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t , TT M.S. BRITANNIA."--A Naval Instructor • IZ.N., F.R.G.S., on half-pay, 0:11 rece!ve a few NAVAL CADETS, as resident Pupils or otherwise, ituring any portion of their 10fig vacation, —Address, 36, Albemarle street. H. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Tlaymarket, very Evening; at Eight o'clock (except Saturday). 'Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon at Three. "REMINISCENCES in Eight Chapters." Part I. "The Romance." Part 2. "The Reality." Prices of Admission :—Dress Stalls, 55. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ; First Circle, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.; Private Boxes, ' E t I S. No extra charge fur booking. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the B ox-oflico, which is open daily from 10 till 5, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past 10. To prevent the crush at the entrances an additional door is opened for the Pit. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS!!- The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BounconT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In tddition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of last weak, A NEW POLKA, by M. Roulcourt, the Solos performed by him. and 21. Greebe. Admission ls.— Xlanager, M. P. Grenet. RUINART PERE and FILS' CHAMPAGNE. —The above beg to CAUTION the Trade end tt,eir numerous Friends against the FORGERY of their BRAND and WINES, which is extensively practised. Judgments have already been given by French Courts against the guilty parties. The house, established 1729, has always had the same denomination of RUINART PERE and FILS, Rheims, Champagne. Branzh House, 22, St. Swithin's lane, London. SALE OF OLD STOTIE AT DEVONPOIIT. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 22 I Nov., 1861. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING - I- THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That onIVEDNES DAY the 11th Dec. next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon , the Admiral Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dockyard at Devouport, several Lots of - - OLD STORES, consisting, of old Rope, Shakings, Spun Yarn, Sacking, Ham mocks, Canvas, hemp Tyers and Itaking,s, Coal Sacks, Lig num Ville, Cast Iron, Carpeting, &c., &c., all lying in the said yard. Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at the yard. ONE IIt.INDR'ED AND . FIFTY-SECO/41i SALM , ST I ONI ROUSE, London, December, 1861. — FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on TUESDAY, 10th, WED NESDAY, 11th, and THURSDAY, 12th of December 3861, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, the following GOODS, for Exportation or Home Consumption : Anchors, Arnott Stoves (Iron), Articles of Carved Wood, Botts, Books, Beer, Brandy, Candles (Stearine), Chenille, Cider, Copper, Cotton Wool, Chicory, Cofree, Cordials, Dice, Empty Bags, Empty Casks. Embroidery or N eedlewerv, Feathers, Geneva, Glass, Gilt 'Mouldings, Lime Juice, Mus kets, Mineral Waters, Molasses, Needles, Painters' Colours, i'istols (Revolvers), Pepper, Perfumery, l'erlumed Spirits, P,tch, Rags, Rum, Raisins, Segars, Succades, Spirits, plain and mixed, Sugar, Seeds, &c., Ships' Gear, Tallow. Tobacco, Tobacco Ashes, Tea, Timber, Turpentine, Vegetable Ivory, Vinegar, Wine, Watches, Water (Mineral), and various other Go ds. - The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street ; at the St. Katherine, Lon don, West India, Last India, and Victoria Docks; and To bacco Ground, llotherhithe, on Friday, the 6th, and Monday, the 4th December, from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and on the days of Sale, from ten o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at noon— the tasting of Spirits and Wine being restricted to the day of sale as regards the Queen's warehouse. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de livered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re ceiver-General after two o'clock in the afternoon, and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver- General after Eleven o'clock in the fo' enoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom Rouse, Thames-street, price ls. each. R 4 iAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUT lON FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded in 18l4.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CIIAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., Chair man of Lloyd's. DEpuTy-CITAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing .£6,'5S is. in establishing Life-boat stations on dif ferent parts of the Coasts of Eng and, Ireland, and Scotland. The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores, alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-bo ts, Boat houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 loq. ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of £11,441. During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have been in trumental in rescuing the Crews of the following wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone • • Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. • • Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields A Barge of Teignmouth Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• Coble Honour, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliz , , of North Shields Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth ack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland • •• •• Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth •• Sloop Hope, of Dublin Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig, Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. . • • • Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of stockton .. • • Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Ereia, of Konigsberg .. Bri.;•antine Diana, of Fredrikshatnn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. 1 .. 6 .. 3 .. 9 .. 5 .. 4 .. 11 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 3 .. 7 .. 15 .. 9 .. 2 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 7 .. 7 .. 7 Total -210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £9OB Ss. 4d. as re vards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Purim!, the present year (,86l), the Life-boats of the Insti tution have also been instrumental in rescuing tic Crews of the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nclly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford Schooner Prosp ct, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth .. • Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cyrnraes, of Beaurnaris Schooner William, of Morecambe • Smack Gipsy, of Newry Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven • . Schooner William, of Liverpool .. Lug,ger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. • . Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle SchAoner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guy tna, of Glasgow .. • • Brig Boman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxicle Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast • ' Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .: Brig St. Michel, of Marans Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. . • Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) . • • • • • • • • • .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) •• •• •• •• Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. _Barque Peace, of London .. l.u2:,ger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. . • • • Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) •• •• •• •• Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. . Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft •• •• •• Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish Coast, saved one man .. • Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. • . Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. 6 .. 5 .. 6 .. 3 .. 4 .. _ .. 8 .. 2 - 5 - 4 _ 4 _ 8 .. 5 .. s .. 8 .. 19 .. 10 .. 2 .. 8 .. 0 .. 5 .. 4 .. 17 .. 4 .. 4 8 .. 6 .. 1 .. a .. 5 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 Tot al . • • • .. . • . .275 The public cannot but sympa t h ise with the victorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now nearly One Hundred and Twenty Lif e -boats under its man agement, !or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual ';'n' scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; :Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. Jame,'s-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kityrelom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders crossed), to Messrs. W his, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOoD: A MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, 1/1 ANI - 10 OD : the CAUSE and CURE of •PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to - Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CuaTis, 15, Alberniarle-street, Piccadilly, London. -------- CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotenoe; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER. I lI.—A - Review of the various Disqualifications ci Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and (hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," fBd March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which p r oduce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age,"—" D a ily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. 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THE ATHEN/EUM is ;now THREEPENCE. —Thirty years ago, when THE ATHENiEUM came into the hands of its present Proprietors, its price was Eightpence, and its contents, with advertisements, forty eight columns. Convinced that the circulation of Literary Journals was restricted by high price, and that every advan tage offered to the public would bring increase of circulation and authority, the Proprietors reduced the price one-half—to Fourpeuce. The experiment succeeded, and cheap Literary Journals became the rule. The Eroprietors have always held to the principle then proved. " They hale given to the public the benefit of every change in the law, increasing the size without iugrease cf price, until the average has become double its former size - above ninety-six columns. The Proprietors, taking advantage of the abolition of the raper Duty, therefore resolved that from the sth of October the price of TIIE ATHEN-Ent should be reduced to Tit REE PENCE. 'I I HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties et - perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's " Government upon First Prin ciples, Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his sotematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. 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THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work, a Guide to the Married and those contemplating Marriage, who entertain secret doubt of physical strength, having im perilled the power of manhood by youthful indiscretions ; also treating on Syphilis, Secondary Symptoms, and Gonor rhoea, and containim. , a Prescription known as the Preventive Lotion, Nature's Disinfectant, precluding* the possibility of contamination, containing -190 pages, with 10u engravings, free by post 12 stamps. Address R. and L. Perry and Co , 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8, by a Consulting* Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (registered under the new Medical Act). THE AMERICAN IRON-CLAD FRIGATE. ends than at the engine. Each shaft is 184 feet long, composed of sections coupled together, and having a maximum diameter throughout of 17 inches. The four cranks of each shaft stand at the four quarters of a circle, The cranks are forged in, and each crank section is 'coupled to the next. The engine framing is in arches, passing under the 21 feet deck, and bolted to the bottom and sides. The cylinders stand perpendicularly between the shafts and the side of the ship, Each is of 45 inches dia meter and 42 inches stroke. Above these and athwartship is the wrought iron walking beam, 6 feet long. Between each pair of engines is an air pump, 40 inches diameter with , 21)itiches stroke, which is driven by a .ever and rod from the walking beam above. Upon each cylinder:, towards the side of the ship, is a valve chest, containing a balanced slide valve, which is worked by a link motion (the common valve gear) that forms a variable cut off and reverse gear of the simplest kind. All the vari ous crank pins and connecting rods are hollow, and furnished with induction and return pipes, which keep a continual stream of cold water running through them, to check heating. The boilers are placed five on each side. Each boiler has two fur naces, and the upper parts are fitted with 21 inch return flues, 10 feet long. The total heating surface of all the boilers is about 26,000 square feet. The upper passages we have mentioned converge into a tight flue, increasing in sizeets it runs back, and emptying itself into a funnel, 12 feet in diameter, placed nearly - in thee