The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-03 00:00:00

FRANCE.

M. d'Adelsward has, in order to clearly point out
the extent of the legal attributions of the Legislative
Power as far as concerns the right of requisition in
extraordinary and urgent cases, presented a proposi-
tion to the Assembly to the following effect :
" The Executive Power is charged to watch over the
safety and defence of the Legislative Power; never-
theless, in extraordinary circumstances, of which he
alone will be the judge, the President of the National
Assembly by himself, or by one of the Vice-Presidents,
or the questors delegated by him, may call for all the
forces which he may consider necessary for the safety of '
the Assembly. Officers of all ranks, as well as all
functionaries, who ever they may be who may be called
on, must obey the order of the President, or of his dele-
gate, under pain of the penalties set forth in the law.
The present law is to be posted up in all the barracks of
Paris."

The committee charged to examine the Bill on the
Colonial Banks decided yesterday that only notes of
500 f., 100 f., and 25f. are to be issued. It has rejected
the idea of loans on the standing crops.
The committee charged to examine the demand for
authorisation to arrest M. Mauguin for debt has ap-
pointed M. Odilon Barrot as President, and M.
Moulin as secretary. M. Mauguin having demanded
to give explanations to the committee, it has fixed to-
day for that purpose.
M. Baze, the questor of the Assembly, has pre-
sented the following proposition :—" No journal or
periodical whatever shall be sold or distributed in the
public streets. Any contravention of this law shall
be tried by the Correctional Tribunal, and punished
with an imprisonment of from one to six months, and
a fine of from 25f. to 50f., without prejudice to any
proceedings which may be instituted for crimes or
misdemeanours either against the authors or the
editors of such publications, or against the vendors
and distributors themselves."

The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on Jan. 30:—

ASSETS.

Cash in hand ...
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due .. •••
Bills discounted, but not yet due, of
which 2,022,926 f. were received
from the Branch Banks
Bills in the branch banks
-Advances on coins and ingots... ...
Ditto by the branch backs
Ditto on French public securities ...
Ditto by branch banks... ...
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor...
Dit►to on the loan of 75 millions ...
Rentes of the reserve fund ...
Rentes, disposable funds ...
luvestments of the new branch banks in

... f. 356,157.081 53
... 131,037,840 0
••• 60,864 38

67,303,346 7
87,374,139 0
2,191,100 0
1,877,390 0
8,832,996 10
2,442,222 0
50,000,000 0
50,000,000 0
10,000,000 0
42,675,496 28

the public funds
Hotel and furniture of the Bank ...
Real property of the branch banks ...
Interest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks ...
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto at the branches ...
Miscellaneous

12,952,725 74
4,000,000 0
3,458,701 0
200,000 0
230,000 0
64,020 26
71,521 0
1,292,168 89

f. 832,221,612 25

lieve that the successor to Sir James AM-rigor is at
last decided or, sod .hat Dr. Smith, who hay so long
acted as Director- Get-ral, will be the officer ap-
pointed, with the rank of Inspector-General, and t►,e
pay, to include all allowances, to be 1,200/. per annum.
If this arrangement is carried into effect, a saving of
8001. a year will be made. The rank of Director-
General is to be abolished.
MARRIED SOLDIERS' LODGING MONEY.—It has
reached us—and we learn the fact with unmingled
pleasure—that the Secretary at War has determined
to propose to Parliament that the allowance to the
married soldiers, who prefer living out of barracks,
be augmented to twopence per diem. This, with good
management, will enable the allotted number to pro-
cure a certain quality of accommodation; and if the
Government would only go a little further, and give
them something for the fuel and candles they lose by
living out of barracks, the measure of kindness, and
the contribution to the interests of decency, will be
complete.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL TREVOR.- We are glad in
being able to contradict the report of the death of
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Henry Otway Trevor,
C. 8., Colonel of the 31st Regiment, but we find that
he is suffering from severe illness.
We regret to announce that Lieutenant. Colonel
Lock, commanding the Royal Artillery at Chatham,
is dangerously ill, and we fear without any hope of
ultimate recovery. His medical advisers, Dr. Martin,
of Rochester, and the Ordnance medical officer, are
in constant attendance upon him, and the various out-
lets of the barracks are kept closed during the Colonel's
illness.

