The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

TO LET (in consequence o! the death of the
Iv, lee proprietor), an Old established COMMERCIAL
„rb.. situate in the moot central part of the town of Leeds, and
t Present doing a good I usiness, which may he c•risiderat,ly in-
Cre"ed by a person of energy an i perseverance. The house is within
jery Convenient distance of the several railway stations, and peg-
, !its excellent sleeping accommodation.
For furthe: particulars aptly to Mr. John Thackrah, solicitor,
t
riggate, Leeds.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that all Article, found in the Car-
;le: on the Prem•ses of the Company, up to December 31. d. 1653,
this S°Ll) by roblic Auction, if not claimed within one month of
.ate.
By order. •
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
Paddingtoa, April 4th, 1856.
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LON DON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1856.

No, 19,9131

PUBLICATIONS.

AMERICA.

application will soon be made to Congress for the
admission of the territory into the Union as a so-
vereign State.
The ship Cornelius Grinnell, 60 days from Lon-
don, had arrived at New York. The ship Harvest,
90 days from Liverpool, had arrived at the Capes
of Virginia.
The brig Peerless, 70 days from Cardiff, bound
for New York, put into Halifax on the 18th ult.,
short of provisions. She reported having spoken
the brig Erie on the 17th, 20 miles south of Sam-
borough, 60 days from St. Domingo, bound for
Boston, also short of provisions. Th'e Erie had lost
all her crew, with the exception of three men.
A quantity of snow had fallen at New York and
neighbourhood.

B

LER ITXPLOSION IN PORTS.VOUTH
DOCKYARD, AND LOSS OF LIFE.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
To.m and MIDLAND RAILWAYS.—CROX fON PARK RACES,
Tict.°lllloW and WEDNESDAY, the Sth and Sth ArrDAY
, rIETS issued at the Euston Station, f r Mk Rola, on the Bth and
st„ will he available to return on tither of those days.
The jl5, ',An. Train from London will arrive at Melton at 10 a.m.
o,b„- 7,!•'5 P.m. Train from London arriv, s at Melton at 3.27 p.m.
th
-74 'us will leave Melton for Croxton Park on the arrival of
return4'"e Trains from London, and a ill leave the Croxton Park on
Arces,„.& in time for a Train from Melton at 7 the Ex-
4ain at Rugby, arriving at the Euston Station at 10.45 p.m.
By order.
ton Station, April, 185 x..

.Now ready, in 2 vols., 218., bound,
JOURNAL OF
ADVENTURES' with the BRITISH ARMY,
from the Commencement of the War to the Fall of Sebas-

