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-A. %%IRS. CHARLES MATHEWS
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CL' ZRICAL, MEDICAL, a nd GE7',TERAL LIFE
AS SURAN CE SOCIETY,
12, St. James's-Fquare, London, S.W.
Eat: ,lished 144. Empowered 1;1 Special Act of Parliament
BONUS METAITING, 1862.
Vile Report presented at a l'Aer tang held on the 2d January
last for the declaration of the Bonus, showed, in.
ev'' idence of the progress of ~---
-- *-4e Seventh Society, haftt during the quin-
or aennial period which tenon, ated on the 30h of June, IB6i,
New Assurances for a tot al sum of .£1,486,370 had been
effected, being an increase rl
five years ; that £62,215 on those of the previous
The Income had increar annum; that sed from £166,800 to £195,400 per
The Assund thrance
at Frro
id had risen from £!,154,276 to
41,422,191; a
Reversionary Add' 4-
~.,
ion to the Policies of £275,077 was then
Znade, as against £9314,479 at the prior division.
In illustration 'Of the results of the Division, that the
Reversionary A,
Varied with the
Premiums haltion above named averaged 48 per cent., or
;different ages from 33 to 89 per cent. on the
Pal .4 in the five Years•• and that the
Cash Ba'a,..ie averaged 2,5, per 'cent. on the like Premiums,
being am'augst the largest ever declared by any office.
itlelThe Fleport explained at length the nature of the invest-
ts*, and the bases of, the calculations, the results of which,
as awave shown, are erninently favourable.
s„ rr,ale followPag are among the digtinctive features of the
Nociety :
Credit System.—On Policies fol. the whole of life, one half of
olie Annual Premiums
4,_1:11 credit, o.nd may ei:ther continue:
during the firat five years may remain
as a denten the r °hey, or
uepaid off at any tirae.
,
~., alieleA for Te.tr.s of Years may be effected at rates pecu-
Liarly fa.vourable t c, Ass,r_rers.
thelnvaaid Lives r nay b'a assured at Premiums proportioned to
Increased ris,k.
Prompt Sett,
afar proof of efeP,tlA.
,eme-nt of Claims.—Claims paid thirty days
The Ac 'ouritF, 'cud Balance Sheets are at all times open to
.44e
su re insPecti'Jrl of the Assured, or of persons proposing to
ka.
Tables c A Rates, Forms of Proposal, the R eport above bonemen-
d,
eeting
a' ad a detailed account of the
proceed of the Bonus
or of
~ canbe obtained from any ,
of the Society's Agents,
GEORGE CITTCLITPF,. Actuary and Secretary,
13, St. Jarats's-square, London, S.W.
T 1 de N • • T.,
liir 7 ext Divisum of ... roftta will take late in January,
i. , and persons who effect New Policies before the end of
7_
_erne next will be entitled at that Division to one year's
alctitional share of prr
afits over later Assurers.

II ("AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
T:
FORFORTUE RESERVATION OF LIFE FROM
SHIPWRECK,
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
zt PA TuorCEss—Rer Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
F.sinEF,T—Vice-Adrniral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, E.G., P:R.S.
Cn AilimAN—Tllos. Baring, I,sq., M.P., F.E.S., V.P.
-,..:1T-Y-CRAIRMAN —Thomas% Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.
hi', _omm.ttere of Maiv:,
At".;-.EAL.
the P 1 gement have to state that, during
4,, Past two ye•Ars, the. Institution has incurred expenses
eitiunt.ug to 428,50 on various Life-boat Establishments
auxin
Coasts of Eng.' and, Scotland, and Ireland.
141:luting. the past two years the Life-boats of the National
tilee•boat I.ostitution have teen instrumental in rescuing'
Crews of the following Vessels:—
itchoeiAnn Mitchell, of Montrose .. .. 1
ooner Jane Mitchell,
of Ulverstone
Brig Pallas, of •thieids
..
.„ • • • • • • 2
Brig Ann 3ritr.thell, of Glasgow • • • • •• o
Smack John 1 jultl, of Yarmouth • • • • • • •''
Sch°°7ler Ca' aierine, of Newry •• •. 4
Barque Nia.
At_,B..arse of
.-teig,p'
kara of Shields .. .. .. .. 11
. •
rit,. ur, Mouth

