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London, England, 1853-05-23 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCI-
Notle ATlON.—Winchester House, May 11, 1853.
M=EETINGe PROPRIETORS that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
at th of the of this Association will be li?ld
DLondonite,.,,,,, Tavern, on the 28th day of May next, to receive the
or the Directors. The chair will be taken at Two. o'clock
irer_ecisaly. At this Meeting the Election will take place of rwo
J068"1 the room of Geoyge Thomas Esq., deceased, and P. N.
Saituln'
Bland.esig 'and of Two Auditors in the room of
resigne Bl Esq. deceased, and Abraham John Valpy, Esq.,
of Lirel. Proprietors'deiirous of becoming Candidates for the office
tieuictor or Auditor are required by clause 39 of the Deed of Set-
tles T't't to leave notice of such intention at the office of the Associa-
least fourteen days before the Election takes place.
th ;;',, this notice was given two other vacancies have occurred at
ofeaTrd, by the death of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson and the retirement
fouj John Browne. The General Meeting will thus have to select
theme"kead of two Directors from the Candidates who have offered
elves.
rtv

G. V. DUVAL, Managing Director.

MEDITERRANEAN ELECTRIC
I TELEGRAPH COMPANY, to unite Europe with Africa. the
Alser'ldle, and Australia via France, Piedmont, Corsica, Sardinia,
iria
Macs, And Egypt. (Societe en commandite,) Capital, 7,500,00
ksit 1(0,°9.000), In 30,000 shares ot 250 francs (10.1.) each. De-
Yearm " (4L) per share, with an exclusive privilege, for fifty
oi .rom the Governments of France and Sardinia, and a guaran-
W Fr 4, per cent. per annum on 4,500,000 francs by the Government
otsamnia. "ce. and five per cent. on 3,000,000 francs by the Government

1118 HONORARY DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND.
1113 E"`eellenc :4c, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, K.G.
Biat,y the Count colonna Walewskt, Ambassador of France.
sc.'lxcellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, Envoy Extraordinary and
I.o,lister Plenipotentiary of Sardinia.
p,,eril awe Manley, Chatman of the Submarine Telegraph Corn-
.3' been Great liritain and the Continent of Europe.
818 i HONORARY DIRECTORS IN FRANCE.
The Ll)trittl Highness the Prince Napoleon Bonaparte.
his 1.'41M de Morny, &c.
ttel:ellency the Count F. de Persigny, Minister of the Interior,
E e•
ke`4 &,etillency M. Dronyn DO Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs
e.
t'''llency the Right Hon. Lord Cowley, Ambassador of Great

Its to HONORARY DIRECTORS IN SARDINIA.
The Yal. Highness the Duke of Genoa.
4,,p4reluis Massimo d'Azeglio.
kin's.eglioncy Count C. de Cavour, President of the Council of
air tisters, &c.
tte,,el,loney General da Bormida, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
IllgComm. P. Paleocapa, Minister of Public Works.
James Hudson. Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and
111,1 '''''ster Plenipotentiary of Great Britain.
ii4zoellenCY the Duke de Guichr, Envoy Extraordinary and
Cetine -4
Istor Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of the French.
Gerrnt—John Watkins Brett, Esq
ttrX of Surveillance—Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P., &c. ; John Mas-
ts—an, Esq., Jun. ; Sir James Carmichael, Bart.; Ernest Bunsen,

-‘..!!tnkers Lono—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and C.
'la-fakers in
in Parids— n
Messrs. Fond, and Fould Oppenheim.o
r, hankers in Tutin—Messrs. Pavia. Tray!, and Co.
tnneral Agents in Italy—Messrs. Curti, Pleciotto and Co.
tr„,_ gineers—Jacob Brett, Esq.
i and the Chevalier
ld Bonelli.
"e-ers—Messrs. Foster and Brathwaite, 68, O Broad-street.
Secretary in London—J. Mortley de la More, Esq.
sifie" „ Secretary in Paris—James Power, Esq.
"4, 118, Bishopsgate-street, near the London Tavern, and
i„ The e„,. 83, Rue Richelieu.
entri-t"mbarine Telegraph between England and France has been
Psia4,,lll,_ P?ed operation during the last two years, and on the 6th
`olt4 the cable of seventy miles, in one entire length, was laid
itfr4t
einn, -Seen England and Belgium with complete success, thus
into-ban additional proof of the vast capabilities of this medium
thei communication..
enjiventors and promoters of the submarine telegraph, aided by
Itad
elegbtened and generous support of the Governments of France
t aralnik
propose to unite Europe with Africa by continuing
,-,onar,'„e`ric wires' which now run without interruption between
e d Genoa, to Spezala. From the latter port they will cross
TieCiterrfulean to Africa, passing by the Islands of Corsica and
a•
.`gt co route chosen has been carefully surveyed, and approved by
~`IIE :B:niesion appointed by the French Government as affording
"f iv4tMhut e 4 Practicable line of crossing the Mediterranean : the depth
thr rrum land to land being throughout very moderate.
Company has further and still more important objects in
•n Th
And e telegraphic junction of Europe with Attica and the East
t,,clerea 8 a great desideratum to the whole world, and must be con-
"' Ater.," one of the most important undertakings of the present age
°lnPanY is making arrangements for the continuation of a
2h'4,4ia 7,lean line from Algeria, along the coast of Africa, to Alex-
( EgYPt• to the construction of which it has been ascertained
yer4a",.„eal_ difficulty exists ; and with the support of the British
Is.l 's*vnt and the East India Company it will be easy to prolong
'es to /tomb
1)4 es ay, where they will meet the great. line of 3,000
t n course of construction by the East India Company, and
FThurtber end of this chain may ultimately be carried to Australia.
NLQovertiments of France and Sardinia have guaranteed to. the
`aeqll3' an exclusive privilege for the term of fifty years, with a
411nUal minimum interest.
',JAI° promoters have ent, red into a contract for the complete exe-
41D, ,°f the works from Spezzia to the borders of Tunis (including
(04141duary expenses, and a transfer of the concessions of the two
'41%.114, %eras), for the sum of 300,0001., being the amount of capital
418 0 interest has been guaranteed by the Governments of France
14, ; and the works in Sardinia are now in active progress.
;1144r..51oiersat
you the am the rate of four per
ount called
up, pera
lair
thunet
gwuilalrrbaenpteaeids toot.
the
o Z
rti,,Yernments will take effect on the opening of the respective
1,,0f °f the line
?,1144"e 30,000 shares representing the capital of the
.Comptuiy,
I%'%ii';•have been taken in Sardinia, and 10,000 in Paris, leaving
tiares for England • application for which may be made to
.1.11:8' Poster and Braithwaite, aite, 68, Old Broad-street.
bt-
raised requisite for the extended operations beyond !geria
(4tlit t.oahereafter upon much terms as may be determined upon
4itsoittb,x tkns with the British Government and the East India
• the shareholders of the preegnt Company will be entitled
hopreference in ay future extension.
s (L4billty of then subscribers is limited to the amount of their
thraithich. are payable to bearer), and the capital of 300,00)1.,
a,' will be devoted to the Mediterranean Line..
iettiC'es will be made to bearer, and Issued and delivered on the
%lit, of the de os't
'11) mar 211,186.
FORM of APPLICATION • FOR SHARES.
Aleditcrranean Electric Telegraph Company.
To Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite.
4etialkih`nr—l request you to allot me shares in the above
11141144;!• and I hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any
.You may allot me, and to pay the sum of 41. on catch
tM at the tract° be'specifled in your letter of allottmen
day of 1853.
Name (in full) • • • • • • • • • . • • •• • • • • • •

