The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

TN what " Happy Land" can I see you after the "Ope!a ?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND n S vhich a Gentleman may f3up—EVANS% COVENT &A. li•DEN, my dear fellow! KINAITAN'S LL "MUSKY v. COGNAC, BRAN:DY. This celebrated Old IRIS CI, WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ig Pure, Mild, Mellow, Pielicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Rouses in London; by the Agents in the principal, towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WIN DMILL -STREET, W. Observe the Re Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinah an's LL Whisky.". THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated tinier the Companies Act, 118(2. Capital Four Millions, in 80, , 00 shares of £5O each. Deposit on application £t p,r share, and £4 on allotment. Further calls wi I not exceed £5 per share, made at intervals of not less than three months, and will extend over a period of three years. It is estimated that not more than two-thirds of the total = capital will be required to be called up. DIRECTORS. Abraham Darby, Esq., Ebbw Vale Park, MonMouthshire, Chairman and Managing Direct or . Joseph Robinson, Esq., Berkhampstead a rid London, Deputy Chairman. Prate's Tuthill, Esq., Bristol. John Platt, Esq., Oldham. G. S. Beet!roft, Esq , M.P., Leeds. James Aspinall Turner, Esq., M.P .Manchester. Harry G .. eorge Gordon, Esq., l, ( T.lden-place, Hyde -park, Loudon. Charles King Anderson, Esq., '1,5, Old Broad-street, London. BAr ERs. The Barak of England. And its F,everal Branches at Manch castle,, ester Hullßirminghf.tm, Liverp ool, Bristol, Leeds, New , ilymouth, Portfimouth, Leicester. SOLICITOThs. Messrs. 7reshfie!ds and Newman, London. PROK'ARS. Messrs. Joshua Hutch;mson and Son, London. AIT OITORS. and David Chadwick, Esq. (Mes ers.Chadwick, Adamson, M`Kenna, Co.), 27, Great G eorge-stree • , Westminster, John Young, Esq. (Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Yuungs, and Co.), Tokenhouse-yard, City. OFFICES, PRO TEAL No. 27, Great George-street, Westminster, an 7, Laurence Pountney-hill, City. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Company is formed for the purpose of carrying into effect an agreement made for the purchase of the Coal, Iron, and other Works, •.vhich hawzior a longtime been carried on with very satisfaetory results by private individuals, and are capable of constlerable eXpar.sion, with greatly increased profits. No promotio n-money or other similar payment will be made. Detailed Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the Bank of England, and its several Branches ; from the Brokers ; or from the under signed, by whom any further information required will be tarnisher: L . CHADWICK, ADAMSON, 31`KENNA, and Co., Financial Agents, 27, Great George,-street. Westminster, and 64, Cros s-street, Manchester. TWAT EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). Capital £1,000,000, in 80,000,00) Shares of £5O each. FORM. OF APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF No. SUARES. To the Directors of " The Ebbw Vale Company (Limited)," per Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, M'Kenna, and Co., Finan ova Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. Gentlemen, Having paid a deposit of £1 per Share, I beg to apply for shares of £5O each, in the bb proposed "Ew Val Company (Limited)," and I hereby agree p to be ome a Share holder in that Company, subject to its rules and regulations, and to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full .. Profession or - occupation Date THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS lIE- REItY GIVEN, That no further Appli cations for SharrA in this Company will be received after WEDNESDAY ,th 13th inst., for the Country. CHAD , WICK, ADAMSON, M'KENNA, and CO, Financial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 64, Cross-street Manchester. July 11, 1861. TE.E HUDIKSVALL and FORSSA STEAM Inwrporated ender MILL COMPANY (Limited). pi Act, 1862, limiting the liability of shareholders to the amount of their shares. , Capital, 0160,000, in 3,200 shares, of £5O each, with power to increase to £2 0 d,000, of which about £75,00), or 1,500 shares, in ful y paid-up shares will be taken by the Hucliksvall Steam Saw-mill Company (Limited). Deposit, £5 per share on app ication, £lO en allotment. The other calls to be made at intervals of not less than three months. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all money p yid in anticipation of calls. DIRECTORS. J. C. Im Thorn, Esq., firm of Messrs. J. C. Im Thurn an d c o., 1, East India-avenue. Chas. Andreae, Esq., firm cf Messrs. Nesf],e, Andreae, and Co.. 39, St. Dunstan's-h 11. Chas. Victor Benecke, Esq., firm of . .aiessrs. Schunk, Souchay, and Co., N o, 63, Moorgate-street. J. . C. 11. W. P assow, Esq , 63, M oorgate-street. Bitt street.'' firm of : Messrs, W.Ritterand Co., It" t Co 157 Fenchurch With power to add to their number. -BANKERS IN LONDON. The London and Wealm'nster Bank. SOLIC ITORS. Messrs. Chas. Bruce s.nd Sons, 10, Billiter-square. B ROKERS. Messrs. Woolley, Coates, anti Flankey, 26, Tokenhouse-yard. SEC RETARY. J. C. W. Jlitter, Esq., Hon. Secretary. until a Secretary shall have been appointed. Mitre TEMP TEMPORARY OFFICES. - cha7sibers, 157, Fenchurch-street. A private the name of the any was established in 1857, under the (Limi ed), . Iludiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Company taking i sor the purchase of forests in Sweden, and the the grants or leases or other title to such forests, with. etrig' it of selling the same ; the completion of wat er corn - P'-catisns for floating timber from the forests t o F orssa, 411 a 's thence to Hudiksvall : erecting steam and water sawing for converting the timber into deals, and the saleof such deals at Hudiksvall, or the consignment of them tor sale to London or other places. The present Company is formed for the purpose of extend ing the operations of the above-mentioned Hudiksvall Steam Steam Sawing Mill Comp any, t h e shareholders in the Hudiksvall Sawing Milt Comp an y b e i ng w i ll i ng to take payment for the whole of the capital invested by them in paid-up Shires of the new Company. Considerable and valuable forests in the parish of Lillherr fiat in the vicinity of the Herje and Ljusse rivers, in the pro vince of Jemptland, also in Farila, have been secured upon leases for 50 years, renewable every 10 years during the term of 50 years, without fine to the 'essors. These forests, cover ing between 300 and 40i English square miles, or 200,000 to 250,000 acres, are, from lie general advance in the value of forests, supposed to be of much greater value now than they were t the time of the purchase. About £7, , 00 have been expended in making dams, and clearing the streams in the forests, in order to iacilitate the floating of the timber to the river Ljusne ; and about £31,000 in establishing a water com munication between Swinhammer, on the river Ljusne, and the Mill at Forssa, including about £5,000 paid as an equi valent for a ab are in the existing floating arrangements in the river Ljusne, thereby acquiring the right of ft atting free of dues for ever. The water communications between Swin hammer and the Mill have been most substantially con structed, under the direction of Commissioners appointed by the Swedish Government, and consist of ducts and canals— one of which has been cut through the solid rock—and in cludes a hauling bed, worked by a steam engine, for the pur pose of raisit g the floating logs