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.............., ............. Dec. 24. John Leiry, trade ; John , a dancer ; sentimental isician ; and lught before 33 , the Corn 13d of Vic unlicensed .er the act. n, produced he, between proceeded Bethnal and had all ng engaged The audi 3ave. There mrtenanceS 3, besides a mmence at rhich, with red to this to give evi g required, 3en ordered )ncc I saw ight it was )1. the Dis- ludience, I black eye, . laughter.) • the boxes. Paddy on s hornpipe, ,u ghing gas was— —was there ephew ? was the ss'—a most amount's be as th e old e a baJlet ; ie un .cle— I mei )hew, manic mis t I —to disln ant, ( ;macs sake of his to be done, a bargain d rouriler will in his at the aap ssible, and result, the Count, Indent and ce and se- ;he C aunt ?, the Worst 67 H, 1 11 9 that I Was lly turned Thero was 'eter:Popp , with this e up," aery and op `vas an L's waters,' er scenes• gentleman boots and ular as a ion of the to clothes• iy license , and. The ignorance 1 never to he avonld that Were calculated youth of mately to es to keep the same Sergeant intenan co re gravity ntracted at It is pr ate cowing transacted or descrip the turn in -unaltered. .—s to --- 5 40s to 46s .40s to 463 .—s to ---s at market, t there was ved. Oats ere scarce, .44s to 46s .41s to 43s .42s to 483 .44s to 46s .38s to 403 38s to 42s 36s to 393 et. Sales 26s to'3os 40s to 433 46s to 47s and the es prices. is dearer, 3. Beans 2ss to 32s .—s to — 5 20s to 44s to 483 —s to Blood. — is and re m it be contrary ne which 9 disease. pry inkin ry ►eys, and me COD. - r, power f stomach, piolong .....161.1.0 0 the wife Russell rs. John Higher l e y, of a Abney efferson, .exander at Bar- Esq•, ' Lieut.- and • i;g•ging" I, Esck) ledfora, ,thpOrt, 'wife of idence, Esq., lisease, 3dford- Illivallt White, uNG ~ 113, my rio111)07.1 eIIYATAL SAT,ACT , ItTIOV.NT- L :„ 44 t3ißcus, oltiooittistiTit4llT ati4 ItUAT D-STREET. NOW OPEN—ADMISSION FREE. r • JAMES'S HALL, WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, ti fir P. T.BARNUM'S ADDRESS (with Pictorial Illustra c.4l) on the SCIENCE of MAKING MON EY ; also, an ZiaL:tnal definition of HUMBUG, commencing at s precisely. ` l ° , 3s. • balcony seats, 2s. ; body of hall and g allery, Is. Tickets at Chappell and Co.'s, Mitchell's Royal Library, 1-.ratner and Beale's, Jullien, Keith's, 48, Cheapside ; ularke's, 132, Jermyn-street ; and at the Hall, • Omo MINSTRELS and the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ADELAIDE ROOMS, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND. TZE ENTERTAINMENTS, Grind Day Performance T alonday at Two o'clock, Wednesday and Saturday at , iree, and. every evening at Eight o'cloCk. The Company, as "d e r , comprises Fifteen talented Vocalists, Musicians, and Eil ne dia , os. First performance of a burlesque burletta " The ,„ °nY Man." Prices ; Stalls, :Is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gal "Y, 6(l .—Manager, M. SC II MIDT. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, ' et) TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay kark. 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Admission, ls. to Promenade. / 1 . 11 .—A1l applications for the above band for Concerts and i", 11 8, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Booms. OWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS, R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE. The last Equestrian Company in the World, numbering 'wt. Hu rge ndred ue Men and Horses. A Comic Pa n tomime, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD , represented in the circle at each performance, introducing the entire Troup of Equestrians. The celebrated Horse Cruizer 2troduced in his subdued state, as tamedby Mr. Rarev, show- Vg the power of man over the brute creation. ELLA, the g ender of the World—" Black Eagle," the Horse of Beauty " - and the Educated Mules, "Pete and Barney," appear at each Performance. b It ' 18 . ; Boxes, 25.; Reserved seat s, 35. ; Stalls, ss. ; PH pake Boxes, £2 ; Children under 9,l:Taff-price ; Gallery, 6d. may be secured. No booking fees. Kwo• performances daily, at Two and half - p ast Seven D.Ju. .1111 WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, AND 160, PICCADILLY. ..?entlemen visiting the Metropolis will find ample accom- Tdation for dinners at this establishment. The a rran g e- Teuts are varied and perfect, and the tariff of charges is ver y nod prate. Private rooms for large or small partie s ma y be 11o, aged on application to the Superintendent. By Order. JAMES GOFTON, Superintendent. 27th November, 1858. IOCKs , s CELEBRATED READING SAUCE , which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Votliis, Grills, Gravies, Hot and_ Cold Meats, and unrivalled Vr general use. is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish ° aUees.- 7 4. and C. COCKS, Reading, 0. Sole Manufacturei:s. NORWICH UNION LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted 1803.—Invested sterling. • —l n vested Capital exceeding £ 2 , 000,000 This Society is one of the very few purely Mutual Insui- Offices, the whole of the profit§ being divided among the 6 'ley-holders. • TY _/93 rates are considerably below those usually charged. or Tf 3 , at the age of 40. the sum of £32 19s. 2d., which at the vunary premium will insure £1 ,000, with the NORWICH 1 UNION WILL UNSURE ONE THOUSAND AND NINETY-FIVE POUNDS FOUR SHILLINGS, g i vinfr an immediate Bonus in addition to subsequent accu kulatio ns. Annuities and Special Risks undertaken on favourable rtns. Rocae For Forma of Proposal and - Prospectuses apply at the t.„ and Offices, 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, ,••, and Surrey-street, Norwich.- -- THE ECONOMIC LIFE -ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6. New Bridge-street, London. Established 1823. DIRECTORS. 'ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. tetlfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. I Rear-Admiral Robert Gor ,4?„_eurY Barnett, Esq.. don. The. Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. ,llouverie, 31. P. George . Settilby Rickards, Ward Charrington, Esq . 'Esq. • ,n,:anas Edgar, Esq. Augustus Keppel Stephen °,r Alexander Duff Gordon, I son, Esq. Bart.. Joh AUDITORS. h Howell, Esq. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. 1... Tn I 7 Roberts, Esq. Ri c hard Taylor, Esq. ktirsictAw—William Emanuel Pape M.D. Oxon, 11, Queen . , street, May-fair. • BultqEQN—Benjamin. Travers, Esq. F.R.c.S., No. 49 , Dover street, Piccadilly. SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. AcTuA.RT—.Tames John Downes, Esq., P.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. - • Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of £1,695,000 During its existence the Society has paid in Claims Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po licies to the extent of The last Bonus, declared in 18.54, averaged .Z 67 per Cent, on the Premiums paid , and a mounted to Policies in force 7,621 The Annual Income exceeds 4 , 111 pursuance of the invariable practice of this Society . , in the event of the Death of the Life Assured within the 15 days Of grace, the Renewal Premium remaining unpaid, the Claim Will be admitted, subject to the payment of such Premium. The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1859, will par ' Itelpate in the Division of 1864. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli. cation to ALEXANDER MACDON ALD, Secretary. 