The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-21 00:00:00

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GOVERNMENT IVO

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by a high wall, which formS one side; the road leading
from Devonport to Bull Point—thoew Government
magazine for gunpows;er. The main •strance for ships
is to the southward, where the depth 110 feet at low-
water average spring tides. The entree is splayed off
on both sides to avoid damage by elision from the
strength of the tides, which run oecasid:illS• with treat
force up and down Hamoaze. The fdation of the
entrance lock was laid in 1845 by Lord iiekialid ; it is
36 feet deep at high-water spring tides., fiis lock leads
into the south basin, which covers seven
es; being 630
feet long by 560 feet broad. In connectl with it, run-
ning to the eastward, are three large dock4we of which
are 310 feet, - and one 38'; feet long. Dr basin, dock-
wharf, and. other parts are formed cisline-wrought
granite, from the quarries of Messrs. Frees ail, and with
the other works are skilfully executed by ;essrs. Baker
and Son, the eminent contractors. Two p&erlul cranes
by Carmichael, of Dundee, stand 40 feet irtical from
the coping of the south basin ; they cansptinb 35 feet,
and their power has been tested to the extert of 40 tons. ,
The Lords of the Admiralty propose to
rplatea disabled
steamship under one of these cranes, for tIS removal of
the steam machinery and all untiecessarOinber, and
then pass her into the charge of the mastersbiPwright,
who will put her into dock and repair herjiull. She
will then be sent through the south basin ine the north
basin, which is intended to be 700 feet long sy '450 feet
broad, but only two-thirds of it are yet finished. Here
she will fall into the :-hands of , the chief eesieeer, who
A t
, will' complete' her seacjaihery end •boilers :As. the - east - dr
..s.ids 4r;tat -intim her to" the no. sd, ....hosts „sse carpenters, ,
riggers,' and-painters-will do their, work. She will then
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be coal'ed, and will depart by a western Communication ',.,iggher'''''Y' ',,;.',' ' :-+'
from Hanioaze. The north basin is p :
ssi
rovided with a 4
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gigantic crane by Fairbairn, of Manchester, which Is to --
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be tested to the extent of 60 tons.
Mr. H. and M. D. Grissel, of the Regent's Canal
Works, have supplie'd the Government with five caissons
for closing the entrances to the docks, &c. These ma-
chines, which seem well adapted for the purpose, are con-
structed in a peculiar manner, invented by Mr. Scamp,
assistant director or works at Somerset-house. They are
shaped something like a vessel, with two bows or stems;
but the stems and keel, which are of wood, are perfectly
straight—the keel horizontal, the stems inclining a little
from the perpendicular. They fit into a groove of gra-
nite larger than the timber—the exclusion or retention of
the water .being obtained by the force with which the
wood is set against the smooth and equal surface of the
groove. The caissons are made of iron-plate, half an
inch to three-eighths thick ' • besides the upper deck they,
have two water-tight decks, which divide the machine
into three compartments; these divisions form the pecu-
liar characteristic of the new caissons. The lower com-
partment is for the reception only of brick ballast, suffi-
cient of which is placed in it to sink a caisson, say to a
depth of 17 feet, when it would float at discretion. The
middle compartment, seven feet high, is furnished with
an inner and an outer sluice, which, when open, do not
affect the flotation. The upper compartment is fitted
with several tanks, and when these are filled with water
from above the caisson is sent down rapidly into its
place. When the water in the dock is higher than in
the basin, the sluice on the dock side is opened, and the
other closed and vice tersd. By this arrangement acci-
dents through unexpected buoyancy, which have
occurred with some caissons, are avoided. One man
can in a very short time float a caisson of the new con-
struction ; by turning a wheel a mitre valve is lifted, all
the water runs out of the tanks, and the ponderous
machine can be easily removed in any direction.
The buildings at Keyham are progressing. The
entrance is near the south-cast corner, where a station
for 50 policemen and a guardhouse for the military are
in an advanced condition. At the head of the docks is
a large fireproof smithery, with lofty granite chimney
shafts at each corner; this building, with the fit-
ting shops and sheds further on, is complete The
principal erection, the foundation and plinth of
which is only laid, will be the ' quadrangle to the
east of the north basin ; the quadrangle will contain
stores for the engineer, and for the copper, brass, and
white smiths, and two boilerhouses ; the centre will be
occupied by the foundry. It is designed to form a boat
basin and boathouse at the extreme north, near Keyham
Lake. On the highest ground, near the eastern road,
there is a large salt water reservoir for feeding the cais-
so-is, &c., and near it will be constructed a reservoir for
fresh water. The drainage of the works is ingeniously
arranged, so that water can be thrown from one dock
or basin into another, however distant: The engineer-
in chief is Colonel Williams, of the Royal Engineers,
t
an the engineer in charge of the works. is Mr. R.
Tqwnsend, civil engineer. The buildings are from de-
signs by Mr. Scamp and the department of the Director
of ` Works. About one million sterling has been ex-
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pended on Keyham, and it will require some 300,0001.
to complete the establishments. Large as is this ex-
penditure, the cost is said to be less in proportion than •
that of other similar *establishments. The docks at Key-
ham cost each about 45,0001., while on one at Sheerness,
not so large, 125,0001. was spent, owing partly to the
difficult foundation. The west dock 'at Woolwich,
which is only 300 feet long, cost 90,0001. The new
caissons at Keyham cost, on an average, 4,5001. each.

