The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-02 00:00:00

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COGNAC, 1,4 4 .. , . k;:t;! , • ' 46 " - , ,..10 0 "- - , '. •• DzEfr 'c..": ---,..... )1 14 : 1 ..• .. lii• ..,-,,,,,, • BRANDY. • ~_.,,,,,..., I ,,Th.,i_s _c__elebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest ri.r..A CH. BRANDv 11, and iB to be brought forward lof the Sheerness Steam Reserve, r, which has had her compasses be immediately commis-sioned. Supply Association. It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. thSold in Bottles, 38. Sd., at the Retail [louses in London ; by e AZents in th e pr i ncipal towns in England ; or wholesale THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, J UNE 2, 1864. No. 22,445. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded hanahan' s LL Whisky." BRIUH CON and BACK for 39. every SUNDAY and MONDAY, from London-bridge, Victoria, and Kensington, at 9.0 a.m. The Excursion Season commences on Sunday, the sth June. Royal United Service Institution. honestly sold over again any number of times, and by the fearful price attached to human justice; and which, lastly, serves but too frequently to enrich unprincipled capitalists, because they alone have the wcrldly gifts and the precious element which Providence hardly ever grants to the genuine inventor. plates and resting against a frame having two skins, the space between them being filled up with elastic material. This target was fired at 12 times, with about one-third the weight of iron thrust against the Chalmers, the heaviest projectile being a 3001 b. cast-iron, and not steel, shot, and the. heaviest charge being 35 instead of 50Ibs. With the view of dealing a last blow to the Chalmers, it was ordered to be taken down ; but of late the Iron-plate Committee had it set up again for the purpose of trying it, under conditions of equality with regard to the 300-pounder, when fired with only 351bs. of pcwder, as was done on the Bellerophon day. The result of the special experiments was briefly alluded to in our notice of the Shoeburyness compe titive trials. The shot was spherical cast .iron ; the charges 351bs. of powder, the distance 200 yards. The deepest in dent was five inches ; the structure remained firm, although it had already received 30 shots ; and the bolts had been put on again without their thick india-rubber washers. Such is, in a few words, the history of armour in general, and of the Chalmers target in particular.—Telegraph. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING J D TYNER, consisti nz o f S oup, Fi s h, Made Dish, Sunda Joint Sweet, &c., is served d a ily fr o m 3 to 9 p.m, and on l's from 5 to 8.30 p.m. Private Rooms for large or small parties. HASTINGS and BACK for 3s. 6d. every SUNDAY, commencing on sth June, from London bridge and Victoria, at 8.5 a.m. These trains call at St. Leonards, Eastbourne, Polegate, and Lewes. By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. ---- PORTSMOUTH and BACK for 3s. 6i. every SU.cDAY, commencing on sth June. from London bridge and Victuri a, at 8.0 am. These trains stop at Havant, Chichester, Bognor, and Arundel. HE SALOON DINING-ROOMS on th e Fi rs t the' Se ' asiDn' the Ploor the WELLINGTON are OPEN for for Ladies as well as Gentlemen. NOW Dinners from .N.ti carte" served a la minute, and a first-class French oner, setved "a la Russe," at seven shillinzs each, Every rraation may be obtained at the entrance, 53, St. James's- Street, of MR. JEAFFRESON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at al the Libraries, in 3 vols., NOT DEAD YET. By J. C. JEAFFRESON, Author of "Live it Down," !cc. Mfr. Jeaffreson's present novel is in every respect satis factory. I has a well-contrived, well-built up put ;it is carefully written, and has a • olid.ty and force that impress the reader with a sense of the real ty of the story. We have read it through with interest, and can recommend it to our readers. It is a healthy, pleasant book."—Athenmum, May 28. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. GEORGE BARTLETT, Superintendent. L.adi The Wellington Saloon Dining-Rooms. es' Entrance, 53, St. James's-s'reet. THE CREDIT MOBILIER ( Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subszribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. 41611. •T. C. Haliburton, John Westmorland . , Esq. Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Edward Warner, Esq., H.P . Char.es Ellis, Esq. Char ee E. Newbon , l Esq. Jarre3 Levick, Esq. Henry Pownall, Esq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. fifes re. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. London. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London. Company is prepared to negotiate Government and iciaal Loans, and to aid in carrying out Concessions. 0 make advances on approved securities. ~,A.r o effect the purchase and sale ot Shares, Stocks, ,and ")lansact financial business generally. Also to receive money on deposit, for periods and terms to .agreed upon. C°D araunications to be made to the Manager. THOMAS SHORT, Secretary. Temporary Offices, SO, Lombard-street, London. E.C. THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited), FO, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,0)0, in 20,0 0 Shares of £5O each. Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. Deputy Chairman—James Levick, Esq. The non. T. C. Haliburton, Adolphe Hakim, Esq. Nt.p . Henry I'ownal', Esq.. J.P. ~lvfard Warner, Esq., M.P. John Charles_E. Westmor landNewbon, , Es Esq. _Alexander Dunbar 1i , q.1 Ch arles Ellie, Esq.' MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Bank of London. De This Company advances money on the deposit of Title „ed ot a pprltatn, withror woved ithout regular Mortgage. Freehold or Leasehold Property in Great " Loan 'On Mortgage, for long or short peris en periods ; also, livesc„Rb.eee Mone upon.y on Deposit for fixed periods only, at rates d "taltuaications to be addressed to the Manager. Te ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. nn , — * m rarY Office, SO, Lombard—street, E.C. rIE FREEHOLD and GENERAL INVEST MENT COMPANY (Limited). (I ncorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.) Capital £250,000, in 10,000 Shares of £25 each. With power to increase to £1,030,000. (Su First issue 5,000 Shares. bgeri ptions for more than half of which have been already promised.) ePOsit on appli ca ti on £1 per Sh are, an d £ 2 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £2 per Share, with an interval of not less than Three Months. 4 _ is not intended to call up more than £lO per Share, but ims_caore capital can be advantageously employed, f urther " of Shares will be made, in the allotment of which e a Preference will be given to the then existing Shareholders. Should no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned In full. DIRECTORS. ri T he Right Hon. dorm NIGEL KENNEDY, Montrose ouse etershana, Chan. Th e Right Hon Lord Viscount Ilialden, 39, Lowndes-street, ei g r aye-square * and Loudwater House, Bucks. ,eharles Kenati'Dyer, Esq.. St. Albans. ,-,'"wa.rd Barron. Esq., Milk-street, Cheapside. kreorge P. Lascaridi, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director Pi uancial Discount Company (Limited). P redenek A. Legg, Esq , 22, Sackyille-street, and South 4) nrlvood. William W. Prole, Esq., KensinCton P .rk-gardens East. 