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MANUFACTORY AND SRO W-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. The Stranding of the lowa. OFFICIAL REPORT. Greenwich Police-court, March 17, 1865. Report of the inquiry into the stranding of the steam ship lowa, at Omonville, on the coast of France, on the 6th of December, 1864 : The lowa was an iron screw steamer, barque-rigged, of 1,781 tons register, 400 horse power, built at Water ford in the year 1864, and the property of Messrs. Mal colmson and Co., of that city. She was employed in the trade between London and Now York, via Havre, and at the time of her loss had on board 170 to 180 passengers, and a general cargo of 800 tons. This was her third voyage, and she was commanded by Captain Stephen Jarman, and manned by a crew of 56, including the master and three mates. Captain Jarman had commanded the ship from the time of her launch, and holds a Board of Trade certificate of competency, dated 28th of January-, 1853. The lowa was swung for devia- t a i n o d n a i n e a S r e d p t o e f m d b e e v i r a l a t s il t m , w m h a e d n e , h w er h c i c o h m p w a s a s s e founds w wee e t o a dj be u s e toerd rect on her former voyages out and home. One of her steering compasses, which had been found to oscillate on her homeward voyage, was exchanged for a heavier one before leaving London on this voyage. On the 3d of December she took her departure from London, arrived at Havre on the 4th, and took her departure from thence on the 6th, at 230 p.m., laying her course at N.W. N. from Fairway Buoy, which course the master considered would clear Cape Barfleur Light at a distance of about five miles. At 830 p.m. Cape Barfleur Light was sighted, bearing W.S.W., at a supposed distance of four to six miles. In the master's opinion the distance was only four miles, or a little more, and accordingly he altered the course a point and a half to the northward for an hour—a very proper precaution. At 930 the course is altered to N.W. W., and at 10 15 p.m. the light on Cape Levi is sighted, bearing S. by E., at a supposed distance of nine to ten miles. This nwr. W. course was steered till 11.40, when the land was suddenly seen, and before the ship's course could be altered or stopped, she went on the rocks in the neighbourhood of Omonville, four to five miles to the eastward of Cape La Hague. The passengers and crew were all saved, but the vessel was much damaged, and the cargo injured. The fact of the ship going ashore in this unaccountable manner, under no unfavourable state of weather or other circumstances, necessarily induced an inquiry into the cause of the loss, and upon that inquiry the accompanying evidence has been taken. 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Last year no fewer 11, :n 45 5 poor. friendless, young females were rejected Irom b et . t et FUNDS and room, making a total al 3,037, who have 01 " sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few , b ernost recent cases : ";• aged 15, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. F. aged 13, homeless, both parents dead. aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother. e aged 15, fallen, mother dead. • Ft A ~ aged 15, fallen. mother dead, aged 16. fallen. both parents dead. aged 14, hrmeless, desertea by her parents, A. , aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A . ' l ,• aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. aged 18, fallen, father dead. 8' aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, W I, aged 17, fallen, both pan nts dead. ki •,-"••• W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. Th . ' , aged 15, fallen, both parents de td. e new home the Committee wish to form would be for ilti; e n : girls, almost children, from the age of e to 15, who been led astray from the path of virtue. it,,../ltributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary. Ilk.N. e ! ay and aniel CCo.. ooper Lomb 85 d -street r t, Cheapside; or by Messrs . AILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and HO WE, Hampstead. Officea. 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. t kbt,s, TRUSTEES. '"e Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon rhampneys Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. L. Bevan Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. jith inStitatiOn , is designed to supply a great national t he viz., an asylum for the orphal daughters of sailors in It ßo Yal Ntrvy and Merchants service and of Marines. !erv; and clothes maintains and educates them se for domestio ' provides a' home free of exoen for former i ttriZ e ß while out of situations, thus shielding them from the N 'trations they might otherwise be exposed to. ;04,,Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU- N;,. to meet the inc east g applications through the h en;"„ B ,terms and less f life at sea, and to enable them - 'e.e." 4,1 3 7 to obtain premises more commensurate w.th the 4, - siies of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 I Tho r ,! a nnually by casualties alone, without including Close ,N t Cay perish by war ilrei:eriPtions thankfully received by the banker., Messrs. 