The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-15 00:00:00

N°. 22,114,

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1863

THE DAR I FORD CREEK PAPER-MILL
COMPANY (L mated).
Capital .C 150,00, in 15,000 shares of £lO each, of which £9 per
share will be called up.
Deposit £1 on Application, and £2 on Allotment.
Calls not to exceed £3, at intervals of not less than three
months.
To be Registered under tbe Companies Act, fBC2, whereby
each subscriber's liability is strictly limited to the amount of
his subscriptions.

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

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Com-
mander W. S. H. Johnstone, left Plymouth on Wed-
nesday for Pembroke, with Commander Paul, assist.
master attendant of the dockyard, and a party of
riggers, artisans, and seamen, who will navigate
the screw stem frigate Prince Consort, 35, of 4,045
tons, to D,:vonport, for the purpose of advancing
her fittings.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

THIRD EDITION of LIVE IT DOWN,
By J. C. JEAFFRESON.

DinEctons.
Sir John C. Dalrymple Iby, Bart., M.P., Chairman, 44, St.
James's-place, St. James's-square, S.W.
Thomas Brascey, Esq., 50, Lowncles-Fquare, W.
William Dope, Esq., 14, Park-lane, W.
John Horatio Lloyd, Esq., 1, King's Bench-walk, Temple,
E.C.
lion. Wm. Napier, 54, Green-street. Grosvenor. square, W.
John Folliott Powell, Esq., 7, Albion-place, Hyde Park-
square, W.

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" This story will satisfy most readers ; it is full, well
cons dered, tnd well worked out. The p.ot is broad, and
the interest goes on increasing to the last page. It is by far
the best work of fiction air. Jeaffreson has yet written."—
Atherfeum.

The screw steamship Princess Royal, 73, recently
i❑ the first division of the steam reserve in Ham°, z
has been completed at Ihvonport for sea service, and
will probably be put in commission in a few days.
It is reported there that she will bear the flag of
the present First Secretary to the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, Rear-Admiral Lord C. Paget, C. 8., M.P.,
and that his Lordship will succeed to the command
of the North American and West Indian station, in
succession to Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Ales.
Milne,

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BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel court,
Throgmorton-street, E C.
BANKERS. _

Messrs. Spooner, Alt‘% nods, and Co , 27, Gracechurch
ttreet, E.C.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. West and Ring, 3, Charlotte-place, Mansion-
house, E.C.
Offices-2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, SW.

1. The object of this enterp ise is to take advantage of the
impulse given to the Manufacture of Paper by the repeal of
the Excise 1: uties, ur der cir limstances pecuiiarly favourable,
the materials being obtained by a patent process in full ope-
ration, at prices very h ghly remunerative, as compared with
the cos, of similar products in the o. en market.
2. It is well known that very large fortunes have been
realised in this trade and the removal of a Tax which
amounted to £2O to :5 per cent. upon the value of first-class
News and Printing Papers, at a time when there is a con-
stantly increa ing demand for the supply of Books, Periodi-
cals, Newspapers, and Writing Papers, ensures a large and
very remunerative business to a manufactory situated close
to the metropolis, erected on the most scientific plane, with
the greatest regard to economy of production by the savin;
of labour and the introduc ion of machinery of the most per-
fect description.
3. Under the powers of the Limited Liability Act of 1862,
it is proposed to purchase at their actu cost, the under-
takiags of the }Africk Forest Paper Mill Company and the
Ulmate of Ammonia Company, and to carry them on under
the title of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company.
4. Ihe works of the Ulmate or Ammonia Company were
established in 18(10, on t'ie Thames, at Grays, in Essex, for
the purpose of working Ward's Patents for obtaining paper-
making materials from rags of mixed fabrics, and a valuable
manure powder from the res due. The patent process has
proved, mechanically and commercially, completely success-
ful, and workin by day only, the machinery produces 25 tons
of paper-making material per we k, and about the same
quantity of powder, containing' bout 15 per cent. of soluble
nitrogen, estimated as ammonia, closely approaching in rich-
ness to the best qualities of Peruvian guano.
5. In 1882, a lar l for ma ,ufacturin into paper the
fibrous products ofthe av,rks at Grays, in mixture with other
materials, was erected on the Dartford Creek, by the well-
known engineering firm, Messrs. Easton, Amos, and Sons,
with every recognised practical improvement in construction
and machinery. Driven by steam power, abundantly supplied
with the purest water from an Artesian well, with coal and
materials by water carriage, and cheap transport for the
paper by rail to London, the power and economy of produc-
tion have proved highly advantageous as compared with
mills located, as the great majority still are, on country
streams, on which they are more or less dependent for mo-
tive power and for water for working purposes.
6. The present turn out of the Paper Mill is 16 tons of news
and print ng papers per week made to order, and the works
were built so as to admit of the doubing of the production,
at an outlay very largely below the cost of the original under-
taking.

