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CILENFIELD PATENT STARCH. USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND TIONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to he THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., WOTHERSPOON & CO.. GLASGOW AND LONDON ROYAL IREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Treasurer—Edward liststerman, Esq. During the pest year (1858) 40,403 received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in door patients ; and since its foundation to 31st December, 1858, the number relieved was upwards of 649,000. The Committe& entreat AID, to,7enabte them to continue ihrs great work of dimity. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly appeal t) the public for pecuniary assistance to aid them to meet the present heavy demands' on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPV A N, Deputy-Chairman. Sept. 21, 1859. Contributions will be thankfully received by Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; and at the office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adeiphi, W.C. MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. of the University of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED 1 2 11 all eases of Debility, Nervousness, and the Secret In rnlities of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and "'oat Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr in , • a ert has just published, price Sixpence, with ntt " 8 Enc , ravin.l and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, entitled b SELF-PRESERVATION, h vrih be sent free, in a sealed envelope. b y Mann, 39, stamp Eight don, or by the Author, to any address, for CONTENTS. SzeTime I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. t,sßevfoie ll.—Puberty—Manhood The Morale of Genera l." P hysiology —True and False Morality. itel SEcTiox lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Marriage ents—Advan ectancies and Disapp9intm tam Its of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. SECTION IV,—Spermatorrhma and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. Szerion V.—The Vices of Schools,—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties—lmport ance of Moral Discipline. OiECTION Vl.—T reatment of Nervous an d Generative De u tY — lmpotence and Sterility Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice. "DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA C HOCOLATE POWDER Contains the greatest deli"f easily as s imilated nourishment for strengthening, ate of children, and infants with weak stomachs , or nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious o r ,Nlast, lunch, or suer. It is the best dietetic homcepa r. c Preparation, and maybe eaten either alone er mixed with It arrY's Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably adapted to al'lntants with. In Tins at is. 6d 11b., 35.; 21b., ss. Ocl. ; p `i l2B . 121 b., 265. The 121 h. forwarded carriage free, on .. - Z ei Pt of Post-of fi ce order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent ' eet, London ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. NO MORE MEDICINE Tep RAARY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH-RESTORING ti ;VALENTA . ARABICA FOOD Cures effectually Incbges bir (dYsPeps livertip, flatulency, phlegm, nervousness, ousness, complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless r▪ e !., acidity, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, il'etability, low s impurities, pirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, „ s e a, dache, noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, Pales between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, sPasms , ii:tusea, and sickness (during' pregnancy or at seal, sinkin ( "Rh, asthma, bronchitis, consu mption, also Children 's c uMplaint s We extract a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude fro m „ • thus cured Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of describable ar' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' in eough agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, conztipation• flatulency, spasms. sickness at the ex -n lach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's ent Food," Maria Jol Cure No. 53,816. Field Mar- shall the Duke of Pluskow, y. of dyspepsia, constipation, Der- Itt ,",, g ness and liver complaints which had resisted all baths •fliedical treatment. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Ja cobs, of extreme nervousness indigestion, gatherings, low „ ▪ ) n its, and ner v ous fancies. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew 1,,T n , ,,,0f Constipation, dyspepsia, andnervous irritabiliy. Cure 3 6 - 4;1 4 ,210.•Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. Captain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. 2 „r• inster, of cramps, spasms and daily vomiting& Cure No. -08 Dr. Hervey, ot di arrhcea and debility. Cure No. 29,628. Dr. urtzerof consumption. Cure N 0.46,270. Mr. James Roberts. Leerehant, Fernley, Surrey, of 20 years' diseased lungs, spitting, T bl ° o d, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4,208. epee years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, heal th -restoring and nausea, have been effectuallycured by Du Barry's R eal th - restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington "crY, Norfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years' cough, .digestion..:, and general debility. James Porter, Athol-street, Eerth. Sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 45. 6d. ; 121 b. 22s ; gaper refined quality, 51b. 225. ; 101 b. 338. The 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office ref'. Barry Du Barry and Co 77, London •' urtnu rn, 3,1-„on to her Majesty, 182, , and Co., purveyors Regent-street, ac - ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; MO , -art e • 49 , and 60, Bishopsgate-s sate-street Strand; 4, t t • 105 and 63, Oxford *ec, 85, Tottenham-court-road ; also in Liverpool, at aulis, 1, Castle-street : Leeds, Reinhardt and Co. ; Dublin, Medical Hall; • ' lll burght Ralmes and Co Mow:testae sharp and Scott The Russian screw corvette Possadnik, Comman der Birleff, left Spithead, under steam, for the westward, at 6 p.m. yesterday. ROSE-STREET, COTENT GARDEN.—LOW gambling houses, floors let out to numerous families with fearful broods of children, sundry variations of the magisterial permission "to be drunk on the premises," strange chaotic trades to which no one skilled contribution imparted a dis tinctive character ; and, by way of a moral drawn from the far-off pure air of open fields and farm yards, a London dairy professing to be constantly supplied with fresh butter, cream, and new milk from the country :—these are, or were some of the special features of the Rose-street of our time. If this were all, Rose-street might go down into dust with out a word of epitaph.' But there are circumstances con nected with it which will render it immortal in our annals, when its very site will have become a matter of doubt, hun dreds of years hence. It has here in this murky purlieu of Covent-garden that Samuel Butler, the author of Hudibras, died in 1680 of a complication of ailments and miseries, the most urgent of which was want The intimate friend of Hobbes, ho who has been described as " a whole species of poet in one," whose vast and multifarious learn. ing excited the astonishment of Dr. Johnson, and whose fate is denounced by Dryden as the disgrace of the age, ex pired of sheer distrees in this miserable, crowded, suffocat mg Rose-street, and was buried, at the cost of a friend, in the neighbouring churchyard of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, close under the north wall of the church at the east end. The ashes of its houses may be blown to the four and winds, ' and far-reaching improvements n oble thoroughfares, grand edifices, may obliterate all traces of its whereabouts ; but as long as our language lasts, pilgrims will come to seek the 'spot where Butler died, as Colley Cibber et. "says, " with the highest esteem of t he Court, in a garr It was under the same reign, and very close upon the same time, that Rose-street was the scene of another incident, no less remarkable in our literary annals, although not quite so tragical. In this narrow gorge, which remembering how scantily even the Strand was lighted with paper lanterns at that period, must have been pitch dark, Dryden. the poet was set upon at night by three hired assassins, and beaten, to use the expressive phrase, " within an inch of his life." —Once a Week. LADVERTISEMENT.I-EPPS'iI (Homoeopathic Chemist) Coco&.—This esteemed preparation is sold by the prin cipal grocers at Is, 6d. per lb., in 11b., ilb., and packets. Each packet is labelled " James Epps, llomoso-. pathic chemist, London." McCOLLUM'S CIRQUE CLASSIQUE. - - - . ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square.