Brig.. •• •• ••
Geor -e
and a - ---5.-a
7er .gmes, of London
Coble 'Y
Ayr, of Whitby •• •• •• ••
Schoo' Aonour, of Cullercoats • _ •• • •
Bareper Eliza, of North Shields .. • • • • 7
Bri„.re Oberon, of Liverpool • • • • .. 15
Sr.e.intine Nancy, of Teignmouth .. • •
• • • 9
1, "rack Wonder, of Teignmouth •
.. •
• • •• 2
Jelg Scotia, of Sunderland . . • 6
.. • "
&Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole
t-Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge.,. • • •• 5
.. •
.-
`Brig nn, of Myth ..
~.. 5
. • • • • " 8
Sloop Rope, of Dublin
Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. • • 5
••
Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. •• • •
Schooner W • • 16illiam Keith, of Carnarvon
.. .. 2
'Brig FlYlrig Fish, of Whitby •.
5
.. • • • Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. .. 3
Steam D redo-e, at Newhaven . .. .. .. 9
Schoonex Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. . 6
Bch°ol, er S.usan and Isabella, of Dundee - - 5
Sc..hoo• Aer Rose, .. • • • • • • 3
of Lynn
131-!g- Prodroma, of Stockton .. .. • • •. 11
Prig 'C'll of Viddlesborough
tr, - za, ..
B.
..9•.,antine Freia, of Konigsberg
n .. .. .. 6
-,. gantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn
Anlg Gloucester, of South Shields •• • •
rig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham ..
7
Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. •• ••• 5
Schooner Prosp, ct, of Berwick
.. •• •• 6
Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives •
• ••
• A Fishing-boat of NVaitburn 3
Brig Arethusa, of Birth
Schooner Dewi Wyu, of Portmadoc • • .. 8
Plat Cymraes, of Beaumaris . .. . • • • 2
Schooner William, of Morecambe .. .• •• ••
5
Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• • •• •• 4
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston •
.. .. 4
Brig New Drag
r' of Whitehaven .. •• • . 8
Schooner Willip,m, of Liverpool .. • • •• 5
Lugger imroel, of C ... •• • • 3
Brig Providence, of Shields •• •• •• •• 8
Brig Mayflq•aver, of Newcastle •• •• •• 8
Schooner -c illage Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4
BBarque Piuy?ma, of Glasgow .. ••• • 19
rig Hon alt Empress, of Shields .. • • .. 10
Spirid,one, of Galaxide .. • • .. 2
SchoorJe'r Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. • • 8
3F',ren,.:b, Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. •• 6
615a,_rr•frie Perseverance, of Scarborough .. - 5
P•rArioner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Kip Danube, of Belfast
.. •• •• •• •• 17
/chooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. • •
.. 4
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven
.. .. . 4
.
:Brig St. Michel, of slarans .. • • 8
.. Spanish Barque Primera de Torrevia (saved yes-
sel and one of the crev,9 eg
• •
~
.•
••
Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and 1
crew) .. • • .. .•
.. • • • Brig Anne, of Plymth ou, (saved. vessel and crew). 8 4
Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and
crew) .. .•
..
..
..
.. 6
Barque Frederick, e f Dublin .. .. •• • • 1
Barque Peace, of, London - •
• • • • 2
Lugger Saucy 1e485. of •Lowestoft .. .. .. 11
Schooner Fly, Of Whitby (saved vessel and crew
of four hem() s)
.. • •
.. • • • • • • 4
1
Smack
.Adver.ture, of Harwich- • • • • ''o
Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .• • • ' • 7
Barque Uildaunted, of Aberdeen
.. .. 11
Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish
coat saved one man
.. • • • • ' • •• al
Sch-00'ner Skylark, of Folkestone
.. ••• ••
• ;
-11„,rig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. .. • • 'Z.
• •
Aarque Robert Watson, of Sunderland • 0
Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. ••
• 6
Schooner Friends, of Lynn . • •• • • •• 4,
Schooner -Eliza Anne, of Dublin • • • • •• -
Brig Content, of :Sunderland
Smack 11.11 en Owens, of Cardigan 5
.. .
Galliot. Ep • • • • 3
imachus, of Amsterdam .. • • • • '

