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

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An immense stock to select t t , .Ispayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. aardele warranted ~..17e. ' V GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR 8H __ ... Co. i s respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and r un tqua., are r pliblishillff, an entirely New Edition of thei 0 ad iTy "ed 1-10 USE FURNISHING GUIDE, illastrated by4l teciirable ernrravings of every description of Furniture and po g i st f e ads, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and cor n ' Fe e on application. This costly work also contains cliepLete estimates for turnishin' g on the following revised A Six -roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten -roomed ditto ,„__ , A Twelve -roomed d!tto 194 11 0 -',ugther with a Price List of purified ',Offing, and a mass ' 3l vain with information to all requiring househ)ld furniture, ZrP ts, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler,!y ~cZhanesdt:r.iattlt.trymenEityn or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, "Ils Oxford. B ' right'on, Gaineborouoh, Margate. Kidder !,ll.luster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorkf n , g, li,cti; Alban's, Worcester Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David 8, "h am, and above s'oo other places in all parts of Great liritain. ~, rid g e . Londoan COBBETT nd S.E CO General House Furnishers, Deptford " " NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND, ilereb,- The ID' 1, ishopqgate-street, London, Dm 8, 1883 . ireptors of the National Provincial Banic,of g En land o _Per Cent., will be rate ot i l ,, lye Notice, that a Half-yearly Dividend, at the a si x '''Zht Per Cent per annum, and a Half-Yearly Bonus traneeso. 112, BishoP dead d atter the payable on the Company s Stoelc, Bth day of January next, when , the Divi offictie,allq Bonus warrants will be obtained at the Company's Th e T.. sg,ate-street, or at the tiff the *b. -anger-books will be closed on and after Thursday, au , until the PAYable 4 . ill " t Dividend and Bonus become BY order of the Court of Directors, A. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. SPECIAL NOTICE. THE BOOKS OF THE I CIIT TI BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Life For the Year 1863, close on 31st December. addittt,' Policies effected on or before that date will rank for an 'cinal year's Bonus in comparison to later entrants, Nriu, -- 'ee Four Years preceding last Division of Poli„tg (1858), the Company i ssue d 1 , 595 Lif e Vtiri ' Wino- l es, assuring £l 2' l l 603 Lic e the Four suc7eeding Years the number of Polices issued amounted to 3,168, and the Sums assured to £2,22 ,5g2 O R ING AN INCREASE OF 82 PER CENT. Thr , N.N4. ,,, 1XTT1 SEPTENNIAL DIVISION of the ikij , 7 4 ,1, 8 P ROFITS will take place on 31st December, 1865. LSVRO LE PROFITS WHICH HAVE ACCUMI 77 SINCE AND DECEMBER, CENT. ALLOCATED AsiIVIDED AND NINETY PER CENT. S CALP THE ASSURED ON THE PARTICIPATING CER TIFICATES of INDISPUTABILITY granted, and every facility offered to Insurers. FIRE DEPARTMENT. .Intran'es granted both at Home and Abroad on the most Liberal terms' thems of Proposal and Company's will be given at Read Office, or any of the Agents. By order. London, November, 1863. HEAD OFFICES: ....... ..... 5 4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury. West -end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Eorrinmicii ....61, Princes-street. F. IV. LANCE, Secretary. LONDON.. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANdE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pail-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. new.- . b_, liambrulfre, Esq. W ilmot Holland, Esq.r . t Ilarclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Garratt Cattley,_ Esq. Ch as. Jno. Manning, Esq. ' ti Currie Close, Esq. Henry N e l son, Esq. Ale Pam Davidson, Esq. Th e H on. Josceline W. Percy. mas Dent, Fag Charles Robinson, Esq. p re ,t re rlner Drum, Esq. S amuel Leo Schuster, Esq. . 1 0S. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carri ng t on Smith, Esq. tialeW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, M.P. w °'• Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. : M.P. jarn. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. 0. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. Co and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this ''Poration on advantageous terms. I.:The R eversionary Bonus on British Life Policies has ave rly 2 per cent. p er ann um on the sum assured. IYable by Persons who reductions have been made in the Premiums preferred that form of Bonus. The division s of Profit take place every Five years. Lif:' . 7 stun not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured— „ Leiberal participation in Profits—with exemption from liabilities of partnership. e..' ° e ". l %.(te of B onus equa l to the average returns of Mutual gi),,,,e ic ties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital of sh e a dvantages of modern practice,—with the security Ilerf",,, moe whose resources have been tested by the ex of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. ?olio SPECIAL NOTICE. tb ' 210 '4 " the participating system, granted on or before 18(4 , vyi b ''eernber, 1863, and in force at the close of the year l 1. b e entitled to share in the next division of profits ROY,. .74 EXCHANGE. Lownow. - • ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. INULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. PO SITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. Mdlle. VorxrNL—Violin, Signor sivonf. Gra nd Orchestra—Three Military Bands, and full Chorus. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Commence Every Evening at S. nT adaa Admission, One Shilling. tak e tnte JULLIEN, widow of the er late M. Jullien, will 13 ENEFIT THIS EVENING. E OXFORD, 6 . OXFORD STREET, W. tollovvi" EVENING, will be performed Selections from the 1, 44 k1i5 n 7 OPeras, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the ' , t a I°.,!,AIILAN, byßishop ; also, from LA. FORZA ;" 1 118 -48.1 1NO—Verdi ; by the following talented artistes tiir Russell Townley, Fitz Henry, almsley, Tyrrell 8 , -843 „ ; Messrs.' Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. olos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the 41ed English Violinist. Anti Plute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. I s lik'szoth, mar ellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL by Herr y SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Com " Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. UNSWORTH (or any othe man "), Eugene, s Grr"all, W. Critchfield, " T. Maclagan r , and the marvel- Th e ,plast, J. Henderson. 111°8 t WALL has been newly Decorated, and is one of the ea utiful in the Metropolis. ktlab e , l l at half-past 7 o'clock. Admission, area, 6d. ; stalls -e° nY, ls. ; private boxes, Os. 6d. " 4 GHOST CLUB" at the •atitetr eANTERBITRY HALL.—New and Interesting that T ableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce 4 44 throttat Ihe medium of Professor Pepper's World of Tli`ttr 7B, a `HALL.OST CLUB" is nightl Club at the CAN , th e - -o .cr of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through I , lctu - ,.^ e neY of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient so l d of the drama of real lite, both in its serious to mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux. th e ec all, and still f ur th er i m p ress o n th e m i n d , some Ceti, teachings or ple.santries of the best writers. At pre andLqlhe two o'ders of Slavery—the Slavery of the . South, rs ee 4 e " 'White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, rapid i e ,,emPhatle illustration ; and these life pictures will be elle r r eMace Iby others. The pages of Shakspere and the wo, ramatists, of Scott. Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., .„1/? turas, furnish subjects for illustration. in c i u 'he other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, (the ndinp. Operatic Selections, Arc. ; Comedy by Unsworth INrjinedern Demosthene, Eugene, George Hodson, E. and George Hutchenson. 'ROYAL ALHAMBRA.-F RAN C O N I'S GRA"ND ISIPERIAL CIRQUE Every Evening. L RANCONPS GRAND IMPERIAL CIRQUE at the ROYAL ALHAMBRA Every Evening. nex tFIRSFIRST t T A.Turt R ANDAy RAND G P IMPERIAL M C IR E QIJE on FRFORANC of + a' 0 o'clock. _______________ ARGYLL Rooms. ~ Great 'Windmill street, During' the Concerts iv -t-i neaditly. Maieaty's Ther.tre, thei -1 7L b 1 3 .. 7 - 1 - ,, , i1l commence l'''' EVENING at NINE O'ctocK. Doors open at 8 o'clock. mons. JU LL I EN„ at filer Admission, 'ls. M M a nager-- GRENET. ......._---- 2 9, GEORGE-STREET, 11ANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATomicAL MUSEUM, Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and Z.%oloelt. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Si ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng. and S ham the tap'aMose Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural' Pre tions, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years Ad mission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only). BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water fr om S a h ara. Cir cassian Bloom, Ara bian Soaps, and Al a b as t er L i qu i d. T h ese ha d costly and inimitable toilet preparations nd co render the hair, w here she can be consulted daily. All communications are / I[l EA.—MOORE BROTFIERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They IBPecially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to s. 2d. Souchon , 2 - reduced to 3e. ed.re ,llneM to Is. Bd. ; and the finest Assam 'mixed Ass am, , reduced f rom 4s. 4d. ". 1 38 . 11d. p er lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London -bridge, City, E.C. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray' s .7i --- nn- a d in the immediate vicinity of the Great North ro ' wa Y Termin us , King's-cross. ern Rau_ Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QuE /41x. IU- Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE s ,K .G Pr esident—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII, T Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad am"lon compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the t uen t and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged Vreat as out-patients many distressing cases which. with ;te adequate tunds, they would gladly admit into the wards. b ed e s. Premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 ' v ale hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on th e unta rY contributions and legacies, which are received by il'reasurer, Edward Masa•rman, Esq., a Nicholas-lane; also tts and Co.;Drummond nd Co. Herries and CO. Cou 43 ; , n Ransom and Co. • Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, and Zi ) and Co. G;yn and' Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay Over • ; Denison and Co. ; W thanes, Deacon, and Co. ; Ir ast e ,nd• Gurney, an d co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street th e Li r tnan and Co.