The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-25 00:00:00

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rising, turned his head and roared at
voice, "No." The reply had not a tea
the impertinence was E 0 near it that
bubbled over with noisy pleasure, and wEsNiaetrda
tempered for the whole remainder of he evcning_
there is any real wit behind it or any real power sc_
compinying it,impertinence most, with s.xiaixectzndi-
ence, be allowed to be effective. Nor is is easy to say
what other weapon a Minister would fins I so easy to
his hand. Real wit is a betterdefence,bnt e very states-
man cannot have real wit, and since the days of Sir
Robert Peel it has been rather a ecarce quality
among officials. His followers were not witty,
though there is humour in Mr. Gladstone, and a
sort of sharpness in the Duke of Nowc..stle. Im-
passibility is an equally good defence, but it does
not tell much in debate except when mhibited
a very good man indeed, and officials w.int a form
of retort which the country can read rem:
Some weapon they must use to keep off the bores,
and the people with private intcra3ts and the men '
with crotchets, and the members of the
,Denby
Griffith stamp who otheiwise would wry tht:m.
to death, and most of whom when smashed
with an argument say, " The right lona:iv:bit)
gentleman has stated prmisely Whet I wanted to
elicit," and sit down as radiant as if they had b:eu.
applauded. A Minister to he useful Daus, be dew-
gerous, and if ho can only b 3 60 by beingimpezti-
nent he cannot be said to b: very blameable. A
porcupine is not a nice beast, but still one does not
condemn his WO of his quills as in ary TAPOy
moral, and if members will tease people I.ike sir
Charles Wood or Mr. Lvard, why, they know
what to expect.

Naval and Military Intelligence.
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THE NAVY.
The official trial of the double•screw steam launch,
which has been constructed and fitted at Chatham
Dockyard, as a tender for her Majesty's screw
steamer Bombay, flagship of Rear-Admiral the
Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliot, C,8., took place at Chatham

on Saturday. The trial shows the vast superiority
of those steamers fitted with the double-screw in
manoeuvring, turning, and steering, generally, to
those furnished with the single propeller. The vessel
experimented upon is 42ft. in length, with a breadth
of beam of lift., and she has been constructed en-
tirely under the supervision of the dockyard officials.
Her engines have been manufactured by Messrs.
John Penn and Sons. They are nominally of 3
horse power, but being on the highapressure prin-
ciple they can be worked up to ten times that power.
The entire machinery occupies a space of 6ft. by 4ft.,
and the engines are so constructed that the whole
machinery can be bodily lifted out of the launch and
placed on the deck of the vessel to which she is at-
tached. The weight of the whole is 3 tons 17cwt.
2qrs. 201 b. There are four cylinders, each with a
diameter of 4in., and a length of stroke of Gin. The
connecting rod is 12in. in length, and the diameter
lir ; the piston rod is bin. The diameter of the
crank axles is llin„ and the diameter of the screw
shaft the same. The ;:screw propeller is 3ift. in
length. The fire-grate is 2ft. by 2ft. and the length
of each of the boiler tubes, of which there are 19,
3ft. 3in., and their external diameter 2tin. The
total fire-bar surface is sft. ; surface of flue, 2.lft. ;
and surface of tubes, 40ft.; the total heating sur-
face is Gift. The two screws are 4-bladed, and have
a diameter of 2ft., the set of the pitch being 3ft.
Qin. Each screw is driven by its own indepen-
dent shafting, which thus enables both to be worked
in contrary directions. The quantity of coals on
board was 13 cwt. At starting the draught of
water, both fore and aft, was 2ft. Gin. From the
above figures it will be seen that the engines are
probably the awaliest ever supplied to one of her
Majesty's Tessa's, nevertheless the results achieved
were somewhat astonishing, and appeared to take
all the spectators by surprise. At 10 o'clock the
screw launch steamed from the dockyard pier,
having on board Captain Stewart, C. 8., superin-
tendent of the dockyard ; Capt. Colin Campbell, of
the Bombay ; Captain Stokes, Queen's harbour.
master ; Mr. Thornton and Mr. Hutchens, master-
shipwrights, and others of the officials. The engines
were in charge of Mr. Wiggell, from:Messrs. Penn's
establishment, who superintended their working.
Prior
,to the launch undergoing the moat impor-
tant portion of her day's tr:nls Captain Stewart
directed her to be taken to the most crowded
portion of the harbour, in order to test her raaucetor-
ring capabilities in and out among the vc.sfelti,
boats, and other craft about the dockyard. At this
time there was a pressure of steam of upwards of
601 b, and the screws each making upwards of 200
revolutions per minute. Before she had been out
any great distance it soon became evident that the
twin-screw principle enabled a vessel to be almost
independent of her rudder. Acting upon this Capt.
Stewart baldly directed the tiller of the rudder to
be removed, and henceforward the vessel was steered
solely by her screws. With a strong flood tide
running, the vessel was mance avred by means of
her screws with as much case as when her rudder
was brought into use, and, indeed, the remarkable
ease with which she was turned round boats, buoys,
and other objects pointed oat by Capt. Stewart, as
well as the surprising steaming powers of the minia-
ture craft, elicited the admiration no less than th 3
astonishment of all on board, as well as of the per..
sons who watched her progress from the dockyard
and pier. After fully demonstrating to the officials
the steaming and steering capacities of the screw
launch she went alongside the dockyard, where some
slight alterations were effected in the machinery,
after which the miniature vessel's head was turned
down the harbour, and a run taken towards the
Nore, during which numerous experiments were
made in steering the launch solely by means of her
screws, with the most complete success. The time
occupied in the run from Chatham Dockyard to the
Camber was two hours, which would give an ave-
rage speed of rather over six knots per hour. The
boat was also tried in making circles, when with
the port screw going ahead at !all spend and
the starboard screw working astern the circles
were made as nearly as possible on a pivot,
the average time occupied being 1'247 of a
minute with the engines making 310 revolutions
per minute. During the run to and from the Nora
the engines worked with the utmost freedom and
regularity, the boilers giving a pressure of 601 h. of
steam, the average number of revolutions of the
screws being 320 per minute. Altogether, the trials
were deemed a complete success as establishing the
superiority of the double screw principle:
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Thrupp, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday, fromDevonport, with
men paid off from the Nile.

