The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-20 00:00:00

ANOTHER SERIOUS WRECK.-LOSS, 200,000,

A heavy loss on the underwriters and marine insurance
companies has been reported by the receipt of a telegram
from China and Shanghai, with intelligence of the total
wreck of the British ship Hamilla Mitchell, belonging
to Glasgow, outward bound, from London to
Shanghai, on the Leuconna Pock, within 130
miles of her destination, with a cargo valued
at £150,000, and specie to the amount of £50,000. The
'familia Mitchell wes a first-class iron ship of nearly I,OOJ
tons, owned by Mr. Thomas Mitchell, of Glasgow, and was
commanded by Captain Brandscombe. Lloyd's register
describes her as having been built at Dundee in 1364,
under special survey. She sailed from Gravesend on the
sth of April last, and she pa'Aed, Augur Point on the
15th July. The crew appeared to have saved themz..elves
by the ship's boats, and reached the port in safety. On the
intelligence reaching Shanghai the English Consul, with
Lloyd's agent, took immediate steps to save as much of the
valuable cargo as possible, especially the £50,000 in specie,
which was stowed in a strong chest under the captain's
cabin. There is from nineteen to twenty- five fathoms
depth of water round the rocks where she struck.

THE CBUISE OF TIM LORDS OF TIIE

ADMIRALTY.

The combined fleet, led by the Agincourt, Admiralty
flagship, arrived off Lisbon on September 13, after a fine
passage from Gibraltar. The squadron were to leave
Lisbon on the 16th for another cruise, after which the
Channel Squadron will depart for Queenstown, while the
Mediterranean fleet will return to its own station. The
fleets left Gibraltar on the third, the shore being crowded
with people anxious to catch the laA glimpse of the most
formidable squadron that ever sailed from Gibraltar. On
clearing the streits,the squadron formed intro columns, the
rendezvous in ease of 2c:Aration being Cap D ur-
hig the next day or two several changes were mad,. in the
position of the shies, which enabled them to display
readiness in evolutions. The fleet pail .a brief visit to
Tangier 7, and the Admiralty eilicials wcra received with
great state by the Moorish authorities. Monday and.
Tuesday, the Gth and 7th of.,September, were devoted to
sailing trial~. At the beginning of the trial the Inconstant
soon drew ahead of the squadron, closely • folle vcd
by the W.:tie Cube:. The contest between these
two vessels excited considerable attention, every-
be dy being anxious to contrast the performance
of the new frigate age inet something more
speedy than the overweighted ieonclads. At eleven
o'clock, when the fleet tacked, the Inconstant had gone
about four miles dead to to windward, and appeared to be
rapidly increasing the distance. When the squadron again
tacked at two o'clock the Inconstant had greatly improved
her position. The result of this trial, so far as the iron-
clads are concerned, proved their incapability of beating to
any moderate breeze. Some disappointment was felt at
the result of this day's sailing, especially as
regarded the Hercules and Monarch, the first
of which refused to wear, and the latter to stay, in obe-
dience to orders. By direction of Mr. Childers and Sir
Sydney Dacres both ships were signalled to send in written
reports on the subject. The next day their lordships
determined to start the Inconstant, Monarch, Hercules,
and Cruiser together from the fleet in a run over a certain
distance to leeward, and thence to beat back to the fleet to
windward. The Royal Oak was selected as the mark
ship, and on the last of the four ships passing her was to
fill and join in the chase back to windward.
Tho result of the trial wa,s very similar to that of Tuesday.
`The Inconstant hove to under the Agiucourt's stern at
half-past two, beating the Cruiser by a'eeut twenty
minutes. The remaining vessels continued the trial till
four, when the Royal Oak had gained about two miles On
the Hercules, which was from half to three-quarters of a
mile to windward of the Monarch. The two last-named
vessels seem pretty evenly matched, the Monarch beating
the Hercules when the evind was astern or on the quarter,
and the Hercules reversing tho order of things when on a
wind or close hauled. The drills of the combined fleet at
sea terminated with the target practice of Friday, the
9th inst. At daylight on the 13th inst. the fleet entered the
Tagus, presenting a splendid sight as they swept up to
their anchorage off the city. The First Lord has signified
his intention of giving a cup to be rowed for by the gun-
room officers in the boat-races to be held on the Tagus.
Mr. Childers, it seems, is busy in extending his knowledge
of professional details in a practical manner, which is
likely to be serviceable to him at the Admiralty. The
number of sick in the fleet was 317 out of 8,077. The
Caledonia has been especially unfortunate in the matter of
sickness, owing to a kindof epidemic influenza. During part
of the cruise one-fifth of her hands have been disabled.
The Times special correspondent thus summarises the
chief points established by the cruise. 1. The efficiency of
the Channel and Mediterranean squadrons in steam evolu-
tions is not commensurate with the cost of their annual
practise in tho two items alone of coals and wear and tear
of machinery. 2. The dangerously defective action, under
certain conditions of wind and sea, or amount of helm
-riven, of the balance-rudder principle. 3. The superiority
in sailing to windward of the oldest over the latest pro-
duced of our ironci.,.li This position of affairs may, how-
.;
• el conditions of a stiff breeze.
ever; be te*eesed under the alter,._ _
4. lid ktetitiieSt ironelftel ships under team in the two
squadrons aro the eigineotiti., Minotaur, NorthuiZberland,
Hercules, and Monarch. The most fittsfeady of all aro te:f'
Pallas, Royal Oak, Caledonia, Lord Watt-le7Ei Prince
Consort, in the order given. The ship having the greatest
inclination under sail is the Inconstant, but this defect, if
it is considered ono of great moment, can easily be recti-
fied. 5. The undoubted great superiority of the turret
over the broadside principle in maintaining a continuous
fire in a rolling sea.

