.
them—would be increased means of collecting informa-
tion on the actual working of our laws, and praotical
suggestions for their improvement.
Your council have shown that this society has assisted
in the settlement of several questions of tee most diffi-
cult and complicated nature—the Court of Chancery, the
Masters' office, the procedure of the superior and county,
courts, the enfranchisement of copyholds, and the trans-
fer of land. It will be the duty of this society to watch
over all these alterationss and the new state of things in-
troduced by them, and thus to obtain the speedy, cheap,
and satisfactory administration of justice for all classes
ot the community.
Bat the society has also a still higher duty, which is,
if possible, to obviate the necessity of law-suits, or, at
all events, to diminish their number. Under any cir-
cumstances a Nve,suit must often be productive ot much
expense, anxiety, and distress. Prevention is better
than cure, and if the law were presented to the public in
a more intelligible and accessible form many law-suits
which are now rendered necessary from the present ill-
declared state of the law would be prevented.
It is needless to remind the society that the rules re-
'wing to the law in this country are scattered through
1,000 volumes, and that it is thus difficult for the prac-
titioner, and often impossible for the unprofessional
man, to ascertain the exact state of the law.
The council, therefore, urge on the society that it
cannot better employ its influence and exertions than
in attempting some remedy for this state of things.
This is to be found in a comprehensive digest, conso-
lidation, and codification of the whole of the statute and
conmin, law. A part of this, the criminal law, has al-
reedy been effected, and only wants the final Woke to
complete it. But the whole of the. other branches of the
bti.mte law, and the vehole of the other branches of the
enmmen law, in oceorthy2ee with the rceeTancmd4ti"s
of the learned • Criminal Lew Commissioners,
5113j,-.e:c.4.1 to this proceeQ; and if there be any part of
hit
should be
which Inei.e calls tor it tlitm another it is perhaps tdo
eu:nrnezeial law, ::a to whi e
blyen taken, aid LI s'l'3-
ate•
' ,rest bas been,
as to which a great int, Engler:la
1 ..,
ezpresiek, .._: well in Seothnd end Ireland as leetioge
by many impel tant commercial bodies
Hera then is a worthy object,
exertions are reqeired and should be row'
'' 's hove sires y
and which all our
to obtain which
Nor do
other subj.t's
the opuecil believe that, considering
___/-oty during the
, alici.dy sueceszfully dealt with !).3, p„.:r, the same zeal,
course of its nine years' ministratee,i
as On former ocea-
boldness, end judgment La eolPil
eons, its exertions viill be in va---7._________

* See Scotch County Courts. Tatin and Ritchio, Edinburgh.

out any flat part, as in small rifled arms. Tie rifled
mortar weighs upwards of 114 cwt.

,
torn potentates, when they
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.SPIRIT of the FUliinie _JOURNALS.
TIMES.—It is said to have been a practice with Ess-
en)? particular man, to make him a present of an air-
wished to effect the ruin of
ehant—if the animal were white so much the better.
iThorn was no getting rid of the honourable encumbrance.
The recipient of the gift and his family might be re-
, duced to their last grain of rice• or as the Duke of Nor-
folk would ray,
but the interestng animal
a day, and his various attend
. countlessao m iort little
air-
ings, to abarapoo him, to smanatlsl
muchhim, in
promote
a all
eiphhoasnet
of the wretched lndianme
to their last pinch of curry-powder;
as be gazed
taro into whoseeinter'or all h. must have his tour
hismeals
to take him on.
tooth-com.b him, to do
upon ,the vast ores-
Cons:ervecethsewfheeleiihn9gOs
d,gr,,(.8
p.li:,inte in
th%
sh,,,is earthly pessessions were by
f.:re, of tit-bits sues as might be
offered tot e Sults:2., ' • ore %.vas, however, Co escape
--ruin was a .reree ''gt •
gNaeaation of time—at all events, the
animal mint be fed what that elephant was in the
bands of the Eastern. r.,
this moment to acitizenPrincea the office of " sheriff" is at
London. They can't ostra-
cise him, as the Athenians would have done—they can't
have him shot from behind a
b whit deliberative assiembliesstnonee-d3'ke, as the
practice
Irishmen—nor cause
bins to be stilettoed or poisoned,
as Stones and Borgias—but they can "make" the way of the
They can force him to accept an office which
him Sheriff.
