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erred to 348 to 29s to 248 to --0 4 iur and mod not Lind lo®t Tit- Lich rm give -ery EDINBU Rtt H (Reduced Fares), from Irongate wharf, Tower.- Saloon, 20s ; fore cabin, 15s ; deck (soldiers and sailors on'y),7B ild; return tickets (available for a month), iris and 22t3 Fd. The cheapest and quickest sea route by foe splendid new wr MN:111SIIIPS of the LONDON and RDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing every ednes day and Saturday, at i 0 morning. Apply at t he Spread . E ag l e, Regent-circus ; or at Irongate-wharf. irrE LONDON MAIN.TRUNK UNDER GROUND RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited.) 7 'This Company has been registered, and an influential ?Board of Directors is in course of formation for carrying out the above project. Any particulars or information can be obtained on application to Mr. CHARLES BAYLIS, N 0.30, Poultry, London. THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Com,anies' Act, 1812, by which the Liability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the amount of his Snares. Capital ,C , 5,000, in 25,090 Shares of £lO each. „ i (With power to increase to One Million Sterling.) Picot Issue 12,500 Shares, whet.: of a portion will be reserved for India. Deposit £1 par Share on application, and V on allotment. Cans not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less tbz'ee months between each call. DIRECTORS. "Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.8., Chairman,' late Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal. Colonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal:g a ll. way. Georg y e Co Compan stable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Cannon -street, E.G. Constable, ..ouncil of India. Sir Frederick Currie. Bart , Member of the Colonel French, Chairman of the Bom„ an d Baroda Rail way Company. Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director, of the Marine Insurance Com pany. John Robert Thomson, Esci_., Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young, Ee4., late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS. T. B. Walker, Esq 21. Hanover-square, and A Shareholder, tr, be elected at the First General Meeting. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Agra a:nd United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon street, 1 0 ,.c, The Lor.don and County Bank, Ma:lover-square, W. BANKERS IN INDIA. The Agra and United Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Upton, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin-'riars, E.O BROKER. Francis Burnand, Esq., 78, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14 County-ch imbers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) 2,lacdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices : —36, Cannon-street, Z.C., and 5, Parli ment-street, Westminster. The deficiency of Hotel accommodation in India, China, and other places in the East to whict, Europeans now resort in large and annually increasing numbers, is a subject of general complaint ; and it is e:,riaent that the development of the means of transit by °"..:ean and river steamers, and by railways, which has bee:., in rapid progress now for some years, must imperfect'_, as European inter' this want is ads fulfil all I's important objects, so far ...iurse with the East is conc:rned, until In England, ',l:lately supplied. ascertained and on the continent of Europe, it is now an . fact that the joint-stock system may most suc cessfully-. be applied to the establishment of Hotels of the first If this be so where good private Hotels before c 4', 184, ed in large numbers, there seems no reason to doubt th e an equal degree of commercial success is attainable by aPplication of capital, upon the same system. to the same ?bject, in countries where, thouirh the demand Is great and a ncreasing, it may almost be said that good private Hotels do not exist. In Calcutta a joint-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of an Hotel, and the pro spects of the enter v rise, a s a commercial speculation, may be interred from the very high premium at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" July 17, the „.glishman'a Weekly Mail" of June 8, 1863, and • 'Allen's 4 ndian Mail," viz., £25 paid , present value, £42i ex div., equal to 70 per cent. premium, and the payment of a dividend ct 10 per cent. for the half-year ending 30th April last, equal te 20 per cent. per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for the establishment of an Hotel ot a first class character. The earlyi completion of vast lines of railway converging in the and of Bombay, and the more frequent steam communica tion between that pert and Europe which will soon tak 3 Place, must very much increase the demand for such accom modation. Tice same may be said of Madras. It is under these circtunstances that the Oriental Hotels teeP"Y (Limited) is tatablished, in the confident belief that iivoo:tabne profelee,stso s t PPlication of Pdropean capital to India in this form will p ".,01e than useful. It is proposed, in the first ly the urgent requirements of Bombay and wi tpt de G'alle. There are equally important places which s u e., attaally engage the early attention of the Company, tn f or example as Madras. Singapore, and Kurrachee ; not t e - r s i Peak of many very important railway stations in the in -1„0, ot India, where there are now no Hotels at all, and at a comparatively small outlay, there is a large field Profitab e operations. The largerelass of the Company's Hotels will afford all the 'conveniences ot the best European Hotels, adapted to the t"llinate, and to the hibits of those for whom they are in tended; whilst, in even the smallest class, the health and comfort of the inmates will be carefully studied. It is intended to constitute local committees of management J 4 ~each Presidency where Hotels may be established. in the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not ' c lelb°,' subscribed for, no tooalltment will take place, and the ti e c rita will be returned the subscrib rs, without deduc mplothisthperoposed to a to shareholders 5 per cent. interest de clared. capital as p pa y id up, until the first dividend is de- Pros h ad Pectuses and forms of application for shares may be Secre t application to the Bankers, the Broker , or t he ary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). To the Di rectors of the Or i en t a l H o t e ls Company (Limited). Gentleme n ,— Having, paid to the Bankers of the above- I named Company the sum of £ , I hereby request that you will all ot me shares i n the said Company; and I agree to accept such shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and to become a Member of the Company, and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of Members in respect of the shares to be allotted to me, and I agree, to be bound by all the conditions and regulations con tained in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, in manner provided by "The Companies Act, 1852." I undertake to pay the balance (if any) of the Deposit of £2 per share on the shares allotted to me within ten days after notice of allotment, and in default thereof, I authorise you to cancel the allotment, and I agree that the Deposit paid shall be forfeited to the Company. Dated this day , 1881, Name in full Firm (if any) Business or Profession Place of Business Residence • CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHA.KSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B. Is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and 'they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Stratford-upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs. Smith, Payne, a n d C o , M essrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co , ba n k ers, London. Name. School. Monu mental MemoriaL General Fund for opening gardens and celebration of Festival. The Ric , ht Hon. Lord Leigh... E. F. Flower. Esq , Mayor Sir B. N. C. Hamilton, Bart, K.C.B Rev. G. Granville r• H. Bracebridge R. H. Hobbes W. 0. Hunt Edc , ar Flower Chaves E. Flower R. M. Bird E. Gibbs Th bourne n and Col or,wrybs, Alveston Lo James Cox and Son J. J. Nason Sarnman set W. J. Harding, Bara- W ......... C. Loggia .L. Norris.... ••• T. Warde,Clopton. W. Greener john Wa1ker........ R obt... john New .......... John Bachelor ...... John Baldwin, Lud dington ••'•' •• R. Gibbs •- . ........ 1 4. C. and G. (!allawa... */ Ch Thomas ... * e- as J Y. Wones, Loziey . . T. S. Burman . . Pearce . ..... G. T. Stn cote ....... X . Peacl;, .. c0te...... . ....... A. rowdy, lillesley J. Starkey Rhine hi 1 ................ West, A15c0t park............ Charles Luc Y•..... B. Lucy .......... E. P. Shirley ........ £ s. d. 10 10 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 1 e 5 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 10 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 25 0 0 ~ ........ 1 The Tercentenary C lion list to the nation. of the for thei rest their claims ahe up on birthplace of on ai rers of th al home,dm t he town he lu,g: £ s. d. IGS 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 10 0 0 5 5 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 Dramittee, in submitting the subscrip most earnestly appeal to the admirers r aid and assistance. The Committee the ground that Stratford is not only speare. but the centre of attraction to 'eat Poet's works, and that it was hie 'ed, and w h ere he lived and died. LUXURIANT E7ebrows Produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT% TONIC LOTION the stimulative proper . t E cant of which are untafling in their ' operation. Thomas lho - WHISKERS, Moustaches, and invites a trial from the most scetical, that they may be cm vinced of its infallible power. Price is. 6d ss. 6d., 10$. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on reek' tof postage stamp Elliott, hairgrower (first i loor i f, 51 F enchurCh-street _T. E. 8 wigs. 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CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic Establishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for 10s. 6d; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully announce that, in accordance with their custom at this season of the year, they will OFFER THIS DAY, and during' the month, their STOCK of FANCY SILKS, LIGHT DRESS FABRICS, LACES, RIBBONS, LINGERIE, EMBROIDERY, &c., at a VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICE. H., J., and CO., will offer, at the same time, a quantity of RICH FRENCH SILKS. principally MOIRE ANTIQUES, and a variety of beautiful ORGANDI MUSLINS, which they have recently purchased at about one-half the value./ THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer fans for Rain or for Wind. 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THELAUNDRESSES to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide say, that " BRIGGS' AUSTRALIAN srAuca needs but to be tried to be approved." Sole Wholesale Agent, Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley-by,Bow, London, E. TH r E 0X F ORD , OXFORD STREET. _ _ Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. AR RandallT HUß , J. H and BERTutchenson, RANDand the marvellous The HALL the newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is now one ofmost Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTE FINE A RT S Y HALL AND GALLERY. The Last Week of the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two Frew h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS NTATA from OPERAS, GLEES, and CAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. EVERY EVENING will be produced, with all the new OPTICAL EFFECTS, and by permission of J. H Pepper, Esq., THE GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester. ROYAL ALHAMBBA PALACE. The MAORI WARRIOR CHIEFS will make their RE .A PPEARANCE THIS EVENING. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The RISARELIS, EVERY EVENING during the Week. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Th e FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Ten o'clock. ROY AL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Signor and Signori FRANCESCO in a Grand Divertissement and Pas Deus—Operatic Selections from " Ernani " and " Lucia de Lammermoor.— Miss M'Greg - or, Mr. Laurence Albert, Signor Georgini, Mr. Vernon Rigby, tizo. &c. Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCR, H.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is =corn pcnied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W lliates, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barred and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary, ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. FRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. a MP S V.P. H A 3,, CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, . • ' FR • DEPUTY-CH AIRMAN— Th o mas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning, of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, Is 12,800 ; tor' which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended X 67 , 000 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense Of the generous sapport which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Dreply sensib;e, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, whi-h can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions £ s. d Her Majesty the Queen • • • • .. annual 50 0 0 Campbell, the Hon. Mr s• annual 5 0 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • Bankers •• .. annual 1 1 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs.,.. .. annual 10 0 0 .. 4th don.lo 0 0 Currie, Wm., Esq., • • • • .. don. 10 10 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice • • :Penwick, Gl. J., Esq., cost of a .. 250 0 0 Tran sporting Carriage • • • • • • .... don. 30 0 Panshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., L K.C.B. ife • u boat . a . nd 2 T d r d a O n n :2 5 0 0 ir r a aeY, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • • • . 7th don. 10 0 0 Al"'un, Sir Henry, Bart. • • • • ... don. 15 15 0 oore, Rev G. B. • • • • .. 30 0 g rain ' , Mrs. George, Greenwich • • • • annual 2 0 0 Tho tirl u ct , C t o a l ci li w r An est t o h n on s y u , p li er . - C m .B ar . 16 16 0 Ladyship ' • • Percival, and Willoughby • • • • • • • • • • annual 50 0 Y d'Eresb Lord .. • Y• Don ti s will be thankfully re . Donations and Annual Subscrip 011 erred by the Ranker sWeston-super-Mare, her and Bankers inth ... of 9 Co., 76, Lombard-stree • C0.,6 St. C 0.,, , Strand; Nies Herries, Farquhar. and ~ • James's-street, London srL ; by a:1 the Collectors of Customs ss M rs e . s C sr o s u • t W ts ill an is a and by the Secretary edtun the gd ln om sti ; t t ut . io m n e , Richard Lewis. Es e q. Uni a t t the Office of the Institution, 14, j art - area. AdelDbi, London, W.C. £ s. d. 50 o 0 ...... 