The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Vernon, 50, sailing frigate, the intention to
convert which into a flagship, to be stationed at
Woolwich, has been abandoned by the Admiralty,
was yesterday removed from Chatham Dockyard to
her former moorings at Gillingham Reach, and at-
tached to the sailing reserve squadron in the Chat-
ham harbour.

The fine paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 1,850
tons, 800-horse power, which was driven ashore
during the late gale, is ordered to be placed in one
of the vacant docks at Chatham, should either of
them be of sufficient capacity to receive her, in order
that she may be surveyed, to ascertain the extent
of injury she has sustained from her late stranding.
The measurements of the larger of the two available
docks were taken yesterday, but before the Terrible
can be floated in some portion of her paddleboxes will
have to be removed, in consequence of her great size.
The iron frigate Valiant, 24, 4,063, 800-horse
power, attached to the first-class steam reserve in
the Medway, is ordered to be completed as soon as
possible in her few remaining fittings in order to be
sent round either to Portsmouth or Plymouth to be
docked, and to have her bottom coated with the
Gisborne mecurial anti-fouling composition. Since
the Valiant has been in the Medway she has had
her rig altered, and it is now more in accordance
with a vessel of her class. There are at present two
docks vacant at Chatham, one of which is suffi-
ciently large to receive the Valiant without necessi-
tating the expense and loss of time which would be
incurred in sending her round to Plymouth.
The iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, 3, 150-horse
power, Lieut.-Commander H. J. Challis, has been
placed in dock at Sheerness, on her return from the
coast of Scotland, where she was employed in the
protection of the fisheries. She is undergoing a
complete overhaul and repair. She is:ordered to be
fitted with winches to her masts, to assist in hoist-
ing heavy weights, and she will at the same time be
supplied with two whale boats, in lieu of gigs, as
being better suited for the service for which she is
required. She is to be completed and ready for
service by the commencement of April next.
The old paddlewheel sloop Hecate, 817 tons, was
yesterday towed up to Charlton from Woolwich
Dockyard to be brokerrup ; and the gunvessel Roe-
buck, 857 tons, likewise condemned yesterday, com-
menced stripping at the dockyard wharf for the same
purpose.
The iron-cased ram Prince Albert, 2,529 tons,
built at Millwall, and now under completion in
Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday commenced receiv-
ing the cupolas, three in number, built by the ship-
wrights at Woolwich. Her armour is nearly all on,
and she is otherwise in a forward state.

The flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, recently con-
demned as unfit for further service, was yesterday
inspected by Commodore Dunlop, C. 8., superin-
tendent of the yard, in pursuance of Admiralty in-
structions ordering their former decision to be can-
celled, and signifying their desire that means might
be taken to patch up the defects, so as to prolong
her service for yet another twelvemonth if possible.
The portholes are therefore to be enlarged to a foot
square in order to give better ventilation to the
men's mess deck, and to afford them the benefit of
daylight during their meals. She is also to be sup-
plied NNith a new mizenmast if her timbers are found
to be sufficiently strong. It is stated to be in con-
templation to erect naval barracks at Woolwich
similar to those at Sheerness. The necessity for
good naval accommodation at Woolwich is un-
doubtedly greater than at any other home station
by reason of its vicinity to London, and the facility
for the return of the men after having enjoyed their
leisure ashore. The men, too, the great majority of
whom hal, e entered the service as boys on the flag-
ship's books at Woolwich, carry with them a natural
attachment for their first quarters, and report them-
selves at that station on their being again ready for
duty. About 400 continuous service men are at
present beruhed there, 65 of whom are now ordered
to join her Majesty's ship Landrail, about to be
commissioned.

Rear-Admiral George St. Vincent King, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Indies and Cape of Gpod
Hope stations, has been appointed to succeed Rear-
Admiral Sir Augustus L. Kuper, K.C.8., whose
time of service has expired, as Commander-in-Chief
in China.