We have throe arrivals to notice from the United
States, the Edinburgh screw-steamer, which left
New York on the 22d ult., and arrived in the Clyde
on Friday night, after a passage of 13 days 7 hours,
during which she had to sail 350 miles southerly
out of her usual course to avoid masses of ice ; the
Hermann, which left also on the 22d ult. ; and the
Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, which left New York
on the 25th ult.
The Hermann has brought 52 passengers and a
freight of $50,000 in specie for London, and the
usual cargo.
The Arabia has brought $125,000 on freight.
The Persia, hence, arrived at New York on the
20th, and the Quaker City, hence, on the 21st ult.
All hopes in reference to the safety of the Pacific
had gradually disappeared, and the return of the
Arctic without having seen any vestige of the ill-
fated vessel materially assisted this conclusion.
In the Senate Mr. Clayton had concluded his
speech on Central American affairs. He stated :
" On the authority of Vanderbilt, the President of the
Transit Company, that there never was any act on the
part of that company which in any manner encouraged
Walker's invasion of Nicaragua. He referred to Walker's
seizure of the company's property, amounting to nearly
$1,000,000, and read letters from Mr. Vanderbilt to Se-
cretary Marcy, in which the former asks for the interpo-
sition of the United States' Government for redress. The
seizure was made on the ground that the company was
indebted to Nicaragua. He (Mr. Vanderbilt) denied
such indebtedness, and refused to submit to the award of
arbitrators—as the charges were utterly false. With re-
gard to the settlement of our differences with England
three propositions had been made. Arbitration could not
be countenanced because the passage of the Isthmus was
necessary for us, and not for Great Britain, and because
with an impartial umpire our case would he clear. Abro-
gation of the treaty would give a chance to Great Britain
to get posae.sions where she could annoy us, and, as to
giving notice to Great Britain to vacate the premises, it
was not proper to do so at present. He proposed to con-
tinue the negotiation with the Lope of bringing Great
Britain to reason by argument. Meanwhile, we should
arm in our defence, protect our coast, build fortifications
ai,d increase our navy ; not, however, to make our coun-
try rival Great Britain. We bhould take time to do
this. It was our right to do so, war or no war.
This was the worst time we could engage in a war
with Great Britain. She was armed COp a-pie, capable
of throwing 40,000 troops fr in the Crimea on our coast
and with the greate•t naval equipment ever known
in the history of the world, while we are almost,
defenceless. If Great Britain should see we were
resolved to (odor,' our rights by pursuing the doc-
trine la d down by Washingi,on—‘ iu time of peace pre-
pare for war '—shouid see we were buil ing up our tor-
tifications and naval power, the people of Eagland would
compel their Government to yield its positions. Since
the publication of the correspondence between Lord
Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan, public opinion in Eng-
land had been rapidly tending towards an aeknowledg-
ment of the justice of our construction of the treaty. He
( qr. Clayton) had received on this point such informa-
tion as left no doubt of the fact that our appeal must be
from the British Ministry to the British people, who
wished to engage in no unjust war with us. At any rate,
be the consequences what they may, if we were driven
to the altereative —disgraceful submission or war—we
must fight. He could not, however, believe there was
any real dasiger of war. If sena ors and representatives
stood firm aed presented an undivided front—if we
all agreed on our rights, and manifested a determination
to enforce them, they would be respected. The British
people would turn any Ministry out rather than fight
with such a nation as ours."
In the House of Representatives the debates on
the Kansas election case had been brought to a
close, after a discussion of ten days' duration, by
the adoption of Mr. Duun's motion, to appoint a
committee of three to proceed to Kansas and in-
vestigate all the facts, charges, and statements con-
nected with the return of the rival candidates.
The Naval Appropriation Bill and the bill autho-
rising the construction of 10 sloops of war were re-
ported. A bill providing for the reduction of the
tariff on imports had been introduced by Mr.
James, of Rhode Island. This bill the Washington
correspondent of the Boston Daily Advertiser states
will be thrown out of the Senate.
The Washington carrespondent of the New York
Herald reports that Judge Lecompte, of Kansas,
had caused the indictment of the members of the
Free State Legislature which assembled at Topeka
on the 4th ult., several of them had been arrested,
and others had left the territory.
A bill has been reported in the New York Sen-
ate to incorporate the Transatlantic Telegraph
Company, with a capital of 11,000,000 dols. , It is
stated to be the purpose of the company to esta-
blish telegraph communication between the conti-
nents of Europe and America, with liberty to con-
struct any other line or lines between the points
where the main trunk across the • Atlantic shall
touch North America, or any other point in the
United States that may bo determined on by the
company.
The works upon the Adriatic, the new steamer
for the Collins line, were rapidlyC advancing to-
wards completion. It was expected she would be
ready for launching on the sth inst.
In the Maritime Court at New York, in a suit
brought against the British Consul to recover 500
1101 s. alleged to be clue to the plaintiffs for the ser-
vices rendered and moneys expended under a con-
tract to procure men for enlistment in the British
army, the Consul, through his counsel, pleaded the
privileges of his official position, and the Judge,
sustaining the objection, dismissed the case.
A fearful catastrophe had occurred to the ship
John Rutledge b 7 running it t , an icel,ergerliile on
her passage from Liverpool to New Yolk. This
Jan.
rviii
citei,
o,..snse
lat.,sll)v 1 iii4eottisifihitl
e3lL,liiii,:s.
afterwards,
19th she
(reeo4dlneosgfno,estrrielGsrNo.e:dve
however,
enYtisrei,olled:
the
ok,if)leflolLilBictii
:oil tniblsivael,:::licet:l
cleared
day,
h,eoy Feb.,tf:i
she encooloucaikiitidesrhe(eidalii.niatiasigaiecdeber which stove a hole in
her
completeto suchwrec
wreck, ahert 6 bowo,
, ana extentnd evidently
sinking. Nothing remained but for those on board
to abandon the wreck as best they could. Five
boats were lowered, four of which took loads and
left. In the fifth boat, which was the one found
by the Germania, the mate of the John Rutledge,
Mr. Atkinson, and several others were just en-
tering, when it broke adrift with the 13 already
in it, leaving the mate and those with him to go
clown with the wreck. Those in the boat now
pulled it through the water and ice as well as they
were able ; but soon their compass was broken, and
awnd the snowing and cloudy weather which fol-
lowed they knew not which way they went. Days
passed on, and one by one -of the 13 in the boat
sank in death, from the combined effects of cold
and starvation, and were thrown overboard, until
on the 28th of February Mr. Nye, with the four
latest dead—among whom was Mrs. Atkinson, the
wife of the mate—was picked up by the Germania,
from Havre from New York.
Late accounts from Florida state that an attack
bad been made by the Indians on the settlers on the
Alafia, about 30 miles east of Tampa. Four men,
one woman, and three children were killed and
scalped, their houses burnt, and all the outrages
and barbarities, that savages could invent com-
mitted.
Several persons had been injured on the Troy
and Greenbush Railway by the breaking of a for-
ward wheel of the engine, by which it and a lug-
gage-car were thrown off the track.
From Havannah we have advices to the 12th of
March.
The absence of the Captain-General had been
elna:ddinagnotafga caeorgo f by
the slave dealers to affect
of negroes at Sierra Morena
thelk
A Dominican friar named Iluelves died on the
taken
previous week.
9th at Guanabacoa at the age of 117.
The Archbishop of Cuba had entirely recovered
from the effects of the wound recently inflicted
upon him by the hand of a cowardly assassin.
The President of the Spanish Bank of Havannah
had published a call, requiring 25 per cent. of the
amount of shares subscribed to be paid in within
15 clays of the date of such order. The business
of the week showed a tendency downward iu the
prices of staple sue.ar, and before it closed it was
expected that the reduction would amount to nearly
1 dol. per quintal.
The American steamer Ericsson has been char-
tered for the Collins line to replace the Pacific,
and was to leave New York for Liverpool on the
29th ult.
Further Havannah dates had been received to
the 16th ult. There is no political or commercial
news. The English fleet still remained in port;
and there was nothing said of the reported descent
upon Nicaragua. The Potomac and Cyane were
at Havannah. .
News from Texas to the 13th ult. states that
Indian depredations continued.
Great fears are entertained at New Orleans of
an overflow of the Mississippi river.
Intelligence from Porto Cabello to the 9th ult.
state that trade was active, the supply of coffee
large, and the country
very quiet. Coffee com-
manded high prices. The Legislature had autho-
rised the President to negotiate with New Granada
. and Ecuador for the re-establishment of Colombia.
A letter from the Mormon, settlement :saps that

