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N°. 21,977.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
Royal Exchange, London,

nth NoVeinber, 1862.

The Court of Directors of the Corporation of the Royal
Exchange Assurance do Hereby give Notice, that their
Transfer-Books will be shut from THURSDAY, the 11th of
December next, to TUESDAY, the 6th of January following;
that the Annual General Court, appointed by their Charter,
will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchange, on
WEDNESDAY, the 17th of December, at Twelve o'clock at
noon ; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said
Court.

ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Inoorporated by Royal Charter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
ritEsiDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq , M.P., F.R.S,, V.P.
DErtyre-CnAlnmAx—Thomas Chapman,. Esq., V.P.
APPEAL. 41.
thTehbeeaCinomnimngiWe of Management have to state that, since
of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution has incurred expenses amotmtng to £27,260 on
various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng;and,
Scotland. and Ireland.
During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution
have teen instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow-
ing Vessels :
Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. .. 16
Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon .. 2
Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. 3
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. 9
Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. 5
Schooner Rose, of Lynn 3
Brig Prodroma, of Stockton 6. 11
Brig Ellett, of Middlesboroue .. 7
Brigantine Freia, of Konigs rg .. 6
Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn
Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. •• 6. 7
Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham
Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford 6. .. 5
Schooner Prospect, of Berwick .. 6
tlogehue t h
Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose
••••• 1
Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone
Brig Pallas, of Shields 3
Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. .. 9
Smack John Bus, of Yarmouth .. 5
Schooner Catherine, of Newry
Barque Niagara, of Shields .. II
A Barge of Teignmouth
BnarirciguGeeoorbgecroann,doJf James,
gnmodbGoforooomiLludondon .. 8
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats
Schooner Eliza, of North Shields
•
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Smackrir ir
Brig
Sloopo
oggg
paAsncTe
Scotia,
Wonder,hihntna
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toonth,f
Brothers,doTy
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noae
of Goole
.. 15
Sloop
Spanishe
droßpozeuouifnedtp, P r it
of
fbe ml
Dublin
Aberystwyth
er wa e T orr eviega (s av. dves• -•
5 '
Schooner Hui Tell, of Penzance (saved vessel and
crew)4
Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8
Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and
crew) • 6
Smack Merton Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved yes-
and crew) ..
.. 3
s - *do
Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew
Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives
Fishing-boats of Whitburn .0 16
Brig Arethusa, of Blyth
Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmedoc
Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris ..
Schooner William, of Morecambe .. .. 5
Smack Gipsy, of Newry .. 4
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven 8
Schooner William, of Liverpool ..
Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown
Brig Providence, of Shields ..
Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle
Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4
Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. 19
Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. 10
Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide .. 2
Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna 8
French Brig La Jenne Marie Therese .. 6
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. 5
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
Ship Danube, of Belfast 00 17
Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. 4
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4
Brig St. Michel, of Marans .. 8
Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. .. 5
Barque Druid, of Sunderland
Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. .. 1
Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon 1
Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich .. 6
Brig Minerva, of Workington
Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6
Brig Sisters, of II hitby •• 9
Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. 4
Brig Jane, of North Shields .. .. 10
Brig Trial, of Poole .. .. • • ••
Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. . .. 3
Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and
crew) .. • • • •
•• • •
•• 7
Barque Frederick, of Dublin ..
Barge Peace, of London
Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft . .. 11
Smack Adventure, of Harwich • • •
Pilot cutter IVhim, of Lowestoft
Barque Undaunted. of Aberdeen .. 11
Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank. ,•on the Irish
Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone• :•.
Brig Lively. of Clay, Norfolk
Schooner Rook, of Liverpool
Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderlan••d ••• ••.
Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth :. 6
Schooner Friends, of Lynn
Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin
Brig Content, of Sunderland
Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan • • ..
Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda ..134
Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool • z
PlBol%l4,mh,lirlaann'ouii;
Portuguese Barque Cruz V. .... Ft
Ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore•,•l3.S.7. .. 18
Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester 4
Total 782
For these and other Life-boat services the Institution hats
voted £2,458 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has
also granted rewards amounting to £572 for saving 562
shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak-
ing a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during
the last two years and a half.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,690;
for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and
£16,00 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-cart (ages, and Boat-houses.
The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at
the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
the Society has made within the past few years, it has now
One Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man-
agement, t'or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough
efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely
needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-
tributions :
X s. d
Her Majesty the Queen .. .. annual 50 0 0
A Lady at Leith, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. 100 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0
Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. don. 25 0 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0
Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2cl. don. 25 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. . don. 3 0 0
.
Lambton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0
Lanesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0
Legacy of the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of
Salford.. 011, .0 00 00 00 100 0 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. 7dtohndon. 1150
150 00
Moore, Rev. G. B. • • • • •• • • •
Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. .. annual 5 0 0
Stirling,,, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0
Trench, Lady Helena .. don. 30 0 0
• Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
Peeivrceidvabl,y and the
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Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, ar, and Co., 16, St.
Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at
the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon-
don, W.C.

