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Rear-Admiral Augustus L. Kuper, 0.8., is, we
understand, likely to succeed Rear-Admiral Sir
James Hope, K.C.8., as Commander-in-Chief on the
East India and China station.
Yesterday a party of 60 additional shipwrights,
including a portion of the hands removed from the
Rattlesnake, 21, screw corvette, completed, and the
Pylades, 21, screw, under repair in the fourth dock
at Chatham, were placed on the iron-cased steam
frigate Royal Oak, building under No. 7 shed, in
order to expedite the construction of that vessel,
which it is intended shall be completed and ready
for launching by the first spring tide in the month
of September next. A number of the shipwrights
now employed on the iron frigate Defence, 18, will
be attached to the Royal Oak on their leaving that
ship during the present week. The number of
hands now employed on the Royal Oak is nearly
400, including apprentices and labourers. By di-
rection of the Admiralty a powerful travelling crane
is in course of erection at the side shed adjoining
that under which the frigate is building, in order
to facilitate the removal of the heavy beams and
timbers used in her construction. The erection of
the traveller has been placed in the hands of a Lon-
don firm, the iron tramways on which the crane
will work having been already fixed. Considezing
the great weights which the traveller will be required
to lift, it is to be hoped that care will be taken to
have the supports thoroughly tested before the work
is completed and handed over to the Admiralty, the
opinion of practical men being that greater strength
ought to have been secured.
Although the construction of the iron ship
Achilles, 50, 6,079 tons, 1,260 horse power, build-
ing at Chatham, has been seriously retarded, owing
to the difficulty experienced by the Admiralty
in procuring iron of the quality required,
considerable progress has been made in the work,
and already about one-half of her massive ribs,
answering to the timbers in an ordinary vessel, have
been forged and successfully fixed in their place
without accident. The difficulty experienced by the
Admiralty in obtaining adequate supplies of iron is
still felt in as great force as ever, and, instead of the
Achilles being completed within two years from the
time in which she was commenced, as was originally
expected, at least treble that period will elapse be-
fore she.will even be afloat, if she continues to pro-
gress only at her present rate. There are not more
than about 100 workmen engaged on her, including
those in the factory department, and yet it was
estimated that at least 1,000 hands would be con-
stantly required to complete her in the prescribed
period of two years. The chief difficulty appears to
be in obtaining adequate supplies of plate iron, the
establishment being overstocked with angle iron.
Negotiations are, however, now pending with seve-
ral eminent firms, and it is believed that in a very
short time sufficient supplies of first-class iron will
be sent in to the dockyard. During yesterday and
Saturday a number of the massive armour-plates
were landed- at the dockyard, although these will
not be required to be used for several months to
come. Each plate weighs slightly over four tons,
is about 15 feet in length by three feet in width,
and of an uniform thickness of 4,3- inches. The
whole are manufactured of rolled iron, at the Park-
gate Ironworks, Yorkshire, where powerful ma-
chinery has been erected for the purpose.
According to present arrangement, the officers
and crew of the iron frigate Defence, who aro at
present accommodated on board the Gloucester, re-
ceiving-hulk, in this harbour, will be turned over
to their own vessel on Saturday next, by which
time it is expected that she will be fully ready for
sea. The Defence is to leave her moorings off Folly
Poiut on Monday next, and proceed to the Nore,
where she will remain for the purpose of having her
I compasses adjusted.
Yesterday a party of shipwrights were despatched
from Chatham dockyard to Shoeburyness, to be em-
ployed in erecting a target faced with iron armour
plates fastened together without bolting, on the
principle recommended by Mr. Scott Russell. The
armour plates, which are of the same thickness as
those for the Achilles and Royal Oak, have been
prepared at Chatham Dockyard, where the target
has been put together, the plates being of different
prepared according to Mr.
sizes, with the edges
Russell's directions. The experiments with the
elongated Armstrong shot upon this target, and
their effect upon the iron plates, are looked for-
ward to with some interest, as, should the
Admiralty decide on adopting the plan recom-
mended by Mr. Scott Russell, the whole of the
armour-plates for the iron ships building will require
to be altered. The Dove, Admiralty transport,
shipped the remainder of the plates and the scaffold-
ing for the target yesterday afternopn, and was to
sail for Shoeburyness last night.
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham
directing the iron screw frigates Resistance, 18, and
Defence, 18, to be fitted with the newly-invented
engine-room telegraphs for conveying orders from
the captain to the engineers: The telegraph for the
Resistance is to be fitted by Messrs. Allen and Co.,
and that for the Defence by Messrs. Hornsey. The
same description of telegraph is to be fitted on
board the Constance, 51 ; the Aurora, 51; the
Octavio, 51; and the Arethusa, 51, screw frigates.
Yesterday the War Department transport Henry
went alongside the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, and

