The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

A MONSTER CYLINDER.

Yesterday the casting ef the largest cylinder in the
world was successfully accomplished at Messrs. J. Scott
Russell and Co.'s building yard, Millwall. It is the last
of four intended for the sew iron steam-ship, now being
built by Messrs. Scott, Russell and Co. for the Eastern
Steam Navigation Company, which, when, completed,
will be the largest steamer afloat. The cylinder cast
yesterday is 18 feet long and G feet in diameter; 33 tens
of metal were poured into the mould, but when bored
and finished off it will weigh about 28 tons, or 62,7201 b.
The great bell of St. Paul's, it may be observed, which
is 9 feet in diameter, weighs between 11,0001 b. and
12,0001 b., and the great bell of Moscow, which weighs
432,0001 b., and is 21 feet in diameter at the bottom, only
stands 19 feet high. Strictly speaking, this cannot be
called the largest cylinder in the world, as it has three
fellows already in existence of equal size, but we believe
that none of similar dimensions have ever before been
attempted, or at least accomplished. The vessel for
which they are intended is of proportionably monstrous
dimensions. Her length will be 675 feet, her beam 83
feet, and her height GO feet. A comparison with the
Royal Albert, which is 272 feet long, 62 feet broad, and
66 feet high, will at once show what a leviathan the
new steamer will be. She is built entirely of iron, and is
divided into compartments of 60 feet each, perfectly
watertight. About 10,000 tons of iron plates will be
used in her, and, as each plate weighs about a third ef a
ton, and is secured by 100 rivets, there will be 30,000
plates aid 3,000,000 rivets employed in her construc-
tion. At her bottom these plates are an inch thick, in
all other parts but three-quarters of an inch. Up to the
water-mark she is constructed with an inner and outer
skin, three feet apart, each of equal firmness and
solidity ; and between these, at intervals of six feet,
run horizontal webs of iron plate, which materially
increase the powers of resistance both of the inner
and outer skin. By this mode ef construction it is
calculated the dangers of a collision at sea, such as
occurred lately in the case of the Arctic, are very much
lessened, for though the outer skin might be pierced,
the inner one remaining intact, as it would, except under
most extraordinary circumstances, the safety of the ves•
sel would be in nowise endangered. Again, should she
be short of ballast, the space between the inner and
. outer skin can be filled with water, and 2,000 tons of

ballast in this way obtained. When full, it is expected
she will draw 30 feet of water—the Duke of Wellington
draws 27 feet—when empty 22 feet. Both screw and
paddle propellers are to be used, and the cylinders just
described are intended for the paddle engine. The screw
engines are being made by Messrs. Boniton and Watt.
The paddle engines are 1,000-horse power, and are fed
by 40 furnaces. The screw engines are 1,500-horso
power, and require 60 furnaces. The paddle-wheels are
to be 60 feet in diameter. No apportionment has yet
been made of the space to be devoted to cargo and pas-
' sengers respectively, and this will probablyb depe
end
greatly on the requirements of the traffic, toth
tiers
ascer-
tained only by experience. There are to be
of cabins, and it is calculated that in eachb.coni
of 60 feet space will be found for 100 cabins,
will bo unusually high—eight feet. manner this
and these
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APOTHSCARITS' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who
c
passed their examination in the science and practice of
I,a received
d Bennett,
c e r tifi
at e s
Dorchesterth ; Matthew
Bats Smith, Louth, Lincolnshire ; Thomas Sharpl practise, on Thurs-
day,y medicine,
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:_E vdLouth, Lincolnshire ; Charles Smith liaise, Loud London : '
Jeffery Allen Marston, Newcastle-on-Tyne • octav- '
ius
'William Hoffman, Queen-street, Ipswich.
MADAM TUBSAUD'S EXIIIBITION.—This popular place
of amusement has just received a highly attractive ad-
dition in the figure of Lieutenaut Perry, late of the 46th
Regiment. The likeness of this gentleman is admirable,
and will be long an object of public
are
' Interest and curiosity.
Many other objects of interest
derstand, the spirited ori
pr p etresa being anxious to
produce groups and figures to instruct as well as
amuse.