r^ tre of the vessel, The engines are . made to be workea at high pressure, 601 b. to the inch. Each of the two sets of engines is about 1,000 nominal horse power, so that working the screws at 100 revolutions a minute wilNive an indicated power of 8,000 horses. It is very much doubted, however, even by American engineers, whethbr 60 revolutions can be attained, though all sieculations on this point are necessarily very vague, as neither the pitch nor diameter of the screws will be settled till it is seen how the engines themselves will answer. The armour plates, as we have already said, rise to a height of only 8 feet above the water-line when the ship is fully immersed to her fighting trim, and hero the guns stand on a ridge or platform of metal, about 25 feet wide in the stern, and from 15 to 12 feet wide in the bows. On this armour deck are placed eight guns of wrought iron, —the four in the bows being 15 inch shell guns, throwing a shell of some 3501 b. weight, the four in the stern being 18 inch, and throwing shells of more than 5001 b. In addition to these are four angular and almost conical loading-houses (covered, like the rest of the armour deck, with 6 inch plates), one being built between each gun fore and aft. The guns themselves are left entirely exposed, their trunnions being bedded into enormous hemispheres of wrought iron. Each of these hemispheres forms part of a turn-table, which is worked on the 21 feet deck beneath. The whole theory on which she would fight, therefore, is this :—On the approach of an enemy the vessel would immerse itself by taking in water till the ridge of her gun deck was almost level with the water's edge. The men told off for loading would occupy the loading-houses, and those beneath would, with the aid of the tarn-table, work round the muz zle of each gun to the entrance of the loading-house, so that each piece might be loaded, worked round again, and fired as quickly as possible. Ports, or doors, sufficiently thick, as it is thought, to close the entrance of the loading-houses against ordinary shell protect the men inside when they have once loaded, but the gun itself, with all the men engaged in elevating and firing it,is left entirely exposed. Up to this, the fighting point, then, the whole plan of the boat is—as the invention of an engineer in 1838 —full of genius. B ut,j udged by our present standard of ordnance and iron-clad frigates, it must break down the first time it comes to be really tried —that is, in action. Apart from the fact that the guns at three feet from the sea would be" awash," 'even in the calmest weather, it would be impossible to submerge the ship to her fighting trim in the presence of even a strong breeze. Granting, how ever, that she could immerse herself in any wea ther, what becomes of the men and guns left un protected ? The present plan of the Federal Go vernment is to have the guns forged of such a size as will enable them to protect themselves, or, in other words, so solidly made as that the enemy may batter at them with impunity. Such a plan might have answered in 1838, when 68 pounders were not introduced and the Armstrong 100-pounder un dreamt of. But against these weapons it will re quire such a gun as was never yet forged in the world to enable it to take a rap on the muzzle from a 160-pounder without receiving such an indent as will never let shot in or out of it again. What, too, becomes of the men who are to come out of their loading-houses to train and fire the ordnance in the face of riflemen clustering at the ports of an enemy? What becomes of the half-inch iron door which closes the loading-houses when struck by a per cussion shell a and, above all, what would become of the whole affair from stem to stern if the War rior (which, according to the American papers, she ought to blow out of the water in 10 minutes) were to steam straight at her when immersed, and send her bodily under the waves ? There is very little doubt but that in a short time this Stevens's Bat tery will be afloat: But it will be just as much behind the iron-clad frigates of this age as the old American sailing 84's still on the stocks since 1815 are behind the screw liners of the present day. The Federal Government, it is said, are building three gunboats, to be cased with 3-inch armour plates. Each of these, though costing only a tenth of the price, is likely to be ten times as efficient as the boasted Stevens's Battery, which ought to fall an easy victim to the first frigate or corvette, wood or iron, which lays her alongside. As a seagoing armour frigate, she is so certain to be a costly failure, that, even pressed as they are for war vessels of any kind, the Federal Government would willingly avoid finishing her if they could. But the voice of the New York Press is so unani mous in favour of her being sent to sea as a check upon the maritime preponderance of the Warrior, that we may soon expect to find her afloat, though not for long, if she ventures far from land. Very few few of our readers probably are aware that as long back as four-and-twenty y set's ago the Ame rican Federal Government recognised the import ance of having armour-plated ships, and, aided by one of their best engineers, Mr. S tevens, worked out some of the chief difficulties of this method of construction, and actually commenced an enormous armour ship at the dockyard at Hoboken, New York, in 1842. Towards the expens es of this great vessel the Federal Government at .different times granted some 500,000d015., and the Meors. Stevens, the builders, spent about 200,000 dols. of their own money, when, finding, in 1850 and 1851, that the Government was in an ultra-pacific mood, and no more money likely to be forthcoming, they wisely declined further outlay on their own account, and the works on the vessel in consequence gradually languished and stopped, leaving this most curious ship still on the stocks and but half finished. Now, however, public interest in the plan is re vived, and as only 500,000 dole. wore is requi site to complete the vessel, the works on it are again going forward, and the American journals are already exchanging anticipatory gratula tions on the havoc and devastation which this boat, when launched, will carry among its enemies far and wide. Launched it undoubtedly will soon be if hostilities should unhappily be forced . is in upon this country , an d as it its way a most curious vesiel, thaugh ita, 'perhaps, a very formid able one, an account of its principles of construction, armour, and armament will just now be of interest to our readers. When