The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-15 00:00:00

N°. 22,011.

TWENTY-NINTH REPORT of the UNION
BANK of LONDON.
At a HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Proprietors,
held at the Court-room of the Banking-house, 2, Princes-
street, Mansion House, on Wednesday, the 14th of January,
1863,

P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Esq., Governor, in the Chair,
The following Report was read by the Secretary :
The Directors have the pleasure to report that the net pro-
fits for the six months ending 31st December last, atter pay-
ment of a 1 charges (including the sum of £19,091 14s. sd.
for interest paid and due to customers on their Current and
Deposit Accounts), and making ample provision for all bad
and doubtful debts, amount to £67,239 3s. id., which, with
the sum of £2,982 17s. 9d., brought forward from the 30th
June last, make together .£70,',.22 Os. 10d.
The Directors now declare a dividend of 15s. per share, clear
of Income-tax, fir the six months ending 31st December
last.

After payment as above, amounting to £15,000, there will
remain a balance of £25,222 Os. 10d. for appropriation at the
end of the financial year in July next.
THE UNION BANK OF LONDON,
For the Half-year ending 31st December, 1862.
GENERAL BALANCE.
_ DR. _ LIABILITIES.

Paid-UP capital of the bank _--
£720,000 0 0
Due by the bank on current accounts, deposit
receipts (including interest accrued), and
• ther obligations
Reserved r und, invested in Con.ols, as per
Contra
Rebate on bills not due
Balance at credit of profit and loss

£13,731,283 6 4

CR. ASSETS.
Cash in the bank X 5 1,370 6 11
Cash in Rank of England 514,713 5 0
Cash lent at call 1 06 ),600 0 0
£2,101,083 11 11
Investments in Government Stock, Exche-
quer Bills, Debentures, (to.
£53,727 6s. Bd. Consols (taken at 9 t) Reserved
Fund
Bank premises, consisting of freehold build-
ings in Princes-street, Mansion-house-
street, Argyll-place, and Fleet-street ; and
lease and fixtures of No. 4, Pall-mall East 108,775 4 5
Loans, bills discounted, &c.

£13,731,283 6 4

A LBERP MEDICAL and FAMILY ENDOW-
ME ST LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
7, IT tterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, S.W.
Established 1838.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF-
YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 3 st ultimo, after the rate of
Seven per Cent. per Annum, is in course of PAYMENT to
the Shareholders.
FRANK EASUM, Secretary.
10th Jan., 1863.

NO NEW YEAR'S GIFT is more
valuable than OLDRID /E'S BALM OF COLUM-
BIA, established upwards of thirty years. Is the bent
and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving,
strengthening, beautifying, or restoring he hair, whiskers,
or m-ustaches, and preventing th m turning grey. Sold in
bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and its., by C. and A. mrottinoE, 22,
Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists
and perfumers. For childrens' and ladies' hair it is most
efficacious and unrivalled.

OS T E 0 E ID ON:
What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560.
GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE-
RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates,
-prings, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a
iietime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and
A RTICULATIOS. Purest materials only, at hall the usual
oat.
Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists,
27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE;
34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON;
65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and
134, DUK P.-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
practi:TT7aNtiseATßTlOatNi:L EXHIBITION, CLASS 17.
One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's

Consultations free.

T(Royal Sea'
EETFL-11
canted 17th July, 1860), Sets or partial
fitted in a few hours byternlyeeanamelled to nature, are made and
ESKELL'S INVENTION
imperishable base of the colour of
his
Sets of Teeth, exqu
attribut:. the gum, to which it ad-
atented soft elastic and
heres with wonderful tenacitur °f
4etection by the closest
life
's invention
unsightly fastenings, and deriigiaPensing with springs or
Mr.
ekeeirle-adapted to
observer. The peculiar
is, the readiness with which these teeth
any change of the mouth (even by the w:aurje
act independently of all disturbing causes wlViChamarade:ts
as well as for mastication and articulation! a
:chez
of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed U.
time,
ESKELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his inventronr.
post free for seven Stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con'
sultations free. Terms strictly moderate.-8, Grosvenor-
street, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Grosvenor-
street,
ming ham.

AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S
ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the
bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best Medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed eases of -asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. it frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurab.,e, admirably allays the tickling which pro-
vokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its
effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even
lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in
a few minutes utter taking it. Prepared only, and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8, William-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists,
ln bottles, 134 d., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and
ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and ad-
dress is engraved on the stamp.

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Pit,ICE..... ..4 d.
STAMPED

Naval and Military Intalligenc©.

IHE NAVY.

The required alterations having been effected in
I the inner stern-post for the iron frigate
1 building at Chatham Dockyard, the operation of
lowering it into the deck and fixing it in position
was accomplished yesterday, under the superinten-
dence of Mr. Lang, master shipwright, and his
assistants. It was necessary to exercise the utmost
care in handling and lowering the formidable =les,
owing to its unwieldy shape and great weight. The
after-piece of the keel, the weight of which is 14
tons 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 41b.r was successfully fixed the
previous day, when a number of mechanics imme-
diately commenced preparing it for receiving the
outer and inner stern-posts. The inner stern-post
weighs 12 tons 4 cwt., and the outer post 13
tons 12 cwt., both pieces having been forged
for the Admiralty at the private foundry at
Glasgow, their manufacture occupying several
months, owing to the difficulties connected with
the operation. The value of the stem-post
is estimated at £6,000. The shipwrights yester-
day commenced the second course of 10-inch teak
planking on the broadsides of the Achilles, on
which the 41-inch armour-plates will be fixed, thus
giving a thickness of just 24 inches of timber and
iron.

The plan of ventilation which is now being car-
ried out on board the iron-cased frigate Royal Oak
at Chatham, under the direction of Capt. Fanshawe,
the Superintendent of the dockyard, who is the in-
ventor of the system, differs in several respects from
the method hitherto adopted for securing proper
ventilation for our large line-of-battle and other
ships. As applied to the Royal Oak and other
armour-plated vessels of the same class, it promises
to be exceedingly effective. In securing a proper
ventilation of the main deck comparatively little
difficulty will be experienced; it is therefore in the
lower deck that the method recommended by Capt.
Fanshawe will be more particularly adopted. The
masts of the Royal Oak being of iron, and all
hollow, advantage is taken of this to make them
air-shafts for carrying off the vitiated air from each
deck. An aperture is cccordingly made in each
mast, which, being opened and closed at pleasure,
permits the foul air of all the decks to be carried
upwards. The different berths, stores, and com-
partment on the decks, instead of being closed up, as
in ordinary vessels, are supplied with gratings by
which the foul air may escape. The essential point
in Capt. Fanshawe's system is that there shall be a
constant current of air circulating in every portion
of the vessel, approximating as closely as possible
to the upward and downward currents of a mine.
In order to lessen as much as possible the almost
total darkness of the lower deck, the main deck be-
ing at the same time rendered very dark from the
narrowness of the ports, the coverings of the coal-
bunkers, on the weather deck, will be of thick
glass, which will admit of a strong ray of light into
the decks beneath, where it will be distributed by
the aid of moveable reflectors. With the exception
of about five armour plates remaining to be fixed
at the stem and about 20 at the stern portion of
the vessel, the plating of the Royal Oak is com-
plete, and the efforts of the mechanics em-
ployed on board are now principally di-
rected to the completion of the interior fitments.
The framing of the turret, or pilot-house, to
be erected on the upper deck, and the mainmast,
is now being fixed. The frame consists of stout
12-inch teak planking, over which will be laid the
ordinary 4i-inch armour plates. Its dimensions
will be about 9ft. 6in. by M. 6in. In the case of
the Royal Oak, the spare steering wheel will be
placed before the mizenmast. The hull is to be
sheathed, instead of copper, with Muntz's patent
metal, which has recently been applied with satis-
factory results to several other ships fitted at
Chatham.

