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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 776, 7 January 1871, Page 2

The schooner Lady Don, hound for Lyttelton, was towed to sqa on Thursday by the p. s. Dispatch. v The s.s. St. Kilda arrived yesterday morning with a cargo of cattle and sheep from Wanganui, via Westpnrt She is 'expected to leave again early this morning for Wanganui direct. . The (ilatton. 2, double screw turret-ship; armor- plated, 2709 tons, which is building in No. 3 Dock at Chatham Dockyard, has a large force employed on her at the present moment, but the number of hands will be still further increased when, the rneji working on the Sultan are released byEer~rcnw>vuL for completion to Portsmouth. Great progress has been made in fixing the immense armor-plates to the Glatton, so that all that remains to be done in this way is the fixing of a number of the 12 and 14 inch plates, which will form the defence of her turret arid the breastwork from which, ife rises, The interior fittings of the ship are in a forward state. The powerful engines, supplied by Messrs Laird Brothers, of Birkenhead. are now nearly completed, a number of mechanics having been erupL>yed for some time, working extra hours, in this department. It is expected that the Glatton will be floated out of. dock in January, and, from the exertions made, it is expected that she will be in a forward state when she leaves the dock.— Times. The Invincible, 14, Captain Lambert, in charge of Captain C. Fellowes and Staff of the Steam Reserve, left Plymouth Sound on" Wednesday morning, October 20, for the Bix hours' official steam trial. There was also on board Mr Murdoch, who had been sent by the Admiralty to test the smokeconsuming apparatus. At the time of the InvineiWe's leaving the Sound she was at draught of 21ft Bin aft, and 20ft 6in forward, her double bottom not being filled with water, and having no ammunition on board, the object of this trial being to test her new screws at a six hours' run of uninterrupted steaming. At starting the weather was quite calm, but prior to .her return a strong breeze set in from the westward with proportionate sei. The ship during the trial was kept with the wind abeam, and when she first hove in sight on her return, steaming in from the southward, she had the appearance of being almost on her tJw^jg^ge- effijJaTflfcS ffie was feeling -"" 17 to 18 deg, and the greatest anxiety prevc^Uwi „*, oWt-c for the safety of the ship. Although {he Invincible heeled to this extent she had not a stitch of canvas set, and her topgallantmasts were on deck. It is therefore certain that even if the water ballast aad ammunition were on board the ship would be unsafe under canvas, and the same may be said of the other three ships of the same class— namely, the Audacious, the Vanguard, and Iron Duke .—Times.