The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-11 00:00:00

---"""' ti►-. IM' PERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack five o'clock. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN IN WORK ROUSES. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition, complain ing that the Presbyterian religion had been given to a Roman Catholic child in a poorhouse near Glasgow. The petitioners prayed for inquiry, The Duke of ARGYLL said, if the noble lord would supply him with the particulars of the case he had men tioned, he would forward it to the Board of Supervision in Scotland, whom, he was sure, would take such steps as the justice of the case required. The Marquis of NORMANBY suggested that a corn. mittee should be appointed after Easter to inquire into the subject, ADMIRALTY IMPRITVEMENTS. Lord KINGSDOWN said last autumn it was under stood that k nn al steps ww.itd be taken for the bringing in of a biLl to purchase the houses in New-street, Spring garden 13 , in order 'to enlarge and improve the Admiralty. Notb" L sg had yet been done, and he should like to know whe t was intended to be done. he Duke of SOMERSET said he was very anxious that le proposed improvements should be carried out, but cir. ' cumstances had prevented active steps being taken up to the present time. The inhabitants of the houses might have considered themselves safe for the present year, but he could not answer for a longer period. THE ITALIAN PAPERS. The Marquis of NORMA NDY,ooraplained:of:the scanty information contained in the papers that had lately been laid before Parliament, There being but ono letter from Sir J. Hudson, and that was not of a very important cha racter he shotitdlilr:e also to know why no notice had been taken by Sir J. Hudson of the important discussions that have lately taken place in the Chambers at Turin. A case had also ()conned 'in connection with the proclamation against htigandage which he thought ought also to have been noticed. Eafi RUSSELL said all the papers bearing on the' question in the possession of the Foreign-office had been given to the noble marquis. With respect to the particular act of cruelty referred to Sir J. Hudson, had had no complaint rude to him of any act of oppression, therefore he did tot think it neeessary to give any account of itrtnd with respect to debateoin the Chamber at Turin, Sir James was was not in that country for the purpose of reporting any circumstance that transpired in that assembly. It could not be expected that he should forward an account of every subject that took place in a foreign country. (Hear, hear.) CHANCERY REGULATION BILL. Lord KINGSDOWN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to compel the Court of Chan cery to decide points of law, instead of leaving it to their option as at present. THE REVISED CODE. Lord LYVEDEN, in asking the Lord President if he would propose after Easter a Select Committee on the Minutes of tb:e Privy Council respecting Education as re cently alte,..,ed, said his question was not prompted by hos tility to the Revised Code, as he considered that the Govern ment. - deserved great credit for the attempt to introduce the Prfnciple on which it was based. Lord GRANVILLE regretted he could not give an answer in the sense is which Lord Lyveden wished, and thanked him for the very candid and impartial view he had taken on the question. In regard to the concessions recently made, he said he feared that they would not produce the results expected, but would diminish the economical benefits antici pated, and would considerably deteriorate the effectiveness of the Revised Code. He was sorry to answer the question of Lord Lyveden in the negative, asi the appointment of a select committee would be only going over the ground Pawed over by the royal commission. After a few remarks from Lord STANHOPE, Lord ELLENBOROUH thought this question of edu cation was in a most unsatisfactory condition, as the recent concessions made by the Government would only be used as a means for obtaining further concessions, and would prevent the Government from carrying out that principle of retrenchment and of obtaining money's worth for money which they hail endeavoured to impress on the country. Their lordships then adjourned. }LOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. Tl'As StEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : :Dublin (Borough) Fire Brigade, &e.—Limeriek Markets— Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway—Queenstown Improve ment. , Several private bills were read a first time. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Parochial Assessment Bill, and in most cases it was moved that these should be referred to the select committee sitting on this bill favour of alterations in the Poor Law in Ireland, par ticularly as related to out-door relief—for the general sub stitution of direct taxation for indirect taxation—in favour of the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill—in favour of a reduc tion of the duty on hops—for a more equitable basis for the imposition of the Income Tax, &c. FIRE INSURANCE DUTY BILL. This bill was brought in by Mr. SHERIDAN, and read a first time. THE SALMON FISHERIES SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORI') ADVOCATE brouglt in this bill, which was read a first, time. MALT, BARLEY, AND HOPS. On the motion of Mr. BASS, certain returns wero ordr,red on the subject, including operations for the last friar years.respecting the amount of duty charged. THE LATE ASSIZES FOR THE COUNT OF TYRONE. Major S. KNOlfisked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attititgn had been called to the circumstances that occurred the late assizes for the county of Tyrone, which led to the quashing of the jury panel and postpone ment of the trial of prisoners; and whether, he had any objection to lay on the table a copy of Mr. Justice Chris tian's ruling quashing the said panel as returned by the sheriff? Sir It, PEEL said that this subject had certainly ex cited some feeling in Ireland, and he had communicated with the learned judge and other authorities on the matter. apteared that there had been a challenge of the array of thelury, and the learned judge in question ruled that chal lenge. It was not correct that the prisoners had not been tried. MARRIAGES OF CIIRISTIA.N CONVERTS IN INDIA., Mr. TORRE ICS asked the Secretary of State for India - whether ho had received a copy of a bill introduced into the Legislative Council of the Governor-General of India, to legalise the diQsolution of, or in some wa3 to legislate re garding, m'ariages contracted by Christian converts previ ous to their Conversion ; and if so, whether he would lay a copy upon the table : should no such copy have yet been received, would he lay a copy upon the table of the house whenever the hill might be received ? Mr. n BARINGsaid that there was not any copy of the document alluded to in the possession of the Government„ ,AGRIC URAL STATISTICS. Mr. C.A.IRD asked`the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he would state to the house, and lay upon the table, the substance of the replies by the Courts of Quarter Sessions to his circular on the subject of agricul tural statistics ? Sir G. GREY said that the question of the hon. member had reference to the employment of the police in the collec tion of these statistics, and the reports received were gene raliy unfavourable to the use of that agency. CAPTAIN COLES' PLANS. Lord ROBERT MONTAGU asked the Secretary to the Admiralty when Capt. Cowper Coles first submitted to the Admiralty his plans, which have lately been adopted for ships of war ; if such plans were to be reported on at the time ; and, if so, by whom, and whether that report was favour able or otherwise: and if there was any objection to lay the Papers on the subject upon the table of the house? t. Lord C. PAGET said that the Admiralty had no objet • raieenno laying, any information before the house whicVon. er i a might require, but it would be inconvenient if the ash©not); were to be called on for information respecting with _ otts e d r e itions submitted to them. It would be attended dentivai office ineonvenienoe ,r if the reports of the confi when i ri er tl e a of the Admiralty were to be made public. present 'Government came into office they etite r ti tio i ed est r _hieus of CaptaiA same feeling with reference to