Mr. Stevens first contemplated the idea of an armour-coated frigate, he found from experiments that it required 16 times the thickness of oak or teak to offer the same amount of resistance to shot as iron, and that a well-made 4-inch slab of wrought metal was equal in resistance to 5 feet 4 inches of oak. According to this theory, then, the sides of our new Warriors are equal in resistance to a thickness of 8 feet 10 inches of oak or teak. Mr. Stevens's object, however, was not so much to stop an enemy's shot as to have his plates at such an angle as would give them a different direction, which is another thing altogether. For this purpose he determined that the armour should not be laid at a less angle than 30 degrees, and that the plates should be of 6 inches thickness, which, at such a slope, he calculated would be equal in resistance to a foot in thickness placed upright. With armour of such immense solidity a deep immersion of the ship was inevitable, and to do away, therefore, with the necessity for coating her too heavily or over too large a surface, ha devised a method by which the ship, when!going into action, would instantly fill her compartments with water, so as to bring her down almost completely under the sea, submerging all but the funnel and the ridge of guns on the apex of the slanting armour plates, which cover in her deck much after the fashion of a common ridge roof. Mr. Stevens, in fact, considered water as the cheapest and most thorough protection to be found against the flight of projectiles, on account of its perfect non -elasticity. His design, therefore, has been to get as much as possible of this cheap defence round his vessel, and, iu fact, as we have said, to submerge her altogether, excepting her ridge of guns and chimney. Having said thus much of the chief principles Mr. Stevens proposed in his ship, we shall now en deavour to show in what manner they are carried out in the actual construction of the vessel itself. The principal dimensions of it are : Length over all .. .. .. .. 420 feet. Length of beam over all .. .. .. 53 „ Breadth, exclusive of armour .. .. 45 „ Depth from main deck .. .. .. 21 „ Depth to upper or gun deck .. .. 24 „ Minimum draught of water .. .. 16 ~ Draught in fighting trim • . • • 21 „ Tonnage .. . • 4 • Ir Ir . 5100 - 4011 , 8 M Weight of engines .. • • • • 5'48.-. i, - I Weight of boilers •• •• .. 266 ~ Weight of hull • • • • • • • • 1,447 ~ Weight of armour and loading houses.. 2,0J0 ~ Weight of eight guns and carriages .. 198 „ Weight of coal (entire capacity) • • 900 ~ Water lo immerse to 21 feet .. .. 923 „ Immersion without water .. .. 17 feet. Area of midship section at 21 feet .. 810 „ The bottom part of the hull is built of rolled plates one inch thick, tapering towards the top where they meet the armour plates to half an inch. The iron ribs like those of the Warrior, are 2 feet apart through. out, and are formed by two_ 6 by 31 inch massive angle irons rivetted together by their 31 inch flanges so as to form an X. One side of the 6-inch flange is rivetted to the outer skin, the other is punched for rivetting to an inner skin, if on trial the vessel should be found to require it. The main, or 21 feet deck, as it is termed, is wood plated with iron, strong enough to keep out any shells which might enter from the apertures above. Over this 21 feet deck (so called from the fact of its being 21 feet in height from the inner kelson) the armour plates, 6 ieenhenitotenadehsetrwnesoe2bwsn ighbfc:cuohofa fightinglaaoetlomlciinn com partments thick, are built like a cover, sloping inwards at an angle of 30 degrees for about 15 feet, when they terminate in a flat armour deck, on which the guns are placed fore and aft, and the loadings houses are built. Externally, however, this armour plate projects at each side beneath the water outside the 21 feet deck, till it meets the inch plates which form the bottom of the vessel, so that the se dtpfstcbno c uuheaooe t rebver i iattkt o lemrhhewm n ,rreeeit is almost the same as that which would be presented by a frigate plated and built on Mr. Jones's plan of angular armour. The main or 21 feet deck is supported by the sides of the ship, and by trusses of boilerplate placed upright from the bottom of the vessel. Over the engines this iron deck is supported by the engine frames, and at other points secured by cross bulkheads. Longi tudinally with the sides of the vessel are two lines of plate girders, passing along the upright trusses, bolted to the deck beats, so that the main deck is, in fact, secured to every part of the ship, and forms both About a saes t rrh2on u tgacnstefaoe b teerhestrfosln u eedste,: l epabfaf a ir. aonieosl gTe r otnmaerdi a a chettiol mit n ehteopifnisraf d rerevtcpbonabao t huotroewrel r memleeomre u ncbaw ; sptteoitrwt s hheoeerao, h e ldnreirarhur d epsbtigbefin: g calpronbhyehwn i oaele r tadmalpnti d weiathatd e bepetgsa, re r liousu: wboate. w o nmasibno f hndknsvtep t iwmeihene h ei vrnetneeho e i whole sboexasguryestteaflaxihehenarnotlnnotehgnafebgrdnt fabric. pt t h r a i er m tvm , e a es nd immersed all but the peak of her gun .deck. d A e b e o k v , e b t e h i n e g 2 , l i n f e f e a t deck e t,t the eis space what betweenis ca lled the t he 1 2 4 feet 1 feet and the armour cover over all. There are two screws to this vessel, one under each quarter, and each screw, of course, leading to its own set of engines, placed on each side of the vessel. The ship, like the Warrior, has no external keel, but the inner keel is a box girder two feet high and two broad, on which is laid a railway for sending the trucks of coals from stem to stern. The engines are so arranged that there is a free passage for this tramway throughout, furnished with water-tight iron doors at all of the many cross bulkheads. The lines of the ship are remarkably fine, and the bottom flat, like that of the Warrior. The corner of the vessel at the water line is formed by the angular coat of armour falling down over it, but above this, like the bulwarks of an ordinary ship, a common timber siding outside the angular armour-plated deck is continued to a height of seven feet, in order to get as much steadi ness and buoyancy as possible. 