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By JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A., Author of " Anecdote Biographies of Statesmen, Painters," &c. jesty received the Ministers immediately, and ex pressed his regret at what had occurred, assuring them that it had been entirely - without his sanction, and that they did not cease to enjoy his perfect confidence. difference between the ordinary ship and the Monitor model, Commodore Rodgers says : " It has these advantages :—The Monitor has the least possible surface to be plated, and therefore takes the least possible tonnage to float armour of a given thickness, or, With a given tonnage, allows the greatest possible thickness of armour, and conse quently the greatest possible impregnability. The ability to carry armour is proportionable to the ton nage, bdt .the Monitor of 844 tons has actually thicker plating than the Ironsides of 3,480 tons, and the Warrior of 6,000 ; a n d yet the Ironsides, and Warrior have only the middle portion of their hulls plated, their ends being merely of wood without 1 armour. The guns of the Monitors, near the centre of motion, are supported upon the keel and keLsons, upborne by the depth of water under them, and carried by the whole strength of the hull. In Moni tors heavier guns are therefore practicable than can ever be carried in broadside out upon the ribs of a ship. In the Monitors concentration of guns and armour is the object sought. In them the plating is compressed into inches of elevation, while in the Ironsides class it is extended over feet ; and the comparatively numerous guns distributed over the decks of the Ironsides class are moulded into a few larger ones in the turrets of the Monitors." 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Nature is every where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force _ • HODGE PODGE, the most extraordin lry Christmas Entertainment in Lon don ng the whole strength of the establishment), evory even ng at half-past Nine o clock. The usual Oper ,tic Fele tions by Slisses Russell, Barr'e, Hays, Godden, &c.; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, &a. 10 - CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILLER OF ENGLAND (Limited) are prepared to receive SUBSCRIPTIONS for the CAPITAL of r i E CHINA STEAMSHIP AND LABUAN In. COAL COMPANY (Limited). --orporated under the Limited Liabilities Act of 1862. h,Posl C apital £500,000, in 25,000 shares of £2O each. t • 'n el Der share on application, and £4 on allotment, .ts u whichit is not contemplated o ail ng up more than 84 4 per of sh are. any further Capital required being met by the ebentu res . call to be made earlier than three months from date of allotment. h en . DIRECt.iL it a ii°O. T. C. B ruce , Ch a i rman o f th e I nverness an d P er th s‘,;.aY Company Chairman. , El phinsto ' ne, Bart., M.P. Director of the Pacific .4eoliel°ll itavigation Company, Deputy -Chairman. tw eo, , of ~avid Sassoon , Esq., London , and D. Sassoon and 'tar, l'ollibay and China. Rail Porradai e, Esq , Director of the Scinde and Punjaub It 1; TwaY Company. ,- " ° °O, Es C B late Secretary to H. m. Ambassador nee China. Esq., • " 4 1r Y A lers Mulkey, Eeq., Chairman of the New Zealand P 'liv ank i n .F Corporation. - Wu it ereirs, Esq , London, late of (Dent and Co.) China. il e „" 1 !Stiller, Esq. M.P. (Leith ,Director of the Eastern 110 " 2., 1 [tallow," co °any G P4ao_Prancis Dr Y umm m ond, Director of the Natal Land Com , a,,,thom Browne, Esq , Director of the n London , A e ", c ul A driatie Steam Navigation Company (Limited). ihtta,thSer Sinclair, Esq., late A.E , London. . ehr„ • Daniell, Esq., Chairman oi e the Bank of Hindustan, ao - " , , and Japau Hickie lesq Agent to the Austrian Lloyi's Steam 1 1 )'14.4 ti0 CO -" ny and Director of the Thames and e"eY lnnsuranmcgaColPany. 11e SSrS AGENTS. ke gl . B Gibb, Livingstone, and Co., Chini. Agents for China ke.:• Smith Kennedy, and Co., China. and Japan Steam kkal o B i e C oramin . g, Beaver, and Co., Sin- Naviga ion Com -1,4888.8. iddletoa pany. 1 3. bent and Co , China. Agents for La buan Coal Corn- Itigapore. , Harrison, and Co , parry. The ke g BANKERS. smith st ., k ot Hindustan, China, PaYne and Smiths, Lombard-street, B.C. t,.l_eiational Bank, dld Broad-street, E.C. oonibay, China, and Japan. retsrs. and Japan (Limited), in Calcutta, IsTewbon, Eva S n O s i l l and Ol jo s. ., Nicholas-lane, E.C. • 4.1. Mackenzie Esq., 77, Gresham House, EC. It eBs BROKERS. ,_eer„°• Laurence, Son, and Pearce, 7, Angel-taJurt, Throg -418',,,,Lett-street. E.C. re o 4. -Wield, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throe , - " ( s...street, E.C. ...tXeItETARY, PRO TEM.—Alf re d L owe, Esq. I:XbIPORARY OFFICES —l7 and 18, Cornhill.. retpc.,°Werful Company lus been formed for the purpose -00e.,-"the', consolidating. and developing the enterprise , 411 Y ; f llB " The China turd Japan Steam Navigation Com- The e rld " The Labuan Coal Company." o e dect of the former Csmpany es t supply the much L,ter cd steam navigation in the w Chin o awaters, and the It hl nii lll ,PanY was formed to work the coal mines in La- Leaf 4 a „ - •,, oorneo and to supply the whole of the Govern- D 4,, c en fo ntile ` 8 rilerea marine in the East with steam fuel. I! too h ond, however, that from the fact of those Com ° 11 4 " - d in' been formed with too small a capital, and on of e: l , llB els, d a t n e ,,- ' a basis, the requirements both as to supply let !lot b„ . also the farther development of the coil mines, 1,•-',abi' ad e quately met. It has, therefore, been considered en e Mg the two undertakings, and to make one "t o e te , the -111 Danyy, with sufficient means and influence to deve- Nat ie a •e business of both the old Companies; and in The ,e therewith, arrangements have been . made for the transfer b them of their respective Fleet and ice s than with the Goodwill and valuable Plant. te T'DanY will, therefore, im_ mediately acquire the itt o al- tu , ... ra ling Steamers Elg,in,3l and Sterling, and Titan, Vulcan, and Tienchang, n already well kitahaocip. Profitably employed in China ; and the sailing 1 11,1 14 fo r a , 43111 " 1, I 'e•ate 01 2,00 J tons burden, admirably 11;eleqei coaling hula. loa Ping the s ,, ipping operations of t o lT li C e o r tg a a a n m y e , r i , n . N 4 4 1 att on uilding of Trading and C be, t, er m °litwill be pald to the con-truction of Tieg.. .