'William William R. Rogers, Est, M.D , 56, Benaers-street. Watson, Bristol, Director of the Bristol and -",:teter Railway Company. BANKERS. Sle tropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited', 75, Cornhlll; and Oxford-street Branch, 86, Oxford-street. SOLICITORS. kessrs. Matthews and Greetham, 68, Lincoln's-inn-fields. BROKER. Alfred Ashton, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street. ~eS9r9 AUDITORS. . uszding, Pullein, Whinney, rnd Gibbons, 3, Bank buildings, Lothbury, E.C. SECRETARY PRO TEM. R. N. Collier, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 1, New Broad-street-court, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. tiThe obiee's of this Company are to purchase, from time to Ile such freehold or leasehold property in London fo r d its ..nbourhood resent special capabilities mliroYeruent ts maY P d, l ve l , l e o first step of the Comnany will he the purchase and w e _. Prnent of some first-class freehold properties at the 'L'end, for securing which most advanta_ eous agreements fr om been entered into, an the rental to be derived there alahas been estimated byexperlenced valuers to produce a IPE.alent sum to ensure interest and dividend amountino . to 15 4r:),:madituerpwards (arising from property ever e in a f r r s 'e . asing out making ample deluction for r c orpplCtec% u rnagercent ,• and when these properties are a profit of 50 occupied, It is calcu a per cent. to the Comp l a t neyd.niaY they may be resold at ,tePayticulars of the proposed operations of the Company obtilned at the Offices, No.l, New Broad-street-court, r ecto s the Attic ei of Association may be seen; and Pr o o_s: tai4l and Forms of Applicatim for Shares may be b ot th rom the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or at the Offices e ompany, P E EROLD and GENERAL INVESTMENT NpT I COMPANY (Limiteell. IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SHARE LIST "AY - will be CLOSED THIS DAY (THURS.. ), the 2cl June, at 4 o'clock. _LrqaDOrary Offices, H. N. COLLIER, Secretary. 1, New Broad-street-court. T n E CHAMONIX UNITED HOTELS The IIabiIiCOMPANY (Limited). rf the shareholders is limited to the amount of their Treat B ‘ l ar the Company beinr; registered under the Com ' AO, Th 62, with limited liability. By the recent 13ay with the Emperor of the French, English Com tale,ean exercise the same rights and privileges in France '" e Y Possess in England. PAtal XlOO,OOO, in 5,000 shares of £lO each. About 1,500 Dep osit shares are already placed. £1 lt is per sh are on app li ca ti on, and £l. 10s. on allotment. Called . u p o t exPectei that more than £lO per share will be DIRECTORS. COlon el B rownlow Knox, M.P., 28,Wilton-crescent, Belgravia, Geulreztor of the Alexandra Hotel Company. b°„r4e C hambers, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the London, Ham- Col o g' and Continental Rank. '%el Anonstus Meyrick, 43, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor gardenWarAlf e• e ' elhado, Esq., g, Princes-square, Kensington '4obert Fisher, Esq., Director of the London, Hamburg, and Coutinen t al Bank. a n Grant, Esq. Pilgrim-street, Lud g at e -hill. , tel • Ititterbandt, M.D., Manchester-street, Manchester- INnare„ RANKERS. '4 e London, Hamburg, and Continental Bank, 75, Lombard. street. SOLICITORS. /items, Howard, Dollman, and Lowther, 111, Fenchurch street. BROKER. C. A. Murton, Eeq., 27, Cornhill. AUDITORS. Ball, Esq. (Quilter, Ball. and Co.), Moorgate-street. Ilenry Suckling, Esq., 79, Lombard-street. MANAGER. M. Ferdinand Eisenkramer, Chamonix. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 3S, Threadneedle-greet. f. 01l Towinhis Com pany is formed for the purpose of purchasing the g valuable Hotels, situated at Chamonix : L'Hot 1 D ... r e. „,.o. , a t , , l'Hotel de l'Union, Motel du Petals de V °instal, l'Hotel du Nord, l'Hotel d'Angleterre, I'Hotel de 4-' dres, l' hotel du Mont Blanc. ta'nk,liTangetnents have been made whereby the freehold of the au ths buisldings, furniture, plate, wines, horses, mules, and Will re,tnse,essary adjuncts for fully carrying on the business, p e __ a . s into the immediate possession of the Company on r,,i, avantageous terms. reo a „ e ,e o own of Chamonix, for the matchless beauty of the y e , "' ,l ll scenery with which it is surrounded, has for many Jonii r 8 Past rendered it a favourite rendezvous for tourists an 11'2.‘, , 4 " Parts of the world, and it is estimated that an m -6-flu'. 12,000 to 15,000 persons annually visit this spot, the 11. 1 ,4 Mlraber having been exceeded last year, notwithstand of' Lao absence of American visitors, who, on the subsidence the war, would considerably augment these numbers. d I v a + l4 ,9' an a basis that each visitor remains only three :, , ,"Ls gives a total of 45,0{10 ; and calculating* an average -„renditure of 15s. per day for each person, including wines, i-trioss receipt et £33,750 would be produced, from which a D neome of £l6 000 per annum may fairly be computed. The ~.,retors, therefore confide•itly anticipate that a dividend il , ' be declared at the end of the present year, of not less a 'll 15 Per cent , leav ng a large surplus to be carried over to reserve fund. * bv 4s a Place for Hydropethic treatment, it will be equalled ( 13 0 other in Europe, since It is supplied by the waters of p e r ' A.vre and the Avignon, which are of the uniform tem :ature required for this system, and the organisation of ,_..establisliment for this purpose will be intrusted to the skil l and expertience of Dr. Ritterbandt. alr. Ferdinand Eisenkramer, proprietor of three of the Drinel t _, pal Hotels, has entered into arrangements to under 'alto the management of all the Company's Hotels. Prospeztu.es and forms of anplication for shares may be o lpatned at the Company's Offices, 3S, Threadneedle -street, or of the Brokers and Bankers of the Company. NEW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK man that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for r at yentees purposes. To be had of a ll shops in town or country. W TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane London, E.C. THE ORIGINAL OVAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCIE, p leb Game. Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soup s , 18h, Garae, &c. 131:1',Joared only by the proprietors, Tun Byers had Cy., p, ` 4 "PlikCe, D 1 by Lynda, N.E. NEW NOVEL BY LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON. This day, at all Libraries, in 3 vole, T oo STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE. By Lady GEORGIANA FULLERTON, Author of "Ladybird," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Price 65., and at all Libraries, with Portrait of Brother IGNATtus, THREE MONTHS in an ENGLISH MONASTERY. A Personal Narrative. By CIIARLES WALKER "The book is well written, and treats of matters interest ing in their details and most important in their general bearing."—Observer. Just published, price 25., THE ROYAL WEDDING. An Ode. By R.I. W. LOMAS. Price 29., THE COURT MARTIAL.. A Satirical Drama. By MARTINET. Murray and Co., 13, Paterntster-row, E.C. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OP " THE HEIR OP REDCLYFFE." This day is published. Two Volumes, crown Bvo , 125., THE TRIAL: More Links of the Daisy Chain. By the Author of " The Heir of Redclyffe." Macmillan and Co., London and Cambridge. NEW SPORTING WORN. BY THE AUTHOR OF " HANDLEY CROSS." With Coloured Illustrations by John Leech. On the 31st of May will be published, price ls., with two coloured Illu,ttaticns by John Leech, No. 11. of MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. Being a Sequel to "Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour." London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverle-street, E.C. LAST TWO WEEKS. EGYPTIANHALL, PICCADILLY.-NOW ON VIEW, CROMWELL with his FAMILY, painted by Charles Lucy. Open from lo till 5. R J . N d Mrs. ARR y G w E i ß ll .NAlpApNeairßinEED, PYRAMID. 