The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-07 00:00:00

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N°. 22,423.

IURNI LIME, CARPETS, BEDDING, and
FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in
the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class
goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to
Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select
from, displayed in Showrcoms bccupying an acre of ground.
Every article warranted.
CIA v.GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
NISH are respedfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and
. are publishi4 au entirely New Edition of their un-
equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo
actin.-able enaervings of every description of Furniture and
Beasteads, wilt prices attached. A copy sent gratis and
post-free on applic,ation. This costly work also contains
complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised
cale:— •

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

Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass
of valnable informationto all requiring househ3ld furniture,
carpets, or bedding. References kindlypermitted to Clergy-
men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton,
Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth,
Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsboroutrh, Margate. Kidder-
minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking,
St. 2i:ban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's,
Wrexham, asd above 500 other places in all parts of Great

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

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1800.
FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS of every de.
scription transacted at moderate rates.

The usual commission allowed on Ship and Foreign In.
surances.

Insurers in this Company will receive the full benefit of
any reduction in Duty.
CAPITAL £2,000,000
ANNUAL INCOME £497,263
ACCUMULATED FUNDS , £2,233,027
London—Head Offices-58, Threadneedle-street, E.C.
4, New Bank-buildings, Lothbury.
West-end Offices

EASTERN EXCHANGE BANK
(Limited).
Incorporated, with Limited Liability, under the Companies
Act, 1862.
Capital £2,000,000, in 100,000 Shares of £2O each.
First Issue 50,000 Shares.
Deposit on Application of £1 per Share, Further payment
on Allotment, £2 per Share.
First Call, not exceeding £?, not less than One Month after

-Allotment.
Further Calls not exceeding £2los. per Share, at intervals of
not less than Three Months.
It is not intended to call up more than .£lO per Share.
DIRECTORS.
George M. Bowen, Esq (Thomas Manning, and Co.), Liver-
pool.
Thomas Chilton, Esq. (Holderness and Chilton), Liverpool.
Edward Comber, Esq. t Edward Comber and Co.), Liver-
pool ; Comber, Son, and Co., B tmbay.
Robert Dirom, Esq. (Dirom, Davidson, and Co.), Liverpoo' ;
Dirom, Hunter, and Co., Bombay.
Chits. Edward Dixon, Esq., Liverpool (Dixon Brothers
and Co., Alexandria).
William James Fernie, Esq. (Fernie Brothers and Co.),
Liverpool.
Patrick Hunter, Esq. (Browne, Hunter, and Co.), Liverpool.
Edward Lawrence, Esq. (Edward Lawrence and Co.), L►ver-
pool ; Lawrence and Co., Bombay.
Andrew Mnoolmson Esq. (J. and D. M&colmson and Co.),
Liverpool.

BANKERS.
Liverpool The National Bank of Liverpool.
Lon don The National Bank.
Ireland The Pranches of the National Bank.
Manchester Union Bank of Manchester.
Leeds London and Northern B Inv.
Glasgow Mercantile and Exchange Bank.

SOLTCITOR,S.
Messrs. Lace, Banner, Gill and Lace, Liverpool.
BROI Ens.
Liverpool.—Messrs. Thomas Tinley and Sons.
London.—Albert Ricardo, E. q., 11, Angel-court.
Manchester.. Messrs. Shore and Kirk, 14, St. Ann's-square.

SECRETARY.
A. E. Pelly, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
17, Brown's-buildings, Exchange, Liverpool.

PROSPECTUS.
The Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited), is formed to supply
a want which has been long felt, and its value will be imme-
diate'y recognised.
Although Liverpool enjoys an immense export and import
trade, and is the port through which the valuable manufac-
tures rf Lancashire and Yorkshire pass, it has not a single
Bank connected w,th the Mediterranean. the East Indies,
China, or Australia.

The exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures
to the above countries for the year 1863 amounted to about
forty millions, and by far the „Treater portion was shipped
from Liverpool, whilst the produce received in return into
Liverpool was of a va'ue of upwards of sixty millions, making
a total of one hundred milbons sterling.
Whilst London has upwards of fifty Banks, with branches
in different countries, established for the purpose of affording
every facility in Exchange transactions, there is no Bank of
this description, with its head-quarters in Liverpool, con-
nected with the East.
The profitable nature of Exchange business is well known,
and the practice which has become so general of attaching
Bills of Lading to Bills of Exchange renders this the safest
description of Banking business.
Some evidence of the safety and profitable character of the
business is afforded by the present values of the undermen-
tioned Banks, whose chief sources of profits are in connection
with Exchange operations.