which will inter-
fere with the necessities of his busilie with his ordi-
nary avocations, with his comfort, andlisis'
They can compel him, under heavy pecuniaryeace of
mind.
to take upon himself duties which may be mostpndeisataues,
fa? to his feelings as well as damaging to his fortunes
If once nominated, however reluctant a catelidate he.
may be known to be, those is no escape from the Warier-
city or the payment of 4001. In point of fact, it is idle
to enlarge upon the disagreeable nature of the office;
for there are plenty of men forthcoming who are
willing to accept that as an honour which others
ate as anxious to avoid as a painful responsibility and a
sprious lose. It is this consideration which renders the
conduct of the citizens more preposterous. Granted,
that some person must needs serve the 'Ace of sheriff.
Granted, that the office should only be intrusted to per-
sons of station and respectability; but, when it is matter
of notority that there is an abundance of persons, both
of good station and high respectability, who are willing
to discharge the duties of the shrievalty, why should the
citizens go out of their way to select these very persons
who are most reluctant to undertake it? Even under
our new Militia' Bill we are to try the bounty first, and
fall back upon the ballot afterwards. One volunteer is
worth twenty pressed men,—why, then, press the twenty
and kick the volunteer out of doors? Why, without
any colourable pretext, or shadow of necessity, drag that
which should he a dignity through the mud? Whenever
we find any paucity of willing candidates—whenever
duties which obviously must be discharged by somebody
are neglected by everybody, it will b 3 time enough to
visit the recalcitrants with fine and indignity. As yet
no such necessity has occurred; but, still the practice is
to elect the unwilling, and to let tie willing go free. The
fact is that the annual election of Eh e riiL to servo for
London and Middlesex has degenerated into a pretext
for the most paltry extortion. There is no expectation
that the unwilling nominees will serve, but there is a
certainty that they will be compelled to pay 400/. into
the hands of the City Treasurer. The nature of the
proceeding appears to be somewhat 83 follows. Under
the Common Council Act of 1748 the Lord Mayor has
the privilege of putting in nomination a number ot names,
not exceeding nine, of persons for election by the livery
on Midsummer-day. If the Chief Magitrate for the
City took ordinary pains—as much pains as may be im-
plied by the exchange of two lines in writing by the
penny post—there would be nothing very unreasonable
in such au
arrangement. The proof however, that
f o
oven this slight degree• '
trouble is not taken, may
be gathered from the proceedings of the recent elec-
tion. On that
occasion, two gentlemen, Messrs. Gris-
sell and Moore, w ere'
put
in nomination by Alderman
Hooper, who was acting as dept
ray for the Lord Mayor,
under a mistaken impression
serve. It is not our wish to maket theywere willing to out
Alderman Hooper, for he has since any case against
his pewee to repair the consequences of done all that lay in
doubt ho acted just in the same way tha his error. No
done before him, and the consequenc, was,
others have
unlucky nominees were elected. What tal:e that
S the two
such an occasion may, perhaps, best be
gatheredplaee upon
frommon
the description given a row days beak by two Co
Councilmen. " I was at the Common Hall the other
day," said Mr. Dakin, " when two gentlemen were re-
turnede by the Livery, and I never witnessed so mon-
strous and complete a farce. I saw a party heading
and directing a number of persons who acted under his
control, no doubt upon an understanding with
other, parties, and eating nothing winetever about the
dignity of the office, and I saw the persons who had
thus been marshalled make the return in conformity
With the arrangements by which other persons were fa-
voured with exemption." Mr. Deputy Lott, who fol-
lowed this speaker, backed up his statements in every
particular, and declared that ho had never witnessed
more "disgraceful :jobbery where all was jobbery." He
had seen " hundreds of dirty hands held up for the re-
turn ot a junior alderman, in order to free the senior
alderman, who had particular masons for knowing the
customers, from the obligation to serve." Despite of all
these declaratioes, and despite of a motion made before
the Court of Aldermen, she two unfortunate nominees
hove been compelled to pay the fines, which they have
done under protest, and tea fines have ben maintained.
