The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THUADAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1861.

GEOLOGY,—KING'S COLLEGE, Loadon.—
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GOVERNMENT TlZOop STEAMER FOR
173 E

Yesterday a satiffactory trial trip took place on
the Thames of e very peculiarly constructed
steamer, intended for the conveyance of troops
upon the Lower Indus. A numerous company of
persons interested in marine engineering were pre-
sent on board, among whom may be mentioned Mr.
Dinner), the Admiralty Inspector of Machinery ;
Mr. Luke, Admirahy Surveyor of Shipping ; Capt.
Robertson, of the Board of Trade; Mr. Blake, of
the firm of Messrs. James Watts and Co. ; Mr.
Henry S. Pitcher, of Northfleet Dockyard, and
many others. Thh vessel is one of a series of
various dimensions, recommended by a commission
appointed by Goverment in 1857 to investigate the
subject of river navigation, and to report on the
best class of vessels for service on the rivers of India.
The commission coneistcd of the late Colonel C:a w-
ford. of the Indian Engineers; Captain Balfour, of
the Indian Navy; and Mr. T. B. Winter, Consult-
ing Marine Ergireer. The rivers of India are
usually broad, although their best channels are at
various places comparatively narrow. In general
these rivers are tortuous, shallow, very rapid in
flood seasons, and abound in shifting sandbanks.
Tile form of boat recommee2ed by the above eons
mission as best adapted to meet these circumstances
is popularly known as the "spoon ended" form, and
resembles in principle many of the native craft.
Several steam vessels have been sent out during the
last few years more or less approximating to this
model, and have been found the most useful on the
Indian rivers. The commission recommended the
still further carrying out of the "spoon-ended"
principle by dispensing entirely with any
approach to an angular form at either end of
the vessel, in order to counteract, as far as
possible, the difficultiss to steering caused by
the cross currents of the rivers, and also to
reduce the labour of hauling the vessel off a sand-
bank, should she at any time run aground. For
ordinary purposes tug-vessels, with barges attached
thereto, were recommended, but for the all-important
service of the speedy conveyance of troops, the
necessity for which was so apparent during the late
Indian rebellion, vessels of the class about to be
described were advised. Mr. T, B. Winter, the
engineer member of the commission, was subse-
quently instructed by Government to prepare the
plans and specifications of the various vessels above
referred to, and was then intrusted with the charge
of superintending their construction in this country.
The vessels are sent out to India in pieces and com-
pleted there ; but one tug, and now this larger
steamer, have been finished for previous trial in this
coantry. Afterwards these vessels will have to be
taken to pieces and packed for shipment. The con-
tract for the present troop steamer was given to
Messrs. J. Watt and Co., of London and Birming-
ham, who have built her ergines and sublet the
building of the hull to Messrs. M. Pearse and Co.,
of Stockton-on-Tees, where the vessel was "ca-
tered" together, and afterwards was brought up in
pieces to the Victoria Docks, and there rivetted and
finished. The dimensions of the steamer are :
Length over all, 377 feet ; beam, 46 feet; breadth
over paddle-boxes, 74 feet; depth, 5 feet; ditto, at
paddle shafts, 12 feet ; ditto, to top of arched girders,
18 feet ; working draught of water, 2 feet ; displace-
ment at 2 feet draught, 739 tons; tonnage (old
measurement), 3,911 tons. Accommodation is pro-
vided on board for about 800 troops and their officers.
The engines are 220 nominal horse power, having
horizontal cylinders of 55 inches diameter and 6 feet
stroke. The diameter of the paddle-wheels is 26 feet
and the breadth of the floats, or paddle-boards, 12
feet. There is a separate pair of small oscillating
engines, intended to assist in maintaining a vacuum
for the main engines when the navigation becomes
intricate. These engines are likewise to work crabs
for hauling the vessel off sand-banks. The hull of
the troop steamer is constructed entirely of puddled
steel made by the Weardale Company, near Dur-
ham, and the average tensile strength of which is
42 tons per sectional square inch, or double that of
boat-plate iron. The vessel is strengthened longi-
tudinally by four arched girders ; two at the sides,
rising to a height of 12 feet, to carry the paddle-
wheels, &c., and extending 130 feet in length on
deck. The other two, or main girders, run fore
and aft, about 10 feet from the sides of the vessel
these are 18 feet high in the centre and extend
nearly the whole length of the ship. In walking
fore and aft on the maindeck you pass underneath
the paddleshafts. Ath wa:tships, the vessel is