Orders have been issued by the Board of Admi-
ralty to extend the arrangements at Woolwich so as
shipwrights are to be to hasten the Jompletion of the amour cased ship
Caledonia. Additional
in-
creased twofold. The armour shed is to be length-
ened 80 feet, so as to fit up additional machinery. A
second bending machine, supplied by Messrs. West-
wood, Baillie, and Co., of the Isle of Dogs, is being
erected, which is said to be the largest and most
powerful hydraulic apparatus yet made. The ram
is 28 inches in diameter. The cylinder is made of
wrought iron, and the upper and lower cross heads
are of cast iron, and weigh 34 tons. The upper cross
head is kept in place by four wrought iron screwed
columns, which are fitted with large nuts to adjust
the height. Tne water is forced into the cylinder
by a pairof gun metal pumps,which are so arranged
that they can be worked by hand or steam power.
A gauge is fitted to the machine to indicate the
amount of pressure required for bending armour
plates of various thicknesses. The total weight of
the machine is 55 tons, and it is guaranteed by the
makers to work up to a pressure of 1,800 tons.
Since the arrival of the apparatus at the dockyard
every portion of it has been carefully inspected by
persons connected with the Russian agency in Lon-
don, with a view of purchasing similar machinery
for the Russian Government. One of the kind is
also to be fitted up at the dockyard at Pembroke.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. F. S. Tremlett, to
the Impregnable; Capt. Hon. F. A. Foley, to the
Revenge; Capt. G. T. Hornby, to the Edgar, vice
Foley; Commander T. H. M. Martin, to the Buz-
zard, vice Ingram promoted ; Commander W.
Arthur, to the Landrail, vice Martin ; Commander
H. D. Grant, to the Rosario, vice Graham super-
seded at his own request ; Commander F. Harvey,
tothenedSiet,eatdo heyt,Gt;ran Commandert T. Le H.
; Commander H. C.
ma j
Ward, to the Columbine; Commander W. F. Irwin
to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard,
viceler
vice Warren, whose period of service has expired ;
Peter Butler, engineer to the Columbine; Herbert
Woolley, engineer, to the Alert ; Chas. J. Inches,
engineer, to the Leander; W. E. L. Veale, pay-
master, to the Cossack ; Francis B. Moore, assist.-
paymaster, to the Cossack; I. C. Gray and J. J.
Rose, assist.-engineers, to the Columbine; C. C.
Hyde and K. M'Caskill, assist-engineers, to the
Alert ; Ashby N. lanes, clerk, to the Cossack ; F.
R. Howe, clerk, to the Blenheim ; and F. B. Gil-
bert, assist.-clerk, to the Orlando.

7. The capital in actual cost and working
funds of the Ulmate of Ammonia Com-
pany, is
The cost of the Paper Mill is
The estimated cost of tt e proposed exten-
sion, including increased cottage accom-
modation and contingencies
.. 30,000 0 0

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Total ................ £117,000 0 0
Add for increase of working cap tal ...... 18,000 0 0