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STAMPED ....sd. brass howitzer, to be substituted for a 24-pounder brass howitzer. Special orders have been given for the revised armaments for the above steamers to be prepared with the greatest possible speed. The Defence, 22, 600 horse power, Capt. Powell, C. 8., just commissioned at Chatham, is to have a complement of 455 men, including marines. Not the least difficulty will be experienced in obtaining that number of men, the whole of whom will be sent to her within a very few days. Her Majesty's vessel Dotcrel arrived at Madeira on Saturday, the 23d ult., after making a first-rate passage in ten days from Plymouth, it blowing a hard gale the whole way from the north-east. She made in one day's run 230 miles. The Medea arrived at the same time. She steamed the whole way, while the Doterel sailed eight days out of ten. She was to leave on the following day for Rio. The Medea was to sail on the 24th ult. for Bermuda. The Donegal had put in for coal. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cumming, got up steam yesterday morning in Hamoaze, and proceeded outside Plymouth Break water for a trial of her machinery. She subse quently anchored in the Sound, and commenced taking in her powder. At Plymouth it is reported that she will accompany the troopship Melbourne, Capt. Benson, to Halifax. Consequent on the death of Capt. Morrish, her Majesty's ship Imaum, Commander I. F. C. Mac kenzie has been appointed captain ; Lieut. Basil . Hall, comma aud_ Sab. Lieut. S. S. Smith, lieutenant. The following appointments were made at the AdMiralty last evening : • - Lieutenant G. C. Masters to the Hero. Master William H. Sharp, to the Asia, for- the Zutlej. Chief Engineers—JohnM , OMs, to the Defence, William Collier to ditto. Assistant Engineers—Thomas Hartley, Samuel Wallis, and Thomas Green, Ist class, to the Defence ; William Williams, and Thos. Stew art, acting second-class, to ditto ; Arch. Forrest, ditto, to the Cumberland, for the Julia ; John R. Harvey, second class, to the Cumberland, for the Cochin; James Wilson, second•class, to the Asia, for the Echo. THE ARMI. Col. Gordon, R.E., commanding the Royal En gineering district in the south-west, received orders on Wednesday to hold himself in readiness to em bark in 48 hours on board the Melbourne, screw transport, for Canada. Two subalterns from the same district also embark in the same ship for Canada. Col. Ogle, RE., remains for the present in the south-west district. Col. Ross, R.E., at pre sent superintending the construction of the forts on Portsdown, assumes the command pro tem. of the south-west district. Orders were received at Aldershott late on Wed nesday evening for the following troops to hold themselves in readiness to proceed at once to Canada: —Leslie's No. 6 or F battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery; the 2d battalion, 20th; 2d, 16th, and 45th of the line, and a detachment of the 16th Lan cers. The battery was to parade for medical in spection at 11 o'clock this morning, and will leave the camp early on Monday morning for Woolwich, there to embark for Canada. This battery, which is supplied with Armstrongs, was in the Crimea and has been at Aldershott since June. The regiments of the line and the Lancers are expected to leave the camp during the ensuing week. At the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, yesterday, an order was received by Col. Harness, C. 8., from the Deputy-Adjutant-General, Horse Guards, to have the whole of the non•commissioned officers and men of the several companies at head quarters who are fit for foreign service medically inspected. As soon as the order arrived the Royal Engineers were marched to the general hospital at Brompton, where the inspection was commenced by the medical staff of the establishment. This order has occasioned the most intense interest among the officers and men, and the result is looked forward to with the keenest anxiety. It is stated that a large forca of Royal Engineers will be despatched to Canada. CAPTAIN 147ILKES. The English friends of this officer have doubtless felt more pain than surprise at his having once more got into hot water before his long naval career is ended. He must be one of the oldest officers in the United States' service—and that service never had one more royal—but his sagacity, judgment, and knowledge, are not equal to his moral qualities. The readers of his Narrative of the Exploring Ex- pedition, of which he was commander, must be well aware of this ; and, few and short as are his refer• ences in that work to his troubles in thatcommand they leave a painful impression of either incapacity on his part, or something worse in others. His courageous readiness to assume responsibility is no atonement for mistakes which cannot be repaired. The exploring expedition was projected in 1836, and the command of it offered to Captain Wilkes. He agreed to repair to London, in order to obtain infor mation, and to procure the best nautical instruments and other scientific aids ; but he suspended his acceptance of the command till he should be satis fied that he would have adequate powers and sup port. In London he was welcomed with a kind ness which made a deep impression on him, as ap pears in his Narrative, and as his English friends do not forget. He was by marriage a relative of Lord Jeffrey. He was cordially aided and advised at the Admiralty, and a good deal of attention was natu rally fixed on his adventure, when the expedition finally started in 1838. Our readers may remember the collisions which were reported from time to time—the disputes about Antarctic discoveries — not only about the rival claims of British and American commanders, but about the actual facts of the reported American discoveries. Then there were rumours of difficulties and dissensions on board the ships of the squadron, and of great severity on the commander's part in suppressing mutiny. He spoke on that occasion as he speaks now. He publicly said that he meant to do his duty, that he believed he had done it, and that if he was wrong he was ready to bear the consequences. The whole transaction exhibited the character of the man—loyal to duty, and to his Go vernment conscientious and courageous. His corn. plaints of enemies on every hand, and of their ma chinations, seem to show a radical incapacity for propitiating other men's judgment and feelings. It could be nothing worse than was thus indicated, for he is a man of generous spirit and amiable temper. Conscientious and amiable as he is, he was brought before successive courts-martial on his return from the expedition, and for three weeks a court of 13 members was engaged in investigating 11 charges, expanded into 36 specifications, against Commodore Wilkes' acts at various periods of the long voyage. This is his own published statement ; and he adds that on only one po i n t was he judged to have trans