The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-21 00:00:00

ABSTRACT' OF THE ACCO , CHARLES PETTITT ALLEN, Treast . 61 iddlesex, from the sth October, 1867, to Janr AS TO THE ORDINARY GENERAL RECEIPT. dance in Bank of England on sth October, 1: RATE. Arrears of rate made on 11th July, 18;7 £4,131 Rate made on 17th October, 15U7 .. 34,80' 38,913 12 0 Arrears of rate on,4th January, 1868 5,260 14 9 N°. 23,591. Amount of rates received .. 33,682 17 3 .. Houst OF CORRECTION AT COLD BATH FIELDA From the Lords of the Treasury to wards the maintenance of convicted prisoners from Ist April to 30th September, 1367 .. • . 8,190 9. 3 .. For materials worked up and labour done by prisoners .. 130 3 6 .. For bread, officers' uniforms, and cocoa supplied to and printing done for the House of Detention .. 191 17 9 For bread, officers' boots, prisoners' shoes and brooms made for and flour supplied to the House of Cor rection at Westminster .. .. 5:0 9 Il For wheat, flour, and cocoa supplied to the County Industrial School at Feitham .. 694 3 6 For officers' uniforms supplied to Hanwell Asylum.. 56 14 0 .. For maintenance of military prisoners 2 15 0 Ditto of Customs ditto .. .. 4 6 9 Ditto of Excise ditto .. 0 9 0 tY sale of old stores and materials .. 191 11 7 ' Ditto of mats .. .. lB 1 Compensation for uniform retained by officers on their leaving the ser vice of the prison .. 1 0 0 .. Sums taken from vagrants to be ap plied towards their maintenance.. 0 12 6 For copies of commitments .. 0 4 0 .. Rents of property in Oldham place and Oldham-gardens .. .. 59 4 11 For presses for the Clerk of the Peace's office PILICF 4d. STAMPED sd. TO MONIES BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE 01' CORRECTION OF COLD-BATH FIELDS RECEIPT. manner towards the bow and stern, diminishing from Sin. to Gin., and then to 4in. The latter thickness, however, is only used in places where it is almost impossible a shot could strike, such as under the counter or under the bows. Wherever it is probable a shot could strike there is never less than Sin, of armour and nearly always Biu., with a powerful 10-in, teak backing and double iron skin. Just aft the bowsprit and just forward of the stern two immense bulkhea Is, each of 6- inch armour and 18in. of teak, are con tinued from the lower deck up through the main deck, and rise to the height of 7 feet above the spar deck. On this spar deck these ponderous protections are curved into the form of slightly semicircular shields, each pierced with four port holes for cannon and loopholed for musketry. Within these shields are to be carried four 300- pounders, which can be used to fire straight fore and aft or as broadside guns. Except the men pro tected by these shields, the ship, on going into ac tion, would not have a man upon her spar deck. When we say that the main deck is of iron half an inch thick, and the spar deck of the toughest steel half an inch thick, that she is to be fitted with cupola furnaces for heating red-hot shot and filling shells with molten iron, and that though only ship rigged she will carry a crew of 700 men, we have said quite enough to indicate the tremendous powers of this great ship The King William could be launched to-morrow if necessary, but it is so much more convenient, as well as less expensive, to complete her fittings while she is on the stocks, that it has been decided to de fer her launch till after the spring tides of March next. Then she will be removed to the Victoria Docks, and by the autumn be ready to make her first cruise to sea, armed and equipped from stem to stern. From first to last she will cost about £400,000, but in strength and in armament she is a fleet in herself. 1867. Oct. 5. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer. ..£19,0133 9 0 EXPENDITURE. Paid Mr. William Ifenshaw further on account for works executed by him under his contract for erecting new buildings .. -. £ 5,800 0 0 .. Paid Mr. William Irons for excavating and carting sway earth from the foundations of the new .. . • buildings .. .. .. Paid Mr. F. H. Pownall, architect, commission on the above-mentioned sums .. • -.. Paid Mr. John Laidlow, clerk of the works, twelve weeks' wages to the 14th day of Dec. 1867.. .. Total Expenditure • • - •.. Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra on the 4th Jan., 1868.. .. 14,292 9 0 84 0 0 269 4 0 37 16 0 5,691 ' 0 0 £19,983 9 0 AS TO MONIES BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE OF DETENTION. DR A a. d Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., HenryMorrisKemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer, on sth Oct., 1807 611 9 8 48 0 0 10,142 9 0 .Eiottsz OF CORRECTION AT WESTMINST= From the Lords of the Treasury to wards the maintenance of convicted prisoners from Ist April to 30th September, 1867 .. .. .. 2,645 15 6 For materials worked up and labour done by prisoners l4O 2 6 .. For stockings supplied to the House of Correction at Coldbath Fields .. 33 0 0 For boys' socks made and repaired, and washing and mending linen for the County Industrial School at Feltham .. .. 62 0 0 .. .. Vor straw bonnets made and supplied to the County Asylum at Hanwell . 8 12 0 For mats, old lead, and iron bedsteads s old • • .. . • 8 15 11 .. For grazing in the outer ground . 6 0 0 For the maintenance of . Customs' prisoners.. • • .. .. 2 3 6 CR. Paid Messrs. G. Haden and Son the balance due to them for providing and fixing warming and ventilating apparatus .. .. • . Mr. Samuel Thomas for locks supplied for the enlarged wings .. .. .. .. Mr. Henry Lovatt on account of his contract, for constructing a new Gallery .. .. 100 0 0 Mr. F. H. Pownall, architect, commission on the last-mentioned sum .. .. Balance in the Bank of England in the three names mentioned per contra, on 4th January, 1808 .. 851 511 125 16 3 29 7 6 5 0 0 £6ll 9 8 AS TO MONEY BORROWED FOR ALTERING THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT WESTMINSTER. DB. £ s. d. Balance in the Bank of England in the joint names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris KentsbNld, Esq , and the County Treasurer, on sth Oct., 1867 250 18 6 2,005 9 5 Flousz o r Diaz/max. For m a i n t enance of deserters •• 33 13 0 For c o pi es o f comm it men t s.. 0 2 8 •• 13 S sale of wash .. .• •, 116 0 Paid Mr. Francis Dudley the I;alance due to him under his contract for altering the single cells .. 227 0 0 Paid Messrs. G. Haden and Son part of the balance due to them under their contract for warming and ventilating cells in the A., 8., and C. sections (the remainder being paid out of the general County •• Fate) •• .. 29 18 6 S& 11 8 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AT FELTITAH, By sale of farm produce .. .. 299 0 6 Dc., of old metal and coal tar .. 