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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

' I PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 11.
The Edinburgh, 58, Captain Hewlett, screw gunnery-
, ship, returned to Spithead from her cruise last night,
and-is reported to have answered very satisfactorily.
The Bulldog, 6, paddle-frigate, was commissioned pro
tem., on Friday morning by Lieutenant George H.
Clarke, First of the Blenheim, as the depot ship of the
steam reserve squadron at the port. Forty seamen and
marines of the Blenheim remain behind to bring forward
the Dauntless (screw), 24, and Dragon (paddle), 6,
steam-frigates, for commission.
Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert was hauled
under the shears yesterday morning, and had her
masts taken out, preparatory to being lengthened—
a transfirmation which will cost as much, we suspect,
as would furnish her Majesty with a new yacht.
The Plumper, 9, screw corvette, Commander Whar-
ton, was inspected at Spithead yesterday by Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Commander-in-Chief,
after which she took in her powder,
now ready for service.
The Vulcan, screw troop-steamer, Commander Von
Donop, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from
Woolwich, to embark draughts of the 10th, 36th, 39th,
and 59th Regiments, which the Sprightly steam-tender
took out to her. She sailed this evening.
shell, &c., and is
The artificers of this dockyard were given the half
holyday to-day which they usually receive on the day of
muster by the Lords of the Admiralty.
The Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S.
Spencer, was paid off in this harbour yesterday.
The Antelope, 3, dispatch-packet, Lieutenant-Com-
, mander Young, was inspected Sir Thomas Cochrane
on Friday evening, and yesterday morning she went to
Spithead.

U , SEPT. 10.
The Lords of the Admiralty are O expecTHted at Moors-
head's Royal Hotel, on Tuesday and Wednesday, when
they will commence their annual inspection of the dock-
yard, the new steamyard at lieyham, the Royal William
Victualling-yard, and the other public naval establish-
ments. On Wednesday they dine with Port Admiral
Sir John Ommanney, and on Friday their Lordships
patronize a ball at St. George's-hall, Stonehouse, in aid
of the funds of the Royal British Female Orphan
Asylum.
Her Majesty's ship Harlequin, 12, Commander Arthur
P. S. Willmott, which left Ascension the 24th of July,
arrived here yesterday morning. In consequence of
this long passage—seven weeks—her crew for the last
fortnight have been put on short allowance of water.
The Harlequin left Plymouth in December, 1850, and
has been ever since actively employed in the suppres-
sion of the slave trade on the coast of Africa. Her boats
have been engaged in many river expeditions, but she
has made no captures since she has been in commission.
Commander Willmott has, however, been a very suc-
cessful mediator in making treaties of peace among con-
flicting African tribes, and he and his crew have con-
ducted themselves very meritoriously in fixing a new
false keel to the Teazer, 2, screw tender to the Commo-
dore, which got ashore near Sierra Leone. It was con-
sidered necessary by the carpenters of the Penelope to
send the Teazer home, but Commander Wilmot, by
main force, hauled her up 90 feet, high and dry, upon
the beach, and completely repaired her. This extraor-
dinary effort, in such an unhealthy climate, has had its
effects on the brig's crew, who, though not now ill of
the fever, are suffering from weakness, especially their
chief. The master, Mr. Earl, died in the spring of
the year, when on detached service in the Volcano,
5, Commander Robert Coote, and Mr. Harris, acting-
master of the Waterwitch, 8, Commander Alan A.
Gardiner, is now doing duty on board the Waterwitch.
Lieutenant Commander W. R. A. Pearse, of the Athol,
4, storeship, having become sick, the First Lieutenant
of the Waterwitch took charge of the Athol, and the
Second Lieutenant of the Harlequin went first of the
Waterwitch. Mr. T. B. Mitchell, acting mate of the
Spy, Lieutenant-Commander H. B.Beresferd, is now
acting lieutenant of the Harlequin. There have been
no promotions in the brig during her absence.
Commodore Bruce, in the Penelope, with the Crane,
6, Commander Thomas Miller, and the Myrmidon
steamer, Lieutenant-Commander W. K. Jolliffe, was off
the mouth of the Congo on the 6th of July.
The Philomel, 8, Commander Skene, was towed out
of harbour this morning by the Confiance steam-vessel,
and took her powder in, preparatory to sailing for the
coast of Africa.