890,000 THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE _ It is only a short time since thi s singularly e ffi cacious article;,._ of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, id has puzzled many a brain to e x p lain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts e. ol lcerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some 2f Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had "tiled no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, dre., the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor leY'a food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can Prcceed alone from the good opinio n and testimony of those Who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattlecattle Will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, Pamphlet which is sent post-free. 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We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :--Cure No. 71, of dy,spep aia, from the Right Hon. the Lo rd Stuart de Decies—' Dro- Juana, Cappoquin, County Waterford.—l have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 19 ,8. V. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from d y s p epsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removedby Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Din, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabet h Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan • Veg. - Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near 4, iverpool : of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,210. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan. of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116. Major Edie, of liver and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 3 9 , 628 . Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,860. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. litr..ramesßoberts,timber-merchant, of Frim ley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five Years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, o fnd debilite y, from which I have suffered great misery, and wch no m dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Da Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves,lBl, Fleet-street, London." 'Cure So. 4,208. ," Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility , with cr am p s, 'spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Dn Barry's health restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory Norfolk." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years'cough, indiges - Hon, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. fxi. ; 51b., lls. • 121 b., 225. - Super refined quality. 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and' 121 b. canis . tern are forwarded carriage free, on reaeipt of Post-office order. Du Bent- and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fort • nurn„Mason, aria Co., 182, Piccadilly, and through all grocers and chemists in town and country. Dr. PALLACE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepared Avon scientific principles, without mercury, to prevent the danger and injury resulting from quack preparations ; they purify, regulate, and strengthen the syste m,and cure e tioffec tually dyspepsia (bad digestion), bile, o liver the Ointment heals sons, wounds , ulcers, boils, burns, car buncles, chaps, pimples, diseases of the scalp, &c. Both pills and ointment are carefully packed for all climates, at ls. 2s. Id., and 4s. 6d. London, agents : Hannay,,63, Oxford-st. Saucer, 153, Oxford-street, and may be ordered through all medicine vendors. DU BARRY'S PULMONIC COUGH BON BONS are a nice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled .excellence: In boxes—ls. 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. 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".The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view, of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These.. objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—M edical Circular. London : 11. Bailliere, 210, Regent-street. FEIST'S RACING RECORD 'for 1858. Part *X., price 3d., was published on the Ist of December. 'The Record, containing a complete' calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1858, and nomi nations for 1859, may be had, price two shillings. W. 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Just published, price ls., post free, in an Envelope , fo r 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION. --A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, g and on the cure of Nervous a nd Physical Debility, resultin from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations nd ph n osical the Phy siology of Marriage in its social, moral, ay rela tions. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the 3 L l t i f c e r , o , s c a o n p d e l i t n s r a revealing e t s h inehidden m t ng y , s t i3 e y ties u r n " s o r f y L f x e a w m i n b. tion, the cause and effect of everyvariety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAM W UEL LAERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, ll centiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habi ts, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced mere misery in Youth, degradation in Manhood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condi tion, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health kappiness, and privileges to which every human being is en titled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of imainsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and,' above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and May be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester square ; Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from . 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India:, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll 4 Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. 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From there, in one moment more, there was a rush by the people downstairs so great as"to defy all attempts to resist it. They opened or tore down the barrier at the top of the Stairs opposite the check-taker's box, rushed down in i mad haste to the next landing, where again the money taker's barrier offered but a feeble resistance. There the.advaneed guard cf the crowd Nwiting on the tairs,•sharing in the panic, turned round to swell the descending torrent and to effect their escape. This was the crisis of the calamity. On reacbing the last landing-place from the ground in 'their downward course more than a score of people were thrown down, and the greater part of them literally trodden and . crushed to death. Some there Were r; ho precipitated themselves over the balustr j ades from one landing to another, on the heads of the affrighted mass below, and either saved their 'lives or perished in the attempt. There is a rumour abroad, to which at' this moment we know not what amount of credit is due, that the alarm within the theatre originated, not from the explosiOn of gas on the stairs, but with a boy in one-of the boxes who had sat down on his coat pocket, in which he carried some fusees, and so ignited them. The accident is' cer tainly referred to this latter cause by some of the people connected with the theatre, who; accounting for it in that way, deny that the explosion of gas oil the lariding-plaee Of the gallery stairs had any 7 thing to do with the calamity. They also state that knowing a crowd always assembles on such occasions on the stairs leading to the gallery before the audience at the earlier performance has left the theatre, they provide other means of exit for the departing body than the ordinary descent by the. stairs, and that could the people who left the 'gal lery on the panic have availed themselves of that arrangement, the result would probably have been harmless. PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD. have made a further outlay :of nearly £6,000,000. Consequently, we have invested in these ships nearly £28,000,000. Now, any radical change in the construction of war ships must tend to render this enormous sum of money lost to us, and. entail upon us a fresh expense