The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-01 00:00:00

FHE Stirk, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENaG JUNE 1, 1F65.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd)
IN DE THEOBALD.-DILL DISCOUNTING.

This bankrupt is described as of Springfield Gaol, pri-
soner for debt, and he came up to-day to pass his last exa-
mination, and for the order of discharge. His debts are
.£2,500 ; assets trifling. Mr. Brough supported, and a
creditor for £5O opposed in person.
After a lengthy examination it appeared that the bank-
rupt had been entitled to £7OO per annum, which was for-
feited by the bankruptcy, and that ho had borrowedmoncy
upon bills at a ruinous rate of discount, the opposing cre-
ditor having charged 40 per cent.
His Honour granted the order.
(Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.)

IN RE TOWNLEY GARDNER.-FAILURE OF A CLERGYMAN,

This tankrupt was described as a curate in holy orders,
of 41, Storey-street, Islington, and to-day ho came up for
the first meeting- and choice of assignee's, the debts being
about £3OO, and the failure caused by illness and insuffi-
ciency of means.,

IN RE CAPTAIN CROSSMAN.-THE HON. R. BETHELL'S AFFAIRS,

This bankrupt was a captain in the Indian army, inva-
lided home, and now a prisoner for debt, to-day being ap-
pointed for the first meeting and choice of assignees. It
will be remembered that the bankrupt ascribes his failure
to having been induced to become liable for the Hon. R.
Bothell, and a medical certificate is now attached to the
proceedings, setting forth that if the bankrupt is longer
detained in custody, he will be deprived of that attention
necessary to him. It is anticipated that some arrange-
ments will be made.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., M.P.,
First Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, accom-
panied by Mr. M. Gibson, President of the Board of
Trade, and Mr. Bentinck, M.P., went down to
Woolwich yesterday and visited the dockyard, for
the special purpose of seeing in operation Mr.
Richardson's
patent apparatus for burning petroleum
for steam purposes now under the consideration of
Government. They were received in the yard by
Capt. Biddlecombe, the master-attendant, Mr. Tur-
ner, master-shipwright, and Mr. Frickett, civil en-
gineer, inspector of machinery. Steam was promptly
got up under the new boiler manufactured by the
Admiralty to carry out a course of experiments, and
in the absence of the inventor various questions were
asked of Mr. Frickett relative to the advantagesand
economy likely to be derived from the introduction
of petroleum. Mr. M. Gibson was desirous of ascer-
taining what were the means, if any, of extinguish-
ing a tank of petroleum when by any chance it be-
came ignited; or what remedies could be resorted to,
in that event, to prevent the danger of fire to the
ship or premises in which the petroleum was in use.
The answer understood to have been given was
" that an equal amount of caution should be taken
as with gas or gunpowder." It was also explained
and tested satisfactorily that petroleum was not
liable to explosion. It was remarked that it should
be stored in properly constructed tanks, free from
exposure to fire. In that case no great danger could
be apprehended from a tank of petroleum, if the ne-
cessary precautions were adhered to which common
sense and reason would dictate. His lordship and
party having spent some considerable time in wit-
nessing the operations and effect of the new fuel
went on board the ironcased cupola ship Prince Al-
bert and the armour-clad corvette Pallas under com-
pletion in the yard, and returned to London shortly
before 6 p.m.
The Channel Fleet, consisting of the Edgar, 71,

Capt. G. P. Ifornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir S.
C. Dacres, K. Black Prince, 16, ironclad, Capt.
Lord F. Kerr; Defence, 16, ironclad, Capt. Augustus
Phillimore ; Hector, 24, ironclad, Capt. George W.
Preedy, C.B. ; Prince Consort, 33, ironclad, Capt.
George 0. Willis, C.B. ;' and Trinculo, gunboat,
tender to the flagship, left Portland roads on Tues-
day afternoon for the westward, under steam power,
for a cruise.
The whole of the additional land required for the
construction of three repairing, factory, and fitting
basins and new docks, workshops, factories, and
other establishments at Chatham Dockyard has now
been closed. The site of the new basins and do cks
is being excavated by a party of nearly 1,000 con-
victs, who are daily engaged on the lines marked
out by flags. The original estimate for the works
proposed to be executed at Chatham Dockyard in-
volved an outlay of 1943,876 ; but, in consequence
of several additions made to the original plans, the
former estimate has been exceeded by the sum of
£306,124, making an outlay for the works con-
templated to the present time of £1,250,000. In
order to procure the necessary space for the works
actually in progress, as well as those contemplated,
the whole of St. Mary's Island and the adjacent
flats have been enclosed by an embankment extend-
ing from the northern end of the present•dockyard
to the extreme end of Sovereign Reach, the whole
forming an area of 380 acres, of which there are 74
acres consisting of three large basins formed out of