'v, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre at the Offices, No. 77, Curnhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Sec. °YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, wily 1 , in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Kati errninus, King's-cross. Vici. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Patron—Fl is Royal Highness the Prince of W A LE q, K.G e sident_flis grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, K.G. :IP11'111r: H ospital, ioundei in the year 1828, the first to estab ;,ue de? Princip'e ot fr ee admission to the sick poor, without "fid e aY and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly "it 4,t for Support on voltintarycontributions and legacies. r liti r ;` ) rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in 4414 this, the average number of attendance of the e sick has for a considerable period averaged between 15 1 tie nd 4 ,000 weekly. t,.,'llesjhlinittee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the t" ) ,'tah.,',cht, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of ''s re" -g several hundred more beds, had the Committee t (::041uisite funds to maintain them. 4pte4:lll),itions are received by the Treasurer ; Edward 111ts 7 k m airon,,,,ti, Nicholas -lane; also by stest.rs. Coutts and Co.;C P4, - ` ll ' and Co. ; G;yn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Hansom tt-4-clav-; P rescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; e e,si,,aud Co. ; W hams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur , Co.; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street Barned and -Tern o ,,, vi ; and at the ilosolbil. from 10 till 5. 13TANFORD 13AMU Secretary. HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N., for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, o f Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those urging on crime, underlo years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., my, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq. , M.P. I Sir S. M. Seto, Bart, M.P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. 31`Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. I Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Ledge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George M00..e. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. 11. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.C. Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. tharles, 26, Suffolk-street, P4ll-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street, .C, This Home was opened in April, 18131. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify then for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tendar age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 109, and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the neces.ary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to p'ead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of.some who have been already admitted, they ask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers for lite because one of them (the naughty boy of the fam ly) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not 1p her to put one of them into a Home, but that the v must ail go into "the house ?" Is it doing the bast we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto s that when these little ones have unnatural parents wh.; turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to " tin away," none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe th m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper?" The mode of admission to the House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. l'oys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught ill they are 11 years o. age. With the view lo a. cure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. 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The half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Great Western Hotel, Pad dington ; Mr. Vaughan in the chair. The Secretary having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was held as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he regretted that he could not on that occasion offer them a higher dividend on the ordi nary stock than at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Were it not for the extra cost of hiring two loco motive engines and the expense of an accident that occurred on the line, together amounting to above £3,000, they would have been enabled to declare a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. instead of 4 per cent. as proposed. The report was adopted, and a dividend on the ordinary stock of the company was declared at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum for the past 7 months. The meeting was then made special for the pur pose of considering and confirming an agreement for amalgamating the undertaking with that of the Great Western Railway Company on a similar principle to that by which the South Wales Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western and West Midland Railway Companies, the Vale of Neath proportion of net receipts being 5.0625 per cent. of the total net receipts of the united companies, with a fixed minimum of £85,000 a year. After some observations by Mr. Russell, Mr. J. M. Parsons, Mr. Herapath, and Mr. Williams, the general manager, a formal resolution approving and confirming the agreement for amalgamation with the Great Western Company, on the terms pro posed, was carried unanimously, and the directors were authorised to take such steps as might be ne cessary to carry the amalgamation into effect. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. PORTPATRICK. The report of the directors states that since the last ordinary meeting of the company, an agreement had been concluded with the Caledonian Railway Company to work and maintain the Portpatrick line for a period of 21 years from the Ist October last, commencing at a maximum rate of 38 per cent. of the gross receipts, and falling to 35 per cent. as the traffic increased; and they were besides to pay to the company £3OO rent for the workshops, and a portion of the annual sum payable to the town councils of Stranraer and Wigtown, in redemption of petty cus toms and harbour dues. The engines, carriages, waggons, and tools in the workshops had been dis posed of to the Caledonian Company on advanta geous terms, and from the funds thus realised, and from the price of 1,000 additional ordinary shares taken up by the London and North-Western Rail way Company, the directors had been enabled to pay off about £30,000 of the money borrowed on debenture, and to provide sufficient means to clear off the whole liabilities of the company, including the Parliamentary expenses of the two acts of last session. The half-yearly statement included four months of the working of the line under the agree ment with the Caledonian Company. The directors confidently anticipated that the revenue of the cur rent half-year would, under the reduced expendi ture, enable the proprietors to declare a small divi dend on the ordinary shares at the next general half yearly meeting. The capital account showed that £583,518 had been expended, leaving a balance of £15,649. The revenue account showed that £9,161 had been received and £5,428 expended, leaving a balance of £4,317, including £585 from the preced ing half-year. From the balancewas deducted £3,258 forinterest on mortgages, £55 debenture charges, and £l6 for interest of bankers, leaving a bala.nce of £989. SCINDE. The report of the directors states that from the opening of the line to Dec. 30, 1863, a net profit of £28,333 was paid to Government in reduction of interest advanced; and on June 30, 1864, a further sum of £3,458 was available for " the same purpose. The traffic receipts for the second half of 1861 amounted to £19,361, for the same half of 1862 to £62,837, for the same half of 1863 to £100,463, and for the second half of 1864 to £94,544. During the half-year ending Dec. 31 the average weekly receipts amounted to £1,680, the gross return in the half-year being £43,668. The receipts per mile per week aver aged £l6, and per train mile about ss. 6d. The com pany's officers have had under consideration a revi sion of the existing rates for conveyance, which ap peared to be on too low a scale. The line throughout was in good working order. No accident either to a train or passenger had happened during the half -year. The number of passengers carried was 53,480. Con siderable progress had been made with the survey of the country along the valley of the Indus. The chief engineer and staff charged with the sur vey, on entering the independent State of Bahawulpore, were received with much cor diality by the Khan, who evinced a thorough ap preciation of the benefits which the proposed railway would confer upon his territory. The sum of £1,938,819 had been expended on capital account. During the half-year the vessels of the flotilla had plied regularly, their voyages having been performed with only the trifling casualties incidental to the navigation of the river. The gross earnings of the fleet for the six months ending the 31st of December were about £44,000, and after deducting cost of stores and working expenses there remained about £14,000. The capital expended on the flotilla amounted to £377,496. PUNJAB. The report of the directors states that this rail way was completed throughout from Umritsur to Mooltan, although not yet opened for public traffic. Upon the 19th of December, 1864, the last rail was laid, and on the 23d of that month a train was run through from end to end ; since that date trains with materials for construction purposes had been running throughout the line. It was confidently anticipated that the line would be opened through.. out for traffic in March. The directors had to de plore the great loss which they had sustained in the death of their agent and representative, Mr. Stevens, under whose very able and energetic administration this important undertaking had been brought to a successful issue. The total receipts on the section, 32 miles in length, open for traffic amounted for the half-year to £8,730, and the working expenses were about 61.6 per cent. of the gross receipts. The ex penditure on capital account amounted to £l, 897,4 12 . DELHI. The directors' report states that the works on this line had been