Admiralty instructions have been received at
Chatham directing the repairs to the Formidable,
84, flagship of Vice-Admiral Johnstone, Com-
mander-in-Chief at the Nore, to be deferred until
the Cossack, 20, and the other ships which are pre-
paring for foreign service, are further advanced.
A notification has been received at Chatham from
the Admiralty, directing the line-of-battle screw
steamer Mars, 80, 400 horse power, Captain S. N.
Strange, which is daily expected from the Medi-
terranean, to be paid off at the Nore. The Mars
has been in commission three years and a half, and
on being paid off will be placed in the third division
of the Chatham steam reserve.
A letter received at Plymouth from an officer on
board the iron screw steamship Black Prince says
that the Admiral left the Tagus before Christmas..
day, to avoid the irregularity usually committed
by the seamen there on that anniversary. The ships
arrived at Madeira on the 29th of December, and
left on the 3d of January. During their stay visi-
tors came off in flocks to the Black Prince, and
were disposed to show great hospitality if the ship
had remained longer. While returning, five days
were devoted to experimental sailing, steaming, B:c.,
which, according to the writer, " proved more and
more that these iron ships were great successes."
The paddlewheel yacht Black Eagle, Master
Thomas J. Whillier, at Plymouth, was expected to
sail yesterday for Woolwich.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Richard Sampson, chief en-
gineer to the Sampson, for the Prince Consort;
John Ashley, chief engineer to the Asia, for the
Arrogant ; John Barr, supernumerary to the Asia,
is promoted to the rank of first class assistant en-
gineer; George Christie, second master, to the Cara-
doc ; and Hugh B. Edwards, clerk to the Hastings.
be following appointments have been made in
the Royal Naval Reserve be Lieut..- John
Henderson Smith; to be Sub-Lieut.—William Wil-
liams.

THE ARMY.
The order for the annual distribution of medals
and gratuities to those non-commissioned officers
and men of the Chatham division of the Royal Ma-
rines Light Infantry to whom they have been
awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty for long
service and meritorious conduct has been received at
head-quarters. The non-commissioned officers and
men selected for decoration with the good service
medal are :—Sergeant J. Senior, who also regeivol:
a gratuity of I.:15 ; Sergeant E. Mordt .w*,4 •
awarded a gratuity of £10; and Corporals.-LAetpj
Private J. Charge, and Private W. Southinolle o
of whom will also be presented with a grattiffy of
£5. The whole of the non-commissioned officers
condyuectarmse,ddalurainnaggra-
and men to whom the good
gra-
tuity have been awarded have been in the corps of
of 21
Royal Marines upwards the
whole of which period they have born an irreproach-
able abcharacter.
We
record the death of Col. G. D. Will-
son,iar
C. 8., who died on Sunday last, at Romford,
in his 83d year. Colonel Wilson entered the
army at an early age and was present with his
regiment, the 4th (King's Own) on the expedi-
tion to the Helder in 1799, and afterwards at
the siege of Copenhagen in 1807. He subsequently
went to the Peninsula and served under Sir John
Moore at the battle of Corunna, where he was
wounded. After taking part in various actions, he
was present at the storming of Badsjoz, where he
was again wounded. He was aide-de-camp
to Major-General Pringle at the battle of Sala-
manca, and present at the capture of Madrid
and the Retiro, the siege of Burgos, the battles
of Nivelle, Nice, St. Pierre, Orthes, and St.
Palais. He commanded the 4th Regiment
at Waterloo, where he was again wounded. In re-
cognition of his services he had received the gold
medal tor Badajos, and the silver war medal with
six clasps for the other engagements in which he
took part in the Peninsular campaign.

[AnvEnTrsEmENr.] Holloway's Fills.—Flesh and
Blood.—lt is mcon
• testible that the soundness and firmness
of the flesh depends upon the strength and purity of the
blood. These pills, on this account, have come into such
universal favour, no other medicine being able to approach
themay,s as
pillsp purifying agents. For the same reason Hobo-
ri
ware admirably adapted for the young and
u
weakly, to whom tainted blood is a fruitful source of suf-
fering. This medicine is a mild aperient and reviving
tonic, and does its wholesome work quietly, seasonably, an
completely. Occasional doses of these pills keep the diges-
tion in good order, strengthen the stomach, and set the liver
right when its functions are deranged by cold, mese, or
other causes

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