• Profession, &c • • •••••• • • • • • • • .
t,: Chi- thData e ••••••••••••••••
Alit4oo7„e„ Glinstant communications were instantly transmitted
-,a battery""es of submarine and subterranean line, with two of 24-
~,,, o ly.
litc4sfal results of the last Half Century have proved beyond
ClWr question that
.4'14 ir• 1.„4, AND'S MACASSAR OIL possesses sin-
giti-,?ve,,,-,,-„"Y nourishing
owers in the growth, restoration, and
'l' u• "t Of the HumanPliair, and when every other specific has
th-tlit
, tar, Neb
'NO% rated Oil is now universally acknowledged to be the
.‘'trOts coos
superior to all other preparations for weak It
:4(1 ,-`44e, '''4ll. falling off or turning grey—strengthens hair
ti"4hflrifra thick and luxuriant growth—cleanses it froi Scalier(
ltsioli i.'---and makes it beautifully soft, ctrly, aud glossy
"hklic.,," eases of baldness is peculiarly active ; and in e gr'fiwitth
14'441411v4a, l'vmeaowe and MUSTACHIOS, It is unfailing in s
L't thNri,,Deration• For Children it is especially recommended,
40474 ne."teerb.a.sis of a beautiful head of hair, and rendering the me
, I+ (it errenc.o unnecessary. In dressing the hair nothing can
Oil reetin , rendering the Hair so admlrrbly soft that it will lie in
4:1.1 PaL,aa'l imparting a transcendent lustre.—Price
4,4. ,2j7q Botiles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d. ; and double
`4)o,,`;rloNil•
k o'fli44--011 the wrapper of each Bottle are the words,
oßnotwhe
toil 4 by the t,,,,aaa OIL, is two lines. The same enrteng engravers
29,028 letters.
Chemists per n”rly 1,500 tieS
Garden,
ena7lelltri& Seortiss. 20, Hatton London ; and by
li ti.),.,.
'll‘ll4, tcWElk;•,-'IC4 of TWO EXTREMES in the
4ic at R, -,X..11.—A few days ago deep snow-drifts, tremendtous
tleZllli,„4t'aey'•:r sharp frosts visited several parts of the counry,
rt„ , 4'. and
.s% notke were succeeded by the mildest breezes,i genial
11,..'t 4iteti,qd Other Warm indications of summer. Tl is is, n
~'4,ls at an I IPro
k‘liC 4t I extremes in the weather. Such an occur-
lti, tec, the sa extreme demand for seasonable Clothing, thou-
lit :t otl!'or,0 Jrth e time, desiring a complete change Attire. On
•:•41)a-•kle;',' hi ~--,2 in,gnineent and commodious CtothainfgEstablish-
qi.4t-' ari°,,-;:: and Box becomes a public convenience, as well
sPe4rnlia (sand v-n,,,,'`'aTe, from the fact of all its departments being
"10,41, 0`,,a,,a lie r 0 but each communicating—where
`St,''att,-",. et.e.,„"roished with all the elegancies and novelties of, the
„‘,l'', bet'n', exhlrtashionable order of Dress, either ready-mac 'e or
"'Oil:4e bug;-It.tr,-,,,'"`t18 the most superior quality at the lowest prices,.
<•. ,-; o tte„-oe adeanta ed to all classes triumphantly united.
Okint4 tile es facilities are conveniently distributed in the metro-
-01,4h.4 and s'tst at the Aldgate and Minories Establishment of
1'13,: screed
'''''', and at the West End by their Branch in New
`Seq4of Itils,Ly°,lrraer ef Hart-street, each being equally eemtdnioe:
ttf kl,ahm ?thin
replenished with the most novelatit aanrdtis tasteful
tic designs,
ki_trylo,,,e_ritta,„ll,_. elass.es. Superior qu y,
ti,'4, `tyle Fit, enroll), fashion and comfort secured in Garments
tn_harD2f Dress eery a Secular process, rendered applicable to
lt,soroh-.e, or sll Juveniles and _Adults, and for every profes-
k'kt‘ts a..v41.1011 i engaoMent All ft' les Charged prices so low
lle,,'llie"rl ea-„`s futile
• aadleii"' for theaannniditnmitatiaon tan entire impossibility.
it,,pett,tb variety, unequ
aueerd season, at E Moses and Sores,
novelty, and Unparalleled cheap-
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til,,4ll.tctintie
soars_,.,
%-,e o-taitte , . Gentlemen, the nucleus of all seasonable
4 kr
intnt
~ pre,,,,,zower plices than at any house in the world.
7ttlie;lltl brna"s to mbarkation, may procure the most corn-
-010 to t sllits wflerittired for the voyage to Australia, as well
st,t, ll'e,,t !lligren,_ . en arrived. A separate department is appre-
tait4 tii'tlees are immediate attention paid to their applications.
kill 114, ,P quality charged for the Goods and Clothing they will
01,414 tQerehen.,,, and suitabpity of every article is guaranteed.
''104.,,!1tt, ,11,ertrel
..., Ernigrants disposed for an investment
140, ' e 1401 r vepartment at E. MOSES and Sox's, Este.
skilli,,ts profitable and convenient for large or small
q4l " Outfit,
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t1)71)04414,:tCZ. Moats
ti.,44tot ofpDosition , and SON regret having to guard the
tz,O, rooootreinx e,r_
n' flaring learned that the untradesman-like
0 c1ea,04411,,,h4_°,
eeee led with their Establishment," or " It's
_ ltiq... they Z2__
.4,, resorted to in many instances, and for
li:ZdollekeeD.i• "„r"El'lst_ staM that they have
1_ .0,,, (lily „Their 5. OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OP LONDON,
Establishments, as follows :
'lltqa te 'atablieh
rt. 1,11 w:24.14",,. rnent, 54, 155, 156 and 157, Minories, 83,
,1011,,art,17r"etta 7,4°Pliosite the Chtrch 'all communicating.
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4th (1 /1 crksittrm°„ralnnleatin " "
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t.i
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are toent Can be made,
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FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vola.
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VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c.
Vol. 11.