Paid up Present
per Share. Price.
Agra and United Service Bank £m, A 145
Chartered Mercantile Bank of London.
India, and China
Oriental Bank Corporation
Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
and China
Bank of Australasia 4O
I 11 perial Ottoman Ban,: .........10
_ ___

Bank of New ..'outh Wales 2O
The Eastern Exchange Bank (Limßed,, will have its head-
quarters in Liverpool. Branch Banks will be formed, in the
first instance, at Alexandria, Bombay, Calcutta, China, and
Australia, and as the business develops, at other places.
The Directors of the Eastern Exchange Bank will make
arrangements for Loudon business, constituting a first-c'a.'s
London Banking Agency on mutually advantageous terms.
he busine=s of the Bank will chiefly consist in negotiating
mercantile bills of exchange, granting drafts, in negotiating
and collecting bi Is payable at places where the Bank has
Branches or Agencies. It will issue circular notes and let-
ters of credit, will undertake the purchase and sale of secu-
rities, the receipt of dividends, and effect remittances between
the several places, including London, at which its Agencies
and Branches will be established.
The Bank is founded under " The Companies Act, 1;62,"
whereby the respective liability of each Shareholder is
limited to the amount of his Shares.
There will be no fee for promotion; the remuneration of
the Directors will be fixed by the Shareholders at each
annual meeting ; and the preliminary expenses will be con-
fin .d to indispensable outlay.
The Articles of Association lie at the Office of the Solicitors
for inspection.
Applications for Shares must be accompanied with a
Banker's Receipt for £1 per Share.
In case the amount so paid should exceed £3 per Share on
the number of Shares allotted, the surplus will be returned ;
but it it should fall short, the balance must be paid within
seven days after notice of allotment, or in default, the allot-
ment will be cancelled and the deposit forfeited.
If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full.
Applications for Shares may be sent through the Solicitors
or Brokers
be had. of the Company, from whom Forms of Application
may

FOR3I OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,
To be retained by the Bankers.
EASTERN EXCHANGE BANK (LIMITED).
First Issue 50,010 shares.
To the Directors of the Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited).
Gentlemen,--Having paid to the bankers of the above-
named Company the sum of £ , I hereby request that you
will allot me shares in the said Company, and I agree
to accept such shares or any smaller number that may be al-
lotted to me, and to become a member of the Company;
and I authorise you to place my name on the register of mem-
bers in respect of the shares to be allotted io me, and I agree
to be bound by all the conditions and regulations contained
in the memorandum and articles of asSociation of the Com-
pany. I further authorise you to forward by post to my ad-
dries as below, the certificate for any shares which may be
allotted to me.

Dated this
Name in full
• •
Firm (if any)
Business or profession
Place of business
Residence

day of

1861.

THE POPULAR NOVELS
At every Library.
BERNARD MARSH. By G. P. R. JAMES. 2 vols.
A WOMAN AGAINST THE WORLD. 3 vols.
THE DANES SKETCHED by THEMSELVES. 3 vols.
WYLDER'S HAND. By JOSEPH SIIERIDAN LE FANU.
3 vols.
A SECOND EDITION of BELLA DONNA; or, the Cross
before the Name. 2 vols.
MEADOWLEIGH. By the Author of "The Ladles of Beyer
Hollow." 2 vols.

NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS,
In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Original Editions of
" Pickwick," "David Copper&ld,"
On Saturday, April 3Cth, will be Published Part 1., price Is.
of
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND;
By CHARLES DICKENS.

To be completed in Twenty Monthly Farts.
With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

DR. HARVEY ON CORPULENCE.
Second Edition, carefully revised, price is.,

CO R P U L E N C E;
Its Diminution and Cure, without Injury to Health,
with Remarks upon the various Maladies which may be pro-
duced by too great obesity. By Jourt HARVEY, M.D.
Smith and Co, 52, Long-acre; and all booksellers.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY,

and
BACHELOR'S BOX,

an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, Charing-cross, EVERY EVENING,
at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.—
Stalls, and box stalls, 35.; area, 25.; amphitheatre, ls. A
Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall
from eleven to five.

CANTERBURY HALL,
Westminster-road, London.

THIS EVENING,
Will be produced, with alterations and improvements
in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet
attempted, entitled THE TERCEN CENARY ; or,a NIGHT
WIT Ef SHAKSPEHE, written express'y by W. F. Vander-
yell, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear.

