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O IPP -t— 141:Ws rA • - '4l gt . - (It" . 111111 , • _ • tltil Air • ;.• it • it y Vii ,,. !,/ z_ te fi l,f proofs of superiority. i: 5 , .„ „ ar partial who can see that th ." 1.1/ ••••• - broug ht us to the thresh ;'")-# '/Earr toe - a re S fore, tified vre- L g it. coons :Ta()TELSI 6,-i.c. HAP LIN'S hoTEL. yet only coveries; and th'it apparently we mencing to establish certain great principles which will serve as Or latsis on which to found still fur ther improvements. .s,ince the last experiment ),r. t worth has made um-improvement in the form of his projectiles, both for solid shot and shell. Instead of having then" headed with a perfectly flat front of . steel which screws into the body of the wrought iron shot, there is vow a slight circular projection in the centre, which does half the work of displac ing the particles of the iron, plate it strikes before the rest of the shot comes into play. Another im provement is in increasing the space allowed for powder in the bUrsting charge of the shell itself, but much more still rewains to be done is this latter direction. AND SPRTZA.D EAGLE TAVERN, 83, GRACECH'URCR-STREET.:; Comfort, LONDON. (.:o'inbined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment FRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, la. 6d. and 2s. per Night. A Night, Porter in attendance. No IrtcP.EASE OF CIIAUGES. force, t was been know N° 21,958. PRICE...." -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1862 l onia, after,. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. - TWO CEEFONIERS, made of Hungarian Wood, FOR SALE at greatly reduced price. In the Austrian Department. PUBLICATIONS. HE ARMY, loud' saw a id the game stone passed (stairs. =led. INDIA. AND THE COLONIES. pASSENGETAS Embarking or Disembarking win find 'sup er i or accommodation. and moderate charges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A LTAwn in front, extelidir,g to the River. Second Edition, Now Ready; convicts!, in 3 vols., 31s. ed., LES MISER, 13LEs. By VICTOR Hugo. Authorised English Translation, "The merits of tes Miserables ' 4 0 not Merely consist in the conception of it as a whole ; it abounds page after page with details of unequalled beatify."—Quarterly Review. " Raving carefully tXlinined Mr. Wraxall's translation of this celebrated nOVel, we can conscientiously recommend it as a - perfectly faithful version.."—Examiner, Malt and Blaekett, 13, 'Great Marlbdittlgil-street. WILFUL DAMAGE 70 TELEGIM.I.-71 The to the ;onvey Lto the stones drove versed, of six le Was up foul' driving . wd col s to the ab with market- , t 4, up a 2 plres- He had throN hat aeo n hour, 9s to 32a ,8s to 328 28 to 268 :Os to 45s 16s to 400 Os to 370 Os to 240 Os to 500 ...20 0 • . 20 0 ° • • 19 • .•.1 9 .:• 19 19 v; - •19 ° 6 • • • • 19 0 • .18 9 •. 18 6 1..19 4 ..▪ .18 u ...18 9 ...18 6 ; ..19 0 ...18 ▪ 18 u„ ..20 v ...18 6 Nov. 18 ' Nov. 1 " ,, ' Dec. 4. Dec. 2. Nov. 19- Nov. 13. Dec. 4. A Nov. 1 „v• Nev. 11 ' Nov. „.v." Nov. "I'"' N ov . 20. Nov. 18• NOV. 13 ' Nov. 12• Nov. 12. Nov. i 4 ' 'Dec. I " n ' Nov. 2 °' Nov. 2S Nov. 13. NinalaDa 7 emerg ed Iggag e eW .ved to be and 00 inc in aB6 , to ' low spee d re resole d t of valu e to the 00 nguishe d ' 38, iral De- JOSS. T ee d ha to I the Vu rll- f o ter wag I Pille.-- fistulae, he peree.: be iniP li o sex or a nent one of OA I consigrt or incon - Its. The cleanse' and en' 121, which irood ford , ter. ie wife (3* ife of tb ° Dorkivg, 3eorge'6 ineoln.l ?' Dula t youDgo r laughte JalMe t3' to ° ' ester, i -Cololl9` Sea, I°. evi-Nad' ESCI'I Of of Cht''' age d 6 6 ' i ti dier, ° Esq.' neA r go, ji tlackra I ibrahan3, No. 112 ; ountS 4)- ~~ .-~- o. d- THE LONDON GRAND RESTAURANT 19 , 1, FLEET-STRWIT, TEMPLE-BAR, Corner ot Chancery-lane. The best and the onl•,, 'Eptablishrnent in London where I.IINCII EONS and Dr_gT,'ERS, a la carte, can be had with comfort, style, and de49.tch, at any hour daily. JOINTS in success:lo'n every 15 minutes, from One till Nine O'clock. SAWYER'S F k".4011S LONDON DINNER (a marvel of excellence), rep dy from Two till Eight, in the Grand salo on . S ecia7L Dining Rooms for Ladies and Gentlemen. coffee, and SrorAi ROOMS s p aciou s well-ventilated Wine, Private ng Open on Sundays from 4 till 9. SA :VVYEIt, Proprietor. 191, FLEET-STRP , r gt CORNER OF CHANrjERy_LANE. SAWYER'S FAMOUS for LONDON DIN NER rills DAY (FRIDAY), 1 :*;(0. ember 14, will consist of Po'r.A.GE s, Pude de GiNe rs _ A la trunoise. Morue sauce -Peirssofis. av lx Huitres—Soles fetes. Cotelettes de M ENTREES.ont or sauce To mato —Rissoles de Volaille. X3ceuf bouillt—Pore rota. ttNTREMETS. Poil'M its.; de Vermicelle—Beignets de Pommm Fromage et Salade. TO-111 . RROWDINN .e dlt Will con si s tTU RDAY), Nov. 15, THE LONDON of POTAGES. De Tete de Waif —A la Claremont. T urbot sauce RoPOISSONS. mard--Xerlans frits. ENTREES. Civet de Lievre—Filets de Port, sauce Robert. Mouton roti. ENTREMETS. P oudinga d'Orleans—Tartelettes aux ionflteurs. FromaZe •et Salade, - - Splendid Salmon ani:i Venison at 1 and 5 o'clock. N RHEAn extensive and ca t e f rally selected stock of FRENCH, ISFI, mOSELL-F: and other WINES, inirorted ex- Oressly for THE L L ONDON DINNER,. (3 74: 4 svuON RESTAURANT and THE Op'ert on Sundays at 4 o'clo^k. SAWYER, Proprietor. 191, FLEET-STREET, coPANER OF CHANCERY -LANE. AMUSEMENTS: CANTERBURY HALL. _ G RA ND SELECTIONS from VERDI'S " BOC CANF.GB A," MACFARREN'S CANTATA " MAY PAY," and "LO'CKE'S MUSIC of " MACBETH." Arranged and Con'ducted by Mr. JONGHMANS. Full Band and Chorus. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. Miss RUSSELL, Miss TOWNLEY. "Sig. Tivoli, Mr. Green, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. The Comic by UNSWORTII (the Original Stump Orator, "OR ANY OTHER MAN"), in oonjunction with Eugene, Du'ey, and Little Bob, forming the rfeatest Comic Quartet fn London. Also, the following Comic F avourites:—Mies Georgina Smithson, Messrs. E. Marshall, Hollingsworth. and Arthur Flovd, and the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE A M ILY." H E 0 XF OR D, 6, OXFO-rAD STREET. Donizetti's "Don SebAttien." Verdi's "Nabueo" and "Il Corsaro," and Macfarren's "May Day," by 31iss Russell, Mica Townley ; Messrs Greene Greene, Huish, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorna.. Condretor, Mr. F. Jonghtnans. Drew Dean, the 'great Flautist; the Neapolitan Minstrels. _Angelica and A7rena; Mr. Maclagan's Entertainment ; and V v . 1 1 , 9 3 , rale • P ei tormances of Miss Caroline Parkes, Messrs. Randall, Hollingsworth, Eugene. and U rth (the original Of " 'Or any , other may . - . 111" Adinis ainA. ed.; Balcony and Stalls, ls. ; . private Boxes. 10s. M. ROYAL ALRAMI3IIA PALACE AND AMPHITHEATRE. 0 LMAR, from the Cirqtkelmperatrice, EVERY EVENING. LES FRERES CONRADE, from the Cirque Napoleon. LES PETITS MONSTRES. BERR LIEBHOLTZ, the Champion Wizard. GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT ; 60 Performers. EERY EVENING. Oren at Se ve n ; commence athalf-past. 111-asical Director, Mr. T. BARTLEMAN, ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. OLMAR.—SPECIAL NOTICE. "The extraordinary success of this wonderful artist has induced the prop r i e t ors to secure his services for a limited. period.. Olmar's _per f ormance differs in some parts alto getheT from both_ Mondin and Leotard, while in others, in I articular, more..? to.. of lib. chum...cr. of theirs combined With mar Ot .olathalle, and, as a combination, it is certainly Wore wondethil than any of the three." —Sporting Gazette. THT::, LONDON PAVILION.