6 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 5 5 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 2 10 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 52 10 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 ~~-~'~~ 9'~~~~- .;., Naval and military :41 • i t • • \ rko \ t , ,71 \\‘, - `fir , . 16,6 7. 111 , c•,..4 • 6 ~4 1 .01536, RO ...5^ N EW SPAPER THE NAVY. £ a Ten of the foreign manufactured armour-plates supplied to the Admiralty by Messrs. Petin Gaudet and Co., of France, have been selected at Portsmouth for trial, and will be tested in the usual manner with the 68-pounder gun in Porchester Creek, on Tuesday next, under the superinten3ence of Capt. Astley C. Key, C. 8., commanding the gunnery ship Excellent, at Portsmouth. Her Majesty's iron steam troopship Tamar, re cently built at Millwall by Messrs. Samuda, Wits yes terday despatched from Woolwich to Chatham to be fitted for service. In getting under way one of the yard, was wn a rrw c deia t dgsas o .sh r fio ' ty s fs off Aeeh m aseefTdp e tee n arruhrd s ptoma l ni.u i y p ure p f:aoh e trt l hoe:atx. rbe: droet t ddi h yo e nt oo, f atgangwaynhde the unfortunateand l a p s was e ot A new pilot lifeboat, 22ft. in length,Woolwichp Davenporto built eskiegvlhfa b -bztr y dyii tgs t rh, be l t i tly e_ of, i o n r g de , craonfntohtesßinokarbdyortiaAs reason o i r f al t t h y e , bfrutiadnecnffseeftnerd ibiyislieird c b a y s - es ll a r n . d Tu o r p n e e n r s t t u e r a n m ed s o t v or e e r s p d F fi i: l x e . d , tia ll b e es in t a l t o l u r . B :l. W e ri b l t lt to:l e f with The b w oa a t ter w i h t i c w h ill s of mid dle stre t n r g u t n he k , n through n g in about 15 seconds. The a a i p r na e di na which i e hn s a c hraenimds fastened o in v s e p a e b c le ti , o s tn o o, awwtshihtet which bht b ho e t eah e t eeaxsfociopleryep open tiaothkuneebonef purpose u u hpr t eaps f l o o so s, r ne g her lengthways. Should any water penetrate into the trunk by any unforeseen mishap it can be cleared out readily by the removal of some metal screws in the lower part of the sides of the trunk. But should the boat by any possibility ship a sea, filling her entirely, it would run out is 15 seconds. If a small quantity of water should find its way into the joints of the cases they .can be emptied by taking up the short piece of midship bottom board and the case under each side. The sailing qualities of the life ' boat were tested at various times in the river pre ' paratory to her being despatch ed from Woolwich her yard. sails O were e o r n e e occasion sets hed h co continued t u i r n i u n e gah e with her gunwale 12 inches under wat er. The boat is ordered to undergo an additional c ourse of sea trials at Devonport for the information of t he Lords of the Admiral 4. i r gh coursew i nd buoyantly PR1CE.....-..4d. STAMPED ....sd. these guns were constructed before any experiments upon them had been concluded. A statement has been prepared by Mr. Whiffin, one of the Assistant Accountants-General of the War Office, showing the cost of guns and projectiles obtained from the Elswick Ordnance Company, compared with the rates of those produced at the Royal Arsenal, Wool wich. According to this statement, taking the class of stores which have been supplied from Elswick and from Woolwich, and which there fore admit of a direct comparison, the sum of £242,173 10s• 61. on an expenditure of £393,275 10s. lid. would have been saved to the public had these guns, projectiles, and fuzes, supplied by the Elswick Ordnance Company, beer. manufactured in the Royal Arsenal. The value of this comparison rests entirely upon the accuracy of the principles upon which the cost of the articles produced at Woolwich has been arrived at, and the evidence on this subject is conflicting. The committee believe the Armstrong field-gun is the best known for field purposes. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding in Chief states that, in his opinion, Sir W. Armstrong's system surpasses in completeness any other, and his conviction is that England in this respect is ahead of any other country. Col. Bing ham, Adjutant-General of Artillery, states that he is perfectly satisfied with the Armstrong field-gun. At the same time, some of the military officers examined state that, in their opinion, we ought not entirely to rely (for field ar tillery) on breech-loading guns, as they are com plicated and liable to injuries from rough handling and : various accidents, and are in clined to retain a proportion of muzzle-load ing guns for horse artillery. The failure of some of these field ! guns appears to have arisen from faulty manufacture. With respect to the 110- pounders, it is on all hands admitted that, although useful as chase guns, they ought not to be intro duced into the naval service as broadside guns. They were originally required for use against wooden ships, and whilst not sufficiently powerful for penetrating iron-plated ships, are as yet impel . - feet for general naval service, owing to the diffi culty of managing and manufacturing the vent piece. Nevertheless, the 110-pounder is considered by naval men of eminence in their profession as a most valuable weapon in its present proportion to the armament of a ship, and the Duke of Somerset is of opinion that the navy has not got too many of them. His grace states that "we have nothing better now for close quarters than the 68 pounder," and concurs with all the naval witnesses in con sidering that in . the armament of her Majesty's ships only a small proportion of 100 pounders should be included. His grace farther adds, " that it was not till we tried a 100 pounder and a6B pounder against Captain Coles' copola that he be came aware that the 68 pounder struck a harder blow than the 100 poander at short range." This comparison was made when the charge of the 100 was 141b5.; it has now been reduced to 121bs. The Duke of Somerset informed the committee the Ad miralty " had a report that the Armstrong gun bad the greatest range and the greatest power of pene tration of any gun tried ; when they came to try it themselves, that was not confirmed by the facts. For naval purposes at 200 yards, it certainly had not the greatest power; our old 68 pounder is a mare powerful gun than the 100 pounder Armstrong gun." The old 68 pounder is therefore the most effective gun in the service against iron plates. While almost every witness gave testimony to the superior accuracy and range of the Arm strong guns, great doubts have been expressed as to whether they are not too delicate a weapon. But the officers who commanded Armstrong batteries in the late operations in China found no difficulty in keeping them in order in all weathers and under all circumstances. The com mittee express a hope that the different systems, not of Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Whitworth only, but of the other able men whose minds are now engaged on ordnance questions, may be fairly expe rimented upon. A uniform system of accounts is recommended for the manufacturing departments at Woolwich, by which the cost of guns and other produce may be clearly ascertained. THE ARMY. Yesterday the following troops left Chatham garrison and embarked at Gravesend on board the Star of India, of 1,045 tons, Capt. H. Morris, be