The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

URNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and the PL OORCLOTTI, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in re4 - ardless o' amount or distance. First- class Zoods at second-ell,s prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to ... , J rt and Gentlem en. An immense stock to select from d • 'splayed m Show rcoms occupy i ng an acre o f gro und. Every article warranted ,CLEF.GYMEN arid GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR ISR are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and , o• are :publishing an entirely New Edition of their un ((planed HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by-110 Vmirable en fravin2ss of every desc r iption of Furniture and Be dsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and Post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishingthe following revised ecale : on • A Six -roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto Ten-rourneq ditto A Twelve-room e d ditt o y.(O 11 0 rod ether with a (rice List of purified holding, and a mess of valuabl e i n f ormation to all requiring household furniture, carpets or bedding. References kindly permit , el to Cier, y rar' and gen tlt incn in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, ~leester, Bury, Eiy, Preston, Griinsbv, Ryde, Plymouth, ' \ .elts, 0/eon-I. Br;rit'on, Gainsborow , h, Margate. Kidder ..tninster, Welling;ton. Croy don. Cambridge, t•tain es, Dorklnf.",r, t.t_. Alban's. 'Worcester, lilswich, Peterborough, St, David's, Ilrirexham, and above SCO oJier places in all parts of Great ()1113 ETT and CO General House Furnishers, Deptford 'l,4;e, Loudon, S.E" NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. Th e Di 112, Tlishopszate-street, London, Dec. 8 , 1863 . - ller b re ctors of the National Provincial Rank of England rate e + 7 ,-, (l i've Notice. that a Half-yearly Divi.iend, at the of Six per Cent per annum, and a Half-Yearly Bonus on Em y e r Cent., will be payable on the Company's St9ck, after the Bth day of January next, when the Min odmen.d a nd Bonus warm. • ts will be obtained at the Company's Braneh. No. 112, Bisho so•ate-street, or at the di ff erent p the The ° Transfer -books will be closed on and after Thursday, p ayab lt e ll , instant, until the Dividend and Bonus become By order of the Court of Direatoro, A. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. J,Fe Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an additional Year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants. tta,.; YIP; the FOur Years preceding last Division of Profits (1858), the t_ompany issued 1,595 Life n P olicies, assurinc,, £1,221,608 U Z I4I -9: the Four sue - ceding Years the number of Li!e Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22',522 BEING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. SIXTH SEPENNIAL DIVSON of tbe COM- "'NY'S PRO FI VS T will take place onl 3lst December, 1865. , L'" WF I OI.E PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMU ,. k SINCE 11sx DECEMBER WILL TEN DIVIDED, AND NINETY PERCENT. ALLOCATED THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING SCALE, CERTIFICATES of INDISPUfABILI LT granted, and every facility offered to lasurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. liberal terms. granted both at Home and Abroad on the most Forms of Proposal and every infer nation will be given at the Head Office, or any of the Company's Agents. F. W. LANCE, Secretary. By order. London, November, 1863. HEAD OFFICES : LONDON 58, Threadneedle-street. 4, New Bank Built: fl west-end Office B. Waterloo-place, di Pall-mall. Lothbury. EDINBURGH 6l, Princes-street. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEAREES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir Jour; HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. l ark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. T homas Dent, Es Charles Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexand er Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. redk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq.. Eric Carrington Smith, E sq . Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. nm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Ego. J as. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. - Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. r T IRE ad LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this °ll3orationn on advantageous terms. T he Reversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has aye 'aged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums aYable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Lit n y Sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Swleties— *th the guarantee of a large invested C a p ital Stok . of T he advantages of modern practice,—with the security D r a i n Office whose resources have been tested by the ex- Le nee of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. poIiCSPECIAL NOTICE. th e 31 „ - „ 8 On. the participating system, granted on or before 185 ueeember, 18 and in force at th - close of the year , Will be entitled to share in the next division of profits ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. MISULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. v ocalist, TIIE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. v ocalist, Mdlle. VOLPINI.—VioIin, Sh,nor Sivout. `' - rand Orchestra—Three Military BandA, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence Every Evening at 8. Admis.4on, One Shilling. Nr a d take her tue JULLIEN. widow of ihe late M. Jullien, will II BENEFIT TIIIS EVENING. N°. 22,293. no Not' FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. 21, —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, at er Jullien's Concert. tirest and most interesting* of Cabbys—Drive Country Gentlemen to the Rue de Kydney, Covent-garden. NEW NOVEL by the Author of "GRANDMOTHER'S MONEY." On Friday, Dec. 11, in 3 vols., WOMAN'S 11 , ANSOM. By F. W. ROBINSON, Author of "Grandmother's Money," &c. Hurst and Black ett, 13, Great Mariborough-street. E Ii 0 X F O R D, F, OXFORD STREET, W. TgI10110,..:S EVENING, will be performed Selections from the ATA/'",,ng Operas, viz., T EIE SLAVE, and CLARA, the Dt t :'„., o f MILAN, by Sir ;b Bishop; also, from L FORZA Ay -uEs llNO—Verdi y the following talented artistes . a ,, Rs es Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, IN iilmsley, Tyrrell `n-t Elliso n • Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &O. eer, , Solo% on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS. the eurated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. ppm the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL — " 10 , by Herr SAIALKENBA.CII, the Inventor. Director, Mr. Y. Jonghmans. wenlnedy by UNSWORTH ("or any oilier man "), Eugene, L i ; 'tandall, T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel -8 Gymnast W. , J. Beaderson. b r ,..e RA/A, has been newly Decorated, and is one of the Beautiful in the Metropolis. 'Pen at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls 41:1dbalcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. DR. CUMMING'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Booksellers, in 1 vol , 7s. Gd., T" DESTINY OF NATIONS, AS INDICATED IN PROPHECY. By the Rev. JO UN CUM3IING, D.D. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 0 T I C E.—MEA.DOWLEIGIT, the New Novel, by the Author of " The Ladies of Bever Hollow," will be ready on Dec. 16, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burling-ton-street. CHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR NOVELS. Each Volume Embellished with Two Illustrations. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. The CHANNINGS. By Mrs. Wool). Os. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By Mrs. WOOD. 6s. The INITIALS. By the Author of "Quits" and "At Odds." 6s. The LAST of the CAVALIERS. 