The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, z- AT UE DAY EVENING, J UNE 18, 1864.

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•
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Early in July,

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ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY,

and
BACHELOR'S BOX,

an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, Cearing-cross, EVERY EVENING,
at eight (except Saturday) ; Saturday Mornings at three.—
Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. A
Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hail
from e !even to five.

Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY, TO-NIGHT, at Eight, in THE
PYRAMID. To be followed by THE BARD AND HIS
BIRTHDAY, by William Brougn, Esq., sustained by Mr. and
Mrs. German Reed ; and, for the first time, THE SEASIDE,
or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John Parry.
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rr " 0X F ORD,
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THIS EVENING will be performed the new and success-
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and chorus, supported by the following talente6 principal
artistes :—Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry. Tyrrell, 51, almsley ;
Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green ; and UN BALLO IN
MASCLIERA.
Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans.

To-morrow Evening, THE MERRY WIVES OF WIND-
SOR, by Otto Nicola'.
Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maclagan,
W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power
(the juvenile comedienne), &c., &c,
Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d. .

Open every Evening.

C A N ANTERBURY
E R
Westminster-road, HALL,

THIS EVENING,
Will be produced, with alterations and improvements
in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet
attempted. entitled THE TERCEN rENARY ; or,a NIGHT
WITH SHA KSPERE, written expressly by W. ie. Vander-
vell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear.
ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM;

OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE
FOREST OF SHADOWS!

" The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and
repgssing through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an
Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning
Star, Feb. 19.

SALES BY AUCTION.
rinner.—Preehold Building Land.

MR. ANDREW HIND will SELL by
AUCTION, In JULY, 23 ACRES of LAND, beauti-
fully situate near the village, and about a mile from the
station. The plots will contain from half an acre to two
acres and upwards. The estate is well wooded, and has a
stream of water flowing through it Residents on this pro-
perty will be entitled to the privileges of Harrow school, and
the occurant of each house of the value of £5O per annum
will receive a free first-class railway ticket to London for 13
years. Officer, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's

FREEHOLDS.—fir. ANDREW HIND has
for SALE a Pair of Semi-detached 7-roomed VILLAS,
pleasantly situate near a station, half an hour's ride from
Farringdon-street. Price £550; part may remain. Now let
at £22 each, but possession of one may be had. Will be sold
separately if desired. City Central E tate Offices, 1, Little
Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

500 BUSINES
UENSE.
LIST,
ANDW. HIND'S
Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c.,
Gratis.
Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free.
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BUSINESS PREMISES. - Mr. ANDREW
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Hampstead-road, £l5O ; near Whitechapel, £55, &c. Offices,
corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

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Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail-
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CLOTHES-WRINGERS and STARCHERS,
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Mang es, 305., 405., 50s. Carriage paid.—City Depot, 81,
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PHEASANT REARING for 1864.
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properwith Management of Game,
prices, posted free on re-
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Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich.
CHAMBER LIN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for
all the year round, 16s. per cwt., including bag. The use of
Be
O O
this food keeps the chickens in perfect health ; and the in-
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Dog Greaves, 10s. per cwt. Please state price when ordering.
N.B.—Advises received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish
Meal and Cayoars. One gentleman writes, " All my young
pheasants last season were sickly, and several died ; those
that were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered
in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds."

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CRYSTAL CANDELABRA for INDIA,
PeCincens of work
in engravings taken
being one of five recently manufactured (154 lig,hts, 22 feet
high, and 12 feet in diameter', is now on show, together with
a variety of the most
engraved ornamenta-
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Rooms, Crystal Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways.
1864. 1863. 1864. 1863.
.0
2,153 2,155
789 657
1,969 1,881
7,146 7,053
16,647 16.517
355 361
110 350
198 203
563 372
1,586
370 381
1,365 1,420
1,765 1,710
243 182
3,264 2,080
8,08) 8.033
3,235 2,931
8,715 8,473
32,903 27,711
31,585 26,898
1,877 1.886
666 612
8,176 7,274
66,787 59.6.0
1,363 1,318
1,6.7
1,609 1,709
38,526 32,910
187 177
111 181
716 695
103,931 94,011
1,995 1,853
30,871 25,702
19,4 9 17,645
6,190 4 839
1,775 530
17,172 14,521
1,382 1,242
1,525 1,3:1
2,160 1,952
43,98 39,199
6,256 5,3..5
1,685 1.472
2,9.2 2,561