7 THE th M r To be followed by THE BARD AND BIS BIRTHDAY, a New Musical Tercentennial. Seance, by William Brougti, Esq., sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed ; and MRS. ROSELEAF'S LITTLE EVENING PARTY. for a few times, by Mr. John l'arry. Every Evening (except Satur day) at Eight. Thursday and Saturday Mornings at Three. —ROYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent street. Unreserved seats, ls., 25.; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, ss. MR. W. S. WOODIN' ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY, and BACHELOR'S BOX, an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Cuaring-cross, EVERY EVENING, at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three. — Stalls, and box stale, 3s. ; area, 25. ; amphitheatre, Is. A Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hall from eleven to five. Next Morning Performance,' Saturday, May 7, at three. R O D s X T R E F E R T „, E co X F THIS EVENING will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guomod, FAUST, with augmented band and chorus, supported by the following talented principal artistes:—Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry. Tyrrell, ‘ , l , slmslev Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green ; and UN BALLO IN MA SC HERA. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmans. To-morrow Evening, THE MERRY WIVES OF WIND SOR, by Otto Nicola'. Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maelagan, W. Randall, G. Ilutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., &o. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and bale3ny, is. ; private boxes, its. 6d. epcin every Vveninfr- CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road, London. Tins EVENING, Will he produced, with alterations and improvements in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted. entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or,a WITH Sit AKSPERE, written express'y by W. F. Vander veil, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-app2a.r. ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS! "The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing* and repqssing, , through the Magic Fountain, i•s so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory."- Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prlne3 Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly rowr, 31r. T. Maclagan, U. W. Jester, Stc. Jac. A ission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. MADANIE TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A full lenrrth model of ARTHUR JOHN DEVINE, who recently suffered the extreme penalty of the law in front of Newgate for the murder of Mr. Duck, in Little Chesterfield-s!reet, Marylebone, is now to be seen in the Chamber of Physiognomy at Madame Tassaud's His torical Gallery, Baker street. - - Open from 11 in the morning . till 10 at night. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission le. Manager, M. GRENET. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astees ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 ➢iodels, Natural Preparations, &e. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One bhilling (for Gentlemen only). FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER and half a pound of Soap will wash fifty counterpanes in six hours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, ac., in half the tisu time.—See Mr.. Goulder's Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. Sold by grocers and drugg,ists. Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London, E. M ERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, TRADER, AND EXECUTORS. ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financial operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. BED .ROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop grease when carried."--Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes ls. and 38. eicl, arc recommended as the best carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 38 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle ticks to fit thin candles, ls. and 2s. Bd. each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLE "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stsins. cansuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Price's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold •ni the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail throw. , Wholesale by Price s Patens Lon L any Grocer. Caudle Company (Limited: L don. PRIZE MEDAL-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a l e tt er addressed to Franc i s Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:— _ " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with Tatted Wicks, per patented.. er lb lb.. Ordinary quality . . . . . . .. per VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • • • • • is. sd. per lb. Second quality „ „ Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. • • • • • • ls. Id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., A South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The l argest Establishment in England for the Maguliteture d WAX Caudle: i 9: the 91 the Altar ril( ) PERSONS SEEKING LANDED EE ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREE HOLD AND LEASE lIOL D INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GENERALLY— To RE BAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing &varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. 'URNI FURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First-class Cnods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to lergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLEtiGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo adin -able engravings of every description of Furniture and beasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent glans and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cale A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ 259 16 6 A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable intbrmationto all requiring househ )1d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, ityde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. 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Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the month without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W. ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. THE PIGEON HOUSE FORT.—When he gets near to the fort he will observe upon his left the remains of her Majesty's ship Mermaid, brought here from Ports mouth, cut down and converted into a store. Then comes a row of wooden palisading,and next a drawbridge, crossing which, and passing under a gateway, he will find himself in a small courtyard, with cannon pointed, commanding the road he has come ; then through another gateway and he will be in an oblong square, where he will find a flagstaff and a couple of 32-pounders, The ball alley, canteen, and barracks are on the right, farther on is a long building. Beyond that again is a large yard, girt by iron railings, in the centre of which are piled shot of all sizes, and cannon of nearly every calibre lie round about. Then come the officers' quarters, a large commodious building, in which no officer lives, and next to this are the magazines, the powder depot for the whole of Ireland, where there are somo tons of gunpowder deposited, also Congreve rockets, shrap nell shells, cannister and grape, and ammunition of every sort, blank and ball, for Enfield and Whitworth rifles, and the same for Armstrong guns. The next house is the bar rack-master's, which, like the lawyer's house in a village, is far from being the worst in the