TUE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF
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WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may run:"

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with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
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gravated character than any detailed by Mr- Syme, and yet the
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SPIRIT Off THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

THE EASTERN QUESTION.
(From the Times.)

The short period of time which has elapsed since
the extension of telegraphic communication to.the
extremities of Europe has already served to demon-
strate the difficulty and danger of drawing any
positive conclusions from the incomplete, and.
sometimes inaccurate, information which reaches
us by this extraordinary instrument ; and, , al-
though it is our duty to give publicity to the, in-
telligence transmitted to us in this form, it 18
impossible to place the same degree of reliance
upon it which may be given to the regular and
detailed reports of our correspondents abroad.
Thus it turns out that the statement current in.
Paris of Thursday last, and which was also trans-
mitted to us by electric telegraph, to the effect that
news had been received of the acceptance of the
Russian ultimatum by the Porte, was incorrect ;
and in place of it we are informed by similar means
of communication that some occurrences of an op-
posite character and of considerable importance
have taken place in Constantinople.
According to the last account of the state of
affairs, the Porte resolved on the 10th inst. to
reject the convention which Prince Menschilkoff
had proposed for its adoption on the sth ; and, as
the demand of the Russian Envoy had been
couched in severe and menacing language, great
apprehensions were entertained that he would at
once give effect to the painful measures at which
he had already hinted, and quit Constantinople.
He appears, however, to have resolved of his own
accord to postpone, at least for some days, this
decisive step ; he voluntarily intimated that he
should not withdraw until the 14th, in the hope
that this further delay would still leave the door
open to some arrangement. That period had not
expired at the date of the intelligence which has
been forwarded to us, but we are further informed
(though without any account of the causes
of such an event) that on the 13th inst. Rifaat Ali,
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, ceased to occupy
that post in the Government, and had immediately
been replaced by Redschid Pasha.
These are events of serious importance ; and, if
the intelligence we have received be confirmed, the
Turkish Government is, perhaps, at one of the
most critical periods of its existence. From the
inquiries we have been able to make, there is every
reason to believe that the facts we have stated are
correct ; but until the arrival of the mails we can-
not pretend to offer a connected narrative of these
transactions, or to reason with entire certainty on
occurrences which are still surrounded with so much
mystery and contradiction. It is, however, certain
that a variety of circumstances had combined to place
the Sultan and his Ministers in a most painful and
humiliating position. The Sultana Valide, mother of
Abd-ul-Medjid, had just expired when the Russian
Ambassador assumed increased arrogance. of tone
and demeanour ; and the communications made by
him to the Sovereign with whom he professed. to
be treating on amicable terms were transmitted in
the form most galling to the pride of the Sultan,
at the -very moment when his feelings were already
excited and afflicted by private sorrow. The Sul-
tana Valide was a princess of energy, who had
taken a more active part in public affairs than is
common among the women of the East ; and she is
believed to have not unfrequently strengthened the
feeble hands of her son. She died of a swelling of
the knee, aggravated to a formidable disease by the
gross ignorance and bigotry of the Turkish physi-
cians ; and her loss was never more likely to be
severely felt. Throughout the empire the hopes
and religious enthusiasm of the Christian popula-
tion are excited by the interposition of Russia on
behalf of their church ; and, if no results followed

a mission to which such important consequences
have been attributed, the reaction against Maho-
medan supremacy might become still more formi-
dable. The Russian Envoy professes, indeed, to
demand no more for the orthodox church of the
East than, the Sultans and Caliphs have conceded
to their Christian subjects from a remote period.
But there is an essential difference between con-
cessions or edicts of toleration granted by a' sove-
reign Power to a portion of the population living
beneath its sceptre, and an engagement to the same
effect in the nature of a contract with a foreign
State. The Russian Government is the less j ustified in
proposing such a contract, inasmuch as it cannot
be contended that the privileges of any of the
Christian subjects of the Porte are in danger ; and
if those privileges did require further protection,
they would become an object of just solicitude, not
to one Power alone, but to all Christendom. The
evil of such demands lies not so much in the con-
ditions they are calculated to enforce, as in the
proof that nothing is wanted but hardihood and a
strong will to enforce them. Nor are these and
similar acts of interference the causes of the decline
of the Ottoman empire • they are its natural and
inevitable effects. The Power which, scarce a
century ago, sent foreign ambassadors to the Seven
Powers on a declaration of war, and required that
those who came to treat with it should leave their
shoes at the gate, is
_now condemned to listen to
propositions and to language which no Sovereign
can hear with impunity. The disposition of the
Ministers of the Porte seems to have been never-
theless to run the risk of rejecting the convention
demanded of them, although it is not alleged that
they had received any specific assurances of sup-
port from the ambassadors of European powers ;
but they probably speculate on the impression
that such an event as the abrupt departure of
Prince Menschikoff from Constantinople would
produce in the world. If it be true that Redschid
Pasha, who was lately in complete disgrace, has
succeeded Rifaat in the office of Foreign Minister,
that change would indicate still more determina-
tion on the part of the Divan to brave the conse-
quences of the rejection of this treaty ; for, al-
though Redschid has been shown to be guilty: of
grave delinquencies, according to the European
standard of character, in the conduct of public
affairs, he is of all the Turkish statesmen the most
opposed to !Russian influence, and the recal of
such a Minister in the present crisis is in itself a
revolution in the Government. It is, indeed,
possible that this change, assisted by the post-
ponement of Prince Menschikoff's departure, may
lead to the adoption of some modified arrange-
ment between the two Courts ; but the fact is un-
questionable that 'the Russian Envoy did, without
provocation, resort to those threats which are
usually the prelude to more serious hostilities ;
and that the only pretext for this conduct was to
support demands which, in accordance with the
positive assurances of the Russian Government, he
ought never to have made. The next few days
must determine the result of these transactions,
which we do not attempt to prejudge ; but either
alternative is likely to increase the perils of the
Turkish Empire. If it yields, it gives Russia an
unexampled right of interference over the Chris-
tian populations ; if it resists, it runs the risk of a
collision which may lead to consequences of far
greater moment in Western Europe. The safest
expedient in such a position would be the proposal
and acceptance of some other form of agreement
which might save the honour of both parties, and
this we hope may
still be the result.

