The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1861.

" r__T M.S. BRITANNIA."--A Naval Instructor
-A • R.N., F.R.G.S., on halt-pay, eln receve a few
NAVAL CADETS, as resident Pupils or otherwise, during
any portion of their long vacation. —Address, 36, Albemarle-
street.

PRIZE CAT ILE SHOW of the Smithfield
Club. The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds,
Roots, Implements, (t:(3., commences on Tuesday Morning and
closes on Friday EVCriing, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Decem-
ber. —Bazaar, King-street and Baker-street. Open from day-
light till Nine in the Evening. Admittance One Shilling.
Last year at the Bazaar.

WRENCH GALLERY. 120, Pall-mall.—The
NINTII ANNUAL WINTER EXHIBITION of
CABINET PICTURES by living _British Artists is now
OPEN DAILY from halt-past 9 to 5.
Admission One Shilling.

MR. ANI).;MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS
"A 1! HOME,"
At Tier Majesty's Concert Room, ilaymarket,
Every Evening at Eight o'clock (except Saturday).
Wednesday and Saturday Afternoon at Three.
" RI4,IMINISCENCES in Eight Chapters."
Part 1. " The Romance." Part 2. "The Reality."
Prices of Admission :—Dress Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle, Is. ;
First Circle, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Private Boxes,
£1 Is. No extra charge for booking.Private boxes, stalls,
and places may be secured at the Box-Office, which is open
daily from 10 till 5, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond-street.
Carriages to be ordered at a quarter-past 10. To prevent
t he crush at the entrances an ad‘litional door is opened for
the Pit.

A RGYLL ROO-AI-S.—GREAT SUCCESS!!—
.I=l The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc-
tion of M. Bour.conr, Conductor and principal Cornet. In
addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel-
ties of lhst week, A NEW POLKA. by M. Boulcourt, the
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission Is.—
Manager, M. P. Grenet.

CATTLE SHOW WEEK. - SMITHFIELD
CLUB.—EVANS' HOTEL and SUFFER ROOMS.—
The annual meeting of Country Gentlemen will take place
in the above establishment ; ever their home. An enbirged
and liberal entertainment._ suitable to the well known re-
spectability of this institution. Forty Performers every
Evening. Commenoing at Eight. Admittance, is.

THE WELL IN GTO N, St. James'-street,
1 entrance 160, Piccadilly.—Gentlemen visiting London
during the Cattle Show are reminded that this establish-
ment maintains its reputation for Dinners and Wines, A.
Dinner from the Joint, Two Shillings. A Set Dinner, in-
cluding Dessert and Attendance, Four Shillings.
FREDERICK SCOWEN, Superintendent.

SALE OF OLDRE STOAT DEVONPORT.
Admiralty, Somerset-place, 22.1 Nov., 1861.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That onWEDNES-
DAY, the 11th Dec. next, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, the
Admiral Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's
Dockyard at Devonport, several Lots of
OLD STORES,
consisting of old 'tope, Shakings, Spun Yarn, Sacking, Ham-
mocks, Canvas, Hemp Tyers and Rakings, Coal Sacks, Lig-
num Vale, Cast Iron, Carpeting, &c., &c., all lying in the
said yard.
Persons wishing to view the lots must apply to the Super-
intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and conditions of sale may be had here and at
the yard.

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'IIIIE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S
" GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause Is there predicated of tbc monetary difficulties ex -
perienced In 1860. The Crisis is st hand. Anxiety in busi-
ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive.
Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All ?denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Gressmith's "Government upon First Prin-
ciples."

Now ready, price 2s. Gd.,

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Woman and Fier Wants. Price Is.
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Berners-street, Oxford-street, W.

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bottle. To be had direlb from It. and L. Perry and Co., 10,
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Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng-
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daily, from 11 till 8, to give advice, without the usual fee, to
those purchasing the above medicine.

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(Entered at Stationers' Hall)

2HE NAVY.

In addition to the screw steamers at Chatham and
Sheerness ordered to be fitted for immediate com-
mission, the list of which has already appeared in
The Sun, Admiralty orders were received at
Chatham yesterday, directing the Leander, 51 guns,
400 horse power, to be ,brought forward with the
•greatest possible speed. The Leander is a remark-
ably fine frigate, which has only recently been
lengthened amidships 44 feet, and converted into a
screw steamer. The trial trip, made a few days
since, was attended with highly satisfactory results.
She has been fitted with a pair of 400 horse poweii
horizontal engines, and with patent expansive gear,
by Messrs. Bolton and Watt. During her trial trip
she attained a mean speed of nearly 12 knots an
hour, with Griffiths' screw of 17 feet diameter. The
Leander is at present attached to the second divi-
sion of the steam reserve at Chatham, and only re-
quires to be painted and masted to be complete for
sea.

