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No. 19,181.]

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JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary.

AT a GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS.
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1854,
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PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 16.
THE BALTIC FLEET.-DEPARTURE OF THE

To-day her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert,
the Prince of Waies, Prince Alfred, Prince Helena,
and Princess Louisa, visited Admiral Corry's squadron,
lying at Spithead ; immediately after which it was ex-
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would have got under weigh, and have proceeded to
the Baltic. The ships, six in number, which formed the
squadron at Spithead, were the Neptune, 120 ; Caesar,
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the complements of their crews. At half-past ten, the
royal yachts, Fairy and Elfin, left Cowes harbour, and
proceeded to the anchorage, upon nearing which a royal
general salute was fired. Her Majesty, in steaming
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rigging, and cheered heartily. The next ship passed
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her sails, the crew crowding the rigging and cheering
her Majesty. _

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the starboard of the Prince Regent, sailing and return-
ing, hove to under the stern of the Neptune, which im-
mediately got under weigh. The splendid manner in
which this ship was handled exceeded anything which
has been witnessed at Spithead for some time, and re-
flects great credit on Captain Hutton and his very ex-
cellent crew. There is probably no large ship in com-
mission at the present moment which has a finer crew
than Admiral Corry's flag-ship ; the greater portion of
the men are from the Prince Regent, and so highly is
Captain Hutton respected that he wonld have had no
difficulty in obtaining a much larger number of hands
for his ship had they been required.

The Neptune got away at.ll o'clock, with topsails,
topgallant sails, royals, and jib, in admirable style.
This being her first trip, her conduct under canvass was
watched with considerable interest, and her performance
fully realised every expectation formed of her ; and not-
withstanding the immense weight of stores she takes
out, the ship made excellent way. The Fairy followed
the Neptune out for some distance ; and signal being
made that she was about to part company, the rigging
was manned, and what was considered the parting cheer
was given. The same daring and exuberant enthusiasm
which manifested itself on Saturday on board the " Duke"
was displayed on this occasion, and on the giddy top of
the main, fore, and mizen trucks, was perched a tar who,
holding one hand aloft and with the other wildly waving
his hat, expressed alike his daring and his loyalty. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert, from the deck of the Fairy,
acknowledged Jack's enthusiastic loyalty, the Queen by
waving her handkerchief, and the Prince his hat. Her
Majesty, however, appeared unwilling to part company
with the gallant crew, and proceeded with the noble
ship a short distance outside the Nab, notwithstanding
a fresh gale which was blowing, and the roughess of the
water. A large war-steamer appealing in the distance,
her Majesty ordered the "demand signal" to be run up,
and received in reply that it was the Penelope, a fine
paddle-ssteamer from the coast of Africa. Her Majesty
is fully conversant with the code of signals, and on board
the royal yachts not unfrequently takes that department
under her own management, selecting and reading the
signals with as much promptitude and accuracy as many
of her own officers. Having ascertained the name of the
Penelope, the Fairy wore round, at a quarter to twelve,
and for a third time the Neptune manned her rigging,
and gave a loud, a long, and enthusiastic parting hurrah
—her Majesty still lingering on the spot, as though re-
luctant to leave the good ship. Passing the Bull Dog,
which accompanied the Neptune, and the anchorage, on
her way to Osborne, the ships once more manned the
rigging, and cheered her Majesty, who arrived at Os-
borne shortly before one o'clock. The Neptune and
Bull Dog will anchor iu the Downs to-morrow, and wait
orders and despatches, when they will proceed to join
the other portions of the fleet, either at Wingo Sound
or Kiel Bay, a capacious harbour, with good anchorage,
within the Belts, and on the eastern coast of Holstein,
a short distance south of Schleswig.
In an age of steam, of screws, and paddles, we may
be too apt to overlook these glorious old three deckers.
It is a gratifying sight to witness a huge vessel cutting
through the water at 8 orlo knots an hour, against wind
and tide, and without a yard of canvas spread ; that is
certainly one of the proudest triumphs of science. But
as a spectacle it is a far more glorious one to witness
" the threaden sails,
Borne with the invisible and creeping wind,
Draw the huge bottom through the furrowed seas,
Breasting the lofty surge."

