The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

N°. 22,369.

THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1864.

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Ferdinand Freiliprath, Esq., Bank of Switzerland, Royal
Exchnnee-buildings.
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Robert Bell, Esq , F.R.S.L., 14, York-street, Portman-square
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Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto ........
A Twelve-roomed ditto

The Duke of Somerset had a levee on Thursday
afternoon at the Admiralty, Whitehall. There
were present—Admiral H. T. B. Collier, Vice-Ad-
miral Bennett, Rear-Admiral Carnegie, Roar-Ad-
miral W. H. A. Morshead, Clpt. J. A. Punter,
Capt. Thos. Hope, Capt. H. 11. Beamish, Capt. W.
E. H. Somerset, Capt. D. Miller, Capt. J. F. Mur-
ray, Capt. W. A. R. Pearse, Capt. C. B. Hamilton,
Capt. Edward Rice, Capt. R. S. J. Macdonald, and
Capt. F. W. Gough ; Commander J. W. East, Com-
mander the Hon. M. H. Nelson, Commander U.D.
Broad, Commander Charles Haydon, Commander
F. Hewson, Commander F. J. Bullock, Commander
J. Ward, Commander M. Lowther, Commander
Bridges; Lieut. T. M. Campbell, Dr. J. W. John-
son, and Mr. W. Menzies.
The Landrail, 5, screw gunvessel, Commander
William Arthur, arrived at Spithead on Thursday
from the West Indies, and awaited orders up to
sunset as to which of the home ports she will be
sent to dismantle and pay out of commission. She
sailed from Bermuda four days before the screw
frigate Ariadne, which arrived at Spithead on
Tuesday, as reported in The Sun of Thursday, and
her news has consequently been anticipated. The
Landrail, on the 23d and 24th ult., experienced the
same heavy gale reported by the Ariadne, and was
compelled to heave to for some time in consequence
of its violence.
In the list of her Majesty's ships left by the
Ariadne at Bermuda on the 13th ult„ in the an-
nouncement of the Ariadne's arrival at Spithead in
The Sun of Thursday, ber Majesty's screw frigate
Shannon, Capt. Jones, was inadvertently omitted.
Every preparation for floating the Royal Sove-
reign turret ship out of dock at Portsmouth on the
Bth inst. is being made, and considerable interest is
felt to ascertain what the ship's actual draught of
water will be under the circumstances, opinions on
the subject being widely divided. A light sheet-iron

rozether with a trice List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valuable informatlonto all requiring househ,ld furniture,
'trpefs, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy-
men and gentlemen In or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, l'lymouth,
Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborougli, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. Aiban's, Woroester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places In all parts of Great
I;ritg

NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE
OFFICES.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

The Directors hereby give notice, thai, in consequence of
the immediate extension of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, they have vac tted their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New
Bridge-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES,
No. 29, Fleet-street, E.C.
February 4, 1864.

COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford
bridge, London, S.E,

SAMUEL BEVA:si, Secy.

ELIEF FUND for the WOUNDED DANES
IN and the FAMILIES of those FALLEN in BATTLE.

LADIES' COMMITTEE.
Madlle. de Bille, 2, Great eumberland-street, W.
The lion. Mrs. henry Byng, 5, St. James's-square, S.W.
Baroness Hambro, Roehampton, S.W.
Mrs. Kerr, 48, Albemarle-street.
Mrs Westenholz, Stone Castle, Kent.
Madame C. A uguste Gosch, 58, Oxford-terrace,Hyde-park,W.
Mrs. Bushby, 3, lialktn-street, B:lgrave-square, S.W.
Mrs. Bowan, 3, Fulba,r-plat
Mrs. Walter Berry, 16, Carlton-terrace, Edinburgh.
Mrs. Chr. liorries, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mrs. TheAore Borries, Sewcastle-on-Tyne.
Mis. Ilermann Erichsen, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mrs. A. K. Canoe, Marsh-lane, Bootle, near Liverpool.
Mrs. Fr. Dykes. Union Bank, Wakefield.
Mrs. Clements Good, Bull.
Mrs. Edward F. !Minster, The Knock, near Belfast.
A. Westenholz, Esq., 26, Mark-lane, E.C., Treasurer.
Miss Frederica Rowan, 3, Fulham-place,)
Maida-hill, W.
Rev. J. I'lenge, 33, Great Coram-street, I
Russell-square, W.C. ?Secretaries.
Rev. James Mansell, 7, York-street,
Portman-square, W. ,
Contributions will also be received by the following
bankers :
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London.
Messrs. Barnett, lioares, and Co., London.
Messrs. Samuel Smith Brothers and Co., Hull.
Messrs. Woods and Co., Newcastle—on-Tyne, and their
branches.
The Manchester and Liverpool Ustrict Bank, and its
branches.
The Bank of Scotland, and its branches throughout Scotland.
The Provincial Bank of Ireland, and its branches throughout
Ireland.

