The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY . EVENING, JULY 14, 1860.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Share Railways. Paid.a Closing
Frice. Businesedone
_ - ----
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 85 86
I Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 941 95 95 44
stk Gu. 5 psr cent .. .... .
18 Do, Do. .13 131 lid i d
NI Buffalo and Lake Huron all 4:4 55d
Do. New
h all
10 Do. Preference .... . all 65 64
100 f Buffalo,ttrant&Godric
100 75 80
6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1,1873 100 70 75
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30.1 el ip
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 25 1/ d
20 Ceylon G uarantd. 6p. C 74 14 I d
17/ Demerara all —— d
20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 11 1}
stock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 100
1 10
20 Do. F Shares Ext 1 9ar
20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 dpo
par 100 991 100
5 4
100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. all 99 991 ,
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 1014 10.1
20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22
go. Geelong* Corporation 6 —lOO
per cent. Bonds ...
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 28 281 284 8
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 92
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 63 56 531 41 4
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 57 62
100 Do. do. 1872 all 55 60
tock Gt.lndiaPenin.g,ua.sp.c lOO 97 98 97
20 Do. New qua. sp. c 6 1d 4 d
r., Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 14 lid
guaranteed 5 per cent
201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 114 111
201 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 96 98
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 96 98
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 95 97
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 92
stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 86 88
stock Do. do. 5 per cent
stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 90 92
20 Do. Fourth do lO 15 1 d
20 Do. d 0..... .
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds lOO
• Newßrunswick & Canda
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
20
Do.
. ddoo.. Landlota.i .d,0....:
Do. do. Land do.
20 Oude (Limited) ...
stock Scinde . ..... {_a 100 971 981 93
at 20 Do. Punjaub .... ~o 7 11 d lid 51
20 Do. Do. .... _.. tt's all —d '
stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. lc," 100 931 941 '
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18
10 Trinidad (Lim.) scrip.. 1 i 1 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 14
20 Ardennes ..... ......... all —p
20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 84 id ,
5 Belgian East. Junction all / 1
20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all
1
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 21
100 Copiabo —. . . ...&...... all
10 Ditto Extension all 25 lid
20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 4; 41d
20 Eastern of France .... all 231 241
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6
20 Do. do. all
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she... all 61 71
20 Italian Junction .. ... all
20 Lake Constance & Bale. all
20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all
20 Lyons & Geneva. ...... all
331 Maria Antonia .. ...... all
10 Do. New , ...... ...... all
20 Namur & Liege .. ...... all 8 85
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 10 191
16 Northern of France.... all 37 38
20 Do. New Shares . —... 15 p
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 85
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 341 351
20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 53 55
20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.)
gua. 7p. ct. lira .... 13 2 lid
20 Riga & Dunaburg ...... 14
10 Rome & Frascati ...... all
20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish ........ all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all
20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 51 51
10 Do. 5/ per cent. Pref..... all 85 joH
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 5 id, 14
20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 pr ip
20 Southern of France.... all 1:14 204
84 West Flanders
10 Do. 54; p. c. Preference.. all 95 95
20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23
23 Western of Austria.... 6 ••=
20 Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden ...'P
_.. . . .... all
6 Do. 8 per cent. ref.... all
20 Zealand

BRITISH MINES.

Share'

I Pail I Closing 1 Business
Price. Done.

26 3

i 2
230 240
430 440
1358 140 j
1 8 !
121 1311
38 40
12 13
- 1

2.14.6
7.4.0

17i
12.13.9
9i
5.14.6
8.12
4.8.6
1.8.6

02
f-
-281 30//
3; 41
2; 3/
38 43

4/ 5
3i til

5 6'

9.18.9
n
10.6.7
12s

8} 9i
12 13
45 47_

-11 -11
291 2974
2 Si
1
160 170
58 60

all
18.1q.9
22.18.0

2& 21
4 44

138 6dl

18 19
67 69
305 315
140 150
87i P2i
12
13 14
22 23
27 28

1.7.2

FOREIGN MINES.