longing to Messrs. Somes--viz., Brevet-Major S. E. Jerome, V.C., Lieut. A. M. Handley, Ensign T. B. Emerson, and 60 non-commissioned officers df the Ist battalion of the 19th Regiment ; Lieut. E. D. Oliver and 40 men of all ranks of the 51st (King's Own) Light Infantry; and 128 non-commissioned officers and men of the 109th Bombay Infantry. Prior to the embarcation of the troops they were inspected by Major-Gen. Eyre, who also visited the Star of India at Gravesend in order to ascertain that every requirement for the officers and men was on board. The vessel will quit the Thames this morning for Knrrachee, where the reinforcements will be landed. - _ The following detachments of Royal Artillery at tached to the first division of the Depot Brigade in the Chatham district have been placed under orders to embark for colonial service—viz., 40 non-com missioned officers and gunners to embark for Gibral tar, to join the Ist Brigade; 30 gunners for Ber muda, to join the 10th Brigade; and 10 gunners for Nova Scotia, to join the 15th Brigade. The 2d battalion, Ist Regiment, will replace the 20th Regiment in Portsmouth garrison, from the camp at Aldershott, on the 4th proximo. The de parture of the 64th Regiment from the camp for Gosport has been deferred until the early part of September. The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. Lacy, with the 2d battalion 25th Regiment and a detachment of the 50th Regiment on board, sailed from Spit head at daylight yesterday morning for Ceylon. In the list of officers' names embarked belonging to the 25th Regiment, published in The Sun of yester day, that of Ensign A. H. Turner was inadvertently omitted. The officers in command of the 25th, Lieut.-Col. Henry Torrens Walker, was gazetted to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the regiment on the day of embarcation, vice Lieut.• Col. and Brevet-Col. Allan, retired. A further reduction is announced to take place in the royal gun factories at Woolwich. A number of brassfitters and moulders were yesterday dismissed from the Dial•square, a branch of the factory in which all castings have recently been made. No tices have also been given for the dismissal of others on Saturday next. The number of hands at pre sent employe& in the Dial-square is bnelotswonolOwmoe. num ber Th e in total number of workmen at t h e royal gun factories a w work few on mont hs over time.tig o w as The to upwards total doesof 3, 0 o 500 of all grades. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE, PONTEFRACT. —Major Waterhouse, who con tested the seat with Mr. Childers, has come forward in the Conservative interest with a fair prospect of success. Sir Edmund Head, formerly governor of Canada, also offers himself. The hon. baronet, who is totally unacquainted with the borough, signifies his ad herence on the whole to the principles of her Majesty's present advisers. Still, however, he de clines to fetter himself with any specific promises. The writ was proclaimed yesterday afternoon at the Market Cross. In the evening Sir Edmund Head was to have addressed the electors. Both parties are, of course, busily canvassing, but it is still difficult to say which has the greatest pop., larity. MONTGOMERY DISTRICT OF BOROUGHS.--We regret to have to announce the death of Captain John Samuel Willes Johnson, the respected member for the above district. Captain Johnson was first elected for the Montgomery boroughs in 1861. having succeeded Mr. David Pugh, his father-in law, who represented Montgomery district from 1832 till 1861. We understand that the Conserva tive candidate for the seat is Mr. Pugh, son of Mr. David Pugh, and it is not probable there will be any opposition. DEVONPORT.—In the recent revision of the re gister in this borough, consequent upon the inquiry into the payment of rates by registered electors, it must be a gratifying fact to Conservatives to know that every Conservative elector was found duly qualified, while no less th an 22 Radicals will have to deplore the absenc e o f th e i r name s on the register. As Mr. Farrand was r e tu r ned by a majority of 20 against a First Lord of the Admiralty, his seat is now probably secure against all comers, and so in censed are the dockyard workmen with the unjust treatment they have met with from the Secretary of the Admiralty that the Government will have great difficulty in retaining their present seat. The recent success will be followed up energetically in the registration courts, when, there is every reasciii to believe, fresh gains will be realised. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, July 29. CROWN SIDE. (Before Mr. Baron Channel) MURDER. Alfred Holden, 25, a private in the Royal Artil lery, a smart soldier-like looking young man, was placed at the bar to plead to an indictment, and also an inquisition by the coroner, both of which charged him with the wilful murder of his child, eleven months old, named Alfred James Holden. In some of the counts of the indictment the child was described as an infant of tender years, known by the name of Tom. When the prisoner was called upon to say whether he pleaded guilty or not guilty of the felony and murder of which he was accused, he replied in a calm and deliberate tone, " I am guilty." Baron Channell asked the prisoner whether he was aware that he was charged with the crime of wilful murder, for which his life might be forfeited, and he at the same time told him that he must clearly understand that pleading guilty would not have the slightest effect or in any way alter the sentence that would have to be pronounced on him. The prisoner, coolly, said that he was aware of all that the learned judge had stated. Baron Channell—And do you still say that you are guilty ? Prisoner—l do, my lord. His lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form, and the prisoner, who was perfectly unmoved, when he had concluded, turned hastily round and retired from the bar apparently quite unconcerned. STATE OF TRADE. DUNDEE, July 28.--Only a moderate business has been done to-day, arising more from the in ability of spinners and manufacturers to take on further orders than from want of demand. The inquiry for flax continues good, and the sales made, although not of large extent, are at very full prices. Tow and codilla are also wanted, and bring steady prices. The demand for jute is not active , but there is no change in value, and th e business d o ne is at previous rates. Yarns cont inue scarce and d i fficult to be got in quantity fo r deliver y even week s hence. For all qualities, flax , t o w , and j u te , demand is pay i ng prices, and they contain cons id e rable or d er s for linens suitable for war purposes. Buyers h av e been trying to place these orders here to-day, high.greater large Thetha n sales American ps received yesterday ad viseand other heavy linens a t which keeps price s ver y but in many cases it has been impossible to get ma nufacturers to undertake th em w ithin a reason able time, in consequenc e o f p rev i o us engagements. LEICESTER, July 29.—There has been a good amount of busin ess d o i ng in hosiery during the past few days, and the operatives are well employed. The present brilliant weather will soon ripen the crops, and all surplus labour will be then employed. At Loughborough and Hinckley there is rather more doing. Yarns maintain rates, and spinners are well employed. In wools there is no change, but the market keeps firm. NOTTINGHAM, July 29.