actively commenced. Large quanti ties of permanent way materials had already been shipped, the contractors being determined to lose no time in pushing on the works. It was intended to carry on operations at both ends of the line simultaneously ; and as great facilities of transport would be afforded by the completion of the Punjab Railway, which would place one end of the line at Umritsur in steam communication with the port of Kurrachee, while Ghazeeabad, at the other extremity, was connected with Calcutta by the East Indian Railway, there was every reason to feel assured that the railway would be completed throughout within the term of five years. The capital account showed that £56,024 had been expended to the 30th of Sep tember, leaving a balance of £990,907. WATTON AND THETFORD. A line is proposed between Watton and Thet ford, running through Griston, Stow Bedon, Breccles, Hockham, and Wretham, and joining th e Great Eastern Railway at Roadham-bottom. The length of this line is about 10 miles, and it is estimated that it could be carried out for £60,000. If the project should be persevered in it will be necessary iIIAPE 'N „r~-;=~ ~'+~-{ to apply to Parliament next session ter : construct it. t'tL L ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The financial statement of this company for the month 'of February shows that 19,572 acres of land . were sold during the month for $228,963. The cash collected in February amount to $238,797. In the railway department the traffic receipts for the month of February last amounted to $592,555, against $416,588 for the same month in 1864, showing an increase of $105,967. 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It is not at all improbable that, owing to occasional haziness of the weather, the distance of the lights at Capes Barfleur and Levi may not have been accurately ascertained. When there are no cross bearings, or bearings taken at intervals of time, it is very easy to make an error in calculating dis tances, and it is not improbable that Cape Barfleur might have been loss than 4 miles distant, and Cape Levi consi derably less than 10. But making large allowance for any inaccuracy of this kind, it is impossible by that means to account for so great a deviation in so short a time. From the supposed position of the ship at 10 15 to the rocks of Omonville (a distance of 10 to 12 miles), would be a devia tion of 4 to 41 points from the course:appearing in the log. The evidence of Capt. Trivett is an attempt to explain the cause of this deviation. After referring to the usual and ascertained causes of disturbance of compasses on board iron ships, viz., the vertical iron of the ship and transverse beams of the deck, the heeling deviation, and that arising from the permanent magnetism of the ship contracted from her position in building, he concludes thus :—" The effect of these combined causes, in my opinion, would draw the needle to the port beam of the ship, and would fully ac count for destroying the directive power of the needle." He adds :—" I have heard the evidence given in this case, and the courses steered, and the position of the ship off Capes Barfleur and Levi, and believe that the catastrophe was caused by the total loss of the directive force of the needle." Without going the length of Capt. Trivett's opinion, it is sufficiently evident that there must have been some powerful and unobserved cause of deviation, and it remains to be considered whether the result, viz., the loss of the ship, was caused or might have been prevented by the master. When the master altered the course of Cape Barfleur to N.N.W. it was a prudent measure, and it would have been still more prudent if he had taken a cast or two of the lead at thq _same timo. .It is jiist possible he might have found himself even nearer land than he supposed ; at all events it would have evinced a care fulness which would have stood him in good stead in the event of any unforeseen accident occurring afterwards. This may, therefore, to a certain extent, be considered as a default on his part; but, as it would not in all probability have caused him to take such a different course as would have counteracted the effect of the subsequent deviation of compasses, it cannot be treated as a "default causing the loss of the ship," within the meaning of the statute. Having once set his course when off Cape Levi, it is not probable he would have used the lead again in the interval between that time and his going ashore. In this view of the case it was the opinion of the nautical assessor; in which I con cur, that the loss of the lowa was not proved to have been caused by the wrongful act or default of the master, and that his certificate should be returned to him with a strong admonition that it would have been a prudent measure to have ascertained by soundings the exact position of his ship when shaping his course from Cape Barfleur as a point of departure. The very general and prevailing neglect of the use of the lead on board of steamships requires a con stant repetition of this caution, which becomes more espe cially necessary in the case of iron ships, in which, from the numerous disturbing causes, the correctness of the