The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1861.

" T_T MS. BRITANNIA."—A Naval Instructor
LJL • R.N., F.R.G.S., on half-pay, can receive a few
NAVAL CADETS, as resident Pupils or otherwise, during
any portion of their long vacation,—Address, 36, Albemarle-
street.

'PRIZE CATILE SHOW of the Smithfield
-A- Club. The Annual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds,
Roots, Implements, &c., commences on Tuesday Morning and
closes on Friday Evening, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th Decem-
ber. —Bazaar, King-street and Baker-street. Open from day-
light till Nine in the Evening. Admittanc3 One Shilling.
Last year at the Bazaar.

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS
"A I! II031E,"
At Her Majesty's Con3ert Room, Haymarket,
Every Evening at Eight o'clock (except Saturday).
Saturday Afternoon at Three.
"REMINISCENCES in Eight Chapters."
Part 1. "The Romance." Part 2. "Tito Reality."
Prices of Admission :—Dress Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle, 4s. ;
First Circle, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, 1.4.; Private Boxes,
£1 Is. No extra charge f:r booking. Private boxes, stalls,
and places may be secured at the Box-ofTico, 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
any crush at the entrances an additional door is opened for
the Pit.

AI R. ROBIN, the FRENCH WIZARD, will give
1, I- at the EGYPTIAN HALL his Soirees Fantastiques,
cousistin of a new series of Magical Illusions, EVERY
EVENING at 8 (Saturday excepted), and Wednesday and
Saturday Afternoon at hall-past 2.
Admission, Is. an 1 2s. Reserved stall chairs, Is. ; balcony,
tjs. Children under 10 half-price.
'rickets at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street ; the principal
Libraries ; and at the Hall.

CATTLE SHOW WEEK.-SMITHFIELD
CLUB.—EVANS' 110 EL and SUPPER ROOMS.—
The annual meeting of Country Gentlemen will take place
in the above establishment ; ever their home. Au enl irged
and liberal entertainment, suitable to the well known re-
spectability of this institution. Forty Performers every
Evening. Co.nme.,eing at Eight.

A RGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS ! !-
EA_ The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc-
tion of M. BouncouT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In
addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss luadrille, and novel-
ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.—
Manager, M. P. Grenet.

GENTLEMEN'S DRESS.-GEORGE HOB.
SON respectfully invites the attention of the nobility,
gentry, and public to his new goods for the present season,
in all the various makes and materials for OVER COATS.
The new winter trousers, 21s. to 255. ; the superfine West of
England woaded black cloths, for dress and frock coats,
£2 15s. to £3 3s. ; dress black trousers, 21s. to 255. Some
beautiful proluctions in English and continental waist-
coatings, adapted for evening wear. A large stock of over
coats kept to suit the taste of all, and from which orders can
be promptly executed. Excellence with economy. -George
Hobson, 57, Lombard-street.

Just published, price 2s. 6d. each, by post 2s. 10d.,
141 TREATISE on DISEASES of the RECTUM,
By ROBERT J. JORDAN, M.D.,
Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng Lind, &c., &c.
Embracing especially PILES, FISTULA, and S.FRIC-
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Bowel is subject, from luxurious and sedentary habits of life,
pregnancy, constipation, and diseases of the liver, &e., giving
the result of improved treatment, successfully adopted in an
extensive practice, without recourse to the knife, ligature, or
cauterization, but by the mildest and most simple means, yet
efficacious and permanent.

To be had from the Author, 29, George-street, Hanover-
square, W.
Hours of Consultation, from 11 to 2, and 5 to 8.

TRULY EI4I4IUAUIO US AIN 1/ AMA)
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre-
oared without'any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
'zcott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and iiver complaints, indigestion, wind
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For hibitual
costiveness, as a fainily aperient medicine, am' as a purifier
or the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro-
mote digestion, and ,trengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, I aymarket, London,
and by most druggists, in boxes, is. 14d., and three times
the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's
Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green
package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp.

THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN
FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF
LIFE.
This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most
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excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu-
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case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in-
structions (which arc very simple), failure is impossible.
This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to
marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by
the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made.
Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches
thirst.
Pr. Itilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in-
structions for use, at 118., or four quantities in one fbr 338.,
end will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed,
on receipt ofremittance or post-office order payable to Prout
and Co., Patent Medi .ineWareliouse, 229, Strand, London.
(Entered at Stationers' Hall.)

