The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-18
THE ENGLISH yACur or 1Tpo1r,

Inc yacht St Ursula, OF the Royal Yacht Club
squadron, owned by Mr.. Tennet, of Glasgow and
commanded by Captain Cairne arrived at New
ork on Sunday evening" in thirty days from the
Clyde, on a pleasure trip.
The st. Ursula is a trim yacht, of 1872 tons yacht
measurement and l56 tons register She is l2O
feet long, and topsa schooner rigged-the same
as the schooners in the English Channel some
times called channel-rigged. She is fitted for a
sea voyage, and has been used for that purpose
mainly by her owner, who has cruised with her in
the Mediterranean. Yet with all her disadvanta-
ges she beat number of pilot boats on her way up
and had to be brought to to enable the pilots to get
on board She overhauled clipper ship eight miles
ahead of her coming in. In her best days she has
made fourteen knots an hour, and beaten number
OF the Royal Iacht Squadron. She formerly be-
onged to an English lord, and sails under the flag
OF the admiralty by permission of the British gov
ernment. Her interior arrangements are substan-
tla and capacous, destined more for use than show,
and her model is said to be an imitation of the fa-
nous yacht America; and her recent vovage-the
longest she has ever made-proves her to be tho
rough sea boat She has complement of twelve
men, and, although not a fair sample of the best
English yachts, will serve as a specimen of Eng
ilsh yacht architecture-copying from Ameri-
can model
There were sailed in England last year no less
than one hundred regRttas-the season commen-
cling on the sth of May and concluding on the I'd
OF October,3 occupying fifty days-sometimes a
number occurring on the same day. The prizes
amounted in cash to about f3, 1896, of which sum
the royal clubs contributed f25l5 and four yachts
the Mosquito, Vigilant, Tulworth and Usurline
won upwards of fl ,225 between them, and no
less than seventy yachts won prizes. There are
about thousand yachts in England. These thous-
and have each eight or ten men-averaging eight
men each-so that they supply force of eight
thousand dexterous mariners. During the Crime
an war these men were found very serviceable to
the British government, at whose disposal they
were promptly placed. They may in fact be con-
sdered as part of the British navy for all prac-
tcal purposes.-N. Y. Herald
ARMY ORDERs-A list of General Orders has lust
been issued by the Secretary ofWar:
No. permits the officers of the Medical and Paw
Departments, by virtue of their commissions, to
command all enlisted men, like other commissioned
officers.
No. 2 allows officers on duty as Brigadier and
Major Generals, with the special sanction of the
War Department, to have the aides de-camp OF
the grade corresponding to their brevets.
No. dlspenSes with the General Order Book
heretofore required to be kept at Regimental head
quarter.
No. 4states that horses, horse-medicines mate
rias for shOeing, and all horse equipments what
ever, will In the future, be provided by the Ord
nance Department instead of the Quartermaster's
as heretofore. Forage and material for bedding,
will be furnished by the Quartermaster's Depart
ment as heretofore.
No. consists of the following list of military sta
tons, announced as double duration posts De-
partment of Texas-Fort Quitman and Camp Hud-
son; Department of Oregon-Fort Bellingham; De-
partment of California-Forts Crook and Ter Waw
and New San Diego.
No. states that the taImas furnished to the
mounted troops, will be accounted for as CON-
mon property, and the men to whom they are
issued, will be held responsible for their preserva-
ton.
No. says that the ratons of Ordnance Sergeants
may be committed at thirty cents per ration.
The ARMSTRONG GUN AND ITS lNvENToR.-The
merits of this invention have been fully tested by
long series of experiments, and the result is found
to be so extraordinary that the British government
are about to recommence the manufac ture of them
on large scale, and to alter, enlarge, or pull
down altogether (if necessary for that purpose
their present founderies and workshops at Wool
wlch. The Queen seems to have been so delighted
at an invention which promises to add so much to
the security of ''the fast anchored ise," that at
her own special and personal desire, Mr. William
Armstrong went down on his knee before her. re-
ceived the accolade of knighthood and rose up Sir
William of that ilk. He might have asked almost
any sum of money from the government for his pa
tent: General Peel, the Secretary of War, de.
clared in the House of Commons that there was
hardly any which could be named that the
government would not have given him had be ask
ed for it; yet, with patriotism not often found,
Sin these degenerate days." he made no conditions
whatever, but presented his invention to the
try; he moreover added that any future improve
ment he might make in the weapon or its attendant
materials, should also be given gratis to the coun-
try. The only stipulation he made was that if the
firm to which he belonged was obliged to Law out
money in buildings or machinery for that purpose
and they should not be called upon to manufacture
a sufficient number of guns to cover that expense
or that government should undertake to m anufac-
ture these guns for ITSELF then an arbitration
should be appointed to decide what compensation
the firm ought to receive.-Norh american.