The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1865.

CRYSTAI, PALACE. -WORROW.-
luxuriously WARM and DRY. Brilliant and Sun-
shine at the Palace ye•gerdar.7Lighted at Dusk.

CRYSTAL PALACE AT NIGIIT.—" If this
lighting up, and this alone, were shown as the ChristmaS
attraction, it would be worth a j .utney to Nortvoo to see IL
We ean only cordially recommend our readers to see it for
themselves before the wee- is ( ut " - Vide Newspapers.
Lighted from dusk till• half-past six.

CRYSTAL
SATURDAY JUVENILE AF TERNOON of
CHRIST3IAS AIiUSEMEN and PROMENADE.—
Palace open at Ten. Menagerie, Fancy Fair, Picture Gal-
leries, &c., kc , open at same time.
First Part of Holiday Revels at Half-past Two o'clock.
second Part at 11 1 -past Four. Palace lighted u for Pro-
menade. Organ Perfwmance Halt-past Five Admission,
Half -a-Crown. Chi dren, One Sliiihng ; Gu nea - eason
Tickets free ; Reserved Seats for all the Amuserlients, o.e

NOTE.—From other engagements, To-morrow will be the
only Saturday at which this yeae's successful lioilday
Amusements car be given. To be more in accordance with
the u nal Satnrl"y Afternoon arrangements they have been
fixed to commence at Halt-past Two o'cicck.

COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN.
ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly. THIS DAY
and during the HO LIDAYS.—THREE GRAND LEVEES
DAILY, at Eleven and Eight o'clock.
"Na ure's Smallest Edition of her 'choicest work"—a
Bachelor and Belle of mature age; not larger than Two
Infants ! ! !
At Eleven o'clock they appear in the identical WEDDING
COSTUME worn by them at the Marriage of GEN. TOM
THUMB ; and they also perform Songs, Duets, Dances, &c.,
giving several Comic personations, with an entire change of
programme at each Levee.
They will be drawn to and from St James's Hall in their
Lilliputian Carriage by four of the Smallest Ponies in the
world, presented to them by General Tom Thumb;

Box (Rice from 10 till 4 o'clock.

Admission, is. and 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s. Children half
price to the 2s. and 3s. seats•

LA ST WEE K.-ST. JAMES'S HALL,
Regent-street, Piccadilly.—Professor • ANDERSON
meet positively terminate his most brilliant season on
SATURDAY NET r, when he will have given more than
130 representations in l 8 conircutive weeks to crowded and
fashionable audiences. More than 210,00 ► spectators have
witnessed the "World of Magic" by the great Wizard of the
North. The greatest treat in London ior the holiday gilts
for the children. Santa Clauses. Admission,ls.; bal:onies,
25.; stalls, Is., which may be secured at the Hall.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in
which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone nde with MRS. ROSELE AP
AT Tli E SEA- S I LA:. By. Mr. John Parry. Every Evening
(except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.-
- —ROYAL GALLERY or ILLUSTIIA LION, 14, Regent-
street. Unreserved seats, ls,, 28. ; stalls, Zs. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.
OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, ty
Maetarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUESDAY and THURSDAY, at Three.

HEOXF 0 r D,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hell Company (limited).
ORPH ER AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's 'brilliant Opera
Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and t hems ; the- side-splitting " Coupiets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venue, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; d iiaal Minuet
and G4lop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and
Laseelles. .

Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by
Litchfield Mosely, Eq. and composed by Herr Meyer blitz,
expressly for this cstaulishment.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmantf.
THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Tallijtt.
LE MONSTItii CHARME, by M. SILVESTR E.

Comedy, by Mr. WILLIA.A RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of
the day.

VANTERBURY HALL,
NJ The Okford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

• BODGE PODGE,
he most extraordinlry Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don (inclui n 7, the whole strength of the establishment),
should be seen to be apprke:ateci.
The usual Operatic Eeleztions by Hisses Russell, Barfe,
Hays, Godden, ..te.; Messrs. Laeelles, Harland, Velumont,
Kimberley, &c.

Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmnns.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. .
Every even"ng at 7 o'clock.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus\
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NOW-NT.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO MiI:IST:WAS.
Operatic SeleAims, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELM ON.
The Comic strength of the Commny includes ANNIE
ADAMS, NELLY TOWER, J. G. FORDE. WEST, GEO.
LEY BOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. P. ALEXANDI.At and
Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINT, the great Italian
tlowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris,
their first appe.ran,e In England.
Permanent prices—Area, 9d. ; balcony, &I. ; stalls, ls.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GAB VILLE.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
A_DAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION .
II established 29 years at the Bazaar,,Baker-street.
NEW A D DIT I ON.—A Fall-length PORT RA I MODEL
of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected front the Cast
taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.
Open, on Boxin r Day only, from 10 n.m. t*ll 10 p.m,; o her
days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 ill to.
Admittance, One ; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during
the week and play new music nightly.
Admission, One Shilling.