Total
S. 41350n0 OTo carry out the intended purchase, to double, the scale
of the Paper Mill, to utilise to the fulle.t extent the produc-
tive power of the works at Grays, and to provide the necessary
working funds, it is proposed to raise a capital of £150,000, in
shares of £lO each, of which £15,000 will remain uncalled as
a fund of credit, deemed highly d sirable for the safe and
profitable working of a Limited Company.
9. After providing for every • onttngency, the net profits
calculated upon the present working and receipts, as applied
to the enlarged production, viz., 32 to 36 tons of paper, and
25 to 30 tons of manure powder, perweek, will be from £20,(0,) to £25,000 per annum, accordinq: to the condition of the mar-
kets, giving a dividend of from 15 to 20 per cent., v,ith pros-
pects of considerable increase upon favourable developments
of general trade, which it is well known is depressed by the
state of affairs in America, and other di,turbing. causes.
A very large share of the capital has already been sub-
scribed by the present owners of the properties.
Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
obta,ned from the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or at the
Offices of the Company.
Applications for shares must be made in the form annexed
to the prospectus, accompanied by the deposit of £1 per share.
If no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full ;
and if a less number be allotted than is applied for, the sur-
plus will be used towards the payment on allotment.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Da
Lrtford
d) Creek Paper Mill Company
(imite.
Gentlemen,—Having t aid to your Bankers the sum of
£ , I request that you will allot to me shares of £lO
each in the Dartford t'reek Paper Mill Company (Limited).
These or any less number which may be allotted to me I
hereby agree to accept pursuaq to the Articles of Associa-
tion, and to pay the remainder of the deposit and the calls
thereon when required so to do, and I request you to place
my name on the Ite,;ister of Shareholders for the shares so
allotted.

Name in full
Address
Profession
Dat-
signature ..
N.8.--This form, when filled up and signed, to be left with
the Bankers on payment of the de, osit,

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of Irish and Americans arrived, who were received
with the same exuberant Nelcome from the people.
It is expected that within a fortnight no fewer than
I 38 New York regiments will have returned—men
inured to war, whom Gen. hooker and the Govern-
ment can ill spare, but who obstinately refuse to re-
enlist under commanders in whom they have no
eenfidence and fora cause which they have ceased
to approve.
A number of thestrong-mitided young women and
:fed spinsters, together with a sprinkling of the
female doctors, lecturers, and preachers for wham
New England is famous, have formed themselves
into a "Loyal League," the objects of which arc to
discourage shopping at millinery, mercer:, and
tither establishments, the proprietors of which do
❑ot thoroughly approve the war and Mr. Lincoln's
policy ; and to cease all social intercourse with gen-
tlemen and ladies who so far sympathise with the
Southern people as to think that eight millions of
them ought not to be exterminated for the sake of
giving immediate and unconditional freedom to four
millions of negroes. It is probable that the real
gentlemen and ladies of New England will not
grieve overmuch at exclbision from the tea-tables of
such vulgar Xantippes, and equally possible that
the prosperous traders of the cities of New England
may not suffer much pecuniary loss for want of the
custom of people who are probably as poor in purse
as they are in charity. The movement is of no fur-
ther importance than to show how much more
odious a civil war is than any other, and what an
evil influence it exercises upon the minds of that
gentle sex whose privilege it is, and whose pleasure
it should be, to allay violent and bloodthirsty pas-
sions rather than excite them. Another kind of
"league," formed by the women of New England,
deserves as much praise as this deserves reproba-
tion. Having heard that the soldiers in camp are
liable to scurvy and other cutaneous diseases, for
want of an adequate supply of fresh vegetables, and
especially of onions, some kind-hearted rather than
strong-minded women have formed themselves into
an " Onion League," the main objects of which are
to promote the growth of onions, and to forward
them free of charge for the use of the soldiers in all
the armies of the Republic. Such patriotism may
be homely, but it is true. Better the humblest
sister of an " Onion League" than a whole wilder-
ness of female ranters like Miss Dickenson ; for
the same reason that ono Florence Night-
ingale in the hospitals of the Crimea recommends
herself more heartily to the love and good-
will of all mankind than 50 regiments of viragoes,
unsexed, unnatural, and consequently disagreeable.
Frederick Douglass, the negro orator, and beyond
all comparison the most able man of his colour in
America, lectured in Dr. Cheever's church, on Wed-
nesday, to a large audience, of whom three-fourths
were whites, on the "Present and Future Prospects
of the Coloured Race" in this country. He took
high ground on behalf of his people, and asserted
that nothing but civil and political equality, and
the full enjoyment of all the rights, privileges, and
immunities of any other portion of the community