PORTSMOUTH, April s.—An:explosion of a steam-engine
boiler in this dockyard occurred this afternoon, by which
four'lives were sacrificed and about a dozen persons most
seriously wounded. The catastrophe occurred in the
engine-house, at the rear of the new smith's shop, the
engine in which was used to work the great steam-
hammer in that shop. The accident occurred- at about
five minutes to five o'clock this afternoon, when the
men were about to leave for the day. The explosion
was instantaneous, and carried the roof of the building
some 50 feet up in the air. The shock was a double one,
similar to the report of heavy ordnance, and was heard at
some distance from the dockyard. Admiral Martin, the
superintendent of the dockyard, was passing by the build-
ing slips at the moment of the explosion, with Mr. Woou's
the c'erk of the works. The admiral went directly to
the spot, sending at the moment a workman, named
Mansbridge, to the surgery, to ensure the prompt attend-
ance of the medical officers of the yard. Tire necessity
for their assistance was proved to be too great, for on
Admiral Martin having set a number of men to work to
extricate the injured from the debris of the building, three
men were taken out quite dead, and six others dreadfully
wounded, one of whom has since died, while five or six
others are more or less seriously injure I. The deceased
were taken to the dead-house, whilst the wounded were
conveyed to the infirmary, and thence to Hasler Hospital,
receiving every possible attention at each establishment.
The names sire ady obtained of the sufferers, who were
all employed in the patent condenser making establish-
ment, are— Wm. Pearman, Robt. Wright, John Wil-
liams, Rich', Parrot (the preceding are those dead), Wm.
Field, John Field, Wm. Rodgers, Gen. Morley, James
Sharp, James Lee, Robt. Sims, H. Daish, W. Stacey,
and Geo. Jnegins. Tne wounds these poor fellows re-
ceived were of the most frightful description.
The boiler that has produced this calamity was what
is known to engineers as a circular boiler with semicir-
cular ends, and no flues. It was high pressure, about
22 feet long, 41e feet diameter, and was working at a
pressure of 601bs. The metal was half an inch in thick-
ness, and the boiler, one of the strongest ever made,
was constructed at the steam factory in this dockyard
about three years since.
To show the extraordinary violence of the explosion,
we may mention that the greater portion of the boiler
was hurled from its position against the corner of the
condenser factory, in a slanting direction, a distance of
100 feet, arid rebounded from where it struck to
a further similar distance to ards the building
slips. The boiler was also rent in two, the second
and smaller part of it being thrown a distance of
some 200 feet. The corner of the condenser factory
is seriously, injured, and persons were warned against
remaining near it. Such was the injury, that the
taule of water in case of fire, ou the top of the factory,
lied to be emptied, as the weight of the water was
deemed too great for the shattered building to bear.
The lofty chimney of the engine-house, which was be-
fore damaged, is now split from bottom to top, and fears
are entertained that it will fall. It can harlly do so
without tumbling upon the steam factory, the new
smithery, or some other of the buildings by which it is
closely surrounded, thus causing further ruin and de-
struction. Eve rything i 3 however being done by Admi-
ral Martin, Mr. Woods, and other officers, to avert at y
further miscliaece.
As to the cause of the calamity, from the appearance
of Use boiler, it would seem that it had, before bursting,
become reel-hot. The man in charge, we hear, is no'.
seriously injured ; lie appears to have seen the impend•
ins accident, and rushed out of tee engine room be ore
it occurred.