The voyage across the Atlantic in the Cunard
steamer Canada was made with the rapidity and
comfort for which all the vessels of that line are
famous ; but starting as she did on the 29th ult.,
before the news of the reply to Lord Lyons' ultima-
tum had reached England, an anxious feeling per-
vaded her passengers, consisting principally of offi-
cers on leave from the different regiments stationed
in North America, who, in consequence of the
unsettled state of affairs, had been ordered to return
to their respective quarters. Besides these officers
Major M'Crea's battery of garrison artillery and
the sth (Captain Gosset's) company of Royal
Engineers were embarked at Liverpool for Halifax,
en route to Bermuda, which island, it was said, was
destined to play the same part in the forthcoming
American war that Malta had assumed during the
Crimean campaign. Several army staff assistant-
surgeons, and about a dozen civilians (English
and American), completed the number of passengers
who, after a rough, but (thanks to the courtesy and
kindness of the commander, and the excellent
arrangements made for their comfort) far from
disagreeable passage, steamed into the beautiful
harbour of Halifax at 9 a.m. on the morning of the
9th instant. All were much delighted to hear that
the causes of dispute between the two countries
had been removed by the surrender of the Southern
Commissioners ; and, peace being happily secure,
almost every one on board whose duty did not
compel him to remain in Halifax determined on
proceeding by the Canada to Boston, in preference
to attempting the overland journey across New
Brunswick, of the severity, not to say danger, of
which route we heard strong reports. It was hinted
that even thejourney through Boston might be at-
tended with its desagrements, as it was supposed
that a bitter feeling to the English existed to a
very great extent, and that an American mob might
be troublesome, if not insulting. Choosing the lesser
of two evils, it was, however, resolved to continue
our voyage to the capital of Massachusetts. Before
leaving Halifax I had an opportunity of inspecting
the fine steamer Persia, the only vessel sent from
England with troops that succeeded in safely land-
ing them at Riviere du Loup. Her arrangements
are magnificent, and entitle her to be considered the
finest transport ever fitted for the conveyance of
soldiers. Halifax was alive with troops, and its
magnificent harbour was filled with the vessels
which had brought them from the mother-country.
Ashore we found the Grenadier Guards, the 2d
battalion of the 16th, part of the Ist battalion of the
same regiment, the 63d, and numerous detachments
of Artillery, Engineers, and Military Trains, while
alongside the wharves, or moored in the stream, the
Persia, Adriatic, Magdalena, Melbourne, and others
of the finest ships of our merchant navy. After a
delay of only four hours, during which time three
hundred men with their baggage and an immense
quantity of government stores were disembarked,
the Canada continued her voyage to Boston,
where she arrived a little after midnight on the
9th. On landing the next morning, the
English passengers were no lees delighted than
surprised to find that the sinister anticipations
which we had entertained of annoyance from the
mob were so far from being realised, that we were
received with the utmost politeness and courtesy.
The whole of the baggage was permitted to pass
through the Custom-house without examination,
and in no single instance was a passport demanded,
while, accustomed as I am to the attention and
courtesy which a stranger usually receives in an
American city, I was most agreeably astonished, so
soon after the surrender of the Commissioners, and
in the very place of their late imprisonment, to be
welcomed with a friendliness and warmth which
left nothing to be desired. While here the news
arrived that Mr. Seward had telegraphed to offer a
passage for our troops through the State of Maine.
BUFFALO, N,Y., JAN. 11.

