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• herself with France as well as with any other
Power. But as members of the European commu-
nity we are bound to notice any conjunction which
appears ominous of future disquiet. It may prove
that the present joint action of these two States
against Morocco is but part of the system which
has already been inaugurated at Rome and
Turin. To place the second-rate States of Europe
under his control at one time by judicious assist-
ance, at another by sudden severity ; to keep them
always wanting something or dreading something
from him ; to make, more especially,' what are
called the Latin nations the satellites of his throne,
is an Imperial theory which has often been pro-
pounded, and now seems in process of accomplish•
ment. The nearly despotic Government of Spain
may be expected to have no otjection to such an
union with France, and only some ill-judged act of
violence would rouse the Spaniards into their old
jealousy of French domination.
There are thus two points in this question which
deserve the attention of the public. One is the
result to Morocco itself ; The other is the effect on
European policy of excessive French influence in
Spain. On the first we have few misgivings.
France has enough African territory on her hands,
and Spain can with difficulty keep the few remain-
ing colonies which belong to the Crown. A year
or so since France and Spain were united in the
far East for a war on the Anamite Empire. French
missionaries, it was said, had. been ill-treated, and
the Spanish of the Philippines had suffered griev-
ances from their neighbours. Great was the talk
of what France, now entered on a new career, would
do in Cochin China. An empire was to be esta-
blished which would counterbalance the possession
of India by the English, and cut off, if necessary,
the communication between Calcutta and Canton.
A respectable force of French and Spaniards sailed
fdr Cochin China, and the -same game was-played
as is meditated on this side of the globe. Now, we
are sure that if England had interfered in this
Cochin Chinese business it would have been made
a matter of the highest importance, and the
whole strength of France would have been
exerted to gain a footing in the country. Every
newspaper in Paris would have been full of the
necessity of completing this great conquest, which.
perfidious Albion had in vain endeavoured to pre-
vent.° But, happily, no notice was taken, and
accordingly all interest died out in the minds of
Frenchmen. In vain were despatches published
containing narratives of the Franco-Spanish ex-
ploits, Few people in France care about the
oepicA:fehina
satseeanpitc..apioiiinunotetsn. Empire or its humiliation, and it is likely
that the French, decimated by disease, will with-
draw altogether, or content themselves with the
occupation of oue or two points on the worthless
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ner4ZlK4(ry be got ready fg,g-pa.
line-of-battle -p, to be called the Royfitp,6l4*-4A
91 gun 1, it is understood, be npnediatel • 4:43.,
down on the same slip. _
Yesterday another frigate was didetlgO the -it'd,.
tish Navy by the launch of the Naiets§,gsi 90 gun 4 47,ekv
from Plymouth dockyard. The licair. fixed
launching was 4.15. The sides of the Ack #rim S
which the vessel was to be launched were fitted
with booths, to which admission was obtained by -
means of tickets issued by the authorities. At
about a quarter to four o'clock Lady Ernestine
Edgcumbe, accompanied- by her party, took up
a position on the platform directly under the
bow of the vessel, where they were received
by Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Mr. Peake, master ship-
wright, and other officials. Everything being in
readiness, Lady Ernestine, who was to perform the
ceremony of christening, awaited the proper mo-
ment, when, at the given signal, the bottle was •
dashed against the bow of the vessel and broken,
her ladyship at the same time prouncing the .word
" Narcissus.' A few seconds intervened before the
dog shores were knocked away, but even then
there was no sign of her starting. The usual
methods adopted to facilitate the start were called
into requisition, meanwhile the spectators were
held in suspense—but not long, for after a few
blows from some dozen or two ponderous sledge
hammers, wielded by burly shipwrights, all impe-
diment was cleared, and she glided off towards her
future home like a thing endowed with life, amid
the enthusiastic cheers of assembled thousands, and
the. strains of the Royal Dockyard band. Around
the slip numberless boats, crowded with spectators,
literally covered the water, and, as she glided out,
the cheers, which were led off by the master ship-
wright from inside, were reechoed from the va-
rious ships, and taken up by those assembled on the
opposite heights. Everything passed off well, and
nothing occurred to mar the pleasure of the scene.
The lines of the frigate are beautiful, and the fol-
lowing are the principal dimensions:—

Ft. In.
Length from fore part of figure to taffrail 261 0
Ditto between the perpendiculars
Ditto of the keel, for tonnage
Breadth of extreme
Ditto for tonnage
Ditto moulded
Depth in hold lB 2}
Burtheu in tons, 2,664 83-91.