— TANTH USIASTIC R ECEP TI O N of LITTLE CORELLI and the SPANISH. DANCERS, and continued a utness of Miss CONSTANCE, the Star of the West, Madame losebirai, Madame Valekenacre, Madame Elise. and Mr. A. de Bil. , nrier. The bill of tare also includes Sam Collins, Fred. Pre,,. nth, Hildebrandt, and Sam Ormond, and the Brothers ~as'peott, led by Master Thmas Shapcott, the Youngest D rummer in the World ,re d three years and six months, sliad the Tichbore Nea stpreet.olitan Ministrels. The LOND ON PAVILION, LOIBL and SONNHAMMER, Proprietors. S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-lir.ed—POLY i BABBIC BALL, King William-street, tharing-crOtia Every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), 'with new characters, music, songs, mid 'dances. The scenic il lustrations and e ff ects, entirely new, 'painted by and under `he direction of Mr. William calle:ott. Morning Perforn,ance. F a.turrlay, Nov. I', at 3. Stalls, 3 '.4. 1 area, 2a.; amphitheatre, la, Box-o ffi ce open from eleven to live. Mr. Woodin as Mr. Sothern, of the Rayrnarket, celebrated character of "1,o -A Dutdreary," Morning and Evening,. Ai RGYLL ROC/745. Greßt Wintim;ll-street. A. Haymarket.- - CRANII CASINO "FRANCAISE— ( pen every I,:venir,Q• Tor Promenade and Danc;nes, with the elebrated Band a't s'o performers. Conductor and Principal ornet-a-Piston. T,I Boum•ounT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Co , t • Pilion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will to played nig4.lr,y. A new r onversation Salon has been added to the above Fstablishrcent for Readintr, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admissio'n la.—Manager, M. Grenet. n 0 YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- , . GARDEN, 1 -'n der the Man at , ern ent of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. DtTUTS EVENING, ERA DIAVOLO : Parepa, MISS n,PY/1.e ... ; Messrs. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri, A. Cooke, E. Beir, C. Lyall, and William Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. 'Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7 —Commence at R. --- TREAT RE-RO N A t NAY MAR I( ET. TUT Lessee. Mr, a B. Rnekstone. Pr F S EVENING. at ' A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. . arrell, Mr. Rogers, 'llfr. Clark, and Miss E. Romer. After which, at a c p lar;er to 8, will he performed (280th time) r : Tri t AMERI CAN ‘ ,7,O USIN. As a T renc h ar d , Mr. Buck tone % Lord vu .ne.rearv, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Far - e, entitled DUCK 'HUNTING: ) Tr. Comnton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W , Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Mil. STo conclude with JA CK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. N I?,V4` TB RATRE-R0 YAL. ADELPH Roof Pronrtsto r snd msnager, Mr. R. AVebster I.— . 'FITTS EVENING, THE GREEN BUSHER. Merin... G. Honey, PAW Bedford, Billing"on, Sefton, Stephenson, ',swim, Ehurne, Romer ; Miss Avonia Jones, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. and Mrs. Stoker. To eonelnde with THE SPIT :LING DAY AT THE GREAT EXHIBITION, Messrs. G. Honey. P. Bedford, R. Phillips, Sefton, C. J.. Smith, Romer ; Miss K. Bland and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAT, PRINCFSS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr Lindns. Engagement of Miss Amy Sedgwick. Atr,rnis 'EVENING. TIME TRTE. , ALL. Mr. H. Vezin, ' , vizier, a • Stephens. Mr. Shore, Mr. Belmore ; Miss Constance nd Miss Murray. bitkafter which, at a quarter-past 8 (sth time), an en'irely new Morrt% in, two Acts (taken from the French), by .T. Madd;son AW ° l 4ll ~,4 eß ci " entitled ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES Marston: 3 - 4: Messrs. George Vining. Stephens ; Mrs. H. concl ude Marian Jones. and Miss Amy Sedgw;ck. R. Roxby ia wi mi th A ROLND FOR AN OLIVER: Mr. M. OlivAer. vATRE. II ()YAL Lyr-pum TH fl sole Lessee and liliin'ae—er —Mr. Edmund , ~ 313th Night of the -ontinuous run of "Peen° MY. , Fslconer. " 11 S '' vEN I N , r ,.., The new Comedietta. TT MUST B r TRUE. 'Tyr' - TN 'ME PAPERS. Walter L ion • Robins Mrs. Weson, Mi It t„,.,.,„.88 We and Miss L. Thompson. Aftter which, , wl-)AY •or SAVOUr7I.^CTI DeCii Ph. r essrp. Wit:ter Lazy, Addison, filarlen Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Faleonet Mrs. D. P. towers, Miss Clara Weston. To be followed by the Last View of KILLARNEY intro during the Ballet. _ G in A t T h . e LP THE GEORGE CRUTMi --------- -------Tx Next MONDAY. will he (--1-11) Pictureß Y Y• EXETERHALL. a selection)of Sveral Ffundred PROOF ETURTN KTCHES, &c. (embracing. a period of upwards of Fifty Y ars), irom the Works of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK • together with his latest and greatest Work, THE WORSHIP OF BACCHUS. 0 en Daily from 10 tn o'clbck Admission, One Shilling, P ast .'? in the Evening, S xpence. From half-past 7to half-p A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERER Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION of 20,000 copies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI CAL FRIEND (116 pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, &c. resulting from the secret sins of youth. Copies may be had free by sending a stamped directed envelope to the Author's residence, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. Consultation by Letter without Fee. from Dr. N gMTTFI will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering NERVOUS DEBILITY, &c., on receiving a description of their case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re- Ply), send hi s written opinion, with advice and directions for the most successful treatment and cure.— Address, Dr. Smith, 111104 'creficent, London, W.C. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.- Incorporated by Royal Charter. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRETORS of the BANK of BRITIS H NORTH AMERICA will be held on TUESDAY, the 9th day of December next, at the Office of the Corpora tion. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock precisely, to rece,ve a Report from the Directors. By order of the Court. C. 111`NAB, Secretary. 7, St. Helen's-pl ace, London, Nov. 11, 1862. 11 . ROYAL NATI ONAL LIFE-130A'r INSTITUfION (Incorporated Her M by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—ost Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT —Vice-A arniral his Grace the Duke of Northum- berland, 11. G., F.R.S. CnAin mAR nm Al ANß—Tholhoraa ir ßaring s , DEPQTT-C Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since the beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has incurred expenses 4motnit ng to £27,260 on various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and treland. During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution haver een instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow ing Veesels : Barque Vermont, of HaMIR. U.S. .. 16 Schooner William Keith of Carnarvon .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • •• •• 5 Smack Elisabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. • • . 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• •• 3 Brig Prodrorna, of Stockton •.. • • •• 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough • •• •• •• • • Brigantine Freia, o f Konigsberg • • • • • 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • 7 Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .• 7 Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• •• 6 Brigantine Nugget. of Bideford - 6 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick .. • • 6 Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .. Schooner Jane Roper, of TJlverstone 6 Brig Pallas, of Shields .. • • • • .. a Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow 9 Smack John Bus, of Yarmouth .• . 5 • • Schooner Catherine, of Newry .. 