TR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION.-
The GREAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION of Phos-
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in every stage of life. Price, lls. per bottle, or four 11 s. bottles
in one, 335. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, for
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DR. RIG EMS TI E REE DAYS' CURE ; the most speedy
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post 12s. 6d.
Prepared and sold at the Laboratoyy, 44A, Maddox-street,
Regent-street, W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church),
London, where also may be had the new medicqj work, en-
titled "Nervous Exhaustion," on Physical Disqualification
and Impediments to Marriage, 275 pages. Price is. 6d. ; by
post, 2s. 10d. ; abridged edition Is., by post 14 stamps. All
communications and Post-Office Orders fo be addressed to
Ralph Bright.
The above medicines have been confided to a Registered
Physician, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng-
land, who may be daily consulted from 11 to 8.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITION or• 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two
Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of II ERNI A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
(luring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had,' and the
Iruss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. ed. Postage, is.
A Double Truss, 31s. ed., 925., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 45. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s.
each. Post age 6d.

21IE NAVY.

The following list will show the number and con-
dition of the steam reserve fleet in ordinary in the
Medway at Chatham :—The first division contains
the Meannee, 80 guns, and 400 horse power ; the
Barossa,.2l guns, and 400 horse power ; the Zebra
17 guns, and 200 horse power ; the Resario, 11
guns, and 150 horse power; the Lee, 5 guns, and
80 horse power; and the gunboats Julia, Bullfrog,
Carnation, Cochin, Griper, J3ritomart, and Sandfly,
each mounting two Armstrong guns, and of 60 horse
power. Total in the first division, 12 steamers,l4B
guns, and 1,650 horse power. Of these the whole,
with the exception of the. Zebra and the Rosario,
would be ready to proceed to sea in a few days'
notice. In addition to these the screw frigate Severn,
51 guns, and 500 horse power, is now in hand, being
brought forward for the first division. In the second
division are the Waterloo, 90 guns, and 500 horse
power; the Rodney, 90 guns, and 500 horse power;
the Hood, 90 guns, and 600 horse power ; the Irre-
sistible, 80 guns, and 400 horse power; the Goliath,
80 guns, and 400 horse power; the Leander, 51
guns, and 400 horse power; the Arethusa, 51 guns,
and 600 horse power ; the Galatea, 26 guns, and
800 horse power; the Victor, 6 guns, and 350
horse power ; the Snipe, 5 guns, and 80 horse
power ; and the screw gunboats Misletoe, Spanker,
Herring, and Sepoy, each of 60 horse power, and
mounting two guns. Besides the above the follow-
ing steamers are in course of being prepared for the
second division, viz : —The Uriatol, 51 guns, and 600
horse power ; the Newcastle, 51 guns, and 600
horse power; the Horatio, 12 guns, and 250 horse
power; the Lily, 4 guns, and 200 horse power; and
the Star, 4 guns, and 200 horse power, ordered to
bo sent front Woolwich. The total number of
steamers in the second division is 19, mounting
699 guns, and 6,720 horse power. The third
division includes the Anson, 91 guns, and 800
horse power; the Atlas, 91 guns, and 800 horse
power; the Pylades, 21 guns, and 400 horse
power; and the gunboats Manly, Mastiff, Pelter,
Thrasher, Spey, Tickler, Thistle, and Dwarf,
each constructed to carry two Armstrongs on
the upper deck, and of 60 horse power. The third
division also contains the following vessels, fitting
either at Chatham, Woolwigh, or Sheerness :—The
Collingwood, 80 guns, and 1400 horse power; the
Undaunted, 51 guns, and 00 horse power; the
Cyclops, 6 guns, and 320 hope power; the Dragon,
6 guns, and 560 horse pow,* ; and the Fidget, 2
guns, and 20 horse power. The ships ordered to
be prepared for the third division, are the Orion,
91 guns, and 600 horse power; the Cressy, 80
guns,
~and 400 horse power; the Chesapeake, 51
guns, and 400 horse power; the Eurotas, 12 guns,
and 200 horse power ; the Hermes, 6 guns, and
220 horse power; the Argus, 6 guns, and 300 horse
power ; the Millet, 5 guns, and 80 horse power ;
the Lily, ,4 guns, and 200 horse power ; and the
Locust, 3 guns, and 100 horse power. Total in the
third division, 24 steamers, mounting 531 guns,
and 7,180 horse power. The above return does not
include the Racehorse, 4 guns, 200 horse power,
the Serpent, 4 guns, 200 horse power, and the gun-
boats Phoenix, Pigeon, and Linnet, with regard to
which no orders have been received ; nor the large
fleet of mortar boats built at the close of the Rus-
sian war, and now laid up in Yantlett-creek, ready
for service whenever they may be required.

