The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-13 00:00:00

TOUCHING! STORY OF A STREET CLOWN.

The ono to whom I refer wag a melancholy-looking
man, with the sunken eyes and other characteristics of
semi-starvation, whilst his face was scored with lines
and wrinkles, telling of paint and premature age. I saw
him performing in the streets with a school of acrobats,
soon after I bad been questioning him ; and the readiness
and business-like way with which he resumed his profes
sional buffoonery was not a little remarkable. His story
was more pathetic than comic, aid proved that the life
of a street clown is, perhaps, the most wretched of
all in existence. Jest as he may in the streets, hie
life is literally no joke at home. "I have been a
clown for sixteen years," he said, " having lived totally
by it for that time. I was left motherless at two years of
age, and my father died when I was nine. He was a car•
man, and his master took me as a stableboy, and I stayed
with him until he failed in business. I was then left des
titute again, and got employment as a supernumerary at
Astley's at ls.a night. I was a ' super' some time, arid got
an insight into theatrical life. I got acquainted, too, with
tinging people, and could sing a good song, and came out
at last on my own account, in the streets, in the Jim Crow
line. My necessities forced me into a public line, which I
am far from liking; I'll pull trucks at ls. per day rather
than get 12s, a week at my business. I've tried to get out
of the line. I've got a friend to advertise for me for a
situation. I've tried to get into the police, and I have
tried other things, but somehow there seems an impossi-
bility to get quit of the street business. Many times I
have played the clown, and indulged in all buffoonery,
with a terribly heavy heart. I have travelled very much,'
' too; but I never did well in the profession. At races I may
Ihave made 10e. for two or three days, but that was only
occasional ; and what is 104. to keep a wife and family on
for a month, may be? I have three children, one now
i only eight weeks o'd. You can't imagine, sir, what a
curse the street business often becomes, with its insults
and starvations. The day before my wife was confined I
jumped and laboured—doing Jim Crow for 12 hours, iii
the wet, too—and earned ls. 3d.; for I keep a sort of log
of my earnings and expense. You'll see in it what I've
( taken as clown, or the funny man with a party of nero-
,l bats, since the beginning of the year." He showed me
this log, as he called it, which was kept in small figures,
on paper folded up as economically as possible. Tais
account shows an average of Bs. t!Sd. a week as the
gross gain, while (if the expenses be deducted) not quite
le. remain as the average weekly sum to be taken home
to wife and family. " I dare say," continued this
melancholy funny man, " that no persons think more
of their dignity than such as are in my way of
life. I would rather starve than ask for parochial
relief. Many a time I have gone to my labour with -Alt
breaking my fast, and played clown until I could raise
a dinner. I have to make jokes as clown, and could fill
a volume with all I know. I never dress or paint myself
at home. We all dress at a public-house. In the street
where I lodge only a very few know what I do for a
1 living. I and my wife both strive to keep the business a
secret from our neighbours. My wife does a little wash-
ing when able, and often works eight hours for 6d. I
go out at eight in the morning, and return at dark. My
children hardly know what I do. They see my dregs('
lying about, but that is all. My eldest is a girl of thir-
teen. She has seen me dresed at Stepney fair, where
she brought me my tea—l live near there. She laughs
when she sees me in my clown's dress, and waats to stay
, with me ; but I would rather see her lie dead lv.fore me
I (and I had two dead in my place at cue rime last Whit-
sun Monday was a twelvemonth) than she should ever
belong to my profession. I know three or more clowns
as miserable and bad off as myself. I think there are
three regular clowns in the metropolis, and one of these
is not a professional ; he never smelt the sawdust I know.
The moat that I have known have been shoemakers be-
fore taking to the business. When I go out a street-clown
the first thing I do is a comic medley dance, and then
after that I crack a few jokes ; and that is the whole of
i my entertainment. The first part of the medley dance is
I called the Good St. Anthony (I was the first that ever
danced the polka in the streets), then I do a waltz, and
I wind up with a hornpipe. After that I go through a
little burlesque business—l fan myself, and one of the
school asks rue whether lam out of breath. I answer ' no,
the breath is out of me.' The leading questions for the
they with
are ourfor attehleienees. streets,
jokes are regularly prepared beforehand ; the old jokes
ThTeheolderr;ntchipeayi awraeythin
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which I've got up my jokes to through pas-sociateve with
other clowns. We don't make jokes ourselves ; in fact, I
never knewtme clown who did. I mustownthat the street
. clowns like a drop of spirits, and occasionally a good
deal ; they are in a measure obligated to it. I can't fancy
b • a clown being funny on small beer, and I never in all my
life knew one who was a teetotaller ; I think such a per-
son would he a curious character indeed. Most of the
street clowns die in the workhouse. In their old age they
are generally very wretched and poverty-stricken. I
can't say what I fancy will be the end of me—l darn't
think of that, sir." A few minutes afterwards I saw this
man dressed as Jim Crow, with his face blackened, (lane-
leg and singing in the streets as if he was the lightest-
hearted fellow in all London.—llenry Mayhew.