I arrived hero yesterday, after a twenty hours'
journey, from Boston, made comfortable by the
very excellent sleeping cars provided by the New
York Central Railway Company. The conversa-
tion of the passengers and their remarks on the
topic of the day confirmed the opinion which I had
formed of Boston, that a great reaction had set in
in favour of England. It is true that several of
the journals continue to insert rabid abuse of
the old country and impotent swagger of a
future revenge; but by this time, I fancy, we are
quite alive to the difference between the real senti-
ments of the American people and the pretended
expression of them in the newspapers. The feeling
seems pretty universal that a war, had it occurred,
would have been wholly due to the diatribes of the
London Times and the New For Herald, and that
it is only to be expected that these papers and
their followers should let themselves down easily.
A proof as strong as one could desire of the disfa-
vour with which any real abuse of England would
be received was afforded me here. Col. Mulligan,
who modestly advertised himself as " the hero of
Lexington," gave a lecture on the events of that
renowed siege, and though the usual amount of
bembast was talked about the Stars and Stripes
and the Irish Harp, no allusion to the Saxon
persecution of his beloved country occurred during
the whole of a two hours' discourse. The hero in
question must, I fancy, be a near relation of the
chief of his sept immortalised', by Thackeray, the
eloquence of the great Mulligan having been almost
equalled by his military namesake. The criticisms
on his lecture by the American portion of his
audience were deprecatory and sarcastic. " The
picture is wonderfully fine," said one man," but too
national. It is all plastered over with the brightest
emerald green." " Well," said the person whom he
addressed, " the lecture no doubt fulfils its :object"
--(I should have mentioned that money was taken
at the doors)—." but I am not sorry that the only

