The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-17 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY,

WINDSOR 3•~STLE, ;rune 16.
His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Wurteni-
berg arrived at the Castle yesterday, and dined
with her Majesty.
The Duchess of Wellington also arrived, and had
the honour of joining the Royal dinner ploy.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal highness
Princess Louis of licsse, walked and drove Ws

morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, attand,Jl by
Lieutenant Heig, went to London.
The Cnancellor of the Exchcouer had an audience
of the Queen.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince
Alfred, and attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel
and Lieutenant Haig, went to Gravesend ye6ter:
day to witness the Bailing match of the R 95.61
Thames Yacht Club.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive,
attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen- . d
The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by Prince Alfred, went to the Haymarket Theatre
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in the evening, attended by the Marchioness °,l
Carmarthen, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppell
Lieutenant Haig.
Miss Westphal has had the honour of attending
at Marlborough House for the purpose of taking a
portrait of her Royal Highness the Princess °,
Wales.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of "la;
bridge and the Princess Mary will honour the DnGll°B°,
Somerset with their presence at her second dance on ,18
27th instant, at the First Lord's official residence at 01°
Admiralty.
His Excellency Count Kielmansegge has arrived
at Wiesbaden from Hanover. The health of the count
greatly improved. It is uncertain when he will resume St
duties as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of
James's. In the meantime, Baron Blouse will act as chart;
d'affaires.
The Dachess of Hamilton and Lady 3173 r!
Hamilton have left town for Paris, on their way to Bad St
they are expected to arrive on Sandal rlelt;
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The Duke of Hamilton will join his mother at Baden
in the ensuing week.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch received 3
select party at dinner yesterday evening at their residence
in Belgrave-square. The duchess had a reception after

dinner.
The Duchess of Wellington will have an asselliblir
on the 27th inst. at Apsley House.
THE LATE CHARLES GLOVER, THE COMPOSEII':
—An evening concert will be given in the Hann,
square Rooms on Tuesday, the 28th inst., for the bea
of the widow and children of one of the most poPu?r,:r
ballad composers, the late Mr Charles Glover. Mrs
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adllfet,
Glover has the co-operation of the Swedish vocalist,
Enequist, Madame Weiss, Miss Poole, Miss Ravenser°;
Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr Cummings, Mr G. perre
Mr Patey, Mr Lewis Thomas, the Orpheus Glee r11'11;
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Mr John Francis Barnett and Mr Henry B'ul.:)
(pianists), Mr Carrodus (violin), and Mr Apthomas 0134'1'

Arrival of Ironclads in the Firth of Forth.

(From the Scotsman.)
Three ironcasod war-vessels, apparently the vanguard of
the Channel Fleet, arrived in the Firth of Forth yeeterdl
afternoon, and anchored in the roads to the west of Leit
piers. The ships are the ironcased screw corvette W°lve'.
rine, 21 guns ; the ironcased sloop Research, of 4 gU135.;
and the ironcased sloop Enterprise, of 4 guns. The atric3
of these vessels naturally creates, in the present P°litic'l
crisis, more interest than in ordinary circumstances it might'
as they may be considered the advanced division of the
Channel Fleet, the main body of which has been alreadl
moved to Spithead, nearer to the scene of its possible opera'
tions. It is true that the vessels—which are all new, ant
of which the two sloops are experimental ships,
being merely on a trip; but at a time like the present it it'
not difficult to fancy that they may prev3 to have in view
graver errand. The chief interest of this visit will ustu •
rally attach to the ironclad sloops Enterprise and Researcl
They belong to a class of wooden armour-plated vessels 011
a now construction, designed by the present chief construe,
tor of the navy, Mr Reed, to prove the practicability DJ
coating with armour plates of four and a half inches woodEt
ships of small size. are said tit,