COLLISION AND Loss OF A VESSEL AND THIBTY-TWO
LIVES.—Rip JANEIRO, Sept. O.—The Raven (American
ship), Captain Croker, on her voyage from New York
for Sumatra, put into this port on the Gth September,
with damage, having been in contact with the Brazilian
brig Catao, from Bahia tai this port, which sank immedi-
ately afterwards ; master and part of the crew saved ;
two bands and thirty negro passengers drowned.

"'2. These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th of
March next, when, agreeably to her Majesty's regulations,
all officers and soldiers are to be present with their respec-
tive regiments and depots.
"3. One Field Officer, one half of the captains, and one-
half of the subaltern office's, are always to be present.
" 4. No officer, except in the performance of duty, or for
the purpose of joining his regiment, is to quit the United
Kingdom without having first received her Majesty's spe-
cial permission, according to the regulation on that head.
" 5. Officers employed on the recruiting service, or upon
the staff of the army, are not to be included in the number
hereby fixed for the constant duty of the regiment or depot.
" 6. The applications for leave for regimental paymasters
and medical officers are to continue to be made in the mode
prescribed in the regulations and orders for the army.
" 7. In cases of short leave of absence being requested by
adjutants, ridingmast ere, quartermasters, or veterinary
surgeons of regiments, it will be necessary that a special
report shall be made as to the mode in which their dirties
are to be performed during their absence, and that the
commanding officer is satisfied.
" 8 .The proportion of non-commissioned officers, trum-
peters, drummers, and private men to whom furloughs may
be granted is not to exceed 10 per troop or company.
" When corps are not stationed in garrisons or military
districts the officers commanding are at liberty to use their
discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of absence,
under the foregoing restrictions, to the officers and soldiers
ender their command, reporting the same to the Adjutant-
General. His Royal Highness expects that the General and
other officers who are empowered to grant leave of absence
under the provisions of this order will strictly confine that
grant to the proportion of officers herein specified.
" By order of his Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief.
" G. A. WETTIERALL, Adjutant-GeneraL"
The authorities of the Board of Ordnance, with the view
of obtaining the best description of pontoon for use in the
service, have directed a series of trials to be made at Chat-
ham by the troops belonging to the Royal Sappers and
Miners of several new kinds of pontoons, each of which is
alleged by the inventors to be an improvement on the pre-
sent pontoons in use by the Royal Engineers, which are
bhe invention of Major-Gen. T. Blanshard, C. 8.,, Royal
Engineers. The last invention of this kind which has been
tried at Chatham is a pontoon which has been brought
under the notice of the Ordnance authorities by Mr. J.
Forbes, R.E., the inventor. This differs from the present
pontoons in use in the service, which are of a cylindrical
form, while Mr. Forbes's invention consists of a pontoon
entirely different, being equiangular. The trial of the in-
vention took place at St. Mary's-creek, Chatham, in the
presence of Major-Gen. Sir T. Blanshard, Major F. Has-
sard, R.E., Capt. C. E. Cumberland, R.E., and other en-
gineer officers, and the result was considered to be satis-
factory.
The Authorities at the head-quarters of the Royal Engi-
neers' establishment at Brompton barracks, Chatham, have
given their permission for the formation of evening classes
for the instruction of the non-commissioned officers belong.
ing to the Royal Sappers and Miners in military drawing
and fortification. The classes are under the direction of
Serjeant-Major J. Jones, of the Royal Engineers, and a
number of non-commissioned officers have availed them-
selves of the opportunity of obtaining a knowledge of those
branches of military science.
' By the reduction in the army to the half-pay list of offi-
cers belonging to regiments of infantry having 16 compa-
nies, and which came into operation on the Ist inst., 197
captains and 430 lieutenants, making a total of 627 officers,
are placed on half-pay. It is expected that the reduction
in cavalry regiments, the number of troops in which were
during the war augmented, will come into operation at the
end of the present month.
The Mayor of Clonmel has received a communication
from Lord Seaton to the effect that an entire regiment of
infantry will be ordered to garrison Clonmel in a few days.
Her Majesty's steam frigate Retribution, Capt. Barker,
arrived at Spithead on Saturday to await sailing orders.
Her Majesty's steam sloop Fury, Commander Leckie,
want out of Portsmouth harbour on Saturday to try her
engines, prior to being reported ready for sea. She is in-
tended for the China station, where she did much execu-
tion against the pirates of those seas, during her first com-
mission, under Commander (now Capt. and C. B.) Jas. Will-
cox. The screw gunboat Bustard will accompany her.
The American frigate Merrimac is an object of much in-
terest to the naval men of Portsmouth, a great many of
whom have been to see her in the Southampton Water.
The students of the Royal Naval College have visited her,
and also the Royal Naval engineers ; all speak in high
terms of the courtesy shown them.