The Black Prince was taken out of No. 10 dock
yesterday morning into the steam basin, to enable
the Euryalus, screw steam-frigate, to be docked in
her place this day, as, having all stores, guns,
&c., on board, she draws too much water to be
placed in No. 7 dock, as first intended.
The Sutlej, 51, screw steam-frigate, has received
her foremast and bowsprit, and is expected to be
completed to-day.
The Chesapeake, 51, 400 horse power, which is
being prepared for the third•class steam reserve in
Ole Medway, at Chatham, is ordered to be docked
at Sheerness as soon as possible, and a report made
to the Admiralty as to whether this vessel or the
Dragon, 6, 350 horse power paddlewheel steamer,
can be made ready for sea in the shortest possible
time. The Dragon has been for some time in the
hands of the shipwrights at Sheerness, where she is
undergoing a thorough overhaul. She is, however,
in a very unsatisfactory state, many of her timbers,
particularly those adjacent toiler boilers and engines,
being quite rotten. Some considerable time must,
therefore, elapse before she can be put in a thorough
state of repair. The Chesapeake is incomplete in
her fitments, and is not yet masted ; she also requires
some important repairs in other places. She can,
however, be brought forward for commission in a
shorter time than the Dragon.
The screw steamer of the line Bombay, 81, 400-
horse power, which has been several months past
fitting at Chatham for the second class steam reserve
is ordered to proceed from Folly-point to Sheerness,
where preparations have been made to receive her.
Directions were yesterday received at Chatham
from the Admiralty for all ships of the Rattlesnake,
Racoon, and Pearl class to be supplied with a 12-
pounder 10-cwt. brass howitzer, instead of a 24-
pounder howitzer.
Daring the thick fog which prevailed on the river
at the time the African paddlewheel steamer was in
attendance on the Resistance, 22, which was being
removed to Chatham, the merchant ship Dolphin
came into violent collision with the African, as the
latter was lying at anchor in St. Clement's Reach,
and caused considerable damage to one of the
paddle-boxes. The paddlewheel was not injured,
but the African will be required to be docked, either
at Chatham or Sheerness, to make good her injuries.
The steam transport Hellenis yesterday sailed
from Woolwich, having shipped shells, shot, and
other war stores for Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian

Islands, The Hope sailing transport, in the char-

tered service of the War Department, yesterday
hauled alongside Woolwich pier, and commenced
receiving a heavy cargo of shot, shell, platforms, gun
carriages, &c., amounting to 1,100 tons measure-
ment for Malta. She will likewise ship 200 tons
of powder and ammunition. At no time has the
Arsenal pier presented so warlike an appearance as
at the present moment.
Sir Richard Mayne, K.C.13., Commissioner of
Police, accompanied by his son, Capt. Mayne, and
Mr. F. W. Mallalieu, Inspecting Superintendent of
Police in her Majesty's Dockyards, has just paid a
visit of inspection of the police force in the Sheer-
ness yard, when the men were drilled and exercised
by Inspector Court in a manner which met with Sir
Richard's warmest commendation.
On behalf of Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and
Campbell, we are requested to contradict the state-
ments made regarding the ship Valiant in The Sun
of the 3d inst. Arrangements have been made for
the completion of the vessel by the Admiralty, who
are at present in negotiation for the plant, pre-
mises, &c., these being now, as they all along have
been, in the possession of the firm referred to.

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick W. Grey,
K.C.8., resumed his official duties at the Admiralty
yesterday morning, after a short absence to attend the
funeral of the Dowager Countess Grey, at Howick.

The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
last evening :

Midshipmen—Mr. F. S. Dodsworth, to the Greyhound ;
John Hart, to ditto.
Engineers—Wm. Williamson, promoted to the Porpoise ;

Wm. Harwood, promoted to the Algiers.
Assistant-Engineers—John Wyllie, second-class, to the
Indus, for the Nightingale; Alex. Brown, second•class, to
the Indus, for the Gleaner ; Wm. 11. Roberts, acting first-
class, promoted to the Cmsar.
Second Master—George Clarke, acting, to the Colossus,
for the Coast Guard.