The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-12 00:00:00

CARNARVON AND LLANBERIS.

. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at
offices, Victoria-street, Westminster ; Mr. T. Turner
in the chair.

The report stated that the line would connect the
populous and rich mineral district of Llanberis
with Carnarvon, and would be one of the most
remunerative lines in North Wales. There would
be a large passenger traffic, arising from the
quarry works which were in operation at Llanberis
audits neighbourhood. The favourite route to Snow-
don being via Carnarvon and Llanberis, the line
could not fail to be largely resorted to by tourists,
The quarry owners at Llanberis were extending
their operations, and a very large increase in the
tonnage of slate might be looked for.
The report of the engineer stated that the com-
pany were in possession of nearly four miles of land,
on which the heaviest part of the work was in pro-
gress. In the course of the present month possession
would be obtained of three miles of additional land.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the reports were
adopted, and the retiring directors and auditors were
re-elected.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The iron lower masts for the iron-clad frigate
Lord Warden, 24, 1,000-horse power, have been
completed by the Woodside Iron Company, to

which was confided the work of preparing them from
the plans and drawings prepared by the Admiralty,
and a notification has been received at Chatham
dockyard that they have been placed on board the
Edith steamer for conveyance to that establishment.
The Terpischore, 18, has been brought up the har-
bour from the sailing reserve squadron, in readiness
to ship the Lord Warden's iron masts until that
frigate is ready to receive them. The iron lower
masts for the armour-plated frigate Bellerophon,
nearly ready for launching at Chatham, are also
being manufactured by the Woodside Iron Com-
pany, for the sum of £1,445. The upper masts and
yards of the Bellerophon will be of steel, and these
are now in course of manufacture by the firm of
Messrs. Jackson and Watkins, for the sum of
£1,050.

The screw gun vessel Serpent, 4, 200 horse power,
attached to the steam reserve in the Medway, is
now in the hands of the shipwrights and engineers
for the purpose of undergoing a thorough refit,
overhaul, and repair, as she is required for a length-
ened commission in Eastern waters, where she will
be employed as a surveying ship on the coast of
Japan, under the orders of Commander Bullock.

The paddlewheel steamer Barracouta, 6, 1,053
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tons, 300 horse power, preparing for the first-class
Chatham steam reserve, is having an extensive re-
pair effected to her hull and machinery. The recent
survey of this steamer by the officials connected with
the master shipwright's staff has led to the disco-
very that the defects are more serious than at first
supposed. She is now being supplied with a new
main deck, and will be in the mechanics' hands for
some time to come.

The Shannon, screw wooden frigate, Capt. Oliver
J. Jones, was paid out of commission yesterday at
Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Captain
H. Caldwell, C. 8., commanding H.M.S. Asia and
the steam reserve at the port. Symon Lynn, boat-
swain's-mate, and William Martin, captain of the
afterguard, are recommended to the Admiralty
for medals and gratuities for good conduct and
long service, agreeably to the regulations in force in
her Majesty's navy. The Shannon was first com-
manded by Capt. F. B. Wainwright, and under his
command made a most important series of trials
with screws of various forms and arrangements of
blades over the measured mile course in Stokes Bay,
near Portsmouth. The trials commenced on the
16th of May, 1862, and concluded on the 7th of
July following. Capt. Wainwright being afterwards
appointed to the iron frigate Black Prince, was suc-
ceeded in the command of the Shannon by Capt.
0. J. Jones, the officer who paid her out of com-
mission yesterday. Extraordinary rumours have
been current from time to time during the period of
Capt. Jones's command, which have been revived
since the arrival of the ship in England. They should
certainly be inquired iuto for the good of the service.
Her Majesty's screw steamship Revenge, 73,
Capt. the Hon. Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, ar-
rived in Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon. She
left at Malta, March 25, the Victoria, Resistance,
Royal Oak, Enterprise, and Hibernia ; and at
Gtbraltar, April 4, the Racoon and Procris. The
Revenge brings home 22 invalid soldiers, 16 women
and 40 children, in charge of Lieut. Dooner, Bth
Regiment. She spoke March 27 the Grecian and
the Atlas, bound to Malta ; 31st, the Felicia ; April

1, the Italian ; 6th, the yacht Falcon;
hBththeNes-
tor and the steamship Delta ; and Ili , the Clyde.
In accordance with existing orders promulgated
at Chatham, the Ist (Capt. J. M. H. Maitland's)
company Of Royal Engineers will leave that gar-
rison on the 27th inst. and embark for Canada, for
the purpose of being employed in engineering
duties connected with the defences of the fron-
tier. The company is now doing duty at Alder-
shot Camp. Previously to its embarcation it will
be augmented to-its proper strength from the non-
commissioned officers and men at the Royal Engineer
establishment, Chatham, who have completed their
engineering instruction, together with their practical
course of study on the field-works, in the formation
of batteries, earthworths, and other defences. An ,

order also has been received at Chatham directing
the 23d (Capt. R. G. Thorold's) company of Royal.
Engineers to be held in readiness to embark for
their turn of colonial service at the Cape of Good
Hope. The company, previous to leaving Chatham,
will go through a course of ball practice at the Go-
vernment rifle range.

The sixth battalion of the Military Train passed
through Liverpool yesterday en route from the Cur-
ragh to Aldershot.

The wrought-iron carriages for heavy guns of the
kind now in general use by the Blakeley Ordnance
Company have at length been introduced with the
approval of the War Department. Notwithstanding
the many obstacles which were thrown in the way of
their earlier introduction, there appears to be no
doubt that they are superior to the old wooden car-
riages. The first carriage and platform designed by
Lieut.-Col. Shaw, R.A., AssistantzSuperintendent of
the Royal Carriage Department at Woolwich Arsenal,
were yesterday tested at the Woolwich butt. The
huge 600-pounder gun, known familiarly by the name
of " Big Will," was mounted on it, and was firedwith
a charge of 601 b. of powder and a shot weighing 5141 b.
Great interest was felt throughout the garrison to
witness the trial, and there were present, among
others, Major-Gen. Wilford, R.E., late Governor of
the Royal Military Academy ; Rear-Admiral Gold-
smith, C.B. ; Prof. Airey, the Astronomer Royal ; Col.
Mundy, acting commandant of the garrison, and staff ;
Col. Huyshe, R.A. ; Col. Middleton, C.B. ; Col.
Anderson, C. 8.; Lieut.-Col. Reilly, C. 8., and
many others. Major Freeth, Inspector of Ordnance
at Woolwich, directed the proof, and after the first
round it was discovered that some of the bolts in-
tended to secure the transom, to which the compres-
sor abuts at the rear of the carriage, had become
displaced. The recoil was only 2ft. The result was
that the trial could not be proceeded with. The
whole framework was otherwise perfectly sound.
The further trial is postponed for a few days in
order to repair the defect.
The undermentioned have been nominated to
naval cadetships :—G. Elias, J. G. Podeine, W. G.
Forbes, M. F. Lather, A. H. Lindesay, and H. K.
L. Phillips.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—W. H. Dutton, paymaster, ad-
ditional, to the Irresistible; and I. Hanbury, assist-
ant-surgeon, additional, to the Sutlej.
The following appointments have been made inthe
Royal Naval Reserve—To be Sub-Lieuts., William
Purnell Newman and Wm. Henry Terry.