The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-13 00:00:00

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AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to
SUP.
After Drury-lane Theatre —EVANS' to SUP.
After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP,
After Adelphi Theatre
After Olympic Theatre . ....... ....EVANS' to SUP.
After Strand Theatre EVAN,' to SUP.
After New Royalty Theatre ......EV ‘NS' to SUP.
. After St. James's Theatre . . . to SUP.
After Prince of Wales' Theitre....EVANS' to SUP.
London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden.

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X F O R D,
6, OXFORI9-STREET, W.,
TrrE MUSICAL EST .A.TILISII NIENT or LONDON.
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Colt-EDY. by Mpssrs. TTARRY SYDNEY. LITTLE
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ltd!le. GF.RTRUDE and her Troupe of Performing Dogs.
this Eyonitig%
tr. Rowr. FRA.SETI, ComMian. with his new Entertain-
zmtitled " NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE."
NOTICE.—The Bros. TIA.NT.ONT. Hin celebrated American
Acrobats, will appear THIS EVENING.

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ARGYLL ROOMS. -GRAND CASINO,
Windmill-street, Piccadilly,
These eleYant and unnnlar nnornm, havinry been entirely re-
decorated, are now OPE NI EVERY EVENINTfI for Concert
and llincincr. Conductor, Signor LUGI CURTL Manager,
GRENET.

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.
Reserved Seats, Two Shillings.

WESTO N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.
Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND.
Grand Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera "1 L
TROVATORE." Principal vocalists Manrico, Mr,
De Brenner; Count di Luna, Mr. P. Corri ; Leonora, Miss
Annie Tremaine ; Azucena, Miss Ellen Read ; and Douglas
Mellon; in costume as at the opera.
ARTHUR LLOYD, with New Songs; Mille. Colonna,
and Jolly Nash ,• Jean and Victor, the Sensation of Lon-
dot. Crowded Houses and Immense Success of the
PICCANINY MINSTRELS, 12 in number, inclnding
those Wonderful Children who played at the Royal
Haymarket Theatre as the "Living Miniatures." Band
of 80 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen
from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses.
Isfusical Director, Mr. P. CORR!.
„ Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, Is.• Promenade,
°,1.• Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured' at the Box
Odce, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open
every Evening at half-past 7, commence at 8.

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PRICIe 4cl.
STAMPED sd.

her Majesty's Ship Minotaur.

On the 9 nth of September of last year the Mino-
taur made her light-draught trial of si.eed, drawing
23ft. lin. of water forward, and 2-Ift. lin. aft .

With an indicated power of her engines of 6,31 G

she then realised a mean speed of 14.779 knots, tint
mean of the engines' revolutions being 57.533 per
minute. Reduced ffoni full to half boiler power,
the mean speed of the ship was 12:387 knots, with
an indicated horse-power of 3,541, and mean revo-
lution of the engines of 47.375. On that occasion
we fully described the engines of the ship, it is there-
fore only necessary to repeat here that they are by

John Penn and Son, on the well-known and hori-
zontal two-cylindar principle of the firm, of 1,350-
horse power, nominal. The ship is the first vessel
of her class that has yet been placed in commission,
and is also the largest ironclad in commission afloat.
She stands on the Navy List, with her sisters, the
Agincourt and the Northumberland, as a ship of
6,621 tons, and her length is 400ft.'between per-
pendiculars. Her rig is five masted, which may
either be described as bow, fore, main, wizen, and
jigger masts, or fore, main, mizen, forward jigger
and after jigger masts. Four of her masts carry
each a lower yard, double topsail yards, and a top-
gallant yard. The fifth, or after jigger, carries fore
and aft sails. The hull is entirely incased with
armour, and finished off externally in as bare and
fighting a condition as may be possible. The arma-
ment of the ship consists of four 121 ton and 18 62
ton muzzle-loading rifled wrought iron guns,
mounted on the main deck on wrought iron car-
riages and slides, and four other 4-ton guns on the
upper deck as chase guns. The carriages and slides
for the 12k-ton guns weigh 75 cwt. The 12i-ton
gun throws a solid shot of 2501 b., with a battering
charge of 431 b. of powder. The 6i-ton guns
throw a solid shot of 1151 b., with a battering charge
of 221 b. of powder. There is no ironclad afloat in
the navies of Europe or America whose sides or tur-
rets
could resist Pallisser's shot from the Minotaur's I
largest guns, and there are but two orperhaps three
of the heaviest plated of the American turret-ships
that could resist the same kind of shot from her 6}-
ton guns.