—lmmense success. Re-engagement of the celebrated LAURI FAMILY. Grand change of e ntertainment. Two performances daily, at 2, and half-- pant 7. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, y. - These elegant rooms are now open for the A winter Season for Promenade Concerts, with the celebrated „,.,'" P g7 ll Band, conducted by Mons. A. Lamotte ; principal "" r net-a-piston, M. Bouleourt. Dancing at 10 o'clock. Doors open at 8, commence at half-past. Admission, is. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High llolborn, RE-OPENED for the SEASON.—This establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the eleg,an and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the Perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. Great alterations and improvements have been made during Lhe recess, and nothing - has been left undone that could en ance the beauty of the place, or increase the comfort of the visitors. Doors open at half-past 8; overture at 9; closing at 12 punctually. Admission is. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every person having an interest in domestic or farm animals Should obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical food, Which will prove invaluable during the approaching season. For keeping horses in - good condition it is unequal led. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find O'eat advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua lity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by T estimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing 14 8 feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders payable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. ST.B.--The public are cautioned against being imposed upon by Worthless imitations. No. 21,000. PUBLICATION. Just published, AREPORT on the NAVICa r IION of the INDUS, addressed io the Directors of the Oriental In land Steam Company. By JOHN BouRNE% C.E. Recapitu lating the incidents attending the suocess. r u:l establishment of the Company's Steam Trains upon the In dvs. May be had on application at the Company's Offices, 9, .Billiter-street, Fenchurca-street, London. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2V: 4d., SPERMATORRIICEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, 31.E.C.5.W„ And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infir ma try for the ON - Cure — of Strictures of the Urethra. " 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 Pfvfessional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions;!and the exagge imports of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surround ed, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousand's. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. Licli - c1;17; IL ftifffiere, 219, Regent-street. RUPTURES. WRITE'S MOO-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gentlemen to be the best for Hernia. It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and (instead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting se plonely as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the circumference o f the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the I nahUfacturer, Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. Single Truss, 168., 215., 265. 641., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. Double ditto, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, is 8d. — Post -office Orders to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. Maker of Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, &C. CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Rared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. .fttt, of Bromley, Kent, area sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, IR. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green Package, with " W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved on the Government stamp. POCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot an d C o ld Meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.—J. and C. COCIiS Reading, Sole Manufacturers. VINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health; Dr. Hassall, of the "Lancet " Commission, and othe rs . S o ld by the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Wholesale, 63, Ring William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Q uar t Sample sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d. GRATIS TO THE DEBILITATED. 2R.AAn Copies of a MEDICAL BOOK t o be xylv - tiv given away. For the benefit of those suf fering from Nervous Debility will be sent, post free, on re ce.,,,,tot of a directed envelope, and two stamps, a copy of,the PRIVATE MEDICAL FRIEND, on the Self-cure of Ner vous Debility, Loss of Memory,•Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Impediments to Marriage, resulting from the errors of youth, which, if neg lected, in consumption, insanity, and a premature de ath. Ill ustrated with many cases, with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour, By HENRT SMITH, 48( 1., 8, Burton-crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. 3 , GREAT lIARLTIOROTTMT-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON.' BR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of nidyrifery, and Apo thecarieff Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as tob° on all , cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity , 8° of Memory, Sterility., and all Functional Derangements si both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Ras , Just published, price is' ; 18 sealed, by post, 13 stamps, No. 4. • An entire new and orioinal Work, entitled O Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of' onr Generation 'rhe Origi n of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. I ' lB o, an Exposition ot, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennerrhagia (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, dm FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir regularities in Itealth ant Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Itethoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring, Also, o. 1. HEALTH, HAPPI NESS, and LONGEVITY ; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. • LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happi ness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off aPring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRHCEA, • Their Causes, Symptoms, end Treat m e n t, C on f ess i ons ' and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, toe. ite. To be had of Mann. 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes. fee Half-a-Guinea. (INE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON • CONVICTION. The fearful dangers to invalids from spurious imitations of DU BARRY'S invaluable HEALTH-RESTORING RE VA LENTA ARABICA FOOD led to an investigation, and, upon application in 1854 for protection, the High Court of Chancery granted an injunction restraining 'Alfred Hooper Nevill, and his agents, under a penalty of £5,000, from selling any article resembling or being a colourable imitation of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, of which we are the sole pro prietors. Now, therefore, this is to give notice that the above reward will be paid, upon conviction, to anyone giving infor mation of any breach of the injunction. An intelligent public requires no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who may attempt impositions. London : MARRY DU BARRY & CO, NO MORE SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES OR OTHER CATTLE. RAREY'S HORSE ;;;cl64Tifi-iffi'BOYING - FOOD restores the efficiency, vicrour, endurance, and muscle of ill conditioned or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul locks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time it improves their appearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. RAREY and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, London. In tins at 35., at 65., at lls. ; in casks, of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about ltd. per feed. Forwarded on receipt of Post-office orders. The casks free I carriage. NO MORE MEDICINE _ _ Price 2d., free by P,se, sixty-four Pages, THE NATURAL REGENERATION of the DIGESTIVE • ' ORGANS, practically illustrating the effectual Cure, without Medicine, of Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilous Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debi lity, Cough, Asthma, Consumption,"Despondency, Spleen, &c., without Pills, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by a simple, pleasant, andinfallible means ; adapted to the general *aster. London: Barry Du Barry & Cs. 77. Regent-street. MEDICAL FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUID)T. To THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. —Sent free on receipt of two stamps, for postage, ac., by Dr. RAPKEY,27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London, W. C., " THE*GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." " The first man of the day in these complaints." ReTiew. '—Medical " Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse the Author's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound atedical philosopher."