" My last to you from on board ship was dated
Thursday, the 26th of December, when we had
commenced to disembark the men at Bic. We were
only able to get three companies Oil shore on thiit
day, when darkness set in put-04 end tO our
operation for the day. Weiiitendedt6'retume the
work on the following morning at 4 o'clock, but a
strong northerly wind, with heavy snowstorm, set
in during the night, and it was pitch dark until we
had regular daylight at 8 o'clock. Even then we
could only see a few yards around us, owing to the
thick, blinding snow ; however, we set to work
with a will, and at 11 o'clock I got into a boat with
the last group of the right wing, including two
subalterns with the colours, and we pulled ashore a
distance of two miles, a strong head wind against
us, with a rough sea, the snow beating in our faces
bitterly cold, and threading our way cautiously
through immense masses of ice and frozen snow.
" We landed with some difficulty at a most deso-
late-looking spot, every inch of ground and the
woods of stunted pine and larch covered with snow,
the village of Bic lying about a mile inland. It was
amusing to see the way in which the men stumbled
and staggered along with their great heavy boots
and under their heavy burdens, every man having,
in addition to his pack, a blanket to carry. On ar-
riving at Bic I found Colonel P.—, who had gone
on shore the day before with.the first batch of men,
busy organising relays of carioles to convey officers
and men to their destination. A cariole is a sort of
open sleigh, drawn by one horse, and holding two
men and the driver. The regular sleigh is more com-
fortable and higher from the ground. I was immedi-
ately put in charge of a party, and brought up the
rear of a string of carioles. G— very kindly lent me a
buffalo robe, this, with the fur coat, which I found
most useful, keeping me as warm as a toast. We
started at 12 ; weather fine and clear, though cold
enough in all conscience ; the village of Les Trois
Pistoles, about 30 miles distant, our destination for
the day. The driving was most reckless—a very
loose rein and up hill and down hill at a most furi-
ous rate, at the risk of an upset every moment. I
had L— in the cariole with me, and we enjoyed
it amazingly, thinking it capital fun. The jolting,
however, when we passed over a succession of deep
ruts, which were frequent along the road, was some-
thing frightful, nearly pitching us out of the convey-
ance.
There was plenty of upsets,but L-- and I
escaped without one. The scenery along our route
was wild and desolate. The villages looked very
picturesque, the housesbuilt entirely of wood, a good
deal of taste being displayed in the construction of
some of them, every door and window carefully closed
to exclade the cold, the inmates—French habitans—
peering curiously at us through the frosted panes as
we passed, not a soul to be seen at work outside, ex-
cept an occasional habitant clearing away the snow
whLre it had drifted to a great depth on the road.
Twilight is of short duration here, and as the sun
disappeared below the horizon darkness suddenly set
in. It became intensely cold, the wind having gra-
dually increased until it blew a furious gale from the
north. This was the sure forerunner of snowstorms,
and in a very short time we came in for them with a
vengeance. We soon found it impossible to preserve
the compact order in which we had started ; the
darkness, the blinding snow, and the intense cold
rendered all our efforts utterly useless. We soon
became separated from each other, and each cariole
had to look out for itself. Every now and then
L-- and I came upon a cariole which had upset
in the snow, the unfortunate occupants stumbling
and fumbling about in the drift ; then another
with a broken shaft, and unable to
proceed in consequence. We stopped several times
to render assistance, which detained us so long on
the road that we were obliged at last to pull up at
a village called St. Simon's, nine miles from our
destination. Here we found a lot of carioles col-
lected together, unable to proceed any further. We
managed to get a very comfortable billet at the
Cures, who treated us most hospitably ; four officers
and all the sick were at the same billet. We had
some difficulty with our broken French in making
the Cure understand how much we appreciated his
kindness. I enjoyed my bed here most thoroughly,
though the night was the coldest I had ever expe-
rienced. There were no regular sheets to the bed,
but soft blankets above a sort of soft woollen sheet
under me, everything beautifully clean. The driver
of our cariole was a brother of the Cure. The next
morning, after a comfortable breakfast of cold beef
and home-baked bread, good butter, and green tea,
we resumed our journey at half-past 7, with the
same cariole and horse. We had 36 miles before
us to Riviere-du-Loup. It was awfully cold, con-
siderably below zero ; however, we got through our
journey, and arrived without any misadventure at
Riviere-du-Loup just as darkness set in. Here we
came upon a terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway,
the point of junction being at Richmond, between
Quebec and Montreal. On reaching the station we
found the greater part of the companies had arrived,
though detached parties were still coming in. All
was bustle and confusion, officers collecting their
men, men running about in search of their com-
panies, those who had arrived cooking their rations,
the railway authorities preparing the.carriages for
the reception of the troops. We were to be con-
veyed by special train, and all in the dark. By 8
o'clock we got all the men, including half a com-
pany of Engineers, detachment of Commissariat and.
Army Hospital Corps, safely stowed away in the
carriages, and started on our journey to
All the officers, 20 in number, were in one largehen
Montreal.
carriage warmed by a stove in the centre-
near the stove I felt as if I should be scorched to
it fro. zen to an
a cinder—when any distance from
icicle. We were 18 hours performing this journey,
including a delay of an hour caused by the break-
ing of a wheel, when we had to telegraph to the
nearest station for another engine. We reached
wonderful strue-
i Montreal—passing through that
ture, the Victoria-bridge—at 2 o'clock on Sunday.
We found the Commander of the Forces—the hero
of Kars—and a number of Staff officers, with an
immense concourse of people, waiting to receive us
at the station. We had quite a triumphal entry
into the town. On our way through to the bar-
racks destined for us we were repeatedly and most
enthusiastically cheered by the crowds collected in
the streets. Our men had a travel-stained, toil-
worn look, with grim black visages, none of us
having shaved since we left England ; but they
stepped out with good heart, glad, no doubt, to
arrive at the end of their fatiguing journey.
Aloleson' College was being prepared as a tempo-
rary barrack for our regiment ; the men slept on
straw on the floors, and workmen were employed