MEET 11.- IMPROVED MECHANICAL
DENTIS r RY.— Professional abilities and great artistic
skill have been most successfully combined In the production
of ARTIFICIAL TEETH. upon a new principle. The real
value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi-
enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional
Fa ;istance by c:nsulting Mr: ALBERT, 34, Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has en.bled him to
effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial
means, and which are so perfectly efficient.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
aid Dining-room, conststlng of a new and etegant assort-
ment id VASES, Figures, G roups, Candlestlaks,Olielisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian,
Alabas cr, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her lljesty, HO, Stand. W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON•
CHOLOGY, ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
R. A.LOG Y is given by Mr. TENNAN r. at 149, Strand W.C.

PRIZE ME D A L.--INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER. & CO., Wax Chandlers, fko., &0.,
To the Queen and the Film of Wales.
(Established 1720.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to ihe excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manufacture.
A distinguished Dignitary,in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,

says :
" 1 have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com-
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with tatted Wicks, patented.. 9s, td. per lb.
Ordinary quality .. • • .. s. od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. is. sd. per lb
second quality .. 0. • • .. is. 3d. per lb.
Third quality .. .. • • .. ls. id. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO..
South Molton-street,
sington Grosven(Establishedor-square. Manufactory—
Ken 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Wax Candies for the use of the Altar.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL any
HO ILE, Hampstead. Offioei. 77, Cornhill.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES. _ _

Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon C hampneys
R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.

TREASURERS.
R. 1. L. Bevan, Esq. Robert llanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supdly a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service and provides a home free kd expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temp' ations they might otherwise be exposed to.
T..e Committee earnestly APPlia I, for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the
recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them
even ually to obtain premises more commensurate w th the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailor s annually by casualties alone, without including tt.ose
who may perish by war
Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, ?trews.
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Score-
tAry, at the Offices, No. ;7, Curnhill.
R. bWEETING, llon. Sec.
CHAIM NS NASH, Sec.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now In operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
wan t of FUNI)B and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in fire yt ars. Item arc brief details of a few
of the most recent cases :
if., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. I'., aged 3, homeles., both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
S. 1)., aged 16, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., azed IS, fallen, mother dead,
A. 8., a zed 1(1, fallen, both parents dead.
IL S., ag( d 11, homeless, de erted by her parents.
H.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. IL, aged 17, fatten, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents c'ead,
S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both par nts dead.
M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
be irls, almost children, from the age ot a to 15, who
have n led astray from the path of virtue.
tr Ibu t on s will he./eceived (gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. t.;ooper;i3, Queen Btrect,Cltcsps.i.le; v: by Mesrf,,.
alae. Lombard-at.reet.• - - • - -- - -

'MEW FRENCH *ILKS, in. COLOURS and
11 BLACK, at 2s. Bid. the yard, made of bright Italian
silk, wish the guarantee for durability of eminent firms in
Paris and Lyons.
The Silt Department includes all the ri hest and most
costly productions.
I'atterns sent free.
BAK VEY and CO., Lambeth House, Westminster, S.

FRENCH MERINOES at 2s. per yard, double
width, including all the new and brilliant colours at
the same price.
adics would do well to Fend immediately for patterns,
addressed to Messrs. HARVEY and CO., Lambeth [louse,
Wes!minster, S. _ _ _ • .

This firm during last autuina executed orders for their
Merinoes from more than Tw,nty Thousand families, and
in every instince gave entire sail:dad-ion.

DINNEFORTYS - FLUID MA SIA.-
The The Medical Projesslon for thirtyyears have approved
of this pure solution of a3lgnesia as the best cmedy for
Gout and stomachic disorders of every kind; and as a mill
aperient it is especially adapted for Ladies and Children.
Prepared solely by DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, fic,
172, New Bond-street,London ; and told throughout the
world by all respectable Chemists, l ant on.. See that
" Dinneford and Co." is on each battle an,d red label over
the cork.

THE WAR IN AMERICA.