- T. Burned and Co., Liverpool ; and at "Pital, irons 16 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary, N°. 22,293. DO NOT FORGET YOUR APPOINTMENT. —We Sup at EVANS', Covent-garden, after Jullien's Concert. Fairest and most interesting of Cabbys—Drive Country Gentlemen to the Rue de Kydney, Covent-garden. DR. CUMMING'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Booksellers, in 1 vol., 7s. THE DESTINY OF NATIONS, AS INDICATED IN PROPHECY. By the Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 0 T I C E.—MEADOWLEIGH, 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 Burlington-street. CHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR NOVELS. Each Volume Embellished with Two Illustrations. EAST LYNNE. By Mrs. WOOD. 65. The CHANNINGS. By Mrs. WooD. 6s. MRS. HALIBURTON'S TROUBLES. By Mrs. WOOD. 65. 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, price 21s. With Portraits and Map, and numerous Illustrations 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., FTON SCHOOL DAYS. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122. Fleet-street. This day, at all Libraries, in two vols., price 2 is., TERRIBLE WOMAN. 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-streetl ADDRESSES This day, price Is. each, ACCEPTED PERFIDY OF CAPTAIN SLYBOOTS By GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. London : Ward and Lock, 154, Fleet-street,„ This day, Never Before Published, price 25., BE L DEMONIO. A LOVE STORY By PAUL FEVAL, Author of "The Duke's Motto." London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. THE 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 2e. 6d. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE o f a n y 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. 10. 2nd 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, Landon and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Addregs—BOTT and JAciceoN, " Man of the World" Wine Store 3, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, and in every county in England, lOs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. equal to 14 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 inspection of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of 1,000 objects, consisting of Clocks, 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 ♦ery 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. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ind Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas - er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her akiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. _ . Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, !lINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE EtALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149, Strand, W.C. PRIZE MED AL -INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., &c., To the Queen and the Pfince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to , he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality ed. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality ............Is. sd. per lb. Second quality •• •• •• •• ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality ls. ld. per lb. Carriage paid 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. TEETH. --Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—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 witbout wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are 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 mouth without 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. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations iree.— B,Grosvener street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. E ATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND IX COD LIVER OIL. The Finest Imported this Season. THIS VALUABLE MEDICINE having of late years come into such general use, and being, moreover, so exten sively prescribed by the most eminent practitioners both in town and country, Mr. Keating can with the greatest confidence recommend this Oil as being - perfectly pure, nearly tasteless, and free from adulteration, having been analysed, reported on, and recommended by Prof. Taylor, of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, Dr. Scott, M.D., L.R.C.P., F.L.S., kc., and Dr. Edwin Payne, M D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., who, in the words of the late Dr. Pereira, says that " The best Oil is that which is most devoid of colour, odour, and flavour, cha racters this will be found to possess, being purely of hepatic origin, a point of great weight with regard to its therapeutic value. Sold in Half-pints, ls. 9d. ; Pints, 3s. ; Quarts, ss. 6d. ; and Five-pint Bottles, 12s. 6d., imperial measure, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. fid. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER of Dr. eared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe PILLS,—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—I . 