The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-10 00:00:00

ATiltIT OP THE PUBLIC I OURNALS, . - The short despatch announcing that the Austrian frigate Novira had arrived at Corfu with the body of the late Emperor 'lVsirimilian on board will recall to the minds of many the feelings of pity with which they first heard of his melancholy end. On such an occasion the Times de votes a leader to the incidents connected with this remark able drama. The House of Austria, it remarks, acquainted as it is with misfortune, has seldom had a more bitter lot than to see one of its sons struggling hopelessly against an implacable enemy, to learn that ho had been merci lessly shot, and then to have to beg his body from the chief of the triumphant faction. The Archduke possessed the qualities which loyal natures generally associate with princely rank. He was beyond all doubt brave, generous, singleminded, true to his word, and to what he consi dered his honour. He had shewn himself before his ex pedition singularly mild and placable ; he was believed tel have considerable administrative powers, for in the last days of Austrian ascendancy in Italy he had made the best of a hopeless position, and conciliated personal respect where he could not hope for loyalty to his office. His intellectual gifts, perhaps, were not of the highest order ; if he had a vigorous under standing, it had been cramped by his education ; he was a devoted son of the Church. He had also that romance and enthusiasm in his character which are not so much the accompaniment of a vigorous will as the sign of a defective acquaintance with men and things. He had some faith in his own talents, but more in his Imperial rank, his loftily beneficent intentions, and the political principles he represented. Both his merits and defects, however, contributed to form a character of which men willingly make a hero. He will be described in history as bold, chivalrous, and amiable, and any one who records the events of his life will feel it an invidious task to point out even his errors of temper and conduct in his Mexican administration. His career is such as strikes the imagina tion, and it would be possible for a brilliant writer almost to canonise him for posterity. A history might be written, not conspicuously diverging from truth, in which all the success of his life should be his own, and all the failure should be attributed to his allies and counsellors. What he might have been for constitutional Austria and for renovated Europe may be the subject of many plausible discussions. How he was seduced from his dignified retirement by the prospect of an Imperial throne, by the opportunity of doing good, of restoring peace to a disturbed society, and a noble coun try to the enterprise of the world ; how he went and did his duty nobly ; how the - French, who placed him on the throne, abandoned him, after having induced him to lend the sanction of his name to their own severities ; how he refused to abandon his generals, his soldiers, and the whole body of his adherents to their adversaries ; how ho hoped against hope, and fought in spite of the counsels of prudence ; how he was betrayed, and how he died, may furnish one of the finest chapters in the romance of history. A still more pathetic interest may be given to the narra tive by the sufferings of his young wife, whose mission to Europe displayed such devotion to her husband's cause, and ended in so dark a calamity. The Daily News observes that Lord Ranelagh, to take his own account of himself, is performing a valuable public service ; at a personal sacrifice, he is forcing railway direc tors to provide smoking carriages for passengers who like a cigar. His method is a simple one—he sets their bye laws at defiance ; of course he gets fined, but, that done, directors are at once struck with the impropriety of a state of things which has a consequence so shocking, and the smoking carriages are immediately provided. Ile was once so fined on the Richmond line, but within a week afterwards smokers had the freedom of that railway. On the 20th of December last Lord Ranelagh was a passenger by the Metropolitan Railway, and smoking, A guard named Parsons reminded him, as he had done the night before, that the practice was not al lowed, when the noble traveller replied that "he would smoke, and be damned to him," and kept hi,3 word. For this offence Lord Ranelagh has been fined 20s. at the Clerkenwell Police-court. Of course the Metropolitan will now have its smoking carriages, for it will never do to make the line a trap for distinguished passengers. If so, Lord Ranelagh will deserve the thanks of his brother smokers ; but whether, upon a larger view, his proceedings are to be approved of, is another question. Those who write for the ornamental portion of society are constantly denouncing the decay of authority among us, the increasing want of reverence for the law and for those who have to administer it. There is a great deal of cant in these piteous complaints, which have been heard in all ages, and are often made merely to serve the purpose of a party or a class. It is, however, for the convenience of society that rules which have been deliberately made in its interest should be obeyed ; it would be a greater nils fortune for most of the passengers by the Metropolitan to find that the officers of that line were unable to control tlkc‘ large and miscellaneous crowds which travel by its every train than to lose the hope of getting a smoking compart ment. The Herald contends that although the official record, of the Reform League may shew that it is a most harmLsi and orderly body, the spoken utterances of its members tell a very different tale. From the time of the Hyde park outrage downward it has uniformly taken up an attitude of opposition L to the authorities and the cause of law and order which they represent, and the records of its discussions shew how violently these tamely-worded resolutions are in conflict with the minds and the wishes of those who endorse them. There is no anti-social or disloyal movement afoot which doe s not count its leaders among the members of the League. It has given a quasi-approval to the hideous acts of the Sheffield trade unionists, and its leaders have been foremost in upholding the cause of the Manchester murderers ; while even at this meeting on Wednesday one of the speakers won a round of applause by fastening upon the police the guilt of the Fenian assassins at Cler kenwell. The Leaguers are too modest in this respect, too apt to veil their real sentiments, and "let I dare not wait upon I would." Let them shew at least some courage in espousing a bad cause, and rehearse to a meeting of working men in Trafalgar-square such declarations of sym pathy with the Irish-American desperadoes as they ven tured on Wednesday. It is their boast that they represent ." the people" generally, and the working men of London in particular. Let them proclaim their opinions upon l,'eniamsm before the world, in open day, and take the -senseof their constituents thereupon. Scotland-yard is close at hand, and no uoubt the police will extend to them the protection which has already saved more than one of their body under similar circumstances from rough treatment at the hands of their special clients. The Star believes that such discussions as those which took place at the League meeting on Wednesday night offer an excuse for Mr. Disraeli's contemptuous and im pertinent allusions to " cosmopolitan jargon ;" for we cannot expect the public in general to observe, or the enemies of the League to admit, that these debates are only started in a random, irregular way by a few members, and are discountenanced by the great majority. Thi public in general