the not only with Coles that their predecessor s h a d done, 'M also to ships. to their application to batterie s , b u t Orthe shi e ld found, however, that there was some diffi cu lty in the e boon surmount o,a tt a . mu; , w but when that had the ho° was applied, to t 4 l 4, Pements proved satisfactory, ;en. Tri int for their - construction. With respect to the subject of inventions, the Adruinilty had taken them .11, from time to time, and rs related to Captain Cole s 1 : 1 °: 1 11.0 %Pen ev ses during the full pay, and claimed LI a-day for his h e ad been put on carrying oat of his invention. This, garded in the light of remuneration. to .,,ri was not re inventions. (Hear, hear.) MR. SAMUELSON'S GUNBovr. Lord FERMOY asked the Secretary to th e whether it was true that, so far back as last aut t ,,S i r r al tY Samuelson sent in to the Board of A dmiralty plans am a±-• effloations for a double-skinned sel f-aub:nerging boat similar to the Naugatuck already bui , t by Mr. Stephens f or the Federal Government of America • and, if so, wheth er the Admiralty will take steps to have the plan tested and, adopted, as has beef} ,the ease in America '? Lord C. PAGET:Ffkid that Mr. Samuelson, in 1860, had proposed the plan ref a vessel whioh would have the advan tage of being submerged a certain distance so as to present only a limited surface above water. However, the plan was not considered suited to the servive of her Majesty, but Mr. Samuelson was informed by the Admiralty that any future proposal ;he might make would receive attention. (Rear, hear.) • THE LARGE BELL OF THE CLOCK TOWER. .vbSeithr e J r . t4 T4A.' lea.4 "7 t t aaked . the First Commissioner of Wo r k s sll l ,:in tho Clock Tower was to be taken I - _ down and re-east, or whether it was to be used in its pre sent condition ? Lord HOTHAM expressed a wish that any future ex penditure incurred on the subject should be first submitted to the house for their sanction• Mr. COWPER said that this bill had hat n a source of great anxiety to him. (Laughter.) He had consulted some of the most eminent scientific men in reference to the bell when it was discovered that it was cracked, and their report was to the effect that the bell might come to pieces and fall on the heads of the passers by. Under these circum stances, he did not think he should take any steps in refer ence to the bell unless he was properly authorised to do so, and with respect to the remarks of the noble lord (Lord Hotham) he could assure the house that before any more 'money was expended on the bell, the subject would be brought before the house. (Hear, hear.) THE WARRIOR. Mr, H. B. SHERIDAN asked the Secretary to the Ad miralty whether it was true that at Shoeburyness, on Tuesday, the Bth instant, the Warrior target, or section of the Warrior's side, was twice pierced through by round shot ; whether the shot was a 1501 b. Armstrong shot, fired from a 300-pounder Armstrong gun; whether th charge of powder was 501 b. ; whether the 1501 b. shot with a 401 b. charge of powder failed to penetrate the target; and whether the 300-pounder Armstrong gun could be worked on board ship ? Lord C. PAGET entered into a statement, which was to the effect that experiments at Shoeburyness had been gene rally satisfactory. In respect to another question, he said that the publication of the report which had appeared rela tive to the Iron Plate Committee had not the sanction of the Admiralty. He did not consider it desirable that the results of these costly experiment should be made public. GREAT GRIMSBY ELECTION. Mr. EGERTON, the chairman of the committee ap pointed to try the petition against the return of the sitting member, Mr. Chapman, announced that the committee were of opinion that that gentleman had been duly elected. THE INCOME TAX. On the motion of going into Committee of Ways and Means, Lord R, CECIL drew attention to the present mode of collecting the income tax, which he contended was very objectionable. Sir H. WILLOUHBY took exception to the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and conten ded that there would be a deficit at tne end of the year. After some remarks from Sir S. NORTHCOTE, Mr. NEW DIGATE, and General PEEL, BREWERS' LICENSES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re minded the noble lord (Lord R. Cecil) that he the (Chan cellor of the Exchequer) was not the collector of the In come-tax, but if the noble lord would furnish him with any nformation, ho would direct that the subject should be inquired into. Mr. BASS, who had a notice of motion on this subject, said that he would move that the resolution in committee of ways and means in reference to brewer's licenses should be postponed till to-morrow. Mr. LOCKE seconded the motion, pleading the claim of the hop factors, hop merchants, and holders of British hops to a drawback, as had been allowed to the papermakers and other interests, and to which, ho insisted, they were entitled. After a few remarks by Sir J. SHELLEY, Sir J. TROLLOPE, in supporting the motion for ad journing the committee, protested strongly against the proposal to require licences for private brewing, which he thought would prove vexatious in its operation, and lead to a system of espionage. The discussion, which involved minute points, was con tinned by Lord H. Vane, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Puller, and Mr. Hodgkinson. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied to a variety of objections, assuring Sir J. Trollope that he was entirely mistaken in supposing the licence for private brewing could give rise to espionage. Upon the main question, and upon the subject of drawbacks—with refer ence to which the time, he said, had not arrived for the settlement of the question—he indicated certain provisions that would be introduced into the bill. He distinguished the case of hops from that of paper as regarded drawbacks, and, after some general remarks, expressed a hope that the house would proceed to discuss the resolutions in com mittee. Mr. BASS having withdrawn his motion, the house went into a committee of ways and means, when the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the reso lutions for charging certain excise duties on licences to brew beer, which, after much debate, were agreed to, with amendments ; the words relating to farmhouses, in the re solution charging duties upon licences to brew beer not for sale, being struck out. COURTS OF JUSTICE (MONEY) BILL. On the order for the second reading of the Courts of Jus tice (Money) Bill, Sir W. HEATHCOTE observed that this measure, which tended to create a very lax ge charge, in opposition to an adverse report of the Treasury, required explanation as to the circumstances that called for it. Mr. COWPER said he had explained those circum stances when he moved for leave to introduce the bill. He suggested the advantages that would result from better ac commodation being provided for the courts, and from their being brought into junta-position, which would be of pecu niary value to suitors. Looking at the subject in all its aspects, the measure was, ho said, a most important legal reform. He proposed that this bill should be referred to a select committee, which would ascertain the real amount of the charge the whole scheme would throw upon the country, adding some details on the subject of the charge to those he had given on the introduction of the bill. The maximum charge upon the Consolidated Fund would be £45,000 a year, subject to reduction and ultimate extinc tion, as the compensation allowances, amounting to £59,000 a year, gradually fell in. H e was aware that the Society of Lincoln's, inn desired to keep the equity courts within the precincts of their inn; but this desire did not meet with favour from the whole profession, and could not be set against the great advantages of bringing all the courts and offices under one roof in a convenient site. Mr. SELWYN believed that this measure would involve the country in a very heavy expense. The effect of the guarantee undertaken by the Government was of serious importance ; the calculations formed by the Treasury stated the result at upwards of £1,000,000, which considering the condition of the national finances, was of great moment. He disputed Mr. Cowper's assumption that the suitors' fund belonged to nobody, and contended that Government would be bound to provide for claims. If the bill passed, it would arrest the improvements in the Court of Chancery, applying the funds for the benefit of other courts. As to most of the Chancery Courts, there was, he said, no neces sity for any alteration. He justified the claim of the Society of Lincoln's-inn to retain those courts within their limits, and objected to the accumulation of all the courts in one site. He moved to defer the second reading for six months. Mr. PEEL, confining himself to the financial p art of the question, stated ve r y c l ear l y the nature and amo unt of the two funds—the Suitors' Fund, and the Suitors' Fee Fund —and showed that the liability of the public would not be greater than had been estimated by Mr. Cowper. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY took a very different view of the financial part of the question, believing that the measure, deemed by some of the judges of the Court of Chancery un necessary, would impose an enormous charge upon the tax payers of the country. He should therefore support the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted there was a prospect of a considerable charge, against which there was, however, a set-off, and he thought it extremely desirable that a committee of the house should have an op portunity of examining the whole question, The Govern ment believed that this was a measure of the greatest public importance, and were willing to encounter, and to advise the house to encounter, some risk, taking precautions to meet it. Mr. BOUVERIE thought the set-off would prove illu sory. Law reform might be bought too dear, and he thought tho present was not a time, with an unfavourable balance sheet and the prospect of a large expenditure, to embark in so costly a scheme. The object itself had never been suffi ciently discussed, and it was not of such immense value as to justify so large an outlay at the present time. He sup ported the amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, declining the financial question, replied to the objections offered by Mr. Selwyn to the proposal to apply the Suitors' Fund to the building of the Courts, contending that the origin of the fund was en tirely Parliamentary, and that the suitors in the Court of Chancery had no rights, in relation to the fund, distinct from those in the courts of law. The profession generally were in favour of better courts, and of a concentration of the courts, and, if the cost should be greater than was ex pected, the object would be worth the money. Ikir..MALINS believed there was a general concurrence of opinion in favour of the proposed scheme as far as the law courts were concerned ; but there was no occasion to spend one penny for the Courts of Chancery, which disposed of one- third of the judicial business of the country, and which had been, or could be, provided for by the aid of Lincoln's-inn. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL observed that the ques tion divided itself into two—the object in view, and the means by which it was to be obtained. As to the first, there could not, ho thought, be two opinions of its import ance to the profession and to the public. As to the second question, the ways and means, he maintained that the funds proposed to be applied to the object were as much public property as the C,rAolidated Fund itself, and as much at naittee: the disposal of Parliament ; and that the object was of greater public importance than any other to which the Fund;; a 3 t. were applicable. Some of the points mooted in the he remarked, could be considered in the select cora _ ._nd the house wou.d have again an opportunity of " i rcl .. f . nn g the subject.wererlo7l‘n.LPOLE said, as prudent men, if our finances a flouri shing Courts of ch all state, and four out of the six they rY wrere admirably situated, they should hesitate before of houses, and build' new to pull down a vast number far excel courts, at an expense which be was convinced would r i t the estimate. Admitting the object to be a good on e , Was not the time. In the present state of our finances he w o , iid not . sibility of approving what b e em . l,l _ incur the respon 'rel an extravagant proposition. THE \ rSUN, 2 . ILOSDON, FRI OAM EVENING, APRIL' U, The house then divided on the motion for the second reading— Ayes Noes the second money from Fitz-Avon by two lengths, a like distance separating the third and fourth ; Bosh and Ducat finished together on the lower side, close up with the favour ite; then came Camerino, Suburban, Lord Stanley, and Confectioner; the others passed the post at wide intervals, the last three being Astarte, Phantom, and Tuberose. Before the division-paper was handed to Mr. Brand it became known that the numbers were equal, and there were cries of " A tie, a tie !" and loud cheers from the opponents of the bill. The Two-yr-Old Stakes of 10 sous each, with N added ; for colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. The second horse to save his stake. Half a mile. 41 subs. Lord St. Vincent's The Orphan (Hibberd) 1 Mr. Whittaker's King of 'Utopia (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Gratwicke' s Side saddle filly The SPEAKER—The house having given leave that this bill should be introduced— The right hon. gentleman was here interrupted, for a murmur ran through the house that the vote of the hon. member had not been recorded ; at the same time there were cries of "The tellers are agreed." Mr. BRAND then came to the table and said,—l under stand, Sir, that the hon. member for Rochester, who would have voted with " the Ayes," was not numbered. (Cries of "Divide again," and " The tellers are agreed.") Mr. W. MARTIN having come to the table, The SPEAKER said—Did you hear the question put ? Mr. W. MARTIN—I did; I was in the house, but did not pass through the lobby. The SPEAKER--If the hon. member heard the ques tion put and stopped in the lobby, he would be excluded from voting. Did the hon. member intend to vote ? Mr. W. MARTIN—I did. The following also ran :—Golden Dust, Tramper, Bats man, The Royal Stag, Persigny, Gentilhomme, Wyon, Lady Superior, and Oscar. Betting-7 to 4 agst Royal Stag, 6to 1 agst The Orphan, 7 to 1 agst Gentilhomme, and 10 to 1 each agst Batsman, Oscar, and King of Utopia. The favourite was very fractious at the post, and got badly off when the flag fell. Mr. Ten Broeck's two, The Orphan, and King of Utopia were quickly in front, with Wyon and the Side-saddle filly at their girths. Before they had reached the distance, The Orphan took a clear lead, and finally won in a canter by four lengths, the Side-saddle filly being a bad third. Lady Superior, Gentilhomme, and Wyon were the next thrse, and Tramper last of all. The London-bridge Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 soya added. Weights for age, with optional selling weights Three-quarters of a mile. Nine subs. The SPEAKER—Which way did the hon. member wish :o vote? Mr. W. MARTIN —With the " Ayes " (Loud cheers.) The SPEAKER having then put the question that the bill be now read a second time, the house again divided. Ayes Noes Mr. Saxon's Douche, 2 yrs, (£3O), sst 71b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Coventry's Event, 2 yrs (ao), sst 121 b (J. Plumb) 2 Capt. Coates's Tiney, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 7lb (car. sst 91b) (Hunter) 3 The following also ran :—Ceres, Saline filly, Ruth, Ross more, Passion, and Rupert's dam colt. Majority against the second reading 2 When the division-paper was handed to Mr. Selwyn there were loud cheers from the Opposition, and some mo ments elapsed before silence was restored. When the num bers were at length announced the result was received with renewed cheering. Betting-2 to 1 agst Douche, 3to 1 agst Rossmore, and 6to 1 agst Event. Nofaing else was backed. Copia was weighed for by Smith, and her number exhibited on the telegraph, but she did not get to the post in time to start. Ruth, Event, and Ceres ran in front until they crossed the road, when the favourite closed with them, and soon after wards had her head befcre Event. She then came away, and won very cleverly by a length, a similar distance sepa rating the third from the second. Ruth finished fourth, close up. The winner was bought in for 165 guineas. The Inkerman Plate of 50 soya (handicap), for all ages. Half a mile. Winners extra. Mr. G. Hod man's Shille:agh, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Challoner) 1 Captain Coat es's Hesper, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ....(Custanee) 2 Mr. Saxon's Paresseuse, 3 yrs, sst 101 b.. (J. Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Julia, Fravola, Woman in Red, Antwerp, Miss Emma, Gaberdine, Santa Claus, Francatelli, Tarragona, Castor Oil, Miss Newlands, Hope filly, Tom Sayers, and Cairncastle. Betting -4 to 1 agst Tom Sayers, 7to 1 each agst Shil lelagh and Hesper, 8 to 1 each agst Miss Julia and Miss Emma, 10 to 1 each agst Woman in Red and Paresseuse, and 12 to 1 agst Fravola. _ _ _ After two or three breaks away the flag was lowered to a scrambling start. The front rank was compossd of Miss Julia, Shillelagh, Hesper, and Paresseuse ; the favourite and one or two others getting badly off, were left some dis tance in their rear. In this way they ran to the half dis • tance, where Miss Julia was in trouble, and the lead left with Hesper who appeared to have the best of it, to the Stand, where Challoner called upon his horse, and got up in the last few strides, and won very cleverly by a length ; two lengths separating the second and third; Miss Julia was fourth; the others were beaten off. THE BA77LE OF THE TARGETS AT SHOEBURY NESS. Tuesday was a grand field day at Shoeburyness. The annihilation of two first-class wooden men-of war, of the United States navy, by an armour plated ship, has agitated society in this country, from the lowest to the highest rank. We are sud denly awakened to the consciousness that we no longer possess a navy, and royalty even is aroused. A numerous and distinguished assemblage, includ ing H.R.H.,the Duke of Cambridge, the Dake of Sutherland, the Duke of Somerset, and other Lords of the Admiralty, a large number of naval and mili tary officers and high officials, Sir John Hay, M.P., and Mr. W. Fairbairn, with their colleagues of the Iron Plate Committee, several eminent shipbuilders, engineers, and gentlemen interested in the great question of the day, including Sir William Arm strong, were on the ground as spectators of a trial of strength between the Warrior and Fairbairn targets, as well as of experiments with the new Armstrong shunt gun. So intense Was the interest excited by this remarkable contest that fancy might picture the sensation as something akin to that experienced by the crowds who gazed on the fight between the Monitor and the Merrimac, on the banks of the James river and Hampton Roads. On a late occasion we recorded the damage suf fered by Mr. Fairbairn's target, from the screw bolts with which the plates were fastened breaking off at the nuts, inside the skin, from the effect of vibration. To render the description which follows clear we will remind our readers that this target consists of armour plates in close contiguity with the plates representing the skin of a ship, without any backing, whilst the Warrior target, which is a fac-simile section of the Warrior herself, is provided with eighteen inches of teak between the armour plates and the skin. Since, this last trial, when the former target had to draw off like the Merrimac for repairs, the broken bolts were re placed by others more securely fastened, some by means of screws and nuts, others by riveting and counter-sinking the bolts at both ends. The nuts were screwed up against washers of iron and vari ous soft or elastic materials, as wood, india-rubber, and spun yarn, and .thin sheets of india-rubber or felt were interposed between the armour plates and the skin, the object of these arrangements being to prevent the vibration which had been so disastrous at the last trial. Not to disturb our narrative, it may here be mentioned that the india-rubber and felt packing between the iron surfaces answered their purpose, as the screw and rivet bolts stood admirably the most tremendous shocks, but the in sertion of yielding material between the nuts and the skin turned out to be a mistake, the bolts which broke being some of those so provided, but of the other bolts and countersunk rivets not one was broken. The Fairbairn target, thus refitted, we may say figuratively, came out of port, and challenged the Warrior section, which may be supposed, looked on contemptuously proud of her former victory—at all events, her constructors did. The two targets stand side by side, are of the same dimensions, 20 feet by 10 feet, and with the difference before mentioned, similar in construction. As regards the backing to the armour plates, it was a contest between iron and wood. For five hours, like the American iron sides, these targets encountered a continuous bat tery of projectiles. The Warrior having in her trial in October received a large amount of punishment, was on this occasion fired at only by solid shot, weight 1561b5, with the Armstrong successive charges of 40 lbs and 50 lbs of gunpowder. The Fairbairn was hammered at incessantly with rounds of shell, and 68-pounder round shot from smooth bores, and 110 mad 140-pounder solid shot from Armstrongs, the last from a shunt gun. We will not attempt to give a detailed account of this remarkable feat of arms, in which the antagonist forces suffered heavy damage, and were both so much disabled as to be rendered hors de combat. The technical de tails would occupy too much time, and not be so interesting or instructive to the public as a descrip tion of the most noticeable features and general results. The Warrior was attacked by the Armstrong guns, intended, when rifled, to fire 300-Ib. bolts, but now, being a smooth bore, firing 150-lbs. round shot, four of which formidable missiles were hurled representative of the noble ship, two withagainst 4 h o- t lb e . two with 50-lb. charges, each shot sepa rately. No description can give an adequate con ception of the destructive power of these iron globes propelled with such heavy charges of powder. At a range of 200 yards, they rushed from the cannon's mouth against four different points of the target, and with wonderful precision, struck the points aimed at, and sweeping destruction followed each impact. The armour plates, 4 inches thick, were pierced through and through. The shot with s the smalle r charges (40 lb.) split and crushed sthmeairhoend or over a surface of three or four square feet, and caused deep cracks IS inches to 3 feet in length, the teak backing being splintered into match-wood. The 50-lb. cherges carried the two projectiles un resistibly through the armour plate and 18 inches of teak, and bursting through the ship's skin and iron ribs, one which struck a bottom plate buried itself in the thick balks of timber which form the foundation of the target, and may be considered as the gun-deck ; the other, which struck the upper part of a top plate, made a monstrous ragged hole through the thick iron and teak, and hurtled away through the air out to sea as if rejoicing at the havoc it had done. Evidently, if the Warrior in action had been penetrated by these four shots, unless she had inflicted equal damage on her 1862. adverSary, must have struck her colours. She re' puny efforts of man, has yielded from one o. ale ceived one wound between wind and water cf so quarries at Llangollen a single slab of slate which lacerated and ugly a character—which a bystander completely throws into the shade the works of the appropriately termed a compound fracture, smash- Butterley, the Elbw Vale, or other great workers. ing skin and bone and muscle and sinew—that the This monster slab is 19ft. 6in. long, 10ft. wide, and healing of that wound under fire would have been 3. in, thick—a monster slate for a national school. It impossible. The others were s o far fatal that they is the custom to classify slates as they are produced opened windows in the armour plates through which from the quarry according to sizes, known as those formidable explosive shells whilli made the Empresses, Queens, Duchesses, Countesses, and decks of the Cumberland and Con g reOs charnel Ladies. The list of female dignitaries having been enemy.t houses, could be poured into the ship by the. exhausted long before arriving at the present * . So much for the boasted prowess of the Vi ' t errier. dimensions, the exhibitors have been compelled to ,011 resort to other regions for names, and have accord- But do we from this catastrophe conclude that ie armour cannot be made in' nlnetable ? Far' frona j i ng ly called the present slab " a goddess." There it. A reference to our report of the fi rst trial o f ,' a re also in this department some gigantic pieces of 1 this target will show that from the de fecti h oa eatite iron, or kidney ore, some very large ve con • "f other descriptions of iron and copper ore, struction of the armour plates its speedy destruction , lurOps 4. and huge blocks of coal. The models for mining might be anticipated. 