20 Australian
1
1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 15s # d pr
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £s p.) 271 11 if 11
20 Do.St.John del Rey,Lim 15 26 27 261
5 Do. Lan d and Miningeo. all
1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 5 dis.
40 Cobra Copper all 44 46
Copiapo l6 11 13
1 DunMoun.Cop.]!iling.Co all 1 1
2 Fortuna. all 21 3
20 General all 23 25
2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 d par 1 4
14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 11 1# p
8 Linares all 101 11
5 Lusitanian 2 d p
1 Mariquim all 4
1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L l2s.6d. 41 4 d i 1
20 Pontgib
and audSilver
ead
Mining Smelt a
ll 5 6
6 Port Philip 1 I I
1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) •10s. 1 d
281.81111nIted Mexican ..
1 Worthing (Limited) all #
1 I Do. 19s. 4
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 112 115
Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 -
- Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 -
- Do. 6p. cent 1880 100 -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 111 112
--7- Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 111 113
c Do. 5 per cent lOO 100 101 1001 4 5
t Do. Scrip 5O
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 105 106
Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 981 991
Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 98 99
Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds 100 971 981 98
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107
S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 ,107 109
Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I
, Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1071 1081, 104 87i

1074 8 7;

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50
40 Australasia all 68 70
25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22
100 Bank of London 5O 54 66
20 Bank of Turkey 3
50 British North American all
20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 201
25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 30 32
100. City
100 Colonial.
20.11 Cora. Bank of Canada all
100 Commercial of London 2O 21 22
2200
(den..
ag. ,BSkco.at &
t,
swiAtuzs. eriCah ad
aallll
_l4 161
20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 231
50 London and Cohnty
50 London Joint Stock
100 London A:, Westminster 20
100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42
20 Do. new l2 --
50 National Bank ........ 25
2200 NDeaw.
nSewouth Wales ......
allall _—
25 Orient. B. Corporation . all _
12000 Oprttarinaaniaßlaanf .. n 2151
_l7l
_lB 1$
Ireland .
10 Do. new
25 South Australia
2550 Union
12 26 2
oofLAounsdtroanlia
100 Untty Mutual.. .. 60
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 !Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 114 144
1000 Atlantic Tel (Limited) all
25 Australian Agricultural 19 29 30
10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 5
50 British Americas Land 40
50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 37 39
20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 19 21
20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15
321 Canada Land all 115 120
110 Chanislands Tel. (Lim ) all 6 8
stock Cop.6lin.ofEng.&Smltg all 22 27
25 iDo. Pref. 71 per cent.
stock Crystal Palace
stock 1130. Preference
stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deben lOO 104 106
stock 'Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New l5 1 A P
5 English & Aug. Copper all 2: 2a
15 Gen. Steam Navigate Mn 14
1 Great Ship 1 hulled) all 1
1 Do. 171 pet Preference ; pr p
5 Lou. District Tel (Lim.i 2 it lid
20 London Discount (Lim. 5 1 id
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim. all 11 1
20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 21 31p
10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all
10 Med. Exten. Tel (Lim ) all 3 4
25 National Dia. Co. (Lim ) 5 11 ; d
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 lid
10 Netherlands Land all
5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. alOl
10 15i
100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 8
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all I 1
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. pr
10 Orintlln.Steam(Lim.)A 6
10 Ditto B.
10
Ditto C
stock Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 48 52
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam
50 Do. New 25 111 121 p
20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.c all id p
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 51 6
100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 52 54
stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 120 130
25 South Australian Land all 34 35
1 Submarine Tel Scrip all
1 Do. do. Registered
1
100 Do. d 0......, all 64 71
10 Tirrti
idkpLienm. CeolgULpaurir
284
20a— 10 I

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, ASix o'clock.

SICILY.