Total
sot or the2se and other Life-boat services the Institution has
tos, £7.,893 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has
phi„ gr anted re •cards 4mounting to £515 los. for saving 873
fiThYlvrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak-
tliil P total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during
' last two years.
44;111e number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society,
'for d other means, since its formation, is upwards of 12,2, 0;
t 1
), 2whieh services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and
ti
'2o iu cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu-
"T na s also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments.
h,.... , Public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
"" u'elg made b the Society to save the lives of Ship-
ezreeked Crews. by
help was never more needed than at
inti' e PSrcZ3
teertit time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
'On HurvLhels made within the_past few years, it has now
u and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man-
agement, for the
.e maintenanceof which, in a state of thorough
emcienriy, a large permanent annual 'I m is absolutely
teede if its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
ll' Yhe Committeefollowing gratefully acknowledge the con
'
X s. d
der Majesty the Queen .. .. annual 50 0 0
lark,
`firs. . annual 210 0
~-;le Colonel, B.A. • • annual 11 o
ts'ntton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. .. don. 25 0 0
outts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annuall 105 0
0 0
V„IV33'. G W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual
10 10 0
i"e• Lord Chief Justice .. • • don. -
tfanshawe, Vice-Admiral sir A., K.C.B. .. 2ddon. 25 0 0
arveY, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. .. don. 31 0 0
0 0
tatnbton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21
Itaiinsfsborough, the Earl of .• .. .. annual 50 0
letrin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. .. .. 7th don. 10 0 0
Oore Rev. G. B. — don. 15 15 0
kt •
'rnith, Mrs. George, Greenwich ~ .. annual 30 0
ttirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0
, Ponations and Annual Su, scriptionswillbe thankfully re-
Pvecl by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. 'Willis,
kereival, 76, Lombard—treet ; 3i essrs. Coutts and
and Co.,
P., 50, Strand; Messrs. Ferries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St.
P., 59,
London ; by a 1 the Bankers In the 'United
ikv,Mgdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at
,i-ge Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon-
" 011, W.C.
t k
,NYments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders
-° ed)' to Messrs. W llis, Percival, and Co., or to the 15ecre _
ss

S THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in
l„ harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve-
qed maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by
la:titious circumstances—same salutary, some pernicious—
ic,colnes susceptible of impressions which, according to the
tf-gree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE With Which he en-
-4 Wed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable
sery.
S'o
trle of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last
th erred to originate at that period when parents fondly }lope
h_at the objects of their love are being prepared to fight
4nonrably the great battle of life—namely, the scholastic
1411 collegiate period. Habits are then contracted, in
N.Bllspe, cting ignorance of their effects. which, if not ar-
q "e tend to sink the VICTIMS OF ERRoR to the deepest
tillths of deoradation and woe. The evil is aggravated. by
144 aPathy too generally evinced by the medi•al profession,
the only as to the nature bet the very existence of the
kt:ages arising from the cause indicated, and to which the
1,,,,,eral and inadequate designation of "Nervous Disorders
mil Debility" has been given. One of the consequences of
elas t'eglect is that the treatment of the most delicate
4,,Rsea of disease which afflict society has been taken
'"bY unqualified and uneducated persons.
oe'r. LA'MERT, M.D., Licentiate of the Roya. Society
I,tl.pothecaries, &c.. 37, Bedford-square, London, is
ItgG ONLY priAcTiTicNER REGULARLY QUALIFIED AND
toulre4r, TERED who has demted his exclusive attention for 20
rs to the cure of these affections, which war with thevery
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ticeCU. The result of his experience and successful prat_
isl,lilaY be perused with advantage in his Treatise,
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THE WELLINGTON RE-OPENED.
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from 9 a.m. to midnight ; on Sundays from 5.30 to 11 p.m.
By Order. F. SCOWEN, Superintendent.
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160, Picea illy.