6s. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. On 15th December will be published, CAPTAIN SPEKE'S JOURNAL of the DISCOVERY of the SOURCE of the NILE. In one volume. octavo, prtQ.Q.2lS.._ .-- - With Portraits and Map, and numerous Illustrati3ns chiefly from Drawings by Captain GRANT. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Thia day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., price 215., FOR BETTER FOR WORSE. Edited by EDMUND YATES. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in one vol., price 10s. 6d., WI J TON SCHOOL DAYS. ir London : John Maxwell and Co . 122. Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 2 Is., TERRIBLE WOMAN. I, London: John Maxwell and Co , 122, Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 215., A UTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH DETECTIVE. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This day, price I s. each, ADDRESSES. ACCEPTED PERFIDY OF CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS. By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. London : Ward and Lock, 15 4 , Fleet-street, This day, Never Before Published, price 2a., BEL DEMONIO. A LOVE STORY. By PAUL FEVAL, Author of "The Duke's Motto." London : Ward and Lock, 15S, Fleet-street. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London : 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. snd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist, Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—Bow and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i 4 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold In Bottle 3, is. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at S, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL Whisky." Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty Mr. J. Red man, of Chatham dockyard, who has submitted to the Ad miralty an improved anti-fouling composition for iron ships, is to be permitted to make some experiments with his in- vention on the bottom of one of the iron ships at Chatham. Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle sbipslrresistible, 80 guns, 2,642 tons, 400 horse power, and Goliath, 80 guns, 2,566 tons, 400 horse power, belonging to the 2d division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, are ordered to be brought forward for commission for Coastguard service. The Irre- sistible is to be ready for the pennant in April, and the Go- iath in June, 1864. The Malacca, 17, screw, Capt. G. H. Napier, was paid out of commission yesterday at Portsmouth. _ PIGS ! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, IGs Od per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 11 cwt. bar'ey or any meal. Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEARCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully solicit an in.pection of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of 1,00) objects, consisting of Clock., Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, Jardinieres, Inkstands, Pen-trays, and a variety of smaller articles of taste, at moderate prices. This beautiful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very fine polish, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be turned or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or ornament.-5, 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall. ( . 111,NAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, v n d Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort men t of VA SES, Fi g - ures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Ilaiesty, 149. Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY la given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. The Steam Reserve Commission have concluded their labours at Portsmouth, and have left for other ports. With the practical knowledge of the subject possessed by Admirals H. Stewart and Grey and their secretary, Mr. Hickman, there can be no doubt one of the chief recommendations contained in their report will be to the effect that the " reserves" of her Majesty's navy in future shall consist only of such vessels as are complete in all respects for sea, excepting their crews and ammunition and a portion of their provisions. Reserves_should be only what theirmaXas implies—a reserve force always ready to relieve or strengthen our fleets at sea. At present the ships forming the reserves could not be made ready to take the sea under sir. years, if our dockyard rcsou:ces only were em ployed upon them, and many vessels on the lists of the re serves can never be made seaworthy under any circum stances of time or expense. The Resistance, 16, iron frigate, Captain Chamberlain, lying at Spithead, is ordered to complete stores and provi sions for sea, and will sail shortly for the Mediterranean. The Hector, iron frigate, yesterday received her bower anchors and new running bowsprit alongside Portsmouth Dockyard. She has now received nearly all her weights on board, except crew, part of the ammunition, and provi sions. She appears very deep in the water, drawing now 23ft. Bin. forward and 25ft. 3in. aft. PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., &C., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17. , 0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A disti^,guished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, RTRE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL—New and Interesting - Dectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, through file medium of Professor Pepper's World of l 'hadows r HOST CLUB" is n•ghtly held at the CAN y HALL The object of the Club is not the re ropling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through b e agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient Pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux. 10 recall, and still further impress on the mind, some Of the teachings or pleasantries of the best wrlers. At pre- Sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, a nd the White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, I:eeelve emphatic ill us t ra ti on ; an d these life pictures will be i t Pidly r eplaces by ottu rs. The pages of Shakspere and the eat er Dram a ti s t s , o f S co tt . H oo d , I ng oldsby, Dickens, &c., &c., In turns, furnish subjects for illustration. 11 the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, (ithe_lnd modern Operatic Selections, Sic. ; C omed y b y Unsworth Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my thin, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • .. 2,. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality . • .. ls. sd. per lb. Second quality . Ss. 3d. per lb. Third quality ls. ld. per lb. Carriage pad in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory — Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. The 51-inch plate referred to in the Naval Intelligence column of Me Sun of yesterday as having been pierced by steel sph€rical shot fired from the Armstrong 100-pounder smooth bore gun, has been removed from the side of the Monarch target ship, and landed in the dockyard, thus en• abling both sides of the plate to be examined, and a correct estimate formed of the actual damage inflicted. Three shots were fired at this plate, and each shot in turn penetrated quite through the plate, and two buried themselves in tha ship's side, being brought up by beam ends and knees, but the third, as described in the notice of yesterday, passed through plate and ship's side into the interior of the ship, and covered the deck with splinters and fragments of the ship's side and iron kncts, broken plate, and shot. This shot struck the place at its right and about four inches from the edge, and midway between the upper and lower edges. It cut its way clean in at 9 inches diameter for 21 inches, and thence it