The LADIES' COMMITTEE has already had the gratifi-
cation to be able to FOttiVARD £3,15) to RELIEVE the
DIbTRESSED.

bulwark of about three feet in depth, which throws
down outwardly in sections on iron stanchions and
strong metal hinges, is being fixed round her top-
sides. Her foremost turret, which will mount two
guns, has one 10.5-inch smooth-bore gun mounted
on its carriage. In a private trial of the turret's
turning powers yesterday, it made a quarter circle

THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited.
To be ineorpora ed under the Companies Act, 1862, wh*ch
limits the Liability of Shareholder., to the amount of their
Shares.

in 17 seconds, and a full circle under the minute, six
men being at the winch-handles of the turning gear.
The Adventure, screw troopship, Capt. Waddilove,
is under orders to embark supernumeraries for China
about the 10th inst. The precise date of her sailing
depends probably on the result of her screw trial at
the measured mile, which takes place on Monday
next.

Altera ion of Title.--In consequence of some persons having
on the day the advert cement of this Company went to
press registered themselve st Join -Stock Register
Office under the title of "NATIONAL MARINE IN-
SURANCE COMPANY," such Title is ch staged, and the
Direc or. have substituted the above Title.
Capital .£1,0u0,000, in 40,000 Shoes of £:5 etch.
First Issue, 20,000 Share.
£1 per Shtre to be p lid on application, and £llos. per Share
_ . on at otment.

It Is not contemplated that more than £5 per Share w,ll
be called up. _

The screw steam gunvessel Trinoulo, 4, Lieut.
Creagb, tender to the flagship which arrived at Ply-
mouth yesterday, left the Tagus on Saturday last,
the 27th ultimo, at 2 o'clock, in company with the
Edgar, Black Prince, Warrior, and Defence, which
have gone on to Portland. The Trinculo will fol-

DIRECTORS.

Harrison Watson, Esq. (ife—ssere....l. R. Thomson and Co.),
Chairman of the Cape Town and Dock Railway Company.
Robert W. Barclay, Esq. (Messrs. Tuck, Barefat, and Co.),
Gresham House.
Abel Chapman, Esq., Old 13road-street, Director of Marine
Investment Company.
11. A. Coffey, Esq„ Director of Marine Investment
Company.
E. De Pass, Esq.. Merchant, 0, Fenchurcb-street.
John Downes, Esq. (Messrs. Downes and Scott), Upper
Thames-street.
Charles F. Ellis, Esq. (Messrs. Henry Ellis and Son), 17,
Gracechurch-street.
G. Gilbert, Esq. (Messrs. Gilbert, Kerr, and Co.', 3, Abchurch-
lane.
Cornelius Grinnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell, Tinker, and Mor-
gan , 7, Leadenhall-street.
A. Jarvis, Esq., Merchant, Director, Standard Bank, South
Africa.
Robt. E. Shaw, Esq. (Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co.), 31,
Leadenha I I-street.

low the Channel squadron to-morrow (Sunday).
The iron•cased screw steam-frigate Prince Con-
sort, 35, Captain Willis, left Plymouth Sound
upon Thursday for a trial cruise in the Channel, a
formal report of which will be sent ►o the Lords of
the Admiralty. She will rendtzvous at Portland
until the arrival of the squadron from Lisbon. After
her voyage to Dublin, in which she encountered
very heavy weather, very large sums were named
as the probable cost of her repairs. Including seve-
ral expensive improvements unconnected with that
trip, the entire charge will not be much beyond
.ClO,OOO.

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.

Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritcon, Twclle, and Co., London.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sewell, Sewell, and Edwards.
BROK
London —Sir R. W. Carden and Sons, Royal Exchange-
.

buildings.
Liverpool—Robert Byrne, Esq., Royal Bank buildings.
Manchester —Cuarles P. Allen, Esq., India-buildings.
Newcastle-on-Tyne—J. 8. Cha,loner, Esq., Dean-street,
Bristol—Henry T. Chamberlain, Esq.
Hull—Messrs. Wilkinson and Ingleby, Exchange-bri dings.
Leeda—Messr. Ridsda!e and Wailes, Park-row. •
SECRETARY (pro tern.) - Mr. W. Distant.
A UDITORS—M e+t7s, Cash and ( 0., Tok e house-yard.

