The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

THE FRENCH NAVY.

The Presse gives the following account of the actual
strength of the French navy :
" France possessed, on January 1, according to official
statements, 23 ships of the line and 29 frigats, besides
279 twenty fourths of ships, and 277 twenty-fourths of
frigates, on the stocks, without mentioning the vessels
of inferior force, which, unfortunately for us, are tOO%
numerous. She has, in addition to these, 45 steamers—
viz., three of 450-horse power, one of 320, six of 220,
iNs-;ity-one of 160, one of 150, three of 120, three of 80,
three of CP, and two of 30-horse power. But there
must be taken into account the fact pointed out and de-
monstrated by the Prince de Joinville, that of these 43
steam-ships there are not more than 16 or 17 fit to go to
sea at the first signal, and able to meet the attacks of an
enemy. To complete this statement, it should be noted
that there are 18 other steamers now being built, IS
Transatlantic packets, and the 24 packets of from 220
to 250-horse power employed in carrying the Levant,.
Alexandrian, Corsican, and English mails. It must,.
however, be remarked, that these last are not calculated
to carry guns, and that it will cost much time end money
to convert them into ships of war. But the maritime
strength of a nation is not to be reckoned by,
the number of its ships of war alone—the commercial
marine is also one of its principal elements. If it be
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wished, therefore, to attain an exact amount, the num-
ber of armed merchantmen must be brought into the
account, and, above all, the number of sailors they
employ. Now, France has about 6,000 ships of bur-
then. As to the sailors, the following is the result
of a table annexed to the report lately made by LC
Angeville on the extraordinary credits fur the navy:.
The total of the men classed in this present year is
122,025. But this includes cabin-boys, novices, and men
not in actual service. To find the number of men of from
18 to 50 years of age fit for service, and who can be
relied upon in case of war, this total must be reduced
one- half ; whence it will appear that we have between
61,000 and 62,000 able seamen."
(The French reckon the progress of ships of war on the
stocks by 24ths. Thus a ship half-built would be said
to have advanced twelve 24ths. The account of the
Presse does not enable us to state the number of ships of
the line and frigates on the stocks, for some may have
nearly reached completion, and others have advanced
only two or three-fourths. We cannot, therefore, find
he number of ships by the process of division. by 24th.
Editor of Gulignani s Messenger.)

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
OF ENGLAND.
The following official notice has been issued :
Notice is hereby given, that the following are the
Hospitals and Schools of Surgery and Medicine front
which certificates of the professional education of candi-
dates for the Fellowship will be received by this College,
for the year commencing the Ist of August next, viz.:—
HOSPITALS IN ENGLAND.
London.—St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, West-
minster, Guy's, St. George's, London, Middlesex, Uni-
versity College, Charing-cross, King's College.
Provincial.—Bath United Hospital, Bedford General
Infirmary, Birmingham General Infirmary, Queen's
hospital, Birmingham ; Bristol Infirmary, Addenbrook's
Hospital, Cambridge ; Derbyshire General Infirmary,
Devon and Exeter Hospital, Gloucester Infirmary, Hull
Infirmary, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Leeds Gene-
ral Infirmary, Leicester Infirmary, Liverpool Infirmary,
Liverpool Northern Hospital, Manchester Royal In-
firmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Infirmary, Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital, Northampton General Infirmary,
Nottingham General Hospital, Radcliffe Infirmary, Ox-
ford ; Salisbury General Infirmary, Salop Infirmary,
Sheffield general Infirmary, Stafford County General
Infirmary, I,;...ssex County Hospital, Winchester County
Hospital, Worcejer Infirmary, York County Hospital.
1106'FITALS IN IRELAND.
Dublin.—RichmorA, Doctor Steevens ; City of Dublin,
Mercers, Meath, Jervis -street, St. Vincent's.
Provincial.—Belfast Ho;Tital, North and South Infir-
maries, Cork ; Limerick Comi.'y Infirmary.
HOSPITALS IN SCO TLAND.
Edinburgh.—Edinburgh Royal Inrmary.
Provincial. Glasgow Royal InfiruOry, Aberdeen
Royal Infirmary.

SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND.
London.—St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, West-
minster, Guy's, St. George's, London, Middlesex, Uni-
versity College, King's College, Charing-cross, Alders-
gate-street, Grosvenor-place, Kinnerton-street,
Char-
lotte-street.
Provincial.—Royal School of Medicine and Surgery,
Birmingham ; Old Park Medical School, Bristol ; Flull
and East Riding School of Medicine, Leeds School of
Medicine, Liverpool Royal Institution ; Royal School
of Medicine and Surgery, Manchester ; Newcastle-upon-
Tyne School of Medicine and Surgery, Sheffield Medical
Institution, York School of Medicine.
SCHOOLS IN IRELAND.
Dublin.—Royal College of Surgeons, Trinity College,
Apothecaries' Hall, Richmond, Dublin School of Medi-
cine, Original School of Medicine, Peter-street ; Park-
street School of Medicine.
Provincial.—Belfast Royal Institution ; Cork, South-
mall School of Medicine,; the several Schools recognised
by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.