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N°. 22,392.

The critic enters very fully into the distinctive features of
Mr Thackeray's style, and the merits of his various works.
Ho is far from bestoWing unqualified approval or admiration
on all, and his article is, indeed, one of ,the most judicious
which has appeared since Thackeray's death. Nevertheless
he accords, as all must do, high:praise to him as one who will
always retain a foremost place among our literary chieftains.
Mr. Gardiner's " History of James L" is discussed, and
the historian appears to have formed no favourable opinion
of our Scottish king. "His body, his mind, and
his heart appear alike to have been wanting in that central
force by which the human frame and the human intetlest
are at the same time invigorated and cantrolhel." " French
Life" is the title of a very pleasant and lively paper, which
introduces us into the privacy of a Parisian appartenzent,
and tells us little secrets about the domestic arrangements
which invest a gay French establishment with an air of do-
!nestle comfort. " Our Private Play" is the narrative of
the wonders worked by some private theatricals. The
4)0041.1 virtues and qualifications of our matter-of-fact
nineteenth century are treated of, and a comparison. insti-.
tilted with its predecessors—no very original subject. " A
Campaigner at Home" is worth reading, and " The Story
of Two Wives" tells a not impossible social tragedy. The
last article discusses a question which comes very forcibly
home to most of us—" How may a Peace Income Tax be
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THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1864.

No. I.—An Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the United, Kingdom, in the undermentioned Periods, ceded March 31, 1864, compared
with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year.

QUARTERS ENDED YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR
.....---- .---, ended , 1---- -------., ended
June 30, I Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, March 31,
1863 1863 1863 1864 1861 1862 1862 1862 1863 1863
-..- - -
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
CUSTOMS 5,857,000 5,872,000 5,970,000 5,533,000 23,232,000 5,791,0 r 0 6,201,000 6,320,000 5,722,000 24,031,000 CUSTOMS.
EXCISE
STAMPS 2,394,000 2,191,000 2,293,000 2,439,' 00 9,317,000 2,253,000 2,080,000 2,187,000 2,374,000 8,994,000 STAMPS.
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX 2,918,000 866,000 2,132,000 3,!68,000 9,08•1,0(,0 2,772,000 974,000 2,931,000 3,890,000 10,567,000 PROPERTY TAX.
POST OFFICE
CROWN LANDS
MISCELLANEOUS
.
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TOTALS 18,490,204 11,411:50i 18,318,160 18,9- 39,089 1 .7V,208,963 18,409,904 114,600,983 18,37.?,928 19,213,746 I 70,603,561 TOTALS.
• •
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No. IL—lncrease and Decrease in the Periods ended March 31, 1864, as compared with
the Preceding Year.

he Corresponding Per

[ods of

iondon, S.E,
---------------------.....-- 1
BOvDTIOLDEUS OF THE ATLANTIC AaTD
r4REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. . Quarter ended March 31, 1861.
1 OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS.
Increase. Year ended March 31, 1864.
PAYABLE IN LONDON. Decrease. •
collars (X180,0(.0 New York Division—Due in 1881. Increase. Decrease.
dollars (X 225,600) Pennsylvania Division—Due in Increase. Decrease.
1882. £ £ X
aby a Remistered Mortgage, constituting a lien on CUSTOMS X - £ £
me and all corporate rights. privileges, lands, trap- EXCISE 462,000 189,000 .. • • • • 802,000 CUSTOMS.
lent and property of the Pennsylvania and New York STAMPS 65,000 • • • • • • 1,032,000 .. EXCISE.
of the Railway. TAXES
STAMPS.
ends are redeemable in New York or In London at PROPERTY TAX - 722, POO • . .. 63,000 .. TAXES.
r dollar, and are trau-terable ‘A i hoot stamp or en- POST OFFICE - ICUOO • . • • • • 1,4E3,000 PROPERTY TAX.
pt ; 4 per cent. of the cross amount will he drawn CROWN LANDS
2,500 " .. • • . ,
l July, commencing in 1865, to be pad off at par in MISCELLANEOUS 136,843 • • . • .. 5,000 • • CROWN LANDS.
Interest Coupons are attached to the'Bonds, ply. .. •• • -.. • .r.:82,402 MISCELLANEOUS.
i-annvally, st the Consolidated Lank in London, at TOTALS . 686,313 911,000 I
. -...... ...4. A. + n the dollar. i 1,800,402 2,285,000 TOTALS.
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Nat Decrease ....X224,857 Net •Decrease ----v ---,---1
Net Decrease— .£391,598 .