The steamer Euphrate of the Messageries
Imperiales, which arrived the day before yesterday
at Marseilles from Constantinople, brings news
from Messina—at which place she touched—to
the 7th. No change had taken plaoe in the state
of affairs ; the town continued to be iiband.oned by
the inhabitants, but filled and surrounded with sol-
diers. In the port there was a certain degree of
animation—numerous steamers making frequent
voyages between the town and the continent.
Part of Garibaldi's troops were on the march
for Messina, and some detachments composing
the advanced guard bad arrived at the hills
which command the city. It was. said that the
9th was the day fixed by the insurgents for
marching from the camp of Barcelona on the Nea-
politan fortress. Before, however, any decisive
attack was attempted, the village of Milazzo, about
22 miles from Messina, would have to be occupied.
The presence of the advanced guard of the insur-
gents, and of the numerous Neapolitan troops in the
vicinity of the town, had led to several alarms
and skirmishes, which, however, has had no
serious consequences. On several occasions the
Neapolitan soldiers had been seen to fire by mis-
take on their own patrols at night, wounding
some of the men, and even killing others. Miser:
Cons frobi the Neapolitan ranks continued nume-
rous in spite of the severe measures adopted by the
military authorities. It had been discovered that
the few peasants who took vegetables to the town
were in the habit of secreting deserters in their
carts, and carrying them out of the place. Some
of the peasants had been punished, but the thing
was still going On

THIS 1)211-"S MARKETS.

GARDEN.
, has been on sale here to-day,
les continue large. For most
:eady demand, as follows :

s. d. s. d
Cherries, per lb 0 4to 3 0
Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz 6 oto 12 0
Strawberries potl 0 4to 0 8
Gooseberries liaf sv 2 6to 3 6
Currants, per do. 2 9to 4 0
Plums, per do.
Greengag, es, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0
LIMES.
Shallots, per lb
Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 6
Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 3
Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6
Beet, per doz.
Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 6 3
Mushrooms,p pun 1 oto 2 0
Artichokes, pr dz 6 oto 8 0
Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0
Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0
Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 8
Tomatoes, hf sve 2 oto 3 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 6
Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 6
Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 8
Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 0
Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0