The crew of the Megcra, at Devonport, was paid
off yesterday. Those belonging to Poi tsmouth.left
in the afternoon in the steamtug Pigmy.
Commander W. E. Gordon, who has been gazetted
to the command of her 'Majesty's ship Ranger, on
Thursday went down to Woolwich, and took up his
commission. He afterwards went on board the flag-
ship Fisgard, and selected a portion of his crew,
which will consist of 93 of all grades. The Ranger
is commissioned for the slave preventive service on
the West Coast of Africa.

Temporary Offices-4, element's-lane, City.
Notwithstan,lizg the fa ilities afforded for the it rmation
ofjoint-stcck companies by the application of limited liabil
many of our laree shipping towns are still without any im-
proved means of effecting marine insurance.
The vast ini.rease of shipping entering and leavinz the
various provincial ports of the United Kingdom renders it
very desirable that the inconveniences of the present system
adpted in such por:s for effecting Marine Insuranoes should
be obviatei, and the same facilities for insuring afforded rs
can be obtained in the metropolis.
The Hein Offices of this Company will be in London, but
its.operations will comprise such towns'as Liverpool, Bristol,
Gloucester, Cardiff, Leith, Sunderland, 'Newcastle, and Hull,
whose commercial importance affords a large and profitable
field for Marine Insurance, and from the promises of support
which have already been rece•ved the Directors enter.ain
the greatest confidence in the success of the undertaking.
A reference to the following stet sties will show the great
success which has attended undertakings of this description
when properly conducted, as well as the estimation in which
their shares are held by the public, notwithstanaing the field
of' operations open to them is far more limited than that con-
templated by this Company
Pee share paid. Are now worth
Alliance Marine ...........C25 0 0 .... £55
Indemnity „ ......... 50 0 0 143 0 0
London „ ........ 12 10 0 48 10 0
Ocean ....... ••• 5 0 0 18 15 0
lltarine
_t ..... 18 0 0 96 0

The Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, fitting for com-
mission in dry dock at Chatham, shipped her main-
deck guns yesterday, consisting of 24 32-pounders,
each of 56cwt. Her heavy lower deck guns will be
shipped on board as soon as she is undocked, which

will be some time in the course of next week.

The Achilles, 35, 1,250 horso power, fitting in
Chatham harbour, has had her machinery and

engines fitted on board, and will get up steam at her
moorings for the first time today for the purpose

of testing the working of her machinery.

Instructions have been received at Chatham
directing the iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard to
be placed at the disposal of Capt. 111%illop, in order
to enable him to carry out a series of experiments

Thames and Mersey Slarine 2 0 0 610 0
The profits made by Marine Insurance companies gene-
rally, it is well known, are very large, but as some time must
necessarily elapse, from the yr.
--agilitilde of their operations,
before the actual amount realised can be arrived at, the
Directors of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Com-
pany (Limited), propose to pay
out of their profits interest
not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum for the first two years,
dividing the surplus by way of bonus and reserve fund at the
end of that period.
An arrangement will be made with an underwriter of high
standing to conduct the London business, whose connection
and influence will at once become available to this Company.
A fair proportion of the shares have already been privately
subscribed tor, and the Board will allot at the earliest pos-
sible date.
Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained
from the Brokers, the solicitors, or Secretary pro tem., at the
temporary offices of the Company.

with his ooffer•dam, or portable dock.
Admiralty instructions have been received at Chat-
ham for theacrew gunvessel Torch, 5, 80 horsepower,

which has arrived in harbour from the West Coast

of Africa, to be paid off, to be immediately re-com-
missioned.

The following appointments were made on Thurs-
day at the Admiralty :—John Downie, inspector of
machinery, additional of the Princess Charlotte,

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superseded at his own request ; John Oliver, chief
engineer of the Orlando, promoted for special ser-
vice to bo inspector of machinery, and appointed to
the Princess Charlotte ; and Charles F. Roberts,
clerk, to the Fisgard.

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1 - and sold by
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, oolds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
Pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In at,ppnr. moacahyindgepceonndsuomn
reliefption
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nre
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taking
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it :reparen ouryWaliam-etreet, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address ae.
engraved on the stamp.

