The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-14 00:00:00

Kent and Co., Paternoster-row.

Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58., by post free, ss. 6d.,
(I N THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of
STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they
so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be
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By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,
And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the
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Mr. DE JERSEY said that the present bridge had
only been built 100 years, and that '2O years ago
£90,000 were expended upon it, and they were told
that it would last for ever by some of the most emi-
nent engineers. (A laugh.) Thili opinion turned
out to be erroneous, but itAvas (17ot until the year
1861 that there was any suggestion for the erection
of a new bridge. (Hear.) The hon. member pro-
ceeded at some length to urge various objections to
hdisop opinion
thein i°n
recommendationthat it would
the proposed scheme for a three-arch bridge, and
bcoenecnlutidreedl
y premature
eing to adopt
of the committee, who, in his opinion, had exceeded
their authority, and that the interests of the public
and of the corporation also demanded that the
whole subject should undergo further considera-
tion. _

ine which Mr.Lusk,
Alderman Mechi, Mr.
Mr. asked the chairman of the
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tehHear furthersr,ritsooonkd, i spi‘calarrst. st i
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withdraw his motion, and consent to
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the proposition for the further consideration of the
subject.
Mr. VALLANCE (chairman of the Bridge-house
Estates Committee) at once consented to doso ; and
he said that, without reference to the apparent
feeling of the court, it appeared to him that since
their last meeting, in consequence of the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway Company having
applied to Parliament and introduced a bill autho-
rising them to erect a large station on the south
side of the bridge, the position of affairs was so al-
tered that he was free to admit that he felt himself
that it would not be advisable to proceed with the
erection of a new bridge at present, and that the
subject ought to undergo further consideration.
(Hear, hear.) He should therefore, with the consent
of the court, withdraw his motion that the report of
the committee be agreed to. (Hear, hear.)
The amendment of Deputy Fry was then put as
an original motion.
Mr. J. PARKER moved, as an amendment, that
the matter should be referred to a special ward com-
mittee. _ _

_______
Deputy OBBARD seconded the amendment, but it
was negatived by a very large majority. The origi-
dneaellaarmedentodmbeenctarorfieDd.eputy Fry was then put and

The court adjourned after a protracted sitting.

THE NA VY.

The Glasgow, screw frigate, built at Portsmouth
from designs furnished from the office of Sir Bald-
win Welker, K.C.8., when that distinguished
officer was Survayor_otlhe _ Navy, and recently
launched at Portsmouth, made her first official trial
of speed yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes
Bay. The Glasgow is of 3,038 tons, being 424 tons
larger than the Victory, flagship of the Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth, or than the Britannia, naval
cadet training ship at Portland, both of which are
three deckers. Her engines are of 600-horse power
nominal, from the manufactory of Messrs. Raven-
hill, Salkeld, and Co., working with a Griffith pro-
peller.' 'Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding the re-
serve at the port, had charge of the ship, which was
under way at an early hour, and by 10 a,m. had
steamed outside well to the southward. The ship's
head was soon afterwards brought round, and she
was at once placed on the trial ground, over which
she made six runs, the mean of which gave the ship
a speed in knots of 13.200, with the maximum
number of revolutions at 60 ; pressure of steam
201 b.; vacuum, 25; draught of water forward,l7ft.
10in., and aft 19ft. 6in. It will be seen by these
figures that the ship was at a light draught, but the
result was satisfactory and the performance of the
machinery was everything that could be wished
for, there being no hot bearings or failure of any
kind throughout. Messrs. Murdoch and Miller
superintended the trial on behalf of the Govern-
ment ; Mr. John Ravenhill and Mr. Hodges at-
tended on the part of the contractors, the engines
being in charge of their foreman, Mr. Elliott.
A committee has been formed, by directions from
the Admiralty, of Capts. Wilson and Coote, of her
Majesty's ships Victory and St. Vincent; Com-
mander Loukin, Master-Attendant at Portsmouth ;
Commander Noddall, Royal Clarence-yard; Mr.
Bodie, master, R.N. ; and Mr. Hooper, paymaster,
R.N., as secretary, to revise the regulations of Ports-
mouth harbour.

The Resistance, 18, iron steam frigate, fitting at
Chatham, has had 50 additional hands placed on her
in order that her completion may be hastened, and
the vessel got out of hand as speedily as possible.
The mechanics employed on her are working from
before daylight until 10 p.m., and.every exertion is
being used to have her ready to be undocked, for
the purpose of being masted, by the 16th of March.
The naval transport Dove sailed from Chatham
for Sheerness yesterday', with the spare fan for the
screw frigate Galatea, 26,800 horselpower, together
with a quantity of miscellaneous stores.

