The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-28 00:00:00

CONCERTS.-

First Time iii this country.
Faust .... .. . Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite ..... Miss Russell.
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, ls . Hall. 6d.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield.
The AFRICAN OPERA. T ROUPE, their first appearance
E
since 1852 , consisting; of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS,
who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER..—SIIN OFFICE, JUNE 28, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
61—highest since noon yesterday.
54—lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.80.
WlND—South-Westerly; rather fresh, with very fine
weather. There was some heavy rain in the night.
QUARTER-EAST Two.---WIND, W.S.W. ; fresh and
squally, with a wetting hailstone shower, followed by sun-
shine, and another heavy shower.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 9h. 4m.—Afternoon, 9h. 38m.
To-moPatow.-Mornin' g, 10h. 12m.—Afternoon, 10h. 48m,

The Anchor has become the very emblem of
security, and every sailor, we may say almost
every landsman, well knows that it is the reality
too. If, therefore, there be one thing in which
common sense may decide, it would be on the ques-
tion whether our now tremendously costly steam
men-of-war should be insured against accidents
when at anchor by furnishing them with the very
best to be obtained, cost what it may. The most
faithful disciple of JOSEPH HUME would at once
exclaim, " in whatever you economise, don't econo-
mise in the quality of your anchors."

The public will learn, therefore, with no little
surprise, that the Admiralty has been, ever since
1852, not economising, but wasting money on in-
ferior anchors. We request every reader to turn
to the plain, business-like letter of Mr. TROTMAN,
and to reflect on its facts. They are briefly these :
—ln 1852 the Anchor Committee reported that
the anchor of Mr. TROTMAN was most ap-
proved. That it was twenty-eight per cent. better
than the Admiralty anchor, and stood at the head
of a list of six, all better than that of the Admi-
ralty. We must do the authorities the justice to
say that they have supplied one to her MAJESTY'S
yacht Victoria and Albert—perhaps one of the
royal personages from whom the yacht is named
required it. Another great fact on the subject is,
that the anchor, which is more than one-fourth
better for all the purposes of an anchor, costs three-
fourths less than the Admiralty anchor!!! There
can be no dispute about facts here ; the Admiralty
anchor costs £365, for which Mr. TROTMAN
offers to furnish a substitute at £9O, which shall do
its work better in all respects. _ _ _

Mr. TROTMAN went to the expense of £4OO
to have his anchors tested before ; and naturally
looked for reimbursement from Government orders.
It will hardly be credited that from that day to
this, now a period of eight years. he has not
had a single order. The QUEEN'S yacht for plea-
sure—not the QUEEN'S ships for her Kingdom's
defence—has alone been provided with an anchor
at once the best and the cheapest. The official
trick seems to be, that if an officer applies for
one, he is ordered to be supplied with it if
there be one in store. But good care is taken
that there never shall be one in store ! We shall
not anticipate the explanations which the Govern-
ment officials may have to furnish to-morrow night
of
.their unaccountable conduct. Nothing will
satisfyco, s
the pablic but that our ships, which have
so dear, should have the best possible
anchor insurance, especially when pecuniary eco-
nomy and quality go togeth9r'
Mr. TROTMAN offers a second trial, if the
past be not enough. liev-wihll submit an anchor of
50 cwt. to competition it
an Admiralty anchor
of 100 cwts.—the former to
the latter actually costs £365 otoatthbut £9O, while
the severest tests
which nautical men can devise, in regard
kind of anchor duty, and the test shall be made
at his own expense. To the latter part
offer, especially if he be triumphant—after the
ere
the
former trial, too, at his own cost, and the
founded on it—we beg to demur, The country is
not so pinched for nioney that it will submit to
such meanness in its name. Let the authorities
make the trial at the country's cost (it ought to
be at their own), and let it settle the question.

The code of honour and the code of morality do
not always square ; but in ones
con they
agree, wherever any nation is civilized enough to
have them both. Thou shalt not lie, is the injunc-

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1860.