THE DEPOT, ISLE OF WlGHT.—Directions have
been issued from the Horse Guards to the proper
official authorities, to the effect that the Infantry
Depot at the Isle of Wight is to be discontinued, as
a military establishment, from the Ist of April next
inclusive.

MEDICAL STAFF.—Second-Class Surgeon J. W.
Mostyn, M.D., and Assistant-Surgeon Fitzgibbon,
embarked on the 20th instant at Gravesend, in the
brig Dart, for Africa.
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—In the event of its
being deemed advisable to increase the military
strength of the London Garrison during the Great
Exhibition in Hyde Park, temporary barracks are
being fitced up at Kensington Palace and the Govern
ment Works at Vauxhall-bridge for the accommo-
dation of the troops.
It is rumoured that Lieutenant-General Henry
Evatt, of the Royal Engineers, is dead; he is a very
old officer, having entered the service in July, 1788.
CLASS ADVANCEMENT.—We have been reminded,
and with good reason, that all the advancement in
the Coast Guard service is conferred upon comman-
ders and lieutenants, and mates, and that although
many masters hold appointments in that service, they
have no chance of preferment. That this is really
the case is too true, although we may with confidence
say, the fact is never considered by any but those who
are the victims of neglect. We trust, however,
that now attention has been directed to the
invidious class distinctions, some hope of
advancement in the Coast Guard service
will be held out to masters who may distinguish
themselves as well as to commanders, lieutenants, and
mates. We do not desire for a moment to give the
masters a share of the present annual promotions, but
some additional reward should be established for their
benefit.

Mr. Samuel B. Cook, Master-Commander of tle
Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, has been ap-
pointed by the Master-General of the Ordnance
Superintendent of the vessels in their department, in
the room of Commander Soady, who has retired.

HER MAJESTY'S STEAM• TESSEL VOLCANO.—Con
wander Rivers has only got so far as Milford Haven
on the way to the coast of Africa from Dcvonport.
She is all safe, however, and was to sail as soon as the
weather moderated.

PROMOTIONS OF MASTERS.—We are gratified to
find that a couplf, of Second Masters have been pro-
moted to the rank of Master, namely, Mr. Swaine, of
the Pilot, 12, in China, and Mr. White, of the Ran-
ger, 8, on the coast of Africa.
We understand that Mr. Abraham Sugden, pay-
mayster and purser of 1822, is to be nominated to the
Prince Regent when recommissioned. This appoint-
ment reflects great credit upon whoever has had the
distribution of the patronage. Mr. Sugden can have
no interest beyond that likely to be possessed by an
officer who has been struggling many years to
bring up a large family upon his half-pay, eked out
by a small salary as an extra clerk in the Accountant-
General's department in Somerset House.
Mr. James W. M. Ashby, clerk of the Arrogant,
has been appointed acting secretary to Vice-Admiral
Sir George Seymour, the new commander-in-chief
on the North American and West India station ; but
we believe we are correct when we state that Mr.
Jeans, now serving with the Earl of Dundonald in
that capacity, will continue to discharge the same
duties under the ;new Admiral ; and Mr. Ashby will
act as chief clerk in the office, and thus be eligible
for pro motion to the rank of paymaster and purser
whenever a vacancy occurs. _ _ _

Mr. Paymaster Nicholls, newly appointed from the
flag-ship in the Mediterranean to the Excellent, at
Portsmouth, has arrived in England and has joined
his ship.
Mr. Paymaster W. H. Brown (1823), late secre-
tary to Rear-Admiral Superintendent Harvey at
Malta, and much and deservedly respected in the
service, has been appointed clerk in charge of Govern-
ment stores at the island of Antigua, vice Hart.
Mr. Surgeon Lardner, late of the Superb, 80, in
the Mediterranean, has arrived in England to take up
his new appointment in the Monarch, 84, ordinary
guard-ship at Sheerness.