of like or of greater amount. No other power has so -large and expensive a navy, and, therefore,no other nation has so !Much to lose by sweeping hanges. As 'good economists, we should not then be over hasty in developing new means of naval warfare in times of peace. The de fence of our coasts ia, of course, at all times a legi timate subject of improvement, and no necessary pabis should be spared in rendering that com plete. But that may be best. done by man ning a sufficient number of the ships we have, rather than by devising new ones ; and the existing Government will deserve great praise if they proVide the means of doing this. There - is no sign of weakness now visible in the navy of England save iu its lack of men. The ships we possess carry no less than 15,140 guns, and could these be all discharged at once, would, at each round, : project 254 tons of iron ! In one day of twelve hours, firing but one round per minute, they world therefore . project 914,000 tons, enough to form a solid cannon ball 120 feet in diameter. To fully man all these ships, and bring all theirpowers into play, we should require but 162,000 men, and if we had but a fair proportion of these to : all upon in an emergency, our defence would surely bp complete. It will probably be objected by some that the French and. Americans are building a new class of formidable vessels, and that we Must, there fore, do-the same. But the assumption of such -objectors requires proof. The "rams nest," lately discovered in America, is very much like another_ , kind of nest which some people are very often find ing. The " ram" that it contains need occasion no alarm. It has already cost the American Govern 7 ment 800,000 dollars, and a committee appointed to examine it is said to have reported that it will take 800,000 more to complete the operations begun. It is, therefore, exceedingly likely to remain in its nest for very many years to come ; indeed, an American scientific .paper some time since pre noUnced it fit only for exhibition to visitors, at three cents. a piece, as a monument of folly. As to the French, they have, like . ourselves, many inducements to refrain from great innovations. Where we have . sixty steam line-of-battle ships they haVe thirty ;, where we have 330 steam-ships they have 220 ; and where we have 600 ships in all , they have 400. Further, much that we have heard of their proceedings is not only false,. but ridiculous. The - rumour that they were:build ing six polished steel frigates, by which some per sons were recently plunged into deep distress,_ was manifestly put forth to excite our foolish fears ; and statements less evidently absurd are doubtless often started with a like object. The French navy itself, though too costly to be thrown lightly aside, is greatly inferior to ours, as we have just seen and the Emperor can be doing nothing that our Government are:not advised of, and. which they are not, therefore, at liberty to do also • and, doubtless, would - do, were it anything formidable: - Certainly nothing yet made public need excite . our appre hension. Give us a strong Channel fleet, liberally; -manned and well disciplined, and no power that the French, or any other Government, possesses would dare to menace. our coasts ; nor , would. any man venture to say, with Sir Francis Head, that no thing but the will of a, foreign Emperor kept Lon don secure from a foreign army. Let it not be thought that the economical. considerations before alluded to should be suppressed in the discussion of this topic. certainly_ economy should not be car ried so far as to cripple the Government in defend ing either Great Britain or its dependencies ; nor should it be permitted to impede those researches and. experiments which may be essential to the frill and prompt development of our strength in the time of war, 'should that arrive. But. surely this country, with no offensive or aggressiue ends to attain, and yet possessing a navy worth 28 millions of money, and crowded, as it is, with a fearless and patriotic people, need not wince at every-hostile whisper, or spend another million on war ships every time a foolish foreigner boasts ; nor can it be amiss for such a nation to count the cost of so timo rous a policy. But if we are resolved on advancing at full speed in these matters, we have need to pre pare ourselves for such navy estimates as we have never before known: For there never was a period when the art of naval warfare was more susceptible of change than it is at this moment. Fifty years ago the dimensions of vessels were, by common con sent at least, limited; the power of our ordnance was practically stationary ; the winds of heaven were our only propellers, and blew on all fleets equally. But now we build frigates much larger than the line-of-battle ships of that day, and know of nothing to hinder us from building them twice as large if we will. Our guns are incessantly im proved—now by one, now by another, and the breech-loading rifled cannon which Mr. Armstrong has just given us, and which ranges, I am told, four miles, may be quickly succeeded by another of twice its range. The paddle-wheel has made us independ cut of sails ; the screw has made us independent of the paddle-wheel ;. and the 200-horse power engine of the Rattler has been followed by the 1,000-horse power engine which is to drive the Mersey, and that may speedily be replaced by one ten times its power. A single improvement in the manufacture of iron, which hundreds are now seeking to improve, may at any moment give us the Means of carrying our steam pressure to unheard-of heights, of resist ing shells with the utmost ease, and of augmenting the strength of our ordnance tenfold." It remains to be told, that in spite of this fright ful calamity the entertainment at the theatre in the evening went on as if nothing uncommon had happened,and that long before the doors. opened an immense multitude congregated at all the points of entrarie2waiting for admission. It may bt as sumed, in charity towards our common humanity, that few of them could have been cognisant of, the melancholy .event which had . happened only an hour before, but the conduct of those concerned in the management of the theatre is not susceptible of any .such construction. Up .to an advanced hour last night only two of the dead had been identified by their relatives. One is a boy about 15 or 16, named Wm. Jones, of 12, Wellington-place, Waterloo-road, whose body lies at the Lambeth dead-house ; the other - is a youth of 17, named Win. ,CoOper, mho resided with his parents at 7, Autheny , :street,-Salisbury T place, Ber mondsey; and who was recognised by a younger brother who had accompanied him to the theatre. .He lies at St. Thomas's Hospital, with the body of another, which, at 9 o'clock yesterday evening, had not been identified. It is a noteworthy circumstance that among the whole fifteen who have lost thei lives, there is not one woman ; and that they are all boys and youths whose ages apparently run between 21 and 14. Ten of them were taken in cabs by the police to the Lambeth workhouse, the master of which, Mr. Piercy, promptly secured the attendance of Mr. Bullen, but without avail, for they were all dead on their arrival there. It was a touching spectacle to witness the whole ten as they lay side by side, just as they had been brought in from the scene of the calanuty. Though they had all met with a violent death, the features of every one of them were remarkably composed. Their lineaments, indeed, were slightly discoloured and swollen in places, but they bore an expression so placid that one might have fancied them asleep. While we were there several half-frantic men and women who had sons missing came in to see if they wore among the dead, but at 8 o'clock last night none of -them had been identified. By their dress and aPpearanee they all evidently