—There is about the same amount of business doing in lace goods this week as last. Mechlin quillings continue in request, and in this branch there is a tolerable degree of activity. There is little or no improvement in the cotton f a ncy branch. Silk laces and edgings continue in demand, and are likely to do so for some time to come. The buyers who have been lately in the market have been purchasing chiefly for the foreign trade. There is not much change in hosiery, but the amount of business now doing is equal to that transacted for some time past. Yarns are firm, and very high in price. THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA, now residing at Kissingen, drinks at the well at a very early hour in the morning, and then walks till one o'clock, very seldom taking carriage-airing : her Majesty often leading about the blind Duke of Mecklenburg, her Majesty's tender care for whom it is touching to witness. 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POST.—Her Majesty has, with her usual good feeling and good taste, addressed a letter, through Sir Charles Phipps, to the Mayor of Birmingham, on the subject of the recent accident to thb female rope dancer at Aston-park, which will be read with sa tin faction by every one. The Sovereign is, by a legal fiction, the parens patrice, but she who at present occupies the throne has given to a fictitious charac ter a reality it never before possessed, by the psren tal solicitude which she constantly manifests in the welfare of her subjects. It is in the recollection of the public that, on the occasion of some festivities at Aston-park, in the outskirts of Birmingham, about ten days since, a woman met with a most shocking death whilst endeavouring to emulate the feats of Blondin upon a rope suspended at a considerable height from the ground. The rope was rotten, and, having snapped across, the un fortunate performer fell and was instantane ously killed. The casualty was rendered still more shocking by the circumstance that the woman was at the time in an advanced state of pregnancy. Notwithstanding, however, the occurrence of this terrible calamity the committee engaged in the con duct of the festivities did not think proper to bring them to a close, nor did the spectators consider them • selves bound in common decency to desist from the amusements in which they were engaged. The pro gramme of the evening was strictly carried out, and a volley of fireworks terminated an entertainment in the coarse of which a human creature was with out a moment's notice hurried into the presence of her Creator. This catastrophe, the remote causes which produced it,and theconduct of the spectators after its occurrenee, form the thitne`of her Majesty's letter. Writing by command of her Majesty, Col. Phipps expresses the horror with which she heard "that one of her subjects had been sacrificed to the gratification of the demoralising taste unfortunately prevalent for exhibitions attended with the greatest danger to the performers." We are willing to be- lieve that in this estimate of the character of the amusements to which she refers her Majesty will command the assent of every right-thinking person in the kingdom. The Queen is peculiarly fitted not only to express a just opinion of the tendency of these amusements, but to check their farther de velopment by the example which she affords for the imitation of others. In the columns of this journal, and in those of others, the attention of the public has been frequently directed to the growing taste for exhibitions whose sole attraction consists in the danger which is entailed upon the perfor mers. The subject has been canvassed in Parlia ment, and proposals have been made to prohibit, by legislative enactment, performances equally perilous to those engaged in them and degrading to the spectators. But this is a free country, and, if people like to risk their necks, it is urged that the Legislature would not be justified in prevent ing them. Now, there is one way by which this growing perversion of public taste can be checked, and that way her Majesty has adopted. As a woman, she has expressed her personal feelings of horror at the late catastrophe ; and, as an exalted lady, she has pronounced the exhibitions which are attended with such casualties to be revolting to humanity and demoralising to public taste. Her Majesty noticed with great appropri ateness the convincing proof afforded on the occasion of the fete at Aston-park that exhibi tions of the kind ,which she condemned had the effect of deadening the finer sentiments of human nature. That proof was shown "in the decision arrived at to continue the festivities, the hilarity, and the sports of the occasion after an event so melancholy." We know by experience how much fashion has to do with determining the nature of public amusements, and through the Queen's letter we believe that those which, on account of their perilous nature, have been so frequently condemned, have now received their death-blow. As a kind hearted woman, her Majesty deprecates the en couragement of exhibitions which are fraught with danger to the performers; as a Queen, she protests against the lives of her subjects being needlessly sacrificed ; and as one who, by her high taste, is entitled to direct and control public taste, she con demns a practice whose effects are proved to be grossly demoralising. There is an amusing simpli• city in the reply of the Mayor of Birmingham which cannot fail to arrest attention. That dignitary ap pears to have thought that her Majesty's sole object in addressing him was to reprove him for having failed in his duties in permitting an exhibition which resulted in loss of life. He hastens to assure her Majesty that no one laments more than he does the accident which has taken place, or regrets more sin cerely the introduction into Birmingham of "a bar barous species of amusement," which, he apologeti cally adds, " has become popular in the metropolis." So anxious is he to convince the Queen of his zeal, that he alludes to a previous occasion on which, though " not empowered by law to interfere," he did interpose in preventing a similar exhibition with success, and not obscurely hints that, for the future, he will not hesitate, even though Aston park is beyond his jurisdiction, to prevent the pos sible repetition of such a scene as that witnessed ten days since. The intensely personal view which the worthy Mayor takes of her Majesty's letter, and the idea which was evidently upper most in his mind, that it never would have been addressed to him had not his name appeared in the list of the patrons of the fite, may well excite a smile. By the public the letter will be regarded in a different light. It will be accepted as one more proof of the warm interest which her Majesty takes in the occupations of her subjects ; and we enter tain a sincere conviction that it will exercise no trifling influence in checking the further develop ment of a form of public taste which is eminently discreditable to the age in which we live. TTMES.