11 2 6 Towards the maintenance of Juvenile offenders in the school, viz.:— From the Lords of the Treasury .. The Inspector of reformatories .. Collected from the parents or relations of the boys .. .. It aid by the Lords of the Treasury the expense of removing boys from the school • " .• 16 2 n 922 6 • • 4:256 18 6 487 10 4 611 2 The accounts of which the above is an abstract were presented to the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex, on the flth inst., and were audited on the same day by the following Justices :•! the Peace for the said County, namely—Henry Morris Kern shead (Chairman), Francis Brocleman 111crley,iliain Peter Bodkin, Thomas Lewis and Benjamin Sharpe, Esqs., and were audited and allowed by the same Quarter Sessions, on the 16th instant. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Fees received by inspectors .. • • 76 1 2 Pines andypenalties 79 16 9 CHARLES P. ALLEN, Treasurer of Middlesex. The Crocodile, screw troopship, Captain Watson, was undocked at Portsmouth early yesterday morn ing, and was berthed alongside the railway jetty, where she afterwards received on board a detach ment of officers and men from the depots of the 93d and other regiments. She will sail from Ports mouth this morning for Queenstown to till up her complement of troops for India, and will then pro.- ceed to Alexandria. SUNDRIES. Expenses repaid of inquiry into the insanity of two lunatics and removing them .. .. • . Total receipt ..£51,774 18 EXPENDITURE. House of Correction at Cold-bath Fields General expenses .. Tontine annuities Interest of monies borrowed Principal repaid Annuities to retired officers £ s. d. £ S. d. .. 13,754 16 11 .. 299 17 8 .. 1,661 15 10 .. 2,016 19 4 .. 416 2 11 The Serapis, screw troopship, Captain Soady, is under orders to sail from Portsmouth on Sunday next for Queenstown to embark her next quota of troops for India via Alexandria. 18,149 6 -8 Rouse of Detention at Clerkenwell : General expenses .. 2,091 9 8 I nterest of monies borrowed .. 193 3 0 Principal repaid -.• . •• 60 0 0 Annuities to retired officers .. 107 12 5 -- - :L -- 2,492 5 1 G House of Correction at Westminster:— eneral expenses • . I nterest of monies borrowed 3,772 13 9 .. 504 18 0 Principal repaid • • „ 1.616 13 4 .. 2 0 410 A nnuities to retired officers The screw troopship Simoom, Capt. T. B. Leth bridge, is expected to sail from Portsmouth for Queenstown, Ireland, on troop service, to-morrow. The Danae, 6, screw sloop, Captain Sir Malcolm 111‘Gregor, will make the two trials of speed over the measured mile, at fixed draugh's of water, about the end of the present week. After these trials have been concluded the Danae will sail for a term of service on the Wrest Coast of Africa. She will be accompanied from Spithead as far as Madeira by the screw corvette Pylades, 17, Captain Cecil W. Buckley, Y.C., now lying at the anchorage, and the two vessels will make a series of competitive trials in steaming power, consumption of fuel, &c. ............. ----------- County Industrial... IGeneral Expenses 5,319 17 7 6,104 911 School for Boys. j Interest of monies borrowed .. 507 14 2 Principal repaid .. 666 13 4 Payments for boys on • their discharge .. 224 0 2 6,718 5 8 Conveyance of male juvenile offenders to the Indus trial School at Feltham .. 2 1 8 • • Reformatory School-ship Cornwall— maintenance of boys .. .. 17 16 147 12 10 Ditto Clarence ditto .. The Philanthropic Society's Reforma tory School—ditto .. 9 15 0 Reformatory School at Wandsworth— .. - -ditto .. .. .. 31 5 8 Ditto at Brook Green—ditto and clothing . •.. .. 18 8 7 SO Ditto at Mount St. Bernard's Maintenance of Boys .. .. 111 2 1 Ditto at Farkhead, Glasgow Maintenance of a Boy .. 0 19 7 ... Reformatory S c h oo l a t H ampstead 236 19 10 Maintenance of Girls .. 155 5 8 timpl, v Stoke Reformatory—Maint.e.- ali.ai of Girls .. .. .. 18 12 10 A very interesting trial was made of a steam cutter, built on the lifeboat principle, at Portsmouth yesterday by the Government officials of the Steam Factory and Reserves. Steam launches have been, as our readers are aware, for some time established as a part of the fixed boat service of men-of-war of the first and second class. The lifeboat principle has also been, to a certain extent, adopted by the Admiralty for steam launches, but the boat tried at Portsmouth yesterday represents the adoption of the principle in an improved form to a class of boat capable of moving with great rapidity, as a means of communication, or as a look-out vessel on coasts or rivers, at the same time with sufficient towing power to take charge of all the other boats of the ship. The boat tried yesterday is designated by the Admiralty " Steam Cutter No. 3," being the third of the kind built for the Admiralty by Mr. S. White, of East Cowes, Isle of Wight, and also fitted by him with her machinery. She is 38ft. in length, 7ft. in breadth, and 3ft. in depth. She carries a one 6i -inch cylinder engine of a nominal power of three horses, which drives one common four-bladed screw. The engine and boiler are wonderfully com pact in their arrangements, and the workmanship is all of a first-class character. The trial was con ducted with the same strictness in all the conditions which govern the trials of all her Majesty's ships, and the results gave the most complete satisfaction to the officers who had its conduct. Six runs over the mile gave the boat a mean speed of 6.978 knots —the highest rate yet obtained with so small a boat, the mean revolutions of the engine being 277.3, and the steam pressure in the boiler 651 b. The boat made complete circles, in testing her turn ing powers, of 48ft. diameter, or only 10ft. in excess of her own length. The introduction of boats of this useful and safe description into her Majesty's navy, we understand, is due mainly to the opinions entertained on the subject of the boat service of the navy by the Controller and the Chief Con structor. --- MILITIA STOREFIOUSUS--• 173 18 6 Penis, Taxes, Insurance, Fuel 1,048 6 8 Interest of monies borrowed .. 304 5 2 Principal repaid .. .. .. 800 0 0 ----- 2,150 11 10 PROSECUTORS AND AVlTHicssz... Central Criminal Court .. • • 674 15 11 Middlesex Sessions.. .. Crimin a l J us ti ce A c t .. 1,631 14 9 38 11 7 .. Juvenile Offenders Act .. .. 