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London, England, 1863-01-01 00:00:00

CITY STEEPLECHASE.

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Bank 01 England Return--This Day.

An Account, pursuant to t
cap. 32, for the week ending
of Dec., 1862:

le Act 7th and Bth Victoria.
on Wednesday, the 31st day

isms DEPART A"Nr.
Government Debt .£11,015,1C0
L 28,769,195
Goidcoin
it
Bullion 14,119,195
Other Securities .. 3,634,906,
A otes issued ......
Silver Bullion _

X2B 769,195

£28,769,195
BANKING DEPARTMENT•
i'l oprietors' Capi- Government Secu-
t al
Rest £14,553,000 titles ((including
3 120 035 Dead WeightAn-
Public Deposits (in- ' ' nuitY) ... ...... £11,214,873
eluding Exche- Other Securities. .. 21,146,147
quer, Savings' Notes
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na- Gold and Silver 837,228.
Coin
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

counts) 6,338.717
Other Deposits 16,469,254
Seven Day and
other Bills 645,185

X 42,128,191
W.

£12,120,101
MILLER, Deputy Cashier.

Jan. 1, 1843.

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

The masts, yards, and gear for the iron-cased fri-
gate Royal Oak, 50, 800 horse power, completing
for sea at Chatham dockyard, are being prepared at
that establishment by a numerous party of riggers.
A considerable portion of the lower or standing
rigging, the whole of which will be of galvanized
iron wire, has been already sent up and fitted to
the lower masts, and very fair progress has been
made in the work. The shed under which the line-
of-battle screw steamer Bulwark, 91, 800 horse
power, is building—the progress of which is for the
present suspended—is being used as a workshop by
the riggers. The Royal Oak, like the Defence and
others of our large iron ships, will be what is
termed bark rigged, and will carry comparatively
little sail aloft, while, on the other hand, she will
spread a larger extent of lower canvass than many
of the largest line-of-battle ships. This arrange-
ment will, it is expected, do away in a great mete-
sure with the rolling propensities of large iron
shipe, so apparent in the Warrior and Black Prince
during a gale. To correct the same defect, the
machinery of the Royal Oak has been placed as near
her " floors" as possible. In three or four weeks
the plating will be completed. Considerable addi-
tional strength has been imparted to the sternpost
by partially doing away with the screw well, or
aperture, for lifting the screw to the upper deck,
In the case of the Royal Oak the screw will only
be raised as high as the main deck, and then only
on occasions when it is necessary to repair it. The
whole of the machinery has been fitted on board,
and, so far as the engineering department is con-
cerned, there is nothing to prevent the Royal Oak
steaming out of harbour to-morrow. The engines
have horizontal double piston rods, and are direct
acting. They are of 800 horse power (nominal), but
are capable of being worked up to 3000 horse power.
The operation of testing the engines by means of
hydraulic pressure was effected a few days since
under the superintendence of Mr. Warriner, on
the part of Messrs. Maudslay, Son, and Field,
the contractors,:when, with a pressure of 40Ibs. to the
square inch on the whole of the boilers, condensers,
and cylinders, not the slightest flaw could be
detected. The ordinary working pressure on the
engines will be 201 b. to the square inch, so that the
trial was made with a pressure they will rarely, if
ever, be called on to sustain. It was originally in-
tended to fit the Royal Oak with what is termed a
telescopic bowsprit, which would admit of its being
either lengthened or shortened as occasion required.
This plan has, however, been modified, and she will
now be supplied with an iron bowsprit, which will
be so fitted as to be drawn up in l perpendicular
direction should it be necessary to use the Royal
Oak as a steam ram, for which her enormous size
and weight well qualify her. Although galled a
50 gun frigate, the Royal Oak will, in rea2itY,
mount only 33 guns, nearly the whole of which wiLI
be the largest Armstrongs. All, with the exception
of two guns, will be placed on her main dock. Her
portholes—which are comparatively small, being
only 3ft. 10in. in length, by 2ft. in width—are, in
fact, embrasures, which allow of the guns having a
play of 32 degrees in each direction—thus working
in a radius of 64 degrees. c ,It,.
`The Termagant, screw frigate, 25 guns, hell
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at
Hall, having taken out her powder d
yesterdayinspected,
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steamedbepaidinto
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class Steam Reserve.
The Prometheus, 5, 200 horse power, which was
undocked at Chatham' Dockyard a few days since
I to allow of the iron paddlewheel steamer 13,9cruit,
6, 100 horse power, being placed in the mane
deck to undergo some very extensive repairs
is ordered to be thoroughly surveyed by several
of the master-shipwrights connected with the
various dockyards, with the view to ascer-
tain whether the defects in that vessel are of
such a nature as to allow of her repair. During the
time the Prometheus was in dock she underwent te
survey at the hands of the dockyard officials, the
result of which was the discovery that mositaonfkiptc
timbers were exceedingly rottenthe
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, Aii dothe:.Peicra_.),ava
very defective. Her engines and
been taken out and placed in the
favourable she will either b "°ll.senot
should the special report to the A
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sel;a auonnud-t
an old ves-
oriTtinie since she was to.tilt; of the service. The
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Private letter reeervea from her Majesty's screw
Commander Lethbridge,
dtroopd-isahniiPaica,
Dec, 2, announce her arrival at that
w2BithdßayosyaflrAomrtilGierrayv,ewsehniedh,
hapafltcalecrbeaeoenletlhaanded there. The Artillery relieved at
Jamaica by those disembarked from the Adventure
Were to embark, with 200 of the 2d Native Infan-
try, in the Adventure on Dec. 3, and proceed to
Barbadoes and others of the West India islands,
relieving the various detachments of troops sta-
tioned at each in their turn. The Adventure was
expected to be absent from Jamaica on this duty
from four to five weeks. On Nov. 19 a heavy
thunderstorm was encountered.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Edward S. Richards, to the
Forte ; Lieut. William H. Heaton, to the Russell)
Lieut. Francis P. Renshaw, to the Firefly; Valn-
tine F. Johnson, _
master, to the Malacca ; (3_,eaovr.g,°.
J, Willes, surgeon, to the Egmont ;Dr.
Bowman
son, surgeon, to the Meeanee ; 11. /V. !
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President; J. C. Payne,
paymaster, Charles
Jobn_lraesh_field, pyays,
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paymaster, additional, to thie tiger ; Henry
Royal Adelaide; R.
Johnson, nominated totoa
Hobart, midshipman,
beeetrk, to the Hawke.
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Gilbert ;
S. Gray, second
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According oan official document in the Vsetana
Gazettd, the public debt of Austria amounted at the
end of June, 18621 to 2,445 millions of florins. The debt
belonging to the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom is Comprised
in that sum for 70 millions of flyrins. The debt of the
land, indemnity amounted on the Ist of April last to 941
millions of florins, and is not comprised in the above 119.132 ed
sum.