REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

 NAVY
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The Navy at the present time consists of the following number and description of ves- sels :-one ship of l20 guns; nine ships of the line, of 90 guns each; one razee, of 62 guns; twelve fifty-two gun frigates; two 58 gun frigates; one 50 gun frigate two AS gun frigates; eleven first class sloops of war of 24 guns each three 9 gun sloops five l6 gun sloops two sloops for store ships, -GGguns each. There are also four first class

 sloops on the stocks nearly ready for launch- ing. Eleven 10 gun brigs and schooners ];

 three ditto, used as store ships, and one for a receiving vessel at Charleston. The steam ship Mississippi, of l2 guns; the Fulton, of 8 guns; the Princeton, Ericson's propell- er) of 12 guns, the Union, of guns, (with

 Hunters submerged wheels the Poinsett of 5 guns, and an iron steamer, the Michigan, of 6 guns, nearly ready to launch on Lake Erie. There are likewise four small schoon- CTS employed as packets or receiving vessels. In all 76 vessels of the various descriptions.

 For the service of the next year the em- ployment of the following force is proposed: For the Home squadron, three frigates, six sloops, 3 steamers and 5 brigs and schooners :;

 making in all 50 vessels. For the Mediter- ranean, three frigates, four sloops, one brig and one store ship-nine vessels. For the coast of Africa, four sloops, two brigs or schooners, and one store ship-seven ves- sels. For the coast of Brazil, two frigates, three sloops, one brig and one storeship-

 ten vessels. For the East Indies, two fri gates, two sloops, one brig and one storeship. For the Lakes, one steamer, For special ser