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COM-
PANY,---The Court of Directors of the East and West
India Dock Company hereby give notice, that the Transfer
Books of the said Company will be SHUT on SATURDAY,
the 1 ith day of December, 181,2, and OPEN again on FRI-
DAY, the 2d day of January, 1863.
By order of the Court,
GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary.
East and West India DoOk House,
sth December, 1862.

THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY.
Office, Horseferry-road, Westminster,
December 2, 1862.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
COURT of DIRECTORS of the GAS LIGHT AND
COKE COMPANY do hereby declare that a vacancy has
occurred in the Court of Directors by the resignation of
Frederick Pollock, Esq.
Notice is Hereby also Given, that, by the Bth Bye Law of
the Company, it is ordained and appointed that every candi-
date for becoming a Director shall give notice thereof, in
writing, to the Secretary of the Company, at least fourteen
days before election.

Notice is Hereby further Given, that a SPECIAL GENE-
RAL COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY
will be held at this Office, on THURSDAY, the Bth day of
January next, for the election of a Director to supply the
said vacancy; and that should a ballot be required, it will
continue open for four hours from its commencement. The
chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely.
- •

By order of the Court of Directors.
JOHN ORWELL PHILLIPS, Secretary.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY RECEIPTS.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted for the week ending the 29th of November, on
10,499 miles, to £514,970, and for the corresponding week
of last year, on 10,186 miles, to £500,880, showing an in-
crease of 313 miles, and of £14,090 in the receipts. The
gross receipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the
aggregate, on £7,221 miles, to £403,285 ; and for the cor-
responding week of 1861, on 7,006 miles, to £394,318, show-
ing an increase of 215 miles, and of £8,967 in the receipts.
The increase on the Caledonian amounted to £604; on the
Great Eastern t 11; on the Great Northern to £263; on
the Great Southern and Western to £267 ; on the Great
Western to £1,236 ; on the London and North-Western to
£2,482 ; on the London, Brighton, and South Cast to
£2,091; on the London and South-Western to £293 ; on
the North British to £396; on the North-Eastern to
£1,037; and on the South-Eastern to £803; total £9,483.
But from this must be deducted £245, the decrease on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire; £lB4 on the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire ; and £B7 on the Midland ; together,
£516, leaving the increase, as above, £8,967. The goods
and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to £237,251,
and for the corresponding week of 1861 to £232,250, show-
ing an increase of £5,001. The receipts for passengers,
parcels, &c., amounted to £166,034, against £162,068, show-
ing an increase of £3,966. The traffic receipts on 64 other
lines amounted, on 3,279 miles, to 111,685, and for the cor-
responding week of last year, on 3,180 miles, to £106,562,
showing an increase of 99 miles, and of £5,123 in the re-
ceipts. The total receipts of the past week show a decrease
of 3.097 as compared with those of the preceding week,
ending the 22d of November.

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Niles Opened. Receipts.

1862. 1861. 1862. 1861.
£ £
1,880 1,739
563 575
1,172 1,477
5,252 5,303
15,572 14,968
276 259
347 288
151 167
288 170
1,072 984
309 317
1,427 1,509
1,652 1,680
1,463 1,549
1,086 1,101
7,345 7,30 u
262 253
2,66 C 2,260
8,226 7,696
25,620 25,609
27,633 27,370
2,045 2.107
391 299
8,139 7,872
61,618 50,382
1,020 863
1,856 1,849
221 234
31,656 31,901
129 156
125 117
585 420
84,776 82,294
1,6' 0 1,376
16,277 15,984
16,227 14,136
2,7.5 1,553
1,013 978
15,951 16,135
1,006 1,065
1,272 1,102
41,034 40,121
4,009 3,904
1,659 1,444
14,100 10,011.

