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Schools.--The improvement of the dockyard schools
been long uuder the consideration of the Admiralty.
The most intelligent officers from the yards admit
the
good effects which they are already producing, but it is
evident that more might be done by additional encou•
ragement and better organisation. The circular issued
by the late board on the 27th of June, 1846, has given a
stimulus to exertion, by insuring to the best scholars in
each school the means of completing their education tree
of expense, and of thus qualifying themselves for the
higher branches of the public service. Eight boys will
be selected annually for this purpose, when the wheels
have come into full operation, and those whose conduct
at Portsmouth has been satisfactory will, at the expire
i •
tion of their time, be re-admitted as leading men into
the yards, and favourably noted for promotion.
Put :hese are the exceptions. For the great majority
of the boys who continue in the schools, the proper
career is the mould loft, in which the master shipwright
will take care that the most promising boys are tried
successively, and in which those who show t t dent
for drawing, and most assiduity in cultivating it at
home, should be fixed ultimately as draughtsmen, with
the condition, that out of each three vacant inspector-
ships one shall be given in future to the head draughts-
man, provided his testimonials be satisfactory, and that
he has worked at least one year at his tools at the ship's
side. This will ensure in the mould loft a regular
course of promotion, and give to the yard a succession
otinspectors well instructed both in the scientific and
practical part of their duty.
Apprentices Out of their Time.—No apprentice who
has served his time is to be entered upon the establish-
ment without a written report from the master ship-
wright, transmitted through the superintendent, as to
his conduct and qualifications; and this report is to re-
fer specially to the character given of' the apprentice in
the weekly returns by his leading ,tctati and-inspector, to
which the school report will hereafter be appended. His
entry upon the yard books, when out of his time, cannot
be claimed as a matter of right, but will not be with-
held without just cause and proper investigation.
PROMOTIONS.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE DOCKYARDS.
The following circular has just been issued to the
Admirals and Captains superintending her Majesty's
dockyards:—
Sir,—l am directed by the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty to inform you that they have felt them-
selves compelled to take the condition of the dockyards
under their most serious consideration.
The subject is one of great magnitude. The vote for
wages and salaries in her Majesty's establishments at
borne and abroad, under Nos. 6,7, 8, and 9, has averaged
810,6641. during the last four years. It is a constantly
increasing vote. The vote for 1843-4 was 779,3861. The
vote for the current year is 951,886/. The vote for
stores (ineluding steam machinery)for 1846.7, amounted
to 1,694,152/., and that for buildings and new works,
526,8101. The machinery 'Arcady in existence in the
dock and victualling yards is i ncreasing annually in
value, and large additions must be made to it, as the
steam factories at Portsmouth, Keyham, and Malta, ad-
vance towards completion. No reduction in this branch
of the establishment is probable or possible, for the
steam factories must keep pace with the growth of the
steam navy, which again is determined by considerations
of national policy.
As yet provision has been made only for the ave-
rage annual repair of machinery of 20,000 horse-
power, out of a total of 40,000 horse-power; and every
succeeding Board of Admiralty has recognised the in-
convenience, bad economy, and peril in the event of
war, of allowing these repairs to be limited to the single
factory «t Woo:wich. But the greater the extension,
present and prospective, of the dockyards, and of the
steam factories in connexion with them, the greater
is the necessity of securing in them the most care-
ful and efficient management. Upon such an expendi-
ture, the smallest savings are important ; and in spite
of the improvements already engrafted upon the old
system, by the appointment of engineers to take
charge of the machinery in the yards, and to relieve
the Master-shipwright from duties which did not
come within the sphere of his ordinary avocations, in
spite of the large and useful changes connected with
the department of the Director of Works, which
have also relieved the yards from the maintenance of
the buildings, and the more recent improvements, to
which my Lords expect that the recommendations of the
committee of metals will give rise, by placing all matters
connected with copper and iron under a special superin-
tendence, and ensuring the early introduction into the
Government yards of the best modes of working adopted
in private establishments, still much is left to be done
before a satisfactory result can be arrived at.
In saying this, my Lords do not wish to imply that
they take an unfavourable view of these great national
establishments. They have much satisfaction in acknow-
ledging the good moral tone that prevails amongst the
artificers generally, and the excellent quality of the work
performed by them. On the other hand, they think
that there is abundant evidence to show that the
quantity of work done is below the standard of
well-conducted private establishments, and that there
is great room for improvement in the application
of both stores and labour. Their Lordships will not
entertain any general charges of indifference to ex-
pense on the part of the officers, or of inertness on
that of the men; and they are equally unwiling to
dwell upon representations made to them of the effect of
political feeling in some of the yards upon the course of
promotion, though they can conceive nothing more dan-
gerous to their discipline, if true, or more detrimental
to the public interest. They wish to look forward—not
to look back—their object being to introduce a system
that may inspire every man with the belief that his
conduct will be known and appreciated by his superiors,
and that however humble his position originally, his
future fate depends upon his own exertions.
Their Lordships see too much reason to apprehend
that such is not the present state of feeling in the dock-
yards ; but that the rise from shipwright to leading man,
and from leading man to inspector, is regarded rather as
a matter of accident or favour, than as a reward due to
merit, and to be dispensed upon plain and equitable
principles. They feel that wherever such an impression
prevails subordination must be weakened ; and they have
consequently resolved to lay down one fixed and intelli-
gible rule of promotion for all classes, as the best
foundation of that more vigilant and intelligent superin-
tendence which they regard as indispensable.
For the discipline of yard, like the discipline of
the ship, depends upon the petty officers; and no exer-
tions of the admirals or captains superintendent, or of
the master shipwrights can compensate for the want of
a hearty co-operation on the part of the inspectors and
leading men, to whom the care of the separate gangs is
confided, and with whom it rests to enforce a proper
economy in the use of the stores and materials issued for
the work going on under their superintendence.
It is necessary, however, as the first step towards this
extended responsibility, to remove all just causes of
complaint amongst that class of officers from whose
exertions benefit is anticipated. My Lords have, there-
fore, duly considered the petitions presented by the in-
spectors of the different dockyards. They find by these
that with a salary of 100/. a year they are expected to
maintain the station and authority of officers ; that in
1833, when the pay of the inspector was fixed, the work-
niun were only employed five days a week, whereas they
are now employed six days, for which the workingman re-
ceives one-sixth more wages, but no additional allowance
has been made to the inspector. The men, too, have occa-
sionally the pi ivilege of working ex'ra hours, when the
inspector is bound to be in attendance without any re-
muneration whatever, although the wages earned by the
men when upon task work are fully equal to his pay,
and the pay of the leading man exceeds it. The old
quartermen, whom the inspectors replaced, received
1801. a year, with a gang of twenty-five men and
boys under them. The inspectors, with only 100/. a
year, have forty men and boys to superintend, for all
whom they demand the stores and materials required
for their daily labour. Their pensions, too, are regu-
lated by the scale of 40ths, not of 12ths, like those of
other salaried officers in the Customs, Excise, and Ord-
nance, by which they are considerable losers. Indeed, a
leading man of long standing often refuses to he made
an inspector, because his superannuation would be les-
sened by his promotion; from a similar cause, the men
who would be best qualified to undertake the duty (the
head draftsmen in the mould loft) decline it because
their pay being 7s. a day they would necessarily lose by
the transfer.
The superintendents of the dockyards, and the master
shipwrights, have equally without one exception re-
corded their opinion that justice and economy would be
consulted by increasing the pay of the inspectors ; and
the late Secretary of the Admiralty, Mr. Corry, in a
minute dated the 9th of July, expressed his unqualified
concurrence in this view, and recommended that the
salary of inspectors should be raised to 125/. a year,
being half the amount given to the officers next to
them in rank—the foreman of the yard. Taking
the number of inspectors at 108, whose annual
pay amounts to 10,800/., this might be accomplished
at a cost of 2,7001. But my Lords are unwilling to incur
any additional charge, unless as a part of an improved
system, and with that improved system they believe it
would be wise to be snore liberal, and to provide a class
of inspectors at 150/. a year, as an intermediate step be-
tween the inspectors at 1251. and the foreman at 250/.,
in order that promotion may not be too long delayed,
and that prompt reward may stimulate to constant ex-
ertion. They have, therefore, been pleased to sanc-
tion the following regulations, with the double
view of introducing that fixed and intelligible
principle of promotion amongst the men, and that more
vigilant an intelligent superintendence, which they'
think essential to the proper administration of the dock-
yards, and they do this under the belief that in so large
and complicated a system it is only by an improved tone
of feeling amongst all classes, and by teaching indivi-
duals to see that their own advancement depends upon a
scrupulous discharge of their duty to the public, that a
substitute can be found for that personal and pecuniary
interest which is the mainspring of exertion in private
establishments.
ADMISSIONS TO YARDS.—NEW REGULATIONS FOR ADMIS-
SION AND PROMOTION IN TIER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS.
Apprentices.—lt is the intention of their Lordships to
leave the admissions to the yard very nearly upon their
present footing, taking in a certain number of appren-
tices annually, whose names are to be entered by board
order upon the superintendent's list on the recommenda-
tion of the yard officers, allowing the apprentices out of
their time, whose conduct has been satisfactory, to fill
the first vacancies upon the establishment, and reserving
the rest for candidates of their own selection, upon a
proper report of the character and circumstances of those
who present themselves.
Educational Test.—ln the annual choice of appren-
tices, due regard will be shown to the recommendations
of the superintendent and the yard officers, where they
relate to the children of deserving artificers; but, in ad-
dition to the physical tests already required, no boy is
to be admitted after the 31st of March, 1847, who is not
able to read and write well, or who has not some know-
ledge of arithmetic.
My Lords reserve to themselves the right of directing
the children of persons out of the yard, whom they may
deem entitled to this privilege, to be entered upon the
list from which the apprentices are to be selected; but
in all cases they will requ're the same educational test
as a preparation for the ad eanteges provided by the
dockyard schools for the more intelligent of the boys ad-
mitted to them.
The list of apprentices is to be made out by the super-
intendent, the master shipwright, and his assistants, iu
the month of January in every year, and they are to
state in a written report to the board their reasons for
every recommendation, the services of the fathers, the cha-
racter given of him during the past year by his leading
man and inspector, the cause of his death, if (as it some-
times happens) the candidate is the
boy a widow, and
• 'lawn. If twenty apprentices
ships' favourable consideration.
are to be entered, forty names must be sent up (and so
any other facts that may entitle theto their Lord
any
their Lordships will select the proper Windtduals
to be admitted.
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commendations of the superintendent and of the officers
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of the yard, who will take care to use them as an encou-
ragement to merit, with a due regard to the circum-
stances of each family, which must be stated to their
Lordships by the superintendent,
their sanction. t—erß,
solely
when he applies for

