The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-31 00:00:00

Clyde.
On the Cork station there are cne screw line-of-
battle ship of 450 horse power, one of 100, and a gun
brig

The " Particular Service," under which is dis-
guised the Tagus fleet, consists of one-line-of-battle
ship of 90 guns, one steam troop-ship. of 556 horse
power, one steam-frigate of 60 guns and 450 horse
power, one of 350, one screw of 580, one of 360, two
frigates of 50 guns, and four discovery ships (two of
which sailed with Sir John Franklin), and several
small vessels of war engaged 81 surveying ships.
The Mediterranean fleet consists of seven line-of-
battle ships from 80 to 120 guns, 2 frigates of 50
guns, three skarn frigaes from 410 to 800 horse
power, 11 steLtn-ships of 160 o 420 horse power, and
three sioivi.of v::'. -
The African squadro; con:-rots of 1.1 sailing. sloops
and prig i of war varionaly armed, and 10 st,am-ships
of 90 to 400 horse. powr.
Oa the lirf zil station there are two frigaes of 50
and one Of 42 guns, anti ono sloop of 18 gnn,l; one
steam-frigate of 540 horse power, one or 400, and
three other stecrn-ships.
Oa the North American
_station acid the West
Indies our force consists of two line-of-battle ships,
70 and 72 guns, one frigate of 24 gum, and four
sloops and brigs ; two steam-ships of 100, one of 280,
one of 378, and one of 400 horse power, besides the
steam-ships on the lakes.
At the Cape of Good Hope there are one frigate of
36 guns and three sloops and brigs; two steam-ships,
one of 280 and one of 430 horse power, one line -of-
battle ship of 72 guns, and one frigate of 42 guns.
The East India squadron consists of seven sailing
! ships from 6 to 26 guns, and three steamers of 200 to
500 horse power.
In the. Pacific there are a 'frigate, the flag ship of
50 guns, twonf 42, used as, store depots at Callao
and Valparaiso, one of 38, giths„sixtloops and brigs,
from 6-t0.24 gaps, and. aped` front
to 320 boise paw. ' 2
On the Australian statiOn- there are tour armed
vessels, from 4 to 26 guns.
It will be observed that, with the exception of the
Tagus and Mediterranean fleets, the portion of our
naval force on foreign stations is comparatively insig-
nificant, and that the ships of war in our ports, if
efficiently manned and armed, are formidable in mag-
nitude and number, and in case of need there may be,
in addition to the present number of seamen and ma-
rines, a full force from the merchant service, fisher-
men, and coast guard to defeat any possible armament
from France ; and let me add that in case of need the
mercantile fleet of England could not only afford ships
and seamen, but on a scale of unprecedented magnitude.
Belonging to the port of London alone the number
of powerful steam-ships, from 300 to 2,000 tons,
would amount to a strong naval force ; while those of
London, Bristol, Glasgow, the Royal Mail contract
packets, the Peninsular and Oriental, and the Gene-
ral Steam Navigation Company, whose large steamers
ply between London and Scotland, could also be
made available, while the splendid East India mer-
chantmen belonging to London, Newcastle, and
other ports could readily be armed as double-banked
frigates.

With respect to the seamen, there is every reason
to believe, now that the accommodation and usage
on board of ships of war are so far superior to what
both were during the last and the early part of the
present century, that but a slight increase in the
wages would remove any reluctance on the part of
ordinary sailors from joining her Majesty's fleet. I
believe that with a few shillings per month extra
wages, all the seamen necessary would enter the ser-
vice, and that there would be no occasion for impress-
ment.

My chief misgivings are whether the ordnance is
sufficiently prepared to provide artillery, arms, and
ammunition, which would at once efficiently supply
the navy. If not, there must have been great mis-
management in that department; of which, I admit
I know but little, excepting its enormous expenditure
—ranging from more than 2,000,0001. to 3,000,0001.
annually. _

With respect to the expenditure of the navy, espe-
cially of the dockyards, it had increased to an enor-
mous amount when the late Lord Auckland under-
took the administration of that department. But I
am bound to state, in justice to the memory of that
lamented nobleman, and especially to the present
First Lord of the Admiralty, that the expense of the
navy, including the dockyards, has been reduced from
8,013,672/. in 1847, to 5,898,680/. in 1850, and to
5,727,2991. in 1851 ; and, if I believe the dockyard
system to be defective, and that the Admiralty
should be re-organised, I fully comprehend the diffi-
culties of a Minister who has to contend with all
' the prejudices and obslinary of the %hole per-
manent st.ff of the Admiralty as well as of the naval
dockyards.
That we could have better ships fur much less
money is the opinion of men of the greatest expe-
rience ; but this is not at present the object of my
letter, it being merely to exhibit the comparative
naval forces of England and of France. Having the
fullest confidence in the generous spirit and bold
energy of a nation which so rapidly constructed,
among other great work., the magnificent Exhibition
of the last year, and trusting to a people who mani-
fested such sublime order in 1848 and 1851, I cannot
arrive at any other conclusion than that if by any
act of madness or wickedness any attempt were to be
made by France to invade England, which I would
deplore, then the naval power of our country would
not only repel effectually such an attempt, but block-
ade every port in France, destroy her maritime trade
and navigation, deprive the manufacturers of that
country of the means of obtaining raw materials,
wellan and,
as mercantile
itniletnhay
evse.quiveledr
tohyishberefmo_riel:tre y as
can,
but we hope we shall not be provok.e4 to__ do so again.
I am, gentlemen, yours faithfully,
J. MACGREGOR.
1, Prince's-terrace, Hyde-park, Jan. 28.