has carried away the back of the plate not only immediately at the place struck, but for some considerable distance round it, completely disintegrating that end of the plate, and driving all the fragments of wood and iron before it inboard—some portion of it, indeed, making its way out through the opposite side of the ship. The best made 5f inch plate that could possibly be manufactured would stand no chance whatever in resisting such a shot, but would be pierced like brown paper. The two other shots which buried themselves with the broken pieces of the plate in the ship's side, cut their way into the plate in a precisely similar man ner for about two and two and a half inches, and then broke away the remaining three or three and a half inches, split ting the iron off in great layers from the plate's back. What was not entirely broken from the main body stood out in rough jagged masses at right angles with the main piece, and projected into the ship's side. One of these jagged pieces, a portion of the plate's outer lamina, is now standing out from the back of the plats 21 inches, measuring from ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-F RAN C O N I'S GRAND ISIPERIAL CIRQUE Every Evening. FMNCONI'S GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE —__________ the n —‘-'YA.L ALHAMB RA E v ery Evening. FIRST RNc( IV ) I *NING PERFORMANCE on &ITURDA.y next,' f t GRAND IMPERIAL A- A 0 o'clock. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, Piccadilly, at Herthe Concerts given by ;i ons . JULLIEN. ,Ry During Majesty' s T heatre, the BALL, w ill commence EVE I VENING at NINE O'CLOCK. The Machinery in the Agricultural Hall. the part of the plate where the shot first took effect. The plate was manufactured by the Millwall Ironworks Com • pany, and was tested on the 29th Oct. last, when it received a high figure of merit. The steel shots were fired at and only took effect on the sound parts of the plate, for which ample space had been left when the plate was tested in the usual manner by the 68 pounder with cast iron shot, and the results of which, as a matter of course, were indenta tions on the plate's surface, diameter 9 inches, depth 1 8-10ths, with no cracks or further damage, a mere im press of the shot on the iron. The Monarch is now having bolted on her side armour plates from the Atlas Works, Sheffield ; Parkgate Works, Yorkshire ; and Mersey Works, Liverpool, for testing in the ordinary way. The works in connection with the erlargement and ex- Doors open at o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager—M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10 . Lectures at 4 and 7 9 t ' ,, c ,, Imk. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bush man and " ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, tee. Egyptian Mummies , unwrapp ed, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling tor Gentlemen only). BEAUTIFUL WOMEN._Alabaster Powder, and the Maznetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir- Cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at Madame RACHKUS, 47A, New Bond-street, 'Where she can be consulted' daily. All communications are strictly confidential. tension of the existing defences which protect the entrance to Chatham harbour are being augmented by the construe- -- ~ --- Th e Smithfield Club was purposely originated to encourage the production of the best heel, mutton, and pork for our metropolitan appetite; but other products of agriculture beside its fattened animals soon craved admittance to the popular show ; and after G 5 annual fetes, the three great divisions of husbandry—its tillage, cropping, and animal pro- TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They Qspecially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced, to 3s. 2d. ; Souchomr reduced to 3s. ed. ; mixed Assam, re minced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 33, London -bridge, City, E.C. duce—unite in forming a fine exposition of Eng land's agricultural progress. If any people have reason to bless the Agricultural Flail Company, they are the exhibitors of implements, and the visitors who used to cram the uncomfortable galle TEETH. —Mr. ESK RLL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set or 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 p er f ec tl y to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except a t th e option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the molath w ith out the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskeil's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps, Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, %V ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grav's-inn. road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- Way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Maje3ty the QUEEN . ViCs-Yatron-11 is Royal Highness the Prince of WALE F,ILG Presi,dent—ffis Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the si lc poor for ad- Mi ssion compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the sfitient and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged 1 ) treat as out-p at i en ts many d stres - ing cases which. with !/.I.,pre ad equate funds, they would g ladl y admit into the wards. .. - toe premises of the nospital are ca p able of containing 500 & Toed • vn Ple Hospital is not endowed, but Is wholly dependent on ti:tarY contributions and leg,ades, which are received by , 6 Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also 11 Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote. and Co. ; Smith, ,Te, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay _ erend. o v Co. ; Denison and Co. W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; tlasterman and co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at he 148 Pltal, from 10 till 5. STANFORD 13. OUTS georetary. ries of the old Balzer-street Bazaar. In the new tion of a large fosse, so as to materially strengthen the bat teries and bastions of the land defences. The work will ex tend from a position of about 1,700 yards from the salient angle of No, 1 bastion of the line of fortifications facing the sea, and will be of semi-circular form, its breadth varying from 100 ft. at the extremities to 4011. at its narrowest limits, with a mean depth of about 15ft. The ditch will intersect the Isle of Sheppy, at the entrance to the Medway, in a westerly direction, terminating at a point of connection with the Swale, which borders the south-westerly portion of the island. The contract for the execution of the work has been taken from the War Department by the firm of Messrs. Knight and Smith, and the cost of the undertaking will be about 20,000. At the north-east entrance to the fosse, from the sea, it is intended to erect a powerful casemated fort, which will mount a formidable armament, to assist in the defence of the entrance to the harbour, while its posi tion will enable its armament to sweep the channel through which every description of craft attempting to make the passage to Chatham must pass. At the other extremity of the ditch a similar fort will be constructed, which will also mount an armament of equally heavy calibre. The object of the latter fort will more especially be to prevent the ves sels of light draught of any hostile squadron forcing their way into the harbour through the narrow and independent channel of the Swale. In addition to the two large forts at each end of the moat two land batteries are also to be built, the guns of which will sweep the entire length of the moat from the flanks to the centre. They will also serve for ope rating against any attack on the land side of the batteries. The works connected with the excavation of the ditch are expected to be completed in about 12 months ; the forts and batteries will then be commenced. By the death of Admiral of the Red J. Ayseough an Ad miral's pension for distinguished and meritorious service is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admi ralty. Capt. Geo. Giffard, C. 8., is promoted to the rank of rear admiral, by the demise of Admiral of the Red John Ays cough, and, by the gallant officer's promotion, a captain's good service pension is placed in the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The next vacancy among the active list of flag officers will lead to the promotion of Capt. Sir F. W, E. Nicholson, C. 8., senior officer and Captain-Superin tendent of Woolwich dockyard. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander Hon. John Carnegie to the Sala mander, commissioned—Lieut. R. H, C. Lawson to the Edgar—Lieut. Robert A. Edwin to the Salamander—Lieut. Wm. E. L. Cockell, to the Adventure—Thos, H. Hayman, master, to the Salamander—T. I. Haran, surgeon, to the Curagoa—Wm. E. Black, midshipman, to the Marlborough —James Campbell, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Implacable--Daniel W. Wise, assistant p . aymaster, to the Conqueror—Dr. Henry C. Woods, Richard Connor, Cor nelius H. Ward, Dr. Thos. D. Brownlow, John M'K. Hol lingsworth, and Henry N. M. Sedgwick, assistant surgeons, to the Victory for Hasler Hospital—Matthew Trevor, Dr. Alexander M'Donald, Dr. Alexander Goodall, James D , Smith, and James G. Milne, assistant surgeons, to the Royal Adelaide, for Plymouth. Hospital. KE ATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. 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LI I building there is ample space for the effective dis play of tools, engines, vehicleo, for stands and stalls, sufficient room above head for the erection of the banners which bear the names of the exhi biting firms; and more than 25,000 paying visitors, beside a large number of persons with tickets, yes terday traversed all parts of the building, down the broad avenues between the iowis of cattle, and along the spacious, handsome galleries, with every oppor tunity for inspecting all objects of interest. A. mere list of articles which attract attention would be of little value; bat a few of the principal implement stands certainly call for a notice. Steam tilling apparatus, for instance, forms a marked feature in the exhibition. Me. Steeven's balance plough, with parallel motion for raising one set of shares .. ,put . of work whilaAirsithereeimio-beitte lewere+inter nature, and after a report showing that the club was in a highly favourable position, financially and in every other respect, Earl Spencer was unanimously elected president for the year 1865. The members of the council were then elected in the place of those who had retired by rotation. A meetinfs afterwards was held by the Jonas Webb Memo ial Committee. Among these present were Lord Walsing ham, Lord Berners, Mr lloverman, Mr Dobite, Mr. Strat ford, Mr. Thurnell, Mr. R. Leeds, and the hon. secretaries, Professor Simonds:and Mr Sidney. The Hon. Elliott York presided. It was reported that the sum of £996 had been subscribed, that the subscription list should stand open until after the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society. A committee was appointed to report as to the best form of memorial. . The sale of prize stock had been as follows :-Class 1, Devon steers, not exceed i ng three y ear s old, No. 5, the winner cf the first prize was sold to Messrs Comfort, of 77, Farringdon-street ; and No. 2, the winner of the second prize, was sold to Mr W. Jeffery, Foubert's-place, Regent street. In class 2, Devon steers, above three years, the winner of the first prize, N 0.9, was sold to Mr E, Longman, 283, New North-road,lsnigton ; No. 11, the winner of the. second prize, was sold to Mr Simon Hyne of Stonehouse, -Plymouth ; and the winner of the third in this class to Mr W. Jeffery, of Foubert's-place, Regent-street. In class 3, Devon heifers, not exceeding three years , the winner of the second prize, No. 22, was sold to Mr Ratcliff, of Richmond, and No. 24, the winner of the third prize, to Mr E, Longman, of New North-road. In class 4, Devon cows above four years, the winner of the third prize, No. 28, was sold to Mr Stone, Upper Holloway. In class 6. Hereford steers or oxen above three years old, No. 43, the winner of the £4O silver cup, as the best steer oi ox in any of the classes, and also the winner of the £3O to the exhibitor, had been purchased by Messrs C. and D. Davis, of the Black Ball Tavern, New .gattle • Market ; and No. 41,„ the winner of the third prize, had been purchased by Mr Simkins, of Salisbury-terrace, Islington. In class 8, Hereford cows above four years, No. 59, the winner of the second prize, had been sold to Mr W. Butler, of Butcher-row, Banbury. In class 10, short-horned steers and oxen above three years old, the second prize, No. 85, had been purchased by Messrs W. and R. Thompson, of Peterborough. In class 12, short-horned cows above four years, which must have had at least one calf, the winner of the first prize, No. 110, had been sold to Mr M. Roots, of Grayford, Kent. In class 13, Sussex steers or oxen, under three years, the winner of the first prize, No. 118, had been sold to Mr H. Wheeler, of Dockhead, Bermondsey, and the winner of the second, No. 119, to Messrs Booker and Son, of Croydon. In class 14, Sussex steers above three years, the winner of the first prize, No. 127, had been pur chased by Mr D. Mutton, 7, West-street, Brighton, and the winner of the second to Mr M. Botting, of Preston-street, Brighton. In class 15, Sussex heifers or cows, the winner of the first prize had been purchased by Mr. Amose, of Worthing. In Class 16, Norfolk or Suffolk polled beasts, the winner of the second prize, N 0.151, had been putchased by Mr F. Collingwood, Upper .street, Islington. In Class 17, the winner of the second prize, No. 153, had been sold to Messrs Nolton and Sons, West Smithfield. In Class 18, the long-horned breed, No. 157, the winner of the first prize had been sold to Mr S. Weston, of Croydon, In Class 20, the Scotch horned breed, No. 168, the winner of the first prize, had been sold to Messrs Petherbridge, of Hastings. street, Burton-crescent. In Class 21, the winner of the first prize, No. 171, had been sold to Mr F. Howard, of Holloway. In Class 22, Scotch polled breed, the winner of the first prize, No. 175, had been sold to Mr Mann, Surrey street, Croydon, and the second prize, No. 173, to Mr Co ven, of Bromley, Kent. In class 23, No. 182, the winner of the first prize, had been purchased by Messrs Walton and Sons, of West Smithfield. In class 25, Irish breed, the winner of the first prize, No. 186, had been sold to Mr Swan, of Cross-street, Blackfriars.road. In class 26, Welsh breed, the winner of the first prize, No.lBB, had been sold to Mr Fisher, of Maida-hill. In class 28, cross breeds, No. 192, the winner of the first prize, had been purchased by Mr Collingwood, of Upper-street, Islington. The winner of the first prize in class 29, No. 195, had been sold to Mr Chamberlain, of Exeter; and the winner of the second the ground between the journeys, is worked by Messrs. Garrett's stationary engine and windlass on Messrs. Howard's principle. Messrs. I. and F. Howard have improved their steam ploughing im plement by placing it upon four wheels, by which the steerage is made easier and the plough steadier. To their cultivator they also attach ridge-ploughs' so constructed as to be double-acting, making a ridge whether travelling backward or forward. This firm is not only supplying a large home demand for steam cultivating apparatus, but has sent out these machines to Germany and France, to Italy, Spain, and has• lately started two steam ploughs near Lisbon ; it has other " sets" in India, and is sending several sets to Egypt. While the Britannia Works at Bedford are thus tarning out this novel species of agricultural machine, in addition to the horse ploughs, harrows, and haymakers, for which they are