NEW SHOALING OF THE YARDS.
Four Leading Men ❑nder each Inspector—Twelve
shipwrights under each Loading Man—Sub•Leading
Men.—lt is the intention of my Lords to place four lead-
ing men under each inspector, and to assign to each
leading man a gang of twelve artificers, with the proper
proportion of apprentices. The leading man will him-
self select a sub-leading man, who will take charge of a
portion of the gang when employed on separate service,
and who will be answerable to him for the expenditure
of the stores and mat, Hods. This sub-leading man will
receive no additional p.ay, and will continue to work
as an ordinary artificer, but his conduct is to be spe
eirdly noted in the weekly returns, and if satisfactory,
it will Le taken into account when his own time comes
for promotion.
The yards are to ho " shoaled " afresh (no reserved
gangs being on any account permitted) for the purpose
of carrying out this plan ; and as-the number of inspec-
tors will be reduced by it, some of those least qualified
by age, health, or other circumstances for the discharge
of their new duties, arc to be recommended for super-
annuaticn.
Casaal Sickness—Absence on account of.—As a far-
ther evidence of their Lordships' desire to raise tlta
conditions of those officers from whom they look for
more active co-operation, they are pleased to order the
discontinuance of the abatement now made from their
salaries when absent from sickness, under medical
certificate.
Re-establishment of " Measurers" Office.—lt is the

