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North British, 5,000/.—total, 73,0001. ; leaving a net
loss of probably 20,000/. to Messrs. Ryland. The
building is insured in the Sun and West of England ;
the Sun taking at least 4,0001. of the total amount.
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be no salvage, it follows that there will be a loss to the
firm of about 3,5001. Messrs. Thomas Pearson and
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change, 1,2001. ; West of England, 2,0001. Their stock
was valued at 6,0001., and there is reason for thinking
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damaged by water to the extent of 3,0001. There are
various other parties who will sustain loss, but they are
amply insured. The cost to the insurance-offices it will
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INTEIr
PREPARATIONS FOR WA,' SPAPtii,
.s:il74F.ir.„„,
PORTSMOUTH, MAR W.k.'.:04 ''PAY Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier and Rear- . ink.tri.o.r',:\?:
Corry were telegraphed up to the Admiralty ye' eAffiiy-t;1.:4‘147-,,%;;-' ' Fie
)
and have not yet returned. Rear-Admiral f fra -'IP"p practising the fleet morning and afternoon in gunkl.;lll-N;
and the the firing is magnificent. A continual cannon la -
is going on from morning till night, and Spithead pre-
sents a picture which few artists could do justice to.
The victualling is going on most actively. The present
exigency is likely to lead to some essential reforms in
naval customs ; for instance, to-day the steam-frigates
Arrogant and Valorous came into harbour with their
powder in, to get a supply of coals. It has hitherto been
the rule for ships to unload their powder at Spithead
prior to coming into harbour, the hoy containing their
powder coming into harbour too ; they went to Spithead
again, and the hey went after them, and, when their
fires were put out in the furnaces, the ammunition was
re-shipped. Here was both loss of power, loss of fuel,
and loss of time. The Vulcan and Simoom, laden with
troops, were detained several hours at Spithead by the
practice of this old regulation. They steamed to Spit-
head, then had to put out all their fires and
blow off steam, then take in the powder and shell,
re-light their fires and get steam up again before
they could proceed. Other navies do not perpetrate these
absurdities, and we hope they will be abolished in the
British. The ships at Spithead are all manned, we be-
lieve, and one or two have more than their complement.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, Rear-Admiral
Corry's flag-ship, is one of the most perfect men-of-war
in the navy. Her lower deck tier are entirely 68-
pounders. Admiral Corry has not the least wish to ex-
change her for any other ship. A court-martial will be
held on board the Victory, on Saturday, to try a marine
belonging to the St. Jean d'Acre for striking his su-
perior non-commissioned officer of the same ship. It is
thought probable that Captain Hay, of the Victory (at
present flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas
Cochrane, K..C.8.) or Captain Mansel will be Sir
Charles Napier's flag-captain. The Dauntless, 33,
screw-frigate, returned from bar cruise to-day, and
joined the ileet: The Orestes, coat hulk, is towed from
stifFt-6-Eiii to Pai—P,their bunkers. The Caesar, 91,
Captain Roi*-Ibipped her crew last evening and her
engines on trial in the Steam Basiu worked well. She
will try them at Stokes's Bay to-morrow. The Odin,
16, Captain Francis Scott, is going into the Steam Ba-
sin to repair defects.

It is rumoured that Commodore Martin, of the Duke
of Wellington, screw, 131, will hoist a first-class corn-
modore's pendant on board the Leopard, 18, paddle,
Captain George Giffard, and proceed with a division of
steam frigates and sloops to the north, in a few days.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 2.
Her Majesty's frigate Pique, 40, Captain Sir F. Nicol-
son, was towed from the Hanioazo into the Sound yes-
terday by the Jasper and the Confiance.
The defects of the Duke of Wellington, 131, Commo-
dore H. B. Martin, will probably be made good in the
Sound.
The equipment of the James Watt, 91, Captain G.
Elliott, is progressing rapidly. Steam was got up in her
on Wednesday.
The crew of the Nile, 91, crossed topsail yards yester-
day. Her officers and men have given each a day's pay
to the widow of coast-guardman, Macguire, killed by
the falling of a block from this mizentop on Monday.
Colour-sergeant A. J. Stuart, one corporal, and eight
privates of the first battalion let Royals arrived this
afternoon and took possession of the Citadel Barracks
preparatory to the arrival of the whole battalion, whi3h
leaves Newport, Monmouthshire, under command of
Major A. B. Montgomery, on Friday morning, and tra-
velling by the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon
Railway will reach Plymouth in the evening. This
battalion was six years in Gibraltar, three in the West
Indies, and four in British North America, leaving Hali-
fax in 1851.

