The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-11 00:00:00

7HE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re-
turns to town on Saturday morning from visiting
the Earl and Countess of Derby at Knowsley. His
Royal Highness is expected to pay an official visit
to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on Sa-
turday.

A general order, signed by Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Y.
Scarlett, K.C.8., Adjut.-Gen., has been received at
Chatham garrison from the Horse Guards, in which,
by the direction of Field-Marshal the Commander-
in-Chief, a code of regulations is laid down for the
guidance of annual boards of survey, assembled
under the Queen's regulations, to inspect the arms
in possession of regiments. The following instruc-
tions to be rigidly adhered to:,—Numerical returns
of all the arms in possession of each regiment, com-
pany by company, are to be forwarded to the Horse
Guards, it being sufficient to state the total number
of rifles which have been found serviceable, making
due allowance for the period they have been in use,
and for fair wear and tear, such as dints in stocks,
&c., which do not impair the efficiency of the arm.
It should then be shown what rifles can be repaired
by the armeurer at the expense of the regiment,
and if it be considered that any repairs executed by
him are fairly chargeable to the public, the usual
evidence, showing the circumstances under which
the injury was effected, should be taken, and ap-
pended to the proceeding. A special report should
be made on all such rifles as are considered unser-
viceable, and which are required to be exchanged
for new ones, stating the date of issue, the reason of
the damage, and on whom the cost incurred is to
fall; and, provided the parts are supplied by Go-
vernment, whether the repair can be executed by
the armourer of the regiment. A mean deviation
of over 3ft. at 500 yards is to be considered a suffi-
cient inaccuracy to condemn a rifle suspected of
being :nierior, and tested by shooting, under the
provisions of the circular memorandum, dated Horse
Guards, Feb. 25, 1861. Requisitions, in duplicate,
for whatever is required are to accompany the pro-
ceedings.

Contractors for new buildings at Warley Bar-
racks, near Brentwood, have been taken by Messrs.
Shaw and Jackson, and operations are to be com-
menced at once.

The 300-pounder muzzle loading gun, recently
received at Woolwich from Sir Wm. Armstrong's
factory at Elswick, was shipped on Tuesday for
Shoeburyness, having been thoroughly examined
and sighted at the Royal gun factories on the pre-
vious day. Before shipment the gun was slung on the
monster waggon constructed to carry to 30 tons, to
which were attached 12 horses, four abreast. The
waggon then proceeded through the arsenal gates and
the thoroughfare leading therefrom, under orders to
ascend the incline, but were unable to accomplish
the task, and returned to the arsenal, whence the
gun was slung on board a barge at the wharfside.

DEVOURED BY RATS.—An inquest was held on
Monday last before Mr. Denman, coroner for North Notts,
on the body of George Whitworth. The deceased was a
Methodist of the most fanatical sect, and on the 2d of Oc-
tober left his home at Bothamsall. From that day ho was
missing, and, although the strictest search was made for
him throughout the neighbourhood, he was nowhere to be
found. At length, on Saturday last, after a lapse of 60
days, Mr, James Makins, a gamekeeper in the employ of the
Duke of Newcastle, discovered the remains of the body by
the side of a brook skirting the Duk e's estate. The body
was completely hidden by brambles, and the discovery
would not have been made had not the keeper observed
water rat running from the spot into the brook. The flesh
was completely eaten from the body, leaving a mere skeleton.
The body was identified by a mark on the hand and by a
hat which was found near. Evidence was adduced show-
ing that the deceased was in a morbid state of mind
when he left home. There being nothing to show how the
deceased met his death, a verdict of " Found dead" was
returned.

A.RTEMUS WARD IN CANADA.

I'm at present existin' under a monikal form of
gov'ment. In ether words, I'm travellin' among the
crowned heads of Canady. They ar'n't pretty bad
people. On the cont'ry, they air exceedin' good
people. Troo, they air deprived of many blessins.
They don't enjoy, for instans, the priceless boon of
a war. They havn't any American Egil to onchain,
and they hain't got a Fourth of July to their backs.
Altho' this is a monikal form of gov'ment I am unable
to perceev much moniky. I tried to get a piece in
Toronto, but failed to succeed.