—Of all the States of Europe there is no one the movements of which are so difficult to calcu late aright, as the Empire of Austria. It possesses, like most States in which public opinion has had the opportunity of developing itself, two antagonistic parties ;—there is a Liberal and Constitutional party, which is for the moment in the ascendant ; there is a feudal and reactionary party, which is for the moment depressed and overborne. Men form different judgments as to the future career of Austria, according as they fall into the hands of one or the other of these sections of opinion. On the one side, Austria is represented as true at heart to the good old cause of divine right and the solidarity of monarchs against nations ; on the other hand, we are told that her Court is determined to act in accordance with her institutions, and that the days of arbitrary government and despotic alliances have passed never to return. We ourselves gave the ex ample of a similar vacillation of policy and sentiment during the reign of Charles 11. when we were the allies or the adversaries of the liberties of Europe, just as one party or the other might gain the ascendant in the Royal Councils. When the recent note on the affairs of Poland was laid before the Government of the Em peror of Russia it became exceedingly important for him to ascertain what were the real intentions of Aus tria in joining the Western Powers. The Russian Mini ster at Vienna i s sa id t o h ave repor t e d t o his Court most favourably on thi s su bj ec t. P ro b a bly tpersonsiden tical withw hhoisne own;feel feelings gastM. de Balabine fell into the not unusual error of consulting and any p r r a ed te il , e h c e tio ia ns aa w id er t e o received assurances from the quarter to which he applied which left no doubt on his mind that Austria was resolved to take the first opportunity that should be offered of showing )- good • will towards her ancient friend and ally. - Withoutsome such as surance it is surmised that Russiahave ventured to address the Western have de n would innever tone which she saw fit to use. The owers the .. Russian Minister must have believed that by setting e aside the Treaty of Vienne, refusing to grant an European ur f oan Congress, and referring everything to a kind in which Austria should have a seat n and family council,. h had effectually separated the alliance and, enabled himself to flout the Western Powers with impunity. No scheme could be better laid, if, inde e d, it cou ld ever be v, orth the while of a country like Russia to make for herself an opportunity of spurning well meant advice, and of covering those who offered it with discredit and contumely. The scheme was well laid, but it has failed, and failed, owing, it must be s aid, to the honourable, sincere, and straightfor ward conduct of the Austrian Government. Rising entirely superior to the feeling on which Russia doubtless relied—to jealousy at the interference of the Western Powers with a matter so delicate as the affairs of Poland —rising superior to the cajole ries and menaces with which he has been alternately plied by Russian diplomacy, the Emperor of Austria has announced, in unmistakeable lenguage, his in tention to stand firmly by France and England in their demand of justice to Poland. We have good reason to hope that this convincing proof that Austria has thrown in her lot with the cause of progress in Europe has not been lost on the Emperor of Russia. Ever since the attitude of neutrality as sumed by Austria at the time of the Crimean war the press and the diplomatic ag ents of Russia .have for so signal been breathing vengeance against her Andyet gha t and notorious an act of ingratitude.. . it as in her wrath come to pass that instead of gratify Russia finds herself compelled to sue for the good offices of Austria, and to sue in vain. We believe that no time has been lost in modifying and qualifying, by all the arts of which a subtle and unscrupulous diplomacy disposes, the disagreeable effect pro duced by the reply of• Prince Gortschakoff upon the Western Powers. If this be so, we have escaped a great peril, and have to thank the Austrian Cabinet for extricating us from a dilemma in which our own imprudence and the arrogance of Russia had placed us. We had said that an unfavourable reply from Russia would leave this country little choice between disgrace or war, and the answer of Prince Gortschakoff more than realised our prediction. It is to the firmness and good sense of Austria, and by no means to the wisdom of our own counsels, that we owe the prospect we enjoy of being relieved from an unfor unate dilemma which seemed perpetually pressing for a solution of a nature which we were not disposed to give. We shall 'sincerely rejoice if these anticipations be realised, and shall accordingly hail the accession of Austria as a supporter of the cause of humanity and good government throughout the world. But while Austria is thus shaking off the shackles of her old traditions, and doing the highest honour to the new form of government which she has adopted, we look in vain for any symptoms of a similar spirit in the other Monarch on whose head has descended the other third part of the ter rible responsibility of the partition of Poland. If we owe to Austria the probability of an escape from an European war, it is undoubtedly due to the King of Prussia that the possibility of such a war ever existed. Had the King of Prussia been in any degree true to the solemn engagements towards his own people to which he has bound himself by oath, had, he respected the - constitution of his country, the feelings of his subjects, the interests of his Crown, the independence of his kingdom, or the dictates of humanity, the present dreadful civil war which is desolating Poland would have been long ago stayed, and those questions which are now left to the adjudication of the torch and the sword would have been decided by calm and im partial mediation. It is the heavy lot of the , people of Prussia not only to be deprived by arbi trary violence of their own liberty, but to be made an unwilling and reluctant means of trampling down and overthrowing the liberties of others. The insurrection of Poland was the fruit of deliberate and intolerable provocation, of an act which con verted a process ostensibly designed for the recruit ing of the army into a cruel proscription of all that was best and bravest in the land. The Government of Russia would never have ventured on an act of such outrageous and preposterous tyranny if it had not calculated with a most perfect certainty on the support of that nation the whole territory of which is interposed between Russia and the Western Powers. The Emperor well knew that he might count on the support, the countenance, and, if ne cessary, the armed intervention of the army which is at the absolute disposal of the King and aristo cracy of Prussia, to put down any effort for Polish freedom. He was well aware that the feeble mon arch and the petty aristocracy who have taken in hand the subjugation of the Prussian nation dreaded nothing so much as the contagion of liberty, and would be ready to employ the whole usurped power of the nation to prevent the rise of anything like a liberal or constitutional spirit in the north-east of Europe. Nor has the Emperor of Russia any rea son to repent of the confidence which he has reposed in his Prussian brother. The telegraph informs us that the paper which has succeeded to the circula tion and to the political principles of the Kreutz Zeitung, as the organ of absolutism and feudality, considers it urgently important for the policy of Prussia to seek a better understanding with Aus tria, and especially with England. Russia alone is neither an entirely sufficient nor a reliable ally. Things must have gone far, indeed, when exhorta tions to the Government to retrace its steps are heard from such a quarter. The remonstrant news paper probably perceives that the King is acting too strenuously on the principles of his own party for the interest of those principles themselves. In the present conjuncture a little less zeal and a little more dissimulation would probably serve the cause better. The warning does not come too soon. The King of Prussia has broken definitively with his own subjects, he is entirely isolated in Europe, and he retains his present position by the forbearance of those Powers whom he has irritated. DAILY NEWS.