All is open. and above-board, as an old salt would say,
on a sailing line-of-battle ship ; no wheel-within-wheel
impels her onward course; no crooked cranks nor power-
ful levers—no exhausting pumps nor revolving screws
influence her movements. Right onward she cleaves her
way through the waters, tearing nothing, and seeking
no favour, save that of a capful of wind to fill her giant
sails. Twenty furnaces, as in the case of the colossal
" Duke," fed with fleets of colliers, and tended by a regi-
ment of stokers, exist not in the gallant Neptune, and
'no boilers filled with seas of raging water send forth
their scalding vapour into huge cylinders to raise the
ponderous piston and move the mighty screw. The sail-
ing three-decker may not keep pace with her brethren of
the screw or the paddle in chasing the foe, and may not
come up with opposing fleets quite so soon ; but woe to
the hapless enemy when she comes to be laid alongside,
and, from her triple row of iron mouths, calls upon him,
in unmistakeable " words of fire and smoke," to strike
his hostile flag. We may anticipate many great
results in naval tactics from the use of ships having
the advantage of steam, but we know what our line-of-
battle ships have done without the aid of that vaporous
power, and they can do the same great work again ;
they are the ships in which the " sea kings" of the com-
monwealth carried the feared and respected flag of their
country into every clime ; they are the ships which
Nelson conquered with ; and now, when after long years
of peace, our
" Glorious standard's launched again
To match another foe,"
these floating bulwarks will be found to have lost none
of those admirable qualities which distinguished them
in ages gone by. Although they may lack somewhat of
the speed and alacrity which belong to their more
youthful colleagues, they will still remember that they
have a duty to perform, and they will not be the first to
leave their task unfinished. There is, too, a vast diffe-
rence in the power of the armaments of these ships.
The Victory, now lying in harbour, which Nelson
fought and died in, mounted but twelve pounders on
her main deck. The Neptune's guns range from 32's to
68's ; and if not so heavy as the whole of the guns of
the Duke, Admiral Corry's flag-ship has one of the
smartest crews in the navy, who will take good care
that their broadsides shall " make up in number what
they want in weight."
As her Majesty steamed out to the Nab in the wake
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of the gallant ship, she might have contrasted with feel-
ings of pride, which none but a Sovereign can know,
the power of that fleet which bore her victorious stand-
ard, with that which in the middle of the sixteenth
century acknowledged Elizabeth as its royal mis-
tress. The armament of the Neptune alone is
equal to one-sixth of the guns, and nearly to one-
half of the entire power of the royal navy at the time
when the Armada threatened our shores ; and at the
death of Queen Elizabeth the royal navy consisted of but
42 ships—the same number as will form the Baltic fleet
when completed. None of those ships, however, carried
mo, e than 40 guns ' • two ships alone were of 1,000 tons
burden ; there were 23 below 500, and many of them not

more than 20 tons ; the whole number of guns belonging

to the navy was but 774. But even at that time It is
gratifying to find that this country stood at the head of
all other naval powers. The glowing description of the
English navy given by an old writer, in the middle of
the sixteenth century, would be by no means inapplica-
ble to its condition at the present time. "There is no
prince in Europe," says this writer, " that hath a more
beautiful sort of ships than the Queen's Majesty of Eng-
land hath at this present, and these generally are of such
exceeding power and force, that two of them, being well
appointed and furnished as they ought, will not let to
encounter with three or four of those of other countries,
and either bowge them or put them to flight, if they
may not bring them home." Precisely the same opinion
appears to be entertained in Sir C. Napier's squadron,
and the only cause of regret is, that they may be com-
pelled to " bowge" rather than capture the enemy's
ships. But the numerical force of this goodly fleet of
Queen Elizabeth is stated by the patriotic writer—" The
Queen's highness hath at this moment already made and
finished to the number of one and twenty great ships
which lie for the most part in Gillingham-roads. She hath,
likewise three notable gallies, the Speedwell, the Trye-
right, and the Black Galley, with the sight whereof and
the rest of the navy it is incredible to say how marvel-
lously her grace is delighted, and not without great
cause, sith by these means her coasts are kept in quiet,
and sundry foreign enemies put back which otherwise
would invade us." One would almost suppose that
there existed in those days something of the spirit which
animates the Peace Society of our times, in that absurd
spirit of economy which in time of peace would lay up
all our ships in ordinary, or sell them as useless, and
close our dockyards, and the mischevious effects of which
have been felt in the delay of getting ships ready for sea
when required. "It is possible that some covetous
people," said this same writer, .' will suppose money so
employed to be nothing profitable to the Queen's coffers;
but if they wilt that the good-keeping of the sea is the
safeguard of our land, they would alter their censure,
and soon give over their judgment."
The Penelope, 22, paddle, with Rear-Admiral Bruce's
flag, from the coast of Africa, and bringing despatches
ifrom the seat of disturbance at Lagos, saluted Admiral
Corry's ship, the Neptune, off the Nab, and shortly after
anchored at Spithead. Admiral Superintendent Martin
also saluted the Penelope, bearing the senior admiral's
flag, Oa reaching the anchorage. The Penelope le au old

EPIUOR SD.

42-gun ship, was some years ago cut amidships and
lengthened 60 feet, and fitted with engines of 650-horse
power. She is an admirable sea-going ship, has been
four years in commission, and will no doubt proceed
immediately to join the fleet in the Baltic.
The Cruiser, screw, 16, Commander the Hon. G.
Douglas, arrived at Spithead this morning from
Gibraltar to join the fleet. She left on the 9th, exchanged
numbers with the Simoom on the same day off the Rock,
and passed the Golden Fleece on the 15th, both with
troops on board.

The Caesar, 91, Captain Robb, is to-day taking in her
armament, which is being conveyed to her at Spithead
by the Lively naval lighter, from the Gun Wharf.