strengthened through the engine and boiler space
by 12 overhead beams or girders, extending the
whole breadth of' the vessel and cal, y ing the stays
by which the sponsons are suspended. Beyond the
space occupied by the engines and boilers she is
framed again athwartships by trusses under the
maindeck, repeated every three feet, and which
resemble in principle the framework of an iron roof.
Although the vessel is bui't throughout of exces-
sively light scantling, she is rendered strong by
means of the class of framework adopted. She is
steered at each end by means of "blades," which,
instead of being worked 'rem side to side in the
ordinary manner of rudders, are caused to rise or
lower into the water at the proper angle. When
oat of action these blades are completely within
boxes or wells, formed for their reception. Both
sets are actuated simultaneously by steering
wheels, placed towards tie head of the vessel,
and provision is made to 'Nark one set only should
an accident occur to the ether. The principle of
this ingenious arrangemere, is patented by the in-
ventor, Mr. A. Chaplin, 6f Glasgow. There are
two tiers of cabins placed oie above the other; and
these, as on board Amerhan river steamers, are
houses rising above the yeses maindeck. They are
entirely ourroundcd with Venetian panels for the ad-
mission or exclusion of air. ?he tops of the upper tier
of cabins form the chief pronenade deck. The saloon
and state rooms for the offiters are at the fore end of
the vessel. No attempt at ornamental work has
been made ; everything beieg plain but substan-
tial. The berths for the troops are composed of
frames of galvanised iron covered with perforated
sheet zinc, for the free eisculatior of air. The
lower tier of berths is constructed at a convenient
height to form seats, and tie upper tier is placed
sufficiently above the lower to allow the occupants
to sit comfortably upright. In each main troop
room there is an officer's main partitioned off; and
the accommodation for the troops is divided in five
compartments, so as to permit of separation in case
of sickness. Fresh air, drawn fron the paddle-
boxes, in order that it may absorb moisture, is sup-
plied to the cabins (by fans worked with the steam
power) in sufficient quantity to chenge the whole
amount in each troop room every half-hour. These
fans are Schele's patent,
and being independent of
the engines, can be worked while the ship is lying
to for the Light, as all navigation on the Indus
ceases at dark. The engineers cabins are placed on
theeestensive sponsons, where are also bath rooms
and other accommodations, poultry houses, sheep-
pens, &c. As a precaution against shoaling, the
draught of water is taken by water
gauges, placed
inside the ship, and analogous in principle to the
water gauges of ordinary steam boilers. The whole
vessel is covered with an awning of the strongest
sailcloth, the area of which may be estimated by the
fact of its weighing three tons. The extensive
framework for supporting this awning has received
especial attention, and while every care has been
taken to reduce weight by making all the stanchions
and stays tubular, they are, nevertheless, very sub-
stantial. The handrails all round the main and
promenade decks are also tubular, and advan-
tage has bean taken of this form to make
it serve as a speaking tubs from the
pilot to the engine room. The engineering
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many of the plans for stiffening and strengthening,
thi-
vessel, resemble the American river steamers,
very many of which nearly approach it in the
dimensions of length and beam, and one of which
is believed to be aeout 30 feet longer and 4 feet
wider. .5`.-Jme vessels on the Rhone are 100 feet
lonaer than this troop steamer, but not so wide.
The draught of water, however, both of the larger
American and Rhone boats is seldom so little as
four feet, or double that of Mr. Winter's design.
The cabins of the American boats
frequently rise
from 40 to 50 feet above the maindeck,
those of the Indus troop-steamer do
solelsosngthan that of the
feet ; so that, although the hold ona tndho et
Americantothe two
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whichdrtsughhat v
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navigated the Hudson and the Mississippi, the
troop steamer has proportionately less top hamper.
The vessel was tried up and down the on measured
mile in Long-reach, the average speed attained
being 12 statute miles per hour ; the prevalent
opinion of the many competent authorities
acquainted with the requirementsof h I •
t e Indian
service being, that. this first Government troop
steamer for the navigation of the Indus
would
effectively fulfil her intended object. successfully
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PRUtiSIA AND THE GERMANIC'

CONFEDERATION.