The ships are nearly similar in dimensions, burden, sr.('
equipment. The Research, which is the older vessel, i 6
commanded by Capt. Arthur Wilmshurst, and was launch ed
at Pembroke in August last. She is of 1253 tone, and 200
horse power; is completely plated with four and a 1,
inch iron up to the upper deck; and carries two 11 0'
pounder Armstrong guns, and also two 68-pound et
smooth bore guns. With her entire complement of stores
and coal the Research draws somewhat less than 14ft c
water. Her plating, small as she is—being little more that
one-fourth the burden of the Warrior—is even more COra '
plete than that of the Warrior and Black Prince, which ar
only plated on the battery ; and in spite of the proportions
excess in the weight of her armour, she is not only thoroughli
seaworthy, but, as was proved in her first trip, Pea" ;11,
light and easily manageable, even in a tough sea. On t
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same occasion, the Research steamed at an average BP 'a
d
of 10f knots an hour. Oa Saturday, June 4, an inters
ing trial of the fighting capacities of the Research to 4
place iu the Channel, Her guns were fired neck r
every possible change of position, and even all eiae"ii.l
at rho same moment—a test for which no shiP
the navy is designed—with the most satisfactory result,
not the slightest strain or breakage of any kind being diF.
covered by minute inspection. The peculiarity of the CO'3'
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struction of the Research and Enterprise consists in "—„
elevation of the battery above the other parts of the slip
fore and aft so as to enable the guns in the battery to 't,
fired both ahead and astern at the acute angle of front 10
15 degrees of the course of the vessel. Captain Wilrasha` da
who commands, entered the navy in 1832. He has 6erl 7d,
at sea for about 26 years in nearly all parts of the w f
w: o
and has received a medal and two clasps, and the Order-
the Medijdie of the fifth class.
The Enterprise is a smaller vessel than the Be61:,51:1Z:
She is 180 feet long by 36 feet wide, of 990 tons, au" -0
horse power, and also carries four large gulls. SheA
commanded by Commander Rowley, and was launche',.:o
Deptiord in February last. Her sea-going qualities
much the same as those of the Research. At her trial
triN
her mean draught of water was something short of It fee
She is propelled by a pair of horizontal single pie°ll-1°"
engines, fitted with surface condensers, tubular bone,.;
ins uapcehr
nheerayt e rws
as, asnudp
pai le d t hbey li‘a eessts
r:mnparvoovnehmieun, ts.s4lkliejej),
and Co. The engines are of 160-horse power (norm
et
but are capable of being worked up to four tithes
If
power, The screw is a two-bladed Griffiths, wcr
a diameter of lift Bin, and a pitch of 11jit, The °it"' ter
of the cylinders is 45in, and the length of stroke 1S in;
There is an area of fire-grate surface of 96ft, and of heati,nat
surface 960 ft. There are two of Appold's pumps tocir c„ir
biting the water through the condensers, driven by a 1105
of auxiliary engines. Her speed, as aseartaineol. en 1-5 r
trial trip, was a small fraction under ten knots an boil
which was half a knot more than the builder had calculao f
upon, Her contruction is generally the same as tilcit• `7i
the Research; and the fact that the battery and the chi
weight ot the vessel is concentrated amidships gives thel'"
ships the advantags ot turning with extreme facility ou
very short line. The tiller is placed below the arnaoua
plates, and thus quite secured from the danger of bei3,l
shot away; and as one of the advantages of the elevat C
pierced for musketry to command the
and aft—is that the whole crew of 1;11°
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of need be concentrated there, arran
dmeneeesaket arebattery
recann yforea is
e madetilcsbey which the ship can also be steered ° 1
within the battery,
It was scarcely believed possible, when the 'Warrior all
the Black Prince were novel Lies, that so small iron"cli'd:
as those now in the Firth could be built; but exporialeud
has inspired such confidence in their sea-going %
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fighting qualities, that several iron-cased eips of Al
smaller size than the Warrior, or even the Resist aveir:
are Low in course of construction. There are also
preparation some other vessels of larger dimensions), and
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embodying the same peculiarities of constructiou•
question whether the principle of armour-plating 5v35,4
necessity applicable only to ships of very large burdelii
ofcould
ve s
sucolte_b%azipclhit
are
toe ntohtel
epersoit esscet inotni
i,outythr
eecismaller
of ycsscl--which are not less essenticdly required in
has therefore received what is deeme,d a very satisfactory
solution from the success of the Researet, and
steam Enterprise.,
The Wolverine is a 21-gun screw steam corvette, 30
was launched at Woolwich about six months ago, 5h,en12,,,,r
of 1703 tons, and 400 horse-power, and is commando
a
Captain De Horsey.

IN THIS
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E NOTICE OF " Mx. HoLMAN fur “
which appeared in our impression of yester-
day, there were two grammatical errors that happily, vit)
believe (to the observant reader) will at once have corrected
themselves. It should be remarked, moreover, in regard t 0
the third picture mentioned in the notice referred to--
namely, the celebrated painting of " The Last DAY in the
Old Hume"—that it, of course, is not from the easel of Mr,
Holman Hunt, but from that of Mr. Robert B. Martite'di:
our
Charles 1., writing from Charing-cross to
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chief contemporary, says--I break the silence of a c,oupie t
centuries to inquire whether your poet Cowper illtos 3
gild me like as he bath done these 6601161 ?