find fault with the League simply be cause it is a society in which such discussions take place ; anu so far their complaint is not without justification. }..re, is no necessary connection whatever between the Reform League and continental or Irish revolution. It is not called on to pronounce for or against either one or the other. It might just as well discuss theology, or th " marriage question," as it is called. The League has plenty of work of its own to do, and has, moreover, plenty of resources of ability and energy to do it. Look at the programme Mr. Beales sketched out that very evening, a programme of work coming strictly and properly within the scope of the League's duties, and, what is more, quite capable of full and satisfactory accomplishment. These are the questions to debate—these are the fields in which the labours of the League can be made to bear fruit. Members of the League, however well they may mean, da ill service to itself and its work when they distract its at tention by the introduction of topics which can be dis cussed to no practical purpose but the purpose of discord at the meetings of such a society. The Standard comments on the vigorous gossip which now going on over the Channel. The quitinuncs of diplo macy abroad have discovered a new mare's-nest. Accord ing to them we have sent out another mission to Italy. Lord Clarendon takes the place of Lord Minto ,• and the ex-Foreign Minister is going about the Courts of Europe, dropping in quietly at the Tuileries, at Berlin, at Florence, on his way to Rcme. He is gone to promote disarmament, to preach peace ; he is to prevent Italy interfering in the impending war between France and Prussia ; he is to sound the Pope about Ireland, and buy off the clerical element of Fenianisra. In short, there is nothing too absurd or incredible to be asserted and be lieved abroad of his lordship's sayings and doings. Now, continues our contemporary, we venture to assert that Lord Clarendon has no more a mission from the British Government than he has from the Ruler of France ; a n d we know his lordship to be too old a hand in diplomacy to have been guilty of even a tithe of the indiscretions that have been imputed to him by the continental press. Lord Clarendon is travelling, as hundreds of his countrymen do at this season, for his own convenience, health, and plea sure, and in Italy is as free from what we may term " busi ness engagements " as any other Englishman, en vomitus, whose good luck may enable him to winter at Rome. The Telegraph is the only morning paper which &vacs a leader to the Queen's Diary, just published. It remin,l: us that a French King boasted, and rightly, that he " was only the first gentleman in France ;" it must have been .1 joy to the Qm...,a to have known that her home was but owv of many like it, and that she had no Royal monopoly of that pure light of household loves which shines by so many English hearths. Cynics of our day have translated Cosmandra into cant, and have given us quite a new creed of despondency and gloom, showing that our politics arti base, our literature poor, our society decaying, our matron 4 fast, our maidens immodest, our young men empty, mar. riage unfashionable, and that old institution an English home r a pidl y d y i ng out. If we axepted as the truth these sayings of middle-aged men about town—who forget the flavour of life and make a microcosm of Mayfair—we should hardly congratulate Queen Victoria on presenting ta her people abook so homely in the most genuine sense of thd word ; but in almost every English house it will be a welcome and well-appreciated New Year's gift. Mrs. Hemans, in her felicitous lines, sings of households where " lips move tunefully along some glorious page of old." By English firesides during the next week these new pages—this diary of a good wife, a good mother; an bo read aloud to listeners who will share her joys, will under.: stand her emotions, and hear with tearful eyes the few brief words that touch upon the grief which still sadden her heart. LAW AND POLICE. TIMM mg CREDIBILITY OF A WITNESS. —At the MiddleseX Sessions, two men took their trial, before Me Payne, on a charge of robbery from the shop of a photo:. grapher named Daniel Brown. The principal witness against them was the photographer's wife, who entered the shop as they were making off with the stolen pro perty. The defence was concluded, and the jury were about considering their verdict, when Mr. Ribton, who defended the prisoners, asked leave to re-examine the lady, as he had only just received very material information. This was granted, and Mr. Ribton then put a few questions to Mrs. Brown, which drew from her the statement that, on the day following the explosion at Clerkenwell, she saw near the Broad.street station four men with bags, from which were produced pistols, revolvers, ammunition, and bsttles of liquid." This information bad been offered to the police, but as they had not thought proper to use it, Mr. Ribton submitted that the veracity of the witness was, at least, a matter of doubt. The jury, however, convicted one of the men and acquitted the other. THE CLERKENWELL EXPLOSION FUND.—ALLEGED SWINDLING. —At the Mansion House, Edward Foxwell was charged with obtaining money under false pretencea, and with intent to cheat and defraud. It appeared that the defendant, being employedjto write an account of the recent municipal elections in the City of London, for the City Press, became thus acquainted with several promi nent gentlemen. He used this acquaintance to solicit subscriptions on behalf of the City Press Relief Fund for the Clerkenwell sufferers. There was no such fund, and the prisoner had given no account of the moneys received. The defence, as far as any was made, was that the defen dant meant at some future time to pay in the money towards the fund. He was, however, committed for trial. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A PARISH Giae.--At the Wands worth Police-court, Mr. Wales, one of the relieving officers of the Greenwich Union, applied for a summons against a mistress for ill-using a servant girl. He stated that the guardians had placed a parish girl with a lady residing at Battersea. The girl, who was 15 years of age, stayed in the place nine months, but returned the other day in the same clothes given her by the guardians, in a dirty condition, and covered with bruises. She said her mistress had ill-treated her. The magistrate asked if there was corroborative evidence, and, being answered in the negative, said it should be obtained before a summons was taken out. PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE FACTORY ACT AT LONGTON. —The magistrates at Longton have been occupied in hearing several cases under the Factory Act. In the first case Messrs. Sampson, Bridgwood, and Sons, manufac turers, were charged with employing a child, named Fanny Boughey, without having obtained a certificate from the schoolmaster that the child had attended school the pre vious week, as required by the Act. It appeared, how ever, that, though the defendants had not received, the child had obtained a certificate, and it shewed that she had attended school very regularly. The magistrates, on hearing this, dismissed the case. Several other cases were remanded, because the child, in each case, had been employed by a workman and not by the defendants. Defeudants were then further charged with not keeping an alphabetical index of the names of all the children and young persons employed, as required by the Act. The magistrates, after some con sideration, ruled that this provision was not compulsory, and no penalty was attached to the provision, which was simply directory. The case was therefore dismissed. PIRATING PUOTOGRAPHS.