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Port Of Tosioa.-Nc are favored by
friend, with til following extract of letter
from his son il Europe, which gives an in
teresting account of the public works at that
port, corresponding with the sketch of our
senior Editor and embracing some subjects
worthy of observation. which time did not
permit him u eXamine.-f.N Y. Statesman.


AarSe2(r&, Oct IA, 1926.


"A visit tc the port of Toulou has engross-
ed much time and attention. After Brest it
is the largest naval depot in France, and is
indeed ast and magnificent establishment.
Nature tas already done much in forming
one of the finest harbors in the Mediterrane-
an, and the ambition of Louis 14th and of
Napoleon has not failed to add every thing
that art could DO TO render those natural adj
vautages as eIfcctual as possible. Almost
every thing necessary in the equipment of
ships OF war, and which is required for the
expenditure of the Arsenal is manufactured
in the establishment itself, such as canvass,
cordage, iron work and the like. These
manufactures and the other work OF the
yard OF course require an immense deal OF
labour, which is performed by about four
hundred galley slaves or convicts, under the
superintendent of large number keep
4 ers. In France, the system OF criminal u-
! risprudence is very mild and rarely involves
the punishment of death; but for great oifenc


es, the criminals are sentenced to hard labor
for life. or for shorter periods, according to
the degree of their criminality. In order to
employ the large number of criminals which
the numerous and dense population ofthis
country naturally affords, they send then to
their different naval arsenals where they are
fed on a healthy vegetable diet, and are kept
constantly well employ ed. Escape is scarce
. ly possible and is almost inevitably followed
by the criminals being brought back to full
fiji an augmented sentence. At Tculon,
there are five three deckers, ten ships of the
lne, and as many frgates, with some small
er vessels. Two ships ct $50 guns built in
1912, bv Napoleon, and called then the
"Austerlitz" and "Marengo," are now SC
completely rotten, as to have been condemn
ed; they were constructed OF green TIMBER
Napoleon thinking to create a navy by the
mere force Of his will. A reply of the ship.
keeper of the no7v "Royal Louis" to my
, question respecting the cruises his worn-o Out


ship had made, will give good idea of the
preponderence of the British Navy, and o


the little efficiency and enterprise of thu
: French. She has made campaigns, Sir, ha


been at eight leagues distance from Toulon
a and even fred several conps-de canon.


:, Oh that we had on our coast such har
? botr and arsenal as Toulon. There bein!


no tide in the Me literrancan, the sea alway


remains at the same level for it Is bas
i. without a river, and is accessible with mos
y winds for any draft. 1t is such a place a


one having most, most needs.