—Critic. • " The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure."—University Magazine. " The NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absurdity of the English mode of treating such com plaints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre ,ented."—Evening Star. CAUTION.—As a duty due to the profession and the public generally, Dr. Rankev advises all persons having doubts of the legal qualifications of their medical attendant, or parties whom they may be about consulting, to procure from the Royal College of Surgeons, London, the Official List of Registered Members, price ls., or Dr. R. will, on receipt of the price in stamps, gladly assist and protect the afflicted public by, forwarding the same. 'SIGHT AND HEARING.—SPECTACLES.— POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out. door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the .waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three , miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses tat preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes 31 inches. long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 31 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of tke greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute ocanpation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not re quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.— New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerfully small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably - ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem blies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. W NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For MUTUAL ASSURANCE on LIVES, ANNUITIES, &c. Established December, 1835. DIRECTORS: SAMUEL HAYHURST LUCAS, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES LUSHINGTON, Esq., Deputy Chairman. John Bradbury, Esq. • Robt. Ingham, Esq., M.P. Thomas Castle, Esq. Charles Reed, Esq. Richard Fall, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq., M.P. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Good, Esq. PrIYSICIANS J. T. Conquest, MD., F.L.S. Thomas Hodgkin, MD. BANKERS.—Messrs. Brown, jans9n, and Co., and Bank of England. SoLicrron.—Septimus Davidson, Esq, CONSULTING ACTUARY.—CharIes Ansell, Esq., P.R.S. MUTUAL ASSURANCE 'WI I'HOUT INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. On the 20th of November last the total number of policies Issued was 21,633. The amount of capital was £1,621,550115. 11d. Amount paid for claims arising from death, and sonuses ac crued thereon £809,646 14s. 4d. The gross annual income arising from pre miums on 15,262 existing policies is Annual abatement on the 20th November, 1857, to be continued for the five years end ing in 1862 50,112 0 0 Add interest on invested capital £197,581 1 1 69,850 7 1 Total net annual income £267,431 8 2 The present number of members is 12,647. At the Quinquennial Division of Profits made up to the 20th November, 1857, the computed value of assurances in Class IX. was £1,000,090 16 6 Assets in class IX. Surplus or profit £345,034 3 11 The effect of the successful operation of the Society during the whole period of its existence may be best exhibited by re capitulating the declared surplutes at the four investigations made up to this time. For the 7 years ending 1842 the Surplus was £32,074 11 5 91 5 years „ 1847 „ „ 86,122 8 3 5 years , „ 1852 „ „ 232 , 061 18 4 5 years „ 345,034 311 Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist October are reminded that the same must be paid within 30 days from that date. The Prospectus, with the last Report of the Directors, and with illustrations of the profits for the five years ending the 20th November, 1857, may be had on application, by which it will be seen that the reductions on the premiums range from 11 per cent. to 981 per cent., and that in one instance the premium is extinct. Instances of the bonuses are also shown. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. September, 1859. ~~ ~? ~l IC e ~~' - • • . . f , . 2_, ..,: . . . r) r I ir r• . ~-c - 7 n, i • •.. , I' , 1 . r. i. - ..._ 1., . , ~.._.., t < 1 t.' ...„-...k. i ~. ~,.,., l ilt -..:: ~.__ i ..., ~ k. 5 .i. .... 01 ,-, .......4. u. • , _ ... ~,,,, ,„,,, A . -,• - ....,y., ~,- ~* 4,,,._ 1 -2: 7 k.- -. •,... -,, 744! •C‘.Z.::..4.:"-''.-. •-••• ' - cre r , •:. .e _,. '....<- , • ~,,o'#'l l 4 l ' Re, _. , 7 0 ,,.„r:, ~ ,f4).,Y.,_ ..,,t, Ai-V''' : :1' 4 , :it , '" ‘ -0:0'S • '., : r1 . 41 , - ;'''.`,.. 's',;;; ''',N.-'--,—,!' ~.....,:--__ ~.-i•,7:- - • ' r,4.- .'-,-' •,r \ - ow.. - ..lb ,11 '''' a • Ro T . ~ -,.. , —..;.= .... , ... k.. --.......... f 2 2 , 1 tt..,1 ...1 ! .. \3„: „. . 1.... 0 arm ^J ./.. . „ r.,...... . 1 • /. ~,.-..---- _: , :‘--..--'1 ''ii:-f.' • ;.1:3 , ' , ' ir.C ', .;: . \\ . 1: ' ,ji . , ) '.. / ' { ,'• \ I ..., 1; ? ,•,,' : A 1 ..-I /L. . '.- '- . 1 ' /" .., 4 3 9 ' ''' • . . •• . ".- ''''' f iiiiir.N".. ; .. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1859. TRIAL TRIP OF THE GREAT EAS7ERN, (From the Correspondent of the Times.) HOLYHEAD, OCT. 11. The few lines I was enabled to send off on Satur day afternoon from Portland just informed your readers that the Great Eastern was then getting under weigh. It is more gratifying now to be able to report that the cruise has been brought to a suc cessful termination under such favourable eircum. stances as must give pleasure to all interested in the welfare of the greatest maritime and commercial undertaking which of its kind has ever yet been attempted. The little cruise which terminated yes terday, though short, was .quite sufficient in its re sults to be termed emphatically a great success ; greater, perhaps, when all things are fairly con sidered, than could have been hoped, and certainly than was expected. The short notice from Port land simply told that at 1 o'clock on Saturday steam was up and all was ready for a start. Soon after 2 the crew were sent forward to heave up the anchor, the : steam-gear for assisting in getting round the capstan having broken down entirely during Thursday and the day previous. Contrary to the opinion of most on board, which rather leaned to the belief that Capt. Harrison would have to borrow some hundred men or so from the Tra falgar before there was any chance of seeing her anchor at the bows, the work of weighing went on easily and well, and 80 men sufficed to drag the Great Eastern up to and over her moorings. Bring ing the anchor out of the ground, however, was not so easily managed; and it was not till all the musi cal resources known to sailors on such occasions were nearly exhausted that the tenacious grip of Trotman's patent was released, when a slow drift with the tide showed that the great ship was again set free. In another minute, without shout ing, confusion, or hurry of any kind, and with less noise than is made by a 100-ton coaster, a s light vibration through the ship, with a thin line of foam astern, showed that the screw engines were at work and the vessel once more under we'gh. With such ease, with such perfect quiet ness and good order was everything accomplished that the occasional cheering from the yachts and steamers were almost the first token given to those on board that the trial trip had commenced. At a quarter to four the " way" on the vessel was rapid; her head went round like turning a pleasure-boat, and so little sign was given of the ship being under steam that it seemed rather as if the breakwater had got adrift and was slowly floating past than that the monster vessel was really cleaving the blue waves with a force which as yet we have seen no wind or sea to resist or check. One or two of the yachts and crowded steamers raised a hurrah as the vessel left, but on the whole the enthusiasm was limited and tame. Weymouth does not appear to be a very demonstrative place, and its dull influence seemed to extend to her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, which gave no cheer and made no sign, though such a compliment was due if only to induce those on board the big ship to forget their carelessness in firing shotted guns. As the Great Eastern worked easily up to the head of the breakwater, and before any considerable momentum had been gained by the screw engines, the steam was shut off. Yet, slight as was the impetus then acquired compared to her full steaming power, the vessel held her way over the water for upwards of a mile against a strong tide and gentle wind. Gentle as was the latter, however, it gave a pressure of more than 100 tons on her stupendous bulk, yet no more affecting her onward course than the little ripple on the sea which shone and glanced in the clear sunshine. Just before leaving the harbour the last and latest