THE CLIPPER SHIPS of AMERICA.
Very justly, great interest attaches, at the present
moment, to the slipper ships built to so large an ex-
tent in the shipyards of the United States for com-
petition with British merchantmen in the carrying
trade of the China and Pacific waters. Probably the
following description of one of the latest specimens,
extracted from the Boston Atlas, will interest our
mercantile readers :

" The new clipper ship Staghound, of Boston, has
been the wonder of all who have seen her. Not only
is she the largest of her class afloat, but her model
may be said to be the original of a new idea in
naval architecture. She is longer and sharper
than any other vessel of the merchant service in
the world, while her breadth of beam and
depth of hold are designed with special re-
ference to stability. Every element in her has been
made subservient to speed. She is, therefore, her
builder's beau ideal of swiftness, for in designing her
he was not interfered with by her owners. He alone,
therefore, is responsible for her sailing qualities. She is
207 feet long on the keel, 215 between perpendiculars
on deck, and 226 feet from the knightheads to the tafs
frail. The whole rake of her stem on deck is six feet,
and of her sternpoat two feet. She has 40 feet
extreme breadth of beam, 21 feet depth of hold,
and will register 1,600 tons. Her depth of
keel is 46 inches, dead rise at half floor 40 inches,
rounding of sides 4 inches, and shear 2 feet 6 inches.
She is uncommonly sharp forward, yet her bow bears
no resemblance to that of a steamer; it seems to
have grown naturally from the fulness of her model
to a point, but so beautifully proportioned that the
eye lingers on it with delight. A carved and gilded
staghound, represented panting in the chase, and
carved work around the hawse-holes and on the ends
of her cat-heads, comprise her ornamental work about
the bow. She has neither headboards nor trail
boards, and may be said to be naked fOrward. As she
is 5 feet higher forward than aft she sits upon the
water as if ready for a spring a-head. An idea of the
smallness of her stern may be formed from the fact
that, at 8 feet from the midships of the taffrail, over
all, she is only 24i feet wide. The stern projects
about 7 feet beyond the sternpost. 'The between
decks are 7 feet high; their waterways are 15 inches
square, the streak inside of them 9 by 12 inches, and
the two over them combined 10 by 18. These are
all crossbolted in the usual style. She is seasoned
with salt, and has ventilators in her decks and along
the line of planksheer, fore and aft, and also in the
bitts. She has a topgallant forecastle the height of
the main rail, in the after wings of which she has
waterclosets for the use of the crew. Abaft
the foremast she has a house 42 feet long by
24 wide and 6 high, which contains spacious accom-
modetions for the crew, and other apartments for a
galley, store-room, &e. The upper part of the house
is ornamented with panels ,which look neatly. Her
cabins are under a half poop deck, the height of the
main rail, and have a descent of three feet below the
main deck. Along the sides, and round the stern,
the poop is protected by an open raili ssupportedteeed, and
on
turned stanchions. On this deck she is steered,
has a patent steering apparatus, is 44
the latest
iimn pitrsosf•ermonetn, tsa.midTshheipds,ecilis iatseslmf
4all s4qutte houselong, and
or
portico.to the entrance of the cabins. The after
cabin is 32 feet long by 13 feet wide, and 6 feet 8
inches high. Its after division is fitted into a spacious
state room, with two berths, and is admirably
adapted for the accommodation of a family. Be-
fore this there is a wutercloset on each side,
then a state-room ; before that a recess of 8 feet
on each side, and then two state rooms. The
sides of the cabins are splendidly finished with
mahogany Gothic panels, enamelled pilasters
and cornices and gilt mouldings. It has a large sky-
light amidships, and every state room has its deck
and sidelight also. In furniture and other details it
will be as neat as that of a first-class packet. The
forward cabin contains the captain's state room,
which overlooks the main deck on the starboard side ;
it also contains the pantry and state rooms for tilt,
three mutes and the steward. It is 12 feet by 18
feet, and is neatly painted and grained, and lighted
the seine as that abaft. Inside the ship is painted
pearl colour, relieved with white ; and outside black,

