The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-25
Of OIL ships OF war; either in ordinary or commits.


| number lIs are armed steamers. of from 100 to
800 horse power engines, constructed on the most
| approved principles Tor active sea service This
| fleet, the largest Of any maritime power in the
globe, employs III time of peace, 80 900 To 40 900
| able bodied soamen, 1900 strong lads and 3 900
royal narines consisting of lO2 companies divided
into four divisions, Headquarters as follows LIST
division, Chatham, 20 companies; I'd division,
| Portsmouth,, q companies; 3d division, Ply
mouth, % companies; and, 1th division, Wool
wich, 20 companies. Royal marine artillery, 10
companies, Portsmouth. Besides which are the
Dockyard Volunteers, namely Deptford brigade
Woolwich do, Chatham, do, Sheerness do, Ports
mouth do, Davenport do, and Pembroke do The
Royal Clarence, Royal William, and Breakwater
bataions all OF whom are well practised in gun
merry and platoon exercise.
The TURKs AT PoRTsMourH.--The Turkish Of
hcers belonging TO the two men Of war in Ports
mouth harbor have visited, during the past week.
nearly all the departments in Portsmouth. yard
and the Clarence vctualling- yard, under the guild
ance OF Lieut.. Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart, II. N.
Excepting the captain, their uniform is copied from
the English namely, blue surtout coat, blue trou-
sers, waistbelt and aword. Their have also
been good deal on shore on leave. They all wore
blue trousers, with brown Jackets, and, excepting
the captain, assmae the other parts of their dress
To the English fashion, which dcprives them of
their otherwise picturesque appearance. They
spend n good deal OF money shore They re-
ceive vegetables and some meat on board but they
brought about 200 quarters Of wheat, which they
have ground on shore, which supplies them with
bread and flour. The wheat is OF most ordinary
nature, long and horny in the corn, like oats
than wheat. The Turkish officers have been
courteous 10 their Eng sh visiters, but Fridays
and Saturdays, which days appointed 10 ablu-
tons and religious observances, they are .'not at
home" to visiters. With Sir Godfrey Webster the
officers again attended the ball at Mr.. Holiugs-
worths rooms on Friday week.
A LITERARY "RErnEAr"-The Atlena,u. an
nounces that Sir T.. l. Buiwcr, nt the close of the
late dramatic entertainments at Knebworth, pro
posed to wrlte a play, I" be acted by the amateur
company at various places in the Unit. d King
dom the proceeds to form the germ of IA fund for
a certain number of houses 10 be further endowed
Tor literary men and artists, and the play itself If
We understand 1t rightly, to be afterwards Disposed
of for the added benefit of the fund. Sir Edward
VIII likewise give III fee, ground on his estate IN
llcrs for the erection of such asylum, rest retreat
or whatever else II may be determined to call the
residence IN quo stion The aetors-to whom "A
conspicuous share in this good work will be due
hope, We understand, to take the field in the spring
oi next year
MIscELLANEous.- Jenny Lind thirty years
OF age on the 9th of October.
Iceland is about to be united To Leith by liue of
steamers.
The extra allowance for soldiers ratiuns in the
colonies will cost f7OOO0 per annu,n
shipi the Persian Gulf in the course Of twenty
months, had her copper encased with living coral
~ the thickness of two feet.
The Pcpinsular and Oriental Company build
ing two steamers of sufficient tonnage and power
to ruin between Southampton and Alexandria in
-na
Malta IN eight days
The ship Corunnndcl, of Liverpool was aban.
doned 10y her crew during the late gale of the
southwest coast of Ireland She has since been &c.
cured by the Amphitrte cutter. Her value, in
cluding the cargo, exceeds 10000
At the sale of the musical library of the late Duke
OF Cambridge violin, by Straduarus, the favoritc
instrument of his royal highness, sold for Ell5 los
AMI another instrument, by the same maker, for
| fl40
Miss Hayes mas returned from Dublin, and pro-
ceeds Immediately for Rome, and thence for Rus
sia, having To appear at the imperial theatres OF
Moscow and st. Petersburg this winter She will
embark for New York early in the summer.
