The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-24 00:00:00

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A numerous ana influential deputation of lay-
men, headed by Lord John Manners, was received
yesterday by the Prime Minister, at his private
residence, Cambridge House, Piccadilly, to present
a statement on the subject of church rates.

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Amongst the members of Parliament present
were Viscount Ingestre, Sir Tinto Farquhar, M.P.,
Mr. Arthur Mills, Mr. J. W. P. Watlington, Sir
Stafford Northcote, Sir Brooke Bridges, Sir F. Hey-
gate, Mr. Packe, Mr. G. F. Beecroft, Captain W.
Talbot, Major Edwards, Mr. W. Vansittart, Mr. F.
0. Papillon, Mr. A. Steuart, Mr. R. Long, and Mr.
T. J. Millar; also Messrs. Brinsley, Morley, J.
Braithwaite, A. G. Stapleton, G. Howets Davies,
Hy. Hoare, J. A. C. Traill, J. C. Colquhoun, Howel
Gwyn, Loftus Wigram, J. W. Perry, C. G. Mere-
wether, and Mr. John M. Knott, secretary to the
committee, formed part of the deputation.
Lord J. MANNERS, after introducing the deputa-
tion, proceeded to read the statement, which depre-
cated the abolition of church rates as being only a
first step to the separation of Church and State,
and hoped that the Government would re-consider
their determination not to introluce a measure for
the settlement of the question this session.
Mr. PACKH, M.P., desired to impress on his lord-
ship the fact that many country churches were
solely dependent on church rates for their main-
tenance, and would fall to decay if deprived of that
aid.

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Mr. BRAITHWAITE confirmed this view.

Lord PALM ERSTON said that he had listened with
.nterest to the statements which had been made to

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him by so numerous a body of gentlemen who
had done him the honour to wait upon him.
He need not tell those assembled that it was
one of great difficulty, owing to the state of
parties, and the diversity of opinions. He assured
them that he would consult his colleagues, in
fact, it had already engaged their attention.
He felt the force of the remarks made by Mr.
Packe, and fully admitted that in keeping churches
in repair, as in. other things, " a stitch in time
saved nine." It was, he admitted, most desirable
that churches should be kept in constant repair by
a small outlay when required, instead of being
allowed to become dilapidated, and thus necessitate
a large outlay in the course of years. He was quite
aware of the desirability of arriving at a satisfac-
tory solution of the question, but the deputation of
course would not expect him to express any opinion
beyond that, and to assure them that the whole
question should continue to receive the anxious
considereation of her Majesty's Government.
Lord JOHN MANNERS then thanked his lordship
for the very courteous manner in which he had
received the deputation, and expressed the satisfac-
tion of those assembled with his lordship's reply.
The deputation then withdrew.

THIS DAYS MARKETS.

THE SUN, LONDON, FiIIDAV EVENING, FEBRUARY 24. 1860.

We learn by electric telegraph that, the Channel
fleet, consisting of the Royal Albert, Edgar, Done-
gal, Algiers, Trafalgar, Queer', Mersey, Melpomene,
and Diadem, left Portland at noon yesterday, under
sail, for Lisbon.

The screw steamship Brunswick, 80, Captain E.
Ommanney, got up steam in Plymouth Sound on
Tuesday, and proceeded to Devonport Dockyard
to be dismantled. Her sails were unbent, top-
gallant masts struck, and running gear unrove the
same day.
The screw steamship Sanspartil, 70, Cipt. Wil-
mot, C. 8., not up steam in Hamoaze on Wednesday,
and, proceeding round the Breakwater, anchored
in the Sound. On passing the Impregnable, she
saluted the flag of Port-Admiral Sir Barrington
Reynolds. Admiral-Superintendent Sir Thomas

Palley, Admiral Kinicome, and other officers,

The crew of the screw steamship Centurion, 80,
Capt. Rodgers, CM., at Plymouth, were paid wages

on Tuesda:c-.
The gunboats Lark and Shamrock were put out
of No. 2 dock, at Key ham steamyard on Wednes-
day, and the surveying steamer Porcupine, 3, and
the gunboat Redwing were taken in.
The Ariadne, screw 26-gun frigate, Capt. E. W.
Vansittart, got under weigh yesterday at Spit head,
and proceeded to the trial ground in Stokes Bay,
in charge of Capt. George F. Gordon, commanding
the steam reserve at• Portsmouth, to test her speed
with her altered propeller, at, the measured mile,
under the supervision of Mr. J. Dinnen, Admiralty
Inspector of Machinery Afloat, and Inspectors

