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without the Cumberland; and, including the Cumberland, one hun- 

 dred and thirty-four guns. 



"Then this mighty naval demonstration which has so excited the 

 Senate and roused its indignation, and brought down its censure upon 

 the administration, consists in a reduction of the naval force which 

 Great Britain had in these waters a year ago from one hundred and 

 thirty-four to one hundred and one guns. What the British govern- 

 ment has done has been to withdraw some large steamers, because 

 they were not so useful in accomplishing the objects designed, or 

 because they would be more useful elsewhere, and to substitute in 

 their place a large number of inferior vessels either more efficient 

 there, or less useful elsewhere." 



He added: "The Senate will understand me. I do not say that 

 this is the whole force which is in those waters. There is an increase, 

 I think, on the whole, which is furnished by small vessels of the dif- 

 ferent provinces Canada having sent two or three, Nova Scotia three 

 or four, and Prince Edward Island, I think, one. But the question I 

 am upon, and the real question now is, what the imperial government 

 has clone; and so I say the British government has reduced the num- 

 ber of guns employed."* 



In reply to strictures upon the course of the Secretary of State, Mr. 

 Seward remarked: "The President, it seems, took pains to obtain 

 information informally, and he caused it to be published, in a notice 

 issued by the Secretary of State, and dated at the Department of 

 State July 6, 1852, and which has been called here the 'proclamation' 

 of the Secretary. 



* The luilifax Chronicle, in July, published the following: 



" For the information of all concerned, we subjoin a list of the cruisers our calculating 

 neighbors are likely to fall in with on the coast all of which will, we apprehend, do 

 their duty, without fear or favor: 



Cumberland * 74 Captain Seymour. 



Sappho 12 sloop Com. Cochrane. 



Devastation f 6 steam sloop Com. Campbell. 



Buzzard G steam sloop Com. . 



Janus f 4 steam sloop Lieutenant . 



Netley 3 ketch Com. Kynaston. 



Bermuda 3 schooner Lieutenant Jolly. 



Arrow brigantine 



Telegraph schooner. 



Halifax 2 brigantine Master Laybold. 



Belle 2 brigantine Master Crowell. 



Responsible 2 schooner Master Dodd. 



Daring 2 schooner Master Daly. 



" In addition to this formidable force, his Excellency Sir G. F. Seymour requires, we 

 learn, two more vessels, besides the Arrow and Telegraph, (two beautiful craft, of whose 

 merits we have previously spoken,) to be fitted, provisioned, officered, and manned by 

 the British government. The Buzzard, hourly expected from Portsmouth, brings out 

 men to man these hired vessels. To these must be added two from New Brunswick, 

 one from Canada, and one from Prince Edward Island, making a total of nineteen armed 

 vessels, from the 'tall Admiral' to the tiny tender, engaged in this important service. 

 His Excellency the Vice Admiral deserves the thanks of the people of British North 

 America for the zeal with which he has taken up this momentous matter, and also for 

 the promptitude of his co-operation with the provincial government. Janus comes to 

 Newfoundland direct from Gibraltar, she is an experimental steamer, constructed by 

 Sir Charles Napier, and by some said to be a splendid failure. Cumberland sails 

 immediately for St. Johns and the Newfoundland coast." 



*Flag, Sir G. F. Seymour. f300 horse power. J220 horse power. 