—At the Birmingham Police court a man named Robson, a wholesale photographer, carrying on business at the Green Lanes, near Birming ham, was summoned by Messrs. Graves, of London, on a charge of pirating registered photographs. Having reason to suppose that pirated copies of their photographs were being disposed of wholesale, Messrs. Graves sent a young man named Cattermole to Birmingham. On the pretence of desiring to purchase, he got introduced to Robson, who sold him copies of several pictures the property of Mr. Graves. The defence set up was that the pictures sold were photographs of engravings, not copies of the com plainants' photographs. The bench, however, were satis fied with the evidence for the prosecution, and fined the defendant 265—that is, 25 each in thirteen cases—with the option of going to prison for twenty-six months. CHARGE OF ARSON AGAINST A SERVANT GIRL.—At Barnsley, a girl, named Mary Gargill, has been charged with setting fire to two bed-rooms in the house of her mistress. Miss Victoria Howson said that she resided with her mother, who had a farm at Wombwell, and onSunday, the 29th of December, she was left at home with the pri soner, who was their servant, whilst the other members of the family went to church in the evening. Shortly after the family had gone she heard a crash, and went out and got several neighbours to return with her. On returning they saw a light in two of the rooms. Several other wit nesses were called, who stated that on going upstairs they found the beds in two of the rooms on fin. The prisoner carried up water, and did all she could to put out the fire. She was committed for trial. THE SELF-ACCUSATION OF MURDER. -At Wigan, Thomas Harrison, or Horrocks, of Manchester, who made the confession, on Sunday evening, at the theatre, of having murdered his wife, has again been brought up for examination. Mr. Chief-constable Simm stated that he had made inquiries into the matter. The result was that it was found the prisoner, who appears to be a religious monomaniac, had a wife and five children living in a state of the greatest destitution in Manchester, and was in the habit of leaving them in the most abject poverty whilst he roamed about the country "preaching and lecturing• His worship, in discharging the prisoner, recommended him to go home and support his family decently, and the fellow assented. He was thereupon set at liberty, and at once left the town. The Lord Provost of Glasgow has resigned the office of vice-chairman of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway. _ HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The reconstruction of Her Majesty's Theatre has already commenced. The foundations of the old building are being cleared out to make way for the new structure, which, it is said, will covver the whole space extending between Charles street on the north, Pall-mall on the south, and the Haymarket and Waterloo-place respectively east and west. Every effort will be made to construct a sumptuous opera-house, which shall be the boast of Europe for its completeness as regards operatic requirements and security as regards the safety of the public. FIRE AT MILLWALL. —A destructive fire broke out on Thursday morning at Millwall. It originated in the extensive works carried on by Messrs. Pontifex and Wood, whitelead manufacturers, which had a river frontage of several hundred feet, the premises covering a large area. The flames spread with terrible fury, and ascended high into the air, lighting up all the shipping in the river and docks. By the time the fire-engines reached the spot the greater portion of the works were in flames. Three of the brigade land steam-engines were at once brought into active play, and on the arrival of the steam floating-engine from South wark Bridge it was moored alongside the wharf, and its hose was conveyed ashore to the burning buildings. It was not till nearly five o'clock that the fire was extin guished. Captain Shaw gave in his official report : " The whitelead works of two floors high, 200 ft. long, and 60ft. wide, about two-thirds destroyed, the engine-house nearly burned out, and the roof of boiler-house damaged by fire." The extent of insurances on the works destroyed are at present unknown. - _ FLIGHT OF THE LIVERPOOL " HE..4J) CENTRE" TO AMERICA.—Several weeks since a man named Chambers was arrested in Liverpool on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Sergeant Brett at Manchester. The arrest was regarded by the police as of an important character, as Chambers was looked upon as one of the most dangerous men the police had to contend with in connection with Fenianism. After his arrest in Liverpool he was conveyed to Manchester, and, with others, was brought before Mr. Fowler, but the evidence against him was so incomplete that he was discharged from custody, and went back to Liverpool. On his return he visited his old haunts, and though the police knew that he was the "moving spirit " in local Fenianism, they were unable to bring direct and conclusive charges against him. A strict surveillance, however, surrounded him, and, finding, pro bably, that under existing circumstances he could not well promulgate his republican ideas, he left the Mersey a few days since for America. THE ROYAL VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.—The ball given by the Mayor of Liverpool to the Royal visitors at Knows ley was on a scale of unusual splendour. The preparati ar6 were most elaborate. The Town Hail contains a magni ti• cent suite of rooms, including a fine ballroom, but on t:.i3 occasion a temporary corridor had been erected communi cating with the New Exchange News-room, which is ad• mirably adapted for occasions of this kind. The room is of large dimensions—it is square in form, lofty, and surmounted by a beautiful dome, the effect of which, when lighted up, is extremely fine. In fact, it formed a ball room which, for available space for dancing and general accessories, is • not often equalled. One of the galleries overlooking the main hall had been fitted up as a drawinc , room for the especial use of the Royal party, and a beautiful dais had likewise been erected for their accom modation on the south side of the ballroom. The suite of rooms in the Town Hall was set aside for receptions, drawing-rooms, and refreshments. The Royal party con sisted of Prince Arthur, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Holstein and suite, and a number of other distinguished guests from Knowsley. They arrived shortly after ten o'clock, and were received by the Mayor. There was an exceedingly large attendance . The invitations issuea.numbeie_l nearly ~~~~ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENII4O) jANITARY 10, 186 S , was at the time the strongest piece carried habi tually by European or American ships, it is also true that there are stronger guns in existence, originally made in England and now in the possession of foreign Powers. Our own 10-inch gun is about as powerful at 1,500 yards as the 9- inch is at 70 yards, and even the 15-inch American gun can throw a shot with higher power than the 9-inch gun, though at considerable risk. The Rus sians have a 15-inch smoothbore, but its charge is less than the service charge for the Rodman. True economy would have been shown in providing for the future as well as the present, and we cannot acquit the Govcrnment of all blame in this matter. Nevertheless, the danger has been much exagge rated. During the bombardment of Fort Sumter eight Federal Monitors and one iron-plated ship of 16 guns were engaged for 2i hours with the fort. Their guns comprised 15-inch and 11-inch smooth bored guns. The Confederate artillery had 10, 9, and 8-inch smoothbores, 7-inch rifles, and