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THE NAVAL RESER VE.

YARIE7IES.

(From the London American.)

ing out this most desirable of all benefits for the
Navy. The hulks have been truly called the curse
of the Navy. Through the barrack system, if
carried out with a generous hand, more will be
done to popularise the Navy than by any other
means ; it will soon prove a better recruiting-agent
than the £lO bounty, and I believe it is the only
means whereby you will ever make dismissal from
the service the most dreaded'punishment that can
be inflicted. The barrack system will give the sailor
a home near which his family can settle, and -where,
by being insured a fixed portion of his service in
the Reserve, he will see the certain prospect of a
considerable part of his time for pension in his own
country. The barrack-home will afford many com-
forts hitherto unknown to the sailor, and I trust
that every man on leave from the fleet may find a
night's lodging there if he wishes it. Kindly
associations will flow •from this change in his con-
dition, resulting in discipline• and good order and
an esprit de corps which will raise the Navy as a
defensive power to that standard which the country
demands, and redound more in its after conse-
quences to the credit of the Bbard of Admiralty
who effected this reform than any other measure
the Navy has ever experienced.—l remain, &c.,
Dec. 1. GEO. ELLIOT, Rear-Admiral.

The seamen of the North of England have just
issued the following important address to their
brother mariners, giving their reasons for support-
ing the Admiralty scheme of forming a naval
reserve. It is as follows :
" To THE MARINERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
" The seamen of the north-east ports of England
(from Hartlepool to Blyth' inclusive), forming a
great portion of the Royal Naval Reserve, the
majority of which
,belong to the Seamen's United
Protection Society, amounting to 1,000 men, con-
sider it to be their duty at the present juncture to
invite our brother seamen's attention to a recent
measure, which, if accomplished, appears susceptible
of important advantages to the nation generally,
and to seamen and their families especially.
" Next to manifesting our loyalty to our Queen
and respect for her gracious person and our unani-
mous determination on all occasions to defend the
dignity of her throne from injury .or insult by
whomsoever it may be assailed, we beg to draw the
attention of our brother seamen to the enactment
of a law, calculated to insure.ohr willing service
on occasions when it has hitherto been the practice
to enforce it by impressment.
" It is needless to detail the regulations of the
Royal Naval Reserve Force, suffice it to say its
object is to induce competent and reliable seamen
to enter into obligations to serve her Majesty in
seasons of imminent danger, by the payment of an
annual retainer, and other advantages, including a
pension in old age, and thus to substitute
voluntary for constrained service on such
occasions. Considering this to be a project
fraught with important consequences affecting the
welfare of our wives and families, we have, since
the announcement of the conditions, held repeated
consultations, and asked for explanations on certain
points, carefully discussed and considered the regu-
lations in all their bearings, and came to the conclu-
sion that this is a measure that should be approved
and responded to by the seamen of England, as it
has already met with the approval of the nation
generally.
" When the conditions were first announced in
these ports they appeared so liberal, and the annual
retainer so large for inducing an obligation (which,
in all probability, might never be exacted, or, if
required, only for a short period), suspicion and
mistrust arose; and it was not until satisfactory
explanations had been given, and declarations made
by responsible Ministers of the Crown that we
adopted the scheme with its conditions. These con-
ditions may probably admit of amendment or quali-
fication in some respects ; but from frequent inqui-
ries, we adopted the scheme when duly considered
as a whole, and we think it ought to meet with
the approval of every seaman. And we further
declare that in practice, as regards the enrolment
and the drill, there is nothing to complain of but
much to commend.
" As the realisation of the project must depend
upon a response of Volunteers in sufficient numbers
tc admit of organisation and classification, so as to
place the younger and unmarried members in the
first rank for service, and, above all, to avoid the
necessity for impressment in future, we strongly
recommend our brother seamen to consider the mat-
ter in the light that we have done, as earnest and
thoughtful men, regardful of the welfare of them•
selves and families, to appreciate the advantages
offered, and enrol themselves as Volunteers under
the promulgated conditions; and more particularly
we would point out to those who are above 35 years
of age, that the conditions are only extended to
40 years of age during the present year.
" Should the measure be disregarded, and the
project, from neglect, apathy, or slight of the
liberal inducements set forth, fail to attract sufficient
numbers to enable the Government to dispense
with impressment, the seamen of the nation will
have themselves to blame, and will meet with no
sympathy from the public when that evil befals
them, seeing that on occasion of sudden danger
their service must be obtained for the defence of
the country and protection of our commerce ; no
other class of men being competent to perform the
duties required.
" (Signatures of Members of the Naval Reserve and
Seamen's Society.)
" WILLIAM GALLEN, Sunderland.
" JoSEFH FOSTER, Hartlepool.
ALEXANDER SANDERSON, Seaham.
" JOHN MERREN, North Shields.
" CHARLES BARKER, Blyth.
" JOSEPH STOREY, South Shields."

PROGRESS OF WATER GAS.—This novel burning
fluid has been practically applied to lighting the
Girard House, Philadelphia, and negotiations are
now pending for its introduction into other large
American hotels. Over the principal entrance of
the Gerard House, jets of this gas form nightly the
words" water gas. The agents are now erecting
water gas works in Massachusetts, the exhibition
of the light at the recent Mechanic Fair in Boston
having satisfied people of its superiority. New Jer-
sey has one set of these gas works in operation, and
a company has been organised to establish another
in Sackport, New York. Steps have also been taken
to extend this light to California. The flame pro-
duced by this gas is not inferior either in quantity
or quality to that produced by coal gas. The prin-
cipal materials used, in addition to water, are rosin
and charcoal, all attempts to burn water alone having
signally failed. While not of an inferior quality,
economy of production is the great advantage of
this gas. The cost of the works for generating a
given quantity, the material, and the labour are all
much less than required for producing coal gas,
and of course the article can be offered to the con-
sumer at reduced rates. In Philadelphia the
saving effected is said to be fully 50 per cent. ;
in Boston the New England Company undertake
to supply it for a little less than one dollar per
thousand feet, the cost of coal
double the amount. gas being more
INVENTORS.--While many an inventor has lived
and died in a garret, a fortunate few end their
days amid the bounteous fruits of their labour. As
there is no class in the
o there is no class
community to which the
world is so much indebted
more generous with their wealth. In Ame-
rica, perhaps, more than in Europe, the inventors
are likely to reap a fortune, as the rapid develop-
ment of the sources of wealth and the scarcity and
comparatively high
price of manual labour,neacexsy-
sitate the almost m imediate introduction
of
really useful labour-saving machine. This is
espe-
cially true of agricultural implements, and often
large fortunes rae realised on simple articles of this
description. A gentleman by the, name of Mr.
Peeler, who is said to have realised 400,000
dols. (X 80,000) from the sale of a patent plough,
has recently proved the profitableness of his in-
vention and the goodness of his heart by giving
200,000 dole., or £40,000 of this sum to the Metho-
dist Church of the United States.
A LONG TIME AT SEA.—In November, 18.59, Mr.
Henry Sartain, an artist of Philadelphia, en route
for Europe, in latitude 51 deg. 20 min., longitude 29
deg. 32 min., threw overboard a bottle corked, con-
taining his card with some writing on the back. He
recently returned to Philadelphia from London, and
received this card from the mayor of that city. The
bottle was picked up at the extreme south-west coast
of France, about fifteen hundred miles from the tp.ot
where it commenced its nautical experience. The
Department of the Marine sent it to the Minister of
the Interior at Paris, who, reading the American