Those officers and seamen of the Ajax, 58, screw
steam-ship, Captain M. Quin, who have been three years
in commission were paid off yesterday, and she was re-
commissioned to-day by Captain Frederick Warden.
The apprentices' brig Nautilus, 6, tender to the Im-
pregnable, Lieutenant-Commander Samuel B. Dolling,
came into harbour yesterday to refit.
The crew of tie Daedalus, 20, Captain Wellesley,
sent down lower yards and topmasts on Thursday, and
unmasted her to-day. She will be paid off on Tuesday.
The brigs Scorpion and Mariner are ordered to be
commissioned at the port.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 10.

Secretary's Clerk.—Edward Faulkner (1847), to the
Impregnable, 104, flagship of Admiral Sir J. A. Om-
manney; K.C.8., at Devonport.
Clerk. —Richard F. Wily (1852), to the St. Jean
d'Acre, 101, screw steam-ship, at Devonport.
Byron Stratford, H. F. Alldricks, John Rivers, and
F. A. Miles, have been appointed clerks'-assistants.
Lieutenant John Trevenan (1850), recently serving in
the Vulcan, has received his appointment to serve in the
sloop Arab, 12, at Chatham.
The Rifleman, 8, screw steam gun-vessel, is getting
rapidly on with her refitting, and will be out of the hands
of the dockyard and ready for commission in about a
month from this time.

The Violet, iron padle-wheel Dover mail steam-
packet, of 120-horse power, Lieutenant Commander
Henry P. Jones, arrived here on Friday afternoon from
Dover, to have some repairs effected. The crew re-
turned on the following day by railway to Dover.

MALTA, SEPT. 2.
Advioes from Besika Bay to the 25th of August state
that there was a decided improvement in the health of
the crews of the British squadron. The Bellerophon,
Captain Lord G. Paulet, however, had an unusual num-
ber of sick on board, and continued at Tenedos.

The Sampson, 6, paddle-frigate, Captain Jones, was
at Imbros.

The Firebrand, 6, paddle-frigate, Captain Parker,
which was relieved at Constantinople by the Inflexible,
6, paddle-sloop, Commander Popplewell, had been dis-
patched from Besika, to visit Smyrna, Beyrout, Jaffa,
and Alexandria, and to rejoin the fleet by the end of
September.

The Modeste, 14, Commander Lord W. Compton,
left Malta on the 25th of August, for Naples and
Leghorn.

The Wasp, which arrived from Corfu on the 27th,
with the lonian and Greek mails, left with the return
mails on the 29th.