to a higher level, about 40 feet, from which point there is a fall gained of upwards of 340 feet, extending over this line of water communication, with an ample supply of water all the year round. These works have cost a large sum of money beyond the original estimate, be cause upon a much larger scale, in order to make them available for the public in general, This additional outlay, however. has already begun to bear good fruits, since a profit has been cleared during the last year by floating timber for other par ties, which mince of revenue is likely still further to reduce the doting expenses. About £22,703 have been expended on the steam sawing -mill and engines, with workshop com plete, which are of the best English workmanship, in excel lent condition, and capable of sawing about 1,000 logs per day, thus showing the magnitude of the works. £3,60 have 'been expended at Forssa, Lillherrdal, and other place s , f or labourers' dwellings and storehouses ; they are all substan tially built, and and freehold property, as well as the saw mill, the entire line of water communication between Swin hammer and k'orssa the deal yards at F orssa, sundry farms, and the shipping wharf in the por of Hudiksvall. The deals are brought by railway, about eight miles, to Hudiksvall, one of the best natural ports in Sweden. From various causes the arrangements were not completed before the year 1862, and thus the year 1863 is, in fact, the year in which the capabilities of the works have been tested, and upwards of 0,000 standards of deals, of shipping quality, were actually produced and sold, the quality being generally approved of in the London markets and available, which order to make all the capacities of the works available, which are, without any further outlay for plant and ma chinery, equal to the production of 8,000 standards of deals of shipping quality per annum, it is intended to create 3,200 shares of £5O each, 1,500 of which will be taken by the share holders of the Hudiksvall Steam Sawing-mill Company, who are willing to take payment for the whole amount invested by them in paid-up shares. The remaining 1,700 shares are now offered to the public. If the capital of the Company is extended to £200,000, it would be for the purpose of increas ing the operations of the Company, which is not by any means improbable. The total assets of the old Company on the Ist January of this year amounted to £137,060 19s. ad. These assets com prise £1,500 still to be paid in three instalments for the lease of the Lillherdal Forests, and also include about £33,000 for deals sold for early delivery and about 150,030 logs at the mill and floating; there are also sundry other good out standing debts. In order to secure to the Hudiksvall and Forssa Company the who e profits of the current year, it is proposed that all the properties as above, and assets of the Hudiksvall Com pany should be takttn by the Hudiksvall and Forssa Com pany, for the sum of £158,500 ; and that all moneys expenders Since the Ist January of this year, including interest and commission on the capital employed, be considered as ex pended by and for the benefit and at the cost of the Hudiks vall and Forssa Company. The calcu ations b ase d u p on the actual experience o f th e laat year, show a p ro fit o f 8 per cen t. upon the ext en d ed eTII aPital, with fair prospects estimate of the probable profits, allow ance has been made for a reserve fund, which, with inte- Tat, will allow the capital of the Company unlessto be paid off at th e end of 43 years ; wen the leases of the forest will expire chTasheen,i,?ttyr le o . a u s l e d s be deemed expedient at that time to pur the pried tne first Prices upon which the calculations are d b u tt o se e, cl a a n r d e some of actually obtained for the last year's pro . their op for ' mon brokers in the timber trade have given it as the future, The higher prices are likely to be obtained and about 1,70 1 0 1 e caw mills are at this moment in full work, four weeks, l 4tandards of deals have been sawn in lie last English market nil, of average quality, will realise n m th o e .. silent there are 1 1, 1 Pwards of £9,000 net. At the present llndiksvall. Applications for s a l s hips loading at the Company's wharf at dress d to the broke area, i the Secretaryd annexe form, to be ad- re, o r to n the , accompanied by a receipt of the London a d of £5 for each share Westminster Bank, for a deposit applied for which will be returned, free of charge, for all shares ot allotted. N.B.—This form of a; t 7-- re sented to the bankers enti re. ion and receipt must be p FORM OF APPLIcA, Fon SHARES. 7 rafted). To the Directors o' the Iludllts-v--"1 - Mill Comp any al ( l L a i nd Forssa Steam Sawing Gentlemen, —Having Paid to and Westminster Bank, the s um ( i i ii! bankers, the London ot hares of £5O each in quest that you will allot to me —....:.: a , I hereby re the above company upon the terms hereby agree to accept such sharet,, orthe prospectus, and I te the Articles of e a cu nY smaller number that may be allotted to roe, and to ex Associatiou when reguired. Name in fu11...... . ReAdence ........ . .................. Profession or occupation......."'''' Address in full . ............ ~.... Data 41.,,,, .......... No. 22,480. (119 ?EttSONS SEEKIN ...........—...... IL I , :i.ATES, TOWN AND Cl 1 7 „----, Tit ) RESIDENCES, FREE HOLD AND LEASE IT , ''-' PROPER I'IDS GENERA - —ILD 1 :. - t LANDED INVESTMENTS, AND —.t.,Y--- To BE RAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the ki- - _, ..., ona or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancr . : , _„..'''' T is.n.e, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PP" . of lane ,-- P"ATY r"EGUTER,7 containing a varied selection -eu and house properties now in the market, from the - nobletnan's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the e'Jttagv with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, Where the property is of an eligible chara,ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE Is NO criArtGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Nlessrs. Lumley's Agency, aaki then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY of LONDON (Limited) invite TENDERS for the PUR CHASE of MORTGAGE BONDS of £5O each, to the extent of £20,000, charged noon Leasehold Property of large value, and bearing interest at Ten per Cent. per Annum, payable Half-yearly on presentation of Coupons (which are attached to the Bonds), at the Union Bank of London. Temple-bar Branch, The principal of the Bonds redeemable iu three years. Forms of Application may be obtained at the Com pany's Offices, 51, Threadneedle-street, London. (Entrance, Hercules-passage). • T HE LQNDON THEATRE COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £50,030, in 5,000 Shares of £lO each. tl per share to be paid on application, and £1 10s. on allotment. BANKEns. The London Bank of Scotland, 24, Old Jewry, E.C. Prospectuses, forms of application, and all other particu lars, may be obtained from the solicitors, 'Messrs. Druce and Co., 53, Victoria-street, S.W. ; the bankers ; or at the Offices of the Company, 1, Great Winchester-street, E.C. E. S. HARDING, Secretary. TONDON THEATRE COMPANY (Limited). . APPLICATIONS for the REMAINING SHARES must be SENT IN on or before WEDNESDAY, the 13th inst., as the List will be Closed on that day. By order. T HE ROBERTSFORS IRON WORKS COMPANY, Limited. To be Incorporated under the " Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares. Capital, £300,000, in 15,000 Shares of £2O each. Deposit, ICs. per Share on