A number of men belonging to the Royal Marine I
Light Infantry yesterday received their discharge at t
Woolwich, by order of the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, from various causes ; 23 were found
disabled, according to medical testimony, from dis-
ease of the heart, some of whom had served only a
few months ; three had been allowed to purchase
their discharge, and one had completed his term of
enlistment of twelve years. The whole of the men
were granted compensation either as a bounty or as
an annuity.
In consequence of the breaking up of several of
the depot battalions at certain of the military sta-
tions at the close of the financial year, Orders have
been received at Chatham garrison for the depot
companies of the following infantry regiments to
proceed to the stations named :—The depots of the
43d Light Infantry and the, 31st (King's Own Light
Infantry) Regiment, to Winchester, to be attached
to the 7th depot battalion ; the depots of the 31st
Regiment, the 75th Regiment, and the 83d Regi-
ment, to Aldershott camp, to join their respective
headquarters ; and the depot of the 91st Regiment
(Argyllshire Highlanders), to Preston, to join the
11th depot battalion. The depot companies of the
31st, 75th, 83d, and 91st Regiments will take their
departure from Chatham on the 31st inst., and the
depot companies of the 43d and 51st Light Infan-
try Regiments on the 2d of February. The depot
of the 6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons has received
orders to proceed from the Cavalry Depot,- Maid-
stone, to Canterbury, on Tuesday next, the 24th
inst. It is understood that a portion of the depots
at Pembroke will be transferred to Chatham on the
breaking up of the depot battalion at that station.
By the death of Gen. W. L. Walton, late of the
Coldstream Guards, the colonelcy of .the sth
(Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment becomes
vacant. The deceased General entered the Cold-

stream Guards in 1806, and had seen considerable
service. He was with the Coldstream Guards at
the siege and capture of Copenhagen, and after-
wards with the same distinguished regiment in the
Peninsula during the campaigns of 1809-10-11.
He subsequently served in Holland, Belgium, and
France from 1813 to 1818, and he was present at
the bombardment of Antwerp, the attack on Ber-
gen-op-Zoom, the battles of Quatre Bras and
Waterloo, and the capture of Paris. The deceased
General was 40 years in the Coldstream Guards,
and commanded the regiment six years. His com-
missions bore date as follows :—Ensign, May 8,
1806 ; lieut. and capt., March 7, 1811 ; capt. and
lieut.-col., February 20, 1823 ; col., January to,
1837 ; major-geu., November 9, 1846 ; lieut.-gen.,
Julie 30. 1854 ; general, February 13, 1863 ; col. of
the sth Foot, February 20, 1856.
Another of the Blakely Ordnance Company's
heavy guns, weighing 16 tons, was yesterday trans-
ported from the factory in Bear-lane, Southwark,
to Woolwich Arsenal, to undergo the necessary
Government proof, preparatory to being despatched
to its destination.
Pickford's trucks byvir;in
was conveyed on one of
double team of 16 horses,
and after proof it
bewei
hsh.ipped for St. Peters-
burg. A 9-inch gun
tons, from the
same factory, was proved ga
fewcg,ar9days ago for the
Swedish Government, with
Then
gun,
of 451 b. of
,Mich is of
powder and 4001 b. shot.
jacket,
hammered cast steel, with a steel tube,
and cast-iron trunnions, now lies aloneel the
Ordnance gun-shed, where it was inspectihey. the
Duke of Cambridge on his departmental visit on
Monday.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander N. L. A. Maitland,
to the Landrail,—conimissioned ; Commander F.
Harvey, to be Inspecting Commander to the Coast-
guard ; W. S. King, nominated to a naval cadet-
ship ; G. W. Anderson, paymaster, to the Hast-
ings; G. Prince, assist.-paymaster, to the Trafal-
gar; E. M. Russell, assist-pay-master, in charge to
the Landrail ; R. Wright, assist.-clerk, to the Land-
rail ; Lieut. E. St. J. Goforth, to command the
penguin ; Lieut. G. R. Hennege, to the Landrail ;
James Cole, promoted to the rank of Master ; W.
F. S. Mann, midshipman; to the Victoria ; George

Mair, assist.-surg., to the Landrail ; W. H. Sissons,
assist.-surg., to the Britannia ; and F. H. B. Small,
master's-assist., to the Victory, as supernumerary.