(Prom the Morning Post.)
It is well for the peace of Europe that a crafty
intrigue has not prevailed over an honest policy,
and that guaranteed rights have not been subverted
by the artful encroachments of Russian ambition.
We are happy in being able to announce to the
English public, that the ultimatum which Prince
Menschikoff presented to the Porte on the sth of
May was rejected on the 13th. It appears that
the Russian Ambassador, who had, in the first in-
stance, demanded an answer on the 10th, granted
a delay, and that subsequently to that date Red-
schid Pacha, who was lately displaced by Russian
influence, was appointed Grand Vizier, and that
the answer given by that Minister to Prince Men-

schikoff, on behalf of the Sultan, was a pOsitive re-
fusal to acquiesce the demands of Russia.
To the extraordinary nature of these demands
we have already more than once adverted, but
it is of some importance that they should be par-
ticularly and thoroughly understood. Russia,
then, demanded of the. Sultan the Protectorate
of the Greek Christians in Turkey, and that the
Russo-Greek Church should have accorded to it,
specifically and by solemn treaty, all right and
privileges which it had ever claimed. Now, one of
the main objects of the latter portion of this
stipulation was to define and enlarge, to a most
dangerous extent, a privilege which was granted
to Russia, though in terms somewhat vague, by
the Treaty of Kainardji, at the close of the
last century, and later again, as vaguely confirmed
by the treaty of Adrianople. This privilege con-
sisted in a permission to the Russian Embassy to
interfere on behalf of a certain Greek chapel or
church—which was allowed by the treaty of Kai-
nardji to be erected in Constantinople—in' the
event of its priests or congregation being ill-treated
by the Turks. This principle Prince Menschikoff
sought to magnify into a Protectorate of the eleven
million Greek subjects of the Sublime Porte—re.u-
deavourjng to extend a permission-to interfere on
-Behalf of one chapel into a right of Protectorate of
the whole Church, and to establish over it a juris-
diction concurrent with that of the Sultan. Such
a cession of power would in effect be more serious
to the Ottoman Empire than the abandonment of
a third of its territory. How, then, could the
Powers, signataries of the treaty of 1841, which
guaranteed the independence .erld ..integrity of
Turkey, permit so gross a violation of its letter and
spirit ? And it may well be asked how could one
of those powers so far forget the obligations of
honour and international good faith as to seek sud-
denly and by deceit to overthrow the provisions of
a compact to which she was solemnly pledged ?
The next point of importance in the demands of
Prince Menschikoff was the immovability of the
Greek Patriarch at Constantinople unless guilty of
proved high treason or gross misconduct, and
then only upon the consent of the Czar. This
stipulation would clearly remove the allegiance
of the Patriarch from the Sultan to the Em-
peror of Russia, who would hold over him a
power superior to that of the Turk. Hitherto, the
Patriarch had always been removable at the will of
the Sultan ; and a case occurred not long ago in
which this power was exercised, and we ourselves
were the occasion of it. It was It the time of Lord
Ponsonby's embassy at Constantinople that the
Greek Patriarch was active in fomenting disaffec-
tion to the British rule in the lonian Islands. In
consequence of this, on the complaint of Lord Pon-
sonby, the. Patriarch was removed. It does not
require a very acute perception at once to see, that
according to the proposal of Prince Menschikoff,
the Patriarch would exist only as a tool of Russia.
He would become an instrument of mischief in her
hands, and would excite the rebellion against the
Turk of his most valuable and industrious subjects.
If, in such a case, the Sultan were to attempt his
removal, the Czar would step in and say, No ;
this good man is slandered by 'evil report, and I
have the right, by treaty, to forbid your dismissing
him upon grounds which I consider insufficient."
On the face of this, such rightsas we have described
would effect the complete overthrow of the Otto-
man Empire, and the aggrandisement of Russia, at
its expense, to the destruction of the balance of
power, and the serious detriment of the other great
States.
It is deeply to be regretted that such an attempt
should have been made ' • and while we rejoice at
its futility, we cannot but deplore the gross breach
of good faith by which Russia endeavoured to
effect her purpose. It is a deep. stain upon the
honour of the Czar that, after giving in London
and Paris the most positive assurances that Prince
Menschikoff's mission related to nothing but the
question of the Holy Places, and that his large ar-
maments had no purpose and had been greatly ex-
aggerated ; that after this he should suddenly
attempt by menaces, unknown in England and
France, to extort from Turkey a treaty which, as
we have shown, involved the violation of the most
solemn international engagements.
Fortunately, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and
M. de Lacour have acted in firm and successful
conjunction. They have assured the Sultan of the
steady sUpport of England and France in his re-
fusal of the Russian ultimatum. What will result
from this ? War ? No. There is no danger that
the Russian will march his Cossacks into Moldavia,
or sail his fleet for Constantinople. He cannot
face the joint opposition of France and England,
Austria and Prussia. Ho will simply retire, as he
always has done, when headed in his venturous at-
tempts—like the Scotchman who had climbed half
way over his neighbour's garden wall for the pur-
pose of stealing his fruit, and who, when asked by
the neighbour—" Where are ye gaun to, Sandie I"
replied—" Back again 1" Even so, Prince Men-
schikoff will have to go "back again," having reaped
nothing but discomfiture and disgrace.
The question of the Holy Places, as we have
stated on a previous occasion, was conclusively
settled in April to the satisfaction of Russia, and
this settlement was mainly owing to the liberality
and right feeling of France.
The appointment of Redschid Pacha as Vizier
may be held as indicative of a purpose on the part
of the Sultan to pursue a liberal and English line
of policy; and the united action of the English
and French Ambassadors at Constantinople may be
regarded as a guarantee of the safety and integrity
of the Turkish Empire, so valuable to our com-
merce, and so necessary to our Eastern interests.
Of disturbance there is no danger, for where Eng-
land and France are united in opposition to any
other power they invariably prevail. Besides,
Russia would have no excuse for armed aggression
save the barbarous and thievish reason—" You
have what I want." Under these circumstances,
we are happy to congratulate the public upon a
danger dissipated and a trick exposed.