Mrs. Victoria, who is Queen of England, and has
all the luxuries of the markets, incloodin' game in
its season, don't bother herself much about Canady,
but lets her do 'bout as she'b mightier. She, how-
ever, gin'ralry keeps her supplied with a lord, who's
called a Gov'ner Gin'ral. Sometimes the politicians
of Canady make it lively for this lord—for Canady
has politicians, and I expect they don't differ from
our politicians, some of 'em bein' gifted and talented
liars, no doubt.

The present Gov'ner Gin'ral of Canady is Lord
Monk. I saw him review some volunteers at Mon-
treal. He was accompanied by some other lords and
dukes and generals and those sorts of things. He
rode a little bay horse, and his close wasn't any better
than mine. You'll always notiEs, by the way,that the
higher up in the world a man is the less good harness
he puts on; Hence Gin'ral Halleck walks the streets
in plain citizen's dress, while the second lieutenant
of a volunteer regiment piles all the brass things
he can find on his back, and drags a forty-pound
sword after him. Monk has been in the lord busi-
ness some time, and I understand it pays, tho' I
don't know what a lord's wages is. The wages of
sin is death and postage stamps. But this has
nothing to do with Monk. One of Lord Monk's
daughters rode with him on the field. She has
golden hair, a kind good face, and wore a red hat.
I should be very happy to have her pay me and
my family a visit at Haldinsville. Come and bring
your knittin', Miss Monk ; Mrs. Ward will do the
fair thing by you. She makes the best slapjacks
in America. As a slap-jakist, she has no ekal. She
wears the Belt.

What the review was all about I don't know. I
havn't a gigantic intelleck, which can grasp great
questions at onct. lam not a Webster or a Sey-
mour. I am not a 'Washington or a Wadsworth.
Fur from it. lam not as gifted a man as Henry
Ward Beecher. Even the congregation of Ply-
mouth Meeting-house in Brooklin will admit that.
Yes, I should think so. But while I don't have the
slitest idee as to what the review was fur, I will
state that the sojars looked pooty scrumptious in
their red and green close.
Come with me, gentle reader, to Quebeck. Que-
beck was surveyed and laid out by a gentleman who
had been afflicted with delirium tremens from
childhood, and hence his ideas of things was a little
irreg'ler. The streets don't lead anywhere in par-
tic'ler, but everywhere's in gin'ral. The city is built
on a variety of perpendicler hills, each hill bein' a
trifle wuss nor t'other one. Quebeck is full of '
stone walls, and arches, and citadels, and things.
It is said no foe could ever git into Quebeck, and I
guess they couldn't. And I don't see what they'd
want to git in there for. Quebeck has seen lively
times in a warlik way. The French and Britishers
had a set-to there in 170. Jim Wolfe commanded
the latters, and Jo Montcalm thejormers. Both
were hunky boys, and fit nobly. But Wolfe was
too many measles for Montcalm, and the French
was slew'd. Wolfe and Montcalm was both killed.
In arter years a common monument was erected by
the gen'rous people of Quebeck, aided by a bully
earl named George Dalhousie, to these noble fel-
lows. That was well done. Darin' the revolu-
tionary war B. Arnold made his way through dense
woods and thick snows, from Maine to Quebec,
which it was one of the huskiest things ever done in
the military line. It would have been better if B.
Arnold's funeral had come off immediately on his
arrival there.
On the plains of Abraham there was onct some
tal fitin', and ever since then there has been a great
demand for the bones of the slew'd on that there
occasion. But the real gim oine bones was long
thing by cartin' the bones o
ago carried off, and now thfehboosysessmaankde ashheaenpsouumt
there, and sellin' em to intelligent American
towerists. Takin' a professional view of this dodge,
I must say that it betrays genius of a lofty cha-

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I say adoo
money, had better see Quebeck.
Altogether, I like Canady. Good people and
lots of pretty girls. I wouldn't mind comin' over
here to live in the capacity of a duke provided a
vacancy occurs, and provided, further, I could be
allowed a few star-spangled banners, a
egil, a boon
of liberty, &C. Don't think I've skedaddled. Not
at all. I'm coming home in a week. Let's have
the Union restored as it was, if we can; but if we
can't, I'm in favour of the Union as it wasn't. But
the Union any how. Gentlemen of the editorial
corpse, if you would be happy be virtoous ! I, who
am the emblem of virtoo, tell you so.
(Signed)