gressed the laws of the navy—that point being merely the amount of punishment he had awarded to certain of his crew under urgent circumstances. Yet ho himself evidently retained an irritating sense of ill-usage throughout the whole transaction, while leaders and observers were generally im pressed with his being unfortunate in a certain weakness or perverseness of judgment, aggravated Ly lack of sufficient knowledge for a position like his. Those who are best acquainted with his mind and character will probably agree as to what he will feel and do on the present occasion. He willbe surprised that he never heard of Madison's depreca tion of the honour of any flag being at the mercy of any patty commander. He will be astonished to find that it was a mistake to seize the men and leave their despatches behind. He will declare that he desired every courtesy to be shown to the British officers. He will insist that it was the great object of the hour to get hold of the commissioners, and that he could have no doubt of its being hie duty to ► 1 " 0 IHE NAVY. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, being the last hour at which, under the regulations of the Smithfield Club, any specimens of agricultural im plements intended for exhibition at the ensuing cattle show, could be permitted to be received, the vicinity of the Baker-street Bazaar, at which the show is about to be held for the last time, was com pletely blockaded by the carts, vans, &c., arriving in rapid succession with machinery. Several of the working and locomotive specimens also arrived, pro pelled by their own steam, and attracted a vast con course of spectators. The capacity of the galleries and bazaar, capacious as it is, will be severely tested this year in the implement department, as space has been allotted for 967 stands, which is 100 more than last year, or on any previous occasion. The cattle and other stock, the reception of which is entrusted under direction of the stewards and Mr. B. T. B. Gibbs, the hon. secretary of the club, to Mr. Jem• mett, jun., will commence arriving this day (Fri day), and by the rules of the club no specimen will be admitted Ito the show-yard after 10 o'clock to morrow (Saturday) night. The Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales are both expected to visit the show this year, and as the Prince of Wales will for the first time become himself a competitor, more than ordinary interest will attach to this year's exhibition. It is understood also that some of the stupendous cattle from the Florentine exhibition have already arrived in London and will form a 1 part of this year's show. The Club prizes have this yea' been considerably augmented, and amount in the aggregate to nearly £1,400, which no doubt will account for the increased number of entries. The arrangements are that the judges will examine the stock and make the awards of the prizes during the day on Monday, on the evening of which day the private view for the press, the members of the club, &c., will take place. The show will open to the public on Tuesday morning and continue open \ i4 from 8 in the morning till 9 in the evening of that and three following days, when it will finally close. The following notice has been posted at the gates of her Majesty's dockyard at Portsmouth :—" All men who are now on leave from ships paid off, and who have been absent one month, are required to return to their respective ships immediately.—By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, W. H. BRUCE, Vice-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief. Dated from her Majesty's ship Victory, Portsmouth, Dee. 4, 1861." The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. the lion. A. A. Cochrane ; C. 33,, is taking in 760 tons of coal alongside Portsmouth dockyard; preparatory for service on the North American coast, should she be requires. VALETTA, Nov. 30.—Since despatching my last letter I have to report the departure of her Ma jesty's screw frigate Amphion, 36, Capt. T. F. Birch, for Syracuse and Messina. The Hannibal, 91, Capt. A. Farquhar, has also left, having taken her departure on the 25th inst, for England to be paid off. The Racoon, 22, Capt. W. C. Chamber lain, arrived on the 24th inst. from the Piraeus, and left on the 28th for England. The screw corvette Scourge, 6, Commander the Hon. W. J. Ward, arrived on Monday from Gibraltar, and left on the following Thursday for Candia, to embark sculptures, which she is to convey to England. The James Watt, 91, Capt. E. Codd, has been relieved at Syracuse, by the Queen, 86, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, from Malta. The Victor Emmanuel, 91, Capt. W. J. Clifford, is expected here from Messina, the Amphion, 36, having been despatched to re lieve her. The Caesar, 91, ordered home, is also expected from Athens. The Mars, 80, Capt. J. N. Strange, is to leave on the sth proximo for Smyrna and Athens. Her Majesty's troopship Megiera, Commander H. S. Henderson, came in on the 28th ult. from Portsmouth, Cork and Gibraltar. She left the same day for Corfu. The following are her Majesty's ships in port :—The Marlborough, 131 (bearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief) ; the Hibernia, receiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral 11. J. Codrington, C. 8.) ; the Agamemnon, 91 ; the Algiers, 91 ; the James Watt, 91; the Neptune, 90 ; the Mars, 80; the Foxhound, 4 ; the Surprise, 4; the Alacrity, 4; the Boxer, 3; the Fir:fly, 2, surveying vessel; and the Hearty, tug. The Admiralty have accepted the tender of Messrs John Brown and Co., of the Atlas Steel and Ironworks, Sheffield, for the manufacture of the armour plates for the Alfred, 51, screw, iron-cased frigate, building at Portsmouth. The Orpheus, 21, screw, Commodore Burnett, C. 8., sailed last evening from Spithead to Plymouth Sound, whence she will convoy the Melbourne, screw transport, laden, with troops, arms, and stores to the St. Lawrence or Halifax. This duty per formed, so far as existing orders go, the Orpheus will then proceed on to the South Australian sta tion, for which she has been fitted as flagship. The water has been pumped out of the double dock at Portsmouth in which the Black Prince was placed on Monday last. The ship's bottom is with out the four bilge plates, or keels, with which the Warrior is fitted ; but the angle irons are in their places in readiness to receive them. The ship's bot tom generally requires a good caulking, several of the butts of the plates giving strong evidence of weeping. The rudder of the Black Prince, like that