MANNING THE NAVY.
(From the Daily Nuts.)
The controversy about procuring seamen for the
Royal Navy is practically reduced to one point—to
" provide against the emergency" of France being
able by " the admirable organization of its whole
maritime population"Ao man and send " its entire
fleet to sea in a short space of time." That danger
once past, there is not.the slightest doubt " that the
resources and patriotism of the country would do
the rest." To provide against such an emergency
our official men—our ()Teat First Lords of the Ad-
miralty, such as the Duke of NOrthumberland—with
their subordinate admirals, secretaries, and cap-
tains—could for ages find no better expedient than
impressment ; and as the temper of the times,
which has abolished the minor outrage of the slave
trade, positively forbids the authorities ever again
having recourse to this expedient, they are on the
look out for a substitute, and fancy that entering
seamen for ten years may serve the ‘purpose. When
slavery was abolished apprenticeship was at first
substituted for the slave trade ; the planters then
proposed an importation of negroes, and that not
being readily assented, o, they had recourse to Coolies
and Chinese. Their whole system was based on the
slave trade and slavery ; they could not, according
to their customs, exist without slaves, and continue
to this day to crave for a large importation of la-
bourers. So the minds of our naval officials, and our
naval system having been modelled on the one idea
of providing by impressment against the emergency
of a sudden attack by a well-organiseddespotic power,
it is supposed that the nation will not be safe unless
a substitute be found for that intolerable wrong. The
argument, based wholly on fear, is an eulogy on des-
potism. The first duty of a Government is to provide
for the national defence, and, regardless of our liber-
ties, we should, if adopting this principle, imitate
the despotic State, and subject our whole maritime
population to a conscription for our fleet, and the
rest of the population to a conscription for the
army. For the usual purposes Wadministration
a centralised despotic Government ;is more effica-
cious than popular representation, the eulogy
justifies the readiness only too apparent amongst
our statesmen to sacrifice whenever they can the
public liberties to an efficient govirnment. But
as national greatness is born more of public spirit
than of efficiency of administrationithere is prima
facie ground for supposing that preparations may
be made for the emergency contentplateel without
borrowing a method from despotism.
It is lamentable to perceive that notwithstanding
the immense sums lavished on the Navy, it is with
the multitude not a popular service. Several in-
stances have recently occurred, says one of our
contemporaries, of first-class vessels detained for
months for their complement of men ; and the
5,000 additional seamen voted last December have
not yet been entirely raised. " So severe," says
anoth®r, i; if; the competition wlich the Royal
Navy has s at present to encounter, owing to the
activity which prevails in all branches of our Mer-
cantile Marine, that it would be unwise to form ex-
travagant expectations of the benefits to be expected
from the changes which we have described."
After all the care that has been taken to provide
better-accommodation for the seamen, to improve