the natural creek which formerly separated St.
Mary's Island from . the mainland. The largest of
the three basins, the site of which is now marked
out, occupies exactly 33 acres, with a uniform depth
of 30ft. at high-water neaps, and with a wharfage
frontage of 5,800 ft. This basin, which is designated
the fitting-out basin, will communicate with the
Medway at Gillingham Reach, a sufficient depth of
water being obtained to allow of vessels fully equipped
with the whole of their guns and stores on board to
proceed direct to sea. The second basin, the entrance
to which will be from the former, is named the fac-
tory basin, and will be occupied by vessels in the
hands of the engineers, fitting -with their machinery
and engines. This basin occupies an area of 20
acres, with a wharfage frontage of 3,750 ft. Along
its southern side a block of buildings, between 2,000 ft.
and 3,000 ft. in length, is now in course of erection,
consisting of factory, boiler-shop, smithery, fitting
and erecting shop, brass foundry, and other estab-
lisments, in order that the whole of the arrangements
for fitting vessels in the basin .may` be close at hand.
On the opposite side of the factory basin has been
marked out a site for a camber, with berths in con-
nexion, on which iron vessels of large size can be
placed high and dry. This portion of the works,
however, has not received any official sanction, nor
has its cost been include d in any of the estimates,
although some arrangement of the kind will be ren-
dered imperative for the reception of iron vessels
when in reserve. The third basin—that nearest to
the existing dockyard—is designed as a repairing
basin, and it is in connexion with this that the chief
work is now being executed. This basin is also con-
nected with the others by means of locks, while at
one end it communicates directly with the Medway,
nearly opposite Upnor Castle. Its water area is 21
acres, with 3,500 ft. of wharfage. Connected with
this basin, on its south side, are four graving docks,
each 420 ft. in length on the blocks, with 28ft. 6in.
of water over the sills at neaps, and 31ft. Gin. at
high-water springs. Already between 2,000 ft. and
3,000 ft. of the river wall have been completed. The
walls of the repairing basin are now in progress, as
well as the large factory building adjoining the fac-
tory basin. According to the amended contracts,
which are based on the bill now before Parliament,
the period for the execution of the repairing basin,
docks,and factory basin is not to exceed four years,
and they are to be completed by the autumn of
1869 by means of paid labour. During the same
period the convicts will be employed in the comple-
tion of the river wall and embankment, the con-
struction of the locks and dams, and the excava-
tions for the foundations for the fitting-out basin.
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Under this arrangement provision will have to be
fourtmhae
employment of made
convicts, and £15,000
per annum for dredging the Medway.
The widening and deepening of the harbour,
so as to provide a channelway of 600 ft. in
width to a mean depth of 27ft. at half tides will be
undertaken by Government plant and hired labour.
The ship Alnwick Castle, 1,087 tons, Commander
F. De Carteret, R.N.It., arrived at Spithead on
Tuesday evening from Calcutta, with troops, and
yesterday morning was towed into Portsmouth har-
bour and berthed alongside the railway jetty of the
dockyard She was to disembark the troops this
morning under the superintendence of the military
authorities of the garrison, for transmission by rail-
way to the depots of the regiments to which they
belong. The officers on board were Major Battis-
coinbe, 91st Highlanders ; Major Driesdale, 42d
highlanders
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Ca;lry ; Capt. reaPt.L"e'wife, and child, 13th
BGregory, wife, and child,
88th Foot; Capt. Burnaby, 51st Foot; Lieut.
Tucker, 19th Foot; and Lieut. Steer, 3d Madras.
There were besides 400 time.expired men on board
from various regiments serving in India—the great-
est number brought home this season by any one
hired transport—with eight soldiers' wives and 20
children. The Alnwick Castle sailed from Calcutta
on Feb. 7, and from St. Helena on April 21, round-
ing the Cape on April 9. The Equator was crossed
on Feb. 19. Very light winds were experienced
from Calcutta to Cape Recife, then a heavy gale
from W.N.W., which lasted 24 hours. From the
24th inst., up to arriving at Spithead, fresh breezes
were experienced from N.W., W., and S.W. The
following vessels were spoken during the voyage :
—Feb. 10, in lat 19 55 N, long 88 46 E, the ship
35 28 S, 21 40 E, the ship George Kendall, from
Hippolyta, from Calcutta to London. April 6, in
Calcutta to Hull, out 71 days ; April 28, in lat 2 01
S, 21 43 W, the ship Camb'ray, from Calcutta for
siApril 30, in 1 38 N, 22 68
rom Shanghai for London,
Mol-
davia, from Sarawark for London, out 115 days;
oLWuivt, e9:l3l3:dosalh;isp; out
jin7asb4dOdeasB N , 2 6 18 W, the bark
on the 28th inst., in lat 46 28 N, 14 04 W, the
schooner Marie Louise. One child and ten men
died during the passage home. On disembark-
ing the troops at Fortunouth dockyard this

morning the Alnwick Castle will sail for London.
She has a general Calcutta cargo.
The time-expired men brought to England from
Calcutta, from regiments serving in India, in Mr.
George Marshall's Indiaman Winchester, also re-
ported in The Sun, were disembarked from that ship
at Spithead yesterday morning by Government
steamer, and forwarded by rail to the depots of their
respective regiments, the Winchester afterwards
sailing from Spithead for London about an hour
astern of the Alnwick Castle.

The troops brought to England in the Renown,
Commander Taylor, R.N.R., from Calcutta, as re-
ported in The Sun of yesterday, were landed early
yesterday morning from the ship at Portsmouth
dockyard, and sent on by the military authorities
to their several destinations by railway, the Renown
being towed out of Portsmouth harbour at 10 p.m.
by Government steam-tugs, and making sail from
Spithead for London, with the wind moderate from
about S.S.W.

The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has
approved the following arrangements :—Lieutenant
Bridges, of the 103 d Regiment, is to join the depot
on the expiration of his leave of absence ; Ensign
Stanton, of the Ist Regiment, is to proceed from the
depot to the service companies in India with the
next, draught ; and Staff Assist.-Surg. T. Daby is
to proceed to Colchester for duty.
In the Royal Naval Reserve, James Alex. Kidd
has been appointed engineer.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

GREAT EASTERN.

Col. Yolland has passed over this company's ex-
tension from Haverhill to Shelford, and expressed
his satisfaction with the state of the line. The ex-
tension between Bury St. Edmunds and Sudbury is
rapidly approaching completion, and it is expected
that traffic will be commenced upon it in July.