(Fi'ona the Index)
We may congratulate our readers, after the loud jubila-.
tions of the French organs during the past week, on the
important fact that Savannah' is.not taken, and that Hood's
army is not destroyed. NO doubt the escape of Sherman to
the coast is a misfortune, but is one which must have been
nicely calculated on and prePared for by the Richmond
authorities as.soon as the Federal army started southward
from Atlanta; nor is it to. betoncealed7that the defeat and
retirement of Hood from Tennessee have caused a•feeling
Of deep disappointment amongst the friends of the South.
But it must be borne in mind that the Confederate army
in Tennessee was,not so much defending territory invaded
by Northern hosts as endeavouring to recover a State
which has for more than two years been in Federal pos-
session; and that Sherman has simply exchanged a base of
operations in the heart of the cotton States, which, if he
could have held it, threatened at least the whole of Geor-
gia with the fate of Tennessee, for another on the seacoast,
which he might have taken up whenever it suited Grant
to despatch 25,000 troops by sea to Georgia, and whence,
for months to come, he will have very little chance of in-
flicting any serious blow on the Confederacy. True, he has
devastated a vast tract of country, destroyed some 200
miles of railway, captured many negroes, and inflicted in-
calculable misery on many peaceful communities, but he
has failed to take Macon, Augusta, or Savannah. His army
has passed through Georgia like an arrow through the air;
the country which he purchased at the cost of a year's pre-
paration, a six months' campaign, and 50,000 men, has
escaped from his grasp; and he has to commence, de novo,
the conquest of Georgia by the siege of a strongly fortified
town, held by-a powerful garrison under the command of
one of the ablest Confederate generals. If to the moral effect
produced by his comparatively unimpeded march through
one of the richest Southern States be opposed the fact that
he has called into being another Southern army, that the
whole of Georgia is in arms, the balance of gain will per-
haps be found to be not altogether on the side of the North.
We know not that the triumph which sent New York
into ecstacies three weeks ago was limited to the capture of
Fort WAllister, a feat which Sherman describes as proudly
as if he hadtaken a town. But Fort M'Allister was gar-
risoned at the outside by 200 men, and the storming of a.
position, however strong, held by such a force, is not a
wonderful exploit for an army of 50,000 men. The import-
ance of the capture lies in the fact that it placed Sherman
at .once in communication with the Federal fleet, and
secured to him the supplies and material necessary for the
conduct of the siege operations against SaVannah; otherwise
its possession by the Federals will not advance them one
inch towards the reduction of Savannah. The question re-
mains,What are the defensive capabilities of this threatened
city ? They are reported to consist of triple lines of forti-
fication on' the land side, and these are not mere earth-
works. On the east and south the country round Savan-
nah is a network of streams running through marshes
almost impenetrable to an army. On the north there is no
possibility of a lodgment being made; for the Confederate
gunboats on the Savannah River, and available reinforce-
ments from Charleston, can prevent the passage of the river.
What the direct eastern approaches offer in the way of ob:-
stacle we are unable to say ; but we may rely upon it they
have not been neglected, and we have very good proof that
they were effective in Slterman's march to the mouth of the
Ogeechee River. An army of 50,000 men would not have
been turned by weak defences. Aspto the sea approaches,
their strength has been demonstrated by the unwillingness
of Federal naval commanders .to engounter them, and we
believe they are quite as impassable as the fortifications at
Mobile and Wilmington. Of course Sherman's military
force may take them in the rear, but that will be a work of
time. Such swamps as protect Port Jackson and the river
batteries eastward of Savannah can be held with a very
small force.. It has been said that Savannah is invested.
.This is a mere assumption. Sherman cut the Charleston and
Savannah Railroad south of the Savannah, but there is still
communication with both Augusta and Charleston, and
through them with the whole Confederacy. Sherman could
not get at the north bank of the river, and Foster and I
Dahlgren had failed in their repeated attempts to cut the
Charleston Railroad. What is there, then, to prevent the
constant despatch of supplies and reinforcements by both
