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London, England, 1846-01-01 00:00:00

h-c:w some days can be saved bet Ween Alexandria and
Marseilles, and that all Mr. "Waghorn succeeded in doing
when he made his experiment via Germany, was to gain
some time between Suez arid Alexandria, and that there-
fore the German route or the French route had nothing
to do with the matter.

In making these observations as to the superiority of
the French route, we have no intention of disparaging
Mr. Waghorn's c frorts. That gentleman is, in our opi-
nion; entitled to the public thanks for his unremitting
exertions in expediting the Indian mails to England; and
we believe that at this m•.ment the overland route would
not have been adopted, but for his untiring energy and
perseverance.—Herald.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The following is sent us as a correct list of the ships
of war commissioned during the past year :
LINE-OF-BATTLE SHlPS.—Hibernia, 120, Captain
Peter Richards, C. 13., for the flag of the Vice-Admiral
Sir William Parker, G.C.8., commander-in-chief in the
Mediterranean ; Trafalgar, 120, Captain William Fan-
shawe Martin, for the flag of Vice• Admiral Sir John
Chambers White, K.C.8., commander-in-chief at the
Nore; Caledonia, 120, Captain Hall Manley Dixon, for
the flag of the Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir Samuel
Pym, K.C.8., of Plymouth Dock-yard ; St. Vicct•nt,
120, Captain Sir Richard Grant, Lint., for the flag of
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., commander•in-chief
at Portsmouth; Queen, 110, Captain Sir Baldwin Wake
Waiker, K.C.8., for the experimental cruise, and subse-
quently for the flag of Admiral Sir John West, K.C.8.,
commander-in-chief at Devonport ; Rodney, 92, Cap-
:sin Edward Collier, C.B. ; Canopus, 84, Captain
Fairfax Moresby, C.B. ; Vanguard, 80, Captain Geo.
W. Willes.

FRIG AT ES.-Vernon, 50, Captain John Coghlan Fitzge-
rald, for the flaw of Rear-Admiral Samuel H. Ingle field,
C.B, commander-in-chief at the Brazils; President., 50,
Captain William Pearce Stanley, for the flag of Rear-
Admiral James Richard Dacre., commander-in-chief at
the Cape Station; Grampus, 50, Captain Henry Byam
Martin, C. 8.• Melampus, 42, Captain John Norman
Campbell; Endymion, 42, Captain George Robert Lam-
bert; Herald, 26, Captain Henry Kellett, C. 8., for the
survey of the N.W."coast of America; Calliope, 26, Cap-
tain Edward Stanley; Juno, 26, Captain Patrick Blake;
Alarm, 26, Captain Charles Colville Frankland; Athol,
26, Master-Commander John Pearn, armed troopship;
and Carysfort, 26, Captain George Henry Seymour.
CORVETTES, BRIGS, AND C TER S.-Nimrod, 20,
Commander James Richard Dacres; Grecian, 16, Com-
mander Alexander Leslie Montgomery; Siren, 16, Com-
mander Harry Edmund Edgill; Bittern, 16, Commander
Thomas Hope;Kingfisher, 12, Commander Charles Fore-
man Brown; Pandora, 6, Lieutenant-Commander James
Wood; Seagull, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant Henry Perry
Dio,ken ; Heroine, 10, Commander Charles Edmunds ;
Viper, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Edward Evans Gray;
Sea lower, 6, Commander Justus Peter Roepel ; Spy,
3, Lieutenant-Commander Samuel Otway Woolridge;
Speedy, 3, Lieutenant-Commander George Spong ;
Sylvia. 3, Lieutenant Henry Warren ; Erebus, discovery
ship, Captain Sir John Franklin, and Commander Jas.
Fitzjames ; Terror, discovery ship, Captain Richard
Crozier ; and Pagoda, surveying vessel, commissioned
by Lieutenant Moore, at the Cape of Good Hope ; Ring-
dove, 16, Commander Sir William Hoste, Bart. ;
Calypsov2o, Captain Henry J. Worth ; Rapid, 10, Com-
mander Henry J. W. S. Gallwey.
STEAM-VESSELS.-Victoria and Albert, Captain the
Right Hon. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence ; Vulture, 6,
Captain John M`Dougall ; Retribution, 10, Captain
Stephen Lushington • Samson, 6, Captain Thomas Hen-
derson; Terrible, 10, Captain William Ramsay; Styx, 6,
Commander William Wyndham Hornby ; Vesuvius, 6,
Commander George O'Callaghan; Avon, 3, steam-survey-
ing vessel, Commander Henry Mangles. Denham; Alecto,
4, Commander Francis William Austen ; Scourge, 4,
Commander James Crawford Caffin; Jackall, 2, Lieut.-
Commander W. M. S. G. Pascoe; Spitfire, 2, Lieut.-
Commander James A. M4Donald; Fairy, Master-Com-
mander J. G. Thain; Bloodhound, 2, Lieut.-Commander
Robert Philips; Meteor, 2, Lieut.-Commander George
Butler; Lizard, 2, Lieut.-Commander H. M. Tylden;
Harpy, 2, Lieut.-Commander Edward B. Proctor; Fear-
less, Master-Commander Geo. Brockman; Janus, expe-
rimental steamer; Dasher, 2, Commander W. L. Sharing-
ham, for the surveying service; Cuckoo, 2, Lieut.-Com-
mander Abraham Parks, for the protection of the Scotch
fisheries; Gladiator, 6, steam frigate, Captain John Robb;
Wee-Pet steam tender at Malta, Second Master-Com-
mander George Duncan, and Myrmidon, 2, Lieut.-Com-
mander Charles Jenkins; and Phcenix, 4, Commander J.
S. A. Dennis.
TOTAL.-Eight line-of-battle ships, eleven frigates,
nineteen corvettes, brigs, and cutters, and twenty-five
steamers. Correspondkng number in 1844:-Three line-
of-battleiships, four frigates, twenty-seven corvettes, &c.,
and thirteen steamers. _ _