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tried in the Paris and London hospitals, under the care
of Messrs. Cultrier, Rilord, Lloyd, POland, and Legros Clark,
—(j.anset, Nov. 6, 1852) - effects a cure in average of six days,
either in 'he recent or chronic diseases. 4s. 6d. per bottle;
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Haymarket.

CORDIAL BALM OF SYRTACUM,
for Nervous Relaxation and General Weakness, restores
with magical rapt 'ity the most debilitated constitution. A
single course of this remedy will enable man at once to fulfil
the most sacred obligations of married life, ensuring to all
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TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.-
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre-
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L
medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility,
oss of
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o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re-
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made.

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THE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical
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VIVA VITALIS, illustrated with 100 Engravings
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DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD :
MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATOREPICE
NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &O.
'mat Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates,
In a sealed envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, and
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CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological
Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs.
CHAPTER
IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcca and Impotence;
Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect.
CHAPTER 111.--.A Review of the various DisqualllicaUons
f Yarriage ; 'whether resulting; from Youthful Abuse, the
Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.
CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of
3onorrhcca and Syphilis.
Thee cok occludes with numerous varied and interesting
ases, which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive
Cotion.

REVIEWS THE WORK. _
"Curtis on Manhood.—This
is ttrl7,:„
valuable_stinda wyTorunk,easn,d,
hould be in the hands of young
an old
?3d lliarch, 1858*
~ The author has Conferred a great boon bv Dublishin this
more frequently premature
little work, in which is dcscribed the source .of those diseases
whicho?,;
aa
e.produce,,— ‘,iladicloyliin,celeingryaopr, or amore
27,1856.
1
"This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of
professional criticism and empirical h
ostilityud sympathising manner on the disqualifications
various ,
treats in apl
excitemen and d ae
n
rt
,nd impediments arising from nervous
Witty ; and to invalids suffering from Youthful errors and
rlcesses it will be found valuable and useful.,,___E„,i
..ondon : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick
4,,
I muter-row; !Wu. 39* C"1114,"• Lane, Pater
Moors of Consultation_-10 to S and 6 t 0 gt uslcia3,o, 10 tail 2

The naval duel fought by the Merrimac and the
Monitor in the James River has attracted a degree
of public attention unprecedented by any hostile
achievements during the last few years. The wildest
and most extravagant conclusions have been drawn
from the accounts which reached us from the other
side of the water, and the public were surprised to
hear that the whole question of iron plates versus
cannon balls had been so very easily and apparently
so satisfactorily settled. Two vessels, extemporised
in a few weeks and at a trifling cost, were able, it
were said, to batter each other for several hours
without inflicting any injury on either craft. The
science of warfare had, it was supposed, attained to
its highest state of perfection ; the power of de-
fence exceeded that of offence ; and cannon
balls of 1801 b. were represented as falling and
rattling like hail upon the armour-plated
vessels. Two questions have, however, not yet
been answered, and they are very important ones
—first, were the balls solid ? and, next what
was the quantity of powder used for their dis•
charge ? If the Dahgren or other guns employed
could not carry more than a few pounds of powder
without bursting, it need excite no surprise that
the projectiles fell like hail rather than penetrated
like shot. The latest experiments with the Arm-
strong gun afford a pretty clear indication of what
would be the speedy fate of any iron-plated vessel
opposed to such artillery as we have at our com-
mand.
Not the least remarkable feature of the American
duel is the cool assumption of superiority claimed
by the ex-Swedish officer, Captain Ericsson, in
the naming his vessel the "Monitor," namely, that
it was to teach European Powers something of
which they were ignorant, and to warn them of the
fate which hung over them in consequence of this
discovery. The main feature in this vessel is that
its guns were placed in, and its gunners protected
by a shot-proof iron cupola. There is nothing,
however, in this which was not well known
to our Admiralty, and to every person who
had paid any attention to naval and military
matters. Captain Coles, long before the construe