ALso, PRINCE BLOSSOM;
OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE

FOREST OF SHADOWS I

"The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing and
reprising through the Magic Fountain, is so complete an
illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."--Morning
Star, Feb. 19.

Prince Blossom, Miss Townley.

In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish.
ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in.
eluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Powcr, air. T. Maclagan
G. W. Jester, .4Lo. Oto

Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is.
Open every Evening.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA. -
The Proprietor begs to announce that this popular
pace of Amusement will be CLOSED for Fourteen Days
from this day, for a terations. in consequence of his determi-
nation to return to the former successfu, class of Entertain-
ment. It will RE-0 I'EN on WHIT-MONDAY with that
charming and accomplished Gymnast, NATII A LIE, Monitor
to the Prince Imperial, ho will be accompanied by her
equally attractive ,isters, Leontine and B anche, forming' a
trio of the most daring and e:egant profe+ ors of the
gymnastic art in the world. The Musical Department will
be under the able superintendence of a well-known professor.
Prices of Admission will be:—Private boxes, 2t,. • reserved
seats, es. 6d.; stalls, 25.; balconies and promenade, is ; grand
hall, 6d. Further particulars will be shortly announced.
Monday, May 2, 1861.

THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING
DINNER, consisting. of Soup, Fish, Made Dish,
Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on
Sundays from 5 to 8.30 p.m.
Private Rooms for large or small parties.

By order,
JOHN
CATES, Manager.
s
The Wellington, St. James's-tr
Entrance, 160, Piccadilly.

EASTERN EX CHANGE BANK,
Limited.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LIST of APPLI-
CATIONS for SHARES will be CLOSED THIS DAY,
SATURDAY, the 7th May.
LACE, BANNER, GILL, and LACE,
Solicitors to the Company.
17, Brown's-buildligr,s, Liverpool, May 7, 1861.

IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any
one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indizestipn. or
Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS.
Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit.
Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free by
Lost for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist.
incoln.

PHEASANT REARING for 1864.
CHAMBERLIN'S AROMATIC SPANISH MEAL,
ARKER RICE, PELLET, 1). S. MEAT GREAVES, pre-
pared with CAYCAR EXCELSIOR, is the most efficacious
food for rearing and feeding Game, preventing gapes, snarls,
and death.
BOOKS on Feeding and the proper Management of Game,
from hatching to maturity, with over 200 testimonials from
the nobility and gamekeepers, with prices, posted free on re-
ceipt of two stamps, byMr. James Chamberlin, Spanish Wine
Merchant, opposite the Exchange, Norwich.
CHAMBER LIN'S CANADIAN POULTRY MEAL for
all the year round, 168. per cwt., including hag. The use of
this food keeps the chickens in perfect health; and the in-
crease of eggs, of the richest colour and flavour, is marvellous.
Dog Greaves, 10s. per cwt. Please state price when ordering.
N.B.—Advices received daily of the efficacy of the Spanish
Meal and Caycars. One gentleman writes, "All my young
pheasants last season were sickly, and several died; those
that were strong enough to eat your Spanish Meal recovered
in two days, and became fine and beautiful birds."

DRI Z E ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL
IL-
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, dzo., &c.,
To the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
(Established 17?0.)
testifies
The Jtourors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
manufacture. ,he export
of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,
says :
" I have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com-
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. Is. 2d. per lb.
Ordinary quality • • • • • • • • .. Od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. • • • • •• • • .. Is. sd. per lb.
Second quality • • • • • • • • Is. 3d. per lb.
Third qualify • • ~ le. ld. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO,
South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—
, Kensington (Established 1730).
The large' Establishment in England for the ManUlaoture
Wax candles for the use of the Altar

MADAME TUSS AU D'S HISTORICAL
GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar,
Baker-street.

RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi-
dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen
Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and is
the Chamber of Physiognomy is a full-length model of Geo.
Victor Townley.
Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night.
Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street,
Piccadilly,
IS OPEN EVERY EVENING.
During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance
Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele-
brated Argyll Band, forty in number.
Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9.
Admission is.

Manager, M. GRENET.

29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE, W.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the
Astees ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant;
Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000
Models, Natural Preparations, (to. Egyptian Mummies,
unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling Or
Gentlemen only).

MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO.
execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the
year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and
Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber-
well-park.

Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine
Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE !SKIN.
-54 OLLARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR
SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes,
and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free
from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving
the skin and body in perfect health; they are also an effectual
remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma-
tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the moat
eminent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from
Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain,
sold at the depot, 2, Rupert-street, Coventry-street, London,
W., and lit all chemists. Prospectuses and testimonials sent
on application.

TEETH.—Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in
the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the
following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work-
manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the
most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without
pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes
of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without
wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the
gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option
of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad-
just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the
aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always
useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea-
tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps.
Inspection of specimens and consultations ree.-B,G rosvenor-
street, Bond-street, W, P i 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir-
mingham.

GARIBALDI FUND, for the purpose of secur-
ing a permanent income for General Garibaldi and his
family after Jahn.

The Duke of SUTHERLAND, Chairman.
CHAS. SEELY, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
Hon. A. Kinnuird, M.P., Treasurer.
At a SPECIAL MEETING of the Committee of this Fund,
held at Stafford House on the 6th inst., it was resolved unani-
mously :
I. Th it the Committee having deliberated on communica-
tions made to it on the authority of General Garibaldi, and
being fully convinced that the General will decline to accept
the permanent provision for himself and his family, which
this Committee was formed to secure, desires to record its
respect for the high and honourable feelings which have dic-
tated his resolution, and in deference to his expressed wishes
feels itself called upon to withdraw its appeal to the public.
11. That the money contributed to the Fund be imme-
diately returned to the subscribers without deduction.
CHAS. SEELY, Deputy-Chairman.
A. KINNAIRD, Treasurer.
No. 8, Craig's-court, Charing-cross, May 6,1864.

THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL MARINE
INSURANCE CObIPANY, Limited.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that this Company will
commence BUSINESS at their New Premises, COWTER'6-
COURT, Cornhill, on the t6th May instant.
4. Clement's-lane, May 2, 1861.

QOl3O ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL
BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and
Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street,
Soho, W.
Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail-
way Compensations, &a. Rents Collected.

BONEL L I' S ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
COMPANY (Limited).
Registered under the Joint-Stock Company's Act, by which
the liability of each shareholder is strictly limited to the
amount of his shares.
Capita, £250,000, of which £2',0"0 forms the original capital
of the Company.
Present issue, £ 225,000, in 22,500 shares of £lO each.
Deposit, £1 per share on application and £1 on allotment.
Calls of £2 each at intervals of not less than two months.

CHAIRMAN.
The Eight Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.
BANKERS.
_ _

London—The Agra and United Service Bank.
Manches er—Manchester and Saliord Bank.

BROKERS.
London—Messrs. Johnson, Long
den, and Co., 22, Token
house-yard.
Liverpool Messrs. Taunton and Co.
Manchester—T. Warner, Esq.

SECRETARY (FRO TEM.)
James Gutteres, Esq.
OFFICES.
7, Angel-court, City; 2A, Victoria-street, Manchester
2, Dale-street, Liverpool.

BONELLPS ELECTRIC TELEOR.9.PH
COMPANY (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SHARE LIST
of this Company will CLOS for London on SATURDAY,
the 7th hist., and for the Country on the 14th.
By order,
J. GUTTERES, Secretary, pro tem.
7, Angel-court, London, KC., May 3, 1804.

BONELL I"S ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
•
COMPANY (Limited).
THE CHALLENGE.
Office of the " Telegraphic Journal," 5, Suffolk-lane, E.O ,
May 5, 18E14.
To the Riglit Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot,
Chairman of the Bonelli Telegraph Company (Limited).
My Lord,—ln answer to your inquiry, I beg to say that
having been duly appointed electrical referee by the Bonelli
Company, I was present at what should have been the com-
pe Hive trial between the Bonelli and Hughes' instruments.
I have no hesi ation in P.ayl ng that I consider the work done
by the Bonelli instrument conclusively proved all that has
been stated in its favour. Extraordinary, however, as was
the rapidity and precision both of type-sett,ng and trans-
mission on that day, the public work done on Monday during
and after heavy rain was still more satisfactory; the correct-
ness on Saturday was absolute, and tee large amount of
general messages, as well as the steadily increasing business
of the c ,mPauY, attested by the returns, afford ample evi-
dence that in this the essential quality
of telegraphy, the
ordinary work is not wanting lam preparing a report of
my observations, in which I
ehall have occasion to notice
ra I
saw my other
at excellent points in the system. but I feel bound
to say th none with which I see reason to find fault,
the necessity for the use of five wires being, in my opinion,
fully compensated by the immense advantages secured.
I am, my
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
(Signed) OWEN ROWLAND,
Electrician to the Telegraph Committee
of the Board of Trade.

MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS,
TRADERS AND EXECUTORS.
prepared.—Finano al operations organised and Banking fa-
arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets
BANRES and Co.,
The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken.
Cash Advances made on Trade Stock,
and other Securities, and Sales effected.—
Accountants, 20,
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Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian,
Alabas -er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her slajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collations of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY, Ind GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each. _

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE.
RALOGY given bY Mr, TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C.

ofP. eOveOryßdesMoripAtNion
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
DR. ROBERTS'.
burns, scalds,
Is confidently recommended to the Public as an unfail-
ing- remedy for wounds
chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, sore and inflamed eyes, Jrz.
Sold in pots. is. lid., 2s. 9d„ 11 EL, and 225. each. Also his
PILULE ANTISCROPHUL2E, confirmed by sixty years'
experience to be one of the best alterative medicines ever
offered to the public. They form a mild and superior Family
Aperient, that may be taken at all times without confine-
-OBERoun
ment or change of diet. Sold in boxes, is. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.,
us., and 225. each.
Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott,
Bridport, by the London houses, and retail by all respectable
medicine vendors in the United Kingdom and Colonies.

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS.—At the
weekly meeting of this Board yesterday the engi-
neer (Mr. Bazalgette) reported that, at the present time,
about one-sixth of the metropolitan sewage was intercepted
by the Northern Outfall Sewer works, and discharged into
the Thames at ebb tide at Barking, whence it was carried
to the sea. This sewage, about 14,000,000 gallons in quan-
tity, was formerly discharged into the river within the me-
tropolis at low water. The progress made with the main
drainage works was thus stated :—On the Main Drainage
Middle Level Sewer, work to the amount of £306,000 had
been done; on the Western Sewers, 3I miles of sewer had
been constructed at the cost of £151,000; at the Northern
Outfall Reservoir works had been executed to the estimated
cost of £163,000; at the Southern Low Level Sewer, 31 miles
of work had been completed at the cost of £llO,OOO ; at the
Southern Outfall works at Crossness, work to the amount of
£213,000 had been finished. With respect to the Northern
Thames Embankment, the engineer reported that the works
of the first contract (from Westminster-bridge to the east
side of Cannon-street) had been much delayed by the diffi-
culty in obtaining possession of the wharves on the side of
the river, and by the necessity there was for making expe-
riments as to the best form ofiron caissons for excluding
the tide. Works had been done on this contract to the
amount of £30,000, and on the second contract (between
Waterloo-bridge and the eastern sido of Temple-gardens) to
the value of £12,000. The report was ordered to be entered
on the minutes. A deputation from the Marylebone Vestry
urged upon the Board that it was desirable to give vestries
the power of granting superannuation allowances to aged
officers. Tho subject was referred to a committee, The
names of various thoroughfares were altered, and the villas,
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35 guns, was taken from the large ba aia in Sht
ncss dockyard on Thursday last for a few miles k a
run, to test the working capabilities of the ma-
chinery previous to her official trial at the measuredmile. On Friday the first official trial of the en-
gines took place off the Maplin ands,S under the
immediate superintendence of Captain N V. K. Hall,
C,8., chief of the Sheerness Steam Re ser re ; Messrs.
'William Rumble, inspector of machs'nery afloat at
Sheerness ; George Bloxland, chief et tgineer of the -
Sheerness Dockyard, and F. Martin, senior assist-
ant master shipwright, were in attends mee to watch
the results of the trial on the part of the, Admiralty.
The firm of Messrs. Maudsley, San, and Field, eon•
tractors for tho machinery, were repo, ,:ented by
Mr. Telford Field, and the engines were in chargss
of Mr. Henry Warriner.
The Csledonia is a timber framed vesstal, built nt
Woolwich I),:ckyard, and like her 6i.4 f-r ships
Prince Consort, Ocean, and lt4yal Oak, is cased in
rolled iron armour-plates 41 inches thick, extending
from stem to stern and gun will,: to five feet below
water line, the ship's sides being filled and solid and
strengthened with iron to enable them to carry this
heavy armour, which is secured with through bolts
having large washers and nuts on the inside. Theupper
deck is constructed of iron beams of the Butterly
type, upon which tin. plates are riveted, which
gives great strength to this part of the ship. The
whole of the work of the ship having been performed
by the artisans employed in a Government Dock..
yard, the vessel may be favourably contrasted with
others supplied by private contractors. The Cale..
donia is rigged, having her three lower masts and
bowsprits of iron, and her topmasts, yards, &c.,
being of wood. The standing rigging is of gals
vanised iron-wira rope.
The machinery is supplied by the firm of Messrs.
Maudsley, Son, and Field, of London, and consists
of a pair of horizontal double piston rod engines,
which work the screw shaft direct. Each engine
has the whole of its starting and regulating levers
grouped together within convenient reach of the
engineers. The massive shaft which passes through
the stem tube carries the propeller fixed upon it,
thus doing away with the well and hoisting appas
ratus, which spoil so many of our noble ships and
cramp their steering apparatus. The propeller,
which has four blades, variable in pitch from 20ft.
to 25ft., and is 20in. long on line of keel, with a
diameter of 21ft., was invented by the Admiralty,
and has been found very successful in decreasing the
vibration both in the Achilles as well as in this ves-
sel. The screw can be disconnected from the en-
gines when the ship is under sail by withdrawing
the coupling bolts and allowing the after length of
shaft and propeller to turn round. The vessel is
fitted with two auxiliary engines for feeding the
boilers; there are also two others for extinguishing
fire and pumping out ship. Two steam crabs are
also fixed on deck for the purpose of raising ashes
and for general purposes.
During the trial the Caledonia had a draught of
water forward 22ft 4in, and aft 23ft llin. She had
on board 245 tons of coal, 200 tons of cables, stores,
&c., and about 100 tons of water, crew, &c. Her
guns and ordnance stores have not yet been put on
board. Six runs were made at full boiler-power on
the measured mile with the following results :
First run—time, smin 24 secs; speed, 11.111 knots;
revolutions of engines, 58 ; pressure of steam, 20;
vacuum, 26. Second run—time, 3min 58sec ; speed,
15.126 knots; revolutions of engines, 57; pressure
of steam, 19; vacuum, 26. Third run—time, smin
3lecc ; speed, 10'876 knots; revolutions of engines,
58 ; pressure of steam, 19 ; vacuum, 26. Fourth run
—time, 3min 57sec; speed, 15.190 knots; revolutions
of engines, 57; pressure of steam, 19; vacuum, 26.
Fifth run—time, snain 40sec ; speed, 10.588 knots;
revolutions of engines, 56 ; pressure of steam, 16.5 ;
vacuum, 25.5. Sixth run—time, 4min Bsec ; speed,
14.516 knots ; revolutions of engines, 56; pressure
of steam, 16.5; vacuum, 25.5, giving as a first
mean '13.118, 13.001, 13.032, 12'889, and 12.552
knots; and the second means, 13.059,13.017,12.961,
and 12.720 knots, the true means being 12.939 knots
per hour.