Application, and £2 on Allotment. --- First Issue, 7,5 - 0 shares. No call will exceed £2 .os. per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. No promotion money will be paid, and the preliminary expenses will be confined strictly to the proper charges only. DIRECTORS. The Right Honourable Lord Garvagh, Army and Navy Club, S.W. D. C. Griffit'n, Esq., F.R.G.S., Messrs. Griffith and Barton, A ssaw - ,rs to the Bank of England, and the Anglo-Mexican 111 y. _ Louis Guilletmot, Esq, Messrs. Guillemot and Weylandt, Bankers, Stockho m. Edward Nixon, Esq., Ormonde-house, Bognor, Sussex, and 10, Victoria-road, S.W., Director of the General Financial and Estate Agency Corporation, Limited. J. Paton, Esq., Messrs. Paton and Co., Merchants, Stock holm. Charles Weber, Esq, Messrs. G. Hammond and Co., Swed sh and Norwegian Consuls, Ramsgate and Deal. With power t) add to their number. BANKERS. The Consolidated Bank, Limited, Fenoh arch-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Bennett and Gaskell, Accountants, 31, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. BROKERS. Francis Burnout', Esq.:1;1;1On and County-chambers, Lombard-street. W. Hannam, Esq., Manchester. SOLICITORS. Messrs. R, and S. Muliens, 7, Poultry. SECRETARY PRO TEM. A. Robinson, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 7A, Lawrence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C. The Company is Lrmed for the purchase of the extensive estates of Robertsfors and Fredrickefor', comprising about 150,0, 0 acres of freehold and crown lands, with large forests and agricultural districts,as also timber andiron works, Ship bui' ding yards, &c., and which are situated in the county of West Botteo, in Sweden, five English miles from the harbour, belongingto the estate, called Shwa,. in the Gulf of rothnia; 7.nd also to extend the presen' manufacture of iron, intro duce Bessemer's steel process, so as to produce on the spot, from the pure Swedish iron ore and charcoal, a quality of steel adapted for rails, ship-building, locomotive engine tires, axles, shafts, and other machinery, boiler plates, armour plates for chips, cannons, mo tars, &c., and for all other pur poses where it has proved desirable to substitute Bessemer steel for iron. It is also intended to extend the yearly pro duce of timoer for export, to build ships, and work the other resources of the estate in such manner as may be found most bon , fic:al to the int eres's of the shareholders. The ,‘:3wedi h bar or d pig iron isj ustly celebrated in the vari ous markets of the wo , ld. At the International Lxhibition of 1852, nc less than fif , cen exhibitors from Sweden received medals for different kinds of iron and iron manufactures, among which was part of an iron -hip that had struck on a rock, end which was entirely bent without breaking or injuring the iron in any way. thus establishing its great superiority for ship plates. It has been repeatedly stated in our public journals—" The Times," "Mining Journal," and other leading and sc entific organs —that we cannot as yet do without Swedish Iron. . . The present proprietors have but to a small extent deve loped all the resources at their command, having derived an average annual income of about £B,Ol, sterling from the profits obtained by employing only a moderate capital. Thus the average yearly proauce 01 charco -1 bar iron has been limited to 620 tons, at a cost price of £7 ss. per ton. Freight hitherto paid from Sikea to England by timber vessels, 10s. per ton ; other expenses, about Is.; making a total of £7 16s. per ton, delivered in England, where the market price of such iron now ranges from £ , 2 its, to £l3 per ton—thus leaving a nett profit of at leist £4 178. per ton. No pig iron is at pre sent sold from the property, and all the bar iron has of late years been contracted for by a large firm (who are willing to contract for more than double the quana y) in France, where it is considered one of the most superior qualities of Swedish iron. and used for cutlery and other fine manufactures. One of that firm has lately visited Sweden for the purpose of making a contract for a series of years. The present average produce of timber has also been limited to about 27,000 dozen planks, which have been sold at an average profit of 2s. per dozen—leaving a nett profit of £2,700 sterling. It is proposed to erect at a cost of about £16,0C03 converting furnaces for the production of steel by the Bessemer process, up to 200 tons per week, according to requirements, and as may be found desirable. The cost of steel ingots will not exceed £9 per ton, delivered in England ; and as the present selling price is £l5 per i on, a nett profit is left of £6 per ton, which, with a production of 200 tons per week, would give an annual profit of £62,400, or equal to 414 per cent. on the capital of the first issue, on steel alone, besides what would accrue from the other resources. Dried wood has lately been used with great success and economy as a substi tute for charcoal. -M There is no doubt that Bessemer steel will ultimately supersede wrought iron in all such manufactures ; and it is with a view to this that the Company intend to devote con siderable attention to its production in a locality where it can be made from the very best materials. 'I he returns may fairly be estimated as follows : a. Net annual returns of present proi,rietOre, .£8,9n3, say b. Profit on 200 tons of Bessemer's steel per week at £6 per ton Deduct for expenses of management, &c. £71,300 5,300 Net £66,000 or 44 per cent. on the first issue of capital, £150,000, without calculating on any extension of the trade in bar and hoop iron, timber, deals, ship-building, and produce of cast steel for tools, &c., for which there is a ready market. It will thus be clearly seen that the iron and timber works, with the improvements proposed by this Company, and all the other available resources possessed by these estates, will yield a very large ao d certain profit when English capital and skill are brought to bear upon them,' There is ample water power on the estates (the Rieklea river', which is made available for saw-mills, various machi neries for iron manufactures, &c., and also a flour mill. There are on the estates iron foundries, furnaces, forges (iron and brass), workshops, stores and warehouses, dwelling houses for workmen, mechani s, and foremen ; offices, and stabling for forty-five horses, and a large farming stock (in cluding 140 cows). At the ship-building yards there are newly-built hou•ea for inspectors, shipwrights, and work men. The produce of timber may be considerel unlimited, con sisting as it does of a large extent of virgin forests. The vendors have agreed to accept £50,0L0 for the whole of the estates. The stock in trade as well as iron, charcoal, &c., in store, to be taken at a valuation according to the books, will amount to about £20,009. As both the mines and iron works are already in active operation, the profits will accrue to the Company trom the date of purchase. The whole of the property, mines, works, &c., have been carefully surveyed by an eminent engineer, Mr. Franz Hoff man ; and on his report his Majesty the King of Sweden has granted permission to form a jo.nt-stock company, and con firmed the valuation of the property at Rgs. D. 1,000,000 Swedish, or £55,550 sterling. NOTE.