4 Barque Niagara, of Shields 11 A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• •• 2 Brig George and Jam es , of London •• Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• • •• •• 6 Coble • Honour, of Cull ercoa t s Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. •• • •• • 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool 11.• •• •• 15 Brigantine Nancy, of Teiginnotith .. • • • • Snack Wonder, of Teignmouth .• •• •• 1! Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .• • • • • •• °. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole • • • • 0 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. . •• 6 Brig Ann, of Blyth • • .. •• • • 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves tel and one of the crew) .. 1 Sloop Hope, of Dubli n 3 SchOisner Druid, of Aberystwyth • • ...... 5 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) . • • • • • .. Brig Anne, of' Plymouth rsaved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystvryti; (saved yes . 6 - and crew) .. 3 Schooner l'ly, of Whitby • (saved vessel and crew) 4 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives Fishing-boats of Whitburn • • •• 16 Brig Arethusa, of Iliyth Schooner Devi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cytnraes, of Beaumaris .. • .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .. .. 6 Smack Gipsy, of N e wry 4 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Prezton • .. 4 Brig New Draper, o f Whit e h aven .. 8 Schooner William, o f Liverpool •. • • 5 I,ugger Nimrod, of Castletown . • • . 3 Brig Providence, of Shields .• • • . .. 8 Brig Mayflower, of NeWeastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. 4 Barque Guy ilia, of Glasgo w .. • • • . 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shi e ld s .. • • .. 10 Brig San Spirkl one, of (3alaxtde .. • . . 2 Schooner Voador Vouga, of Vienna . . 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese 6 . Barque Perseve rance , o f S car b oroug h .. .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast •• •• •• •. 17 Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. •• •• .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of M ara n s . • • .. 8 Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam • .. • 5 Barque Druid, of Sund er l an d 9 , Schooner Bello'na, of Red Bay.. .. • • . 1 . Brig Pioneer, of C arnarvon .. • • .. 1 Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich .. 5 Brig Minerva, of Workington • 4 Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of iiewburgh •• 6 Brig Sisters, of ‘l hitby Brigantine Matilda, of Stockho . lra .. 4 Brig Jane, of North Shields . • • • • 10 Brig Trial, of Poole • • • • • • • Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. 7 •• 3 Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) Barque Frederick, of Dublin Barge Peace, of London Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowerdo.ft Smack Adventure, of Harivich.. Pilot cutter Whim, of Loweatoft Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. • • • .. 7 •• 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, • on the Irish coast 1 • •• •• •• •• •• •• Schooner Skylark, of' Folkestone .. ••• • 6 Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. .. • • • • 5 Schooner Book, of Liverpool Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland . •• 5 Schooner Auchincrutve. of Grangemouth .. • • 6 Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. • • • • 4 .. Schooner Eliza Anne, o f Dublin .. • • • •• 0 Brig Content, of S un d erland 5 Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. . • • • Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool .. .. 2 Sloop William, of Liverpool .. • • .• 5 Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth .• • • 3 Portugnese Barque Cruz V . • _ 14 Ship Annie E. H o O Df.Yr. of Baltimore,ll.S... .. 18 Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester .. 4 Total .. .. • • • 762 - - -- - For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £2,158 as rewards 10 the crews of its Lifeboats. It has also granted re wards 'mounting to X 572 for saving 5h2 Qhipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during the ',mit two years and a half. The number of lives saved by the Ltfe-boats of the Society, rid other means, since its formation, is 12,690; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and £16,01 0 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £64,30. on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at 'he present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions 'he Society has made within the past few years, it has now one Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man vement, or the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough fheiency, a large permanent annual Income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The tributions Committee gratefully ack now l e d ge the following con :— X d Her Majesty the Queen • • •• .. annual 50 0 0 A Lady at eith, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. 100 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. •• .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. .. don. 25 0 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 .0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice_ _ .. don. 10 10 0 _ _ Fanshavce, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B._ _ 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. H. (En Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0 Legacy of the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of Salford.. •• .• •• •• •• 100 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Bev. G. B. .. don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. annnal 5 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Trench, Lady Helena .. .. • .. don. 30 0 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard -s treet ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Ferries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. Jame4's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. THE CAUSES of PREMATURE DECAY.— Authors of eminence have ascribed the decline of the Roman empire to the effeminacy of manners, which precluded resistance ; and this effeminacy they trace chiefly to vicious habits acquired in early life, by which, in our own time, an influential journalist has endeavoured to account for the de cline of population in the Asiatic provinces of Turkey. The peculiar source of physical and moral degeneracy al luded to has at all times been specially deprecated by philo sophers and philanthropists. It besets inexperienced youth, laying the foundation of future misery, poisoning the nuptial cup with bitter malignity; destroying health, curtailing life, and making it, during its brief career, a scene of anguish, from the consciousness of humiliating infirmity. The evil is but too rite in our age and oountry ; and expe rience can often discern the sad results in the early deaths, the hereditary and perpetuated ailments, and the matri monial discords and scandals, described, in convential par lance, as " unaccountable" and "mysterious." In cases of threatened injury to or suspension of faculties whose sound ness and vigour form su-h a prominentconstituent in human happiness, sufferers may have their fears removed, the mis chief, however severe and inveterate, eradicated, and their warmest hopes of restoration to life's prerogatives fully realised Dr. M.D., has been engaged f or 20 years in the treatment riA'lSE j o l ft ß h T' these disorders, and his treatise on • Self-Pre servation " describes how all the attributes of Manhood are and and v z e o w n r t h to e y a c n an a d b v e a r n e e s e t d o r p e e d ri a od n d o m f fne taine. lost or d suspended, 39, ; or from the Author , who may be consulted Price ls. post free in a sewed envelope 20 stamps, by M ann, health daily, from 11 till 9 and 6 till fk, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. DE. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MAIsifIOOD: 1. MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATO RRIEE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, dro. __• _ ust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ANHooD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- f. MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour By Dr. J. L. `follTia, 15, Al,bermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiologioal itruettire and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CIIAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; ..:arlv Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. ,CHA PTER Review of the various Disqualifications ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the of maturity, the Effects of Climate, cr Infection. gonorrhoea I W. and V. on the modern. Treatment of T Kook and Syphilis noo k • cases, oncludes with numerous varied and interesting which i ?,otion, added the Author's recipe of a preventive REVIEWS Ole THE WORE, and a nonl. l ti• in the handl, of and old `Curtis on Ma nhood.—This is a truli valuable w 0rk,...___0,,, young 1(1 lharch, I,,SfS. this "Thc author baa conferred a great boon by publishing diseases little work, in which is described the source of thos e whien produe, declin e ' In youth or more frequently premature o' an'e"--" Daily Telegraph," Marc.`, 27, 1856 . ::,ondon : Published by J, —"Sunday, Time Alien, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; mann, Xsi, OurnbilL Hourbof ComultAtiou, 10 tog and 6 to 8; StuadAyo , : l° -till 2 Two Volumes, Octavo, 305., AN A, N INQUIRY INTO THE CREDIBILITY OP THE EARLY ROMAN HISTORY. By the Right Hon. Sir G. CORNEWALL ',twig, Bart., M.P. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Octavo, 10s, 6d., O N THE INFLUENCE OF AUTHORITY V IN MATTERS OF OPINION. By the Right Hon. 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In a Convocation held this day at 2 o'clock, the appoint ment of the Examiners, whose names have been already published, was approved. The Proctor was allowed to re ceive the names of two gentlemen as candidates for exami nation in the Final Schools, who had allowed the statutable time for giving in their names to pass. In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday, the 20th inst., at 2 o'clock, an election of eight members of Convoca tion will take place (vide Tit. VII. (X.), 11., De Delegatis ad negolia intra Universitatem, new edition, p. 151), to form two-thirds of a Delegacy, to be appointed for the pur pose of deliberating on the best manner of laying out the parks and the grounds adjoining of which the University will be in possession at Michaelmas next, with a view to turn the whole land to advantage for purposes of ornament, I recreation, and use; to obtain plans and estimates for the same, and to report thereon. (Every member of Convoca tionv eight e e r s s o o n f s, t a h n o d e o i is r w e (l i n o e m s t h e d e t v h o a t t e e s a on c h o one paper. te r m w a vote insert f the r e i In the same Convocation it will be proposed that, in ac cordance with a recommendation of the Delegates of Estates, the Vice-Chancellor be empowered to purchase, for the sum of £lBO, on behalf of the University, a small property situ ated near the New Corn Exchange, and now belonging to Brasenose College. (A plan of the property may be seen in the Justice-room on the day previous.) In the same convocation it will be proposed that the sum of £lOO from the University chest be granted towards the building of the church of St. Philip and St. James in the parish of St. Giles, Oxford. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 13. At a congregation held at 12 o'clock to-day the following degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Rowley Hill, Trinit. Charles Knight, Caius. Joseph Richards, Trinity. I Francis Vidal, Caius. Chas, Russell Cooke, Clare. MASTER OF laws. Augustus Pattison, Christ's. BACHELOR OF ARTS. Thomas Oldmeadow Price, St. John's. NORRISIAN PRIZE. The Norrisian Professor of Divinity has given notice that a prize of the value of £6O will be given to the writer of the essay on the following subject :—" The institution and early observance of the Lord's Supper considered as an evidence of the historical truth of the Gospel narrative and of the doctrine of the Atonement." The essay, with a sealed letter containing the name of the author, is to be sent, on or before the 10th day preceding the Sunday in Passion Week 1803, to one of the three adjudicators of the prize, who are the Master of Trinity College, the Provost of King's College, and the blaster of Caius College. A candidate for the prize must be a graduate of the Univer sity of Cambridge, and of not more than 13 years' standing from admission to his first degree on the day when the essays are required to be sent in. The prize will not be given to the successful candidate until the essay has been printed and published, nor will it be given at all unless the essay be published within 1 2 month s a f ter the adjudication. Any opinion contrary advanced n the in e s t t h i m e estimation of any can did ate for n y of the judges) t o th ose Articles of the Church of England which re l ate to our Sa viour's divinity and the personality of the h o l y S pirit, is to disqualify such candida te. T he unsuccessful essays will t be returned to their auth or s. this prize ( i no Candidates for the Moral Sciences Tripos are requested to send their names to the Rev. J. Fuller, Emmanuel N 21, Col lege, al or Moro Friday, —AT We hare to record thedeath of Col. Geo. Wil kins, C. 8., K.H., which took place a few days ago at Southampton. The deceased entered the army at the close of the last centurv, and served in Ireland during the rebel:ion of 1798, being wounded at New Ross. In 1801 he proceeded to Madeira, and after wards to the West Indies. In 1801 he joined the 95th Regiment, and. embarked on the Scheldt expedition. In the following year he commanded a detachment of the regiment in the defence of Cadiz,and a battalion in 1812 at the battle of Salamanca. He was also pre sent and actively engaged ie several other impel tent actions in the Peninsula. He served in the cam paign of 1815, and was in command of the 2d bat talion of the Rifle Brigade at the battle of Waterloo, where he was severely wounded. In 1817 he joined the army of occupation in France, bat, in conse quence of his wounds was cbliged to return to Eng land. In recognition of hi 3 distinguished military career, the deceased had been created a Companion of the Order of the Bath, a Knight of the Hano verian Guelphic Order, and for his services at Sala manca had received the gold medal, and the silver war medal, with two clasps, for Vittoria and the Pyrenees. This dad►, bemy Svo., 155.. AN HISTORICAL SURVEY of the ASTRO NOMY of the ANCIENTS. By Sir GtOßCit CORNE WALL LEWIS, Bart., M.P. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. 71 - 1 E NeIVX. VALETTA,•Nov. B.