The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-17 00:00:00

41,
Ing-cross, January 12, 1850

- -
U4NTERBURY SET CLEMENT in NEW
„ ZEALAND.
'ettler,; '` the gentlemen intending to Emigrate as Founders of the
e
...:."ent, meet daily at these Rooms, from
withil Five o clocK
lyisii7lll. be ',.9,1.py to receive and co-operate those who may
th,,,,1° Join them ns the First Body of Inten&ng Colonists, or to
1+ Adam_street, information on the subject to others, either orally or by letter.
Adelplil, January 12, 1850.

. _ .
tMIGR ATI 0 N.-BENJAMIN EDGING-
TON,L 2, Duke-strest, Southwark, London-bridge, invites
;:,ttlers to inspect his EMIGRATION TENTS, which are fitted up
ti t% every requisite, at a moderate cost. May be seen any day at
t° Manufactory, 2, Duke-street, S ‘uthwark, one being purposely
ll:s_eted, with cot, sling, table, and camp-stool complete. A Ware-
,_"e, 208 Piccadilly.
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111011 SALE, the PATENT RIGHT to an IN-
tat4o, VENTION of great importance to railways, which has ob-
IllstiLthe.silver medal of the Royel Scottish Society of Arts, at the
1.11,r En ,7 of the first engineers of Scotland, is in successful operation
lyft requires only to be made known to be generally adapted
sirless gind To engineers and other manufacturers doing bu-
-I'or With railway s, this invention would be a valuable acquisition.
apply to A. 8., Messrs. Bigg, 53, Parliament-street.

t/iORT
'ON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
Ivh denti
surf, Y recommended as a simp but certin reedy to all
front indigestion, sick headale che, biliousa andm liver corn-
ISrberi
sileararn, and acidity of he stomach, depressed spirits, dls-
Zss 80 eel),tb violent palpitations, t
spasms, general debility, cos.tive-
°fill 111'ih.hey act as a powerful toni,c and gentle aperient , are
Per oPeration, safe under any circumstances, and thousands
their use. e 44 now bear testimony to the benefits to be derived from
111r1,14 in 13eff,
-Q --e3 at le. i}4d., 2s. Pd., and lls. each, in every Town
CA ingdoni
tTioN •
Per Baled sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do net
„........Lladed to purchase an imitation.

DIAL Just published,
4 t k.:URVATURE—ItsTheory; its Cure;
Ps, 53, rated by Cases and Coloured Plates. By GEORGE N.
,ur,:en t str""erwood le
Harrison's Spinal Institution, dm, &c.
oet and Co ; 23;
Paternoster-row ; Balliere, 219, James r-Pps, 112, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
4ne ri,..,., INSTITrTiON, REGENT-STREET.
-gill
lh ~,e no, ehes of Illustrated Lectures, by
Two o
chhoffner,
11,.,„‘" tve,.,°PhY of Scientific Recreation, daily at rwo o clock, and
1 btierip-itindon in
4 -"A of .."Ks, at Eight. —An entirely new Set of Dissolving
the Sixteenth Century. and as it now is, with
,T! at ~, Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, aid in the Even-
-I,,ws of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's, with Dtoramic et-
tii,ll, bi,r.nperiments, by
Itiiilikit ~.shOwn daily, at One o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, with
Mr. Ashley.--Experimeats with the Diver
1".3', Ist,%''','lL—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma-
"cis, &c., explained.
11.... Admission. Is.—Sdiools, Half-price.

11"IJGHTs in a SNOW - STORM.

These falling flakes, how cold they are,
While dull the vapours lour ;
I really would prefer, by far,
A Pleasant April shower.
I have, at best, a chilly form,
\IY glowln 's 'are but few ;
And h,nce in such a wint'ry storm
I scarce know what to do.
limy glad I am I ever went
An Over-coat to buy,
front Vases' famekl Establishment,
With such a prime supply.
Idad I not hastened to procure
1. The dress by Moses sold,
rein my own feelings, I am sure,
I should have caught a cold.