ro THE BGREAT
11S OF THE ATL TIC AaTD
WESTERN RAILWAY.
ISSUE OF SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS.
PAYABLE IN LONDON.
801,0r0 dollars (XlBO,OOO New York Division—Due in 1881.
1,000,000 dollars (X 225,600) Pennsylvania Division—Due in
1
Secured by a Registered Mortgage, constituting a lien on
the income and all corporate rights. privileges, lands, fran-
chises, plant and property of the Peunsylvaoia and New York
divisions of the Railway.
The Bonds are redeemable in New York or in London at
4s. 6d. per dollar, and are tran-ferable v i'hout stamp or en-
dorsement; 4 per cent. of the gross amount will he drawn
yearly in July, commencing in 1885, to be pa'd off at par in
London ; Interest Coupons are attached to the'Bonds, ply.
able semi-annvally, at the Consolidated Lank in London, at
1 the fixed ra+e of' 4s. to the dollar.
The 'Bonds will be tented at 70. viZ.;-
-Bonds of 101:111613:at .z, nlsa., with interest from April, 1, 1881.
1, 500 , £78155., „ ++ 11
I,o' O „ £157 10s„ ~,, ,9
The Coupons represent £l4 per annum on each bond of
1,000 dollars (£225), or nearly 0 per cent.
The privileile of subseribltuf will remain open until the 6:h
of Anril for the'present bondholders, either directly or through
their brokers.
The terms of issue are ns follows :-
5 per cent. on application, being £ll 5 0 per Bo ad of 1,0:0 dol.
10 „ al otment ~ 22 0 0 11 lf
'5 ,1 2d May ~ 33 15 0 ~ ~
20 „ 16th May „ 45 0 0 ~
20 „ Ist June 11 45 0 0 ~ ~

ST. JAMES'S.—" The Man in Chains" continues
to be the most prominent feature in this magazine,
and chiefly devotes itself in this instalment to the
fortunes of Silvester Langdale. J. Scoffern con-
tributes a paper on " Vempyres," reminding us of
some of the horrible weird superstitions that used
to be current on the subject. We have also an interesting
account of the " Silver Mines of Freiberg in Saxony," and
the.first part of a new version of the old romance, whos
hero and -htwoine are the dreaming poet and the beautiful
Scottish Queen, a narrative in this instance penned more in
accordance with the views of Miss Strickland than of Mr.
Froude. " Bertie Bray " is continued in the regular
novelist fashion, and neither brother nor sister are con-
ducting themsElves in the most honourable fashion. It is a
story of London fashionable life, heartless beauties and their
devoted admirers, old husbands and young wives, charming
toilettes and sour elderly maidens, and consequently will find
plenty of readers and admirers. " Lascelles Wraxall"
initiates us into the mysteriesthat lie hidden beneath the
cork of a champagne bottle, and Lieut. Warneford draws a
vivid picture of the horrors of being " Abandoned at Sea."
There is a very amusing little sketch entitled "Our Mys-
terious Subscriber," which narrates how the writer, a
young: litlerateur, was raised to the seventh heaven of
delight by an appointment to the editorial staff
of the Puddleton Gazette. On arriving at the scene
of his labours he made the acquaintance of the
owner and projector of the paper—a new journal that
was to take the world by storm. On the eve of its first ap-
pearance, however, the printers made an inopportune de-
r mend for candles, the grocer refused an extension of credit,
the new-corner had 31d. in his pocket, and the proprietor of
the Puddleton Gazette not a sou, From this dilemma they
were happily rescued by the advent of their first subscriber,
who paid his quarter's subscription in advance. Such good
lack does not, we fear, often fall to the lot of mortals.
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Nat Decrease-