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in the use of materials, and in order to bring the work
actually done to a proper standard, to re-establish the
" Measurers " office introduced in 1809. by order in
Council, upon the recommendation of the Board of Naval
Revision, assigning to it what it had not before, a control
over the expenditure of materials as well as- over the
application of labour, and placing the office itself upon
a more economical footing. They are convinced of the
necessity of having in the dockyards, where the works
are so extensive and the business so complicated, a sys
tem of keeping accurate accounts, and of checking the
issues of stores and materials ; and they conceive the
means of effecting this may be found by employing in
each of the larger yards four measurers, who, with four
shipwright-writers, will form, under the master-ship-
wright, nn office for the measurement of work done, the
formation of estimates for repairs, and the statement of
actual expenditure. Where any of the old " sub-mea-
surers" remain in the yards they may be selecte l for this
duty, wish the pay of inspectors of the second class, and
permission to retain their pensions. Where there are no
sub measures, intelligent and practical men will be ap-
pointed as measurers, with the pay of inspectors of the
first class (1500, and furnished with instructions, which
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But whatever men find their way into the dockyards
as apprentices, or by board order, it is their Lordships'
determination that once there they should learn to look
to themselves alone for promotion. With this view, I
am commanded by their Lordships to desire that, taking
the existing staff of foremen, inspectors, and leadin€
men, of shipwrights, joiners, caulkers, &c., as the me-
dium through which the change must be wrought (sub-
ject to certain modifications, hich I shall state after-
wards), you will immediately organise a system of
weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, upon which all
future recommendations are to be founded.
SYSTEM OF WEEKLY AND MONTULY RETURNS.
Weekly Returns.—Using die forms that will be trans •
mitted to you for this purpose by the storekeeper-gene-
ral, you will direct each leading man to prepare, in his
own handwriting, a weekly return of the conduct of the
men composing his gang, which he will hand over on the
Monday morning to his inspector, stating in it, on the
one hand, any causes of complaint that he may see rea-
son to make against the men for waste of stores, neglect
of work, insubordination, or insobriety; and on the other,
his opinion of their respective merits.
Inspector's Report to Foreman once a Fortnight.—The
inspector to make these returns once a fortnight to the
foreman of the yard under whom he is more immediately
serving, accompanied by remarks also in his own hand-
writing, and stating whether, in his judgment, the lead-
ing men had done their duty satisfactorily; and the fore-
men whose business it is to make themselves personally
acquainted with the character and conduct of all who
work under them will, in like manner, transmit the
inspector's reports and returns on the Ist of every month
to the master shipwright, stating how far their own
opinion confirms the character given of the gangs by the
leading men and inspectors.
Both the foremen and inspectors will include in these
returns the single station men placed under their orders,
who, with the artificers, form the class out of which the
leading men are to be selected. Other single station
ey are serving
returns to
men are to be reported upon in like manner by the officer
under whose immediate orders th
Care must be taken not to permit these
lapse into a matter of form. The superior shipwright
officers must investigate them closely at the end of every
month, and the inferior officers and leading men will be
noted at the Admiralty, according to the ability dis-
played in them.
Mode of Recommending for Promotion as Leading
Men.—lt is their Lordship' intention that the weekly
return made originally by the leading man skuld pass
on to the master shipwright, with the rema of the
inspectors and foremen attached to it; and whenever a
vacancy for a leading man occurs, the master shipwright,
with his assistants, will lay before the superintendent
tl-,e three names which they recommend for promotion,
stating in writing the grounds of their recommendation,
and producing the returns upon which it is founded.
It is the duty of the superintendent to investigate closely
these returns and recommendations, and if he see reason
to suppose that they hard not been prepared n reate-,
feet impartiality, to report the serve to the Admiralty.
Examination.—He will also direct the candidates to
be examined in his presence by the master shipwright
and his assistants, in those matters which are essential
to the proper performance of their duties ; for my
Lords are convinced that no man can exercise a moral
power over others who is not superior to them in ac-
quirements; and they are consequently most desirous
that officers, even of the lowest grad,. should possess a
professional knowledge above that of the workmen.
Qualifications of a Leading Man.—To be a leading
mars an artificer should, in addition to a thorough prac-
tical knowledge of his trade, be able to write a legible
hand; he should understand arithmetic, as far as vulgar
and decimal fractions; and he should be well acquainted
with the details of forming and combining the different
y,
parts of a ship, and the various methods used in trim
ming and fastening them. Upon all these points the
superintendent will draw up a report, which he will
transmit to the Admiralt with the original
annexed to it, submitted him by the master shipwright,
and having reduced the list of candidates W two, by
omitting the ono he thinks least qualified, one of the
documents
to
names thus sent up will be appointed by board order to
fill the vacancy.
Monthly
Promotion fromn
on ConductLeadin of Ins
Men to Inecsptors andeco. Leading
p
f the
Men.—My Lords regard it as the peculiar duty
of
the
Report of F o reme
master shipwright, his assistants, and the foremen f
grid
yard, to watch over the conduct of the leading mofeenver
the inspectors, and they desire that on the
l"n
the effiY-
month the foreman will prepare a report
ciency or inefficiency of the officers servinga.p
u ht's office,
which is to be kept in the master shiewr_Jg
may have
stating any grounds of complaint that e
thf
satisfaction,
against them, and any particular cause
a greater
such as the increased efficiency of labour,
er
h circum-
economy in the use of stores, or on
them,
stance which they may think condunclyve
nßible.
conduct of the work for which they are rear'
Sent Qsiar-
Reports of' Foremen on Officers to be
terly to the Admiralty, Originals not ClePelse.l '
which
Lords intend to see these reports
themselves,
of' the
are to be sent up quarterly, with the
rnedmthe prone°.
etto the better
master shipwright attached to them, a
Lion of foreman to the rank of
he impression
assistants will depend very much upon !,
ty.
thus given to their intelligence and capate
h.
When a
Mode of Recommending for an inspectors
s.hipwright
vacancy for an inspector occurs, t master
from the mould
will select from the leading men, and, e thinks most
loft, the names of the individuals whom n
erintendent
competent to fill it, and submit them to Oohs
master-shipwrigh.
dd'eon to
mendation is founded. The superintendent, in a
inspectors to the
these, will call for the reports made by the ,
re.
foremen, and pay particular attention to the returns p
with the reports of the foreman, upon vs isud.pi his recom-
tions
pared by the leading men, as well as the qu
emianiation, as
of the draughtsmen
d intelli Yence
these ought to furnish proof of their zea an o
rotots,as
to
as subordinates; and having satisfied his ow . I
who are put
office of inspector, and as to the fairness with which they
have been selected, he will, as in the case of the leading
men, direct them to be examined, in his presence, by the
the fitness of the individuals submitted to him for the
master shipwright and his assistants.o
man should write well; he should understand arithmetic
off ships on the mould floor, and the
Qualification of an Inspector. r be an inspector a
and combining the different parts of
as far as vulgar and decimal fractions, and be able to
l ye surfaces and cubes. Ile should likewise
measure p a •
iiunnsgginodes of fastening them, and the cor-
rectuperintendent.—The superintendent will
points in his report, stating his own
these
eking account of work.
understanddsaedi
details
method
Report
theoe
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opinion of the capacity of the candidates; and having
reduced the number to two by striking off the name of
that candidate whom he thinks least qualified. One of
the two names thus sent up will be selected to fill the
vacancy.
Pay and Duties of Inspecters.—M—
Lords having
taken into consideration the case of the inspectors, are
of opinion that they. have a just ground of complaint in
y
the smallness of their salary, and in
the slowness and
uneertainty of their promotion. They wish to see their
inspectors take their proper place, as a class of intelli-
gent and independent officers, upon whose exertion the
discipline of the yard mainly depends, and who have it
in their power to repay the public a hundredfold for any
encouragement that may be given them, by increased
vigilance in the discharge of their duties.
Increase of Salary for Year beginning April 1, 1847.
My Lords, therefore, have determined to make provi-
sions in the next estimates for increasing the salaries of
inspectors from 100/. to 1251., for the year beginning the
Ist April, 1847 ; and they are also prepared to recom-
mend the
formed 1 s of
with a salary of 1501., which
April, 1848, a first class of
inspectors
is to be composed of one-fourth of the inspectors in each
that,
shallon be
yard, whose names they will themselves select in the
first week of April, 1848, after a careful examination of
the quarterly reports made during the preceding twelve
months by the foremen and master shipwrights. My
Lords reserve the right of satisfying themselves by
personal inquiries, or in any other way that they
may
think proper, as to the intelligence and services of the
individuals to be thus selected. They will be guided
principally by the proofs which their own reports
their superior officers may afford of their zeal, firmness.
and capacity ; but they will in all cases seek the advice
and concurrence of the superintendent before their choice
is finally notified.