—Her Majesty's ship Algiers, 89, Capt. E. B. Rice, and Septune, S 6, Capt. G. T. B. Hornby s have left Malti for England to be paid off, the former on the 4th, and the latter on the 6th inst. The Algiers took as passengers Mr. H. Hen wood, R.N., Mr. R. M. Curry, R.N., Lieut. Smyth, 9th Regiment, Lieut. Leigh, 22d Regiment, 22 naval invalids, 2 marines, 47 invalids of several regiments, 23 women, and 28 children. There will be several other ships going home shortly, which will proceed to England in the order they arrive here, viz., the London, 86, Capt. H. A. Chads ; the Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock ; Scylla, 22, Capt. R. Lambert ; and Gannet, Com. the Hon. M. Nelson. Besides the Trafalgar, 89, St. George, 89, Defence, 18 (iron), Phcebe, 17, and Chanticleer, 17, mentioned In a former letter as ordered to the Medi terranean to replace those vessels taken off the sta tion, we also expect here the Challenger, 22, Capt. J. J. Kennedy, and the despatch boats Psyche and Caradoc, the former having been commissioned by Lieut.-Com. Stern. Her Majesty's corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. J. Napier, arrived here on the sth inst. from Gibraltar, having been relieved there by the Liffey, 51, Capt. G. Parker, which has been recently recommissioned for the Mediterranean. We have also at Malta just now the Edgar, 90, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, C. 8.), lately arrived from Gibraltar, and the Alacrity, 4, Commander J. Baird. These vessels are awaiting the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., who is expected here about Ale end of nest week, should no unexpected events occur to delay his return. The Marlborough, bearing his flag, entered the Piraeus on the 29th tilt & and after remaining there a short .time left for Smyrna and Malta. The Queen, 76, Captain F. C. Hillyar, and the Pelican 17, Commander P. Brock, were at the Piraeus. by - the. last accounts; and the Shannon, 35, Capt. 0. J. Jones, was at Patras. A court-martial assemblEd this morning on board her 'Majesty's ship Hibernia, in Malta harbour, consist ing of Rear-Admiral Dacres, C. 8., president, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, Commander J. Baird, ,Com mander Dent, and Commander R. B. Harvey, Mr. G. Love, officiating judge-advocate, to try Assist.. Surg. J. T. R. Torrance, of her Majesty's ship Ma lacca, on a charge of drunkenness at Gibraltar, when accompanying an armed boat's crew, which, at the request of the captain of the port, was pro ceeding to arrest the second officer of the Confe derate steamer Sumter, accused of murdering the first officer of that vessel. The prisoner pleaded in his defence that he mixed a glass of sherry and gin, mistaking th latter for water, and did not discover his mistake till he had drunk off the mixture. The Court found him guilty, and sentenced him to be dismissed the.sh43 and placed at the bottom of the list of assistant-surgeons. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. E. Lacy, has been again placed in the large dock at Ports mouth to complete her repairs for further service, the dock having been again rendered vacant by the removal of the Resistance, 16, iron ram, after mak ing good defects of one of her Kingston valves. The Sharpshooter, iron screw corvette, in No. 2 dock at Portsmouth,is ordered to have the iron plates of her bottom and other defects thoroughly repaired for further service, and at the same time to have her bow fitted with a rudder on the plan patented by Commander Warren, R.N. and tested a short time since at Portsmouth under the supervision of Capt. Broadhead, commanding the reserve at the port. On that occasion the rudder was temporarily fitted at the bow of the Princess Royal, a small steamer (paddlewheel) belonging to the Portsmouth and Ryde United Steam Packet Company. An order has also been given by the Admiralty to flt Mr. Lumley's patent jointed rudder to the Flying-fish, screw gunvessel, Commander Anderson, which arrived at Portsmouth on the Gth inst. from the West Coast of Africa, and which sailed again yesterday morning for Sheerness, after having had her boilers temporarily patched to enable her to make the voyage round from Spithead to the Nore. It is is expected that the officers and crew will be paid off from the Flying -fish and the ship receive new boilers before making her trial with Mr. Lumley's rudder. The decided and extraordinary success of the Flora, double screw steamer, in her power of turning in a small space, as shown during her trial trip on the Thames on the 7th inst., will, however, prove to be the first step in the adoption of a new system of applying steering power to ships under steam. On that occasion the Flora, with her screw working opposite ways, made three complete turns of a circle, the diameter of which was exactly her own length, both ends of the ship moving alike, and her midship part being the pivot upon which she turned round the circle. With a ship of war possessing this power of turning, revolving towers and shields in them would be scarcely necessary, the hull of the ship having the required moving power. Tho Eclipse, 4, screw guuvessel, Commander Mayne, sailed from Portsmouth at 4 p,m, yesterday for the Australian station. In accordance with Admiralty instructions re ceived at Chatham, the stern and quarter boats of all new vessels are in future to be fitted with the necessary hooks and appliances for the use of Ky naston's patent boat-lowering apparatus, which is also to be fitted to the boats of the following vessels attached to the several divisions of the steam re serve in the Medway—viz., the Leander, 50, 500- horse power ; the Racoon, 22, 400-horse power ; the Columbine, 4, 150-horse power; the Lily, 4, 200- horse power; Osprey, 4, 200 horse power; and the iron and iron-plated screw frigates Caledonia, 50, 800-horse power; the Royal Oak, 50, 1,000-horse p o wer; and the Tamar, 3, 500 -h orse power. The paddlewheel steamer African, employed as a tender to the steam reserve in the Medway, has been found to be so ^ defective that definite orders have been received fronTli e i— Admiralty 7 ---- --- = miralty or 11 er to be broken up. The officers and crew are turned over to the Thistle, gunboat, which will be used as a tender to the steam reserve until some other vessel has been selected to take the place of the African. The line-of-battle screw steamer Hero, 89, 500- horse power, has been found to leak considerably since her arrival at the Nore, caused, there is little doubt, from the vessel having been on shore. She is to be carefully surveyed by the dockyard offi c i a l s , and a report of her condition forwarded to the Ad miralty. The crew are bu sily employed in ret u r n ing stores to the dockyard preparatory .... to the vessel being put out of commission and placed in the steam reserve. The screw corvette Pylades, 21, 350-horsepower, fitting in dry dock at Chatham, received her sails on board yesterday, her armament having been shipped the previous day. She is to be in readiness to be floated out of dock by the next spring tides. The following appointments and removals in the shipwright departments of her Majesty's dockyards have been made by the Admiralty :—Mr. Moody, master shipwright, from Deptford to Sheerness; Mr. Ladd, assist. master shipwright at Portsmouth, to be master shipwright at Deptford, vice Moody ; Mr, Woods, assist. master shipwright, from Sheer ness to Portsmouth, vice Ladd ; Mr. Brain, acting a s sist., from Portsmouth to Sheerness, vice Woods; Mr. Loney, of Portsmouth yard, to be acting fore man of shipwrights, vice Brain. IMPOR7AN7 EXPERIMEMS AT SHOE BURYIVESS. Another of those great artillery experiments which, up to the present at least, seem to be fruit ful only in astonishing results, and in upsetiieg Pre vious theories and even experience, was mane yesterday at Shoeburyness, in the presence of an I unusually large and distinguished assemblage of public officials, artillerists, and scientific man. The experiments were to ascertain the results of the ultimate trials of Mr. Whitworth's guns against iron targets. We say " the ultimate trials" not