The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-23 00:00:00

No. 22,333.

THE SUN, LQNDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1864.

TWHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE
PANTrIMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup
at EVANS', Covent-garden.

VURNI I'URE, CARPETS, B EDDING, and
FLOORCLOTFL, CARRIAGE-FREE M to any house in
the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First• class
goods at second-class prices.
_Terms peculiarly liberal to

fit: PERSONS SEEKING LANDED
ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PROPER TIES GENERALLY—
To DE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls
throughout the kingdom, Qr at the Auction and Estate Offices,
No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. it% and 11. Lumley's
"FREE PROPERTY tEcisfinn;'`-containing a varied selection
of landed and house properties now in the market, from
the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
cottage with its few acres.
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em-
brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register
affords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the
Estate Offices, 67. Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs.
Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid-
ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon-
veniences. -
Timm IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley'S Agency,
and then only the usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Dell3ious, 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

Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select
from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted.
CLEtiGIMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and.
C. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un-
Equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and
Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and
post-free on application. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
scale _

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
Kinahan's LL Whisky."

A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0
An Eight-roomed ditto
A Ten-roomed ditto
A Twelve-roomed ditto l9l 11 0

INDEMNITY MUTUAL MARINE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 36, Great Winchester-street, London.
Notice is hereby given, that the Annual Dividend due to
the Shareholders on their Capital in this Company to the
3:st of December last, will be PAYABLE on and after
MONDAY, the Ist Febru ry next.
FRANCIS STEPHENS, Secretary.
January 2.3 d, 1834.

Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valuable informationto all requiring* househ)ld furniture,
carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clere y-
men and gentlemen in or near G reat Malvern. Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth,
Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great
Britain.
COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford-
bridge, London, S.E,

QOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL
► BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or •havinir Business and
Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 20, Gerrard-street,
Soho, W.
Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail-
way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected.

THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT
COMPANY (Limited).
No. 4, ABCHURCH-LANE.
Capital £1,000,000.
DIRECTORS.
George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Constable and
Wykes), Mincing-lane.
George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great
St. Helen's.
William Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway.
Wm. M'Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander
M'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street.
F. J. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargood, King, and Sargood),
London and Melbourne.
Thomas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos
Ayres and River Plate stank.
James Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and Co.),
Gutter-lane.
*Hugh Fraser Sandeman. Esq.
*Richard Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & CO.
*Samuel Baker, Esq.
* Committee of Management.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick.
The business of this Companybeing in active operation, the
Directors are prepared to Discount approved Mercantile Bills
and to make advances upon negotiable Securities.
Money received on deposit, at call and short notice, at the
current market rates, and for longer periods upon terms to be
specially agreed upon.

MR. REARDEN, LAND ESTATE. and
HOUSE AGENT, SU RVEYOR and VALUER, 19
and 92, PICCADILLY, near Cambridge House. Trite the
Green-park, Established 23 Years, respectfully Invites the
particulars of Landed Estates, Farms, and House Property
for Sale, to be Let, or wanted to Rent or Purchase, for which
no charge is made unless a treaty is concluded, and then
only his usual rates of charge, particulars of which will be
given on application. In all cases of his Letting Farms Mr.
Reardon charges ttre Tenant only, and not the Landlord.
Particulars of Property, for Sale and to be Let will be given
personally. or forwarded free of charge. N.B.—Several Town
and Country Residences, Landed Properties, and Farms
wanted to Rent and Purchase inpieclfatelys., Sup_
Directilflrlfiaitii-ulars to Mr. Rem:den as above.

THE ENGLISH and FOREIGN LIBRARY
COMPANY (Limited).
Capital, £lOO.OOO, in 10 000 Shares of £lO each; £1 to be plid
on application, and £llos. on Allotment. If no Allotment
be made the Deposit will be returned.

DIRECTORS.

Major-Gen. Sir Henry C. Rawlinson, K.C.8., F.R.S., 1, Hill-

street, Berkeley-sqiiare, Chairman.
Right Hon. Viscount Bury, M.P., 48. Rutland-gate.
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, K.C.8., r.n.S., D.C.L., &C.,
10, Belgrave-square.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester, F.R.S.
Charles Neate. Esq., M.P., Oriel Collecre, Oxford.
Coleridge J. Kennard, Esq., F.R.G.S., Fenchurch-street.
Ferdinand Freiligrath, Esq., Balm of Switzerland, Royal
Exchange-buildings.
John William Kaye. Esq., 59, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Robert Bell, Esq , York-street, Portman-square.

(W itii power to'neliitOiheir number.)