Protection to Inventors in Industrial
Exhibitions.

DEPUTATION TO MR. MILNER GIBSON.

Yesterday afternoon a deputation on this subject
was received by the Right Hon. M. Gibson,
President of the Board of Trade, at Whitehall.
The request for an interview originally came from
the committee of the West London, late Borough
of Marlyebone Working Men's Industrial. Exhi-
bition ; but, at their invitation, gentlemen officially
connected with other similar exhibitions joined the
deputation. Among those present were—Mr. R. M.
Morrell, secretary to the West London Exhibition ;
Mr. Murphy, South London Exhibition ; Mr. Rat-
ley, one of the hon. secretaries to the North London
Exhibition ; Mr. G. J. Knight, East London Exhi-
bition ; Mr. Christie, secretary to an exhibition to
be opened- at Birmingham in August ; the Rev. E.
Wilmot, Mr. J. A. Nicholay, Mr. Peter Graham, &c.
Mr. HARVEY LEWIS, M.P., who introduced the
deputation, briefly stated its composition and ob-
jects, and expressed his sympathy in the latter.

Mr. MORRELL said there had hitherto been no
system of communication between different districts
with respect to these industrial exhibitions, but he
now found that in every district the same difficulty
had been experienced as that the promoters of the
West London Exhibition had to contend with. They
were asked at the very outset whether they could
afford protection to inventors who might exhibit,
but who were too poor to obtain a patent, and who
by exhibiting without that security might find them-
selves robbed of the fruits of their ingenuity and
labour. Of course they were desirous of affording
such protection on the simple ground of justice, as
well as expediency, for they soon found that unless
such protection was given, the most valuable inven-
tions of working men would be entirely withheld.
The subject had been so strongly brought before
them at many meetings, that they felt compelled to
move in the matter, and, as a result of their exer-
tions, the Right Hon. Mr. Cowper, First Commis-
sioner of Works, and Sir Roundel]. Palmer had both
taken the subject up. It was, indeed, by the re-
commendation :of the 'Attorney-General that they
waited upon the right hon. gentleman in his official
capacity to ask him to introduce a short bill into
Parliament for the purpose. The Attorney-General
had stated his willingness to assist in the prepara-
tion of such a bill, and to take charge of it if it
had the sanction of the Government. He urged
upon the right honourable gentleman that there
could be little difficulty in acceding to this re-
quest. That protection had been accorded to
the inventors who exhibited at the Great Exhibi-
tions of 1851 and 1862, and surely there could be no
objection to do the same for the industrial exhibi-
tions that were now springing up all over the coun-
try. There were gentlemen present from the east,
the north, and the south of London, as well as from
the provinces, who would tell him that the general
feeling was that the Government should bring for-
ward a short act of Parliament to give to the work-
ing classes, who exhibited their inventions at these
industrial exhibitions, the same protection as they
gave to the wealthy exhibitors at the two great ex-
hibitions he had named. He did not apprehend that
on public grounds there would be any objection to
such a measure, and he was sure that it would bring
out hundreds of working class exhibitors who would
otherwise withhold their inventions. (Cheers.)
Mr. CHRISTIE (Birmingham) said that the pro-
moters of the exhibition to be opened there this sea-
son had felt the necessity of such a bill so strongly
that before they knew anything of the views of the
West London promoters they had taken steps to
cause their own member to bring in a bill for the
purpose. He had agreed to do so, but, of course, if
the Government would introduce a general bill that
would be unnecessary. He was quite sure that if
I such a protection was not secured the largest portion
of the very ingenious and inventive working men of
Birmingham would withhold their productions.

