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readiness. licre at once would be, consequently
twenty sail of the line manned each with 450
thorough seamen. Add to these, says Sir CHARLES
NAPIER, " 200 marines (which should form our
garrison in peace, to be replaced by the militia in
war), and 150 officers and boys, easily obtained"
—and there would be twenty sail of the line
manned, each with 800 men. Sixteen thousand
fighting men at once capable of being despatched in
twenty men-of-war against the enemy. Nay, with
200 men additional for each ship, taken from the
Coast Volunteers, and we should actually, as the
Admiral observes —without touching the Coast
Guard—have " twenty sail of the line better manned
than the fleet ever was in the greats war." We
should have this magnificent fleet of twenty sail of
the line ready immediately, upon the outbreak of
war, to be directed against the foe with the force of
20,000 combatants. Without entering further into
the gallant Admiral's propositions at this moment,
that in itself is surely sufficient as a commencement.
It is a spirit-stirring suggestion worthy of the
brave sailor in his best days. It is a proposal we
heartily trust he will further from his place in the
House, during the ensuing session, with all his
accustomed energy as a Reformer of Our maritime
Administration.

TILE PRINCE OF WALES AT SHORN-

CLIFFE.

Yesterday his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales commenced his military career by present-
ing colours to the 100th (the Prince of Wales's
Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot, at Shorncliffe
Camp. The Prince was accompanied by his Royal
Highness the Duke 9f Cambridge, and attended by
Colonel Bruce, Captain Grey, and a distinguished.
staff. After the regiment had been duly paraded,
and the usual formalities had been gone through,
his Royal Highness, on presenting the colours,
said:—

" Lord Melville, Colonel de Rottenberg, and
Officers and Soldiers of the 100th Regiment,—lt is
most gratifying to me that, by the Queen's gracious
permission, my first public act since I have hadthe
honour of holding a commission in the British army
should be the presentation of colours to a regiment
which is the spontaneous offering• of the I3yal and
spirited Canadian people, and with which, at their
desire, my name has been specially associated. The
ceremonial in which we are now engaged possesses
a peculiar significance and solemnity, because in
confiding to you for the first time this emblem of
military fidelity and valour I not only recognize
emphatically your enrolment into our national
force, but celebrate an act which proclaims and
strengthens the unity of the various parts of this
vast empire under the sway of our common Sove-
reign. Although, owing to my youth and inexpe-
rience, I can but very imperfectly give expression
to the sentiments which this occasion is calculated
to awaken with reference to yourselves and to the
great and flourishing province of Canada, you may
rest assured that I shall ever watch the progress
and achievements of your gallant corps with deep
interest, and that I heartily wish you all honour
and success in the prokeution of the noble career
on which you have entered.'?
After' the ceremony the Prince of Wales left for
Dover; where he arrived yesterday evening at half-
past five o'clock, to embark for Ostend, on his visit
to Rane. _ _ _

His Royal Highness was attended by Colonel the
Hon. R. Bruce and a distinguished suite. He wore
the uniform of a colonel in the Guards:

Mr. J. P. Knight, the superintendent of the
South-Eastern Railway Company, was in attend-
ance upon the Royal train.
On the Prince alighting from the State carriage
the band
,of the 4th battalion 60th Royal Rifles,
which regiment supplied the guard of honour at
the rail Way station, struck up " God save the
Queen." His Royal Highness, was received by
Major-General Craufurd, the commandant of the
garrison; Captain M'llwaine, R.N., naval super-
intendent; Major 'Barnard, Grenadier Guards;,
Captain SMithett ; the Mayor of Dover (Dr. Astley),
&c. Every arrangement for the reception of the
Prince had been made by the superintendent of the
station, Mr. Way.
There was a large assemblage of spectators, whose
salutations were graciously acknowledged by the
youthful Prince as he walked, attended by the per-
sonages above named, to Birmingham's Imperial
Lord Warden Hotel.

A guard of honour of the Bedford Militia wasin
attendance at the Lord Warden, and as his Royal
Highness left the railway station a Royal salute
was discharged from the guns of the Drop
Redoubt.
After refreshment at the Lord Warden Hotel,
his Royal Highness and suite embarked at the
Admiralty-pier in the Royal mail packet Prince
Frederick William. His Royal Highness, attended
by Captain M'llwaine, was received on board by
Mr. J. G. Churchw'ard, and the vessel, in charge
of Captain Smithett. started for Ostend at 8 p.m.

- THE - PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAm.—The
Xord contains a letter from Berlin, dated Friday last, in
which we read We are expecting the accouchement
of the Princess Frederick William from day to day., The
accoucheur of Queen Victoria and an English nurse are on
their way. • Another nurse of the Rhenish province will be
at the disposal of the Princess, who, I should add, remains
marvellously well. On the occasion of her delivery some
of the political prisoners and refugees look for an amnesty."
His mentioned in another letter that the nurse now in the
royal household is the wife. of a husbandman in West-
phalia.
The Duke of Leeds has left the- Clarendon for
Hornby Castle, near Catterick, Yorkshire.

