The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-27 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The screw steamer Trafalgar, 72, 500 horse power,
the officers and crew of which have been turned
over to the Duncan, 81, 800 horse power, Capt. Cr.
Hancock, commenced returning her guns and other
War Department stores into the Ordnance establish-
ment, Chatham, yesterday, previously to being dis-
mantled and placed in the fourth division of the
steam reserve squa Iron. Since the Trafalgar has
been in harbour she has been surveyed by the offi-
cials connected with the master shipwright's staff,
and from the report made upon her there is no pro-
bability that she will be again placed in commission
and Elie, may be expected shortly to follow the other
vessels which have been sold out of the navy.

The Waterwitch,4, hydraulic propelled gunvessel,
Commander P. R. Sharpe ; the Viper, 4, double
screw gunvessel, Commander 11. E. Crozier; and
the Vixen, 4, double screw gunve.ssel, Commander
C. D. Lucas, V.C., all three armour-plated vessels
of 770 tons and 160 horse power engines, went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and will hs at once
placed in dock to examine their hulls below the water
line preparatory to their competitive trials over the
measured mile in Stokes Bay and afterwards at sea.
The llimodaya, screw troDpship, Capt. S. Piers,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Mauritius,
last from Queenstown and Portland. The Coast-
guard squadron, under the command of Commodore
J. Tarleton, C. 8., arrived in Portland Roads from
the Channel on Thursday evening.
The St. George, 72, screw Coastguard line-of-
battle ship, 500 horse power, Capt. M. S. Nolloth,
has gone into Portsmouth harbour to be docked,
&c., previous to returning to her station.
Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy,
arrived at Portsmouth . yesterday morning from
London, and, with a gunboat placed at his disposal,
was busily engaged during the day on board the
ships anchored at Spithead.
_

Ls Italian Majesty's corvette Iride, Capt. Raf-
facile Noce, sailed from Spithead yesterday after-
noon for the Mediterranean. •

NEW CEMENT.

M. Sorel last week communicated to the Academy
of Sciences a new cement, being a basic hydrated
oxychloride of magnesium. It may be obtained by
slacking magnesia with a solution of chloride of
magnesium in a more or less concentrated state.
The denser tha solution the harder it becomes on
drying. This magnesium cement is the whitest and
hardest of all those known to this day, and it can

be moulded like plaster, in which case the cast ac-
quires the hardness of marble. It will take any
colour, and has been used by the inventor for
mosaics, imitations of ivory, billiard balls, &c. The
new cement pnssesses the agglutinative property in
the highest degree, so that solid masses may be
made with it at a very low cost by mixing it up on
a large scale with substances of little value. One
part of magnesia may be incorporated with upwards
of 20 parts of sand, limestone, and other inert sub-
stances, to form hard blocks ; while lime and other
cements will hardly admit of the incorporation of
two or three times their weight of extraneous mat-
ter. By means of these artificial blocks building►
may easily be carried on in places where materials
for the purpose are scarce. All that is required is
simply to convey a quantity of magnesia and chloride
of magnesium to the spot, if there be none to be
had there, and then to mix them up with sand,
pebbles, or any other matter of the kind close at
hand ; blocks can then be made of any shape, and
imitating hewn stone. This magnesian cement may
be obtained at very low cost, especially if the mag-
nesia be extracted from the mother ley of salt
works, either by M. Balard's process, whereby
magnesia and hydrochloric acid are obtained at the
same time, or else by decomposing the ley, which
always contains a large proportion of chloride of
magnesium, by means of quicklime, which by
double composition yields magnesia and chloride of
lime containing a certain quantity of chloride of
magnesium, and which, with the addition of vari-
ous other cheap substances, may be used for
whitewashing.

SHORT WEIGHT.