smaller pieces. About 80 rounds were fired from the ships ; 58 struck the fort, which was constructed of brick in tiers of casemates, and which could only reply with 33 guns in all ; yet in 45 minutes the ironsides had to retire ; in one hour and 40 minutes the Keokuk, a two-turreted Monitor, was sunk by a 7-inch rifled shot, and the fleet was eventually forced to retire. The pro portion of missiles which struck the fort effectively was about 4-10ths of the 58 which did not miss their mark. The proportion of embrasures destroyed to those exposed was 1-7th. Here was a case of real warfare, in which the defenders had no iron shields of any kind. However weak the Gibraltar shields may be, they oppose a greater resistance to artillery fire than any ship at present afloat, though they will soon be surpassed by the Hercules and the Wilhelm I. We cannot calculate with accuracy what the pro bability of striking a target is when the guns are fired on board ship during the ordinary manoeuvres of an action. We have before referred to this point. It is quite time that some experiments should be made, an they might be at an almost nominal ex pense. We know what the guns can do on land, but we cannot tell how great a loss of accuracy they may sustain when fired from the moving platform of a ship's deck. Neither have we sufficient in formation on the strength of iron defences. The Iron Plate Committee was dissolved at the very moment when their labours seemed about to be crowned by many useful and practical results, and we now suffer from that false step on the part of the late Government by having to reopen the question when our forts ought to be almost com pleted. There are many reasons for preferring earthworks in some situations, but in others the ex pense of an earthwork would exceed that of an iron battery, because the cost of the foundations would be much gi eater from their increased dimensions, and every spadeful of material would have to be brought from a distance. Granite has been con demned by the results of every experiment that has been made, and we have already far too many of those whited sepulchres, the granite forts. The Americans, like ourselves, have fallen iuto this mistake, and they are now endeavouring to gain more resistance by facing their many-tiered forts with iron plates. By the time they have accom plished this their magnificent defences will have cost enormous sums of money. The Iron Plate Com mittee declared that no front plates should be less than Biu. in thickness, and since then the guns have made vast strides in power of offence. Our opinion is that the part of any structure which has to re ceive the first blow should be strong enough to take the mischief out of the projectile. Behind the first plates may come planks of iron or compound back ing on Chalmers's or Hughes's principle, and it is probable that experiments will show the advantage of an elastic backing behind all. If thick, solid plates can be manufactured of such strength and at such a price as to render them available, they may be used, but in any case the stra,Aara should be such as to leave a possibility of strengthening a weak part indefinitely. Many of our shields are in tended fur granite casemates, and, as we have long ago pointed out, the gunners are likely to be buried under the ruins of the arches before the shields can be penetrated. With these few preparatory remarks we now proceed to sketch the results of experiments hitherto made against the Gibraltar shield retained in England to be tested. The first trial proved the weakness of the bolts and supports. Two chilled shot were fired from the 9.inch gun with a charge representing a range of 400 yards. Many bolt-heads ware torn off an d thrown to the rear, and in one case the iron skin was split,passed through the shield. b h u e t u neithert considerably bent and weakened. The head s of t he bolts had been formed by upsetting the iron bar i nstead of drawing them struts were projectile drown from thicker material. They were not, there fore, strictly Palliser bolts. The next experiment was not made upon the shield itself, but is useful in considering the gene ral question, and, as it has not yet been fully reported, we give it more in detail. Two 5-inch plates were riveted together back to back with bolts of various forms. The front slab measured sft. 6in. by sft. sin., the rear one 7ft. by sft. 4in. They had Clot been planed, but were put together in the rough, just as they had been turned out of the rolling mill. They were held together by four lines of bolts placed within 8i inches of the sides and bottom, and 15 inches from the top, thus forming a square. Five bolts held the sides together, two were in the top row and two at the bottom-14 in all. The bolts in the top and bottom rows were 16 inches apart from centre to centre, those at the side 131 inches. The seven bolts on the right had screw heads, which screwed into the front plate to a depth of about 5 inches. Depth of thread about* inch ; pitch, five threads to an inch. Six inches of shank 2/ inches diameter, and 6 inches of the point screwed for a nut. The back edges of the front plate were rounded off to avoid shearing; the holes in the back plate were of 4 inches diameter, to take a wooden packing round the bolt. The conical-headed bolts were of nearly the same dimensions, but the head tapered from 4 down to 2/ ,inches, the diameter of the 6-inch shank. Point screwed for nut 7 inches. These bolts were made from 4-inch rolled bar iron drawn out under the hammer, leaving the conical head. All the bolts were nutted behind the rear plate with a 3-inch nut and 2-inch locking nut resting on a *- inch iron washer. Three bolts on each side were fitted with an additional wooden washer of 1 inch elm between the iron washer and the plate. This target, so composed, was supported against two vertical iron bars 12 inches by 5 upon the face of the hard-used 8-inch target. A chain, passing round the upper part of the rear plate, served to steady the structure. It must be understood that the experimental target was only supported by its veteran comrade in the sense that a shield is sup ported by the savage who uses it. The 9-in gun, the exact powers of which are now so well known, was brought face to face with its antagonist, and three rounds were fired from it. Round I.—Solid Palliser shot of 2501 b., charge 251 b., to represent a range of 1,600 yards. The projectile struck with a velocity of 1,082 feet ; total energy 2,029 foot tons, or 724 foot tons per inch of shot's circumference. The blow took effect nearly in the centre of the front plate, which it pierced. The rear plate was indented and slightly cracked behind. No effect upan the bolts appeared to have taken place. Round 2.—Same gun and projectile, charge 371 b., to represent a range of about 400 yards. The shot struck low under the hole made by round 1, penetrated the front plate, and showed its nose through the back plate. Several cracks were de veloped in the front plate from the shot-hole to the adjacent bolt-holes. One bolt at the bottom left-hand corner (conical head, iron washer)„,"was broken at the head. The next bolt had its head drawn into the plate one inch, but held well. One bolt with screwed head and iron washer was broken off behind at the nut. The iron struts were permanently deflected about half an inch. Velocity on impact, 1,275 feet ; total energy, 2,818 foot tons, or 100 . 6 foot tons per inch of cir cumference. Round 3.