tion of the Monitor had even been dreamt
pro-
posed to employ revolving towers on the upper deck
protected with armour plates, and each containing
two guns. The old Trusty, floating-battery, was
fitted with one of these cupolas early last year, and
in the month of May it underwent a most severe
ordeal. The experimental firing from the cupola
was carried on under the direction of Captain
Hewlett, of the Excellent, gunnery-ship, and with
the most satisfactory result. Everything was car-
ried on as in action. The lanterns were hung in
the inside of the tower, and the arrangements for
making the cupola to revolve were precisely
similar to those which would be adopted in
a naval attack. The firing took place at
a target 3,600 yards, or rather over two miles

distant. So accurate was the firing that the second
shot passed through the target. The guns were
100-pounders, and they were fired singly and to-
gether, and us rapidly as six rounds in as many

minutes. The concussion caused by the discharges
was said to be but trifling, and was, in fact,

greater outside than inside the tower. This

system of revolving towers for artillery, we
may state, so far from being a new discovery
of Captain Ericsson, or even Captain Coles, was

actually tested many years since in the Maximilian
towers at Verona, but was abandoned as not consi•

dered suitable for land fortifications.

The plan which Captain Coles has suggested is a
very simple and ingenious one. The towers are

about 14ft. in diameter, and rise in a conical shape
to about 6ft. above the deck. They are formed of

strong timbers, covered with 41in. iron plates.
There is an aperture for the muzzle of two guns,

and an entrance which closes with a solid iron

plate. Within the tower are the usual traversing
carriages for the guns, which lie side by side.
The tower is erected on a base of solid timbers,
and made to turn upon its centre, like the turn-
table at a railway station. It revolves upon a

central pivot, and movee on iron rollers, run-
ning on iron racers below and near the circum-
ference. The weight of each tower, with the guns

in them, is about 70 tons, and the whole is very

easily moved by means of a ratchet-wheel. As
the tower revolves it of course brings the guns
to bear upon any point desired. A set of tables

have been calculated, in connection with the cupola,
which enable the gunners to ascertain the exact

distance of the object to be struck, and the top of
the tower is sighted like a rifle, quite independent

of the guns which it contains. It was with the
tower so constructed that the experiments were

It was, however, necessary not only to test the
efficiency of the tower for purposes of offence, but
also its powers of resistance. The Trusty was once
more brought out to be experimented upon. The
cupola itself was subjected to most severe firing.
Ten 40 pounders struck it, and left the indelible
marks upon the rounded surface ; then came 20 of
the destructive 68-pounders, which slightly frac-
tured the plates in several parts; and finally, 40
shots of 100 lb. each were fired, without effecting
the slightest injury, except where one of the plates
was defective. The Trusty is now lying in
Woolwich dockyard ; the iron plates have been
stripped off the cupola, and one only of them
shows signs of severe punishment. The tim-
ber frame-work is unshaken, and the turn-
table at the base still in perfect working order. The
result of the experiments was considered perfectly
satisfactory at the time, but as no particular alarm
was then felt in the country, the First Lord of the
Admiralty did not consider it necessary to apply to
the Treasury for any extraordinary grant for the
purpose of constructing vessels of this description.
The plans, however, were prepared and ready to be
acted upon when required.
A contract was yesterday entered into by the
Admiralty with. Messrs. Samuda for the construc-
tion of a cupola ship of extraordinary powers. This
latest addition to our iron-plated navy will be 250
feet long; its tonnage about 2,000 tons, and is to
draw but 20 feet of water, and the speed is not to
be less than 121 knots. When clearing for action
the ship's bulwarks will be thrown down all round
her level with the upper deck, along which will be
ranged three towers, like huge inverted saucers.
The shields or towers will revolve, as already ex-
plained, on a turn-table on the deck below. The
height of the shields above the deck will be five
feet, which will be but small objects for
the enemy to fire at, and even, if struck, it will be
at an angle of about 45 degrees. The muzzle of the
guns will be nine feet six inches out of water, but as
equal
whole of them can be brought to bear at one time
the
ordinary cupola
or
vessel ship
Defence—the f will 2 be 4
guns.in
two
Compared
s t its
rbroadside o n
.with
ht ethe to
ships
h i an
Re-
sistancens
d
which we have built—the new one will possess
several most important advantages. The tonnage
will be but 2,000 tons as against 3,668 tons in the
Defence ; the draught of water will be but 20 feet
against 25 feet 4 inches; and the speed will be 121
against 111 knots. Add to these advantages, that
whereas the Defence or Resistance can only fight 7
:guns protected by her iron plates, the shield ship
can bring her whole 12 to bear at one time upon
any desired point, with no practical limit to the
aiming, while the others are limited to 29 degrees.
In closing with an enemy, the shield ship, by tak-
ing a slightly oblique course, can bring the whole
of her guns to bear, while the enemy can only re-
ply with two or three guns from the bowor
stern, as the case may be. The shield ship is to be
of iron, and covered with
armour
rcptleadt
plates. The
e
price at which the contract has
been taken by Messrs. Samuda is /44 15s. per ton.
The cost, exclusive of armament and equipment,
will be therefore about 1:100,000, or less than one-
half of the cost of any armour-plated ship we have