belonged to the very humblest elass. The dead body at Christ Chu - reh workhouse is that of a fine looking hid of about 14, and it too had not been recognised at the time of our visit. He was seen by Mr. Bianchi, a surgeon, shortly after he was brought into the house, but he was then quite dead. To the ten who were taken to St. Thomas' Hos- pital, eight of whom were living, Mr. Gervis, the house-surgeon, and Mr. Bone, the dresser on duty, promptly attended. The names of those who were able to give them were, Richard Hodge, 30, Walnut-tree-place, Lambeth ; Edward Churchill, or Churchman, 11, Green Dragon-court, King.street, Snow-hill ; John Stone, 29, Fox-court, Holborn ; William Barnes, and Benjamin Romaine. There were two other lads, names unknown, suffering from concussion. Barnes was insensible last night, as was also a lad about 14 years of age, not known. Mr. Gervis and Mr. Bone sought to restore life to the two bodies apparently dead by the application of galvanism, and Marshall Hall's method of artificial respiration, but without avail. Several other persons who had sustained injuries in the accident were brought to the hospi tal in the course of the evening, but after receiving the attention of the house-surgeon and dresser, were enabled to be taken to their homes. Messrs. Johnson, Donohoo, Dodd, Brookes, Babe son, and several other surgeons residing in the vicinity of the theatre, rendered prompt assistance to many of the poor sufferers, several of whom, how ever, were either dead or beyond the reach of all human skill when brought under their notice. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. In order to prevent any confusion or accident arising from the egress of the visitors to the after noon performance at a time when the evening fre quenters of the play might be expected to arrive, it was arranged that the people in the gallery at the first performance should, Instead of leaving the theatre by the ordinary staircase, descend through a lobby leading to the boxes, and go out by the principal entrance. The object of the manager in making this arrangement was twofold—to avoid any collision between the ascending and descend ing people, and at the same time to enable the gal lery. doors to be thrown open at a much earlier period than usual, so as to prevent any very great crush at the entrance. The doors were thrown open about 1 o'clock for the morning performance, and the theatre was, as is usual, almost immediately crammed, and everything went well throughout the performance nearly up to the time of the con clusion, when the calamity occurred. A compact mass of persons, principally young men and women, of the class which usually frequents the gallery of the Victoria, were packed together on the stairs, and the crowd was being continually augmented by fresh arrivals from below. The entrance at the top of the staircase was locked for the purpose of preventing confusion and en forcing the clearing of the crowd before the evening visitors were admitted. It was about 20 minutes to five o'clock, while the people were packed together on the gallery stairs in the manner described, that a strong smell of gas was perceived, and it became evident that some rupture had taken place in one of the gaspipes in the stair case. No alarm was at first felt, though the strong smell of the escaping gas at once attracted the at tention of every one. Immediately afterwards, however, a slight explosion took place on the second or third landing, which was distinctly visible to those crowding that portion of the stair case. Then arose the fearful cry of " Fire ! fire ! f ' " The place is on fire !" and a scene of horror en sued bang all description. The whole mass of people on the upper portion of the stairs, where the explosion took place, in their anxiety to make their escape, - precipitated themselves on the ascending crowd below, while those on the stairs leading to the first landing, unconscious of what had occurred, kept ascending. The result was that more than.- 100 people became compactly wedged two masses, and were unable t o move. between 111 ye.n ter. en . rible scene, it is stated, lasted from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour, a time am ply sufficient to create the dreadful loss of life that it was found had taken place. The harrowing scene followed of bringing out the dead bodies, as well as those - who were insensible , an d who were all found crowded together on the first landing, and crushed together in one dense sickening and motionless mass. This was accomplished by Mr. Inspector Byron, of the L division, who had received almost immediate in formation of the catastrophe, and proceeded imme diately to the spot, accompanied by a large body of police constables. He describes the scene as heart rending, and his exertions were made in the midst ( f the groans, shrieks, and lamentations of the crowd outside, as one dead body or other was re cognised by some friend or relation. The first dui r of the police was to secure all the passing cabs alidk ehicles, and send off the persons who were injur4 THE . SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1858. .ANK" OF. DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. - - • 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties desirous of Investing Money- are requested to exa mine the Plan'of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate ofinterest may be obtained with - ample - security. : 'Deposits made by Special Agreement may be withdrawn without notice • The Interest is payable in January andguly. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. —Forms for Opening Accounfs sent free on applie,at4on. ?VIE BRITISH" NAV.I.7. The following remark's upon the British Navy, and upon the proposals which haVe recently been made respecting the introdUction of iron plated ships, war and steam rams, are extracted from the paper read at the last meeting of stkZ Society of Arts, by . Mr. -E. J. Reed, Admiral Sir Charles Napier presUing on the occasion, - Our navy is now composed of the following fighting vessels :—Fiest, 201 sailing vessels of all classes----but. few of which, probably; will ever again beeonimissioned. (Might not some of these be sold with advantage ? Scores 'of them which will . not; be used again as ships of war, would- be valuable for many mercantile purposes, and should not, therefore, be permitted to rot in our harbours.) Next' we have '75 paddlewheel steamers; most of which, though not very effective for fighting Snip:. poses, will, while they last, be of considerable value in times of peace, and of some service even in war. Finally, we have a fleet of sere* steam-ships' and vessels, -to the constitution -of -which I desire to draw particular *attention; • • It eOnsistsof 51 line-of battle ships, each armed with 8-inch shell guns and 32 -pounder _ solid :shot guns, in variouspropor:. tions, .together with one, and in some cases two i . pivot 68-pounders; 9 - block-ships also-armed. with.. 8-inch shell guns, and 32 pounders in various pro portions, together with two 68-pounders and four 10-inch shell guns to each ship ; 28 frigates most of them powerfully and some of them very , formidably armed—the engines of 16 of the 28 being at least of 600 nominal horse-power;. 