The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-18 00:00:00

BED .ROOM CANDLES.

"RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop
grease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles,
sold in boxes is. and 38. esch, are recommendel as the best
Carriers.
" EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES,"
Sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those
Wuo will not burn thin.
"SRERWooD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS,"
in Packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use
where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve-
ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less.
‘,Siiecial candle ticks• to fit thin candles, Is. and 25. 6d each;
r."u-ing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each.

TOILET SOAPS.
Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent.
Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine.
`4l2lPhor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins In winter.
GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLE
"Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes
had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains.
'
aosuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot-
Price's Patent," from 6d. I ties, 6d. and is. each.
hPwards Impure Glycerine
"8 been. sold •tn the state-
Illbent that it is "equal to
rims."
Retail throng
Wholesale by Price s Patens
Lon

4h any Grocer.
Caudle Company-(Limited),
idon.

R. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre-
eared without any mercurial ingredient, from there:Ape of Dr.
ec'tt, of Bromley Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer irom bilio'u's and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind,
spa o, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual
eostlyenesi as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and
7,rAteful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion,bert, 8, and strengthen the whole nervous system,
Bold DY. Lam
King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxea,ls. lid., and three
raes the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Boott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
grt" Package, with" William Lambert," engraved on the
tamp.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.

Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—Ills Royal Highness the Prince of WALE iz,K.G
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad-
mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
to treat as out-patients many distressing oases which. with
more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards.
The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500
beds.
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by
the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutta and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and
Co ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith,
Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay
and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co, ;
Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;
Masterman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at
the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
STANFORD Oeoretary.

CONNECIING SHIP OWNERS
(Limited).
Incorporat d under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act, 1862.
whereby the liability of each shareholder Is limited to the
amount of his shares.

Capital £1.000,000, In 60,000 shares of £2O each.
Deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 on allotment.

Scrip Certificates. which can be converted into Registered
Shares, at the option of tee holder, will be issued imme-
diately after allotment. These certificates will be capable
of transfer, by delivering from hand to hand, without any
necessity for registration.

DIRECTORS.
Rear-Admiral Currie, Bletchingley, Surrey, Chairman.
E. Lloyd Bagshaw, Esq , Bath.
J. Britten, Esq., Director of the Bank of Wales, Basinghall-
street, and 30 and 31, London-wall.
G. Howard Fenwick, Esq., C E., late Resident Engineer
Madras Railway, Oatlands Park, Weybridge.
G. W. Harris, Esq., Merchant, 5, Nicholas-lane.
The Hon. Angu dun Jocelyn, late Chairman Dundalk Steam
Packet Company.
Col. William R. Nedham, Royal Horse Artillery, Ramsgate.
George Pearce Pocock, Esq., Director of the Crystal Palace
Gas Company.
George Scammell, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph
Company.

BANKERS.
Union Bank of London, 2, Princes-street, and Branches.

CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Edwin Clark, Esq., and J. C. Gunn, Esq., 24, Great George-
street, Westminster.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Reeves.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Castello Brothers, Throgmorton-strcet.
AUDITORS.
Messrs. Alison and Waddell, Public Accountants, 14,
Walbrook.
SECRETARY (PRO TE3I.)
Horace Fenwick, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
61, Cornhill—Entrance, 126, Bishopsgate-street.
ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
This Company is established to own and work Connecting
Steam Ships.
Connecting Steam Ships are designed on a new system,
which consists in constructing steamers in several distinot
compartments for carrying large cargoes, with great economy
of power, the compartments being all of one gauge, admit of
immediate disconnection from and re-connection to each
other; and of the transfer of the compartment containing
the engine, officers, and crew from one set of cargo cempart-
ments to another, so that it can be kept in constant employ-
m. nt, while the inexpensive cargo compartments are detained
during the loading., unloading, or sale of their cargoes,
enabling one engine and one crew to perform the work of
three s; earners of the ordinary construction, and realise pro-
portional profits.