Fifty-two tradesnun were fined at the Newing-

ton sessions this week for having in their posses-
sion unjust weights, scales, and measures. The list
comprised 19 licensed victuallers and beer retailers,
7 grocers and cheesetnongers, 4 butchers, 1 ham
and beef dealer, 1 oil►nan, 6 bakers, 2 chandlers, 6
coal-dealers, 1 corn chandler, 1 marine-store dealer,
2 leather merchants, 1 iron merchant, and 1 copper-
smith. The fines amounted to £7B Gs. The wife
of one of the defaulters, Mrs. Scott, 205, South-
ampton-street, Camberwell, appeared to plead her
husband's cause, and behaved in such a disrespect-
ful manner to the bench that the chairman threat-
ened to have her removed. She held that the
inspector ought to have warned her first ; and
flatly declared that the law was unjustly car-
ried out. "It is scandalous," she added " that
people who pay rent and taxes should have
to come here." Evidently, Mrs. Scott thinks
she ought to pay rent and rates out of the
profits gained by unjust weights. There were
several very bad cases brought to light. Edward
Sturley, grocer, Princes-street, Walworth-road, had
placed a piece of putty under one of his scales—a
proceeding which the chairman justly termed a
" gross robbery." Henry J. White, grocer, Hill-
street, Newington, had inserted a penny under one
scale and a farthing under another, and actually
pleaded badness of trade as an excuse. John R.

Hennessey had a machine in his possession with a
piece of soap under it, and tried to put the blame
upon his wife. John Wright, grocer, Wyndham-
road, Camberwell, was fined £5 (second offence)
for having oz. weight of cards under a machine.
Donald Scott, baker, Kent-street, a member of St.
George's vestry, was fined £2 10s. for having six
unstamped weights in his possession, while all the
weighei-up flour was found to be deficient in
weight. This " gentleman" supplies the workhouse
with breath—about 1,500 loaves per week. Evi-
dently imprisonment without a fine is the only
punishment that will prevent cases like the fore-
going.—South London Press.

THE SLADE CASE.—A paragraph which originally
appeared in the Old, and has boon copied into otherpapers,
to the effect that this case has been compromised, is a mis-
representation of the true facts, which aro as follow: —Be-
fore the trial commenced an arrangement was made by the
plaintiff and son with the defendant that the unsuccessful
party in the Court of Exchequer, if he chose to
have
a right to his costs from the successful
Shade hisndson, who have announced their intention of not appealing,
,
and will sign a deed confirming Slade's pos
BROADHEAD AND THE SAWGRINDERS. —A meet-
ing of the sawgrinders' trade was held on Tuesday night
Broadhead was present, and spoke for nearly an hour'
The burden of his speech was that he had sacrificed him-
self to the trade. Ile said that he had injured his
character and his prospects for the good of the trade; and
succeeded.ntendin g
made pathetic ejaculations, t
Heto
he frequently,
work upon the sympathies of his hearers, in which, as we
are informed, he, to a very large extent.,
terminated his speech by an appeal to his hearers that they
should either keep him or allow him to re-enter the trade.
We believe that the latter part of his request was acceded
to. Some of the persons present expressed their opinion
that lie was the best man in the trade.—Shejfielci Daily
Telegraph. •
THE MURDER AT LICHFIELD —Yesterday,
the Staffordshire Midsummer Assizes, before Mr. Justiceat
Shoe, Martin Concannon, 33, labourer, was charged with
the manslaughter of James Frain. Tho grand jury had
ignored tLo bill for wilful murder, and being convicted of
the minor offence, he was sentenced to four mouths' im-
prisonment.

THE BIRMINGHAM MURDERER.—The execution
of James Scott, who was recently sentenced to death at
the Staffordshire Assizes, for the wilful murder of Mr.
John Pryso, at Birmingham, is to tako place in front of
the new county gaol at Warwick on Monday morning
next. No reply has yet been been received to the memo-
rial sent up by a large number of the inhabitants of Bir-
mingham, praying for a commutation of his sentence. He
is visited in the condemned cell three times a day by the
chaplain, to whose ministrations he is invariably very
at ten tire.

THE SCARCITY OF HARVEST LABOURERS.—The
scarcity of labourers competent to reap the corn in southern
counties has it.duced farmers to f)rm small companies for
the purchase of horse reaping-machines to cut the corn at
the approaching harvest. Many of these " reapers" will
clear 10 to 15 acres a-day, and women and children are
employed in tying the corn into sheaves. Much of the
corn is now lodged by the rain, and fine ripening weather
Ut9SlO4 tit WV tl Q cos.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLock.

WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTH AMPTON, July 27.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Douro
passed the Needles at 2.25 p.m. to-day.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.