Mr. Murtpuy said when the movement originated
in South London, this difficulty at the very outset met
them full in the face. It had been so plainly stated
that he need not repeat it. Neither did he wish to
take upon himself the responsibility of suggesting
the exact mode in which it might be overcome.
One idea he had, which was, that some provision
might be engrafted on the museum at South
Kensington by which an officer attached to that
institution might give information to working-class
inventors whether their inventions were new or
not. There was no doubt that many of them
thought they had made new discoveries, when, in
fact, others had been before them. But in any case
there ought to be protection for poor exhibitors. It
was one of the taunts of the Press that so few skilled
mechanics were to be found exhibiting at these in-
dustrial exhibitions, He only got Mr. Morrell's
letter that morning ; but he was certain that if
longer time had been given, a general demonstration
of feeling by artizans and mechanics would have
been made in support of the object of that deputa-
tion. At a meeting last Friday of exhibitors,
numbering 600, who had contributed to the South
London Industrial Exhibition, to be opened on the
Ist of next month, this difficulty was generally felt,
and the necessity for a remedy generally expressed.
Mr. RATLEY, the North London Exhibition, and
Mr. KNIGHT, of East London, begged to corroborate
what had been previously stated as to the urgency
of such a measure, and the beneficial effect it would
have upon the .exhibitions which were spreading
everywhere, and, in fact, becoming one of the most
remarkable and cheering movements of the age.
Mr. NICIIOLAY expressed his confident expecta-

tion that the Government would accede to the re-
quest of the deputation, and give the poorer class of
inventors the same protection as they had given to
wealthy inventors at the Great Exhibitions.

Mr. M. GIBSON said that if he understood the
deputation clearly their immediate object was to get
some bill brought in which would prevent any work-
ing man exhibiting at these exhibitions being pre-
judiced by such exhibition, or deprived of the fruits
of his toil and ingenuity. That he understood to be
their immediate object, and it was a very simple
one. But there was one point to consider. How
would they define which of these exhibitions was to
have the benefit.of the protection they asked for?
In the case of the Exhibition of 1862, and the
Act they referred to, the matter was very simple,
because that Exhibition was under the control of a
special commission, and could, therefore, be speci-
fically referred to. The difficulty in this case would
be to find some title which was sufficiently general
to cover the whole ground, and at the same time
not to go beyond the real object aimed at. With
respect to the cost of patents which prevented poor
men from obtaining protection for their inventions,
that was a much wider question. A Commission
had inquired into the subject ; their report was, he
believed, ready, though not yet presented, and no
doubt the whole question would receive considera-
tion. But with respect to the first object of the
deputation, he would be most happy to give the
matter his best consideration, and, should the Go-
vernment sanction it, he had no doubt the Attor-
ney-General would give his best assistance, and take
charge of any bill that might be introduced.
The Rev. EARDLEY WIL3IOT said he trusted that
the Government in considering the subject would
not confine their attention to existing exhibitions,
or those now projected, but extend the bill so that it
might include all similar exhibitions in future.
Mr. M. GissoN—That of course we shall do.
Mr. PETER GRAHAM suggested that a certificate
from the Board of Trade would be a sufficient war-
rant for putting the provision of a 'general act in
operation.
The deputation then thanked the right hon. gen-
tleman for his courteous reception, and withdrew.

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'Eight Years' Work by the Metropolitan

Board.

The eighth annual report of the Metropolitan Board of
Works has just been issued, and it will be [studied with
interest, affording, as it does, full information with regard
to the great works undertaken by this body. These works
comprise the main drainage of the metropolis, the forma-
tion of embankments on the river, the purchase of land for
parks, and the duties of the Board include the superinten-
dence of structures raised within the metropolitan rarea,
with reference to the line of frontage, height of building,
width of thoroughfares, naming of streets, and such like
matters, besides which the Board has to guard the public
against the storage of petroleum in unsafe places, to pro-
tect " gardens" in the town, and to see that local Boards do
not borrow money on the rates for other than legal pur-
poses, or beyond their means of paying. All these duties
involve great labour, and what has been done is set forth
at length. The first subject treated of in the report is that
great work which brought the Board into existence—
namely,