‘t Cht ad aPted to the ever-increasing inland traffic o . f the s rvers, where the demand for such shipping 1 so proposed to establDh a Line of Steamers ,`, , e Singapere, and HotW. Hone: .` , ei t abe. — , 4 ,.. o Y will also at once enter on all ihe eo rig a h n tde all Pit, voal Company, in Labuan and her 51a- J 4,t s ,' °, a baildin4s, and stock of coal li fn rn the former '4ge over their valuable contracts with th,ee Zerne nent. likeen t hlls Coal has been contracted for extensively by • 4 IV: al tY, and will actually be the standard Steam Coal 4,1 , 4 ~,1 7 10 the China waters taapl ‘,:hextensively used by leading Steamsliippi g c and elsewhere in the E . _ o a rn st . , !e' r ,,"' 'Oa r ig the arrangements contemplated for a stora_ storage, 'llo4 ll o l g at Labuan, and delivery at the different _ e q- e Itore,,. Blatt ns in the East shall have been complt , keens of production and delivery being totally to it`v to meet the constantly-increasing demand. li.Ztepoettident 3lanacrer of the Labuan Coal Company, in_ _ 'altettt,,otates that'the works now completed open a , field ,",`le extent of above a million of tons, and t nit a e Preparations for the sinking of which have been ?iNrtio'i:°, and the machinery for rework is on the tour mill ickl 4 , Oi ts - r ; the quatrity available fng, or four m ti t :ao. the further quantity to be obtained being prac tleresql)thaustible. iiie,othe„,te steps, therefore, will be taken to open this pit th/6,'', and tc: connect the mines with the harbour I beeir. 'o' I min tram railroad of about seven mises in longs ` aloe ort Victoria, shies drawing 2) feet of water can e shore, and every facility is offered for t th o j e a ir qta. ally rand rapidly loaded by the erection ie o a t ot 1,0.41 hults will also be established in the vole once, and China. By these means the Company l l'lii i ll 'ere t t°°ol the public demand for ste im fuel at highly eretsh, teeveesrsates, in addition to supplying their own flea I°°o % ll4 e ll li eea(7 6o o a a l . in China—The present price at Hong 1, 1. h es ' 1, 4 .. 'goal in quality to that 01 Luban, is 455. per ~r,°,---Th.Airtee is exceptionally low. qt,.'"ereac Drobable profit of the undertaking will be. seen I„ t eo.t ft, Of ~e following figuris. Experience has proved le t „An to ' • 4 • 4 11.., the coal and pla ing it on board t sh s tp 9 a d t I ''llt 4l, and e 6, to 7s. per ten. Taking the price at 6 the th. spat Os 3d for agency, management . _ V a l on board . ship at Labuan ould stand the pr ,letri ire per ton. Allowing for the Company's w- ownt of say 15s. per ton, the cost of the Labusn the Niti,ent wou d be 255. per ton against 455., . 9 ktßi g ate: r iee of Engl6h coal equal in quality ; and it . 1 that when the Company is fairly at eork, it could N u l , ll o ra 1 5 olid dispose of loom° tons of coal annually. ,th' s telqmg coal and freezlit to cost 25s per ton, an a sold at 1(1 e , ) ,,t l , there will be a profit of 20s. per ton, which gad there of 100,000 tons only per annum is equal t h Vt Otft '• • £lOO,OOO Steamers, say S t i %l ee , £130,00 • - a h erehat i a e t ihcr that only 50,000 tons are the first year raised, -ti t re is is only 15s. per ton profit realise4th e e r re an on : i t r With the profit on the steammi e7,_ p ° P (I ,lll z 0 _ Der cent on a paid-up capital X ot Z 2 5 .0,0110 or ieterest on Debentures above'AN° 20 per cent net net 1 - C VIZ i ntent of the Shares will be made on the following sp , sh • - h a titn il lt,, 4l. . B Party fully paid up, and partly with £lO pad N'lol(l;:eBerved for allotment to the applicants who are hofPgirders ,th the existing companies ; of these £6,00 0 itl tl Y's (l l3' e en applied for, and the deposits paid to the pub°e,„Sha„ alakers paid,th £5 _ will be allotted to Shareholders Sha;:." ( Meier and 3lobilier of England (Limited). Nsb,pNi tt i: B, 'With £5 paid, will be allotted to the genera; le,° such shares of any) as may not be applied for ~,le,l•.ieifitio.forta, or by the above. , 1 1 1 he /mie! also be receiv_ed for 5,000 fully paid-up 1)11‘00 sifltiaped. dividends for the whole amount paid up 411 ,1 1011Rafr,,e, Will be reserved for allotment in Bombay, ap t 4 'h 15, 11 "r Which will be received by Messrs. D. Sassoon h e e e oe °, lb y . kb,l,ll.,4lZ°_,ni lans, Reports, and Articles of Association 14,„' ler e ati o "„`eo at the offices of the Solicitors. V e WitMor shares are to be made in the annexed form o , f l °e B , nkers of the Company, upon payment_ the the Per share. If no allotment is made to thanthu. tt„,,',,oBit will be immediately returned, wih is 1, - "lt ed ' !or - `ti a less number of shares be allotted J e t he t ti 11, , a - " e dePosit paid will, so far as necessary, h orGe_etPls the _payment due on allotment. 1101°11ta' ' 4l cl orms of Application can be obtainedst I h e n 17 4..e..