—This time a full servile charge of 431 b. was used. The shot struck about 16 inches above No. 1, and perforated both plates, digging its nose about an inch into the Bin. target behind. Both the upper corner bolts were broken, one being screwed, the other conical-headed, both with iron washers. The struts were deflected about three-quarters of an inch. Various cracks in the front plate ran from the hole. This was not bad endurance for so small a tar get, and the gunners behind would have been pro tected from all danger at 400 yards. A plate with a larger surface would yrobably have cracked less, and four bolts only out of 14 were broken, none of which had wooden washers. A still later experiment was made with the Gib raltar shield on the 19th of December, when two rounds were fire 1 at it from the 9in. gun with Pal liser shot and a charge of 371 b., representing by the velocity given a range of 400 yards ; two Palliser shells with a charge of 431 b., the fall charge of the gun ; and.one American cast-iron shot, with 501 b. of English powder (equal to 601 b. of American), from the Rodman gun, the range in all cases being 70 yards. The effect was a general shaking and disintegration of the parts of the target, which was, however, fairly penetrated by only one of the various projectiles—the first Palliser shell fired from the rifled gun. With this one exception the gun be hind the shield would have remained undamaged after having received in all seven rounds, and the use of a rope mantlet protects the men quite suf ficiently from broken bolt-heads. The American shot rebounded from the shield, but seriously damaged the already weakened supports. The shell which passed through struck near the point where the longitudinal junction of the two front plates crosses the vertical junction of two plates forming the second layer—a rather weak spot. The second shell, also fired with a full charge of 431 b., failed to penetrate. Bulges there were in plenty, fis sures in the skin, and bending of supports ; but, while the experiments have shown the necessity for front plates of at least eight inches, the question of backing to them cannot be considered as definitely settled until other constructions have been tried behind the same plate, or other shields at the same price proved by experiment to be stronger. We believe that the cost of each Gibraltar shield was about £9BO, and though the pre sent examples have been shown to be deficient in strength, there is no proof yet that the syStem must be condemned. Weight does not form any element of the question. The object must be to obtain the greatest strength at the least cost. Coming experiments at Shoeburyness, the prepara tions for - which we lately described, will bear upon many important points ; but, after all engineering questions have received full investigation, military and financial reasons may prevent the adoption of the best model, except in the most exposed posi tions. Above all things, let our artillerymen and sailors bear in mind that more depends upon their courage and upon the rapidity and accuracy of their fire than upon the thickness of the walls with which they will be surrounded. Tegethoff's wooden ships dashed boldly into the thick of the battle, and not a boat was lost. Albini was more-prudent, and the result was the defeat of the Italian fleet with the oss of two ironclads.—Tirnes. THE PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPH' IN THE YEAR 1867. The events connected with the extension of tele graphic communication in 1866 were the most me morable ever recorded in history, for in that year not only was a complete cable, uniting the Old World and the New, successfully submerged, but another, which was considered irretrievably lost by the general public, was recovered from the depths of the Atlantic. It might have been expected that the marvellous success" achieved by thos3 who by indomitable perseverance and scientific skill esta blished such valuable agencies of correspondence between England and America would have prompted others to initiate enterprises of a similar character in other directions, but the commercial depres sion of last year acted detrimentally on the advancement of telegraphy, as it did on almost every speculative scheme. Still, some of the facts connected with its history and progress during the year . 1867 are peculiar and inte- resting. The first prominent occurrence was the repairing of the Atlantic cable of 1866, which had broken some two miles from the Bay of Heart's Content. It appears that when the shore end of the cable referred to was being laid the Great Eastern, from which it was paid out, was in a fog, and it was laid in a shallower part of the ocean than was originally intended by the engi neers. It was found that an iceberg, which had grounded in 27 fathoms, was the cause of the acci dent, and the cable was repairel in the marvellously short space of 48 hours, under the supervision of Mr. Henry Clifford, C.E. The same rope broke again in July about 87 miles from Newfoundland. Thirteen miles of it were picked up by the ship. Chilton, under the direction of Sir &timid Can ning, and laid in a deeper channel than that which it had formerly been deposited. This was tho first case of what may be called ordinary repair to the Atlantic lines, as contradistinguished from pick ing up and splicing, and the promptitude with which it was effected afforded another proof of Sir Samuel Canning's ability and skill. It may be here remarked that not the slightest interruption has yet occurred in the cable of 1865. A cable has been laid between Havannah and Key West, Florida, and a second line between Key West and Punta Rossa. The first is sheathed in iron and weighs 2.15 tons to the nautical mile. The route of it is across strong and variable currents and over about 1,000 fathoms. A curious Miscalculation took place while this line was being constructed. Owing to the phenomenon of under currents the cable assumed a direction over the stern as if the current was con tinuing to go west (as it actually did during the first 20 miles) when it was really going east. The result of this miscalculation was that the supply of materials ran short, and the line had to be completed with part of the Key West and Punta Rossa wire, and the latter finished with a portion of what was intended for a Red Sea cable. The whole length of the section is 120 miles, and on the Havannah coast the shore end runs into 450, and on the Key West into 136 fathoms. The shallowness of the bed on which a great por tion of the Key West and Punta Rossa line lies ex poses the gutta percha covering to a severe test in the tropics. Some of it is laid on mud banks, where the normal temperature is between 80 deg. and 90 deg., and it has no other " serving" to preserve it from rust. We may here add that during the pro— gress of the expeditions in which these lines were established considerable loss of life took place among the staff which superintended its construction. A. line has been laid from Placentia to Lloyd's Cove, Sydney, and touches at the French island of St. Pierre. Unlike the Atlantic cable, this is sheathed in iron wires and weighs 2.25 tons per nautical mile generally, and 11 tons per nautical mile at the shore end. The whole length of the section is 301 nau tical miles, and every indication has been given that its general insulation is perfect. The South Foreland and La Panne, in Belgium, have been also united by a line of tele graph which contains four conductors, two of them consisting of recovered portions of the Cromer and Emden cable. The La. Panne line is 47 miles in length, and the wire is covered with asphalte and an outer " serving." In Persia a special loop line from Khanakeen to Teheran and another from Te heran to Bushire have been erected. These are, however, of no very great importance as alterna tive lines, for which they are intended, between Bagdad and Bushire, for the line between Bagdad and Bassorah is working well, and that between Bassorah and