By volunteers from the second battalion of the depot of
the 31st Regiment, &c., they are now 1,000 strong, and
expect to embark at Plymouth for the Mediterranean
about the 12th of March.

N, MARCH 2.
Dublin and Kingstown presented,DUßLl yesterday a scene
of extraordinary animation and excitement, on the occa-
sion of the departure for the seat of war of the 33d (Wel-
lington's) Regiment, the second corps drawn from Ire-
land towards the British contingent. At 8 o'clock in
the morning, the seven companies destined for embarka-
tion were inspected on the esplanade in front of the
Royal barracks ; and, notwithstanding the early hour
fixed for their march, immense crowds assembled at va-
rious parts of the route to see them off, and, in many
places, the windows and balconies were filled with ladies
and gentlemen, who evinced a laudable desire to wit-
ness and take part in the interesting spectacle—the
latter by cheering, the former by waving their handker-
chiefs in token of approbation and encouragement.
At a quarter before 9 o'clock the troops formed into
four deep, and the word of command being given,
commenced their march towards Westland-row rail-
way station, headed by Lieutenant-Colonel F. A.
Blake, and preceded by their own band and those of
the 21st and 91st Regiments, who turned out in
true esprit de corps, to bid adieu to their brother
soldiers of the 33d, in right military fashion.
As the men left their quarters, they were followed by
thousands eager to have a good view of them in the streets,
and assist those who thronged the latter in cheering
them on their march along the quays, across Essex-
bridge, through tarliament-street, Dame-street, College-
green, Grafton-street, Nassau-street, Leinster-street,
and Park-street, into Westland-row, which they reached
at half-past 9 o'clock, amid the acclamations of the mul-
titudes who assembled there to welcome their arrival.
At the railway stations the best possible arrangements
were made for their reception by the authorities of the
Dublin and Kingstown Railway. Very little time was
lost in placing the troops in the carriages provided for
their transport, and at a quarter past 10 o'clock the
first division left the station in a special train, which
arrived at Kingstown at a few minutes before 11 ; and
in less than an hour more they were rejoined by the re-
mainder of their comrades. The officers and men, with-
out exception, seemed in excellent health and spirits,
and those who saw them off were naturally much
gratified by their splendid and eoldierlike appearance.
The Emeu, in which these fine fellows have embarked,
is a magnificent iron-built screw-steamer, much larger
than the Cambria, and containing ample accommodation
for the number of troops now on board. The immense
saloon has been cleared of its ordinary furniture and
fitted up for the use of the 33d Regiment, of which no
fewer than 750 men are housed on board without crowd-
ing or difficulty. The officers will mess in the ladies'
sitting-room, where ample space for their number is
afforded. Every soldier of the 33d has been furnished
with the llinie rifie. The Emeu remained at Kingstown
all night, and will proceed on her voyage this morning.

SHEERNESS, MARCH 2.
Captain Edmund M. Lyons (4th October, 1849), ap-
pointed to the Miranda, 14 guns, screw steam-sloop, has
taken up his commission and joined. Lieutenant J. F.
C. Mackenzie (26th June, 1846), lately serving in the
St. George, 121 guns, guard-ship of ordinary at Devon-
port, took up his commission as First Lieutenant, and
joined this sloop yesterday; also Lieutenant Cecil
Buckley. Great activity prevails in getting her ready
to join the Baltic fleet as early as practicable.
Commander George Wodehouse (30th July, 1844), has
taken up his commission, and joined the Rosamond, six
guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop. Lieutenant W. B. A.
F. Paterson took up his commission and joined this
sloop yesterday.
Commander the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane (12th April,
1851), has taken up his commission and joined the
Driver, six guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop.
Caulkers have been sent on board to caulk decks and
waterways, &c., of the Waterloo, 120 guns, Capt. Lord
Frederick Kerr, flag-ship to Vice-Admiral the Hon.
Josceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief, and she is to get
ready for immediately taking her departure from here if
required. She now musters nearly 800 men and officers,
including supernumeraries.
The Majestic, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, Cap.
tain James Hope, C. 8., has this day been put of dry
dock for the purpose of being masted, butw.,iltloabgeaicnobrne.
taken into dry dock for her screw, gear, stc
pleted; her engines will in a few days be ready for trial.
An additional number of shipwrights have been pat
on the Ganges, 84 guns, in order to complete her re-
pairs, the dock in which she is being required for imme-
diate use.