topol.
By GEORGE CAVENDISH TAYLOR, late 95th Regiment.
" The evidence these volumes contain is exceedingly valuable.
The real state of things is here exhibited in true colours."— John
Bull.
llurst and BlAckett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

Lell6
ON and NORTH-WESTERN, MID-
coLN.sI,cA xn and MANCHESTER, SIIEFF iELD,, and MA-
Wlth't,"lllH RAILWAYS.—IMPROYED COM MI, NICATI -
trite -e MIDL&ND DISTRICTS and opening of the new through
trighb"een London (Elision Station) and Huddersfield, HalifAx,
A ~,,,?t,"A, &C., vi.t Sheffield, on and after the Ist of April.
Xotti ',.,,W FAsT TRAIN First and Second Chas= to (Leamington),
inci .1411, Leeds, York,' Bradford, :Ind to Huhersfield, Halifax,
train n I
The. l'h!'lise (via Sheffield), will leave Euston at
Nottingham
a m.
',ln._ _ ow- leveeing London for Derby and at 4.0
Th;Tiii2e despatched at 3.45 p m.
evr•ittingham.
Oeeter..—e' p.m. Fast Train, from London, will be continued to Lei-
trmr d fast train Derby, and Sheffield. .
. first and second class, N. ill leave York,i Leeds,e)
indicj.,: and Halifax, Brighthouse and Huddersfield (via S I.ltl Id .
at. midland
116 Inghttin, reaching London at 5.45 pm.
uP•train from York at 7.15 a.m.; and Leeds at S 40
%111,arrive in London at 4.0 p.m., instead of 4.30.
abs leaving London for the Midland District
ptn 49P-Midland trains arriving in London at 4.0 p.m. and 10.20
por",,n he discontinued.
itAtio lull particulars see handbills, which may be had at any of the
4, on and after the 30th inst.
............: Manager's Office,
gener,, , By order, MARK IRISH.
Euston Station, March, 1856.