place ; and then comes another small guard-rom, and another gateway leading on to the breakwater. When returning he will observe a small landing place to the right, used for the unloading of ammu nition, &c., which is conveyed from Woolwich in Govern ment vessels. From this landing-place to the entrance there is only a wall loopholed about every 40 yards for defence. The most interesting object is the armoury, the long build ing already mentioned, entrance to which may be gained by application to the head clerk; it is said to be the next in importance to Woolwich, and a regular staff of workmen is employed here. Entering from the front by folding-doors, the stranger finds himself in a small hall facing a staircase about eight feet wide. In and around this hall are numerous articles used in ancient warfare, coats of mail and suits of armour of every kind, from that of the knight to the mousquetaire, while pikes, battle-axes, and blunder buses adorn the walls, and festoons of bayonets, wreaths of pistols, and stars formed of small swords and daggers decorate the sides of the staircase. Up the stairs is a long wide room, at the end of which another room similar in size d a o l g e o d o g d e old iis swords displayed and the branches off to the ri g ht ; here a g ain the walls are co vered bwuitcklheirpsiktoeos and h g i a le u n ,' model of a cannon or som e other destructive en g ine of war. Down the middle of these rooms , . in tier upon tier, a re over 'w is and every bows,win window -ledge 30,000 Enfield and Whitworth rifled muskets, with b a y onets to match, besides more t han 1,000 six-barrelled revolver pistols, In this building are arms for an army, and n o t 100 yards from thenabi the €0211111441911,-4)(6 . 08 . $ MO Year -494114 t A paper was read at this institution on Monday evening, by Captain E. A. Inglefield, R.N., on a proposed plan of his invention for working the heaviest ordnance on board armour-plated ships, and in fortifications, with complete protection for the men. Large models of the section of a ship and of a fortification were exhibited to illustrate this mode of working large guns, which on board ship con slated of loading the guns between decks and then raising them to the upper deck to be fired. The power required for raising the guns Captain Ingle field ingeniously proposes to obtain from the weight of the ship and its displacement of the water, the upward pressure of water at the bottom being ap plied as the moving power. He proposes to place the guns on a platform in the middle of the ship, so adjusted as to be capable of being raised perpendi cularly, with counterbalances to diminish the weight. The platform is to be supported on five rods fixed to pistons that work in cylinders placed vertically at the bottom. When the guns are to be raised to the upper deck water is to be admitted through apertures at the bottom of the ship into the cylinders, and the upward pressure of the water will be sufficient to lift the gun ; the water, when it has done its work, being allowed to flow into tanks to be used on the engine boi:ers. Water Captain Ingle field estimates that there will be a lifti ng force of 9 lb. to the square inch. The gun w ou ld be pointed In a ship that draws 29 feet of under direction of its captain, stationed in the middle deck, looking through a telescope, and the only time that the man would be exposed would be whilst pointing and firing the gun. When it was lowered iron shutters on the upper deck would be closed over to protect the men from the perpendi cular fire of shells, At the conclusion of the paper a gentlemen put forward the claims of a Mr. Matthews to a similar invention, and a long discursive discussion took place on the merits of Captain Inglefield's plan, in which Sir Frederick Nicolson, Captain Selwyn, Captain Scott, and other gentlemen took part. Whilst ad mitting the ingenuity of the invention, they all raised objections to it of various kinds, and con tended that it would not be available in warfare. Objections were also made to the Enterprise, which had been highly praised by Captain Inglefield in the course of his paper, and it was contended that as that ship had only accomplished 10 knots an hour it was practically a failure, and that the problem yet remained to be solved of constructing a compa ratively small armour plated ship, heavily armed, that would attain such a speed as the Warrior. Admiral Sartorius, who was in the chair, objected to Captainlnglefield's plan on account of the time it would occupy to raise and lower the guns. Rapidity of fire during a naval action was, he said, most im- portant, and he attributed the victory of Trafalgar principally to the rapidity with which the English loaded and fired their guns. He said that during that action there were 360 of the enemy killed or wounded in the ship opposed to his own within 35 minutes, whilst on board of his ship there were not more than 80 or 90 killed or wounded. In close action, therefore, Captain Inglefield's plan would be objectionable, and in distant firing the protee- tion it would afford would signify little. Captain Inglefield replied to the objections that had been made to his plan, without touching however on those raised by Admiral Sartorins. The meeting then adjourned to the 6th of June, which will be the last of the season. The Chalmers Target. 1, • ..• . , -- . er eoe. , too ohm ~t Ta u 5pe11.... !armada, tat) vital importance of our supremacy at sea has been acknowledged, without a dissentient voice, as the best means for keeping our shores inviolate, protecting our commerce abroad, and upholding our political interests in various parts of the world. In accordance with this feeling, our statesmen have unfailingly taken good care that the fleets of England should never run the danger of being overmatched, though it but too frequently happened that they allowed foreign ships to surpass ours in their seagoing of t qualities, oir armament. in th With a the i beauty t o l f l t s o u ‘ e v e a e r e d d s e ro d , o d d u i f r y i durin gg t hethat aCrimean great fundamental war in takingb a basis this watchfulness, however, the F renc h naval authorities s th of e o fi o r r st se s o t o ep . rity and power, by the introduction of armour plated float ing batteries impervious to shot; for it must be obvious to every one that, by neutralising our means o f destruction at sea, they at once deprived us of all the advantages inherent to our superiority. The success that attended the first trial of these armoured vessels a ga i ns t the .. R uss i a n forts at hen burn led to this plan being improved and extended to la r g e wascarried frigates, which scheme out in so practical a way, that the originators of Le Gloire may well lay claim to the glory of having inaugurated quite a new era in the comparison of navies and the relative position of maritime Powers. Defensive as well as offensive capabilities at sea could no longer be calculated after the ratio they had borne of monster to quantity, in the shape ships and moderate sized smooth bores, but after that of iron dads and heavy that rifled cannon. It followed the arm of which, in a national point of view, w e had the most peremptory need, was slipping fast out of our hands, not through the adverse i fate of battles—for we were the very midst of peace —but through the simple, noiseless agency of ingenuity, and the resolution of ioia promptly pus hi n g forward the immediate practical application of a plan which had proved so thoroughly Useful and feasible. Fortunately, however, we are living i n times when concealment and seeresy are extremely difficult. The success of the first iron similar clad, and the ex tent to