visitors came on board, including, among others, Mr. C. Talbot, Mr. Appold, Captain Mangles, Mr. Biddlescombe, R.N., Mr. Ogilvie and one or two others of less note. At this time (4 80) the vessel was well clear of the breakwater, though the long business of getting the anchor to the bows was still going on, involving some tight and slack rope feats on the part of the sailors to which M. Blondin's efforts must have been a joke. Lowering men over' in hitches and bights of hawsers to walk about and exercise unusual agility on the stock of a muddy anchor is an effort which " must be seen to be appreciated." When at length the obstinate mass of iron was well Blear of the waves, the cause of its detention was clearly visible in the huge lump of clay its flukes still adhered to, and which of itself was almost enough to moor any vessel of moderate pro portions. Directly the anchor was fished Captain Harrison passed the word to steam a-head with both engines easily, and the wheels began their revolu tions slowly at first,, but nevertheless making a track of foam upon the water such as they never made on the first start from Deptford to the Nore. The accession of speed from working the paddles was at first but slight—not from any want of power, however, brit simply from the fact that both the engines were ordered to work slowly, and though propelling the great ship at something like 11 knots were really scarcely driving at indicated half-speed. Quitting Portland, it was necessary to make rather a round turn on leaving the breakwater as right ahead on the starboard bow was a small light ship, looking like the skeleton of a vessel, and mark ing the presence of a dangerous shoal known by the most appropriate and significant name of " The Shambles.' Inside this lay a long and turbid ridge of angry water, where the Race of Portland ran, and where a deep rolling swell like the Bay of Bis cay on a reduced scale kept tumbling and breaking into spray like drifts of snow against the high gaunt cliffs. It, however, required no actual watch ing of the low green mounds of water which seemed butting against the coast to convince all on board that the Great Eastern was at sea. To the infinite relief and comfort of all the passengers the vessel began to yield to reason, and to behave as much like another ship as she could, consistently with her size. It would be too much to say she rolled at this time, for when the Great Eastern rolls, if ever she does roll, your readers may depend upon her accomplishing something in that peculiar style of ocean navigation quite in proportion to her bulk ; but one thing is certain, that she went from side to side sufficiently to show that she was susceptible of the motion of the water, and that if ever she steams , across a beam sea she is likely to move to it with a will, though slowly and easily. Her test on Saturday, however, was on the whole unfair, inasmuch as only a heavy load of coals was on board, and the centre of gravity being below the centre of motion the Great Eastern was more easily affected than ever it is likely to be with a full cargo placed high. At no time here, however, was she moving to an extent that is usual even with large vessels in fair weather in a moderate swell. In proportion with the increase in the size of ships seems the diminution in their labouring in a sea way, and on this principle the Great Eastern is likely to move only as much in a very heavy gale as a smaller vessel will do in a very moderate one. Portland Bill was passed at 5.30, and the cruise continued under easy steam across Tor Bay for the Start Light. It is very difficult to write anything like a good literary chart of the Channel, or convey steam diagrams to the public in a clear and interest ing form. Perhaps, therefore, your readers will ex cuse my not resorting to the mere technicalities of expansion grades and throttle valves, and only simply giving the results of the cruise in a plain and generally intelligible form. It will thus suffice to say. that the vessel continued under easy steam in both screw and paddle engines, the former going 31 to 32 revolutioas,:and the latter nine. In all the boilers the steam pressure was about 211 b, the pres sure on the cylinders being only just over 171bs. This, in fact, was a little more than half speed, yet the Great Eastern averaged more than 13 knots an hour. The best guide to the rapidity of the ship's progress was the way in which she passed fast sailing schooners, and overhauled the steamers. At this time nearly all the swell had ceased, and the monster ship was rushing over what to her were the mimic waves, and leaving less wake upon the waters than is caused in the Thames by a Graves end boat. The only peculiarity about her progress was the three distinct lines of frothy water which her screw and paddles made, and which stretching out in the clear moonlight like a broad highway seemed as if the Great Eastern had fulfilled her purpose and really bridged the sea. Beyond such small ware in the way of singu larities, there was really nothing to remark about the progress, or, indeed, anything unusual whatever to show that the vessel had quitted her moorings in Portland harbour, and was about to solve the greatest nautical and engineering problem of the age. At about 9 o'clock the look-out reported the Start Light on the, starboard bow. It was visible to nautical eyes, but as far as clearly detecting any thing was concerned the landsmen on board might as well have been off the Cape of Good Hope for all they saw. At 9.30, however, it was tolerably bright, and well abreast the ship. This was an unmistakeable landmark, and showed the ship to anda an hour, easy the s t ea m, about 13 s les) h a ve gone, with aklnlothser(ldselmayi distance from the Bill of Portland to the Start beino. 49 nautical, or 56 statute miles. The bear ings of this light were carefully taken at 9.30, to note the exact time in which the run between it and the Eddystone, an exact distance of 26 knots, could be accomplished. The test, as it proved, however, was not a fair one, as soon after 10 o'clock the escape valve in the bottom of one of the paddle-cylinders was jammed open, allow ing a small amount of steam to escape with a hideous uproar, and filling the engine-room with a warm vapoiir, in which it was both uncom fortable to breathe and difficult to see. This was not only a considerable annoyance to the engineers below, but necessitated an immediate and important reduction of speed to enable the valve to be se- cured. The fires were accordingly slacked down, and the paddle engines reduced their revolutions from 10 to little over five. This diminution of speed continued for more than half-an-hour; never theless, in spite of the drawback, the Eddystone Light, bright and clear like a star upon the water, was sighted before 11. Precisely at 20 minutes past 11 the Great Eastern was well in the stream of mellow light which it cast upon the waters, a little oasis in the midst of that wildest and most dread of all deserts—a rough and angry sea. Thus, then, notwithstanding the p ar ti a l s t o pp age o f th e paddles and slackening of the rate, a distance of 25 knots, or nearly 30 statute miles, had been run at half speed within an hour and three quarters time. From this period nothing of note oc curred, the paddles working easily at from 9 to 10, and the screw at from 23 to 34 revolutions per minute. To many of your readers these numbers of revolutions may be mere arbitrary terms "sig nifying nothing." It may, therefore, give them a bettor idea of the tremendouiliature of the size and speed of the engines which worked so easily when it is said that at 10 revolutions the paddle-wheels dashed through the water at something like 1,600 feet per minute, and the screw revolved at 2,500. When accomplishing this the consumption of fuel was at the rate of 250 tons a day for both engines, the indicated power being nearly 5,000 horses— about 2,000 horses for the paddles and a little over 3,000 for the screw. This number of revolutions, though really very little more than three-quarter speed, should have given the Great Eastern a clear inn of more than 16 knots an hour under favourable circumstances. The wind, however, was abeam, the weakest point of the great ship ; her immersion was not sufficient by nearly six feet ; and for rapid going she ought to have been down by the stern at least 18 inches more than she really- was. Her forward draught of water was 21 feet 4 inches, and aft 24 feet 10. The stern should have been down five feet more than the bows. As it was, not less than a foot of the screw blades were out of the water, and the slip, or loss of power was of course great, more especially when the long heavy waves kept passing astern leaving the screw half bare at least once a minute. Yet, in spite of all these drawbacks, the average running of the big ship was more th an 13 knots. Throughout the night very little change was made in the rate of going. The Lizard was sighted and