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

TN what " Happlv Land eqn I see wbich you after the "Oper aa Gentlemal only ma• kir Jl7 of Jae HA.PPY LAND 6A.R.DEN, my dear fel low I Sup— -EVANS' , COVENT- RINAHAN'S LL WH_IFSKY v. COGNAC, BRAN Dy, This celebrated Old IR [S .. WIIISKY r i vals the finest P FRENCH BRANDY, It Is Pure, Mild, Mello r, r jeIiCIOUS, and very Wh Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., a' , the Retail H ouses in Londonolesome. ; by the Agents in the princip ' 1 towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT W INDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red SF Al, "liinahan's LL Whits , ;T. ', Pink Label, and C or k branded THE EBB ,1y VALE COMPANY (Limited). Incorporat od un ler the Companies Act, 1862. 'Capital Four Millions, in 80,000 shares of £5O each. Deposit on application Xi per share, and £4 on allotment. Further calls will not es:ceed £5 per share, made at intervals , of not less than throe months, and will extend over a period of three years. it is estimated that not more than two-thirds of the total capital will bra required to be called up. DIRECTORS. Abraham Darby, Esq., Ebbw Vale Park, Monmouthshire, Chairman and Managing Director. Joseph Robinson, Esq., Berldtampstea,d and London, Deputy Chairman. Frazeis Tothill, Esq., Bristol. John Platt, Esq., Oldham. G. S. Beeeroft, Esq , M.P., Leeds. James Aspinall Turner, Esq., M.P Manchester. Harry G eorge Gordon, Esq., 1, Clifden-place, Hyde -park, London. Charles King Anderson, Esq.. '65, Old Broad-street, London. EAT (-4Erts. The Ban' q of England. And its so ,eral Branches at Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Leeds, New castle, Hull, Plymo ath, Portsmouth, Leicester. Messrs. Fresh? OLI CITORS. • ie!cis and New man, London. PR ONDRS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sor, London. AUDITORS. David Chadwick, Esq. (Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, M'Kenna, and Co.), 27, Great George-stree , Westminster. John Young, Esq. (Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co.), Toke nhouse-yard, City. OFFICES, PRO Tv.a, No. 27, Great George - street, Westrofinster, and 7, Laurence pountney-hill„ City. ABRIDGED P 'AOS PECTUS. The Company is formed f , , Jr the purpose of c,".,:rrying into effect an agreement made v - _ the purchase 0 .1 the Coal, Iron, and other Works, which h avetor a lon , :`,.ime been carried on with very satisfactory r .nsulta by pripafe individuals, and are capable of considerah' , to vbpansion, with greatly increased Profits. No promotion-r made. -coney-coneyor other similar payment will be Detailed Pr, ,spectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may / '..g.! obtained at the Bank of England, and its several Br .nches ; from the Brokers ; or from the under signed, whom any further information required will be furnishc.d . CHAD-WICK, ADAMSON, WITENNA, and Co., Financial Agents, 27, Great George-street. Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. THE EBBW VALE COIII'ANY (Limited). Capital £4,000,000, in 80,000,00) Shares of £5O each. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF No. SHARES. To the Directors of "The Ebbw Vale Company (Limited)," per Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, M`lienna, and Co., Finan cial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, aud 61, Cross-street, Manchester. Gentlemen, having paid a deposit of £1 per Share, I beg to apply for Shres oZSO in the pro posed " Val Company (Limi a ted), "and hereby agree to become a Share holder in that Company, subject to its rulett and regulations, and to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlen,n, Your obedient servant, - Name in full Address in full Profession or occupation Date THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited).NOTlCE IS HERF.IIY GIVEN, That further na tions for Shares in this Company will no be received after pp ter 'WEDNESDAY, the 13th inst., for the Countr CHAD WICK, ADAMSON, M•KENNA, and CO, Financial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. July 11, 1861. THE lIUDIKSVALL and FORSSA STEAM SAWING MILL COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, limiting the liability of shareholders to the amount of their shares. Capital, £1 60,000, in 3,200 shares, of £5O each, with power to increase to £203,000, of which about £75,00), or 1.600 shares, in ful y paid-up shares will be taken by the Ill.diksvall Steam Saw-mill Company (Limited). Deposit, £5 per share on app ication, £lO en allotment. The other calls to be made at intervals of not less than three months. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all money paid in anticipation of calls. RECTORS. J. C. Tin Thorn, Esq., firm of Messrs. J. C. Im Thorn and Co., 1, East India-avenue. Chas. Andreae, Esq., firm cf Messrs. Nestle, Andreae, and Co- 1 0, St. Dunsta's-lyll. Chas. Victor I 3 enecke, Esq., firm of Messrs. Schunk, Souchay, and Co., No, 63, Moorgate-street. J. 11. Passow, Esq , 63, Moorgate-street. J. C. W. Ri tter, Esq., firm of Messrs. W. Ritter ond Co., 157, Fenehtirch -street. With power to add to their number. BANKERS IN LONDON. The London and Westm:nster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ch as. D ruce and Sons, 10, Billiter-square. lliessrs. BROKERS. Woolley, Coates, and Ha,nkey,26, Tokenhouse-yard. SECRETARY. J. C. W. Ritter, Esq. lion. Secretary, until a S ecretary shall liave been appointed. TEMPORARY OFFICES. Mitre-chambers, 157, Fenchurch-street. A private Company was established in 1857, under the name of the Hudiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Company (Lind ed), for the purchase of fore.ts in Sweden, and the taking of grants or leases or other title to such forests, with the right of selling the same ; the completion of water corn launicatiens for floating timber from the forests to Forssa, and thence to Hudiksvall : erecting steam and water sawing Mills for converting the timber into deals, and the sale of such deals at Hudiksvail, or the consignment of them for sale to London or other places. The present Company is formed for the purpose of extend- i ing the operat'ons of the above -mentioned Hudiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Company, the shareholders in the Hudiksvall Steam Sawing Mill Company being wilting to take payment for the whole of the capital invested by them in paid-up shares of the new Company. Considerable and valuable forests in the parish of Llllherr dal in the vicinity of the Herje and Ljusne rivers, in the pro vince of Jemptland, also in Farila, have been secured upon leases for 50 years, renewable every 10 years during the term. of 50 years, without fine to the lessors. These forests, cover ing between 330 and 40) English square miles, or ?bO,OOO to 2 50,000 acres, are, from tie general advance in the value of forests, supposed to be of much greater value now than they were t the time of the purchase. About £7, 00 have been expendeds in making da ms, an d clearing, the streams in the forest, in o rder to facilitate the of te i mber to the river Ljusne ; and about £31,000 in floatin estab g lishin h g t a water com nannication between Swinhammer, on the river Ljusne, and the Mill at Forssa, including about £5,000 paid as an equi valent for a share in the existing floating arrangements in the river Ljusne, thereby acquiring the right of fl , ating free of dues for ever. The water communications between