whi ch r k frigates were ordered known in the French nav y , soon became and then, we mus t admit, the danger was enermeticall a 3 , ; ti m e being lost in a do p ti ng the new principledealt with, no of armour plating, and every p ossible despatch madotooreate aniroofleet, in unison with the traditional policy Great of Britain. It is true that this exempla Was _ promptly followed else where; in fact, most naval Powersengaged are at present in the reconst ruction of their fleets, pushing on the new sys t e m to the ut most of their abilities ; yet, with the im mense resources our Government can command, if wisely used, there can be no reason to fear t hat we shall ever suc cumb in this extraordinary race, or come out of it in a posi tion inferior to the one we have been w o n t to hold. At the time that this new invention was adopted, little was known about the best conditions for ensuring success with regard to the object it principally had in view, viz,, impenetrability. It was believed that a plain slab of iron, 44 inches thick, well backed up by layers of timber, consti tuted a sufficiently powerful armour to resist cannon-shot of the largest calibre, moving with the highest velocities. This belief was not the result of a long series of experiments undertaken for the express purpose of determining what our artillery could do against armour, and vice versa, what ar mour was needed to set gunnery at defiance ; but it sprang mainly from the impression that the thickness adopted in France for the plating of their type ship was amply suffi cient, because the targets tried at Vincennes did prove satisfactory when the iron we e of good texture and eleven centimetres thick (equal to about four and one-third n o iron frame-w or k to sup inches), though they had port the backing. Conside r ing that the F rench me• thod was essentially unsc ientific, certainly, w i th an eye to future contingencies, setae effort might have been made t owa rds ascertaining by w h a t dispositions th e res i stance could be increased without adding weight ; however, if we bear in mind that the circumstance admitted of no delay, and that our authorities were nearly in the same pos i tion as when they ordered a hundred 100-pounders before having had even one tried, we ma y be satisfied with the armour plating adopted for the Warrior, because in a relative point of view its primitive style was superior to the equally pri mitive plan then carried out in the French navy. But it soon became apparent that naval artillery was on the eve of some radical alteration in its condition of penetration and momentum, by the adoption of larger calibres, heavier charges, and more suitable metal ; and from that moment every one could see that t h e question of armour-plating had entered on an entirely new phase. Enough had been known of it to appreciate the value of such protection, and save it from being abandoned as useless, if it could but be endowed with resistance in an absolute sense--if we may so express out selves, in view of the immense difference between old and new gunnery —always within moderate limits of thickness and of weight. A problem of this nature could not fail, as a general rule, to absorb the attention of engi neers, and promote emulation amongst them ; but in the present case it lots the exceptional qualification of exciting an intense feeling of interest in the public at large, of hold ing out unusual promises, and lastly of opening a great field to ambition. Never perhaps have the registers of the Patent Office been called upon to record a greater number of inventions in so short a space of time on one particular object. A single hope had sufficed to instantly turn the minds of many hundreds of men towards a career which begins by exacting heavy payments for the grant of a natural right, at present stigmatised as a monopoly; which opens 1 t h e rrity 0 /Wow, Ovinith yawl 1?y ttto grallt POPE As was to be expected in a case like this, men of all classes come forward, and, of course, all sorts of ideas were brought to the surface—some feasible, others absurd. Of the former, many were characterised by an endeavour to attain resistance at the expense of the backing, the plate alone being looked upon as the element of impenetrability. Many of our most eminent engineers adhered to this plan, forgetting, strangely enough, the mechanical principles which cause the blacksmith to give the anvil an elastic foundation of wood in solid blocks—which enable the cob bler to hammer leather on his knees, by using a thick and heavy stone as a cushion—and permit railroads successfully to bear enormous weights. Now, on referring to Sir Howard Douglas's work on Naval Gunnery, we find that a plate of iron, 6ft square and Bin thick, standing in an inclined posi tion against a wall, was broken up by twelve 681 b shots, fired with the ordinary charge, at an average distance of 500 yards. We likewise know that the 42-inch plate of the vertical Warrior target will bear any amount of such pound ing. In the first instance, irrespectively of the favourable inclination, the resistance is as 64 ; while in the second, exclusive of the backing, it is as 20'25. Surely, then, it could not require much ability to see at once that the back ing was endowed with a latent force, which came out on impact, and contributed most usefully to the resistance of the plate. This force, which might be called reactive force, is due to the elasticity of the backing, coupled with suffi cient rigidity. It supports the inert matter of the plate, enlivens its resistance, spreads the concussion over a sur face which increases with depth, and, lastly, it acts directly against the projectile, to the prejudice of its penetration. With all this, the Admiralty countenanced many plans which, though backed by great names, were sadly deficient in the very elements of this valuable force, and of course the penalty had to be paid, in the shape of repeated de feats ; whence they eagerly declared that there was nothing better than their first child, the original 44-inch armour. The Minotaur target was a kind of compromise between some of the anti-backing plans and the 'Warrior, being a thicker plate (siin), with only 9in of wood behind ; yet, notwithstanding such extra thickness, it was pierced and literally destroyed by 7501bs of metal thrown; while the Warrior stood 4,0001ba comparatively well —at least, its skin was not broken. There is nothing won derful in this ; the more you diminish your reactive force, the more you facilitate penetration. Fer instance, in the Warrior, the resistance of the iron being as 20'25, that of its 13-inch backing as 324, the total of the reactive force might be represented by the area 20.25 X 324 6,561; while in the Minotaur the resistance of the iron was 3025, that of the 9-inch backing ss 81, giving an area as 2,450 ; wherefore, when the 300-pounder, fired with 501bs of powder, sent its cast-iron round shot into the former, leav ing five inches of timber and the skin unbroken, it could easily be foreseen the same gun fired under similar condi tions would sweep " clean through the Minotaur target, carrying plate, backing, skin, frame, and all before it." The 11-inch plates tried without backing were broken through at the first round of the 300-pounder, though the iron resistance was as 121, six times greater than that of the Warrior; but there was no reactive force, so the shot only encountered inert matter of great tenacity. With a little care, how easy it would be to save the country of a vast amount of wanton expenditure I Other plans, on the contrary, laid great stress on the part played by the backing; in fact, they took a line diametri cally oppposite to