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London, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

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The Harrier, 17, screw, Comm.Ander M.
APGregor, steamed out of Portsmouth harbonr yes-
terday, and proceeded to the measured. mile in
Stokes Bay to:test her speed at the measured
The ship drew 15 feet 10 inches forward, and 13 feet
8 inches aft. Revolutions of engines—maximum,
Icohoo f 1
81 fee
97 ; mean, 94; common screw, with the leading
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ship a speed inTknots of 7
corners cut off, with a diameter of 10 feet, and a'•
pit
:09. The Harrier is only
of 100-horse powert.
1t is expected that she
will proceed to the Australian &titan.
The Isis, 44, attached to the ordinary at Chatham,
is ordered to be brought up from her moorings at
Long Reach and placed under the sheo.rs to be
masted, after which she will go into the second (lock,
now occupied by the Cormorant and Linnet screw
despatch gun vessels, to be brought forward for .a
coal ship on the coast of Africa.
Steam was got up on Tuesday on board the screw'
steamship Royal William, 90, at Devonport, and
she went from Hamoaze outside the Plymouth
breakwater, to try her machinery. Mr. Ward, as-
sistant chief engineer at the. Keyham steam yard,
and Mr. Steil, inspector of machinery afloat, at-
tached to the :steam reserve, attended on the past
of the Government, and Mr. George Brown repro--
sented the manufacturers of the engines, Messrs R.
Napier and Sons, of Glasgow. The Royal William
went over the course at the measured mile four
times, and attained an average speed of 101 knots
in a satisfactory manner. The engines worked up
to 2,100 horses. RW0)11100118, 64. She returned
in the evening, and was taken alongside the Kent
sheer-hulk, to ship apeeoud propeller.
The screw steam frigate liiverpool, 51, mai -Rut
out of the lock at 11407,44 P -1459171411
and towed to the Devonport doeiyira—abirSAted. •
Letters have been received at Plymouth from
the paddle wheel steam sloop Hydra, 1, Commander
Richard V. Hamilton. One dated Nov. 27 stems
that the officers and crew were all lodged ashore in
the Commissary House at Halifax, and that the'
ship was being thoroughly cleaned. Another dated
on the 29th says that there were in all 19 eases of
yellow fever and seven deaths, which occurred at
sea. There were no fresh cases of fever after arri-
val at Halifax, but in consequence of over-exertion
while attending to the sick, and in the performance
of extra duty, several officers and men, including
Commander Hamilton and Paymaster William S..
Stevens, have been compelled to go into hospital.
The destination of the ship is uncertain. A warrant'
officer, writing home, says the Hydra has been
condemned as " Old and rotten," and will return to
England ;. while another correspondent states that
she is under orders to go from Halifax to Bermuda
to receive the Admiral, Sir Alexander Milne, K. C. 8.,
who is about to inspect the ships at the various
divisions of the North American and West India

4D. STAMPED, SD.

thought so oppressive, appears too liberal, we should
have hailed with joy the revival of the laws of Sep-
tember. Lastly, if all that wag to be refused, we
should at least ask for a truly indispensable mitiga-
tion of the present legislation—namely, a modifica-
tion of Art. 32 of the decree of the 17th of February.
That article Oec'arcs the absolute suppression of
any journal that has undergone two condemnations
in the course of two years. An important and
esteemed journal, the Gironde of Bordeaux, was
condemned to a fine of 50f. for some irregularity,
and afterwards to another of 500 f. for some slight
infringement of the law. In the latter case the
article. was a letter discussing the qualities of Bor-
deaux wines. The total of these two condemnations
was only 550 f., but their inevitable consequence, if
the decree of 1852 be carried out, is the suppression
of the journal. It appears to us impossible, even if
the administrative jurisdiction established by the
decree of 1852 be maintained, that the Government
should not see the justice and necessity of modify-
ing an article attended with such consequences."

stations.
The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel, Master-Com-
manding Sturdee, left Woolwich yesterday with
a cargo of boilers, machinery, &c., for the Black
Prince, iron-cased steam-vessel, now building by
Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow. Each of the ten
boilers with which she will be fitted weighs 23
tons, and they have been manufactured with a due
regard to the utmost strength of metal and excel-
lence of workmanship. The Rhadamanthus also
embarked 50 supernumerary lads from the Fisgard
flag-ship, which she will convey to Plymouth for
service on board vessels now in commission.
The workmen at the steam factory department,
Woolwich, are now employed until 11 o'clock
nightly, in consequence of the demand exiting for
the plates and other materials required for the
completion of the iron-cased steam-vessel Wa=rier,
now building at Bow-creek, by the Thames Iron
Works Company.
The screw steam corvette Charybdis, 21, Capt.,
the Hon. George D. Keane, in Plymouth Sound,
took her powder on board on Tuesday, and yester-
day (Wednesday) sailed for her destinatiLon.
Com-
The screw steam gunvessel Lynx, 6, ieut.
manding Henry Berkeley, at Devonport, discharged
her powder on Wednesday, and was towed along-
side the dockyard to be dismantled.
The screw steamsloop Flying Fish, 6, Commander
Charles W. Hope, is in No. 3 dock at Leyham
steamyard, Devonport, has been overhauled and

examined.
Her Majesty's ship Cockatrice,built at Newcastle-
on-Tyne, and fully equipped and rigged at Wool-
wich, yesterday went down to Greenhithe in charge
of Master Commander Petley and crew of the
Admiralty yacht Black Eagle. After adjusting
compasses she will proceed to Portsmouth, to be
placed in the first-class ordinary of that port.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Francis W. 0. Grant has been
appointed to a naval cadetship; Andrew Cornish,
promoted to second class assist.-engineer in the
Miranda; Thos. Stewart, acting third class assist.-
engineer, to the Cumberland as supernumerary ;
George Hurst, acting third class assist-engineer, to
the Asia:as supernumerary ; Michael Stewart Guy,
Second Master, to the Impregnable as supernume-
rary; and Edward C. Turmine, paymaster to the
Scourge.