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was all. At last, as a favour, Mr. Chalmers per-
mitted the 300-pounder, with its formidable steel
shot and 451 b. of powder to be tried against it, and
this went through it, as every one knew it would
do, though doing far less injury to the backing than
such ponderous missiles- ordinarily inflict. On the
whole, the target was pronounced the most success-
ful ever tried, though all the officers then present
were of opinion at the close of the day that a slight
alteration would improve it, by reducing the thick-
ness of the iron plate between the beam of teak by
three quarters of an inch, an adding the metal thus
gained to the 21in. external plate, so as to bring the
latter up to 41in. in thickness. Such a change, it
was confidently expected, would, without adding at
all to the weight of the target, add nearly 25 or even
30 per cent, to its powers of resistance. At all
events, it was then conclusively established that Mr.
Chalmers's system of backing armour was one which
required to be attentively considered and examined
with a view to the construction of future ironclads.
It was lighter than the iron frigates now building,
it was proved to be stronger, and its inventor
claimed that it was nearly 2.5 per cent. cheaper. The
lightness and cheapness are, of course, most im-
portant considerations, which when superadded to
the all-important one of increased strength, spoke
loudly in favour of a careful trial of the new plan.
The Iron Plate Committee have, we believe, re-
ported on the success of Mr. Chalmers's system in
the strongest terms, but from that day to this the
Admiralty have refused to adopt it or allow of its
adoption in any way, or even to permit Mr. Chalmers
to make a fresh target with the improvements which
we have said were suggested by the officers on the
ground. They have since admitted the perfect success
of the target by paying not the £1,650 they agreed
for it—that is, £1,250 for the target, and £4OO to
Mr. Chalmers for his time and labour as an engineer
in constructing it,—but by paying for the cost
of construction, £1,250, and refusing to allow Mr.
Chalmers a single shilling for his time and trouble.
How they can possibly defend the expenditure of
£1,250 on the ground that the target was an im-
portant public benefit that justified the outlay, and
yet maintain that the gentleman who constructed it
deserved so little that they are entitled to break
their agreement with him and refuse him payment
for his time and labour, we are at a loss to conceive.
Such, however, is the fact as the matter now stands.
Mr. Chalmers, however, brings a far graver com-
plaint than this want of payment against the Ad-
miralty. Since his target was tried, another and a
very successful one, called the Bellerophon target,
has been made by Mr. Reed, the chief naval con-
structor. In our notice of the performances of this
at Shoebury last autumn we stated at the very out-
set that its designer had apparently derived some
most valuable hints from having seen that made by
Mr. Chalmers first. Certainly in the tests to which
it was subjected Mr. Reed appeared to be favoured.
The 300-pounder was fired three times at the
Chalmers' target ; twice with 150:b. round shot
fired with 501 b. of pounder, and once with a 300.
pounder steel shot driven by 451 b. of powder. On
the contrary, the 300-pounder was only allowed
to be fired once at the Bellerophon target, and that
with a reduced charge of 351 b. of powder. In short,
3,6001 b. of shot, with a proportionate mass of
powder, were discharged throughout a long day at
the target of Mr. Chalmers, and only 1,5001 b. of
shot, with a proportionate reduction of charge,
were allowed to be fired against Mr. Reed's. It
was to show how different would have been the re-
sults had the trials been fairly made between
the two that the Chalmers' target was again fired
at yesterday with the maximum charges used
against Mr. Reed's—namely, a 1501 b. shot and 351 b.
of powder. These were spherical cast iron shot,
fired from the 300spounder at 200 yards' range.
The first shot almost missed, as it struck just on
the edge of the lowest plate, and passed under it
into the earth. The second struck fairly, and re-