M4ses and son ! to you I owe
Protection in the storm ;
For, let it freeze, or PA it snow,
Yflur wrapper kc ps me warm.
While winds blow bleak, and snows descend,
VII go to Moses' Mart,
A
—nd Purchase there a winter friend,
Cheap, durable, and smart.

tir,T OF PRICEti
Ante READY MADE.
Theplll, n and Winter Over Coats, in every
£0 8 6
•• •• •' •••• •• .•
••
*****
• •••t•ri.m. trimmed 0 18 0
„ •ultvcr,handsomely and warmly .
0 18 0
The l'aletot, ditto ... ..... • .. •
1 0 0
2acsterneld ditto.. •• • • .... •• •_.
"le Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style a 0
°f o•,r Coat
t 0S b oil on tg 'nomiti Coats
.•
.•
..
******** **** .•
.•
•••
... ••• :: •• .. Tweed:: •.• .: ••• •: 00 84
6
Autningan°rfio 4 6
Ditto 34W?uirnteinr''''frousers, in
1)140 ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6
Itleck Silk `I 1 t iresth
• • • •••• :::: •••• :: ••: 000 11273 608
1.)...e5s
co e VeVests..
.....
'yPrOCk lyattS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .... 0 19 0
nt I to .......... . ..... . .. • • • • • .
hs and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, Iro
...!, ili 7 0 ... •••••••
,Sar ... *****
• • • • • 0 14 6
ks flog runic Suits . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 8
Ye .A.ntunen and Winter Vests • .... • •
MADE TO louse/tr.
ew
.11... 3 Autumn and Winter Over Coats • .from 1 1
-",o Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma-
-1 8 0
'ilthe"lalale'tleinte,hiand• s•omely:an.dw. warmly trimmed nt..e7l 1 1G 0
tl:_Bl,..inton Wrapper, a very elegant style of
Tiat 7,.z: t;eat .... ....... • • • • • • • • • " • ........ 2 0 0
st„„°tra.thrnore Witney Over Coat, newe
2 10 0
~,k8,;,,, le. lined throughout • • • • • • • • • •
alt;2tl,l and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and
os.
........ 0 10 6
1 6 0
Ant lock Cassimere ditto .. • • • • • • • • • • • • •
0 8. 6
rest and Winter Vests • • • • • • • • • •
black
iack Cloth ditto ....... ....... ...... 0 Is 6
Silk Velvet ditto ............ ..... ... 0 lit 6
'• Dress
xi'. r
rock Coats....
.. .. .. .. • • • • • • • • • 355. to 3 3 0
',tsar and T tulle Suits.. .. • •
.... . from 1 6 0
Supern s
°hue • •••from •
..
1 15 0
li ooting Coat • • . • • • • • • • • • • • ' 0 15 0
ogant Dressing Robes, •in •
great variety,
I'' ~-A, kectfr,,,°lll • • • • ....... ~ ...... .... • • ..16s. to 5 0 0
ed --''' oentaining an Almanac for the year 1850, wIl be pre-
A tm.everY customer.
e..,14t0ck of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201.
.274 aval and Military' Uniforms, Liveries, &c.
ei10,,,,,_
.--...nst to any extent at Five Minutes' notice.
iltrThe ne A Snit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s.
Vtne,..,stton‘er b°°k, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with flill
••••e4 '°r %elf had en application, or for-
iieasurement, can be nt ;tee__ , ,_ Lree, to any part of the kingdom.
• .ae Par Department is new replete with every novelty
kollservaeoeson.
''tatirn 1.--,. AnY article purchased, either ready made, or made to
11,,e• os,"da';l4°t aPProved of will be exchanged, or the money retirned.
1404, Par,•,fte4 Land Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
Le, 166. 4—. ere, Boot hoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154,
tat:l,,4; a11ned,,,,_167 Minories, arid R 2, 84, 85, and 86 Aligate, City,
Q .411133,i".."..a.luilcating with each other, and forming one vast
L., antioli t.
ilial,tl:l 1,14.1tMi °see and Son regret having to guard the public
ins ben nn.,,_ on ; but baying heard that the untradesmarilike
iht,yv'en rog-.rto%g connected with them, or is the same concerti,"
IO or 4. to stet 4 te
in many instances, sand fer obvious reasons,
titto ent of Lonedttist they have no connexion with any other hone
`,II tel 4 ou, except their Braneh Establishments, 36, Bar'
ai et Ilose he
rand
.16, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire;
the 10'1'4 to theerr °heap and genuine clothing, &0., sbculd call
.I.B.rs,neb 6._, Inoriea and Ald•Tato, City, London; or either of
to i„,._4lllioti,..":_u,,ltimerite, as above. "Aiikt luiti`rtiltytobt Establishment is eased from sunset Friday,
s When boatels Is resumes' till tY1411,0 Voleilk•