(.lredit Fonder and . M e obl a li n er er o s f , England qlll 1 11 , e C s ornh da ll 4 a o l f er he f o n mp ß any k . Brekt rs, P Ott, aryl 1865, ecr 4t. A r . -4P I'LICATION FOR SHARES, WITH Li Te PAID UP. 41, 0, ( To be retained by the Bankers.) lavoeatl °ra Of the China Steamship and Labuan Coal Company (Limited'. et Pate" ,- - k V , t° Your Bankers (i n s er t B an k ers ' names ) the tt, v ta t th e tos , being a deposit of £1 per share on w .., 1 1 , les t t hat huoVe Company, I hereby request that you 111 kkottisectenellioaber, and I agree to accept such shaires, i _or te ob te, 1 , 14 , enartYou may allot to me, on the terms o ni f en h te e ee to pay the deDosit due on allot itet, r osjaq ..43.:tuisles of Association of the Company, cu when I sh it . ber t s haisteheynou of tg er inse s rt a y h m res allottedto me. Usual signature Name infuil tr ' Residence 1.1 4 : ''llll p DateAe ssion 6• •• (44 O 1 a4l-Ills Shares are required, on the following p A —PI'LICA.TION FOR FULLY PAID-UP t SHARES.. h e t i re ... (1 0 be retained by the Bankers.) I tor. of th 4 , Ij, Qe", l " t he China Steamship an d L a b uan C oa l ke 0t vir e e. Asiq mon i Co mpany (Limited). tn k lle 4 in -Jour Bankers (insert Bankers' names) the to 4 , 1 ab,,LyeAng deposit of £1 per share on .4 at e 4- ' olll Pany, I hereby request that you will a t :ant h tti : 04 pt Ono, niber of Fully Paid-up Shares, and I agree t,, ) ,',l3ree, Or any less number you may allot to theof ihe Prospectus, and I agree to pay the 3+ 4 , ,atieo _7.eares on allotment and to sign the Articles . 4 to t o ". th e c o hi) ) , gen „ LI mpany, when required, and I autho r Of B h,__Y n a ame on the Register of Members for llotted to me. Usual signature .. Na he in full . R esi den ce Profession Date bs r p: p e, Tb elac" es were 39s Per BUST i b glei t filln . ;:g 0 1$ ,•` IS • 7 lieS'l , ss .„ D. -- to 26 0 'to 3 00 ; j3eanw' 00 - .0 The! 3st or t$ ffer $ rod ;malt iDg cl ittO A DS ( Vie' Sl o eaD , 2 65 to 60 2449 t here „ 10 )asoo a " o ci Ithy, a supPv elf ils 3 0. n 24 n©• , s Pe' ston e• ea for - 6 W •gtt to f i „, c i i dew— • re , - it . ing 41). IS ' Feb 12 ' Feb' ; Feb 16. Feb 4e„ 1. ' i I s. ' Febb 12. Fe b. Q. Fe b ' - 8. ar. 8 , b Fe o. gcb• °. ' Few )3. 'f 11 ew' 9, Nee b D ye . • is, he &lie° i t r ie- 10 0 the et. ~ve,otpo r the ir 05' , b bitig 0 a off;:o a is f the Pty boo 0,3 gfOr° .44 t t ' l OO,O l a 1 , J 3 Da o 0;, c o i r o 7lo A ° soto"re,' ; les 03,0 0 t "11011' „ of )je%' ~,03, 0 0 ,cytor'r , e rof o t g °ll :ei ile l Atec Atib -4:15, T 1 1' I cor t°' 00' "r• v ti 11300 e. J. P Ps11" i,oob 9. oc" roodre'4a Gl' 45.0 re I GULP ig W 0 Lai 13° iP 9 10 o i ;edottf RE U TER 'S TELEGRAM COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act, 1832. Capital 59, 00, in 10,000 Shares of £25 each. First Issue 4,003 Shares, Of which more than 2,000 Shares have been already sub s .rbed. Payment on application £l. and on Allotment £4 per Qhare ; it is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. At least Two Months to intervene between each Call. DIRECTORS. John Dent, Esq , 35, Grosvenor-square. Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bar ~ M.P., F.R.S. Colonel James Holland, Deputy Chairman London and South African ank. James Sydney Stopford, Esq., Director of the Agra and Masterman's Bank. Julius Reuter, Esq., Managing Director. SOLICITORS. - Messrs. Bishoff Coxe and Bompas, 19, Coleman-street. AUDITOR. John Ball, Esq. (firm of Quilter, Ball, and Co.), 3, Moorgate street. • BANKERS. The Agra and Master-van's sank (Limited), 35, Igicholas-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., 52, Threadneedle-street. SECRETARY (pro tem ) Mr. Frederick J Griffiths. OFFICES. 1, Royal Exchange-bui dings, London. This Companyis established to provide cap tal for the pur chase and exten Won of the well-known Telegraphic Business of Mr. Ju has Neuter. Mr. iteutar has, by fifteen years' labour, org nixed a most extensive system of Telegraphic correspondence, for obtain inv, and communicating to his subscribers the earliest •cnd most reliable Po:itical, Financial, and Commercial Intelli gence. A large revenue is now derived from this source, which is capable of considenb e extenaLn by the use of add! ional capital. The services of Mr. Reuter as Managing Director have been secured for a Term of years, and in the agreement for the transfer of the business is a clause by which IV r.fieuter is bound, in the event of his connection with the Company ceasing, either by the terminatto of the perio iof his en gagement, er from any other cause, not to assist direc ly or indirectly in the prosecution of any imilar business. Mr. Reuter will continue to have the exclusive mansge ment of the Telegra hie Department, which will be con ducted, as heretofore, with the utmost secreci, fidelity, and impartiality. The whole of the profits from the let of January will be long to the Compare . All applications fu y r Shares must be made according to the annexed form, at the Offices f the Company, of the 3rokers, or of the Sinkers. Letter, No. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your credit wiih the Agra and Mastennan's Bank L meted). the sum of £ , I request you will allot me Shar s in the above Company, which I agree to take (or any less number that you may allot to me), and I a2ree to exe Atte the Artie es of Association when re quired, and I n que t that my name may be plac.d on the Register of Shareholders for the Shares so allotted. Name in lull Usual Signature Pr dession or Business .. Address in full Date 1865. THE REGISTERED LAND COMPANY (Limited). Capital, X 1,000,000. First issue £500,' 00, in 25,0( 0 Shares of £2O each, Deposit £1 per Share, and £1 les. on Allotment, DIRECTORS. John Ashburner. Esq., Hyde Park-place, Cumberland Gate. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's Park. Robert Pavin Davies, Esq, Ridgeway, Pembrokeshire. Thomas Eyre Foakes, Eiq., New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and D•nham, Bucks. H. Harwood Harwood, Esq., 29, Ckveland-square, Hyde Park Colonel William Lydiard, Bentinek-street, Manchester- square. Henry Moor. Esq., M.P.. Brighton. Sir William Russell, Bart , Charlton-park, Gloucester- shire. Grenville Granville Wells, Esq„ Upper Hyde Park-gardens. Sir Eardloy Eardley Wilmot, Bart., Queen's Gate, Hyde Park. BANKERS. Union Bank of London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Reeves. BROKERS. Messrs. Lowndes, SurgeTy,indWOolley, Royal Exchange- bUildings. OFFICES-27, Cannon-street, London, Rc. SECRETARY (PRO TEM.) Henry C. Darlington, Esq. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been established for the purpose of facilitating the Registration of Titles to Landed Estates. under the provisions of the " Land Registration Act ;'' and also for the purchase of Freehold Land, the titles to which have been already registered, or are capable of being brought within the operation of the Act. The especial object of this Company is to assist owners of property who, fr' m want of funds or other cans 5, have hi they o been unable to avail themselves of the advantages offered by the Act. The Company will undertake the exa mination and registration of titles to Landed Estates; it will rovide the funds for the necessary preliminary expenditure; discharge the various incumbrances, where the vain,. of the estate bears a just proporti , n to the amount charged upon it; and will also facilitate the arrangements of persons de sirous of lending or borrowing on landed security. Whilst, from the nature of these operations and the securities held by the Company, it will be proti - eted aealnst all risk of loss, considerable profit must be derived, and owners of land will find their advantage in the increas ed value of their property. The Company re-sellanywill purchase Registered an d o th er L anded. Estates, them in lots or otherwise, where the ad vantages of a simple and Parliamentary title enable them to rffeet the distribution and re-sale without delay and without expense. REGISTERED LAND COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that NO APPLICA- T lON for SHARES in this Company will be received after WEDNESDAY next, the 15th instant, for London ; and THURSDAY, the 18th instant, tor the Country. By order, . HENRY C. DARLINGTON, Secretary pro tem. 27, Cannon-street, London, February 9, 1865. There is no speaking 16r speaking's sake, no display of any kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark."—Eri tish Standard. London: F. 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The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate w;th the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., •Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Curnhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Scc. THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected , rom want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have been sent away in fire years. Here are brief details of a few of the most recent cases : - F. v., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeles j, both parents dead. 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RIMMEL'S NEW PERFUMED VALENTINES.—The Valentine of the Language of Flowers; the Sachet Va'entine; the Photographic Valen tine ; the Mirror Valentine; St. Valentine's Gloves, ts. each. Either sort by post 14 stamps.-96, Strand; 128, Regent street; and 24, Cornhill, London. TEETH. —Mr. ALBERT, Dentist, 34, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. ARTIFICIAL TEI.IIII of the best quality, fixe , l on tne improved principles. without pain, from £4 4s. to £8 Bs. the Set Decayed and painful Teeth rendered useful, and irreaula ritio-s corrected. (See Testimonials.) Established 33 years. Consultations free. The King of Greece and his Uncle. ATHENS, Feb. 1. A circumstance occurred here the day before yes terday which has provoked considerable public com ment. Prince Julius of Glucksburg, one of the King's uncles, has been staying at Athens for some days on a visit to his Majesty. During King George's absence from the palace on Monday Prince Julius received Messrs. Mavrocordato, Tricoupi, Miaoulis, Bulgaris, Zaimis, Coundourioti, and Christides in his private apartments. These gentle men represent nearly every shade of political opi nion among the Opposition. After a few words of welcome Prince Julius said that he had requested their presence to ask them a few questions upon the present state of Greece, which, from all he could hear, did not appear to be very satisfactory. M. Mavrocordato replied that they were hardly in a position to afford precise in formation upon the required points, which could only be given by the Ministry. Prince Julius then inquired about the persons comprising the Court, to which M. Triqoupi hastened to reply that the presence near the King of an irresponsible Coun cillor was contrary to constitutional principles. Count Sponneck had more than once interfered in the affairs of Greece, and his position therefore was very equivocal. He admitted, however, that in his private capacity the count had always conducted himself with propriety, and that no exception could be taken to his manners. M. Bulgaris agreed with the observations of the preceding speaker, stating that, under his Ministry, Count Sponneck had interfered with the business of Government, had often asked questions upon the condition of