at all in the belief that they will be by any means the I last or only trials of the kind,but as expressing the general opinion felt yesterday upon the ground that it all in the programme was satisfactorily performed, then Mr. Whitworth's guns would have done the very utmost which is at present deemed possible to effect with any kriown ordnance and much more than it was ever before believed possible to accom plish only a few weeks ago. In order that the result of this day's proceedings may be clearly understood, it is necessary to explain that the targets, which are built to the same strength as the broadsides of the armour frigates, have hitherto never been pierced, except on the recent trials with Mr. Whitworth's guns and flat-headed projectiles. A long-continued concentrated fire of Armstrong guns or the more damaging solid shot thrown by the old smooth-bore 68-pounders have bent and broken plates, but have never gone through them, or even done such mischief as would in any way seriously affect the strength or safety of a sea going frigate. On his first recent trial Mr. Whit worth, to the astonishment of every one, succeeded in sending his flat-fronted shot completely through one of these targets at 200 yards' range. His second trial,which must be in the recollection of our readers, about six weeks ago was made with a 120-pounder, which had been manutactured at Woolwich, after the plan used by Sir Wm. Armstrong—a series of iron coils welded together and shrunk on, one over the other. With this piece rifled on the Whitworth principle, but loading at the muzzle, not only was a solid shot sent through a Warrior target at 400 yards, but a shell also, which burst inside the armour plate, and lit the solid timber framework of the backing. This penetration of the shell was considered, and justly considered, to be the most wonderful success of all. The great primary ob ject of all armour-plating is to keep out shells. A solid shot coming in between decks is bad enough, it is almost harmless when compared with the effect which large shell, as now made, ought to produce among men crowded in groups round their heavy guns. So universally is this fact acknowledged that many foreign Powers, among others the Federal Government, have a very considerable number of their gunboats plated with only sufficient armour (2 inches) to keep out shell, leaving solid shot to do their worst. Our own Government, however, wisely attempted the utmost limit of defensive power, and coated their frigates with 41 inches of `solid iron—enough, as it was thought, and as for a long time it certainly proved to be, to keep out not only shell, but every form and weight of solid shot that artillery, whether rifled or smcoth-bore, could hurl against it. It was this fancied security which the Whitworth trials so completely overturned, and shot and shell alike were sent through armour plates and teak backing, and. this too at 400 yards. This was, of course, an immense success, though not an unqualified one. To make the shell as solid as possible Mr. Whitworth did not leave enough room for his bursting charge, so that the additional mischief caused by the explosion of the missile was not of much account. Artillerists also wished, be fore admitting the enormous powers of the gun, to try its penetration against the iron targets at 1,000 yards—a range of such length as would set this merit of the ordnance beyond all possibility of doubt or question if it was able at that distance to pene trate its mark. The trials of yesterday then were to set at rest these two important questions—first to show if without diminishing the penetrating forte of the shell it could be made to contain so much powder as to make its explosion terrible; secondly, if at a much longer range the gun with solid shot could do as much mischief as it had done at 400 yards. The 70-pounder was also to be tried at 600 yards against the target. The target used on the last occasion was, it was stated at the time, not of the same strength in point of quality of material as the old Warrior tar get which stood so ;much battering. The iron was comparatively inferior, and remarkably hard and brittle. These defects, however, the supporters of Mr. Whitworth's gun claim as so many additional difficulties overcome, inasmuch as the hardened flat projectiles which cut their path easily through soft iron are liable to be broken on their way through a material somewhat similar in hardness to their own. The target fired at yester day was an entirely new one, about 10 feet high by some 14 or 15 feet broad. It was composed of three solid iron armour-plates, without break or porthole in any of them, and fastened to the timber backing with two-inch bolts let in at the edges, so as not to have the same source of weakness as has been here tofore occasioned by taking them through the centre of the plates. The two lower plates were five inches thick (within half an inch of the thickness of the plates with which the new iron frigates now building are to be coated) and the upper plate was 41 inches, the thickness of the Warrior's armour. There was a very general impression, however, that if the upper plate was 41in., the Government had given very good measure in their thickness of the lower plates, which were nearer 51-in. than 5. The plates were made at the Government dockyard, and were perfect as regards material. These plates were lined with a teak backing of transverse timbers of 12in. and 6in. thick respectively and an inner skin of wrought-iron plate fiths of an inch thick. The sides and top were also enclosed, so as to make what is termed a box target, like the between decks of a ship, in order that the explosive effects of the shell if it got inside, might be fully seen. The 70-pounder was placed at a distance of 600 yards ; the 12 0-pounder at 800, The latter it was wished to fix at 1,000 yards, but this would have required the gun to he placed in proximity sup posed to be dangerous to the clergyman ' s Iciloii); Ad we we have stated, great interest was excl in t members of the trials, and soon after 10 o'clock the nuke of Somerset, Iron-plate Committee, with the D I a nd Lord de Grey, Admiral Frederiek:eArdelT Admiral Drummond, a large whole of the Institute military officers, nearly the w i chief i ron ship. of Civil Engineers, and althe t h e y a re called, were as builders and " iron men," i v ra a l va G . rey, ith the 120-poun upon the ground. were begun w • The experiments hour - properly for der, and nearly an to lay th e g un at a wooden targeht v ,.. as expended in trial shots e d a y was one of unclouded range. This, as : t 0 equal in warmth and more • beauty and almost h t n ess, to our finest samples of brg eme unaccountable ill luck, and Sc n'ectures' as to what the Ak artier doing with her guns spring p h g e equal weather, in led to curious co j while such a battery steaming was trying' to hit her. At last 14 knots would ha' before one o'clock the all WAS ready , and a little , firat shell was fired, with a charge in the gun of 271 b. of powder. This projectile weighed 1511 b. and eontained a bursting charge of 51b. of powder. The initial velocity or rate of speed at which it left the muzzle of the gun was nearly 1,500 ft. per se cond, and it struck with an awful crash full upon the centre of a five•inch plate, at the rate of 1,220 ft. per' second. After the usual prudent delay to allow splinters and fragments to fall, there was a genral to be e on rush to the target, which at first seeme fire, from the volumes of smoke pouring foft.h, and which showed at a glance that the shell had pene trated the plating and burst inside, and that to that extent at least the problem had been solved. As soon as the