The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-02 00:00:00

N'et decrease, 1,115,287
lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other
Receipts of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1865, the appli-
cation of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated
Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or
deficiency upon such charge :
Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con-
solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended
June 30, 1865, viz. :
Great Britain .
Ireland

L 826,139

£826,139

Income received in the Quarter ended Sept 30,
1865, as shown in Account I.
Amount raised per Acts 26th and 27th Victoria,
cap. 80, and ',7th and 28th Victoria, cap. 109,
on account of Fortifications, clic
Amount received in the Quarter ended Sept. 3
1865, in repayment of Advances for Public
Works, &c.

350,000

4 2,259

£16,050,820

Balance, being* the Deficiency on Sept. 30, 1805,
upon the charg., of the Consolidated Fund
in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends,
and other charges, payable ;n the Quarter
to Dec 3', 1865. and for which Exchequer
Bills (Defic ency, will be issued In that
Quarter

3,r18,224

£ 9,069,014

Amount annlleili tof the Income In Redemp.
Bon of De clency Bills issu d in tht Qu r-
ter to Sept 3 ~ 1865, for the ch ird, of the
Cunsolldated Fund in G,cac Britain on
June 30, 1865
Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser-
vices, in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1865....
Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter
ended Sept. 30, 186.5, viz.:—
Interest of the Permanent
Debt £5,441,967
Terminable Debt
Interest of Exchequer Bills 74,,18
Interest of Deficiency Bills
The Civil List 101,478
Other Charges on Consoli-
dated Fund 561,805
Advances for Public Works,&c. 313,152
Sinking Fund

1,20,873

9,545,156

Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of
the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the
Quarter ended Sept. 3). 1865 .

Naval and Military Intelligence.

On Saturday, Mr. G. W. Beardslee, from the
United States, who has been engaged at Chatham
during the week in making the necessary prepara-
tions for the torpedo experiments about to be under-
taken in the Medway, had a preliminary trial of the
invention, in the presence of Capt. W. H. Stewart,
C. 8., superintendent of the dockyard, and other
officials. One of the torpedoes was deposited by Mr.
Beardslee in the river, and at a given signal was ex-
ploded. No vessel of any kind was allowed to be near,
and from the violence of the explosion this precaution
was necessary, as fatal injuries would have been in-
flicted on any craft in the immediate vicinity. Dur-
ing Saturday Mr. Beardslee deposited one of thevery
large test torpedoes in the mud and sand at the en-
trance to Chatham harbour, at a spot which for ob-
vious reasons was kept secret, but which is not in
the track of vessels entering or leaving the port.
This torpedo will remain submerged until the day of
the trial arrives, when it will be exploded, the ob-
ject being to show that although sunk to any depth
the destructive powers of the torpedo are not in the
slightest degree diminished. The place at which the
Terpsichore—the vessel placed at the disposal of
Mr. Beardslee by the Admiralty to be blown up—
was originally moored having been found rather in-
convenient she has been removed to some distance
up the harbour, where the depth of water at all stages
of the tide is greater, and where there are more fa-
cilities for giving full effect to the trials about
to be undertaken. The operation of filling and pre-
paring the numerous torpedo shells intended to be
used during the experiments has occupied several
days, and has been effected on board the Volage,
floating powder magazine, under the personal direc-
tion and superintendence of Mr. Beardslee, every
facility connected with the undertaking being given
by the dockyard officials. The total number of tor-
pedoes intended to be exploded is 30, from the very
largest and most destructive kind to those required
for destroying small craft and boats.
The screw frigate Racoon, 22, Captain Count
G-leichen, arrived at Spithead during Friday night
from the Mediterranean, and will steam into Ports-
mouth harbour to-day to be docked. She brought
to England a number of naval invalids and time-
expired men, who were transferred from her on Sa-
turday to the Victory, by the Pigmy steam tender,
Master Commander Petal. Lieut. Prince Alfred
was to have joined the Racoon at Malta, and served
on board her in the Mediteranean until his promo-
tion to Commander's rank in the spring. The out-
break of cholera, however, in various ports of the
Mediterranean has been the cause of the Racoon's
recall to England.

A new rudder on Lumley's paten is being con-
structed for the screw troopship Orontes, Capt. H.
W. Hire, at Portsmouth dockyard, and will be fitted
to that vessel on her return to England from her
present China voyage. The Lumley rudder, which
is fitted to her Majesty's ships Columbine, Scotia,
and six other vessels in the navy, is one of the most
simple, yet efficient, forms of steering that can be
applied to single screw ships, yet, strange to say,
none of our large ironclads have yet been fitted with

According to-the present amended arrangements,
the Helicon and Salamis, paddle despatch vessels,
are ordered to be in readiness to leave Portsmouth
on theiz competitiie trial to-morrow.