that followed by the former, their origi nators having evidently understood the lesson conveyed by the comparative superiority of the Warrior with regard to a system based on the use of thicker plates and thinner backing. They may not have seen what constituted the secret of impenetrability, but it was apparent to them that, by :improving the rigidity, and at the same time the elasticity of the backing, they would increase the resistance to compression, and proportionately diminish the plate's tendency to buckle and give way before the shot. One would have thought these principles plausable enough to merit fair consideration, or novel enough to excite official curiosity. Such, however, was not the case in any way; the Admiralty being either unable to appreciate the scientific features, or determined never to depart from their own favourite ideas, right or wrong. Be this as it may, we find that amongst the persons who sided with the backing a certain Mr. Chalmers distinguished him self especially for hie perseverance in bringing the question into notice, and at the same time for his faith in the prac• tical success. Early in 1562 he became convinced that ar mour needed three essential conditions, viz., more support behind the plate, an elastic medium to check the vibration, and fastening bolts better proportioned. In the first and third conditions we fully concur. We likewise concur in the second—but not as to the purpose it is intended to fulfil. In August, 1862, he submitted his plans to the Admiralty; they, of course, refusing to give them a trial. Upon which he proposed (September 22) to furnish a target at his own expense—the conditions being that in case of failure it should remain his property, whereas in case of success further trials were to be made, preparatory to the general introduction of the system, in the armour-plating of new iron-clads. On the 15th October their lordships refused over again, characteristically referring Mr. Chalmers to their "former answer on the subject of his proposal to con struct a target;" but there had been no " former answer" to the proposal based on the risk of the projector. So Mr. Chalmers immediately reiterated his offer, reserving to him self the right of reimbursement up to £1,650, on condition that, first, his plates should neither buckle nor be pene trated, on being tested in the same way as the Warrior ; secondly, the armour should afford protection to the skin against the Whitworth projectiles, which had succeeded in penetrating the Warrior; thirdly, plates 3! inches thick should afford better protection than 4i-inch plates backed by wood only. Failing in these conditions, he claimed the right of removing his target ; succeeding, he left himself en tirely in the hands of their lordships with regard to compen sation. Two days later, the Admiralty were pleased to sig nify their adhesion to this proposal, declaring beforehand their intention not to enter into engagements " as to future remuneration, or costs ;" and there is every reason to be lieve that this answer satisfied Mr. Chalmers in spite of its vagueness ; for the target was at once commenced by the Millwall Iron Ccmpany, the work being completed suffi ciently in time for the first trial to come off on the 27th of April last year. On examining the system one could see that the outer armour-plate was 31 inches thick; that the first backing was composed of alternate layers of wood and iron about 11 inches deep, the iron ribs being equivalent to about an additional thickness of nearly half an inch to the plate; that this backing was supported by an inner armour plate, 1 inch thick, resting against a cushion or second backing from 3 to 4 inches deep ; the whole being firmly bolted to a frame representing the side of an iron ship. The target weighed as much as the Warrior per square foot. The pro gramme consisted of 27 rounds, of which 8 were from the 68 pounders-4 solid shot and 4 shell—with 16 lbs of powder ; and 9 were from the 110 pounder Armstrong (12 solid, 6 shells, and one steel flat-ended)—the charges being respectively 141 b, 121 b, and 101 b. Without going into the various details of the firing, we may at once say that the result was far more satisfactory than in the case of the Warrior, thanks undoubtedly to the greater amount of reactive force located in the cushion, and the peculiar con struction of the cellular backing. Great hopes were im mediately founded on this good achievement ; but they eventually made way to bitter disappointments, despite words uttered in the House of Commons, and which seemed to be an acknowledgment full of promise for Mr Chalmers, as well as for the friends whe had so heartily given him their support. On the 4th of May two more rounds were fired at this target from the 10.5-inch shunt Armstrong, with spherical cast-iron shot, and 510bs, of powder, result ing in two belts and a few rivets broken, one of the ship's ribs being bulged inwards a few inches; still, the inner plate was not pierced. Unfortunately, however, Mr. Chalmers consented to the firing of a 3001 b. steel shot, with no less than 451bs, of powder : it effected complete penetra tion, and thus he himself enabled his adversaries to turn the result against his own work ; not with much good faith, we grant—for we have yet to learn where the Admi ralty has the target able to stand such a shot at 200 yards, especially after 29 rounds—but nevertheless with that superficial show of reason, which was wanted for waging war on bad grounds. Contrary to their expectations, the Admiralty had been taught a valuable lesson. They had been forcibly shown, not by deep science, but by plain practical results due to sound instinct, that backing hag more to do with resistance than they had imagined ; wherefore, according to the usual rules followed between masters and pupils, one would have ex pected them ready to acknowledge the service done. But official institutions cannot adapt themselves to vulgar usage, so it was decided to pay for the tangible outlay-- that is. for the target furnished by the Milwall works —and not to reimburse the master the small amount due for per sonal expenses and for time expended during the manufac ture of the target. Moreover, acting after the same pro pensities which tempted them to build the slow Orontes as an improvement on the swift Himalaya, they determined to try another target on their own favoured plan, embodying A shadow of the principles which had succeeded in tt e Chalmers ; and again they had the deep mortis at i on t o witness its failure, in the presence of a large assem blage, the first round the 10.5-inch gun send ing the whole Concern V to ruin. A succession of disasters was a matter not to be tolerated, for the sake of official fame ; so one more effort was made to secure at least a semblance of triumph in another target called the Belle rophon, by adhering as closely as possible to the most essential features of the Chalmers : in fact the backing eon , SiAteKl 9fillteriAto layers a Wind and inn IppportiDg 6-101 1 , Naval and Military Intelligence, The following circular memorandum, addressed to the army at home and recruiting districts, has been promulgated : " With a view to meet the possible loss to the service of a certain number of men who are about to complete their first period of limited enlistment, and in order generally to encourage the recruiting of the army, his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com manding-in-Chief desires the special attention of the field officers of recruiting districts to the orders and memoranda which have from time to time been issued, and calls on them, and all under their super. intendence, for increased exertion to