Bushire has never been interrupted. Considering, however, the Russian position, the line between Teheran and Bushire is not without its value. For the purposes of the Abyssinian expe dition Major Uharnpain, R.E., has taken out mate rials and a staff for the construction of a semi-per manent line from Anaesley Bay to the final head quarters. This will consist of copper wire, and the insulators will be attached to bamboo supports. For flying telegraphs forty miles of Hooper's wires, without iron covering, have been supplied. This peculiar species of wire resists the power of the sun better, it is said, than any other, and by NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's screw storeship Industry, 638 tons, 80 horse-power, Staff Commander E. S. Tonell, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Brazil and Ascension. She has brought home a quantity of returned Government stores and a few seamen and Marine passengers. The latter were landed at Portsmouth yesterday, and the Industry will sail from Spithead again this morning for Woolwich, to deliver - her cargo of stores. She sailed from Ascen sion on the Bth of December, and called in at St. Vincent on the 21st, on which day the Brazil mail steamship Oneida passed. Off the Western Islands the Industry fell in with a strong gale from the N.W., followed by another from the S.E. After wards strong N.E. winds prevailed up to the time of the vessel entering the Channel. Her Majesty's screw frigate Bristol sailed from Ascension for Eng- land on the Ist of December, but would call in at Sierra Leone to }and her Kroomen. Her Majesty's screw storeship Supply, Staff- Commander Charles Bawden, which has been dis- abled, was recently towed to Portsmouth by her Majesty's ship Pallas, and has since been placed in dock for survey. On the water being pumped out of the dock the screw shafting was found to be broken outside the tube. The broken length of shafting, with the Griffiths' screw, has been removed, and a new length of shafting, with a common two bladed screw, is being now fitted. When this has been completed the ship will be reported on to the Admiralty and undocked. As the steam factory of Portsmouth yard is now overcrowded with work, and the defects of the hull and machinery of the Supply are extensive, it is anticipated that the Ad miralty orders will be for her to proceed round to Woolwich. Tne Elk, composite-built gunboat, 464 tons, to carry two guns, and to be fitted with two screw en gines of 120 horse power (nominal), will be launched from Portsmouth dockyard to-day shortly before high water. The Pylades, 17, screw corvette, 1,278 tons, 350 horse power, Captain C. W. Buckley, V. C., recently commissioned at Sheerness for foreign service, re mains at Spithead awaiting final orders from the Admiralty. The Royal Oak, armoured frigate, 1,000 horse power screw engines, Capt. H. Hellyar, C. 8., has been undocked at Portsmouth and berthed along side the north wall of the steam basin, in progress of her somewhat extensive refit—if the refit is only for one twelvemonth's commission. On Wednesday while an attempt was being made to lower the steam launch of this ship into the water of the har bour by means of one of the jetty cranes, the for ward eyebolt drew from the boat, and the forefoot of the boat came down with greatforce on the stone work of the jetty, starting all the wood ends of the planking from the stem and rendering the boat for the time completely useless. Yesterday the carpen ter of the ship and his crew were busily engaged in repairing the damage. The boat is required to keep night guard in Portsmouth harbour. • The drawings and plans for a new unarmoured improved sloop corvette, from the designs of Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy, which is to be laid down at Chatham dockyard, have been received at that establishment from the Admiralty, the workmen at the saw mills having been em ployed for some time past in cutting out the tim bers for the frames. The new vessel will be of the Juno class, of about 1,460 tons burden, and is intended to mount an armament of six heavy guns. The drawings and models of a new unarmoured screw corvette, of the Blanche and Danae class, to be named the Briton, are also in course of prepa ration for being laid down on the only available vacant slip at Sheerness dockyard, from which the Eclipse was recently launched. In the designs for the new ship Mr. Reed will combine all the latest improvements in that class of vessel, while a slightly additional amount of tonnage will be addel to enable her to mount an armament of increased weight. The Warrior, armoured iron frigate, 32 guns, 1,000 horse power screw engines, Capt. H. Boys, on the conclusion of her present guard duties off Osborne, is ordered by the Admiralty to be docked at Portsmouth to clean her hull below the water line preparatory to making another trial of her speed over the measured mile, their Lordships con sidering that the trials of speed thatthe ship has lately made at sea have " rendered valueless the last trial of speed she made at the measured mile in Stokes Bay." The following officers at Chatham garrison were yesterday placed under orders for embarkation, to join the service companies of their respective regi ments—viz., Lieut. George Bow, 2d West India Regiment, and Ensign William Henry Gordon, Ist West India Regiment. The Duke of Cambridge has also granted one month's leave of absence to Lieut. Reginald Cartwright, 2d Battalion of the 15th Regiment, and to Lieut. Archibald Glen, 2d Battalion of the 10th Regiment, to the 4th of February. A military board has been held at Chatham gar rison, under the presidency of Col. the Hon. J. J. Bourke, commanding the 3d Depot Battalion, for the examination of various subalterns as to their qualifications for promotion. COAST WARFARE. The late trials of the Gibraltar shield at Shoe. buryness have imparted fresh interest to a subjec which was beginning to pallbn the public mind. A vast amount of excitement has been created among soldiers and engineers, and the usual crop of exag gerated statements has arisen from so fertile a source. It is necessary to distinguish between the different questions involved, and avoid any confu sion between the Gibraltar shields and the iron forts designed to defend our dockyards. A shield is, as its name signifies, a defence which can be set up or taken down, strengthened if necessary by the addi tion of other plates, and moved from place to place as required. It may be applied to casemates or open batteries. Shields constitute an additional protec tion to the guns in a battery, and they must not be confounded with the battery itself. It is evi dent that they should vary in power of resistance according to the different situations in which they are intended to be placed. Again, the strate gical value of the positions must be taken into consideration, and the probability of any foreign Power attacking them in such force as to render their defence a matter of time and difficulty. There are, therefore, two distinct questions involved—one military or strategical, the other a problem for en gineers. The first can be settled only by Govern ment or by masters of military art ; the second is capable of solution either by military engineers or such persons, whether military or civil, as compre hend the forces likely to be brought to bear against the structures under consideration. The shields which have caused so much lively discussion, and bid fair to become a handle for much Parliamen tary controversy hereafter, would, probably, never have been made at all—certainly not for some time, but that the critical state of Europa caused the Government to investigate the condition of our distaalt fortresses, when they