of the Warrior, is much too small for its work, as compared with the ship's displacement, and with the proportions of each in our screw line-of-battle ships. Greatly increased activity is observable in Ports mouth dockyard within the past few days, conse quent upon oar present relations with the North American States. The steam basin had been pumped out for the purpose of increasing its depth four feet, when a sudden order from the Admiralty on Wed nesday evening caused the authorities again to ad mit the water, so suddenly that the masons em ployed upon the inverts of the two docks named had barely time to save themselves and their tools. The frigates Euryalus, Sutlej, and Glasgow were yesterday placed in the basin to hurry them for ward in their outfit—the two latter especially, the first -named being merely waiting now for the pen nant" of her commission being hoisted. Nearly op posite to the IV arrior crowds of men have been be sieging the office of the master builder since Monday orders having been received from the Admiralty to enter about 700 mechanics and labourers, part for service on board the Black Prince, and part for the general service of the yard. It is made a mat ter of complaint among those carpenters' mates who have been lately discharged from active service afloat, that the authorities of the yard cannot enter them in the dockyard, where their services are so much needed, as shipwrights, but that they can only enter as common labourers. This should be seen to. We are strong in ships ; but the class of vessels which would be of the greatest service to us in the event of a rupture with the United States are the corvettes and sloops, the greater part of which re quire heavy repairs at the hands of the shipwright before they can be pronounced fit for sea. It has always been allowed that ships rigged by the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth have been rigged in a very superior manner. This work has been done under the superintendence of the master of the Steam Reserve and the master rigger of the dockyard. With the ships now rigged, however, this excellent system may be looked upon as destroyed. By the late order discharging all pensioners from active service afloat, the Asia's pensioners were discharged from her books, and those were the very men whom the master rigger and the master of the Reserve had to depend upon in the execution of all the chief work in the ship's rig during her outfit for the first class reserves. If these men's places cannot be sup plied in the breeching and rigging stores of the dockyard, they should certainly be allowed to enter there, if not on board one of her Majesty's ships in commission. The Shannon and Euryalus's comple ment of Armstrong guns is completed, each ship having now on board one 100-pounder and six 40- pounders, with their necessary fittings. The Edgar, 89, Capt. Mends, lying at Spithead, has one 100- pounder, four 40-pounders, and one 25-pounder. The Hero, 89, Capt. Ryder, lying also at Spithead, has one 100-pounder and four 40-pounders. The Chanticleer at present carries only one 40-pounder in the 17 guns of her complement. The Vigilant, 6, screw, carries one 100-pounder and one 49- pounder. The Trafalgar, 66, Capt. Dickson, has one 100-pounder and four 40-pounders, and the Pandora, 5, has two 25-pounders. The Stromboli, 6, paddle, has one 100-pounder. All the vessels named which are not in commission are ordered for immediate commission, and their armament could be altered from muzzle-loaders to Armstrongs to any extent required, the issue of the 100-pounder Armstrongs having been resumed now for some little time from the Ordnance stores. In our report of the trial of the Orpheus at the measured mile it was stated that her full power mean speed was 10-155 knots. It should have been 11-155. The issue of the 100-pounder Armstrong guns, which for some short time past has undergone a temporary suspension, is to be recommenced. Ad miralty orders were yesterday received at Chatham to amend the armament of the screw steamers now two 100-pounder Arm stron g g uns, on " chock" b b Ge e a i fl n au g tren fi ai t : t h2 e e6 d d, f Bw o o r iothhrrsme ps commission,torwonegr gunsti h s e t o s e ab v se e fp r o a rl l loov v wi d e s s e. s .d_ e I w s Ti htt with car riages, in lieu of two 10-inch, 84 cwt. cast-iron guns; also one 20-pounder Armstrong, for one 24- pounder gfiposuornud h sbin o rod w se auecitibtt.eszshdeteorirtwvt. substituted ict teezha T . ear h Tfv: e ehraenf S foßdo e uu v aorr e rn r re3 n 4o2lso , -62..p 5 ap- o,l l o: , 2ounuln s ,nda o 4ede O roersor A h oAh o fror r mrsm s sB e .e. ps e t w orwo t. ne e gr a , ch ; one 12-pounder Armstrong, instead of will be provided with four 40-pounder o s p t n o r e w o n l e 2 g r Arm strongs, in lieu of a similar number of 8-inch 60 cwt. guns; one 12-pounder Armstrong for a 12- pounder howitzer ; and one 12-pounder 10ewt. ~~_~~ z~ , accomplish the feat. Ile will ob ve'plat 46•61 E . ier r should be unprovided with the . - i ing the law of the case when suc .cbtlisions arise. Ho ,( will sincerely declare (as he as: often done), bis =: I j strong regard for England and eEnglisb,.antl his el brotherly feeling towards the o 'rs of our - navy. :, He will finally avow that he finds 4... ma d -eta W. mistake, and will beg to be allowed to bear all the blame. If this is, as we believe, a true sketch of the man, we may hope much from mutual explana tion between the two Governments and the peoples. Whatever the result may be, the American Govern ment must be subject to censure for assigning so arduous a post as Commodore Wilkes has been holding to an officer so unfortunate in former pro fessional transactions, however loyal and however gallant he may be.