Ann Thurlwell, young woman. was acciden-
tally pushed against one Of tte dens in Wombells 5
menagerie, at York, on the Both utmo, and re
ceived considerable injury from lioness seizn z
her by the head and one of her arms The oness
completely scalpcd the young woman.
| Between Dungeness and London, during n DC
| riod OF eighteen months, from January, lS4g, To
June, 1850, inclusive. the amount of property de-
/ stroyed by known wrecks and casualties, is be
tween E4OO 900 and E5OO,0 besides the sacrifice
! ola great number Of lives.
IL IL rumored in the city that the cabin Of Prus
sia u about To negotiate loan of 10000 900 stcr
/ ling amongst the capitalists of London
] The EreteT Flying Post says: 4" Last week some
/ fishermen, at Gorquay, caught "A porpoise in the
| bay, and, having brought il into harbor attached
rope ~ its tail and threH it overheard, when, 20
the amusement Of many persons, il towcd the boa 1
about the harbor for some time.
MELANcHoLY REvERse OF FoaruNr The Dub.
4 lin Ecening Mai has the following particulars in
! reference to the death, at New York If Mrs Bell
| Martin, daughter and hercss of the late Mr. Thos
Martin, NJ p, Of Balhnahinch Castle in the coun-
/ " OF Hallway The vast property known az the
! Connemara cstates, 10 which the deceased lady
succeeded, was ono among the first brou ght into
the Encountered Estates Court, aud has been for
come months past advertised for sale by private
! contract.
Tine yicissitudes of life have seldom produecd a
saddor or more rapid than that by which the
fortunes OF this excellent lady wcro dafkcncd and
| "Nerthro~n Born 70 noble Inheritance, which cx
tended over territory far exceeding the domain Of
many "A reIgning German prince, her name was
known throughout the United Kingdom AZ that
Of 'thc lrish hciress.' Fve years a9o her csp "a
aucy vac considered % be equivalent. over and
above all cncumbrances aud liabilities 10 a year.
ly income OF five thousand pounds sterling Bcfor,
tao years oi the interval had capsed, che found
hcrseli at the head oi her patrmonial states with
out shilling that che could call her own. The fail
urc OF the potato crop, the famine and pestilenc,
which followed, the sCourgiug laws enacted Ant
enforced by an ignorant legislature to redress th,
calamity and the claims of money. lenders, swep
every inch oi property from under bor feet. Hcr
hopes and her prospects were forever blighted Hei
projects iDr tbc Improvement Of the wild district
over which she had reigned a sort of native soy.
creign were at an end; and she forth from tn,
rcot Of her lathcrsa wandercr without home and
az II would almost appear, withouta friend Never
was hard fate lcss deserved for her untiring ano
active bcnevolcnce had been devoted from hcr child
hood 10 the Camfort and relief Of those who sufier.
and her powerful and original mind inccssantl IN
employed in deysing means OF moral and physical
amclioration IN the condition Of the tcnantry on he
fathers estates She gave mp her whole time to suci
pursuits, avoiding the hsunts of fashion and thos,
amusemcnts which might be considered suitable, &
her age and place, that she might perform the va
rious duties oi physician, Rm0ncr school ms trees
and agricultural instructor. Her almost daily Ina
bt was 10 visit the poor and the sck in the rcinou
recesses OF that Wild region, sometimes ON foot
more frequently IN hes little boat, well provide,
with medicauncnts and food, which she inpcllcd b,
the yigor of her own arm through the takes whicl
stretch along the foot Of the mountains. How
grevous Il ~ TO reflect that she should have
been driven across the ocean IN search of a place Il
lay hcr head. The American editor intmatea tina
the object O her voyage was to collect materials fo
literary works We have no doubt that such wa
among her projects, for che a very distn
guished writer, and would by means eat th
bread Of idleuess dependence; but there u rca
to believe there Il wac more stringent compul
sion which obliged her. at advanced period q
the year. and in peculiarly dehcatc stage uf he
iiic, when even peasanis, who would bring fort
IN safety remain on shore, 20 encounter the te
dunn and perils Of a voyage in "a sailing vessel
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