Fier Majesty's sloop Daring, 12, Commander Napier,
arrived at Spithead yesterday evening from the North
American and West India stations.

The steam tender Advice, Master• Commander George
Raymond, haring been fitted with new boilers at hey•
ham, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday to resume her
duties at Queenstown.

The defects in the steam transport Perseverance having
been made good at Devonport, she was towed on Saturday
by the Confiance and Pike steamers into Plymouth Sound,
preparatory to sailing for the West Indies.
The steam vessel Alert, lately launched at Pembroke,
having been fitted at Keyham with new engines and
boilers, went out of Plymouth Sound at 10 o'clock on Sa-
turday morning, and returned at four in the afternoon
after a successful trial trip in the Channel.

The Devastation, 6 guns, paddlewheel steam sloop,
Commander Edward Marshall, W 33 put out of the fitting
basin at Sheerness on Saturday, and will be ready for sea
in a few days.

Lieutenant• Colonel Crofton, R. A., has been presented
with a handsome epergne by the officers of the late Irre-
gular Horse Artillery, in token of their regard during the
period they served under his command in the East.
The following appointments were made on Saturday at
the Admiralty :

Captain W. A. Willis, Captain of Greenwich Hospital,
♦ice Captain George Mowbray, deceased ; Lieut. S. C.
Peale, to the Satellite ; Lieut. Godfrey Taylor to the
Edinburgh; Lieut. George Parsons (additional) to the
Victory ; Lieut. P. Saumarez to the Cesar; E. H. C.
Smith, master's assistant, to the Czesar ; Courtenay A.
Hayes, midshipman, to the Fury.

THE MILITARY FRACAS AT BRIGHTON.

It was stated in our impression of Thursday, on the au-
thority of two local newspapers, that a series of " freaks:,
as they were mildly termed, had of late been practised
by certain of the officers of the 4th or Queen's Own R,egi-
ment of Light Dragoons, now stationed at Brighton, on
seine of their own number, and particularly upon one
Cornet Ames, which bad resulted in a report to the Horse
Guards, a special inquiry into the circumstances by Gen.
Lawrenson, the General commanding the brigade of which
the regiment forms part, and the cicse arrest of three offi-
cers— namely, Lord E. V. Tempest, Cornet Dirt, and Lieut.
Winstanley, preparatory, as it is supposed, to a court-
, martial. The account in question was in several respects
imperfect, and we are now in a position to throw addi-
tional light upon the whole transaction, so far at least as
regards the outrage upon Cornet Ames—fur outrage it un-
doubtedly was, if the attendant circumstances aro capable
of being established in evidence—which led immediately
to the official inquiry before General Lawrenson. Lord
E. Vane, one of the officers implicated in the affair, is
already known to fame in connection with a serious• assault
he committed just about a year ago upon the manager of
the Windsor Theatre, for which he was fined 5/. before the
local magistrates, and had afterwards to pay 251. in da-
mages in an action of trespass tried in the Court of Queen's
Bench, arising out of the same transaction. Mr. Thomas
Harling Ames, the cornet on whom the "freak" in ques-
tion so-called was practised, is about 22 years of age, and
the son of an independent gentleman—not of a clergyman,
as was erroneously stated—residing in the neighbourhood
of Regent's-park, London. He only joined the regiment
so recently as the 13th of August last, and, almost from
the very day be did so, he has been subjected to a conti-
nual series of " practical jokes," as they are designated in
common parlance. These he bore good-humouredly for
the most part, and to show that he was not wanting in
e.prit de corps it may be stated that on one or two occasions
when he entered his room, and unexpectedly found some
of his brother officers there—at present it does not appear
whom—taking liberties with his property, be quietly
pocketed the affront, and sat clown and entertained them
for the remainder of the night. Recently, on returning to
his quarters, he discovered that his room had been forcibly
entered in his absence, and his stock of candles melted in a
vessel on the fire, and hung outside the window, with some
of his regimentals. Even this, which was only one of a
great number of affronts, does nut seem to have exhausted
his forbearance ; and it was not until an assault. and great
personal indignity had been played off upon him that ho
appealed to his commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Low,
for protection. It happened in this way, according to the
best information that can be obtained in a matter on which
so much secrecy is observed in military society at, Brighton.
It ought first, perhaps, to be stated that Cornet Ames is
said to bo a young man of a frank, pliant disposition, hut,
though the son of a gentleman iu good circumstances, not
having either the means or the inclination to launch into
extravagant courses, he seems to have given umbrage to
some of the younger among his brother officers by per-
sonal habits little in accordance with their own in
some respects. The regiment to which ho belongs is
stationed at two separate places in Brighton, one being
the Preston Barracks, on the outskirts of the town,
and the other the Pavilion Barracks, in its centre, and about
a mile and a half distant from the former. The officers'
mess is at the Preston Barracks, and there, too, are the
quarters of the three officers now under arrest. Cornet
Ames, on the other hand, though called on to do daty daily
at the Preston Barracks and to dine at the mese there, has