Swin hammer and the Mill have been molt substantially con structed, under the direction of Commissioners appointed by the Swedish Government, and consist of ducts and canals— one of which has been cut through the solid rock—and in cludes a haulinga bed, work e d b y a steam engine, for the pur pose of n the to a higher level, about 40 feet, from which pint floating there is` a fall ga ined of upwards of 340 feet, extending over this line of water communicat.on,with an ample supply of water all the year round. These works have coot a large sum of money beyond the original estimate, be cause the Government insisted upon their being constructed upon a much larger scale, in order to make them available for the public in general, This a dditi onal outlay, however, has already begun to bear go o d fruits, since a profit has been Clties eared during the last y ear by fl oat i ng timber for other par onwhich soul ce of revenue is likely still further to reduce e tio.iting expe nses . A b out £22,700 have been expended. the steam sawing•-mill and engines, with wor k s h op com plete, whi c h are of 'the best English workmanship, in excel lent condition and capable of sa w i ng a b out 1,000 logs per y Idla, thus showing the mk,snitu le of the works. X 3.60) have . ee n expended a t F orssa, Lillherrdal, and other places, for ! labo urers' dwellings and storehouses ; they are all substan rtially built, and and freehold property, as well as the saw ill, the entire line of water communication between Swin ammer and Forssa, the deal yards at Forssa, sundry farms, and the shipping w harf in the por of Hudiksvall. The deals are brought by railway, about eight miles, to Hndiksvall, one of the best natural ports in Sweden. From various causes the arrangements were not completed before the year 1062, and thus the year 1863 is, in fact, the Year in which the capabilities of the wor.,s have been tested, and upwards of 6,000 standards of deals, of shipping quality, Were actually produced and sold, the quality being generally approved of in the London markets and elaewhere. In order to make all the capacities of the works available, which arc, without any further outlay for plant and ma chinery, equal to the production of 8,000 standards of deals of shipping quality per annum, it is intended to create 3,200 shares of £5O each, 1,600 of which will be taken by the share holders of the Hudiksvall Steam Sawing-mill Company, who are willing to take payment for 'the whole amount invested by them in paid-up shares. The remaining 1,700 shares are now offered to the public. If the capital of the Company is extended to £200,000, it would be for the purpose of increas ing the operations of the Company, which is not by any means fr aproba,,le. The total assets of the old Company on the Ist January of t his year amounted to £137,960 I9s. 2d. These assets com prise £1,500 still to be paid in three instalments for the lease of the Lillherdal Forests, and also include about £33,000 for deals sold for early delivery and about 150,0)0 logs at the mill and floating; there are also sundry other good out standing debts. In order to secure to the Hudiksvall and Forssa Company the who e profits of the current year, it is proposed that all the „ properties as a b ove , an d asse t s o f th e Iludiksvall Corn ,,,vanY should be takon by the Hudiksvall and Foram Com pany, for the sum of £,58 , 5 00 ; an d th a t a ll moneys expended; since the tat January of this year, including interest and commission on the capital employed, be considered as ex pended by and tor the b ene fit an d a t the cost of the Iludiks va; and P orssa Company. last he caleu allow; based upon the actual experience of the d Y e ar, show a profit of 8 per cent.. upon the extendedthe' In with fair prospects of a further increase for the future. In c ,_ alculation or estimate of the probable profits, allow ance oa s b e . rest ~.,,, , (al made for a reserve fund, which, with inte ' ""t alow the capital of the Company to be paid off at unless it sil o the end ot 43 Years, when the leases of the forest will expire chase new 14 1 be deemed ex p e di en t at t h at time t o p ur - The Rale pric the prices taet e ' , Pon which th e ca l cu l a ti ons are b ase d a re some of th e gr a py obtained f or th e last year ' s produce, and their opinion that st brokers prices e timber trade have given it as the future. Th e higher are likely to be obtained for and about 1,700 stands ills are at this moment in full work, four weeks, which, a,ds of deals have been sawn in the last p„,v,.,,1 average quality, will realise in the English market u rnent there are 10 shi"3 loadingoo net. At the present mo- Ilucliksvall. V. at the Company's wharf at dress Appd to licati the rokersons for shares andin the annexed form, to be ad b a receipt of the London , , the Secretary, accompan i e d b y £5 for each share appli ed toestrninster Bank, for a d e po s it of -, w hich will be retu rne d , f ree of charge, for all shares not ailo tted. I LB.—This form of application sented to the bankers entire. and receipt must be pre- FORM OF APPLICATION FOR fi . i s To the Directors of the Hudiksvall Asa,RATeam Sawing Mill Company ;Limit Gentle Mill Paid to ye ur bank and Westminster Bank, the sum of .c era, the London quest that you will allot to me -- Sharea 'c,l hereby re- Ihe above Company Pouchn the terms ot th e Pro £5O each in us, and I h.ereby agree to accept shares, or any s m st r that may beallotted and to execute A. . to me, a alley number th e Articles of saOciation when regnired. Name in full.. ..,.......,.,• Residence........., ...:,:'.... : . ~ Profession or occupation ....... : . Address in full .................... Date ~„ L .................0 . N°. 22,480. It. PERSONS SEEKING LANDED It_ ES•i ATES, AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, F REEHOLD AND TOWN LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER PIES GENERALLY— To DE lIAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Litmley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES WiShillg to Sell or Let can em brace the opport un ity that ne medium of this Regi s t er affords, by sendi ng th e Estate Offic,es, 67, - particulars of their properties t o th e Chancery-lane, London, as the M essrs . Lumley can 1 where the most cases introduce immediate custom ers, property is of an eligible Ohara 'ter, thereby avoid disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon v:-niences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY of LONDON (Limited) invite TENDERS for the PUR CHASE of MORTGAGE BONDS of £5O each, to the extent of £20,000, charged upon Leasehold Property of large value, and bearing interest at Ten per Cent. per Annum, payable Half-yearly on presentation of Coupons (which are attached to the Bonds), at the Union Bank of London. Temple-bar Branch, The principal of the Bonds redeemable in three years. Forms of App`ication may be obtained at the Com pany's Offices, 54, Threadneedle-street, Lcndon. (Entrance, Hercules -passage), T LONDON THEATRE COMPANY (Limited). Capital, £50,0M, in 5,000 Shares of £lO each. allotmen £t per share to be paid on application, and Ll 10e. on t, BANKERS. The London Bank of Scotland, 24, Old Jewry, E.C. Prospectuses, forms of application, and all other particu lars, may be obtained from the solicitors, Messrs. Druce and Co., 53, Victoria-street, S.W. ; the bankers ; or at the Offices of the Company, 1, Great Winchester-street, E.C. E. S. HARDING, Secretary. LONDON THEATRE COMPANY (Limited). APPLICA.TIONS for the REMAINING SHARES must be SENT IN on or before WEDNESDAY, the 13th inst., as the List will be Closed on that day. By order. T HE ROBERTSFORS IRON WORKS COMPANY, Limited. To be Incorporated under the "Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares. Capital, £300,000, in 15,000 Shares of £2O each. Deposit, los. per Share on Application, and.