It is intended to commence business by running one
steamer compartment, and three sets of Cargo Compart-
ments, to demonstrate the enormous advantages to be gained
by the system before proceeding to build the proposed fleet,
wnich will consist of Eighteen Screw Steamer Compartments,
and one hundred and ninety-eight Cargo Compartments, and
will deliver over one million of tons of coal to London, and
over three hundred thousand tons in Paris, annually.
Estimates of the cost of the proposed fleet, and details of
the annual expenditure and receipts have been prepared,
showing the large profit of more than 20 per cent., after
making ample provision for insurance, depreciation, and con-
tingencies.

A prospectus with plans and drawings of vessels con-
structed on this system, detailed estimates showing the pro-
bable profits, together with forms of application for shares,
can be obtained, or will be sent post free, on application, at
the Offices, Of, Cornhill, entrance l3b3hopsgate-street.

A few days ago a sextom was digging a grave at
Cardiff, when the next grave fell in, burying him nearly
up to the neck. He remained in that position two or
three hours, when he was dug out in a state of great ex-
haustion,

The Lords of the Admiralty at present at Portsmouth re-
sumed their inspection of the dockyard, chipping, and pub-
lic establishments at that port yesterday, will continue it
to-day, and bring their labours to a close to-morrow (Fri-
day.) On Tuesday and yesterday evening they entertained
a party of naval officers and heads of the various depart-
ments at dinner on board the Osborne. Yesterday morn-
ing Lord Clarence Paget left Portsmouth for London and
Wales, and he will not rejoin the board at this port. Their
lOrdships commenced their duties yesterday with a discus-
sion on board the Osborne, after breakfast, relative to the
mucht i dee c
oti np:n the matter, some persons hold-
lugrsion of the prison into naval present convict prison in the dockyard. At present opinion
that the prison should be retainedsimply as such, while
bar-
racks for seamen, and the erection of a new prison on the
newly-acquired ground at a greater distance from the heart
of the dockyard, and nearer the main timber stores. This
othersis very
advocate
the
discussion ended, Earl de Grey and Ripon, accompanied by
Col. Jarvis, R.E., and Major Clarke, R E., the Admiralty
Director of Engineering Works, disenbarked from the Os-
borne and left the harbour to view the defences north of
the dockyard and harbour, and the partly executed work
which is to form the water-channel communication in front
of Hilsea lines, between trlharbours of Portsmouth and
Langston. Owing to,the rea of contractors for the exe-
cution of the Eileen earthworki and moats and the com-
municating channel referred to, the tidal communication
between the two harbours has been for the greater part en-
tirely stopped for several Months, and the scour of the ebb
tide out of Portsmouth harbour has suffered accordingly.
To make this clearly underatood,it will be only necessary here
to state that, through the narrow channel which affords the
means of communication between the waters of Portsmouth
and Langston harbours, the tide Rowe two hour into Ports-
mouth harbour from that of Langston after the ebb tide
has made out of Portsmouth harbour at its southern or
chief entrance, and that, consequently, this important ad-
dition of water from Langston greatly increase the volume
of the ebb out of Portsmouth harbour, adds to its scouring
properties, and greatly lessens the danger of any formation
of shoals in the deep waterways of its harbour or its chan-
nel of entrance. It must, however, be evident that the
loss of this additional water to each tide that enters Ports-
mouth harbour is serious, and may result most prejudicially
upon the already too narrow water channels of the harbour.
The Duke of Somerset, with Admiral Sir F. Grey, the Hon.
J. R. Drummond, Mr. Childers, aue., Rear_Admiral Re 6.
Robinson, Controller of the Navy, and Capt. R. Hall, pri-
vate Secretary to the Duke, subsequently disembarked from
the Osborne, and attended by Vice-Admiral Sir M. Sey-
mour, G.C.B„ Rear-Admiral Superintendent G. Elliot,
and the different officials at the head of the various
departments in the dockyard, commenced their official
round of inspection for the day. The Admiralty barge
first conveyed their lordships on board the gunnery ship
Excellent, Capt. Astley C. Key, 0.8., where they wit-
nessed some capital practice at different ranges with shot
and shell from guns of various calibres, rifled and smooth-
bore, fired from the decks of the Excellent and her present
tender, the Illustrious. Their lordships also had an op-
portunity of oeeing on board the two ships two 12-ton guns
of the same description as those on board the Royal Sove-
reign, with the exception that one is rifled, and is thus a
veritable 300-pounder. The other is a smoothbore, and is