their diet, to preserve their health, to establish
gradations of merit, and give them- rewards and
pensions, the Royal Navy remains a decidedly un-
popular service. The Mercantile Marine never
wants seamen • and our people, having a natural
affection for the sea, half man the ships of America
as well as our own ships. There is no other busi-.
ness of life—not even that of the wretched agricul-
tural labourer—which cannot at all times procure
an abundance of men. There are always numerous
candidates for the most noisome and most danger-
ous occupations, but not for the cleanly, safe, and
almost idle life of a man-of-war sailor. For situa-
tions as officers in her Majesty's ships there is no
want of candidates. The posts are eagerly sought
after by scions of the aristocracy. There is some-
thing, therefore, peculiar to the Royal Navy which
makes it distasteful, or even odious to the bulk of
our population. What is it ?
We have given it a bad name. We have com-
muted the punishment of crimes for service in the
Navy. We have practically, by carrying off men
to serve, as they were carried into slavery, stigma-
tised it as something horrible, and by such means
have made a profound impression in the minds of
the-bulk of the people that the Navy is a kind of
Pandemonium, or almost as bad as negro slavery.
Where its true character is known, amongst the
children and relations of men-of war seamen, as at
Plymouth and Portsmouth, and their neighbour-
hoods, the impression is removed, but it is not
effaced in distant places ; and these naval seaports
supply fifteen times as many seamen for her Ma-
jesty's ships as the much more maritime and popu-
lous neighbourhoods .of Liverpool and Bristol.
Our first and chief business, in order to procure
seamen for her Majesty's service—without imitating
the despotism which our contemporaries, even
while they abuse it, eulogise—is to make that ser-
vice extremely popular. Do this, and you would
have the same men enter again and again under good
captains, and a choice of the very best seamen in
the world would be obtained for our English fleets.
In all the business of civil life the engagements
are for short periods, and generally terminable by
a notice on either side. To build and prepare ships
in an emergency, shipwrights, sailmakers, caulkers,
&c., are as necessary as seamen. Many of these
are brought up as apprentices in the royal dock-
yards at quite as great an expense as boys are
brought up for seamen on board ship ; but it never
entered the head of any alarmist admiral or
captain to bind these men to serve for ten years,
lest they might be wanted on such an emergency.
They can retire from the service when they like,
but they rarely do, and generally serve till super-
annuated. It is in a great measure optional, too,
with all the officers of the navy, to quit the ser-
vice, except when actually in face of an enemy.
They must not, indeed, desert ; but there is
never any difficulty in accepting a resignation ;
and, from a midshipman to an admiral, if they
chooie to give up expected promotion or half-pay,
they can always make themselves free. A resigna-
tion is, however, a rare occurrence ; and, though
the officers are not bound to serve for ten years—
though on an emergency they are as much required
as the seamen—no person ever dreams that naval
officers will be scarce. In the merchant service,
men enter by the month or by the voyage—at the
end of .the month or voyage they are again free to
make or to seek a new engagement ; and there
never is for a long period, however rapidly
the mercantile navy may increase, any want of
seamen. In the royal navy it is different. The
men enter for a term of five years. Till the end of
that time they cannot quit the service. - To leave it
is to desert, and to expose themselves to very severe
penalties. In this respect, then, they differ from
every other class of men except soldiers—whose
ranks, too, are not so readily filled as those
of ,:other classes—they differ from merchant sea=
men—they differ from naval officers—and in this
difference lies the cause of much of the unpopu-
larity of the navy. The stipulation to serve for a
lengthened period continues, in fact, the bad name
long ago given to the navy.
At the same time it does not follow if there were
no such stipulation that the seamen would change
their ships or their occupation once a month,.
That does not take place in the merchant service,
nor in any other service. It is not an easy thing
in our settled community always to find an em-
ployment, or to change a pursuit. Once enter a
dockyard, or become a naval officer, and a man is
generally, fixed for life. It may be laid down as a
rule that the more open and free is a service the
more acceptable will it be, and the more certain
to be occupied. All the cotton-spinners, all the
bricklayers, carpenters, printers, and workmen
can quit their employments at a week's or a
month's notice ' • and because they can quit, they
rarely do. If there were any one of these em-
ployments in which men could only get work by
engaging for ten years—if all its higher ranks were
reserved for a caste, being made a kind of preserve
for an aristocracy—if the highest position they could
attain in it was that of a foreman or leader, with a
salary of 1201. a year—if they never could rise to
be masters, whatever might be their merits,—that
employment would be at a discount. Gentle-
men in the City are now extremely eager to
procure a seat in the Common Council by the
suffrages of their fellow-citizens, and though an-
nually elected, are generally te-elected as long as
they please to hold the office ; but if at the first
election they were bound to serve ten years, and
could never be Lord Mayor, nor Governor of the
Bank, nor Chairman of Railway Board, a seat at
the Common Council would be as unpopular with
the citizens as her Majesty's naval service is with
the maritime population. We doubt if any man
would pledge himself to be a member of the Rouse
of Commons for seven years if he could not possi-
bly leave it, and must never aspire to be either a
Chairman of Committees or a Minister. The long
and the fixed period of service is the chief source
of the unpopularity of the navy, and that will be
much aggravated by the proposition to lengthen
the period, and to require all boys to remain ten
years in the service after they have reached their
eighteenth year. If it be alleged that in the late
war men remained in the navy for a longer period,
it must be answered that almost every mouth then
brought a hope of peace and an expectation of the
termination of the servitude. The proposed plan,
instead of providing us with seamen on an emer-
gency, will have the reverse effect. It is an at-
tempt to rectify what naval. officers regard as one
of the evils of liberty, by tempting men to engage
in constrained servitude.
Our policy ought to be the very reverse. Men
should be entered for the navy for six months for
home service, for twelve months for foreign ser-
vice, or for two or three years. The consequence
would be a greater amalgamation of the royal and
mercantile services. More mercantile seamen would
enter the navy, and a far larger proportion of men-
of-war seamen would find their way into mer-
chant ships. Now, after being spoiled by five
years' idleness in men-of-war they are not liked,
and are rarely taken into the merchant service.
The knowledge of gunnery practice and the dis-
cipline learnt in the Navy would be spread to a
much greater extent than at present through the
merchant service, and the bold and laborious habits
of the merchant seamen would increase the vigour
and the hardihood of the men in the Queen's ships.
A correct knowledge of that service would then be
swiftly spread through the maritime community—
and with a few precautions which we need not
now enumerate, the Royal Navy would, in case of
any emergency, procure any number of men it
might require. Voluntary service for short periods
is, we admit, incompatible with the enormous
arbitrary power now entrusted to naval captains.
The profession, therefore, scout the idea of enter-
ing men for short periods, and recommend the
Standing Navy system. But when the question
is whether the safety of the country shall be pro-
vided for on the principle of freedom, or whether
the arbitrary power, dignity, and exclusive pri-
vileges of naval officers shall be preserved—the
biassed opinion of officers though they be as high
in rank as the Duke of Northumberland, or have
as much confidence in mere gunnery as Sir Thomas
Cochrane, is of less value than the opinion of the
lowest swabber in the fleet.

MERCANTILE AND PARTNERSHIP LAW COMMISSION.—
We are enabled to state that the Lord Chancellor has
consented to issue a commission, " to inquire and ascer-
tain how far the mercantile laws in the different parts
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
may be advantageously assimilated, and also whether
any and what alteration and amendments shall be made
in the law of partnership, as regards the question of the
limited and unlimited responsibility of partners." Wo
believe that this commission is already sealed, and ready
to be issued.—Mining Journal.
THE COAL TRADE.—Tho collectors and comptrollers
of the Customs at the several ports and places through-
out the United Kingdom have received directions from
the commissioners to prepare and transmit to the
Inspector-General .of Imports and Exports, with all
practicable dispatch, the following account, so far as
the same relates to their respective ports, including the
sub-ports and creeks—viz., an account of the number of
tons of coal, eulm, and cinders, respectively, shipped at
the several ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland to
'other ports in the United Kingdom in the year 1852.

PORTSMOUTH, Max 22.
The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Crispin, embarked
Prince Albert yesterday morning, and brought his Royal
Highness privately to this harbour to witness the results
of the experimental gunnery practice upon the old hulk
York, 74, from the Excellent. • The experiments during
the past week have been of a singularly interesting
nature, the chief object being that of ascertaining the
probable effects of the general introduction of shells in
warfare afloat. Some of the results have been as fol-
lowS :—Shot fired at shells fixed in their places ready for
action on board the hulk. The shells in two instances
were broken, and fragments thrown along the decks,
the fuzees not ignited, but the powder exploded by
sparks from the friction of broken cast iron. With
hollow shot, results the same ; the shells were split as
before, not burst, no ignition of the fuzee having taken
place. Hollow 10-inch shot were split also in like
manner. In one instance the powder was scattered, but
not ignited, and several live shells were thrown out of
their boxes uninjured. Some shot, at a short range,
fired a pile of shells, one of which split, causing the ex-
plosion, by friction, of the bursting powder, which,
driving off t.ho• fuzee caps of two ether shells, fired the
fuiets; and exploded the two ; after the fuzees had pro-
perly burnt their time other shelle-xere thrown to the
right and left, but were uninjured. Shells were also
fired at the hulk, while powder-cases, with the usual two
cartridges, were placed, as if in charge of the boys ; the
cases were thrown about, but the cartridges were not
fired by the explosion. These experiments are to be
continued, and no expense is to be spared to ascertain
practical results of this nature.

