The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON FEIDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1863.

SEA —FELLOWS and CO., ShipbrokerF, 127,
Fenchurch-street, E.O , require MIDSHIPMEN and
FOUR First-class APPRENTICES in an A 1 clipper India-
man, 1,50) tons. Premium moderate, returnea in wages.
Also stout Lads, without premium, for other ships. Wages
£35.

S".—MIDSHIPMEN required for splendid
ships for Australia and India. Premium, 50 to 60
guineas, may be paid in two instalments. Apprentices also
wanted, with and without premium. —Apply to W. Suther-
land, ship and passage broker, 11, Fenchurch-buildings, by
107, Fenchurch-street. Established 1851.

MRS. BROTHERTON'S NEW NOVEL.
Just ready, in 3 vols.,
RESPECTABLE SINNERS.
By MRS. BROTHERTON,
Author of " Arthur Brandon."
Hurst and l3lackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

NOTI( E.—AT ODDS, the new Nove), by the
Author of " The Initials " and " Quits," in 2 vols.,
pest Bvo., is now ready at all Booksellers and Libraries.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

" THALBERG'S MA lINEE," Monday next,
• May 25 —The only Matinees in which S. TIIALBERG
Will appear in London this season will take place at the
• ANo V.L.R-SQUARE ROOMS, on Monday next, May 25 :
Monday, June 1, June 8, and June 1 . Each Matinee to
commence at half-past 2. Stall subscription, 3 guineas;
family ticket, to admit four (sta.ls), 3 guineas ; single stalls,
21s. ; unreserved seats, 108. ed., may be secured at the prin-
cipal musicsellers and libraries , Austin's, ; and of
Mr. Fish, at the Hanover-square dooms, where the plan of
the seats may be seen.

GREAT FLOWER SHOW, CRYSTAL
PALACE, TO MORROW (SATURDAY). Last Day
for Five z"hilling Tickets. No. 2, E • eter Hall. will remain
Opt n until .t ine o'clock this (FLUDAY) E s ENING.

NO 2, EXETER HALL—CRYSTAL PALACE
SEASON TICKET -,.—The Guinea Ticket admiti to
the GREAT FLOWER SHOW TO-MORROW (SATUR-
vAY).

10TH JUNE, 1863 —UNCOVERING of the
MEMORIAL of the EXHIBITION of 1851.
In the Presence of Vieir R.R.H.H.'s
he PRINCE and PRINCESS of WALES.
Cards of Admission, price 15s. each, if obtained before the
27th of May ; 20s. up to oth of June ; and 30s. on day.
A. MURRAY.

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Photographicto hie
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in full operation.

Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d; 21 for Li. Miniatures on
Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former
styles.

EQUITABLE FURNISHING COMPANY
(Limited).

The Directors HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that NO
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CEIv ED from London AFTER THURSDAY, the 28th
inst., and from the Country AFTER FRIDAY, the 29th
hilt.-6, Salisbury-street. Strand.
WILL. CARPENTER, Secretary.

THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear
are those made by ELSTOB, of 30, New Bond-street.
They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being
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and won in a canter by two lengths ; a head between the
second and third. The winner was sold to Mr. Samuels for
220 guineas.

The Grand Stakes (handicap) of 10 sous each, h ft, with
100 added. Winners extra. The last mile and three-

quarters of the Metropolitan Stakes Course. 13 subs.
Mr. Fitzwilliam's Rubicon, 5 yrs, Gat 121 b (Murfit) 1
Mr. G. Bryan's Millionaire 6 yrs, 9st 31b... (Custance) 2
Mr. B. Land's Amy (slb extra), 5 )rs, 7st 1 Ilb
(J. Daley) 3
Mr, Payne's Energetic, 3 yrs, Sat 71b (carried sst 91b)
(Loates) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Rubicon, 2to 1 agst Millionaire, and
3 to 1 agst Amy.

Amy cut out the work, followed by Millionaire, the
favourite, and Energetic to the old course, where Amy
dropped back, and the favourite came on with the running,
which he held to the end, and won in a canter by two
lengths ; a bad third ; Energetic beaten off.

Her Majesty's Plato of 100 guineas, for mares only; 3-
yr-olds, 7st 91b ; 4-yr-olds, Oat 71b ; 5-yr•olds, lOst
llb ; 6-yr-olds and aged, lOst 31b. Great Metropolitan
Stakes Course. Two miles and a quarter. To start at
the winning chair.
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Stanford's Lord Staford's Barchettina, 3 yrs (A. Edwards) 2
(Reeves) 3
(G. Fordham) 4
Harvest Moon also ran.

