The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-28 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING

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Will be repeated a Grand Opera, in three acts, called MARITA NA.
Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar De Bazan, Mr. W.
Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarow, Mr. H. Phillips ; Maritana, Miss
Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. •
To conclude with the First and Second Acts of DER FRE !SCHUTZ.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL SERIES OF CONCERTS.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING.
PART I.

Overntre, Leonora—Beethoven.
Quadrille, from Verdi's Opera of " Ernani"—Jullien.
Solo, Violin, by Mr. Case—Case.
Valse, Flour-tie-Marie—Barrret.
Symphony, The Andante, from Haydn's Surprise Symphony—Haydn.
New Quadrille, The British Navy—Jullien.
PART 11.
" Don Juan," Grand Selection, with Solos—Mozart.
Valse, A Deux-tems (Second Set), The Bridal—Jullien.
Selections from the Creation, with Solo on Clarionet, by Mr. Lazarus

—Haydn.
The Post-horn Galop—Kcenig.
Commence at Eight precisely; terminate before Eleven.
Promenade and Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2e. Gd.
M..Tullien's Grand Ball Masque is fixed to take place on Monday
December 22.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
TIIIS EVENING
Will be repeated- an Original Comedy, called THE MAIDEN
A, NT. Sir Simon Sage, Mr. W. Farrrn ; Percy Sage, Mr. Ilvd-
son ; Mrs. Sarah Wilmot, Mrs. Glover; Catherine Witnot, Mrs.
Seymour.
After which, will be repeated an entirely New Farce, called THE
MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE. Mr. Ally Croaker, Mr. Webster
Margaret, Mrs. Itumby.
To conclude with TRF. WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS.
Gerald Pepper, Mr. Hudson.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELNIL
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Tears
Ago. In which Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates,
and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will perform.
To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Maglo and Ma-
rourkaphobla. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Mies
Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c, will perform.
To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STr.BET.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled THE VIOLET. Andre,
Mr. Wallack; Trenquet, Mr. Granby ; Armand, Mr. Leigh Murray ;
Marchioness d'Orville, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Blanchette, Mrs. Stirling;
Blanche, 'Miss May.
After which, a New Farce, entitled JACK O'BOTH SIDES.
John Tweddale, Mr. ()sherry.
To conclude with a New Grand Ballet, entitled LE DIABLE
AWATRIC.

ROYAL OLYMPIC TREATRE,
TILLS EVENING

Will be produced a New Two Act Comedy, entitled WHO IS SHE ?
Characters by Messrs. .1. Brown, C. Boyce, Binge, Cockrill, Miss
Hamilton, and Mrs. Walter Lacy.
To be followed by the favourite Vaudeville of CAPTAIN CHAR-
LOTTE. In which Mr. Walter Lacey and Misi Kate Howard will
perform.
After which, THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS. The Boy Bacchus,
Miss Kate Howard ; Momus, Mr. G. WiLl.
To conclude with THE RAILWAY KING. Sam Stag, Mr. G.
Wild ; `,ally Slop, Miss Kate Howard.

NEW STRAND TREATER.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
ENTIRE CHANGE.—GRAND ATTRACTION !
M. PHILLIPPE continues to give hie peculiar awl surprising
TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, awl feats of Magical Delusions.
After which. the Ohio, 'Missouri, and Arkansas—the womlerful
AMERICAN FAMILY.
To be followed by the new 'BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, by
the Chiarini Family.
To conclude with M. Phillippe's most extraordinary INDIAN
and CHINESE Wonders.
s'oors opeh at Seven o'clock, to commence at Half-past Seven.
Box. Office open from Ten till Five ; Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 35.;
Pit, 15.6 d.; Gallery, fxl.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITLIEATRE OF ARTS.
PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY.
TIIIS EVENING

Will be performed THE LAST OF THE BARONS; or, Warwick,
The King Maker, and the Battle of Barnet.

