The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-27 00:00:00

SHIPS' RUDDERS.

An interesting trial took place at Portsmouth o
a plan, patented by Captain Warren, R.N., for
steering ships under steam by a rudder placed in
the vessel's bow. The chief merit claimed by
Captain Warren for his patented rudder are that it
is an auxiliary steering power to the ordinary rud-
der, assisting the ship to turn quicker when neces-
sary, as might be the case under the fire of an
enemy's battery, and also that it should replace the
ordinary rudder in the event of any accident hap-
pening to the latter either from the weather or the
shot of the enemy. The vessel with which the
principle was tested yesterday was the Princess
Royal, a small paddle steamer belonging to the
Portsmouth and Isle of Wight Steam Packet Com-
pany, and to the bows of which a rudder had been
temporarily fitted. The rudder had, however, an
area of only nine feet, or one-third that of the ves-
sel's ordinary rudder aft, It was evidently placed
also too far forward, and was not sufficiently im-
mersed, the upper part of the rudder being some
nine inches above the water line. In fitting a bow
rudder to a man of war Captain Warren proposes
to have the upper part of the rudder 15 feet below
the water line in a vessel drawing, like her Ma-
j,,sty)s
ship Defence, 26 feet of water, and other
shins in proportion. It is evident, therefore, that
the principle yesterday, although certain favour-
Ole results were obtained, could not. be fairly
tested ; that is—that with an increased art.a and
submersion of the rudder, and an alteration of posi-
tion, its power would have been mere fully deve-
loped. Captain Broadhead, R.N., conductel the
trials. Among the gentlemen on board to witness
the trial were—Admiral Sir 11. D. Chads, Captain
Fullerton, R.N., Mr. A. Heather, manager of the
United Steampacket Company; Mr. Reed, manager
of Messrs. White's shipbuilding-yard and slipway,
&e. The first trial was made by placing the after
or ordinary rudder of the ship hard over, when the
ship made a complete circle in 3m. 225., the engines
making 27 revolutions. In the second trial the for-
ward rudder was put hard over,but the vessel was so

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long in making the half circle that this tria.! WaS
abandoned. In the third the forward rudder
was put hard over, and the after rudder
fixed amidships with chocks, when a circle was
completed to -port in 6 min. 19-sec.; f.e engines
making 26i revolutions. In the fourth, the forward
rudder was again put hard ever, but this time .4 it h
the after rudder loose, when the time occupied in
completing the circle, the steamer coming round in
-this instance also to port, was 8 min. 24 sec.; the
revolutions of the engines being 26k. In the next
trial the after rudder was put hard over, with the
forward rudder loose, and the ship made the: circle
to port in 3 :ninutes, the revolutions of the engines
bring 26. Both rudders were next put bard over
together, when a circle was completed to port in 2
min. and 47 sec., a gain of 13 sec. on the preceding
trial, the engines making 24 revolutions. - When
the ship stopped dead, the after rudder was put hard
over and forward rudder fixed, when the engines
were turned ahead, the time being taken from their
moving fuirly.alead.- Circle completed in 3 min.
37 sec. The same experiment was next carried out
with the forward rudder, when the circle to port
was completed in 6 min. 40 sec., the revolutions of
the engines being 251. Forward rudders, like
screws, require lengthened •arid' expensive experi-
ments to develope their powers and are almost
beyond the means of private individuals.. There is,
however, no doubt cm:wider:able merit attbelle,444.
the plan proposed by Captain Warren, but the ex-
periments require to be carried out on a larger and
more perfect scale than those of Yesterday.

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.

The Union Company's Cape mail steamer Athens,
Capt. H. R. Clark, arrived in Plymouth Sound this
afternoon, from the Cape, May, 22; St. Helena,
31 ; and Ascension, June 4. She brings 49 pas-
sengers, among whom are the Lord Bishop of Cape
Town and Mrs. Gray, Baron and Baroness de Lo-
rentz, Lieut.-Colonel Rivers, Cnevalier and Mrs.
Duprat, Dr. Norris, Rev. Mr. Hawkins (Zambesi
expedition), Rev. Mr. Guldeafenny, Mr. W. H.
Gedye, R.N., and Mr. W. W. Ball (Lieut. C. R. R.)
Her cargo consists of 50 casks wine, 155 bales woo],
1,250 bags rice, 160 bales goatskins, 452 bundles
hides, 296 bags copper ore, 25 bags argol, 10 cases
ostrich feathers, 16 packages ivory, 42 packages old
metal, 60 bags coffee, 4 boxes specie, and 35 pkgs.
sundries.