..X224,657

£157 10 0
Subscribe,s have the ortTon of paying the ,nsta'mrnts in
advsn e, and will be allowed a discount of 6 per cent. per an-
num o such pre-payments.
After allotment Scrip Certifi-ates will be igsu-d to "bearer."
These Cert ficit• a wi I be exchanged tor Bond, to " bearer"
on payment of the final instalment,
The early completion of the works ,f this great Railway
justifies the Company in making this additional ssue of
Bonds, f dlowing the financial policy a .opted at the outset,
of issuing securities to the r übli, only after the actual pro-
gress of the Railway ha secured the necessary income for
oviding the interest. There will remain only the Second
Mortgage of the Ohio division, to be disposed of hereafter.
when the total of the Bonded Debt will be only £6,000 per

mile.
I,}er-ng of apprcation may be obtained of the Bankers ; or
at the Offices of the Company.
Offices of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company,
2, Old Broad-street, London, B.C.
March 23, 1861.

LE CORRESPONDANT, Mars 1864. Ch. Douniol.
—A more than ordinarily attractive number of Le
Correspondant has here made its appearance. Upon
the opening paper we took occasion yesterday to
comment in our leading columns—meaning the
remarkable paper by the Cte. de Falloux (de
l'Acad. Fr.) entitled " Introduction aux lettres de P. Lacor-
daire," these letters representing one half of the
correspondence between Madame Swetchin and the great
Dominican. Besides this—Rio descants here (upon the eve of
the tercentenary) upon " La Religion de Shakspere"—Leon
Lagrange has a most appropriate criticism upon the works
and the career of the French Rubens Eugene Delacroix—
and, at the tail of several other excellent contributions, per-
haps the most remarkable of these being the one by the
Abbe Meignan, upon another phase of La Criss Religieuse
—Leon Lavedan rapidly, with a pencil of caustic, sketches
down the principal events of the month, burning perhaps
the most fiercely of all into his tablets the now notorious
incident about the member for Halifax.
MACMILLeN.—The story of " The }El'.:Jars and
the Burtens" proceeds with undiminished interest,
and troubles et!,,Ul to be thickening round most of
the actors in it. George Milyar and Gerty arrive
in London, and rn'tk3 thtir appertnnce at his
father's country seat, but although. Gerty's first introcluc-
rtion to the sturdy old basonet is et groat sureeees, the 'esteem
has begun to fade off the poor silly little beauty's simple
life, and her influence over her gloomy, passionate husband
is already waning. The Burtons are becoming more and
more mixed up with the Hillyars, and the mysterious
trouble hanging over Reuben grows darker and nearer.
"Our Sleep and Dreams" is a pleasantly written essay on
a very old subject of debate and discussion. The writer
cites some instances in which the world of dreams has exer-
cised a beneficial influence in the world of realities. " Tor-
tini is said to have composed his Devil's Sonata from the
inspiration of a dream in which the devil appeared to him
and challenged him to a trial of skill on his own fiddle.
Coleridge declares that he composed his splendid poetical
fragment of •Kubla Khan when asleep. Condorcet relates
that more than once having retired to bed, jaded with
intricate calculations which ho had left unfinished,
he completed them in his dreams. Franklin states
that he sometimes saw the bearing of political
events more clearly during sleep than he had done when
awake. Dr. Gregory mentions that thoughts sometimes
occurred to him in dreams which were so good that he used
them in his college lectures. Sir Benjamin Brodie tells us
of a friend who had more than once invented an apparatus
for an experiment he wished to make in a dream, and of
snot her who had solved mathematical problems when asleep
which had be ed him when awake." The usual " Letter
from Competition Wallah" deals this month with a very
difficult and momentous topic—Christianity in India. The
writer faces the question boldly, and after confessing the
unsatisfactory state of the religion of the Hindoos, he pro-
ceeds to inquire why it is that, "with all the advantages of
civilisation and domination, we have hitherto succeeded in
converting to our creed only one in 10,000 of the subject