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The foremen of the yard are to be selected from the
whole body of inspectors, assistant timber converters
and measurers, giving a preference, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, to inspectors of the first class, but preserving
the right to promote from the second class, upon a spe-
cial report, in cases of extraordinary services or merit.
Vacancies how Filled.—When a vacancy for a fore-
man occurs, the master shipwright is to submit three
names to the superintendent, who will follow in all re-
spects the rules laid down for the promotion of inspec-
tors and leading men, taking care, however, that the
examination is conducted with due reference to the
higher qualifications required in this class of officers.
Qualification of Foreman.—To be a foreman, a man
should have a competent knowledge of simple equations,
in algebra, and be able to work problems deduced from
the three first books of Euclid. lie should also have a
thorough knowledge of the mode of laying off ships
upon the mould Lit floor, and understand all the diffe-
rent methods of forming and combining them. These
qualifications are to be stated in the report made by the
superintendent to the Admiralty accompanied by his
own remarks, as to the manner in which the candidates
have discharged their duties as inspectors, and by the
reports which they have themselves drawn up as to the
conduct of the leading men and artificers working un-
der them during the preceding twelve months ; and my
Lords will then select one of the two to fill the va-
cancy.

PIPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
CORNIIILL, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.
HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman.
GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
James C. C. Bell. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq.
Michael Bland, Esq James 0. Murdoch, Esq.
Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley I'almer, Esq.
Ardrew Colvile, Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq.
George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid. Esq.
George Ilibbert, Esq. William It. Robinson, Esq.
Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq.
FOUR-FIFTHS, or SO per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as-
signed to policies every fifth year, a
mnd may be applied
to the reduction to Increase the
sum insured, to an immediate payment in cor
and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow-
ing example :
PROFITS to POLICIES of 25 YEARS STANDING, entitled to
participate in the Bonus

___.—.—'--'ll -----
Age Cash paid on Or Prem.lAnd an
at , Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced , nual re-
Entry. Insured. Premium. v.ddod. of Bonus. to. 1 turn ef.
-- -- ----- --- ----
£ Ls. 0.. Z s.d.iXs• d• .Zs'• d•Z s. d•
15 1000 19 5 10 451 b 01 174 12 3 8 6 9 ......
20 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 8 15 0 .• •• ••
30 1050 26 14 2 451 b 0 230 18 7 7 10 5
40 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0
284 0 6 4 9 8 ......
50 1000 45 6 8 451 5 O ,35 9 11 14 19 4
..••••
60 10.110 6:j 13
1151
---5---°=3B4 12 5
1,-----,;rl—•ances without participation in profits effected at reduced

GOOD SERVICE GRANT.
Complaints of Foremen—Slowness of Promotion.—
My
Lords are aware that from the slowness of promo-
tion amongst the foremen, owing to the very limited
number of master-shipwrights' assistants, there is no
class of officers amongst whom there are to be found
harder cases of long services and unrequited merit.
They cannot remove this disadvantage as regards pro-
motion, for that necessarily depends upon vacancies in
the grades immediately above them ; but they will re-
commend to Parliament that, in consideration of the im-
portant duties performed by the foremen, a gratuity of
501. shall be given annually to one foreman in each of
the yards, who will be selected by their Lordships them
selves in April of each year, commencing in 1848, with
due reference to length of service and general character
as well as to the intelligence and integrity with which,
upon examination of the quarterly- reports, he may ap-
pear to have discharged the new duties with which the
foremen are about to be entrusted. They regard this
grant in the light of a good-service reward, to be given
up upon promotion. Its renewal to the same individual
will depend upon his continued vigilance and exertion.
MA STER- SIIIPW RIGHT'S ASSISTANT.
Examination at Naval College and Yard.—When a
vacancy for master-shipwright's assistant occurs, the
master shipwright will select the three most competent
men amongst the foremen as candidates ; but no candi-
date will be considered qualified who is not prepared to
equations,passn a
tlie
examinationfirstsixatbotohieci Noralv:aulelti7do,lltemgde itnhequgaednreartaici
principles of mechanics and hydrostatics. lie will also
be subjected to an examination in the yard, which is to
be conducted in the presence of the superintendent, by
the master shipwright personally, as to all other matters
required of his subordinate officers ; and he will be ex
pected to be able to give designs for the construction of
ships, and to explain the principles by which it is
regulated.
The superintendent will then investigate carefully the
manner in which such candidate has performed his duty
as an officer of the yard, and he will transmit to the Ad.
miralty the original reports sent in by him to the master
shipwright, in order that their Lordships may itidg,e of
his fitness for higher duties. The decision of the board
will rest upon a full consideration of all these various
circumstances ; but ono of the three names sent up will
be selected to fill the vacancy unless an officer of still
higher qualification shall be recommended from some
other yard, who will, however, have to pass an equally
stringent examination.