Miles Op ened Receipts.
Railways. ,__-____.
1800. 1859. 1860. 1859.
- _
Belfast and N. Counties.... 65 , X X
65 1,485 1,162
Belfast and County Down.. 20
20 858 621
Birkd., Lane., &Ches. Junc 3l
Bl'th and yne 2O 32 3,183 3,270
T
20 1,673 1,799
Bristol and Exe,ter
Caledonian
1981 1981 15,828 14,309
Ches.&Holyhead(with3lold) 94
Cockermouth& Workington 8 - -
Cork and Bandon
Corlqllla.ckrock, & Passage 2601 941 316 265
20 380 3H
Cornwall 6l 350 300
Deeside
Dublin & Belfast Junction. 56431 561371 11,3:61835249 11,2043182
Dublin and Drdgheda .. ..: 63
Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kin.•;;t.) 40} 4603 i 2,0282813
4,0801987
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee tend Arbroath. -
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jaw 31711 13212171 1,653 1,485
758 620
East Anglian
E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union 469971 1,237 1,077
802 949
489 28,402 26,520
East Kent
E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 119,11 1-0-5 - -
Edinburgh and Glasgow -
Edinburgh, Perth,&Dundee 17g.i_-
14728 3,4716,061
35,,454069
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
31
Glasgow & South-Western 18:31 22 - -
Great Northern 283 183 i 8,176 7,350
Great North of Scotland 5B 283 25,178 21,737
qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd ) 329 58 1,568 1,454
Great Western 166 226 8,017 7,116
Hull and Holderness
inverness & Aberdeen Juno. 55 18 _ -
Irish South-Eastern' 55 830 722
Killarney Junction
41 281 363
Lancaster and Carlisle (in. 41 - --
Kendal and Windermere) 100 ~,,
Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 395 1,,,, - -
Limerick and Foynes 26 395 40,280 35,770
Llanelly 4 26}
/ - -
46
Louden & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 936 86,610 79,324
London & South-Western 339 5 2,024 1 953
339 22,070 18,805
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2231 20,,. .9 3--
L'derry and Enniikillen
60 - -
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. 42],
2,075 LOW
Man.,Slieffield,& Lincolnsh. 173 140
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 731 12,619 11,027
Maryport and Carlisle
28 1,267 1,148
Midland
1771 39,028 31,017
Midland G t.Westn. of Irind 177
4,816 4,486
Monkland 52 5
Monmouthsli. Rail. & Canal 14 14 2 - -
,314 2,229
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 4,300 3,706
New-port,Aberg.,&Herefor 5O 60
North British (in. Dalkeith) 154 144 6- -
,349 6,346
North Devon
North-Eastern 761 764 458 819
North London 9 „ 38,799 37,126
North Staffordshire 233 231 2,838 2,748
North-Western 464 %,61 8,162 7,937
N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 - -
-
Oxford, Wore., & Wolver -
Peebles lBl 181 - -
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 258 242
3
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,445 3,339
Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 „„,, 3,456 3,520
Shrewsbury and Chester
CI 3,411 3,386
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union 291 2
1,973 2,029
South Devon
South Eastern 306 48., 4,124 3,802
South Wales l7ll 1,71,, 25,465 22,642
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 i 0.4 6,970 7,386
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 3 53 7,065 7,482
Ulster
Ulverstone and Lancaster - 1,815 1,613
Vale of Neatli 251 25i 704 129
Warrington and Stockport lO -4 1,604 2,011
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 - -
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 302 346
1,078 1,315
West Cornwall
951 684
W.II artlepool II arbr. & Rail. 39 392 3,833 3,674
Whitehaven Junction
787 514
Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 12
7 7'32 613
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. 7 512 385
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,058 760
Austrian
Belgian Eastern Junction 2(4 6732 39,272 40,018
245 289
Buffalo and Lake Huron • 161 le?
1,053 788
Detroit and Milwaukie
Dutch Rhenish .
Grand Trunk of • 970 880 10,in9 8 150
:77 194/
Great Indian Peninsula 2
Great Luxembourg
3,025 2,285
Great Western of Canada 345 345
6,08 ,
1 6360
Lombardo-Venetian - -
Lyons and Geneva ll2 142 5,976 5,158
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 310 284
12,027 8,837
Maria Antonia ............. 21 21
-
Northern of France ........ 613 602 41,9-85 40,993-
Norwegian Trunk.......... 44 44 714 605
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.. 879 840 76,079 79,041
Paris and 0r1ean5.......... 922 922 53,113 47,402
Paris and Strasburg ....... 1,032 1,016
Royal Danish .............. 69 69 - -
501 565
Sambre and Meuse ......... 68 68 1,367 1,054
Southern of France ........ 777, 773 18,569 17,814
West Flanders . • .......... 75 •75 951 945
W. and N.W. of Fran Ce.. • . 743 730 41,779 35,959

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's ship Russell, 60, Capt. Wodehouse,
Will join the squadron at Portland, assembling there
under the command of Commodore Yelverton, C. 8.,
fora month's exercise.

The Shannon,sl,;Crew, has been brought clown
Portsmouth harbour and berthed alongside the
shear jetty to land her propeller, which is to have
its leading corners removed. She will also receive
a new slide to her funnel.
The Blenheim, 60, screw, Capt. E. Tatham, sailed
from Spithead yesterday for Portland, attended by
the Violet gunboat. The Lucifer, paddle, will sail
from Portsmouth for Portland this morning.
The Immortalite, 51, screw, is ordered to be fitted
for the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, in
lieu of the Hornet, 17, commissioned.
The Edinburgh, 60, screw steam guardship of
Coastguards, stationed at Leith, Capt. E. C. T.
D'Eyncourt, arrived at Sheerness on Thursday to
replenish coal. She will sail for Portland this day
to join the Coastguard squadron under the com-
mand of Commodore Yelverton, C. 8., of the Colos-
sus, 80, screw steamer.

The sailing ship Indus, 78, was towed on Thurs-
day by the tugs Zephyr and Confiance from her
moorings in Ilamoaze, and placed alongside the
sheer hulk at Devonport Dockyard. The Indus
will be fitted to take the place of the Welling-
ton, 72.