This statemeent of facts has been collected with great
pains and care, and in the main we believe it is such as
will be given in evidence before any military tribunal by
which the matter may be investigated. Much of it is ne-
cessarily and unavoidably, under the circumstances, of an
cx pas-te character, and it must be read with that qualifi-
chtion ; but it is substantially that on which the advice of
counsel has been taken, before whom it was laid by an
eminent solicitor, acting as the professional adviser of Mr.
Ames and his father. To do Lord Ernest Vane justice, we
understand he denies using the language imputed to him
by Mr. Ames. The other officers implicated may also,
possibly, disclaim having taken the part in the transac-
tions in question with which they are charged. These
are all questions to be investigated by the proper legal
tribunal. In the meantime, with no wish whatever
to prejudice the case in the slightest degree, we publish
this statement of the circumstances, having previously
used all the means at our command to insure the greatest
approach to accuracy. It remains to be stated that
Cornet Ames has felt it right to take the course he
has done in the matter on public grounds alone, feeling,
with his friends and professional advisers, that if he over-
looked such an outrage he would have rendered himself
amenable to the censure implied in a memorandum in the
hands of every officer in the army, and written on the
sth of July, 1853, by Lord Hardinge, the late Commander-
in-Chief, in reference to an indignity offered to an ensign
in the 50th Regiment, at Preston, in that year. " If,"
said Lord Hardinge on that occasion, " Ensign -- had
tamely submitted to the gross and insulting language
applied to him or to the personal indignity of pumping
upon him, and if the facts had come to the General Com-
manding-in-Chief's knowledge, he would have considered
Ensign -- as unworthy to hold a commission in her Ma-
jesty's service.' "Every officer," he continued, " what-
ever be his rank, is the guardian of his own honour, his
conduct being governed and controlled by the articles of
war. It is clearly laid down in the Judge-Advocate's
letter to the Secretary at War of the 17th of April, 1811,
and circulated by the Secretary at War, in transmitting
the Mutiny Act and the articles of war of that year to
every regiment, that if an officer passes over without no-
tice an insult offered to him he is liable to be brought to a
court-martial, not because he declines to fight a duel, but
because he shrinks from availing himself of those means
which the articles of war and the justice of his brother
officers plac3 at his disposal when redress for an insult is
not prevented by his own misconduct."—iforizing paper.

GREAT FIRE AT TURNHAM-GREENFIVE
HOUSES BURNED.