rr HE NOVELTY -most recently introduced by
IL MESSRS. NICOLL is called NICOLL'S PATENT EIDER
DOWN PALETOT, such novelty consisting in the adaptation of
Eider Down in the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original
elegance and utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved.
Eiders are found in great numbers in Iceland and the Fere
Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be
proof against the nos,; severe cold, and even the small quantity
which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wil
serve in the frripation of a Palet6t, which, while it has most extra-
ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the finest
and thickest blanket, the great desideratum for a winter garment
being thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue.
Public inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and
retail vrarerooms,
114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CO :ZNHILL,
London.

91HE NICOLL. PALETOT (Registered 6 and
7 Viet., cap. 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 120, REGENT-
STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL.
Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs.
NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material.
The Wholesale and Counting House Departments fir the London
Branches in the Sh!pping and Woollen Trades fire in CHA.NGE-
ALLEY. CORNHILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET.
The NICOLE is the distinguishing name given to a garment
secured by Royal Letters Patent from general imitation. It has all
the advantages of Messrs. NICOLE'S original invention, the RE-
GISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA-
LETOTS are charged One, Two, Three, and Three-and• a-half
Guineas, according with the climate or purpose for which they may
be required.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
LEA and PERRIN S' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
guard to health.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vete-street, Oxford-
street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen
and Merchants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in
auce.
N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.

BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING
FOOD.
Constipation, Indigestion, diarrhoea, nausea, and sickness (during
pregnancy and under all circumstances, on land and at sea), acidity,
heartburn, flatulency, distension, hemorrhoidal affections, nervous,
bilious, and liver complaints, palpitation of the he trt, derangement
of the kidneys and bladder, asthma, dropsy, scrofula, consumption,
debility, paralysis, depression of spirits, &c., effectually and perma-
nently removed by Dl7 BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABIC.A.
FOOD, without inconvenience, medicine, or expense, as it saves fifty
times its value in other more costly remedies.
Du Barry and Co., 127, New Bond-street. In canisters at 2s. 9d.
and 4s. 6d.; 4 lb. at Ils. ; 10 lb. at 225.; super-refined quality, 8 lb.,
331. ; 4 lb., 225. ; 8 lb. and 10 lb. canisters forwarded by Du Barry
and Co., on receipt of Post-office orders, carriage free, to any town
or railway stAtion connected by rail with London.
Testimonials of the highest respectability sent gratis.
N.B.—Let no one be imposed upon by spurious compounds, under
a close imitation of name.

THIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
Illustrated by 2b Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
11y PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA •
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
sow *Attlee, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., Or
hs nost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
ifiRE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work 011
the inermities and deesey.444l4.oezterative system, from ex-
Tesive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of nvrcurY,
kith remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dla-
ptalifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. Fly It. and
L. PEIIIIY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, IS, Berners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Sittrange,
11, Paternoster-row: Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street;
3tarie,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hall-street.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
)rgatis, and Is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PAF.T 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul-
gence, and their lamentable effects ors the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity.
Einstrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and centales explicit directions :or
their treatment. This •ectios is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engraviege.;
PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Diem,
by a simple application, by which the of infection .s ok-
'elated. This important part of the Work should no etter;e) the
reader's notice.
PART Y. is devoted to the con.eidetation of marriage, and Its
duties. The cameos of unproductive union are also zensidered, end
the while subject critically and philosophically inlaired into.
TH./CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACIIM is exeluslesly employed in treat-
ag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, etc., Hs. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Deters!ee rssenee, as anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood ir CAW ofinfectiou, secondary rap-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of treecury, I Is. and 33e. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific T-Is, 2e. 9t1., 4s. 6c1., and I is, per box, a
certain remedy for genorre:osa, elect, strict,ire, and chronic Intl amma-
lon of the bladder. ...ensultation fee, if by letter, U. A minute
detail of the case Is : age, habits, and position in society.
sl Packets, el.'s advice, to be had at the Establishment only, ty
wh±zh the fe6,11„ is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, art)
se, .eeee et 19, tiereere-streot. Oxford-street, I.nd•es, ~,Irts Pl.
VC,I till see, to er armee- •

6
One half the word are desolately single, and the other
•:tpee.<itg them married, qu.eitioeffely contented. DiTdence, or n
>ehee of Pelit determine the former, and minute-a:Ate hopes em-
.'eter the latter. The +solitary one may shield himself raider the plea
ceetion and worldly prudence, end the indissoleile, ree'rei
0n-
,.0,-,77.-r.,siag berry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity,
;set broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
rd social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
dement. Honour and justice d ena end that health shoul d fee 51 au item
es the compact; it alone dignifice the allienee. Blighted hopes er
.coect weend more sorely than poverty or relefertune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL"S little
4EMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. In 2 vols., Is.
eaeh (by post, 'n stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
•ened, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor he hindered
trosinterpretatton of their supposed contente, from obtaining
,err. They are net intended certainly for mere idle ceriesity, but
tee closet perusel of those more deeply interested, to whom
thee are offered 48 entegoristle to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqaelieed authors, which alone er
eeether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
etle eehlicatiors claim yoer attention (same price Is. each,
• eat L. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
teelti," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
pae-ep `leis, bet equal in quantity a library volume, nor ere they the
mere ephemeral scribbr ngs of the hour, but the study of the author's
eta Rho owes his present existence, health, and position to this oh-
SerV.VIC3 of the maxima he would inculcate—to do unto others u he
wore. he. done ante--to live atter nature's law—anal to keep always
on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be bad of
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-rew ; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street • Mann,
39, Cot-Weill; Spokes, 5, Holborn-hill ;or direct (by post or other-
wise) •,ere the author mt.° may tee corlerred with perronally,
morning' ~d evenOnf,l, 115. erze4l-pile Rageoilt-grree: aro all
Bonknellers

ESCAPE OF A MURDERER FROM A LUNATIC ASY-
LUM.—During the whole of the present week there has
b, en a police-officer from Lancaster in this town, in
quest of a criminal lunatic, named Joseph Green, who
on Sunday last contrived to effect his escape from the
county Lunatic Asylum at Lancaster, and has not since
been heard of. Many of our readers will, no doubt, re-
collect the mnrtler which led to Green's incarceration,
as it was committed in Manchester some 13 or 14 years
ago. At the time of its commission, Green, who was
then working as a factory operative, lived in Factory-
court, Blakeley-street, Shudehill ; and suspecting that
his wire had formed a criminal intimacy with a sawyer, be
got up early ono morning, as If going to his work, and as
his wile lay sleeping in bed cut her threat with a razor,
and nearly severed her head from her body. At the next
ensuing assizes he was tried for the murder, when the
evidence of his guilt was most conclusive, but as it was
proved that he had previously sustained some injury on his
head, which at times induced symptoms of insanity, the
jury found a verdict a " Guilty" under insanity. In
consequence of this verdict the sentence upon Green
was that he should be imprisoned during the pleasure
of the Crown, and he was Accordingly incarcerated at
Kirkdale. Whilst there he kept a sort c f diary or log.
book, in the pages of which ho recorded several charges
against the governor, the result of which was the cause
of a great deal of unpleasantness, which led to his re-
moval to the Lancashire Asylum. There his good con-
duct obtained him many indulgences, and being of an
ingenious turn he was furnished with a box of tools,
and allowed to make many little articles, such as ladies'
workboxes, &e., which he sold to parties visiting the
asylum. Recently his continued orderly behaviour led
to still further kindness on the part of the governor, and
he was all but suffered to go at large about the grounds,
and on Sunday last, as we hive above stated, he bade a
final farewell to the place. A reward is offsred for his
apprehension.—Manchester Courier. _ _