BANKER.—The-Consolidatediiiii, 7, Fenchitrch-street,
.ondon.
BRORER.—George IL -llaslewood, Esq., 7, Lothbury.
AUDITORS. _ _

Charles Reynolds, Esq., Allhallow-chambers, Lombard-st.
John Ball, Esq. (Mes srs. Quilter, Ball. and Co.), Moorgate-st.
SOLICITORS. essrs. Bevan and 'Whiting, 6, Old Jewry.
SECRET.I.III( (pro tem).—W. It. Prideaux, Esq.
Offices, 15, Old Bond-street.
1. It is proposed to establish a Public Circulating Library
on a more comprehensive plan, and with more complete ma-
chinery for the early and regular delivery of books than has
hitherto been attempted. The English and Foreign Library
Company guarantees the circulation of all new works of
value or interest immediately after publication. Daily deli-
veries will take place at all houses of town subscribers, wi:hin
a rad.us of five miles.

2. Books will be provided for all readers without distinc-
tion of sect or party.
3. A Special Scientific Department will be established, em-
bracing Science and the Liberal Professions ; Theology,
Medicine, Surgery, Civil Engineering, Philology, and the
Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
4. Foreign Literature will form a prominent feature.
5. All important Publications relating to Eastern and Co-
lonial subjects will be collected, including Public Documents,
and Books published in India and the Colonies.
6. The Direction has been organised with a view to the
combination of literary judgment and commercial experience.
7. Arrangements have been made to purchase Hookham's
Library, 15, Old Bond-street, the oldest in existence, contain-
ing a hundred years' stock, as the basis for the formation of
a Library of permanent value and vast extent.
8. Profits will be immediate on the opening of the Library,
the current subscriptions to Hookham's Library yielding 12
per cent. on the purchase money, atter payment of all ex-
penses.
9. Shareholders will be entitled to special privileges (as
detaile i in advertisement below).
Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, may be
obtained of the Bankers, the Brokers, the Solicitors, and at
the Offices of the Company, 15, Old Bond-street, W.

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The Hector iron frigate, Capt. Preedy, C. 8., will be un-
docked at Portsmouth on Monday, and completed for sea
service and her final trial of speed (this time under altered
conditions of weights and draugbt of water) at the measured
mile. During the time the ship has been in dock her bottom
has been cleansed and recoated with a pigment composi-
tion, and the 800 plates of Browne's patent vitreous sheath-
ing, with which portions of her bottom were sheathed some
seven months since, examined and reported upon by the
officials of the dockyard. Only one plate, about 9in. by
4in., was found to have come off, and this the patentees
ascribe to the use of an inferior kind of cement or glue,
which failed to make the adhesion complete between the
inner surface of the plate and the iron of the ship's bottom.
One patch of the plates was taken off at the request of the
patentees, and afterwards replaced with their improved
glass•surfaced plates, and affixed to the ship's bottom with
an improved description of glue, the manufacture of which
they have taken into their own hands, so as to be answer-
able for any future defects which may be discovered in the
perfect adhesion of the glazed sheathing to the ship's bot-
tom. Where the patch of plates was taken off the surface of
the iron plating of the ship's bottom was laid bare, and it
was found to be in the most perfect condition. As a pre-
servative alone to the bottoms of iron ships the vitreous
sheathing will most probably supersede all pigment com-
positions for coating the bottoms of her Majesty's ships:4
The Clara convict ship sailed from Spithead on Thursday
for Portland and Swan River, after having taken on board
from the Portsmouth convict prison 98 convicts, the greater
part of whom are sentenced to long terms of penal servitude
for life., Among them are several who were convicted of ,
highway robbery with violence.
It was rumoured a short time since that the convict pri-
son adjoining the dockyard at Portsmouth was about to be
abolished, and the work in the dockyard, which had been
hitherto done by convicts, to be performed in future by
ordinary hired labourers in the employ of the authorities or
by contract. Since the appointment of the present superin-
tendent of the yard, however, these rumours have died away,
the numbers of convicts in the prison have been increased,
they have been employed in the dockyard more freely than
ever, and have certainly, under the rigid superintendence to
which they have been subjected, done a large amount of
work, the benefits of which will be felt for many years to
come. In the days of wooden shipbuilding the convict
could always be fully employed in transporting timber and
in setting up the ship's framing as required by the skilled
workmen of the yard. Now, however, that no ships are
being built in the yard it was necessary, if the convicts were
to retain their position as part of the available labour of the
yard, that some other kind of work should be found for them,
and this Rear-Admiral Elliot found without difficulty on
assuming his command of the yard. For many years past
the roads in Portsmouth dockyard have been so rough and
uneven that the general work of the establishment has been
much delayed, owing to the great difficulty and loss of time
attending the transport of material from one part of it to
another. In a very short time, however, a fathom of un-
even paving or of mud or water in roadway or footway will
not be found throughout the yard,and all the improvements
will be accomplished by the convicts. The whole of the
paving has been taken up and relaid, and tramways of old
iron ballast have been laid down the centre of each,. owing
to which measures material may now be transported from
one part of the yard to another in one-half the time and with
one-half the labour expended formerly. In addition to this
a party of convicts are now engaged in the yard manufac-
turing
for their own use, when on labourers' work in the
yard or outside their prison walls, carts, wheelbarrows,
picks, spades, &c. The work these men are now engaged
upon will, however, soon be completed, and it will be new:B-
eery to find them other employment. It is believed that
they will be employed on some part of the work com-
prised in the extension of Portsmouth dockyard and
the creation of the new docks and basins which are about to
be commenced under the direction of Mr. Scamp, C.E., the
assistant director of engineering works to the Admiralty,
Her Majesty's iron store steamship Industry, Master
Commander EdWard C. T. Youel, from Rio de Janeiro,
yesterday arrived off Woolwich Arsenal, and discharged
her powder at the floating magazine. She will go up to
Deptford this morning and unship her cargo of damaged
victualling stores, &c., and reload for the same destination.
The following appointments and promotions were made
yesterday at the Admiralty :—Robert Brown, master, ad-
ditional, to the Indus, for the Research; and Wm. J.
Brown, engineer, qualified for special charge, to the V lc-
, toria and Albert, for the Elfin.

