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BLACKFRIARS AND SOUTHWARK
BRIDGES ACT, 1867.

Loan of £265,000.

The Bridge-House Estates Cotumittee of the Corpora-
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Bridge at Blackfriars, and the purchase, &c., of Southwark
Bridge, requiring for these purposes a sum of £265,000
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aforesaid Act), the undersigned is authorised by the
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in the event of those funds proving insufficient, out of the
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18th May, 167.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, ANI) GENERAL
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BONUS MEETING, 18G7.

The Report presented at a Meeting held on the 3d
January last, for the declaration of the EIGHTH Bonus,
showed,

1. As TO THE PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY, •
that, during the quinquennial period which terminated on
the 30th Juno, 1866,
NEW ASSURANCES for a total sum of £1,518,181,
and yielding £60,497 in Annual Premiums, had been
effected, of which sums the former exceeded by £31,811,
and the latter by £2,392, the corresponding items of any
previous period ; that

THE INCOIIE had increased from £195,100 to £215,327
per annum; and that •

TIIE ASSURANCE FUND, after rnyment of :E85,303
on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from
£1,422,191 to £1,619,339.
2. As TO TILE FINANCIAL POSITION OF TILE -SOCIETY.
That the Assets on Jung 30, 1866, were .£1,619,639 14 8
And the Liabilities on the same date 1,313,708 19 2

Leaving a surplus of £275,830 15 6

and that., after setting aside £30,000 as a special Reserve
Fund,.
THE AVAILABLE PROFIT wa £215,830 13s. 6d.,
of which sum £225,000 was recommended for division.

3. As TO THE RESULTS OF THE DIVISION.
That the portion of this stun of £225,000—viz., five-sixths,
or £lB7,soo—which foil to the Assured, would yield a
REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES
of £272,682, averaging 45 per Gent., or varying, with the
different ages, from 32 to 85 per Cont. on the premiums
paid since the last division; and that the

CAS II BONUS, which is the exact equivalent of such
Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 por Cent. of the
like premiums.
The Report explained at length the nature of the In-
vestments and the bases of the Calculations, the results of
which, as above shown, are eminently favourable.

The next DIVISION OF PROFITS will take place in
January, 1872, and Persons who effect NEW POLICIES
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over later Assurers.

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THE LUXEMBURG TREATY.

BERLIN, May 18.

A semi-official article has just been published
here upon the Luxemburg question, which says :
Peacete n sds securedaserious anew, so far as human judg-
mentand a lasting peace. More
extends,
fortunate than the peace Conferences of recent
years, the London Conference has attained its ob-
ject, and has brought about a solution of the Luxem-
burg question, to which all the parties concerned
have readily declared their assent.
"The position of Luxemburg is settled upon
fresh bases by a treaty concluded at London. It is
notorious that the Grand Duchy, which the King of
Holland governs as an independent State, had be-
longed to the Germanic Confederation since 1815.
After the dissolution of the Confederation last year
the Ki:lg of Holland, as Count von Bismarck stated
from the commencement, could not be compelled to
join a new German Band. The Minister announcod
that Prussia had never made such a proposal, and
no wish was expressed from Luxemburg itself with
regard to junction. Prussia did not wish to
exercise either force or compulsion upon the sove-
reigns, nor to increase the tinder that threatens
European peace.'
" While, therefore, for reasons of right as well as
policy, our Government was able to look forward
solely to a free agreement as to the future position
of Luxemburg, the right of garrisoning the fortress,
hitherto possessed by Prussia, had to be taken into
special consideration. This right of garrison re-
posed originally equally upon the former position of
Luxemburg as a German federal fortress ; but the
treaties by which that right was transferred to
Prussia stipulated expressly that in its exercise the
interest of the combined defence of Prussia and
Luxemburg' should be paramount.
"After, as a matter of course, Luxemburg ceased
to be a Federal fortress by the dissolution of the
Germanic Confederation, it remained reserved for
the further consideration and agreement of Prussia
and Luxemburg—the two Powers immediately con-
cerned—to determine the extent in which they
should maintain or modify the treaty in question in
the interest of the united defence. As, however,
the state of affairs hitherto existing had come to
pass, with the express co-operation of the European
Great Powers, it seemed appropriate also to admit
those Powers upon the present occasion to partici-
pate in the new decisions. These were the general
points of view from which our Government pro-
ceeded iu the commencement with regard to the
requisite, settlement of the Luxemburg question.
" With regard, however, to the special interest of
Prussia, the interest, viz., of the defence of Prussia
erinnmteenndtedwasteobgliigveed,nipn ca King Oexf
isHtionlg-
and Germany afforded by the right of garrison, our
ItGarenoavdty, to demand a corresponding compensation
far the security of the frontiers of Germany, in so
far as that had up to the present time been guaran-
teed by the fortress of Luxemburg. Above all, it
was impossible for Prussia to consent that a fortress
hitherto employed for the defence of Germany
might in future become a means of menacing her.
"Before formal negotiations upon the relations
of Luxemburg took place between Prussia and the
i symptoms came to light that a
project
entertained
of ceding the Grand Duchy
to France. Subsequent statements of the French
Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Corps Legislatif
King
n of
was Holland,
confirmed the fact that the negotiations pending
between Holland and France actually turned upon
the acquisition of Luxemburg by the latter Power.
The matter thus entered a new and entirely different
stage. While the danger of a menace to the
frontiers of Germany, which Prussia,' in abandon-
ing her right of garrisoning Luxemburg,
was bound under all circumstances to avert,
seemed to be immediately realised, Prussia
and Germany could but feel deeply hurt
that the King of Holland negotiated with a
foreign Power concerning a country and a fortress
actually occupied by Prussian troops upon the basis
of former treaties.