'collieries are very interesting, and the We are sorry to report that the rival mailed and workint: mg vessels with coal at the harbour structure, the child of the Iron Plate Committee, models of loan - I the port of Sunderland have fared no better or rather worse than the Warrior of Seaham ant at considerable expense, and section. At the close of the day, after suffering the been constructed suet essfully the appliataces for save assault of 10 distinct rounds, including 49 heavy illustrate very projectiles of e7cry kind before mentioned , except ing labour in come ection with this braech of our the terrible 1501 b Armstrong solid round shot, the industry and commerce. In the open s p a ce some Fairbairn was left in so miserably maimed and very elegant conservateeries are being erected;' the crippled a condition, that had she been a vessel en- largest and most highly decorated being one c,ln gaged in deadly strife with artillery she must have tributed by Mr. Ormson, of fjhelsea. Nearly oppo bsen in a sinki ng c ondition. But the Iron Com site to this is a basin, on a pedestal, formed out mittee galla n tly f oug ht their ship to the last, deter - of a solid block of Aberdee,n granite. It is finely mined to ascertain her defensive properties with polished,but has a very clumsy look in consequence the view of determining the weak a well as the of the enormous size of its support. The extensive strong points of the system of armour plat: g which collection of agricultural implements requires but this specimen illustrates. little labour to complete its arrangement. Ail the In an experimental noint of view too tatichpralße principal agricultural machinists and engineers are cannot b e given to the members of the special corn- exhibitors, and, reduced as their claims for space mittee for the energy, perseverance, and intelli- , haere necessarily been, they still occupy a very large gence they displayed in conducting the day's pro- area in this portion of the building. cedings. In spite of wretched weather, and tramp- The western annexe is still a scene of active and ling in mud and slush, they were engaged in their energetic labour. The heavy masses of machinery useful labours from ten to past five o'clock. Mr. are by no means easily moved, and as fast as the Fairbairn, who took the command, being the most waggons are :unloaded their contents serve only to active and persevering up to the last moment, con- add to the increased confusion in the building. The tinually urging the artillery to new trials of goods of near 100 exhibitors have yet to be re strength in this remarkable combat. ce i ve d i n this set ,lion. A coremencem ent has been ' The Lords of the Admiralty, as w ell as the Duke made with the putting together of the pal:' of marine of Cambridge, evinced a laudable anxiety in watch- engines of Messrs. Penn and Son. ing and examining the effects produced. At the Among the most Interesting of the recent arr. ivals sound of " cease firing," they took the lead iii the of goods are some admirably finished Armstro llg throng which rushed from the cover of casemates, guns for field and sea service. It was stated 13,° and observed attentively the effect of every shot. some of our contemporaries a few days shine that Many of them were seen mounting by a ladder to the War-office had countermanded the order for a giddy height on the timber which represented sending the articles previously intended for exhibi the upper deck of the Warrior, to scrutinise the tion. The guns and gun-carriages, and mortars, extent of internal damage caused by that destroy- and old sixty-eights which are now in the building ing missile which fled away seawards, leaving a are the best evidence of the intentions of her Ma round hole bigger than a man's head. We will not jestv's Government in this respect. At the Exhi vouch for the Royal Duke having gone aloft, but bition of 1851, Mr. Cobden, who was one of the certainly the Duke of Somerset was at the post of commissioners, proposed that all weapons of war danger. should be excluded, on the ground that the world These experimental trials have been most in- was about to inaugurate the reign of peace. It was structive, and in that sense successful. They were only when the late Sir R. Peel, supported by some carried out in the way so strongly urged by the others of the Royal Commissioners, pointed out that Mechanics' Magazine. The targets were attacked important branches of industry were connected with a outrance, and the results were invaluable. Many the production of these " vile guns," and other im minor points are d e cisiv e ly se ttl e d. It would be an plements of warfare, that the point was conceded. elaborate work not suited to a hebdomidal survey of The last ten years do not seem to have brought us scientific and mechanical events, to enter into a any nearer to the millenium of the Peace Society, minute analysis of the p rac ti ca l resu lts of this really and the questions which at the present time oc effective artillery practice on iron armour-plated cupy, perhaps, the largest share of public atten structures, but we will briefly describe the facts tion are those connected with the preparations which seem to be definitely determined. for defence. Since 1851 the volunteers have sprung Ist. The little dependence to be placed on into existence, and the rifles of Turner, Whitworth, through bolts, or any kind of fastening exposed at Henry, and others will be examined with as amount the surface to the impact of projectiles; indeed, we of interest which ten years since it was never may say, their self-destroying character was clearly dreamt would be shown in them by the thousancie proved. Five or six of the bolts, of which the of Englishmen who have learnt to use them. The heads were struck by shot, were instantaneously Birmingham and London makers will he well repre converted into powerful wedges, which taking up sented, and every stage in the process of manufac the momentum were driven through the 4/ inch tare of the Enfield rifle will also be illustrated. The plate, and split the iron asunder. One bolt, after royal carriage works at Woolwich will send some performing this destructive exploit most effectively, fine specimens of their workmanship. A device has by literally dividing a massive plate into two parts, been cut in the hardest description of wood, called f th, escaped through the target, whizzing away to sea. 2. Bolt holes were positively proved to be a source of weakness, for in a dozen places long and deep cracks were caused in zig-zag lines from one hole to another. It was, in fact, demonstrated that the through bolts and their holes greatly aggravated the damaging effects of the artillery fire, which un questionably would have been less destructive if more secure modes of fastening had been adopted. 