Insurances
rates.
Prospectuses,
now given by
above ; at the I

and an explanatory statement of other advantages
this Company, may be had rt the ChW Offices as
ranch Office, 16, Pall-mall; or of the Agents.
SAMUEL INGALL, Actcary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26 CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered lay Act of Parliament,
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
las, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
lso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
crests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
atos.

prvislON Or
The renteriuttae success anti Increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Director's, nt the hint annual investigation. to declare
et worth holm% varying from 35 to /45 per cent. on tho premituna paid
on etch Polley effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

ti y;
7.' ....
Premium. Bonns , Bonus in g r 4. -g Assurel
p t ad.led. ' Cash. c-- '5" may
p 3 g Borrow.
1
, 1837.£217 15 1 .£lOO 011 £l6 0 4'£44.5 0 0
£ £ . 18381 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1
1000 3 4 1839 i 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3
1840! 116 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13 4
11441 11l 6 8, 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5

The division of profits Is annual, and the next will be made in
ecember of the preieat year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary.

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LONG LIFE.
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H 0 W TO BE HAPPY
" Jueunde

_
2.
WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID,
(With Diet-tables for all Complaint* )
3.

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" To be, or not to be, that is the quz stion."—Shakspeare.
4.
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" Cure ut valeas."
These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are
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OTHER PROMOTIONS.
Caulkers, Joiners—Qualifications as Inspector and
Leading Man, &c.—The forms to be observed in recom-
mending for promotion as inspectors and leading wen of
caulkers and joiners are to be precisely similar, every
rinuion amongstforan in thesesp inspector
classesror o
caulkers recommendation being founded upon weekly and monthly
reports, which are to be transmitted to the master ship.
wright. But as there is not the same scope or necessity
fo
examination required a leading man of shipwrights
will be instruction
sufficientct fi,
rc e
jros i,n
et
rhs :
and a man will be qualified to become. a leading man
farti
(
who can read and write well, and keep accounts cor-
rectly, provided the weekly reports bear testimony to
his industry, sobriety, and good cont wet in other respects.
The same will be required of the foremen and leading
men of painters, and of the master smith, who, with a
salary of 2501. a year, ought to be a man of some educa-
tion. His foreman should also be able to read and write,
and to keep accounts correctly, and my Lords intend to
require this in all future appointments, both in the
smithies and as leading men of labourers.
TIMBER CONVERTERS.
There is one other officer in the dockyard with whose
position my Lords are not satisfied, his duties being
bidly defined, and his responsibility divided. The head
timber converter is, or ought to be, a man of much ex-
perience and great integrity ; and a man thus qualified
should have the entire superintendence of all matters
connected with the receipt, preservation, and conversion
of timber, and the timber accounts, reporting through
the superintendent. to the board direct, upon the qua-
lity of the timber when first brought into the yard, and
upon the stacking and other arrangements for preserv-
ing it, as well as upon any cases of improper conversion
that he may discover.
Timber Inspector 4001., two Assistant-Converters at
150/.. and 1251., two Attendants at ss. per day.—My
Lords are pleased, therefore, to direct that the head
timber converter in each yard, if properly qualified,
shall exercise henceforward this general superinten-
dence with the rank of " timber inspector," and with
a salary of 4001. in lieu of 350/. He is to have
(as at present) two sub converters under him, to be
called " assistant-converters," who, with their two as-
sistants, will be employed exclusively in conversions
at the saw pits
and have the salary of first and second
class inspector. But the general superintendence and
conversion of the timber are to rest with the timber in
spector, and no timber is to be received by the store
receiver without his certificate. In case of any failure
in the contracts, or attempt to introduce into the yard
timber of an inferior quality, n
ornot due, or not in ac-
cordance with the contract, the inspector is to report
the same to the superintendent, and copies of the repre-
sentations so made are to be sent to the Admiralty direct
in order that my Lords may have the means of judging
of the causes and character of his objections. When
vacancies occur, the timber inspector will be selected
from the
h foremen of the yard, and will be allowed one
clerk to keep the timber accounts,
being a charge and
duty transferred from the storekeeper.
REMOVALS UPON PROMOTION.
" Quarterly'; Promotions of Foremen and In-
spectors.—Having madef
provision for the more liberal
emd inspe and havg
remuneration of the or
ld f honourablectors, in
n exertion i
ed to them a fie en an
open certain to lead to preferment as
which merit
is a. c
any written regulations can make it, my Lords
conceive themselves entitled to hold the services
s absolutely at the disposal of the
of these officers a
and wherever they may be required.
Crown whenevf.r
no general rule respecting age or
They will lay down f romotion, but it is their inten-
removals at the time o p
to fill up the vacancies upon the list of fore
tion early in every quarter, when the
men and inspectors once
the yards will be before them.
quarterly returns from all t
offs.
the right oftransferring a o s
and they reserve
it is to that
upon promotion to any yard where Lords Nought
they play prove most useful, Ordhught from
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this regulation the foreign yards, as good 'rounds may
be assigned, from family circumstances, or health, for
declining to serve in them; but the officers who volun-
teer: for this duty, whether as foremen, inspectors' or
leading men, will have their time and rank (in addition
to their increased pay) as if employed in her Maiesty's
yards at home, and will be most favour-31y noted for
promotion, when their conduct abroad has ;:roved setis-
tory. My Lords reserve to themselves the right of ad-
ding their names, upon their return to this c eintry, to the
list of candidates sent up by any aid, in order to • n-nrc
their re-entry, upon their passing the r o2er xamit.a
don. Inspectors will be regainai to serve twkl.. e menthe
upon probation before ther appointments are coefirieezi.
My Lords have now only to call upon the admirals,
1 captains-superintendent, the master shipwrights, and
the other principal officers of the dockyards, to asist
them in working out this plan honestly. They have
given sufficient proofs, by the surrender of their °an
patronage, of the sincerity of their desire to make these
great national establishments what they ought to be.
They have removed everything that can warrant a sus-
picion that. preferment will be the result not of service,
but of political favouritism. They wish every step in
the advancement of a man to be known and marked by
his fellows ; and they have laid down the rules that
seem to them best adapted to ensure, in each stage, fair
play to merit and industry. But the good or bad
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attempt to thwart their intentions, and to reward those
who shall cheerfully second them by every proof of
their favour and approbation.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING POST.
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Put two ounces of butter or oil into a two-gallon-and-
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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE.
We were yesterday favoured with an inspection of
this theatre, and so great was the change in the area and
the appearance of the interior, as compared with that
which Covent-garden had presented, that, like all who
have b?en so fortunate as to obtain a peep, we were per-
fectly astonished at the alteration which has been carried
out in the short space of three month.
As "Covent-garden," the house contained three roves
of boxes ; the " Royal Italian Opera House" consists of
six tiers of boxes. This additional accommodation has
been obtained by lowering the pit, and by heightening
the ceiling. But in order to afford our readers the
chance of understanding what transformations have
been made, and what results have been achieved, it will
be well that a slight sketch of the movements, in re-
ference to this establishment, should be given.
Within a few hours of Jullien's " Bal Masque" having
been brought to a termination in December last, the
workmen, under the direction of Mr. Albano, the
architect, b-gin the operation of preliminary
destruction, and from that morning until the hour
whereat we are writing, not a moment, save during
the Sunday, has passed without witnessing the
kbeurs of several hundred (600 or 700) men within
the building. An inspection as the works have pro-
:,res.:ed can alone have enabled any man to arrive at a
,ti,hful conception of their gigantic character. Since
.he morning Alluded to, the whole of the interior of the
Audience portion of the theatre has been removed, so
that there have bt eu nothing left but the external walls,
the outside roof, and the earth underneath, where thou-
sands of our fellow-subjects have sat—the pit. Here
an excavation was carried on until a sufficiency of extra
depth had been attained to enable the construction of a
new pit and erehestra on a lower level than heretofore,
and also an additional tier (now the pit tier) of boxes.
From this depth two walls, on the inside of the outer
walls, have been built of four bricks thick to the height
of 22 feet, and in some parts even a greater number,
and have been carried up in cement from the foundation
hs a support to the front and back of the boxes. Upon
these walls have been erected pillars of cast iron, 10 ft.
4 in. apart in front, and 11 ft. 6 in. apart at the back of
the boxes, which have since been raised upon them.
These columns are 6 ft. 8 in. in diameter from
the level of the pit tier up to the ceiling,
and thus form the extra support to the upper
nve tiers of boxes. It has already been stated that
there are now six tiers of boxes. and in order to gain the
facility of access to all above the pit tier, there have
been two new stone staircases surrounded with brick
walls, commenced from the foundation and carried to
the sixth or uppermost tier of boxes and the gallery.
The whole of the grand entrance and grand stone stair-
case, the saloons, and adjoining rooms, have been re-
modelled, and reconstructed so as to assimilate them, in
their uses and in their applicability to the new state of
affairs. All will recollect the wasteful lobbies which
intervened between the dress and upper circles and the
saloon. These, as well as the two flights of stairs in
the saloon, have vanished, and thus the dress, or rather
the grand tier of boxes have been thrown back to the
distance of 14 feet. This additional area has been
gained by the adoption of irsimilar plan throughout the
house. Then on the sides, those who were accustomed
to revel in the privilege of a " private " box, will not
have forgotten the great space that was lavished on its
"retiring " room. The whole of these, except those
behind her Majesty's and the other two boxes which
have been taken by the members of the Royal Family,
and which have been much altered, have been removed
in order to enable Mr. Albano to construct his circles of
boxes in such a manner as toharmonise w ith the increased
distance he has accomplished by, the displacemeant of the
Bithies and saloon staircases. The .sixth tier of boxes
and the present gallery have been gained by an elevation
of the ceiling, which has been taken to such a height as
to give a much greater space between it and the pit than
at any other theatre in this country.
The Royal Italian Opera House will, when finished,
in its audience portion be thus divided. There are to be
158 boxes distributed into six tiers, a pit tier, the grand
tier, and four upper tiers. In the centre of the fourth
and fifth tiers are two compartments, denominated the
" upper and lower amphitheatres," each of which will
be divided into 148 seats similar to stalls ; but not, as
far as we could understand, intended to be let for the
season as stalls. In fact they are, we imagine, to be
treated as open to the general public, who will have the
opportunity, we believe, of securing any particular seat
for the night only. Thus, it will be observed, there will
be within " four" of three hundred " public" sittings in
the boxes. Or, should our surmise be erroneous, and
that it may eventually be determined to let these seats by
the season, there will then be opportunity given to
nearly 300 individuals who may desire to have a
" single" seat in the boxes for the season. Either way
that the ultimate decision may chance to rest, the ap-
propriation of a portion of the theatre, from every point
of which a perfect view of the doings on the stage can
he obtained to such a purpose, will be no small boon to
the public. The number of stalls will be 256, and, as
at her M 'jest) 's Theatre, will commence upwards from
the orchestra. The seats in the pit will be divided by
" arias," as at Drury lane Theatre, and each row will
have a. back." hoeneenittrhaenrcsei
side
eo
of the
e stallsho uswe:ltlhbreoulg
means of a (
the pit tier of boxes, and the ingress to the pit will be
'hr U 4 ft a double doorway at the back, under the grand