compasses can be less relied on. JAMES TRAIIL, Stipendiary Magistrate. We concur in this report. JonN Cow, 1 Nautical Assessors. JOHN DOMETT, Naval and Military Intelligence. The Harrier, 17, screw co rve t te, C omman d er m W o illi rn am ing at li S . pFitehnewadiebky' was inspected yesterday Capt. Francis Scott, C. 8., aide-de-camp to the Queen, and flag-captain to Michael co mm Sey a m n o d ur er ,.. in_ Chief at G.C.8., Port Ad miral and Sir Naval Ports mouth. The Harrier afterwards wen t i n t o Ports mouth Harbour, and was made fast alongside the dockyard, where she will be dismantled and paid out of commission. The ships of the Channel Fleet now lying at Spithead, and comprising the Achilles, Black Prince, Defence, and Liverpool, are under orders to sail for Portland Roads, when they have completed taking in their provisions, stores, &c. The Torch, 5, screw steam gun vessel, 428 tons, 80-horse power, Commander George A. Douglas, after having been tried at the measured mile was on Monday inspected at her moorings in Sheerness har bour by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, who was accom panied by his staff. The Torch left Sheerness for Portsmouth. en route for her destination this day. The Gladiator, 6, paddlewheel sloop, 1,210 tons, 430 horse power, Capt. Francis H. Shortt, arrived at Sheerness from Portsmouth on Monday, and proceeded to the Ocean coal hulk to recoal, prepa ratory to conveying the Ganges, 84, sailing vessel (which is to be converted into a receiving hulk at Portsmouth) to that port. The Gladiator will leave Sheerness on Thursday next. The Phaeton, 39, screw steam frigate, 2,396 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. George Le G. Bow year, which is to be paid out of commission on Friday next, is being dismantled with all despatch. In accordance with instructions received from the Lords of the Admiralty, a lieutenant, an assistant surgeon, three warrant officers, six engineers, and 35 stokers, belonging to the Sheerness Steam Re serve, will proceed on Monday next to the Victoria Docks to navigate the Minotaur, 26, screw steam iron ship, 6,621 tons, 1,350-horse power, re cently completed for the Admiralty by the Thames Iron Ship-building Company (limited), to Sheer ness, where she will be fitted for commission. The screw steam frigate Narcissus, 39, fitting at Devonport for an admiral's flag, was removed on Monday from Keyham steam-yard and taken out side Plymouth Breakwater to have her engines tested at the measured mile. She is now receiving her guns and being otherwise prepared for active service. Having completed defects, the screw steam cor vette Niger, 13, left Plymouth yesterday (Tuesday) for North America and the West Indies. The screw steamship Hawke, 60, Capt. Edmund Heathcote, recently engaged in the Coastguard ser vice in Ireland, was hauled on Monday from the Devonport Dockyard to the sheer hulk in Hamoaze, where her masts were taken out. Her crew.-will pro bably be paid off to-morrow, His Netherlands Majesty's screw steam vessel Het Loo, Commander Koning, 64 days from Sourabaya, bound to Nieuw Diep, put into Plymouth Sound on Monday short of fuel. The hired troop ship Tiverton, Capt. James Smith, belonging to Messrs. Coupland Brothers and Co., of Liverpool, arrived' in Plymouth Sound, on Saturday, with the left wing of the 28th Regiment on board from India. The Tiverton left Bombay November 5, and St. Helena, January 8. The troops on board consisted of Capt. Hackett, in command, and Mrs. Hackett, Capt. Ingham, Lieut. Prett, Lieut. Cook and Mrs. Cook, Lieut. Treeve and Mrs. Treeve, Ensign Mackenna, Ensign Smyth, Assist.-Surg. Wilson, M.D., 14 sergeants, 7 drum mers, and 274 rank and file. Mrs. Berry and two children, the family of the paymaster of the regi ment, were also passengers by the Tiverton. Major- Gen. Lord Templetown, Commander-in-Chief of the Western District, visited the troops ou board on Saturday, and the troops were subsequently landed by the Prospero, steamtug, at the `,,Royal William Victualling-yard, whence they marched to their quarters at the Raglan Barracks, Devonport. The military invalids brought to England from India by the sailing ship Calcutta were transferred from h at Spithead ancho rage by a Govern ment yesterday morning, to the Royal Victoria Hosittal at Netl e y. Th e Cal cu tta afterwards sailed for London. A court-martial assembled yesterday morning on r t steamera Military tship board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Thomas Green, a gunner in the Royal Marine Artillery, and serving on board her Majes ty's ship Edgar, on a charge of theft committed by him while on sentry. The charge was found partly proved, and the prisoner was sentenced to receive 361 ashes, andafterwardsbe.imprisoned:for six months in the Naval Gaol at Lewes. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander George A. Brine, to the Royal Adelaide ; Lieut. Robert H. Paul, Lieut. Albert T. O'Rorke, and Lieut. George R. Green, to the Defence ; Lieut. Edward Hicks to the Black Prince ; John S. L. Long, midshipman, to the De fence ; Philip Francis, midshipman, to the Black Prince ; James J, Diuggeridge, nomiluited to a naval cadetship ; Adam B. Messer, surg., to the Perseus ; E. J. llaysman, assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard ; and J.gnight, of the Indus, for the Clyde, promoted to be first-class assist.