6. The Charleston, Savannah, Key West, and Havana Line, performing twenty-four round trips per annum, at an annual compensation of $60,000. Length of route, 669 miles. 7. The New-Orleans and Vera Cruz Line, performing twenty-four round trips per annum, at $1,210.93 the round trip. Length of route, 900 miles. The contracts on these lines expire as follows, namely: New-York and Liverpool (Collins) Line, 27th April, 1860. New-York and Bremen Line, 1st June, 1858. New-York and Havre Line, 1st June, 1858. New-York, New-Orleans, and Aspinwall Line, 1st Oct., 1859. Astoria and Panama Line, 1st Oct., 1858. Charleston and Havana Line, 30th June, 1859. New-Orleans and Vera Cruz Line, 30th June, 1858. I am very respectfully your obedient servant, HORATIO KING. To DR. THOMAS RAINEY. PAPER H. THE FRENCH, ENGLISH, AND AMERICAN NAVIES. The following list is kindly furnished me by Hon. Wm. A. Harris, of Washington. The French list is taken from the "_Tableau General des Batiments a Voiles et a Vapeur composant les Flottes de la Marine Imperiale Francaise_." SAILING VESSELS. SHIPS OF 120 GUNS.--Ocean, Friedland, Ville de Paris, Valmy. SHIPS OF 100 GUNS.--Hercule, Temmasses, Tage Turenne. SHIPS OF 90 GUNS.--Jena, Suffren, Bayard, Breslau, Hector, Achille, Eole, Santi-Petri, Tilsitt, Sceptic, Castiglione. SHIPS OF 86 GUNS.--Diademe, Neptune, Jupiter. SHIPS OF 82 GUNS.--Marengo, Trident, Ville de Marsailles, Alger, Triton, Duperre, Genereux, Latour d'Auvergne, Saint-Louis. FRIGATES OF 60 GUNS.--Iphigenie, Independante, Didon, Uranie, Belle-Poulle, Surveillante, Andromaque, Forte, Minerve, Melpomene, Perseverante, Renomme, Vengeance, Etrepienante, Victoire, Semiramis, Guerrierre, Pallas, Semillante. FRIGATES OF 52 GUNS.--Alceste, Calypso, Sirene, Atlante, Andromede, Nereide, Zenobie, Sybille. FRIGATES OF 50 GUNS.--Reine Blanche, Cleopatre, Danae, Virginie, Poursuivante, Pandore, Nemesis, Bellonne, Amazone, Astree, Junon, Hermione, Dryade, Circe, Flore. FRIGATES OF 46 GUNS.--Thetis, Armide, Grigone, Margicienne, Africane, Penelope, Medee. FRIGATES OF 40 GUNS.--Constitution, Psyche, Clorinde, Heliopolis, Jeanne d'Arc, Algerie, Resolue, Tiris, Ceres, Armorique. CORVETTES OF 30 GUNS.--Ariane, Thisbe, Heroine, Alemene, Embuscade, Sabine, Aventure, Favorite, Jeanne-Hochette, Corneline, Circe, Cybele. CORVETTES OF 28 GUNS.--Arethuse, Bayonnaise, Arthemise, Galatee, Serieuse, Eurydice, Capricieuse, Constantine. CORVETTES OF 24 GUNS.--Brillante, Naide, Creole, Danaide, Triomphante. CORVETTES OF 20 GUNS.--Camille, Bergere, Iguala, Coquette, Echo. CORVETTES OF 16 GUNS.--Diligente, Cornelie, Egle, Perle, Oritie.