THE LOAN.
It appears to be admitted on all hands that Lord
John Russell and Sir Charles Wood acted most adroitly
in the mode in which they took the contract for the
eight million loan. But a bare chance of realising pro-
fits, so large as those made in previous contracts, exists
in taking 1001. Consols for 891. lOs. of real money. The
coalition of the firms of Rothschild and Barings was
effected at about eleven o'clock on Sunday night—mark,
Sunday night! The Chancellor of the Exchequer was
perfectly aware of the result of the meeting between the
heads of the two wealthy establishments we have above
named, and he, we believe, with prudential motives,
altered his previously formed intention as to the mini
mum quotation at which the biddings v, ere to be ac-
cepted. There is not a doubt but that, originally, and
before the coalition took place, that 891 per cent. was
the intended value to be placed in the sealed letter,
by which, had the occurrences named not have been
in the knowledge of the financial functionnr), the eon,
tract would have been either accepted or refused. What
was the minimum price in the sealed letter which was
placed on the table at ten o'clock on Monday morning
last is of course a secret, the Chancellor, though requested,
after the contract had been settled, politely declining to
open the document. The quotation however was, we
have reason to believe, very closely approximating to
89i and "a fiddle"—to use a Stock Exchange term.
Be that as it may, there was a most praisewurth'i exer-
tion shown by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in ascer-
taining what would be about the price bid for the eight
million loan. Sir Charles was in most influential circles
on Saturday, to obtain the information he required, and
he obtained it. While, however, giving praise to the
head of the financial department of the country. there
were a few details, connected with the modus operandi
in carrying Gut the contract, which somewhat puzzled the
parties.presant, nearly all of whom were intimately con-
nected with loans and monetary operations. Among
the capitalists who took part in the conversation w ere
Mr. Baring, of the firm of Baring Brothers, Mr. Capel,
Baron Rothschild (as already named), Mr. Mildinay
(who very frequently, and to the purpose, addressed tin
Chancellor of the Exchequer), with others.
From practical parties connected with trade and corn.
merce, and intimately connected with the Money
Market, conversational hints and remarks are often
useful, confidence on such occasions not being infringed
upon by the person recording them. At the request
of the Premier and the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
the contracting parties to the loan retired to form a
written document as to their desires in alteration of the
terms of the contract. They did so ; ad interim a busi
ness• like conversation was commenced by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, relative to the probable supplies of
grain, or flour, and provisions from abroad, especially
from the United States. Mr. Bates (an active and intel-
ligent partner in the firm of Baring, Brothers,) gave it
as his opinion, that for the present, at least, it could
hardly be expcted that an abundance of produce would
be thrown in, though admitting that in the States there
were ample stocks. he Chancellor of the Exchequer
appeared not to understand this, when provisions gene-
roily, and " the staff of life" in particular, were so high
here. Mr. Bates immediately replied, in illustration,
that when an article at first cost was but 1.5., and the
charges upon it were 25., parties were not over ready. to
enter upoo spegulationsin consigAt. In conversation
thiepoint 'raised as to the' le extent to which
the coffers or the Bank of England-Usigh t be attacked, or
drained, to pay for flour, &c., imported. The Governor
and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, who
were seated on the right hand of Lord John Russell,
were silent upon this poir4, although it was evident their
opinion was sought for, but privately the opinion was
partially expressed that the drain, if such the late ex-
ports of the precious metals can be called, had, for the
current year, at least, passed its zenith. These few re-
miniscences, emanating from most practical persons,
may fairly be placed before our readers. The private
audience between the parties who retired having termi-
nated, a written document was placed in the hands of
the Chancellor, and read by him and Lord John Russell,
and the contract was signed by all but one party, who
left ere he had done so. A messenger was sent after
him, and he returned ; of course it could not be Una
gined that he wanted to have first start tor the City, and
communicate the result to parties anxious to learn the
news. Baron Rothschild and his three brothers were
the last to quit the audience chamber, a most interesting:
conversation having been entered into with the Chan
cellor, but of which, being held in the recess
of the window, and strictly private, it is n. t the
province of the writer of this article to indite a line.
Mutual compliments having passed between the two
heads of the Government, and of the wealthy firms of
the City present, the meeting was pronounced as closed,
and the parties separated.
As rapidly as possible the information of the actin!
contract price was snt into the City (by-the- bye, the
terms were very closely guessed before), and the Stock
Exchange presented a degree of animation and excite-
ment which have been a stranger to it for many years
past. As much as 2i per cent. was offered and taken
for the scrip; but soon after the price receded, arid as
pay day came on (121 per cent. to be completed yester-
day), the few parties who had a "slice" of the loan, and
who, judging from previous events of the same kind that
values would fall, sold, in order to buy in at lower rates,
and hold on for the future, in hopes of realising a good
per tentage. The amount of the loan is too small to
excite any very considerable demand on the part nt: the
public, but to those who are most connected with the
Money Market the scrip will be a pet for the next two or
three months.—Observer.