3. Wood as a backing is utterly condemned ; whatever its advantage to prevent vibration and protect the ship's skin, it undoubtedly facilitates the demolition of the plates and the rupture of the fastenings. This is the case of the Warrior, and applies to the wooden ships intended to be armour plated. _ _ " the beam wood," used in the carriage manufactory at Woolwich, for the purpose of testing the capa bilities of the band or endless saw. The device which has been cut by the saw represents the rose, shamrock, and thistle, surmounted by the crown, and beneath it are the words " Royal Carriage De partment, Woolwich Arsenal." Mr. O'Connor is preparing a great display of stained glass. It will be exhibited in the gallery opposite the entrance from the Cromwell-road, and near the cross gallery leading to the range of picture galleries. Above the space to be occupied by the stained glass there is one of the inscriptions, with a slight verbal alteration, which was selected by the late Prince Consort for the shilling catalogue of the last exhibition. It is— 4. The arrangement of armour-plates close to the skin of an iron ship without an intermediate back ing is exemplified by the Fairbairn target to be wrong in principle. We will make no further commentary, leaving facts to speak for themselves. The performances of the day were brought to a close by a little interlude, both interesting and in structive. A system of backing plates with plaited iron wire and wood on the plan of an inventor whose name we did not learn, was submitted to trial by the Iron Plate Committee. Four small targets, ingeniously constructed for comparative trials, were fired upon with a 6-lb. conical ball from a small piece with the same charge. Each target was of the same dimensions, and contained the same weight of materials. No. 1 was all iron ; No. 2 and 3, iron and plaited wire of different thickness; and No. 4, iron, wood, and wire in layers one over the other, the iron in every case outside. No. 1 repelled the shot, receiving only a slight indentation ; No. 2 and 3 were penetrated through the iron plate, and nearly through the wire backing ; and No. 4 was pierced through and through, showing conclusively " The progress of the human race, resulting from the common labour of all men, ought to be the final object of the exertion of each individual. In pro moting this end we are carrying out the will of the Great and Blessed God." Considerable disappointment is felt at the refusal of the commissioners to grant to the National Life. boat Institution space for the exhibition of one of their lifeboats. In 1851 the society's exhibition was a most interesting one, and additional import ance was given to it by the very liberal prizes which were offered by the Duke of Northumberland for the best lifeboat which should be exhibited. It is hard, indeed, that in a great exhibition of the world's industry there should not be found room for a life boat. Last year 743 lives were saved through the instrumentality of these boats and the heroic crews who manned them. Among those who may visit the Exhibition there will be hundreds of thousands from inland towns, and even from the metropolis itself, who have never seen a lifeboat, and who will be unable from a small model to form anything like a correct appreciation of this useful invention. the total inefficiency of wood or any yielding sub stance as a backing. Another system of armour-plating, the invention of Captain Inglis, of the Royal Engineers, was to have been experimented upon ; but no time was left for the trial of his plan, which consists of wrought iron planks crossing each other in alternate layers, and secured by screw bolts. We understand this trial 'will come off in a few days. We also observed that active preparations are in progress on the ground for the erection of Mr. Scott Russell's and Mr. Samuda's targets, which are in a forward state, and will be subjected to the searching test of artil lery as soon as possible. THE INTERNATIONAL PRINCE CONSOR2'S MEMORIAL FUND. Yesterday afternoon a preliminary meeting was held in the council room of the Society of Arts, with a view to taking into consideration the steps neces sary to be adopted in order to afford opportunities for the great mass of the people who are anxious to contribute to send in their subscriptions to the me morial to the late Prince Consort. The meeting was entirely of a private inaugural kind, and only assembled to discuss the best course to be adopted to receive small subscriptions throughout the coun try. As a matter of course it acts in entire accord ance with the chief committee, presided over by the Lord Mayor. That committee, however, has from the commencement received almost exclusively the contributions of the upper classes. These have now reached a very large sum, but it is evident, from the mass of correspondence which has reached the com mittee from all parts of the country, that a very much larger sum is ready to be subscribed, and only waiting the establishment of local and district com mittees in the various counties to be sent in at once. There are in all upwards of 13,000 parishes in the United Kingdom, and it is not by any means a san guine estimate to suppose that, with a properly or ganised system of local committees to receive the contributions ready to be forwarded, at least £3 or £4 on the average would be given in each parish, which in the aggregate would form au d am em pl o e ri s a u l. m for the completion of the most splendi. m Among those who attend ed were the Duchess o f Norfolk, tthheemmeeatriangoiya e o s f te s r a d l a is y . bury, the Duke m the ah e a Countess a Lady D er by, the Earl and Countess Manners , Viscount Torrington, Lord H. Lennox, e f St. M.P., the Hon. Frederick Byng, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the Rev. Canen Lonsdale, Mr. John Kelk, Mr. Pownall, Count Strzelecki, the Chaplain-Gene ral of the Forces, &c. The eastern annexe has made considerable pro gress during the last few days ; but all the exer tians of Mr. Robert Hunt, Mr. E. V. Liddon, Mr. Quin, and Mr. Thomas will be required in order to have the goods arranged. The goods shown in this portion of the building are those which form the basis of our trade and commerce, and the source of nearly all the wealth of the country. These pro ducts of the soil, and of the forest, and of the mine, the machines for tilling the land, for sowing the see d, and gathering the harvest, for working the mines, or the models for smelting the ores of iron and copper and tin, may not be so attractive to the eye as pictures that glow on the walls of the long galleries, or the wares that glitter in the depart ment of the silversmiths and jewellers; but they nevertheless possess undoubted interest, and must prove highly instructive. There is, for instance, a monster iron rail, rolled in one piece by the But terley Company. It is 117 feet in length, and is rather more than one ton in weight, or very nearly 601 b. to the yard. But it was fashioned into its pre sent form by one enormous rolling mill. When first taken in hand by the huge machine it was a rough block of glowing metal, and it was pressed, and compressed, and squeezed at the top and bottom acid at the sides, by powerful rollers that compelled it to piss through gradually decreasing openings until the block of six feet in length was attenuated into the bar of 117 f ee t, being the largest bar of railway iron which the world has yet produced. Near this monster bar is an iron plate not less won drous as a curiosity of metallurgic industry. It is 14ft. long, sft. wide, and 41-in. thick. This slab of iron has been smoothed out into its present form by a succession of ma ssive rollers, j us t as li nen i s smoothed in the press or mangle. In these gigantic specime ns we see manufacturin g process applied in the first stage to the produce of the mine. If the visito r will turn aside he will see that nature her self, as though determined not to be outdone by,the The Marquis of Salisbury having t a k en t h e chair, letters were read from the Bishop o f O x f or d , and also from the Primate expressin g th e i r regret at not being able to attend the meeting. The latter added "I shall be ready to concur so far as lam able in whatever means may be thought desirable for promoting the object which we all have so much at heart, and which, I am sure, needs only to be generally made known in order to elicit the ready sympathy of every class in the country." After some short discussion upon each, the fol lowing lowing Were put and carried unani mously : It was moved by Lord H. LENNOX, and seconded by the Hon. A. KINNAIRD,— " That this meeting cordially agrees with the report of the Council, and heartily concurs in the proposal that arrangements be made to afford to 2 L. SUPPLY. The house then went into Committee of Supply, when a resolution was agreed to granting a sum of £1,000,000 to pay off Exchequer Bonds. Certain bills were forwarded a stage. Sir G. GREY obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to Corrupt Practices at Elections of Mem bers of Parliament, after explaining its provisions. In a committee of the whole house, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a bill for the incorporation, regulation, and winding .up of trading companies and other associations. Leave was likewise given to Mr. HUNT to introduce a bill to give greater facilities for summoning persons on juries. Mr. HUNT moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the present system of payment of the expenses of prosecutions, and to report whether it is desir able that any