Betting-6 to 4on Calint. Ou, and sto 2 aget Barchet-
ina.

:6aliverne, immediately the flag was lowered, jumped
away with a clear lead, which he increased as he went on,
followed by Necklace, Harvest Moon, Barchettina, and the
favourite to the turn out of the course, rounding which he
was upwards of a dozen lengths in advance of Necklace, a
like distance separating her Atom Harvest Moon, who, with
Barchettina and Caller Ou at her quarters, brought up the
rear. On entering the old course Baliverne's lead de-
creased, and Necklace went up on reaching Tattenham-
corner, and obtained the lead, which she held to half-way
in the distance, when she was joined by the favourite, who
quitted her without an effort, and won in a trot by 20
lengths. Barchettina, who passed Necklace at the Stand,
was second ; the others pulled up and trotted in, with the
exception of Harvest Moon, who pulled up and did not pass
the post.

The Epsom Four-Year-Old Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft;
colts, Bst 111 b, and fillies, Bst 61b. New Derby Course.

6 subs.
Lord Stamford's Lacydes, Sat 111 b.. .. (A. Edwards) W.O.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

Yesterday the Royal Oak, 35, 800-horse power,
Captain Campbell, fitting at Chatham, com-
menced shipping 80 tons of powder from the
Government magazines at Upnor Castle. She also
received on board the first portion of her armament
from the Ordnance wharf, consisting of eight of the
110-pounder' naval Armstrong guns and 12 of the
cast-iron smooth-bore 68-pounders. She is fur-
nished with rear chock carriages on each broadside.
The whole of her armament, with the exception of
three of her Armstrong guns, will be placed on her
main deck, the Armstrongs on her upper or fighting
deck being exclusively pivot guns. The Royal Oak
is fitted with patent wrought iron capstans by
Messrs. Brown and Co. The whole of the work re-
quired to be executed on board was completed yes-
terday by the dockyard mechanics, who have now
left ship. The Royal Oak will be ready for sea in a
few days, and awaits orders from the Admiralty.
The trial trip of the Snipe, 5, screw gun -vessel,
fitting for the first division of the Chatham steam
reserve, has been postponed in consequence of the
high wind.
The screw steam gunvessel Snake, 4, Commander
John Moresby, which arrived in Plymouth Sound
on Wednesday, as already reported, left Hongkong
January 26, the Cape of Good Hope March 31, St.
Helena April 11, and Ascension April 18 ; she
crossed the Line April 23, and touch at St. Vincent
May 2. The Snake experienced fine weather from
Hongkong until the evening of the 12th inst., when
about 40 miles south of the Lizsrd. There, in a
very heavy squall from N.E., by E., a sea struck
her on the port side abaft the mainmast and washed
away about 20 feet of the bulwarks. At the same
time, the cutter was washed away from the crutches
and fell on Lieut. Henry C. Streeten, who
was taking shelter under the bulwarks on
the weather side, and crushed him to death. The
second master, Mr. Samuel M. Spry, was injured.
The Snake spoke, March 19th, in lat. 32 27 S.,
long. 30 22 N., the ship Belvidere ; 21st, off
the Cape of Good Hope, a Russian squadron, con-
sisting of three gunboats and one corvette, home-
ward bound ; 23d, in lat. 34 34 S., long., 23 48
N., the English ship Polonaise, from Sourabays, in
Java. for London, and the English ship Stornoway;
April 3, in let. 29 S., long. 10 40 N., the English
bark Bride, of London, outward bound ; 25th, in lat.
5 2 N., long. 19 30 W., the French bark Le Moise,
outward bound ; May 3, in lat. 19 30 N., long. 25
27 W., the English ship Wave Queen ; and on the
18th, in lat. 48 27 N., long. 94 W., the English bark
Inglewood, of Greenock, homeward bound. The
Snake left at Simon's Bay the screw steam corvette
Orestes, 21, Capt. Alan H. Gardner; the receiving
ship Seringapatam, Capt. James H. Cockburn ; and
the iron screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Captain
George Le G. Bowyear, which arrived on the 11th
from Hongkong, and the passenger ship Verulen,
from Adelaide, homeward bound, were at St. Helena.
The United States screw steam corvette Mohican
was at St. Vincent's.
The Powerful, old sailing line-of-battle ship, did
her last duty yesterday at Portsmouth as a target
ship, The plates tested comprised one rolled, from
