The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-11 00:00:00

limp. Hall a mile.

St lb
Minnie Warren a.. 7 2
Proctor Q.. ... 7 2
Macduff 0
Ada ... 7 0
Traviata ...7 0
Paleface ... ...7 0
Sunbeam colt ... 7 0
Citron 6 13
Triphthong ... 6 13
Patrician ... ... 6 13
Vortigern 6 11
Lady Flora ... ... 6 11
Rob Roy ... 6 10
Pero ... 6 9
Paganini ... 6 8
Ashtead ... 6 7
Pocket Hercules ... 6 4
Stafford ... 6 4
William ... ... 6 3
Zingara 6 0
Pcp Gun 5 10
Sister to Mrs. Stowe... 5 10
le mile and three-quarters.
Age st lb
Fortunatus ... 4 10 10
Eltham ... 5 10 7
The Avenger ... 6 10 7
Prince of Darkness 4 10 7
Minster Bell .. 3 10 5
Haphazard 410 5
Foxholes ... ... 5 10 3
Vanguard ... 5 10 3
Bedford 310 1
King of the Fairies 3 9 12
Clodhopper ... 3 9 10
Lapidist's dam filly 3 9 10

Mr. Seely and the Northumberland,

The return called for by Mr. Seely in June has
just been printed, and is only a small document to
occupy nearly three months in passing through the
press. It is entitled, " A return giving the date of
the original contract and the price to be paid
Mears. Mare and Co., under the terms of such
contract, for her Majesty's ship Northumberland.
Copy of correspondence showing the circumstances
under which the contract was transferred from
Messrs. Mare and Co., and subsequently taken by
the Mill wall Company, and the additional price
agreed to be paid to the Mill wall -Company before
proceeding with the construction of the ship ; and
return of all moneys paid for, or on account of
the Northumberland' up to the present date, and
the further sum (if any) ordered to be paid, or
still owing, on account of such vessel." It appears
that Mare and Co. applied in December, 1862, to
have the contract transferred to the Millwall Com-
pany, and, at the request of the company, the Ad-
miralty, in April, 1863, agreed to a modification of
the terms. They consented to raise the price from
£44 12s. to £4B 103. per ton, the rate at which the
Minotaur was being constructed, which would in-
crease the cost of the Northumberland to £321,117
instead of £295,295. In the return of moneys paid
and owing it is stated that £436,151 has been paid
on account of the ship, including her engines,
leaving £5OO still owing. The return gives the in-
denture and the schedule as agreed between the
Admiralty and the Millwall Company, and the same
documents as between my lords and the liquidators,
and altogether represents a condition of great
vicissitude with regard to this ship. In this last
agreement the terms were again altered with respect
to the 13th, to the 17th, and final payment. In 1861,
when the contract was made with Mare and Co.,
the ship was to have been completed within seven-
teen months; in the second contract, with the Mill-
wall Company, it was agreed " that the period
should be extended to 16 calendar months from the
date of these presents, and the period of 21 months
from the said 2nd day of September, 1861, within
which the said vessel was to be built and delivered
to the said commissioners, shall be extended to 20
calendar months from the date of these presents."
The sum of £5,000 agreed to be paid by the said
Charles John Mare over and above the amount of
any other sums which he might have made himself li-
able to pay in case of the failure on his part in the
due execution of the said contract, shall not be
demanded by the said commissioners, their suc-
cessors in office, or assigns ; but in lieu thereof,
and in order to insure the due comple-
tion of the said contract and of this agreement,
the following provisions shall be substituted ; that
is to say, the payments were to be made in seven-
teen instalments at the stages of progress defined
in the schedule ; but when the affair passed into the
hands of the liquidators the schedules were altered,
for it states that " the said liquidators and the 'com-
missioners have agreed to vary, in manner herein-
after appearing, the conditions of payment for the
thirteenth and following instalments of the
moneys payable under the said indenture. Now
this indenture witnesseth, that it is hereby con-
tracted, agreed, and declared between, and by
the company, by the liquidators aforesaid, and
the commissioners, as follows, that is to say,
that the thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, six_
teentb, and final conditions of payment mentioned
in the schedule to the within written indenture
shall be cancelled, and that the conditions of pay-
ment mentioned in the schedule hereto shall be sub-
stituted for the conditions hereby agreed to be
cancelled as aforesaid; that the within written
indenture and every matter and thing therein con-
tained, except so far as the same is varied by these
presents, shall be as binding on the parties thereto
as the same would have been if these presents had
not been made and executed." It is rather • amusing
to find this last reference to the binding properties
of the previous agreement, for in each case of stop-
page the Admiralty agreed to increase the money
payment, and to lessen the quantity of completed
works which was to be the basis of charge.—The
Engineer.

LOCK-OUT OF EDINBURGH TAILORS.—A partial
lock-out of the operative tailors of Edinburgh took
place yesterday. Fifty of the masters, employing nearly
600 men, have agreed to pay according to the present time
statement. Eighteen masters, however, locked out 180
operatives because they would not agree to work under the
proposed now and reduced tariff. Each man will receive
upwards of 12s. a week from the amalgamated fund during
the continuance of the lock-out. The operatives have
already commenced working on the co-operative principle,
both money and material being supplied by the National
EzeCtltive.—Scotsman.