stifling smoke allowed an examination of the interior of the target it was seen that the shell had passed completely through the plate, the 18 inches of teak backing ' and inner skin of iron , bursting in s id e . The bursting, however, seemed to have taken place too soon and while the shell was still in the armour plate, as the base or heel of the shell was fired out backwards and fell in front of the target, while the fragments that penetrated through appeared to have been deprived of their force, and fell almost harmless in what may be called the between decks. The surrounding tim bers inside certainly bore no signs of damage worth speaking of. Of course, the splinters must have flown about with violence, and the concussion of the explosion must have been tremendous; but evidence of the shattering effect of the shed between decks there was little or nothing to be seen. No thing, in short, to show that the plates had not been penetrated with a solid projectile. The hole also in plate and timber was remarkably neat and clean cut, taking the form of the octagenal rifling, and having only an extreme width of 8 inches diameter —a kind of hole that could be plugged from the outside in a few minutes with very little trouble., The second shot was also of 1511 b. weight, loaded withb the same bursting charge, and fired with the same charge of powder from the gun. This struck the middle plate of five inches thick on its upper edge, and like the former passed through all opposed to it and again burst inside. This time it exploded apparently when quite through the plate, shattering the teak backing to a slight extent, but doing a little more mischief with the fragments which had in one or two cases evidently struck the timber com posing the box roof and sides of the target with more force. Still, however, there was the same comparative absence of shattering effect, and still there was the same clean hole as easily plugged as the first. The third trial was with a cast iron hol low flat headed shot weighing 1301 b., and without any bursting charge. This was fired to show the immense superiority of Mr. Whitworth's steel pro jectiles over the cast shots and bolts hitherto used in trials with Armstrong and other guns against armour plates. The result of this experiment was conclusive. The shot, instead of penetrating the plate, broke in fragments against it, only inflicting a dint of some two inches deep ; no more mischief, in fact, than is done with the Armstrong 100-pounder, and for very much the same reason, that the cast iron shot once broken up instantly loses in its pieces the force it possessed when striking as a whole mass_ The fourth trial was made with a 130-pounder steel shell loaded with only 3ilb. of powder, and fired from the same gun at the usual range and ,271 b. Charge. This did no less than the former shells had done, going through all and bursting inside, but it also did no more, either in its explosive force or in the nature of the hole it pierced. The fifth and last experiment made with the 120-pounder was with a solid steel shot of 1601 b. weight, which also went through the target and fell inside the box, if we may so term it. The trial was then continued with the 70-poun der at 600 yards. This experiment was looked to with much interest, as the 70-pounder, weighing less than 4 tons, is eminently adapted for use on shipboard if its penetrative power can be made equal to piercing iron frigates without effect. The first trial proved that in this respect, even at 600 yards, it could do almost as much as the 120- pounder as far as penetration is concerned. The gun was fired with a 131 b. charge, the shell weighing 811 b., having a bursting charge of 31b.120a. of pow der. This struck the uppermost or Warrior plate of 4sin., but having of course the same backing as the other parts of the target, through all of which but the inner skin it passed, bursting in the wood, which it splintered upward in a part near the edge of the target. This latter circumstance prevented the full explosion of the powder being shown. An other was therefore fired with better results, pass ing through the plate and doing very much more damage to the teak, but making no worse hole than those which had preceded it throughout the day, and the same with the third and last shot. To esti mate the importance of this part of the experiment it must be remembered that other guns, smooth-bore and rifled, have fired in salvoes nearly as much as 9001b.weight of shot in single discharges at 200 yds against similar plates without doing more than bending, or at most cracking them, but never pene trating them. Yet here was a 70-pounder, at 600 yards, sending its shell clean through. When we state this, however, we must also in justice state that when Sir W. Armstrong fired his 150-pound spherical shot against the Warrior target some months ago, though he did not penetrate the plates, he inflicted a much more damaging effect by shat tering than Mr. Whitworth did with his 150-pound shells of yesterday. Sir William, however, used 501 b. of powder at 300 yards range, Mr. Whitworth only 271 b. of powder at 800. On the whole, the result of the day's experiments was a great triumph both for the form and mate d e of Mr. Whitworth's projectiles. He ha s now mad_e it a positive certainty that he can send shells through iron plates of sor even 51-in., and not only i through the plates but through the backing and inner skin too. This is really a marvellous result • and an all im portant step gained, but it must not be the last by very many. To fully utilise the en ormous penetra ting powers of his gun a still greater explosive force, ns m . ust whether by gunpowder or oth er tea notbe a given to the contents 'of the shells' It is wa nted in the side clean easily-plugged hole, that is - of a iron frigate, but a crushing smash makes .h g plug or a hundred rivulets of leaks t hat n° thin t much the can worse, as repair. A pane of glass is n y n a gainst wind and protection regards its means ofit is the fractures ' water, for a neatly d rilled hole; parable. of a dull blow that snakes throe e in . i t s h ch e ie fics iz t T a e nd most Mr. Whitworth has overeo formidable of all the difficulties in making the hole. to give his shell bursting now It only remain s power sufficient to convert the round hole into a labyrinth of tear s, and he has persevered too agged likely no w to stop short at this obstacle. l on g to be .ents w ith more formidable shells will, Other exPeri mse of time be made, for nothing can n o doubt , in cour se be mor e erroneous than to suppose that these t r i a l s at Shoeburyness will e ve r yield results that cannot be improved upon. One day the victory remai ns with t h e guns, and the next the targets carry off all the honours of successful resistance. The modern science of adding to the powers of artillery i s developing itself every day with astoni s hi ng rapidity, and no better proof of this fact can be given than the experiments of yesterday, when re sults were easily accomplished which a month ago were thought to be physically impossible. Sir William Armstrong, in the meantime, is not idle, and is bringing forward a weapon which his friends say will throw all that Whitworth has accom plished into the shade. If such a gun come out, it is quite possible that before it has been six months in existence a target may be brought forward which, in its turn, will have a shortlived period of invinci bility like that of the Warrior, whose reputation, once so high, Mr. Whitworth has now so effectually destroyed. Sir William and Mr. Whitworth have each a large party of supporters, and a small knot of partisans, each of whom cries " Victory" after every day's experiment, and persists in claiming temporary advantages as conclusive and irro- CABLES. It will be remembered that some time ago a sub - marine telegraph cable had been wilfully damaged, by driving a nail through the outer iron wires, and so destroying the insulating material, rendering one of the conductors entirely useless. This was not an isolated instance of a submarine telegraph cable having been most maliciously injured,• the following will show : The Hanoverian (Emnen) cable, belonging to the Submarine Telegraph company, was _laid by the contractors in 1858, and during the subinerg ence, when more than halfway towards the ist:and it to of Borkman, a considerable loss of insulation vg, as instrument observed, and the cable was buoyed in order to be' agile to return to the spot if necessary, when the whole length was laid down and the end landed. 