Messrs. John Brown and Co., of Sheffield, 15 feet in
length, 3 feet 8 inches in width, and 5 inches in
thickness. The Thames Ironworks sent two ham-
mered plates of about the same dimensions as Messrs.
Brown's. The Mersey Works, Messrs. Clay and
Horsfall's, sent two hammered experimental char-
coal-iron plates of about 5 feet by 3 feet 3 inches, and
5 inches in thickness; and the Millwall Ironworks
sent three of nearly the same dimensions, two of the
three being rolled iron, and the third of steel. The
practice was made as usual under the superintendence
of Capt. H. S. Hewlett, C. 8., with a 95cwt.68 -pounder
gun, and the distance was 200 yards. Messrs.
Brown',, plate received nine shots in one-third of its
lent. One of the Millwall iron plates received eight
shots and the other seven. One of the Thames plates
received eight shots, thus overlapping each other
and four others being edge blows. All these plates
were more severely tested than was the 51-inch
French plate that was recently tried at Ports-
mouth, and all passed the tests with considerably
less injury to the metal than was inflicted on that
plate. The second plate of the Thames Company
was not quite of so good a quality as the first named
and the experimental steel plate of the Millwall
Company broke up under the first shot. The two
Plates manufactured by the Mersey Company were
also easily broken up by the shot. It is necessary,
however, to state with regard to these two plates
that the Mersey Company manufactured them at
the request of a company in the iron trade, having
a peculiar kind of charcoal iron, which they thought
very suitable for armour plates, and which they de-
sired to have tested. The result has, however,
proved it to be utterly unfit for the purpose. As
we have again referred to the French plates it may
not be inopportune to observe that, forming a judg-
ment from the results obtained in the trials of some
hundreds of English plates at Portsmouth, and from
the trials of the two French plates, the manipula-
tion of the metal is far superior in the English to
the French, but that the latter have a great
superiority in the quality of the metal.
paddle-wheel steam vessel Vivid,
Her Majesty's
having been fitted with new boilers, and having
undergone thorough repairs in hull and machinery,
yesterday got up steam under the sheers at Wool-
wich, alongside the dockyard wharf, for an engi.
user's trial, which proved satisfactory. The Vivid
will be ready again for service at the end of the
present month.
The Valiant, iron-cased frigate, 4,063 tons, build-
ing at the Admiralty yard, Poplar, is to be launched
in July. Her armament it has been decided will
be as follows :—Maindeck, 24 68-pounders, 95cwt.
each; six 110-pounder Armstrongs; upper deck, 4
110-pounder Armstrongs—total, 34 guns. By this
arrangement she will have four Armstrong guns on
the upper deck, instead of two as previously
arranged.
The paddle sloop Hydra, in No. 1 dock at Wool-
wich, has undergone extensive repairs. She will
be taken out of dock at the end of next week. Her
armament for surveying service is intended to be as
follows:—One 32-pounder, 50cwt. 9ft.; two 12-
pounder howitzers for boats. This vessel is to be
fitted with a light poop, for a chart room, and is to
be employed in the surveys now in progress by
Captain Spratt in the Mediterranean.
The National Company for Boatbuilding have re-
ceived orders to build a 28-ft. cutter for Woolwich
dockyard by machinery. It is understood that
launches and pinnaces can be built at less expense
by hand labour in the dockyards, as they are built
with two thicknesses of boards arranged diagonally.
This order has been given by the Admiralty to test
the capabilities of the National Company in com-
petition with their dockyards.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George Borlase and
Lieut. Augustus B. C. Booth to the Cossack; Sub-
Lieut. Cosmo F. M. Gordon to the Royal Oak ;
Henry J. 'l'. Hildyard, midshipman, to the Liver-
pool ; W. B. C. Christie, surgeon, to the Esk;
Matthew Coates, assist.-sung., to the Victory, for
Hasler Hospital; F. N. Manning, acting assist.-
surg., to the Esk; Edwin Jsgo, paymaster, to the
Esk; Jas. W. Lishman, paymaster, additional, to
the Pembroke; S. S. L. Needham, assist.-paymas-
ter, to the Excellent ; F. K. Fesenmeyer, assist-pay-
master, to the Esk; and H. G. Dovimman, clerk, to
the Esk.