would satisfy the negro race either during or after
the war. He said nothing about social equality,
being a man of too much good sense to moot the
point among a people whose whole course of public
and private life is a protest against it whenever it
becomes a question of a man or woman with the
smallest portion of black blood in his or her veins.
He said it had been charged that the negro in a
state of freedom would die out, like the red race,
before the onward progress of the white man ; " but
he opined if slavery had failei to kill him, he would
not be exterminated by liberty." Herein Mr.
Douglass mistook both the fact and. the argument.
It is e.eserted and proved that in the free North,

principally from climatic and partly from social
causes, the annual number of negro births is ex-
ceeded by the number of deaths; and that, con-
sequently, the race is surely, though it may be
slowly, in process of extinction. It is not asserted
that either in a state of slavery or of freedom
in the South—where the climate is highly con-
genial to their increase—the negroes would die out.
The idea is that they would be driven out, or exter-
minated as the red men have been, if there were no
means of compelling them to labour upon the soil.
This idea is not only entertained by the Southern
slave-owners, but by the President of the United
States, who sees no hope for free negroes anywhere
within the boundaries of the late United States, and
thinks the best thing that can be done for the whole
black population is to transport it back to its native
Africa, or drive it down into Central America. Mr.
Douglass may be excused for thinking differently,
but it is not the negroes, bat the white men, who
will decide the great question of the destiny of
these people, so useful in the South—so hated, des-
pised, and oppressed in the AVcst and the North•
So difficult is the question that even the Govern-
ment of Mr. Lincoln, which has declared itself in
favour of the freedom of the race, has unexpectedly
found itself acting the part of the slave-owner,

without these guarantees for kind treatment which
the personal relations of the master to his slave
inspire and perpetuate. Adjutant-General Thomas
in Louisiana, finding himself encumbered with too

many negroes, who had freed themselves by the
simple expedient of running away from their mas-
ters, has issued an official order, proposing that the
plantations of rebels seized under the Confiscation
Act shall be leased out to substantial farmers for
the benefit of the Government, and that the Govern-

ment shall supply the lessees with compulsory negro
labour, to be paid for at a certain daily rate. In
other words, he proposes to re-establish " involun-
tary servitude"—tho polite Southern euphemism

for slavery—paying a money wage instead of a
wage in kind, as was the Southern custom; and with
this difference to the disadvantage of the negro that
when he is unable to work he shall no longer be en-
titled to receive any pay. The Tribune, whom none
will accuse of hostility to the Government, or to
any of its agents employed in the difficult task of
giving freedom and sustenance to the slave, de-
nounces the project as nothing but slavery under
a new guise. " Under such a system," it says, "it

is inevitable that the estates will be leased by
speculators, and no amount of care or superinten-
dence by the Government commissioners will be able
to protect the negrocs from oppression, cruel treat-
ment, and overwork. Except that punishment by
the lash is forbidden, they will be if possible worse
off than on the same plantations und
Terhe thei
ownrer of
old
masters and in undisguised slavery.
slaves had the inducement of self interest net to go
beyond a certain point in his exactions and abuses.
The lessee is freed from any such restraint, and by
the terms of his contract, which is to expire in less
than a year, his only interest is to get all possible
work in the shortest possible time out of his la
hewers. Idle stipulations, impossible of enforce-
ment, will not fetter an unscrupulous speculator
such as most of these lessees arc likely • to be. "What-
ever the contract says about humane treatment Nsiti
be operative just so far as direct
and
emnpuision mike it so, andsupervision
The Northern
The
e)lic has yet further."
iliuctolcarn on the
War is on:
negro question.
of the dangers Which ignorant I ening its eyes to some
malignant philanthropists veeoPhrialsol7lyph:iriscoaunnd-
tered ; and the negro himself is learn" • especially
whatever in the North, that learning
may become of the war
in other respects no good likely to result to his
unfortunate rac^p accd between the upper mill
stone of slavery
andthe
Pauperism and
social degradation.
It may be remembered that the military authori-
ties of Indiana arrested Judge Constable of Illinois,
on the judgment seat, on the charge of having ille-
gally set at liberty some persons brought before
him accused of desertion. Judge Constable, hav-
ing
been detained in prison for near:y a mouth,
succeeded in bringing his case before the Supe-
rior Court of his native State, by whom he %vas
ordered to be immediately discharged from
custody. Judge Constable has no redress for the