—The proprietors offer to reserve for themselves the ith share of the Haggard iron mines, part of the property proposed to be sold, at a drawback of £5,000 from the pur chase money of the estate, should the Company wish them to do so. The magnetic iron ore, which can be obtained in any quantity from these mines, is of the same quality as that from which the famous Dannemora iron is oduced. It has been analysed by the well-known firms of Messrs. Johnson, Matthey, and Co., and Messrs. Griffith and Barton, assayers, and found to contain 66i per cent. of good pig iron. It is entirely free from sulphur. The capital of the Company has been fixed at £300,000, in 15,0 0 shares of £2O each. It is not proposed to include more than £150,000 in the first issue, as after paying the purchase money for the property and stock, and Out cost of erecting the Bessemer furnaces and paying all preliminary expenses, about £60,000 will be left as a working capital. to be called up as it may be required, until the Company shall consider it desirable to further extend their operations, The articles of assoiation, with plans of the estates and samples, may be inspected at the Offices of the Company, where also all the details respecting the properties may be had on application. Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of fhe bankers, brokers, and at the Offices of the f ompany. * This harbour is capable of accommodating the largest vessels—being one of the best in the north of Sweden, cl.)se to the open sea, and sheltered fro m w i n d s, so th a t ships can load and discharge in all weathers. During the Russian war many large English men-of-war were accommodated in this harbour. Vessels entering the harbcurpay a small port duty to the proprietors. STEW PATENT CURT AIN HOOK that requires no sewing , and, if reversed, c a n be used for many purposes. To be had' of all shops in town or country. patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. TEETH —Mr. EWELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following ativantazes :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they arc quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mo u th w ith out th e aid of a dentist. They a re not so tiable to injury, are always useful, and will last apetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining' Mr. Eskell' cos s u l nd ' s a u t ai T a t ta , i,o ß : n e s . l3 , ire fr unee ee et f t o , r o: 7 hi s il t , amps. 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STA3IPED;....Sd. on the track of the best gun, i f no better invention, or what is claimed to be a better invention, turns up in the interval to insist on another endless trial. in the meantime the supply of rifled guns to the forts and fleets stunds still, while all Europe and Ame rica are manufacturing them by hundreds. The im portance of the time we are now losing may not be remembered if we remain at peace—it will never be forgotten should we unfortunately become involved in war. Rifled guns cannot be manufactured off !"and by scores like the cast iron rubbish of old ; and the worst rifled gun is better than the best smooth-bore ever cast. The most uncompromising partisan of Armstrong or Whitworth witl always admit that they are both admirable guns—the best, certainly, that are known to exist in any country. Is it too much, then, to ask, in the interest of the public, that a certain number, say 100, of the 150- pounders on each system should be ordered at once and placed on board the large ships in commission, there to be used with the other guns under all the varying conditions of temperature, wind, weather, and range which an ordinary cruise of six months would be sure to develops ? The public who read the marvellous results obtained at Shoebnry in this competition hug themselves with the idea that all is going well, and that the country possesses an invincible ordnance. This is a fatal delusion. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon their minds that these guns are being tried not manufactured. War to-morrow would find this country without any recognized rifle gun in either service, and what is worse, with no means of manufacture to supply a fraction of the want in this respeot which hostilities would instantly call forth. Nothing, in fact, can be more unsatisfactory or even more dangerous than the present state of our rifled gun question. The old saying of " two stools" would have a fresh illus tration of its truth in the number of our ships that would eome to the ground if war broke out sud• denly. One of the most recent stages of the competition with the 12-pounder field-guns was made with their trail buried in the ground, so as to enable the guns to get the enormous elevation of 33 deg. Several rounds were fired, and at this contest for range Mr. Whitworth gained a most clear victory, as, indeed, in the matter of range he has throughout been more or less ahead of the shunt gun. 'this, indeed, was to be expected from the much smaller circular area, and therefore diminished resist ance, of his shot. But what at trials of 6,8, or 10 % degrees had at most only been 400 yards, at 33 degrees rose to a most formidable gain. In rough numbers Mr Whitworth averaged the im mense range of 8,800 yards, or a little short of five miles, and Sir William's shunt gun averaged about 6,700 yards, or short of four miles—an increase of range to Mr Whit worth of nearly a mile and a quar ter. Even if we call it only a mile, this is a most important advantage. It may be said that field-guns are rarely, if ever, wanted to be used at this eleva tion, which is true enough, but it is equally true that the gun which possesses it in addition to other qualifications is in range by so much the better gun, and unless the committee consider that what is gained in superiority of range by diminished area of shot is lost in efficiency as a shell gun, this vic tory of Mr Whitworth's must weigh seriously in their decision. As regards the trials against the armour with the 70-pounders, we have already expressed our opi nion as to their very unsatisfactory nature and result. Two things, however, they have very conclusively proved, if proof were needed, which are—first, the immense importance and value of Mr Chalmers's principle of backing targets; and, second, that though there are no soft places in a target, there are some which are very much harder than others. Singularly enough, as regards Mr. (;ha:• mers's principle, two shots, one from Sir Wil liam's shunt-gun, and one from Mr. Whitworth's, struck full upon a plate where it was supported behind by one of the horizontal stringers which arc used at wide intervals in the Warrior plan of building, but which, according to Mr Cha patent, ought to be wsed at intervals of about vino inches apart. All were astonished to see thLt these two shots fired at 50 yards had faikd to penetrate to little more than one-third of the depth which on the previous day they had accomplished at 600 yards. It was some minutes before this apparent mystery was solved by finding that both shots had struck on where, as we have said, the plate was supported by one of the stringers pro. posed by Mr. Chalmers, and all on the ground could only look with astonishment at this unex pected proof of the value of an invention which to this hour the Admiralty persist in depreciating. As to striking upon hard parts, it often happened that the shot struck on bolt heads or just in front of where the plate was supported by a main rib, and though, of course, in war there would be the same chances to. contend against, yet in a trial of this kind the widely differing results, according as the shots strike on supported or unsupported parts, make it exceedingly difficult to arrive at a good general average of the performance of each gun. Mr. Whitworth got a fine result from one