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136
Belfast and County Down 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 22 22
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 107
Caledonian 230 230
Cockennouth & Workington B4 gi
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage
Cork and Youghal • • 32 31
Cornwall 534
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63
Dub. &Wicklow and Wexfd 4Bl 481
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1694
Forth & Clyde Junction 3O 30
Furness, &c 5O 59
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 330 330
Great North of Scotland 5B 58
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 57 451
Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329
Great Western 992 9644
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 731 734
Irish North-Western 145 130
Irish South-Eastern
Lancashire & Yorkshire 32595i 325951
Limerick and Ennis... 2 24
Limerick and Foynes 2 2
Llanelly 4 46
London & North-Western
London and Blaokwall 5
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 241 241
London, Chatham, & Dover 72* 72*
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh
Blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 4 4
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 614/
Midland Gt.Westn. of 'rind 1921 1921
rdunkland , 71i 71/
Ainnmlltlithab 17,41 .6, C.,.,1 -•••• „
North British, Edm., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car 894
North London 9
North Staffordshire 248
Osweetry and Newton... 42
Rhmney .. 194
St. Helen's Canal& Railway.. 52
Scottish Central 5O
Scottish North-Eastern 132
Shropshire Union 294
Somerset and Dorset
South Devon . 735196
South-Eastern 306
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 5l
Ulster 5l
Vale of Clwyd lO
Vale of Neath 24
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall 274
W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction. .....
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35

345} 10,547 10,151
8671 42,190 41,1e2
9 2,669 2,899
246 7,958 7.994
42 911 615
19} 884 800
62 2,152 1,842
60 3,446 3,442
132 5,411 4,946
294 975 955
338
754 3,018 2,872
306 17,036 16,233
161 10,628 9.726
54 5,027 4,630
51 1,705 1,696
10 145 131
254 2,075 1,683
31 281 370
77 1,462 1,219
274 746 627
33 3,525 4,656
7 473 372
12 742 646
35 678 603

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,131 1,123
Austrian B2B 828 38,829 49,699
Belgian Eastern Junction 2O 26/1 331 287
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l} 161} 1,885 1,832
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 4,741 4,239
Dutch Rhenish loBi last 3,702 3,439
Eastern of France....» lO7B 1060 52,892 63,889
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 20,725 18,892
Great Indian Peninsula 4371 mot 3,983 4,389
Great Luxembourg 134 128 4,330 3,816
Great Western of Canada 345 345 13,386 9,475
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 429 435 15,873 12,528
Northern of Canada
Northern of France 7Ol 623 55,399 .5005
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman -
-- - - _ 481 37 250 202

Paris, Lyons, As Mediterrn 1491 1354 133,049 139,110
Paris and Orleans 1340 1204 63,333 56,768
Pernambuco 7l 635
Royal Danish 69 69 480 448
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,444 1,326
South Austrian
Southern of France 777 777 25,686 27,473
Welland.... ...... 25 25 409 865
West Flanders
W. and N.W. of France 758 758 37,013 43,631

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a stop to a practice which not only risks the spoiling
of the
goods, but a still more serious danger from combustion.
CARDIFF, Dec. 4.—The iron trade has been rather quiet
within the last fortnight. Prices show a tendency to de-
cline, and rails are quoted fully 2s Gd per ton less than was
the case a month since. Merchant bars are in moderate re-
quest, and list rates are only obtained in a few instances.
In consequence of the favourable weather which prevailed
at the commencement of the week, the collieries are better
employed, and large shipments of coal are taking place.
The following are the average quotations, free on board :
Steam coal, 7s to 7s 9d ; house,
7s 6d to 8s Gd. The tin
trade continues in an unsatisfactory state.