Mu-rdoeh and Miller, of her Majesty's dockyard.
Six runs were made at the measured mile, and

gave a mean speed in knots per hour of 13.078,
the maximum being 15.254, the greatest speed at-
tained in a single run at the measured mile by any
of her Majesty's ships, with the exception of the
Royal yacht. Mean revolutions of engines, 614 ;
pressure of steam in guage, 21 horses ; vacuum,
254 ; temperature in engine-room, 64 ; on deck, 48 ;
force of wind at the commencement of trial, 2, in-
creasing to 2i-as trial proceeded ; direction, E.S.E.;
diameter of screw, 20 feet ; pitch, 25 feet. De-
scription of screw.—Maudslay's application of the
common screw with the blades attached to the boss
on their principle of adjusting the pitch at a range
of from 25 to 30 feet, the sides of the blades
being nearly parallel, and on this trial with the
leading corner of each blade cut off, in order to.
arrive at a comparative result with the trial of
January 12, when the screw was tested in its ori-
ginal form. On that occasion the trial gave the
ship a speed in knots of nearly 124—nearly a knot
less than on the present occasion. The vibration of
the ship during tite present trial was very trifling,
less than has been yet experienced in any ship of
the same power, and the trial as a whole may be
considered most satisfactory. The machinery
worked admirably throughout. The Ariadne is one
of the " monster ' class of frigates, as they have
been termed, and is, as we before stated, one-twelfth
less tonnage than the Mersey, and one-fifth less
power of engines. Her armament is of the same
description, carrying 24 l 0 inch guns of 84 cwt.
each on her main deck, and two solid shot 95 cwt.
8 inch pivot guns on her upper deck, with plenty
of room on the latter for eight of Armstrong's
heaviest guns in addition. On her main deck, from
the under put of her upper deck beams to the deck,
she measures 6 feet 7 inches, and averages 16 feet
6 inches in the clear between the sides of each port,
affording. ample room for her men at quarters.-
Under fall' power of ,steam she carries 'a much less
body of.water under her bows than the Mersey
' does.; is bolder in her form of bow, 2nd cleaner in
her -after .body than that ship, doing' her work with
much greater apparent ease. Her tuck is, however,
said by many competent judges to be still too full
for the free admission of the water to her screw,
I but this, with ships carrying in powerful an arma-
ment as our Merseys and Ariadnes, cannot perhaps
, be wholly avoided.
The paddlewheel steam storeship Rhadamanthus,
H. R. Sturdee master, from Woolwich and Ports-

mouth, with supernumeraries and machinery,
arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, and was placed
in Keyham basin. When her freight is discharged
she will proceed to Pembroke with riggers, sea-
men, and spars to bring the Howe to Plymouth.
The Dee, paddle storeship, Master-Commander
Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from
Woolwich, with boilers and machinery.
The Bacchante.sl, screw, has been removed from
the steam basin at Portsmouth, and berthed along-
side the Victorious hulk, in the harbour. She will
make her contractor's trial of her machinery, &c.,
on Monday next.
The Bullfinch, screw gunboat, Licut.-Commander
James, at Portsmouth, was yesterday engaged on
trial of a private screw propeller, at the measured
mile in Stokes Bay.
The Argus, screw Coastguard vessel, sailed from
Portsmouth yesterday, for the westward.
Lieut. Algernon C. F. Heritage, lt.N., has been
appointed Flag Lieut. to Rear-Admiral the lion.
Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.8., Commanderin-Uhlef
on the Cape of Good hope station.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—John Kellock, master to
the Hogue ; and Robert Madge, first-class assistant
engineer to the Fisgard, for charge of the machinery
of the Griffin.
The chartered East India troop ship Theresa,
705 tons, Commander Kennedy, arrived at Grave-
send yesterday from Calcutta, with about 300 troops
on board from the various regiments in India whose
terms of service have expired.
Between the 15th and 20th instant 95 men have
volunteered into the line from the Royal Dublin
Militia, quartered in the Citadel, Plymouth, under
the command of Lieut.-Col. Musters.