Early on Saturday morning a fire broke out inensar:lslpoirottbun:hie..te:
private residence belonging to Mrs. G. Chabot, situate
at No. 5, Poplar-cottages, Turnharn-green. The disco-
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set to work as well as the supply of water would allow :
but, in spite of the exertions of all present, the flames
c,nitiriti,:,(l to spread with the greatest impetuosity, ant
it was feared that the whole clump, consisting of five
houses, would be levelled with the ground. The Lenin
firerns i upon their arrival went to the aid of the local
nien, and by the most strenuous exertions the fire wee
eventually prevented from extending further ; but, not-
' withstanding a greatbody of fire remained ix '.h.3 different
rooms, which required the most strenuous exertions
the firemen to subdue ; and whilst thus engaged, and
without any previous warning, one of the walls toppled
over, and fell with a fearful crash upon four of the brig-
ade firemen, named respectively Goddard, Nfartin, Pryer,
and Langett. The helmet on Goddard's head was com-
pletely doubled up, and his head mush injured, more
especially Goddard. They were quickly removed to
their stations, and having received surgical attendance
the men, with the exception of Goddard, were pronounce,i
not to be fatally or seriously injured. At length the
firemen had the satisfaction of finding that the fire, was
entirely extinguished, and the loss is thus officially re-
ported bArMe Mr.
ngEiianiedwEoitoadb,litshhemesnutpe:_rintendent of the
L
"No. 5, Poplar-cottages, Turnham-green, Mrs. G.
Shabot (private).---Building burned down, and contents
coirnesoffinuiee d:
and theConte buildingntsinsured in the Norwich Union
F
Law-
office. The cause of fire unknown.
"No. in the Law-
" No. 4, ditto, MEllen Bull.—About airs. l.—About two-thirds
of roof burnt off, and the rest of the house and contents
severely damaged by fire and removal. The building
was insured in the Law Fire-office, bit the contents
were uninsured.
"No. 3, unoccupied. Roof and window-frames broken
And damaged by cutting away. Insured in the Law
Fire-office.
" No. 2, Mr. Arthur White.—Similar damage to the
premises by fire, and contents by hasty removal. Budd-
ing insured in the Law Fire-office. The contents unin-
sured.
"No. 1, Mr. U. Snell.—Similar damage to premises
and their contents. Buildings insured in the Law Fire-
office, and the contents in the County.
The police rendered great assistance to the firemen,.
by guarding the property removed belonging to the dif-
ferent sufferers, and keeping a great crowd out of danger.

THE AMERICAN MAIL—LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The
British and North American Royal Mail steanislip
Arabia, Captain James Stone, sailed front the Mersey at
four o'clock this afternoon for Boston and Halifax,
with the usual mails for the United States and Britisi,
possessions in North America, 150 passengers, and a
full cargo of merchandise on freight.
THE IVIISSING STEAMER TAY.—Letters have been r•e•
ceived in England from Havannah, dated September 13,
mentioning the arrival of her Majesty's ship Tartar
there, with a Vera Cruz mail. The Tartar reported the
departure of the Royal Mail steamer Tay from Vera
Cruz, bound for Tampico, towards the latter end of
August. She also reported that the Tay had not ar•
rived at Vera Cruz on the sth of September, when sla:
was duo there, and, in consequence of her non-arrival,
the Tartar lett on that day with a Mexican mail for
England, and conveyed it to Havannah. The state-
ment, therefore, from New York by the steam-pac 'et
Atlantic, last week, that the Tartar reported the Tay t
Tampico, on the sth September, must be erroneous. It
is remarkable that the Tartar, on finding the non arrival
of the Tay at Vera Cruz from Tampico, did not pro-
ofed along the coast in search of her, as it must hate
been cAnjectured that some accident had befallen her.
Stich a search is very usual on the part of her Majesty's
chips, when practicable.