affairs, had given advice, and tried to learn all that took place. M. Zaimis was of a different opinion. He thought the King should have a councillor about his person to advise and watch over his Majesty, and that there was no objection to that councillor being the King's uncle instead of Count Sponneck. The speaker declared that, under his administration, Count Sponneck never intered with the business of Govern ment, that the Ministers had only private relations with him, and had access to the King without any intermediate person. M. Christides agreed with M. Zaimis upon the necessity of a councillor for the King, and also stated that Count Sponneck had never interfered with the business of Government while he had been in the Cabinet. M. Miaoulis, while also of opinion that the King ought to have a private adviser, abstained from saying anything with regard to Count Sponneck. He had not taken any part in public affairs before the revolution, and was therefore not in a position to express an opinion. Prince Julius next asked his visitors what they thought of the Ministry. MM. Bulgaria and Christides answered that the Government was very badly conducted, and that after the dissolution of the Assembly a Cabinet ought to have been formed not belonging to either of the two extreme parties. The obstinacy of Count Sponneck alone had re tained the present Ministry in office, contrary to the interests of the country. M. Bulgaria here flatly accused M. Christides of flagrant self-contradiction. He had first stated that Count Sponneck never interfered with public busi ness, and he now declared that the present Ministry owed to him their continuance in office. This he hearsay--a method unworthy o co f ul a d pu o b n li ly e k in n a o n w . from hearsa M. Mavrocordato remarked upon the difference of opinion expressed by men who had been in the Cabinet and who belonged to opposite parties. Prince Julius lastly asked whether his visitors considered the departure of Count Sponneck would remove all difficulties ? To which M. Tricoupi re plied in the negative. The interview then ended. - ;Upon the King's return to the palace, and being informed of what had taken place, hls Majesty ex pressed extreme annoyance. The Ministry, not less astonished, had met at the residence of M. Kanaris, the President of the Council, and were still in deli beration as to the best course to adopt, when they received orders to present themselves before the King. It was then late in the evening. His Ma- The fall of Fort Fisher, as you truly remark, presents points of deep interest to the country and to those who study the art of war. lam convinced to a very great extent of the soundness of Admiral Porter's conclusion, for there can be no doubt that Fort Fisher was a much more formidable work than the Malakhoff, with the advantage of modern ord nance and science. But when he draws an exulting comparison between the prolonged and honourable resistance of the Malakhoff against the allied forces of Great Britain and France and the rapid capture of Fort Fisher by the Federals, I must beg to differ, as there is no analogy in the events ; for, while Fort Fisher " was captured by a handful of men, under the fire of the guns of the fleet," and in " seven hours after the attack commenced in ear nest," the Malakhoff Tower was free from the fire of the guns from the allied fleets. We once went in at the sea faces of Sebastopol with an enormous force of wooden ships, unaided by ironclads, and we never tried it again. All who saw these magnifi cent fleets defied by a lesser number of guns in a fortress deplored this waste of power, dooming thousands of fine fellows to be comparatively inac tive spectators of a great struggle. This first sug gested to me the necessity of having some machines better adapted for the offensive purposes of warfare than wooden three-deckers like the Victoria, and I then proposed Monitors, or rather " Lady Nancy" rafts, for this purpose. How far my view s were right has been answered by the fall of Fort Fisher, although it may be said the Moni- tors did not succeed at Charleston. But an attack by sea to be successful must always depend upon being able to concentrate a numerical superiority of guns against any portion of a stronghold, so as to silence its offensive powers, when the other contin gent and outlying works must fall in detail, if not evacuated, as in the case of Fort Fisher. But in the case of the Charleston affair there were only 23 guns afloat brought to bear against some 100 guns, besides the difficulties of an intricate channel and confined waters. At present I will leave the ques tion of forts and ships, as now the great interest of this country is ship against ship, for it is in the open sea we shall have to test our supremacy, and it is as well in the great race of reconstruction now going on to weigh carefully Admiral Porter's and others' remarks, elicited as they have been by ac tual warfare. In your leading article of the 6th you point out the tonnage of these Monitors. First, let me call attention to the smallness of these vessels compared with any we have that could attempt to cope with them. The smaller Monitors are 1,034 tons, and the Monadnock, although only 1,564 tons, Admiral Porter says would destroy any vessel we have in the British navy. In this I cannot agree with the gallant Admiral, for I believe the Royal Sovereign—though but a conversion—if she had proper guns supplied her, to be a good match for the Monadnock. How ever, on both sides of the water it. now appears: to be admitted that in actual fight of ship against ship the turret ship must have great superiority. Our larger ships