A VALUABLE DISCOVERL—A short time ago Mr.
Joseph Tunstall, of Bowes, Yorkshire, was engaged in
opening out some ground on his farm near that place,
wheru he fund what appeared to be a largo oval ring,
open at ire side, such as might bo put round the wrist
of a female. A further search disclosed five more, of
three different sizes, and all having much the appearance
of the letter G. On being tested, they were pronounced
to be pure gold. The whole weigh nineteen ounces.
The Roman encampment at 'Maiden Castle (on Stain-
moor), that at Rokeby, and the large one at Gatherly-
moor, with its large tumulus, might all afford matter fur
archaeologists to investigate. The three encampments
are nearly in a line with one another, and all adjoin the
great street or Roman road, which crosses Stainmoor.—
Sund,erland Herald.

At CThalonia—Tne Frolic, 16, Captain N. Van-
sittart, and the Sharpshooter steam-gun-vessel, Lieu-
tenant-Commander Bailey.
At the Piraeus of Athens—The Racer, 12, Captain
C. Thddoes; Auxiliary, surveying-tender to Volage,
Mete J. 11. Glover.

At Salonica--The Research, surveying-tender to
Vuluge, Lieutenant Lord John Browne.

AtMacronissi—The Queen, 116, Captain C. Wise,
bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker,
G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief; Caledonia, 120,
Captain T. W. Carter; Howe, 120, Captain Sir J.
Stirling; Bellerophon, 78, Captain Robert L.
Baynes ; Powerful,' 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dun-
das ; Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood;
Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain T. 0. Knox ; Bull-
dog, Commander Key, Rosamond, Commander Foote,
and Ardent, Lieutenant Nowell, steam-sloop! ;
Ganges, 84, Captain H. Smith; Spiteful, steam-cor-
vette, Commander J. Carmichael.
At Constantinople—The Odin, the Hon. F. Pel-
ham, and Dragon, Captain W. H. Hall, steam-
frigates ; and Tartarus steam-vessel, Commander Sir
G. Webster.

En route from Malta to England—The Thetis fri-
gate, 36, Captain 11. Codrington.

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.

At Malta—The Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smyth,
repairing ; Medina, Lieutenant A. Darby ; Spitfire,
Lieutenant Gardiner; Medusa, Lieutenant Bathurst.
En route to Marseilles from Malta—The Merlin,
Lieutenant J. H. Turner.
En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and
Greece—The Triton, Lieutenant Glinn.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY'S FLOTILLA.

A t Southampton—The Pasha, Queen, Tagus,
Euxine, Hindustan, and Indus.

En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from
Malta—The Sultan.

At Constantinople—The Erin.
En route to Alexandria from Malta—The Ripon.

UNITED STATES SQUADRON.

At Naples—The Independence frigate, bearing the
flag of Commodore Charles W. Morgan ; Mississippi
steam 'frigate, Captain Long ; and Cumberland

frigate.
At Leghorn—The Constitution frigate, Captain
Conover.

At Spezia—The Jamestown corvette, Captain S.
Mercer.

En route from Gibraltar to Naples—The St. Law-
rence, Captain Paulding; and Erie sloop.

FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
Yachts—The Firefly, Peterel, and Nautilus.
lonian Government Steamer—The Eplanisos.
Tunis Steamer—Toe Minos.