're- Vie!Scott, of ' from bilious and tiver complaints, indigestion, wind Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who . s P a ßing. costivenes s , a giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &e. For habitual of the blood, the y are truly s a family ap er i en t m edici n e, an d as a purifier lion and gratef to the stomach, they create appetite, pro ' excellent; mild in their opera mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most d ruggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square Mao.with . " William Lambert . ," engraved on the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1863. IjINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISII„WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded 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 shipslrresistible, 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 liath in June, 1864. The Malacca, 17, screw, Capt. G. H. Napier, was paid out of commission yesterday at Portsmouth. 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 their name implies—a reserve force always ready to relieve or strengthen our fleets at sea. At present the ships forming the reserves could not bo made ready to take the sea under six years, if our dockyard resources 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 storos 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. The si-inch plate referred to in the Naval Intelligence column of 71u Sun of yesterday as having been pierced by steel spherical 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 knees, broken plate, and shot. This shot struck the plate 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 51 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 plate 21 inches, measuring from 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 S-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- tension of the existing defences which protect the entrance to Chatham harbour are being augmented by the construc 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 40ft. 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 th 3 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 d raug ht o f any h ost il e squa d ron 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 ho completed in about 12 months ; the forts and batteries will then be commenced. By the death of Admiral of the Red J. Ayscough 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. Gifford, 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. 13., 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. Horan, surgeon, to the Curagoa—Wm. E. Black, midshipman, to the Marlborough —James Campbell, assistant paymaster in charge, to the Implacable—Daniel W. Wise, assistant paymaster, to the Conqueror—Dr. Henry C. Woods, Richard Connor, Cor nelius H. Ward, Dr. Thos. D. Brownlow, John Ma. Hol lingsworth, and Henry N. M. Sedgwick, assistant surgeons, to the Victory for Haslar 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. The Machinery _in the Agricultural Hall. The Smithfield Club was purposely originated to encourage the production of the best beef, 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 65 annual fetes, the three great divisions of husbandry—its tillage, cropping, and animal pro duce—unite in forming a fine exposition of Eng land's agricultural progress. If any people have reason to bless the Agricultural Hall Company, hey are the exhibitors of implements, and the visitors who used to cram the uncomfortable galie ries of the old Baker -street Bazaar. In the new building there is ample space for the effective dis. play of tools, engines, 'vehicles, 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 persona with tickets, yes terday traversed all parts of the building, down the broad avenues between the rows 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; but a few of the principal implement stands certainly call for a notice. Steam tilling apparatus, for instance, forms a marked feature . . _ _ iu the exhibition. Mr. Steeven'a balance plough, with parallel motion for raising one set of shares out,of work while the other set is being lowered into the ground between the journeys, is worked by Messrs. Garrett's stationary engine and windlass on Messrs. Howard's principle. Messrs. J. 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 Liebon ; it has other " sets" in India, and is sending several sets to Egypt. While the Britannia Works at Bedford are thus turning 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 tepidly increasing his home trade, not only in the heavy land districts, but also 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 he 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 acccomplished by the same engine that already ploughs and grubs. As an instance cf the extent of our foreign trade in agricultural machinery, Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworth last year sent 120 steam en gines,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 np. Egypt appears just now to be one of the best markets for agricultural machines. Among the portable engines of Messrs. Tuxford and Sons, fur 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. Ransomes a n d Si ms h ave anot h er fi n d s t an d o f engines, plough s , mills, and crushers, for various purposes, and their