—After such a disclosure of appal ling facts as the Indian Sanitary Report has given us, there should naturally be no delay in considering the recommendations of the Commissioners in re gard to a remedy of the disease and mortality. The admirable regulations of October, 1859. for which the country is indebted to Sidney Herbert, and the whole constitution of our military sanitary system, owed their origin to the dismal proof we had had that the medical service is not only inadequate to the work of preserving the health of the army, but, wholly inappropriate to it. Dr. Sutherland's testi mony to this fact, in the evidence before us, is very impressive. Being asked what he meant by there being no sanitary service in India, while there were medical men with every regiment, he showed that the care of health is a wholly different thing from the cure of disease ; and that the ablest and most accomplished physicians and surgeons had no edu cation on sanitary matters, till the recent regulation required of medical officers that they should have gone through a course of sanitary instruction at Chatham. Again, the medical officers of a regiment have no power to establish a system in India, or anywhere else. They may do their best for their own men ; but their nearest neighbours, or their next successors, may be subject to all th e c auses of sickness and mortality, without any body being able to help it. A ga i n , th e d o ctors have quite as much to do in th e i r own d e p a rtment as they can manage, without und er t a ki ng a wholly different and more extensive sort of work. Finally, the treatment of the causes of disease and death must be as general as the causes themselves ; and this can be done only by a special administration, charged with the care of the public health and armed with authority to provide all the conditions of it. " The public health," we say, after the Commis sioners and their most experienced informants. In India, even more than elsewhere, it is impos sible to take separate care of the health of the civil and military sections of society. There may be some purely military arrangements, such as the oc cupation and amusement of soldiers in barracks, desirable with a view to health ; but the great epi demics to which the special mortality of India is due arise from mischiefs under which natives and Europeans, civilians and soldiers, suffer together ; and these evils can be dealt with only by a special administration, furnished with large powers and an indisputable authority. Such works as draining districts of land, bringing water from remote high lands, suppressing and interdicting the atrocious nuisances of the bazaars, superintending river works, and the building of towns as well as barracks, in specting the public food, registering deaths and their causes, and many other regulations needful to the generalheal th, are beyond the scope of any authority but that of a department, and are not divisible be tween the interests of the civil and military popu lation. There must, then, be a Sanitary Department for India ; and this once resolved on, the department ought to be made as good as the most liberal wis dom can make it. It is scarcely conceivable that objections will be made on the ground of expense. The most thorough and well-paid organisation that Gould be created could not absorb a tithe of the cost ala andi ns tit u t e —the new we are sustaining by the loss of trained soldiers, valued at £ lO each ; and by the loss of the service of many more lying sick in hos pital , for the most par t recoverable only so far as to be sent home in valided, and (most costly of all) by desertion. If, of the 20, 000 annua l desertions from the British a rmy, nearly all wou ld in a few years be prevent ed by practicable i m p rovements in the soldier's lot—b y his being made healt hier, ha pp ier, and more intel ligent, and by a bett er class of citizens bein g there bycalling—the saving ary administrations. As works as the new depart mfwoore unt a lth t d e t w r pc ti oao c uys t e t df d ooafr to saouodnct dozen zee publice require military buildings, drains, aqueducts, &c.--the means are ready. Sir C. Trevelya n's budget s h owed us how pro • minent an object benefi cial p ublic works are in the policy of the Indian st atesmen who are conducting we may safely rely on the needful funds being forthcoming whenever the department about to the rapid progression of our great dependency ; and come into existence is ready with its estimates. What, then, should this department be ? This is the last and most weighty re commendation of the Com mission P No one Commission could undertake, to any effectual purpose, the care of the health of a epounbsliidcecroanbaliy in stingdiofffeorennet parts of so vast a regionhundred and fifty milli ons of pers ons . M oreo ver, the conditions of health vary as that of our Indian'empire. It is proposed, there fore, that there shall be a Commission for each aPre sidency ; and certainly each Pre sidenc y will give any depart ment qu i te enoug h to do in superintend ing the whole sanitary econo my of stations and bazaars, the improvement of towns and purification of the country, andthe constant collectio n of know ledge, and rep or ti ng of i t for t h e p u blic benefit. As for the constitutionthese good guidance in the excellent operation of the one We have at the head of the army at home. The civil element must be represented, and the military ; the sanitary and the medical ; the engineering ; I and, we hope we may add, the statistical ; the latter being of essential importance to the advancement of medical science, and to the formation of sanitary arrangements for the generations to come. A body of trained sanitary physicians would be connected with the Commission, as would, no doubt, a suffi cient force of engineers familiar, with the works re quisite for sanitary objects. It is obvious, however, that such Commissions cannot go to work inexperi enced and unaided. Men, chosen for their familia' ity with India, could hardly know anything of the prac tical working of our military direction at home; and again, if accomplished members are chosen from home they would have everything to learn of the Indian conditions of their work. The proper course clearly is to introduce an Indian element into the depart. ment at home, which may learn what is already known and done, and guide the Indian Commis sions till they have gained experience enough to judge and act for themselves. The recommendation is that two officers of the Indian Government shall be associated with our War-office Commission at home, in order to render available for India such knowledge and such methods as have been already