therefore, like the five similar guns on board the Royal
Sovereign, a 150. pounder only. On board the Excellent
there are also a batch of Whitworth and Armstrong guns,
sent down to the ship for special practice and report upon
their capabilities. They include a Whitworth 6-in rifled
muzzle-loader, of 77 cwt., and others, down to a small 9-
pounder muzzle-loader, Sir W. Armstrong's includes a
wedge and muzzle-loader, of Tin. bore each, rifled ; a 7-in.
shunt gun, and some 12 and 9-pounder field guns. At the
conclusion of their inspection of the Excellent and her arma-
ment, their Lordships landed at the north end of the dock-
yard and went on board the turret ship Royal Sovereign,
Capt. Sherard Osborn, C. 8., where they were received by
Capts. Osborn and Coles and conducted over the ship. The
Duke of Somerset's attention was first drawn to the band of
teak sheathing now being applied to the ship at the water
line, to prevent any galvanic communication taking place
between the Muntz metal on the ship's bottom and the ar-
mour-plating on her sides. Since the dockyard at Ports-
mouth has existed it may safely be affirmed that no piece of
work of the same extent, as the one now referred to has ever
been executed in so ehort a time as this will be. Some re-
marks relative to this work were made a few days since in
the Naval Intelligence of The Sun, which, perhaps, were
not very pleasing to the authorities, but may possibly have
assisted in bringing about the present change, and thus
affording a proof to the Admiralty, by actual results, that
work may be done in our public dockyards with a speed
and excellence which could not be excelled in the best ma-
naged private yard. The Duke of Wellington, screw three
decker (depot training ship), Capt. J. Seccombe, was next
visited, and their Lordships could not but have admired
the perfect order and condition of this model training
ship. While on board, the newly-erected cooking galley
built on the plans of Mr Grant, the storekeeper of
the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, was inspected by
their Lordships. Some bread, baked for the seamen of
the ship in the galley baking ovens, was sent on board
by the special desire of their Lordships for their lun-
cheon, The cooking galley, composed entirely of iron,
roasts and bakes meat for the officers and ship's company,
as well as boiling by the ordinary ship's galley process. It
bakes 4501 b of bread for the ship's company in 11 hour,
which process can be repeated as often as may be desired,
It is fitted with a hot plate, and has also hot closets for
keeping the officers' and men's dinners warm when absent
from the ship on duty, It has also a boiler, which contains
300 gallons of !eater. The coppers of the galley are heated
on a new principle, and a great saving in fuel, with a greater
rapidity in cooking, is effected. From the Duke of Wel-
lington their lordships proceeded to the King'sestairs
landing stage, where they inspected two launches fitted
with double screw engines, after which they went on board
the Osborne to luncheon. After luncheon the board again
left the Osborne in the Admiralty barge, and landing on
the Gosport side of the harbour, inspected the Royal Cla-
rence Victualling yard, with its biscuit making machinery,
its patent flour mills, provision stores of all kinds, and
slaughter houses for the supply of fresh meat to her Majes-
ty's ships in Portsmouth harbour and at Spithead. The
inspection of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at Forton
barracks followed, and the day's work was wound up with
a visit to the establishments at Hasler, the extensive and
well-regulated royal naval hospital, and the gunboat yard.
This morning their lordships visited the head quarters of
the Royal Marine Artillery at Forts Eastney and Cumber-
land, some three miles south-east of Portsmouth, and in
the evening will patronise the ball at the King's Rooms,
Southsea, given annually in aid of the fuel; of the Seamen's
and Marines' Orphan
. School. The Channel fleet is ordered
to Spithead, and is expected to arrive in time to enable its
officers and their friends to be present at the ball. On the
10th pros., according to present arrangements, the Lords of
the Admiralty wili -Pl leave
England in their yacht Enchan-
tress for a tour of inspection to Gibraltar and Malta.
Commander C. B
—urney, of her Majesty's gunvessel
Speedy, has received from the French Minister of the Im-
perial Marine a handsome double day and night glass, for his
exertions in rendering asaistance to the ship Jean Gaujou
after her wreck on the Echrihaa Rocks in 1864. The pre-
sent was conveyed to Jersey, for presentation to Commander
Burney, in the French Imperial steam corvette Ariel.
The Wolverine, 20, screw corvette, Capt. De horsey,
which sailed a short time since from Spithead to join, tem-
porarily, the Channel fleet, has returned to Portsmouth to
make good defects and fill up her crew to her apportioned
number.