-engineer. The Royal Sovereign. The Royal Sovereign, turret ship, is filling up coals and stores in Portsmouth harbour, and other wise preparing for her ordered course of gunnery and other trials outside the Isle of Wight, under the direction of Captain Astley C. Key, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Excellent. Her short cruise outside the Isle of Wight with several of the Lords of the Admiralty on board, on the 17th inst., sufficiently demonstrated, by the time occupied in working the turrets and the slowness of fire from her guns, as compared with her efficiency when under Captain Osborn's command, the necessity of always keeping a full crew on board a ship whose gun drill differs so essentially from that at present practised on board all other ships of her Majesty's navy. Their lordships saw the turrets and guns all worked with great ease, making allowance for their ponderousness ; and the time occupied in traversing the turrets, and in re loading and firing the guns might have passed without any further comment were it not for the recollection of the much greater rapidity with which the turrets were revolved and fire delivered from their guns during her experimental shot practice in August last in St. Helen's roadstead, under Capt. Osborn's command, and the working of her old crew. It was certainly not to be expected that the ship's turrets should be nearly so rapidly revolved or so rapid a fire delivered from her guns by a crew mainly composed of men sent on board, at an hour's notice, from the Excellent— men who neither could have understood the work ing of the turrets nor the sighting of their guns as was done with her old and trained crew ; but this very fact is the strongest argument which can be used in favour of always keeping a full crew on board, and it also bears testimony to the zeal with which Capt. Sherard Osborn, his officers, and crew must have entered into their work to bring the Royal Sovereign to the very efficient state she had attained by the time her captain officially ceased to command her. When the ship is carrying on her experiments under Captain Key she will, of course, be fully manned, so far as the working of her guns are concerned, from her Majesty's ship Excellent, but it will also, we think, be admitted that it is requisite to keep her manned after the experiments are completed until she is again commissioned, even if she be kept nomi nally as a tender to the Excellent. Capt. Osborn's senior lieutenant still retains his position on board the ship. Many improvements in matters of detail relating to the fittings of the ship and turrets have been effected since the period of Captain Osborn's commission; but one important recommendation of Captain Osborn on his " Final Report of the Ship's Capabilities," that " a winch should be fitted to run the guns in and out with, instead of the old-fashioned tackle," has not yet been carried into effect. This is rather extraordinary, and must be owing to some oversight on the part of the authorities, as winchers are understood to be fitted for this purpose on board the Scorpion and Wyvern. It is urged that if we wish to keep our place in this race of reconstruction for the supremacy of the seas we must have big guns with power to work them, great speed to our ships under steam, minimum tonnage, or rather draught of water, and twin screws. With twin screws the Royal Sovereign's present powers of manoeuvring would be more than doubled, and with her present 12-ton guns rifled her powers of offence would also be doubled. As the opinions of Captain Sherard Osborn on the Royal Sovereign, her turrets, and her guns, cannot be otherwise than highly interesting, we take the present opportunity of appending a copy of his final report on the ship's capabilities to the Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., at the close of his services as her captain : " Her Majesty's ship Royal Sovereign, Portsmouth, Oct. 15, 1864. "Sir,—As her Majesty's ship Royal Sovereign is now paid off, I do myself the honour of forwarding to you a re port, dealing generally with my observations upon the ship, guns, and turrets. "2. Between the 28th of August and the 17th of Septem ber I was on ten different days under way in the Channel, and tested the vessel in weather ranging, from a perfect calm, with heavy swell, to a double-reefed topsail breeze and a smart sea. On one occasion I put her into the broken water of the Race of Portland just as a heavy gale had broken. " 3. On all occasions the ship behaved remarkably well. She is more buoyant than I should have anticipated ; very fast, considering how coarse a bow she has, and not wetter than might be expected for a vessel purposely cut down for harbour defence only. " 4. Her extreme rolls have only been 11 deg. each way. She has done this about 10 times in a minute ; about the same rate, I may observe, as the Albion rolled during her first experimental cruise. " 5. The great width of the upper deck is a serious defect, but that is purely owing to the ship