An order has been received from the Admiralty to ex-
pedite the fitment of the Monarch, 84 guns, Captain
John E. Erskine (June 28, 1838), with all possible
despatch.
The Cressy, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, Captain
Richard L. Warren, was put out of the fitting basin
yesterday and towed to Black Stakes, to take in ammu-
nition, shell, Etc., and other stores, preparatory to her
leaving here for the Downs.
The Hart sailing tender to the Waterloo flag-ship is
engaged, under charge of Eugene C. Batty, mate of the
Waterloo, at Dover, to procure volunteers for general
service.

It is reported that Captain Christopher Wyvell, (22d
of Feb., 1832), will supersede Captain eharles Hope in
the command here as Captain Superintendent ..f her
Majesty's Dockyard, and also in command of the guard-
ship of ordinary at this port.
The Eurya!us, 50-gun frigate, was put out of dry dock
yesterday at Chatham, and towed down to Folly Point,
off Gillingham, where she will complete Ler armament
and stores preparatory to her departure.
The Driver, Rosamond, and Miranda are to join the
Baltic fleet in the Downs with all possible despatch.
The Wellington, third-rate, guard-ship of ordinary,
Capt.-Superintendent Charles Hope, Mr. Win. Elms
Carpenter (late of the St. George guard-ship of ordinary
at Devonport), and Mr. Samuel Ackworth, Boatswain,
jo
ined
this of the St. Vincent, 120 guns, at Portsmouth),
this ship by Admiralty warrants yesterday.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY—SECOND-CLASS CARRIAGES.
—The directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company
have recently conferred a very great boon on their se-
cond-class passengers by placing a more comfortable
description of carriage on the hne for them to travel
in, which will, no doubt, be duly appreciated. The
seats of the new carriages have stuffed leather cover-
ings, they have a sufficiant width between the seats to
passenger to
permit a enter or leave without anßoying
others, and are also high
.enough for a tall person to
stand up without inoonvemenoe.

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LONDON, FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1854.

NAPOLEON 111. has spoken once more in refe-
rence to that oriental difficulty which has been
gradually developing from a diplomatic misunder-
standing to a warlike contest of European magni-
tude. NAPOLEON 111. has spoken, however, this
time, not through another autographic letter to
the CZAR, but through oue of those carefully pre-
pared and masterly orations which he is in the I
habit of addressing annually, at the commencement
of each Parliamentary session, to the members of
his Imperial Legislature. His language at this
crisis—like his conduct--•is eminently worthy of
himself and of the occasion. It is the expression
of sentiments not unworthy of the age or of the
country, of France or of Christendom.

The EMPEROR refers in his Speech to the
Senators and Deputies, as was only reasonable,
and as might have been confidently anticipated—.
to the internal condition of his empire, and after-
wards to its external relations. He alludes first
of all to the scarcity which had so seriously
affected the welfare of the population, and, in so
doing, evidences throughout his sympathy with
the sufferings of the multitude, and his sense of
the responsibilities thereby devolving upon his
Government. Speaking upon this important sub-
ject, he says—" It is a remarkable fact, which
has touched me profoundly. During this rigorous
winter not one accusation has been directed
against the Government, and the people have
borne with resignation a calamity which they
have been sufficiently just to impute exclu-
sively to circumstances. A new proof," adds
NAPOLEON with comprehensible emotions of pride
and exultation—" A new proof that the nation
has confidence in me, and that it cherishes the
conviction that its welfare is above all the object
of my constant solicitude." Already in that
Speech his Imperial MAJESTY has announced to
the community that the most difficult period of
this crisis of scarcity has passed by—referring
in testimony of this assertion to the en-
couraging fact, that no less than 7,000,000
hectolitres of foreign grain have already been
distributed for consumption, over and above
the quantity now on the road for further distri-
bution, or stored up in the national granaries.
" Scarcely, however, is the anxiety about famine
over," he adds, " when war commences." Here
it is that we arrive at the most important portion
of this noble oration to the French Imperial
Legislature.