"This was the starting-point of the latest nego-
tiations. The Prussian Government, supported by
the national excitement apparent in Germany, but
animated at the same time by a sincere desire for
peace, placed itself at first in confidential communi-
cation with the European Powers who bad co-ope-
rated in the settlement of the treaties respecting
Luxemburg. An earnest endeavour was soon ma-
nifested upon all sides to avert the outbreak of po-
sitive dissension upon the Luxemburg question.
Thanks to the circumspection and moderation of
all the Powers concerned, the Conferences have
permitted the object of a peaceful solution to be at-
tained."

Mr. George Peabody, who arrived in the Scotia,
at Liverpool, was asked before leaving America to run for
the Presidency. He replied that he preferred fishing for
salmon—and we think he is right.

Senator Sumner has written a letter to the New
York Independent in support of his bill to establish equal
suffrage in all the States. Theodore Tilton approves it,
and says he knows that Chief Justice Chase also does.
Postmaster-General Randall has tendered his
resignation to the President on the ground that the South
ought to be represented in the Cabinet. Tho President
acknowledgos the fact, but declines to accept the resigna-
tion.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

-T

Yesterday Major-Gen. F. Murray, commanding
the forces at Chatham, accompanied by Brig Kle-
Major. W. Lynch, Col. k H. Crofton, commnnnd-
ing Royal Artill, ry ; Deputy Ass:stant Superinten-
dent of Stores G. Wilgress, and other officers of the
divisional staff, proceeded from head-quarters on a
tour of inspection of the fortifications and other
works, completed and in progress, at the Isle
of Grain for commanding the approaches to
the Thames and Medway at the confluence of
the rivers. Although the fortifications at the
Isle of Grain were commenced as far back as
1863, they are still far from being completed. The
Government engineers and other persons employed
on the undertaking have come to the conclusion
that much of the works already executed will have
to be taken down. The large battery, in the in-
spection of which considerable time was occupied
yesterday, which was originally constructed at enor-
mous expense on the western shores of the Medway,
is now considered to be altogether useless, from the
gradual giving way of the foundations. Indeed,
from the present rate at which the structure is sink-
ing it promises at no distant date to disappear alto-
gether, about eight feet of the battery being already
out of sight. It was originally designed for this
battery to mount 20 of the 600-pounder guns, but
as the entire work h broken by its own weight, any-
attempt to place even the least formidable-descrip-
dtiiosnapopfeaarrainncaem. enTt h ley
bitahtitueriyt wisouelrdectoendlyonli atstheensoitsft
alluvial soil of the marshes, on a subsoil of mud and
silt of about 40ft. in thicknss, beneath which the
London clay is reached. The retaining as well as
the several other walls of the structure were built
in concrete, merely deposited in a common trench,
without any previous preparation by piling to en-
able it to sustain the massive works placed on it.
The result of this system of construction, which
was anticipated by every one but the Government
engineers, has been that the works have been taken
down to prevent their falling. The concrete, about
eight feet in thickness, laid on the marsh for foun-
dations for the parapets, &c., appears, from the in-
spection yesterday, to have sunk about six feet, the
consequence being that this part of the foundation
is broken up and bulged by its own weight, and
therefore altogether useless for the purpose for
which it was intended. The slopes, which are formed
I of the earth taken from the excavations for the
foundations of the fort, do not appear sound, and,
although the precaution has been adopted by the
engineers of introducing layers of hurdles to about
every three or four feet of filling, yet even this
has proved useless, as at a distance of about
fifty feet from the foot of the slopes the
ground has been raised up as much as three feet
out of the original level, thus proving, what, indeed,
ought to have been well known to all concerned be-
fore a block of granite for the fortifications was laid,
that the soil in its present condition is too treacherous
and spongy to bear the weight placed upon it. After
this description of the present condition of the bat-
tery it will only be necessary to add that all further
work on this structure is, for the present at least,
abandoned. The magazine fort is erected on the
highest point of the Isle of Grain, to enable the guns
to sweep the approaches to both the Thames and
Medway. This mass of buildings already shows
several serious fractures, necessitating a free use of
iron tie-rods. The magazine is built on a bed of con-
crete 6ft. in thickness, boxed in by whole timbers,
and sheet piles 25ft. in length. During the time the
piles were being driven in it was found then impos-
sible to force them beyond a certain depth, a thick
bed of shingle being met with, through which the
piles would not pass. The magazine contains bar-
racks for several hundred troops, with quarters for
officers, and the fort is now occupied by a detach-
ment of Royal Engineers, who are engaged in re-
pairing the slopes of the ditches and iu other works,
some thousands of yards of the earthworks having
slipped. The original estimate for the cost of the
defences in the Isle of Grain was £lOO,OOO, but
already a much larger amount has been expended on
the works as far as they have been proceeded with.
It would prove instructive were some member of the
House of Commons to move for a return of the
amount spent on the defences for the Medway and
Thames and the present condition of the several
works.