NEW CLIPPER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

A splendid new iron first-class sailing vessel is build
ing, and now nearly completed, at the Bank Quay
Foundry, Warrington, winch has been an object of
attention and curiosity to travellers for some months
past. Following the course of the river, Warrington is
not less than 30 miles from Liverpool ; and thousands
of people travelling by the London and North-Western
Railway through the town, and seeing a huge ship of
2,500 tons burthen on the stocks, without perceiving
the water near, have naturally asked "how and where
is it to be launched ?" Many of these persons in the ab-
sence of any certain knowledge have speculated on the
subject, and supposed that it was a vessel fitting together
in parts, as iron houses and churches are for the colonies
to be taken to pieces again, and removed in a more con-
venient form. The fact is, however, that the river
Mersey flows past the foundry, and though insignificant
in width, something like the Thames at Henley, it has
tides which give a considerable depth of water. The
vessel is building at a bend of the river, so that she will
be launched not across but up the river, in a straight
reach of the stream, up which she may run 'Jaffa mile if
necessary, with ample depth and space.
The present vessel, named the Tayleur, after the head
of the firm who builds her, is to be built, completed,
and delivered in Liverpool within six months froni
the laying dawn of her keel, and the company have
orders for other large vessels to take her place on
the stocks a soon as she is launched. Sheis
of built for
Messrs. Charles Moore and Co. of Liverpool, and i
of exceedingly handsome model. Her proportions
are : 2,500 tons (new measurement) ; length
and fore rake, 225 feet ; rake of stern-post keelr.
feet ; beam, 39 feet ; depth of hold (from under-
side of 2
of thefeet
6 inches.deckto tospheof
hast threeheflo dorein?kg)e,, 28 feet ;
boose on the upper deck, and saloon,
with cwabitihnscaarand.
berths for captain and principal officers She is double
rivetted throughout, and will be the strongest-built. craft
afloat, being divided into five water-tight compartments,
each fitted with pumps. The total
quantity of iron'
about her is calculated at about 780 tons. She has an
enormous box keelson, running fore and aft, 2 feet 6
inches by 2 feet, which will carry 25 tons of water, with
pump at one end to render it available for use, whilst in
the meantime it will serve as ballast. The beams are of
great strength, and at intervals only 12 inches apart,
the beams to the lower deck being 9 inches deep and
half inch thick ; of main deck, 8 inches by half inch ;
and of upper and spar deck, 7 inches by 7-16ths. The
height between decks is 6 feet 6 inches on first and
second decks, leaving 15 feet for hold, with stancheons
running perpendicularly through her, 3 feet 6 inches
apart, and of 3i inches in diameter. There are con-
venient openings in the sides for taking in cargo, and
the 'tween decks are well fitted with skylights and ven-
tilators, the securing to passengers as much light and
air as possible having apparently been a matter of great
care with the designer of the ship. The lower mast,
94 feet long, are of iron, with transverse plates inside,
running from top to bottom, and the top-gallant fore-
castle is plated with iron up to the top. The accommo-
dation for the seamen in the forecastle is to be of a very
superior and unusual character. Altogether, she is sald
to be the largest iron merchant vessel ever built, giving
accommodation for about 680 passengers besides cargo.

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SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.
The di ors of this company have issued a report on
the procee 'ngs in Chancery instituted by Mr. Geach,
Mr. Scott, nd others against them, to be considered at
the special meeting of proprietors, called by requisition,
at Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, the 21st inst. They state
that the proprietors ire already sufficiently acquainted
with the charges brought against the directors by the
parties so deeply implicated in London and North-
Western interference with the affairs and independent
management of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com-
pany ; that these parties have thought it not unbecom-
ing. to transmit, not only to the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham shareholders, but to those of the Shrewsbury
and Chester Company, copies of the bill filed by them in
Chancery—a bill which the proprietors are called upon
to sanction and prosecute, notwithstanding the refusal
of the Vice-Chancellor (Sir W. P. Wood) to make any
order on the subjects embraced in it ; not one of the
numerous assertions affecting the honour and integrity
of the board having been sustained. The directors re-
commend an appeal to the Board of Trade, as likely to
reach the truth more directly and speedily than any
other arbitration ; Mr. Scott, for reasons only known to
himself, objected to any reference, save to himself and
the three gentlemen who were acting with him as
accusers, counsel, jury, and judges. The Vice-Chan-
cellor fully ooncurred with the directors in the pro-
priety of calling in the Board of Trade, and unequivo-
cally gave his opinion that it remained with the
plaintiffs to ;show why that course had not been
adopted. The report concludes by stating that a proxy
paper is enclosed, having for its object the immediate
and definitive settlement of the question whether pay-
ment of Mr. Scott's expenses shall be ordered by this
company or left for liquidation by the London and
North-Western Company, the real promoters of the suit.
The directors might well have called for a stronger con-
damnation of the interference and oppression to which the
company has been subjected ; but, believing that the
future interests of the proprietors will be best consulted
by a quiet yet resolute disapproval of these proceedings,
a simple negative to the demands of the requisitionists
is considered sufficient for the emergency, leaving it
open at the forthcoming election, in accordance with the
suggestion of the Vice-Chancellor, for any shareholder
to " state what his view is of what has been disclosed
on the affidavits and statements which have been made
in this case."