,PEMBROKE, Oct. 26.—Another splendid addition
has been made to the navy. The launch of the Irn-
mortalite took place yesterday, at five o'clock in th©
afternoon, but as the weather was most tempestu-
ous the asset:Wage of spectators was unusually
small. She is it 51-gun steam frigate. The follow-
ing are her principal dimensions, viz. :—Length
between the perpendiculars 251 feet ; length of keel
for tonnage, 216 feet 1-1 inch; extreme breadth, 52
feet ; breadth for tonnage, 51 feet 7 inches ; ditto
moulded, 50 feet 9 inches; depth in hold, 16 feet;
horse-power, 1,600; burden in tons, 3,058 75-94 ;
launching draught, forward 14 feet 9 inches, aft
18 feet. She is to be jury rigged, and taken to
Portsmouth to be furnished with steam machinery,
for which- purpose there are now at Pembroke a
number of seamen riggers from that port.

A further series of experiments have been tried
on board her Majesty's ship Odin, in order to test
the merits of Dr. Normandy's "aerated fresh water
apparatus," as compared with the distilling appa-
ratus of the late Sir Tassel Grant, K.C.8., and more
especially to ascertain the results as regards the
saving of fuel. Each was supplied with steam from
the same boiler, in exactly equal quantities, and it
was found that Sir T. Grant's apparatus yielded 113
gallons, while that of Dr. Normandy produced 200
gallons. The experiment was repeated with the
same result, and we understand that Captain Lord
John Hay was so pleased with Dr. Normandy's
patent as to intimate his intention to apply for the
erection of one on board his own ship, the Odin.
The committee was composed of Captains Farquhar,
Wilson, and Lord John Hay; Mr. Murdock, In-
spector of Machinery Afloat ; Kr. Price and Mr.
Downie, officers in her Majesty's dockyard.
The Beagle, 6, despatch vessel, Commander
Hay, sailed from Spithead yesterday at 3 p.m. for
the westward.

The Ringdove, 6, despatch vessel, Commander
Craigie, will go out of Portsmouth harbour this
morning to try her screw with its leading corners
cut off.

The French paddle yacht Le Dauphin sailed
from Portsmouth yesterday shortly.aftcr noon for
Cherbourg. The officers of the Dauphin had pre-
viously visited the different points of interest in
the dockyard, orders having been received from the
Admiralty to that effect.
The Flamer and Grasshopper gunboats have been
moved from the steam-basin to Portsmouth harbour.
They will be ready in a few days to proceed to
their destination. _ _ _

Rear-Admiral Superintendent Grey embarked
yesterday on board the Sprightly
.steamer, in
Portsmouth harbour, and proceeded to Spithead to

inspect the Arrogant and Mars.
The Odin, 16, paddle, Captain Lord John Hay,
C. 8., proceeded to test her machinery, &c. ; but the
trial was not definite on account of some alterations
being still required in the ventilation of her stoke-
hole.

'fie screw steam corvette Clio, 21, Captain Mil-

ler, left Plymouth on Tuesday for South America.
The screw steam sloop Encounter, 14, Captain It.
Dew, hauled off from the sheer hulk in Hamoaz©
on Tuesday, having shipi.ed the guns from the
Snap and the Bouncer.
The paddlewheel steam-sloop Centaur, 3, Com-
mander Aplin, took on board her powder and shell
at Plymouth on Tuesday.
_ _