passed at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. The deep rolling swell which sets in on the coast of Cornwall, however, made itself clearly manifest long before this point ; indeed, at 2.30 the Great Eastern evinced an amount of liveliness that would soon have acted in a widely dissimilar manner on many of the passengers. All nice calculations as to what she did move or what she could effect under certain peculiar circumstances were set at rest at once ; and the ship began to roll so much like another vessel that but for the perfect ease and steadiness of the motion the whole affair would have been disagreeable in the extreme. The actual roll was as near 12 degrees as possible— quite sufficient to make a most considerable com motion on the lower decks, where, trusting in the perfect immobility of the craft, such small arti cles as empty casks and piles of lumber had been stowed away. This motion, such it was, lasted about an hour, just while the ship was abeam of the long swell. On the whole its effect was rather cheering than otherwise, as it showed that the Great Eastern was in her own way like any other ship after all. There was something unnatural and portentous in the rigidity with which she had stalked over the waters in her run from the Thames. Her motion, however, was but trilling when com pared with the usual. feats of screw vessels in this particular. Captain Harrison and Mr. Bold, one of the managing directors, remained upon the bridge throughout the night. At nearly four o'clock, when the haze was getting very thick in deed, a small brig was seen right under the star board bow. As usual with these small coasters, she was showing no light and keeping no look out, and but for the anxious vigilance exercised on board the big ship, the brig would have been under the waves in two minutes more. Her escape was nar row enough, and nothing short of the instant stop page of the engines and actually reversing the screw saved her from sw if t destruction. She d r i fted from under the starboard paddle within 20 yards, quite close enough to enable Captain Harrison to speak to her master, and t o exp r ess a ve ry strong opinion on his style of navigation and conduct generally. The Scilly Islands were sighted soon after six o'clock, and the usual amount of topographical en thusiasm was evinced in b e h a lf o f t h e di r ty-l oo k ing reef of stones known as the "Bishops," ou which another of those deep s ea l ampposts stoo d— a t a ll and rather ugly lighthouse. Let any one look care fully over a pod chart of the Channel, and the number and variety of it s li g h ts w ill ra th er sur prise him. In its way it is as well lighted as Pic cadilly.. Sunday morning was one of the finest days for a trial trip that could poss i bly have c h ance d. There was a fair sailing breeze from the northeast, which promised to come up with the sun, till it blew fresh; yet the day was mild and warm, and, for the Great Eastern at least, the water was as calm as a millpond. There were very few vessels to be seen (in fact, it seemed like Sunday even in the Channel), and those whi c h were v i s ible now and then were evidently having a much rougher time of it than seemed possible, judging by the rigidity of the . great ship. Up to this time both th e screw an d pa ddl e h a d been working easily—the former, as we have said, from ,30 to 34, and the latte r i n propor tion, that is about 91- 3 ,-. Everything had now got well into work ing order, so much so th at, though t h e di rec t ors were determined . to put nothing to actual risk of accident, it was felt that the vessel might be fairly urged a little faster. It was intended that the ship should be tried under both engines, and then under the screw and paddle separately, in order to know the working value of eash from actual test. Mr. Blake and Mr. Lan gdon, of Watt and Co., expressed their concurrence in the proposition. Mr. Scott Rus sell, however, declined to drive his paddles alone, on the ground shat he could not disconnect his wheels from the paddle machinery, and that therefore if the screw worked by itself it would have to move the ship as well as his engines. This refusal, or rather his declining to be a party to the trial, dis appointed many, who not only were anxious to see what each engine could effect, but especially to ascertain, from the best of all tests, whether or not the paddles had been too much reefed, and were fairly doing what all wished them to do. As a pre liminary step it Was decided to drive the ship at a nearer approach to her full power than had yet been attempted. A greater amount of pressure of steam was, therefore, ordered to be got upon the boilers, and pending this, the passengers went be low to Divine service in the chief dining saloon aft. The Rev. Mr. Nicholson, a large shareholder in both the old and new companies, read the ser vice, Mr. Lay, the chief paymaster, giving the re sponses. At the conclusion of the service the rev. gentleman preached a short sermon on the text, " Be ye al so rea dy, f or i n such an h our as y e think not the Son of Man cometh," in which the late ca tastrophe on board the vessel was alluded to in ap propriate and feeling terms. Service over, and as a matter of coursuthere was a general move amon . g the small co ngrega ti on to the deck, and, to the satis faction of all, the great ship was found to be under canvass for the first time, and tearing through the eater under all fore and aft sails. The wind was blowing then very fesh indeed from the N.E., and the the masts, staysails and topsails had been set on all of her masts, and were drawing freely. The look vast spread of canvas and the extraordinary effect it produced as one stood at the wheel house and gazed beneath the long vista f brown sails stretched to the very utmost, and sending off the wind with indescribable. No the sustained roar of a volcano, was something a fair idea of the almost mere description could convey curious effect of the long unbroken avenue of masts, sails, and funnels, like a whole street of steam ships, if such a term is fairly applicable. The total spread was only 25,000 square feet—tot more than half of what the vessel carries, and certainly less than half of what she will require to drive her at anything like great speed. N one o f t h e square sails could be set, and though all the fore and aft sails drew well the breeze was not even as much as the traditional capful], when exerted on the enor mous hulk of the Gnat Eastern. Nevertheless, slight as was the wind, and small as was the amount of canvas spread to meet it, in proportion to the size of the ship, the result quite realised the opinions I have already expressed as to her main ? qualities. The vesse: was going 131 knots when sail was made at 10 o'clock. In the course of half-an-hour more the Great Eastern was running nearly 15 knots or 174 statute miles an hour. At this time the screw revolutions enginespptolomflroonfiro3mB 104 to 40to o wer e minute, working ana the u 11. At this rate of steaming the screw and paddle engines were working at 251 b. in the boilers, the screw consuming at the rate of 160 to 170 tons of fuel a-day, and the paddles from 100 to 110. The maximum horse power indicated by the paddles was 2,900, which gave about 111 b. of per nomi nal horse-power, and 41b. for the horse-power ac tually gained. The screw was indicating an actual horse-power of 4,700, which was at about the rate of 1021 b. the nominal horse-power and 31 actual. This in round numbers gave nearly 11 horse-power per sectional square foot of ship from the paddles and 24 ditto from the screw. The highest rate of speed of engines was a little over 11 to the paddle and 42 to the screw. Both worked with the most perfect ease and smoothness. There were no hot bearings, no perceptible vibration, no noise or movement of any kind or sort whatever. The accuracy of every part seemed marvellous. There was only one drawback to the general perfection, and that, as usual, was in the conduct of the never-to-be-sufficiently-anathe- matised donkey engines. Those to the paddle en gines were, it is said, more or less troublesome throughout, and one connected with the screw broke down entirely. Beyond this trifling matter there were was no improvement which the most critical engineer could suggest, exce pt, p er h aps , th a t t h e paddle floats should be a trifle deeper in the water. The working of the screw engines when their rate of speed was taken into account was something wonderful. The bearings were passing one another at the rate of 280 feet a second without even melt ing the tallow off the friction surfaces. At this time (about 1 o'clock) an unfortunate ac cident occurred to one of the engine -fitters to the paddles, named 111'Grogan. He was in the act of oiling the steam trunnion of one of the cylinders, when, as it is presumed, from some momentary in advertence on his own part, his arm was caught between the cylinder and the quadrant and crushed to pieces