An entire clunre will take place in the amnsements of the arena,
introinfdirr along. Mille, Mons. Damon, Mr. Alfred Cooke, Mdlle.
Damos, Jidile. lllnie, %lessr. Lupino, and the Brothers Candler.
To conclude with a New Equestrian Drama, entitled STEEL
CASTLE.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIIRATRE.
TIIIS EVENING

Will be performed a New Drama, THE MINUTE GUN AT SEA.
Supported by MesArs. Hughes, Hicks, Cowell, Heslop, Fredericks,
Mrs. Vining, and 511.34 Martin.
After which, OH, 'TIS LOVE.
To conclude with JONITHAN BRADFORD.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed a New Drama, TILE TOWER OF LONDON ,
or, The Death Omen and the Fate of Lady Jane Grey. Supported
by Mr. Osbaldiston, E. F. Saville, Miss Vincent, Miss Richardson,
Miss Eliza Terry, &c.
To conclude with THE LIFE RAFT ; or, The Two Reefers. Sup-
ported by the entire strength of the Company.

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 27.
TRERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 51; Noon, 51.
BAROMETER, 30.03.—W1ND W.S.W.; fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 26 minutes after 0 I Evening .. 50 minutes after 0.

and closed their portals to a large portion of the QUEEN'S
subjects ; while the special education for the clergy at
Oxford and Cambrilge has been condemned by the
highest authorities in the Church as a mockery, and it
is notorious that there are no worse parish priests, as a
rule, than college fellows. They enter the Church in
the first instance to keep their fellowships (there are, of
course, honourable exceptions), and after living a life of
luxurious ease in college, performing no clerical duty'
they take a college living when their turn comes, which
enables them to marry, and change the scene from the
tiring monotony of college life. A nice training for the
grave and sacred duties of a clergyman !
It may, and probably will, take time; but no reform
has ever been carried in this country without long agi-
tation—

" Nil sine magno labore."

The Repeal of the Test and Corporation Act!, Catholic
Emancipation, Parliamentary Reform, we will add, anti•
cipating the now certain victory, Repeal of the Corn•
laws—all these are instances of the necessity and efficacy
of agitation. And in time, and with agitation, all the
clerical and aristocratic interests which struggle to pro-
tect them against reform will cease to avail the uni-
versities.

The bad feeling displayed by a considerable portion
of the Paris press, relative to the disputes between Eng-
land and America, cannot tend to raise the character of
the French nation, or entitle her to that rank as an im-
partial and generous rival, which her great power and
independence ought to obtain for her among civilised
communities. There seems to be a feverish anxiety
and fear displayed by the writers in the journals,
especially those of the Opposition, lest the misunder-
standing 'should be removed, and the two most com-
mercial states in the world should continue to live in
amity. One journal calls upon the United States to
remain " firm," and another expresses its conviction,
we should rather say fear, that the storm will
blow over, and that after a little display of bad
temper and much coarse language, a time will come
when both will listen willingly to the voice of reason,
and conciliation be easy. The Siecle, in an article
couched in fair language, contains sentiments but
little calculated to heal the breach, or to en-
courage France to offer herself as a mediator,
or the United States to accept her in
that character. M. GuizoT in the Texan affair had
sided so openly with England, and displayed such par-
tiality, that the American Republic could place no con-
fidence in any appeal made to the French Government.
" The United States," says that journal, " have
rejected the idea of a mediation. Is the
remembrance of the deplorable conduct adopted
by our Ministry in the affairs of Texas unconnected
with this determination of the American Government ?
Is it not calculated to give that power the measure of
the friendship and equity of our Ministers, and to re-
move from its mind all idea of submitting its cause to the
decision of a cation which formerly never failed it? What-
ever may be the motives which, at the opening of this
new drama, have reduced our Cabinet to the sad position
of a spectator, we sincerely hope that its tardy vigilance
may at least spare us a denouement which would compro-
mise our interests and our honour." We leave our readers
to judge what is meant by a denouement which could
" compromise our interests and our honour," because
they can form a sufficiently correct opinion on the sub-
ject from the spirit displayed by the writer, and the
professions of attachment to American interests, which
pervade all the Opposition journals. Such senti-
ments are unworthy of France ; they are not parti-
cipated in by the KING or his Ministers, and
we would fain hope by only a small portion of
the people. What adv *Map could
,France gain by a
bloody war between England and America ? What
atisfaction could a gallant nation enjoy in witness-
ing the destruction of property, the interruption of
commerce (and in that respect France would come in
for her share), the blockade of harbours, the slaughter of
thousands of human beings, and all the other calamities
of war ? In every point of view, for these writers
do not see the full extent of the consequences
the feeling displayed is of a most selfish
character, and forms a sad contrast to the spirit dis-
played by the British Government, the British press, and
the British people too, when, but a few years ago, France
and America appeared determined to settle their
dispute by guns and bayonets. America claimed a
million sterling as compensation for losses sustained
during the reign of NAPOLEON—the Government con-
sented to pay that large sum, but the Chambers were
restive ; the lower Chamberliespticially thought that the
time had gone by for compensation, that it should, at
all events, have been enforced on the dynasty which
had given rise to the claim, and they absolutely refused
to vote the sum. England generously interfered, and
possibly through her interference, the Chamber was
induced to reverse its decision and grant the required
compensation. Peace was preserved. We do not men-
tion these facts to point out the humiliating con-
dition in which the Deputies placed them-
selves, and of which they are occasionally
reminded by some of their body, nor to aggravate
the hostile spirit displayed by the haughty republic
towards 'France, which the Siecle says has given suffi-
cient pledges of its friendship to the American union,
but to show that England raised herself in public esti-
mation, and in the estimation too of her revilers, by her
noble, disinterested, and peaceful conduct, and that when
she finds herself in a similar position a cry of exulta-
tion arises in the country on which she had conferred
such signal benefits. England and France long carried
on a war, the most determined and ruinous, perhaps, on
record, but they both fought honourably, both gained
great victories, and the strife at last ceased, without either
party having acquired one additional inch of territory from
the other. What chance is there that a second contest
would end in any other way, even suppose the French
Government should madly ally itself with America
against England? England has already had more power-
ful enemies on her hands at the same time, and she
came out of the fiery trial with honour, and not unfre-
quently triumphant. Her strength isnot decayed, the spirit
and energy of the people are still the same, and notwith-
standing her debt,which her enemies foolishly call a mill-
stone about her neck, her credit is higher than that of
any nation throughout the world. The last war in-
creased her commerce, her colonies, and her
wealth ; enormous fortunes were made in
the midst of enormous taxes ; her sailors
maintained their ancient character, and her soldiers
were not afraid to meet the invincible veterans of the
EMPEROR. What, then, has she to fear now ? The
horrors of war, the arrest of civilisation, and the waste
of property; and, on these grounds, she is ready to sa-
crifice much, but she will maintain her honour, her in-
dependence, and her rights inviolate.