The screw steamfrigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A.
Cumming, was hauled into Keyham Steamyard on
Thursday morning, and was appointed to go into
dock No. 1 yesterday.
Sails were bent on Thursday on board the screw
steamship Orion, 91, Capt. Frere, at Devonport.
Courts-martial will be held on Monday on board
the ship Impregnable, 104, in Hamoaze, Plymouth,
for the trial of Enos Dyer, A. 8., Sohn Roberts,
A. 8., Henry Schilling, C.S., and Henry Cockings,
C.S., of her Majesty's ship Orion, for disobedience
of orders and for using mutinous language.
The screw steam ship St. George, 91, Capt. the
Hon. Francis Egerton, was appointed to leave
Plymouth Sound yesterday for Liverpool, to com-
plete her crew.

The screw Coastguard ship Hawke, 60, Capt. W.
Crispin, from Ireland, which arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Thursday, sailed the same day for Port-
land, taking supernumeraries from the flagship
Impregnable.

Her— Majesty's iron paddlewheel steam vessel
Bloodhound, Lieut.-Commander Francis W. Ben-
nett, was yesterday undocked at Woolwich,'in readi-
ness for sea, and was hauled alongside the Salsette
receiving hulk. Her destination is the West Coast
of Africa.

The naval transport Diligence, James Head,
master, was towed from Hamoaze on Thursday,
outside Plymouth Sound, by the steam tug Con-
fiance, and sailed for Pembroke, with stores, jury
masts, and rigging for the Pelican, 17, built there,
and nearly ready for launching.
The stem and stern of the sailing frigate Con-
stance, 51, were separated with very great facility
at Devonport on Thursday afternoon in less than a
quarter of an hour. The plan adopted is like that
observed in dividing the Phoebe in the same yard.
It is much less expensive, say to the extent of
£l,OOO, and can be carried out with less difficulty
than any previous mode. Bulks are not required.
About 200 shifting planks are removed amidships
inside and out, without cutting ; they are to be
replaced when the frigate is lengthened. The
kelson is separated at the scarf, and an ad-
ditional sliding plank has been introduced
under the keel, as suggested by Mr. Peake, the
assistant master shipwright. A guide (or cradle) of
framed timber, dovetailed, and fastened by strong
iron screws, is connected to the ship's side, and
butts on a sliding way off the broad part of the
dock, parallel with the middle line of the ship's
keel. The cutting of the scarf of the keel is not
completed until all is ready, and then two teakles on
each side, consisting of 6 inch and 51 inch warps,
and 19 inch blocks, are worked by four powerful
capstans near the outer entrance to the dock. On
the arrival of Admiral-Superintendent Sir Thomas
Pasley the word was given to heave, and the cap-
stans were set to work. For a short space the after
part of the Constance moved gradually off, but
having gained an impetus it ran away from the
teakles, and then brought up, and continued to do
so as fast as the slack of the teakles could be hauled
in, till she got to her destination of 59 feet. When
the ship was two-thirds of her way out a tackle-rope
broke on the starboard side, which caused a delay
of about four minutes ; one broke also on the port
side, just as she got to the end of her destination.
Notwithstanding these interruptions the launch
occupied altogether but 13 or 14 minutes, the cap-
stans being at work 10 minutes only. While she
slid along, the guides were constantly watched by
shipwrights above, others below followed the launch,
%and replaced the various supports. When com-
pleted, it was found that the after part was as per-
pendicular as previous to separation. This new
arrangement of launching the ship with guides by
the sides, instead of the old mode of a frame launch
under the bottom, is the plan of Mr. Goss, foreman
of Devonport Dockyard. The future length of the
Constance will be 252 feet 10 inches. Her original
length was 180 feet ; the breadth will not be in-
creased excepting amidships below the water line,
where it will give her about one foot more bilge.
Her stern is to be taken down, and she wilt be
lengthened aft about 13 feet by the keel, and adapted
for the screw_ To receive her boilers in the hold
the lower deck will be raised one foot, and the other
decks in proportion. The Constance will carry the
same number of guns, but the metal will probably
be heavier. She was built about 15 years since at
Pembroke, and her hull appears to be in very fair
condition now.