these roads until both banks of the Savannah are occupied
by the Federals, and a real investment takes place ? The
strength of the garrison can only ly.; guessed at. Sherman
estimates it at 15,000 men, and such a force ought to be
able to hold it against a coup de main. But it can be
readily reinforced, if the necessity arises, even in the
not improbable event that Butler's 25,000 men • and
Porter's fleet should finally find their way to Savannah.
For Wilmington will be relieved of all fear of attack ;
Charleston will have only her ordinary assailants to deal
with, and surely if Lee's army was strong enough to cope
with Grant's forces when Butler's 25,000 men who were in
the Federal lines before Petersburg, he can spare 10,000 or
15,000 men for the defence of Savannah. We do not pretend
to say that the town will not be taken ultimately. But we
have very liltle doubt, now that Sherman has declined to
risk an assault, that the siege will be a very tedious one,
and that the Federal general's winter campaign will be far
costlier and longer than he intended. In commenting upon
the state of affairs in Tennessee we must premise that at
present no accounts have reached us from Southern sources
of the real character of the battles which have taken place,
or of the losses or condition of Hood's army. But we know
enough even froni Federal reports to assert with confidence
that there has been the most disgraceful "lying" in the
Northern bulletins. We will cite two instances, and leave
our readers-to draw their own inferences from them. At
the battle of Franklin the Federal losses were officially
fixed at 500 met"; they turned out to be at least 3,500 killed
and wounded, and 1,000 prisoners. ln General Thomas's
report of the battle near Nashville, published with that
general's signature, and endorsed by Mr. Stanton, the
casualties of the Federal army are. fixed at 300, and the
special interposition of the Almighty is suggested AS the
cause of this unprecedented contrast between the results
attained and the lives expended. But a later despatch ad-
mits a most :desperate battle, and the loss of 3,000 men,
whilst :private accounts estimate the wounded alone at
6,000. This would bring the total casualties to .something
. very like 8,000 men. On the other hand, it is admitted
by the North that the Confederates, in killed and wounded,
suffered less than heir opponents. We do not cite
those facts as negativing Hood's defeat, but we are at
least entitled to refuse.. our credence to the Federal
accounts until we learn something from the other side.
It would appear, indeed, that the great battle took place on
the 15th ult., and that the subsequent engagements were
merely the encounters of Thomas's pursuing columns with
the troops left to cover Hood's retreat. We are told that
Hood withdrew his forces from the immediate front of
Nashville on the 13 t ,
position t w o days .
Itb e
wasifore tnh et
haet attack,
effortk and
to drive
Federals suffered so severely, but they
uiulpnimdaotsnhtbertonenc;lytdhesaufetcntc.hseieeNded. Hood's army was compelled to re-
tire, and its rearguard, attacked on the following day,
seems to have lost heavily in prisoners and guns. As to
the condition of Hood's army, nothing can be known.
Since the commencement of the war there has never been
a Federal victory in which the Confederates were not de-
scribed as routed, demoralised, throwing away their arms,
and abandoning their leaders; arid, of course,, at the pre-
sent moment, the North is assured that Hood's army is de-
stroyed, and that there is nothing but the force behind the
defences of Richmond to fight with. This will deceive no
one who has watched the war. We have been told the same
thing half a dozen times of the south-western army, and
more than once of the army of Virginia. What is tolerably
certain is, that Hood had reached -Pulaski; that he had
been joined by Forrest with his force from Murfreesboro' ;
that he was some distance ahead of Thomas ; that he had
his pontoons ready for crossing the Tennessee, if it should
be necessary, and that there was every prospect of Thomas
being compelled to discontinue the pursuit. In the mean-
time, it is reported from Confederate sources that Chatta-
nooga and Bridgeport have been abandoned by the Fede-
rals, and that Burbridge has.been beaten and driven out of
Western Virginia by Breckenridge. These events would
materially affect the situation in Tennessee, and if reports
prows true, then undoubtedly the advantage will be on the
side of the Confederacy, which will have wrested from the
Federals, in a two months' campaign, the results of two
years' hard fighting, and throw them back, so far as Ten-
nessee and Alabama. and Northern Georgia are.concerned,
the:tioa the winter of 1862. •- -

