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materially to the prosperity of the county of Durham.
(Loud cheers.) He hoped Lord Londonderry would re-
ceive the reward he so richly deservel, for this and all
the other great works he had accomplished, by being
more than ever established in the hearts of all who re-
sided within the sphere of his influence. (Hear, hear.)
• Mr. GEORGE ELLIOTT, C.E., here came forward and
presented to the noble marquis a very handsome silver-
mounted spade, prepared for his lordship's use. Mr. Elliott
spoke with great confidence as to the early completion of
the work about to be commenced ; and, as a proof of its
valuable mercantile character, explained that on the Sea-
ham estate alone there yet remained upwards of 40,000,000
tons of coal beneath the surface,. the great portion of
which would pass over the railway, in addition to
which the South Hetton and. Haswell Colliery Companies
had each bound themselves to send over it 40.000 tons
annually. Mr. Elliott, in conclusion, said he hoped the
implement he now handed to his lordship would be long
preserved in his family as a memorial of the interesting
proceedings of that day.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY now presented him-
self, and was received with loud cheers. His lordship
insisted on remaining uncovered, and resting his right
hand upon the spade presented to him, spoke as follows.
His lordship said :—My friends, you will naturally ex-
pect, after the very able and very kind addresses which
have been delivered, that I should myself say a few
words to this great assemblage. (Hear, hear.) I can-
not, however, disguise from myself that I shall find con-
siderable difficulty and embarrassment in doing so, for
nothing is more inappropriate than a man talking of
himself or his own concerns. There is a degree of ego-
tism and vanity about it which is exceedingly prejudi-
cial, both to the hearer and the speaker. However, I
owe a duty to this meeting, and the position I have
plunged into, and it would be idle if from any false de-
licacy I did not fully explain myself. (Hear, hear.) It
is quite impossible that I can sufficiently aeknowledge
the manner in which I have been spoken of by those
.who preceded me, or the kind reception which you have
given me ; but thanking you both most sincerely, I will
endeavour to express to you what has been my leading
principles of action since I became the guardian and
director of this great property in the county of Durham.
(Hear, hear.) I shall have to divide my observations,
first, as to the past, which is before us ; and, secondly.
as to the future, which is yet in the womb of time.
With regard to the past, many who surround me cannot
look back a quarter of a century. I may therefore
point out to them that, upon this spot, some 20 years
ago, there was neither stone, brick, nor stick. The
place was a barren rock like Dover—no grass growing,
no culture appearing. When I added this estate to the
Wynyard family property, there was a notions harbour
might be made at this end of the estate, and I was in-
troduced to a clever engineer of that day, named Chap-
man, who projected a small basin. The coal trade at
that time was in a sad state. The rivers of this
wealthy district—Sunderland, and the Tees especially
—were frequently shut up, and there was not then
the enterprise and vigour which has lately grown
up in the flourishing town near us. (Hear, hear,
and laughter.) In fact, our trade was imprisoned ;
vessels loaded with coals frequently remained
weeks and weeks without actually clearing for sea.
Coals were sent down the banks of the Wear and shipped
there into keels, and again from them into ships ; and I
myself at that period was paying to the commissioner of
the river Wear 8,000/. a-year for permission to send my
articles by this river to market. (Hear, hear.) Great
discontent prevailed. Sunderland having a good thing
kept their own, and they were right ; so would any of
you have done the same. (Hear, and laughter.) Such
was the state of things when it occurred to me—God
knows, neither a Stephenson nor a Paxton—(laughter)
—that if I could get a harbour my trade would be in
my own hands, and I should not have to go to sea for it.
When Chapman told me that a harbour might be made
I knew nothing of the difficulties to be encountered ;
but having, I hope, something of a military eye, I at
once saw the capabilities of this shore for the purpose
required ; and remembering that the trade which I
wanted to take to the southward was now sent round
some miles to the north, while, if the harbour were com-
pleted, it might be carried due east, I embarked at once
in the undertaking, against the opinions of those I va-
lued, and ought to have looked up to, and engaging
Chapman, and entering as rapidly as possible into other
arrangements, I launched your little harbour. But my
cashier said I had no money, and he would have nothing
to do with it. I soon got together 1,5001., and with
that this little snug town and prosperous harbour was
commenced. Of its progress—of the gradual increase of
its population, and of its manufactures—l need not now
speak. All are before you. lam not arrogating to
myself the merit of this ; the merit belongs to those
public-spirited individuals now before me, who followed,
with hope and confidence, the plunge I made, and,
buoyed up by patience and perseverance, have brought
to issue what we now witness—a glorious little colony ;
proud of itself, its independence, and its position in the
country. (Loud cheers.) But I beg of you, my
friends, to mark the result of this example. It was no
sooner seen that this little "duck-pond" could do bu-
siness—that vessels lay secure, and that the dispatch
of trade was greater here than elsewhere—that all the
other ports in the vicinity immediately imitated the
example, and I say it without fear of contradiction,
that first old Hartlepool, then West Hartlepool,
and Middleborough, and finally, Sunderland, followed
in our wake, and to Seaham undoubtedly behings the
glory, which none can dispute, of opening the way to
that large devolopment of shipping accommodation and
harbours which we now boast of. (Hear.) I cannot,
however, help referring to the great disadvantages my
kind settlers have laboured under. All the surround-
ing schemes had dock companies, shareholders, large
purses, and numerous means of keeping out of diffi-
culties, and acquiring advantages from the great in-
terests embarked in each especial case. Seaham alone
stood unbefriended. Like the lighthouse on the cliff,
the storm raged—the surf dashed around it—the barque
was close on shore, but none went out to help it. (Hear.)
However, time, courage, perseverance, and an indomi-
table determination never to yield to difficulties, has
brought our little harbour through all its peril to a posi-
tion of unexpected prosperity, which the ceremony of
this day will, we hope, still further increase and estab-
lish. (Cheers.) I have hitherto spoken to you of the
past. As to the future, God knows it is in the womb
of time, and we must look to a gracious Providence for
the result. But I will tell you what I think of it.
(Hear, hear.) I will also tell you that nobody has in-
fluenced me in the step I am about take, which is the
offspring of my own unfortunate head. (Laughter and
cheers.) It has long occurred to my anxious thought
that I had not secured, for any lengthened period, that
certainty of progressive success and permanency which,
for the amount lavished and the anxiety undergone, I
had a fair right to anticipate. Urged on by the same
principle which guided me in the case of Seaham har-
bour —viz., that I should not have to seek a trade, for
that if I made the harbour the trade would come to me,
I conceived the project of constructing the railway we
are about to commence this day. (Hear, hear.) I
knew that the trade of many of the colleries to the
southward of us in this great county must pass, sooner
or later, our little half-way house of Seaham on their way
to Sunderland, and I thought if we could get them to
stop on the road we should be safe to obtain a large
addition to our present trade. Communicating these views
to my able manager and engineer, the latter set about the
matter in real earnest, and has already formed engage-
ments with the South Hetton and Haswell colliery
companies to carry their coals over the line as soon
as completed, either to ships in the first instance at
Seaham, or, if not, to send them on to Sunderland.