.Austrian Steamer—The Marianna.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 1117—The Sidon steam-frigate,
22 guns, on the design of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles
Napier, K.C.8., 1,326 tons, 560-horse power, by
Seaward, made her first trial to-day after her refit
since put out of commission, and being supplied with
new boilers and more capacious steam chests, &c.
The weather, contrary to its state for some days, was
peculiarly adapted for a favourable trial ; there was a
topgallant breeze, the tide mostly slack. At 10 o'clock
the vessel was slipped from her moorings in the har-
bour. The following officers, naval and civil, were
on board to witness and report upon the trial :—Sir
Charles Napier, K.C.8.; Captain 11. D. Chads, C. 8.,
of the Excellent; Captain James Hope, C. 8., of the
Terrible ; Captain L. T. Jones, late of the Penelope ;
Commander J. A. Stevens, of the Blenheim (in
charge) ; Mr. R. C. Allen, master of the Blenheim ;
Mr. Macdonald, Master-Attendant ; Mr. :Murray,
C.E., Chief Engineer of the Dockyard; Mr. Lambert,
C.E., Assistant ditto; Mr. Ly nn ; Mr. Brunet, of the
firm of Seawards, the makers of the engines ; Mr.
Biddlecomble, Master of the Royal Yacht ; Mr.
Ozzard, R.N.; Mr. Ward, R.N., &c.
The vessel was stowed in all respects as for sea,
weights being placed in the various receptacles to the
amount of the necessary quantity of provisions and
water for three months' service for a complement of
300 men. All her sea stores were actually on board,
and placed in their proper departments ; her sails for
sea service, and even her bending sails, were stowed
in the sailroom. Under these circumstances her
draught of water was :
Forward
Abaft
and her ports out of the water as under:—
Foremost port 9f.. Bin.
Midahip port ... 8 1
After port ... ... 7 11
leaving her tremendous and unparalleled battery 8
feet 1 inch clear of the water. She made eight runs
at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay, but two of them
being rejected by the officers as incomplete trials, six
runs only were allowed to draw the average from.
They were as follows :
First run ... 11009 knots per hour.
Second ditto ... ... 10.146
Third ditto ... 11077
Fourth ditto ... 9.756
Fifth ditto ... 11392
Sixth ditto ... 9'375
yielding as the result an average speed of 104 knots
per hour. Unexpected and eminently gratifying as
this result was, she would have achieved even a
greater speed had the measured water been unob-
structed ; the course was crowded by small coasters,
and consequently the Sidon had to be steered a cir-
cuitous course to avoid collision.
The engines worked most satisfactorily, and made
from eighteen to nineteen revolutions per minute;
pressure of steam, 10Ib. ; height of engine barometer,
26 deg. ; quantity of coal on board on leaving the
harbour 190 tons in bunkers. The new boilers af-
forded an ample supply of steam, and are fitted
with steam-chests separates from the boilers, so that
the steam can be taken either from the one or
from the other at pleasure, the great advantage of
which is, that in preparing for action the steam
is taken from the boilers instead of from the
steam-chest, and the top of the boiler is three feet
below the water line, and, consequently, it is presumed,
out of the range of shot. The vessel altogether pre-
sented the most perfect man-of-war appearance of any
vessel in the steam navy upon the paddle principle,
and is as admirably fitted for realising the most satis-
factory results as she looks. Her internal economy,
or rather the economy of her in-board arrangements,
is such as no other vessel of the class afloat can ex-
hibit, and it was a subject of remark on the part of
the gallant and distinguished captain of the Terrible
that his vessel was not able to show a like perfection
of stowage room. Every space is adapted to some
beneficial use in the Sidon; whereas in the Terrible
space is sacrificed. There are lying in this harbour
three o f the finest steamers in the world; but although
each is ready for sea and is to be tried, yet, with a
strange perversity, they are ordered to be tried sepa-
rately, whereas a squadron is assembled at Lisbon ex-
pressly for the object of a trial together. The follow,
ing are the respective armaments of these vessels :

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