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400
horse-power, Capt. Alexander C. Gordon, intended

for service with the North Ainerican squadron, in

attempting to leave Chatham harbour early on
Wednesday morning on a falling tide, unfortunately
grounded on a bank of sand and ,mud, which, by
the fresh of the tide at the spot, had accumulated

near the entrance to No. 2 dock. Two of the steam
tenders were immediately brought out with the hope
of floating her off, but all attempts to effect this

were fruitless, and as the tide ebbed she settled
sown heavily, and, it was feared, seriously strained
herself. Fortunately, the spot where she took the

ground was chiefly nu-4,s° that little apprehension
was entertained that serious harm would result from
the accident. At flood tide on Wednesday after-

noon the vessel was got off, and, in order to ascer-
tain whether she had, sustained any damage, was

floated late in the day iiito one of the vacant docks,

a number of the officials and workmen remaining in

he yard all Wednesday night .employed in the

.operation of placing her on the blocks
.and shoring
her up. On the wafer being pumped. out of the

dock an examination of every part of the vessel was
made by her master-shipwright's staff, but no injury

could be discovered, the only defect apparent being
the tearing off of a portion of her-copper sheathing
and the breaking of her martingale, which probably
occurred during the operation of undockiug. At an
early Ihour yesterday morning the Cadmus was
again undocked,'Nand shortly before daylight left the
harbour for,the Nore, where she will have her com-
passes adjUsted, and be inspected by the naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, at the same time making another
trial of her engines at the measured mile, in, order
to satisfy the officials of the steam reserve that her
machinery is in all respects satisfactory, before, she
passes out of their hands. At the time of the dock-
ing of the Cadmus Mr. Hatch, the foreman of
riggers, on whom devolved the responsible duty of
placing the vessel in her position in the dock, was
found to be in such a helpless state of intoxication
that Capt. Stewart, C. 8., directed his ejection from
the yard, pending the decision of the Admiralty.
A testimonial, in the shape of a handsomely
wrought silver goblet, has been presented to First-
class Master-Gunner Alexander Miller, Royal
Artillery, as a token of respect on the occasion of
his retirement from the army, after a period
of 31 years' service in the Royal Regiment of Ar-
tillery, the testimonial being presented by his com-
rades belonging to the first division of the Depot
and Coast Brigade, in the Chatham district. Mr.
Miller has very efficiently discharged the important
post of master-gunner at Sheerness for upwards of
11 years. •
The screw .gunvessel Torch, 5, 80-horse :power
(nominal), having undergone repair -at Chatham
dockyard and been fitted for the first-class steam
reserve, was yesterday taken to the measured mile
at the Maplin Sands for the purpose of testing her
engines. She is fitted with a pair of 80-horse power
direct-acting trunk engines by Messrs. Napier and
Son, with most of the recent improvements. The
trial yesterday • was under the superintendence of
Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the steam
reserve, the other officials on board being Mr.
Baker, chief inspector of machinery, at Chatham
Dockyard ; Mr. Rumble, chief inspector of ma,
chionery afloat ; and. Mr. Ilutchens, assist. -master
shipwright at Chatham. The vessel drew 9ft. 10in.
forward and lift. llin. aft. The Torch is fitted
with a Smith's propellor of 9ft. 10in, in diameter,
with the leading corners cut off, and set at a pitch
of 12ft. 4in. The wind dining the trial was- west,;Tbr,
with a force of 3.. Six runs were made at the mea-
sured mile with the following result :—l'irst run—
time, 6 min, 6 sec. ; speed in knots. 9.8301. second
run—time; 7 min. 46 see. ; 5p.''.7.725 knots ; third
run—time, 6 min. 22 sec. ; speed, 9.424 knots
fourth run—time, 7 min-. 23. sec. ; - speed; 8126
knoti; fifth:run—time, 6 min. 32-see. ; speed, 9.483
knots ; last run—time, 6' min. 42 see..:;-:: speed,
8.955 knots—giving the true mean speed of the
ship 8.731 knots per hour. The mean pressure of
steam during the trial was 201 b., and the load
On the safety valve 241 b. The mean number
of the revolutions of the engines was 98 per
minute. At -half-boiler power -the mean, speed -at-
tained was 6.857 knots per hour. After the comple-
tion of the runs the vessel was tried in making
circles, when at full speed the complete circle was
made in 4m. 11s., and at half speed in 4m. 31s.
At the close of the trials the vessel steamed back to
Chatham harbour, and was handed over to the
officials of the steam reserve.
• Earl de Grey and Ripon, her Majesty's Secretary
of State for War, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday
morning in her Majesty's steam-tug Sprightly,
Commander G. Allen, from Osborne. - The Earl
landed at the dockyard, and entering the carriage
of Col. Shadwell, Deputy-Quartermaster-General,
which was in waiting, was driven to the Landport
Railway Station, whence he proceeded by the 11
a.m. South-Western train to London.
The Highflyer, 20, screw corvette, Capt. Pasley,
made her trial yesterday at the measured mile in
Stokes-bay, near Portsmouth, under the officials of
the dockyard steam factory and reserve. She
realized a mean speed of 9.48 knots with full-boiler
power and of 6.95 knots with half-boiler power. At
the conlusion of the trials the Highflyer again an-
chored at Spithead, where she awaits her final orders
from the Admiralty.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Edward B. D'Arcy, mas-
ter, to the Fisgard, for the Mutine ; Edward A.
Richmond, naval cadet, to the Achilles ; S. J.
Meiclejohn, surgeon, to the Columbine ; and Fre-
derick A. Smith, clerk, to the Frederick Williaui..