people." The reasons ho gives are so numerous and so
formidable that the most sanguine missionary might well
droop discouraged ; but there are good influences at work
as well as bad, and we may trust that the acknowledged
declension of the old Hindoo worship before the light of
knowledge and civilisation may be only the forerunner of
the substitution of a purer faith. " Two Months in Rome,"
and " A Gossip Over My Portfolio," aro both worth read-
ing ; but many readers will turn with more_ interest to the
reprint of some correspondence between Coleridge and
William Godwic, in which the poet gives full vent to his
metaphysical speculations in addressing a friend of such
congenial tastes and abilities.
TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife" is con-
tinued at some length, and in this instalment mat-
ters progress most unfavourably as regards the
future welfare and peace of the young couple. The
story is most naturally told, and this constitutes its
chief attraction, for the hero and heroine are alike provok-
ing in their opposite extremes—lsabel with her absurd
notions of romance, and George with his very hum-drum
ideas, Such characters do, however, constantly consort
and attempt to fight the battle of life together. The result
is one of those disastrous failures which furnish the stage
with themes for tragedy, and bestow endless opportunities
for the novelist to expatiate upon. "The Streets of the
World" this time describes Berlin, Tinter-den-linden. The
sketch is not a very flattering one. " Rest and be Thank-
ful" are spirited verses. "Maid v. Mistress" is an article
that is well worthy of perusal. It traces the origin of the
fault which militates against the well-doing of so many
servant maids to their faulty bringing up at home, where
their hard working, half-starved mothers sacrifice every-
thing to turn out their daughters "smart." Much may be
gathered from this sketch of the troubles that besot domes-
tic life in the shape of saucy and incompetent assistants.
" Broken to Harness" is continued in the same animated
manner as before. "The Ball-season in Paris" is an en-
tertaining little sketch of the doings in that gay capital.
The number of balls that take place, the numerous visitors
who throng to the festivities, and the amount which all this
quietly costs, are set down for those who soak such infor-
mation to con by rote, and they will doubtless be greatly
edified by tie; astonishing calculations and astounding re.
velations that are made.
LONDON SOCIETY.—Tho illustrations to this ma-
gazine still form a considerable part of its attrac-
tions. They are numerous and effective, and often
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management, together with recollections of the chief singers
and composers who flourished during their reigns. This
first part chronicles the management. fortunes, and misfor-
tunes of no less a personage than Handel, the results of
whose operatic career are thus summed up :—" During his
unfortunate struggle against Porpora and the world of
fashion he had lost his health, he had lost all the money ho
had made during 20 years of labour, and he had to start
anew, at the age of 56, having nothing left but his glorious
reputation." " The Merchant Princes of England" are
continued in due course, and we have the story of the
famous Sir Richard Whittington. Lovers of the antique
will be gratified to learn that the biographer is clearly
of opinion that a cat was in some way connected with the

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Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on
Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m.
Private Rooms for large or small parties.
By order,
JOHN CATES, Manager.
The Wellington, St. James's-street.
Entrance, 160, Piccadilly.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY,
'and
BACHELOR'S BOX,
an Entirely New Enterthinment, at the Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, C. aring-cross, EVERY EVENING,
at ei2ht (except Saturday) ; Saturday Mornings at three.—
Stalls, and box sta Is, 3s. ; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls. A
Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall
from seeven to five.
Next Morning Performance, Saturday, April 2, at three.