PLYMOIITH, MARCH 16.
Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Desperate, 8, Capt.
W. W. Chambers, arrived early on Wednesday morning
from the west coast of Scotland and St. George's Chan-
nel, where she has gathered 154 coast-guardnaen and
volunteers. She will be supplied here with a new pivot
gun, and her crew will be paid wages. The Nimrod
coal depot was yesterday towed into the Sound to com-
plete the coaling of the Desperate.
The St. George, 121, Captain Eyres, will sail to-day
for the rendezvous of the fleet under Sir C. Napier. She
has shipped the men brought by the Desperate, who are
to be considered as supernumeraries. She is now 240
short of her complement, which will be completed at
Spithead.
Millers, bakers, coopers, and labourers at the Royal
William victualling yard have been ordered to work from
six a.m. to six p.m. All biscuit is in future to be packed
in casks, instead of bags as heretofore.
The Nile, 91, screw, Commodore Martin, and the
James Watt, 91, screw, are ordered to be got ready by
the 25th inst. The engineers working on board those
ships and the Algiers, 91, screw, are making nine days
to the week, to expedite their fitment.
THE FORTIFICATIONS AT DEVONTORT.—These works
are being rapidly proceeded with. On the forts and
battery commanding the approach by Stonehouse-hill
the men are employed extra hours. The foundations of
the new barracks are far above the ground, as are also
those for the military chapel and schools in George's-
square. _ _ .

Mr. Hoskins, late commander of the Great Btitain,
commissioned the Belleisle, fitting out as hospital ship
for the Baltic fleets to-day.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 16.
APPOINTMENTS.

Capt. William H. Hall (1844), and not William K.
Hall, as was stated yesterday, to the Ilecla, paddlewheel
steam-sloop, for service with the Baltic fleet.
Master Matthew Richards (1854) to the Resistance,
10, troop-ship, at Portsmouth.
Surgeon Leonard D. Buchanan (1846) to the Vulture
paddlewheel steam -friate, at Devonport.
Paymasters—Francois J. I. Auret (1848) recently
serving in the Serpent, 12, sloop, on the East Indies
station, to the Belleisle, hospital ship for the Baltic fleet ;
Theodore W. S. Neame (1853), to the Hecla, paddle.
wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; Nicholas Giles
(1852), to the Conflict screw steam-sloop, at Ports-
mouth.

Clerk John Jenkins, to the Hecla.
Captain Alexander Milne, one of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, paid a visit of inspection to the horse transport
ships at Woolwich Dockyard yesterday, and was accom-
panied by Commodore John Shepherd. No. 1, the
Pyrenees, Lieutenant and agent Butler, is now ready to
receive the horses, the separation posts placed between
each horse being padded with hair mattresses, and the
entire entrance to the lower deck is also padded and
covered with sailcloth, to prevent the horses being hurt
when they are lowered in the ship to their intended
position. According to present arrangements, there will
be 27 sailing ships for horses and men, and 6 steamers.
Two of the steamers have arrived at Woolwich, the
Victoria and the Hope, and the other four, the City of
London, the Emperor, the Tonning, and the Melbourne,
are shortly expected. The Emperor ran down to
Woolwich on Sunday last, but returned again the same
day to Blackwall.
The Rhadamanthus steam store-vessel, Master-Com-
mander Belam, arrived at Woolwich yesterday with the
Melampus frigate in tow, and, having left the latter at
Woolwich, proceeded to Deptford to deliver a quantity
of bran for the horses and other descriptions of stores.
The Melampus is to be taken into the basin to have
boilers and machinery put on board for conveyance to
Sheerness and the western ports, and the Rhadaman-
thus will return from Deptford to Woolwich, to be again
employed in the conveyance of stores.
Sixty of the newly-entered young lads landed from the
Fisgard at this port to-day, and were drilled by the
gunner of that ship. They appear to have acquired a
very fair knowledge of the use of small arms, the mode
of acting in columns, and the various military evolutions.
The improvement in their appearance since they entered
is remarkable.

DUBLIN, MARCH 16.

The Irish metropolis presents a most animated appear-
ance, from the vast number of volunteers daily arriving
from all parts of the kingdom in order to join those re-
giments which are first on the roster for war service in
the East. A number of volunteers for the 42d and
79th Highlanders, consisting altogether of 299 rank and
file, embarked yesterday at noon on board the Duke
steamer, belonging to the City of Dublin Steam-packet
Company, in charge of Captain Lyon and Lieutenant
Atkinson, of the 72d. These men have volunteered
from the Ist, 2d, 3d, 40th, 72d, and 90th Regiments,
and 60th Rifles, and sail direct for Portsmouth. They
were escorted to the place of embarkation by the band
of the 91st Regiment, and were accompanied by a large
crowd, who cheered them most loudly.
Two troops of the Queen's Bays left Dublin yesterday
morning for Dundalk, where they are to relieve some
troops of the 4th Dragoon Guards under the command
of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Trench.

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