of his shells, which went clear through the armour plate, and burst in the wooden backing, giving the target a great shake and slightly, but very slightly bulging the inner skin. With one of his shells, also, Sir Wil- liam got a still finer result, drawing the lower plate on which it struck with all its massive bolts bodily forward, nearly 2in., knocking off the heads of 10 out of the 40 bolts, which fastened all the plates of the target, and setting the target itself on fire. This shell shook the target more than any which was fired against it. With solid shot the result was pretty equal—that is to say, all got more or less of their noses through the plate, and some got through it almost entirely, except when, as we have said, they happened to hit on very hard places. It must be recollected, however, that the small sections area of Mr. Whitworth's shot has always enabled it to penetrate iron:; it is in damaging effect that his solid shot frequently fails. The sectional area of the Whitworth is 23.75, of the Armstrong 31.17, and the work to be done in penetration must be taken inversely as the areas, that is if both shot penetrate say 6in., the Armstrong would have done more by reason of its having made the larger hole. From this competition against iron Sir William withdrew his side- wedge breech-loader, and, though it remains to compete in other stages, it is by its withdrawal from the armour contest virtually put out of this competition altogether. From its lightness this in dividual breech-loader can effect very little worth speaking of against armour, and Sir William per• haps did well in withdrawing it, lest its failure might have damaged the reputation of the principle of this breech-loading system. This new principle of closing the breech by powerful wedges of such solidity that it is apparently almost imposs,ible to break them, while they fit with such accu racy as to slide easily into their places, seems to answer very well up to the present. It is most earnestly to be wished that either this or some other principle of breech-loading for our heavy guns may be discovered by mechanicians, for with out some such appratus the use of very h e e :i t ordnance, which seems now absolutely eseatest on board ships, will be attended with difficulties. In the trials for rapid • 120 rounds at a week, when each gun was to fire the . Whitworth . in firintgheingade last , g ot through its in 88 min n u t te : u n in 132 minutes. hrget, this new breech-loan er work splendidly without Water, merely 127 minutes, and the shunt o d r twice t here was some and . dArlyl thesponged, were wnocreke born e tn wedges of breech difficulty in getti n g re c overed w e with thei white dry phurons d e posit sul loader, which We !e the powder. After it had got its tas k a bucket of water was thrown u l•rongh i n t o the bre e ch ' when all parts instantly worked w i t h the most perfect ease. Once during these ex periments with the heavy guns Mr Whitworth's shot jammed in the muzzle, and was not got home without great difficulty and the use of a heavy ~, PER ) 4, ~„... ~ i- , .. metal rammer. This is the first tiOti:::rit I occurred with Mr Whitworth's gun; bike,43:. 3 ~...ver 4 - 1 „. occasions there has been great difficult home the shot of the shuntf.gun, wliichlTEW'r..; Z . been accomplished after continued blows. Alntes.3l. hitches may, in a great measure, be said to arise from the trials being conducted, with dry guns—that is, no wet sponging allowed to remove the fouling.. Considering that these guns are intended entirely for the naval service, where, as a matter of course, a bucket of water can always be got on shipboard, and where, as a fact, wet sponges are always used, it seems curious that the:ordnareo at Siaoebury should not all be worked with wet sponges:- How ever, it is indisputable that a gun which works well dry will work still easier wet, and so far, therefore, it is not an unfair condition cf trial ; and, fair or un fair, it is applied with the most rigorous irnpar. tiality to all. Daring all this week trials will go on with. the 70 pounders for range and accuracy. The field guns have now fired nearly 2,500 rouncis each. Im pressions taken of their bores last week show no perceptible wear—in filet, f ur war purposes they are all as good as the day they came from proof at Woolw ieb. The Prince and Princess of Wales at Clothworkers'-hall. Yesterday the corporation of Clothworkers, one of the oldest and wealthiest of •the ancient guilds of the city of London, presented the freedom of their order to the Prince of Wales, and afterwards entertained his Royal Highness with the Princess of Wales and a select company at lun- cheon in their hall in Mincinglane. In February, 80, at a special meeting of the Court of Assistants, as the governing body is designated, his Royal Highness was unanimously elected a freeman of the company, on the motion of Mr Justice Willes, seconded by Alderman Sir John Musgrove, the Court desiring thereby to manifest its loyalty and attachment to the Throne and its esteem for his Royal Highness. The resolution electing him to the freedom recorded the fact that his illustrious and lamented father had conferred upon their ancient and loyal corporation the honour of accepting a similar compliment at their hands, and also of becoming a liveryman. The Ciothworkers were incorpo- rated by Royal Charter in 1480, in the reign of Edward IV., and the guild at different periods of its history has enrolled kings, princes, statesmen, and other distinguished persons among its members. In 1607, during the mayoralty of Sir John Watts, himself a Clothworker, James I. was admitted to the brotherhood and entertained era grand banquet in the hall, in consideration of which his Majesty was pleased " of his princely bounty" to order that two brace of bucks be presented to the company yearly for ever—a behest which ,s observed to this day. Again, in 1662, Sir John Robinson, then Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Lord Mayor, entertained in the hall of the company Char las 11. and his Queen, the Queen Mother, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York. ' On the 25th of March, 1814, the Mikes of Kent and Susses honoured the company with their presence at a banquet, as did also in 1844 the then Premier, Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Majesty's Ministers ; and in 1860 his Royal Highness the late Prince Consort. Secretary Pepys, the author of the famous Diary, was a member of the company, and presented them with magnificent thinking cup of silver gilt, which they retain to this day and are justly proud of exhibiting. The ancient hall of the company, then upwards of 180 years old, was restored after the fire of London in 1666, but having, nearly 200 years later, become dilapidated by time and unsuited to the requirements of the corpqration it was taken down, and the present stately edifice was erected on its site in 1859. A memoir of the company states that " the( associations of the old hall were venerated. Kings, Princes, and nobles of the land had assembled there, and met men eminent in every station of life. It was decorated with the effigies and records of the bequests of the good and great, and it had an aspect of comfort as well as of state." The present hall is one of the most magnificent of the kind in the city of London, though as yet but little known. Situated. _ • - - - in a crowded thoroughfare and among a Class of modem edifices, some of them more like palaces than places devoted to trade and commerce, its exterior, handsome though it be, is apt to escape notice. The most imposing feature of the interior of the building is the banqueting hall, which is of stately proportions and elaborately decorated. The roof, _ _ divided into small compartments, is supported on pillars of polished granite and splendidly embellished with gold. The arms of the twelve principal civic companies are emblazoned on the walls, and those of eminent past masters, in stained glass, ornament the windows. The banqueting hall is ap proached by a spacious vestibule and a noble flight of stairs, which is lighted by a lantern in the roof of elegant propor tions and design. A spacious court room, a reception room, and two drawing rooms make up the rest of the interior of the building. The ceremony of yesterday took place in the court room. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1864. At all Libraries, in 3 vols. post Svo., . . T OO STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE. By Lady GEORGLANA FULLERTON, Author of "Ladybird," &c. 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The Conservative journals first, and in their wake the Dagblad, which is known to be the organ of the party of the Eider, had shown without dis guise the desperate situation of Denmark, and. pros claimed the necessity of taking a definitive part. It was under these circumstances that King Christian decided to send his young brother to Germany to offer peace, and to dismiss the Monrad Ministry, which was too much compromised for its continu ance in power not to be an obstacle to the success of the negotiations which are going to be opened. Tlas despatch which brings us this news adds that the King has charged Count Moltke, who was for merly part of the Bluhme Ministry, with the formation of a new cabinet. The necessity of making peace, even at the price of great sacrifices, being once recognised by Denmark, the German powers probably will not refuse to treat on this basis, and it is to be presumed that negotiations will proceed rapidly. Among the rumours which the brusque determination of the King of Denmark has given rise to, one has been circulated at Paris, according to which King Christian offered to the allied courts to enter with the whole Danish mo narchy into the German Confederation on conside ration that the personal union of the duchies with the crown of Denmark should be preserved. We do not see what great advantage Germany would find in such a combination, and we are certain that it would please neither the Danish people nor the European powers. We regard it simply as a con jecture." The Temps of yesterday says that the entering of Denmark into the Germanic Confederation would be tolerated neither by France, England, nor Rus sia. It would perhaps tempt the German popula tion, by the prospect of supremacy in the Baltic, but it would raise the liveliest resistance in the Danish nation, the war party still preserving a marked preponderance in the Rigsraad. 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Naval and Military Intelligence. The 2d battalion of tliett Royals, now stationed at Portsmouth, are under orders for service in the Channel Islands. Three hundred men of the regiment who have been employed, under the direction of the Royal Engineers, on the defensive works of Portsdown-hill, return to regi mental headquarters to-morrow. A company of Royal En gineers expected at Portsmouth from Gibraltar will replace the detachment of the Ist Royals on Portedown. The 64th Regiment, at present stationed at Gosport, will succeed the Ist Royals in Portsmouth garrison, and the 64th will be succeeded at Gosport by the 87th Regiment from Aldershott. The iron East Indiaman Michael Scott, 1,197 tons, Capt J. W. Padley, belonging to Messrs. Fenley and Campbell, 41, Threadneedle-street, which has been chartered by the Government for the conveyance of reinforcements to India, embarked yesterday for Bombay the following cavalry and infantry troops from Custom-house. quay, Gravesend—viz., 30 non-commissioned officers and men, twu women, and 10 children of the 3d Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards, Canterbury—one woman of the 6th Carbineers, from Maidstone—one officer of the 19th Hussars-14 men, two women, and one officer's wife of the Royal Horse Artillery, and 158 non-commissioned officers and men, six women and ten children of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich, Worley, and Sheerness—two non• commissioned officers of the Army Hospital Corps, and seven men, three women, and five children of the Ist Battalion of the 4th King's Own Regiment, from Chatham-71 non- com missioned officers and men, five women, and two children of the 56th Regiment, from Colchester-67 non-commissioned officers and men of the 102 d Royal Madras Fusileers, from Chatham—and 30 men, three women, and four children of the 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers, from Colchester—total, 380 men of all ranks, 23 women, and 21 children. The fol lowing officers embarked with the reinforcements : —Major R. Pittman, Royal Horse Artillery—Cornet A. B. Donni thorne, 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieut. G. C. B. Taylor, 19th Hussars—Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, Royal Artillery—Capt. Attilio Scheberras, 98th Regiment (in charge of detachment of the 103 d Fusileers)—Lieut. J. Charley and Lieut. G. D. Grimes, 56th Regiment—Lieut , C, F. Hooper, 4th King's Own Regiment—Lieut. 3. Mamie, 102 d Fusileers—Ensign G. H. Stodda4t, 103 d Fusileers—and Staff Assist.-Surgeon W. T. Paliologos, in medical charge. The Michael Scott, which is an entirely new ship, and is about proceeding on her first voyage, was inspected by Major-General H, Eyre prior to the embarcation of the troops, when all the arrange ments for the health and comfort of the officers and men during the voyage were found to be satisfactory. The embarcations were effected under the superintendence of Brigade-Major Congreve and the officers connected with tee Quartermaster's Staff, Chatham, and the Michael Scott will proceed on her voyage to-day. Yeeterday a detachment of Royal Marine Artillery and Light Infantry, numbering four non-conamisgoned officers, one drummer, and 34 gunnels and privates, under the command of First-Lieut. J. L. Needham, Royal Marine Artillery, left head-quarters Chatham, and embarked on board the screw corvette Clio, 22, 400-horse power, fitting for sea. In consequence of the companies of Royal Marine Artil lery being below their proper strength volunteering for that branch of the service has been opened at Chatham. Yesterday 42 volunteers, the names of whom had previously been submitted for approval at the Royal Marine-office, left head-quarters for Portsmouth to join the Artillery companies. The iron-cased screw frigate Prince Consort, Capt, Willes, has been detached temporarily from the Channel Fleet, at Spithead, and anchored in Cowes Roads, where she will re main during the sojourn of her Majesty at Osborne. The Nugent, screw troopship, Capt, Henderson, tried her machinery yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay prior to being formally handed over by the steam factory department to the Steam Reserve for commission. The Frederick William, screw coastguard line-of-battle ship, Capt. E, Codd, will, according to present arrange ments, go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on Thurs day next, make her official trial at the measured mile on the following day, and on Saturday sail for a cruise in the Channel, and afterwards take up her station at Portland, in the place of the Colossus. The Pigmy