being a converted vessel. " No vessel expressly constructed to carry turreis requires such a deck as we have (some 63 feet in width). "When rolling in a sea-way so wide a deck as ours,with a lowbulwark, has an insecure appearance, and when riding at anchor in bad weather the drift and wet blow along it in a very trying manner, severely punishing those exposed in charge of the watch ; fortunately, however, having no masts or yards, the crew of the Royal Sovereign need be little exposed to the weather, except for the lead and look out. '• The turrets and guns work admirably. We have now fired in all 177 rounds, under all conditions. The rolling of the ship does not affect the evolutions of either turret or guns. " 7. The only defects I can observe exist in the carriages being of wood instead of iron, and the necessity for a winch to run the guns in and out with instead of the old-fashioned tackle ; both these defects are in the course of being reme died. " 8: The aperture cut through the upper deck to allow the turrets to revolve upon the lower deck, instead of upon the upper deck, as in the American monitors, requires to be secured or covered in upon a better principle than has yet been adopted. " It involves the comfort and health of the crew, owing to the admission of much wet and damp between decks when fighting in a sea-way. When not fighting we cover it over with painted canvas and render it perfectly secure and safe. It is a mechanical question of a very ordinary character, and can be easily remedied when set about in earnest. "'9. To conclude, I am of opinion that the Royal Sovereign, as she now stands, is the most formidable vessel of war I have ever been on board of. She would easily destroy, if her guns were rifled, any of our present iron. clads, whether of the Warrior, Hector, or Research class. Her handiness, speed, weight of broadside, and the small target she offers increase tenfold her powers of assault and retreat; and I believe I see my way to firing by night from a turret with as much accuracy as by day, so long as the enemy is visible, "10. On the other hand, a vessel raged as she has been cannot be considered a deep sea cruiser, nor calculated to go to foreign stations, except in emergencies, or for special purposes—such, for instance, as when we sent our iron cased batteries to the Crimea. " 11. Vessels like the Royal Sovereign are admirably calculated for the defence of the coasts, harbours, and road steads of Great Britain. With 12 such converted vessels the fleet might be sent abroad to fight an enemy, and we could feel secure at home come what might, the more so as any naval officer would undertake to work and fight these vessels if manned by artillerymen, with only a dozen sailors to steer and take the lead. " 12. I see no limit to the weight of ordnance. which may be worked upon the turret principle, and there are many ways in which the revolving platform, apart from the iron cased turret, might be applied with the best result to any of our ordinary cruisers, whether of wood or iron. "13. I have, in conclusion, to say that as yet we have not curried away a gun-breeching, nor hurt so much as a man's finger nail in the working of our guns and turrets, and the only damage done has been, in my opinion, from the defective fittings on deck, such as weak cap-scuttles, &c., and the iniury to the hawse pipe, for which I am alone to blame, though that would not have occurred if there was less wood and more iron used i n t he construction of our iron-clad ships. SHERARD OsßonN, Captain. "To Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Bte., Connut %au-in-Chief." CAPE TOWN. The traffic on this company's line, 63 miles in length, amounted for the month of December to £1,899 for passengers, and to £995 for goods total, £2,894. The last six miles were opened on the 15th of December. The traffic receipts in the month of January last amounted to £3,510 for passengers, and to £1,189 for goods ; total, £4,699. DAGENHAM THAMES DOCK. It appears that Messrs. Rigby, the contractors, are to commence the construction of the docks im mediately after the completion of a station, on the London and Tilbury line, at Dagenham, for the accommodation of their workmen. Highland Society of London. The dinner to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Alexandria took place yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street ; his Grace the Duke, of Manchester, the president, in the chair. The hall, as on former occasions, was decorated with a large number of the banners of the various clans, the Royal Standard of Scotland waving be hind the chair. Grace having been said, on the removal of the cloth the usual loyal toasts were drunk , with loyal enthusiasm. The toast of the " Army, Navy, Militia, and Volunteers," was re sponded to by Major M‘Bean, 92d Highlanders, on behalf of the army ; and by Wingfield Malcolm, Esq., M.P., on behalf of the volunteers. Sir P. COLQUHOUN gave " The Health of the Chairman" in highly eulogistic terms, and the noble duke gracefully acknowledged the compliment. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the evening, for surely it was to be regarded in that light, it being the 21st March and the anniversary of the Battle of Alexandria. He had to propose in solemn silence the memory of Abercrombie and the gallant fellows who fell with him at the battle of Alexandria in 1801. It was, indeed, a most im portant battle, when the soldiers of England met those of the Republic of France, the result being most satisfactory to the Highlanders. It was said of Abercrombie by Gen. Hutchinson that he had lived in honour and died in glory. He died an enviable death for a British soldier. The 42d had been ridden over by the French Dragoons, and Abercrombie had to encounter hand to hand a soldier of the French army whom he disarmed; but finding himself wounded he gave his sword to Sir Sidney Smith, who took the command. The noble chairman con cluded by giving the toast of " The Memory of Sir Ralph Abercrombie and his gallant Companions in Arms who fell with him at Alexandria." The toast was drunk in solemn silence. Her Majesty's bagpiper and the piper of the 92d Highlanders charmed the company by playing a variety of beautiful pibrochs, reels, &c. . The next toast was, " The Two Survivors of the Battle of Alexandria—Captain Forbes and Sir John Wilson." Captain FORBES, jun., returned thanks for Cap tain Forbes, who was not able to be present, and who had celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday last Monday. The CHAIRMAN then called upon George Bain, Esq., and other gentlemen present for a reel. The request was speedily complied with, and the company were delighted. The toasts of "Chiefs and Clans," "The Ladies," " Highlanders Shoulder to Shoulder," " The Sword and Banner," and " Pipe and Plaid" followed. The band of the Royal Caledonian Asylum played during the evening. There were many officers of the 92d Regiment present, and the various uniforms and costumes gave a very picturesque character to the festival. The dinner was well served under the able super intendence of Mr. Banks, the manager of the new company. At a late hour of the evening, a reel being called for, the noble chairman tripped it gaily on the light fantastic toe. THE STATE OF GREECE. kniEws, March 16. The great event of the day in this capital is the coalition, already telegraphed, between the revolu tionary party and the supporters of King Otho—be tween those who proclaimed the abolition of the late dynasty on Oct. 22, 1863, and those who have hitherto considered it a point of honour—to remain faithful to that unlucky Sovereign. This event— noteworthy for the light it throws upon Greek poli tical morality—has produced a profound sensation. The Ministers, already apprehensive of the loss of their power, are redoubling their efforts for its main tenance ; the professional agitators—Mother Carey's chickens, who revel in turmoil and ride triumphant on the bosom of storm—are rejoicing in anticipation of a new era of troubles and anarchy ; sincere pat riots, who have had enough of political commotion, and heartily desire to see unhappy Greece enter upon the path of order and legality, shake their heads with sad misgivings at this new episode of political versa tility. The last class, which forms the immense ma jority of the nation, are now being appealed to by the organs of the reconciled parties. They seek to appease apprehensions, and assume the attitude of heroes who sacrifice private and political pique to the welfare of the country. Thus, for example, we read in the Morning Courier, the organ of the Bul garis party :—" Revolutionists, and those who have had no share in the revolution which brought about the existing regime, are equally interested in the happiness of the common country, in the consolida tion of order and tranquillity, in the mainten ance of the present system. They feel them selves impressed with the same duties towards the country, which they cannot leave the prey of a depraved power." The Aurora, the organ of the Otho party, abounds in similar flowers of rhetoric, and particularly insists upon the fact that the affiance has been formed to support and consolidate the present regime. Whether these aiseverations are sincere or not, it cannot be denied that the two united parties are strong enough to carry matters their own way. Admiral Canaris, in reality merely the nominal Premier, felt at once that he could no longer remain at the head of affairs in face of so formidable an opposition, and proposed to. his colleagues to give in their resignations in a body. The other Ministers declining, the old admiral placed his own resigna tion only in the hands of his Majesty. The King asked time for consideration: Meanwhile the re mainder of the Cabinet, with M. Coumoundouros, the soul of the Ministry, at their head, are leaving no stone unturned to remain in office. Should they succeed, it is thought not unlikely that the Opposi tion, irritated at the retention of power by men whom they suspect, rightly or wrongly, of an i n t en . tion to interfere actively in the elections, will resort to open violence. The natural result of such a condition of affairs is general stagnation everywhere. Commerce is at a stand-still, brigandage is far from being extirpated, and the public Treasury is as bare as a man's hand. 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