£2 on Allotment. _ . First Issue, 7,500 Shares. No call will exceed £2 i Os. per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. No promotion money will be paid, and the preliminary expenses will be confined strictly to the proper charges only. DIRECTORS. The Right Honourable I;nccararvagh, Army and Navy Club, Pali-mall, S.W. D. C. Griffith, Esq., F.R.G.S., Messrs. Griffith and Barton, Assayers to the Bank of Englaud, and the Anglo-Mexican Mint Company. Louis Guilletmot, Esq., Messrs. Guilletmot and Weylandt, Bankers, stockho m. Edward Nixon, Esq., Ormonde-house, Bognor, Sussex, and 10, Victoria-road, Director of the General Financial and Estate Agency Corporation, Limited. J. Paton, Esq., Messrs. Paton and Co., Merchants, Stock holm. Charles Weber, Esq, Messrs. G. Hammond and Co,, Swed sh and Norwegian Consuls, Itamsgate and Deal. With power t 3 add to their number. BANKERS. The Consolidated Bank, Limited, Fenchurch-street. AUDITORS. Messrs. Bennett and Gaskell, Accountants, 31, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. BROKERS. Francis Burnand, Esq., London and County-chambers, Lombard-street. W. Hannam, Esq., Manchester. SOLICITORS, Messrs. R. and S. Mullets, 7, Poultry. BECRETARY PRO TEM. A. Robinson, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 7A, Lawrence I'ountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C. The Company is formed for the purchase of the extensive estates of Robertsfors and Fredricksfor , comprising about 150,0 0 acres c f freeho'd and rown lands, with large forests and agricultural dist ricts,as also timber andiron works, ship bui ding yards, ,t c., and which are situated in the county of West Botte a, in Sweden, five English miles from the harbour, belongi ng to the estate, called Sikea,* in the Gulf of F othnia; and also to extend the preset]: manufacture of iron, intro duce Bessemer's steel process, so as to produce on the spot, from the lure Swedish iron ore and charcoal, a quality of steel adapted for rails, ship-building, locomotive engine tires, axles, shafts, and other machinery, boiler plates, armour plates for hit s, cannons, me , tars, &c., and for all other pur poses where it has proved desirable to substitute Bessemer steel for iron. It is also intended to extend the yearly pro duce of timber for export, to build ships, and work the other resources of the estate in ,ucli manner as may be found most bon , fit.; al to the interes's of the shareholders. The Swedi It bar and pig-iron is j ustly celebrated in the vari ous markets of the world. At the International Exhibition of 1852, n) less than fifteen exhibitors from Sweden received medals for different kinds of iron and iron manufactures, among which was part of an iron hip that had struck on a rock, and which was entirely bent without breaking or injaring the iron in any way, thus establishing its great superiority for ship plates. It has been repeatedly stated in our public journals—" The Times," " Mining J. urnal," and other leading and se entitle organs—that we cannot as yet do without Swedish iron. The present proprietors have but to a small extent deve loped all the resources at their command, having derived an average annual income of about .£B,ot/U sterling from the profits obtained by employing only a moderate capital. Thus the average yearly produce of ch,trco l bar iron has been limited to 620 tons, at a cost price of £7 ss. per ton. Freight hitherto paid from Sikea to England by timber vessels, 10s. per ton ; other expenses, about is.; making a total of £7 16s. per ton, delivered in En.4land, where the market price of such iron now ranges from £ 2 les. to £l3 per ton—thus leaving a nett profit of at least XI 17s. per ton. No pig iron is at pre sent sold from the property, and all the bar iron has of late years been contracted for by a large firm (who are willing to contract for more than double the quantii y) in France, where it is considered one of the most superior qualities of Swedish iron. and used for cutlery and other fine manufactures. One of that firm has lately visited Sweden for the purpose of making a contract for a series of years. The present average produce of timber has also been limited to about 27,000 dozen planks, which have been sold at an average profit 4.4 2s. per dozen—leaving a nett profit of £2,700 sterling. It is proposed to erect at a cost of about £16,010, converting furnaees for the production of steel by the Bessemer process, up to 200 tons per week, according to requirements, and as may be found desirable. The cost of steel ingots will not exceed £2 per ton, delivered in England ; and as the present selling price is £l5 per lon, a nett profit is left of ZS per ton, which, with a production of 200 tons per week, would give an annual profit of £62,400, or equal to 4li per cent. on the capital of the first issue, on steel alone, besides what would accrue from the other resources. Dried wood has lately been used with great success and economy as a substi tute for charcoal. There is no doubt that Bessemer steel will ultimately supersede wrought iron in all such manufactures ; and it is with a view to this that the Company intend to devote con siderable attention to its production in a locality where it can be made from the very best materials. i he returns may fairly be estimated as follows : a. Net annual returns of present proprietors, .£8,963, say b. Profit on 20J tons of Bessemer's steelper week at £6 per ton • .... 62,400 £71,30D Deduct for expenses of management, & 5,300 Net .£06,000 or 44 per cent, on the first issue of capital, £150,000, without calculating on any extension of the trade in bar and hoop iron, timber, deals, ship-building, and produce of cast steel for tools, &c., for which there is a ready market. It will thus be clearly seen that the iron an 1 timber works, with the improvements proposed by this Company, and all the other available resources possessed by these estates, will yield a very large and certain profit when English capital and skill are brought to bear upon them, There is ample water power on the estates (the Rieklea river, which is made available for saw-mills, various machi neries for iron manufactures, &c., and also a flour milL There are on the estates iron foundries, furnaces, forges (iron and brass), workshops, stores and warehouses, dwelling houses for workmen, mechani s, and foremen ; offices, and stabling for forty-five horses, and a large farming stock (in cluding 140 cows). At the ship-building yards there are newly-built hones for inspectors, shipwrights, and work men. The produce of timber may be considered unlimited, con sisting as it does of a large extent of virgin forests. The vendors have agreed to accept £50,0:,0 for the whole of the estates. The stock in trade as well as iron, charcoal, in store, to be taken at a valuation according to the books, will amount to about £20,000. As both the mines and iron works are already in active operation, the profits will accrue to the Company from the