alteration should be made in that system. The motion was agreed to, after some remarks and expla nations by Sir G. Grey, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. S. Booth. Leave was given to introduce a bill to provide for the 3ducation and maintenance of pauper children in certain schools and institutions ; and a bill to provide for the better assessing and collecting the poor-rates in Scotland in re spect of subjects of small annual value. _ On the motion of Mr. COWPER to nominate the select committee on the Thames Embankment Bill, Mr. CRAWFORD protested against the constitution of the committee. After some discussion, the committee was nominated. The remaining business having been disposed of, the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. SPORTING IN7ELLIG.ENCE. EPSOM SPRING MEETING-THURSDAY. The dreariness of the morning had doubtless some effect on the attendance at this meeting on its opening day, yet the Stand was filled nearly as well as usual, although the sides of the course and " The Hill" showed but a scanty array of carriages. Our remarks last summer on the dun geon allotted to the officials, the jockeys, and the Press for the transaction of business have, it seems, been partially at tended to. The black boards, still used for a telegraph, no longer obstruct the narrow entrance of the weighing place, but the present progress of racing arrangements ought to induce the managers of a place of sport, such as Epsom is, not to suffer their popular meeting to remain the most in convenient in England. They are unable, or unwilling, to see the proper site for a trainers' stand, which ought to be behind the judge's box, and might be above a model weigh ing house. The day's sport had sufficient interest to amuse the spec tators, and good fields started for every race. In the chief event, Sawcutter, the winner, appearing not to have pleased his friends at home, was by no means a favourite, but he won in a common canter. The 2-yr-olds do not seem to be a very formidable lot, but we expect to hear again of more than one of the older horses. The Trial stakes of 60 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; 3-yr-olds 7st 11b, 4-yr-olds Bst 71b, 5-yr-olds Bst 131 b, 6 and aged 9st, mares allowed 61b, and geldings 31b. One mile. 16 subs. Count Lagrange's Arcadia, 3 yrs, 6st llb .. (Hunter) 1 Mr. Merry's Costa, 3 yrs, 7st llb (H. Covey) 2 Mr. Saxon's Brown Duchess, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Midgeley) 3 Lord Ailesbury's Cantine, 6 yrs, 9st (3. Goater) 4 The following also ran :—Disappointment, The Sage, Equator, Blackcoek, Beneventum, Rosabella, Necromancer, Mystery filly, Amalthea, Commerce, The Saxon, and Rapture. Betting-7 to 4 agst Brown Duchess, sto 1 agst Cantine, 6 to 1 each agst Arcadia and Costa, 7 to 1 agst Blackcock, and 10 to 1 agst any other. After one slight failure a capital start was effected. Can tine, next the rails, jumped off with a slight lead, followed by the favourite, Equator, Blackcock, Arcadia, and Costa, the others lying in a cluster at their heels, the last of all being Amalthea. On entering the old course Brown Duchess took the command, and with Cantine and Equator came on with the running some two or three lengths in ad vance of the nest division, at the head of which were Rosa belle, Costa, Arcadia, and Blackcock, in which way they ran to half way down the hill, where Mr. Parr's colt was disposed of, and his place was taken by Blackcock, closely followed by Arcadia and Costa. Crossing the tanroad Can tine gave way, and was passed in succession by Blackcock, the French representative, and Costa, to which lot the race was confined. Half way in the distance Blackcock was beaten and dropped into the rear, Arcadia at the same time, in company with Costa, joined Brown Duchess, the former getting her head in front at the Stand, and won very cleverly by two lengths. Brown Duchess finished a bad third ; Cantine fourth ; Necromancer was fifth ; Commerce sixth; and Blackcock next; the others were widely distri buted, and were pulling up as they passed the Stand, the last being Rapture. The Heathcote Plate of 50 soya (handicap) for all ages. New T.Y.C. ; three-quarters of a mile. Winners to carry 51b extra. Mr. Payne's Rockley, 5 yrs, 6st 1210 (Drew) 1 Mr. Saxon's Hopeful Duchess, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (J.Grirnshaw) 2 Capt. Coates's Hesper, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b.... (G. Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Lord of the Manor, Cantab, Overton, Dux, Reprieve, Hartington, Prince Frederick, Freestone, and Chrysalis. Betting---2 to 1 agst Rockley, 6to 1 agst Dux, and Bto 1 each agst Ilesper and Lord of the Manor. Immediately the flag was lowered Hopeful Duchessrushed to the front, and made the running at a good pace, having Reprieve next the rails, Hesper, Rockley, and Lord of the Manor in close attendance. Crossing the road the leading horses get close together, but, on reaching the distance, Reprieve fell back, and Rockley, with Hesper at its girths, joined Mr. Saxon's filly, the three running in company to the stand enclosure, where they were joined by the heavy weight, but in a few strides further the latter was disposed of, the three placed finishing the race home, Rockley, who got up a few strides from the chair, winning, with nothing to spare, by three parts of a length ; Hopeful Duchess finished two lengths in advance of Hesper, who was third, Lord of the Manor fourth, Dux fifth, and Reprieve next ; the others were beaten off a long way. The City and Suburban Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft , and only 5 if declared, with 100 added; winners extra • the second to receive 25 Boys out of the stakes ; the last 11 mile ; 149 subs, 50 of whom pay 5 soya each, Mr. R. C. Naylor's Sawcutter, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Merry's Vest colt, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (H. Covey) 2 Mr. J. H. Smith's Fitz-Avon, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Adams) 3 Mr. J. Smith's Vancouver (51b extra), 4 yrs, 7st llb (Clement) 4 The following also ran :—Palestro, Camerino, General Hess, Nemesis, Croagh Patrick, Suburban, Confectioner, Astarte, Phantom, Highflyer, Grey Hen colt, Entremet, Ducat, Tuberose, Oberon, Brighton, Lord Stanley, Bosh, Limosina, and Olive Branch. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Vancouver and Ducat, 100 to 12 agst Phantom, 9 to 1 agst Suburban, 11 to 1 agst Pales tro, 100 to 6 agst the Vest colt, 25 to 1 each agst Olive Branch, Camerino, and Sawcutter, 1,000 to 30 agst Nemesis, and 60 to 1 agst Entremet. Little or no time was lost in the weighing out, and shortly after the hour set down the two dozen left the paddock, followed the started to the post, and were despatched, after a short delay, in a compact body. On settling into their places, Vancouver was seen to head the van, but be fore he had proceeded many strides he was passed by Astarte, who came on with a clear lead, having for immediate fol lowest Confectioner, Olive Branch, Croagh Patrick, Ducat, and Suburban, Vancouver, who headed the rear division, lying in the centre some two or three lengths away, the last three being Fitz-Avon, Sawcutter, and Phantom. On rounding the turn into the old course Astarte gave way, and was passed by the Vest colt, who, in company with Ducat, Croagh Patrick, Suburban, and Olive Branch, came on in a body, the others headed by Fitz-Avon, the Gray Hen colt, and Sawcutter, lying close in their wake, the pace mending considerably as they descended the hill. On fairly entering the straight the colours of the Vest colt were still seen in advance, Olive Branch lying on his whip hand, with whom were Suburban, Confectioner on the lower side, Fitz - Avon, and the favourite, the severity of the pace having disposed of the rear division. On reaching the distance, Challoner, who had bided his time, brought Sawcutter through his horses, and halfway in the rails he took the command, followed by Mr. Merry's colt and Fitz-Avon. Vancouver and Suburban at the same time disappeared from the contest, leaving Saweutter, who was never approached, to canter in a winner by three lengths, Vest colt ol?taiying -.....