A report will be found in another portion of our
columns this (ley which affords ample proof that per-
sons of respectability and cation in the City are forth.
coming who are eager to solicit that very office which
others ro strenuously repudiate. Why then this silly
degradation of what should be an honourable post? The
remedy in a case of this kind is so very simple and ob-
vious that one is ashamed even to offer a suggestion. We
presume there can be only two objects in view; the first
that fit and proper persons should be chosen as sheriffs;
the second, that their choice should received the assent
and approbation of the citizens. It is only necessary
that willing candidates should certify their willing-
ness to the Lord Mayor, or to any other City officer,
who should propose the names for the approbation
of the citizms. Nothing more is wanting if willing
candidates are forthcoming'. On the other hand, if
the time should over arrive when the gold chain and
other gaudy appendages of this high dignity should
have lost their attraction, and if the office is universally '
felt to be a thing which must be avoided at all hazards,
then it would be a most scandalous oppression to force it
upon this or that obnoxious individual merely arbitrio
popularis aurce.'n, If the duty is so detestable. let,it be
compulsory on all in turn, or, still better,
let some per-
son be paid to discharge the diss hi greea e reeponsibili-
' ties of an odious office. Wo do not, h • k however, that
this contingency has as yet occurred. As the report of
this day proves, many persons covet the distinction;•
it
is, therefore, a mere scandal to make the election for
the shrievalty an excuse for extorting money. The
practice is most dishonest, and discreditable in the
highest degree to the of
Citizens London.

MALTA, JULY 27.—For the last few days we have
been feeiloresly looking for the Indian mail, and as the
MAina did not appear, apprebensioas of accident were
generally entertained. The French steamer Loughor,
however, has just arrived, and by her we IParn that the
mails had not yet reached Suez, although the East India
Company's steamer Victoria, from Aden, had arrived
on the 20th.
On Sunday last the Prince Fordinando Maximilian,
brother of the Emperor of Austria, arrived hero in the
Volta ateam-frigate, from Malaga and Algiers, and left
us again last night for Naples, as it is said. He is a
very unassuming young mac, and earnestly entreated
that all the official ceremonies attendant on his arrival
might be waived. Daring his short stay he visited all
the places he thought worthy of notice, and amused him-
self in his apparently favourite pursuit of a numismati-
eian, adding several coins to his store, and more espe-
cially the coins of the olden day. He would not be ac-
companied by any one in his rambles, not even from
the Consulate,
freedom. being desirous of enjoying absolute
who is slowly rocover-
Prince,
His Excellency the Govearnaeyr,
ing, was too unwell to Pay attennon to the
had ho been disposed to accept it..
With reference to my Tripoli of the arrival
news has reached thin place from,
the French-
mencommunication of the 22d inst ,
there of the French fleet, and that Ull ilfi
the were golvfehn uri.t The
VICTORIA LONDON --DOCT
mp tireahi ah stilliasd riehtioeilnauetteden, be
adyn
tdo thewpirlloe'iectetile
tom mail
acts
left
pertinaciouslygohs isi6 ,y rcap te.
the ordinary
refused to give up the men.
half-yearly meeting of the
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.--The Edinburgh,
,returned into this Yesterday
1.
afternoon. She
harbour from her Channel cruise this
Chade,
C.B. (screw gunnery ship),
above company was heldat t' th,' Messrs.
returned she hit Queens- tee 0 3es of Messrs.
returned to Spithead yesterday, Since Q Borchelt and Parson, 47 P- r
town, last Wednesday, she has been at sea, maxi:sawing, minster.