date of w purchase. The whole of the property, mines, orks, &c., have been carefully surveyed by an eminent engineer, Mr. Franz Hoff man ; and on his report his Majesty the King of Sweden has granted permission to form a joint-stock company, and con firmed the valuation of the property at Rgs. D. 1,000,000 Swedish, or £55,550 sterling. NOTE. —The proprietors offer to reserve for themselves the th share of the flag - gar° iron mines, part of the property proposed to be sold, at a drawback of £5,000 from the pur chase money of the estate, should the Company wish them to do so. The magnetic iron ore, which can be obtained in any quantity from these mines, is of the same quality as that from which the famous Dannemora iron is produced. It has been analysed by th e we ll-k now n fi r ms of 3lessrs. Johnson, Matthey, and Co., and Messrs. Griffith and Barton, assayers, and found to , mntain 6ci per cent. of good pig fro - a. It is entirely free from sulphur. The capital of the Company has been fixed at £300,000, in 15,0 0 shares of £m each. It is not propos:A to include more than £150,000 in the first issue, as after paying the purchase money for the property and stock, and th ; cost of erecting the Bessemer furnaces and payin; all preliminary expenses, about £OO,O O O w i ll be left as a ;corking capital. to be called p as it may be required, unti the Company shall consider it desirala!e to further extend their operationa, The ar,icles of asso:dation, with plans of the estates and samples, may be insp ec t e d at the Offices of the Company, where also all the details respecting the properties may be had on application. f Pros pectuses and fo rms of application may be obtained of he bankers, brokers, and at the Offices of the Company. • This harbour is capable of accommodating* the largest vessels--being one of the beat in the north of Sweden, el,,se to the open sea, and sheltered from winds, so that ships can load and discha rge i n all weathers. During the Russian war many large English men-of-war were accommodated in this harbour. to the prop= ietorsessels. e ntering the harbou r p ay a small port duty NEV PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can b e use d f or many purposes. T ., 0 be had of all shops in town or country. Patentees, W. TENT and Co., 23, Birehin-lane, London, E.C. 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 answ er a ll the purposes of mastication and articulation. They ar e fi tted without wires or tastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the eption 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 iTo -- Ary, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's patent , &c. , free for 7 st amps. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W,; and at 39, Bennett's-11A Bit. wham. /4C e „,;•-. ..„ • 7:- ' ::”. ..... in ir' Al— 1,. , VZ:7----- ; . , . •ti:t.• ---. • - .,..Z X,- _ -,••—\- --)p..,,,,• I 'iii",ite041:17_,.•..E.....,,t•_7 . .„ .., . 1,---' 'fp— • • , .7 I •\\ N.,,..., • , , 4 ,,.„ ) . , ~, : e l t • .• I i 1 - AC. •. ' 111111 11%.......... • %.37:. . l a • - •-_,%.,m1r- , „ 76-••••••;: - ••• • ‘‘..? 1111.:, -_- - •ti , ~,,,,' i• A 11(°-' . 7 ...„) - t - •••1P7dri.,,,... - - 4 - „ ,c 1 : 1 ‘. i ~,- 4lit, ‘ - -- S l' :- .4 ".' _ E 4 , , + .C 1 1i7 4 . -,,,, '''';" ) I ".Wr -- , i 0, ; "111 , -. " --411 ' ''' • l- • C '''" . — k4-4 `"*" -' - %''''''''''''.":''-••••,,,,,-; ' , - ----r•"‘", e ; r... - •-''' " " D ,-- . (IV• • 4 ,- ‘.;,' 1411,,1. . 0 -11' ~,,•••• ~ , • •••,-, ' ..,•.. ..,„., -, .40 )1 4.1 .:,3,, 16. ••••, ...I - co: , - DROIT. • 4S " ifi pp . lilt ,----- ...- _ --) iv:VIArgrkPER . ...... g L., . .. --c iL ;; 7 ------2- < c --- e.-- 7 n_ ..G . ! -.ec--.:,7,_,,,,,, ,, ririrp z- --- - ;;Ve iVz.,::,,,,, ~ t ,- ~ . 1!, 19 f? '"?' 4 ' . As glr ; .t metal rammer. This is the first time' - .`thisiek :- • iki;;47 l occurred with Mr Whitworth's gun; btkt - on seifirat k . i, , V41 occasions there has been great difficultyhiit gettiniqt-- ?"..../ home the shot of the shunt gun, which htts•,coly. S been accomplished after continued blows.. All tbeso hitches may, in a great measure, be said to arise from the trials being concluded with dry gun s—t hat is, no wet sponging allowed to renlove the fonlir, g. Considering that these guns are intended entirely for the naval service, where, as a mutter of course, a bucket of water can always be got on shipboard, and where, as a fact, wet sponges are always used, it seems curious that the erduance at S.hoebury should not all be worked with wet sponges. How ever, it is indisputable that a gun which works well dry will work etill easier we, and so far, therefore, it is not en unfair condition d trial. and, fair er un fair, it is applied with the most rigorous impar, tislity to al:'. During all this week trials V ill go on with the 70 pounders for range and accarscy. The field guns have now fired nearly 2,E00 rounds eac'a. Im pressions taken of their bores last week sl2ow to perceptible wear—in fact, for war purposes they are all as good as the day they came from pt:ocf at Woolwich. - PRICE..-...4d. STAMPEA....Sd. on the track of the best gun, i f no better invention, or what is claimed to be a better invention, turns up in the interval to insist on another endless trial. In the meantime the supply of rifled guns to the forts and fleets stands still, while all Europe and Ame rica are manufacturing them by hundreds. The,im portance of the time we are now losing may not be remembered if we remain at peace—it will never be forgotten should we unfortunately become involved in war. Rifled guns cannot be manufactured elf • .and by scares like the cast iron rubl:ish of old; and the worst rifled gun is better than the best smooth-bore ever cast. The most uncompz omising partisan of Armstrong or Whitworth will always admit that they are both admirable guns—the best, certainly, that are known to exist in any country. Is it too much, then, to ask, in the interest of the public, that a certain number, say 100, of the 150- pounders on each system should be ordered at once and placed on board the large ships in commission, there to be used with the other guns under all the varying conditions of temperature, wind, weather, and range which an ordinary cruise of six months would be sure to develope The public who read the marvellous results obtained at Shoebury in this competition hug themselves with the idea that all is going well, and that the country possesses an invincible ordnance. This is a fatal delusion. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon their minds that these guns are being tried not manufactured. War to-morrow would find this country without any recognized rifle gun in either service, and what is worse, with no means of manufacture to supply a fraction of the want in this respect which hostilities would instantly call forth. Nothing, in fact, can be more unsatisfactory or even more dangerous than the present state of our rifled gun question. The old saying of " two stools" would have a fresh illus tration of its truth in the number of our ships that would some to the ground if war broke out sud. denly. The Prince and Princess of Wales at Clothworkers'-hall, Yesterday the corporation of Clothworksrs, one of the oldest and wealthiest of the ancient guilds of the city of. London, presented the freedom of their order to the Prince-. of Wales, and afterwards entertained his Royal Highness with the Princess of Wales and a select company at lun cheon in their hall in Alincing•lane, In February, 1863, at a special meeting of the Court of Assistants, as the governing body is designated, his Royal Highness was unanimously elected a freeman of the company, on the motion of Mr Justice Willes, seconded by Alderman Sir John Musgrove, the Court desiring thereby to manifest its loyalty and attachment to the Throne and its esteem for his Royal Highness. The resolution electing him to the freedom. recorded the fact that his illustrious and lamented father had conferred upontheir ar cient and loyal corporation the honour of accepting a similar compliment at their hands, and also of becoming a liveryman. The Ciothworkers were incorpo rated by Royal Charter in 140, in the reign of Edward IV , and the guild at different periods of its history has enroll( kings, princes, statesmen, and other distinguished person among its members. In 1607, during the mayoralty of Si.r John Watts, himself a Clothworker, James I. was admil ;tod to the brotherhood and entertained aca grand banque in. the hall, in consideration of which his Majesty was ple see d " of his princely bounty" to order that two brace of bus ; k e presented to the company yearly for ever—a behest whit 3 b is observed to this day. Again, in 1662,. Sir John Rot oinso n, then Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Lord Mayo r, entertained in the hall of the company Charle:; 11. and h is Queen, the Queen Mother, and their Royal H ighnesses t 1 to Duke and Duchess of York. On the 25th of March, 181 the Dukes of Kent and Sussex honoured the company with their presence at a banquet, as did also in 1844 the there Premier, Sir Robert Peel, and the rest of her Majesty's Ministers; and in 1860 his Royal Highness t le late Princa Consort. Secretary Pepys, the author of the fan sous Diary, was a member of the company, and presented tl , em with a magnificent drinking cup of silver gilt, which t. hey retain to this day and are justly proud of exhibiting. The ancient hall of the company, then uproar ds of 180 years old, was restored after the fire of London in... 1666, but having, nearly 200 years later, become dilapidated by tines and unsuited to the requirements of the corporation i t was taken down, and the present stately edifice was erect ed on its site in 1859. A memoir of the company states that " the associations of the old hall were venerated. Kings, 2. rinces, and nobles of the land had assembled there, and sea at men eminent in every station of life. It was deo, orated w ith the effigies and records of the bequests of the good and great, and it had an aspect of comfort as well as of state." The present hall is one of the most magnificent of the kind in the city of London, though as yet but little known. Si teratod in a crowded thoroughfare and among a class of in ode rex edifices, some of them more like palaces than places de voted to trade and commerce, its exterior, handsome though it bo, is apt to escape notice. The most imposing feature c f tine interior of the building is the banqueting hall, which is of stately proportions and elaborately decorated. The ro of, divided into small compartments, is supported on pillars of polished granite and splendidly embellished with gold. T. he arms of the twelve principal civic companies are emblazont on the walls, and those of eminent past masters, in stained glass, ornament the windows. The banqueting hall is ap proached by a spacious vestibule and a noble flight of stairs, which is lighted by a lantern in the roof of elegant proper tams and design. A spacious court room, a reception room, and two drawing rooms make up the rest of the interior of the building. The ceremony of yesterday took place in the court mous, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess arrived at the hall at half-past 1 o'clock, and were received at th.o entrance with every mark of consideration and respect Ly the Master and Wardens, accomp‘ nied by their clerk, Mr 1L B. Towse, all of whom wore their robes of office. A detachment of the Hon. the Artillery Company, of which his Royal Highness is Captain General and Colonel, formed a guard of honour on the occasion, under the command of Capt. Ritherdou. On alighting the Prince and Princess were loudly cheered by the people who had assembled out side, and the band played the National Anthem. From the entrance their Royal Highm SSES were escorted to the re ception room, where the Wardens and members of the Court of Assistants had the honour of being formally pre sented to them. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Earl Spencer, Lieut.-Ger_ Knollys, and Capt. Grey. The Prince wore the blue riband of the Order of the Garter on the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses were then conducted to the court room, attended by the members of their suite and household men tioned, and the Masters, Wardens, and Assistants being constituted a Ccnrt, the ceremony began. The Duke of Manchester, the Bishop of London and Mrs. Tait, and Miss Burdett Coutts were also present among others. The Master having requested the Prince and Princess to be seated, the clerk of the company (Mr Towse) read the resolution of the Court inviting his Royal Highness to assume the freedom. This done, the MASTER (the Rev. Edward John Ward, A.M.), addressing the Prince, who rose as ho did so, said the pleasing duty devolved upon him of requesting his Royal Highness to accept the freedom and livery of the Com pany of Clothworkers, and of expressing, on the part of the governing body, their sense of the honour his Royal High ness had conferred upon them by condescending to become a member of their ancient guild. He hoped that might not be the last occasion on which they would be honoured by the presence of his Royal Highness. They esteemed it a high privilege to enrol the name of his much-lamented father on the list of their brotherhood, and they trusted that hereafter, as in times past, there would be a continuous. association between them and the Royal family of this king dom. The Master then handed to the Prince the gold box enclosing the document relating to the freedom, and re marking that it was set in a table of chestnut wood, part of a beam of the ancient hall of the company, on the site of which the present building was erecte.l. One of the most recent stages of the competition with the 12-pounder field-guns was made with their trail buried in the ground, so as to enable the guns to get the enormous elevation of 33 deg. Several rounds were fired, and at this contest for range Mr. Whitworth gained a most clear victory, as, indeed, in the matter of range he has throughout been more or less ahead of the shunt gun. This, indeed, was to be expected from the much smaller circular area, and therefore diminished resist ance, of his shot. But what at trials of 6,8, or 10 degrees had at most only been 400 yards, at 33 degrees rose to a most formidable gain. In rough numbers Mr Whitworth averaged the im mense range of 8,800 yards, or a little short of five miles, and Sir William's shunt gun averaged about 6,700 yards, or short of four miles—an increase of range to Mr Whit worth of nearly a mile and a quar ter. Even if we call it only a mile, this is a most important advantage. It may be said that field-guns are rarely, if ever, wanted to be used at this eleva tion, which is true enough, but it is equally true that the gun which possesses it in addition to other qualifications is in range by so much the better gun, and unless the committee consider that what is gained in superiority of range by diminished area of shot is lost i❑ efficiency as a shell gun, this vic tory of Mr Whitworth's must weigh seriously in their decision. As regards the trials against the armour with the 70-pounders, we have already expressed our opi nion as to their very unsatisfactory nature and result. Two things, however, they have very conclusively proved, if proof were needed, which are—first, the immense importance and value of Mr Chalmers's principle of backing targets; and, second, that though there are no soft places in a target, there are some which are very much harder than others. Singularly enough, as regarda Mr. elaai mers's principle, two shots, one from Sir Wil liam's shunt-gun, and one from Mr. 