711 E NAVY.

Capt. M. triacloonfntohlelyfi andnefrigfileagsip of R A
commandedteShutlej,ear- ama
irby
ptl
J. Kingcome, the future British naval Commander-
in-Chief in the Pacific, took place at Portsmouth
yesterday, and was attended with the most satisfac-
tory results to all concerned---to the Admiralty as
the designers and contractors of her hull, to Messrs.
Maudslay and Co. as the builders of her engines,and
to Admiral Kingcome and the officers who have the
honour of servir.g under his command on board a
vessel which is universally acknowledged by naval
men to be the most perfect existing specimen of a
converted frigate, and one possessing lines of beauty
in the contour of her general outline of hull such as
cannot be claimed for our late iron innovations of
the Warrior or Defence class by their warmest par-
tisans. The ship was under way at Spithead by 8.30
a.m., by which time Capt. Henry Broadhead, com-
manding H.M.S. Asia, and the steam reserve at
Portsmouth, who had the general management of
the trial, accompanied by his staff—Mr. George
Murdoch, Inspectory of Machinery Afloat, and Mr.
Ward, Assist.-Engineer of her Majesty's Dockyard,
had arrived on board. The ship first steamed as far
as St. Helen's Roads, when her course was altered
for the measured mile in Stokes Bay, on reaching
which the required runs were made at full and half
boiler power, and circles made in the ordinary man-
ner, under full steam, as follows, the screw in use
being a Griffiths with a diameter of 17ft. '6in. and a
pitch of 20ft. At full boiler power :
No. of Time. Speed of Revolutions of
Run. m. a. Ship. Engines.
1 4 45 12.631 68
2 6 32 10.843 69
3 4 32 13.235 71
4 6 55 10140 70
5 4 26 13.533 70
6 6 13 9.651 70

The ship's mean speed in the six runs was
11'806 knots. Two runs followed at half-boiler
power, the first giving the ship a speed of 10.876
knots with the tide, and the second, against the
tide, and in the face of nearly half a gale, slightly
on the starboard bow, of 6.101 knots ; the mean of
the two being a speed of 8.488 knots. Getting the
steam up again to its full pressure, the ship was next
tested in making complete circles to port and star-
board, and in moving the engines to signal from the
deck bridge. The helm was first put to starboard,
with 2Z turns of the wheel, bringing the rudder
to an angle of 19 deg. when the half circle was
made in 3 min. 60 sec., and the fall circle in 7 min.
42 sec. With the helm to starboard, and 2i turns of
the wheel, bringing the rudder to an angle of 221
deg., the half circle was made in 3 min. 42 sec.,
and the full circle in 7 min. 1 sec. Eleven men
were stationed at the wheel. The Sutlej in this
experiment, like other of our men-of-war, illustrates
in the most forcible manner the defective mechanical
arrangement of the present system of fixing the
ship's sternpost, the screw, and the rudder all in a
line with each other, and thus acting in direct oppo-
position in lieu of in unison w hen the vessel's course
requires any deviation of import from a straight line.
The evils attending this system, and the immense
advantages which would be derived by adopting
the double screw system in our ships of war, was
most strikingly and convincingly shown in the re-
cent trial of the Flora, double screw ship, on the
Thames, in the presence of Mr. J. Dinnen, the Ad-
miralty Inspector of Machinery Afloat, Commanders
Symonds and Selwyn, R.N., and many other offi-
cials. At the conclusion of the circle trials the ma-
chinery of the ship was tested in its movement in
answer to the signal given from the ordinary rod
and bevilled wheel telegraph of the upper deck
bridge. From the time of moving the telegraph
handle on the bridge the engines wet e brought to a
state of rest from full speed in 19 sec. They were
next turned astern and full speed attained in 9 sec.;
and from full speed astern to full speed ahead only
24 sec. elapsed. The working of the engines and
boilers was all that could be desired on every point.
They were in charge, during the trial, of Mr. War-
rener, the representative of the makers. These
last experiments concluded the day's proceedings,
when the ship again let go her anchor at Spithead.
She expects to sail for Plymouth saund and the
Pacific this afternoon or early to-morrow morning
sooording to od.riooo to bo roooivoci from the Admi-
ral. The weather was not the most desirable for '
developing the best steaming powers of the ship,
as the wind, which was at a force of from 3 to 4
from south at the commencement of the runs at the
mile, gradually increased until, as the full-powered
trials drew to a close, it blew nearly half a gale
with the wind slightly backing to the eastward
This, of course, had a very prejudicial effect upon
the ship's speed, and especially in the two runs at
half-boiler power. Although the Sutlej really re-
quires no excuse, attaining such a rate of speed as
she did, yet another exists of which mention must
be made. As a " converted" frigate she necessarily
swims deep in the water for her tonnage--3,066,
but in addition to her own crew, stores, and arma-
ment, she has on board a 'large number of super-
numeraries, a quantity of surplus stores, and an
Armstrong 110-pounder with 18 tons of ammunition
for her Majesty's ship Tartar. The Sutlej carries
as her armament, on her upper deck, eight 40-
pounder Armstrongs, one 110-pounder Armstrong
as a pivot forecastle gun, a 20 and a 12-pounder
Armstrong fieldpiece, and the usual number of boat
guns. On the maindeck she mounts 24 68-pounders
of 65cwt. each, and four 110-pounder Armstrongs,
the latter having a central position in the battery
One of the most important parts of the ship's equip.
ments is her distillery apparatus, on Dr. Normenby's
patented system, and which yesterday supplied di-
rect from its supply-pipe, from the commencement
to the conclusion of the trial, water distilled from the
salt water which was cool, agreeable; and pure. The
Sutlej was originally laid down from drawings fur-
nished from the office of the late Sir W. Symonds,
when Surveyor of the Navy, but Sir Baldwin W.
Walker succeeding to the survivorship before any
great progress had been made in laying the ship
down, an alteration was made in her floor tim-
bers, giving her a lower midship floor than
she would have had if built according to the
original design, and such as is now possessed by,the
. Octavia and several other frigates also designed by
Sir William. On the Admiralty determining to
convert her to a screw frigate she was cut in two
parts at Portsmouth dockyard, lengthened amid-
ships, a new stern suitable for screw propulsion
given to her, and her old round bow superseded by
one of greater length and more clipper-like in form.
The result of these numerous alterations has in this
instance turned out so far satisfactory that the ship
is now undoubtedly the handsomest frigate in the
British navy.