The annual session of the Cape Parliament was
opened by his excellency the governor on the 24th
April. Mr. Wodehouse stated that our relations
with the native tribes were satisfactory, but he was
of opinion that a British officer should he appointed
to reside with the Basuto chief Moshesh, in conse-
quence, principally, of ill feeling between the
Basutes and the people of the Free-State. He was
anxious to develop it G. Grey's policy in frontier
matters in its integrity, provided means were
placed at his disposal for that purpose, either by
the Imperil 1 Government or colonial legislature.
He was in favour of aiding the volunteers, of the
promotion of railway enterprise, of irrigation and
immigration. He proposed a radical change in the
system of finance. He was entirely opposed to
separation. The grievances of the eastern province,
he thought, could be "remedied without either sepa-
ration, federation, or the removal of the seat of Go-
vernment. He recommended that the sittings of
Parliament should in future be held alternately in
the eastern and western districts of the colony;
that a branch of the Supreme Court, consisting of
two puisne judges, be established in the eastern
province, and that a Solicitor-General be appointed
to conduct public prosecutions on circuit. His ex-
cellency also advises that British Kaffraria be
annexed to the colony; that that territory shall be
allowed a fair share of representation in Parlia-
n).4,and the colonial an tpireeit
overlie whole region from Britieh Kalfraria to Natal.
Four days. after the opening of Parliament his
excellency proceeded in her Msjesty's ship Cossack
to the frontier, and after an extensive jour-
ney of almost unprecedented rapidity, he re-
turned to Cape Town the day before the Athens leff.
During his absence of three weeks, he landed at
East London and proceeded to King William's
Town, where he sounded the inhabitants of Kaff-
raria as to their views of annexation, and found
them almost unanimously opposed to surrendering
the privileges they now enjoy as an independent
colony. From King William's Town he proceeded
still further up the country through Kaffirland,
across the Kei, examining the vacant country, to
the Banshee, now held in military tenure by the
colonial police, and returning by the borders of
Queen's Town to Graham's Town. There he found
the inhabitants strongly in favour both of railways
and annexation, and prepared and pledged to support
his Excellency's policy to the utmost. He also
visited Port Elizabeth, where he found the people
divided about separation, but unanimous in a de-
sire for railway communication between their port
and Graham's Town. How far his Excellency's
observations in his tour might tend to influence his
previously-declared policy was not known when the
Athens left.

The budget speech was delivered by the Colonial
Secretary on the 15th of May. The Government
proposed to impose some new taxes and to fund the
proceeds of the sale of Crown lands. An attempt
had been made to introduce a Usury Bill, flying the
legal rate of.interest at 6 per cent., into a Legisla-
tive Council; but in the House of Assembly a reso-
lution had been agreed to affirming that it was not
expedient to pass a Usury Bill, an it was believed
to be clear that free trade in money was an estab-
lished principle at the Cape.
News had been received from the Zatiibesi miss-
sion. Bishop Mackenzie and the Rev. Mr. Burrup
had died of fever while prdceeding down the Shire,
intending to reach the Zambesi mouth, expecting
the arrival of the bishop's sister and Mrs. Burrup.
These ladies arrived safely in company with Capt.
Wilson, commander of the Gorgon, shortly after
the decease of their relatives. The missionary
party as a body had been eminently successful.
The intelligence from Dr. Livingstone was grafi-
, fying in the extreme; he was going to navigate
the Nyassi Lake in the new steamer Nyassi, Mrs.
Livingstone bad joined him a month or two before.

TUE IRON-TRADE, STOURBRIDGE, June 26.—The
preliminary meeting of the ironmasters of South Stafford.
shire and East Worcestershire, was held at the Stewponey,
this , afternoon, Mr. Philip William, the Chairman of the
Association, presided. There was a general concurrency of
opinion that the trade is in a much better state than it was
three months ago, and a resolution was unanimously passed
to adhere to the old scale of prices for all descriptions of
finished iron, the make of this district.