JIIE LONDON and EASTERN BANKING
CORPORATlON.—Established Ist January, 1834.
Head Office-27, Cannon-street, City.
. JOHN
IlYde-park Branch-136, Westbourne-terrace.
joAnposi
C ADWALADER E RSK I NE, Chairman.
_,.,tRNIC MORRIS, Esq., F R S., Deputy-Ch.airman.
miniur w'if or DRAWING ACCOUNTS are opened. in the nsua
14Mb-it, `n aiVrored parties, two per cent. interest being allowed on
Month'y balance.
krrord,C Af2COVNTS.—The field for employment of Money
to co, the Branches of this Bank in India Fri abl. a the Corporation
if lot,ZldePosits for lengthened fixed periods very favourable rates
tnrer or -fj. Deposits are received for the stated periods of
h o
anlef,
ve years certain at five per cent. per annum, paid.
for these dep sits receipts are given, tr4nsferable witthe
„Fr of the Directors.
tent, int 4CCOUNT,4.—For sums deposited at ten days call five per
rote of er"t is allowed, this rate rising And falling with the discount
the Bank of England.
JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, Mareger.

frilE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES,

Lire A, 32, Ludgate-hil!, London.
ties, .stirance, Fire Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment re
&sued by these Companies. • -
11. B. SHERIDAN, Managing Director.

tipLr TEA - GLASS INSCRA.NCE. Riotous
of Windows —The TIMES AS:,URANCE CONl-
"tsare(i 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Every description of plate- lass
at thls office.
by tiinl,Fe 'l
pany one by the
riotous proceedings of mobs can be covered
, ~om
°rim,
Proposals sent by post.

SECURITY to EMPLOYERS.—To Secretaries
/ra,:pf.Publte Institutions, Clerks St=ition Masters, Railway Clerks,
tad„'lll. Colle lors, and others.—The' TIMES COMPANY, 3/,
re.lllposll, affordsn a rantee to persons requiring the same, ht
, g uable rates.

N
, 01
WWII UNION LIFE INSURANCE
...- SOCIETY.
r
, • ar.stnENT.—Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. J: II kRVEY, C.B.
SECRETARY —sir S A MU 1.: I. BIGNOL1), M.P.
• This sn i
~..P id 'c'ctY in 47 years has issued 29,344 life Policies
~Zonal 41 Claims upwards of 4,431,0141., and assigned 1,931,342/. In
,';'‘ll,,ses.
'-.• ,Iti paccUMulations now amount to nearly 2,200,000/.
Vlo,,,_reMiums are lower than those of most companies, and all the
Fps are divided among the assured. ,
lielp. R,"c'sPectuses apply to Surrey-street, IN orwich, and 6, Crescent,
.....___2!dge-street, Blackfriars, London.

LAu.voirEs AT MESSRS. MARE'S,

BLACK WALL.

G
UARDIAN FI
ASSURANCE

RE AND LIF E
COMPANY,

Oa Saturday five vessels were launched at one tide
from the extensive yard of Messrs. Mare and Co., of
Black wall. The vessels were the Genova, built for the
Genoese Transatlantic Company ; the Havre, constructed
for the Southern Railway Company ; and throe mortar-
boat,, forming a portion of a contract of twenty built
for Government. Many hundreds of spectators were
present. The three iron mortar boats were first
launched, and almost immediately afterwards the
Havre, an iron paddle steamer. The greatest amount
of interest was, however, centred in the launch of the '
Genova. This splendid iron screw-steamer is the third
of a fleet built for a company established at Genoa,
for the purpose of carrying on a dirnt steam cam.
munication between North and South America and
Sardinia. This company has recently been formed
under the most favourable auspices. The whole of
•
Its capital has been subscribed in Sardinia. Victor
Emmanuel, the King of Sardinia, has, from the first,
taken i warm interest in the proceedings of the c impany,
and is one of the largest shareholders in it. A sister
ve.,.sel to the Genova, the Torino, is now on the stocks
for the same company, and will be cprupleted within a

No. 11, Lombard•

-street, London.
:TORS.

FRANCIS HART DYKE.
lIENRY HULSE BF,REN'
John Dixon, Egq.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart.l,
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P.
John Harvey, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.

Esq., Chairman.
S, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
'titeyrart Marjoribanks, Esq.
John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
Henry Norman, Esq.
Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John Thornton, Esq.
James Tulloch, Esq.
Henry Vigue, Esq.
AUDIToas.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
1 John Henry Smiths, Esq.

4. W. Roberts, Egg.
Loris Lloyd, jun., Esq.

George Keys, Esq., Secretary.