1 er lament-street, West-
drilling, and exnching her craw in gunnery. She ;A° bas SAhtuEL M. PETe, E
proved, under Steam, sail, and steam
.an
.sai , a most
chair, called u tier, Smith
sq., having been elected
to the
efficient vessel, realizing, under certain circumstances, Pon r. Smith, the secretary, to read
the notice
upwards of 10 knots per hour. On coming up to Spit- _ e convening the meeting, and also the report
head she dressed ship, manna yards, and saluted the ofthe ail-Wars, which states that since the formation
royal standard as she passed Osborne. of the coma
•
, any, which has for its object the establish-
The Fairy, Ito) al yacht, Commander Crispin, em., meet of a commodious dock north of the Thames; in
barked the Queen and Court last evening, about half- the immediate +h Woolwich,
neighbourhood of Nor., .
past fire, Irons Osborne, and steamed with them round the directors had actively engaged in negotia-
the squadron at Spithead, which dressed ship, and tion with been .
view t
strengthen-
s various parties with a view
manned rigging and bulwarks as the Sovereign passed. lag the , • it upon such a basis as
No gunpowder compliments were paid, her Majesty company, and placing
which
having countermanded the salute. to insure the •out of the undertaking,
tarrying .
1 there was a reasonable
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert retitensd t would not be commenced until
0 would be continued, and
COWes yesterday, after coaling in this harbour for the
speedily
that the works
satisfactorily completed. Mr. Bidder,
Antwerp trip. speedily and
any, having matured his plans
The Fire Queen ateam yacht has been regnlaal the engineer of thecorup
in commission by Mr. Paul, master, but when ' y Put of the proposed docks, and works intended in the first
employed
on particular service a lieutenant will command her,--• P be constructed, and which comprise an
instance to
at present she is commanded by Lieutenant Mason and
accommodation of 90 acres, with a mile
the Victory (the Senior Lieutenant afloat), to
of area of water
quay room, and 160,000 feet of proof
upon her Imperial Highness the Grani 110, to attend of wharfagewereand
submitted to Messrs. Peto, Betts, and
rine of Russia, now in the Isle ;we Docheea Cattle- sheds; they
the) directors congratulate the pro-
°, Wight. Brassey, and
The new steam-frigate Furious the vaunt. Those eminent contractors
,16 400 n
1,286 tons, designed and built b Mr, -horse power, prietore
sore _
d to undertake the completion of the
master-shipwright of this (10,4,3: Finchain, the late are n P
- reor the sum of 400,0001., which is the amount
harbour to day to make her first ard, was taken out of work:
hare capital of the company; and so
mile in Stokes'-bay, Captain
the contractors of the return which con-
mending the steam s Henderson, ea, come
,ei
-"ea are
ted for this outlay, that
, may
Captain Warden, of
thequedeon in ordinary at this port; be anticipated et tuey 'nave offered
Mr. Hughes, of th.
to tease the years, at a rent e i
°- 5.- per
Surveyor of the Navy's department cent. per 121311 urn on the amount of the contract. The
at Semerset-house, -
of this dockyard, ea, aded Mr. Murray, the chief eigsheireveor report adds that a body of capitalists have volu
staff, went out in her Leered to join the company,
and report upon hercompletionreported
unfavourable eir-
austancesof . .6 knots, under the unfavo_
rial. All The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
andher sea stores andprovisions board. . 'proprietors
,-,, were on ha, morn aspect of the great nee' on the present
Tae Tiger, 16, Captain Giffard, bent sails t aonal undertale -, '
ing, and will go to Spithead to-morrow.