FRIGHTFUL DEATH BY MACHINERY AT MILL-
WALL.—Late on Wednesday evening Mr. H. Raffles
Walthew, the deputy-coroner for Middlesex, held an in-
quest at the London Hospital, touch' pg the death of John
Stevens, aged 68 years, a mechanic in the service of Messrs.
Dudgeon and Co., the proprietors of the Millwall• Iron
Works, Poplar, who lost his life under very frightful cir-
cumstances. It appeared from the evidence that the de-
ceased was employed in the manufactory on Wednesday
afternoon last, and while assisting another man in placing
a bar of iron on the forgo fire, he stumbled over a piece of
waste metal and fellbackwards against the swivel of a large
' grindstone which was travelling rapidly by.steam power,
and before assistance could be rendered ho was drawn
round the moving iron-work into an indescribable co
tion. One of the workmen ran and stopped the engine,
while another rushed forward and obtained a knife, when
the deceased's clothes had to be cut to pieces before ho
could be disentangled from the ironwork. He 'MIS found
to he terribly injured, and when removed to the hosp
house
expired shortly after his admission. Mr. Guy, the
surgeon, said deceased died from dislocation of the spine
and severe external injuries. The whole cf
purely
venture. The deputy-coroner said that it was to be regret-
ted that scrap iron should be allowed to co.llect OR the
ground to the danger of the workmen, and the jury concur-
ring, a verdict of accidental death was returned, The do,
. ceased has left a wife and family.

Won by a length. A bad third.

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The Visitors' Plate of 50 says (handicap) for all ages.
Winners extra. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Greville's Camperdown, 4 yrs. 6st 121 b (Drew) I
Mr. B. E. Dunbar's Overton (in. 51b esttra) 4 yrs, Bst 31b'
(G. Fordhatn)
Mr. Saltmarsh's Miss Newlands (late Babbles), 3 yrs, 64
71b
Mr. Nightingall's Strawberry Leaf, 3 yrs, Est 21b
(Nightingall) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Overton, 3to 1 agst Camperdown,
and 4 to 1 agst Strawberry Leaf.
Camperdown made the running to the stand enclosure,
where he was joined by the favourite, the pair running
locked wgether
.to the. end, Cvnperdown winning in. the
last. stride by a no:k; a bad third; Strawberry Lea
beaten off. . .
A Maiden Two-yr-old Plate of 43 says; wits,
fillies, Bst 41b; with optional sel;ing weights. New
T.Y.C,'
Mr. It. Drewettig Harriet Watts, 7st Slb (L5O)
(G. FordhAni).
Mr. PAnson's Passion,. 7st 811) (Cl, ;tints) 3
Mr. Guy's Hilly Grove, "i",t
Mr. Hadgmatt's Gipsy Girl, 7st -13111 (1';10.);,... A. F:;??,
Mr. `Curninin'a Llon-quotaire. 7st flit,
Hr. Nightingall's,Co:tau,;list 411,
Betting-2 to 1 agSt HarriA Watts, sto e.g.,' t
and 4 to 1 apt Hilly Grove.
The favourite in co!npiltly With Isae.iion made the run-
ning, the pair having the rt.ice to theinc&ves-from the dis-
tance;
alH.t awrroiit NwViatlittagl:eaa?lega.sseligbhytlliyalf a ;
third.