08 0 ------ 2,395 10 8 The Earl de Grey and Ripon screw steam store ship, Mr. H. T. Moore, in the service of the War Department, yesterday sailed from Woolwich Arsenal, laden with 130 tons of Palliser and other shells, 6i-ton 'Woolwich guns, bales of blankets, rugs, for distribution at Devonport. Before taking her departure, the officers and crew were subjected to a course of drill with the swords, sea muskets, six-chamber revolvers, boarding pikes, and other arms, with which they had been provided, in order to protect and defend the ship and cargo in case of invasion. The old colours of the 54th (West Norfolk) Regi ment were deposited with appropriate ceremonial in Norwich Cathedral on Saturday. The regulations contained in the War.office memorandum issued some few weeks ago, as notified in The Sun, giving instructions to examine the work ing men of the Military Store Staff Corps employed in Woolwich Arsenal, on leaving the establishment, in the same way as civilians, were put into effect for the first time on Saturday last. Sergeant Major Richey, acting provost of the military po lice of the garrison, was in attendance on the men being marched out for the dinner, and the first two men called out to be searched were found to have stores concealed on their persons. James Mande ville, a private of the Military Train, had possessed himself of some pieces of leather straps, value 2s. 6d., and Charles Taylor, Depot Brigade, two small bottles of paint and turpentine. They were both handed over to Inspector Beard, of the civil police, and were accused before Mr. Maude, the magistrate. The former was fined 505., which was collected among his comrades and paid to the court, and the latter was discharged as not guilty, on the plea being accepted " that being under a course of writing instruction on wood in the arsenal he in tended to continue his study at the barracks." Isis commanding officer attended and gave him a very good character. The honour of knighthood has been conferred on Sir Charles Wheatstone, as a reward for years of devotion to a discovery which has done more to assist tho progress of civilization and peace throughout the world, than any other invention within the memory of man. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. Merit Re warded.—This f amous family medicine has stood the test of time and the most unrelenting opposition. 'These pills are a direct purifier of the blood ; and all the other fluids of the human body. 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Preedy, thehon. secretary of the Hunstanton branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Insti tution, has just received from his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales a donation of ten guineas in aid of the " Licensed Victualler" Fund. This lifeboat station is within eight miles of the royal residence, and the boat was launched on Sept. 5, 1867, since which time it has saved the lives of 31 sailors-16 from the barque Thetis, and 15 from the barque Hammonia. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A CLERGYMAN. —The Bristol journals report that the Rev. Benjamin Spoke, of Dowlish, near Ilminster, and brother of the late Captain Speke, the African explorer, has disappeared in a very mysterious manner. The rev. gentleman left Ilmin ster station for London, on Wednesday week, for the purpose of officiating at the wedding of a friend on the following day. lie was to have dined the same evening with a relative, but he never put in an appearance. About 5.30 on the Wednesday afternoon Mr. Speke pur chased a hat in Warwick-street, but with his exit from the hatter's shop all trace of him is lost. Advertisements in the London papers offering £lOO reward have elicited. no response. The English public have quite enough on their hands with the Abyssinian expedition. The correspondent of the Daily News says England must be prepared to provide more than the two millions sterling modestly requested by 11" r. Disraeli. The budget of 1869 must exhibit an expenditure at least six times that sum. Let us hope this is an exaggeration. According to the Times o A India the people of Bombay have read Mr. Disraeli's "rough, but careful and confident estimate," that the ex penses of the expedition, assuming it to be over by April, would be only four millions, with amusement. We can assure them it causes no amusement at home. Yet there may be ground for making merry with the estimate, if the transport service alone costs a quarter of a million a month. It would be the worst of all extravagance to throw away this dear-bought experience. Sir Roderick Murchison may well be proud of ,his triumph in the dispute as to the safety of the great African traveller in opposition to authorities like Sir Samuel Baker. Nob only is there every reason to believe the traveller alive, but also that the story of the Johanna men was forged in the way and for the purpose which Sir Roderick surmised—to conceal their cowardly desertion of Living stone. Both Liberals and Conservatives are on the alert in. North Lancashire. There has been no contest in that division since the passing of the Reform Act, so that it is impossible to say how a struggle would go were either of the two political parties to attempt to return two men. At present the sitting members are Colonel Wilson Patten, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Marquis of llartington, Secretary of State for War in the late Govern ment. The Conservatives, at all events, appear prepared to fight for both seats, and have selected Captain the Hon. F. A. Stanley, second son of the Premier, and now M.P. for Preston, as their champion. . On the other hand, the Marquis of Hartington will endeavour to retain the seat which he has held 'for nearly eleven years. Both sides will attend to this year's regis tration in earnest. The novelty of a contest in North Lancashire, combined with its magnitude, will be an affair of national interest. The Conservatives could have no better candidate to fight their battle than a Stanley. At the same time, it will be remembered that in one portion of the division the house of Cavendish is possessed of a potent influence, and this, coupled with the general satisfaction which Lord Hartington has given to the con stituency, will be a force which the Conservatives will doubtless weigh very seriously before they offer to encounter it. His lordship moved the vote of "no confidence'' which expelled the Derby Government from power in 1859, and if he could be ousted by a son of the then ejected Prime Minister, it would be a Tory triumph of no mean degree. The equity barristers practising in Lincoln's Inn find it impossible to reconcile the various statements which have been made respecting Lord Justice Sir John bolt. The Solicitor's Journal, the Pall Mall Gazette, and the Dublin Mail declare that the learned judge is recovering, that he has no idea of resignation, and that he will soon again be enabled to take his seat in the Court of Chancery Appeal. On the other hand, the Telegraph " believes" that Sir John bolt will not again take his seat upon the bench ; while the Imperial Review is enabled to state that the Lord Justice has placed his resignation in the hands of the Lord Chancellor. No decision has as yet been arrived at with regard to his successor. The particulars of the arrest of Mr. George