NaroixoN 111. recalls to the remembrance of
the nation his promise of last year, to the effect
that he would direct all his efforts to maintain
Peace and to tranquillise Europe. He might
have revived a yet earlier assurance of a similar
bads to the popular recollection. He might have
reminded France, and through France the rest of
the world, of his memorable avowal at Bordeaux.
'His i
rempi:e,
cst t
declaration that the Empire meant peace_
a pais." He does not. It would
have been superfluous. The words cannot be so
readily
forgotten. He
contents himself with
referring to
already h
pa
his promise
rt. of last year—the
promisecularised. And he adds,
with what truth we i
all know—France, Eng-
land, Europe-- " I have
kept my word—
j'ai tenu parole." A dding
struggle I have gone as far as honour
,h" To avoid a
that
permitted.
Europe can vouch," ho adds, , at if France
beem draws the sword it is only
she has
been compelled." Ever', syllable in the
subsequent portion of the speeel,"
im-
portant. NAPOLEON Says—" Europ e is knows that
France has no idea of aggrandisement. She .
only anxious to resist dangerous encroachment':
Moreover [mark this !J I rejoice to assert here
positively, that the time for conquest has gone
by for ever—L'Euxope sait qua la France n'aucune
idea d'agrandissement. Elle vent uniquement
resister h des empietements dangereux ; aussi,
j'aime h le proclainer hautement, le temps des
coquetes est passe sans retour." Language as
manly and outspoken as that before alluded to, as
employed upon an occasion of wonderful import
at Bordeaux. _ _

NAZOLZON lIL speaks thus, further ou, of the

alliance between France and Great Britain :
" Behold," says he, " the results of a policy
without egotism and without after-thought"—
without sinister designs, and without selfishness.
" Behold England, that ancient rival, who now
with us knits together the bonds of an alliance
which from day to day becomes only more and
more intimate"—why ?—" because the ideas we
defend are at the same time those of the British
people." Later on, the EXPER,OR explains one by one
the nature of these ideas, the motives implied by that
cordial alliance leading to active co-operation, the
objects, in fact, of the war against Russia about to
be entered upon by the united French and Eng-
lish Governments. His Imperial MAJESTY ex-
plains all this in answer to the supposed inquiry,
" What are you going to do at Constantinople ?"
Listen ! "We are going there," says NAPOLEON
" with England, to defend the cause of the
SULTAN, and yet at the same time to protect the
rights of the Christians. 'Wle are going there to de-
fend the liberty of the seas and our just influence in
the Mediterranean. We are going there with Ger-
many to aid it in conserving that rank from which
they would fain cause it to descend, and to secure
its frontiers henceforth against the preponderance
of a too powerful neighbour. We are going there,
in fine," says the Emperor NAPOLEON, " together
with all those who really desire the triumph

right, of justice, and of civilisation." Behold—
those are the reasons for this war in behalf of
Turkey, this conflict with Russia, the despatch
of these military and maritime armaments from
France and England to Constantinople.
NAPOLEON 111. counts, therefore, under these
solemn circumstances, upon the support of the
French nation as expressed through the Imperial
Legislature, adding, in his address to the Depu-
ties and Senators, that he has always found in
them the generous sentiments animating the popu-
lation. Wherefore, his MAJESTY adds in the closing
sentence—" Strong in this support, in the
nobility of our cause, in the sincerity of
our alliances, and confiding, above all,
in the protection of GOD, I hope to arrive speedily
at a peace which will no longer admit of being
disturbed by any one with impunity." It is quite
obvious on the surface of things that this secure
peace can never he established—so long as Russia
is permitted to remain in her present position
of advantage —in her present position, we
may say, of geographical predominance. The
Emperor NAPOLEON has defined that position
with admirable clearness in this very Oration,
where he has said that Russia, by successive
encroachments embraces the north and the south,
possessing almost exclusively two inner seas, by
means of which, at any time, and with the utmost
facility, her armies and her fleets may be directed
against our common civilisation. Happily, however,
everything now tends to indicate that France and
England are alive, at last, to the peril of
this situation to Europe. The recognition
of the evil has been avowed by Ministers
in the British Parliament. It has been
proclaimed by NAPOLEON 111. in his Speech
to the French Imperial Legislature. The
war once commenced—Russia cannot escape
from it until the Black Sea is no longer
closed against the commerce of the world
until the mouths of the Danube are opened to
the mercantile enterprise of both hemispheres
until such stolen territories for example as the
Crimea have been restored to Turkey, until the
moral barriers raised by the blunderings of diplo-
macy have been removed from the straits both of
the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.