The Minotaur was docked on Tuesday last, and
the pitch of her four-bladed screw altered to its
finest set. On the following day she was undocked,
and -on the Thursday she steamed out of harbour to
Spithead in readiness for. her trials on Friday, tak-
ing a preliminary two hours' steaming off the east
end of the Isle of Wight before anchoring at Spit-
' bead, and working her engines up to 60 revolutions.
On Friday she weighed her anchor from Spithead
shortly after noon and entered upon her trials,
which lasted until past sunset, the results proving
very successful, as will be seen by a reference to
mile figures. The draught of water was 25ft. Bin.
forward, and 26ft. 11in. aft. Her four-bladed
screw was set at a pitch of 22ft. 2in., the length of
the blades being at the periphery lft. 7in., and at
the root 2ft. 3in. The depth from the under part
of the ship's keel to the upper edge of the screw
was 241t.11in. The coal in bunkers and the coal
on deck for the trial (Steam Navigation Coal) was
as nearly as possible 700 tons. Wind on the mile,
light from the south-east. Water perfectly smooth.
In making the circles, after the conclusion of the
runs over the mile, off the east end of the island,
the wind freshened to a-force of from 3 to 4, and
there was sufficient swell to give the great ship quite
a lively motion. The subjoined figures give the
main results of the trials with full and half boiler
power on the measured mile, and in making circle's.
The ship was timed throughout by a Benson chro-
nograph, and the greatest possible care was taken
in making the observations :

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R -11 s offered that certain gentlemen did not kill their next
tw a birds.

'First Sweepstakes—Six gentlemen contended in this
;weep, which, after five ties between Mr. Norris, 27k,
e.aptain Talbot, 26, Captain Fredericks (the winner of the
great Aristocratic Handicap at Cremorne last season), 243,
Captain A. Burnand, 26, an,: Borltl?y Luey, resulted
:ill a division between Captain Talbot and Captain 9.
alurnanl.

5,,e,m.1 Sweepstakes -No less than 19 contested in this
s‘reep, and out of the 59 hir,is that xver, shut. at 12 were
proving that the majority ,if the shooters are in fine
" form" this season. Captain Taz:or, 27, Captain Frede-
ricks, -2,i, Sir C. Legarti, 2fii, Lard Stormont, 28, and
',amour, M.P., 2G, each k:11,1 their three birds ; and in
shootieg off J. Lamont missed his secend bird. Captnin
Tally a his fourth, Captain Feed:nicks his fifth ; Sir Chas.
L 'gard and Lord Stormont eLch killed six, so they
cifirided.

Third Sweepstakes—There were three ties in the first
instance, and in shooting off J. L•timont, 26, missed
his second bird; Mr. Norris, 27, arid Berkley Lucy, 27k,
killed two, and they agreed to divide.

Fourth S weepstaesi-A score of competitors contested
for this sweep ; four gentlemen killed three each, and in
shooting. off the ties Captai❑ A. Burnand, 26, killed his
bird before it bad left tho ground, and after a short con-
sultation between the secretary, presideut, and other
gentlemen of the committee, it was decided that it should
be a lost bird ; 31r. Rudd, 28, failed to bring down his se-
cond ; Berkley Lucy, 27i, and Mr. Davis, 26, ultimately
divided.

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Fifth SNVeepstakes—Mr. Norris, 27; and Major Longley,
261, killed three each and divided; Lord Stormont 28,
Mr. Davies, 27, and Mr. llobertson, 26; missed their last

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