The unarmoured screw sloop Danae, 4 guns, 350
horse power of engines, will be launched from Ports-
mouth dockyard at noon to-day. This vessel has
been built from the designs of the present Chief Con-
structor of the Navy, and, as she is one of the im-
proved Amazon class of vessels, it is necessary to say
a few words respecting her. She has a length of
212 ft. between the perpendiculars ; a length of keel
per tonnage of 185 ft. Bin. ; a breadth, extreme, of
36ft. ; breadth, moulded, 35ft. 2in. ; breadth for
tonnage, 35ft. 10in. ; depth of hold, 19ft. 4in. ; and
burden in tons, builders' measuram eat, 1,268 8-94.
The Amazon was designed solely to supersede the
Roebuck class of sloops, none of which reached more
than about 10} knots an hour at the measured mile.
The Controller of the Navy Department had to make
provision for carrying heavy guns, and at the same
time to secure the highest possible rate of speed on
small dimensions. When that vessel was first de-
sigried it was believed that she would give a return
of nearly or quite 13 knots, but this rate was barely
reached on the trial of the vessel, but yet this ap-
parently unsatisfactory result was perfectly and
satisfactorily explainable: The engines of the new
type, with which the Amazon was fitted, had not, as
a rule, nor have they yet, perhaps, developed all the
power expected, and much heavier guns at the bow
and stern had been ordered for the ship during
the time she was building than she was originally
intended to carry when her keel was laid down ; a
larger complement of officers and men being allotted
to her at the same time. The consequence of this
alteration in the weights of the ship was that, in-
stead of a measured mile rate of speed of 13 knots,
she fell a little short of 13} knots at her deep-load
draught. The loss on the estimated rate of speed
was, however, but very insignificant after all, and
was really nothing at all if the difference between
the designed and actual immersion is considered.
The next vessel of the class completed, the Vestal,
just exceeded 121 knots. Taking a mean rate of
12 knots per hour over the measured mile, it is really
an enormous and unprecedented speed (in the Royal
Navy) for gun sloops of a little over 1,000 tons. The
half-power trials of the Amazon over the mile gave
10.736, 10.458, and 10.891 knots per hour, and
these half-power trials gave her a higher rate of
speed than the vessels she superseded possessed at
full power. So soon as it was ascertained by the
Admiralty that the full 13 knots could not be ob-
tained from vessels built on the Amazon's lines, and
carrying the increased weights of guns, ammunition,
crew, stores, &e., the Ad tniralty determined to provide
the speed, if possible, in the three ships of the same
class then about to be built--the Danae, Blanche,
and Sappho, of which the Daum alone had been
taken in hand to any extent, and even she was but
then prtly in frame. Accordingly the designs for
these ships were amended, and the Dauae's fore
body timbers wore taken down and built up again
with increased length of some 25 feet, and conse-
quent fineness of the bow lines. The Blanche and
Sappho have been constructed throughout from the
new design. The new Board of Admiralty have
ordered several other vessels to be built from the
improved design, including the Sirius, at Ports-
mouth ; the Spartan, at Deptford ; and the Tenedos,
at Devonport. The Dance is built of wood,
strengthened with iron wherever it can be applied
with advantage to structural strength. She has six
iron bulkheads, one of which extends from the keel
upwards to the upper deck beams, about 15 feet
abaft the ship's stem. The remaining five reach
upwards from the floor to the lower deck beams,
but carry side plates up to the upper deck beams on
each side and bolt to the stringer places of the