On Monday next the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer will unfold his Budget in the House of
Commons. This unusual alacrity is very credit-
able to the Right Hon. Gentleman. It is right
that the country may be informed at the earliest
possible moment of the mode in which the addi-
tional war expenditure, already estimated at
3,000,0001. sterling, with the probability, nay,
more, the absolute certainty, of very considerable
supplementary demands for the expenses of the
Naval and Military expeditions, which we are
sending forth in the cause of justice and order to
prevent an ally from being plundered, to repel
unwarrantable aggression, and, at the same time,
to punish the author of all these disturbances.
It is true, that these demands may be but for
mere temporary advances—that the National
Exchequer may be recouped the entire outlay—
that every shilling may be paid back. Such will,
unquestionably, be the case if Ministers are true
to themselves, and exhibit a due regard for the
honour and interests of their Royal Mistress, and
the country over which she so worthily reigns. But
even assuming that it will, as it ought to be so,
that will only afford matter for future relief.
Present provision must be made, and that will
fall as heavily on the tax-paying community as if
the money were irretrievably lost, without the
most remote prospect of repayment. Mr. GLAD-
STONE will thus have an opportunity of showing
the stuff that is in him," of exhibiting his real
capacity for the important and arduous situation
in which he is placed. He must recollect that we
are living in strange, eventful times, and that, of
all the Ministers of the Crown, the head of the
financial department is the man on whom hangs
the weightiest responsibility when the country is
involved in hostilities with a powerful foe. He
it is that must provide the " sinews of war "
that must supply the means of setting fleets and
armies in motion, of finding bounties and pay,
and rations for seamen and soldiers, and at the
same time maintain the National Credit unim-
paired, and keep " the lifQalood of industry," a
circulating medium, adequate to the wants and
exigencies of the country within easy reach of
every solvent merchant, and manufacturer, and
trader. These are duties of no ordinary
magnitude. Mr. GLADSTONE must anticipate the
coming of the already threatening storm at an
early opportunity, and his future reputation will
mainly depend on the manner in which he acquits
himself during the emergency.
We have already pointed out a mode by which
he might, while rendering a much-required act of
justice to the banking and commercial community,
derive a very considerable assistance towards pro-
viding for the additional outlay that must take
place. Mr. Peez was the CEurrus who discovered
the solution of the perplexing riddle, the finding a
just and popular tax, that will, at the same time,
be very productive to the revenue and acceptable
to the parties on whom it is charged. We refer
the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the admi-
rable suggestion contained in the pamphlet to
which we have already directed public attention,
and from which he may gather some useful hints.
We have also indicated a very decided improve-
ment in the succession duties, by making real
estate and settled peraonalty liable to the probate
as well as to the legacy duties—a matter which is
merely a question of time, and which must sooner
or later be brought into practical operation. In-
deed, the proposition of Lord CRANWORTII for
making probate affect the real as well as the per-
sonal estate of a testator, proves that such an ex-
tension is under the consideration of, or already
decided on, by Ministers ; and existing circum-
stances imperatively demand that the carrying
the ree-dution into practical operation should be
materially accelerated.
But it is not merely fiscal matters that fall
within the department of the Right Honour-
able Gentleman. He must also deal with the
currency question, by far the most important
and pressing at the present moment. There can
he no doubt that, at this moment, the prec'ous
metals are being exported from this country in
large quantities, and that a considerable portion
of the stream of bullion now flowing to the Con-
tinerit is for the use of the CZAR, and also that
the money thus drawn from our coffers will encou-
rage him to persist in his perverse and obstinate
refusal .o abandon his unjustifiable demands, and
materially increase the expense, the difficulty, and
the bloodshed that must take place. We are at this
moment literally "burning the candle at both ends,"
providing not merely for the support of our own
troops, but in a great degree for those of the
enemy. Nienow can no longer draw directly on
the Bank of England. His account is closed, and
his draughts no longer
potent in Threadneedle..
street. But what he cannot do directly, he may
still effect in and by circuitous memo.