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R, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING. will be performed the new and success-
ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAU I% embracing the entire
company of this establishment, with augmented baud and
chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the
following talente. artistes : —Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry,
Tyrrell, S Amsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c.
Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

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UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear-
ance This Evening.
Comedy, by Mr. T. Maelszan, W. Randall, G. nutehenson,
G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Pow: r (the 'uvenila comedienne),
dre..
Will shortly be producei, THE I%IT4M,RY WIVES OF
WINDSOR, by Otto Nieolai; an' THE TWO GENTLE-
MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop.
Admission—Area, 6d, ; stalls and balmy, ls. ; private
b,:xes, 10s. ed.

CANTERBURY HALL.
The Fairy Entertainment, entitled
PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS!
Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander-
veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Haqi, en-
ables " and e
Hr. Morton, with th. aid of Professor Pepper's Optical
Illusion (kn°wn as the Ghost), to produce effects never before
contemplated, and which have all teen duly registered by
him and Mr. J. A. Weston under the title of "The Ghost in
the Magic Fountains." By this n. w arrangement, that
which is in reality no!hinn• but a shadow, becomes to all ap-
pearance endowed with life, and wren "Fame" takes her
flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek
their beds in the Cryptal Waters, form a coup d'ccil of beauty
unparalleled even in fairy romanco.
Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Mist Townley.
The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at
half-past Nine o'c
All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as
usual, in a dition to the above.
Admission—Area, Od. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is.
Open every Evening.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA,-
TRIUNPITANr SUCCEZS of the NTEW CIRQUE,
acknow edged to be the best nroduced in England. Grand
MORNING PERFORMANCE. THIS DAY, and Every
Wednesday and Ss.' urday, at Two. Eveaing at Half vast
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decidedly wavering. Ive .1g iry founded on the
immemorial tradition concerning the Ist of April, and a
good many lively sketches of pen and pencil fill up the re-
mainder of the number.

GOOD WORDS.—Mrs. Wood's story of " Oswald
Cray " is growing more complex and more nivitin-
choly. An unfortunate suspicion rising from some

chance words has come between Oswald and. Sara

Davenal, and the troubles seem springing up plena-

fully. Lady Oswald's fortune is left to Dr. Davenal,

a circumstance which excites a good deal of surprise) and
comment. A. K. H. B. gives is an essay, " Conoorning

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"Year
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THE MUSICAL MONTHLY.—The number for.
April is, of course, well supplied with artiolos
touching the' approaching festival at Stratford.
upon- Avon. The presentation piece for the pianofcrte fir •
entitled '"IA Shaksperian Fantasia," in Which the well
known airs sung by Ariel in. ‘..The Tempest" are intro-
duced. The introduction is tall and telling, but the airs
have been. rather ineffectively handled. There is u
thinness about - the adaptation, and a great want :
of dash and brilliancy in the variations. Although
it will not supersede the pieces on the same airs
already published, it will find favour in the eyes of those
who are looking out for an easy piece -Suitable for the ap.
preaching festivity. The magazine is just the sort of thin:
wanted by the public; but some such pieces as those played
by Madame Goddard, Madame Oury, &c., must be given to
make it popular with the lovers of music.
LE FOLLET.—This month's number of this els•
glint little publication is unusually attractive.
The plates are brilliant, and if the fashions her
set forth are followed, the dresses of the ladies
this season will be truly splendid. There is here 'c,he
usual intelligence communicated with respect to the
latest novelties, the most striking changes, &a., in cos -
tame; besides which, a variety of high amusing reading is
met with in this periodical, and also a description of the
operas, theatres, &c., so that for a fashionable reader nothing.
is left out of the repertoire of its contents that can possiblx
be missed.