•
Tho Earl of" Derby arrived in London Yesterday
from his seat, Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.

The Earl of Radnor is receiving company at his
seat, Coleshill House, in Berkshire. •

Lady Elizabeth Bulteel has returned to her seat
in Devonshire from visiting the Earl of Radnor at Coles-
hill, Berks.

•
Lord and lady Eleho have left town for the New
Forest.

Lady Granville Somerset has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel, Albemarle-street.

Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley are passing the
season at St. Giles's, Dorset, the seat of the Earl and
Countess ofShaftesbury.

Count de Jarnae has left Claridge's Hotel for
Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford.

,Lady Molesworth has left town for Tatton Park,
Cheshire.

Lady Morris has arrived at the Queen's Hotel,
Upper Norwood.
Capt. and Mrs. Lord have arrived at Wallace's
Hotel, Hyde-park-corner; Mr. Campbell has arrived at the
same establishment.

The Aberdeen Herald states thafthe late Thomas
Edmonstone of. Buness, Zetland, " has surprised most
folks—particularly his relations—by leaving nearly the
whole of his wealth, landed property, and £30,000 in cash,
to his natural daughter."

The Brussels Independance of yesterday con-
tains the following telegram from Berlin, dated Saturday :
—" The report of the betrothal of Prince Napoleon Bona-
parte to the Princess Clotilde, daughter of the King of
Sardinia, is circulated and accredited in the best informed
circles of our capital." The princess, who is the eldest of
his .11ajesty's children, was born on the 2d of March, 1843,
and, will, therefore, be but sixteen on the 2d March next.
Prince Napoleon is in his 38th year.

We (Times) are requested to state that Mr. J.
H. Orde, having resigned his situation in the War-office,
has ceased to act as private secretary to Major-General

THE N'vir BISHOP OF BRITISH kdoLumßlA.—A
TI
subscription has been commenced at great Yarmouth by
the parishioners of the Rev. Dr. Hills, Bishop Designate of
British Cblumbia, with the view of establishing in the new
diocese a permanent memorial of the esteem which they
entertain for him. .The subscription already,exceeds £2OO.
The ladies seDr..Hill's congregation at St. Nicholas, Yar-
mouth, have presented him with a handsome communion
service for the cathedral church which will be erected in the
colony. The bishop will be accompanied on his departure
for his diocese by 20 missionary clergymen. One of these
is Mr. Lupson, a Scripture reader at Yarmouth, who is to
be specially ordained 'a minister of the Church of England.
ELOPEMENT IN' THE EAST RlDlNG.—Another
strange match has again been made in the East Riding of
Yorkshire, respecting which the following are a few brief
particulars :—An accomplished young lady, daugfiter of a
squire, resident not 50 miles from the town of Driffield, had
become attached to her father's valet, and the charming
beauty (for Eiiich she is) resolVed to communicate her
thoughts to her admired one. This done; of course he
readily proposed a speedy marriage, to which she consented;
biit as to how the marriage was to be effected ivithOut the
knowledge of her parents was a matter for consideration.
With the ingenuity'peculiar to her sei she' idon overcame
the difficulty. ' She'proposed to her father to visit a friend
in the country, some 20 miles distant, for w fortnight or dd.
Consent was obtained, and the necessary instructions were
given b3i-the young lady to the valet to meet her at the ter-
mination of a week at York. She, instead of going to the
" relation's," prOceeded to' York, where a week after her
departure, she was met by the young man, who had also ob-
tained leave for a couple of days. No suspicion whatever
was entertained by the parents, who were startled in the
course of a fortnight by receiving "the wedding cards."
The runaways are supposed to be in the metropolis or Man-
chester, where they will doubtless stay until the storm is
over.--Manchester .Examiner,

LATEST NEWS.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.
The Royal Mail steamer Teviot, from Alexandria,
passed Hurst at 9.15 a.m.

AMERICA.

(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

GALWAY, TUESDAY MORNING.

The screw steamer Circassian sailed for St. John's,
'Newfoundland, and New fork, this morning, with
230 passengers and a valuable cargo. She also
carries some important telegrams.

The following telegrams were received at Mr.
Rcuter's office this day :
NAPLES, MONDAY, JAN. 10.

All the principal political prisoners have been
amnestied. and sent into exile. Poerio and Settem-
brini are amongst the liberated. There are hopes
that others will be pardoned.

VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING.

Our funds fell again considerably. Five per
Cent Metalliques closed to-day, 81 ; Saturday,
82.50. National Loan closed today, 82 ; Saturday,
83.30.