at the wrist. The intense agony at the moment extorted a loud cry from the unfortunate man, which brought eager assistance to his side, but the instant the fractured limb was released M'Grogan recovered his composure and walked coolly to the surgery, and, notwithstanding that the medical officers of the ship at first thought there was no hope of saving his hand, he declined to sub mit to amputation, though the wrist was only held on by a comparatively small portion of the muscles. Fortunately, he is still doing well, and there is now a fair chance of saving the hand, though it can never be of the slightest use to the poor fellow. The coolness and courage with which he bore the injury and subsequent pain were really astonishing. At 1 20 the patent log was sent astern well clear of the ship, and not raised till 7 40 the same even ing. This, though the steam was slackened down on nearing the Irish coast, indicated a distance run of 72 knots, giving a mean of 141- or 17 statute miles per hour. Allowing for the want of trim on the part of the vessel, and consequent absence of immersion in both screw and paddles, it was cal culated from this data by all the nautical authori ties on board that in proper condition the vessel might be depended on for 18 miles an hour through out a long voyage, and under steam alone. That in a strong and favourable breeze she will at times accomplish 18 knots, or more than 21 miles an hour, there is now not th s shadow of a doubt. It is useless to make a long story longer by dwelling on various minute particulars which, as yet, have not been ascertained with sufficient accu racy to warrant their being received as data. In the course of another day or so more will be known, and a better estimate cm then be made of the re sults of the trial trip than can possibly be now known. The Old Head of Kinsale was sighted at 4 30, and soon the bold outlines of the Irish coast seemed to grow from the sea in all its rugged grandeur, till headlands, rocks, and bays appeared almost betteath the vessel, as her course was altered and the Great Eastern's head turned up the Channel. Cork harbour was passedbefore 7 30. and the wind falling light some time before, sail was shortened, and the vessel was once more under bare poles, going rather against the little breeze that still kept up and threatened to grow fresher as the night wore on. Up to 12 at midnight the weather was fine, though the moon got damp and greasy looking, as if it had caught cold, and light watery clouds rose up in the, horizon, or portending heavy wind. Gradually the breeze got up as the glass went down, long snow drifts of spray began flying about wildly from the crests of the waves, the sea became muddy as the sky waxed dim, and it became pretty evident that we were in for squalls. The long moaning noise through the shrouds grew deeper and hoarser, till the Greta Eastern at la s t was steaming head: to wind- against some heavy gusts. So the night passed. The Tuskar Light, on the Irish coast, was abreast at 2 30 a.m. on Monday, and day broke in what is generally termed dirty weather in the Channel. The morning was cold and raw, with squalls from the N.E. Very few vessels passed, and those were under shortened sail, beating up against the wind, with heavy lurches as they struggled with thb waves, occasionally hiding their bows in clouds of foam and taking in green seas over all—yet to all this the Great Eastern never moved or altered by a fraction. Going head to wind is the forte of the big ship. As yet, from all that has been seen, the stronger the wind: a-head and the rougher the sea, the easier this vessel seems to take it. It is more than probable that, till this vessel meets with an Atlantic gale she will never move as much as she did on this trial trip round to Holyhead. Soon after 10 o'clock the Great Eastern must have been abreast of Holyhead, though the weather was so thick that it was impossible to make the land, and on such a coast and with such a wind it was not considered prudent to go too near, so then the great ship wound her course up Channel, meeting the waves, which were rising with fast in creasing might, literally with all the steadiness of a rock. A short and heavy sea can generally be met with in the Race of Holyhead, and on Monday morning, though not a tithe of what it would have been if the wind had blown from the opposite quar ter, there was still a wicked swell on, and quite enough to fairly try an ordinary vessel. Sometimes the bows of the Great Eastern were left almost bare as the turgid waves ran under her, sometim es it almost reachd the sponsons of the paddle wheels, rising and falling more than 20 feet on her vast hulk, but making no manner of difference upon her way whatever. Just as on the -first trial trip off Dover, she held her course without moving to the right or left, and showing less unsteadiness in a really heavy sea than she had done in a calm on leav ing Portland. Soon after 10 o'clock the helm was put hard a-port, and the Great Eastern, for the first time since she has been built, made a fair turn round in the open sea. The helm was put over to 17 de grees,ceof a mile i p n w ut e e n s t , a e n om d p in le a thl d y is r t o a u n nd at mote distance, was very little more than half of what it r a a n t d espae q ne u dd a i r thn te le r 9 . shmi This as regards both time and would have taken any line-of-battle ship in her Majesty's service to accomplish. It was calculated on board that going round on the port side, with the help of the wind, might easily have been done in five minutes less time. A little after 11 o'clock the dull bleak mountain of Holyhead showed out on the horizon like a cloud of unusual density and menace. Still the weather all was too thick and the wind too high tsoo venturel ved at the at once upon the harbour, so it was re d paddle be forelast to try the vessel under screw therefore, was pretty well kept o the which loomed through the haze and marked screw were land, and the revolutions of the taking her up to her moorm dark distance, mass to carry on slack ened down to 12, leaving the paddlesmoorings. The the ship alone. Under this trial, which it was and interesting to all concern e d to have carefully solved, the paddle engines be haved splendidly. At first the screw was worked equ ally important at 20, when the revolutions of the paddles fell off from 10 to less than nine, the ship going nine knots. The screw was then stopped dead, and the paddles had to tow it. Under this strain, though still working as noiselessly and easily as before, the paddles fell from nine revolutions to below seven, gradually recovering themselves to seven and a quarter, the ship going from seven and a half to eight knots, against the wind ahead. So far, then, this trial was considered, and most justly, to be satisfactory in the highest degree, and the general impression left was that even greater results would have been obtained if the paddles had not been so much reefed as to give them less power in the water. If the screw had been disconnected from the machinery, this also would have added to the speed of the paddles, at the rate of at least a knot an hour. It is, however, hard labour for an hour or more to disconnect the screw, and this waste of time was not thought, prudent when no 1 3 1 ICE 4D. rAMPED. 51). result beyond what was already known could be obtained. The Great Eastern was next tried under he s3rew alone. At the first start the paddles were turned at the rate of sixrevolut ions, to save the screw from the labour of turning them and the massive machinery to which ' they were attached. The screw then worked at 36, the vessel going knots. The'paddles were then in the course of a short time brought to a dead stop, and this reduced the revolutions of the screw to 33, and the speed of the vessel. to nine ,knots. In both cases the result was almost precisely what has been calculated and anticipated, excepting always the allowance to be, made for each engine having in turn to overcome the resistance offered by driving the paddles or towing the screw. What, perhaps, was not antici pated was the immense accession of momentum gained by the union of both 'engines, and which has now placed the immense speed and consequent sufacess of the Great Eastern beyond all chance of doubt. These trials, with the turnings and slackenings they involved, brought the vessel close under the South Stack Light at Holyhead, which rose in the now clear sunshine in all its rugged magni ficence of light and shadow, its splintered masses apparently falling to decay, like the ruin of some island of the olden time. The good folks in the Stack Light seemed evidently not a little puzzled to account for what appeared from land to be a series of most meaningless, evolutions. Cer tainly to the non-initiated the wayward and eccen tric course of the Great Eastern must have looked unusual, to say the least. The value of the experi ments, however, was undoubted, and the results achieved