The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1863,

QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY,

correctness of the accounts which had been placed before
the shareholders. (Loud applause.)
Mr. SAMUEL STITT moved—" .I.That the thanks of this
meeting be presented to the directors in London, Glasgow,
Montreal, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Manchester,
and Bristol, and to the bilkers, of the various branches, and
to the agents at home and.abroarl, for their past services."
(Applause.) .
Mr. PATRICK liuNTER seconded the resolution. The
directors and agents, both at home and abroad, had worked
an-siduously and zealously, and deserved the warmest thanks
of the shareholders.

The motion was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. BRUCE, chairman of the London boare, acknow-
ledged the vote.
The CHAIRMAN moved—" That the thanks of this meet-
ing be presented to the manager and actuary, cub• manager,
and the medical and legal officers of the company, for their
past services." He said he was glad to bo able to give his
testimony to the very great zeal and the very great ability
with which Mr. Wilson, the manager, and Mr. Leyland, the
sub-manager, had acted in the interat of the company.
(Applause.) And he might also add, that their thanks
were due to Mr. Turnbull for the close attention he had paid
to his duties, Mr. Wilson and Mr, Leyland were unwearied
in their labours to promote the prosperity of the company;
and the gratifying way in which the officers generally had
worked afforded to the dircetora the greatest satisfaction.
(Applause,)
Mr. BRUCE seconded the resolution, and said he did not
think there were two men in the kingdom who could do
more or show a more hearty zeal in the management of the
affairs of an insurance company, than Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Leyland. (Applause.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. WILSON having briefly acknowledged the compli-
ment that bad been:paid to himself and to his fellow officers,
said that, from the Pub-manager, Mr. Leyland, the greatest
possible assistance had always, and in every way, been re-
ceived. Mr. Leyland was an admirable officer : and although
he regretted that that gentleman was being removed from
Liverpool, yet it was satisfactory to know that he was going
to the London management of the " Queen "—a policy that
be believed would very largely increase the business of the
company in London.

Mr. FOWLER, of London, moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman for presiding,
The CHAIRMAN having briefly acknowledged the compli-
ment, constituted the meeting into an extraordinary one, for
the purpose of carrying out certain alterations in the deed
of settlement, which, after a long investigation by various
committees of the board, had been found necessary.
The alterations, after an explanation from Mr. Haigh,
the solicitor, were unanimously approved.
Thiti terminated the proceedings,

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The iron frigate Recruit, 6,150-hOrse power, in dock at
Chatham, has been taken in hand by the mechanics and
shipwrights to make good her defects prior to being de-
spatched on any service for which she may be intended. In
consequence of the unfavourable reports made to the Admi-
ralty on her steaming and sailing capabilities on the occa-
sion of her late trial trip, arising chiefly from the vast
quantity of stores on board and her unnecessarily heavy
armament, directions have been received at the dockyard
for her armament to be reduced by two 32-pounders—one
from the fore sponson on the starboard side, and the other
from the after sponson on the port side. A considerable por-
tion of her stores have also been removed into the dockyard,
by which her trim will be very much improved. It was pro-
posed by the Admiralty to employ the Recruit as a tender
to convey the officials and workmen to and from Chatham
dockyard to the harbour's mouth while the Achilles was
fitting for sea, but from the reports since made to their
lordships it seems improbable that she will be employed on
that service.

The screw steam frigate Liverpool, 39, Capt. R. Lam-
bert, which left the Mersey on Sunday, at noon, arrived
yesterday at Plymouth, She experienced strong winds from
the south-west with very heavy weather. Her defects are
slight, but she will probably be docked. The Liverpool
is one of the Channel squadron. There is some expectation
of her being sent to reinforce the fleet on the North Ame-
rican station.

The Columbine, 6, screw gun vessel, Commander J. L.
H. Ward, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to
the anchorage at Spithead, on the completion of her re-
pairs and outfit for service in tho Pacific.

The new long dock in Devonport Dockyard proper, con-
structed on the sites of docks No. 1 and 2, which were one
inside the other, was occupied yesterday for the first time
by the iron screw steam frigate Black Prince, 41, Captain
James F. B. Wainwright, of 6,109 tons. At present she
draws 24ft. Gin. forward and 26ft. 10in, aft, and, although
two days only have elapsed since the lowest neap tides at
Plymouth, there was a depth of water in the dock yester•
day, at 12.30 a.m., of 30ft. Rear-Admiral Thomas M. C.
Symonds, C. 8., the Superintendent of the yard, and the
principal officers were in attendance, Among the spectators
was the Archbishop of Canterbury, now on a visit to
the west of England. The Black Prince has all her guns
and stores on board. The first British chip which entered
a dock similarly equipped was the Prince Regent, 78 guns,
2,762 tons, at Sheerness, in 1863. She went in when the
tides were at the full. It is expected that the new long dock
at Davenport will hereafter be called the Prince's Dock.
The paddle-v heel steam surveying vessel Hydra sailed
yesterday from Plymouth for the Mediterranean,

which the whole of the establishment is supplied with water,
and by which every precaution is provided against fire.
Preparations are in progress in Woolwich dockyard for
carrying out the designs of the Admiralty to prepare at that
yard, with as much expedition as possible, the whole of the
armour-casing intended for the Enterprise, Favourite, and
Pallas, as well as the future ships on Mr. Reed's design to
be built at Woolwich and Deptford. Various kinds of ma-
chinery have been received, and are in course of erection,
for that purpose, from Messrs. Smith, Beaceek, and Tari-
rett, of Leeds, and Glascow of Manchester, namely, band-
ing, planing, and slotting machines. The old shed is to be
lengthened by a couple of spacious wings, capable of afford-
ing room for double the amount of machinery employed in
preparing the plates for the Caledonia, and all the avail-
able space adjoining the shed has been taken up and en-
closed.