acquired and instituted. The delay of five months in the presentation of this Report and Evidence is much to be lamented, when it is considered that, by due punctuality in the production of the Blue Book, any needful modifications of the laws, and the appointment of the new Commissions, and the addition to the existing one, and the new regula tions, and a very necessary plan for the registra tion—of deaths and of the causes of death in the chief cities of India (to be extended in time over the whole country) might have occupied the atten tion and obtained by this time the cheerful recog nition of Parliament. There can be no doubt that the recommendations will be carried out in one way or another. The essential now is, that they shall be carried out in the true spirit, without damage from the hostility, tyranny, ignorance, apathy, or jobbing tendencies of Court, Horse-Guards, Minis ter, or any adverse influence whatever. THE ARMSTRONG GUNS. A very important parliamentary paper has been issued respecting the arrangements between the Government and Sir William Armstrong for the in troduction of his artillery into the naval and mili- tary cervices. The select committee appointed to inquire into the expenditure incurred since the be ginning of 1858 on improved ordnance, whether obtained by contract or manufactured in the Go vernment founderies, have presented a report dated July 23, 1883. They state that the Armstrong gun was first brought to the notice of the Government in December, 1854, when the Duke of Newcastle (then Secretary of State for War) gave Sir W. Armstrong (then Mr. Armstrong) an order for a number of his guns, not exceeding six, for trial. A three-pounder was delivered in July, 1855, when Mr. Armstrong forwarded a detailed report of the experiments he had made. The subject was referred to the Ord nance select committee, whose report, though quali fied, was in the main favourable to the gun, and who desired to make further experiments. The gun was re-bored up to a 5-pounder, and in December, 1856, was tried in the presence of Col, Eatdley Wilmot (superintendent, Royal Gun Factory), near Newcastle, who reported, Dec. 30, 1856, that at 1,500 and 2,000 yards the gun had made remarkably good practice. In January, 1857, a second gun was ordered, to correspond as nearly as possible with the service 9-pounder field gun. Experiments were made with an 18-pounder in competition with a service 32-pounder gun. The result was so satisfac tory that Lord Panmure said—" I am clearly of opinion that this is a most valuable contribution to our army. For all purposes of projection and accu racy of flight of the projectiles, the experiments are conclusive. Further experiments should be made." In 1858 the attention of General Peel, Secretary of State for War, was directed to the circumstance that we were behind other countries in not having any rifled ordnance for field service. He accordingly called upon Col. Lefroy, his scientific adviser, for a report on all the experiments that had been tried on rifled ordnance; and, in accordance with the recom mendation of that report, appointed a special com mittee to advise him as to the best rifled gun for field service. This special committee came to the conclusion that it was not expedient to incur the expense of trying further experiments with any ex cept those of Messrs. Whitworth and Armstrong. The experiments with the Whitworth gun were no of as extended a character as those with the Arm strong. At that time Mr. Whitworth had not any gun of his own construction, nor did he propose any system of constructing guns. The committee ap pointed to investigate the question recommended the Armstrong as the field gun of the service. A gua rantee was given to Sir W. Armstrong that he should not be a loser by the expenditure of £12,000 on a plant sufficient to enable him to turn out 100 guns a year. This guarantee was after imsy w n,eosL a kpao r orloo d ar,. s in l c n rea t s h e e d ; w b i u n t ter Lord Derby, in a letter addressed to General Peel on the 18th of December, 1858, said that he should rather doubt maisltulyi t po h bpin e no: yt e ahm x ao p adfs e nua d wug i lhf e gaa n eeren c sgt expediency—in —rd number i—uunmbot doubtless, improvements sr apresent f ti pressinggm gun s , en and sa i ,f n noo f dr a fp n ttr infancy of immediate ex perience e e ed c i i noa economy w eo e fi ch rs ie t fi t y y , p i e f andnot eaxteltuhseivehliyg,hteostthraattec.lasHs of e sug gestedgalusnos,say32. pou that 32-pounder s, de r s , theof which first w orders v shouldhave h a d sufficient ifi b e e i e n t confined proof, and that we should defer any order for heavier guns till they had been rather more tested. On the 15th of January, 1859, Sir W. Armstrong assigned his interest in all patents for, and improvements in, the manufacture of ordnance to the Government. In order to obtain as soon as possible a supply of Arm strong guns, it was decided to enter into arrange ments with a company set up at Elswick.for the manufacture of Armstrong guns and projectiles. A guarantee was given to this company to secure them against loss by the erection of buildings and machi nery, The Government undertook to keep them in full work, but kept in its own hands the power of com pensation. The necessities of the service requiring terminating the engagement on the paym gow e u n ai t rn o agn f ttoeethe a larger number of Armstrong guns to be provided than were at first anticipated, the guarantee given by Lord Derby's Government was do i D nc e r iG e B a rs s e e ,yo d o , ost fi ah r t s ae t ss to £50,000 and then to £60,000. After Gen. Peel and stores has i l a ef c t re o a ffi se c d e p L roa r a d aa H re er f b or er g t, an in a, O ra ct ia ., ed lB t s tnh 9 ed , its final amount of £85,000. This agreement was the amount paid beentbahse aeatterminated compensationvrpaeacliuedeiv teo i ad n f . to A hv p Tee r rha i c l i bias o omlw f u9pto, thisaounoxl company. of 1858-59, the Board of Admiralty, acting upon the advice of Capt. Hewlett, cided upon the introducti on of the ship ship Excellent, gunnery s hi p into the navy for b oa t serv i ce; R.N a . n, Portsmouth, o f rirnm h t e sstm r thre lk oou i ns e tug j hm e ,g e n i t ud y nee ' rs a . of 1859, the same officer having urged the im portance of introducing into the navy larger calibres of Armstrong guns, the Board of Ad miralty request e d th e S ecretary o f State for War, in the stron ges t manner, to supp ly them, with as little delay as possible, with a large number of 40-pounder an d 70- poun d er Armstrong guns. At the same ti me care f u l an d extensive expe rime nts were carried on t o test whether any sa fe s y stem of strengthening cast-iron guns could be found, or whether any better, speedier , or cheaper system constructing rifled guns existed than that proposed prws y e h d t of the pattern of the Armstro n g 40- p ounder for naval by W. Armstrong. None su ch havin g been found within the period for inqu ir y , the Armstrong sp. adopted by the Government. tern was completely s i Sir WilliamOn Armstrong 24, g lB w s a 9 a , a a committee , meaiber,ov ap of eh ser vice. The system was first extended to the 110 calibre on the 14th October, 1859. The political necessities of the day appear to have been so urgent as not to allow time for maturing the design pre vious to its manufacture. 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