CASSELL'S PUBLlCATlONS.—Thedifferentmontblv
parts of the works new publishing by Messrs Cassell,
Petter, and Galpin are here again before us, and bear
unmistakable evidence of the energy and enter-
prise of the firm. " The Illustrated Shakspere"
will, when completed, form a splendid volume, both from
the variety and excellence of the illustrations and the supe-
riority of its paper and letterpress. " Pilgrims Progress"
is another cou.mendable production, and our dear al
friend " Robinson Crusoe" is still being submitted to the
public in a manner hitherto unattemptod. "The Illustrated
History of England," "The Popular Educator," "The
History of England," and "Popular Natural History" are
all worthy of high commendation.
THE BOY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE contains a
variety of light reading, which will be found both highly
entertaining and instructive.
THE BOY'S OWN MAGAZINE this month is brim
full of facts, fiction, history, end adventure.
THE ENGLISHWOMAN'S DOMESTIC MAGAZINE
abounds with useful and entertaining articles. It is one of
the cheapest and best magazines published.
THE QUARTERLY BRITISH POSTAL GUIDE has
just been published by =amend of the Postmaster General.

Naval and Military Intelligence

THE NAVY.

Arrangements have been for some time in progress at
Chatham dockyard for the adoption of the new system of
accounts connected with the building of new vessels, the

repairs of those requiring "conversion " or alteration. and
the charge for labour in each department, the whole of

the immed

.to superin-

of the Lords of the

competent staff of

orckeep cr. G dner al'

partment a complete stock-taking of the whole of the mate-
Elf excry kind,izycliathata D ucky ard will beisemenced
this rieO7iiinfralciii returns afterwariN loreaanied
to the Admiralty. Under the auspices of Mr. Stansfeld,
and mainly, if not certainly, through his exertions, the
dockyard accounts will from April 1 be placed on a basis
which will enable them to be compared favourably with the
accounts of the best private shipbuilding establishments in
the country. In future the percentage charges for the
different descriptions of work will be eliminated, and all
labour not employed on manufacturing operations will be
charged, pro rata, on the ships. It is, however, in the im-
portant item of labour, which has hitherto defied all the
attempts made to properly apportion the charges under that
head, that the greatest alterations will be made at Chatham.
This will be effected by what are termed labour charts, in
which the fullest explanation will be periodically given of
the nature, variety, and amount of labour employed or any
given vessel, or other undertaking, its relative and actual
cost, These labour charts will be laid before the House of
Commons, which will thus have the opportunity of ascer-
taining the amount expended fur labour, as attested by the
accounts.

The screw steam gunvessel Ranger, 5, Commander Gor-
don, at Plymouth, bound for the West Coast of Africa, got
up steam on Wednesday, but continued in the Sound up to
yesterday afternoon. _ _

The screw steamship Nile, 78, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
Alex. Milne, K.C.B„ is hourly expected at Plymouth.
The screw steamship Royal George, 78, went outside
Plymouth breakwater yesterday to try her engines and
machinery, under the inspection of Capt. Edmonstone, of
the Steam Reserve. To-day she will be commissioned and
manned by the officers and crew of the Ajax.
The United States gunvessel Kearsage yesterday dis-
charged her powder-5 tons—at the powder-buoy off Wool-
wich Arsenal, in charge of the shipping agent, and pro-
ceeded to the Victoria docks, to make good certain damage&
sustained during the late gale in the channel. She will be
thoroughly overhauled, will be supplied with a new top-
mast and have her bottom cleaned. She is manned at all
quarters with a most formidable armament of six powerful
11-inch guns, weighing 6 tons, to carry a 200Ib shot each,
so as to maintain a steady fire from every part of the ship.
The Kearsage is last from Dover, where she was an object
of much attraction, and was visited by a large number of
persons.
Mr. Tomlin, one of the Admiralty clerks, who has been
engaged during the past 17 years in the office of the Com-
modore Superintendent of the Dockyard at Woolwich, is
ordered to enter on the duties of the Auditor's office this
morning, in order to check the expenditure of the establish-
ment, and to carry out a more orderly return of accounts
for the inspection of the Admiralty Board.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty Board :--W. 11l Monckton, midshipman, to the
Aurora—W. Skipworth, midshipman, to the Black Prima
—and Ilenry Smiles, nominated to a naval cadetship,

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