SHIPS PAID OFF IN 1845.
LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIPS. —Caledonia, 120, Captain
Alexander Milne, flag-ship of Admiral Sir David Milne,
G.C.8., commander-in-chief at Plymouth ; San Josef,
110, Captain Frederick W. Burgoyne, ordinary guard-
ship at Plymouth, and flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Super-
intendent Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.B. ; Formidable, 84,
Captain George F. Rich, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir
Edward W. C. R. Owen, K.C.8., G.C.H., commander-
in-chief in the Mediterranean ; Illustrious 74, Captain
John E. Erskine, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles
Adam, K.C.8., commander-in-chief in the West Indies;
St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. Freeman Rowley, flag-ship
of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., G.C.8.,
commander-in •chikf at Portsmouth.

FRIGATES —Dublin, 50, Captain John J. Tucker,
flag• ship of Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, commander-
in-chief in the Pacific ; Alfred, 50, Commander C. M. M.

Wright, flag-ship of Commodore John B. Purvis, com-
mander-in-chief in the Brazils ; Isis, 44, Captain Sir
John Marshall, C. 8., K.C.H., from the Cape Station ;
Belvidere, 38, Captain the Hon. George Gray, from the
Mediterranean ; Cambrian, 36, Captain Henry D. Chads,
C. 8., commodore and second in command on the East
India and China station ; Thalia, 46, Captain Charles
Hope, from the Pacific - Volage, 26, Captain Sir Wil-
liam Dickson, Bart., flag-ship of Rear-Admiral W.
Bowes, C. 8., commander-in-chief of the Irish station ;
Ap ,110, 26, armed troop-ship, Commander William
M'Lean ; Carysfort, 26, Captain Lord George Paulet,
from the Mediterranean ; Spartan. 26, Captain the Hon.
C. G. J. B. Elliot, from the West Indies.
CORVETTLS, BRIGS, AND CUTTERS.-Aigle, 24, Capt.
Lord Clarence Edward Paget, from the Mediterranean ;
Dido, 20, Captain the Hon. Henry Kepple, from the
East Indies ; Electra, 18, Commander Arthur Darby,
from the West Indies ; Scout, 18, Commander the
Hon. James R. Drummond, from the Mediterranean ;
Harlequin, 16, Commander the Hon. George Hastings,
from the East Indies ; Pelican, 16, Commander Philip
Justice, from the East Indies ; Bittern, 16, Com-
mander Edmund Peel, from the coast of Africa ; Snake,
16, Commander the Hon. W. B. Devereux, from the
Mediterraneen ; Scylla, 16, Commander Robert Sharpe,
li.Ei., from the West Indies -, Ringdove, 16, Com-
mander Sir William Daniell, Knt., from the coast of
Africa ; Heroine, 10, Lieut. Commander Henry Foot,
from the coast of Africa ; Rapid, 10, Lieut. Commander
Edmund Wilson, from the coast of Africa ; Viper, 6,
Lieut.-Commander James Carter, from South America ;
Cockatrice, 6, Lieut.-Commander Justus Oxenham, from
South America ; Ferret, 10, Commander Josiah Oake,
from the coast of Africa ; Linuet, 6, packet brig,