The screw steam gunboat Jackdaw was put out
of No. 5 dock, at Devonport, yesterday afternoon,
and will to-day be placed in Keyham basin.
The paddlewheel steamvessel, Medusa, from
Sheerness, arrived yesterday at Plymouth, having
in tow the Conquestador, which is to be used at
that port for a powder ship.
On Thursday last, when Sir Thos. Pasley quitted
the Devonport dockyard, where he has for the last
five years been doing duty as superintendent, about
2,000 of the artisans assembled spontaneously, and
formed themselves into two columns,through
.which
their late chief and his family passed amid the
grateful cheers of the men, who paid him this com-
pliment in consequence of his considerate behaviour,
and uniform kindness towards them
whole term of his office. during the
About 160 artisans and laboureistbavtehjeupsutrbpeoesne
entered at the Devonport dockyard or .
of bringing forward ships of the first division and
of the port division for the plen_d_ayn!.4,
from Sheer-
The screw steam gunvess? Lily
Hess ness for the West Indies,rrived in Plymouth Sound
ou Thursday evening.
_Capt. A. C. Gordon,
The Amphion, 36, screw,
arrived at Spithead during ,the night of Thursday
faom the Mediterranean. She left Malta, Novera-

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ber 4th, arrived at Gibraltar November 11th, and
left again November 15th, in company with the
Algiers and Neptune. The Amphion has brought
home one Marine from her Majesty's ship Shannon
to undergo two years' imprisonment by sentence of
court-martial, and 35 military invalids, consisting
of one private Royal Artillery, six privates Royal
Engineers, one private 2d battalion 15th Regiment,
one sergeant nine privates Ist battalion 22d Regi-
ment, one private 2d battalion 22d Regiment, one
Regiment,one
sergeant, one private, 2d battalion
and 2 sergeants 12 privates Ist battalion 25th Re-
giment. The Amphion has experienced heavy
weather all way from the Rock of Gibraltar, and
foul winds, which have compelled her to lie at Port-
land for the last three days. She landed her inva-
lids in the Pigmy steam-tender yesterday afternoon.
The ship is expected to go round to the eastward to
be dismantled and paid out of commission.
The Neptune, 90, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt.
G. T. P. Hornby, arrived at Spithead from the Me-
diterranean yesterday morning. *She left Malta on
the 6th November, and Gibraltar on the 16th No-
vember. The Neptune awaits orders at Spithead.
Considerable progress has been made in the work
of plating the Royal Oak, at Chatham, the whole of
the available shipwrights and mech nice not re-
quired on the iron frigate Achilles,...47i:z.:
ing upon her. The last tier of armont`plates, which
will entirely encase her from stem to stern—ren4p.
ing her, in fact, a complete mass of floating iratt—
was affixed to her sides yesterday, aa4 mechanics
have commenced bolting the armour plates to her
stern. Several of the plates have already been fixed
to her " counter." In order to facilitate the difficult
operation of hanging and securing the shield plates
to the vessel's sides several portable steam cranes are
employed on each side of the slip, and tramways
have been laid down the entire length of the dock,
to enable the engines to be removed to any part of
the frigate. Six tiers of armour plates are now laid
on each side of the Royal Oak, the armour extend-
ing for several feet below her load water line to
her bulwarks, thus rendering it impossible for
any missile at present known to strike the ship
below the water line. The slabs of iron already
fixed are of an uniform thickness of 41 inches,
but the remaining plates encasing her stem
and stern, where the chances of shot striking
her are' not so probable, will gradually
diminish to three inches, excepting under the but-