discovered that a single strong ironclad and cruiser could bombard any one of our maritime strongholds with impu nity. Humied counsel was taken with the Depart 'nut of Works at the War-office, and a certain sum of money was diverted from other purposes to supply am actual and pressing need. Rightly or wrongly, it was decided that the sum available should bt employed in giving moderate protection to as mat iy guns as possible rather than complete immunity from danger to a few. In taking this course, the. Royal Engineers placed themselves in antagonisms with the general feeling of artillery officers, who were not consulted to the extent that would ha•re been proper under the circumstances, seeing tb at they have to fight the guns. Be this as it may, the shields were designed to meet only the guns of the day, firing from distances at which ships are likely to be kept by the guns of the forts and the hidden d angers of submarine mines. We arc unable to sta to whence originated this false idea of economy ; but while it is quite true that the Gibraltar shiel 'de are capable of withstanding the number of sho its likely to be received in a bom bardment from,. let us say, our 9-inch gun, which experiments performed in England it was proved that artillery might pass over it without doing it any material injury. Great improvements have been made—certainly not before they were urgently demanded—in the staff which directs the working of telegraphs in India. Some of the members of it have visited England and received instruction from the most experienced engineers in London, and the staff has been recruited by the addition of some skilled electricians from Europe. The use of old instruments has been superseded, so that we may shortly expect that the ridiculous medleys of words which are sometimes seen in messages from the east will be no longer allowed to occur. Thirty miles of wire have been sent out to Turkey, which are to form a line across the Bosphorus, and a similar quan tity has been transmitted to Brazil. At home little has been done, owing to the suspense created by the proposed scheme of the Government to take the telegraphs under their own control. Considerable advance has, however, been made in the construc tion of telegraphic instruments. The details re garding these are, as may be expected, almost entirely technical, but we may observe that during the past year some very successful essays have been made to convert mechanical power into electricity. LOSS OF LIFE BY FIRE AND BY IVA7ER. It is gratifying to observe some diminution in the number of persons burnt in London in the year 186 f. In 1858 the deaths registered in the metro polis from burns and scalds amounted to 309, being in the proportion of 11.6 to 100,000 of population ; in 1867 the number of deaths was 302, or in the ratio of 9.7 per 100,000 of population. In the ten years, 1858-67, 3,258 lives were destroyed by burns and scalds. In England and Wales no less than 51,160 persons-25,315 males and 25,815 females —were burnt or scalded to dsath in the 18 years 1818-65. The annual sacrifice was 2,842. It is worthy of remark that 'the nualber of girls and women burnt in 1865 was less than the average. Thus, the average annual number in previous years was 1,434 ; in the ye it 1865 the number fell to 1,369 ; 65 lives were saved. The pro portion to 100,000 of population in each of the two periods was 14.7 and 12.7. Among children the rate of mortality in 1865 to 100,000 living was as fol lows :—Males under 5 years, 57.0 ; females under 5 years, 45.1 A certain proportion of the 1,473 children whose deaths were referred to burns and scalds were suffocated through drinking scalding water, the larynx in such cases being closed. At the age of 5 and under 10 years the proportional numbers were—males; 12 ; females, 21 ; at age 10 and under 15 they were—males, 4 ; females, 6 ; the difference in the mortality of the two sexes at these ages was due to the great inflammability of cotton dresses. Of the 14,193 males dying of burns and scalds under 5 years of age in the 18 years 1848-65, 910 were under 1 year of age, 3,482 were 1 year and under 2, 3,649 were 2 years and under 3, 3,382 were 3 years and under 4, 2,725 were 4 years and under 5. Of the 11,676 females dying under 5 years of age, 919 were less than 1 year of age, 2,743 were 1 year and under 2, 2,762 were 2 years and under 3, 2,834 were 3 years and under 4, and 2,418 were 4 years and under 5. Young chil dren drank scalding water out of the spout of the tea-kettle, or fell into scalding water. This hap pened often among the lower classes, when the mother was out at work and the children were left at home alone. It may be stated that in the year 1855 the deaths by burns and scalds (3,177) were more fatal than in any other year. The cold led to an increase in the consumption of coal ; people ap proached nearer the fire than in ordinary years, and the cold was thus the indirect cause of raising the mortality by burns. In 1858 271 deaths in London were ascribed to drowning, being in the proportion of 10.1 per 100,000 of population ; in 1867 the deaths were 379, or 12.1 per 100,000 of population. In the ten years 1858-67, 3,367 deaths were registered from this cause—viz., 2,965 by accident, and 402 by suicide. In England and Wales the average annual number of deaths by drowning in the years 1858-64 was 2,629-2,414 by accident, and 215 by suicide, the deaths in 1865 from this cause were 3,053-2,823 by accident, and 230 by suicide. The annual rate of mortality from drowning by accident ,0 100,000 of population was 14.0 in the five years [B5O-54 ; 13.2 in the five years 1855-59, and 12.2 n the five years 1860-64. In 1865 it was 13.6 Thus the deaths in England and Wales in the eight years 1858-65 by the two elements of fire and water were 45,009—viz., 21,454 by drowning, including suicide, and 23,555 by burns and scalds. The Taxation of Ancient Persia. rom " Ratclinfon's Ancient Monarchies.") The substitution of definite burtbens on the sub ject in lieu of variable and uncertain charges was aimed at rather than effected by the new arrange ment of the revenue which. is associated with the name of Darius. This arrangement consisted in fixing everywhere the amount of- tribute in money and in kind which each satrapy was to furnish to the crown. A definite money payment, varying, in ordinary satrapies, from. 170 to 1,000 Babylo nian silver talents, or from £42,000 to £250,000 of our money, and amounting, in the exceptional case of the Indian satrapy, to above a million sterling, was required annually by the Sovereign, and had to be remitted by the satrap to the capital. Besides this, a payment, the nature and amount of which was also fixed, had to be made in kind, each pro vince being required to furnish that commodity, or those commodities, for which it was most cele brated. This latter burthen must have pressed very unequally on different portions of the empire, if the statement of Herodotus be true, that Babylonia and Assyria paid one third of it. The payment seems to have been very considerable in amount. Egypt had to supply grain sufficient for the nutriment of 120,000 Per sian troops quartered in the country. Media had to contribute 100,000 sheep, 4,000 mules, and 3,000 horses ; Cappadocia, half the above number of each kind of animal; Armenia furnished 20,000 colts ; Cicilia gave 360 white horses and a sum of 140 talents (35,000) in lie of further tribute in kind. Babylonia, besides corn, was required to furnish 500 boy eunuchs. These charges, how ever, were all fixed by the crown, and may have been taken into consideration in assessing the money payment, the main object of the whole arrangement evidently being to make the taxation of each province proportionate to its wealth and resources. The assessment of the taxation upon the different portions of his province was left to the strap. We do not know on what principles he ordinarily proceeded, or whether any uniform prinliples at all were observed throughout the Empire. But we find some evidence that, in places at least, the mode of exaction and collection was by a land-tax. The assess ment upon individuals and the actual collection from them, devolved, in all probability, on the local authorities, who distributed the burthen im posed upon their town, village, or district as they they thought proper. Thus the foreign oppressor did not come into direct contact with the mass of the conquered people, who no doubt paid the calls made upon them with less reluctance through the medium of their own proper magistrates. If the taxation of the subject had stopped here, he would have had no just ground of com plaint against his rulers. The population of the empire cannot be estimated at less than forty millions of souls. 