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RAIWAY RETURNS

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
opened,
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1851. NRITIBIL 185 U. 1851.
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53 Dublin and Drogheda
16%6 1 KingstownDpnnublideneannuddA.: ........ 2,2307119 72:237429
96
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-404 719
oat Arbroath •• •••
•::**•• • • • • • • 887 904
• • 593 551
31 Dundee,.. •', 361 424
Perth, and Aberdeen-Junction 611 608
19 Dundalk and Enuiskillen.• .• •••• • • • • 148 182
68 East Anglian 509 642
32279 East L 95 Etaasstteernrannuciun:ri:e:s•:.a•n:ci k• •r•f• l•k• •••• • • • • 133'331181 13,4483'932
o o. .. ••• • .. ,
1,825 1,863
89% Edinburgh and Glasgow .• •:••• • ••
•• • • 3,068 2,815
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • . 1,782 1,977
6 Exeter and Crediton.. •
19 Furness Railway ...
17134 Glasgow, and South-Western .......,..
2411 Great Northern and E. L.
4,127 4,029
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3;356 3,521
264 Great Western . . 14,140 14,
140 974
141
25 Irish South Eastern •••••• • • .. • • • •
90 Lancaster and Carlisle .............. .3:7,84 3,642
15,302
260 Lancashire and Yorksbire..• ••••• • • •• '''',7l; 9,19
39 Leeds and Thirsk ••..••••• • - • • - •• 293 234
12% Liverpool, Crosby, ant Southport • • 38,753 W 916
bal. LOuauu and North Wootorn •- - ------s
821
5% London and Blackwall• •••••• • •• • • " 7BB
173% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 7,927 7,754
244% London and South We,sternin.c.o.ins...bi...m 86,,063683 8,6,716778
15 , Londonderry and Enniskillen •• • • ••• •• 140 161
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 87 113
167% Manchester, Sheffield.an4
9% Manclester and South Junction - •• 379 415
28 Maryport and Carlisle -•
•--... • • • •
.. 598 575
496% Midland •••• • - • • ' •••••• • • • • • 19,298 20,182
126 Midland Great Western •(Irish) ...... 1,133 2,038
719 916
60 Newcastle and Carlisle...... ....
149 North British •••••• • • • • • ..... ...... 2,769 3,055
North Staffordsbir4 •• • ... • ;••
....... 4,369 4,334
222
47 North-Western •••• • • • • ....... • . 397 53°
Scottish Central • • • • • ... ••
••
...::::. i,350 1,664
45 562
Scottish Midland -,, _
............
475
32 550
2934 Shrewsbury and Birmingham •••••• 540
1,489
47 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... .. •• •• 1,472 n,
29 Shropshire Union •• .•.• _ ••
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South Devon •.....•••••• • • • • • • • . . • • 1,478 1, "
58 8 10.062
261 South Eastern .• •• • ... •• •• 9•24
847 -
93% South Wales ........
1
77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole •• 890 1,993
40 Taff Vale ............
36 Ulster . ...... •• •• _ •• •••• •• .. ......
323 238
25 Waterford and Limerick •••••• • • •° " 279 1 223
13 West Cornwall ••• • • • '. ••••" •• - '.
195 191
12 W hitehaven Ju Betty nction .•• • • ......... .. : 13,143 13,868
304% York and Newcas•le, and Ber • • 6,267 7,011
279 York and North Midland. ...• •• •••
FOILEIGN.
.......... 2,700 3,023
152 Central of France .., ••••••
-•••••-••• 778 785
57% Dutch Rhenish • • •••• ••
„•• • • • • 103 151
T
21% :Maria Antonia • • ,
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865 868
63 3lontereau and ro es
• , 4,177
442% Northernanonf t'rnarndcecan.;........ : :
•••••• •••••
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•••••• 1752:0615,6746 179:707105
134% Orleans •
240 Paris and Orleans° „ ..... .......... •
82 Paris and n
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Paris andjteue • •,_
84 ParStray
194 Paris ail • -avre ..a.......... 56',719791 , 866,:2C8502484
59 Rouen a"; antra •
.. •• •• - 2,0c0 I 2,483
111 Tours and an'c'' ••••• • • • • • 1, tO6 1 9b2
I

yr. Turner's pictures, which he has be-
ueathed to the nation, will, by his own express directions,
is ate residence Queen Anne-
soon as arrangements can be madein fort Q
he purpose.
street, As
His executors hope to be able to accomplish this during the
e publicly exhibited at h. -
ensuing season. The country will thus have an opportunity
of seeing at as early period what a noble bequest has been
made in its favour.— Art Journal.
EMIGRATION.—On Wednesday a return to Parlia-
ment was printed, showing
that the total number of persons
who emigrated from the United Kingdom during the
num-
ber five
years from 1846 to 1850 inclusive was 1,216,557. T
dispatched by the Colonial Land and Emigration Com-
missioners in the period was 53,434, and the estimated num-
ber who emigrated at their own cost in the same time wag
1,163,123.