%. ....._ everyone who desires it the opport u nity of taking part iu the intended national memo ial of affection , and gra\titu de to the Prince Consort.? Th e second resolution, moved by Mi• .H.POWICALL, - and seconded by Mr. KELK, was,-- "That a general committee be api )ointed, which shall represtent all interests and all classes in the country, to give effect to the foregoing resolution by their collecave and individual assistan co in the for mation of kcal sub-committees and im the receipt of subsmiptions." The third resolution , which was moat d by the Rev. G. GLEIG, the Chaplain-Gtneral, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. MARTIN, decided, .' 4 That a central executive committee be appointed, whose especial duty it shall be to make know n to eac h jejlividual residing either in the parishes .and hamlets t." 4 the United Kingdom, or in the colonies, the characte of such memorial as may he approved by her Alajesty,• o i.nd to obtain the subscriptions of all who desire to ,ntribute to the fund; and th at ea. the committee be ins.'meted to appoint a chairmam and a vice-chairman, as well as a treasurer." The fourth resolution .appointed Mr. Le Neve Foster, Mr. S. Redgrave, an d Mr. John M. Clabon as honorary secretaries; why),' the thanks of the • meeting were also passed to the noble marquis for his conduct in the chair. AN MY NATUR 9L DAU9II2:". Yester 'cleY morning an inquiry was held a t the Jacob's La.ider Tavern, New Inn - yard, Shoredi: teht Humphreys, the Middlesex corone. r t by Mr. John t ou ching the t..leath of Mrs. Mary Evans, aged TN which took pia ecl finder circumstances that have given rise to a b e lief that her end was hastened by" systematic cruelty. The first witness called wa s David Evans, 21, Is• r e l c ion-street, son of deceased, who said that she was' the widow of a respectable s i l . , ce her husband's death , c ow-keeper, but had, been in very reduced eit eumstances. She was obliged to carry out milk to sell, and was often in want. She resided with her d%,,ughter, who ill-used her dreadfully. Witness had himself frequently' s een his sister beat her savagei:v, and he would r ather not state what he had heard ~' ,the had done to her. Catherine Ann Evans, the daub,-titer, said — Deceased lived with me, and she had j.leen ,piling some time past. Last Thursday she said she was u nable to go out with the milk, and she stayed home. The next morning I accompanied her whi-'e she took round the cans as usual. In Bath-street ; , she let the cans fall and spilt a lot of the milk ; she fell herself directly afterwards. I had to drag her ad the milk cans home as well as I could, and she a d , i e , t 1 that night. I got no doctor for her , I di d not qi " her down in the street for spilling the milk' I was 4 'runk that day, I know. Don't thini% I 1 1 1 )- knoe L -silk myself and then knocked her over ,`er it fall. I was so drunk that day and t he ' next that. T did not know m y mother was dead. I was not awe 're that I was hugging a corpse for tw o setttitnh; -ents, I can't be hanged for that. 1 - of a living body. That was no sin, I days instead \ duty by her, but I had not much hope—at all el, not let her live as she liked.—Dr. always did my , on Friday last he was informed means, so I could and he went and found Burchell said the from the effects of great 1 that deceased was a,ving , I v er in some remedies, but it her evidently suffe_Ti , qg d au cMer would not allow theta hardships. He sent a vost-mortem examintr was said that her s congested, but ne to be taken. He made tion, and found all the vtlese.l marks of violence to accouilt for death. There were, however, signs of g reat privation. The immediate cause of death w as ,an ei.ffusion into the pericardium, which exhaustion an want of the necessaries of life would tend to product The jury returned a verdict in accordance w ith ti2e medical t es timony,, and expressed their indignation decea at the s unnatura l and unfeeling conduct of sed' hter. dau 1g _ • (70UN711 MARKLAAS. LYNN—APRIL 8. The supply of vvheat was moderate, and the trade rule& at fully last week's: prices for all descriptions. Barley, both m alting and grind'i,ng samples, commanded fully former rates. Beans and pa as continue unaltered in value. Old white 56 s to 60s 8ar1ey...... 34 s to 3634 54 g to 55s ` Oats .. ' 3 19 4 37s to 390, . to 48s I Peas 22s to 260, Beans NEWA RK—APRIL 9. 'Ned, more difficult to bu and in some instances 15 There was a fair amount of wheat and barley at mark et yo 31e to-day; late prices were rou ens higher. Oats unaltered. Th. Barley / grinding.. 29s t White wheat new, 60s to 638 "' old Red do. s ss to 51 0 I Cats, ~. OOB to 36 1 Old white 6os to 63 s Ns wdo 23s to 210 Red do 4 6 s to 66s i Beau ' 5 .• 458 to 41 15 Barley, malting.... 32 s to 39s 1 Beans, new 448 to -- 5 Pea,s, ....48 8 to 541.% PLYMOUTH—APRIL 8. The market was moderately attended, with a flat demancl for wheat and flour at about the last week's rates. White wheat, 658 to 665; red, 63s to 64s per qr; French do., 6 06 ' to 625; American, 61 s to 63 5; Spanish, 74s to 765; Rte_. sian, 60s to 625. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s pec qr for malting ; grinding, 28s to 3'08; oats, 22s to2Bs; beans, —s to —s ; flour, 43s to 449 6d. EDINBURGH GRAIN—APRIL 9. Wheat on the top Od down •" average Os bd down. Barley on the. top is Od up. average Os 4d up. Oats on the top 2s Od down average Os 5d down. Beans on the Is top Od up. ..ave.rage Os 4d do wn. Total Supply, and Sales. Wheat ~.1103 qrs Sold 740 qrs 8ar1ey........ 728 qrs Sold L 555 qrs Oats ..1321 qrs Sold 7'26 qrs Beans ll9 qrs Sold ,88 qrs CO: ,K—APRIL 9. The following were tho quotations this morning:—R l wheat, 22s 9d to 24s ; 31s Od to —s Od; barley Od to 12s Od ; oats, 12s Od to 15s Od. DERBY SMITNPI.,SLD—APRIL 8 a clearano, There was a less supply of fm.` beasts to-day, and the buyers were plenty, with 'I effected. The supply of sheep was large (the greater pax 't out of their wool) ; sales flat. A short show of fat pigs. Fat and store calves were a large show Beet 6d to bid Mutton .... 71d to Sid Pork . ... ..... 51 Lamb Veal ........... 6dd to 61d to 60 Od to Od Rough 'fat, 4s 3d per store. Hides, 3d to 41c1; calf oldns, 6d to 6d. .............. - -- FOREIGN MAIL PACA.ET MAILS DUE. 1 15. Aute.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton.- April .„ via Marseilles ..... •• • April si" .drazil and Cape Verds, by British packet... May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Sr. Helaus, May 3 . China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampt,ln April 18. via Marseilles ... A-Pril °. 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Lion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to greatest4ts7h:elceircortuwnswei.thll.WtLhaeotncdhoen sten. E.C.—Established .c f i r certainty itanantbdyli safets hheedwblay:cp:o:bteostnardecapetiepdt tool a remittance. —J. W. Benson, 33 a nd 34 , Ludgate-bill, 46 831" BIRTHS. ALLAN.—On the 7th inst., at Lee, Kent, the wife of P hu Allan, Esq., of a son. S it MARSHALL. —On th e 9th inst. at at 5, Circus-road, w John's-wo o d, M rs. C. H. Marshall,' of a son. TENN/ SON.—On the 9th inst., at 42, Gloucester- street, the wife of H orat i o Tennyson, Esq., of a son. WARNER.-0n the 9th inst., at Tunbridge, Kent, thew ifa of G. D. Warner, solicitor, of a daughter. *MARRIAGES. HAMILTON—MoNTirm.--On the Bth inst., at Broil Crieff, William Hamilton, Esq , A.C.S., Edinburgh/ ° Barbara M'Laurin, second daughter of Alexander Moir' teith, Esq , of Broich and Duchally. JACOBS—HART.—On the 9th inst. Lewis Jacobs, of 146, Strand, to Emily, second daughter of the late John flare Esq., of Tavistock• square. DEATHS. BERNERS.--On the Sth inst., at Calais, Arthur Bernet* Esq.. BLOCKEY.—On the Bth inst., at Clapham, Mr. John Blockey, aged 58, Cony.—On the 9th inst., at Worthing, Emily, the eldest daughter of Henry Cory, Lincoln's-inn. DRAKE.—On the Bth inst., at Plymouth,-Miss Elizabeth EL: i i f s e o o rr f Drake, aged 78. E s q., and, on the same dal? .— M On ha th el e jB.thEinniesot. a t Norfolk Cottage, n , , Sarah, EdWard Joseph, her infant son, aged six months. REPTON.—On the Bth inst., at Torquay, the Rev. Georg° Repton. TAPLIN.—On the 7th inst., at Gomshall Lodge, Guildford , Surrey, Edward Oliver TaPlin, Ebq., of Albury, Surrey , aged 62. LONDON : Pri nted and Published 1 b Y JOHN CIIAPI O/ of N 0.1 1 2, S trand, Printer, at THE SUN 0 _ ce, N 0. 1 1%, ISvitirdadnide,sexin.2 Friday, April 11, 1862. he Precinct of the Sav o y, i n th e C o unty 0 an 011 ilk also t,hi r 1110,