Francis Train shew that when the tender of the Cunard Company brought into Queenstown the passengers who wished to land from the Scotia, a powerful body of police at once went on board and seized Mr. Train, Mr. Gee, an Eng lishman, and Mr. Durant, an American railway contractor. They were taken to the house of Mr. Beamish, a magis trate, and Mr. Tarrant, another magistrate, having shortly afterwards arrived, an investigation began, Mr. Train was very indignant at having been molested, urging that .he was an American citizen, that he had committed no offence against the laws of Great Britain upon British territory, and that interference with his liberty was un warrantable and an insult to the United States, whose protection he claimed. Mr. Train also demanded the charge upon which he was arrested. The magistrates came to the determination of releasing the three prisoners. Mr. Train proceeded with his two companions to the Queen's Hotel, where they intended to pass the night. The three gentlemen had not been long in the Queen' s Hotel when two detectives arrived, and requested to be ahewn to Mr. Train's apartment. This was about mid night. The officers at once proceeded to search his bag gage, at which Mr. Train expressed great indignation The police found nothing beyond a bundle of papers the contents of which have not transpired. Notwith standing Mr. Train's protest, the police intimated that they had orders to remain in his apartments for the night, apparently for the purpose of keeping him under surveillance. This they did, keeping a close watch upon Mr. Train. In the morning Mr. Train was informed that he was to be conveyed to Cork by the two police officers, against which he formally protested. At one o'clock the detectives and their captive proceeded to Cork, arriving at two. Mr. Train was removed from the station in a cab, still accompanied by the detectives, to the county gaol, where he at present remains remanded for eight days. After their discharge by the magis trates Messrs. Durant and Gee were not further mo lested. These proceedings, combined with the arrest of Dr. Waters, the prosecution of the Nation for having published seditious libels, and the removal from the Cork commis. sion of the name of a magistrate who subscribed to the fund for relieving the Manchester murderers' families, shew that the Irish Executive is using the greatest vigi lance in dealing with the Fenian conspirators, their aiders and abettors. A general meeting of the attorneys of Ire land has been held at the Four Courts, under the presidency of one of the new knights, Sir Richard Orpen. A loyal address to the Crown was adopted, expressing the strongest condemnation of the Fenian con spiracy, and the determination of the lawyers to support the Government by every means in their power. The Times contains a letter from " Historicu s ," di rec t ly combating the views of Lord Hobart on the Alabama question. Lord Hobart assumed that the " limited reference " included th e quest i on of the recognition of the Southern States a s b e lli gerents only so far as it affected the main issue o f compensation, and that Mr. Seward did not, in fact, demand that the arbitrators should determine this question. " Historicus" quotes Mr. Seward's despatches, in which "the failure of her Majesty's Government to prevent or counteract the .aggression of British subjects" on United States commerce was said to be directly traceable to that " unfortunate cause "—the recognition. Mr. Seward, indeed, demands that the " whole controversy" should be referred to arbitration, and, in the view of the American Government, the recogni tion of belligerency is the principal question in the corre spondence. "Historicus" argues that the right and propriety of recognising the Southern States as belligerents is not a question on which any reasonable man has a doubt. Mr. Seward, in 1867, says that but for the English proclama tion of neutrality there would never have been civil war n the United States. "It was England that baptised the slave insurrection a civil war ;" but " Historieus" reminds him that on May 4, 1361, nine days before the English proclama tion,Mr.Seward wrote to Mr. Dayton in Paris : " The insur gents have instituted revolution with open, flagrant, deadly war, to compel the United States to acquiesce in the dis memberment of the Union. The United States have accepted this civil war as an inevitable necessity." Simi larly, in a letter to the Spanish Minister, the American Secretary wrote that the blockade would be established on the principle recognised by the law of nations ; and he even used the words "Neutral States," which could have no meaning if war did not exist. It is simply nonsense, therefore, to pretend that the President's Government at that time regarded the rebellion as merely a local insur rection. If the United States quarrel with us on the sub ject, it will be, says " Historicus," because they are deter mined to quarrel. MIDDLESEX. DUCHY WEST. Or MINSTER. LAN. CASTER. WEST I CENTRAL I EAST Coroners £s. d.i £s. d.! £n.d. £ s. d.,£ s. d. Salaries 150 00, 425 001 514 6 6 190 0 0113 12 4 4 Pensespaid 175 13 O i 755 19 0 1 687 0 6 188 3 619 2 0 298 3 6 1 32 14 4 1,201 7 0 Ralatieg _ PIP XxPenses paid .. 325 18 0 1,180 19 0 t TOTA LS. s. d. .. 1,242 18 10 .. 1,796 3 0 Se risDdges • • sions House, Clerkenwell ... Ouildhall, Westminster .. • . 41, istant Judge's additional Salary Clerk of the Peace • .• W •e ights and Measures .• •• „Tre asurer of the County ••• • • business .• . ••• • • • • eyance to Depots of Offenders sentenced to Penal Servitude .. • • • • 4,,ernval of Scotc and Irish pers •.. . rrovoiding staves and other Pau necessary articles for sPecial constables • • • sieneral printing and stationery .. L d vertisements • imiscellaueous charges .. • Total expenditure kl ance in the Bank of England.. ------- 3,039 1 10 245 6 9 265 4 8 60 7 11 75 0 0 106 17 10 150 0 0 265 16 9 787 6 34 1 10 17 5 6 .. 31 5 11 .. 71 11 6 .. 66 2 6 .. 366 12 5 .. 44,005 9 10 .. 7,739 811 £51,774 18 9 AS TO "T HE LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT 1853" RATE RECEIPT. t alanee in the Bank of England on 6th October, 1867 .. .. £ s. d. .. 11,987 19 11 : _ears 0 of rate made on 11th July, 1867 2,756 12 10 .4 " Made on 17th October, 1867 11,602 17 7 14,359 10 5 .. 1,753 11 7 Arrears on 4th January, 1868 tumult of rates received .. - "neY received for maintenance of lunatics at Hanwell Asylum at the bgarge of the county .. _" 0 ditto at Colney Hatch •• .. 12,605 18 10 117 6 6 94 10 4 Total receipt .. 24,805 15 7 2'llllatic Asylum at franweal EXPENDITIMIL — £ s. d. £ S. d. Ordinary repairs .. .. 1,421 14 10 -Interest paid .. .. 619 4 2 Principal repaid .. .. 1,066 13 4 Annuities to retired officers .. 