Belfast and N. Counties . 136 136
Belfast and County Down.... 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington Bl 81
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61
Cork and Yuughal .... 321 321
Cornwall 661 53/
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & B•ellastJunction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 48t
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Furness, &c 5O 50
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353 351
Great North of Scotland
Ut. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711
'lrt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlud.) 3731 329
Great Western .......* 2
Inverness & AberdeenJunc BBl 861
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191
Irish North-Western,..., 145 145
Lancashire & Yorkshire
Limerick and Enni5......,, 24f 241
Limerick and Foynes
Llanelly 461 40
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall
London & South-Western 450 441/
Load. Brighton, &S. Coast
London, Chatham, & Dover 72 'at
Do. Metropolitan Extension 11! 61
slan.,Sheffleld, & Lincolnsh
blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 91
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 641 CO
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind... 282 2591
lankland 7ll 711
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 14
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee .... 420
N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl. 1095
North London 9
North Staffordshire
Oswestry and Newton.., 5O
RhymneY l9/
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern .....
Somerset and Dorset 6B
South Devon
Limerick .......... 73711
—• • • 751
waanna1dd1!'ii............ .. 271
South-Eastern... ............. 306
Taff Vale 57
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
oolHarbr.&RaiL.. 52
...... 10
Vale of Neath
PCleator,& Egrmnt lO
V i rWI N
W 7
. hett:errhf tn WaterfordCornwall
e n J unct i o n
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
haitwerp and Rotterdam 52
1
A.ustrian ....... .
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern Junction n
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 181
Buffalo and Lake Huron
1081
Eastern Bengal
Eastern of France 1135
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O
Great Indian Peninsula 553
Great Luxembourg 134
134
Great Southern of India .• • • 79
tir
Madras ..........• _
Dutch Detroit
Ranh
ell 31.shilwaukie lB9
417
Madrid, Saragossa
& cant 650
Northern of Canada • ••• ••• • • • 94
eat Western o f Can,Luada 345
Northern of France 697
44
48
Lyons, & Mediterrn..— 805
Paris,
Paris and Orleans
77
Pernambuco ..............
69,
Royal Danish
68'
Norwegian
Sambre and Meuse
1527
South Austrian ...... ..
106
Ottoman .. T..r.un..k....! . 1 i
Scinde ...............
770
Southern of France ...... •
196
Victorian
West Flanders ........ 960
W. and N.W. of France .
Welland ...... ....4.—....::::
.. .
7255

4101 12,808 11,799
10791 61,012 51,151
9 3,475 2,96)
254 8,253 8,015
42 1, 05 1,112
191 1,021 883
62 2,348 1,817
89 4,916 4,634
138 5,k 50 5,022
391 714 24
751 4.617 4,773
806 23,307 20,542
57 5,395 5,208
1051 2,412 2,1.4
10 239 193
36 3,075 2,004
31 371 838
77 1,242 1,016
271 1,127 986
52 4,630 4.128
7 883 691
13 1,000 834
35 1,059 802

52 1,372 1,196
828 31,168 31,315
- -
211 315 391
1851 2,931 3,501
161* 1.894 1.890
189 4, SBl 3,800
1081 4,507 4,202
110
1302 62,614 54,023
8831 18,009 19,523
1090 19,618 17,398
495 15,310 9,503
134 4,404 4,519
79 587 722
315 10, 'B7 10,4,45
447 5,321 3,888
490 21,329 17,915
91 2,8 6 2,251
697 63,673 50,138
44 952 754

481 478 298
1713 132,966 120,611
1494 (8,210 62,773

77 1:189
69

RR 1,583 1,461
1474 5,0/09 60,348
105 2,343 2,474
680 27,2 9 22,920
196 9,750 9,384
25 377 464
75 956 863
813 500:81 43,599

the THE CONVICT BRYC;n
sentence,
to the
answer of Sir Geo.
Grey has been received the ease of the convict
reply
Bryce, who was found guilty of murder but recommended
ofto mhiesrcmyenbytalties
thefa juryul o. account of
" the low organization
is--., what Eh.—e The
what was fully ex-
pected—that Sir G. Grey sees no grounds on which to in-
terfere said
that
theculpritof
c
the rev, gentlemen who have waited en him, and has
ha thee p execution
eid
great
attentiont
I exhortationst is
ac-
knowledged the justice of his sentence, stating that he had
for a fortnight carried the razor in
his pocket with which
he took the unfortunate Jane Seaton's life, in revenge for
the disparaging words she had used regarding him to his
sweetheart. The execution is appointed to take place on
Tuesday, the 21st inst.
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years, debility, with a nervous
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agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.. cure No. 1,771. Lord
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from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation,
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thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange •
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Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low
spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Jas,
T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torpi-
dity ot the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment."
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Naval and Military Intelligence.