Considering the entire number of steamers afloat, dis-
asters have not been remarkably frequent ; but fortune's
smiles have been bestowed most freely on our competitors,
notwithstanding the acknowledged superiority of many
of our ships and the excellence of their personal equip-
ment. Even in our domestic lines this fact holds true,
as we have lost seven fine steamers, mostly on the Pacific
coast, viz. the Independence, which sunk in the Pacific,
with 120 lives, and the Tennessee and St. Louis—total
wrecks. The San Francisco, valued at $300,000, was
lost in the Atlantic in the same year, with many valuable
lives the Yankee Blade in the year following, besides
the ill-fated Rhode Island, and the North Carolina in the
year 1855. It is estimated that 1,420 lives and 7,930,000
dols. in property have been lost in steamships since the
year 1853.
Steamships, as a whole, have not been a dividend-
paying property to such as have invested in them. The
Ocean Steam Navigation Company, which was the
pioneer American line, has been running nine years
without any serious accident, and though at une time
threatened with extinction under a heavy load of debt,
has been paying regular semi-annual dividends of 5 per
cent. for the last three years. Their boats are not cal-
culated for great speed, but are good 12-day steamers.
The Havre line, next established, paid a dividend of 7
per cent, about two years ago, but disaster early checked
its promised career of prosperity. These comprise all
the pecuniary successes we have as yet to chronicle, out
of the domestic trade. Some of the Chagres and Cali-
fornia lines have paid very handsomely. The Collins'
line, established in 1850, has not paid even simple in-
terest to the stockholders. The original estimated cost
of this line was $2,500,000, but a renewed effort on the
part of their English antagonists made it necessary to en-
large the size of their proposed steamers from 2,000 tons,
as stipulated in the contract, to 3,000 tons. Tae sum of
$1,130,000 was subscribed for their construction, and
after the increased pay allowed by Congress an effort was
made to fill up the stock to the required amount, but
without success, and the line has since been maintained
by private enterprise, aided by Government patronage.
When Mr. Collins and his associates proposed to build
a line of steamships the Cunard line was regarded as the
first in the world, having run 11 years and reduced the
passage between Liverpool and Boston to about 124
days—equal to say 13k to New York. In undertaking
the new enterprise in competition with the resources of
established British capitalists there were great obstacles
to be surmouated,the chiefof which was inadequate finan-
cial ability; but a naturalised citizen of more than 50
years' residence volunteered alone to furnish more than
$2,000,000, and thus assured the success of an enterprise
in which the character and commercial power of the
country were largely involved. It was then said to Mr.
Collins, " You may sink the whole of the capital in-
vested, but must not make a failure." What has since
been achieved is matter of history. The first year the Col-
lins line was started the passage to New York was made
in less than 10 days. The Cunarders have since made 8
ships, all designed to beat that time, and one ship (the
Persia) has succeeded, on the eastern passage only. On
western passages the performances of the Collins' line
are still unequalled.
Of the Philadelphia and Liverpool line it is stated thatuie
a loss of $15,000 was incurred on the first voyageand
of
City of Baltimore, on the second about
S1()so that the enter-
the last voyage barely paid expenses ;
prise has thus far not proved remunerative.
Passing now from a financial view of the subject to
observe what progress has been made in this depart-
ment of naval architecture, we have strongly marked re-
sults. Fulton's steamer Claremont left New York for
Albany on the 7th day of August, 1807, dispelling all
rational doubt as to the successful application of steam
t• navigation. It is instructive to notice subsequent
conquests of science and art in this direction, giving
fleeter wings to commerce, contracting the space of
oceans, and accelerating the strides of communication
between distant continents. The following table,
giving the relative sizes of the largest steam ships
that has been built, affords some idea of what has been
accomplished :

Length. Carp. Meas.
Atlantic (Collins') 2BO 3,000
Great Britain 322 3,500
Vanderbilt 335 5,100
Niagara, U. S. steam-frigate 345 5,200
Himalaya
Adriatic (Collins') 354 5,838
Persia
Great Eastern

The completion of the Adriatic and Great Eastern will
be looked to as events of great interest. A gentleman
just
returned from Europe, and who visited the great
steamer building near London, says the hull is as yet
net more than half built, and none of the machinery is yet
put into her. The number of men at work on her is now
reduced to 300, so that the work is not proceeding so
fast as formerly. April is spoken of as the time when
the launch will probably take place. The gentleman above
referred to, who is a president of one of our steam-shin
companies and a connoisseur in naval architecture, says
the ship is of a beautiful model, and there appears be be
little doubt of her success, particularly as regards speed;
but how she will pay her enormous running expenses is
a problem which yet remains to be solved. The hull is
700 feat in length by 60 in breadth, made of a double
thickness of iron plates, which are laid on either side
of a longitudinal framework, combining the strongest
method of construction with the least weight of material.
The vessel is divided into 10 water-tight compartment's,
with sub-compartments, so that each portion would be
self-sustaining in case of wreck. Both screw and side
wheels will be used. The latter will have six boilers,
and the former four engines and the same number of
boilers. The shaft of the screw is 160 feet long and
weighs 60 tons. The diameter of the screw is 24 feet; of
the wheels, 56 feet. The speed of the ship is expected to
average 16 knots per hour under steam. The masts will
be seven in number, spreadtug 6,500 square yards. A
semaphore, coloured lights, and the electric telegraph
will be employed in conveying orders between the
officers, according as their use may be fount". necessary.
Her first voyage will probably be
to Portland, Maine.
The Adriat.ie, from our own workshops, is very near
comple'ion, and, from the improved machinery with which
she is fitted and the excelleace of her model, many are
disitoed to entertain almost incredible calculations as to
the speed of which she will be susceptible. Sho will no
doubt be a triumph for our mechanics, and will in all pro-
bability excel, not only in workmanship, but in all the
qualities which constitute a first•class steam ship. She is
without exception, the largest ship in the world yet
launched, whether of timber or iron. The Persia (iron) is
longer, but she has 5 feet less beam, and 14 inches less
depth of hold; so that her actual size is not equal to that
of the Adriatieby something like 300 tons. Con.pared with
the Great Eastern she is a pigmy, but she is as large as will
be required to meet the demands of trade for some years to
come, and quite aslarge as can be run with any advantage
to her owners, The principalidimenaione of the Adriatic