ingenious revolving corn screen with adjustable wires. Of Messrs. Burgess and Key's yeapers the most remarkable is that invented by M‘Cormick, 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 est summer. P orn u atg r k P sit e nn ihegeemi this also has been a delivering the corn in smaller implements, Mr. c ssß i uh p eceAn l temf , tsl b wios l u fn, ius t tglh f c o nohc r ouaov t tffi h ei eelcteumanual r: mills, and crushers are note worthy, as being especially cheap in proportion to the capacity of the machines for work. Messrs. Ashby and Co. show, among a considerable variety ofimplements, trail more r i r e c e i ffi r c c u i l e a n r t iharrows,y stirring which revolve a s hey t and pulver ising the ground. The p ro p ri etors of the Beverley ra travel, e Ironworks exhibit their improvement of the origi nal Bell's reaping machine, now made to take a great breadth of corn at One; and to bo propelled by three horses. Their stand is also distinguished by very improved harvest carts and other 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 tried cereals. Mr. Carter's stand is very interesting; Messrs. Sutton and Sons ex hibit a greed collection of roots, mangold turnips, and so on, of extraordinary merit. But the best show in the hall is that of Messrs. Thomas Gibbs and Co., the secdsman by appointment to the Royal Agricultural Society. The grains and seeds in glass vases, the samples and dried specimens of corn in the ear, and of the numerous spe c i es of grasses in flower, and the rare roots, from quite a valuable botanical study. A. new variety of yellow-globe mangold, selected by markable for the fine top and root, and beautiful quality of flesh, combined with a capacity for heavy cropping. The P s ecimens shown are from a crop on the Royal Shaw Farm, which gave 58 tons per acre. This well-filled department of machinery and vegetable produce must be pronounced equally suc. cessful with the animated portion of the show,and at quite as many visitors. tracts the eager attent ion of THE SIVIITHFIELD CLUB. The annual m eeting of the Smithfield club was held yes terday afternoon, at the Islington Agricultural Hall; Lord W alsizigham in.; the chair. The business was of A routine 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 meeting afterwards was held by the Jonas Webb Memo rial Committee. Among these present were Lord Walsing ham, Lord Berners, Mr Hoverman, Mr Dobite, Mr. Strat• ford, Mr. Thurnell, Mr. R. Leeds, and the hon. secretaries, Professor Simonds:and Mr Sidney. The Ron. Elliott York presided. It was reported that the sum of £906 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 exceeding three years old, No. 5, the winner of 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,lslington ; 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 or 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 Cattle Market; and No. 44, 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 boasts, the winner of the second prize, N 0.151, had been purchased 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 vell, of Bromley, Kent. In class 23, No. 182, the winner of the first prize, had been purchased by Messrs Wolton 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 prize. No. 200, to Mr Myrcon, of High-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 w i n ner in the extra sto ck ( Devo n) had been purchased by Mr. Bottrell , o f Rochester-row, Westmins ter. Of s heep, the following sales had been made :-In class t 3 h l e , N b e o s ' t pnof 249,e Lei the pe c n es o t f er s s h , Cotswolds, eep' L winning the silver cup, as incolns, Kentish, or any other long-woolled breed, 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, Lincolns, No. 261, the winners of the first p r ize, had been purchased by Mr J ames Smith, of Huntingdo n ; and No. 20, the second prize, by Mr Cox, Brampton-road. In class 36, South Downs, No. 294, the pen winning the silver cup as the b es t o f one-year S ou thdowns, Hampshire , or 'Wiltshire Downs, had 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-stre e t. I n c l ass 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, of Foubert's-place, Regent's-street. In class 38, the first prize pen, No. 306, had been p urchased by Mr Kin g , Far_ r i ng don-street ; the second, No. 309, to Mr Scarl e tt, S outh Audley-street ; and the third, No. 308, to Mr Adams, Hackney. road. In class 39, Hampshire, the first prize pen, e No. 31 6 , had bee n sold to Mr Bottrell, of Westminster ; t he second, No. 318, to Mr Tamworth, of Peterborou gh ; and the third to Mr. Ho oke, Frederick-street, Hampste; aadi-idrotanda.t winning In class 41, Shrops hire, No. 330, the pen winnin g th e first p r ize had been sold to Mr. Har p er, Hi g h-street, Totten ham ; and the secon d p rize p en, No. 327, to Mr Fisher, M a ids-hill. In class 42, Oxfordshire, the p en wi nning the first os Ryland, n , had dt,N o Messrs been e 332,n soldh t toe p Thompson,Men winning r G. Prop teborough. I n aer the first prize had been sold to Mr. J Petherbridge, of Hastings street, Burton-cresce nt ; and,that winning the second, No. to Mr Pawsey , Bath. In class 41, mountain bre ed , No. 341, the pen w innin g the first prize had been sold to first i s ez 4 :h 3 Ne , 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. 