13 corvettes, each carrying 20 8-inch shell guns, and at least one 68-pounder s or one 10-inch 81141 gun ;- eight other'corvettes, armed with 32-pounders, and at - least . one - pivot gun , each ; four mortar frigates, with 13-inch mortars, Q8 -pounders, and 32-founders ; 8 floating batteries, -entirely with pounders ; 27 sloops, mainly with 32-pounders ; 26 gun-veisels, with 68-pounders and 32-pounders ; and 163 gun-boats, each with one 68-pounder and one 32-pOunderin all 331, inclusive of a few now building and undergoing alterations. It is impos sible to examine these figures without observing that the number of our frigates, corvettes, sloops; and still smaller vessels, is very large as compared with our ships. of- the line ; and it-is, in my judgs ment, equally impossible to point out :any very glaring . defects in the principle upon which they are armed. This latter : statement cannot Well be tested otherwise than by a comparative reference to fareign navies. The only two of these to Which_ I- need refer are...those of .France and America. As .to the former, I have carefully examined.the official, records • (Which . are published'. by Sir Howard- Douglas in his- "Naval Gunnery"), and - I find no ground svhatever for considering that the arma ments of French ships _of, war are in ,any way s - uperior to our own.- With regard to - the A-merican navy, we have, indeed,-heard-much that sounds for midable,: recently, especially Of. the _Niagara and the Merrimac. .Of the- former of those vessels I need say but little, as the Amerieaii Government itself_ places small confidence in her. She is, it is true, a gigantic vessel, but she carries only a dozen shell, guns ;- and our own frigate Diadem, of about two thirds her size, would, as. I have elsetvhefe shown, speedily overpower her; either at short or at long range. The Merrimac , is certainly a very formid able vessel. Captain Dahlgren, in a recently pub lished work on " Shell§ and Shell Guns;'"_ draws a careful comparison - -between, her and our own Shannon, the name - of which will be fresh in 'every .mind, as the last `command* of the chivalrous and mueh-lamented Sir _William Peel. Captain Dahlgren - very fairly decides that the Merrimac - is the more powerful ship of the two; but seeing that, as he admits, her tonnage is one-fifth greater than the ,Shannon's, we might well be astonished if she were not of superior power. We have, however, other vessels similar in size to the Merrimac, one class of which is armed :entirely . with heavy 68-pounders, from which, of course, 8-inch shells • can be most. effectively. fired ; and', another-class armed with a combination of .10-inch shell-guns and 68-pounders of 95 cwt: The vessels of both these:Classes are :fitted with engines of no less than 1,000 horse-power, by virtue of which they will probably attain a speed of twelve or four teen knots per hour, while the Merrimac makes eight only. The advantages of this superiority of speed I need slot dwell upon. Captain Dahlgren has himself since said, in reference to these - vessels, " There.can be little doubt that with any reason able success. 'in applying their capabilities, they must become the most formidable of ships of war." Although I have thus pointed out the efficiency of our ships as compared with those of France and America, I by no means wish to imply that the armaments of our steam fleets are not susceptible of improvement with the moans already . at our dis posal. The very variety observable in the arma ments of ships of similar dimensions indicates imperfection, and even evinces a sense of imperfec tion in the minds of the authorities who arrange them. Moreover, Sir Howard Douglas and Capt. Dahlgren have particularised. one class of gun which is much- used by us, but which is too light for its duty, namely, the 10-inch shell-gun of 86 cwt. This gun has been superseded in the American navy by one of 107 cwt., and should certainly oecupy a less prominent position in ours. Other desirable modi fications might be made, and the whole subject re quires still deeper study than appears to have been bestowed upon it. . . . The floating batteries built by the Admiralty a re undeserving of that utter condemnation which some have pronounced against them. Sir Charles Napier, for instance, committed a great error when, in a letter• to the Times, he mentioned " iron floating batteries which could hardly swim, and if they . could would have been useless, for had they been placed within 400 yards of Sveaborg they would have been annihi lated, and at 800 yards they would have done no harm." Those batteries are armed, as before stated, with 63-pounders, and Sir • Thomas Hasting's ex periments on-the Prince George hulk twenty years ago proved that at 1,200 yards 68-pounders are highly destructive, and we all know that they are so at even much greater ranges. The true defects of the batteries lie, not in any w eakness of arma ment, but in their - slowness of speed, their un manageablenessat sea, and, as the late appear to show, the weaknes experiments s of their frames. But scant justice would be done to the designers of H. M. ships if I 'were to omit to state that the diffi culty which besets this -plated war question of the const ruction of iron ships_ o f which we have lately heard so mucks—is far greater than amateur de signers appear to understand. Of the many. scores of propositions' which have been made of late years but extremely few will bear the test of a practical embodiment. The first, and, indeed, the only very serious difficulty experienced in designing ships to be plated with iron four inches thick aneupwards, is that of supplying sufficient displacement to sustain the imposed weight without resorting to great draught of water or immoderate dimensions. Various devices have been proposed for evading this diffi culty, the most notable of which is that of covering a portion only of the vessel with armour plates — the bow, according to others. These plans are for . the most part attended by too many and too great disadvantages for them t o be adopted. Proposi tions have likewise been made for covering ships with strips of iron, filled in between with hard wood ; for reducing the thickness of the iron plates and backing them with india rubber ; and for many other modified arrangements. But hitherto expe riments have proved adverse to these plans. It has been further suggested that the submerged portion of the ship might be made much longer than the portion above water. Thi s plan has been adopted to a limited extent (for a different purpose) in the French gunboats ; and, although experienced naval architects will discern several objections to this mode of construction, it appears to me likely that the displacement might in this way be increased without the entailment of great drawbacks. Another proposal which I have met with in several quarters is that of reducing the, thickness of the iron armour and placing it at an inclination, in order to reduce the effect of shot, which are sup posed to strike horizontally. The name of Mr. George Rennie is most prominently associated with this proposal, in consequence of his having read a paper in advocacy of it at the British Association in September last. Mr. Rennie prefers the use of curved plates, but as a curved surface is but a sur face of varying inclination, the principle involved is of course the same in both cases. It needs, I find no appeal to experiment to show that the proposed arrangement would not be attended by any advan tage. The simplest theoretical consideration shows that, for a given height of bu lwark, the same quantity of. metal will be required. to resist a given blow, whatever the inclination may be. If a shot moving horizontally strikes an inclined plate, the crushing force exerted upon the plate is equal to the crush ing . force which would have been exerted upon it if upright., multiplied by the sine of the aligle between the inclined plate and the horizontal. To keep the crushing, effect constant, therefore, the thickness of the metal must also vary as the sine of that angle; and since the length of the inclined section varies inversely as that sine, the sectional area of the • - - VAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMEA.N-Y. ALIA ---The Court of Directors of the EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY 'Hereby Give 'Notice, That a HALF-YEARLY COURT, pr General Meeting of the said Company will be,held;pitrsuant to the, Directions of the Act Ist and 2d William 4th, cap ; 52,_ at the. Dock liopse, No. 8, Billiter•-square, on FRIDAY, the. 7th day of January, 1859; at which Meeting a Dividend will be declared on the Cttpital Stock of the Company far the Half-year ending the 31st instant. By Order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. - East and West India Dock House, 8, Banter square, 17th December, 1858. " N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock. precisely. THE OPERA COLONNADE HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). Charles-street, Haymarket (late Feuillade's), - London, S.W. Capital, £25,000, in 5,000 shares of .