JOINT-Srom BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annurn• Share.
£ s. d. £ 8. d.
6511..
ppeerr
cent. 120 g.
40 0 0 all 103%
British North American 61. per cent.
Australasia........... 20/. per cent.
50 0 0 67
Commercial of London. 101. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 "0
0 30
0 0 25 0 0
lonian. 0 0 25 0 0
Colonial .... ...........:
Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 20 0 all 0
London and County .. lOl. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 30%
Londn And Westminstr 14/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 46%
London Joint-Stock . 121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 _
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 55
Ditto, New. ••..• • • • 1 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all
National of Ireland.... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 T 6
Ditto, New .. ••• • • • 81. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Oriental Bank Corpora. 'Bl. p. ct.Bcbs. 25 0 0 all 38 k
Of
South Australia ••• • .• i 141 p.ct.& bs. 25 0 0 35%
Union of Australia.• 301. per cent. 25 0 0
Ditto .. •••••• • • • • • • '3Ol. per cent. 210 0
Union of L0nd0n...... ,20. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 26N
Union of Madrid ... • • I 40 0 0 all

CANALS.
I
Names of z+ Dividend Price, Names 0 :1 7Ainvindumend.
(`rice,
,i,
Companies. 1-4 ! per
Companies.
c6l I
AnPneurn„. ,
m ,
----,...—.. -- --. r 1
X Xi
Ashtn &Oldh 193 71. p. ct. 145 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51
Barnsley •• • • !160 ' j Neath .• •• • • ioo 161.
Brknk& Abrg! 150' 41. Oxford.. •• • • 100 103
Birmingham 40, 41. 91% Peak Forest. 76! 51. Os. 76
Coventry.. • . 100 251. Regent's.... 30 it 16
Derby • • ... 100 6/. 155. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 76
Ellsmre&Chs! 69 2•X p. ct. Somrset Coal 140.
GrandJunctß 100 3/. pr. ct. 43 Do. Lk FdSt 121
Do., 6 pr. Ct.! 10 61. pr. et. 11;!,i Stflrd &Wore 140 281. 427
Grand i*,arreyloo 4/. Shrewsbary..ll2s
Grand Union 100 1/.os. Stoarbridge.. ,45 12/. 2eo
Kennt & Avn' 39 6s. Od. 6%,Severn and 7 '
2/.
Lancaster .. 'lOO Wye Rail. 26
Leeds &Livrplo9 257. 4S3N Warwick&
Leicester .....100 51. 49% Birming. I 100 2/. 25
Leicstr &Nth 83 Warwick& 1
Lought.ero,gh 142 701. 550 Napton.. 5 1001
Monmouthsh Worcstr &I 100 —2l. 8
781 27. 20
Mntgmerysk 100 Birming.
MeltnMwbry 100 Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-
Xs. d. X s. d.o „,
31. lOs. 500 0 0 501 0 0 r 8
Albion
71.F0r. 100 0 0
251. :13 i
_4l 1
MDlialtntocal%l3larriinean..a. 661.
per cent.
&eenbts.. 1050 0 00 ;
15 6
17
158.0 d. 50 0 a 0 0 23
o 0 25
AA.tn1enh50r................. ....
o 631
tlArrigtuALuifeen.nn.i.itl.....
104
10 0 0
417.pLert0cse.nt. 12 0 0
150 0 0 ,
50 0 -
Crowncunieurnictl3.rM..e..d...&... G...e.n...L.i.f.e spr c4t.i.& bs• 11,000
0:
178. Od 50 0 50 0 7 4
.......... . • ••
ss. 50 0
Eagle ..
4J4 peiri.cent. 100
52, 0g :0 5 0,
0 518%
514
... 6/.
102y4
EEneureitpyenannduLfeaw:: ::::
Stock. .•
General.. •• ••••• • • "• 5/. per cent.
0 47 5 0 5534
0 50 0 0 , - -
Globe
r2s. 100 0
a tiara iit 11
Imperial 0 10 0 0 ' 19
Imperial Life ..••....•
i dnay
11.3 s 10 31. ICO 0 0 20 0 0 90
m Marine.. • •
25.& 2s.bs. 100 0 0 210 0 34
121;Elf:.:::•:-::;:i:f.;100 0 . 10 0 0 61
-
_ 50 0 0 2 0 0 q
Legal and General
U. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 29:,,i '
22
00 (0) 34
London ..... ..•
10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
..
iss.per share 100 0 0 2228
11000 :
367211
Londonl ',Sr li iii
dips:.
-
4%
5/.1
pp.ernte.t.
5 0 0 1 0 0 1/.
2590 00 00
G- en. Life
Palladium Life- 5l 00 00
Marine..3lllclne:vr:Ll •
•...•... •::. :.
:.
...... :..........
National Loan Fund.. 5511:
per
cent.
- - 50
Pelican ....•• •• •• ••
Pheenix •• .• .••• - - -1801 Z,
Professional Life •• • • ..5/. per cent. 5 0 010 0
Provident Life ........ 11. ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 34%
10 0 iit/
Rock Life •••• • ... 7s. 5 3 0
‘ 2
Royal Exchange .... 0• • 101. per cent. Stock. all 277
Sun Fire • • • • • • 61. 10s. -
91 218
Ditto Life ....„ 1/. 14s. -
United Xingdom .... 4/. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 43:i Universal Li ... ... . 5/. per cent. 0
Victoria Life ....... 100 0 0 1
•• 51. per cent. - 412 0 40
6 5.7 i
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' MCI&
Dividend Amount.
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
Rank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 240 s
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 230/os
Caledonian Bank ...• . 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 4 6d
City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12211 s
Clydesdale Bank •• •• 5341. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13' 6s
C commercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 235/0s
Eastern Bank.. ... ••• 6:. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0
Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0
5 0 0 412/ 8s
/ 185
Exchange !Ink of Scot.. -
-
National Bank .. - •• 64, per cent. 100 -
19010 s
North Scotland Bank sLper cent 20 0
0 0 0 10 0 0 2
10 0 5/25 d
Royal Bank of Scoti. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0
0 144.0 s 1
Union Bank of Scot... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 103/Os
Western 8ank........ 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 821 Os 1
Alliance Fire and Lire.. 8,,21.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16/15s
British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 135
Caledonian Fire Insur . 10i.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os
City of Glasgow Life -6/• per teat. 0 0 20011 51
Co'onial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 051 55
Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 291 35
Eng. & Scot, Law Life V.oercent. 50 0 o 3 5 0 41 8s
Lite Assoc. of Gcol,4nd 6 Lper cent, 10 0 0 110 061 lOs
National Fire and Life 6.% per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 21 Os
North British Insur., • 7i. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36110 s
Scottish Union Insrne. 754/• pr cent. 20 0 0 1
00
00
21/0/105ss 1
Ce•
5511: pneerr.
cceenntt.. 5100
00
00 7
10 0 -
uStnainteddardDeLnifeAs..4.4;l