were ou the whole of the most satisfactory character. At 3 o'clock the weather had cleared and set in fine, and the Great Eastern, at last having solved all the questions which were capable of being solved under steam in such a narrow channel, stood in for the harbour of Holyhead. It is not a very easy place to take a vessel in of the length and depth of the Great Eastern, but Captain Harrison had the ship as much under command as a Thames wager-boat, and moving her easily up to the spot selected for her, the anchor was let go in about nine fathoms and the vessel moored at a few minutes to 4 o'clock. Thus terminated, under the most favour able auspices, the second trial trip of this ship ; the whole distance accomplished being 480 knots in about 40 hours, exclusive of the time devoted to the experiments. This gave an average on the whole run of a little over 12 knots (15 miles) an hour, and for more than three-fourths of the whole voyage the ship was o'-ly going at half speed. Fairly estimated, the .result exceeded even san guine expectations, and Captain Harrison now feels confident that the vessel may be depended on to average 151 knots or 18 statute niiles an hour, and under ordinary favourable circum stances of summer wind and weather to make stretches of from 171 to 18 knots an hour. During the whole voyage the paddles made 23,870 revolu tions, and the screw 81,030. In neither engines was there an approach either to heating or noise. On Monday the escape valve on one of . the screw cylinders of Messrs. Watt and Co: got jammed open in a similar manner to the screw ou, Saturday. .The mere accident, if such it may be called, is scarcely worth mentioning, if it were not for the fact that speed had to be reduced to remedy the defect. The question now arises—how long the Great Eastern will remain at Holyhead, and whether or no she will start for America this winter? As far as can be judged from the successful results of this trial trip it would seem that the ship is capable of going anywhere and doing anything. Nevertheless,much remains to be done in the way of making ready for an Atlantic cruise, and at present there seems as, little probability of the. Great Eastern starting across the Atlantic this month as of Holyhead itself. The visit of her Majesty is still expected next week, though whether it will take place on Mon day or Tuesday is still uncertain. l 111 E NAYI. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard directing the large screw frigate Ariadne, 32, 800 horse-power (nominal), now being fitted at that establishment, to be completed for the first division of the steam reserve squadron in the Med way. The screw corvette Charybdis, 21, 400 horse power (nominal), also fitting at Chatham. is like wise to be fitted for the steam reserve at that port, where she is to be stationed. Bot these vessels are to have their fitments completed so as to be ready to hoist the pennant immediately the Admiralty require them to be placed in commission for ser vice at sea. The Ariadne is expected to leave the fitting basin in the course of a few weeks. Brevet-Col. T. Lemon, C.B. Royal Marines, who wets severely wounded at the late attack on the Peiho Forts, has joined the head-quarters of the Plymouth division, and has been granted two months' leave of absence; for the re-establishment of his health. The screw steam corvette Clio, 21, Capt. Miller, from Portsmouth, bound to the Pacific, arrived at Plymouth, on Monday with supernumeraries for several ships at that port. The Turkish screw steamship Shadia, 90, Capt. Mustapha Bey, at Plymouth, got up steam on Monday morning, and proceeded on a trial cruise. The Defence Commissioners have recently ap plied to the proper authorities at the dockyard, Devonport, and at the Royal William Victualling yard, ylymouth, for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of the battalions attached to those esta blishments when they were disembodied, a few years ago. The Virago, 6, paddle, Commander M. B. Dunn, sailed from Spithead yesterday at 4 p.m. for Gib raltar, with one of the two steam-dredging vessels in tow which have been constructed for service in Malta harbour. The harbour gear of these vessels has all been unshipped and stowed on their decks, where it has been well secured for the voyage out. Each • vessel has also been fitted with two short masts—ketch rigged—to steady them in a sea-way. The second vessel is nearly ready for proceeding to the same destination. The Sphinx, 6, paddle, Commander Day, V.C., steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, to make final trial of her machinery. Everything worked in a satisfactory manner. In the steam basin at Portsmouth the Simoom troopship has commenced coaling, and is otherwise' fast progressing in her outfit. 'The Flamer and Grasshopper gunboats havebeen undocked and masted (rigging fitted). The Mohawk, 6, Commander P. C McDougal ; Odin, 16, paddle, Capt. Lor.l John Hay, C. 8., and Beagle, 6, Commander Hay, are also fitting out. The utmost exertions are being used in bringing forward the whole of the vessels abovenamed for service in China. The Odin gues out of harbour on trial of her machinery to-day. The Beagle and the Royal Sdvereign, 131, screw (the latter from the Ist class steam reserve), go out on trial to-morrow, and the Ringdovo, 6, Commander Craigie, will go out of harbour on her commission trial on Friday. A large number of hands have been added to Sir W. Armstrong's establishment at Woolwich,in order to 'hasten the manufacture of the rifled ordnance ordered to be prepared for service. Among the number engaged were about 85 experienced arti sans and mechanics, such as smiths, hammer-men, braziers, &c. The Royal laboratory and carriage departments have likewise increased their numbers in consequence of the outstanding orders and con stant demands for the supply of military stores. The returns of the total number of persons em ployed in the Arsenal rendered last month amounted to 8,655, being slightly under the number given of the preceding month, namely, 8,776, the whole of whom were then entitled to medical attendance. Printed notices have now been posted at the entrance of the various departments, by order of the Secre tary of State for War, signifying that no foreman, artificer, nor labourer will be granted medical as sistance until he shall have completed three years' service, unless the sickness arises from injury re ceived in the execution of his duty. The following officers attached to the military store department, with which the field train de partment has recently been consolidated, are ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark for service in the field train department in China : —Mr. H. Blakeney and Mr. H. H. H. Hewitt, from Woolwich ; Mr. Crawford, from the Tower ; and Messrs. D. Gibbons, W. Gordon, and J. Lloyd, from Pimlico. A large amount of ammunition is in course of preparation for China, and will be de spated in a few days to Southampton by the steam storeship Balakiava, at present under slight repairs. The military steam storeship Lord Panmure, H. 'l'. Moore master, sailed yesterday from Woolwich, laden with 550 tons of war materials. The mili tary storeship Alma is embarking a cargo of guns and bale goods. The War Department have engaged the follow ing ships for the transport of stores from Woolwich —namely, the Mercutio, the Prospero, the Teviot, the!. Talbot, and the Cadiz. -BP-0-1?-74WG INTELLI .c 7.1 ~f:n( NEWMARK - Et SECOND. OCTOBERI4 NtP7llWi-1 • TUESDAY. IQ: J 1 Sweepstakes o f o - ovs each, for two-yr-olds and upward s l ; ; the winnor. r alie!radd fur 70 sovs if demanded, ezo. Rut land Stakcs Course,. fur. 182 yards. Mf. R. Boyce's Creeping Kate, 2 yrs,.6st 101 b (Custauce) 1 Mr. Barnard's Nuffield, 3 yrs, Bst Sib (Covey) Mr. T. Brown' N'erens,"s,yrs, 9st ( kldcroft) The following also ran :—SichamS, Brawn Middleton, Little Nat, Cast.anette, Caliph, and Volatore. Betting-4 to 1 each 'east Little Nat, Caliph, and Cas tanette, `'NercuS,..o toA i agst Sichmus. The impatience of the jot:K. l s to b u t off delayed the start, but at the fifth-attempt the - flag was dropped, and the lot got away in pretty close order. Nuffield,. Little Nat and Caliph quitted the post abreast, and Creeping Kate joined them about two distances from home, and quitted them at her ease, and won by three lengths; a length between the second and third ; ,same .distance between the third and fourth. "'' The winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 20 sous each for two-yr-olds, colts, Bst 71b, fillies and geldings Bst 41. The winner to be sold fd 100 soya. Y.C. 2 fur. 52 yards. Mr. Jackson's Br to Remedy, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Saville's Herman, Bst 71b Mr. Lowther's Brine, Bst 51b (A. Day) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Br to Remedy, 6to 4 agst Brine 5 to 2 agst Herman. + Won by a length ; three lengths between the second and third. The Clearwell Stakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for two-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yards. 