/01 Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary.
DEP ARTMENT.—tinder he rovisons of an Act or Pr-
this Company now offers t
to fhp i tnre insisters Four-flfthsa of
Mt Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium
e
t Participation of Profits.
an ~,.,next division of Profits will be declared in June,
one
when
• "I!lPating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
thiuna,, 1a59, will be allowed to share in the Profits.
/ever,i II" divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total
Christmas,
Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913.000 .
At ..
• 4.2';lrisamas, 13.54, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards
that
2,,`,; the Income from the Lite Branch in 1854 was more
nat,. "'"(1°')/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the
41? Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001.
and Nv lON RISKY.—The Extra Premiums required for. the Eastte
tni,_est Indies, the rtritish Colonies, and the northernparts of
h
Lq,l, States of America, have been materially reduced.
• A,LID LIVES.---Persons who are not in such sound health as
rea,n.able them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
'naNe their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
VidC.AS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their a alum pro-
attaiii;uch Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
Asmdcp.!_achcase a value not under 507.
• rezi.j2,l,(llENTS OF POLICIES.—Written I:l9tlces of, received
Iltlim,-,`` •
thad, 'AL FEES pald by the Company, and no charge will be
P('licY Stamps.
day mustit hereby given, that Fire Policies which expire at Lady-
gex, he renewed within fifteen days at this offi,e, or with Air.
1, St. Ja.rnes's.street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the
Ysi& agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they bucom,
Musel by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company.

month from the present time.
The Genova is of 2,000 t, ns burden, and 300-horse
power, and is undoubtedly one of the finest models of
naval-architecture eflee, both with respect to her finish
and mould. She has been constructed upon lines laid
down by Mr. Ash. A numerous company, consisting
principally of merchants of the city of London connected
with the Italian trade, was admitted by tickets to the
platform at the bow of the vessel, where the usual pro-
cess cf "christening" was to take place. When the
signal was given, Miss Waler, of Broadstairs, with
chisel and mallet in hand, proceeded to cut the tiny
cord which held the nicely ba'anced weights, and while
cries of " She moves" rose from all sides, Miss Ford
broke the baptismal bottle of wine on the bows of the
receding vessel, and gave to it the name of the Genova.
The vast bull of the steamer glided easily down the
slides, and entered the water without accident or hind-
rance. The dimensions of the Genova are—length, 263
feet ; breadth of beam, 33 feet ; depth of hold, 26 ft. 6
in. The engines of 300 horse power are to be supplied
by Mauds'ay, and the cost of the vessel, exclusive of her
engines, will be 43,0001.
The Havre, iron paddle-steamer, for the South-Western
Railway, in'ended to run between Southampton and
Havre, is 600 tons burden ; her length is 185 feet ;
breadth of beam, 23ft. 10in. ; depth of hold, 15ft. SM. ;
engines, 225-horse power, in course of construction by
Messrs. Seaward. Miss Johnson had the honour of
naming the Havre.
The unwieldy-looking mortar-boats received no atten-
tions of a similar kind from the fair hands of any god-
mothers. They are 60 feet in length, 20 in breadth, and,
with their complement of mortar, ammunition, and
crew, will, it is estimated, draw only 2 ft. 9 in. of water.
At the conclusio❑ of the launches a numerous com-
pany accepted the invitation of Messrs. Draper and
Pietroni, the agents of the Genoese company, to a (16-
jeuncr, provided by Messrs. Lovegrove. Among the
toasts proposed were the " Queen and Royal Family,"
"The King of Sardinia," "The Genova," "The Misses
Johnson and Ford," "The Ladies," &c.
Since the bankruptcy of Mew-. Mare and Co., the
business bas been carried on under the direction of Mr.
Lee, the official assignee, and the superintendence of
Messrs. Westwood and Bailhe, who have been for many
years connected with the firm. Fifteen vessels yet re-
main to be completed, in Messrs. Mare's yard, under the
inspection of the official assignee. They consist of the
Torino ; two modern despatch vessels, Reward and Fox-
hound, of 700 tons ; two wooden gun boats, the Wolf
and the Savage, of 400 tons burden ; and ten more iron
mortars. Some idea of the extent of the business done
by the late firm may be formed from the statement that
the vessels built by them, during the past 12 mouths,
made an aggregate tonnage of 28,100 tons. The num-
ber of men at present employed in the works is 3,500,
and the amount paid in weekly wages considerably over
5,0001. It appears doubtful whether Messrs. Mare and
Co. will again carry on their business on these premises,
and it is rumoured that a joint-stock company now
forming in Paris are in negotiation for the purchase of
the entire work,

EgTABLISHED 1837.
ir'ITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE

COMP ANT.