—Daily Newt?. GREAT FIRE AT ANTWERP. A letter from Antwerp, dated Dec. 3, says : "There was a fearful conflagration at the Napoleon Docks last night, causing a large loss of life and pro perty. The fire commenced at about half-past five o'clock at the large Belgian Sugar Refinery, and in about half ,an hour the whole buildings were one mass of flames, causing the greatest consternation, and so great a heat that two vessrds lying in the docks in front of the buildings commenced burning. The fire extended with great rapidity to the En tre pot St. Felix, which became also one mass of flames at about 8 o'clock in the evening. After great exer- tions on the part of the fire brigade the fire was ar rested, but it is still burning, and the adjoining warehouses are not yet out of danger. We regret to say that about 20 firemen, one architect, and the superintendent of the Entrepot St. Felix have been lost, and several more persons are missing. The total estimated loss of property is about 10,000,000 f.; there were about 50,000 qrs. of wheat, rye, barley, and seed at St. Felix, besides large quantities of wool, sugar, and other articles. The lass to the in surance companies will be principally in this coun try and Holland, and also in a London office." The Belgian papers publish details of this sad catastrophe. The Precurseur of Antwerp says :—" A terrible conflagration, surpassing in intensity any one that has occurred in Antwerp since the destruction of the Entrepot in 1830, threw the whole city of Antwerp into consternation last night. The fire broke out at half-past 5 in the Belgian Sugar Refinery. The fire brigade and the troops of the garrison were on the spot almost immediately, and every step was taken likely to stop the flames. The Belgian Re finery is contiguous on one side to the Entrepot St. Felix, and on the other to wooden buildings belong ing to the firm of Box and Verbert. The chief facade fronts the great basin, and the other the rail way station. The amount of combustible materials collected here was sufficient, if it took fire, to de stroy a great portion of our commercial establish. ments, not to speak of the shipping in the basins. It was found impossible to save the refinery; in less than half an hour it was one fiery furnace, throwing high columns of flames into the air, which lit up the whole city. From the ramparts the whole country as far as Dam was as light as day ; the flames were perfectly visible three leagues off; the passengers in the Gand train saw them from Neukerke. All the efforts of the pompiers (fire brigade) and the garri son were directed to save the adjoining buildings, especially the Entrepot St. Felix and the woodyard. The 11 fire engines on the spot, especially that of M. Wood, of Deurne, did good service in stopping the spreading of the flames. The storehouses of the refinery were partially cleared of their contents. The soldiers of the Military Train and Artillery and of the forts dragged away the carts as fast as they were filled. The woodyard of MM. Bea and Verbert has been saved. This fortunate circumstance is duo to the solidity of the wall on the left of the refinery. The Entrepot St. Felix was still intact. A number of workmen had entered the building, including M. Stoop, inspector of works, and M. Hirsch, sub-diree• for of the entrepot. There were at least 50 men in side the building. Tongues of livid flame were seen shortly to issue from the windows of the first story about 35 minutes past 7. A cry of horror and fear arose from the crowd respecting the fate of the men who were in the upper (seventh) story of the build ing. At ten minutes to 8 the building fell in with a-fearful crash burying the unfortunate men in the ruins. Among the killed are MM. Stoop and Hirsch, the corporal of the Fire Brigade, Willemsen, Bri gadier Naulerts, a sergeant, and four soldiers. The number of killed has not, however, as yet been ac curately ascertained. In one quarter of an hour this building, supposed to be fire-proof, fell a prey to the flames. The owners of the ships in the basin were in the greatest state of alarm. Flakes of fire were falling all around the vessels, and the crews were actively employed in getting the craft away. The sails of one ship took fire, and the paint of many of them was scorched and crackled. The inhabitants of the houses in the vicinity of the conflagration were busily employed removing their goods and chattels. A lady who had been only confined the day before was carried out of her house. The scene of desolation will be remembered by all who witnessed it to their dying day. At half-past 8 the conflagration was concentrated in the two buildings of the entrepot and refinery, and hopes were entertained of saving the stores of guano close to the Entrepot St. Michael. The Malines Fire Brigade arrived about 10 o'clock with their engines by special train. The fire was so intense that the water poured into the flames seemed to feed instead of extinguishing them. The conduct of all present was most admirable." The Avenir gives additional details, It calculates the merchandise stored at the Entrepot St. Felix as follows :-100,000 hectolitres of grain, 1,500 to 1,700 bales of wool, 940 bales of tobacco, 400 bar rels of raisins, 1,000 blocks of mahogany, 200 bar rels of potash, 300,000 kilogrammes of bar iron, 1,000 parcels of merchandise of various description, 500 bales of flax and tow, 1,500 casks of sugar, 5,000 bales of rice, 4,000 dried hides, 500 bales of coffee. The cellars of the same establishment contained 200,000 kilogrammes of graine de coton, 100 bales of tobacco, a store of mahogany, 100 barrels of pumice stone, 500 hides, 150 bales of flax, 150,000 kilogrammes of bois de teinture, 500 barrels of oil and turpentine, 250 bales of resin, 2,500 sacks of purified guano, 200,000 kilogrammes of copper ore. The Belgian Refinery was insured for about 1,700,000 E, chiefly in Belgian and French Com panies. The value of the merchandise in the Entre pot St. Felix is calculated at ten millions of francs. All the insurance offices will be considerable suf ferers. The Precurseur says :—" We have received a few additional details of the conflagration. The fire appears to have broken out in the offices of the refinery on the side near the basin. All the buildings of the entrepot and of the refinery are destroyed except the building alluded to above and the house of the director. The walls of the entrepot have fallen in ; the back facade threatens to fall ; it would fall into the railway sta tion. The walls of the refinery, which were more so lidly constructed, as also the chimney, remain standing. It is to the thickness of these walls that MM. Box and Verbert are indebted for the preser vation of their premises. Nevertheless the timber in their yards was on fire more than once, and in many places is carbonised. The timber yard was smoking this morning, but no fears are entertained of fire. The cellars of the entrepot containing the flax, turpentine, and resin have not been touched. The energies of the Fire Brigade and troops are di rected to this quarter. The Antwerp Refinery was insured to the amount of nearly 2,000,000 (£80,000), in various French, Belgian, and German companies. The entrepot was insured for 7,000,000 f. to 8,000,000 f. (i 320,000), chiefly in Dutch companies, which will suffer considerably." 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