[Picture: The Admiralty Office]
This is in that part of the street between Charing Cross and Parliament
Street which is called White Hall, Westminster, having capacious
apartments for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who direct the
affairs of the navy. The telegraph receives information, and gives
instructions, in fair weather, to the various commanders of ships at the
different sea-ports. This invention was first practised with success in
France, and is admirably contrived to convey intelligence in a very
expeditious manner.