AO* Vireolrige,
. bad embarked. It eras '
es sattsfactor t
InN in which they
commo. - thus early to be able to introduce 3r. 0 the directors
The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, and her
will be paid via*.ges to six months on ThuradeP dertaking to the publ' • _ uce the importe4t. wet
. re I le with every pro
crew will be granted leave of abseng, morning from the —Meer.) The best test that spect °liftmen*. e *
The Cornelius Grinnell arrived t , probability of the ultimate s co , tad be gieve of 410'
Thames. Leg, —.. The sentence of the Vila: the contractors offe- success of the dent-fir was;
ROYAL MARINN Agin ' • t-Lientenant Henryed to complete the, works
a Firs enry for the amount of
general court-martial ewe
0„ a charge of having been . capital raised upon the shares, and
to guarantee a dividend of 5
Watson Hall, of thisel"draid when on duty as office -- - per o.nut perionaum.— i
drunk and ,improperly led on the Ist 1 has •
bor a n t., this
r (Hear, hear.) It Was • ' the
,rt uunsoniy necessary to, look to
of the day at FL dße is sentenced to be cashiered.great increase in the number of • . ar-
malgate ' ticularl ' l
day been pro
APPOINTMENTS. Yot la; steamers, for which there Was at
. tTa. 4 -.... iv gton John Davidson,Y D present no suitehle acco lodation, to Precis" themmo aeon, op
Woorevaco, ''. •Superiutend - c - -'
ID. gond that 'a dock
La, saraeou eat o. the Lord tuck- . wooed result from the completion of a
(1840, to.. . , et the dimensioecanpae9.
ns ecutemplated by the
laud convioasehaell and W. TA C; ‘ • (Hell'. ) L k- f the e4istiag
R• 7,,,licta' third a.,..i .
thir . :inlet engine-and
.Chambers, have been " ot. ing at the working o
0 leek for
cI; te Nu. aS ens, placed on dock compeuies, the directors had reason ay:
a . or the Meaicien id place the v re-
the books b ,--zle atcarn-friaate Captainw•
e , a II- such a co-operation from all as emu
ii 3, gainsay, in ehaebe of the ad to be se-
eteac►cr®• ,cratle -
-e- .ou of wee tot Deck e. , • cil a position as
eteamEre. ompany in su
ciilatipn.—(lieer.)
cencl to no
The JCnuq 6te'lm-sl.)ep, Ceniniander Powell
aep.e d, .and a o
nrrived at Vitaacrieh, from Giner.'tar, is t , recently The report was unanimouslya
chairman and di-
Leis
port en Vi:C:ay rifxt. -. , ohe paid off et thatka having been given to the
rvices, the buesoess ef the
RIFLED MOTi.TAR.-A. large piece of ordnance,rectors for their past se I.
entne ly nevi.
c,-,D.,.titictioi) has just been
P'er't Ari.creai, and wilf shortly- be , 6nish"
cot
A ,e_n-rill meetirg cf the e°ll3Paby Was then held,
ouiVeesi to try experiments with it t'enzeyed to Shoo- '"the following. gentlemen ,were unenimously
Soule idea may be formed of the strength t_eat long range. ,
when'ad 'irectors --
George
Morrison, Esq., David
ei.h 7.a it is stated that it is thity-two incheslgtn of the merter 7,d:iinatoo, Esq., George Pes-b3(I.Y, Esq., , and J.
aect has thin teen inches of solid metalv' in
diameter, P a berFON NeYw"d, Esq. It was also unanimously
which is only eight inches in dianaet sound the bore, em, ,d that in future three should form a quorum ef
greet depth, compared with other m tr, and from its directors.rsoLv` The meeting then separated. •
bly intended.for firing solid shot mortars it is proba-
or abella said that of
geted or sugarloat shape, and simila of the don- pu„sEss or , EMIGRATION.—it IS Snz 0
Tee grooves in the mortar are oily
to the Minie halls. 1 500 weavers at present
unemployed in Paisley', I:2_o_ iitnre.
zcnitally opposite each other, and y two, placed horie '
I desirous of emigratina.....representira, at the least, l'twu
)of an oval shape, with- i eieidealst—North British Nail. c'
.
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