The following appointmEnts were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Lord John Hay to the

Formidable, additional, for service with the

Achilles ; Richard C. P. Lawrenson, assistant-surg.,
additional, to the Wellesley ; Joshua Courtenay,
assist.-surg., additional to the Cumberland ; Dun-
can 111‘N. Johnston, assist.-surgeon, to the Ranger ;
Geo. R. Piekthorn, acting assist.-surg., to the St.
Vincent;
Thomas Purcell, acting assist.-surgeons, to the
Euryalus ; and W. G. Warren, engineer, to the
Army Supplementary Estimates, I Trafalgar.

The supplemental estimates referred to by the Marquis of
Hartington,in moving the Array E stimates,h as been printed.
The total of the estimate is £109,000, the votes added to being
Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7, 13, 14, and 17. The addition to Vote, 1,
for general staff and regimental pay allowance and charges,
is £170,900, of which £119,892 is the amount of die-allow•
ances made by the India Office, on the accounts rendered to
that department by the War Office, for advances for regi-
ments serving in India during the period from 1854-5 to
1860-1, finally declared end acceeded to in 1863-4. The re •
mainder of the addition is chiefly on New Zealand acconnt.
The addition to Vote 2, "Commissariat establishment, ser-
vices, and movement of troops," is £65,000, all for New Zea-
land,except £16,000, which is entered "Provisions (China and
Now Zealand )" £BO,OOO is the addition to Vote 3, being
for extra clothing and necessaries to men in New Zealand,
£15,000 added to Vote 4 is for barrack and corresponding
allowances to troops in New Zealand; £5,000 is the ad-
dition to Vote 6, for allowances to Judge Advocate, mem•
berg, and witnesses at courts martial; £15,930 is added to
Vote 7 on account of the New Zealand medical establish-
ment ; £30,700 is added to Vote 13, consisting of £1,400 for
rent of a military storehouse to New Zealand, and £29,300
for the purchase and repair of small arms ; £12,000 added
to Vote 14, is for special engineering services and repairs,
&c., in China and New Zealand ; £6,000 is added to Vote
17 for a field allowance on New Zealand account; and
£8,500 to Vote 25, charge for out-pensioners of Chelsea
Hospital.

THE ARMY.

In accordance with instructions received at Chat-
ham from the IVar Office, all non-commissioned
officers of Royal Artillery ho;ding the appointment
of sergeant majors of Volunteer Artillery corps,
under the recent Volunteer regulations, aro to be
clothed and equipped in the same way as sergeant
majors of the Brigades of Royal Artillery.
The Spring drills of the officers and men of the
battalion of Royal Marines Light Infantry at Chat-
ham having commenced, in accordance with a divi-
sional order to that Effect, the system of route march-
ing icto the country, carried on during the winter
months, has ceased. The companies at headquarters
being below the proper strength, recruiting parties
arc now employed at the several stations in raising
men for that branch of the service.

Lieut.-Gen. T. R. Swinburne died at his residence,
13, Great Stuart-street, Edinburgh, on Monday last.
The deceased, who had attained the age of (7, en-
tered the army on June 21, 1813, and served with
the First Guards in Holland, under Lord Lynedoch,
and subsequently in the Peninsula and South of
France. He served also in the campaign of 1815,
including the battles of Quartre Bras and 'Waterloo.
He commanded a storming party at Peronne, and
was at the capture of Paris, and afterwards served
with the army of occupation in France.
A series of lectures on mechanical subjects has
lately been delivered to the officers of the Royal
Artillery stationed at Shooburyness,
Pole, by Professor
ole, F,R,S,

To the estimate the following explanatory note is pre-
fixed:—

"Part of this estimate is required to complete the final
settlement of the account with the Indian Government up
to the 31st Ma►ch, 1861, from which date the new mode of
settlement of the claim for the repayment of the advances
for recruiting and other charges for regiments serving in
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in India, came into force. In aid of those estimates,
amounting to £109,000, a sum of £301,340 4s. Bd., received
from the Indian revenues on account of the proportion of
the charges recruiting staff, and that of depot battalions,
and the expense of barrack accommodation to the depots at
home for the same period, will bo paid into the Exchequer."

PRICE .4(1.
STAMPED ....rid.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS

♦-- --
The ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropoli-
tan Board of Works wes held yesterday, at their
offices, Spring-gardens, Mr. Jonn Thwaites in the
chair.

The cash statement showed that the balances in
the hands of the treasurer were, on current accounts,
JAC3,600 10s. 7d. ; on deposit accounts, £68,81)0 ;
and on Government securities, £96,732 83. 7d.
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.

The CHAIRMAN read a letter from the authorities
of St. Thomas's Hospital, stating that the sum of
money stipulated in the provisional agreement for
the purchase of the land at Stangate had been paid
into the bank in their joint names.
xtrrnol'OLlTAN IMPROVEMENTs.