run up to 6,000 tons, and we have no ironclad approaching so small a tonnage as these monitors, except the Research and Enterprise, which have not as yet been tried in a gale of wind, and cannot even attempt to carry these heavy guns. Admiral Porter says, for all services he would prefer the Ironsides to the Monadnock, but that the latter would be more than a match for her. I have not the list of the Federal navy before me, but I believe the Ironsides is 3,400 tons, and conse quently twice as large as the Monadnock. There fore the question is now reduced to the respective sea-going qualities of these vessels and general com forts of the crew while on service. This, however, must be a matter of comparison, as we find from the little experience gained at sea with our ironclads that they are all condemned as sea-going vessels, except the four first constructed—Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and Resistance, which leads us to the unpalatable conclusion that the bulk of our iron dads are little better than floating batteries, but could all be knocked to pieces by the Royal Sove reign or Monadnock. The experience of the Moni tors in gales of wind (which none of ours have been in except the Warrior and Prince Consort), will show that the turret principle, adapted for sea-going ships as I propose, would possess a very great ad vantage over our fleet of floating batteries, both for comfort and the essentials of a sea-going ship. We hear of these Monitors being only one or two feet out of the water, with their turrets amidships, tiubyh sea-goingee the vessel withtt en riding ivrthet hr sstheelatsmthneurraoisettthntshledsetrh vessels s g els ales in , atnhdeirweeeamthpearninyg. them The proposeamonamidships, protectedym aB r ar f e rwsbou feet weightiestear et instead osimilaruti3o portion to ftwi beinget a h nt e eo s r e f, wholly exposed, the lower portion and base of the turret is protected by a square or circular box, which admits of another deck and light topsides being built up at the extremities over which the guns fire, and giving this extra space between decks for the accommodation of the crew above the water line, instead of being cooped up below the water line. The weight of this extra deck and upper works would require but a small increase of tonnage to these Monitors, and would not then bring them up to anything like half the tonnage of our sea-going Warrior or floating batteries, at the same time pre serving the light ends, which, with the weights cen tralised, is the secret of these Monitors' good beha viour in a seaway, and thus combining a commodious vessel with a deck sufficiently high out of the water t t h o e gi s v am e t e h t e hm us e u r a e l ta co inin mfo g r t t h in e fi a g m ht o in d g era pe te w s e ea rs , e b f but es a e t Monitors. I will not enter into particulars of defensive powers beyond that on the turret principle, from from the small area to be plated in proportion to the broadside system, greater thickness of armour can be given, or with the same thickness greater speed. Admiral Porter says he would rather be behind a wooden vessel's side, where he knew what was coming, than inside a turret, but that the cap tains of the Monitors have the greatest confidence in their vessels ; and the few casualties in the Mo nitors show us the gallant Admiral would have a better chance of telling his tale after fighting an action behind ten inches of iron in a turret than three feet of wood. The American reports are well worth attention. Every word of Admiral Porter's should be weighed, and, for my part, those opinions, as well as the Rolfe Krake's and Russian Monitors' behaviour in gales of wind, leave me nothing further to say. But as nearly all our heavy ironclads, which Lord C. Paget tells us have cost nearer half than a quarter of a million each, are not seaworthy, is it not a pity that in the year 1865 we should have no seagoing turret ship in the British navy which, by a fair and unprejudiced trial, would enable us to judge for ourselves how far the Americans are right, and the turret can be used for security to our co untr y and commerce ? Since writing the above I have received a publica tion from America, in which, in describing the PORTSMOUTH, Monday. The court sat at half-past nine this morning, being the fifth day of this inquiry. Mr. Watts, the master, was recalled, and, ques tioned as to the stowage beneath the handing-room of the after magazine. There were 60 or 70 boxes of candles stored there, as well as a quantity in the bread-room. They were stowed in the starboard wing. There was a large quantity on board. If a lighted candle had fallen from the handing-room flat it would have fallen only upon casks of flour. William Aldred, chief gunner's mate, said he was in the after magazine. All the proper magazine men were there on the afternoon of the 14th, until the retreat was beaten. He locked up the maga zine. He did that afternoon send up to say that the lights burnt badly. One of the candles went out. It grew more and more dim until it went out. This was the light at the fore-end. He did not remember seeing the lamp-trimmer that day, but through the bull's-eye saw the ship steward's boy replacing the burnt-out candle by another. He saw no one about the lights about the time this candle began to grow dim. No light could have been taken away from that part of the ship, or they would have been left in perfect darkness. He missed no light from the starboard side of the magazine. He had no idea how the fire originated. Pasco William Priddell, the ship's steward's boy, was recalled, and said he did not take down a second candle. He