30 subs. Mr. F. Robinson's Aurora, Bst 51b .. (A. Day) 1 Mr. Greville's Contadina, Bst.Blb (in. 31b ex.) (Fordham) 2 Mr. Merry's Thormiaby, Bst 101 b (in. 31b ex.)(J. Osboone) 3 The following also ran—King of Diamonds, Rescued colt, Trovatore, Golden Dream, Tirailleur, Von Stroom, and Elcot's dem filly. Betting -11 to Son Thormanby, sto 1 agar, King of Dia monds, 10 to 1 agst Aurora. Trovatore on the whip hand made play with Thormanby by his side, Contadina and Thailleur in the middle of the course next, Aurora lying up.' They ran nearly in this order to the New Ground. where Thormanby took up the running, closely attended by Aurora. Half way in the cords Thor manby was beaten, and Aurora went on with the lead ; a fine race between her said Cointadina ended in the defeat of the latter by a neck, Thormanby being beaten three quarters of a length from the second; King of Diamonds was a bad fourth, Golden Dream fifth, and Trovatore sixth.. The Royal Stakes of 200 says each, 120 ft, for. tllree-yr ,,,. olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst tlb ; certain *inners ex tra; the second to save his stake. . A.F. 1 mile, 2 fur. 73 yards. •6 subs, two of - whom pay 25 soya ft. Duke of Bedford's Luff, Bst 71b .... • • • ... i . ( 8 Rote 1 Mr. W. Craufurd's Van Dismal', Bst 71b (Wells) '2 Won in a canter by two lengths. • -'' The Cesarewitch Stakes, a Free Handicap of 25 sova each, 15 ft, with 200 added ; certain penalties ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the Stakes:. Cesarewitch Course. 2 miles 2 fur. 28 yards. 93 subs. . 40 Sir W. Booth's Artless, by Archy, 3 yrs, sst 21b (carried sst 31b) (Drew)tl 13 Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard, 3 yrs, 6st 91b....(Challoner)t2 22 Mr. G. Lambert's Clydesdale, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Custanee) 3 30 Mr. S. Williams's Mazzini, 3 yrs, Est 21b ..(Sadler) 4 1 Mr. It. Ten 13roeck's Starke, 4 yrs, Bst 11Ib (Plumb) 0 2 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Prioress,. 6 yrs, Bst 51b (J. G-oater) 0 i 3 Mr. Merry's Special Licence, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (J. Osborne 0 4 Mr. Harlan's Des Chiles , 4 yrs, Bst • ( Ducker) 0 5 Sir J. Hawley's Lord Nelson, 5 yrs, 85t.... (Wells 0 6 Sir C. Moncles Vanity; 5 yrs, 7st - 131b .. (Aldcroft) 0 7 Mr. Saxon's Defender, 3. yrs (in. 61b ex.), 7st 131 b (L. Snowden 0 8 Mr. J. Rigby's Borderer, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Fordham 0 ' 9 Mr. Copeland's The Argosy, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (J. Mann 0 10 Mr. J. Thompson's Tunstall Maid, 4 yrs, 7st 91b. _ (BUBO& 14 Lord Clifden's Star of the East, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Bray, 12 Baron Rothschild's Scribbler, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Cresswell: 13 Col Tevis's Yorkshire Grey, aged, 7st 41b (Charlton' 14 Mr. J. Rigby's Royal Sovereign, 4 yrs, 7st 211 (libberd 15 Mr. C. Snowing's Pole Star, aged, 7st 11b.. (Covey,' 16 Lord Ailesb ur y' s Compromise, 4 yrs, Est 1211 ' "r • ' (Pritchard) 17 Mr. C. Devon's Independence, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Swift' 23 Mr. Craven's Marine, 3 yrs, Cat 61b (Perry 26 Mr. Morris's Accurate, 4 yrs, Est 41b (Lirmbourn) 27 Mr. Blanton's Broadlands, 4 yrs, Cat 41b (Johnson) 29 Mr. T. Parr's Pan, 3 yrs, Est 21b .... (A. Edwards) 32 Mr. W Day's Petra, 3 yrs, 6st 21b .... (J. Adams) 33 Mr. Mellish's Margery Davr, 3 yrs, Est .. (Spooner) 34 Count Batthyany's Courier, 4 yrs, bat (H. Bradley) 3,5 Mr. R. Sutton's Ambush, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (car. Est 21b) (Britton) 36 Mr. G. Bryan's Odd Fellow, 3 yrs, sst 61b.. (Daley) 37 Mr. Hargreave's Heiress, 3 yrs, sst 51b .. (Madden) 38 Mr. H. E. Johnstone's Whitewall, 4 yrs, 58t 51b , (Long) 39 Lord Londesborough's Eller, 3 yrs, sst 41b (car. sst 61b) 41 Mr. H. S. Hunt's Moorcock 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (car. . sst 31b) .• • (Grimshaw) 42 Mr. J. Wareham's Australian Maid, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (car. 4st 131 b) (Maidment) BETTING AT STARTING. 6to 1 agst Borderer 7to 1 agst Special License 10 to 1 agst Clydesdale 12 to 1 agst Moorcock 12 to 1 agst Polestar 14 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey 100 to 7 agat Gaspard 100 to 6 agst Tunstall Maid 20 to 1 agst Marine 20 to 1 agst Prioress 20 to 1 agst Artless 20 to 1 agst Vanity 20 to 1 agst Petra 25 to 1 agst Oddfellow 33 to 1 agst Heiress 40 to 1 agst Lord Nelson 40 to 1 ags6 Independence 40 to 1 agst Accurate 40 to 1 agat The Argosy 40 to 1 agst Star of the East 40 to 1 agst Whitewall THE RACE. By three o'clock (the time appointed) a white flag was elevated on the ditch, as a signal to the spectators that the horses had assembled at the post. On the starter's calling them together, Accurate and Whitewall broke away, and indulged in a short canter ; they, however, soon returned and fell into their places. The 35 horses were now in com pact order, and at the word of command from Mr. Hibburd they bounded away in a body. There was no false start, and they , quitted the post just 12 minutes after three o'clock. They had not proceeded far before they were separated into two lots. In the front rank were Ambush (making run ning), Star of the East, Petra, Polo Star, Artless, Starke, Scribbler, Compromise, Broadlands, Mazzini, Gaspard, In dependence, Marine, and Yorkshire Grey. In the extreme rear were Vanity, Royal Sovereign, Lord Nelson, and Bor derer. The changes, as they streamed through Choke Jade" were unimportant, but on breasting the hill at the ditch, Clydesdale and Tunstall Maid showed in good posi tions near the leaders, Ambush being still in front, attended by a crowd of horses, the most prominent amongst which were Gaspard, Pole Star, Artless, Star of the East, Clydes dale, Scribbler, Mazzini, Broadlands, 'Yorkshire Grey, Starke, Prioress, and Compromise. As they crossed the flat Compromise was beaten, and the sound of his jockey's whip caused Scribbler to decline further share in the con test The other " rogue," Star of the East, also dropped into the rear as soon as work commenced in earnest. The pace up to this period had been very good. On nearing the bushes hill the number of the front lot was still further re duced, and on reaching the top of the hill Ambush retired, and Artless obtained the lead with Broadlands on her left, Gaspard and Clydesdale close together, with Mazzini next on the whip-hand side. In their wake were Pole S tar, Prioress, Independence, and Ambush. The remainder of the field was now widely scattered. Down the hill and , into the cords went Artless, with Gaspard in close pursuit, Mazzini dropping away beaten before reaching the cords, and Broadlands bolting when he neared the people. At this point the race was reduced to a match. Artless seemed winning easily, but she tired as she rose the hill to finish, and Gaspard gained upon her at every stride, just reached her on the post, and the judge, unable to separate them, pronounced a dead heat; thethird was beaten threelengths and Mazzini was the same distance from Clydesdale, Prioress was a bad fifth, Ambush sixth, and Independence seventh ; Des Chiles and Star of the Eait were the last two. DECIDING HEAT: Betting-5 to 4on Artless, who led throughout, and won by three lengths. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for two-yr olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 sova if demanded, &c. Last half Ab. M. 3 furlongs 217 yards, 16 subs. Mr. Quartermaiue's Amsterdam, 4 yrs, Bst7lb g'ordham 1 Mr. Blanton' s Ci rcass i a , 2 yrs, 6 st 41b Custance 2 Mr. Hitchen's • Swertha, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b .. ( rimshaw 3 The following also ran :—Maypole, Boundaway, Broad brim, Hop Merchant, Dove, Harry, Conceit, Knayton, Herman, Vouralak, and Brevet. Betting-5 to 1 agst Brevet, 6to 1 eash agst Swertha, Maypole, and Harry, 8 to 1 each agst Amsterdam and Knayton. Won by a neck; a head between the second and third; half a length between the third and fourth. Match, 300, h ft. T.M.M. 1 mile 7 fur. 28 yards. _ Lord Glasgow's filly, by Teddington, out of Maid of Masham, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Alderoft) 1 Duke of Bedford's Killigrew, 4 yrs, 95t.... (S. Rogers) 2 Batting-5 to 4on Killigrew. Won by half a length. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya if demanded, &c. D.M. 7 fur. 201 yarJe. 3 subs.-1 Mr. Whittaker's Raspberry, Bst 21b (J. Osborne 1 Count Batthyany's Coxcomb, Bst 71b (Wells 2 Mr t S. Jacob's Appendix, Bst 21b (Charlton 3 Betting-2 to lon Raspberry. Won by three quarters of a length ; bad third. brevet-Major T. V. Cooke, of the Plymouth din' siou of the Royal Marines, has prepared seven plans of routes to and attacks on different important pl4es in China, and submitted them to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. PAP h / 7 :r,V A Nc,4i/V-4' \ -2‘ , 4