Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-01-04

have spent about ninety millions sterling during the last
twenty eight years IN rebuilding navy twice over
ana ana now we cannot even find the fragments" Sir
Charles says: eve have got rid Of or kicked down m
made away with 10 three deckers 144 two deckers 81
rst class rgaes l55 second class gates so third class
and 334 vessels of still inferior rates-total 7i7 vasca
oyer ana above some ~ receiving ships In place there
o. we nave got IA new thee-deckers 40 tvo-deckers
"a fgates, and 10 vessels OF inferior rates exclusive of
steaners-ln all, 800 vessels" He goes on to say "Of
the " three-deckers borne on the nara list of 1915
are accounted for and 10 have vanished of l59 two
deckers as are reported and III are mssng of 81 sos
ana a there have disappeared 81 and remain none
OF lol war lrgates ii. tigaes built during the war
there remained, be accounted for 81 and there
nave vanished 124" He says: "Lord Spencers board
Dullt whole lot OF corvetes 1--WE believe 81 and CHILLED
sme dJter rs tordshs houds but heywere found
incapable OF either sailing keeping to windward they
are now all gone Many other queer things are said
by Sir Charles in his long epse If one-tentb of what
ne says can be fully established without satisfactory ex-
navy board should be looked into Wv
me colonies Will prove knotty subject during the
coming session OF Parliament. The Cape of Good
naopG my pe pronounced IN state of rebellion The
people OF Capetown have refused to have apv business
transactions with the Government in anv shane or On
TERMS until is officially announced that the Nentune
YIN le on board should go away so soon as she
had received her necessary supplies II intercourse
ana connection between individuals and the Governor
and heads OF the vctualing departments were to he
cropped on the llth OF October The merchants, ba-
kers, butchers, shopkeepers and all other GOOD and
loyal people, dealing only with such private Individuals
as they know and clearly understand to be unconnect
ed with those departments by or through which supplies
10 aGfd tor the detention of the con-
were to be closed from and after the It'll of October
except Tor the supply and accommodation of ordina!
y private and well known authorities" This was cut
ing gu the supplies most literally. The Governor had
issued strong proclamation, but SO vigorously had the
inhabitants carried out their determination that the CO.
vernon had been obliged to seize bullocks while en-
gagged in drawing wagons, and to employ forced mea
of at Stipulated prces and grazed on land belonpino in
te Government, and from this insufficient snnnlv the
ofses on slofe ana at sea have been far supplied
general order had been addressed TO the SOLITARY
pralsng them tor their forbearance and good conduct
under trying circumstances surrounding them esne
Gray as respected the probability ofnadequate supply
ne neptune win her cargo of convicts on board re-
NAMED IN the bay at the last advices The colonss do
clared that they would supply the naval service with
any lng whllSt the ship is in the bay The Governor
repea lha NE mad made every concession in his power
and would not submit to threats There was an a.
at the cape that the Governor would probably unless
the people resumed less hostile attitude declare the
further news. w
Inc BRITISH Government appears to watch over the
interests OF It's Australian colonies with much socitude.
they are certainly the most interesting the present
ana the most important to their promised future re-
suits OF any OF the British colonial territories Canad.
is most probably very rapidly passing into the rank Of
an independent community. The West Indies are in
such an anomalous that little can either he cor
Iecly stated or anticipated respecting them Hndostan
mas not yet assumed enough Of form or feature to
ground safe comment upon. The Cape of Good
nope VIII be comparatively unimportan when the com
merce OF Europe and Asia finds its transit from East TO
west, andtrom West to East through the shin canal
q Nicaragua. Besides, neither the East or Wes IN
DIES nor the Cape, is peopled by so almost exc-
slvely OF British origin, as is and will be- our Austria
nan colonies; nor IN any of the former do soil climate
ana all other natural attributes so combine to prenare
ut and congenial home for Engishmen as thew do in
Australia and New Zealand. Our Government is now
preparing for the establishment oa monthly mail TO and
from Sydney to Southampton to be conveyed by other
vessels from Sydney to Singapore and to connect at
the latter place with the packets the pennsuar and
oriental company and at the former with the packets to
and from China. The Commissioners ofthe Admiralty,
IN inviting tenders for the conveyance of this mail have
an evident aluson to its transit by the Istnus of Pa
nama IN contradstnction to that by the Isthnus of
Suez The route by the former will be no less than
@'oo miles shorter than the latter one and it has other
important advantages The latter route could be more
cheapy and readily carried out because steam naviga
ton Is already advanced far Singapore distance
OF o4SS miles, whereas the western plan is at present
arranged only to Chagres or 4.42 miles This is
hoWeverno consideration except for the short time
winch 1t would require to make the new arrangements
ana can have no weight in determining a permanent
mode OF transit. A very few years would there is no
doubt make the Panama route the cheapest lust in the
same proportion as it is theshortest.