'I he highest estimate of the value of the entire tribute, both in money and kind, will scarcely place it at more than ten millions sterling. Thus far, then, the bur then of taxation would certainly not have ex ceeded five shillings a head per annum. Per haps it would not have reached half that amount. But, unhappily, neither was the tribute the sole tax which the Crown extracted from its subjects, nor had the Crown the sole right of exacting taxation. Persian subjects in many parts of the empire paid, besides their tribute, a water rate, which is expressly said to have been very produc tive. The rivers of the empire were the King's ; and when water was required for irrigation, a state officer superintended the opening of the sluices, and regulated the amount of the precious fluid which might be drawn off by each tribe or town- ship. For the opening of the sluices a large sum was paid to the officer, which found its way into the coffers of the State. Further, it appears, tbat such things as fisheries—and if so, probably salt works, mines, quarries, and forests—were regarded as Crown property, and yielded large sums to the re venue. They appear to have been farmed to respon sible persons, who undertook to pay at a certain fixed rate, and made what profit they could by the trans action. The price of commodities thus farmed would be greatly enhanced to the consumer. By these means the actual burthen of taxation upon the subject was rendered to some extent un certain and indefinite, and the benefits of the fixed tribute system were diminished. But the chief drawback upon it has still to be mentioned. While the claims of the crown upon its subjects were definite and could not be exceeded, the satrap was at liberty to make any exactions that he pleased beyond them. There is every reason to be lieve that he received no stipend, and that, conse quently, the burthen of supporting him, his body guard, and his court, was intended to fall on the province which had the benefit of his superintend ence. Like a Roman proconsul, he was to pay him self out of the pockets of his subjects, and, like that class of persons, he took care to pay himself highly. It has been calculated that one satrap of Babylon drew from his province annually in actual coin a sum equal to £lOO,OOO of our money. We can scarcely doubt that the claims made by the pro vincial governors were, on the average, at least equal to those of the Crown ; and had the disadvan tage of being irregular, uncertain ; purely arbitrary. Thus, what was gained by the new system was not so muoh the relief of the subject from unoertain taxation as the advantage to the crown of knowing beforehand what the revenue would be, and being able to regulate its expenditure accordingly. Still a certain amount of benefit did undsubtedly accrue to the provincials from the system since it gave them the Crown for their protection. As long as the payments made to the State were irregular, it was, or at least seemed to be, for the interest of the Crown to obtain from each province as much as it could anyhow pay. When the state dues were once fixed, as the Crown gained nothing by the rapacity of its officers, but rather lost, since the province became exhausted, it was interested in checking greed, and seeing that the provinces were administered by a wise and good satraps. THE FAMINE IN ALGERIA. The Archbishop of Algiers has written an appeal for assistance to the suffering Arabs in the colony. He says :—" The evil is daily extending, and assum ing such grievous proportions that I cannot any longer remain quiet It is in fact ' famine' with all its horrors that is decimating the native population, already so severely tried by the ravages of cholera. Two years of drought and the invasion of locusts have exhausted all resources. During several months past a large number of Arabs have been living solely on the herbs of the field or the leaves of trees, which they browse on like animals ; and now, with a winter more rigorous than usual, their exhausted bodies no longer re sist, and they die of absolute hunger. They are to be seen naked, hardly covered with rags, wandering in troops on the roads in the neighbour hood of the towns, whence they are obliged to be removed to prevent disturbances of all kinds. Every morning men are found on the highways and in the fields dead of inanition, in groups of six, eight, or ten. These poor people, destitute of everything, still show a certain amount of fortitude and a savage resignation which would be really admirable if in spired by a sentiment of Christianity, and if they did not arise from their sad Mussulman fatalism, the first cause of their misfortunes, because it prevents them from using the slightest foresight. It was in that way that in the summer they died of cholera, and are now perishing of hunger. Cal culations which are not exaggerated estimate the victims in the last six months at 100,000. Only think of the number of widows and orphans 1 Little children are sometimes picked up on the road side still clinging to the necks of their dead mothers, frequently themselves expiring. Several have been brought to me, and the Bishop of Oran writes me word that others have been brought to him. He tells me that near him the people are also dying of hunger, and I know that the misery is not less great iu the province of Constantina. Under these circumstances the Government of Algeria fulfils its duty admirably. Work is offered to all the able bodied men, and there is plenty for all. Extra ordinary assistance for the widows and children has bee; asked from the legislative body, and will doubtless be accorded. But this help will cer tainly be insufficient, especially for the orphans, who will have to be educated. It is, therefore for them I solicit the charity of generous and Chric tian souls. Before doing so I have given all I had ; at present I shall receive with gratitude whatever, may be sent to me. It is not without a certain timidity that I address this appeal to the Christians of France ; but if they cannot succour us, they will at least comprehend the sentiment which suggestS my appeal. lam a bishop, that is to say, a father, and although those for whom I plead do not give me the title, I love them as my children, and I seek to prove it to them ; happy, if I cannot impart my faith to them, to at least exercise charity towards the poor creatures of God.—Accept, &c., " CHARLES." HIRED TRANSPORTS. — The under-mentioned ships have been engaged by Government for the convey' ante of. stores :—Dovercourt, 531 tons, for Kurrachee Lyra, 411 tons, for Rangoon ; Rachel, 563 tons, for Madras ; Annie Gray, 727 tons, for Kurrachee ; Clive, 593 tons, for Madras. 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