- The St. Jean d'Acre new screw line-of-battle ship, of
100 guns, is ordered to be commissioned at Devonport
by Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, late of the Mean-
der, Dido, &c., an officer of the most popular character
in the service. Commander Peter Cracroft is also ap•
pointed to her ; an officer of much valuable practical
experience in screw propulsion. He last commanded
the Reynard, an experimental screw steam-sloop, in
which he exhibited the most satisfactory results. Cap-
tain Cracroft, since he has been on half-pay, has never
lost an opportunity of witnessing any interesting or
important trials of screw-propelled vessels, whether in
the navy or the mercantile marine, and he preferred
servings as second in a ship where the working of the
screw principle would be so extensively developed as in
the St. Jean d'Acre to having an independent command.
The St. Jean d'Acre is to be manned on the terms pro-
posed by the Committee on Manning the Navy, whose
report has just been published, and every effort will be
made to make the service popular under the new regu•
lations.

The members of the Portsmouth Royal Naval Club
dined together last evening at the Portland Hotel,
Southsea. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., superin-
tendent of this dockyard, presided, and was supported
by Rear-Admiral Wallis, Colonel Stevens, R.M.A.,
Colonel Wearing, R.M., Aide-de-camp to the Queen,
Captains (R.N.) Chads, C. 8., E. H. Scott, Shepherd,
Harrison, Sullivan, O'Callaghan, Pritchard, Lawrence,
R.M. ; Savage, '
R.M.A. • Commanders Worsfold,
Katon Coppin,
Massingberd, Flag-Lieutenant Yonge,
and Messrs. Edwards, Vinter, Wreford, Langley, and
Dorien.
The Highflyer, 21, screw-frigate, Captain Moore, left
Spithead on Friday evening for Plymouth.
The London, 90, Captain Charles Eden, and the Sans-
pareil, 70, Captain Dacres, left Spithead at daylight yes-
terday morning for Plymouth, where it was expected
they would find further orders awaiting them.
The Encounter, 14, screw, Captain O'Callaghan,
hauled out of dock after the removal of her broken
boomerang yesterday.
The Pitt, 72, fitted for a coal depot, hauled out of
dock to the fitting basin yesterday.
The Vulcan, 6, steam troop-fiigate, Commander Von
Donop, steamed out of the factory basin after repairs
yesterday morning. She is ordered to prepare for further
service.

The Imperieuse, 50, screw, Captain Watson, C. 8.,
was paid advance at Spithead yesterday morning, and is
expected to leave to-morrow on foreign service.
Twenty-one mates, R.N., were promoted to the rank
of lieutenant on the 3d inst., but their names have not
been given out for publication.

FALMOUTH, MAY 20.
An official visit to this port and garrison from the
Board of Ordnance has been paid by the arrival this
morning of the Black Eagle, Government steamer, having
on board Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Master-General, Colonel
Catoi, R.A. Director-General of Artillery, Lieutenant-
Colonel Andrews, R.A., and Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.8.,
Inspector-General of Fortifications ; they are also accom-
panied by General Sir H. G. Smith, Bart., G.C.8.,
commanding the western district.
It is rumoured that the contemplated erection of
more efficient defences, and additional barracks at Pen-
dennis and St. Mawes Castles (the Dardanelles of the
Fal), as well as the inspection of the detachment of
Royal Artillery, and probably of the regiment of Miners
Artillery Militia (who have been a week on duty), em-
brace the leading objects of the visitation, from which it
is further presumed that this port is to put in a similar
state of defence to Plymouth and Portsmouth. The
militia force under the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of Sir Col-
man Rashliegh, Bart., are fast completing their quota,
and are rapidly advancing in their drill under an active
'staff, and it is fully expected that his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, who, as Warden of the Stannaries, is
their Colonel-in-Chief, will pay a visit to the regiment
before the period of service expires. If the barracks be
rebuilt the militia will hereafter, instead of being billeted
in the town, be quartered within Pendennis, which in
all respects will be more available to their early profi-
ciency as infantry and artillery by being always at the
point d'appui. _

- The M'aster-General has already commenced his in•
spection, and it has not transpired where he will proceed
from this place, but it is thought to Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.
A legal gentleman, acting, it is said, under the autho-
rity of a warrant from the Speaker of the House
of Commons, arrived at the Devonport Dockyard
yesterday, and proceeded to the office of Commo-
dore Superintendent Michael Seymour. His busi-
ness appeared to have reference only to the appoint-
ments mode during the Ministry of the Earl of Derby.
On Friday he examined separately and alone two
sawyers, Smith and Abbott, and a joiner, the last of
whom declined to answer any question. To-day a black-
smith and two appretices were also interrogated as to
the influence used to obtain their admission into the
Government employ. Mr Stephen Gaselee, serjeant-at-
law, of Chancery-lane, is named as the gentleman per-
forming this duty.
Her Majesty's ships Amphion, Leopard, Vulture,
and Valorous, which left the Sound, under Admiral
Corry, on Tuesday, returned at 8 a.m. on Wednesday.,"
La Hogue, 60, Captain W. Ramsay, steamed out Of
harbour at noon on Thursday, with her top-gallant yards
across. She is gone to cruise in the Channel for ter
days.

Two Government steamers (a ship and a barque) wen
down Channel inside the Eddystone at 9 a.m. on Friday),
It is thought they were towing two ships, but the
weather was too hazy to discern them.
The Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Master-Com-
mander J. E. Petley, which arrived yesterday from
Portsmouth with the Master-General of the Ordnance,
Lord Raglan, and assistants, returned again to-day.
His Lordship is about to inspect the coast defences in
this vicinity.
The Highflyer, 21, Captain J. Moore, arrived to- )
day from Portsmouth.