afloat. The shield ship will have no masts or rig-
ging, and when afloat will show to the view above
her desk merely her funnel and the tops of her
shields. The Duke of Somerset has very correctly
described the new ship as one carrying guns in a
cupola, and perfectly capable of going round the
world.

The American Monitor, which is to give the Old
World such a signal lesson in naval affairs, has a
speed of not more than fivo or six knots an hour;
she has one cupola, and is so defective as a seagoing
vessel that she was nearly lost in a gale of wind
when steaming round to Fortress Monroe.

The following description of the Monitor may
serve as a means of comparison with the British

Monitor •--

" She is oval shaped, 172 feet long, and 41 feet
in width at the centre. Her hull rises perpendi-
cularly out of the water, as straight all round as the
sides of a stone wall, and as flat on the top as a
table, without any rail or guards around her. She
has two square smoke stacks, about seven feet in
height ; but in time of action these are removed,
and the smoke and steam come through grates in
the deck, the iron of which is about eight inches
thick. Nothing remains on her deck but the pilot
house, which is a square iron statue, about 3 feet
high, about the size of an ordinary dry goods box.
The tower rises about nine feet high from the deck,
and looks, when close to it, like a 'large iron gaso-
meter or gasholder. On closely examining it, how-
ever, you find that its sides and top are about one
foot thick, whilst the lower tower is 22 feet in dia-
meter, and that
closetogether portholes,
:rilaPed
ethii n two feet
otn it, has two
noto,z, miapart, and not more than three feet above the deck.
The interior of the tower exhibits still stronger the
tone side,
superior strength of the vessel."

The new shield ship is to be ready for launching
on the 3d of February next, and equipped for sea
on the Ist of June.

HOW FAR IS THE EMB,INK n 1 NT OF
THE THAMES TO BE CARRIED?

of the parish of
Chelsea Adeputation
yesterday
waited,the vestryby
appointment,
p pointment, on the
Right Hon. Mr. Cowper, the Chief Commissioner
of Works, in the members' tea-room at the House
of Commons, to urge upon him the desirability of
having the embankment of the Thames continued
from Westminster to Battersea-bridge, and the low
level sewer carried under it.