Almost every day brings forward some new advocate
for the immediate and total repeal of the corn-laws—a
measure which The Sun has been contending for, in season
and out of season, for more than twenty years, and which
but one session more will, in all probability, crown
with complete success. Many of the Tory landlords
have already aidel in the good cause. The services of
Captain Rocs, and Lord ASHLEY, and Mr. ESCOTT, are
well known and duly appreciated. The Whig aristo-
cracy have followed their example, and by their repre-
sentatives have announced their conviction that the time
for a final repeal of the corn-laws is fully come, and
that all further reserve on that important step is at an
end. The manifesto of Lord MORPETH, which we have
given in another place, comes out most opportunely
immediately after that issued by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and
is the more valuable as regards its moral effect, because
it is the spontaneous expression of his Lordship's opinion,
and could not in any way servo electioneering purposes.
It now remains to be seen what Sir ROBERT PEEL, and
the Duke of WELLINGTON will do. They have often
been conquered together by the Liberals in Parliament,
and out of Parliament ; they, in fact, have never been
victorious in any great contest with the Commons, and
should they not yield in time, their greatest defeat yet
awaits them.

The paper read by Baron CHARLES Durri before the
Institute of France, on the 17th instant, on the subject
of the report of the Commissioners appointed by the
British Government, in accordance with the recom-
mendation of a Select Committee of the House of Com.
mons, to consider the propriety of forming one or more
harbours of refuge along the English coast, is not a
mere scientific analysis of that report—it is a document
of great political importance, and coming from such
a. source is entitled to, and must command, the
serious consideration of those to whom is entrusted the
care of providing against any dangers which may threaten
the safety of the country. For the last thirty years
Baron CHARLES Dunix has been engaged in investigat-
ing the causes of Britain's greatness. There is not a
dockyard or arsenal—nay, there is scarcely a single
manufactory of any description in the United Kingdom,
which he has not repeatedly visited, and with the minutest
details of the management of which he is not inti-
mately acquainted. The results of his observations
he has embodied in a work which has long
since become classical throughout Europe, as the au-
thority of everything relating to the material stato of
England, and which is not unfrequently quoted front by
our own statesmen. A paper on such a subject from
such a man is, therefore, a document of no ordinary im-
portanee—"Fas est ab hoste doceri." The Prince
DE JOINVILLE has show us how Britain way be beet