mained, with its larger half imbedded in the plate
to a depth of three inches, at the bottom of which
it had made a crack iu the metal about half an inch
wide and four long. It broke two bolts which had
been hastily put in without elastic washers (for the
whole target had to be roughly rebuilt for the pur-
poses of the experiment), but it did not penetrate
the plate or injure the inner skin. The third shot
struck on the edges of two plates near where they
had been injured before, but, in spite of this, it
failed to penetrate to the backing, and, in fact, its
entire mischief was, when compared with the missile,
slight beyond all expectation. These three shots
were considered so satisfactory to all as to the
strength of the target that further trials were
thought unnecessary, and it only remained to judge
by comparison from this how the positions of the
two targets would have been reversed if Mr. Reed's
bad been tested so severely as Mr. Chalmers's, or
vice versa, Mr. Chalmers's had been only tried with
the comparatively light missiles which were chosen
for Mr. Reed's.
After this trial was over experiments were made
with steel shot of various tempers, manufactured
from the Bessemer metal by John Brown and Co.,
against a 5-}-inch plate, also of John Brown's: It
will be sufficient on this occasion to say that all the
shots were of excellent manufacture as to toughness
and quality of metal, and all gave that enormous
increase of penetration over projectiles made from
any other material which seems to prove conclu-
sively that in warfare against iron we must rely on
soft steel, and soft steel only, for our missiles.
They at least do some mischief, but wrought or
cast iron in any shape—round, conical, or flat-
headed—are as useless as so much mud. But, good
as were the results effected by these shots, which
always made a serious indent varying from 31in.
to 31in., they were quite eclipsed by the really
wonderful performance of Messrs. Brown and Co.'s
armour plate. This was pronounced yesterday to
be the finest plate yet fired against. It had been
badly battered before the experiments commenced,
and had been penetrated through and through in two
places by the Armstrong 600 pounder. Yet, though,
in addition to these injuries, it received ten more
steel shot yesterday in a space of some six feet by
three, it never gave even the most trilling indica.,
tions of cracking, but to the last was as tough and
firm and uniform throughout as a slab of copper.
Experiments were then tried as to the best
mode of fastening on armour plates—whether
by rivets, by the improved Warrior bolts, or by
a new method proposed by Capt. E. M. Palliser, of
the 7th Hussars, a young officer whose scientific
attainments are well-known in the service. In this
competitive trial Capt. Palliser's plan achieved an
easy and conspicuous victory, as all the engineers
on the ground knew it would from its adherence in
principle to the plainest mechanical truths. All the
iron bolts in armour plates having been showing,
as plain as iron could show, that the reason
of their continually breaking was the diminu-
tion of strength caused by their screw threads
being cut into the substance of the bolt. Cap-
tain Palliser has perfectly remedied this defeat
by turning down his bolts so as to lease
their screw thread at the end en profile—til
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The Armstrong and Whitworth competition is
fast approaching its crisis as regards the real praise
tical question now at issue—the endurance of the
guns. The details of the last week's trials are,
however, far too important to be dismissed at the
close of a long article, and we must therefore defer
our weekly resume of these experiments to another
occasion.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The screw steamship Bombay, 67, Capt. Colin A.
Campbell, from the eastward, arrived yesterday
morning at Plymouth. Rear-Admiral the Hun.
Charles G. J. B. Elliot hoisted his flag on board
during the forenoon, under the customary salutes.
She has been completed with fuel and will embark
supernumeraries, and unless there ore any defects
to make good, will proceed at once for the South
American station.