£5 each. Deposit 10s. per Share on application ) tmd;A2 per Share . on allotment.. The alterations ana furnishing"..iKe being - proceeded with, and the HOTEfi:wili be OPENED iti.VEBRUARY. • Applicationsfor the REMAINING SHARES; Prospectuses, &c., may be to4dv, for a LIMITED PERIOD; to the secretary, at the Hotel ; the solicitors, Messrs. Prichard and Collette, .57, Lintiokn7S-linurtields, W.C.; to thebrokers, Messrs. Samuel Hill -Sak,-34 copthall-buildings, Bank, E.C. ; or at the tofu pofary. ollienVol' the Company, 192, Gresham-house, Old Broad 7 street,Ar.. , T. R. COMYN; Secretary. - CONTRACT ITOH 13RITISH OAK, TIMBER; THICK: STUFF, PLANK, AND TREENAILS. Department of thejStorekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 2 , lth_Dec., 1858. _ riIITE . COMMISSIONE II S for EXECUTING the -I- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT -BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HETWBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 25th January next, at Two o'Clock, they will bev - ready' to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for sup plying • 26,000 Loads of BRITISH OAK BIDER (rough contents,. but to be . delivered in a• rough or sided state as , the ' said Commissioners shall direct), 9,500 Loads of BRITISH OAK, THICKSTUFF, and PLANK, and . 1,800,000 BRITISH OAK TREENAILS, to be delivered at her Majesty's several Dockyards by the 31st December, 1861, at prices including all carriage and other expenses. • • • A. tender may be made for the whole contract, or for the quantities required at any one or more of the yards, but not for less than the full quantities of .Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenails required for any one yard. A form of the tender;showing, the distribution sidings and dimensions of the Timber, Thickstuff, Plank, and Treenails, and all other necesSary, particulars; may be had-on application to this office, by letter er otherwise. NO tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed- to the- Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten der for British Oak," and must be delivered at Somerset- - place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £20,000, for the due performance of the whole con tract, or in a due proportion for a part only. . , DINING- TABLES, CHAIRS, and SIDE BOARDS of fine Spanish -Mahogany, Walnut Tree, and Oak, in the greatest variety, are now on view at Messrs. DRUCE and Co.'s • Extensive SHOW ROOMS, 68, 69, and 58, BAKER-STREET. N.B.—Very superior .Dining-room Chairs, in Leather, 19s. 6d. each. 500 Easy Chairs to select from. Down Quilts, from ss. 6d. each. • - - -WHO WILL PAY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.? Why, the English themselves. An export duty is to be levied, and then not even the East India Tea Company will be able, as they now are, - to tell 61b. of Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, at ls. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 10d,—Warehouse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, City. . • GLENFIELD PATENT - STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRIi", AND PRONOUNCED BY ITER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers &c., &c. BOARD • AND RESIDENCE.'— A Superior Home is offered to a Gentleman• of steady habits, en gaged during .the day, by a family residing near Regent's- Park. yor a young man coming to London for the first time tkis would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. References to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's Dairy, Granby-street, 'Hampstead-road: 11. W. DECAYED TEETH and TOOTHACHE.-- 1101VAIM'S ENAMEL for stopping Decayed Teeth, howeverlarge the cavity. • It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any - pressure• •or pain,• and immediately HARDENS -INTO ENAMEL ; It will remain in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the further progress of decay. Sold by all medicine vendors, Price Otic . Shilling. ..... . . I -l OUSE FURNISHING.DRUCE and CO.'S stiOvr ROONES and GALLEBIES'are the largest.in London.. • The varied stock to select 'froth is immense ; the prices are marked in plain figure+, amt. •a '%vit . ratity is' givon. Purchasers, before deciding, should. visit . this establishment, and effect a saving of one-third on the best description of Cabinet and Upholstery Goods.' N.B.—Unequalled Dining room Chairs, 19s. each ; Iron. Bedsteads, Bs. 6d. each ; Car pets, is per yard under the usual charge. 500 Easy Chairs and Settees, also 100 Wardrobes to select from. Luxuriant Down Quilts, from 58.6 d. each. 7- .68, 69, and 58, Baker-street. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library. and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian Alabaster, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Sco. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCItOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL-INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " STAPLETON against STAPLETON," the creditors of IV ILLIAM STAPLETON, late of Sunbury, in the county of Middlesex, fishmonger, who died in or about the month of June, 1842, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 20th day of January, 1859, to come in and prbve their debts at the chambers of the Vice- Chancellor kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lin coln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof; they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Monday, the 24th day of January, 1859, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims.. Dated this 14th day of December, 1858. KEIGIILEY and GET H ENG, 7, Ironmonger-lane, City, Plaintiff's Solicitors. T HE MADRAS IRRIGATI ON PANY and CANAL COM. (Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.) For Constructing, Maintaining, and Working (under the sanction and with the support of the Government of India) a comprehensive system of Irrigation Works and Navi gable Canals throughout the Presidency of Madras and the neighbouring Territories of Borer, Cochin, Hyderabad, Mysore, Nagpoor, Orissa, the South Mahratta Country, and Travancore ' • and also throughout the Lower Pro vinces of Bengal, when the necessary powers shall have been obtained. First Oipital, £2,000,000 (with power to increase). First Issue thereof, '£1,000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each, upon which a perpetual Minimum Interest of £5 per cent. has been guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, all surplus profits being divisible equally between the Government and tho Company : which arrangement is subject to be determined only by the Go vernment purchasing the Works constructed within six months after the etpiration of each period of 25 years, at a sum equal to the market value of the shares of the company on an average of the three preceding years. Deposit, £1 per Share, to bear Interest at the guaranteed rate from the day on which the same shall be paid into the Indian Treasury. DIRECTORS. CrtAiiniA:4-2-JAMES THOMSON, Esq. (Messrs. Line and Co., Madras), Deputy Governor of the Agra Bank, and late Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Madras, and President of the Madras Bank. Colonel Philip Anstruther, C. 8., Madras Artillery. The Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie, M:P. (Messrs. Ran som, Bouverie, and Co.) Lieutenant-Colonel arimes, Madras Army, Chairman of the Oriental Inland Steam Company. Colonel Atwell Lake, C. 8., late. Superintending Engineer of the Kistriah Irrigation Works. Lieutenant-Colonel Onslow, late of the Commission for governing Mysore. Lieutenant-General Sir George Pollock, F.R.G.S., &c. Major-General Westxow Watkins, Madras Army. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Col, J. T. Smith, Madras• Engineers, F.R.S., &e. AUDITORS. —James Bonar, Esq. (Mews. Sma,ll and Co., Old Jewry). BANKERS. —Messrs. Ransom, Bouveile, and Co., 1, •Pall-Mall East. SOLICITOR. —John Mackrell, Esq., 34, Cannon -street West. SECRETARY. — John. Westwood, Esq. Offices-27, Cannon-street, London, E.C. Full Prospectuses and Forms of applications for shares may now be had on application at the Company's Offices, 27, Cannon-street, London, E.C. ; of the bankers, Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Pall-Mall Mast; and of the solicitor, John Mackrell, Esq., 34, Cannon-street West, E.C., London ; but no application will be considered unless a deposit of £1 on each share applied for is previously made to Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., bankers of the company. The deposit will be returned if the applica• tion is not acceded to. Extract from Minutes of Consultation transmitted by the Government of Madras, on the 15th May, 1858, to the late. Court of Directors of the East India Company : The Government express their unanimous, strong, and earnest advocacy that all irrigation works which, on a com prehensive view of the wants of the country, may be deemed necessary to develop its undoubtedly great resources, be commenced at once boldly and on a large - scale, be pressed forward throughout all times and under all circumstances, and be looked on, and be practically treated, as in fact they really are, as the most economical, because the most pro fitable, undertakinFs in which the Government .could pos sibly engage. It is needless now again to bring forward the innumerable instances in which- Money has in the Pre sidency been most advantageously invested in irrigation works; The proceedings ot Government have, in this re spect, been on ly too desultory and vacillating, and it is confidently asserted that India could be placed in a position to pay all her own expenses, and gradually dis charge her debt far more readily and speedily by a judicious expenditure than by any scheme of retrenchment or reduc tion. •, plate, and consequently its weight, remain un changed. Hence, the side_of a ship will require the same weight of metal upon it-in order to resist hori zontal shot, whether it be upright or inclined. The curving of the plates would render it necessary to make them of a ygriablc thickness throughout, if the - minimum amount of metal is .to be used, and I need hardly say that plates could not practically be used in this manner. Another important objection to Mr. Rennie's system is, that an inclined side would be .niuch more "injuriouslY exposed than a vertical side.to the action - of shot and shell fired from long ranges, and of a. plunging fire like that of the Wasp battery, from which several ships suffered so severely in the 'attack On the sea faces of the fortresses of Sebastopol. Sir. Charles Napier's plan of cutting a three-decked . ship down to a frigate, covering her with thick armour plates, fitting her with a - screw, and arming her with 10- inch .guns,. as proposed by him in the House •of Commons in April last, superficially appears a very reasonable one. _ At the same time it is one that Sir Charles himself would probably, on mature reflection, consider it not prudent to adopt. It would cost from " £BO,OOO to £lOO,OOO to ,alter a single; ship in this way, and when altered- she would be deficient of some of those 'excellent qualities which he has for many years,, justly extolled; It is time that all those who con cern themselves with the great question of how iron may be best rendered -available for the defence of ships' sides, should • recur to the circumstance :whiCh gave rise to it, and to the true end to be it present attained. That circumstance; undoubtedly, was the.introdnetion of Paixhams shells into naval warfare-; Mid the end desired is the - application of means - by which the entrance of those terrible., missiles through the side of a-ship may be avoided..-i The attainment of this end would leave us subject only to the entrance, of solid shOt, to which all our ships were exposed during the wars in which we won our supremacy, and from which no. practicable system of iron plating can at present be expected to save us. The attempt to build.ships which shall be proof to solid shot—at least, to wrought-iron solid shot=is an altogether illusory one ; and such ships are not urgently reqUired. It is as a defence, against shells, and hollow charged projectiles gene- . rally, and against these only, that iron plating can yet be made available. • By applying . iron of very great thickness between wind and water we may reduce the liability to injury by shot at that im portant part, and it may he well.to do. this; but if the upper works are made shell proof we can expect no more.'• These considerations reduce the question to a form, in which •it may -he practically dealt, with, and I doubt'not • the solution of it is not very .distant. The only suggestion I have personally to offer upon the point is one in which I :find I have, like many others, -been altogether anticipated by the gentlemen at Whitehall, but which I may nevertheless mention; It will be evident that fifty feet in length of iron plating *on the bow or Stern of a vessel, while they would weigh the same as-fifty feet of similar - plating near midships, would .cover .and protect a much smaller volume of the ship... I. would propose,-therefore, that the mid ship portion of the ship only be protected, and that it be separated 'from the fOrWard and aft portions by strong iron .watertight compartments, so that, however much the extremities might suffer, the ship would still be safe, and the men protected. Means would, - or course, have to -be provided for extinguishing any fires which might-be occasioned by shells in the undefended portions.of the ship. ThiS plan •has- been considered; I believe, but whe ther it is judged favourably .or not.l am unable _to say—probably not, as it does not appear to afford any -defence against raking shot. I have yet to notice a correspondence which has lately appeared on the . construction of what are called ," steam rams," in mentioning which reference need only be made to the designs of Mr. J. Nasmyth and Vice- Admiral Sartorius. I have. not taken the trouble to inquire who first invented them, because I con sider` little invention was necessary in the matter, when the mind was once permitted to contemplate the use of such agents of destruction. Any merit that may. exist in relation to them' must arise either from the development of special adaptations, con trived so as to render the embodiment ofthe general principle • practicable, or from the -setting forth of arguments tending .to show the possibility of em- Tidying such agents with undoubted advantage. Neither Mr: Nitsmyth nor Admiral Sartorius has hitherto done either of these things publely. Mr. Nasmyth . informed us, in the Times, that he sent detailed plans of his proposed vessels 6 the — Al= miralty : , several years since ; and, were his time less occupied than it is just now by those scientific studies and labours fox which he is so justly and eminently distinguished, we should have had the satisfaction of examining similar plans here this evening. In the absence of these, however, it is impossible to say whether he h2.s fully grappled with the practical difficulties