Lieut. Henry P. Dicken, from Falmouth ; Speedy, 3,
Lieut.-Commander George Beaufoy, from Sheerness
station ; Seaflower, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Nicolal
Robilliard, from.the Jersey station ; Lynx, 6, brigan
tine, Lieut.-Commander John T. Nott, from the Irish
station ; Sylvia, 3, Lieut.-Commander Edward Tumour,
from the Jersey station ; Snipe, 6, Lieut.-Commander
George Raymond, from the Plymouth station,
STEAM-VESSELS.-Styx, 6, Captain Alexander J. E.
Vidal, from the Azores (surveying); Alecto, 4, Lieu-
tenant-Commander William Iloseason, from the Medi-
terranean; Vesuvius, 6, Commander Erasmus Omman-
ney, from the Mediterranean ; Devastation, 6, Com-
mander William Kitchen, from the East Indies; Medea,
6, Commander Frederick Warder, from the Mediter-
ranean ; Fearless, Commander W. L. Sheringham,
from the surveying service ; Growler, 6, Commander
Claude M. Buckle, from the coast of Africa; Geyser, 6,
Commander Edward J. Carpenter, from the Mediter-
ranean; Ardent, 6, Commander John Russell, from the
coast of Africa; Meteor, 4, Lieutenant-Commander
George Butler, from the Irish station; Eclair, 6, Acting-
Commander, Henry C. Harston, from the coast of Africa;
Dwarf, Lieutenant-Commander H. B. Proctor, from
Sheerness station; Polyphemus,:Lieutenant-Commander
Thomas Sparks, from the Mediterranean.
TOTAL.-5 line of battle ships, 10 frigates,
vettes, brigs, and cutters, and 13 steamers. Correspond-
ing number in 1844:-5 line of battle ships, 3 frigates,
21 cor-
-20 corvettes, &c., 6 steamers.
SHIPS LAUNCHED IN 1845.
The Terrible, steam frigate, 800 horse power, at
Deptford, built on the design of Mr. Oliver Lang, master
shipwright of Woolwich Dockyard ; Spitfire, steam
sloop, 140 horse power, at Deptford, built on the design ,
opfoNickry.
aOrldiv;erßLioaondgh,ojuunnd., master shipwright of Chatham
, Jackal!, Lizard, and Harpy,
iron steamers, of 120 horse power each, at Glasgow,
navy
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built on the designs of Sir William Symonds, Knight,
surveyor of the
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Marethe
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Yacht, at Blackwell,
Pet, steam tender, at Malta ; Avenger, frigate, steam at
Devonport ; Inflexible and Dragon,
at Pembroke ; Cen-
taur, at Portsmouth ; Bull -dog, at Chatham ; and Fury,
at Sheerness, steam sloops, of from 500 to 600 horse
power, on designs by the surveyor of the navy; Trident,
of 400 horse power, at Blackwall ; and Birkenhead, of
500 horse power, at Birkenhead, iron steamers, built by
contract ; Kingfisher, 12, at Pembroke ; Alarm, 26, at
Sheerness ; Calypso, 20, and Active, 36, at Chatham ;
and Creole, 26, at Devonport, on designs by the surveyor
of the navy •, and Raleigh, 50, at Chatham, on the de-
sign of Mr. Fincham, master shipwright of Portsmouth
Dockyard.-Total-4 frigates, 1 corvette, 1 brig, and 16
steam vessels.