paddle-steamer, Master-Commander Vine, under the command of Commander Colomb, R.N., sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning to resume her station south of the Isle of Wight as an experimental signal ship, in conjunction with a signal party on St. Catherine's Down Isle of Wight, under the command of Capt. Balton, 12th R eg i men t. The experiments being carried on by these two officers are most important and interesting. The Accountant-General of the Navy, Mr. 3 . , Beeby, assisted by some of the officials connected with that depart ment, has bean engag d at Chatham Dockyard in the in vestigation of the accounts and returns previously prepared at that establishment by Mr H. W. R. Walker, the inspec tor and auditor of dockyard accounts, and Mr Watson, cone netted with the constr uction of the Royal Oak, ironplated woo den frigate, in order that au accura t e accoun t ma y b e o bt a i n ed of the entire cost of that vessel, previously to the returns being made up of the cost of the other armour-clad woo d e n ships built at Pot tsmouth, Woolwich, Plymouth, and Pembroke. rtdoeoi ntghinaeel IBn tayr rr n chief . o a ions, following appointments John J. Martin, to the Prince Consort aPPointments were made yesterday at the J. Carey, to the Clio—Henry S. Ley, master, W. Oliver, chief engineer, lAtod:mtihheieureatfliotnlyCido.:us, for the C aledonia—Francis E. Wolrige, Wm, Y• Ottley, Wm. C. S. Hathorn, L. E. S. Vidal, G. IL Eden, and H• P. Harris, naval cadets, to the Clio—C. Icely, chief engineer, to the Ca ledonia —J. Downes, chief engineer, to the Royal Sove engineer, to the Asia, for the im mortalite when paid off_ W• Ash and J. W. M9s.enzie, engineers, to the Royal S overeign —R. Hetherington, en gineer, to the Clio—V• Ho rne, assist, engineer, to the Cale engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Wild grind_Hi W. Wilkins, assist. engineers Jt. . ort t h : J C ß O D o o m yina b wl s, S° : o s civ is ie i er s 'e t ai . engineers, d as N B y is . t* Gentles and fiC to roeo t — h p e earil, Clio. Speech of Baron Beust. Diet waited 13 at noon to-day from Benst, Frank the represen tativereceived by a large crowd a D t a the D EN London , July C B O . n . a a t i r d o i von station with e nthusiastic cheers. A for n t-o e n- P th re e m -M ie e B P faetr the inec eo, railway arrived the Germanic here w i, s t h e London Pon his Excellency with an address of Which he returned I t e l l Y come, t o d th e e pu f t o a ll t o io w n in si g eb r s e a p q l u y e . : :__ "I am most entirely convinced that the course Conference could not have operated in a more. favourable manner than has been effected u and termination of upon the independence of Schleswig- Holstein and the power the positio n and. f uture of Germany. I am of opinion that gained there with out any sacrifice could not have been balanced by moat any agreement, even t h e advantageous, which the circumstances would Permit. I have also not Ithe least doubt that this somewhat daring assertion will speedily be recognis e d 4 8 the p rec i se t ru th. ' The judgment, however' is easily p re j u di ce d i n a matter in which one has Pereonelly been concerned; and it, therefore, affords me the utieost comfort and pleasure to see that I have not forfeited the confi dence- of my fellow citizens. T he assurances of trust which accompanied me from so many parts of Germany alone ena bled me more th an once to ma k e decisive statements without authority, actuated merely by the consciousness of their necessity. May that confidence which the Gorman Governments are entitled to claim be extended to them in lavish plenty ! The national cause is no longer, as at the outset of the Conference, threatened by the fo reigner. May the Governments and people of Ger many strive in unison that it may no t now be en dangered from within after Europe h as l earn t to respect it ! May they combine their efforts that the noble fruit which ripened at the London Con ference be not again lost—mutual and faithful brotherhood between the German Powers and the Germanic Diet !" Armstrong and Whitworth, Shoeburyness has not been established all these years without having had to go through its share of experiments which have been found worthless when tried, and experiments which were known . - to be worthless before they were tried at all. Yet we venture to say that few more valueless in its re- sults either for ships or guns have ever been made than those which have just concluded between the competing 70-pounders of Sir Wiliam Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth against a Warrior target. What comparative results the Special Committee may draw from this portion of the programme of coarse we cannot say, but every one at Shoebury knew from the commencement that it was a mere folly and waste of time to fire such light ordnance es 70-pounders against iron targets at all. The re. suit has only been what all foresaw and told. The target is just BO much shaken 8B to make it useless as a test for heavier ordnance, and just so much un• injured as to prove that men under its cover might hive slept with the most perfect confidence, and let both competitors hammer away as they pleased This is an unsatisfactory return for the large out. lay this ordnance competition will coat the country and what is .more unsatisfactory still is that tve must look for no butter so long es the competition is confined to 70-pounders. We are ignoring all ,hat we have learnt with so much cost at Shoe bury during the last four years; we are literally going back to experiments which were proved to be worthless now fully three years ago. Until tirse trials commenced no one ever dreamt o; seeing it 70-pounder used at Shoebury again Since Sir William's breech loader 70-pounder was withdrawn from both services it has become an ab. normal piece—a calibre to which no one expects or wishes we should return ; too heavy for light work, much too light for the heavy work of smashing iron frigates for which now-aedays naval guns should only be made. Yet, in spite of the tremen- dons lesson the Lord Warden target got from Sir William's 100-pounder the other day; in spite, too, of the Equally conclusive experiment of the Kear , - sage's heavy guns on the Alabama,we once more see at Shoebury time and skill and money deliberately lost in bringing forward these guns to destroy a Warrior target. What makes this more annoying to those who really wish to see this great contest have a proportionably valuable result to the country ie that side by side with the 70-pounders on the ground Sir William has 150-pounders, and Mr Whitworth has another ready at Manchester which could be brought to Shoebury in a week; yet, strange as it may seem, it is not intended to make any trial with these 150-pounders, which are ex• eluded from the Special Committee's programme altogether. The £40,000 or £50,000 which this com petition will certainly cost the country would be well spent if it in any degree helped to bring out clear and definite results on a vexed question, in the solution of which every reflecting Englishman must be deeply interested. What 'makes the matter more singular still is that both Sir William and Mr Whitworth are willing that their rival 150-pounders should be tried, and each alike agrees in the futility of trying with light 70-pounders to pierce the massive target opposite which their guns are now placed. Another unpleasant feature, so far as the proper armament of our ships and batteries is concerned, is the apparently illimitable nature, in point of time, of the controversy which our