MISCELLANEOUS.
Nam Dividend Amount (
eof Compaq% per of Paid. Price,
.------- Annum, Share.
---
x s. d. X s. d.
Assam lea • • ...... 51. 50 0 0 20 0 0 _
Auctisn Mart........ .. 214 per cent. 50 0 0
Australian kalculturl ii. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 2411
Australian Trust ... 8/. per cent 25 0 0
Australian Royal map 5/. 10 00 i all
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all
British American Land 15s. 40 0 0
5 p 2.1::: bs,
110000sto0a..0
Canada ............. 61. por cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 1l
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent.
Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 61. per cent.
6 per
:2505 —OOO
000 1
:2474
1-000 000 I:9171;4
City Navigation Bonds
Electric Telegraph . •
Ditto ... •• ••••• • • •
?Ignitable neversionry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 _
Ditto New .• •• • •
Gen.Bevers. & Invest 0 0 100 0 0
Gen .S team Navigation 10
._Dect.
Hudson's Bay.. • • • • •• .
Hungerford ...... • • •
,100 0 0 Lenders Institution ... _
London Reversionary 5/per cent. 15 00, all
Russell Iratitution• • ••
Pale's Patent Cand. Co 101. per czrit. 20 —0
0 1172 10 0
Roy Rev
aersi MailonarSteam.. y Int. Boc. 4%1. pr cent, 100 0 0 10010
l .. 4/.
South Anitrallan Land 6/.
:2 P. share. 100 0 5
0 00 60 0 0 'O7
' all 34%
Trust and Loan Comp, per cost.
Upper Canada .... . i
20 0 0 j 0
~ ---- -------______

The annourcetnent by telegraph from lndia that a
new Four-and-a-Half per Cent, loan has been opened,
without limit as to its amount, confirms the expectation
sot
far asp
expressed on the subject. The step is satisfactory
English
money-market is concerned, since
it may place the local government in sufficient funds
to induce the India Rouse to draw upon them, in
which case the shipments of silver from this aide will
be proportionably leneued.

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