DERRY.
Bto 1 agst Buckstone (offered)
9to 1 agst Old Calabar (take 10)
25 to 1 agst Typee colt (taken)
26 to 1 agst Ensign (taken)
25 to 1 agst Caterer (taken)
40 to 1 agst Vanguard (taken)
40 to 1 agst Master Fenton (taken)
50 to 1 agst Argonaut (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Garibaldi (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Clarissa colt (taken)

BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—Mormtv.
The Dane was the only horse in force for the Grand
National Steeple Chase, 9 to 1 we saw taken, but as there
is a general impression that he will see a shorter price, few
seemed disposed to meddle with him. There is something
like a favourite for the Chester Cup ; after 300 to 10 was laid
against Schism, 25 to 1 was taken to several small amounts.
Some money was also put on the Vest colt, but the com-
mission seemed to stop at 30 to I.—Any advance upon 4 to
1 would have been taken about Old Calabar for the Two
Thousand Guineas, and an offer was made to take 2,500
to 100 about the Typee colt for the Derby.—Closing prices :
_ _

GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.
9to 1 agst The Dane (taken)
20 to 1 agst Tippler (taken)
20 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Schism (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken)
50 to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken)
DERBY.
Stolon the field (offered)
25 to 1 agst Typee colt (wanted)
40 to 1 agst Zetland (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
4to lon the field (offered—take 44)
100 to 8 bar two (offered)
100 to 7 agst Athlete (wanted)

PEDESTRIANISM.

WEST BROMPTON.
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distinguished pedestrians took place yesterday, in the pre-
sence of a strong muster, on Mr. J. Roberts' enclosed
ground. The event was originally appointed to come off
sore four weeks since, but owing to the non-production of
the four miles belt, which the backers of Brighton failed to
deliver to Mr. Roberts on the day, Barker refused to rant
and claimed forfeit, although he was afterwards induced
to forego this and enter into arrangements for the pre-
sent meeting. The competitors had to make the cir-
cuit of the course sixteen times ; and when the usual
preparatory matters had been adjusted they came to the
mark—Brighton being the favourite, his friends freely
offering 7 to 4. The Norwich clipper unquestionably looked
all that could be desired in condition ; Barker, on the
his opponent
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rounds there was no change in the position of the men.
Barker, who was making the running in his well-known
style, still maintained the lead, although Brighton was not
more than three yards, if so much, in the rear. In this
wanner they completed the first mile of the distance, which
was run in 4 minutes 45 seconds. Although the second
mile was admirably contested, yet the race presented no fea-
ture that calls for special comment. The lead was held by
Barker ; but so well did his opponent run up, that on the
finish of the second mile, which was run in ten minutes, six
seconds, Brighton was not more than two yards in the rear.
From the style the Norwich clipper was holding himself
together, it was apparent he was running within his pace,
while the gallant Sam, on the other hand, appeared doing
all he knew to cut his man down. While performing the
third mile, Barker held the front position until coming
round the top bend of the course, in the twelfth lap, when
Brighton, who had thus far waited, came to the
front, and soon made a wide gap between them, The race
was now over, for Barker fell further in the rear, and on
the finish of the lap, pulled and resigned ; the three miles
being run in 15 minutes and 12 seconds. Brighton had to
pace,d
run the last mile by himself, which he did at a good
the four miles being accomplished in 20 minutes, 25 setcoons•
RICHARDS AND JONES OF ISLINGTON.--
IrOra-si thde,
race for the belt, there men ran one mile,
Richards being allowed 15 yards start. The foesr
rtainained the
told. Richards, who was the favourite, ult is soon
lead, and won by about the given distance.
which, after a dead heat,
was won by Jones, who was allowed
JONES AND JOHNS.--The last event decided was a spin
of 100 yards between these men,
a start of two yards.

The Cork journals of Saturday mention that from
100 to 200 workmen are already engaged upon the various
parts of the Irish lines of the London and South of Ireland
Direct TolegraPh CoraPanY.