authorities have undertaken to settle. Sir William and Mr Whit. worth may think that the race now lies between their two selves, and that whoever is declared the victor will be acknowledged to have designed the best gun, and thus the question will be set at rest. They may be right, or they may be wrong, in this opinion; but, as a matter of fact, it is by no means shared by other inventors. When this fresh com petition—for it is the second—was allowed between Sir William and Mr Whitworth, other and by no means unimportant artillerists were allowed a trial also. Thus there are two committees to de cide on rifled guns, one the Special Committee, which it is hoped will settle the Armstrong and Whitworth rivalry ; the other the Ordnance Select Committee, which has to choose between the claims of five guns—the French rifled can. non, Mr. Bashley Brittain's system, Mr. Lan caster's system, and the systems of Mr. Scott and Mr. Joffereys. Each kind of gun has been made at Woolwich, and experiments with some of the five have, we believe, actually commenced. The trials of these five guns are certain to take a much longer time than the Was of the Armstrong and Whit worth, which are not likely to be over before October, nor reported on, perhaps, before the end of the year. At present nothing is known of an authoritative kind of the performances of the five guns we have spoken of, but among then► there are said to be at least two which can equal ii they do not surpass either Armstrong or Whitworth. ... I f these promises are supported by performances, it follows as a matter of course that the best of these five guns will claim, and be allowed to try, conclu sions with whichever is victor of the Armstrong or Whitworth. Thus, then, about this time twelve month, at the earliest, we shall begin really to get 62,400 Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess arrived at the hall at half-past 1 o'clock, and were received at the entrance with every mark of consideration and respect by the Master and Wardens, accompanied by th►ir clerk, Mr R. B. Towse, all of whom wore their robes of office. A detachment of the Hon. the Artillery Company, of which his Royal Highness is Captain General and Colonel, formed a guard of honour on the occasion, under the command of Capt. Ritherdon. On alighting the Prince and Princess were loudly cheered by the people who had assembled out side, and the band played the National Anthem. From the entrance their Royal Highnesses were escorted to the re ception room, where the Wardens and members of the Court of Assistants had the honour of being formally pre sented to them. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Earl Spencer, Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, and Capt. Grey. The Prince wore the blue riband of the Order of the Garter on the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses were then conducted to the court room, attended by the members of their suite and household men tioned, and the Matters, Wardens, and Assistants being constituted a Court, the ceremony began. The Duke of Manchester, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait, and Miss Burdett Contts were also present among others. The Master having requested the Prince and Princess to be seated, the clerk of the company (Mr Towse) read the resolution of the Court inviting his Royal Highness to assume the freedom. This done, the MASTER (the Rev. Edward John. Ward, A.M.), addressing the Prince, who rose as he did so, said the pleasing duty devolved upon him of requesting his Royal Highness to accept the freedom and livery et, the Com pany of Clothworkers, and of expressing, on the part of the governing body, their sense of the honour his Royal High ness had conferred upon them by condescending to become a member of their ancient guild. He hoped that might not be the last occasion on which they would be honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness. They esteemed it a high privilege to enrol the name of his much-lamented father on the list of their brotherhood, and they trusted that hereafter, as in times past, there would be a continuous association between them and the Royal family of this king dom. The Master then handed to the Prince the gold box enclosing the document relating to the freedom, and re marking that it was set in a table of chestnut wood, part of a beam of the ancient hall of the company, on the site' of which the present building was erected. His ROYAL HIGHNESS, turning to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, assured them that it was a great source of gratification to him to receive the freedom of their company and to be enrolled among its members, and he thanked th 3 Master for the kind words he had been pleased to address to him on the occasion. The Clerk then tendered to the Prince the accustomed oath, which he took and subscribed. It pledged his Royal Highness substantially as a freeman to be good and true to our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria ; to observe, maintain, and keep the laws and ordinances for the government of "the fellowship of the art or mystery of clothworkers," and for its common profit; to be obedient at all times and in all lawful matters to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and to attend before them at all times upon a lawful summons either of clerk or beadle, having no lawful or reasonable excuse to the contrary. On the motion of Alderman Sir J. MUSGROVE, 0900nded spiendowe The Master a ett:o d_ k t to luncheon,t heban- by Mr Alderman ROSE, M.P., the seal of the som e was affixed to the deed of enrolment, and with that the cere the reince d ss sat on his mony terminated. The Prince and Princess were then mad were the Duke of Man chester, hall, where their Royal Highnesses o f tho Master, the Marquis which was served with befitting the Bishop of London presided at the entertainment, right hand, and the Prince oa hf '' lef4an on the right se cer, t Lieu .-General Knollys, and and left of their Royal Highnesses andt ed with included h t..e thebanners Wardensof t the cahnedstmer,arAclhrisolnVesagrdo,f tchaermwiarfetb.en,t Miss 13 . artist e eutts) Mrs Thwaytes, and and Captain i‘l rs Gray, Ea3SP f the Master Lieut. , Colonel Cavendish; The Company was about 150 e and eo m A p s a s n i Assistants n a tnsd andbe hind members of their families and friends. The hall was taste fullyin number,dera there was a grand display of their ancient plate. T h e IIAsTER . gave the toast of " The Queen," which was drunk . with every mark of respect. He afterwards proposed, in complimentary terms, " The Prince and Prin hind the chair o cess of Wales." His. Royal Highness the PRINCE, responding to the compliment, said,—Master, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentle men,--I beg to tender my warmest thanks for the very kind words in which the Master has proposed my health and that of the Princess, and for the way in which the toast has been received by every person in this hall. I need hardly assure you that it has been a source of sincere gra tification to me to-day to be enrolled as a member of this ancient corporation. I feel proud to think that I follow in that respect in the footsteps of those Kings, my ancestors and relations, and of my beloved and lamented father, wh o received a similar compliment at the hands of the company. In my turn I beg to propose a toast, which I am cure will bo well received in this hall. It is " Prosperity to the Clothworkers' Company, coupled with the Master and Wardens." 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