314, had been sold to Mr King, of Farringdon-street ; 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 tho 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 Welton 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. On Monday morning, two platelayers, named Nairn and Wlnnes, were run over by an engine on the Grangemouth Railway, and cut to pieces. 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, to put new elements—elements of which the parents may totally dis approve—into the characters which they have educated, and to a great 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. tie a nd his lawyer frame it with the unexpressed and hardly con scious conviction—for the lawyer is always a man of routine, and the father's feelings are excited—that they are taking precautions against an enemy. Mind he does not speculate, rob the mind he does not waste the money, mind he does nodiscretion children ; don't leave anything to my daughter ' ss ems to me —she is so infatuated with this fellow, whooyes out of her nothing particular, that she would head if he asked her; tie him up handasibly can. These, give hand foot, and get every farthing out of him that youl possibly the instructions not in words, but in tone and P who frames their which men usually give to the satitroi;ney or rather they do nut daughter's settlements. They forget, like to remember, that when all is said and done the hus band will be nearer and dearer to the wife than the father or mother ; that the presump tion i s that he will care mach more for her than t he y do, and a thousand times more f or that in a ll probability ho will know hi s own hberichildrbeenst;; that ty i n g his hands they are tying hands ness th a t would be 1 h er s ervice in circumstances which io( i for in cannot p o ssibly be foreseen, and that if the horse realt y requ i res suchelaborate ktiockhinagrnsetsrsapast and martingales he had better not be put all. No conditi ons in that can be fr amed can prevent a husband from destro y in g his wife's happ iness, debauching her mind, ma ki ng h er 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 i n vesting her money except in Government securities, or on mortgage of freehold eßtateta in England ?—coiniati Jfagaine. PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. 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 at great expense, and with the outlay subsequently neces sary for their destruction represent a cost to the country of some £1,500 or £2,000 sterling. Targets that ought never to have been noticed by the Admi• ralty have thus been built at the expense of the nation, and proved 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, and 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 has been that the thickness of the armour plates themselves is a matter of a lmost secondar y importance when compared with the construction of the backing w hich keeps them u p to their work . Thus, Mr Chalmers's target, c om p osed of 31-inc h plates 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, co m p osed of 4 1 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 IStn. to 9in., and to increase the armour from 4, 1 2 -in. to SA-in. 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, But 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 on the principle r 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 are undertaken, reject the best target which Shoebaryness 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 as far as it is safe to go in the new frigates of the Minotaur and Northumberland class when their bulk increased to 3471 b. per foot. Yet Mr. Reed's target wei g hs no less than 3811 b. per toot, and it is perhaps the heaciest target ever put forward 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 20tt. by 4ft. 3in., and no ,ess than Gin, 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 91in. 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 Gin. armour plates. Thus, then, there are no less than 71in. 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 21in. 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 opinion another was very freely expressed by the iron shipbuilders present that Mr. Reed would find it difficult to make a vessel so coated an efficient seagoing frigate without such an amount of dis placement as might be fatal to its speed. This, how ever, is merely an opinion; for it cannot be den that Mr. Reed has long and carefully Btu died the d there whole question which he offe rs to solve; an builders are, to say the least, quite as many shipbuilders who support his theories as oppose them. Great interest was felt in the trial of yesterday, and an unusual number of visitors went down from London. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia was present during the whole day, and appeared t o watch the effect of every shot withas much interest present. Admiral Grey, Sir Fairbairn, as any artilleryman John Hay, Gen. St. Georg!, Gen. H ay, Dr. P ercy, Mr. Pole, C.E., Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Admiral Robinson, and the representatives of the Millwall Iron Works, the builders of the target, were also present. The guns wer e laid at the cus tomary 2 00 yards' range, Col. Taylor, as usual, superintending all the arrangement s for the firing. The first rounds were merely rout ine—a 6S solid 10-pounder Arm esthroot;gwsihthoratelnGeldb.tochaarwgeei a nd a g of 661 b., fired with t he same charge. Both these struck the upper plate, and made the usual indent of nearly two inches deep, but effected nothing more than that which they always do—that is to say , s h ow th e qu ality of the ironplates against which the guns have to con tend. On thi s occasion the iron was literally per fect, and throughout the rest of the experiments the opinion Was universal that better plates had uever been tested at Shoeburyness. Even under the heaviest shot, though indented deeply, they showed scaacely any perceptible symptom of buckling out, and though struck on the edge and around the bolt-holes, it was almost impossible to crack them. Asalvo of two 68-pounders and two 110-pounder Armstrongs, with shot shortened to 6611 b. was next fired, but of these four guns one missed the t target altogether, one touched it so slightlyon.Bl upper edge that, ae fa r as damage was concerned, t may also be cal led a miss; the remaining two struck close together, o ne on each side of a bolt, so that the bolt itself was squeezed up like putty, and ou t w ards, but still held firm. Two rejected slig htl y is)hots 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 tile workmanship of the whole mass that from the commencement to THE ARMY. The second company of Royal Engineers, under the com mand of Capt. R. Harrison, which has been stationed at Aldershot camp during the summer, will undergo an ex tended course of fieldwork instruction at the Royal Engi neer establishment, Chatham, in anticipation of its being 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 admission to the Royal Military College .at Sandhurst will take 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 tank 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 c l ass Mi ss Ed wards as a most successful pupil of the remarkable school which the Yorkshire clergyman's daughter founded. w e have met with nothing of equal power or merit since th e decease of Charlotte Bronte.—lliessenger. 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 dackets by 2,280 Agents, cylindrical, round headed 6t s '.is neeite, -. _ but effected nothing, and then the W hit, wore'. 70e'4'"?-14-'47:x .V 71 -- r_ eeea / 1 pounder muzzle-loading gun was loade d wtth tad fired , Q steel shell, charged with 211 b. of powder, t • with a 121 b. charge. As regarded the tars 'et, this effected nothing, though its indent at once s. 'mwed by its severity the immense superiority of steel Pro. jectiles against armour plates over the old gray celst sron shot. Th e i n d en t ma d e by this shell though on y 21b. heavier than the 63-pounders, was at least 40 F`er cent. deeper, and its fragments cut into the mass o f iron as if it h a d b een so muc h wend. When steel withrle, gave same n charges prop ceeiles i eed penetration ,t were first used from the same gun s asc on m o n offrom 3 shot, ro they, 0 and as a to 35 per cent. over the ca st iron. Later experi ments, however, have added cvt, n to this high per centege of superiority, end look,ng at the rapid improvement in the uro of the rt, -tal used manufacture for these projectiles, th ere seems why we should not look for still to be in reason whyhigher re suits. on Sir William Armstrong has sent steel buryness of such perfect metaltn' a shot. to B'"°- penetrating a 6- inch plate they have b een even att er ~ een so littia injured that they could with safety have us ed again. Ono thing is absolutely certain, been u sed that our present cast iron shot will never be able to effect much against armour ships. Mr. Whitworth's 150-pounder was next tried. In conseque nce of there being a slight flaw in this fine price, Mr. Whitworth reduced its firing charge from 271 b. to 23111, the shell, of homogeneous metal (which is only a hard name for soft steel), weighing 1541 b., with 51b. of powder as a bursting charge. Much was expected from this formidable shot, but, unfortunately, it failed—the shell from some my sto 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 case shot of 1511 b., fired with 351 b. of powder. This stock with the rather high velocity of 1,570 ft. per second, on the edge of the upper plate, making an indent of 33in., breaking one belt, slightly bulging the inner akin of the target, and. therefore starting the ribs of the ship itself just enough to be perceptible. Beyond this, however,it effected nothing of importance. The plates st ill re-. tn a . ed a s t oug h en d un b en ding as ever, there was no sign of cracking is them, and every rivet, to the astonishment of all on the g round, stoc,d fast. A steel the spherical s h ot of same weight wies fired from with the same gun the same charge, and this, rather unfairly for the the substance of th e target, struck between the slightly parted edges of the l upper and lower plates. It com pletely buried itself, entire plate, but strange aed must have passed through to say, though two bolts g ave way, all the rivets held ' on ; and, although ti, e 3 i mm ense mass was bedd ed target, it produced scarcely are effect worth speak, ing of on the inner skin, Wei: l j as purposes are conc erne d , remained as good faras fighting was fired at. A shot from a Tin. muzzl e loading as before it, loading gun of the Ordnance Select Commi ttee was firedwith 1201 b. steel s hell loaded with 21b. of powder.T a This accomp li s hed absolutely nothing, though it might have done a good deal more than it was intended, inasmuch as one of its fragments flew back to the guns and buried itself 21 feet in the ground, clone 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 more 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 tong,fo the first time, seen a perfect crack, nearly a foo l ate , a pparently ; and extending quite through t he p but this was all. The last shot fired was fro,''a Mr. Whitworth's 150-pounder, loaded with a steel shell and 51b. of powder. 