invaded. The Baron DUPIN has shown us how
Britain may be best defended from invasion,
and surely Sir ROBERT PEEL will not hesi•
tate to immediately commence the construction
of these harbours of refuge. We have heard much of
late of central depots of troops, and lines of railway
radiating from the centre to the coast, along which a
sufficient military force could be conveyed to meet an
invading enemy in time to prevent his effecting a landing
on our coast. This all looks very well upon
paper, but we confess that we have no great
faith in the scheme. No enemy ought to be
permitted to approach sufficiently near to our shores to
render the execution of such a scheme necessary. It is
to our navy that we must look for protection against in-
vasion, and fearful will be the responsibility incurred,
awful will be the account required by an indignant peo-
ple from any Minister who shall, directly or indirectly,
impair the efficiency of the naval force. The safety of
England depends entirely upon her navy—

46 Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep;
Iltr march is o'er the mountain wave,
Her home is on the deep."
The sun of old England's glory will set for ever when
the day arrives in which the requires any walls, save
wooden ones, to protect her from invasion. Our mari-
time supremacy must be maintained at all hazards ; to
that, and to that alone, do we owe our safety. In order
to preserve to us our maritime supremacy it is neces-
sary that every care should be taken of our mer-
cantile navy as a nursery for seamen ; for, without
able-bodied seamen, " ships are but wood.".
Now, in no possible manner can the lives of
our seamen, the property of our shipowners, the safety
of our navy, and the greatness of our country, be so
effectually preserved as by the formation of harbours of
defence and refuge, which may, in case of war, become
ports of aggression. No miserable considerations of ill-
judged economy—no ministerial intrigue to secure the
adhesion of this or that particular class of electors, by
the removal of an impcst which may be supposed to
press more particularly on them, should be suffered
for one moment to interfere with the execution of this
necessary work, and admitting, as we do, the importance
and the value of the alterations in the tariff of last year,
Ivo should have been quite as well pleased if Sir ROBERT
PEEL had devoted the whole of his surplus to the execu-
tion of those important, those nece:sary works. It ap-
pears to us that the present is the time of all others for
commencing these works. A scarcity is threatening
as—it will be absolutely necessary to provide the labour
in g classes with the ne,ans of purchasing food of a superior
quality than that to which they have hitherto been accus-
tomed; and how much better would it be at once to vote
the sum required for the formation of those harbours of
refuge-4,500,0001.—and to commence them simulta-
neously, than to dole cut public alms to those who are
able and willing to earn their bread as independent la-
bourers. The Commission, indeed, states that it is not pos-
sible to undertake at the same time the construction
of three breakwaters, although why it should be more
impossible to undertake at the same time the construc-
tion of three breakwaters than of three railways, or three
churches, or three bridges, we confess we are at a loss
to understand. Admitting, however, for the sake of ar-
gument, that this assumption of the Commissioners is
correct, we come to their Lecommendation as to the suc-
cession in which the works should be undertaken— first,
Dover, second, Portland, and last, Seaford ; and
here again we cannot agree with them. It ap-
pears to us that Seaford should be the place chosen
for the first harbour to be completed. It is natural that
the Duke of IVELeincToN, holding as he does the office
of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, should look upon
the claims of Dover with a favourable eye, but we
doubt much the propriety of constructing a harbour
of refuge at Dover at all, and cannot but think that
we should have a much safer and more efficient harbour,
at a much less expense, by forming an inner port at
Dungeness, and adding and strengthening the natural
breakwater of shingle, " which there spreads over a
apace of several miles, stretching out into the British
Channel, and terminated by deep water, close to both its
extremities, and which has increased ninety yards in
length during the course of the last fifty years," than by
erecting a breakwater and outer-works at Dover—
(and it appears that on this pint there was a dif-
ference of opinion among the Commissioners themselves,
Sir W. SYMONDS dissenting from the conclusions to
which his colleagues had come in favour of the claims of
Dover.) The Commissioners state, " that the two bays
east and west of Dungeness afford an excellent an-
chorage. More than 300 sail of shipping have ridden
at anchor at the same time in the eastern bay, and
more than 100 in the western bay, as the winds caused
the one or the other to be selected for a place of re-
fuge." This fact, we think, is decisive of the supe-
riority of Dungeness over Dover, and: with a har-
bour at Dungeness on the one side, and the Downs
and Ramsgate harbour on the other, the formation of a
harbour of refuge at Dover would be rendered unne-
cessary. But whatever may be the comparative merits
of Dungeness and Dover, the claims of Seaford are
paramount to either. Seaford, situated in a bay to the
west of Beachy Head, is thus described by M. DUPIN:—
" Here there is a magniticent anchorage, which fortunately
is at an equal distance from Dover and Portsmouth. Such
is the intermediary situation at which the Commissioners have
not shrunk from r4commending to the Government the erec-
tion of great works. It recommends in a direction from
N.N.E. to S.S.E. a breakwater or jetty, of one nautical
mile in length, and having a rectilinear return at each
extremity, be constructed. This jetty is to be constructed
towards the middle, in forty -one feet water, and something
leas at the extremities. Behind this long jetty there would
be more than sufficient water for first-class vessels ; and
nearer land there would be an extensive space for merchant
vessels of all tonnage. This formidable situation would
threaten, at the same time, all the French ports comprised
between Havre and Boulogne.
" Let us add, that as the crow flies, the distance from Sea-
ford to London is only about seventy-four miles, and that by
means of the railroad from London to Brighton, from which
a branch may easily be constructed, there will be no difficulty
in getting from the capital to Seaford in less thaw two hours:"