g 11118) ordered by the War
DeApacrotmnpelnetofaneap. Blkly
dthteAdmiralty
**4u now at Woolwich
awaiting proof. _

Hussars arrived at Norwich from Birmingham. The regi-
and P troops of the 16th
meOnnt tTuVebscleadyivpiodretdionsbetowfetehne Pl;orwich, Ipswich, and Col-
chester; the head-quarters will be at Colchester, where very
spacious
a Pnaebeen brought into use.
obsolete cast-iron guns, and rendering them available for
the public service by the insertion of a wrought-iron tube,
iwusbeaer barracks a
improvedcks hav have recently
sy st
was yesterday tested at Woolwich With much success. One
of the old 68 pounders, weighing formerly 95cwt lqr, east at
Lowmoor in 1859, and after considerable service condemned
and branded with the broad arrow in testimony of its unfit-
ness for further use, yesterday fired twice at the proof butt
in Woolwich Arsenal with a charge of 161 b of powder and
shot weighing 1101 b. The gun has been bored up to 13
inches, and strengthened with a coiled tube reducing the
bore to seven inches. The present weight of the gun is
104 cwt. The tube made in the Royal gun factories is of
charcoal iron, and appears to be perfect. After firing
the two rounds in the presence of Major Freeth, Royal
Artillery, Inspector of Ordnance, and other officers, the
screw nut at the muzzle was turned round, and the tube
thereby drawn out a short distance to see that it was not
jammed in the gun, by which all the parts were ascertained
to be correct. The gun was afterwards sent up to the Royal
Gun Factories in order that the tube might be taken out,
the breech-plug unscrewed from the tube, and the vent-
bush inserted, and which, according to a suggestion of
Capt. Palliser, will be screwed in from the interior of the
gun. To prove the amount of resistance which it is ex •
pected the improvement will give to the old ordnance, the
gun is ordered to be fired 1,000 times consecutively. The
rifling is to consist of three grooves, and spiral for part of
the bore. The spiral will be uniform, the final pitch of the
rifling being a turn in 161 ft. After completing the 1,000
rounds the gun will be despatched to Portsmouth for expe-
riments on board the gunnery-ship Excellent, to test its
power of penetrating the armour plates.
The following appointments have bum made at the Ad-
miralty :—.1.410ut. rriliWits W. Tutu, tO, .the Bleil4eimt for

On Tuesday, by permisssion of Lord Faversham, the
various corps comprising the second administrative batta-
lion of North Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers, were reviewed by
the Hon. Col. W. E. Buncombe, M.P., in the Duncombe
Park, Helmsley. The North Eastern Railway Company
ran special trains to Wiling, from which place the troops
had a march of six miles to the review ground, and here
Lord Faversham provided the men with refreshments. At
the conclusion of the review the troops and the public, to
the number of many hundreds, proceeded to Rivaulx Abbey,
three miles further off, where Lord Faversham had per-
mitted a grand fancy bazaar to be held for the benefit of the
funds of the 10th North York Volunteers, under the patron-
age of Lady Faversham, the Hon. Mrs Parsons, the Hon.
Mrs Denison, the :Hon. Mrs Duncombe, the Hon. Mrs
Fitzroy, and the Hon. Mrs C. Duncombe, Several bands
were present in various parts of the grounds. There was an
outdoor rustic ball, various athletic sports for prizes for
volunteers and others, archery, and a variety of sports.
The annual inspection of the 11th and 12th (Truro), the
3d (Falmouth), and the 21st (Penryn), Duke of Cornwall's
Rifle Volunteers, numbering upwards of 300 men, took
place on Monday near Truro. The inspecting officer was
Lieut.-Col. Hume. The weather was fine, and there were
several hundreds of spectators present. After a long drill
had been gone through the inspecting officer delivered a
congratulatory address. It was three years since he had
seen so large a number of Cornish volunteers together, and
at that time he formed a high opinion of their merits as men
and soldiers, and he could bestow no greater praise on them
than to say that the expectations he then formed had been
fully justified.