tier.
The external admission to the boxes will be in the
front of the building, of course, in Bow-street, and the
carriages will pass under the old portico, and set down
c!ose to the door. The visitor will then proceed up the
grand stone staircase, and on through the large doorway
leading from the landing place into a room which was
origin fly applied to different purposes, but which, with
two others, has now been throws into the old saloon, the
whole having been converted into the boxes " crush
r,+( in." From this place are several doorways affording
access to the lobby which passes round the grand tier.
With the triple object of removing a public nuisance,
of turning that which was a general annoyance and eye-
sore to a useful end, and of offering increased comfort
to the humbler patrons of the undertaking, the proprie-
tors have thrown out a building so as to enclose the
avenue which ran from Bow-street into the Piazza in
Covent-garden Market, and have transformed it into an
entrance and capacious " crush room" for the pit.
There has been a marked consideratipn for the comfort
and ease of the box subscribers furthermore, inasmuch
as that the front of the boxes bows outwards, and so pre-
sents an abundance of accommodation and space for the
1 legs of their occupants.
In reference to the decorations, the building is not in
a sufficiently forward state to allow of their being put up,
but we were lucky enough to gain a glimpse of that por.
tion which will constitute the outer side of the pannels
for the boxes. Those for the grand tier are of a very
superb description. The whole of the groundwork will
be white enamel; at the base of the front of each will be
a splendid banding of gold, above which is another
banding, but of blue plain enamel, and the latter will be
surmounted by a gorgeous but exceedingly ornamental
bordering of gold of about nine inches or a foot in depth.
The general decorations for the other tiers willppartake
somewhat of a similar character, although in each there
will be a distinctive variance. The fittings up of tho
boxes will, we believe, be of rich crimson satin damask,
which, in contrast with the white enamel of the panne*,
cannot but be productive of a most beautiful effect.
There is an arrangement as regards the stalls and the
seats in the pit which, from its excellence, ought not to
be forgotten on the present occasion, namely, that the
seats are to be so placed as that those who occupy the
binder rows will look over the shoulders of those in the
row immediately before them, and thus all will have every
facility of obtaining a clear view of the proceedings on
the stage.—Observer.

DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—On Satur-
day morning, as Keys and Frost, keepers to the Rev. John
Bramston Scam, of Forest Hall, High Ongar, were going
their rounds between two and three o'clock, they came
upon some .poachers in the wood near Norton Hall, and
when within five or six yards of them the villains fired a
gun before a word had been spoken, but providentially the
shot passed between the men, and they escaped injury. The
poachers 'then took to their heels, and the keepers gave
chase, when Frost came up with a man named Blowes, who
turned round upon him, whirling the butt-end of the gun,
and had not Frostevaded the blow the consequences
would
doubtless have proved fatal to him. He, however, closed
with the fellow, whose companion stopped to rescue him,
when the other keeper came up and with the butt-end of his
gun levelled the other poacher to the ground. The keepers
then secured them both. During the affray a bull dog
which Keys had with him seized Blowes near the eye, and
almost tore it out, and Keys in rescuing the dog was bitten
through the hand. The prisoners were taken on Saturday
by Superintendent Flood before the Ongar bench of magis-
trates, Henry Bullock, J. T. Wright, Capel Cure, and John
Bramston Stane, Esqrs., and the Rev. .J. Earle, when the
above facts were sworn to by the keep Hers and the prisoners,
John Page and Charles Bowes, both labourers' of Fvfield,
were committed to take their trial on the charge of having
feloniously shot at Keys and Frost, with intent to.murder
them. The men were both in work, and the police took
from Page a good silver watch, with 295. in silver, and from
Blowes 21s. 6d. The poacher's gun was fractured in three
places, as
the keeper's gun was broken in half. At the
spot where the affray took place there was a pool of blood,
as if a sheep had been killed, and Page was shot in the
thigh by the keeper, who fired after he had been shot at.—
Chelmsford Chronicle.
THE Dea
DEFENCES or DOVER, DEAL, &C.—The
following is a return of the guns mounted at Dover,
l.
and the adjoining fortresses :--Deal Castle
Ceske and four 2-p
pouSaluting
nd
guns, on common carriages ; Weimer
Battery, eight 36-pounder guns, aed six 6-pounders, on com-
igMhnajeeasstyth'se Theatre
pootos s oonf won carriages ; Sandown Castle, five 34-pounders, on com-
mon carriages; Dover Castle, four 12-pounder guns (one There were presentßaotyahl her
hsass), on conApsola carriages; East Drive Bastion, two 32- Saturday evening—Her
Edmund Ari
pounder guns, In traversing platforms; Shoulder of Mutton Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta
, Ktie-ebeek, and Mr.
Clementine VillialrdsTathYe;Dtuhkee
Cadogan, Baron
and Lady Field, five 32-pounders, on traversing platforms; Moats
of wCountessellin
Welling-
Guilford the Marehioness of Douro ; the Conde de Monte-
Bulwark, three 32-pounder gnus, on common carriages ;
eEramrlaajnesdty
Guilford Battery, three 32-pounder guns, on traversing I,lat-
itehdtehler Queen Countess of
Adelaide's Sheffield
box) and ; phairst y (who
forms; Archeliti Fort, six 32-pounder guns, on traversing
platforms; Citadel, two 12-pounder carronades, on common mo
lousyccluiipl
Excel-
carriages; Drop Redoubt, three 24-pounder guns, on travers-Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow ; the
ing platforms; six 12-pounder guns, on common carriages, Baron and Baroness Rehausen ; the Marquis of Ailcsbury,
and one 8-inch mortar ; total for Deal, Dover, &c., 58 guns.—
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Falmouth, the
Earl
Dorer Telegraph.
thei EarlMnnster, the Earl and Countess of Harring-
The Rev. Dr. Cooke had an interview with Sir Georgeton,
Grey on Saturday. of Lonsdale, the Earl of Cardigan,
the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl Granville, the Viscount
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' Lady Templemore, Mr. anti Lady Augusta .. entworth, the
consumption is large, and study economy, will derive
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affixed, by which the purchaser of uni- Byng, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Sir R. and
form price is
pound can obtain it on the same terms
a single Lady Howard, Sir H, Webb, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir G.
as the trade. Nombwell, Mr.. Mrs., and Miss Brenton Trelavvny, Mr.,
Black Tea ...2s. Bd., as., as • 4d, 3s. 8d , 49., 4s. 4a 5, I Alm and Miss Montgomery, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Hubert
Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 4
s., 4s. 4d., 5.;.. 65., 7s. De Alas.,
Burgh, Colonel Bowers, Major Baring, Mr. H. Broad-
Coffee. 9d., 101, Is., Is, 2d., d l 1 Is wood Al F Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe, Mr.
is. 4d., ~ Is, 64 ~ Is. Sc. ..• • •, ' • .
One pound sent free t Horace Twiss Captain Sym &c. &••
and Ars. , , ..
0 any part of town. Orders from
the country forwardedthe Fracchini the celebrated who is shortly ex-
same day; and when the ' ' • .• , . tenor,
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Paid to any partof E 1 d Aland Co.,
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ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.

li oxes , Is., Half Pric-e-,-Wd.:;-:Pit,--6-d—.l Gallery, 3d. Private BOXCS,

1/. Is. and 10s. 6d.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed WILDFIRE, THE GIPSY HORSE-STEALER;
0,, The Fortunes and Chances of War. Characters by Messrs.
nicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Raymond, Furman, Howard, Miss Vin-
cent, Mrs. Lee, Miss Pearce, &c.
After which, THE MAGIC HARP OF ALTENBERG ; or, The
Grave of the Ohl Abbey Ruins. In which Mr. Hicks and Miss Vin-
cent will perform.
To conclude with THF, HOUSE DOG ; or, Different Positions.

ANDLENIA.3 'MARKET, INVERNESS
was held on Wein .—This market
town did not nosses3essdai'. Thursday, and Friday last. The
occasions. Still thereusevi a busy appearance as on previous
good display of pottery, and Of
the manufactures of the tinsmith and cooper on the streets.
Tarn, fine, strong, and colour also, was displayed in
considerable quantities • 4 ctile,ese and butter carts Friday
The horpsric nelsarket, as anticipated, was
only produced 24.
good, with a large den-wind ;
horses brought 1001._; draught horses hip- A pair of tine
garrons 101. to 16/. Butter brought l'9s.-r°4l 25/. to 45/. ;
2131 b. ; and cheese Os. to 7s. per stone, ;mit,: 225. the stone,
.3d. to Is. 6d. ; yarn 21d. to 3d. per cut.—lnv,Prl,aiding trotu
LORD DUNDONALD'S Watt PLAN.—We es
understand Courier,
that the secret official trial to ascertain the effect of a con-
tinuous evolution of intense gas, in projecting shells or shot
from a tube, resulted on an average in throwing 25 six-
pounder shot to the distance of 7,000 yards. From this data
it is clear that balls of greater diameter would far exceed the
range of common artillery. Another important advantage is
said to accrue—namely, that the continous rush during their
emission would prove much less injurious to vessels project-
ing such missiles than the shock or recoil of single discharges.
We learn that Lord Dundonald's ingredients produce an
elastic emission, like that which would be evolved by kind-
ling the end of a hawser or cable formed of hard twisted gun-
cotton.—ffunipshire Teleyruph,
W. B. Perrand, Esq., has been appointed a deputy
lieutenant for Yorkshire.

lINFI WkTER A.T LON DON-BIM )(1 1.1 Tti 1 b DAY.
Sforning .. 23 minutes after 5. I Evening 42 •oinatea utter 5A