It appeared, from the statement of Mr. Tite,
M.P., who introduced the deputation, and Mr.
Finch,pa
rlimwhos acted
ent voteda a
as
since s
tun
of money for
the embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, as an aid
to local subscriptions for the same purpose, but that
as the latter were not forthcoming in the propor-
tion stipulated for by the legislature, a sum of from
£30,000 to £lO,OOO was paid back into the Ex-
chequer. They thought if that sum were now placed
at the disposal of the Metropolitan Board of Works
it would enable them to continue the embankment
of the river in connexion with the low level sewer
from Westminster-bridge to Battersea-bridge, and
so obviate the proposed discharge of the sewage of
the neighbourhood into the Thames, after going
through the process of deodorisation at Cremorne; it
was objectionable that any foreign matter should be
allowed to find its way into the Thames. The con-
struction of the works in question would, they
urged, be a great improvement to the neighbourhood;
and as Battersea-bridge is a dangerous nuisance,
they suggested that a new bridge connecting Oakley-
street with a road right through Battersea Park,
would, by bringing Clapham and that district
into direct communication with the public insti-
tutions at Kensington, make the Government pro-
perty productive.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, in his reply, stated
that in spirit he fully coincided in the views of the
deputation, but he felt sure Parliament would not
re-vote the money except upon the -original condi-
tion that the neighbourhood itself should contribute
towards the expense of the work; and with regard
to the proposal for the erection of another bridge,
it was not likely to be entertained, especially as
the traffic over the one lately erected was not suffi-
cient to pay interest upon the cost of it.
Mr. FINCH reminded the right hon. gentleman
that Parliament had, by a subsequent act, abandoned
the principle that the vote of the House of Com-
mons should be aided by local contributions. The
parish of Chelsea would, if it had parliamentary
powers to do so, willingly aid in the undertaking;
but as the work would be a benefit to the public
and a benefit to the Board of Works, it ought not
to be delayed, but constitute part and parcel of the
main scheme.

The CHIEF COMMISSIONER fully agreed with
them that the present was the time to move in the
matter; but as the case of Chelsea differed from that
of the Strand and Fleet-street, and had no exces-
sive traffic of which to -be relieved, he did not see
how any portion of the coal dues could be applied
to the work of embankment there.

The deputation, having thanked the right hon.
gentleman for his courtesy, then withdrew.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

LAMBETH.

In consequence of Mr. Roupell's resignation as
member for this borough, though, owing to some in-
formality in his tendering it, it is not at present
accepted, several candidates are already in the field.
On Wednesday evening, at the Windmill Tavern,
Upper Kennington-lane, a numerous meeting of
the members of the " Lambeth Parliamentary and
Parochial Association" took place, Mr. T. D. Tully
in the chair, when the merits of the candidates
named were discussed. As this association exer-
cises great local influence, the resolution that it
came to, after a lengthened and animated discussion,
may be of interest to those gentlemen who may be
desirous of representing the borough; it is as follows
—" That this association, having taken an active
part in tha re-election of Mr. W. Williams as mem-
ber for the borough of Lambeth, have resolved to
oppose any candidate who will not support that gen
tleman's views in the Commons Rouse of Parlia-
ment."

alV;,lnLeLxstj,tthhee 16th inst.
n g unanimously,woans tande
.
jin:uTtrihnoeendoutfsiullVilalWr. vejod.tneepsod.f thanks was
The above being carried
raeet
awarded to the
chairman.

Among the names of the candidates mentioned as
Goldsmid.
being already in the field are Mr. Fredk. Doulton,
Mr. M. Chambers,
Q.C., and Mr. F.

6............ *•••

GREAT GRIMSBy.

A committee appointed by the House of Commons,
and consisting of Mr. E. Egerton (chairman), Sir
aAn.dWm.r. o.
Buller,o. the Hon.
have been engaged
Mr. Liddell, Mr. Longfield,
gaged during the
last six days in inquiring into the merits of a peti-
tion presented against the return, of Mr. John
Chapman as member for that borough. When the
Earl of Yarborough died early in the present year,
his Great
re son, n
G ,
ri Lordm
Grimsby
y W
lostslrto
the peerage,
had sat for many years as
member for the city of
°ietYs
, Lincoln, at once resigned his seat and declared him-
self a candidate for the borough, in
member. succeeing
Mr. Ireneage, who
which he has
considerable property, and where it was supposed
he would secure the Yarborough interest. He was
opposed by a Conservative candidate, Mr. John
Chapman, chairman of the Great Grimsby Dock
Company and of a local railway. There was a sharp
contest, and Mr. Chapman was returned by a majo-
rity of 12. The electors who petitioned against Mr.
Chapman's return' complained that his agents had
been guilty of bribery, intimidation, treating, vio-
lence, and the other offences which are ordinarily
comprised in an election petition. Six days were
occupied in the examination of the witnesses, one
side swearing most decidedly to undue practices on
the part of Mr,Chapman's supportere,while the other