A. WARD.

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The following report of t.
Crystal Palace will be submitt
meeting on the 17th :--
"In submitting their annual report an stay
of accounts for the year ending the 31st October,
1862, the directors beg leave to congratulate the
proprietors of the Crystal Palace Company on the
cheering result. of the year's working, and on the
favourable aspect of their affairs in general. An in-
-..
A New York paper states that the Dunderberg spection of the revenue account will show that the
is being built 378 feet long, 68 broad, 32 deep, with net amount carried to the credit of revenue has
engines of 6,ooo.horse power. The hull is built of reached the sum of £60,702 16s. 5d., being coneider-
wood, placed together so as to form a solid mass. ably in excess of that earned during the preceding
The decks, sides, and floor are also solid, and of a twelve months. Deductieg the amount applicable
to dividends on the preference and deberiinre stocks,
great thickntss, so much so thst if the figures were
given all would be greatly surprised at the amount and other necessary charges, there remains at the
of wood used in the construction. This enormous credit of the general revenue account the sum et
wooden hull is heavily plated with rollsd iron £33,017 7s. 4d., available for division arnonvt tl;i
the proprietors of ordtriat v capital. Out of this the
plates, which cover the entire upper portion of
vessel, and extend six feet below the water lire. 11;;;,,,etors reeomm4n4 the p,..yment of a dividend oc
I'.r ces r. (3.. spar: ), -leaving a balance f
The weight of this terrible armour is not tr:r from
1,200 tone. The bow of the vessel£2 929 12;. for 30 feet 4d. to b. c trried forward. 1 hi,
abaft the stem,
is of solid wood, with no space satisfactory increaor in revenue is accompanier
between the aides of the vessel this being by a correspondir,g impr,„ vement, in the genera!
,
financial position, as a glance
.at the accounts will.
covered with iron, forming the most gigantic
show. From the general balance-e'heet it will be
ram on record, having powers of resistance
unequalled in every respect. The sides of this seen that the heavy item formerly charged under
vessel, above the water lice, are seven feet thick the head of loan accounts has disappearea; while
and of solid wood, added to which is the the capital account shows that the mortgage de-
heavy iron plating. This vessel has two rudders, bentures outstanding are now reduced to the in.-
one at each end, so protected that should one be- significant sum of £6,900. Thus the company is
come disabled from any cause, the other can be easily now, for the first time, practically free from debt. Nor
used. The engines will give this a very high i
vessel does this gratifying result stand alone, since it will
speed, so that when she strikes a vessel she would be seen from the general revenue account that re-
crash through her with perfect ease. the venue will for the future stand unencumbered by
main deck the build is very peculiar, but . seem any bygone liabilities, and be left available for
cannot be described. In addition to a larLs case- dividend—subject of course to the annual charges,
mate, containing heavy broadside guns, there will and to the exi. enditure necessary for the current
be two of Ericsson's revolving turrets, each con- maintenance of the building. This position has
taming two 15-inch guns. The naval register puts been attained by writing off the sum of £7,101
her armament —flown at 10 guns, shut it will be 613. 3cl:—being the balance of expenditure, which
much' larger. The accommodation for the officers the proprietors ere aware was carried over from last
and men are to be of a superior kind—large, airy, year—from the then reserve of £10,176 15e. 2d.
and as well ventilated as an ordinary ocean steamer, This step the directors have decided on taking, be-
yet giving to them all the necessary security in
cause they believe that under the improved aspect
of the affairs of the company, and the state of effie
time of action. In every respect she will be one of
the wonders of the age. She is intended more par-
cient and substantial repair in which the building
titularly for harbour defences, but can readily go to now stands, the same contingencies need not be
a
sea, as she possesses all the qualifications for apprehended which formerly led them to maintain
t
buoyancy, &c. She will be a most terrible affair, the reserve of so large a figure; while they also
and will defy anything else in the shape of an iron-
consider it very undesirable to clog the revenues of
clad. She is to be finished as soon as circumstances future years by carrying over amounts as a charge
will permit. against them, unless an urgent necessity for such a
course shall appear to exist. The proprietors are
already aware that after the severe gales of 1861,
the directors considered it imperatively necessary
to have the building examined by a competent pro-
fessional authority. They accordingly requested
Mr. Edwin Clark, the eminent engineer, to make a
complete investigation of the whole structure, and
the necessary works have been executed in accord-
ance with his advice. The report of that gentleman
is submitted herewith, and it will prove to the pro-
prietors that the outlay was absolutely unavoidable,
and has been judiciously and effectively applied ;
and further that the confidence of the directors in
the future stability of the building rests upon good