Our correspondent at Plymouth has received a
letter dated Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 19, which
states that her Majesty's screw steamship Nile, 90,
Capt. E. K. Barnard, bearing the flag of Rear• A-
dmiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., steamed into that port
on the forenoon of the same day, the ship's band
playing in compliment to the thousands of specta-
tors who thronged the quays, and who welcomed
the new flag-ship with hearty cheers. The Nile
and the new screw steam-corvette Cossack, 20, Capt.
Capt. Richard Moorman, left Bermuda together oa
the 13th of June. The Nile reached Halifax on the
19th, the Cossack on the 21st. The screw steam-
corvette
Cadmus, 21, Capt. Henry S. Hillyar, C. 8.,
was at Halifax. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop
Styx, 6, Commander Charles Vesey, was gone to
the northward. It is reported at Halifax, that the
flag and other ships will receive kis Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales there. The Cossack was
about to leave for Prince Edward Island.
A letter received at Plymouth on Thursday,
from an officer on board the screw steam-ship Nep-
tune, 90, Capt. Frederick A. Campbell, states that
she arrived from Naples and Malta on the 7th inst.,
and was getting under way on the 7th to look for
the Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8.,
flag of Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin,
which is off Alexandria.

Extensive preparations are in progress at Chatham
Dockyard for the launch of the line-of-battle steam-
ship Atlas, 91 guns, which will take place on Sa-
turday next. The Atlas is one of the finest vessels
of her class ever constructed at this dockyard, and
some idea of her size may be formed from the fol-
lowing figures, which show her principal dimen-
sions :—Length between perpendiculars, 244 feet
9 inches; length of keel for tonnage, 210 feet;
breadth, extreme, 55 feet 4 inches ; breadth for ton-
nage, 54 feet 6 inches ; breadth moulded, 53 feet 8
inches ; depth in hold, 24 feet 6 inches ; burthen,
3,317 78-94 tons. Her machinery will be of 600
horse-power.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—John M'Swiney, surg., to the
Atholl ; Stanley G. Tattersall, master's assist., to
the Hornet ; George W. D. Simmonds, paymaster,
to the Hastings; Edward W. Baker, chief engineer,
to the Donegal ; John Henty, chief engineer to the
Hogue; William M'Dowell, first-class assist.-engi-
neer, to the Hornet ; Edwin Gossage, third-class
assist.-engineer, to the Hornet ; George Quick,
acting third-class assist-engineer, to the Asia, for
service in the Bullfinch ; and William Willings,
acting third-class assist.-engineer, to the Hornet,
for temporary service.
Yesterday the following detachment embarked
at Gravesend on board the Cospatrick, 1,119 tons,
Capt. C. Scott, for Kurrachee—viz„ 34 men of the
81st Regiment, and 59 men of all ranks of the 94th
Regiment, from Chatham ; 54 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 64th Regiment, from Can-
terbury; 132 men of all ranks of the 79th Regi-
ment, from Perth and Stirling; and 109 non-com-
missioned officers and privates of the 93d High-
landers, from Aberdeen, together with the follow-
ing officers :—Major J. W. Brown, 93d Highlanders;
Lieut. A. Walker, 79th Highlanders ; Lieut. J.
Strachan. 94th Regiment ; Ensign H. W. Rochford,
Ensign G. B. Meares, and Ensign W. W. Chard,
7th Royal Fusileers ; Ensign H. Grant, and En-
sign H. F. Scohell, 64th Regiment ; Ensign A,
B. Murray, Ensign A. C. Wood, and Ensign J.
Brebner, 79th Regiment ; Ensign 11. Maturin
and Ensign W. A. C. Stuart-Menttath, 81st Regi-
ment; Ensign C. E. Condell, 93d 11 ii.Y,hlanders, and
Staff Assist-Surgeon A. 0. Cowan, M.D.
The next vessel which will embark troops at
Gravesend, for India, will be the Conflict, 1,320
tons, Capt. R. Deas, which has been chartered to
convey the following reinforcements to Calcutta—
viz ,
1 officer and 39 men of the 2d ( rhe Queen's)
Dragoon Guards ; 4 officers and 69 men of the Ist
battalion 20th Regiment ; 2 officers and 100 men of
the 70th Regiment; 11 officer and 109 men of the
82d Regiment ; 1 officer and 126 men of the 90th
Light Infantry; and 1 officer of the Royal Artillery.