The British navy, adds M. Duris, will have nothing
to wish for from Seaford to Portsmouth. Surely the
works necessary to secure so vast an extent of our
southern coast, which is at present unprotected, and
which is absolutely without harbours capable of accom-
modating ships of war, or vessels of large burden,
should be at once commenced, and prosecuted with that
energy which their importance demands. Whether as
regards commerce or war, our southern and eastern
coasts would then be protected from Portsmouth to the
mouth of the Thames. There is not the same
urgent necessity for forming a harbour of
refuge at Portland as there is at Seaford ;
and although, when we consider the very small outlay
which would be required to improve the natural capa-
bilities of Portland harbour, so us to complete our coast
defences from Falmouth to the mouth of the Thames,
we cannot but express a hope that the Portland
harbour will be commenced forthwith, yet the
claims of Seaford, are paramount to all others,
and fearful will be the responsibility which those whose
duty it is to cause the necessary works to be commenced
will incur if they should neglect the performance of that
duty.

Madrid journals of the 19th instant have been re-
ceived. They are chiefly filled with accounts of the
grand levee held at Court on that day in honour of the
QUEEN'S file, and the ball given in the evening by the
President of the Council. The Gazette contains a royal
decree elevating General NARVAEZ to the dignity of
grandee of Spain of the first class, with the title of Duke
of VALENCIA for himself and his successors. The Bourse
was closed in consequence of the festival.

The Journal des Debatv of Tuesday contains an article
on the results of the French mission to China, from
which we learn, and the statement may be regarded as
official, that there was no ground for the report that
the French were bargaining for the island of Chusan or
any establishment in that country, and that the chief
object of the mission was to encourage the spread of
Christianity in the East, and religious toleration. " It
must be acknowledged," says that journal, " that we
were not called to the mysterious shores of the Celestial
Empire either by interests of territory or interests of
commerce. We do not possess in these distant seas any
establishment, and our vessels appear there but seldom.
We could, therefore, only go there with a view to the
future, and in some measure to claim the place due to
our flag. The nations of the world, the most powerful
or the most celebrated in various ways, had already
made their entry into that part of the world. England
was there by the proximity of her Indian possessions,
and by the übiquity of her shipping ; Spain, by
the Philiippines ; Holland, by Java and Sumatra ;
Portugal, by Macao, and by the remembrance, now
effaced, but formerly' glorious, of her history ; the
American Union hurried there in full sail, with that
spirit of adventure and love of gain which mark young
democracies. France owed it to herself, to hz.r name, to
the rank which she holds amongst nations, to appear
also in those latitudes, and to sow there such seed as
might be perhaps destined one day to produce something.
Had the mission to China no other object but to ensure
to French commerce the rights already acquired by Eng-
land or France, it would have been quite sufficient to
meet the reproach of inutility sometimes alleged against
it ; but it had another aim, and, we are happy to say,
another result. M. GUIZOT, who will have the honour
of having attached his name to this great thought, had
comprehended that France could fill in China a part
which was peculiar to it, and that whilst other nations
carried there western civilization under the form of com-
merce and manufactures, she might in her turn convey it

there under a Cum more pure and more disinterested, by
propagating those ideas of toleranee and religious libel3'
of which it is in Europe the most complete expression:.