The London, 90. Captain Charles Eden, and the screw
steamship Sanspareil, 81, Captain S. Dacres, which left
Portsmouth yesterday, are hourly expected. After their
arrival Rear-Admiral Corry will take the fleet to sea'for
a cruise of five or six weeks. The ships will probably
leave on Sunday or Monday.
The Vulture, 6, Captain F. H. Glasse, sailed this
evening under a press of canvas for Lisbon and Malta.
The Star, Commander F. B. Warren, arrived to-day
from Portsmouth, bound for the Brazil station.
The crew of the St. George, 120, Captain Nias, were
paid six months' wages on Tuesday, and the warrant
officers of the ships in ordinary on Thursday.
The steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre having been coppered,
will be taken out of dock on Monday, and will receive
her masts on Thursday. Additional engineers have been
sent by the contractors to expedite the fitment of her
machinery. The work is rapidly progressing.
Off the Start yesterday, the merchant barque Dublin,
Captain White, of and for London, 44 days from Tri-
nidad.

The barque Cleopatra, Captain Robert MTachern,
from Demerara, 4th of pril, landed here this afternoon
the Rev. James Bickford and the Rev. W. L. Binks and
families. The Cleopatra is gone on to London with a
full cargo of sugar and rum ; she reports the entrance to
the Channel as crowded with merchant vessels, chiefly
homeward bound.

The ship Epaminoxdas, 1,171 tons, Captain Kerr,
from Adelaide the 21st of January, sent a small mail
ashore here this evening. The is reported to have one
ton 16 cwt. of gold-dust, 300 tons of copper ore, and wool
to complete a full cargo, with which she is proceeding to
London.

MAY 22.
Her Majesty's ships London and Sanspareil, from
Portsmouth, arrived here early this morning.
In the Sound—The Queen, 120, Prince Regent, 92.
London, 90, Sanspareil, 71, Edinburgh, 56,
gunnery-
ship, niphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, the Leopard,
Valorous; Magicienne, and Highflyer steam-frigates, and
the Star brig. The whole of these, excepting the Edin-
burgh and Star, bear the flag of Admiral Corry.

SHEERNESS, May 22.
In consequence of the new screw steam-frigate Tri-
bune having to complete further fitments at Woolwich,
the order for the Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel steam-fiigate,
to proceed from here to tow her to this port, as reported,
has been countermanded. The Tribune's further fit-
ment at Woolwich is expected to occupy from eight to
ten days. The Cyclops is also under orders to convey
machinery from Woolwich (which is now preparing
there), for Devonport, for the James W
pteam-ship, built at Pembroke-yard. att, 90, screw
The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, has been towed down

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two or three coats of paint, and when defect t Plies
place it can be immediately detected ; in consequ .once
of which, masts, rigging, and seamen's lives, last
though not least, are saved thereby. Her old fitmen is a'A
her ports for pivot guns, on Sir Thomas Hardy's i)la,A,
are being removed, and she Is to be fitted with earth kge-
guns fore and aft. The officers and crew were must, ared
on Friday last by Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopf oy
Flag Captain. She is ordered to be ready for sea le the
20th of June next. Her complement of petty ofi leers
have entered, with the exception of sailmaker, armov,rer,
and carpenter's mate. A-number of seamen ri' 1 gers
(smart seamen) have volunteered for her from this eiock-
yard, and have obtained their discharges.
The Horatio, 24, screw steam-guardship. An a tuber
of the crew of this frigate, who have been enga; 2,c1 on
duty in other vessels, which, under present regul a.tions,
are considered extra duties, received their check ...money
for the same on Friday last here. This extra re inunera-
tion to seamen serving in her Majesty's ships it L harbour
is not generally known to seamen. It ever y quarter
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The Waterloo, 120, flagship, Capt. the Hon. Montag
StOpford. The crew of this ship N 1 ere paid down their
six months' pay yesterday.
A shocking accident happened y E :sterday afternoon in.
her Majesty's dockyard here to T.. Allen, one of theydrivers of the 50-horsepower engine. Allen was en,
gaged cleaning some parts of the . machinery, when hi
hand got entangled and jambed, by which his hand anil
lower part of his arm were dreac'fully crushed. T/J e
poor unfortunate man was conveyed in a cradle irumei.3,i_
ately to the surgery, where he rece.ived the prompt tit-
tention of Mr. James Wilson (b), surgeon, and 'Mfr.
Jefcott, the assistant-surgeon of the 3 'ard. Amputa ti on
must take place, but, in the preset it exhausted ;at ate
Allen is in from loss of blood, the• operation mirs't be
delayed for a time.
A very unusual scene took place in her Majesty's
dockyard here yesterday. An order having been, posted
at the Muster-office for the information of Bluth of the
artificers and labourers as belonged ti ) the ?Dockyard
Royal Battalion, ordering them during the drill months
to come in to their daily duty earlier ,han usual in the
morning and shortening their dinner 11 our, they assem-
bled in a body of about 100, and proceeded to the office
of the Captain Superintendent to pr.( )test against the
order issued. The Captain Superintends: nt Charles Hope,
although taken perfectly by surprise, I received them in
the waiting-room (which was crowded, . as well as the
lobby adjoing the same) in a most co urteous manner,
and, after hearing their reasons against complying with
the order issued, he informed them h. e would give the
case his immediate consideration, and, after consulting
with the respective officers, he would give his answer to
a deputation who were to await on him on Monday next
after his levee with the principal office rs. On Captain
Hope giving his reply the men respe )etfully thafiked
him for his courtesy in receiving them in a body to
lay their complaint before him, and r eturned to their
work.

WOOLWICH, MAT 21.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain the Hon. Henry Koppel (183 7), who recently
commanded the Meander, 54, on the Eai3t Indian station
is appointed to command the St. Jean d'Acre, 101,
screw steamship, with engines of 650-horse power, com-
missioned this day at Devonport.
Commanders Frederick B. P. Seymour (1847) to com-
mand the Brisk, 14, screw steam sloop of 250-horse
power, commissioned this day at Devonport ; Peter
Cracroft (1846), who studied steam at the factory at
Woolwich dockyard, and subsequently commanded the
Reynard screw steam sloop, on the East India and
China station, to the St. Jean d'Acre.
Lieutenant William D. Hanbury, recently promoted
from mate in the Express, 6, brig, on the South-East
coast of American station, to the Nerbudda, 12, sloop,
at Chatham.
Mr. W. M. Rice, who was recently appointed mas-
ter-shipwright at Woolwich dockyard, in the room of
Mr. Oliver Lang, deceased, joined-the naval establish-
lishment here on Wednesday last, from Pembroke, and
has commenced his duties at this yard.