lighted the candles in the light room with a lantern, having a piece of " dip" in it. He did not blow the dip out after that, but took it up in the lantern and lighted the one light on the orlop deck, and also the four lights in the bread room. He did not take a lantern down with him the second time. He was subjected to a severe cross-examina tion, but in no particular of importance was his evi dence in chief altered. The President—On your oath, can you say you did not at any time by accident drop a light of any sort into the hold, or any other place ? Witness—l can swear that I did no such thing. I can swear I never dropped a naked light in any dangerous place whatever. William Brennan, gunner's mate, could give no information as to the fire, he having been on the doctor's list.. He was in the water over an hour and a half, hanging on by a rope. He could not swim. He was much annoyed during that tiNe by falling .parg And molten load.' He was taken off by Mr. Mandeville in the second trip, and then volunteered to go in again. The President—lt is - highly creditable to you then. Witness had .on the frock he wore at the time ; it was much marked by molten lead, some of which also burnt the hair from his head. Thomas James, bandsman, was in the shell-room on the 14th, but saw no one about who was not sta tioned there. He remained there until the fire-bell rang, ,and when he left neither saw fire nor smoke. Henry Rogers, second captain of the hold, said he was last in the hold on the day before the fire. He had never known a leakage to occur in the breaker, or in any cask in the spirit-room. He was on the upper deck when the fire-bell rang, and afterwards went to the foremost pump on the orlop deck. James Garrahan, assistant engineer, was recalled, and said he was stationed in the engine -room at fire-quarters, and remained there about half an hour after the fire-bell rang. An order passed from the upper deck was the occasion of his leaving. The engine-room was then filled with dense smoke, the lights were going out, and the flames coming in by the store. The Court then adjourned for one hour and a half, to enable Captain Campbell to prepare his defence. On the Court re-opening all the officers and crew of the late Bombay were admitted into Court. The defence was as follows : Mr. President and gentlemen of this hon. Court —lf anything could alleviate the great pain which I feel at finding myself, for the first time during a period of 20 years years of service in the navy, in the position I now occupy before the Court, it lies in the consoling reflection that the investigation which has just closed has not, I would most respect fully submit, elicited any fact which should oblige me to qualify the statement I am about to make in defence, either of my own conduct or that of the officers and crew under my command. Even this, however, fails to compensate for the great distress of mind which the loss of the fine ship lately under my command, and of so many valuable lives, has caused me. I need scarcely assure the Court that did we not all feel that, humanly speaking, every possible exertion was made to save both the ship and those on board of her, and that the disaster is not traceable to any neglect of duty or carelessness on the part of the officers or the crew, that distress would have been most deeply aggravated. Prior to this inquiry no pains have been spared to arrive at the cause of the catastrophe, and the result of the present searching investigation will account for the failure of our efforts, and will prove to the Court how unavailing all attempts to unravel this mystery must be. Our most earnest desire through out has been to discover the origin of the fire, and with this view we have courted the fullest inquiry. I trust the Court will bear testimony to the willing ness and openness with which all information has been afforded both by officers and crew, and that it will consider that the evidence so elicited as to the state of order the ship was in fully justifies the eulo glum passed upon the Bombay by the admiral, whose flag she carried, on the report of inspection made only twelve days before she was destroy f ed. the i have not hesitated to place at the disposa l Court the whole of the written eviden ce . ti o b o l t a i _i ial i i ed . from the officers and crew of their ven cli ' a ? an conduct at the time of the disas. gi 'ately after inquiry, instituted by wards, which, unmade with a an y court, I thoughmyst view of being prove that laid l before any am proud to think no blame attaches touotnt;hyose under my command and that afterwards every before the fire brokewas out at his station doing his officer and man duty, where he continue permittedunflinchinglyedto u to de performwith it to the end. I may be gratification to the fact that during the whole course of ti ns ' inquiry there has never b een a ques tion a s to the propriety of the m easures taken raised to save both the ship and the crew during the fire. The responsibility of having to decide in a few moments at such a crisis between the possibility of saving the ship and the moral obligation not to sac rifice oo many lives in the attempt was the most „ 4.-- .7›"N s !serious which can possibly devolye'crtlqkit.J Irc; !tThheeskfait,thwahilt t e lie we la w u e n r ch e was • actaalleitirtrVAlents. 47 thouot,odthoeurbhtloessstsp, rthovoesugshatgoisfetalloc hour after the fire was reported, were not ordered • out before it was necessary. The • heroic conduct and steady discipline of the officers and men who remained on board the ship, nobly doing their duty under momentary expectation 7n° 13. 