PRICE
STAMPED ....sd.

God, ever come upon England—your regiment would
maintain the high character which it has already acquired,
and that all of you to a man would be ready to come for-
ward, if need were, to fight well and bravely for our Eng-
lish hearths and homes. (Cheers.) On looking at the
marks of your regiment I am struck in thinking what a
wonderful amount of patience and perseverance must have
been shown in bringing skill to such a high degree of per-
fection, and that in the midst of the great excitement at
such times the eye, hand, and nerve have been kept per-
fectly steady. One thing I must remark—and it must be a
subject of great congratulation among all English men and
women—namely, the advantage which this volunteer move-
ment bas given, and I trust will still give in a greater de-
gree, to all classes of the youth of this country, in substi•
tuting a noble, healthy, and intelligent occupation for pur-
suits which perhaps may have been less praiseworthy.
(Cheers.) It now only remains for me to wish you all
prosperity, and I hope most fervently that the blessing of
God, which we must remember can alone give real distinc •
tion and success, may rest upon you all individually and
collectively. (Cheers.)
Lady Albemarle delivered this address with remarkable
spirit, and in a tone of voice which was well heard
throughout the hall. At its conclusion Viscount Bury
called for one cheer more for the little Prince, and the hall
rang with a responsive shout, the band of tho regiment
playing the new and popular air' God Bless the Prince
of Wales."

The first battalion prize, a challenge cup, given by the
Prince of Wales, was awarded to Private E. Burrough, of
the 2d Whitehall company. Lord Bury remarked that it
was the most magnificent trophy which the regiment pos-
sessed, and was tenable by the winner for a year. He
added that all, their great prize win.newzre the most •
effi-
cient men in the corps.

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Miss Hawker distnbnted the Audit-office Company's
prizes, Mrs. Du Plat Taylor those of the Post-office Com-
pany, Lady Albemarle those of the Inland Revenue Com-
pany, Mrs. Mills those of the Whitehall Company, and
Lady Albemarle those of the Admiralty Company, in the
unavoidable absence of Lady Clarence Paget. The Bury
Challenge Cup was won by Capt. Willis, for the Admiralty
Company; the Ladies' Challenge Cup and a claret jug, by
Sergeant Jeston, Audit-offi3e Company; a silver cup, the
first prize for marksmen, by Private Herries, of the same
company ; and the third prize, a field-glass, for first-class
men not marksmen, by Private Neilson, of the Ist Inland
Revenue Company.
Lieut.-Colonel BURY stated incidentally, on a prize being
awarded to Lieut. Walliker, that the lieutenant, who had
from the first been an energetic member of the regiment
and long its quartermaster, had recently been promoted to
the office of Postmaster of Hull. As this was being said
Lieut. Walliker entered the hall and was welcomed with
cheers by his companions in arms.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the corps presented
arms and the company gave three cheers for the Queen,
three for Lady Albemarle, and three for Lady Bury.

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