In consequence of the heavy gale on Tuesday, the
screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, was not re-
moved from Hamoaze to Plymouth Sound.
The screw steam frigate Mersey and another ship
of war put back to Plymouth Sound on Tuesday
night.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—W. J. Cunningham, second
master, to the Sealark ; Charles Wotton, second
master, to the Royal Albert• ; W. H. Bond and R.
Barnett, midshipmen, to the Sphinx ; W. T. N.
Barron, naval cadet, to the Odin ; Thomas W.
Bower, promoted to first class assistant engineer,
to the BoKneer ; Edward Parsons, promoted to
acting first class assistant engineer, to the Satellite ;
Edward Newman, promoted to acting first class
assistant engineer, to the Pelorus ; and James Hop-
kins, promoted to second glass assistant engineer,
to the Bouncer.

THE ARMY.

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The following Circular Memorandum has been
issued to the army at home and abroad, relating to
instruction of musketry :

"Horse Guards, S.W., Oct. 21.
"The General Commanding-in-Chief desires that the
annual musketry practice returns, and the applications for
rewards for good shooting, be invariably transmitted to the
Inspector-General of Musketry by battalions in the United
Kingdom, North America, and Australia, on the date of
the autumnal half-yearly inspection, or, at thelatest, on the
14th of November in each year; and by battalions serving
elsewhere on the date of the spring inspection, or, at the
latest, on the 15th of May.
" The documents in question are to be rendered annually
by every corps, whether completed or not in the prescribed
yearly course ; and in cases where the course has been
omitted, or not completed, a statement fully explaining, the
causes that have delayed or prevented the instruction is to
accompany the annual musketry returns.
"No application for rewards for good shooting will bo
entertained if transmitted after the dates above specified.
" By command,
" G. A. WETIIERALL, Adjutant-General.
The detachment of Royal Artillery, draughted
from the-depot brigade at Woolwich, under orders
for supplementary service in China, a portion of
whom are at present at Shoeburyness, carrying out
a course of practical exercises with the Armstrong
gun, has been increased from 250 non-commissioned
officers and men to 275, in command of Captain
Blakiston, and they are ordered to hold themselves
in readiness for embarkation on the 4th of Noveii-
bcr, on board her Majesty's iron screw steam troop-
ship Simoom, Com. John M. Cooke.

FATAL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening
about a quarter past 7 o'clock, while arrangements were
being completed for the departure of the stage •coach from
Musselburgh to Edinburgh, the horses suddenly took
fright, and ran off through Musselburgh to Fisherrow.
When the coach was nearly opposite the Ship Inn, Fisher-
row, one of the outside passengers, a lady from Edinburgh,
was thrown off, and so severely injured on the headthat she
died about half-an-hour after the accident.—Scotsman.

FALL OF A FACTORY CHIMNEY, NEAR HUDDERS-
FIELD.—About three o'clock on Wednesday morning, the
stone chimney in course of erection at Messrs. John Day
and Son's factory,'Mold-green, Huddersfield, fell to the
ground. It was 41 yards high, and fell across the yard in
an easterly direction, destroying a two-storey building. at
the east end of the yard, and a portion of the wall of the
mill lying to the west. The cause of the accident is be-
lieved to be a slip of the " backings," or inner stone work
of the chimney, whiche
caused b caused thethe fall isto exterior
sti bumatedlge ouatt,
and fall. The damagy e
£4OO.
A MAN PERISHED IN THE SNOW-STORM.— On the
forenoon of Sabbath, the 23d October, the body of a man,
apparently about forty years of age, was found among the
snow, on the farm of Old Noth, in the parish of Rhynie,
near to the Sledge .bridge crossing the Bogie and railway.
Shortly after the body was discovered, Dr. Gray (of Insch)
was called, and had the body removed to the farm-house of
Old Noth, where he examined it, and as no marks of vio-
lence were found on the person, he was of opinion that de-
ceased had come to his death by exposure to cold and
deo th
inclemency of the weather. It is sup ia
posed from :-
e
ments in his pocket, that his name is James Graham, p,:
terer, belonging to Rothes. He was last seen hu,rFying to
the railway station of Gartly.—Banisliirt Tourn I
cip[aAlrogroVE:
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