'Whitworth's, struck full upon a plate where it wes supported behind by one of the horizontal stringers which are used at wide intervals in the Warrior plan of building, but which, according to Mr Chalmcreai patent, ought to be used at intervab of about nine inches apart. All were astonished to see that these two shots fired at 50 yards had failed to penetrate to little more than one-third of the depth which on the previous day they had accomplished at 600 yards. It was some minutes before this apparent mystery was solved by finding that both shots had struck on where, as we have said, the plate was supported by one of the stringers pro posed by Mr. Chalmers, and all on the ground could only look with astonishment at this unex pected proof of the value of an invention which to this hour the Admiralty persist in depreciating. As to striking upon hard parts, it often happened that the shot struck on bolt heads or just in front of where the plate was supported by a main rib, and though, of course, in war there would be the same chances to contend against, yet in a trial of this kind the widely differing results, according as the shots strike on supported or unsupported parts, make it exceedingly difficult to arrive at a good general average of the performance of each gun. Mr. Whitworth got a fine result from one of his shells, which went clear through the armour plate, and burst in the wooden backing, giving the target a great shake and slightly, but very slightly bulging the inner skin. With one of his shells, also, Sir Wil liam got a still finer result, drawing the lower plate on which it struck with all its massive bolts bodily forward, nearly 2in., knocking off the heads of 10 out of the 40 bolts, which fastened all the plates of the target, and setting the target itself on fire. This shell shook the target more than any which was fired against it. With solid shot the result was pretty equal—that is to say, all got more or less of their noses through the plate, and some got through it almost entirely, except when, as we have said, ' they happened to hit on very hard places. It must be recollected, however, that the small sectional area of Mr. Whitworth's shot has always enabled it to penetrate iron"; it is in damaging effect that his solid shot frequently fails. The sectional area of the Whitworth is 23,75, of the Armstrong 31.17, and the work to be done in penetration must be taken inversely as the areas, that is if both shot penetrate say 6in., the Armstrong would have done more by reason of its having made the larger hole. From this competition against iron Sir - William withdrew his side- wedge breech-loader, and, though it remains to compete in other stages, it is by its withdrawal from the armour contest virtually put out of this competition altogether. From its lightness this in dividual breech-loader can effect very little worth speaking of against armour, and Sir William per■ haps did well in withdrawing it, lest its failure might have damaged the reputation of the principle of this breech..loading system. This new principle of closing the breech by powerful wedges of such solidity that it is apparently almost impossible to break them, while they fit with such accu racy as to slide easily into their places, seems to answer very well up to the present. It is most earnestly to be wished that either this or some other principle of breech-loading for our heavy guns may be discovered by mechanicians, for with out some such apparatus the use of very heavy ordnance, which seems now absolutely e g 6 f d : a nt t e s t on board ships, will be attended with t he e last difficulties. In the trials for rapid firing oes at a target, this new breech-loader week, when each gun was to fire 120 rounds White; got o in rth through it s work splendidly in 88 minutes, in 132 minutes., to 127 minutes, and the shunt g with the whit e dry wtwitilicoeutthweraetevr,amerely wedges of the d A r l y l the guns w e n e r d e o w n o c r e k e o d t rh 8 some o v h e msr e d difficulty in getting breech loader, which were c bucket of 'water was thrown sul phurous deposit of the powder. Aft er i t h ad got b it r s eec ta h : k w a hen all parts in s t an tl y wor k e d into t o through the with the most perfect ease. Once during these ex periments with the heavy guns M r Whitworth's j am med in the muzzle, a n d was no t g o t h ome great difficulty and the u se of a heavy shot jammed His ROYAL HIGUNBSS, turning to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, assured them that it was a great source of gratification to him to receive the freedom of their company and to be enrolled among its members, and he thanked the Master for the kind words he had been pleased to address to him on the occasion. The Clerk then tendered to the Prince tho accustomed oath, which he took and subscribed. It pledged his Royal Highness substantially as a freeman to be good and true to our Sovereign Lady Queea Victoria ; to observe, maintain, and keep the laws and ordinances for the government of "the fellowship of the art or mystery of clothworkors," and for its common profit; to be obedient at all times and in all lawful matters to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and to attend before them at all times upon a lawful summons either of clerk or beadle, having no lawful or reasonable excuse to the contrary. On the motion of Alderman Sir J. MusGrtovE, seconded by Mr Alderman ROSE, M.P., the seal of the company was affixed to the deed of enrolment, and with that th e cere mony terminated. took luncheon queting hall, where their Royal Highnesses , ar. The Master The Prince and Princess were then conducted to the ban. which was served with befitting Wend° presided at the entertainment, the P r incess s a t on his es wer e the Duk e of Man chester Dire hand, and the Prince o Highness il his left, an d on the r i g h t and left of their Royal , Ward, the wife of th the 13' e Master, th e blar quii and Marchioness of Carmarthen, .. G eneral Knolly s , wa d 'shop of London and Mrs Tait, Earl Spencer, Lieut Captain Grey, Miss B urdett Coutts, Mrs Thwaytes, and Lieut, The Colonel Cavend ish. co mpany was about 150 in number, and incl uded the War dens and A ss i s t an t s an d members of their families and friends. Th e hall was taste fully decorated with the ba nners of th e company, and be hind the chair of the Master there was a grand display of t h e i r a ncient pla te . The m A sTER gave the toast of " The Queen," which wits d r unk with every mark of respect. He afterwards ' proposed, in complimentary terms, " The Prince and Prin cess of Wales." His Royal Highness the PRINCE, respondi ,, p, to the m e oemni be l ent i : , mtaohlt,e2llelr, my a s te w m a y nn e Lords,warmest t Ladies, hanks f Gentle ,—luarndthevery kind words in which the Master has proposed my health and that of the Princess, and for the way in which the toast has been received by every person in this hall. I need hardly assure you that it has been a source of sincere gra tification to me to-day to be enrolled as a member of this ancient corporation. I feel proud to think that I follow in that respect in the footsteps of those Kings, my ancestors and relations, and of my beloved and lamented father, who received a similar compliment at the hands of the company. In my turn I beg to propose a toast, which I am 6uro will be well received in this hall. It is " Prosperity to the Clothworkers' Company, coupled with the Master and Wardens." 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Treasurer and Banker—EDWARD 11,1ASTERNAN, Esq., Naval and Military Intelligence, The 2d battalion of thett Royals, now stationed at Portsmouth, are under ordqrs for service in the Channel Islands. Three hundred men of the regiment who have been employed, under the direction of the Royal Engineers, on the defensive works of Portsdown-hill, return to regi mental headquarters to-morrow. A company of Royal En gineers expected at Portsmouth from Gibraltar will replace Yals on Portsdown. the detachment of the I st Ro The 61th Regiment, at present stationed at Gosport, will succeed the Ist Royal!! in PortEwouth garrison, and the 61th will be succeeded at Gosport by the 87th Regiment from Aldershott. The iron East Indiaman Michael Scott, 1,197 tons, Capt J. W. Padley, belonging to Messrs. Fenley and Campbell, 41, Threadneedle-street, which has been chartered by the Government for the conveyance of reinforcements to India, embarked yesterday for Bombay the following cavalry and infantry troops from Custom-house- quay, Gravesend—viz., 30 non-commissioned officers and men, two women, and 10 children of the 3d Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards, Canterbury—one woman of the 6th Carbineers, from Maidstone—one officer of the 19th Hussars-14 men, two women, and one officer's wife of th e R oya l H orse Artillery, and 158 non-commissioned officers and men, six women and ten children of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich, Warley, and Sheerness—two non• commissioned officers of the Army Hospital Corps, and seven men, three women, and five children of the Ist Battalion of the 4th King's Own Regiment, from Chatham -71 noncom missioned officers and men, five women, and two children of the 56th Regiment, from Colchester-67 non-commissioned officers and men of the 102 d Royal Madras Fusileers, from Chatham—and 30 men, three women, and four children of the 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers, from Colchester—total, 380 men of all ranks, 23 women, and 21 children. The fol lowing officers embarked with the reinforcements : —Major R, Pittman, Royal Horse Artillery—Cornet A. B. Donni thorne, 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieut. G. C. B. Taylor, 19th Hussars—Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, Royal Artillery—Capt. Attilio Scheberras, 98th Regiment (in charge of detachment of the 103 d Fusileers)—Lieut. J. Charley and Lieut. G. D. Grimes, 55th Regiment--Lieut, C, F. Hooper, 4th King's Own Regiment—Lieut. J. Maule, 102 d Fusileers—Ensign G. H. Stoddart, 103 d Fusileers—and Staff Assist.-Surgeon W. T. Paliologos, in medical charge. The Michael Scott, which is an entirely new ship, and is about proceeding on her first voyage, was inspected by Major-General H, Eyre prior to the embarcation of the troops, when all the arrange ments for the health and comfort of the officers and men during the voyage were found to be satisfactory. The embarcations were effected under the superintendence of Brigade-Major Congreva and the officers connected with toe Quartermaster's Staff, Chatham, and the Michael Scott will proceed on her voyage to-day. Yesterday a detachment of Royal Marine Artillery and Light Infantry, numbering four non-commissioned officers, one drummer, and 34 gunners and privates, under the command of First-Lieut. J. L. Needham, Royal Marine Artillery, left head-quarters Chatham, and embarked on board the screw corvette Clio, 22, 400-horse power, fitting for sea. In consequence of the companies of Royal Marine Artil lery being below their proper strength volunteering for that branch of the service has been opened at Chatham, Yesterday 42 volunteers, the names of whom had previously been submitted for approval at the Royal Marine-office, left head-quarters for Portsmouth to join the Artillery companies. The iron-cased screw• frigate Prince Consort, Capt, Willes, has been detached temporarily from the Channel Fleet, at Spithead, and anchored in Cowes Roads, where she will re main during the sojourn of her Majesty at Osborne. The Nugent, screw troopship, Capt, Henderson, tried her machinery yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay prior to being formally handed over by the steam factory department to the Steam Reserve for commission. The Frederick William, screw coastguard line-of-battle ship, Capt. E, Codd, will, according to present arrange ments, go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on Thurs day next, make her official trial at the measured mile on the following day, and on Saturday sail for a cruise in the Channel, and afterwards take up her station at Portland, in the place of the Colossus, The Pigmy paddle-steamer, Master-Commander Vine, under the command of C ommander Colomb, R.N., sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning to resume her station south of the Isle of Wight as an experimental signal ship, in conjunction with a signal party on St. Catherine's Down Isle of Wight, under the command of Capt. Balton, 12th Regiment. The experiments being carried on by these two officers are most important and interesting. The Accountant-General of the Navy, Mr. .T. Beeby, assisted by some of the officials connected with that depart ment, has been engaged at Ch atham Dockyard in the in vestigation of the accounts and returns previously prepared at that establishment by Mr 11. W. R. Walker, the inspec tor and auditor of dockyard accounts, and Mr Watson, con. nested with the construction of the Royal Oak, ironplated wooden frigate, in order that au accurate account may be obtained of the entire cost of that vessel, previously to the returns being made up of th e cost of tho other armour-clad wooden ships built at Fox tsrco uth, Woolwich, Plymouth, and Pembroke. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John J. Martin, to the Prince Consort —Lieut. C. J. Carey, to the Clio —Henry S. Ley, master, to the Indus, for the Caledo nia—Francis E. Wolrige, Wm. Y. Ottley, Wm. C. S. Hathorn, L. E. S. Vidal, G. H. Eden, and H. P. Harris, naval cadets, and J. Vil W. M'Senzie, to the Clio—C. Icely, ( 1 3f S—ovlVet: e 4i chi e f engineer, to the Caled onia —J. D ownes, c hi e f eng i neer, r, to the Clio—W. Oliver , chief engineer, to the Royal Sove reign—F. G. Bar r, chief en gineer, to th e A s i a , f or th e im mortalito when paidengineers, ya R. Hetherington, aen gineer, to the Clio—V. Horne, assist, engineer, to the Cale donia-. M'lntyre, IL Onions, J, Dinwoodie, an d IL W . Wilkins, assist. engineers,, to th e R oyal Sovereign—R. H. Cooper, assist, en gineer, to the C umberland, for the Wild fire—and W. Gentles and J. T. Coombs, assist. engineers, to the Clio. 1 3eusi. Speech of Baron - I) RESDEN, July 8. pt The Premier, Baron von 'list, the represen tativef e r er e o , of a t r h r e i v edh er Germanic Diet at the London Con. e a t noon to-day from Frank fort-on-the-Main,and was received by a large crowd at the railway station with waitedenthueiastic cheers. A deputation subsequently u pon his Excellency with an address of welcome, to Which he returned the following reply : " I am most entirely convinced that the course and termination of the Lon don Conferen ce cou ld not have operated in a more favourable manner than has been effected upon the independence of Schleswig- Holstein and the power a nd future of Germany. I am of opinion that the position gained there with outhave any sacrifice could not been balanced by any agreement, even the most advantageous, which the circumstances would permit. I have also not the least doubt that this somewhat daring assertion will speedily be recognised as the precise truth. The judgment, however, is easily prejudiced in a matter in which one has personally been concerned; and it, therefore, affords m e the utmost comfort and pleasure to see that I have not forfeited the confi dence of my fellow-citizen s- The assurances of trust which accompanied we from so many parts of Germany alone enabled me more than once to make decisive statements without authority, actuated merely by the consciousness of their nec ess i ty - . May that confidence which the German Governments are entitled to claim be extended to them in lavish plenty ! Tne national cause is no longer, us at the outset of the Conference, threatened by the fo reigner. May the Governments and people of Ger many strive in unison that it may not now be en dangered from within after Europe has learnt to respect it ! May they combine their efforts that the noble fruit which ripened at the London Con ference be not again lost—mutual and faithful brotherhood between the German Powers' and the Germanic Diet !" Armstrong and Whitworth, Shoeburyness has not been established all these years without having had to go through its share of experiments which have been found worthless when tried, and experiments which were known to be worthless before they were tried at all. Yet we venture to say that few more valueless in its re sults either for ships or guns have ever been made than those which have just concluded between the competing 70-pounders of Sir Wi liam Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth against a Warrior target. What comparative results the Special Committee may draw from this portion of the programme of course we cannot say, but every one at Shoebury knew from the commencement that it was a mere folly and waste of time to fire such light ordnance as 70-pounders against iron targets at all. The re sult has only been what all foresaw and told. The target is j ust so much shaken as to make it useless as a test for heavier ordnance, and just so much un.. injured as to prove that men under its cover might have slept with the most perfect confidence, and let both competitors hammer away as they pleased. This is an unsatisfactory return for the large out lay this ordnance competition will cost the country, and what is more unsatisfactory still is that we must look for no better so long as the competition is confined to 70-pounders. We are ignoring all that we have learnt with so much cost at S'aoe bury during the last four years; we are literally going back to experiments which were proved to be worthless now fully three years ago. Until these trials commenced no one ever dreamt of seeing a 70-pounder used at Shoebury again. Since Sir William's breech loader 70-pounder was withdrawn from both services it has become an ab. normal piece—a calibre to which no one expects or wishes we should return ; too heavy for light work, much too light for the heavy work of smashing iron frigates for which now-a-days naval guns should only be made. Yet, in spite of the tremen dous lesson the Lord Warden target got from Sir William's 100-pounder the other day; in spite, too, of the equally conclusive experiment of the Kean sage's heavy guns on the Alabama,we once more see at Shoebury time and skill and money deliberately lost in bringing forward these guns to destroy a Warrior target. What makes this more annoying to those who really wish to see this great contest have a proportionably valuable result to the country is that side by side with the 70-pounders on the ground Sir William has 150-pounders, and Mr Whitworth has another ready at Manchester which could be brought to Shoebury in a week; yet, strange as it may seem, it is not intended to make any trial with these 150-pounders, which are ex cluded from the Special Committee's programme altogether. The £40,000 or £50,000 which this com petition will certainly cost the country would be well spent if it in any degree helped to bring out clear and definite results on a vexed question, in the solution of which every reflecting Englishman must be deeply interested. What makes the matter more singular still is that both Sir William and Mr Whitworth are willing that their rival 150-pounders should be tried, and each alike agrees in the futility of trying with light 70-pounders to pierce the massive target opposite which their guns are now placed. Another unpleasant feature, so far as the proper armament of our ships and batteries is concerned, is the apparently illimitable nature, in point of time, of the controversy which our authorities have undertaken to settle. Sir William and Mr Whit worth may think that the race now lies between their two selves, and that whoever is declared the victor will be acknowledged to have designed the best gun, and thus the question will be set at rest. They may be right, or they may be wrong, in this opinion; but, as a matter of fact, it is by no means shared by other inventors. When this fresh com petition—for it is the second—was allowed between Sir William and Mr Whitworth, other and by no means unimportant artillerists were allowed a trial also. Thus there are two committees to de cide on rifled guns, one the Special Committee, which it is hoped will settle the Armstrong and Whitworth rivalry ; the other the Ordnance Select Committee, which has to choose between the claims of five guns—the French rifled can. non, Mr. Bashley Brittain's system, Mr. Lan caster's system, and the systems of Mr. Scott and Mr. Jeffereys. Each kind of gun has been made at Woolwich, and experiments with some of the five have, we believe, actually commenced. The trials of these five guns are certain to take a much longer time than the trials of the Armstrong and Whitworth, which are not likely to be over before October, nor reported on, perhaps, before the end of the year. At present nothing is known of an authoritative kind of the performances of the five guns we have spoken of, but among them there are said to be at least two which can equal if they de not surpass either Armstrong or Whitworth. If these promises are supported by performances, it follows as a matter of course that the best of these five guns will claim, and be allowed to try, conclu sions with whichever is victor of the Armstrong or Whitworth. Thus, then, about this time twelve month, at the earliest, we shall begin really to get G