The Times Paris correspondent (second edition),
in his letter dated yesterday, says :
" You will, doubtless, have received before this
the substance of the more important passages of
the King of Sardinia's speech, delivered this day, at
the opening of the Chambers at Turin. What sense
will be attached in England to the passages that
have reached you I know not, but here they have
increased the panic which, on Monday last, was
produced by the Emperor's address to M. Hubner.
Much anxiety was betrayed the whole of the morn-
ing about Turin. It was known that the speech
had been sent up here to be retouched, but opinion
was divided as to whether these touches were in
cheerful or gloomy colours. A despatch from Turin,
giving an analysis, was known here about 2 o'clock.
The last sentence was followed by fresh sales to a
large amount, and the fall continued to the close.

" Another circumstance, which perhaps does not
contribute much to restore calm,.. is the news of
the approaching marriage of Prince Napoleon
with the daughter of the King of Sardinia:
At any other moment this event might pass un-
noticed except among the personal friends of
his Imperial Highness ; but, coincident as it is with
rumours of war, it seems to betoken an intimate
alliance, for good or for evil, with Piedmont. The
Prince will, it is said, set out for Turin on an early
day to become acquainted with his future bride.
After his marriage he will have the disposal of the
whole of the Palais Royal;. the offices of his de-
partment, as Minister of Algeria, &c., will be
established at the Louvre. It is affirmed that
the Emperor gives a dotation of, one million
francs to his cousin. This last is, of course, but a
trifle, if the state of the finances, as described in
the flowery report of M. Magne the other day, be
correct. Anticipating, probably, that the mar-
riage would not at this moment enchant the public,
who are so anxious, and I may say so alarmed, at
the thought of peace being disturbed, orders have
been sent round to the newspapers not to make any
allusion to it. This was understood to be at the
instance of one of the Prince's household acting by
authority. The Minister of the Interior and the
Prince are both, as is well known, partisans of the
liberty of the press ; their notions of it, however,
are, as we see, peculiar. The newspapers have, as
commanded, kept silence. The Prince will be
accompanied to Turiu by one of his aides-de-

camp."

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, JAN. 8.

When all the reinforcements have reached their
destihition the Austro-Italian army will consist `of
no fewer than 150,000 men ; but a part of the
troops will be placed in echelon between
Casarsa, Conegliano, and Venice. At first it was
intended to send only two divisions to italy, but
the day before yesterday orders were given that
seven brigades (three divisions and a' half) should
move towards the southern part of the empire. By
Wednesday next the whole of the third corps
d'armee, which is under the command of General
Prince Edmund Schwarzenberg, the son 'of the
late Marshal, will be on his way to Italy. The
third army corps, which formed the garrison of this
city, consists of the brigades Martini, Palffy-, Ram-
ming, and 'Wetzlar. The other three brigades, are
already moving from the provinces of Galicia and
Transylvania towards this city. Notwithstanding
these warlike preparations the impression on my
mind is that there will not be a collision between
this Empire and Sardinia. The latter may con-
tinue to agitate in Lombardy and in Central Italy,
but she will hardly venture to attack such a
formidable adversary as Austria now is. The
Turin papers tell us that, in case of need, an army
of 120,000 men can be raised,' but the thing
is almost impossible, as the kingdom of Sardinia
has but 5,167,542 inhabitants.. Both Austria and
France have repeatedly shown that they are not
chary of human flesh and blood, but neither of
them has ever raised an army which mach ex-
ceeded two per cent. of the entire population. As
is but natural, the Austrian military authoriiies
keep their plan of operations secret, but it is self-
evident that Count Gyulai will—for the moment,
at least—act strictly on the defensive. A rising ,
in Modena, Parma, Tuscany, and the Papal do-
minions would, perhaps, lead to a conflict between
Austria and France, but neither Louis Napoleon
nor Victor Emmanuel is likely to send troops to the
assistance of the disaffected Lombards. The position
in the triangle formed by Peschiera, Mantua, and
Verona is exceedingly strong, and English engineers
have' often remarked to me _that the Austrians, if
true to themselves, could maintain it against an.
enemy of twice their own strength. The Austrian
papers are not allowed to give any information
relative to the state off affairs in the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom, and the natural consequence of
the silence of the press on a subject of such import-
ance is, that the most alarming rumours are in cir-
culation. A strange story is now related here, but it
is not in my power to say whether it is true or false,
as the Vienna authorities profess to know nothing
of what passes in Lombardy. It would appear, if
the tale which is here told be true, that five officers
have recently lost their lives at Brescia under the
following circumstances :—An attempt which was
made by some of the inhabitants of Brescia 'to
disarm a sentry, who was standing before a guard-
house, led to a conflict between the troops and the
people, during which seven of the latter were killed.
Five of the officers who commanded the troops were
assassinated a few hours after. the disastrous col
lision had occurred. The chances are that the story.
is not entirely devoid of foundation, but you must
look to Turin for more exact information on the
subject.

There was a regular panic on 'Change to-day,