maintain the establishment. It will be their duty to give their constant attention to the numbers raised weekly by each party under their orders, and when the result in any case may be inadequate, to propose such changes in their distribution as may increase their chances of success; and in any instance in which after sach change the party may still fail to send in recruits, it should be returned to its regiment and replaced by another. If' after all exertion has been made the sta tion continue unproductive, it should be altogether abandoned, and the party sent to a different locality. Officers of subdivisions should see that the parties are active and energetic, not remaining shut up in their billets, bat constantly on the alert, attending all markets, fairs, and wakes in the places where they are quartered. Superintending officers are permitted by the last paragraph of the general order of December 1, 1847, to give special authority for detaching parties for the above purposes to ad joining towns and villages within moderate dis tances, and should it in any case be deemed desir able to send men for similar reasons to such dis tances as would entail the necessity of issuing marching money to them, his Royal Highness, on the application of inspecting field-officers, made in sufficient time beforehand, would be prepared to recommend the sums to the War-office. Inspecting field-officers should obtain and furnish to recruiting parties lists of the days on which markets and faire, especially statute fairs for the hiring of farm ser vants, are held within their districts; and subdivi- Sion officers should take care that parties are constantly on the look-out in the neighbourhood of railway stations, works of local improvement, or manufactories, where they are likely to meet with persons:in search of employment ; or when stationed near the camps of instruction or in garrison towns, recruiting parties should be present at all reviews of the regular troops, and elsewhere should attend all assemblages of Volunteers for inspection, or for competition at the various county rifle associations, which are sure to draw together numerous idlers, from among whom good recruits are often to be obtained. It is impossible in a memorandum of this sort to allude to all the detailed duties of a recruiter —they must be welt known to those who have charge of districts ; but the above are some of the most important; and it is incumbent upon officers of subdivisions by their own personal energy and super vision to ascertain that none of them are neglected by those specially selected and withdrawn from regi mental duty in order to be placed on the recruit ing service, and who should be made to under stand that their continuance in an employment which is always popular, and for which useful men can always be found, will depend solely on their own zeal and industry, as manifested in the num ber of good recruits whom they send in for exami nation. But it is not alone to the recruiting dis tricts that the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief looks for the means of maintaining the numerical efficiency of the army; he relies solely on the zeal, the esprit de corps, and the active exertions of com manding officers of regiments in concerting mea sures for raising recruits at their own headquarters. He is under the impression, however, that at the present moment there may be a disposition in some instances to reject men sft. sin. who offer to enlist at the headquarters of regiments; but he trusts that after this notice commanding officers will not suffer a single recruit otherwise eligible to be turned away merely because he does not come up to a preconceived notion of what looks most imposing in the ranks, thus sacrificing numbers to appear ance, when it is well known that it is not the biggest man whose endurance of bodily fatigue under the knapsack on the march or:at work in the trenches is the greatest. " Recruits may frequently be raised at the head quarters of a regiment by sending the band or drums and fifes to parade the town on market days and fair days. There is another mode of raising recruits which in former days was attended with much success, and which his Royal Highness would like to see reverted to, and that is that officers on leave of absence at their home should exert them selves to obtain recruits for their own regiments. Should an officer by means of personal local inte rest succeed in raising a batch of recruits, his Royal Highness would approve of their being posted to his own company should he desire. The Field- Marshal Commanding-in-Chief is fully sensible of the zeal with which the recruiting department of the army has always been actuated, end is satisfied that as soon as the present state of things shall have become generally known, the vacancies now existing in the ranks will speedily be filled. A copy of this order is to be in possession of all super i n t; i n a d j i o n r t o e ffi n e l y e r , e s . " battery of the B brigade Royal Horne Artillery yesterday left head. quarters, Wool wich, and commenced their march for Aldershott, passing the night at Richmond and resuming their march this morning. They Were to quarter for the night at Chertsey, and arrive at their destination to-morrow evening. The battery consists of Major Reilly, C.B. (recently Aide-de-Camp to General Dacres), in co mmand ; Mur dock and Gor ges , Capt. Newbolt, 1 ieuts. Mur to remain and Col. Michell's batte 6 non-commissioned officers and privates, With th e i r guns an d equ ipment com plete,attrhyeocf a t m h ep samefor th b e r g e a s a d o e n . will LieL ie f u o t -- low, also for Aldershott, this morning by the same Lroute.jeut .c T o h l e officers commanding the battery are . Michell, Capt. Ravenhill, Lieuts. Le Grice, Stirling, and Jackson ; Assist.. Surg. Symons, and a similar number of men. The head-quarters, consisting of Col. Sir David Wood, Capt. Whiny ates, Quartermaster Hendford, and Sarg. Combe, M.D., will leave Woolwich at the same time this morning for Aldershott, and take up their station there for the summer. The Aurora, 35, screw steam frigate, 2,558 tons, where 400 horse power, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintoek, twhe sa iled she from Sheerness yesterday for Plymouth , will embark a detachment of the 60th Rifles for Ireland, The Locust, paddlewheel steam tender, Master in command Reuben Harvey, was taken on the grid iron, Sheerness dockyard, yesterday, to repair the copper on the bottom of the vessel, and to examine the condition of Lumley's patent rudder. The rudder is found to be in admirable working condition, equal to what it was when fitted 18 months ago. The Scout, 21, screw steam corvette, 1,462 tons, 400 horse power, is in:he large basin, dockyard, undergoing thoro ug h rep air of boilers, At the usual weekly meeting of the Executive Committee, held on Tuesday, Mey 31st, a letter was read accompanying samples of cotton forwarded by her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Yucatan. This year's crop amounts to 4,000 bales, which has been chiefly exported to New York and Havana. A letter was received from St. Croix, West Indies, reporting that the cultivation of cotton there is extending, and that next year a much li.rger quantity and of a superior quality will be received. A letter was read from Kingston, Jamaica, advising the consignment of eight bales of cotton to the association for sale, part of which has been grown at the Reformatory. A letter from Philipeville, Aigeria,.tstatcs that since 1854 cotton cultivation has so much extended that increased facilities for cleaning the crop are required, and requests information and assistance in procuring