GREAT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL- Ws
Lnmnroore Friday.—The alarming fire that yes ferda/-1:4141
broke out in the warehouses in Launcelot's Hey is, we 4-je
regret to say, still unsubdued (5 p.m.), and strong fears ,5e.11.7
are entertained that the devouring element will coramneree-A"
nicate with the range of magnificentnbr warehouses fronting he:4!
The course of the fire has
courseocarontnhdceernhun
concentrated
It commenced in the cellar of the soxucthe
New Quay, of which those obweenueningda.re at the rear.nlar
the pile, aad then either was driven nor-
therlyoreerfolamllgoelxye:sdemm!tyo
extremity
tmfi ;tayeesl
forced
itself,
a If
and
its
s ei nt
whe
cellars.dae yn, nateshacrreolnyu
Hdgeehdrextinguished
perpendi-
cularly, peerenoemod fie-
itecnouomlthaharmelvyeen,nced its ravages at the summit in the very
site direction to that pursued at the base, travelling
o •
from north to south.
13p to ten o'clock last night the contents of the ware-
houses in which the fire originated, although smoulder-
ing, had not burst forth into flame. The progress of the
' fire, however, was steady, and by eleven o'clock the
flames had burst through .the windows of the whole of
the warehouse on the northern extremity of the pile to
which the efforts of the firemen had been directed to
keep them, and shortly before twelve the roof fell in
with a tremendous crash, and then the flames burst forth
with brilliant, but destructive Effect. In a very short
time the upper floor of the adjoining warehouse became
ignited, and the heat became so intense in the street
that the firemen had to remove, it being found impos-
sible to remain any longer in the position from which
they had been previously playing. The fire had at one
o'clock attained such a head that the efforts to check
its progress seemed unavailing, and the third ware-
house of the pile caught fire, while an explosion of tur-
pentine in the cellar showed that it still smouldered
there, and drove the salvage-officers from their posts.
Half an hour afterwards the front of the warehouse at
the northern extremity of the range fell in with a tre-
mendous crash, but, luckily, without causing either loss
of life or personal injury. From this period the flames
spread in every direction with fearful rapidity, baffling
the efforts of the firemen. The front wall of the second
central warehouse fell in. about six o'clock, and also, es
in the case of the latter, without accident. The fall of
this wall greatly facilitated the operations of the firemen,
and hopes began to be entertained that the fire could be
confined to the pile in which it originated; nor ip to the
hour of the despatch of our parcel had these hopes been
disappointed. All day, however, the fire has continued
to rage among huge masses of cotton ; tke roof of a
third warehouse has fallen in, and the front wall seems
doomed.
The efforts of the fire brigade are unabated ; but
though large volumes of water are steadily poured whit
great skill and tact upon the burning masses, it tans
hissing and smoking from the heated walla. Numeral:et
bodies are busily employed in removing the goods from
the warehouses fronting New Quay,'and great activity
is displayed in tneabling haleiPottlettoir into tiebeitreet
underneath, to facilitate the clearing ont of -the rooms.
Merchants and bro'keis• eagerly- throng the adjacent
streets, and the windows of the houses in the neighbour-
hood, from whence they can anxiously watch the pro-
gress of the destructive element.
• There was scarcely a breath of wind while the fire was
raging, and to this, in a great measure, may be attri-
buted its limited operation. Thsedareage must be Very
serious, for not only is a large Pile of warehouses de-
stroyed, but very great damage' has' been done to the
property in the' other warehouses by, the quantity of
water thrown upon them.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.'

ABERDEEN.