Era 1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
PONvered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Pict., cap. 9.
DIAECTOILS.
Wilt-i-'neral ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CnAtartAn.
4„o4,arri Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street.
• p. ~rge Revington. Esq., ICeckinger Mills. Bermondsey.
. Cockerill, Esq., Shad well and Twickenhsm
mei7ge ohen. Esq., Shacklewell.
is Coventry, Esq., White llart-court, Lombard-street.
Eras
Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill.
'l`.l4Blnus Robert Foiter, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank.
Esq , 7. Tokenh-use-yard.
SrA Sniae, Esq., Doctors' Commons.
COUNCIL.-11. liclienden Ker, Esq., g, Old-sq iarc,
gfitrcrroLincoln's Inn.
INE'Lecd and Stenning, 16, London-street,
.11 N.. Fenchurch.street.
4 -`".—Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard,
her, , 50, Cornhill.
halfrtnZ Rates of Premium for securing Loans m Debts.
rendums, only, required during first seven years.
rrevia.l'iired Payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously
—°ll, (luring minority, for Orphans.

ERIT•NNIA 3.iIITL'AL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Pro. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Peent.
m4divi
rernki_ annually.
Tito ded computed for every three months' difference of age.
th, -credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of

..................a(PIOP-lISTAILY.) --------
(MUTUAL.)
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, .1131 f 1 Whole
Ir7,.`Mtuinlpremi Half Quar-
-Ire First for Re_ Ago. Arnual Yearly telly
Seven , premium Pre- I Pre-
...,...1 v._ i
rs. , of Life. mainder , mium. 1 mium.
• `
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20 4 8. d. £ s. d.tYoars. Months X s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d.
, 1 1
'0
1 r; 9 2 361 30 I 0 ,2 7 3 1 42,0 12 3
60'J22184312 7 6 1 4 4 0 12 4
% a 2 6 4 6 01 6 12 710 1 460 12 5
---........._6 81 6 13 4 9 1 9 8 2 1 4 8 0 12 6

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

A.D. MG.
11°YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
• OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
BRANCII OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL.
Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor.
SiGeorge Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Governor.Mr. John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.
my /1,i,.,
t, nbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq.
Joh, T-' S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville.
Alex Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
tdwder Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.
)v-iiiiarcl Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart.
Ale 4111 Davidson,Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq.
41,411d,r n,
er,4 , Druce. Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq.
tober't 4,Le Wrn. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
wail. .anadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
,Ilt,„:411 Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq.
4:4,3 Stewart Hod son Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
"Cot II u '
0 and, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
I.,Ta+, MEDICAL REFEEEE —Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S.
Itl",..—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre-
FlR,alliug due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th April.
rciratin-, and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor-
/a ,'-'," 0* advantageous terms.
ln pr 051 Life Department, assurances are granted with participation
rrh°ut-4, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation.
Ilat trullowing table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the
Year,, teenlber, 1855, on British Participating Policies of fourteen
...„....:tanding, for the sum of 1,0001. each.

ENGLISH AND FRENCH FIRE INSUR-
ANCE OFFICES.

The following note, which appearea in the Times,
relates to the question of competition between the
English and French fire insurance offices :
" Sir,—As the agent iii this country d uintly with M.
Bangereau) of La France Fire Insurance Company, per-
mit me to correct an inaccuracy in the statement which
appeared in your article on Thursday last respecting
the terms upon which that company effects insurances
upon property from loss or damage by fire.
" I find it there stated,—‘ While English offices
charge 4s. 63. per cent. (namely, is. 6 1. premium and 3s.
duty), policies may be effected at the office of La France
at 2s. 6d. per cent., the French office, even upon these
terms, getting ls. per cent, more than the English for
its risk, and the assurers at the same time saving 2s.
" Now the truth is, sir, that the office of La France
grants policies upon property at the rate of 2s. per cent. ;
and therefore the assurer effects a saving of not less than
2s. 6d. per cent. by insuring in that office. Ileac, the
secret of the success which the company has already
achieved.
" I do not presume to bandy law with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, but I agree with you that ally at-
tempt to prevent the operation of foreign
.insurance
companies by force will be ineffectual. Nothu g can be
more plainly illogical than to attempt to impress a po-
licy effected in an office in France with the character of
a transaction subject to the English Stam .2k.tsable . As
well make a cheque drawn upon a Paris bank it to
the penny stamp.
" If the Chancellor of the Exchequer sees fit to libe-
rate the English insurance companies from the
.burdens
imposed upon them, and put them on a footing with
foreign
I should offi
n
ces , heot
fae willr competition
only be
for
doing t hLeam justice.
France. us t.ENen
then There
is room for all ; and a well-managed company is sure to