Admiralty orders reached Chatham yesterday
for the Pylades, 21, 400 horse power, the Rattle-
snake, 21, 400 horse power, and the Galatea, 26,
800 horse power, to be prepared for sea at that port
with all possible despatch, the Admiralty having
decided on immediately commissioning those ships.
The Galatea is at Sheerness, but will be forthwith
removed to Chatham, Orders were also received
for the entry of 50 additional shipwrights, joiners,
caulkers, and smiths. One hundred of the seamen
pensioners discharged last week from the Wellesley,
74, and the other ships attached to the ordinary at
Chatham, aro to be entered at the dockyard as la-
bourers.

The Severn, M, 5)0 horse power, the Rosario,
11, 150 horse power, and the IJaros3a, 21, 400 horse
power, attached to the first division of the steam
reserve in the Medway, are to be brought forward
for immediate commission.

The line-of-battle steamer Bombay, 81, 400 horse
power, having completed fitting at Folly Point,
Chatham, for the steam reserve, is to be removed to
Sheerness on Saturday next, where suitable moor-
ings have been prepared for her. _ _

The Orpheus, 21, screw, Commodore W. B. Bur-
nett, C. 8., steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yes-
terday morning on the completion of her outfit for
foreign service. On reaching Spithead Commander
D. Miller, of the steam reserve, took charge of the
ship to test her speed officially at the measured mile
in Stokes Bay. A strong breeze was blowing
through the roadstead the greater part of the day,
raising at times a rough sea. Like all our vessels
of the same class, the Orpheus when under steam
depressed her head in the water, raises a huge con-
tinuous wave under her bows, and promises to be a
remarkably wet and uncomfortable ship when con-
tending against a head sea. The ship's draught of
water yesterday prior to leaving the harbour was
18ft forward and 19ft 9in aft. Four runs were first
made at the mile with full boiler power, the mean of
which gave the ship a speed of 10.155 knots. Four
runs were then made with half boiler power, and the
mean of these gave the ship a speed of 9.204 knots,
the revolutions of engines at full power being 631,
and at half power 51, the vacuum on condensers
being 252, and the pressure of steam 20. The action
of the machinery and boilers gave every satisfac-
tion. At the close of the trial, which occupied the
greater part of the day, the Orpheus was anchored
at Spithead, where she will take in her powder and
shell, &c., and await final orders for sea.

The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A.
A. Cochrane, C. 8., unbent sails yesterday, in course
of refit for sea. According to existing arrangements
no alterations will be made in any part of the ship's
fittings that will occupy more than 12 days to com-
plete it, as by that time she is to be again ready.
The rudder and steering apparatus of the ship will
therefore be retained for the present. What may
ultimately be done with the ship will, of course, de-
pend upon the nature of the reply which may be
received by her Majesty's Ministers from President
Lincoln's Cabinet at Washington.
In addition to the ships named in ihe Sun yes-
terday as ordered by telegram from the Admiralty
to be held ready for immediate commission, at
Portsmouth, and which yesterday were having their
sails and other stores put on board, the Pandora, 5,
screw three-masted schooner, and the Vigilant, 4,
screw despatch vessel, are named for being also
held in readiness for the pennant. The excitement
in naval circles respecting the American difficulty
increases hourly. Officers of all ranks, and some of
them holding high dockyard appointments, aro said
to have eagerly offered their services to the Admi-
ralty should matters turn out for the worst. Among
the many on dits current, it is said to be likely that
the Orpheus, 21, screw corvette, will be added to
the squadron under the Admiral commanding on
the North American and West India station, Com-
modore Burnett hoisting his pennant on board a
heavy frigate for service in the Australian waters.
It is also rumoured that the first service of the
Orpheus will be to convoy a transport from the
Thames to Halifax, loaded with stores and arms for
Canada.