The Presse contains an article on the state of the
French navy, which, somewhat in the style adopted by
the Prince DM JOINVILLE, it represents as very defec-
tive. The following are extracts from it :--
" We cannot sufficiently enlighten public opinion as to the
actual state of our navy. This situation weighs sufficiently
heavy on our budget, and our political superiority for the
future in the Mediterranean is of such eminent importance,
that it becomes the privilege of every one to examine in all
its bearings the state of our maritime inscription of our sea-
men, of our ships, and of the naval stores in our arsenals and
dockyards. Moreover, the session approaches, and it is time
to prepare the materials for the naval inquiry ordered by
the Chamber of Deputies. We have already discussed the
greater porticat of the questions relative to our maritime
administration. Amongst other important questions which
remain to be investigated, one of the most important is that
of our naval supplies. It is necessary to ascertain whether
the materials in our dockyards are proportioned to our
political situation. We shall confine ourselves to the exami-
nation of the materials of our sailing fleet, having already
sufficiently indicated the state ofour steam navy. The law
of 1839 at present regulates the organization of our naval
supplies. This law fixes our naval force in time of peace at
40 ships of the line, 50 frigates, and 220 ships of smaller di-
mensions. Of these, 40 ships of the line and 50 frigates
ought to be kept afloat, whilst an equal number ought to be
in our docks in a state of preparation equal to 22-24. In
addition to this force, 13 ships of the line and 15 frigates
ought to be kept in reserve on the stocks, advanced to the
10-24 degree of preparation. Let us now inquire whether
facts correspond with the prescriptions of the Bill of 1839?
They do not. It is true that we have 23 ships of the line
afloat, but of this number there are three condemned and 16 re
modelled; there are even some of them which have been
remodelled several times. Our frigates are in the same
state. As to our vessels on the stocks, there are 26 which
are between the 18th and 22d debt ee of advancement. There
are some as old as the republic and the empire. Since that
period they have reposed tranquilly on the stocks. The same
observation applies to our frigates. Let us now examine
whether our arsenals and dockyards are in a better condition
In the year 18.10, according to the report of Baron Tupinier,
our magazines were deficient hi 20,000 stores of timber,
300,000 kilogrammes of copper and bronze, 700,000 kilo-
grammes of hemp, 2,000,000 kilogrammes of canister-shot
9,000 gun-carriages, 3,000 pieces of artillery, besides sail-
cloth, chain cable, and other articles. Is the stock on hand
now superior to that of 1840? If we believe certain state-
ments made by the storekeepers, our magazines are still
more scantily supplied than in the year 1810. Moreover,
the bad quality of the materials is the constant subject of
complaint. The timber, iron, copper, and hemp supplied are
constantly rejected as unfit for use. Not only are our arsenals
not sufficiently supplied, but ourdocks possess neither sufficient
stocks nor even forges. Under the impression of so deplor-
able a state of affairs, the Committee of the Budget of 1346
observed in its report, Your last Committee placed under
your eyes the description of the incessant decay of our navy :
we might add some more significant remarks, but that
would be a melancholy task, and we do not consider it indis-
pensable.' Is it possible longer to prolong such a state of
things, particularly when we see England silently augment-
ing her naval establishments at Woolwich, Sheerness, Ply-
mouth, Deptford, Chatham, and Portsmouth, which are
overloaded with articles for the construction and equipment
of ships of war. Every year the Chambers addressed to the
Government the same demands, and the Government re-
turns the same answer. The Chamber of Deputies, fatigued
with this constant struggle, and with those irritating and
fruitless discussions, believed that it was its duty to demand
of the Government, that at the opening of the session of
1846 there should be presented to the Chambers a special
and detailed account of our maritime inscription, our sea-
men, the state of our sailing vessels, and amount of stores
in our dockyards. Let us trust that the Administration will
satisfy the wishes of the Chambers, and that the country
will at length be informed of its true position."
The excitement in the share market still prevailed,
and the ruin of many persons, who had embarked nearly
all their property in railway shares, is confidently anti-
cipated. We gave the price of funds and shares on
Tuesday in The Sun of yesterday.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOR
LONDON STOCK E:
Anglo-Belgian
Boulogne and Amiens 7
Bordeaux &Mediterrat
Bordeaux and Toulouse

Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 13/4
Do. (Mackenzie's) ..
Callao, Lima, and Pa-

EIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
XCHANGE, N•v. 26.
Mauritius ;4
Namur and Liege 24
IN•rth Jamaica
Weans and Vierzon

chic Coast
Central of Spain
Ceylon .
Demerara -
Dondre Valley ......
Dntch Rhenish ..
Dieppe & Paris Janet —
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian
Fampoux & Hazebrouk
Grt Northern of France
Constituted ll
Do. Pepin le Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons I%
Groat Western Bengal
Great Western Canada
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction
Do. North Midland —
Do. Extension
Jersey ...
Louvain and Jemappe
Lyons and Avignon 174,
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valencia —

Orleans and Bordeaux 9%
lOver Yssel ...
Paris & Lyons (LatEtte) 24
9

Ditto (Ganneren's). 2
Ditte (Caton's).— -
Ditto (Sud itst)
IParis aid Orleans 44%
,Paris aid Rouen . 35%
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
De. (Aymard's) 2
De. (Compte del,'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Hare
Royal North of Spain —
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Basle .-
Teurnay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt —
Tours and Naites
(Mackenzie's)
Do. ( Lefebvre's)
Do. (O'Neill's)
Trinidad
!Verona and Ancona....
IWest Flanders 314

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGUE, Nov. 23. We have received Java pa
pers to the 20th of August. The following are the •x
tracts :

" BATAVIA, AuG. s.—Accounts from Macassar an-
nounce that on the night of July 7, heavy showers of
rain did great d image at Bouthain, on the south coast
of Celebes, and caused the rivers to overflow their
banks. The fields were from 2 to 5 feet under water.
The rampart of Fort Rotterdam is almost wholly de-
stroyed, and there is a breach in the dock to the extent
of 50 feet.

" The River Bouthain, flowing by the Kampong of
Baroe, carried away a piece of ground 50 feet in breadth
and 200 feet in lenzth. with two houses standing upon
it, the inhabitants of which were saved.

" His Majesty's steam-frigate Brome, which left Sin-
capore on the 13th of August, an], after touching at
Iteona and Munlok, arrived here on the 17th of thist
month, has brought a part of the overland mails which lef
Europe on the 7th and the 24th of June. Thus the
regular communication between Europe and China is
opened. It appears from the dates that the voyage was
performed in a very short time. The mail which was
expected from London on the 21st of June, reached
Ceylon on the 27th of July, Panang on the 2nd of this
month, and Batavia on the 27th of this month at Batavia.
The voyage from London to Sincapore was, therefore, per-
formed in 42 days, and to Batavia in 55 days, including
nine days passed at Sincapore.
"If we are rightly informed, the delay at Sincapore
was that the greater part of the mails of the 7th of
June, and among them most of those from Java, seem
to have been sent to Calcutta, and had not arrived
when the Brame left Sinciiporc. Apart from such
unforeseen delay, we may affirm that when the com-
munication is entirely organised, and the manner of
sending letters and newspapers generally known, news
by the overland mail may be received at Batavia in
50 days.
" His Excellency M. J. Rachusser, General of our
possessions in India, arrived at Batavia on the 28th of
September, on board of her Majesty's frigate Jason.
A royal resolution, of the 13th of February, 1845,
annulling the decision of the Governor-General of India
of 15th December, 1843, Mr. M. Le Roux, late resident
at Banca, is relieved from all responsibility for the
extrordinary measures taken by him to quell the insur-
rection of the Chinese miners iu the island of Banca, in
September, 1843."
DUTCH FUNDS.—AltsTzanAm, Nov. 24.
Money. Bills.
Actual Debt, 214 per Cent •• ......... 593,4 60
Ititto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 7214 92
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••• • " ......... • 95 q 9554
Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent ••••• • • • • • 99% 99N
Ditto, 3% per Cent ..... • • • • • • • • • • •
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 158% 15914
East India Loan, 4 per Cent..........
Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • • • 12 30
Two months.. 12 20
93.25
56.75
On liainburgli,
si
37
OTW. opanrisnth.s..
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.. •.t•• •t • 5.
75
Two inonths.
—Dutch. Papers, Nov. 25.

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