Letters received at Plymouth from the screw
steam-sloop Icarus, 11, state that she left Malta on
the 19th at April, and arrived at Gibraltar on the
28th, when she received orders to proceed home-
wards immediately. Her officers expect to call at
Portsmouth and then go to Sheerness, where the
crew will be paid off.

The paddlewheel sloop Gorgon, condemned to be
broken at Woolwich, was yesterday towed down to
Greenhithe by the Monkey, Master-Commander
Smithers, to act as a receiving hulk for the transfer
of the officers and crew of the Queen's steam-
yacht Osborne, Staff Commander Bower, four cases
of smallpox having made their appearance on board,
The sufferers have been transported to the Naval
Infirmary at Woolwich for treatment. The disease
commenced with the gunner's mate. On mustering
the ship's company for the doctor's inspection, three
others were found to have caught the infection, one
of whom is now very severely attacked. There are
at present 11 cases in the infirmary at Woolwich,
seven of whom are men of the Royal Marines. The
Osborne was brought up to Greenhithe for the
accommodation of the Board of Admiralty in their
inspection of the Channel Fleet.

The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Staff-Commander
Allen, was yesterday ordered to hold in readiness
at Woolwich to sail on Monday for Dover, to be in
attendance on the fleet now in the Downs. A
couple of dockyard lighters, laden with victualling
stores for the ships of the squadron, were yesterday
despatched from Woolwich in charge of a steams
tug.

The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Staff-Com'
mander Whillier, has sailed from Woolwich on
special service from Heligoland. It is
rumoured
that the object of her mission is to watch the move.
ments of the Austrian ships of the line now in those
waters. It is otherwise reported that she is de4
spatched to Heligoland to bring home pilots re 4
quired for the service of the Channel Fleet.
R• Bell, to the
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut.
George
Royal George ; Dr. N. C. liatherly, surgeon, to the
Assurance ; James Thomson, surgeon, to the Enters
prise ; Ingham HanburY, assist-surgeon, to the
Cumberland r John Turner (B), engineer, to the In-
dus for the Gleaner; and John Blight, engineer, to
the Galatea.

THE ARMY.
m major-Gen. Sir Richard Dacree yesterday re-
sumed his final inspection of the garrison at Wool.
wish, preparatory to his final resignation of the
command, by a muster of the Riding-house esta-
blishment, the whole of whom, officers and men,went
through a course of exercises in the upper and lower
schools, and displayed some very clever feats in
mounting and riding past with great effect.

ROYAL AUTOGRAPHS.—The Crown Princess of
Prussia and the King and Queen of Denmark have sent
their autographs to the New York:Sanitary Fair. The
Crown Princess's autograph is as follows :—" Victoria,
Crown Princess of Prussia, Princess Royal of Great Britain
and Ireland."—New York, Times.

THE INTOLERABLE BOTHER OF CITY PROPERTY.

—At the Auction Mart the other day, during the
sale of some property situate in tho line of the street lead-
ing from Blackfriars Bridge to the Mansion House, the
auctioneer stated that the owner of the property could
seldom get his breakfast in a morning, without being dis-
turbed by some one or other who knew he had City pro-
perty, and wanted to know if any part of it was to be dia.
posed of. He had also been applied to by upwards of sixty
auctioneers and surveyors to negotiate with the improve-
ment commissioners the terms of compensation for the pro-
perty required for the new street, and he found his City
property to be such an " intolerable bother," that he wag
determined to get lid of it altogether.—Cily Press,

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