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The winner was claimed by Mr. I'Anson.
The Railway Plato of 50 soya, added to 9.--Sweepstakes of 5
sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weights for ago,
with maiden allowances and optional selling weights.
Five furlongs. 9 subs.
Mr. T. Stevens's B Ides, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (L 50).„ 'Payne) 1
Mr. Law's Dunoon, 3 yrs, 7st 11th (L50)..-..(` ``nalloner) 2
Mr. W. IL Mendy's Blackbird, 3 yrs, ist 81b (.£5O)
(Fordham) 3
The following also ran —Crouse filly, Pretty HoiSe-
breaker, Tarragona, and Seahorse.
Petting—Even...eget Tarragona, 5 to 2 agst Blackbird,
'441115-111-aach agst,Bafiler and Dunoon.
Blackbird, with BallVetst his' girths,"made the'reinning;
followed by Dunoon, with the others lying in dos& attend-.
ante to the distance, when Blackbird dropped back, and
Baffler in company wish Dunoon came on togethe'r,' the
former havingU alight lead, which he increased as he cam©
on, and won'iun,canfer by, a length; tiled third.' Tarra-
gona, who was r treanely fractious at the post, jumped.
round when the g and was left behind.
The winner was bought by Mr. Fuller for 300 guineas,
and Mr. Laws claimed the Creusa filly.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3-yr-olds, Bst; 4-yr-
olds, 9st 71b ; 5-yr-olds, 9st 13th; 6.yr-olds and aged, lost.
Two miles. The winner to be sold for £5OO.
Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar-hill, 4 yrs, 9st 71b(J. 0-eater) 1
Mr. Reeves's Cam, 3 yrs, Bst
Gen. Shirley's Mistake, 5 yrs, 9st 13th.... (Woodhouse) 3
The following also ran :—Alroy, Shepherdess, Stanton,
Fitz-Avon, The Priest, and Sycophant.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Fitz-Avon, sto 1 each apt Vine-
gar-hill and Sycophant, 6to 1 agst Mistake, and Bto 1 agst
Shepherdess.
The Priest jumped away with a strong lead, followed on
passing the stand by Fitz-Avon, Stanton, and Cara,Mistake
heading the rear division, which was whipped in by Shep-
herdess. Descending the hill on the far side, Mistake rushed
to the front, and came on with a clear lead, Fitz -Avon still
lying second, Cam and the Priest side by side next, Vine-
gar-hill, with Sycophant at his girths, heading the rest.
With little or no alternation they retained these positions
to the distance, when Mistake gave wa and was passed by
Cam and the favourite, wlni came on ogether to halfway
up, when Venegar-hill joined them, and at the stand took
a clear lead and won easily at last by two lengths; a bad
third ; Cam was fourth, the favourite fifth, the other a were
pulled up some distance from home. The winner was
claimed by Mr. Brayley.
The Richmond Plate (handicap) of 50 soya for all ages.
Winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Drewitt's Redpole, 4 yrs, 7st Sib (inc. 51 extra)
(G. Fordham) 1
Mr. Savile's Vertumna, 3 yrs, 6 71b...... (T. French) 2
Mr. W. Holdsworth's Disappointment, 3 yrs, Est 71b
(Morgan) 3
Mr. R. Lawson's Cauda (h b), 5 yrs, Est 10ib .. (Drew) 4
Mr. G. Brown's Mermaid, 4 yrs, 7st 31b.. (W. Johnson) 5
Mr. W. H. Mundy's Blackbird, 3 yrs, Est leth
(J. Reeves) 6
Mr. W. G. Craven's Canterbury, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Borkie)
Betting-6 to 4on Redpole, 3to 1 agst Vertumna, 7to 1
agst Disappointment, and 100 to 8 agst Blackbird.
Mermaid, in company with Vertumna and the favourite,
made play to the turn into the straight, when she Was
headed by Mr. Savile's colt, who came on with a slight
lead, Redpole lying off until reaching the distance, when
he joined tlle leaders, headed them in a stride or two, and-
won in a canter by two lengths; a bad third.
The Bushy 'Plate of 30 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5
soya each. Two-yr-olds and upwards. Weights for,
age, with optional aelUng weights. Half a mile. • 4
Mr. Brayley's Tarragona, 3 yrs, 7st slb (£40).... (Page) .
Mr. E. Thomas's Tutor, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (110) (Chationer) 2
Mr. R. Lawson's Mickleham, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (m)
(Fordham) 3•
1-_,,nder'-a-Alba, 3 yre, 7st-64b-(-S iid) (3'earison),
`IV/tVSavory's Swindler, 3 yrs, Bst 81b (LSO) ..(Godfrey) 5
Betting-6 to 4on Tarragona, sto 2 agst Tutor, and sto
1 agst any other.
The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter
by two lengths; four lengths separating the second and
third ; a bad fourth.
The winner was bought by Mr. Trowson for 125 guineas,
and joins Nightingall's stable at Epsom.
The Scurry Stakes (handicap) of 10 soya each, 3 ft to go to
the fund, with 20 added; gentlemen riders; one mile.
Mr. Payne's Rockley, 5 yrs, llst (Mr. Edwards) 1
Mr. Howell's Consternation, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (in 51b ex)
(G. Fordham) 2,
Mr. Holdsworth's Disappointment, 3 yrs, lOst 71b
(Captain Barclay) 3
Mr. Cherry's Telegraph, 3 yrs, lOst 101 b (Owner) 4
Captain Horton Rhys' Vesper, 5 yrs, lOst Lib
(Captain Riddell) 6
Captain Horton Rhys' Phoebus, 4 yrs, list 51b
(Mr. Wood) 6
Betting-6 to son Rockley, 2to 1 agst Consternation,
and 5 to 1 agsc, any other.
Consternation made play, followed by the favourite in
waiting to the stand enclosure, where Mr. Edwards got up
and won a fine race on the post by a head ; a bad third; the
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others beaten away.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE RACES TIIIIRSDA,Y,