49 18 4 L unatic Asylum at Colney Hatch— Ordinary repairs .. Improvements Interest paid .. • • Principal repaid Annuities to retired officers Law business to Sewage ------------ 2,057 10 8 .. 1,756 14 6 .. 18 4 4 .. 1,919 14 3 .. 3,316 13 4 .. 52 7 6 ~ 546 15 1 Maintenance of County Lunatics 7,610 9 0 4,159 11 5 Total Expenditure Balance in Bank of England .. 14,827 11 1 .. 9,978 4 6 24,805 15 7 141 TO THE RATE MADE UNDER "TAE CATTLE DISEASES PREVENTION ACT 1806." _ li alAnce in hand on sth Oct., 1867 .. £1,759 12 1 4410 11nt in the Bank of EnglaZi on 4th Jan., 1868 1,759 12 1 -v MONIES BORROWED FOR THE ENLARGENIENT 0 T HE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM AT PIANWELL, An a Dr. „put in the Bank of England in the oint names E s Pownall, Esq , Henry Morris j Kemshead, L, and the County Treasurer, on sth Oct., 1867 £837 5 8 Cr. Tran sferred,u l temporarily (under the order mane by te Court on 15th August, 1867) to the account of onies borrowed for the purposes of the County o iirlatic Asylum at Colncy Hatch, a further sum 1 : 1 3.1•" • • .. .. ce in the Bank of England in the three names me ntioned per contra on 4th Jan., 1868 .. 300 0 0 £337 5 6 '4BTO ~IOVIE3 BOIZROWED FOR TILE PURPOSES OF TILE 'ou.Nry LUNATIC ASYLUM AT COLNEY lIATcli. „ oil i ee in the Bank of England in the joint names 4,i' e erY Pownall, Esq.. Henry Morris liemshead, 186 7 and the County Treasurer, on sth October, , Olvedb.3. a temporary transfer (pursuant to the Mule by the Court on the isth of uust, th , from the account of monies borrow A e g d for he enlargement of tho County Lunatic Asylum at -t anwell, a further sum of • • £ a. a 327 7 1 800 0 0 £627 7 1 CR. 11' 4 1, 1 ‘. Mr. Bab a ct for Robert building new ba Mann furthethr s. on account of his ra . 4120 e in the Bank of England in the three names ken', - •••949C1 per contra on 4th January, 186.3 • • £ s. d. 300 0 0 827 7 1 4627 7 1 T H E 0 X F ORD 6, OXFORD-STREET, W. During the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, LA TROVATORE, and tho New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. Principal Artistes: Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz- Honry ; Messrs. Bury, Mirlar, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Full Band and Chorus: I istrumentalists: Miss Bryant; Messrs. Paque, Melling, an I Plumpton. COMEDY. &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS TER FRED. FRENCH, Mr. H. RICKARDS, and ALFRED PERRIER. Mr. E. W. MACKNEY will make his appearance again this evening. Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans. Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro menade, 18.—THIS EVENING. CANTERBURY HALL.-NEW MANAGEMENT. —Great Success under the management of W. HOLLAND, Sole Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall. Great Alterations and Improvements.—An entire new Company._ First appearance of Oliver's Christy Minstrel troupe. Great success of Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra and Crys tal Palace), Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson, Garrett, and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE, STUMBLE, and TUMBLE, with new scenery and effects. Original music by Alfred Lee. The Great Vance, Nat Ogden, Pat Sellers, Annie Adams, Master Goodman, Brothers Girarde, Leroni, Miss Fitz henry. A magnificent band, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums and b ug les of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards. Musical Director, Mr. Alfred Lee, composer of " Cham pagne Charlie." Mr. James Ellis. assistant manager. Prices of Admission—Balcony and Area, 6d. Stalls, is. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Special Notice.—George Leybourne, the original Champagne Charlie, is exclusively engaged for this establishment only, and will shortly appear. WEST() N'S GRAND MUS IC HALL, Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. Mr. SITE ASEY begs to inform the public, in consequence of the flattering patronage he has received, he has engaged the fol lowing talented Company:—The Great VANCE ; GEORGE LEY BOURNE, the Lion Comique ; JEAN BOND, the unrivalled Equili brist ; the Brothers DANIELS (who are allowed by the Press to be unapproachable by any other artistes in their performances) ; SIDNEY BARNES; Miss ALICE DONNING, the most fascinating Serio Comic Singer and Dancer at the present time; Mrs. PHILLIPS, the pleasing serio-comic ; Miss ANNE TREMAINE, the English Ballad Singer, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial tour. Full Orchestra, which will perform the popular Overtures of the Great ➢fasters. The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CORRI. Tha doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30: No alteration in the prices of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library, St. J ames's ; also at the Box-office at the Hall from 10 until four o'clock. NADA mF. "I USSAIJD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER- STREET. A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KING of ABYSSINIA, is now added; also all the'Kings and Queens of England, American Celebrities, &c. A PORTRAIT MODEL of FREDERICK BAKER, is now added to the Chamber of Horrors. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 to 10. Admittance, ls.; children under 10, Gd. Extra rooms, 6d. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair, Price 3s. Gd., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps,—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. "Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. —Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re moving the very root. Price 45.; sent by post for lio stamps. — Zia. High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Face. P,,wiler. is HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at Is. Gd., Is. Gd., and 10s. Gd.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. —llad of all Chemists. Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London. — ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used, It is permanent, and perfectly natural in effect. Price 3s. 6d., bs. Gd., and 10s. 6d; sent by poet for 54, 84 , and 144 .tamps; and all Chemists. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d. RAIR DESTROYER.--248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes super fluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the skin. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10a. 6d.; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. Skin Tonle, ss. 6d. PIMPLE REMOVER. All diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ILEX. BOSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sallowness_ _ le. 2s. 9d. and 7 s. 6 d.; or post for 40 and 100 stamps.