succeed.
" At present the English offices are like racers over-
weighted in the race. Let me advise the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to try his hand at a little handicapping,
instead of cofroion, for tha one he can do, but the other
he cannot.—l atn, sir, your obedient servant,
" W. MULE BELLINGHLIL
" La France, Fire•office, 35, Bridge-Area, Blackfriare."

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She has been cruising between Sable Island, which was
thoroughly examined for recent wrecks, and the latitude
of 37, along the edge of the Gulf, and has not seen any
vestige of the Pacific or any other wreck.
The Arctic has been under canvass moat of the time,
her propeller being almost useless in the very heavy
weather which she has experienced. Captain H. intends
to cruise until after the usual time of the line or equi-
noctial gale. She has been short of water, and on an
allowance of it for some days, but has since made a suffi-
ciency by steam and-other ways. All well on board.
The Arctic was also spoke by Captain Hazzard, of
the steam-tug Leviathan, 25 miles L.S.K. of the High-
lands. This was about eleven o'clock a.m. Captain
Hartstein reported that all were sell on board.

The Arctic would not have put into port were it not
for the purpose of putting Van Rensselaer Hall, the
boatswain on shore, as his health was delicate and ha
feared a serious illness would ensue were he to remain
on boarl. Mr. Hail, it is understood, brought a de-
spatch to the Government and Mr. E. K. Collins re-
-meeting the result of his search for the Pacific, and also
his opini in respecting the probability of her being afloat.
Ceptain Hartst,in purposes to remain at sea until the
Ist of April, as he has c nil for 12 days' voyage and
plenty of provisions on board. Thl Arctic will sail in
the Gu f Stream until she returns to this port.

(Front the New York Courier and Inquire,. of March 22.)
Our belief in the safety of the musing steam-ship
Pacific has become extin b. Fifty-nine dais have now
elapsed since she left the Mersey, and nn tidings have
yet been received. Two steamers despatched specially Na
make search have returned, reporting their errand a fruit.
less one. Intelligence from the Western Islands has been

received down Co the 18th of Feb., but it makes no men-
tion of the object of out solicitude. With reluctance and
pain, we are at last compelled to admit to our mind the
conviction that the Pacific is now drifting in the cavern-
ous depths of the ocean, a shattered, shapeless wreck.
Four weeks ago we wrote hopefully, giving reasons for
the hope that was in us ; and we now feel it incumbent
to assign the causes which have blanched the ruddy fea-
tures of Hope into the paleness of Despair.
The winter has been one of extraordinary severity;
-both on sea and land. Tempests have desolated the
ocean in latitudes most frequented by European traders,
while the frigidity of the temperature has at the same
time impaired the ability of the mariner so to manage
his barque as to defy the storm ; but winds and waves
had before exhausted their power upon the good
ship Pacific, and by her panting engines dashed
scornfully from her lofty and massive sides the
foaming seas. It was not by these that she
perished. In the month of January a vast portion of the
Atlantic Ocean, always open to navigation at that season
of the year, was taken possession of by an icy continent,
with its mountains and plains. We believe that against
this icy barrier, in fancied security, the Pacific dashed
with impetuous speed, and that destruction was the
result.

We cannot resist the conclusion that the cabin wreck
seen by the Edinburgh was all that will ever be seen of
the inis,ing steam-ship. The Pacifi.3 sailed from Liver-
pool on the 234 of January, before any ice had been re-
ported, and with the winds that then prevailed she would
have reached in due course lat. 47 deg. lon. 46 deg. on
about the 2Sth of January, and would then most cer-
tainly have encountered the ice. The Persia sailed three
days after the Pacific, and running probably a degree