tock, where they will be again reduced to two inches.
The Royal Oak is intended to be furnished with
engines of 1,000 horse power, and a considerable
portion of her machinery is already on board. The
immense mass to be propelled through the water,
together with the great draught of water, will not,
it is anticipated, admit of anything at all approach-
ing a high rate of speed being attained; so that the
Royal Oak and the other vessels of her class now
building will be, in effect, useless as steam rams,
any vessel of ordinary steaming qualities being able
to avoid them by superior sailing. The Admiralty
have therefore abandoned the original intention of
constructing the bows of these vessels so as to en-
able them to be used in running down and sinking
a hostile ship, and have preferred sacrificing the
advantages which such a vessel would thereby pos-
sess to those of complete protection from shot. Ac-
cordingly the Royal Oak and the various other ar-
mour plated frigates have been constructed without
any protection at the bows. They have instead of
this what is termed a tumble-home stem. Should
the trials with the improved steering apparatus in-
vented by Mr. Lumley, which the Admiralty have
directed to be fitted in the Columbine, 4, and some
other vessels, be at all satisfactory, the invention
will be applied to the Royal Oak. By this means
she will be rendered far more effective. After de-
livering her broadside into the enemy's ship she
may be turned in little more than her own diame-
ter, and in the space of about a minute another
broadside poured into the same vessel.
The Pylades, 21, 350 horse power, Capt. A. W.
A. Hood, fitting at Chatham for service in the West
Indies, left her moorings at the dockyard yesterday
and went down the river to receive the remainder
of her sea stores, coals, and powder, after which
she will proceed to Portsmouth to receive her final
orders. Her Royal Marines and Marine Artillery
joined yesterday, as well as a number of her
crew, who have been sent from the various re-
ceiving ships at the various ports. The following
appointments have been made to the Pylades up
to yesterday, most of the officers having joined
and taken up their commissions :—Lieutenants
S. Smith and R. H. Swindon, Master R, J. C.
Grant, Chief Engineer W. M. Chambers, Acting
Assist.-Engineer J. Horrocks, First-class Assist.-
Engineers R. Winter and A. Purvis, Second-class
Assist.-Engineers J. A. Shawyer and J. Stout, Pay-
master J. Pooley, Assist.-Paymaster F. T. Fitz-
maurice, Surg. 0. L. Lewellyn, Clerk E. D. Green.
An order has been received. at Chatham, an-
nouncing that the following vessels have been
chartered by the Government for the conveyance
of troops and military stores to India and the co-
lonies—viz., the General Caulfield, for Madras;
the Punjab, for Kurrachee ; the Hammersmith, for
Bombay; and the Water Lily, for Algoa Bay.

On the 28th ult. we drew attention io a regula-
tion just issued from the Department of the
Controller of the Navy directing that the Knyaston
disengaging hooks were to be in future fitted to the
stern and quarter boats of all ships brought for-
ward for the first-class steam reserve and for com-
mission, and which order virtually excluded from
from the service Clifford's boat-lowering apparatus,
by which so many lives have been saved at sea both
in the Royal and mercantile navies. In conse-
quence, the subject was brought prominently before
the Lords of the Admiralty, and their lordships
have written to Mr. Clifford, officially to inform him
that the captain of any of her Majesty's ships on
applying for his boat-lowering gear is to be supplied
with it as heretofore. It is to be hoped that this
decision of their lordships will not be rendered
nugatory by contrary orders issued from the office
of any subordinate department.