The trade is, therefore, secured before the railway is
commenced. There is my project, and that is the simple
history of it. It is easy for any of you to understand.
I have hesitated not—perhaps with a blameable rapidity
and boldness—to plunge alone, and without aid from
any person, into the undertaking, and I hope successfully
to carry it through. (Cheers.) It will be a great com-
fort for all of you to be able to send your merchandise
by railway, instead of over the rough and hilly roads
which intervene between this place and Sunderland.
(Hear.) I know there aro some who think the shop-
keepers at Seaham may suffer, as many people, they say,
will be induced by the railway to go to Sunderland to
purchase their goods. Ido not believe any such thing.
If the shopkeepers do but charge moderately for their
wares there need be no apprehension of losing their
trade. For my own part I like Sunderland very well,
but I like Seaham a great deal better, and so I think it
will be with most of you. (Hear, hear.) But, my
friends, there is another consideration of this matter,
and that is, whether in undertaking to form this railroad
I am encroaching on any existing company or body of
shareholders. For 25 years we have never had any
assistance ourselves, while the great companies by which
we are surrounded have enjoyed great powers, and. held
the purse-strings of an almost unlimited number of
shareholders. (Hear, hear.) Nobody gives Mr. Hudson
more complete and general credit than Ido myself. I
believe he has been a great and generous benefactor to
an adjoining port; but we cannot lose sight of the fact
that his undertakings have invariably been supported by
large bodies of shareholders. (Hear, hear.) Well, look
at Seaham, standing alone, like this spade I hold in my
hand—why should we not try and do a little for our-
selves. (Hear, hear.) All we want is a clear stage and
no favour. (Hear, hear.) There is this great company
n ,
underhs
Colossus,
gs
—the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway—which
"Bwiiiestriedwesethpeetntyarromewa wwoarlkld like a
and peep about as if ashamed to show ourselves. (Hear,
bear, and laughter.) Why, such a state of things is not
to be borne. (Hear, hear.) Let us try what, under
our own exertions, we may not accomplish. The under-
taking we are about to commence may be agreat plunge
for me, but I have the satisfaction of k •that
knowing no
person can be injured in their
future destinies by it ex-
cept myself. It may add to
the care and anxiety
which has always attended me throughout a long
life •
,for I am not ashamed to confess that the
anxiety and misery I have suffered during many
years, owing to the fear of failing in many of my
undertakings, has been very great. But, I am
thankful to say, Providence has aided me, and brought
me through, and to that Providence I now look for sup-
port in the future. (Cheers.) Many of my friends may
lerhaps ask why, at my advanced age, I should not
eave this new undertaking for my children ? I will
ell you why. I solemnly declare that fuel for the