JUNE 26.
The Tyne Handicap of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 25 added, for
all ages ; the second to save his stake. Three-quarters

of a mile. 5 subs.
Mr. C. Winteringham's Cauliflower, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
(Gr. Noble) 1
Mr.
Who, 3 yrs, Ist 21b ........ . 2
Mr. AG..
S. Thompsonoung
?s s'Aslanga, 2 yrs, 6st 71b.. ) 3
Mr. Simpson's n
, Est 1 llb (Whiteley) 4
Young's
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Mr. G. Rudthick. s Johnny Bright, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Sinclair) 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Ennerdale, 3to 1 agst Cauliflower,
zer dale, 2 yrs
4 to 1 agst Aslanga.
Won by a length. A neck between the second and third.
The Northumberland Hunt Plate of 60 sous, given for
half-bred horses only, that have been regularly hunted
with any established pack of hounds, and have not at any
time before starting been in any training stable, or liable
to race-horse duty; weight 12st each. gentlemen riders
Entrance 1 soy, to g 9 to the funds. Northumberland
Plate Course, two miles. 21 subs.
Major Bell ns. Wali Ali Shah (late Raby) aged

• s (Mr. Thiirnps'en) 1
Mr. Nelson's Mark Tapley, aged (Owner) 2
Mr. E. Milvain's Chieftain, aged.... (Mr. Peters) 3
' The following also ran :7-Royal Oak, Gaylass, and Will-
o'-the-Wisp. '

Betting-7 to 4on Wali Ali Shah, ancl3 to 1 agst Mark
Tapley.

Won by twolengths. A bad third.
The Speculation Plate of 3 says each, with 25 added; the
second to receive back his stake; 2-yr-olds, 7st 101 b ; 3-
yr-olds, 9st 41b ; 4-yr-olds, lOst ; 6-yr-olds, 10st 41b ; 6-
yr-olds and aged, lOst 71b; mares and geldings allowed
31b. Selling allowances. From the Newcastle Turn,
nearly one mile. 6 subs.
Mr. J. Ringrose's Donne Canne, 3 yrs (£SO) (Whiteley) 1
Mr. C. Wintringham's Interest, 6 yrs (425) .... (Noble) 2
Mr. Masterman s Robber, 2 yrs (225) .. , (Carroll) 3
Mr. Fobert's Tullochgorum, 3 yrs (225) (Doyle) 4
Mr. G. S. Thompson's Aslanga, 2 yrs (£80) .... (Ffislop) 5
Betting—Even on Interest, 5 to 2 agst Donne Cann°,
and 6 to 1 agst any others. _
and
on-a clay to be
The Gold Cup Stakes (handicap) of 10 soya each, 5 ft,
only 2ft (to go to the fund) if declared
named when the weights are published, with 100 added,
for all ages. The second to save his stake, and the winner
to pay 10 guineas towards expenses. Newcastle Turn in.
40 subs., 16 of whom declared. ,
(Seit
Mr. Moore na. Eidolon 5 yrs, Bst 12le .. (Nob ) 2
Mr. Fobert's Dictator, 4 yrs, Eat 111 b.. ....... (Alderoft) I
e) 3
Sir C. Monck's Scandal,'
The following also ran :—Bernice, Queen of Trumps,
"Pt r d ale.
King of Kars, Charlton, and --inn' 3
6 to 1 agst Bannerdale, 8 to 1 agst
3 yrs, 6st 71b
Betting —7 to 4 agst Qll6Oll of Trumps, to 2 eget Dic-
tator, 1 awst Eidolqn.
King of liars, and 10 to
tator, 5 to 1 agst Scandal,
Won in the last three strides by a head ; three lengths
‘e-
irdo.nce
round.
95
subs.
Crow, The Corporation Plato (handicap), of 60 guineas, for 3-yr-
' y
between:kills°
andgee °
undi'vluad third.
Mr. Davis ns Captain 3 yrs,) 1
sir. ;slather ns Gardener, 4 yrs, Oat 81b Est 21b .. (Whiteley)
(Hoary) 2
Mr. W. Phillips ns Cauliflower. 4 yrs Oat . (Noble) 3
Mr. Marley ns Charlton, 3 yrs, sst. 10Ib .((Carrol) 4
The following also ran
:—Peggy Taft, Annabelle, Flush,
and Maritana.

Betting—Even on Captain Crow, 4 to 1 agst Gardener,
G to 1 agst Charlton, 8 to 1 agEt• Cauliflower, and 10 to 1
agst any other.

A letter from Dunkirk says that on Thursday
last a waterspout traversed a tract of country to the extent
of a mile square, and finally burst in the sea between
Gravelines and Diver. In its passage it levelled several
houses. Trees likewise were broken, and the crops, parti,
cularly the bean crop, were greatly damaged.