foundation. The exhibitors' department still
maintains the steady rate of progress which has
distinguished it during the last few years, and the
rental to the end of October last exceeded £14,000.
This amount has been realised notwithstanding
some sacrifice of income from the removal of a con-
siderable number of tenants, who were not satis-
factory either in their mode of doing business, or in -
the character of the articles they exhibited. The
sacrifice is, however, amply compensated by
the general improvement in the department. The
directors look forward to a large accession of exhibi-
tors for the current year ; having already since the
31st of October made arrangements for additional
rentals to the amount of about £2,000 from parties of
reputation and standing. It is hoped that by care-
ful attention to the interests of the numerous tenants
of the company, the present satisfactory position of
this important branch of the revenue may be fully
maintained. The directors' consider it due to Mr.
Strange to refer to the increased amount of rental
received from him, and to express their satisfaction
at the manner in which he has discharged the duties
of his department, which have necessarily been very
onerous, owing to the large attendances of the past
season. The total number during the year has been _ --s _ ss'"--77
2,020,219. On several occasions there have been
very large attendances. The proprietors will doubt- f•-
less have remarked the return on the " Foresters'
Day," Aug. 19, viz., 83,721—n0t only the largest
number yet attracted to the palace on any one occa-
sion, but exceeding by more than 15,000 the num- •
hers visiting the International Exhibition on its
most crowded day. A considerable portion of the
surplus land of the company has been realised dur-
ing the past year, at very favourable prices. The
amount received from this source will be found cre-
dited in the general balance-sheet, and is thus
brought in aid of capital. The prospects of the
Crystal Palace, as regards increased railway accom-
modation, continue to be very encouraging. The di-
rectors alluded in a former report to the important
line of the South London and Crystal Palace Junc-
tion Railway, by which communication will be pro-
vided between the termini at Victoria and Fleet-
street and the front of the palace, a few feet only be-
low the main floor. An agreement has been executed
between the two companies, under which, besides
other advantages, this company will receive a consi-
derable sum for the land required for the railway,
which sum will come in reliet' of expenditure on the
Dulwich Wood Estate. It is understood that cone
tracts have been entered into for the whole of the
works of the line, but the land belonging to this
company has not yet beeh entered upon. Various
railway projects are announced for the coming
session of Parliament which, if carried out, will give
great additional facilities of access to the Palace.
Among these the most prominent are that of the
Brighton Company, for a line from the present
Crystal Palace station, skirting the outside edge of
the park, and landing its passengers at the north-
end of the building, on the level of the machinery
floor. That of the South London Company, for
continuing their line already referred to from its
high level in front of the palace to the Norwood
Junction. Those of the Chatham and Dover Com-
pany, and of the Brighton Company, for extensions
to Greenwich and Woolwich. That for a line across
the Thames from Tower-hill, uniting the Blackwell
and North London lines to the lines on this side
the water. It is to be regretted that the opening
of the junction at Falcon-lane—between the South
Western system and the West-end line, whereby
the population of the Kew and Richmond district
would be enabled to visit the palace—and
of the
Kensington and Wandsworth line, in direct
connec-
tion with the North Western, Great Western, and
North London lines, should be so long delayed. The
interests of this company, no less than of the respec-
tive railway com • panies, are suffering materially by
the delay, and it is earnestly hoped that some means
may be found to hasten the early completion of both
undertakings. The directors cannot close their re-
port without briefly recapitulating the main fea-
tures of the present encouraging position of the
company. The proprietors have now, for the first
time, achieved three important advantages. 1. The
company is free from floating debt. Its financial
position is sound and satisfactory, and its revenue
not burdened by the encumbrances of former years.
2. The building is in a more thorough state of re-
pair, and in greater stability, than it has ever yet
been. 3. The permanent attractions of the palace
and park have attained such a pitch of matured
beauty as to compel universal admiration. During
the past season the Crystal Palace has not only, by
common consent, surpassed its newest and most
dangerous competitor, but by the unanimous voice
of the thousands who visited it from every quarter
of the globe has been proclaimed to stand unri-
valled for its charms as a place of public resort in
this or any other country. Without rarogating to
themselves any undue share of the merit of these
three great facts, the directors will only say that it
is the earnest endeavour of themselves and the ge-
neral manager so to maintain the establishment as
to continue its progressive career, without relaxing
their vigilant watch on the minutest details of ex-
penditure."