people of Seaham who embarked th ' all in a project
suggested by this grey head (raising his hand to his
head), all the affection of a parent, and, and as no one
can feel for a child like.its father, so I consider that no
money nor means, no care nor anxiety, ought to be
spared by me in order to secure the perpetuity of Sea-
ham, and the advantage and happiness of its people.
(Loud cheers.) I was only 15 years of age when I
embarked in the profession I have the honour to follow,
and I thank God no one can accuse me of having been
either idle or inert during a long life. (Hear, hear)
When I came into this property as a young man, I did
all I could to improve its condition and to increase the
prosperity of the people living upon it ; and I shall
willingly sacrifice the peace of my after life in endea-
vouring to secure the same object. (Cheers.) I beg
pardon for having troubled you at such length, but the
moment is one of great importance to myself. It may
be the last time I shall have the opportunity of address..
ing you. (Hear, hear, and cries of "No, no.") I have
told you without reserve every feeling that has directed
me, and also the history of my latest undertaking. If
I live to see this last project successfully accomplished,
I shall cheerfully lay my head upon my pillow and re-
sign life, conscious that, so far as concerns those whose
interests Providence has committed to my care, I have
to the fullest extent of my means discharged the duty
which has devolved upon me. (Loud cheers.)
The noble Marquis descended from the platform
amidst the hearty cheers of the multitude asgembled,
and advancing a few feet cut a piece of turf with his
spade and threw it into a handsome mahogany wheel-
barrow in the most approved fashion. His lordship
then, amidst if possible still greater acclamations,
wheeled the barrow across the field to his carriage,
on
the top of which, together with the spade, it was tri-
umphantly elevated. The noble marquis then, together
with about 80 gentlemen, returned to Seaham Hall,
where a handsome dejeuner was served. Here the cus-
tomary toasts were given and responded to. The health
of the Mayor of Sunderland was proposed by the Mar-
quis of Londonderry, who, in return, gave "The Health
of Lord Londonderry, and Prosperity to the Port and
Railway of Seaham, ' and the proceedings terminated in
general congratulations and expressions of mutual good
wishes and satisfaction.

The extraordinary spirit and energy diriplayed by Lord
Londonderry, notwithstanding his advanced age, were
the subject of general remark. His heart and soul
seemed to be in the work as much as if he had been in
the prime of life, and he spoke for more than half an
hour, standing bare-headed all the time.
NAVAL INTELLIG NCE.

Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., re-
turned to the Admiralty yesterday ; and the secretary,
Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P. is expected at Whitehall
this day, when all the members of the new board will be
at their posts. _

-
The manning the navy committee re-assembled yester-
day at the Admiralty, Captain Shepherd having come
up from Portsmouth, and Captain Richards, C. 8., from
Chatham.

Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.8., who has been
indisposed, is now better.

APPOINTMENTS.

Master.—Thomas Wallis (1846), from charge of the
Vesuvius, reserved steam-sloop, to the Furious, 16,
steam-frigate, vice Taylor.
Assistant-Surgeon. William Richardson (1848),
stated in the Navg List to be additional of the Britannia,
120, flag-ship, Mediterranean, "for services in Janus,"
which Janus has been paid off for some months.
Second Master.—Francis Taylor (1848), to the Duke
of Wellington, screw three-decker, Portsmouth.
Clerk.—John T. Weeks, to the Espiegle, 12, Sheer-
ness.