The Prussian journals publish :a letter, addressed
on March 3d, 1849, by Ernest ,Maurice Arndt to
the late King Frederic WillianY rv., to induce him
to accept the crown of the empire. of Germany, and
the King's answer, dated the of the same
month. The following is the part of this answer in
which the reasons for refusing are given
You beg nee to accept a crown whick is offered
me. Let us first consider who it is thit offers, next
what is offered. The great assemb'y which is
called the German National Assembly, 13 ad of
which a great part is composed of the bcsl moo of
Germany, has no crown either to give or tooffer.
It has a constitution to elaborate in concert with all
the states of Germany recognised by Europe.
Where is these men's warrant for placing a king or
an emperor above the lawful authorities t 3 which
they have taken oath ? Where is the council of
princes which, according to a custom which dat's
from a thousand years ago, elects its king and pro
pews him for the confirmation of the people ?
Your assembly has been aNttys opposed to this
council, to the representation of the German sove-
reigns at the new centre of the nation. It is an.
OnOrtnOU, fault, and its consequences vre now per-
ceived; everyone at Frankfort feels that in spite of
such labours, merits, and pure intentions, people
are labouring at a sort of impossibility. Do you
think that violent scenes, speeches, and parliamen-
tary resolutions will render possible what is impos-
sible ? Bat supposing, my dear Arndt, that the
fault had not been committed or could be repaired,
that the council of Princes and the people could
proceed to an election, and then offer me the ancient,
veritable, legitimate German crown, a thousand
years old, it would then be necessary to act, to
accept or refuse; but I should answer as a man
should answer to whom has been offered the highest
honour in this world.

But, alas ! it is not so. Silence alone becomes
me in presence of the message with which I am
threatened from Frankfort. I cannot answer,
and I shall not answer, in order not to offend
menwith p
whomnde
and gratitude.lregar e
as I do you,
what myat
willoldthey
friend,
offer me? Tbis birth of the revolution of 1818, is
it a crown ? It bears no sign of the Holy Cross ;
there is not stamped upon its front the seal of "the
grace of God ; " it is not a crcrwn. It is the iron
collar which would reduce to the rank of a slave of
the revolution the son of 24 princes, electors, and
kings, the chief of 16 millions of men, and the
bravest and most devoted army in the world. As
the price of this toy I should have to break my
word, given on Feb. 26, to the Prussian Diet, to
attempt in concert with all the other German
princes an understanding with the German National
Assembly respecting the constitution of Germany.
But I will not violate that promise or any other.
It seems to me, my dear Arndt, that you share
with many others a grave error, viz., that the re-
volution to be combated is only demagogy and
communism. The revolution is the abolition
of the divine order, the contempt and overthrow
of right and justice; it wiil live and breathe
its deadly breath as long as the order of things
is overthrown. As long, then, as the Ger-
man authorities have no place in the centre of
Frankfort, and do not sit at the head of the council
summoned to decide on the future of Germany ; as
long es that centre remains below the surface of the
revolutionary torrent, and lets itself be carried
away by it, so long it wiil have nothing to offer
that pure hands can touch. As a German and a
prince, whose "yes" is valid, and whose " no" is
worthy of consideration, I consent to nothing that
can humble my beautiful country and give it up to
the derision of its neighbours, and to the condem-
nation of history; I accept nothing which is below
my natural duties, or which places fetters on their
accomplishment. Dixi et lzberavi anhinam meam.
This letter, my old friend, is for you alone. You
will understand the necessity of the secrecy which
I urgently enjoin on you. But let my words sink
deeply into both your mind and your heart ; be
convinced that I cannot act otherwise without for-
swearing myself; and then reflect, talk with your
friends, with sensible and worthy persons, rare
your voice in Parliament, and demand what is
wanting at present and what is absolutely necessary
—legitimate and reasonable order.