STEWARDS' CUP (000DWoOD).
12 to 1 ngst Sultan (taken)

100 to 7 agst Lozenge (taken)
16 to 1 ngst Jeannie Deans (taken)
16 to 1 agst Seville (taken)
20 to 1 agAt Highland Sister (taken)
20 to 1 agst Xi (taken)
25 to 1 agst Voluntl,er (taken)
23 to 1 agst Rhodomontc (taken)
GOODWOOD STAKES.
sto 1 agst Jezabel (taken)
7to 1 agst Go►nera (taken)
10 to 1 agst Vici (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lucifer (taken)
11 to 1 agst Wild Briar ('.ikon)
16 to 1 agst Vidi (taken)
100 to 6 agst Clarke (taken)
20 to 1 agst Tynedale (taken)
20 to 1 agst Pakrita (taken)
40 to 1 agst Nine Elms (taken)
GOODWOOD CUP.
sto 2 agst Vauban (taken)
3 to 1 agst Reglia (taken)
4to 1 agst Lecturer (taken)
10 to 1 agst D'Estournel (taken)
CESAREWITCH.
1000 to 10 agst Pirate Chief (taken)
DERBY.
16 to 1 agst Suffolk (taken)

30 to 1 agst Thunderstorm (taken)
1000 to 25 agst Sunflower colt (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Herald (taken)
2000 to 10 agst Tregeagle (taken)
5000 to 75 agst Lord Palmerston (taken)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Da

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.
A very busy meeting with settling on tho past wa

events and some lively speculation on the Goode ood
events. We append a long list of quotations in re-
spect of the Stewards' Cup, from which it wil
be seen that last year's winner, Sultan, is first favou-
rite. 1,000 to 100 was accepted in wager about him.
•rhe Goodwood Stakes' quotations underwent some
change, a most hostile movement being made against Guy
of Warwick, who receded to 12 to 1, with a very unhealthy
appearance, Jezabel was firm at her price, though Gomera
bore a very threatening aspect, being supported for many
hundreds down to 6 tot Another feature was the steady
advance of Wild Briar and Vidi, each of whom were in
genuine request. Little transpired on,the Cup.We append
the prices:—

STEWARD? MP (GOODWOOD)
10 to 1 agst Sultan (taken)
100 to 6 aget Lozenge (taken)
20 to 1 agst Camilla (taken)
20 to 1 aget Seville (taken)
20 to 1 agst Jeannie Deans (taken)
20 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken)
25 to 1 agst Greenback (taken)
25 to 1 agst Laneret (taken)j
25 to 1 agst Langham (taken)
25 to 1 agst Broadlands (taken)
25 to 1 *gat Gladiator (taken)
25 to 1 agst Highland Sister (taken)
80 to 1 agst Chepstow (taken)
80 to 1 aget Foresight (taken)
80 to 1 agst La Mandite (taken)
33 to 1 agat Nine Elms (taken)
33 to 1 agst Fortnnio (taken)
50 to 1 agst Czar (taken)
6G to 1 agst Acta3l (taken)
GOODWOOD STILES.
5 to 1 agst Jesabel (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Gomera (taken)
10 to 1 agst Vici (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lucifer (taken)
12 to 1 agat Guy of Warwick (taken and offered)
14 to 1 agst Wild Briar (taken)
15 to 1 agst Vidi (taken)
100 to 6 agst Clarice (offered-181:3 20 to 1)
20 to 1 apt Dulcimer (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Nine Elms (taken)

GOODNTOOD CUP.
2 to 1 agst Vaub In (offered)
3to 1 apt B •galin (taken)
6 to 1 agst Lecturer (taken)
10 to 1 agst D'Estournel (taken and offered)

Mn. GEo. Wsnn executes commissions, by letter only
at his residence, 123, Queen's-crescent, Ilaverstock-hill,
and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through
his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near Meuz's Brewery. No
connexion with any other person using the same name.]

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week..

311 lee Opened.

Ileoelpts.

Railways.

18(7.