which have to be overcome, and fully arranged those details in which the whole question of practicability or impractica bility is really, in such cases, involved. I have some reason, however, for thinking that Mr. Na smyth has done much in this respect ; for, on re questing him to inform me if he had Made provi sion for enabling the engines of the ram to sustain the shock of a collision, I found that, although he did not apprehend derangement front this cause, yet he had anticipated it in his plans, and pro vided for it. This he did by placing the engine and boiler on a slide bed, and furnishing it with suitable elastic buffing material to admit of the slight run forward, which might tend to take place at the moment of collision. The screw propeller shaft would, in like manner, have a suitable tube-socket connection, which would allow the engine to slide forward, and yet keep up the integrity of the con nection between itself and the screw shaft. Mr. Nasmyth proposes to use no guns, but to content himself with the effects of the collision, which he Yesterday afternoon a most distressing event, the enhances by the use of a powerful submerged per- intelligence of which will deeply wound the public cussion shell, which should strike the enemy several feeling throughout the whole country, occurred in feet below water, and thus effect a ruinous breach, the metropolis in connection with one of its great leaving her no chance of escape. He asks the laces of popular recreation, resulting in the Government to make experiments with such a p vessel, and believes that a "covey of such chicks" violent death of 15 human beings, and injuries would effectually preserve our coast from attack. more or less serious to many more. Ten of the dead The scheme of Admiral Sartorius differs from that lie at the Lambeth Workhouse, one at Christchurch of Mr. Nasmyth only in the addition of an arma- W or kh ouse, i n t h e v i c i n it y o f th e acc id e nt, two ment of heavy guns to his vessel, and in the sup others at St. Thomas's Hospital, and two at the pression of the percussion shell. He would of necessity -require a large vessel ; indeed, deadhouse in Lambeth. Of the wounded eight he himself proposes to cut down the Great were taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, while Eastern, cover her with shot-proof iron plates, fit many others who sustained injuries less grave, and her with a screw at each end, arm her with heavy the number of whom may never be known, were in guns, and make a ram of her. I should add that a state which admitted of their being conveyed to he would build upon her towers, from which scald ing" water might be pumped upon boarders. My their own homes. opinion is that there is not a steamship in our navy, The accident of which these are the deplorable nor even a sailing ship, which, except in a dead results happened at the Victoria Theatre, situated, calm, would not evade the blow of such a vessel. as most of metropolitan readers know, at the point If a ship would lie at rest and wait for her, the of • intersection of the Waterloo-road and the New gallant admiral's scheme would answer perfectly, cut,formingdensely - populated and but no long ship—which must necessarily occupy considerable time and, space in turning—could b e generally poor district of Lambeth. There a expected to answer the end which he assigns to Christmas pantomime, as at all the rest of the her. Of the two schemes, Mr. Nasmyth's is by theatres, is invariably produced, and on Boxing-day far the most promising ; since, by excluding the crowds of the humbler classes, and especially of the armament, he could keep his vessel comparatively young of either sex, rush from the whole surround light and short, so as to be • easily steered; but . hbour hoo d to witness the performance. So whether his percussion shell .would be effective g against the iron plates which would, of course, be high, indeed, does the popular curiosity run in that carried down to resist it, 'and at the same time leave direction in those parts that the managers of the his own craft unscathed, is a very doubtful matter. theatre find it necessary, not to say lucrative, to , Before quitting this branch of my subject, I ought repea t th e p an tomime on the same day ; and the to add a word on Mr. Macintosh's system of war fare, which Lord Panmure for a time forcibly sup- , entertainment yesterday was announced. to take pressed. It consists in surroundingptace first at half-past one in the day, and again in fleets or for- tresses by floating naphtha, firing the same with the evening at half-past six. During the perform potassium or otherwise, and thus enveloping the ante in the afternoon the theatre was well filled, though not so densely as •it ordinarily is at the enemy.in a Cloud of vapo ur which either destro y s him or drives him . from his guns. This is not a evening entertainment on the great Christmas mere theoretical proposition, made without con- holing y. g The allery, however, was the part of sidcration, the inventor ha vin g chartered a vessel during the war, the house most crowded, and, as usual , chiefly by with a cargo of and proceeded to the Black Sea naphtha for the purpose of attack- boys and young men, many of them of the very in.. Sebastopol. His amiable intentions were Eros- lowest class. The pantomime, of which a notice is trated by the indisposition of our admirals to adopt given in another column, had proceeded well nigh so fast an improvement ! Having now hurriedly to its conclusion at the afternoon performance. The reviewed the modern changes which our shi p s of time was about half-past four or five, and, although war having undergone, and glanced at those floating suggestions which some are so eager to the audience had not left the theatre, an immense urge upon the Government, it will be well to con- crowd. thronged the stairs leading to the gallery, sider for a moment a few fact s bearin g u p on the waiting for the evening performance, and to take immediate' future of our navy. And, first, there the places of those by wham that part of the building was already occupied. On this flight of stairswhich cannot be a doubt that the Government can, if they are of wood and of great width, protected please, hasten the introduction of great andradical changes. It is perfectly within their power to buildby a secure ships of wariof a far more destructi ve character than balustrade, there are several lan d in g places, and those which this or any other nation now. possesses. two barriers were thrown across, one at the money But would it be politic for us to take the lead in and the other at the check taker's box, to the gallery being opened to lessen the pressure such innovations? A navy like that which we previous of the crowd at those p o i n t s . Th e sta i rcase runs possess involves, it should, be remembered, the in- , vestment of an immense amount of capital. The cost of a ship of war when rigged and equipped may up the' sides of a large square shaft in easy flights be estimated at £35 per ton, exclusive of the cost from the different landings. This, then, was the of her armament, and the engines involve a further state of • things immediate) preceding the calam it y i expense of, say . £6O per nominal horse power. We —an unruly rabble was packed nearly to suffoca have in our navy at. the present Moment, 607 fight ships, of an aggregate burden of 665 ; 220 tong, tion on the stairs as _ fir as the more --taker's box, and carrying engines of scarcely less than 100,000 the where a barrier impeded its furtherascent, and a ' horse power. Therefore our ships alone have cost kindred rabble within the buildi n g was on us nearly £22,000,000; and upon their engines we ► At that un point of making its exit into the air. APPALLING ACCIDENT AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE. ....,' lir 'IA,