HIGH COURT OF CHAXCERY.

SITTINGS APPOINTED IN TRINITY TERM, 1853.
The Courts will sit at Westminster, at 10 o'clock each day.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
May 23—Appeal motions and appeals.
May 24—Her Majesty's Birthday. No sitting.
May 25—Petition day—Petitions in lunacy, appeal peti.
tions, and appeals.

Ma'y 26—Appeal motions and appeals.
May 27, 28, 30, 31—Appeals.
June I—Petitions in lunacy, appeal petitions, and
appeals.
June 2—Appeal motions and appeals.
June 3,4, 6, 7—Appeals.
June B—Petitions in lunacy, appeal petitions, and
appeals. •
June 9—Appeal motions.
June 10,11—Appeals.
June 13—Appeal motions and appeals.
The days his Lordship attends the House of Lords excepted!
(Before the Lords Justices.)
May 23—Appeal motions and appeals.
May 24—No sitting.
•
May 25, 26—Appeals.
May 27—Petitions in lunacy, bankrupt petitions, and
aplieal petitions. .
May 28, 30, 31, June I—Appeal petitions.
June ,2—Appeal motion and appeals.
June 3—Petitions in lunacy, bankrupt petitions, and
appeal petitions. _

,Lune 4,6, 7, B—Appeals.
June 9—Appeal motions and appeals.
June 10—Petitions in lunacy, bankruptcy petitions,
appeal petitions.
Junell—Appeals.
Junel3—Appeals motions and appeals.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard T. Bindersley.)
May 23—Motions and causes.
May 24—No sitting.
May 25, 26,—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes,
claims, and further directions.
May 27—Petitions, unopposed first.
May 28—Short causes, short claims, and general paper.
May 30, 31, and Juno I—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions,
causes, claims, and further directions.
Juno 2—Motions and causes.
June 3—Petitions, unopposed first.
June 4—Short causes, short claims, and general paper.
June 6,7, B—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes,
claims, and further directions.
June 9—Motions and causes.
June 10—Petitions, unopposed first.
Junell—Short causes, short claims, and general paper.
Junel3—Motions and causes.
Unopposed petitions, not exceeding 10, at the sitting of
the Court, except days.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.)
May 23—Motions.
May 24—No sittings
May 25—Petitions, Unopposed first.
May 26, 27. 28-11eas, demurrers, exceptions, causes,
claims, and further directions.
May 30 —3'etitions, unopposed first.
May 3) —Short causes, short claims, and general paper.
Julio I—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, claims,
and further directions.
June 2—Motions and causes.
a njdufnuor t h3e,
June 6—Petitions, unopposed first.
r4(—lirePeletiaosn,;l.emurrers, exceptions, causes, claims,
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June 13—Motions and causes.

May 24—No sitting.
May
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moroetViorn'cse.-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.)
May 25, 2G—fleas, demurrer; exceptions, causes, claims,
'unopposed first, short causes, short
June 2—Motions and ditto.m unopposedurrfierrsst:
May 28, 30, 31, June I—Pleas, demurrers, exceptions,
causos, claims, and further directions.
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jecitctraiiitooi directions.
paper.
exceptions,
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claims, and general paper.
June 4,6, 7, B—Pleas,
claims, and further directions.
June
90—Mpoottiitoinot
claims, and generalpapers,
unopposed first, short caises, shod
Jun 1
,
Jmlsruanayye 11—Gem2235
7June 13—Motions arid ditto.
2:o,te:.e.pithaleal:sMr:aster of the Rolls.)
they directions,
May 21—No sitting.
and
exceptelioetzurrers, causes, claims, fur.
May 28--etitions in general paper.
May 30, 3 Pl, and June I—Pleas, demurrers, causer,
claims, further directions, and exceptions.
June 2—Motions.
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JtUle 9-7-Motions.
maws, causes, claims, fur.
aunelo—Pleas. demurrers, causes, claims, further direr'tions, and exceptions.
Junell Petitions in general paper.
Junel3—Motions.
petitions to be taken first. Saturday.
causes, unopposed
ust be pros anted and copies
peStihtioortnsc, manseds,
calhaohurts celaviemrys, consent,
The
unopposed
Notice.—Consent petitions m
tlehfet withtlitiye soencreAkilary
onjt is iuten,tied it sb.ould be heard.
before, the Thu rsday preceding

GOVERNMENT 1170/?! Al' EL Y 11.4 M.
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t.se important steam woi • 4
etion, and a considerable u
this Week by floating four .1, :',Tri.,44!*..
rlacas. Kcyham lies on 41.; l; t. 4er'
north of the gunwharf, wl -,• *VOA e
!ird at Devonport. The ar:-..
that of the Dockyard t
n side faces Harnoaze ; on •
and on the south Moon's Corr t
id on three sides by water. 1 east- s ded