'This struck the lower paste, and, exploding, buried itself deeply ; but though 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 inspection, 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 it general rush from the field to catch fiat) train ; for to mien the last train from Shoeburyness would be like being left behind on 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 actieved by the target of Mr. Chalmers. In estimating the relative merits of the two targets—beyond ell doubt the strongest and best conducted in principle ever experi mented on—it must nut be forgotten that Mr. lteed'e 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 yes terday, 15 rounds of which were fired with 1301 b. of powder and threw no less than 1,5001 b. weight of :netal against the target of Mr. Chalmers more than were fired against that of Mr. Reed. One among the many shots discharged against Mr. Chalmers's in. vention 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 I\l.-. Reed's target would not have stood this, but at least it was not tried. In ge neral it may be said, as far as can be judged from yesterday's experiments, that both targets stood a lmost equally well. What now an d cheapest, to be proved is which is lightest cheapest, and, above all, best adapted to the purposea of iron frigate building. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. -___+-- (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The deaths in London were above 1,400 in each of the last t h roe weeks of November ; they declined to 1,376 in the week that ended last Saturday. The average number of deaths in ten corresponding weeks (taking the 49th week in each of the years 1853-62) is, with a correction for increaof population, 1,46 0. The actual number is less by $ than that obt a i ned by calculation. e; The births in the week were more numerous than the deaths by 419, Smallpox - . t was returned in 26 cases, seven of which oc curred ° Persons who were 15 years old and u p wards. Scarlatin a Was less fatal than it had been durin g a long period, the number recorded being SB. This complaint av eraged 129 d ea th s wee kly i n October, and 119 weekly in November, and it appears to have recently still further de clined. Five deaths from scarlatina were registered in Kentish town, 10 in Islington, 4 in Limehouse, 5 in Bow, 4in Pop lar, sin St. Peter's, Walworth, and 4in Plumstead. A child died of scarlatina at 20, Margaret-street, Linaehouse, and this is stated to be the fourth fatal case of this disease in the same house within 23 days. Sixty-four deaths are referred to the head of " typhus" in the tables. The corrected average for 10 corres as ponding weeks is 50. Of the 64 there were 34 returned typhus, 14 as typhoid fever, 8 as fever, 8 bilious, gastric fever, &c. Bronchitis caused 155 deaths—it exhibits no increase on the three previou s weeks. Last week a greater number of deaths was assigned to it than to phthisis or any other di s . ease in the list. Last week the births of 941 boys and 554 girls, in all Tht -o r: 1,795 children, wore registered in London. In the 10 cor responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,867. The mean At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height mean temperature of the barometer in the week was 29 . 710 in. The height of mean daily reading was above 301 n on Sunday and Friday, and below three ; otl Saturday a tahve it m 29in on Wednesday. The reading fell to 28 . 80 in on was in excess by , temperature fell h iG : l f o a r i en st e hh z ee t i r h n )4 og . v e firstraOgne point three of water.d ays the to d hf a e y t h , and: vaverage : r gi o ne s etchft the week tw3hOee.e2ska2l same ea o s‘ n v4 e2e. week Friday. in ilieng 4, 3 w years ca hr s is (s: 5d d e temperatureetegtbinove determined deg on Monday. The highest The lowest was 29.8 was 51. 9 The range of temperature in - deg on Thursday. B‘liv)a 8 below ti‘lle gbr t .e. 21.4 deg. Tho mean daily re the week was, therefore, of the highest temperatures ( fhga was 14.3 deg. The mean 47.4 deg ; that of the lowest ) the water of the Thanes was between the mean dew point was 45.2 deg, The difference ture was 4 . 4 deg. Th e u, temperature and air tempera ture 85, complete saturli h t:an degree of humidity of the air air was moist on th e ' n being represented by 100. The south-east in the be... first four days. The wind was in the chiefly in the south : v i e nn t ing of the week, and Wednesday the pressure of the winds At 3 o'clock p.m. on22t. tt the square foot ; and from N,W. rose to lio 211 b, and f text morning at 3 o'clock the pressure was from that time to 6 o'clock in the evening it was al most o. constantly between 6 and 12 1 b. The am ount of rain was Min) nearly all of which f e ll on Wednesday and Thursday. NEW NOVEL by the Author of "GRANDMOTHER'S MONEY." On Friday, Dec. 11, in 3 vols., WOMAN'S RANSOM. By F. W. 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