The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the Aber-
deen Railway Company was held at Aberdeen on Thurs-
day. The chair`was occupied by Lord James Hay.
' The report stated that the receipts for the past half-
year had been 49,9.13/.; and, after deducting expenditure,
•thers was a free surplus of 5,3391., adding a surplus
on previous half-years of 5,2241.—a gross surplus of
10,5631. The directors believed that the revenue as
from Ist May last would be sufficient to maintain the
full dividend on the Six per Cent. Preference Stock of
the company. From a comparative statement of traffic
for the last two years, it appeared that the increase in
passengers was only about 5 per cent. during that pe-
riod ; the increase, however,ln the tonnage of goods
was-about 40 per cent. During the same period, the
total receipts had increased from 35,2371. for the half-
yew nncjing.July, ISSI, to 49,9731. (as above)_ for the
past half-year. The percentage of expenses on receipts
had fallen during the same period from 57.371 per cent.
to 51.418 per cent. By the recent completion of the
new-st/tionraffording access to 'the-very- centre of the
and,the opeaing of the Great North of Scotland
Railway, an influx of traffe- was Oxpectea.- The efforts
of the.diregters to induce preprietors to take up the de-
bentute stock hkd been as yet but partially successful ;
but as the security is undoubted, and as the object is
desirable, a hope was expressed that the remainder would
still be taken' The directors also asked authority, as
on former occasions, to issue deferred dividend warrants
to holders ef, Sevenwer Cent. Preference Stock for the
half-year's divi,denkfalling due thereon on ist November
next.

Resolutions were passed unanimously, in conformity
with the report, and a vote of thanks to the chairman
te'rinimattd the bssiness: -
TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles -
Beceip
opened, NAME OF RAILWAY.;
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1854. 1 ' ' ' 1853. 18e4.
,
--
BR I MIS. X ' £
72 Aberdeen ~4,...:.,•••••••• .. [... ......• 1,*95 2,108
37% Belfast and Ballymena ...• .• ••-• • • , 773 771
17 , Belfast and County Down- -•••• •• •• 347 243
33 I Birkenhead,.Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,961 2,183
261,4 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 855 844
1044, Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... ••• • .. 5,608 6,263
189 q Ca1ed0nian............. ........ •• • • 10,600 11,802
142 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• ••••••• • • • • • 5,550 5,351
91 N Chester and Holyhead..• .. • • ...... • • 4,745 4,931
6 Cork, Illackrock, and Passage ...... 168 162
20 Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. 174 217
66 Dublin and Belfast Junction • ..... .. 1,280 932
627 x i Dublin and Drogheda- •• .. ..... • • • • - -
6 1 Dublin and Kingstown ..............9.2 • • 803
1614 1 Dundee and Arbroath ..............521 465
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 690 919
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen ••..••• • • • • • 193 280
68 East Anglian.... ••• • - .... •••-• • • • .. 858 900
814 East Lancashire -• • .... ••••- - .. • • 4,511 5,656
417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • ... "Z. 21,902 24,727
Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .3
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee• ••• - 2,730 2,693
6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • ............ ' 141 186
22 Fairness Railway ••.••.•• • - • • • • - 603 790
171% Glasgow, and South-Weetern• ••••• .. 4,966 5,688
283 Great Northern and E. L.• ••• • • .... 19,219 22,135
188 Great Southern and Western (It eland) 6,258 6,941
819% Great Western •.
251 Irish South Eastern .. • • • • .• .. • • • • • • 219 216
90 Lancaster and Carlisle ••••• • • • • ..... G,5C2 6,017
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... ....... 17,614 19,126
- Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • - - -
lei Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .• • • 360 370
L 53% London and North We5tern......... 63,847 56,466
53y London and 81ackwa11.............. 11,192 1,326
174 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 13,012 14,797
25314 London and South We5tern......... 12,286 13,414
4G Londonderry and Enniskillen ......., 485 653
- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, Bc.c. - -
167 N Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire 7,667 8,792
91Ci Manchester and South Junction ...... 620 655
28 Maryport and Carlisle •••••••• • • • • .. - -
498% Midland .• ...- •• •• •• •• ............ 25,609 26,785
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,911 3,030
37 Slonklands ••.•••••.••• • • . - .. .. .. .. 1,010 1,011
°,-!: ',4 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • ..... ••• • • 2,844 3,018
119 North British .• .. •••• • • - • .......... 4.857 4 916
- North Staffordshire ••••..••• • • • • • • • - -
47 North-Western ••.•••••••• • • • • • • • • • 940 1,060
82 Scottish Central .................. } 2,385 2,632
Scottish Midland ••• • •
.• • • • • • • • . • .
814 918
29V Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • • •
680 833
429) SsharreowpsahbiurreyLanniod.Ch.e.s.t.e.r......... ••••
.• :
.•
.• .... :0:5_1 2,185
•••• • •• -.319 2,260
258 South Dev0n........................;': • ..... .••• • • • • .
1
881,E South Eastern- •• •• •• ••••••• • •• •• • ~,,,,, .7,932
162 South Wales .. ••• . • • ..... ••••• • • •• •••'" 6,166
8405% TSoauffthylaria,r.k.•,.D.o.n..cas..t.e.r.,.a.n. d..
.G001e......... 12,1
3,5521597
36 Ulster . • • • • • • •...... ..
_
-
75 Waterford and Limerick • • .......... 750 801
25 West Cornwall .• .... •.. ...... ..... 630 681
12 Whitehaven Junction
642 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 30,089 32,355
FOREIGN.
571,2 Dutch Rhenish .................... 1,006 1,249
185 Lyons and Mediterranean .......... 8,542 10,542
63 Montereau and Troyes .............. 1,108 11,469
63 Namur and Liege ............,,..... .-
444 Northern of France ................ 34,867 36,354
637 Orleans and Central. .. - ... .• ••• • • • 36,832 41,828
240 Paris and Lyons ................ n, 19,552 19,552
84 Paris and Rouen. ........ • • • • • • • • •• - -
22,042 21,305
392 Paris and Strasburgh ...... •• •• •• ••
59 Rotten and Havre - - ...... •••• • • • 4 750 8.743
132 Western of France ...... • • • • • • • • • • " '