famous, the steam plough manufacturing is still more largely carried on at Leeds. Mr. John Fowler is very rapidly increasing his home trade, not only in the heavy land districts, but a:so upon light soils; and the growth of the foreign demand for such a comparatively new invention is very sur prising. This successful labourer at the steam tillage problem now announces that his engines have broken ground (literally) in New Zealand, at the Cape of Good Hope, at Melbourne, in Antigua, Cuba, Barbadoes, Porto Rico, and Demerara, in the latter country having obtained a public premium of £1,050 as the most successful introduction of steam power to the cultivation of the soil, while reports already come across the Atlantic of greatly increased yields of sugar from the use of the new machine. Others of Mr. Fowler's steam ploughs have gone into Austria and Prussia and into the south of Russia. In India some of these engines are preparing ground for cotton, tea, and indigo ; and in Egypt, a large number of them (costly as they are) have been despatched and set to work, to cultivate for cotton and take the place of the cattle destroyed by the great murrain. Mr. Fowler states that ho is at pre sent turning out from his works no fewer than four engines per week, and that in February the pro duction will reach one per day, and these pieces of machinery, it should be remembered, are worth £BOO to more than £l,OOO each. Such figures as these tell of the wonderful progress of our agricultural machinery, and the revolution that is being effected in the world•old process of tilling the ground. The " traction engine," or the farm engine, made locomotive on common roads, is now largely used for hauling both heavy steam plough machinery and thrashing machines from farm to farm ; and it is probable that much of the present labour of our teams in harvesting and manuring will ultimately be acccompliehed by the same engine that already ploughs and grubs. As an instance of the extent prize, No 200, to Mr Myrcon, of Hi g h - street, Ely. In class 30, the winner of the first prize, No. 206, had been pur chased by Mr. Game, of Cannon-street, City. The prize winner in the extra stock (Devon) had been purchased by Mr. Bottrell, of Rochester-row, Westminster. Of sheep, the following sales had been made :-In class 31, No. 249, the pen of sheep, winning the silver cup, as the best pen of Leicesters, Cotswolds, Lincolna, Kentish, or any other long-woolled bleed, had been sold to Messrs H. and J. T. Hall, of the Lower-road, Islington. In class 32, the winner of the first prize, No. 252, had been sold to Mr S. West, of Croydon. In class 34, Lincolna, No. 261, the winners of the first prize, had been purchased by Mr James Smith, of Huntingdon; and No. 263, the second prizo, by Mr Cox, Brompton-road. In class 33, South Downs, No. 294, the pen winning the silver cup as the best of one-year Southdowns, H a mpshire, or Wiltshire D owns, h a d been sold to Mr F. Collingwood, of Upper-street, Islington ; the pen winning the second prize, No. 290, to Mr King, Far ringdon-street ; and the pen winning the third prize, No. 291, to Mr W. Jeffery, Foubert's-place, Regent-street, In class 37, No. 302, the first prize winners had been sold to Mr Marsh, Brixton-road; the second, No. 299, to Mr King, Farringdon-street ; and the third, No. 300, to Mr Jeffery, Regent's-street. In c l ass 38, the first of Foubert's-plane , prize pen, No. 306, had been purchased by Mr King, Far ringdon-street ; the second, No. 309, to Mr Scarlett, South Audley-street; a nd the third, No. 308, t o M r Adams, Hackney. road. In class 39, Hampshire, the first prize pen, No. 316, had been sold to Mr Bottrell, of Westminster; the second, No. 318, to Mr Tamworth, of Peterborough; and the third to Mr. Hooke, Frederick-street, Hampstead -road. In class 4 1 , Shrop shire, No. 330, the pen winning th e f irst prize had been so ld to Mr. Harper, High- s t reet, Totten ham ; and the second p rize p en, No. 327 , to Mr Fisher, Maids: hill. In class 42, Oxfordshire, the pen winning the first prize, No. 332, had been sold to Mr G. Pope ; and that winning the second to Messrs Thompson, Peterborough. In class 43, Ryland, No. 332, the pen winning the first prize bad been sold to Mr. J Petherbridge, of Hastings street, Burton-crescent; and . that winning the second, No. 340, to Mr Pawsey , B ath. In class 41, mountain b ree d, No. 311, the pen winning the first prize had been sold to Mr Howard, Holloway ; and No 342, that winning the second, to Mr. Nokes, of Lewisham. In the extra stock the silver medal winning pen, No. 344, had been sold to Mr King, of Farringdon - stree t ; and No. 288 , Winning silver medal, to Mr H. Helier, Dockhead. The sales of prize pigs had been very rapid. The follow ing had been sold up to near the time the exhibition closed last evening :-Class 47, Essex, 410, first prize, to Mr Wat ling, Pimlico ; second, No. 407, to Messrs. Chappell, High street, Camden-town; and the third, to Mr. Rogers, West minster -bridge-road. In class 48, No. 415, first prize pen of small pigs, to Wolton and Sons, West Smithfield ; and the second prize pen, No. 421, to Mr Hooke, of Frederick street, Hampstead-road. In class 49, Chilton, No. 424, the first prize pen, to Mr. Bonny, Camberwell-gate ; the se cond, No. 429, to Mr. Garland, East Chelsea ; and the third, No. 428, to Mr. Glover, Walworth-road. In class 50, the third class pen, No. 432, to Mr W. S. Covell, of Sydenham. of our foreign trade in agricultural machinery Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth last year sen . 120 steam engines, with thrashing machines, to their agency in Vienna, and these are now in use in Wallachia and Moldavia, and parts of Hungary. The trade with Russia is stopped by the war, and the unsettled condition of that country ; but Italy is purchasing largely, and a great German trade is springing up. Egypt appears just now to be one of the best markets for agricultural machines. Among the portable engines of Messrs. Taxford and Sons, for steam culture and thrashing, Appold's centrifugal pump is shown, proved by recent expe ments to perform double the duty of the old scoop wheel in raising water for drainage or other pur poses. Messrs. Tuxford have brought out a new windlass for steam culture, in which frictional gear ing is employed for avoiding breakages of the wire rope, and the breaks are self-acting. Messrs. Hornsby show a large collection of en gines, drills, ploughs, and their new root pulper, one of the simplest and best machines out. Ransomer and Sims have another find stand of engines, ploughs, mills, and crushers, for various purposes, and their ingenious revolving corn screen with adjustable wires. Of Messrs. Burgess and Key's reapers the most remarkable is that invented by M'Carmick, for de livering the cut corn in sheaf. This machine has worked most successfully in this country, and it is affirmed that during the very last harvest upwards of 3,000 have been sold, 200 of these being in Great Britain, 300 on the Continent, and 2,500 in America. Mr. Samuelson has a reaper on a very different prin ipPurpose, delivering the c o r n in e she le af buwit for thme samea nual raking ; this also has been a successful n ovelty during th e l ast summer. A mon g collections of smaller implements, Mr. Bentall's chaff cutt er s , mills, and crushers are note as being especially cheap in prop or ti on t o 'unoug efficientlya c s o t i n r s r i i d n e g r a a b n l d e p v o a r l v i e e t r y . of the machines for work. Messrs. The proprietors o f th e B ever l ey twohfoeirmtchapypl emen ts, their circular harrows, whi c h revo l ve as they travel, machine, now m a d e t o take a Ironworks exhibit t heir improvement of the origi nal Ball's reaping Ashby and Co. mshoorew great breadth of corn at once, an d to b e prope ll e d ising th'aecigtyround. Their stand also distinguished by three horses , by very improved