—ALEX. BOW, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2a. 64. RAM COLOUR WASH. —By damping th e head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains soA an occasional using. 10s. Gd. ; sent for stamps. —ALEX 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Just published, 2d.; sent by the author for 8 stamps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY ; being a Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London. Hal of all booksofler, HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. DU BARRY'S delicate L•e.?A-restoring Invalids and Infanta' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores perfec t digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dy. spepsia), cough, asthma, consumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver com plaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, erlmtions, hysteria, neuralgia, ir ritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaints. IMPORTANT CAuTioN.—Beware of the many unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached. Henceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du Barry's health-restoring Revalents Arabica Invalids' and Infants' F sod, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received nom invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th (Cure No. 68,413):—" Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all other reme dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry'a Vevalenta, Arabic(' Food, of which he consumes a plateful at *.'t It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect ou his health, atie, Ilis Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep lessness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. Cure b o. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart do Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of . Waterford:—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent food.—S7uait7 DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County Waterford." Cure No. 48,832.—0 f fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly. of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. The Food is sold in Canisters, at ls. lid.; 11b., 2s. 9d.; 21b., is. 6d.; 121 b., 228.; 24Th., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by BARRY DU BARRY and Co.. 77. Regent-street, London; also at Fortnum and Mason's, and sold by all respectable Grocers and Chemists. 101 17 10 155 18 5 0 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1868. A FTER Covent-garden Opera—EVANS' to SUP. After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Haymarket Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre 1 , VANS' to SUP. After Strand Theatre After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. James's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Prince of Wales Theatre EVANS' to SUP. London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal Entertainment at Eight. K INAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is 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, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina han's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1859), 14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON, ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of Sale, Free hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. I 0 HN GOSNELL and. CO.'S CHERRY: ey TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from do cs.y, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the breath. Price is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, I/3, Upper Thames-street, London. ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers, and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON. 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London. D UNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST, Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords. " V.R.' IRISH WHISKY. DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH WHISKY, BELFAST. London Offices and Stores, 4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.O Established 1808. Quotations on application. ,ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Long-Acr e , EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theo fro EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre }'VANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre FVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SING!!“- AND SUPPER CLUB. AT EVANS' COVENT CIA It DEN VOCAL ENTERTAINNIF.NT At Giht o'Clock. EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, For Life Assurance, An aides, and Guarantee of Fidelity in Sift. lions of Trust. 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HENRY LAKE, General Manager. 316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. THE OFFICIAL RETURNS, EY THE SEVERAL SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES, For the Year ending June 10th, 1867, show FORTY-THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY THREE Sold by THE " SINGER" MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Being 4,998 more than Sold by any other Manufacturer. Prospectuses and Samples of Work sent Post Free, Agents in every Town. Chief Office in the United Kingdom: 47, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, E.C. District Agencies: NEWINGTON BUTTS, S.E. KING'S-ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W., H. COCKS, Agent. BISHOP'S.-ROAD, G ADsEN a and Co., Age PADDINGTON . , nts W., 93, UPPER-STREET, ISLINGTON, N., J. MILLARD, Agent. CZTOOPING HABITS, ROUND SH OULDERS, PIGEON CHESTS and other Deformities, are prevented and cured by wearing Cu ANGLER'S HIPROVED HYGIENIC CHEST EXPANDING Bus.cE, for both sexes of all ages. It strengthens the voice and lungs, relieves indigestion, pains in the chest and back, and is especially recommended to children for assist ing the growth, promoting health and symmetry of figure, super seding, the use of braces and stays. Price from los. Gd. each. —GC, lierners-strect, Oxford-street, W Illustrated circulars for warded. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., with Portral, SPIRITUAL WIVES. By W. HEPWORTH DIXON, Author of "New America," &e. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great ➢larlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LOVE'S SACRIFICE. By Mrs. W. GREY. "The interest of this tale, well sustained throughout, is in some places perfectly thrilling."—John Bull " A good and interesting book."—Sunday Times. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. MESSRS. GABRIEL DENTISTS (Established 1815), of Loudon 5B, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, „ Liverpool Brighton t have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Pain less System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, at MODERATE CllbitOzB, which may be had free by post for four stamps. Just Published, price Is. CI, by post, Is. Sd., the Second Edition, with Adden la, containing additional Facts and Cases, in illus tration of the nefarious proceedings of the Advertising Q uac k s . REVELATIONS OF QUACKS AND QUACKERY. By DETECTOR. Reprinted from the "Medical Circular." London: H. Rolliere, 219, Regent-street The numerous reviews of this startling work by the Saturday Review, Punch, Weekly Despatch, Public Opinion, and othar journals, recommending its universal perusal aro reprinted witb this edition A RGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly Sole Proprietor, Mr R. R. BIdNELL. This magnificent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, having been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art by Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Mosca. solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half.past 8. Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, 2s. CIANDLES.—If you do not want your candles k) exclusively for show, but with pleasantness of appearance require excellence of burning, buy "PRICE'S GOLD MEDAL PALMITINE," or their "SHERWOOD PALMITINE," or their good old-fashioned "BELMONT SPERM," or "BELMONT WAX," or their "BEST," "No. 2," "N 0.3," or "BATTERSEA " COMPOSITE, in preference to the finest and most transparent Paraffine candles. But if you must have the extreme trans parency of pure Paraillne, "PRICES PARAFFINE" or their "BELMONTINE" will give it to you in perfection, and at a more moderate price than is usually charged for any other really first class Paraffine Candles. The new toilet soap "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIED GLYCERINE," containing half its weight of their concentrated distilled Glyce rine, should be in general use in every house before the winter comes on, because of its admirable effects in preventing chap ping of the hands and face. In every house there ought also to be one of the sealed bottles of their concentrated Distilled Gly cerine, known everywhere as "PRICE'S GLYCERINE," and prescribed by the most eminent medical men abroad as well as at home, as the one only Glycerine for medicinal use whether ex ternally or internally. PRICE'S FANCY SOAPS of the different sorts usually made are excellent, and command a constantly increasing sale. The " Solidified Glycerine" spoken of above is, however, the one fancy soap to use. "PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning in the wide glasses are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. "PRICE'S CHILDS' NIGHT LIGHTS," for burning without glasses, and their different sorts of "CHAMBER CAN - DLES " are so well known, and so generally used and appre ciated, as not to need any special notice here. 1114 AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM. -AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or a eoting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the beat medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient consumption. It fre quently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly be neficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after tak ing it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all drug gists, in bottles, 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam The name and address are engraved on the stamp. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE. A GUA AMARELLA restores the Human Hair to its pristine hue, no matter at what age. JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price. Sold in bottles, 38. each ; also 58., 7s. 6d., and 15s. each, including brush. Red Bull Wharf, Angel-passage, 93, Upper Thames street, London, E.C. H YAM & Co.'3 GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING, 66 and 67, Oxford-streot, London. For immediate Wear or to Order. The assortment is mo s t ex t ens i ve and varied, comprehend ing every possible description of Attire, both costly and of moderate price. All the articles are designed, trimmed, and made in strict accordance with the prevailing styles of the day. HYAM & Co.'s SANDRINGHAM OVER COATS. HYAM & Co.'s SILK-LINED OVERCOATS. _ HYAM & Co.'s FASHIONABLE REEFERS. H UM & Co.'s SUITS. HYAII Sc Co.'s MORNING COATS. HYAM & Co.'s PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE. HYAM & Co.'s VESTS and TROUSERS. H YAM & Co.'s LADIES' HABITS. HYAM & Co.'s LIVERIES. HYAM & Co.'s HATS and HOSIERY. HYAM and CO.'S PRICE LIST for GEN TLEMEN'S ATTIRE, Ready-made or to Order. New Styles in Tweed Overcoats New Styles in Sandringham Overcoats 2ss. to 635. New Styles in Silk-lined Overcoats 42s. to 84s. New Styles in Reefers New Styles in Dress and Frock Coats New Styles in Morning Coats New Styles in Dress and Undress Suits 42s. to 70s New Styles in Vests New Styles in Trousers l4s. to 255. HYAM and CO.'S LATEST STYLES an d PRICES for YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE. Sandringham Overcoats ..... .„. Prince Alfred Reefcrs l6s. to 30s. Overcoats for Little Boys l2s. to 30s. Inverness Capes Knickerbocker Suits Braided Patent and Silk Velvet do 3ss. to 90s. Harrow and Rugby Suits Wimbledon Suits for Elder Youths Trousers in all the New Materials Waistcoats for all purposes HYAM & CO.'S SELECT DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear. No. 2. Bespoke or Order Department. No. 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department. No. 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department. HYAM and CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS, LONDON-66 and 67, Oxford-street. 13IRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, New-street, LEEDS-42, Briggate, and . DEWSBURY—Westgate. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Caledonian-road, Islington, N. Supported by Voluntary Contributions. This Hospital has relieved 461,951 patients since it was estab &hod at King's-cross in lBb6. Patients are admitted free. Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard -street Kassa. Ransom and Bouverie 1, Pull-mall. — Hon; Se c ., F. S mith, Esq. Clio. sSin . sea. A PRUSSIAN IRONCLAD. There must, after all, be a good deal of merit in the English system of building ironclads, when we find year after year our chief private yards, whether belonging to companies or individuals, have always one or more of their slips occupied with armoured ships for foreign Governments. The only countries which keep pace with us in the production of iron frigates for the national fleet are France and Ame rica, and each of their systems of arming and plating differs as much from ours as they do from each other. Disused American ironclads, now sought to be got rid of, can be bought in America as cheap as old iron, and are worth very little more. France, too, with a system totally different both from the Americans and ours, can find no imitators either of her style of building or style of armouring. Whatever the cause, the simple fact remains—that all Governments, except those of France and America, no matter what their differences or alliances, come to England to have their iron ships built, and even the two exceptions we have mentioned copy our improvements as far as they can in every particular. Of the great private yards, such as those of Napier, at Glasgow, Laird, at Birkenhead, Samuda, at Blackwall, and the Millwall Ironworks, there is hardly any which have not built ironclads for foreign Powers, while the Thames Ironworks alone, besides building such renowned vessels as the Warrior and the Minotaur, have built iron frigates for the Rus sian, Prussian, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Greek, and Turkish Governments. There is more than the mere chance of patronage required to account for this. The great fame of the Warrior, no doubt, did much, and the fame of the John Brown armour plates did more. But even these two causes would be insufficient to account for the almost universal preference shown for vessels of our construction, and we can only find it in the fact that by the vast majority of Powers our plan of building and back ing is considered superior to what can be got anywhere else. England would hold a different position now if the nation were in possession of all the armoured vessels which her private yards have sent forth to foreign Powers; but of all the vessels ever built here the grandest and most formidable is the King William, now just upon completion at the Thames Ironworks for the Prus sian Government. The history of this magnificent frigate is rather peculiar. About three years ago Ithe Turkish Government wished for an ironclad that should eclipse all other ironclads afloat, and be of herself a match in fair fight for almost a squadron of them. She was to be larger, stronger, faster, and, above all, to carry a heavier armament than any thing yet attempted. These difficult conditions Mr. Reed, with the consent of the Admiralty, succeeded in combining, and the vessel was begun at the Thames Ironworks ani rapidly pushed forward. Unfortunately, however, for the Turkish Govern ment, its promises of payment kept no sort of pace with the work done, and payment at last altogether failing . ] the frigate was left on the hands of the Thames Company to dispose of it as they could. It was at once offered to our Admiralty at the price the Sultan had agreed to give for it. But the Admi ralty, while admitting the surpassing excellence and strength of the vessel, hesitated about the pur chase, required time to think;about it, would rather wait a little, and so on. The Thames Company, however, did not like waiting, and offered it to the Prussian Government, which as instantly replied by an offer to buy it at a sum considerably higher than at which it had been offered to the Admiralty. This tender, if we may so call it, was taken, but hardly had the contracts been signed when the Admiralty appeared on the scene and wished to purchase the frigate without further delay. But it was then too late. The agreement with the Prussian Govern ment had been made, and there was no retracting. Thus the strongest plated armour ship yet built passes into the hands of a foreign Power, and we may possibly some day see her arrayed against our own frigates. Woe betide any of our vessels of the Warrior or Minotaur class which shall meet her ! The Warrior carries 4i-inch armour over half her length, and is meant to bear 26 guns—some only 68 -pounders, some 100-pounders, and four 150- pounders. The King William, which is as large as the Warrior, and is designed t o have her speed, carries 8-inch armour, with a battery of 26 300- pounders, all of Krupp's steel, all breechloaders, and capable, it is said, of being fired, with 751 b. charges, as often as twice in a minute. The length of this formidable craft is 365 ft., 15ft. shorter than the Warrior; but her breadth is 2ft. greater, being 60ft. against the Warrior's 58ft. This gives her a greater midship section, and there fore enables her to bear her ponderous armour more easily by giving her a greater displacement ; but, on the other hand, this same displacement makes it more difficult to move her through the water at high speed, especially since the King William is to be of 6,000 tons burden, and to draw at her mean draught load no less than 26ft. of water. The en gines, however, will be fully equal to their work. They are being made by Messrs. Maudslay, and are to be of 1,150 horse power nominal, and capable of working up to a power of 7,000 horses. With this power, and guided by the ordinary calculations, it is believed she will realise from 13 to 14 knots an hour. There will be no less than 40 furnaces required to keep her going at full speed, and these will use rather more than 80 tons of coals a day, and her coal bunkers only hold 700 tons. In this respect she is certainly inferior to our Warrior class of ships, which only use 65 tons a day, and can carry 1,000 tons, so that, with careful firing and proper husbandry of fuel, they can easily keep the sea under steam for 20 days, or very nearly double the time which the King William could remain• out of harbour without coaling. There is nothing very peculiar in the con struction of this frigate beyond that she is built with all the improvements and modifications which our experience in armour-clads can suggest as de sirable. Her construction is on what is called the longitudinal system—that is, a series of most power ful wrought-iron girders, or frames, laid at inter vals of 7ft. apart, and passing along her completely from stem to stern. Between these frames the wrought-iron ribs are bolted, below the water-line, at intervals of four feet apart; but above it, and behind the armour, they are bolted as close as to be within two feet of each other. Within both frames and ribs comes another iron skin an inch thick, so as to literally make a double ship, the inner one being 4ift. apart from the outer. Side passages, or wings, as they are called, running the whole length of the structure, conthcae this double form up to the main deck. Inner side of these wings form the walls of the coal bunkers, so that even were it possible for a shot to pass through the armoured sides of the King William it would still have to penetrate the iron coal bunkers and pass through Bft. of coal before it could do any mischief to the fighting crew of the ship. The armour is Bin. thick amidships, tapering gradually downwards to a thickness of 7in., at 7ft. below the water-line. It also tapers in the same E _KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. G. R TE NAIL T. 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