16: ? urst:l / on the explosion of the magazine, while large shel nle w s: dtueotaryvi::6'7” between decks, was only equalled by the devotion displayed by many of those in the boats, who, not withstanding the fact that some of the guns w ere shotted, that masts were falling over the side, that the whole ship was wrapped in flames, and that an explosion was imminent, pulled in and picked up those who, unable to swim, were still clinging to the ship ; thus saving by means of the ship's boats alone 525 lives out of 619. When it is remembered that in the year 1800 the Queen Charlotte, of 100 guns, carry the flag of Lord Keith, was burnt off Leghorn, three or four leagues from the shore, and only 167 men saved out of the whole crew, although many hours elapsed before they were compelled to desert the ship, and assistance was rendered from the shore ; and that in 1807, the Ajax, 74, Captain the lion. H. Blackw oo d, was b urn t i n t h e Dar fdoarntuellneast,elyclose to the shore, w h en 250 men we re lost, d ap isa, pa ste re r nt, is that no t t houg w h ith u o n ut - it will be the parallel in the records of the navy, the ability and promptitude with which the necessary measures were carried out by the officers, and the order and discipline displayed have l 'the crew of her Majesty' s l a t o ship Bombay, never been surpassed. I have already alluded to those acts of gallantry conspicu ously displayed at a time when a ll were v i e i ng w i t h each other in doing their duty, and I will therefore now confidently leave it to the Court to appreciate their conduct, without "reviewing the details which have been already before it ; but I cannot refrain from saying here that to Commander iVilson I am chiefly indebted for the admirable arrangements and excellent discipline which had prevailed previously, which I hope has been apparent to the Court ; and it is to the pertinent suggestions, noble, self-d evoted conduct, that I mainly attribute, under Providence, the fact of our being enabled to save so many lives. With reference to the remaining officers of her Ma jesty's late ship Bombay, and the ship's company generally, I feel that in making this statement if I have failed to create the favourable im pression on their behalf which they deserve, it is due to no lack of desire upon my part to repre sent their merit, but rather to the want of ability to express it. We have all been placed upon our trial, but it has devolved upon me alone to assure this Court —which I now do in the name of myself and of those whom I have the honour to command— that we are unconscious of any act of negligence to which the fire could be attributed, and that when this appalling disaster overtook us we endeavoured, in so far as in us lay, to do our duty as British officers and seamen. The above defence was supplemented by two letters, one of which referred to the kindness with which all hands were treated by both French and Italians at Monte Video, and which spoke in the highest terms of the great sympathy shown towards them and the assistance rendered under the dis tressing circumstances. The Court adjourned to consider their judgment, and remained in consultation one hour. • THE JUDGMENT. The Officiating Judge Advocate then read the following judgment :—The Court having heard the narrative of the said Captain Colin A. Campbell of the circumstances relating to the loss of her Ma jesty's ship Bombay, find that the ship was, on the 14th December, 1864, destroyed by fire off Flores Light, in the River Plate ; but after a patient and careful investigation, extending over a period of five days, are of opinion there is no evidence among the surviving officers and crew of the said ship by which the origin of such fire can be traced, and do there fore adjudge the said Colin A. Campbell and all the surviving officers and ship's company of her Ma jesty's late ship Bombay to be acquitted of the blame in respect thereto. The-Court are of opinion that after the fire was discovered all efforts were made to subdue it, but proved unavailing in consequence of the extremely complete state of the ventilation of the ship causing the fire to gain ground with extraordinary rapidity ; that the ship was not abandoned till all hopes of saving her were at an end, and the officers and crew forced overboard by the flames ; that the steadiness and discipline displayed and maintained under the very trying circumstances were extremely creditable to the captain, officers, and ship's company, and that the saving of such a large number of the ship's company was mainly due to the foresight with which the boats were hoisted out; that the said Captain C. A. Campbell and the surviving officers of the ship's company are hereby fully acquitted of all blame accordingly. The court cannot separate without calling attention to the mode of ventilating the spirit room in her Majesty's late ship Bombay, whereby easy access was afforded by fire to the spirit room, and are of opinion that every precaution should be taken to secure the spirit-room against such access. The Court consi der it a duty to call the attention of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty to the many instances of heroism and devotion exhibited by the officers and men in the numerous cases that have been men tioned in these proceedings, and that the example set by the officers must have contributed largely to the saving of so many lives. The President said—Captain Campbell, I have the greatest pleasure in returning you your sword ; Commander Wilson the same, and to the officers the same also. lam sure that the way you have all behaved is most creditable to you. 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