The Flying Fish, 5, screw steamer, Commander
W. 11. Anderson, was placed in the dock at
Portsmouth yesterday to *pair damages received to
her cut-water, stem, and bows, by her collision
with the Dutch schooner Wilhelm and Edouard
off Dungeness, during the night of the 30th ult.
A wooden model of a cupola (fixed in this in-
stance), on the plan of Captain Cowper Coles, R.N.,
is being constructed at Portsmouth, and, when
finished, will be fixed on the deck of the Hazard,
old sailing sloop. The object sought by the eon-

struction of the model is understood to be to test
the practicability of working two guns inside the
cupola at the same time, a doubt, it appears, having
been raised on that point. The interior diameter
of the cupola at its base is 15 feet 4 inches.
The hired transport S. Lemon, 160 days out, ar-
rived at Woolwich-pier on Monday evening with
troops and returned stores from Hongkong. Many
of the men having been fever-stricken and invalids,
a number died during the voyage, and were buried
at sea, and cne death took place after the vessel had
entered the river.

In addition to the Orlando, 51, nearly ready, the
following ships of war at Devonport are ordered to
be prepared for sea :—The screw steam frigate
Phoebe, 51, in the second division, not rigged; the
new screw steam sloop Perseus, 17, machinery in;
the paddlewheel steam sloop Magicienne, 16, at
present under the crane at Keyham steam-yard
receiving her machinery, and expected to be ready
in a month; and the paddloi heel steam vessel Styx,
6, in No. 1 dock at Keyham, repairing, and likely
to be ready in about three weeks. It was intended
to bring the Orlando yesterday from the northern
part of Hamoaze to the vicinity of the dockyard, to
facilitate her despatch ; she will probably be docked
to have her bottom cleaned. The Phoebe is re-
ceiving coal, and is already getting her masts on
end. The Perseus, 17, is to be armed with short
40-pounder Armstrong guns; she was placed
yesterday in No. 3 dock at Keyham to be cop-
pored and have her propeller adjusted. The Ad-
miralty have now advertised for the fellowing"addi-
tional artisans and others for the public establish-
ments at Devonport :-150 shipwrights, 23 joiners,
14 smiths, 14 caulkers, 17 other trades, and 150
labourers, in all 368 men, to be entered at once.
Notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, by 10
o'clock yesterday morning there were between 300
and 400 applicants for employment at the gates of
the dockyard.
Her Majesty's ship Collingwood, 81, screw steam-
ship, 2,611 tons, after being converted from a sail-
ing vessel into a screw steamer, was taken out of
Sheerness harbour yesterday for the purpose of test-
ing her engines at the measured mile off Maplin
Sands. The vessel was in charge of Capt. Schoen-
berg, of the steam reserve, who, with Mr. W. Price,
inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. G. Blaxland,
foreman of her Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness,
superintended the trial on the part of the Govern-
ment. The contractors (Messrs. G. Rennie and Son,
of London) were represented by Messrs. John and
George Rennie, and the machinery was under the
management of Mr. Scott, foreman of that firm.
'I he Collingwood is fitted with return connexion rod
engines of 400 horse power, constructed on an im-
proved principle by Messrs. Rennie and Son, which
worked in a satisfactory manner. The vessel at-
tained a mean speed, with full boiler power, of
10.415 knots per hour, the pressure of steam
being 23, revolutions 61, and vacuum 27. She
was then tried with half-boiler power, when she
attained a mean speed of 8.155 knots per hour,
the revolutions being 471. In addition to this
she turned the circle in 5 minutes 13 seconds,
the diameter of the circle being only four
times the length of the ship, and the half-circle in
2 minutes 63 seconds. The temperature on deck
was 46 ; cockpit, 44 ; engine-room, starboard side,
53 ; port side, 45 ; stokehole, after-part, 58 ; fore-
part, 71. Force of wind (S.E.), 3 ; draught of
water forward, 17 feet 6 inches ; aft, 21 feet 4
inches. The vessel is fitted with Griffiths's screw,
19ft. 3in, pitch, diameter 17ft. The trial occupied
seven hours ; and, so far as the engines are con-
cerned, it was of a very successful character.
The paddlewheel steamer Investigator, built at
Deptford for Dr. Livingstone's expedition up the
Zambesi, yesterday went down the river from Wool-
wich in command of Master Commander J. M.
Hall, on an Admiralty trial of her machinery. The
engines at full speed yielded 10.6 knots per hour,
and the trial was in all respects satisfactory.
The greatest expedition is being employed on
board the steam transport Melbourne, at Woolwich,
in fitting out the troop accommodation and maga-
zines requisite for the reception of the troops and
stores, so as to admit of her sailing for America to-
morrow, as at first intended.