the necessary supply of gins. A sample of East Indian cotton was received from Kurra c h ee w hi ch r t is e u gin,g a g in the ed and was valued e been 2 c cleaned per y management of cotton mills and in cleaning and pre. b l , t h T e h e l%i sender acay paring the raw material in India. A letter was read from the Colonial Office acknowledging the receipt of thelmemorial forwarded by the association on the interruption to the transport of cotton and other mer chandise from Abbeokuta to Lagos, in consequence of the wars now raging in those parts, and stating that her Majesty's Government are fully alive to the importance of the subject brought under notice. Consular despatches, forwarded by the Foreign office, were received from her Majesty's Consul. General at Constantinople, enclosing a report from Mr. Vice-Consul Blunt, dated Adrianople, April 18, on the cultivation of cotton in the districts of Eski Z3gra and Sophia in Bulgaria. In the former the planting last year was too late, and the severe drought rendered; the crop to a great extent a failure. Double the quantity of seed has been sown this year under more favourable circumstances. The district appears suitable to the growth of cotton. The experiments in Sophia have proved ho success ful that confident hopes are entertained that cotton will be grown there to advantage. The Governor is energetic, has made good turnpike roads, and labours earnestly for the benefit of the people. The Governor-General of the province of Adrianople states that the reports which he has received from various districts afford decisive evidence that the experiments with American seed have given very good results, and that a largely extended area will be placed under cultivation this year. Mr. Blunt's French colleague, M. Guys, has taken great interest in the cotton culture, and a copy of the report addresed to his Government aas been forwarded. A further despatch from Mr. Blunt, dated Adria. nople, May 6th, states that his agent at Phillip• popolis informs him that this year the farmers and peasantry of that province have been most eager to obtain seed for sowing; that about 30,000 okes have been sown, and that much more would have been disposed of had it been attainable. The re• sults last year, though there was a comparative failure,"were such as to induce the peasantry to cone tinue their efforts this year on a much larger scale. A report, enclosed from Mr. Vice-Consul Rossy Enas, states that experiments in cotton cultivation in his district are zealously prosecuted, and that good results are anticipated. A despatch from H.M.'s Consul at Jaffa, dated April 15th, reports the sowing season as just terminated most favour. ably, and that the seasonable showers, called " the latter rain"in Scripture, have done great good. The plants look most promising, and the excitement and eagerness to grow cotton still continue to prevail. Theßedouins, near Gaza, have begun to sow cotton. If this year's yield should prove like the last, the increased production will be immense, and the exs port from Jaffa will be largely augmented. Pre sent prices, or 20 per cent. reduction, will greatly enrich the growers. A letter was read from the president of the associations now in Italy, The Extraordinary Charge of Attempted Poisoning at Clapham. Harriett Ashkettle, who stands charged with attempting to poison her fellow servant, Louisa Caroline Gurr, by mixing tincture of iodine with her dinner, underwent another examination before Mr. Ingham, at the Wandsworth Police court yesterday. Mr. Wilson, as before, defended her. It will he recollected that the prosecutrix stated that she received her dinner on the Sunday in question from the pri soner in the kitchen, after the joint had been removed from the dining-room, and that she discovered the iodine mixed with the meat and potatoes on sitting down in the nursery. Mrs. Olivia Lowenthall, of No. 6, Thurlow-terrace, Lark hall-lane, now attended, and stated that the prisoner had been in her service as cook for nearly three weeks, and the prosecutrix for nine months as housemaid and to assist in the nursery. She then said that she remembered the Sun day in question. The prosecutrix usually dined with the prisoner in the kitchen, but on that occasion, in conse quence of her having complained that the cook had threat ened her, she was desired to bring her plate to the slab in the hall, and to help herself with meat, which had been cut off the joint and left on the dish by Mr. Lowenthall. Wit ness could not state whether the prosecutrix took the dinner from the slab, as she remained in the dining-room. While they were eating their pastry the governess came into the room with the prosecutrix's plate, and said, " Look here at Mary's dinner." The prosecutrix was called Mary in the house. They looked at the dinner, and sent the governess to the police-station. In reply to questions, the witness said she missed her watch on the Saturday before the prisoner was taken into custody. She had lately been singularly unfortunate with her servants. Since the prosecutrix had been with her she had had three cooks and two charwomen. They did not leave through any complaint of the prosecutrix. Witness had missed property both before and since the prosecutrix had been in her service. Mrs Lowenthall handed to his worship a letter, which was sealed and addressed to the prisoner, and said it was put over into her garden by a boy last Tuesday, Mr Ingham opened it, and upon reading the contents ap peared to think they were of some importance. ,He called piece of paper the f o ll ow i ng words :— " For God's sake the prosecutrix into cou r t, and desired her to write on a let me know what you are doing." After the prosecutrix had written those words, and several others, Mr Ingham looked at the handwriting, and said it was clear that she had not written the letter. Mr Wilson said some accomplices of the prosecutriz might have written it. He hoped his worship would dis charge the prisoner, as he believed the story was a concocted one on the part of a designing woman. Harriet Bunce, the governess, was examined with respect to the prosecutrix:taking her dinner into the nursery. She said she did not see Mary spit any of her dinner out of her mouth, as her back was turned, The prosecutrix " Oh, dear Miss Bunce, whatever is it in my plate.' lv,„! news looked at it and took it down to the dining room.n'ineg r p ros ecutrix did not complain at the time that her dinner had burnt her mouth. was that in a very clear case. The weak part of lc: cas e herhe dinner front which the prosecutrix was bound to ta ti Mr Ingham said that if the evidence was true, there was evident diffi cul t the indeed c3 : the slab. If she did so, it was with it. If, on the If . . It was a very dd. other hand, she did not, it would did not put any of the poisonoas per be e st have been establish a case, for the mixture must done un dertake a little time to consider what ficult case, and he must the eyes of the complainant . court ehe should take. mixtu re e veryc Y which h e placed in the hands of S ergeant Coltman, Mr Ingham re Mr Wilson hoped refused is ol c i li t e h n i t s w o o c u c l a d si h o e n a o d n m a i t e t c e o d un to bail. t ofthe letter, it s contents. His worship a l so remarked that he w i t h i ns tructions not to show it to any person, b u t t o i n . 'lnca sen d her for trial unt i l every effort had been made to find the s ha wl alleged to have been l os t b y t h e pro . secn t r ix, for, as he said, if th a t could be found, the whole ma tter would then be clea re d up. wouldvest ig The prisoner was then remanded for another week. 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