Broadhead, the notorious Sheffield unionist, is one
of the sufferers under the new Ili erhouse Act. The Shef-
field bench on Friday rejected an application which ho
made for a renewal of the liunce v h-ch 1 c lad for son o
timo enjoyed.

On the Bridgwater Election Commission on Satur-
day important evidence was givrn by five members of the
family named Duffle. TLey charged Andrew Allen' with
endeavouring to make them commit perjury in the affair of
the election petition, which some of them did, as they were
pro mpted.

Mr Leary writes to the Globe that he is responsible
for the wood ssles at Woolwich Dockyard, on which so much
comment has been made. lie was the surveyor and valuer;
and he valued—he thinks rightly—the timber said
to be worth £3O per load at a much lower figure; but not a
foot of either teak cr mah cgany, nothing but oak, has been
sold. The storl of yalli.l? tip*s.oy9llawl
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S PORTING IV TELLIGENCE—Tuis D

CITY BETTING.—Tms DAY.
OESAREWITCH.
10 to 1 agst Ch6rie (offered—take 11 to 1)
11 to 1 agst Tramp (taken)
100 to 7 agst See Saw (offered)
20 to 1 agst John Davis (offered-25 to It. and w)
33 to 1 agst Toby (taken)
33 to 1 agst Starter (offered)
33 to 1 agst Royal Head (offered)
33 to 1 agst Taraban (offered)
40 to 1 agst Our Mary Ann (taken
40 to 1 agst Phantom (taken)
40 to 1 agst Provider (taken)
500 to 5 agst Vallation g (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Sycee (offered-50 to 1 taken)

GESHIRE.
20 to 1 on the field (offered)
33 to 1 agst Vacuum (taken)
33 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken)
4.0 to 1 agst Tramp (taken)
40 to 1 agst Border Knight (offered take 50 to 1)

DERB 1.
10 to 1 agst Sunshine (taken)
40 to 1 agst Coutts (30 wanted)

'1 lIE FRENC a CESAREWITCH.

Lady Ilenriette
]?drragus
Capitalist° a

Twenty-eight ran.

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RACING FIXTURES.
SEPTEMBER.

Hampton 21, 22 j Hendon 23 24
Richmond ...21, 2, j Monmouth... , 23, 24
Lichfield
Western (A3'r) 22, 2 I Lanark... 2:i of,

OCTOBER.
Bedford 5, 6 I Kelso 10 20
Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 Cheltenhatu l9, 20
Leicester I, 8 1 Olirragh l9, 20, 41

Bromley 7' 8 1 West Drayton —6...20, 21
Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, dc.l Newmarket !Mon ...25, de
Chelmsford l9 201

NOVEMBER.
Harrow ...2, 3 I Eglinton Hunt 6 7
Worcester 3, 4 1 Liverpool
St. Albans b, 3 , Shrewsbury ..... 10, 6

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES.
ocToisEit.

Bromley 7 1 West Drayton 2l, 22
NOVEMBER.

Worcester 2,3, 4 1 Shrewsbury la,
Barrow 2, 3 f Loamingtou Hunt ....23 &..0
I.verpool 9 1(4 11, 12 1

COURSING FIXTURES.
OCTOBER. _

Ancaster and Willoughby, fincoinstre 5 9
Orrne6by 19. So
Huntingdon Club.. 2i.. 27

REGATTAS AND MATCHES TO COIII3.
SEPTEMBER.
21—Alexandra Rowing Club: Scratch Fours, River LA
25 —West London Rowing Club: Eights
25 —Vesper Rowing Club : Club Fours, River Lea
25—London Rowing Club : Twelve-oared Race
25—Oscillators Rowing Club : Eights
OCTOBER.
2—Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club : Eight-oared Rao.

LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO
TEE METROPOLIS.

MUSEUMS.
Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application
to the secretary
Botanic—• Royal Botanic Society of London, Regent's-
park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open daily. 1 till 6, free.
British—Great Russell-street. Open free on Monda3 s,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10 to 4; summer months 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and
Ist till 7th September; also on all thanksgiving days.
City— Guildhall. A collection of antiquities, Daily,
10 ill 5.
Geological—Jerniyn-street. Open daily (except Fridays)
free.
India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-
tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Monday; Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders.
King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily,
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington.
Open free daily.
Royal Institution-21, Albemarle-street. Various objects.
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of fortifi-
cations, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10
till 4.
Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien-
tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. Is.
Soane's-13, Lincolu's-fnn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursday; and Fri-
days in April, M.y, and Juno; and Wednesdays front
February to August. Admission on application to the
Curator.
Society of Arts—John street, Adelphi. Inventions, pio
tures, curiosities, Jrc. Daily: admission by member's
order.

Models and inventions.

South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tits silaygcund Saturday s, 10 till 10, free; on other days,
10 till 1,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower uf London—Ancient 'armour,
till 4. Is.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, ,to. Daily, 11l till 4.
Tossaud's IV.ixwork—Ls, Baker-street. Open daily ttl
10 pan. is.

Open d tily, 10