The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, ill.Ol DAY EVENING, M ARCH 16, 1868.

THE MORTON TESTIMONIAL.

QEVERAL Gentlemen, friends of Mr. CII ARLES
Ij MORTON, of "TIIE OXFORD," have formed them-
selves into a Committee for the purpose of raising FUNDS
for a TESTIMONIAL, to be presented to him, expressive
of the high sense entertained both of his public character
and private worth. _

Subscriptions already received :
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E. Loibl, Esq 5 5 0 E. Ayres, Esq 2 2 0
E. Winder, .Esq 5 5 0 Mrs. Williams 2 2 0
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D. Jacobs', Esq
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W. Holland, Esq... 5 5 0 Unsworth & Eugene 1 1 0
W. Metecht 11, Esq._ 5 5 0 R. Preece, Esc' 1 1 0
J. S. S weasey,Esq... 5 5 ll A. Friend 1 1 0
—. Brown, Esq 5 5 0 Messrs. Ray and Son 1. 1 0
R. Bottiog, Esq 5 5 0 Mrs. Serle, Knights-
John Wilton, Esq... 5 5 0 bridge 1 1 0
P. &J. Belton, Esqs. 5 5 0 i Sydney Jacobs, ESC!. 1 1 0
S. Adams, Esq 5 5 0I J. Stevens, Esq.,
F. Stanley, Esq 5 5 0' Margate 1 1 0
Messrs. Winter and —. Watts, Esq 1 1 0
Sons 5 5 0. W. Smalley, Esq... 1 1 0
Miss Russell 5 5 0 A. Wentzell, Esq... 1 1 0
Huggins, Esq 5 5 0

Subscription Books are open at the London and County
Bank, Oxford-street Branch; and the East London Bank,
Oornhill ; or Subscriptions will be receiv.d and acknow-
ledged by JOHN WILTON,
Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.
St. James's Hall, March 10, 1868.

NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON, and GREAT
NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY.—SECOND
MORTGAGE CONSTRUCTION BONDS, endorsed,
payable in Sterling in London. The Half-yearly INT E-
REST on the above Bonds, due on the Ist April next., will
be PAID on,,that day, and any succeeding day, at the
Counting-house of Messrs. J. HENRY pOLIRODER and
CO., 145, Leadenhall-street, between the hours of Eleven
and Two o'clock.
The Coupons must be left for examination two clear
days before applying for payment.
London, Match. 16, 1868.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament,
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chairman— General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
The ROYAL, NAVAL, MILITARY, and EAST INDIA LIFE DE-
PARTMENT, affording Peculiar Advantages to Officers and others
in the Navy and Army, is under the especial Patronage of
Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
The EUROPEAN Society is specially authorised by the Im-
perial Parliament to Guarantee the Fidelity of Government
Officials.
New Premium Income in 1858, 1859, 1860 £76,000
1861, 1862, 1863 .£117,000
tt
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'Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Forty Thousand
Pounds.
The Return of each Week's NEW Business may be obtained at
the Offices, or of any of the Agents.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free.

HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

ARMY CONTRACTS.

TENDERS will be received by the DIRECTOR
of CONTRACTS, War Office, Pall-mall, London,
until Twelve o'clock noon on the 26th instant, for the
SUPPLY of

THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST.
PATRICK.
nom Instituted in the year 1784.
Under the patronage of her MAJESTY and his Royal
Highness the Prince of WALES.

The EIGIIIY-FIFTHANNIVERSARY ie'ESTIVAL
of this Society will be celebrated at Willis's Rooms, King-
street, St. James's, TO-MORROW (ST. PATRICK'S
DAY), March 17, MN.
HAUL the Prince of WALES in the Chair.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.
The GRAND MILITARY and EITI-BY HUNT
STEEPLECHASES, THIS DAY end TO-MORROW,
March Pith and 17E10868. WARIVICK SPRING RACES,
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, ant THUR March
17th, 18th, and 19th. —First ansi Second Class Ordinary
Return Tickets issued from LONDON (Euston, Kensing-
ton, Chelsea. Battersea, and • Clapham Junction) to
LEAMINGTON and WARWICK (Avenue or Milverton
Station), on MONDAY, March ltith, and intervening days,
will he available to Return by any Train (Irish and Limited
Mails excepted) up to and including FRIDA Y, the 20th
March.

Return Tickets to Leamington or Warwick, Avenue or
Mil verton, from Broad-street (City Teri-nit:m[o, Dalston,
and Shoreditch, also will be available from the 16th and
following days, up to the 20th March.
r Passengers 1-3iding Return Tickets from London to
Leamington or Warwick, issued ou Monday, the 16th
March, or Tuesday, the 17th, will be allowed, to break the
journey at Rugby, in order to attend the Grand Military
and Rugby Steeplechases.
By order,
W. CA.WKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, March, 1868.

(IOMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS-
VVATLAN TIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris.
NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST.
The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol-
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NAPOLEO ,1 II Paddle
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PEREIRE Screw
ST. LAURENT Screw
EUROPE Paddle
RATES OF PASSAGE.
Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0
~ ~ 2d class, 17 0 0
3d class, 14 0 0
Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO.,
8 Austinfriars, E.C.

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY.
ISSUE OF £400,000 DEBENTURE STOCK.
The METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY will
RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS, in the annexed form, for
£400,000 of PERPETUAL SIX PER CENT. DEBEN-
TURE STOCK, being the Balance of the Debentures and
l'ebenture Stock unissued, under the borrowing powers of
their special Acts.
This Debenture Stock will be issued at par, and will
bear interest at 6 per cent. por annum, from the Ist of
January last. The interest will be payable in each year
on the Ist of January and the Ist of July.
The instalments will be payable as follows :
On Application £lo
„ Allotment 5
„ the 30th of April 2O
„ the 15th of May 2O
~ the Ist of June 2O
„ the Ist of July £25
(less the half year's interest dua
on that day to be deducted 3

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S übscribers will have the option at any time of pre-
paying the above instalments under discount for the inter-
vals at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
Scrip Certificates will be issued on allotment exchange-
able for Stock when fully paid up.

THE MILL WALL DUCKS.

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One of the greatest and most important addi-
tions to the private dock accommodation of the
river was made on Saturday by the formal opening
of these basins and warehouses. There is not much
at any time in the way of ceremonial in the formal
opening of a dock, and on Saturday there was less
than ever, for, as a fact, the docks have been opened
for SOlll3 weeks past. The idea of converting some
of the great ext ant of waste marsh land which forms
the Isle of Dogs into docks originated some three
years back, at a time when the limited company
mania was at the zenith of its popularity and power.
Since then commercial conditions have sadly
changed, and with them, too, have proportionately
altered the financial prospects of the llillwall
Dock Company, and its shares, which once sold
freely at premium, are now at such a terrible dis-
count that we should almost be afraid to mention
what is their nominal value. Of course the public
are always the best judges in these matters, and
know what shares are worth and what they are not
worth. Still, it seems that the Millwall Docks are
one among .many other recent commercial under-
takings which are suffering by the panic from
faults of others less worthy of support. It has all
the accessories of complete success which are
required in such schemes. The land was not costly,
the docks have been well and cheaply made, there
are unusual facilities to vessels entering or leaving
the river, there is ample railway communication
close at hand, and a short neck of canal not
much more than 200 ft. long would give access
to the West India and through them to the East
India Docks, thus coupling up what would then form
one of the finest series of docks in the kingdom.
The whole space on which the docks and ware-
houses stand is no less than 204 acres. Of this
great area there are no less than 35 acres of water
for dock accommodation, and when the scheme is
entirely completed there will be upwards of 52,
leaving no less than 152 acres available for wharfs
and warehouses. An adequate idea of the extent
of these docks can only be formed by a comparison
with other metropolitan undertakings of a similar
kind. Thus the Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe,
comprise only about 100 acres, the East India Docks
about the same, the St. Katherine's Docks less
than 10 acres, of which little more than 11 are
water, and the London Docks about 40 acres. The
Millwall Docks, therefore, when complete will have
a water area in itself greater than the whole wharf
warehouse and water area of some of our most im-
portant dockyards. The width of the floating dock
at Millwall is no less than 350 ft., and has two en-
trance locks, one, the first, of 250 ft. long, and the
second 200 ft., and both with a width of 80ft., and
a depth at the sill of the lock of 28ft. below Trinity
high water mark. Thus with the inner gate open
a vessel longer and broader than any vessel yet
built, except the Great Eastern, could easily be
taken into dock at almost any time of average
high water. Near the floating dock is a graving
dock for the repairs of vessels. Its length
is, inside the sill, 415 ft., and its width 65ft.,
with a depth of water of 25ft. below Trinity datum.
All the locks are provided with hydraulic power
for working the pairs of gates, the bridge, and
sluices, and one three-ton and one five-ton capstan,
and hydraulic power is also applied to the draw-
bridge between the inner and outer dock, and to
some of the cranes in connection with the ware-
houses. Of these latter nine have already been built
—namely, two of 300 ft. long, four of 200 ft long,
and three of 100 ft. long. These are fitted with 12
35-cwt. cranes, one 5-ton crane, one 15 tons, and a
" sheerling," equal to a weight of 80 tons is in course
of erection. Oa Saturday little was done in the way
of "opening" beyond letting some vessels into the
new docks, and in visiting the graving docks, iu
which the Arapilcs, a Spanish ironclad, now lies,
awaiting her entire completiou for sea. After going
over the docks on Saturday the company adjourned
to lunch, where Mr. Ayrton, as chairman of the
Docks, presided. At the conclusion of the
ihyeuner he gave "Success to the Docks" in a
warmly eulogistic speech, and expressed his confi-
dence that the great undertaking which they had
then inaugurated would result not only in benefit
to all the shareholders, but to the material advan-
tage of the inhabitants of the district in which the
works are situated, end to the benefit of the trade
of the Thames generally.