The hired transport Parana, No. 2, Capt. T. W.
Sawyer (in charge of Capt. Boxer, MN., Admiralty
agent), arrived at Spitheadyesterday morning from
Halifax whence she sailed on the Ist inst. During
the earlier part of the voyage home she experienced
strong N.W. winds, with a heavy sea ; in the
latter portion she had moderate weather and S.E.
winds. Major Evans of the second battalion
16th regiment, is a passenger by the Parana. The
mails from Halifax which were received yesterday
bring detailed intelligence of the movements of our
navy in American waters, The Mauritius hired
transport arrived at Halifax on the 29th of January,
16 horses out 0f.40 on
after a very stormy passage, 'with loss of bowsprit,
Bull's Bay, New-
and reports having
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in into,
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experienced terrific weather in 35 W. She had
lost figure-head, rails and
forecastle
her port boats, and
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foNuenwdlßanrudn, Brunswick,
sckin Bull's Bay,
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of
stanchions,co
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foretopmast,andlAl
were
all
well on board, The
nt was blocked
with ice, and the coast was ice-bound. The Osprey,
with
short of coal, and would not reach Halifax in time
from
John's, hn
to save the next mail to England. The hired trans-
port Melbourne was at Halifax, and the Adriatic
was at Sydney, Cape Breton, coaling for England.
o
Her Majesty's ship Orlando was refitting at Hali-
fax,Newfoundland,
after her passage out from England. Her
Majesty's ship Liffey was also refitting, and was
to leave in a day or two for St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, to relieve her Majesty's ship Orpheus. Her
Majesty's ship Hydra put to sea early on the
morning of January 31, to render assistance to a
vessel in distress. The Parana, it will be remem-
inred, sailed from Southampton, in company with
the Adriatic, on the 20th of December, for Canada,
with. the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards
on board and the 18th company of Royal Engi-
neers, numbering ni all 1,024 men and 37 offi-

cers. Fine weather was experienced out as far as
the banks of Newfoundland, when it became Yell
thick. She passed Cape Race on the morning of
the 30th, and St. Paul's Island, in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, on the morning of the Ist of January,
continuing her progress up the Gulf of St. Law-
rence to within 30 miles of Bic, when she encoun-
tered a compact field of ice, which she endeavoured
to force. She was, however, compelled to relin-
quish the attempt, and back out through the open-
ing she had made. This was accomplished by S
p.m. on the 3d of January, and all this time the
cold was intense, and accompanied by thick snow-
storms and heavy gales of wind. Sydney, Cape
Breton, was reached on the 6th of Sannary, with
only 43 tons of coal remaining on board. After
coaling at Cape Breton, the Parana sailed for Ha-
lifax on the 12th of January for orders and a Bay
of Fundy pilot. Halifax was left for St. John's,
New Brunswick, on the 16th. In the Bay of
Fundy very thick weather was fallen in with, but
St. John's was safely reached on the 19th. The
troops were landed there in three hours, all well,
and after landing some stores the Parana sailed
again for Halifax on the 24th, arriving there on
the 25th, in the midst of a severe gale of wind.
After coaling, the Parana sailed for England on
the Ist inst. The Delta was at Halifax, receiv-
ing the 16th Regiment for conveyance to St.
John's, New Brunswick. The Cleopatra had sailed
from Halifax for Bermuda. The Parana awaits
orders at Spithead, which, it is presumed, will
be to pay off from the transport service and pro-
ceed to the headquarters of the West India Royal
Mail Company, Southampton.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry Marsden, to
the Pembroke, additional, for service in the Coast-
guard ; Lieut. Thomas S. Dickenson, Lieut. Robert
H. Boyle, Lieut. Rodney M. Lloyd, Lieut. George
D. Bushe, Lieut. Francis M. Ommanney, Lieut.
George F. Leon, Lieut. Alfred A. Hanson, Lieut.
Augustus H. Webb, Lieut. Francis R. Hartwell,
and Lieut. A. J. Errington, to the Marlborough,
for disposal ; Lieut. George H. Barnard and Lieut.
Annesley T. Denham, to the Euryalus, for disposal;
Lieut. Noel Osborn, to the Trafalgar; W. H, Low-
man, Ist class Assist. Engineer to the Fisgard, for
the Rapid ; Peter Butler, Ist class Assist. Engineer,
from the Asia to the Cumberland, as supernume-
rary ; George A. Patterson, J. R. R. Potam, F. M.
C. Richards, and Thos. Vickery, acting 2d class
Assist. Engineers, to the Asia, as supernumeraries;
and Mr, Francis Elam Haigh, is nominated to a
Naval Cadetship.