A letter from Malta, dated Juno 13, says

Her Majesty's scte w steam troopship Himalaya loft for
Quebec on the Bth, conveying Lieut.• Col. Fade, 25 other
officers, 716 non-commissioned officers and privates, 64
womsn and 99 children, of the let battalion 25th Regiment
ordered to Montreal. The ship will call at Gibraltar for
fuel. Her Majesty's screw steam troopship Orontes arrived
on the same day from Portsmouth to convey the Ist batta-

lion of the 9th to Gibraltar and thence to Bermuda the 2d
battalion 2d Regiment, There having been a case of
smallpox on board while she was at sea, it has been deemed
expedient to disinfect her, and this will occupy to the 18th
of June, when she will leave for her destination. Her Ma-
jesty's screw steam gunboat Foxhound arrived from Tunis
on the Bth, for which port the Cossack s_rew steam corvette
took her departure on the 10th. At the same time the
Resistance, iron-clad steam frigate, left for Susa, and the
Trident, steam sloop, for Sfax. Her Majesty's screw
steam storeship Supply left on the Bth, and her Majesty's
screw steam storeship Dromedary on the 12th, both for
England, with' stores. Her Majesty's screw steam gunboat
Growler arrived from Corfu on the 10th, after a long pas-
sage of nine days, having run out of fuel. The steam yacht
Undine left Malta for Naples on the Bth, having on board
the Duke of Sutherland and the Earl of Sefton, who intend
to visit General Garibaldi at Caprera. During the voyage
from Zante to Malta of her Majesty's ship Orlando Air
Carswell, the midshipman of the first watch, was, on the
deck being relieved, missed, and next morning his cap was
discovered in the chains, where it is supposed he must have
gone for some purpose and accidentally fallen overboard
and been drowned. The night was fine, with a smooth
sea, and yet no one witnessed the accident or heard any
splash in the water.