1867 18G6

_ . _
£ C
Belfast and N. Counties 991 991 2,415 2,344
Belfast and Comity Down 441 fit 8.3 931
Blyth and Tync 36 26 2,6 3 2,781
Brecon and Merthyr . ... 68 (8 ),41:0 1,0:6
Bristol and Exeter l3ll 1211 7,976 7.596
Caledonian, Scottish Central 57.41 6621 34'4 1 :6.096
Cambrian
Cockermouth K & renrlth .. 31f 3! f 8 9 637
Cork and Bandon 2u 20 4 4 204
Cork, Blackrock, Si. Passage 6l 61 3q2 332
Cork and Limerick DireLt
Cornwall 6sj 651 1,163 2.04
Deeside l7 17
Do Extension
Dublin & Lteilast J unction.... 63 63 .1,5''0 1.497
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1 i. 6 i 2, t, 3
Dublin and Sleath
Dab. St Wicklow anti Wex,cl lv? 107 3,066 4,8 t
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, Sic
Glasgow .1c South- Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Ullioll
Great Northern 441 443 43 35 3 •,9 3
Great North 01 Scotland 275 2;4 4,1.2 3,813
tit. A Whit. di Westn. (Irel.) tat 831 6 il. b .1.
qt.Southn. & sVestu.(lrlnti.) 4191 4191 10.93/ 1 ..613
Great. We•ttern l3li laz 8 .63. 81.913
ilighlaad
Hoylake
Irish North-Western 145 lia 2,161 2.179
Isle of IVLht ...... ....• . 12 8 757 267
Lancashire oi Yorkshire 4,3 403 59, 43 49,1 a
Limerick and .Enuis... Zit zij 2u, 189
Limerick and Foyues 261 261 IS; lot
Lianelly 461 iiii 1,0 .5 330
Llynvi Valley
Loudon Az North-Western
London & South-Western
Land. Brighton, &3. Coast 335 2931 .0.230 2 ,i 62
London, Chatham, a Dover; 11351 135 i 15,7,1 IMO
3.511
au bleti•opolitan r
.xtension 1 131 12 J 3,215
D.. Kent oast
L ,e., 'Tilbury, & Southend
LoncLuiderry and Coleraine 361 331 461 4;3/

FATAL ACCIDENT AT SO UTIISEA- COMMON.—
Yesterday afternoon, as some convicts from the Portsca
Prison were engaged removing the grand stand near
Southsea Castle erected for the late naval review, owing
to some mismanagement one of the huge timber baulks at
the back fell, and striking the next one sent the whole
row down by the run like so many skittles. One of the
heavy timbers fell on and killed a convict, and seriously
injured two others. The convict who was killed had only
about three weeks to serve.
AN IMruovED COMPASS.—WC understand that
a compass on a now and important principle has been made
and is being patented by the Earl of Caithness. The de-
tails of the invention are distinguished by great simplicity,
and aro such as will be of the utmost importance to seafar-
ing men. The compass was tested onboard the new steamer
Russia, on the Clyde, the other day, and tho result was lathe
highest degree to show its groat superiority to that now in
use. One of its chief recommendations is of course ite
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CIVIL SERVICE SUPPLEIIENTARY ESTIMATES.—
Yesterday morning a supplementary estimate for civil
services was issued. The amounts are—For purchases
at the Paris Exhibition for the Department of Science
and Arti £15,000; entertainment of the Sultan of Turkey
and the Viceroy of Egypt, on their visit to this country,
£25,000.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Friday.
—Admissions on payment, 1,401; ditto by season tickets,
747. Total visitors, 2,118.
SOLDIERS at HARVEST WORK.—About Lyons the
harvest is approaching completion. The weather has
been excellent. Some soldiers wore placed at the disposal
of the farmers for the harvest at 2f. a day—a high price,
certainly; but the War Administration observes that the
military workers are only acsorded to supply the insuf-
ficiency of civil labourers, and it wishes to especially
avoid the possibility of creating a ruinous competition
with the latter.
The Droll puts the public on their guard against
a new scheme practised by a party of siwviinndglermsoisnt
London. Advertisements for a professor of French
iu London are inserted in the Paris journals, and
persons who make application for the post receive a
reply offering a liberal salary and g
minute details, wi,ll the object of giving an air of
reality to the affair, atnisitinhpenu.nsactmAuebaoltioitmyt instructing
feooraty.p persona
arriving
ns
the applicant, in case of his acceptation, to forward
to Mr. Manning, 139, Goswell-road, a sum of
and have never heard silne:Ltf Othna sed securityosanumw he
required,
calledfrh
any-
thing furthest theig moneyotv the situation.