The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-19 00:00:00

A LEX. [ROSS' FACE POWDER, is. ; sent for
ix. •14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. 6d.. or 54 stamps. Skin
tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 60 stamps.
Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218,
High Holborn, London.

EE T H.- IMPROVED MECHANICAL
DENTIS rßY.—Professional abilities and great artistic
skill have been most successfully combined in the production
of ARTIFICIAL T PET ki 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
assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell-
street. Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to
effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial
means, and which are so perfectly efficient.

BED .ROOM CANDLES.
• ver- hard candies
krease when carried. —Thin, Y
as the bce
"PRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop
sold in boxes le. and 3s. each, are recommendel
carriers.
sold in
"boxt X.TR
sA. Haim 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES,"
not 2s. each
Thicker
who will burn thin.
in packets of ctt nd.lesfor.
SIIERIVOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS,"
where cheapne36
onecandles
shilling,in tended for those
cheapness IA a intended for use
meat
on the ordinary candles, as 'they gutter less.
great obect will be found an
Special canolle ticks o fit i and 2s. 6d each;
in candles, is.
sockets, makio,improve-
reducingm fit any candlesticks, 2d. each.
TOIL ESOAPS.
Sherwood Brown Windsor a pleasant scent.
Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains erice's Glycerine.
13, lo tender skins in winter.
Cam
Go ri, ayncclL, liNe eEr.i n e 8o a t
SR ERWOODOLB
Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes
had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains.
c nsuled bottles. lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot-
..apric3's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and ls. each.
Glycerine
upwards. Impure the state- '
has been sold 'HI
meat that it is
prices." "equal to

Retail through any Grocer.
Wholesale by Frinf, s Patent Caudle Company (Limited).
London

T AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM ,—AN
1 EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowe 18
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the beat medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
k effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
In a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist. S, King-William-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists' in bottles, 130., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are
engraved on the stamp.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN_
MOL LARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and
Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry.
Nothin.; equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No.
1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases
of cutaneous affections or rheumatism.
Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the
hair.
Barege creams for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable
odour.
All these preparations may be had at the central depot,
221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery
and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and
Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi-
ramalals free on a plication.
Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John WiCaY, chemist, 119,
George-street

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical prole leion for Thirty years have approved
of this pure solution of llla,,lnesia as the best remedy for Gout
and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient
it is esreclally adapted for ladies and children. Prepared
sole y by

DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &c.,
172, New Bond-street, London ;
And sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists,
CAUTION,—See I hat " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle
and red label over the cork.

The committee appointed by Earl de 'Grey and
Ripon, Secretary of State for War, to inspect and
report upon the Government gunpowder magazines,
both on shore and afloat, consisting of Gen. Sir J. F.
Burgoyne, G.C.8., Director-General of Works,
president;
.Major-Gen. J. St. George, C. 8., Royal
Artillery, Director-General of Ordnance ; Lieut.-
Col. E. M. Boxer, F.R.S., Royal Artillery, Super-
intendent 'of Royal Laboratories; Capt. J. C. Caffin,
C.B. Royal Navy, Director of Stores, and Naval
DireCtor-General of Artillery, with other officers,
and Capt. the Iron. George Wrottesley, Royal En-
gineers, secretary, arrived at Chatham yesterday,
and commenced their inspection and inquiry. into the
system for the storage -of powder, shells, and cart-
ridges at the several Government magazines at that
garrison. The committee were met on their arrival
at .Chatham by Col. F. M. Cromartie, the Superin-
tendent of Stores, and other heads of departments,
and proceeded in the first instance to the Upnor
Castle gunpowder stores, facing Chatham dockyard,
on the opposite side of the harbour. These stores
contain the whole of the powder and shell required
for the squadrons at Chatham and Sheerness, as well
as the ammunition for the use of the troops quartered
in the district, and for the Artillery and Rifle Volun-
teers. The magazines and stores cover a considerable
extent of ground; aid wain the last few years
have been greatly enlarged, until they are now
among the most extensive of their kind in this country.
The Crown being the owner of little of the land in
the neighbourhood, with the exception of the site on
which the buildings actually stand, houses are erected
almost close up to the boundary wall of the maga-
zines, while close to the waterside of the stores steam-
boats are calling at the Upnor-pier at short intervals
throughout the day. It is, however, in consequence
of their proximity to Chatham dockyard that
the Government ought long since to have removed
the magazines from the locality, and placed them
some miles down the river, on the dreary wastes
between Chatham and the Nore, far removed from
any dwellings. The danger to which the dockyard
has been long liable will be increased tenfold on the
completion of the dockyard extension works, the
largest of the three steam basins now under con-
struction being exactly oppositethe Castle, in which
the chief store of powder is deposited, and this cir-
cumstance did not escape the attention of the com-
mittee yesterday. After completing their inspection
at Upnor Castle the members of the committee
crossed the river and proceeded to visit the forts
and magazines within the citadel, directing their at-
tention, in the first instance, to the grand magazine,
adjoining the Royal Engineer field works, which is
constructed not only for the reception of large stores
of powder, but also for many millions of cartridges
for the supply of the forces within the district. Al-
though every necessary precaution is taken to pre-
vent any accidents at this magazine it has always
been a source of anxiety to the authorities that it is
not sufficiently isolated, a public roadway passing
close to the boundary rail of the building, and
within a few yards of the magazine. The other
forts and magazines in which the principal storages
of gunpowder are made at Chatham are the Fort
Amherst and the Belvedere magazines, besides
smaller stores, both of which were visited by the
members of the committee. There was, however,
nothing in the situation or internal arrangements of
these to call for any special comments. The day's
inspection was brought to a close late in the after-
noon.

The iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, 3, 150-horse
power, Lieut. Commander Challis, fitting for ser-
vice on the coast of Scotland in the protection of the
fisheries, has undergone a careful survey since she has
been in dock to ascertain' the working of the new
Lumley rudder, with which she has been fitted.
The result was most satisfactory, the rudder
showing that no wear whatever had taken place,
and that the steering apparatus was in as good a
condition as when fitted to the vessel at the com-
menceinent of last summer, and that notwithstand-
ing the severe weather experienced by the vessel last
year. In an official communication received from
the Lords of the Admiralty, their lordships state
that the commanding officer reports that he is well
satisfied with the action of the new rudder, particu-
larly in narrow and tortuous channels, as the ship
requires less helm. When the helm is hard over her
way is considerably deadened, which is a great ad-
vantage when there is danger of a collision.
The operation of fixing the false keel to the iron-
clad frigate Lord Warden, building at Chatham, in
anticipation of the launch of that vessel at an early
period, was commenced yesterday. The work of
completing the frigate is being pushed forward with
as much energy as the resources of the dockyard will
permit, and nearly a thousand workmen are em-
ployed about her externally and internally. The
last of the broadside iron deck beam which carry
the upper deck has been fixed in its place, and a
commencement has been made in laying the decks,
the main and lower decks being already completed.
The, external teak-planking, to which the armour-
plates will be fastened, is bolted to the timbers by
means of galvanized iron bolts, instead of the copper
bolts usually employed for this purpose. Little
progress will be made in the way of fixing the ar-.
mourplates to the sides of the frigate until she has
been docked, the requisite machinery not having
been fitted on the building slip for expeditiously
fitting the armourplates.

The work of removing a portion of the paddle-
boxes of the large paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21,
800-horse power, is at once to be proceeded with, in
order that she may be ready for being floated into
No. 3 dock at Chatham during the approaching
spring tides, with the view to being examined and
having the injuries she sustained from her late
stranding made good. It is announced at Chatham
that the Terrible, with some other large and power-
ful steamers, will accompany the Great Eastern to
assist in the work of laying down the Atlantic
telegraph cable, and that during the time she is in
dock at Chatham opportunity will be taken for fit-
ting her for the particular service for which she is
intended.

Her Majesty's ship Saturn, which is now used as
a naval hospital and storeship. at Pethbroke-dock,
will shortly be broken up and replaced by the train-
ing ship Blenheim. It is not known yet what vessel
will take the place of the Blenheim as a training

ship.
We have to record the death of Captain Robert
Harris, R.N., which took place at his residence at
Southsea, Portsmouth, on the 16th inst. We learn
from O'Byrne that the deceased officer entered the
Royal Navy in 1822 as a volunteer on board the
Euryalus, 42, and in 1824 was employed at the
blockade of Algiers. He afterwards served on board
the Ferret, the Royal George yacht, and the Onyx
and Pantaloon tenders to the yacht. In the Excel-
lent gunnery-ship, as lieutenant, his scientific ac-
quirements secured the highest possible certificate.
In the Melville, 72, bearing the flags for some time
of Admirals Sir Peter Halket and the Hon. George
Elliot, Lieut. Harris served for four years as gun-
nery-lieutenant in North America and the West
Indies, on the Cape of Good Hope and China sta-
tions, and took part in various military operations.
Capt. Harris's last services, however, were the most
important, and with them his name must always
remain indissolubly connected. This was the
organization and introduction into her Majesty's
service of the naval cadet and boys': training ship
system, a task for the execution of which Cap-
tain Harris was specially selected by the Ad-
miralty. How this arduous task was carried out
is best exemplified by a reference to the means
Capt.palallcusedtriaotus)for
theil arris's disposal in the one ship
joint scheme at its commence-
ment, and the present admirably arranged Britan-
nia, with a' College in prospective, for the naval
cadets, and a training ship for boys now in every
naval port in the kingdom. Fox several years be