harvest Carts and o th e r farm vehicles, with machine made wheels. The seedsmen have done themselves credit by the splendid assortments of vegetable produce. Messrs George Gibbs and Co. have a large show of roots, seeds, and dried cereals. Mr. Carter's stand is very interesting; Messrs. Sutton and Sons ex hibit a grand collection of roots, mango ld turn i ps , and so on, of extraordinary merit. But the best show in the hall is that of Messrs. Thomas Gibbs and Co,, the seedsmen by appointment to the a ßoyai Agricultural Society. The grains and seeds in glass vases, the samples and dried specimens of corn in the ear, and of the numerous species of grasses in flower, and the rare roots, from quite a valuable botanical study. A new variety of yellow-globe mangold, selected by Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, is re markable for the fine top and root, and beautiful qua lity of flesh, com bine d with a capacity for heavy cropping• The specimens shown are from a crop on the Royal Shaw Farm, which gave 55 tons per acre. This well-filled department of machinery and vegetable produce must be pronounced equally suc cessful with the autmated portion of the show,and at tracts the eager att ention 0 . f quite as many visitors. On Monday morning, two platelayers, named Nairn and M'lnnes, were run over ity an engine on the Grangemouth Railway, and cut to pieces. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB. The annual meeting of the Smithfield club was held yes terday afternoon, at the Islin gton Agricultura l Hall; Lord Wt%lsi7ghalii in the chi' The blteil2oo6 was of a routine MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS.—A large proportion of English marriage settlements are made in obe dience to a sentiment which, though intelligible, and far from unnatural, ought not to be encouraged. Marriage gives the husband, from the very nature of the case, almost unlimited power over the wife's happiness, and indeed over her character and herself, and parents naturally see in their daughters' lovers men who are about to destroy all the authority which they have hitherto exercised, to weaken very greatly some of the closest ties of affection, toput new elements—elements of which the parents may totally dis approve—into the characters which they have educated, and to a greii;, extent framed, and, over and above that, to exer cise a sort of despotism over their persons and property, ex cept in so far as the stipulations of a settlement may restrain them. A man is naturally jealous of all this in the highest degree, and the marriage settlement is the only channel through which his jealousy can find an open vent. lifeeaonn. his lawyer frame it with the unexpressed and harfdroyutine, scious conviction—for the lawyer is always and the father's feelings are excited—thatatmhnel o re taking precautions against an enemy. mind he does not waste the money, mind he Mind he doedsoes n a o s p t e r c o u b l a t t h e e , daughter discretion children ; don't leave anything to my da U l 7 v seems to me —she is so infatuated with this fell 7 o Y her eyes out of her nothing particular, that she would give and foot, and get head if ho asked her; tie him up p aa possibly can. These, every farthing out of him that y are the instructions not in words, but in tone andd e spirit,attorney who frames their which men usually give t , o h forget, or rather they do not daughter's settlements. They y all is said and done the hus band will be nearer and dearer to . the wife than the father care e o m re t f e o h r or mother ; that the presumptiona iltia is that thousandhe willimes ° Probability he will know his own more for her thanth.eyeldi his hands they are tying hands her children; th at ,_ t ' i n n t y i n g business best; " 13 that would be used for her service in circumstances which canno t possibly be foreseen, and that if t h e horse really requires such elaborate kicking straps and martingales he had better not be put into harness at all. No conditions that can be framed can prevent a husband from destroy ino. b hi s wife's h ap pi n ess, debau c hi ng h er mind, making her chil dren scoundrels and outcasts, ruining their name, their cha racter, and their very souls ; and when a man is freely allowed to do all this without restraint, is it not rather straining at a gnat while swallowing a camel to prevent his investing her money except in Government securities, or on mortgage of freehold estates in England F — P l/1/ " .(1 ala,9al;*. PitlCl4: ..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. EWSPAPER - - - G. t„ Vki :4) the end of the day scarcely a rivet kt 44 et*: )44,cylindrical, round headed 661 b. sh v : hut effected nothing, and then the rtc j.. -4 = g_os' pounder muzzle-loading gun was loadb 4 lw, L h s steel shell, charged with 211 b. of powder, and ;armd with a 121 b. charge. As regarded the targe:., this effected nothing, though its indent at once showed by its severity the immense superiority of steel pro jectiles against armour plates over the old gray cant iron shot. The indent made by this shell though only 21b. heavier than the 6S-pounders, was at least 40 per cent. deeper, and its fr. , gmehts cut into the mass of iron as if it had been so much wood. When steel projectiles were first used from the same guns and with the same charges as common shot, thry, es a rile, gave on increasid penetration of from 3 to :35 per cent. over the c.st iron. Liter e7.peci moots, however, have added even to this high per esntage of superiority, and looking at the rapid improvement in the manufacture of the metal used for these j 'projectiles, there seems to be n 3 reason why we should not look for still higher results. Sir William Armstrong has sent steel shot to Sh9e buryness of such perfect metal that even after penetrating a 6-inch plate they have been so little injured that they could with safety have been used again. One thing is absolutely certain, that our present cast iron shot will never be able to effect I much against armour ships. ~.1 Important Experiments at Shoeburyness. The public has become rather tired of the heading which precedes this notice, and may be inclined to ask, with a large number of those who attend at Shoeburyness, what all these experiments are to end in ? Month after month targets are built et great expense, and with the outlay subsequently neces sary for their destruction represent a cost to the country of some £1,500 or 12,000 sterling. Targets that ought never to have been noticed by the Adteie ratty have thus been built at the expense of the nation, and pro\ ed to be not worth the powder ex pended in shaking their places to pieces. On the other hand, targets have been fired at, which, like that of Mr. Chalmers, have shown themselves to be not only theoretically, but literally invulnerable against all that the artillery of Shoeburyness could accomplish. In the infancy of ironclad ship building these experiments were of the very last importance, and results were obtained from them, end still are obtained, which could be got in no other way. The experiments, however, have now gone on long enough to enable the careful and vigilant com mittees by whom they are conducted to deduce certain general rules and principles from the strength of the various targets they have tried, which rules must be adhered to if experiments are to be of any use at all. One of the general principles thus eliminated from the mass of experiments h that the thickness of the armour plates as been themselves is a matter of almost secondary- importance when compared with the construction of the backing w hich keeps them up to their w or k. Thus, Mr. Chalmers 's target, composed of 3 , 1-, i nc h p l ates properly backed after his system, withstood a ham mering from the guns which no other target of any , kind had ever borne at Shoeburyness with such im punity. This was entirely due to the backing. The 