The report of the building act, &c., committee
was brought up, recommending that the board do
contribute cnc-third towards the cost of setting back
the premises known as the Duke's Head public•
house, Lower Richmond-road, Putney, on condi-
tion that the Board of Works for 'Wandsworth do
contribute two-thirds of the cost of the said im-
provement.
On the motion of Mr. BENNETT, this recommen-
dation was approved.
The committee also recommended that the line of
thoroughfare extending from the Bull and Gate
Tavern, Kentish Town-road, north ward, to S wainc'a-
lane, in the parish of St. Pancras, be named High-
gate-road.
The recommendation was agreed to.
The committee likewise recommended that the

new portion of King •street, Covent-garden, leading
from New-street to Long-acre, be named Garrick-
street. The recommendation was adopted.

SALARY OP THE SUPERINTENDENT ARCHITECT.

The board was then made special to consider a
recommendation of the streets committee that iu
consideration of the increased duties of the superin-
tending architect, and the appointment of a pro-
portion of the establishment charges of the board

o the Thames Embankment and Mansion House

Fund, his salary be increased from £BOO to £l,OOO
per annum, and that the resolution of the board of
the 22d February, 1861 (No. 5), in relation to the
superintending architect, be varied accordingly.
Mr. PHILLIPS moved the adoption of the recom-
mendation, which—after some discussion, and a pro-
test from Mr. Savage, who expressed his determi-
nation to oppose the motion if he stood alone—was
carried by a majority of 29 to 4.

PROGRESS 01' THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS.

Mr. BAZALGETTE, the engineer of the Board,
brought up the following report of the progress of
_ _ _

the main drainage works :
The frost which prevailed at intervals during the past
month has retarded the progress which would otherwise
have been made in the execution of the several sections of
the works intended for the main intercepting drainage of
the metropolis. In connection with the Middle Level
Sewer and its branches, Messrs. Brassey and Co. have com-
pleted nearly 111 miles of sewers, of sizes varying from 4ft
by 2ft Sin to 12ft by Oft Gin, at an estimated cost of
£299,000, or £3,000 more than last reported. In addition
to the unfavourable weather, the progress in the execution
of the western sowers has been further impeded by the in-
flux of some springs of water into the works. The total
length of sewers completed is a little over 3 miles, and the
probable cost about £40,000 or £2,600 in excess of the pre-
ceding month. Last month I reported that Mr. Furness
had completed his contract for the Northern Outfall Sewer,
with the exception of some hedging, ditching, and other
minor matters which could not well be proceeded with at
this season of the year. He has since executed portions of
these works to the value of about £2OO, making the total
approximate cost of the work up to the end of February
£040,200. The principal portions of the works remaining
to be done under Mr. Furness's contract fur the Northern
Outfall Reservoir aro the covering arches of the third and
fourth compartment, and the formation of the elopes and
top of the earthwork. The total value of the work executed
is estimated at £154,000, of which 13,000 is due to the pro-
gress made in the past month. At the Southern Outfall
Works at Crossness Mr. Webster has executed about 147,000
cubic yards of excavation, and filled in about 72,000 cubic
yards of concrete, in addition to laying about 67,000 super-
ficial feet of Yorkshire stone paving, and 32,500 cubic feet
of masonry. The value of these and other works in con-
nection therewith amounts to about £106,000, or £9,000
more than at the date of my last report. Under hie con-
tract for the Southern Low Level Sewer, Mr. Webster has
now completed nearly 3 milts of sewers, varying in size
from lift 9in to 7ft 3in barrel, at an estimated cost of about
£92,000, being £l,OOO in excess of the sum last reported.
(Signed) J. W. 13AZALGETTE, Engineer.
The report was adopted.
THE METROPOLITAN SCHEMES.
Mr. BAZALGF:TTE read a letter he had received
from Mr. Thomas Fowler, the engineer to one of
the Metropolitan Railway schemes, stating that the
joint committee of the Houses of Parliament had
advised the engineers of the proposed schemes to
meet together, and see if they could not form a plan
that would meet the views of all concerned out of
those now bolero Parliament, and asking Mr.
Bazalgetto to meet the various engineers at his
(Mr. Fowlers) offices on Tuesday next, and act on
the part of the Board of Works.
A discussion ensued upon it, when it was decided
that Mr 13.1zilgctte should attend the meeting to
ascertain the views of the promoters, and to report
to a committee of the board, but not to act fur the
board.