il, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men; and every ship-master, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, [blockade-runners?] stood afar off, and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying: "What city is like unto this great city?"
The Probability of War.
In a debate upon the naval estimates in the House of Commons, May 7, Sir J. Pakington remarked:
That in appointing Mr. Reed, in his present state of experience and efficiency, to be chief constructor, they were trifling with the interests of England, when they allowed men of great skill and experience to leave the service at a time when war might break out any moment, and they might be compelled to send a fleet across the Atlantic, possibly at the shortest notice.
Miscellaneous.
M. de Montholon has been appointed French Minister at Washington, and M. Dano, Minister at Mexico.
The Pall Mall Gazette