'Warrior target, composed of 41-inch plates, backed up with 18 inches of solid teak, laid trans versely in beams 9in, thick, in like manner with stood a terrific pounding. Yet in this latter instance the Admiralty were not content to ,let well alone, but, ignoring the general rules we have spoken of as deduced from the experiments, they determined in their new Warriors—the Northumberland, the Minotaur, and the Agincourt, to reduce the backing from 18in. to 9in., and to increase the armour from 41in. to Sin. It is said that the probable conse quences of their disregarding the experience gained with so much cost at Shoeburyness were duly pointed out to their lordships, Bat the Admiralty were obdurate, and only conceded to facts after their own fashion. They built their ships first, and then they experimented to know if they had done right or wrong. Recently a target built en the principle of the Minotaur was tried at Shoeburyness, and it is not using too strong language to say that it almost crumpled up under fire; Thus, then, when the Admiralty, for whom all these target experi ments tare undertaken, reject the best target which Shoeburyness can find, and turn a deaf ear to the great principle which all experiments have evolved, is it not time to ask with what objects are these ex periments continued at ail ? The results which have been obtained are, of course, of no value but in so far as they are acted on. When, in addition to disregarding them, the very reverse of that which they point out is persisted in, it seems almost use less to continue them further. The target tried yesterday, called the Belle rophon target, is one put forward by no less a person than Mr. Reed, who, if his theories are right, will revolutionise our whole system of ironclad frigate building. The Warrior target weighs about 3351 b. to the square foot, and it was thought to be venturing es far as it is safe to go in the new frigates of the Minotaur and Northumberland class when their bulk increased to 3171 b. per foot. Yet Mr. Reed's target weighs no less than 3811 b. per foot, and it is perhaps the heaviest target ever put for ward at Shoeburyness which professed to represent the broadside of a seagoing frigate. The size of the target is in round numbers 20ft. by 18ft. This is covered in front by two armour plates, each 20ft. by 4ft. 3in., and no less than 6in, thick. The method of its construction is briefly as follows :—The inner skin of the ship is composed of two thicknesses of wrought iron plates each three quarters of an inch thick, with a layer of felt between the two thick nesses, so that here we get no less than 11in. of iron to start with. On this skin is laid four large angle irons of great strength, each placed 2ft, apart from the other, so as to form as it were four longitudinal troughs 2ft. wide and 9in. deep, the depth of the angle irons themselves. In these troughs the teak balks are laid 10in. thick, so that the extra half inch can be cut off to a true surface for the reception of the 6in, armour plates. Thus, then, there are no less than Thin. of iron and 91 of teak. Each armour plate is secured by 22 bolts, about 2ft_ apart longi tudinally and 2ft. 9in. vertically, those for the upper plate being 21in. in diameter, and for the lower 23-,in. The bolts securing the wood backing are lin. diameter, and the ribs supporting the inner skin are on very much the same principle as those used in all iron frigates, only apparently stronger, and placed 2ft. apart. Such is the general outline of Mr. Reed's target, in the construction of which, as far as the longi tudinal girders are concerned, it will at once be seen that an idea has been suggested by the target of Mr. Chalmers. The general opinion before the practice began yesterday was that it Was solid enough to resist anything ; but with this ecfaunilnr and there opinion another was very freely expressed by find iron shipbuilders present that Mr. Reed would it difficult to make a vessel so coated an seagoing frigate without such an am placement as might be fatal to its speed;efficient of s ever, is merely an opinion; for This, e d how ever, w e d studied the that Mr. Reed has long and ca l ! whole question which be offers to solve; are, to say the least, quite asman y shipbuilders the trial of yesterday, Great interest was felt in . who support his theories as oppose . them. appeared to interest and an unusual number of ye:sato:es p w r e i n n t ce d: f w p n r f u r s o s in ia London. His Royal Rigby - Dr. Percy, was present during the aasuraduch artilleryman St. George,presen . Admiral Grey, Sir watch the effect onfgevt Gen. Hay, J as oh a n n Hay, G en. Mr. Fairbairn Adm i ra l Robinson. and the representatives of the e gillwall Iron Works, the builders of the target, vrerealso present. The guns were laid at the cus tomary 200 yards' range, Col. Taylor, as usual, superintending all the arrangeraents for the firing. The first rounds were merely routine—a 68 solid shot, with a 161 b. charge and a 110-pounder Arm strong shortened to a weight of 6611 b., fired with the same charge. Both and mad e the usual these struck the upper plate, a indent of nearly two inches deep, but e ff ected nothing more than that which they always do—that is to say, show the quality of the irenplates against which the guns have to con tend.va this occasion the iron was literally per fect, and throughout the rest of the experiments the opinion was universal that better plates had never hE v en under the been tested at Shoeburyness. heaviest shot, though indented deeply, they showed scaacely any perceptible symptom of buckling out, and though struck on the edge and around the belt-holes, it was almost impossible to crack them. A salvo of two 68-pounde rs and two 110-pounder Armstrongs, with shot s h or t e ned to 6611 b. was next fired, but of these f o ur guns one missed the t arge t altogether, one touched it so slightly on its upper edge that , a s far as damage was concerned, it may a l s o be called a miss; the remainin g two s t r uck close together, one on each side of a bolt, so that the bolt itself was squeezed up like putty, and projected slightly outw ards, but still held firm . Two shots coming so close were a hard trial for any plate, but it stood it perfectly, without any sign of crack or ragged edges. The back of the target was abso lutely unhurt, and so perfect was the workmanship of the whole mass that from the commencement to Mr. Whitworth's 150- pounder was n ext tried. In oogeneous metalllnegll:eodfitisl firing m charg e from slight fla w i n ' fire co lob s ee:q;itieorn. Whitworth sr he (which is only a hard name for soft steel), weighi ng 1511 b., with 51b. of powder as a bursting charge. Much was expected from this formidable shot, but, unfortunately, it failed—the shell from some myste rious cause bursting about 20 yards from the muzzle of the gun, and sending its fragments in all direc tions screaming hoarsely through the air. The Armstrong rifled gun was then tried with a spherical cast shot of 1511 b., fired with 351 b. of powder. This stuck with the rather high velocity of 1,570 ft. per second, on the edge of the upper plate, making an indent of sin., breaking one bolt, slightly bulging the inner skin of the target, and therefore starting the ribs of the ship itself just enough to be perceptible. Beyond this, however, it s s e i i e n of s otofoa effected nothing of importance. The plates still re mained as tough and unbending as ever, there wa s no hrga h cracking of o theni I l thethem,sanae g r ground, sehtvtoeowrayafrsaisv firedte. t,Ato tf (0 ; pll l astonishm en t the same gun with the same charge, and ta is, rather unfairly for the target,-struck between the slightly parted edges of the upper and lower plates. It com pletely buried itself, and must have passed through the entire plate, but strange to say, though two belts gave Way, all the rivets held immense mass on ; and, although the was bedded in the substance of the ing of on the inner s _ _ n eel y any effect worth speak kin, which, as far as fighting purposes areconcerned,remained as good as before it was fired at. A shot from a ai n. muzzle-loading gun of the Ordnance Select Committee was fired with a 1201 b. steel of shell loaded with 21b . powder. This accomplished absolutely nothing, thou g h have done a good deal more than it was it might intended, inasmuch as one of its fragments flew back to the guns and buried itself 21 feet in the ground, close to where some of the visitors were standing. A shot from the rifled 300-pounder (a cast iron projectile), fired with 351 b. of powder, did very little, in spite of the weight of the mass hurled against the target. It made an irregular dent of 31in, deep, and bent back the upper plate a little mole than 2in., making the first real crack in the plate at the point we have mentioned as being where the two shots struck on the bolt-head. From this spot there was now, for the first time, seen a perfect crack,,nearly a foot long, and extending quite through the plate, apparently ; but this was all. The last shot fired was from Mr. Whitworth's 150-pounder, loaded with a steel shell and 51b. of powder. This struck the lower plate, and, exploding, buried itself deeply ; but thouah it had evidently penetrated the plates, it had failed to make any perceptible impression on the inside of the target itself. Time for a minute insPectini however, was impossible, for almost on the instant it was seen that the last and most formidable missile had failed to injure the backing there was a general rush from the field to catch the train; for to miss the last train from Shoeburyness would be like being left behind oa a desolate island. The result of the whole day's experiments gave to the target the most complete victory—a victory almost as great as that achieved by the target of Mr. Chalmers. In estimating the relative merits of the two targets—beyond all doubt the strongest and best conducted in principle ever experi mented on—it must not be forgotten that Mr. Reed's target is larger by some 40 superficial feet than Mr. Chalmers's. In thickness of metal it is 201 b. per square foot heavier, and its cost of construction £4OO more. To these facts we may add that Mr. Chalmers's target was assailed with 15 more rounds than were fired at Mr Reed's yesterday, 15 rounds of which were fired with 1301 b. of pow& r and threw no less than 1,5001 b. weight of met a l against the target of Mr. Chalmers more than w ere fired against that of Mr. Reed. One among th e many shots discharged against Mr. Chalmers's in N ention was a steel 300-pounder, fired with 451 b, of powder—a test which was never offered to be applied yesterday. We do not for a moment say that Mr. Reed's target would not have stood this, but at least it was not tried. In general it may b e • said, as far as can be judged from yesterday's 02C • perunents that both targets stood almost equally Well, What now remains to be proved is W hi ce u is lightest and chapest, and, above all, of iron best frigate building. adapted to the purposes THE ARMY. The second company of Royal Engineers, under the com mend of Capt. R. Harrison, which has been stationed at Aldershot camp during the summer, will und ergo an ex tended course of fieldworkinstruction at the Royal Engi neer establishment, Chatham, in anticipation of it s b e i ng despatched for service in the colonies. The company will be augmented to their full number from the depot compa nies at head quarters, Brompton Barracks. The next examination of candidates for will admission to the Royal Military College at Sandhursttake place on Thursday, the 17th inst., at Chelsea Hospital. The exami nation for admission to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich will also be held at Chelsea, commencing on Monday, Jan. 4. THE NEW NOVEL, " BARBARA'S HISTORY." By Amelia B. Edwards. Three vols.—This story will take rank among the very best productions of the class of litera ture to which it belongs. In reading "Barbara's History," we are again and again reminded of the authoress of " Jane Eyre" and " Shirley," and are induced to class Miss Ed wards as a most successful pupil of the remarkable school which the Yorkshire clergyman's daughter founded. We have met with nothing of equal power or merit since the decease of Charlotte Bronte.--Iliessenger. Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in dacket4 by 2,280 Agentih HEALTH OP TRE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar - Generals Weekly Return.) The deaths in London were above 1,400 in each of the last three weeks of jeerthof No vember; they declined to 1,376 week that ended last Saturdly. The average deaths in ten corresponding weeks (taking the 49t n h n . w m nc e b r e e k E,s in e each of the years 1 853-62) is, with a correction for: 5 of population, 1 ,460. The actual number is less by 4 thee that obtained by calculation. The birth s i n the week were more numerous than the deaths by 419 , Sma llpox was returned in 26 cases, seven of which oc curred to p ersons w h o we re Y Scarlatin a was l ess f ata l th a n it h: period, the numb e r recorded being in October, BrBs old and upwards. ber, and 119 weekly in averaged 129 deaths weekly o November, and it appears to have r ecently still further de clined. lsendb. This complaint Lien during a long town, 10 in Islington, lalworth, and 4in Plumstead. A 4 V Pop lar, 5 in St. Peter's , ' child died of scarlet'a at 20, Margaret-street, Limehouse , b n e the fourth fatal case of this disease Five deaths from scarlatina were 5 in Bow, 4in ine were registered in Kentish and this is stated to withinare referred to the head of " typhu s " Sixty-four death: corrected average for 10 corresponding in the tables. T 64 there were 34 returned as typhus, weeks is 50. Of the gastric fever, &c. wee ,8 as fever, S bilious, . . . 14 as typhoid deaths—it exhibits no recrease on in the same house h 23 days. weekgreaternumber of Last a weeks. Las the three previous . to phthisis or any other dis ease in the list. of 941 boys and 854 girls, in all Last week the births Bronchitis caused 1 55 years 1853-62 the average number cor responding weeks of the was Greenwich, 297ioin . t the The m meanean height daily 1,795 children, were registered in London. In the 10 (corrected) was 1,867. t aw on onrey S k' unday and Friday, and below 29in on Wednesday. The reading fell to 2 8•80 in on Thurs. e to 30'22in on Friday, day, and rose The mean temperature of the air in the week was 42.1 deg, which is o's deg above reading was above o f A t the e the barometer ßoyal n b 3 s t o s h r i n e v , the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaistheher)avera. On three day s the Mean temperature was below ge; on Sat ur d ay it Was in excess by 8 below degthe . On the first th ree days the temperature fell freezing point of water. The lowest was 29.8 deg on Monday. The highest was 54.2 deg on Thursday. The range of temperature in the week was, therefore', 21.4 deg. The mean daily range was 14.3 deg. The vil " n of the high temperatures of the water of the Thames was n 47 . 4 deg; that of the lowest was 45'2 deg. The difference between the mean. dew point temperature and air ture was 4.4 deg. The mean degree of humidity 100. The was 85, complete saturation being represented by 100. in the air was moist on the first four days. The wi nd an _ d afterwards south-east in the beginning of the week, . on Wednesday chiefly in the south-west. At 3 o'clock P O T O to 22k1b to the the pressure of the wind from of the air N;eleV''elrock the pressure was square foot ; and next morning 211 b, and from that time to ' 6 o'c lo c k vi The amount of rain almost constantly between 6 and h fe 11 on Wednesday and was 0.78 in, nearly all of wh Thursday. t c - lc in the evening it was mi•ONEM=g;i ) W' ir bee ll to V vs-