* The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or.
ems and Bordeaux, and Tours and Qantas.

THE UNITID VAT'S AND SAN
DOMINGO.

t tr
ial
e.
of the Domingo has resulted in
.
~ et
iri may aLs
United States
swtiattheosuatnfdearthoaftcoonf
diction, that a series of negotiations between the
We believe
establishment of a Protectorate on the part the
Republic Governovern n cno tf
of the
Unite d States, amounting virtually, if not a b o-
lutely, to the annexation of that portion of the
Island of San Domingo which belongs to the Re-
public of that name.
The acquisition of so imnort,
the West Indies by the Government of the United
i ant a position in
States—a position threatening
Spanish islands of Cuba on either hand the
and Porto Rico, and so
n
directly affecting our ow West Indian Empire,
cannot be viewed with
i
festly one of the indifferent©. It is mani-
gressive policy whici results of that ambitious and ag-
i the United States appear de-
termined to pursue on both sides of the Atlantic.—

LORD JOUN RUSSELL AT BruSTOL.—On Thursday
evening Lord John and Lady Russell were entertained
aat(ainiagnificent banquet at Kingsweston Park, by Mr.
n
Bishop
Dory.
P .W.
theS. Miles.
diocese Talitelcimel‘mirbse.rlssifok
for the
thceity+ethrye
Lord
Rev, the Dean, the High Sheriff and his lady, and other
distinguished guests were present. Yesterday (Friday)
Lord John Russell, after inspecting Clifton, paid a visit
to the Commercial-rooms. His lordship, who was an•
companied by the dean, of whom he is a guest, was re-
ceived by the right worshipful the mayor, by whom he
was conducted over the establishment. The noble lord
was to be entertained in the evening by the corporation
and magistracy at a sumptuous banquet at the hall
ch
of
the ancient corporation of Merchant Venturers, at whi
also the Duke of Beaufort, Earl Ducie, the Lord Bishop
of Gloucester and Bristol, Lord Curzon, Vice-Chancel.
for Wood, the Attorney-Ceneral, Sir Arthur Elton, the
members for the city, and other distinguished personages
will be present.