' When made up in Fromwhat when
PLACES. General Post-office port dis- due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N February 14.. .. Liverpool .. Feb. 12
America (by U.S. pkt,) N February, 7 .. Liverpool .. Feb, 2
America (by U.S. pkt.) M March 8 Southampt.
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth March 3
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Feb. 18
Belgium • . .. •• N Daily .. .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. . M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24
Buenos Ayres • • .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 24
California(vlaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. Feb. 5
Cape of Good Hope NI 14th of month Plymouth.. lltarch 3
Constantinople* .... N 7th 17th 27thof mo Dover .. Feb. 10
Central America .. MAI & 17th of mon. Southampt. Feb. 5
Channel Isles .. N,Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. Sa
Chili .. 31117th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20
Frsnce & N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaily
Greece* • • . • Nl7 th 17th 27th ofmo Dover • • Feb. 10
Hairiburgh NlTuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Liolland 1111Wednes. & Satur. London .. Moa.Thur
Honduras .. Nll7th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20
Ireland .. & NlTwics daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedally
India (via Southamp.) 31:20th of the month Southampt. Feb. 28
India (via Marseilles) N,7thec 24th of month Dover • • Arrived
Mediterranean (via 1
Southampton) .• M2oth of the month Southampt. Feb. 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) .. N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Arrived
Mexico 3.1 2d of the month.. Southampt. Feb. 5
Madeira .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. March 12
I Dover Feb. 10
f 7tb,l7th,l9th,z7th
Malta' .. • —L & 30th of month
Naples* .. .. • • .1,1,5 th 15th 25th of mo Dover • • Feb. 18
Papal States* N,sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Feb. 12
eninsular— 3117th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Jan. 26.
Peru .. • . M'l7th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20
Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover • • Feb. 12
West Indies 17th of the month (Southampt. Feb. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & NaaJau) M:2d of the month —,Southampt. , Feb. 5
* The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.

Many cups, many diseases ; too much oil chokes
.he lamp. —Eliza Cook's Journal.

LymE.—Another serious accident has occurred on
our shores, but not of so fatal a character as last week. The
Mary Ann, of this port, the property of Mr. R. C. Walker,
was observed on Wednesday last, about noon, making for the
harbour, the wind blowing from the south and west; her can-
vass was greatly shattered ; she ran from the westward, and
very nicely rounded the head on the harbour wall, but the
wind just then catching her topsail, she received a check
which prevented her running up to the quay. Finding she
was going astern, the crew threw out their anchors and for
a time she rode nobly, but the anchors "coming home," she
shifted towards the shore, and night coming on, Mr. Walker
signalled the crew to slip the cables, and this being done, she
quickly touched the ground, and ultimately was drawn along-
side the Cob-gate jetty, where the crew in a fearfully ex-
hausted state were taken from her. Great praise is due to
Capt. Willoughby, Lieut. Stanbridge, and the whole staff of
satisfaction.
preservation of the
the Coast Guard, for they left no effort untried to save the
vessel and the crew, but we fear their efforts with respect to
must afiord them ample During the gale
crew
sloops in the harbour parted from her
whi
moorings, and sus . fishing sloops
considerable injury by thumping
the corporation barge was beaten
the former will prove fruitless,
of a life boat was very much felt. One
to pieces. The want
with • h
a rope, with a
boat sent adrift from the Victoria pier
between the Mary Ann
view to the line forming a connexion.
enaei against thethe pierfis wall; and
and the shore, was beaten to pieces
sis n
againstmen her bulwark
to abandon a
attempt they were making to reach the vessel in a boat, and
to return again to land. Salisbury Herald.
a-n
which led Capt. Willoughby