EXAGGERATED SPEED OP SCREW-STEAMERS. —The
same authority that gave the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's large screw-steamer, the Bengal, just built in
the Clyde, a speed of 12 knots in her trial on Saturday,
has made her steam 13i knots on her second trip, on
Tuesday, and promises for her 16 knots with a strong
wind. We are told in the same paragraph that the
Royal yacht screw-tender Fairy came out to race with
the Bengal, and beat her, " having attained the prodigi-
ous speed of 15i knots." Now, if the Fairy's speed was
2f knots more than the Bengal, we fear that our great
flip, so far from "attaining a higher rate of speed con-
siderably than she did on Saturday," has not done so
well ; for, instead of the Fairy achieving a speed of Isi
knots, she only ran a mean rate of 12k. Taking off,
therefore, 2f from this 12k, the speed of the Bengal
must be rated at 10f, instead of 121 knots—the exagge-
rated rate given to her by a contemporary. It is only
doing an injury to good ships to give them a character
for a fictitious speed ; for the facts must come out in the
first long sea trip. As to getting 16 knots "with a
Strong favourable wind," we can promise a great deal
more than that for the Bengal, if the wind should only
be strong enough, and she can carry her canvas.—
Herold.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain H. B. Martin,
screw line-of-battle ship, was towed round to the steam
basin this morning, and was hauled over to the south
landing, and placed under the new shears, after which
she received on board two immense cog-wheels connected
with her machinery.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captoin Hutton.—On examin-
ing the copper of this powerful ship it has been found
necessary to strip off about four streaks from the water-
line downwards, and to chalk and re-copper the same,
besides various patches in her bottom.
The Fairy, yacht-tender to the Royal yacht Victoria
and Albert, Master-Commander David N. Welch, went
out of harbour at 11 a.m., and proceeded to the mea-
sured mile at Stokes Bay. The results of this day's
trial are confirmatory of the manifest advantages of
Griffith's patent propellers over all others, although
everything was against them ; there was a very strong
wind from S.E. and a tremendous sea running through
Spithead.

The Echo, steam-tug, took a party of men from the
depot of the 13th Regiment—viz., 2 officers, 1 serjeant,
and 20 men, as a convict guard on board the Sibelli, at
Spithead, for Gibraltar. On getting to Spithead, there
was so much sea on, that they were compelled to bring
them back again and landed at the dockyard.
The Medea is under orders for the West Indies. She
will be employed in the suppression of the Cuban slave
trade.

The Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, is
under orders to proceed to the Mediterranean and re-
join Vice-Admiral Dundas's fleet.

The Manceuverer, lighter, arrived this morning from
Woolwich, and landed stores at this dockyard.
The Leopard, 16, paddle-frigate, Capt. Geo. Giffard,
has bent sails, and is taking in her sea stores, prepara-
tory to going to Spithead.
The Megmra iron troop-steamer, Commander Johnson,
arrived at Spithead this afternoon from the eastward,'
en route to Queenstown to embark troops.
The Rolla, 6, naval apprentices' instruction' brig,
Lieutenant-Commander Fenwick, has commenced fitting
90p Commander
join the squadron under Vice-Admiral
out for her summer cruises ; she has sent up and fidded
her topmasts this afternoon.
Banshee, steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander J.
Hosken, has had about three streaks of copper taken off
from her water-line downwards, and they arc engaged
in caulking and re-coppering the same.
Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Superintendent of this
dockyard, and Acting Port-Admiral, with the clerks of
the Treasury department of the establishment, embarked
on board the Fire Queen steam-yacht, Master-Comman-
der Paul, this morning, and proceeded to Spithead, to
pay
am ,wages
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and the
thecrewms
Medea,
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Captain
ham, ra-
hßailey, the former being ordered to theßpoaddndleey' -s l,
Mediterranean 2
and the latter to the West Indies,
Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.B.
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PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9.

The crew of her Majesty's ship Vengeance, 84, Cap-
tain Lord E. Russell, were paid wages down to one
month yesterday. The starboard watch, and the first
part of the port watch, have had 14 days' leave ; on their
return the others have a holyday.
The Rhadamanthus, 4, steam-transport, Commander
Belam, will sail to-morrow (Thursday) with seamen for
Portsmouth ; thence she proceeds to Woolwich.

AbhPta

The Desperate, 8, screw, Captain W. W. Chambers,
will go out of harbour on Friday.

SHEERNESS, FEB. 8.
A court-martial was held on board the Waterloo, 120,
yesterday, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, presi-
dent, to try a seaman belonging to the Boscawen. He
had repeatedly deserted his ships, and entered the army,
from which he had also deserted several times. The
Court sentenced him to four dozen lashes and 12 months'
imprisonment.
The Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland.
—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy proceeded out
to this ship this morning, and inspected the crew, pre-
vious to her departure for Portsmouth, which is to be on
Thursday next. On the gallant Admiral leaving he was
saluted, and the salute was returned by the Waterloo.
The Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Trollops, left
the Nore this day, at nine a.m., for Portsmouth, assisted
by the steam-vessel African:The Rattlesnake, it is ex-
pected, will remain at Portsmouth for a few days.
Commander Josiah Thompson took up his commission
to the Monarch, 84, guard-ship of ordinary, yesterday.
The Espiegle, 12-gun Sloop.—Mr. T. S. Vinall, clerk,
has taken up his commission to this sloop, and not the
Barracouta, as formerly reported.
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