The Sharpshooter, 6 gun screw sloop (iron), of
503 tons measurement and 160 horse power of en-
gines, was tried yesterday at the measured mile in
Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, to ascertain her rate
of steaming prior to being commissioned, and was
afterwards tested in her steering powers with Capt.
F. Warren's patent auxiliary bow rudder, with
which she is fitted in addition to the ordinary stern
rudder. The Sharpshooter is an iron built vessel,
constructed from the designs of the late Mr Fin-
cham, and launched. from Blackwall in 1847. Her
last service was on the coast of Africa, on her re-
turn from which she was put out of commission at
Portsmouth, and she has since then undergone very
extensive repairs to her hull; her original engines
have been condemned and removed from her, and
she has received others, transferred from the Lynx,
of 160 horse power, by Messrs. Penn and Son. She
has been lined internally with the " Spence's patent
preserving cement," and externally she has been
payed over below the water-line with several rival
pigment composition intended for the preservation
of the ship's bottom under water, so that, altogether,
she may be looked upon as an experimental ship.
Her armament consists of one 40-pounder rifled
gun on the forecastle, one 58-cwt. 6-inch smooth-
bore aft, and four 23-cwt. 6-inch smoothbores
for broadside service. Her racks round the upper
deck contain the usual allowance of round 321 b.
shot, ancient-looking bunches of grape, and casesof
canister. The vessel left Portsmouth harbour at
7 a.m., in charge of Commander Brett, of her Ma.
jesty's ship Asia, and at once was steered for the
measured mile, her draught of water being llft.
2in. aft and lift. forward: bhe is complete in ar-
mament, rigging, and stores, and therefore, only
requires her crew, provisions, and ammunition to
render her ready for immediate sea service. Her
propeller is a left-handed " Griffiths." Six runs
with full boiler power were first made over the mile,
with the following results, in knots t—lat run,
8.430; 2d, 9.113; 3d, 8.823 ; 4th, 8,665 ; sth, I
9'600; 6th, 8'571; mean speed of the ship, 8945
knots. The maximum number of the engines'
revolutions was 100, and their minimum number
971. The temperatures on deck and below
were as follows :-Ist run, on deck, 58 deg. ;
in engine room, 71 deg. ; in stoke-hole 90
and 96 deg.; 6th run, on deck, 64 deg, in engine-
room, 74 deg. ; in stokehole 94 and 98 deg. Two
runs were afterwards made with half-boiler power,
the first giving the ship a speed of 8.551 knots, and
the second 6.990 knots, the mean of the two being
7.770 knots. The pressure of steam was 20. b., and
the vacuum was at 25 in. maximum, and 224 in.
minimum. The trials of speed having been brought
to a conclusion those of the rudders commenced,
both being tried, of course, in order to procure the
required coLnparison of the powers of each. The
stern rudder was first tested to port and starboard
with full boiler power, and then in the same direc-
tion with half boiler power. With the rudder hard
to port it was hove up (five men being at the wheel
throughout these tests) in 30 sec to an angle of 33
deg, the half-circle being completed in 2 min, and
the full circle in 3 min 53 sec. The revolutions of
the engines were 99 at the commencement, bringing
up to 93 before the circle was completed. With
the rudder hard to port it was next hove over to
291 deg of angle in 30 see, the half-circle made in
2 min 10 see, and the full circle in 4 min 19 sec.
The revolutions of the engines, as before, were from
99 to 93. With half-boiler power the rudder was
hove over to an angle of 38 deg to port in 22secs,
the half circle made in 2min lssecs, and the full in
4min 22sees. The revolutions of the engines were,
from 87 to 82. In the second trial, at half-boiler
power, the rudder was hove over to an angle of 30
deg to starboard in 26 secs ; the half circle made in
2 min 25 sec, and the full in 4 min 55 sec. The revo-
lutions of the engines were the same as in the last
trial to port. Half-boiler power still was kept in
use, and two trials similar to the last were made
next, but now with both rudders, stern and bow, in
use, with the following results. Hard to starboard—
Angle of stern rudder 30/ deg ; do. bow rudder, 392
deg ; half-circle made in 2 min 17 secs ; full circle
in 4 min 49 sec ; revolutions of engines, 86 to 81.
Hard to pert—Angle of stern rudder, 38 deg; do.
bow rudder, 40 deg; half circle made in 2 min 4 sec;
full circle made in 4 min 6 sec ; revolutions of engines
from 86 to 81. Steam was next further eased down,
and the vessel going " very easy" ahead, two circles
were made with the engines going 50 revolutions at
starting, the first being to starboard, the angle of
the bow rudder being 40 deg, that of the stern 303
deg. The half circle was made in 4 min 34 sec, and
completed to the fall in 9 min 8 sec. The second was
to port, the angle of the bow rudder being 394 deg,
that of the stern 38 deg, while the half circle was
made in this instance in 4 min 3 sec and the full in

8 min 20 sec. The engines in both instances slack-
ened in their revolutions from 50 to 47. The ship
was next put ahead at full boiler power and speed,
and both rudders again brought into play. In the
first circle made under these circumstances, the
stern rudder was hove to starboard at an angle of
30 deg and the bow rudder to 39i deg, the half-
circle made in 2 minA sec, and the full in 4 min
and 9 sec. The engines started at 95 revolutions
and slackened down to 91, In the second
circle the stern rudder was hove to port to an
angle of 38 deg, and the bow rudder to 40 deg, the
halfscircle being made in 1 min 51 sec. and the full
circle in 3 min 38 sec. The engines started at 96
revolutions and eased down to 91. This was the
last experiment with both rudders, and several
others followed with the bow rudder alone acting,
but only two of thess were noted, as it was evident
the vessel was not sufficiently in the water forward
to allow the bow rudder to fully develop its powers.
These two circles were made with the following re-
sults :-1. Astern at full speed, with the rudder
hard to starboard, the half-circle was made in 5 min
18 sec, and the full circle in 8 min 17 sec.
2. Astern at full speed, and the rudder bard to
port, the half-circle was made in 9 min 33 sec,
and the full circle in 13 min 33 see. The
officials on board had no means at their command
of accurately measuring the circles made, but
it was clear that their area made under the in-
fluence of both rudders was less than with one
rudder, and the time was also, it will be seen on
reference to the figures, rather less. It must be
borne in mind, in all fairness to Capt Warren, that
the bow rudder fitted to the Sharpshooter is merely
an "auxiliary" to the main or stern rudder, to assist
jin turning the phip, either when going ahead or