147- ' , en the paying out was completed and the tele graphm wereo lt h b s e . that both wires were workable, and an arrangement attached on shore, it was found was concluded between ti2e contracting parties for still, repair ed aTthweoyreka.r at elx t n h p e ti rhea m d : I n al 'u no f d a f c ; 6t e hl r :s e 0 should it be requisite to do 00, within twelve one of the wires sh za ow ,great leakage and w;as seldom used on account of the difficulty experienced. h n e o x d:u 6 c:to fi e rs e r : in regulating the relays. In consequence of this the directors of the Submarine Telegraph Company de termined that the repairs should be undertaken at the first appearance of fine weather. On the 16tlt of June last the company's engineer left with a steamer for the purp•ose, and reached the Dutch coast on the 19th of that months The weather, instead of proving fair, as might be expb,cted at that time of the year, was on the contrary mosl: fault boistrous, and was cut up to the 10th of August, when th e . out, there were but seven days, and thC,se not the very fittest, in which.it was capable to ItaZidle the cable. Great difficulties had to be encountaed on account of its having become deeply imbeddod in the sand off the Dutch Islands, at the , p l ac e whore the fault was Iblinded. ' Sometimes the cable had to , be grappled for some hundreds of yards away ; at others it was only possible to get it out of the sand at the rate of 15 or 20 feet an hour. The position of the fault was at last reduced to within a space of 6 feet, which piece was cut out, kept intact, and handed over to the secretary in London, so that it might be ultimately carefully examined, and a fresh length of new cable spliced in its place. Sir James Carmichael, chairman of the company, some of the directors, and Mr. France, the company's engineer, together with Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Canning, were present at the examination of these ON yards of cable, which had caused so much anxiety sad loss to the company. Exteriorly, no fault could be fouzid, but on minute inspection a slight indication of ma; was observed between two of the outer wires, caused as might be imagined by the removal of the tar, by the abrasion of the implements used in making the puncture. The iron wires were then carefully re moved, and at the particular spot it was found a sharp instrument, such as a sailor's knife, had been forced through the iron wires, severing the hemp serving, penetrating and cuffing through the gutta percb a to the copper of one wire; the incision on the other side was not quite so &eV; proving beyond question the malicious origin of the injury, which must have been done either during the Wanufacture or at the laying down of the cable. The tleason of this fault resting so long dormant was owing to the serving of tarred jute closing under the pressure of the protecting iron wire of the sheathing on to the gutta percha, it requiring some time, during which the cable was worked, before the current forced its way through the artificial insulation. The damaged core is sealed up again and placed in the hands of the secretary. THE MURDER AT RIBCHESTER. The shocking murder of Ann Walne, beerseller and small farmer, of Ribchester, briefly reported in our journal yesterday, was one of the most brutal tragedies that could be possibly imagined. The neighbourhood in which it occurred has lately been overrun with daring offenders, burglary and poach ing being their principal crimes. Mrs. Walne—or Old Nanny," as she was generally called—lived at the Joiners' Arms, and kept four head of cattle. She had lived here 33 years, and had frees a widow for the last 18 years. She had two children, both of whom are married and live elsewhere. For some time the deceased had lived alone ; and though 80 years old, was quite active and industrious. She riot only attended to her domestic, but her busines s duties, with much celerity. She was a woman of saving habits, and was supposed to have accumu lated a round sum of money, which it was believed s he bad secreted in her house. To resume our nar rative of how she was found, so imperfectly stated yesterday, we may remark that after Pye and Ward (the latter being labour master at Ribchester work house, and engaged by the deceased to attend her cattle night and morning) got into the house by the back window, the iron bars of which had been wrenched off, they called out, expecting' that the deceased would have answered, but eliciting no re ply, they proceeded upstairs, and in her own bed found her lifeless corpse, the bedclothes thrown over her head in a heap, her head much bruised, blood oozing:from a fearful wound above the right ear, and another near the right temple, the bridge of her nose broken, her face discoloured, and her eyes much swollen and blackened, her mouth gagged with a woollen handkerchief, and her hands tied to the bed-stocks with a handkerchief. Her skull had also been fractured by a heavy instrument. Across the foot of the bed was a churn-shaft or handle, about five feet long, evidently one of the weapons used to commit the foul deed. It had a few spots of blood upon it. On a chair by the bed-side was is. so. in copper, and a purse containing three six pences. The house had been fully ransacked, and all the valuables carried thence, even clothing. Soon after the arrival of the police authorities upon the spot, footmarks were detected near the the back window, and suspicion fell upon a farm labourer, named Thomas Davies, employed at Mr. Baurn's, a neighbouring farmer. He was arrested and placed in safe keeping, and his clogs partly corresponded with the footprints. He is a native of the Fylde, and on Monday went to the house of the deceased to ask her if she wanted a farm ser vant. She gave a negative answer, and it is thought he did this to ascertain whether she was living alone. He strongly denies all knowledge of the crime. Medical gentlemen who have examined the deceased say that death has resulted from the wounds inflicted and suffocation, but that the blow on the head was sufficient to cause death. It is fully believed that the object in the first instance was robbery, but that the deceased recognising her assailant, called him by name, which made him desperate and prompted the horrible murder. Th© scene of the tragedy has been visited by a large number of persons, and the strongest feelings of commiseration have been raised in the district. The coroner's inquest will be opened on Friday before Mr. H. J. Hargreaves, coroner for the hut: , dred of Blackburn. —.Manchester Examiner. r°Tea without colour on the l ea f pre porting vents the Chinese passing off inferior l eaves as in the upusi k i n d s . iiorniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, d w ays good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 Agents. mom