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announce that in conformity with an -Ukase of his Majesty
the Emperor of Russia end with the instructions of his
Excellency the Minister of Finance, they will RECEIVE
APPLICATIONS for the LOAN therein authorized for
SIX MILLIONS POUNDS STERLING, or Seventy
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The Bonds will bear interest from Ist April, 1864, and
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derstood that it has not been practicable to make any
allotment.
London, 18th April, 1864.
RUSSIAN ANGLO-DU ICH 5 PER CENT. LOAN
OF £6,000,000.
To Messrs. BARING BROTHERS, and Co., London,
Gentlemen,
request that you will allot to the sum of
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grater is the credit which attaches to the originator.

BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica-
tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex-
pos: d by the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.

The following interwoven mark may be seen at tha end
ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cic., a Lyon
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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
Covent-garden.
From this time until the end of the season there will be four
Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, and h aturday.
Extra Night..

THIS EVENING (MONDAY),ApriI 25, w'll be performed
Porisini's grand opera, GUGLIELMO TELL. Matilde,
Millie. Marie Satin; Guglielmo Tell, Signor Graziani ;
Jemmy, Madame ItuderAorfr; Mel. th tl, Signor Polonini ;
Walter. Ilerr Schmid; Ge sler, Signor Tagliafico ; Uu Pesca-
tore, Signor Neri- t araldi ; and Arnold°, Signor Wachtel.
La Tyrolicnne w.ll be danced by Mdlle. Saivioul,
Carmine, acd Mdlle. Navarre.
Commence at ha:f past Eight.

Pit. tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, 30s. 6d., 75., ar.d 55.;
amphitheatre. Ys. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had
at the box-onici under the portico of the thea,re, which is
rpm from tea to five, and ac the principal mush:sellers' and

THEATRE ROYAL DR UR Y-L NE.
Managere, 3lessrs,Edmond Falconer and

le. B. Chatterton.

THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH NIGHT.
Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage
Revival of Shak4pere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled
the First Part of

ITENIZY THE FOURTH.
The cast will include Impersonations by those emint.it
artists, Mr. PHl4:Lrd, Ur. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter
Lacy. M,. A ddiso Mr. Ryder, Mr. hobert Roxby. Mr.
Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner, Mr. H. Vandenhoff, Mr.
Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville; Miss
Edith Wynne, Mssß, se Leclerc% d Mrs. Edmund Fal-
coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm-
pany.

To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore.

THEATRE ROYAL HA.YMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manazer, Mr, lluckstone.

THIS EVENING; THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Compton,
arren, Are ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Fitzwilliam, Snow-

After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENU3 AND
ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes-
dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, elly Power, Hill, Wright,
itoers, &c.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lesee and Manag•er, Mr. Geo. Vininfr.
THIS EVENING, DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND
FLOOR. AND ATTICS.

er which, Shakspere's ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro-
meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. H.
Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence
With THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Width-
combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Layenu.
After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy,
PLAYING WITH:TIRE. Messrs. J. Brougham, Emery,
Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Leclereq, Miss Henrade,
Miss P. Lectercq ; Mrs. Winstanley.
Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past.

NTE VT THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL—
Solo Pronrivtor and Manager. M. B. Webster.
THISTEVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S
llOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson.
Af er which, at 8, LI:A : Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. A. Stirling, It. Phillips, Biliirigton, Stuart, Eburne,
Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Killington.
To cosclude with THE AREA BELLE: Aiessrs. J. L. Too:e,
P. Bedford, B. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis.