The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-14 00:00:00

JAEMORNE GARDENS, On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. Open Daily at Three o'clock. ONE SHILLING ADMISSION. kek i Mars Children, Half-price. Half-past Four. No charge for admission except by nt Card—Sixpence. Children under Six years of age free. T. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co garden. • C. h Tk 'acii THIS DAY, September 14, s te•rie ? Success of Deulin's new Fairy Ballet. " The Origin of n T , New Groupin Instrument the Antique. Dancing to lit o l l ,.,lnak e " a nd of Fifty alists. Madame Anton i lo i c t il",ctr ies el' marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope am:. i'rat od ( g . Chevalier Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. Chattaway - 6 4 Acti v e r ase Band. Sato rr nParation, a Grand Chinese Fete.. 11 0 „' ( 1 4 3, for the feture, the usual entertainments will bo pre ' rest ore '? f the Bat al resco, and the usual charge for admis , viz,. t „ aier ciao NEPAHLESE ARCHERY GROUND. 11 0 , 1 .80 or gentlemen can here enjoy the health-promoting elegant M e ' trail, r e graceful bow, w ith the advantage of proper instruc -110; klv e Shooting three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, ls. l'e, t ar e ' ;i t • Per dozen Matches for Dinner, Wine, and a Prize T lcr l, .4,.4/,Tickets,each, to be had of Mr. mae.lery Manufactory, 161, Bishopsgatestreet. e n , Cave —The Shooting Gallery—Burns's Cottage, i 'lAsai` r - th "` Figures illustrative of his Works—Summer and d ee ,2 Arctic Regions—The Maze —Statuary of the finest to 'lan uel'arlP.en—The American Giant—The Log Hut of the Ca 'e• ii igg'crs —Ancient and Modern Groupings, by Duffel, N h e it 14:!nce r-- "ected, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket, as et 7er we str oll the t hese delightful grounds in such high perfec tion 6 'efilt. feBent moment. Visitors to London should not omit a tag of Row e ! 11 ada of thei lofty trees and amongst the variegated sst re ,, 46414022'c uremorne. Everything has been done to render '`" Place of amusement worthy the most extensive The attentio_ halet ro4o ,,n l of the French in London is particularly requested to nd dueosse. k ki t ' " l ing Saloon of thi s es t a blishment is open free to the th e ' The N .,. , 1 1i v er Mammoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, Terre d' erei n I°t e en Sundays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown. A M oat ler_ orne can b e reached by road or river for 3 d. aver Ba ttersea-bridge every Night after the Fireworks. bh . i A4 D IVIt ta ote , lib t , 4 v ri ,„ - TILE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH •44,,,L.' '" IT Y.--WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON ir Pib3., ,7 4 vel 4.14 d, and srt, °De, 2 1111 V be had im French or English, In a Sealed ' ) IPs, ll ' 6 d, or LI-, post-free, from the Author, for forty-two 1 1, kdi - - P RESERVATION; ltst a Ntr e et cll Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, t and on :kis h i lY 4,4l,l4reitics and Disorders of Youth and A t 4 ll7 3r aterti a ' n ' e l, at an early period of life, which debilitate ' -114 4'l 44d exhaust -- tal powers diminish awl enfeeble the natural iii ke 4v l atio„. the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical trsh; they a ,::: ,nn the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, o liirrgal tii:'_ns froM these causes, close study, or the influence f tret hi `nre, ,Chcrest Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, 4 1k5,... n. • b„, all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Inds.tik i en y, i. ,, all Arty ogi ,"' ". , Y coloured Engravings, illustrating the I h l ettar l os isl . ,,... ,wit ttilaretiewo;otgy,tuanied Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, b uses, and fkinctions, and ex t c h es e se v s a , ri e o n u d s oil. Produced In them by solitary habits, Ottr, r 87, nla SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. ~.,., N. ( I)4l l :Te t t e di e 1 n e. matricuiatS d C2 zr y i t i) : . la f the University of Edin kbk4ill,lF:cllotniate of Apothecaries' e Hall, London, Honorary Member foseltal Medical Society, &c. r •rt!""lY r ° ntains Its at and an accurate and complete account of the i lis, rely haphysiology of the Reproductive Organs.. It . . ttn .. - t"d vim D Pens that the unhappy victim of excessive Maui tik l ' a ces Q ua habl` 4. to, , unNyi, ei , s, while suffering from their Invariable con 1- voL iv‘. rel ief , Y entertains a fear of ap , Iying to a qualified phYs 'll i alf "tert:. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro ,lolis ' i k t s restrTned that th 1 i ts are beyond the reach of pji). eS e e ve C n o rt ra ti p !As a rEs n eiteTkinh "di " tan —et I dna and Ntt?4111040,,-- Procured g as taken the highest 'or assistance where ket !,,e,,far .map -r' as his elleplornr. t '' t*fy, and the great extent of his -4 ql'ti ),Y years i as es 1 f o r his professional expert- I' ` 2 * -12 refer s a guarantee treatment of these 81 1 0 41, 5 h..„ 'Men almost solely to the k y , r o . .tt h v ~, Richards, C'Net "Nest" "2 AUthor, and be had of Kent and _ rn . mi . , , 4 or- row ~.. , may Starle. Tichno e 11,'14. 4 , 4 3-N 4l ~ uaßnay, 63, Oxford - street; 146, Leaden . Atlth '' L ' a ; liann 39 Cornhill • Gordon, or oride n , , , . , 'forty-two stamps, fre ns ' Itesi d _.... -r. free by pot for unce. at ncmt I ord-se u are London. ------ ° l't h rl Ostra,„„ ,_ TII IIITY-PIRST EDITION. vs on Steel. i sm ` lll t - gf;;T i ey 26 Anatomical Coloured Epgravin INCA hp ,T'Ael7,-;,' DIS Q U ALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE A RRIAGE. lav •-cliti o „ - , AND IMPEDI3IENTS TO 34 . Tost ~,'._', enlarged to 196 pages. Just P stamps, tieeet trona the Establishment, Sc. 6d. in . postage SILEN , price 2s. 6d., or tt,„ the i tta T FRIEND, a published, system, f rom ex- Itkre 144.,, rlZllties and decay of the generative tillZAremarllerloo, infection, - and the inordinate use of me i rcu d r i y s: t, pb.Qatto,"' °o Marriage, and the means of obviating km gtil s: Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. 1 breet, L id ,00, Consulting Surgeons, by Strange, c ß er y ta it n . and 14t4tattrOestnanu°11. Published by the Autlh9OrsßernerB -sold Oxford-street ; halt s :: 23, .I,l,n`r,LlA'r ; Hannay, _, 63 and Sanger, street, Ox- PA,.-`teet. '''''"erne-street, Hayti% tartlet ; and Gordon, so' 146, Leaden 0rt...-"e't i., 17°s, tttiare Of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive flet; ( kr t ,8 tilustraied b den q„ • ire At Y Six Coloured Engravings. , e, ana sof the consequences resulting from excessive in -144 al Aria b their lamentable effects on the system, producing l'atity, °(ll9' Weakness, nervous excitement, t h.. 4A T 1,.. ofdlfinstra biihree Explanatory Engravings. h r in and generative i4iPrit,i;: treats diseases resulting from inrceti?n, ett e , or kilti„trQatit4,4°con,lary form and contains explicit direction f 440PAnnka. , Thls section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured „..alsiv 0111.1 .I'l4 1 4 DAlle a. e t0 4in n b ' a Retetedy for the Prevention of Disease by a (( Ne e Pertkit part, 9 Which the danger of infection is obviated. P A ti" . eT ‘7 .14 " the Work should Hot escape the reader's *P elt The ,a,,de'retecl to the consideration of marriage, and its d t cl n u e - Thiteelaket't3 or unproductive union are also considered, an pith Co atotA„ l cell9 and philosophically inquired into. l'a ttl ervt 'os and nt. -I 4 'AL '' or Syme - cit is exclusively ac l er a p . l a o n y d ed 33 i s n . ttea. el m ,. e, T he „,. 0. se xual debility, impotence, 4 - 0 , k r mri..s centrated Detersive Essence, an ' anti-syphilitic ~, til e 4, eru„,i'xillg the blood in cases o infection, per . tr },:, terr,r4 ons, and the alum of mercury, lie, and 33s.secondary_ 414 %7; a ''' PurtrYin", Specific Pills, 2s • 911., 4s. 6 and 1 le d . II ko, . certain anon , A, 'autlatt ...eq , for ti t% 1 Ipikite en of the bladder. Consultation a te n e, s gonorrhcca, gleet stricture, an 1, 114 , 4 tte,i.t. detail of the cue i ed g ta '` it if by letter, k elit r• li r k ' ' s re q ' a e ' h a ' 414 11 °lily ~ a° ets with - dvice to be ha at the Et - sti• A 4 olts, i tt , v 9 Which 'the fee: 11 , ' is saved. Messrs. Perry, fl 14 4 in sate ky, t o , Mo n tro .octanes daily at . 19, Benaers-street,. Ox sund . vti:t 411:4 tp tn ol l e. Te'l taLl Two and r.T. tO.Eight 1 on IrNIK of ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1850. Bank otTpe.Court of Directors of the Governor and Comp my of the MU una nd give notice , bey ne t ERA.L COURT will he held at the Think on Tnc.rs of a th z i,i the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock precis( ly, t 3 consider App o i t end ; this will also be one of the Quarterly General Coln ts 4 ed bY the Charter. JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary, UrRAVESEND STAR PACKETS Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to or from London and Gravesend. Sa loon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. F ore Cabin .....To:ar from Blackwall. 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. IC ° Ole I ntermediate Piers ........ 6d. ~,,_ _ r Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purffeet ; Piers. -u ° rackets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitt ing). FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Z. ---___Lx DATA tr a , I- I toshr.l villa. IGray s Green hithe. Pur flee rime I Roshr• ville. I:r.iy~ hithe.l.ieet ieet t9g t4i _ I ••• ec ----- ------L________L_!!__ oaryti2 Brains fro i',:t,.,!•uTrains from the Boats marked rtox,luarter of an hou en r. na F church-street Station to all parts of London BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACIKWALL, on the arrival Of the Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. ---... LIVIA tne Fenchurch-street Station. F ......________lvictx DAYS. SUNDAYS. 41 1:140.1' 1 -------------- ; s.- ItI PUr. IG e I I . 4* fleet till n- IGra ~ litoshr- ri ' t'nr- Green- Gray . Roster. e. 3 Title. fleet hithe. '' yille. -,-,...... I H. m----.. - I I - ----t 1) -- -- -- —.— 12 -- — 10 i0N..... .... , 5 ....._ 1 --• l eltted .„ ta4 aTes 'nark ed aro run direct, the Packets not being por tal, ' ki te) at Piers or for Boats. tire, TlcKETsTvvelv9 Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21.155 h . e ; k eket a; T r tb u . 155.; to be had of the Collectors on b oard t Sep t —r * l ''Toolc, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. enaber 12, 1850. tt-t. RAILWAY 'AN COUNTIES a t (10, CrAL T „ EDMONTON FAIR. d 17th in ,. at Ton ~AINS will leave EDMONTON STATION for e a u i and R alf-past Ten P M ng at all i ntermediate — S . tations. on the, 14th, 16th, an ISePtealber 13, 1850. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. To h e na d At the TO THE PUBLIC. Post Office, Weymouth, price Is.. or post free, on r eceipt of 18 postage labels, pre - Paith poRT, RI:MAIMS ON THE 14 AND BREAKWATER. AU Fr i , S. BY JOHN HARVEY. '', and SECOND ADDRESSES of his SON, Mr. JOHN HARVEY. P ostmaster of Weymouth, hi ' i s avorl h ileppst:aecess`til Promoter of the Breakwater. 11 ark," Great Brits .Inost forcibly to . the ra autical and mercantile 0( 4 rof 1 ,, n, am. file Act , o , f 1 ar i n n c tent for the " Portland Go Y, 184 7 , p .ge and Breakwater received the Royal .. Assent 11th h 18 , L.R.11. Prince Albert laid the First Stone on the 25th They, 49. it atl ash tt,, °k fiterwtrks, &c., is wa , •mly recommended to the public: 1:),,„?? talbelliq' th. -.Cueste . intents —one, a Map of the envir l. on a s t o e f r l ) Ve d y e m s o ,, u .ib th . f: 7 4 eitoe ~..(including the Railroads and Brea ,w , 1, ar t ofth ''',' 1 2 miles round Weymouth, and forms a complete . 1 been „ e most us.ful to mariners -the depth of water hdavif ,ht ,M frs "„arefullv added - T1 • M c is sold separate at 6d., an "ith sent'"Y Post-10'1 'I:1 , cl. if,,,,, d i i • at 0' 1 :1 1 1 8, r i a s p a View of Weymouth Bay, till fre e b reakwat:r and Ilarbour, price 3d. separate, and till e Govern Y P ° st• i ll •t a Y, a m eartatrtnent works (1850) exhibit an interest r ing e s n ce i n ea e k oLa t c e - r 4 a Una ni act numbers of visitors daily; some o te r Msiti,-- s hed state is now seen projecting from the shore, and the ia'ara`4 l . °f stone front the quarries is regularly and rapidly carried Of'tel.). teen 3 railwaY Anumber . of additi .nal train w,ggnns have, a 1,...._,_.a. em. Stili i aric s - e,r t n,. l abt thewilt view to the employment 4140,111.4att tonal ente ' r ni pri s the arrival of wham this e se r l% o l f il e b o e n c v a le r t ried o on with increased rapidity. I t b 'Y be ,„the. remarkable machinery to be observed on tiles) works i :r the r,el.ltioned a gigantic crane on a moveable intendedplatform, which e jtl i paii i i i TT of stones from the recesses of GI,. gt o. ut h r t r o ie , and f B 6o tons An e f f4le 1i, 5 itLieunreining with ease the immense tl.c w he e nn i ' ical impregnation t te cess lilvi fig pi!er foregiir er r e e e s t e e r d vat o ion, bY a new and inge niou o s Rater by which they . are rendered p im,ervious to the action rare f 2 14 ah o e Interest Which attaches Itself to Portland from Its rare i} 'I utflciesfly notorious. These attractions are now nemai 3ls, its Striking ge'ilogical str..tification, and a ti e p , cl a" US IS tlflicieritly notorious * . These attractions are now "e n. enhanced b tl rand exhibition of the fertile resource., e t ., cor tnit __, . y le g ~,i w nee r. 1 ;i vring ingenuity and profound achievements of the skilful i '''lscribi,,,,(:lta powershs uses the most stubborn obstacles, and c r "6 the and sway of the mighty ocean. , Tl4 e PORTLAND HARBOUR OF REFU . GE. rati,ild'oabitants of Weymouth and Portland, feeling that a debt of • more ezerti i n and writing, in bringing iaK to Mr. John Harvey for his and his father's a ,,,,_ 0 98 bolt by personal applicat o ealr-meeessive Governments and the public the nt•cessity of a d) have resolved Ott en''eter at Portland (now happily commence , sn . a . le testi _ k atti , r 'ng into as b • I.' to present him wills a . It n ee il, ,_ . u scrip ion . 1,,, 41 auxm:',. late Mr. John Ilarve3 was, in 1803, by the especial I, s eYti e „,, , nts the George the 1 it , appoir.ted Postmaster ot .. th e .." 11 , and the present Mr. John Harvey succeeded his father kelv ' l ime sit ; • h ear 1817. Subscri n el I 'Y th uat.on in te y '••eti e Weymouth Banks, Libraries, ptions will be it is that th e -,nloutli country ge , ,erally will unite wit andhPoishte °lnlifabt'itialdntsit of a nd Portland, in promoting this laudable object. . ` i 116 / _6% .s"'--- I / . -e- - Z-- .- 11 I' ,/ 7 .' . 40' ~, ' . . . e ' ' ' t, % - 4q tv I \z. .!:14,- ,. .. , ,- , ...-....4 1 -„ . ..,,,, -.- i , ~: 4. : „ . , . , _ _____ _ .., . . . ---- —7-- ii, .1 -' "... - N ~.., _-- -- -- -- - ,-- , ip.,'„;,,,w_,..,.,,- , , .., ikt - *A l l ° 4 L-ISIP 4 , 1.1,; 4: I 1 pri r.a \777 41' :._ , • 0. , .. • ; -- -___ , i--- / . 14, „.NiRP,•-,..":...,--....„77---,.._e...A.--,?. i . ~ , . v i,. 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' explosion as the one contemplated will, it is expected, throw out an immense fall of cliff into the sea, form ing an enormous chalk groyne, which, it is hoped, Will prevent the beach from drifting eastward, thus weakening the natural barrier of shingle which pre vents the progress of the sea inland. These works will not only protect the extensive tide mills erected here by the Messrs. Catt, who, we believe, have contributed liberally towards the expenditure in curred, but the martello tower, the forts, will be rendered secure. Cheap special trains will he run on the occasion by the London, Brighton, and South-coast Company, and an immense concourse of spectators is expected from all parts and of all ranks and classes. Seaford is about two miles from the Newhaven station. BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. The fdlovving report from Mr. Walker, the engi neer, has been presented to the Corporation, with re spect to the rumours concerning the state of this bridge:— 23, Great George-street, Sept. 13, 1850. " reply to the question as to there being reason for the report of imminent d..lnger in the pre sent state of Blackrriars-bridge, I beg to refer you to oar (Walker and Barges) report to you. " The following are the principal facts in reference to danger ;-- `'That between the 2G h June, when our (Walker and Barges) attention was called to the state of the bridge, and the 24th August, a period of nine wecks, there has IN en a sinking of one inch in the fifth pier from the Middlesex side; that from the 24th August to this date there has b-en no sinking in the above pier, and that the sinking has been confined to the fifth per. "That the previous sinking in the fifth pier, which took place from the completion of the great repair in 1841, to June 1850, and also the sinking of one inch above stated, have arisen from the bed of the river being lowered by the current of the tide and the wash of steamboats, so as to be six feet under the tops of the piles th a t enc l ose t h e p i er (the former level of the bed of the river), and that the stoppage to the sinking is to be ascribed to the stone and other heavy material (upwards of 3,000 tons) which, during the last two months, have been thrown in to restore the level, and also to the repairs which have been done to the paving, and piling of the foundation by the diving bell. "We have nothing new to report, and you will judge from the above if there is any good foundation for alarm, or sufficient reason for putting the public to the inconvenience that would arise from stopping the traffic upon the bridge. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " JAMES WALKER. "P. Brand. Esq., Comptroller of Bridge•huuse Estates." FATAL OCCURRENCE AT LEEDS. An inquest was held at the Court-house, Leeds, on Thursday, before Mr. Blackburne, the coroner for that borough, on the body of Anthony Devine, aged 52 years. The deceased was an Irish labourer, and resided in the neighbourhood of York-street, Leeds, which on Sunday night last was the scene of great tumult and violence, occasioned by the apprehension of a drunken Irishman, at the Lloyd's Arms public house, on a charge of felony. No sooner had the prisoner been brought into the street than he uttered a cry which brought a great number of his fellow countrymen and women who inhabit that quarter of the town to the rescue. Brickbats, stones, sticks, broken pots, and all the dangerous missiles that could be procured were hurled at the heads of the police officers—lnspector Child, Ottwell Kell, and Samuel Gregson—while they were endeavouring to convey the prisoner to the lock-up, and after withstanding the knocks and blows fur some time, they were ultimately quite overpowered. The prisoner, after nearly all his clothes had been torn from his back, was carried off in triumph by the lawless rab ble, with two pairs of handcuffs on his wrists, and he has not been beard of since. In the riot the police were compelled to use their staves, and one man, Anthony Devine, the deceased, who was a ringleader, received a blow on the forehead which caused his death, at the Infirmary, on Tuesday evening. The policemen and other witnesses, who might be sup posed to be disinterested, described the riot as one of a most violent character; and, according to the evi dence of policeman Gregson, he struck the deceased with bis staff and knocked him down, after the de ceased had struck him several times. Policemen Child and Kell spoke to seeing Gregson strike the de ceased over the head and knock him down, and they also saw that his head was bleeding when he got up; and, according to the evidence of one of them, which was confirmed by other witnesses, the deceased again struck Gregson. The Coroner stated that several witnesses had been summoned at the request of the son of the deceased, and he thought it was hut right that they should be examined. They were called, as was al o the deceased's son ; and their evidence was altogether contradictory as to the nature of the tu mult—some of them stating that there was no riot at all, that no missiles were thrown at the police, that the police were never eruck, that policeman Kell went up to the deceased (who was standing quietly on the causeway looking at what was going on) end struck him a blow wt ich knocked him down, and that afterwards policeman Cl ild punched him in the side with his staff. They also said that Gregson never struck the deceased at all. The CORONER summed up with great clearness. He remarked on the contradictory evidence which had been given both as to the person who struck the de ceased and the circumstances under which he was struck ; on the impossibility of believing the testi mony of acme of the last witnesses that there was no riot at all, and that the deceased was altogether an unoffending person (in which case, in his judgment, the party who struck the blow which killed the de ceased would hava been guilty of murder); on the difficulty which he feel always experienced in get ting the truth f rom I r i s h w i tnesses respecting mat ters of this kind, through the prejudices they had in favour of their own race ; and on the unlikeliness of Gregson saying that he struck the deceased if he did not do so. He thought the jury would have no dif ficulty in coming to the conclusion, from the evidence, that Gregson was the officer who struck the deceased and knocked him down. There was no doubt that the deceased d;ed from the wound on his head ; if the jury came to the conclusion that Gregson struck the blow, the next question would be whether he was justified in doing so. As to the law of the case, if a constable was resisted with violence in the legal execution of his duty he had a right to repel force by force; and if in so doing he killed a person who was resisting him, it was justifiable homicide. if the jury were satisfied that Gregson was the party who inflicted the blow which caused death, then he (the Coroner) thought that all the circumstances would fully warrant them in saying that that officer was jus tified in what Fe did, and their verdict in that case would be justifiable homicide. Some of the witnesses had said that Kell gave the blow, but he (the Coroner) thought the jury would be of opinion that those wit nesses had not stated that which was correct. If the jury thought that the fatal blow was not given by any policeman, then he did not k now what verdict they could return except that the deceased received a blow which caused death, but that how or from whom he received it there was no evidence to-show. Mr. Burniston (one of the jury)—We are of opinion that the conduct of the police was above all praise. The jury, after a very short consultation, gave the following verdict:—" That the deceased appears to have come to his death by a blow or blows in a riot ous affray and an attempt to rescue a prisoner ; that it appears from the evidence adduced that the police-officers used no more force than was necessary for the protection of the prisoner and the preserva • tion of their own lives. Verdict—Justifiable ho micide " The CORONER supposed that the jury meant justifi able homicide against Samuel Gregson. The Town• Clerk said he did not understand the verdict as applying to policeman Gregson any more than to any other officer. The foreman of the jury explained that they did not fix a fatal blow upon Gregson, Kell, or Child ; but their opinion was, that whoever struck the blow was, under the circumstances, perfectly justified in so doing. TILE ELECTRIC DETECTIVE.—The great utility of the electric telegraph was demonstrated on Sunday evening. Some young fellows had induced the son of a respectable citizen to rob his parent of 201. The parties left Lincoln for Hull by the six r 31. train, consoling themselves with the re flection that they could not be stopped, as there was no tele graph along the line. The father, having discovered his loss, and communicated with the superintendent of police, the latter, at twenty minutes past seven, communicated by telegraph, via Derby to Hull police .station: ,he message ar rived at forty minutes past seven, upon which one of the officers went down to the Humber side, and apprehended the young delinquent as he was stepping from the packet at 8.25. Unwisely, the father would not permit direction that the others should be stopped ; and, consequently, though he recovered his son, he lost his 20/. It seems that, when pas- sing Itasen in the train, the coinpinions of the youth advis e d hint that the money was not safe, and prevailed upon him to entrust it to one of them. The lad has since informed his father that they clio;e this route because they imagined there were no means of telegraphing from Lincoln to Hull.— St auford Mercury. PA RTRIDG E SHOOTING —The breed of birds is very partial. There are many barren pairs —many envi es o f very small birds, evidently second broods; taken altogether the breed is not a good one. Ilares, where preserved, are i.ret ty numerous. The birds are wild, owing to the number of persons at work in the fields finishing the harvest. The scent has been unusually bad ; dogs have been of little ser vice, and the sportsman must fag hard (as be cannot expect much assistance from his dog) to make a respectable bag. The heat has been very great, the ground hard and dry ; the dogs have consequently suffered much from sore and swollen feet. The harvest bobs are plentiful. If sportsme n w ill rub their legs with strong vinegar (which kills them) on t h eir return home, it will prevent the tormenting itching they create.—Decizes Gazette. ›L--.--' -- i --- i _-1 fr t N°. 18,089. j LONDON SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 14 ) 1850. 4 - ,e 0 7 R AILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY; Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 40. Offices, 3, Old liroad•stroct, London. DIRECTORS. Chairman—JJllV DEAN - P.l UL, Esq., 217, Strand. Deputy-Chairman—GEOßGE BERKELEY HARRISON, Esq., 24, Great Tower-street, City. Humphrey Brown, Esq., M.P., Twining Park, Tewkesbury. James Clay, Esq., M.P., 25, Montagu-square. Georce Clive, Es.] , Sauderstead Court, Croydon. Samuel Whitfield Daukes, Esq., 14, Whitehall-place, Westminster. Harvie Morton Farquhar, Esq , 10, St. James's-street. Alexander Greg, Esq., 10, Lowades-strcet, Belgravc-squaro. The lion. Arthur Kinnaird, Pall-mall East. Geor fe Robert Paul, Esq., Portland Lodgo, Worthing. Bankers—Nessr. Strahan, Paul, Paul, and Bates, 217, Strand ; Messrs. Ransom and Co , East. Stan ling Counsel—Henry Davison, Esq., Brick-court, Temple. Solicitors —Messrs. Fry and Ilolt, Walbrook Ilmse, City. Surgeon—Barnard Wi;;lit Ilolt, lan., F.R.C.S., 5, Parliamciit•street, Westminster. Secretary—Alexander Beattie, rm. This Company has been established for the purpose of affording compensation in cas s of personal injury, and the payment of a cer tain suns in the event of death by railway accident. During the year just closed the following are the particulars of the claims that have been made on this Company by 37 persons who have sustained injury in travelling by railway : No 1. A holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,091, met with an ac cident by falling off the platform at Prevon, on the night of the Ist November. Adjusted by a payment of 71. Gs. No. 2. A mail guard, insured by a periodical ticket, No. 5,584, whilst travelling from Ccatbridge to Perth, on the 29th November, having occasion to get out at the Stirling Station, he slipped between the platform ami post-office van: The injury he sustained prevented him from attending to his duties till the 3d January. Awarded 201. No. 3. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,396, whilst travel ling from Macclesfield to :Manchester, on the 31st December, was thrown against a gentleman sitting oppasite to him, and received a blow on his face, which rendered him incapable of attending to his business for a few days. His claim was settled by the Company pay ing at his request 5 guineas to the Manchester Infirmary, the elahnant being himself a medical man. No. 4. A commercial traveller, and holder of a periodical ticket, No. 16,880, met with an accident at the Thirsk Station of the York. Newc tstle, and Berwick Railway, whilst about to proceed to New castle on the 21th of January. The injury consisted of a severe bruise of the thumb, caused by a porter shutting tae door of the car riage, o❑ his left hand, befo e lie could take his seat ; the accident obliged him, after remaining a week at Newcastle, to return home from his journey, which he was unable to resume until February 11. Awarded 311. 103. No. 5. The holder of a first-class ticket, issued at Leicester,January 28, was a passenger is the train that ran off the rails between Blis worth and Wolverton ; he was thrown with great violence against another passenger, and the shock unfitted him from attending to business for some days. Awarded 141. 145. No. G. The party in this instance is a clerk in the Travelling Post office, and the holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,474. and was se verely injured, especially in the face and eyes, by the collision of the mail with the goods' train, that occurred on the 13th February, near the Abingdon Station, on the Caledonian Railway. Awarded 2101. The injury to the eyes appearing to be of a permanent character. No. 'l. The holder of a single journey ticket was also a passenger in the same train. The claimant was about to proceed to New York, by the Canada, but the injury he received prevented him from doing so. Awarded 301. No. 8. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 7,313, was injured by the collision between the passengers' and goods' train in the long tunnel in the Leeds and Bradford Railway, on the 18th February Awarded 401. No. 9. A commercial traveller, holder of periodical ticket, No. 16,851, was travelling by the mail train that left Newcastle at 4 P.M. on the 13th March for Manchester, and susta ned a severe shock by the engine running off the line near the Victoria-bridge. Awarded 101. Ik• o. 10. A Government officer and his wife were passengers by the mail train that left Durham at half -past four o'clock P.M. on 6th May, which ran into an engine in,the siding from the points not having been properly set, near the Belmont Station of the York, castle, and and Berwick Railway, lhey were both much hurt by the collision. Awarded 351. No. 11. An engine -driver, whilst driving the engine of a goods' train on the 25th of May, between Blisworth and • Wolverton, was thrown b.meatli the engine from the train coating in collision with a bal : of cloth that had just fallen on the line from a passing train; he was much scalded and otherwise severely injured. Awarded 421. Claims 12 to 17 were made by parties who were travelling by the excurs on tra i n on the 3d July from Leek and Macclesfield to Liverpool, the weight of whieh overpowered the breaks on entering the station. .No. 12. The claimant, with his wife and mother-in-law, from Leek, second-class passengers, were all bruised. Awarde 1 61. No. 13. A young woman from Leek, a third-class passenger, had her face hurt. Awarded 21. No. 14. A man and his wife, employed in the manufacture of silk, third-class passengers, were both slightly injured by the shock. Awarded 21. No. 15. A passenger from Macclesfield had insured himself and family, six in number, thr.e of whom received some injuries from the concussion. Awarded 5/. ss. No. 16. A s..entlemast holding a periodical ticket. No. 8,751, left Macclesfield in the above train, and was so shaken as to be inca pacitated front attending to his business for a few days. Awarded 6/. No. IL A second-class passenger from Macclesfield was severely injured about the spine and neck, which still confines her to her room. No. 18 and 19. These claims were made by two gentlemen, holders of periodical tickets, employed In the railway post-office, and travelling by the snail train that left the Easton Station on the evening of the 6th of July, and ran into some waggons of a goods' train, proceeding on the same line, near Harrow. One of them sprained the muscle of his back, and the other was thrown against the corner of the post-office, breaking one of his ribs, and being otherwise injured. Claims No. 17, 18, and 19. are in course of adjustment. No. 20. the claimant and his wife were thirthelass passengers by the same train ; ha escaped with a few bruises, bu. his wife was much injured. Awarded 151. From the accident that occurred to the excursion train at Pow lairs, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, on the Ist August, when six persons were deprived of their lives, and many others in jured, the following claims have arisen : No. 21. A tarmer from Dubheads, near Crief, was hurt about the head and face. Awarded 61. No. 22. A carpenter from Auchterarder, received a b'ow in the head. Awarded 41. No. 23. A farmer from Strathallen, was also hurt about the head, Awarded 5/. No. 24. A . draper.frout Auehterarder, was injured about the thigh and aide. Awarded 3/. 33. No. 25. A man. from A ueliterarder, was severely bruised about the ribs. No. 26. A brother to the above was slightly injured. Awarded 21. 23. N. 27. A female was bruised, and otherwise internally hurt, Awarded 6/. No. 28. Another female was Injured about the 'chest and side. Awarded 2/. 28. No. 29. A man, from Auchterarder, was slightly Injured. No. 30. A farmer, from Tulllebardine, was seriously bruised. Claims 25, 29, and 30 are in course of adjustment. In most of the above cases the sum awarded is exclusive of the medical ex ienses incurred by the sufferers which have been de , rayed by this Company, in addition to that of their own medical officers. who promptly visited the injured parties on hearing of the accident. The utility of suds a Company is demons trated by these cases, and the conviction that the premiums which the railway traveller pays are but a small addition to the cost of his journeys, and create a Turd for the relief of those who from time to time suffer by railway accidents, which no human foresight can prevent, will it is hoped secure the public support to this Company. Table of Premiums. Table for a Single Journey, irrespective of distance, to Insure 1,000/. in a first-class carriage, at a premium of 3d. 5001. in a se and ditto ditto 2d. 200/. in a third ditto ditto Id. For the convenience of frequent travellers, the Company also issues periodical tickets, to insure 1,000/. for one month, at a pre mium of 55. ; for three months, 10s. ; for six months, 16s. ; for twelve months. 205., with the option of travelling In any class car riage, and in any railway in the kingdom. These tickets may be obtained at the stations of most of the rail ways in England and Scotland, of the provincial agents of the Com pany, and at the Company's office, 3, 0 d Broad-street, London. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the revrt, which is too lengthy for publication : During.the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England, and but two in Inland—one for 500/. and the other for 2MO/.—making together 700/., which have been paid. This is far bclowthe expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Prop ;sals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 121, comrrising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the cAnmencernent of the Company to the let of Juno last, assuran es were effected to the extent of 110,9721. Pas 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amoutig to 23,930/. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. I n s., n leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911. 15s. I Id. : , ince last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. I Is. 10d. only was adyanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de I'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbish' p of Lyons, and Monseigneur. Parisis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con' siderabie amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Ili - mediate and Deferred. 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By the BARONESS PRICHAZKA. " There are more things in Heaven and Earth Than are dreamt of in your pintos ,phy." - Shakespeare. W. Shoberl, Pu!disher, 23, Great Marthorotegh-street. ediate orders should be giycn to prevent disappointment. LONDON and .MANCHESTER GLASS COM PAN Y. Works, Sutton, n ar St. Ire'en's. Offices, 30, Brown-street, Manchester, Notice is hereby given, that the Film ORDINARY MEETING of the Shareholders will beheld IA the Office of the Company, 30, Brown-street, Manchester, on MONDAY, the 23d instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. The Register of Transfers will be Closed from the 11th to the 23d instant inclusive. By order of the Roan], HENRY ROBINSON, Secretary. Sutton, September 11, 1850 FORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COUMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated in the immediate ♦icinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers, will be found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate Cook. The Proprietor urthcr wisnes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be found second to none in the kingdom. . N.B. The charges for servants are included in the Bill (except those who only stay a few hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment Ls unne cessary. CA 51.13KI1) GE MONUMEN GENERAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. • CHAIRMAN—The Right llon. the LORD MAYOR. Ditrurr-CHAIRMAN —The Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR EFFECTS OF SHOT UPON IRON. Our readers will remember the experiments of the effects of shot upon iron which were recently under taken, with the view of testing the use of iron steamers in the event of war. The official reports of these experiments have just appeared in a Parlia mentary piper, moved for in the House of Commons by Mr. \Yawn. We copy the reports uf Sir Thomas Hastings, under whose directions the first experiments were made in 1842, on board the Excellent, and on those subsequently made by Captain Chads. The first report shows that wrought iron plates, six inches thick, rivetted together and fixed over the planking of a ship's side, would give no protection in the circumstances under which the experiment was tried : H.M.S. Excellent, Portsmouth Harbour, Sept. 29, 1842. Sir,—ln obedience to your order of the 31st March, 1842, I have tried the experiment made in Arneric and reported on by Mr. Belmano, of New York, in a letter addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen,transtnitted to me with your order, as to whether plates of wrought iron three-eighths of an inch thick, rivetted together to the thickness of six inches, are ball proof. Here with I enclose drawings showing the result of our practice with 8-inch guns of 65 cwt., and 32- pounders of 56 cwt., with their distant charges cf 101bs., at a butt equal in thickness to the size of a line-of-battle ship at the bends, over part of which fourteen iron plates, three-eighths of an inch thick, had been rivetted and firmly fixed ; and which was placed at the distance of 400 yards. It appears from this practice, that wrought-iron plates, six inches thick, rivetted together and fixed over the planking of a ship's side, would give no protection at that distance against shot fired with 101bs. charges from 8-inch guns and heavy 32- pounders. . _ It may be added, supposing that they would, they could not well be brought into use, because the weight of the top-works would be so much increased by the addition of such iron plates that the velocity of steamers, the velocity and stability of sailing ships, and the qualities of each class as sea-boats, would be so materially injured as to render this measure im practicable. I understand the American experiment produced a different result, but it is possible the hollow shot or shell used in that experiment were not so thick as those used in ours. It was the conviction that hollow shot of 46lbs. weight would not stand when fired with their highest charges against stone--for example, granite walls—that led me to apply that the weight of the 8-inch shot might be increased to the greatest which the guns would bear with their highest charge of 10Ibs. This was finally fixed at 561b5., and the recent practice against the butt covered with iron plates leads me to conclude that 8-inch shot of that weight, "if their metal is of a proper quality," will be found effective for battering in breach against stone walls constructed of the ordinary thickness used in fortifications. One of the 32-pounder's shot, which passed through the plates and the butt, was split; as the rest which passed through were not observed to ricochet, it is possible that more of them were broken. The drawings transmitted herewith were made by Lieutenant Savage, 11.1 1 11. A., of this ship, whose ability, zeal, intelligence, and attention in the discharge of all the duties he is and has been charged with, during the eighteen months he has served under my com - mand, have been conspicuous and constant.— I have, &c., (Signed) THOMAS HASTINGS , Captain. Admiral Sir E. Codrington, Commander-in- Chief, &c., G.C.8., Portsmouth. Captain Chad? report upon the experiment of 1846 is equally conclusive : • REPORT OF CAPTAIN CRABS, C.B. DATED HER MA JESTY'S SHIP EXCELLENT, PORTSMOUFU, AUGUST _ _ _ 7, 1846, Sir,—The Ruby iron steam-boat having been given over to me for the purpose of ascertaining the effect of shot on vessels so constructed, I have the honour to report that she was yesterday placed about 450 yards from this ship, when the practice on her was made, as shown in the accompanying table. The shot going through the exposed or near side generally makes a clean smooth hole of its own size, which might be readily stopped ; and even where it strikes a rib, it has much the same effect; but on the oppo site side all the mischief occurs; the shot meets with so little resistance that it must inevitably go through the vessel ; and should it strike on a rib on the oppo site side the effect is terrific., tearing off the iron sheets to very considerable extent; and even those shot that go clean through, the fracture b3ing on the off side, the rough edges are outside the vessel, preclud ing the possibility a l most of stopping them. Splin ters from the ne ar s id e are very few, but severe; they are no', how ever , b y any means so d estruct i ve as a shot passing through a body of timber. As is most probable steam-vessels will engage directly end on, I have thought it desirable to try to day what the effect of shot would be on this vessel so placed, and it has been such as might be ex each shot cutti ng away the ribs, and tear i ng t h e iron plates away sufficient t o s i n k the vessel in an instant. expected ; As the Lords of the Admiralty intend visiting this pert shortly, I propose, should it meet your approba tion, leaving the vessel on the mud for their Lord ships' inspection, that they may not only see the effect shot produces on iron vesstls, but judge of the com parative damage between the 32-pounder, or the 6-inch shot, the 8 inch shot, and the 10-inch shot. I have, &c. (Signed) 11. D. CEIADS, Captain. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Portsmouth. The next experiment was to ascertain the resist ance that iron plates of different thicknesses would make against musketry, canister, and grape-shot; and it will be observed that a trial was also made with oak plank, in order that the two materials might be fairly tested. The following is Captain Chuds' report : Her Majesty's ship Excellent, Nov. 6, 1849. Sir,—ln obedience to the directions of the Lords Comtnissioncrs of the Admiralty of the 30th ult., I have carried out experiments to teat the resistance that iron plates of different thicknesses would make against musketry, canister, and grape-shot, and at the same time I have done so with an oak plank, that a comparison may be made of the two materials. I un derstand plates of 6-Bths are used in the bends and jths in the topsides of the Birkenhead, and iths in the bends, and 4 Bths in the topsides of the Recruit. A marine's percussion musket was used, with a charge of 4} drams of powder, at forty yards. REMARKS. Iron plate, one-eighth, all passed through, making holes 9 inches. Oak plank, one inch, all passed through ; the hole closing up. 3-16th in the thickness of the hatchets set down, but it is of harder ir on t h an the iron plates ; the hatchet is herewith returned. Iron plate, 3 .16ths, all passed th rough, making very jagged holes of 1.2 inch in the inn er part. Iron plate, 2-Bths, four in six just passed through ; two stuck in the plate; jagged in the i nner part. Oak plank, 2-inch, four in six passed t h rough, and dropped; two did not; holes closed i n front; small splinters at the hack. Iron plate, iths, oak plank, 3-inch, b ot h musket proof. Canister char Iron plate, ithe, all passed through, making holes a ge s :_ at 100 yards from 32 -pouade rs , 61b s. of the size of the shot ; sometimes very jagged within. Oak plank, 3-inch, generally passed through ; par tially closing at the front, and slightly splintered at the back. Iron plate, 4-Bths; oak plank, 4-inch; canister proof. Grape at 200 yards from a 32-p oun d er, Glbs. charge : Iron plate, 4 Bths, ditto itbs, all pa sse d t h rough, making holes the size of a shot; jagged w i t hi n. partially wit O h s in k . closing on plank,4- i nch , thedittofront, -i n all p asse d through, with small splinters Iron plate, 6-Bths, all passed through, making holes the size of the shot; jagged withi n . Oak plank, 6. inch, generally passed through, par tially closing in front, splintering much at the back. The specific gravity of iron and oak is nearly as 1 to 8, and it will be observed that the resistance to shot is as near as possible in the same ratio ; the shot making jagged holes of its own size on the iron, the oak partially closing up on the front, with splinters at the back. i materialssingthrough is im proper The inferences to h e drawn from the for ego i ng practice, and agairst iro n plates in 1842, an d t h e Ruby iron steam-vessel :n1846, arc 1. proper for the bottom of ships. make Shot s o u f eh ievearrygedehsocriles that ption on Pa this 2. Iron and oak of equal weight offering equal re sistance to shot, that iron for the top sides affords better protection to men than oak, as t h e splinters from it are not so destructive. 3. Iron offering no lodgment for shells on pass i ng through the aide, if made with single plates, it will he free from the destructive effects that would occur by a shell exploding in a side of timber.—l have, &c., (Signed) 11. D. CIIADS, Captain. Admiral the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, 1i.C.8 , &c. Captain Chads next reports on experiments made agsinst a double section of iron vessels similar to the Simoom, in June of the present year. As the Gillant Captain states, they proved that iron is not a material calculated far ships of war : REPORT BY CAPTAIN CIIADS ON EXPERIMENTS MADE AGAINST A DOUBLE SECTION OF IRON VESSELS SIMILAR TO SIMOOM, IN JUNE, 1850. Two sections 'of new iron, each ten feet square, were built similar to the Simoom at the wales, as to plates, ribs, and security, with the exception of the occasional filling-in pieces of oak between the ribs on the main deck and the inside planking, and which would not have added to the safety of a vessel or crew; the plates were 10-16 inches thick. These sections were placed 35 feet apart, and at a distance of 450 yards, secured to piles driven firmly into the ground; a screen of 1-inch fir boards wa s placed 10 feet behind the front section, to test the severity of the splinters, and another of extended canvas, to ascertain their number. The guns and charges made use of were such as all the steam-vessels carry. The accompanying drawing, for which lam indebted to Captain Savage, of the Royal Marine Artillery, will show more clearly than can be expressed the nature of the holes made by the shot on passing through the sections, to which a detail of the practice is annexed. The result of these experiments is the reverse of those made on the Ruby in 1846, a small, slight-built iron vessel, when the great damage was found to be sustained on the shot passing out on the opposite side to that fired at, making clear round holes only on the first side. On the present occasion, the resistance being so much greater, the principal injury has been on the front side; and the fractures made are of that description, and two or three shot, and some times even a single one, striking under the water line, must endanger the ship. There is also another most serious evil attending this greater resistance which was not anticipated, and which has caused great surprise. The shot or shell on striking are shivered into innumerable pieces, passing on as a cloud of lan grage with great velocity, sufficient to pass through the 1-inch fir boards, the larger pieces going to a considerable distance (400 or 500 yards), and some through the rear section, making large irregular holes ; this would be most destructive, and I firmly believe men could not stand behind it. It will be observed that all description of shot, from the 10-inch down to the grape, have been used, and all with similar destructive effect. The last shot fired, an 8-inch with a 51bs. charge, established the point that the wood-work will not pre vent the evils before stated ; it struck a rib that flist ened it to the pile of fourteen inches ; it cut away everything, and made the effect worse. These experiments, I consider, prove that whether iron vessels are of a slight or substantial construction, iron is not a material calculated fur ships of war. (Signed) H. D. CJIADS, Captain. Excellent, June 21, 1850. _ But it was objected that the effect might have been different if the timber had been fitted differently. Accordingly a further experiment was tried; and the result confirmed the previously expressed opinion of Captain Cheds Ihr Majesty's ship Excellent, Portsmouth, July 12. Sir,—lt having been objected that the result of the recent experiments against an iron section similar to Simoom, might have been different had it been fitted with timber on the inside, as is done in that vessel, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiraly directed the experiments to be repeated against another section, to be prepared in every respect like that vessel ; it was filled and made solid with si-inch oak timber between the iron ribs, and 4-inch oak planking above the water ways, which were one foot thick, and 3-inch fir above the port sides ; these were strongly secured to the iron plates by bolts through all, and clenched ; in fact, the inside timber was that of a frigate, with a casing outside of i-inch iron plates. The result I have now the honour to report :- 1. The holes made by the shot are not so irregular as'on the former occasion, but as clear and open ; all parts of the shot passed right through the iron and the timber, and then spread abroad with considerable velocity ; parts of the iron plates and a very few small pieces of shot were sometimes retained in the timber. 2. With low charges the shot did not split into so many pieces as before. 3. With high charges, the splinters from the shot were as numerous and severe as before, with the ad dition in this and the former case of the evils that other vessels are subject to, that of the splinters from the timber. A drawing and detail of the practice is alao enclosed. In conclusion, it appears that the combination of wood with iron does not remedy the evils experienced in the former experiments, that of endangering the iron vessels from the large holes made by the shot on passing through, and when they meet with resist ance, their splintering into small numerous pieces, that would prevent men standing at their quarters. From these circumstances, I am confirmed in the opinion that iron cannot be beneficially employed as a material for the construction of vessels of war; the only exception may be in slight vessels exclusively for river service, where the shot may pass through with out resistance, making few splinters, and when pass ing in or out so as to endanger the vessal, it may be run on shore, and, being wholly of iron, would not be susceptible of fire. For mercantile purposes, where the vessels are not liable to be subject to the fire of an enemy, iron may be very desirable, r equ i re l ess repa i r , an d when so re quiring it may be more readily performed than in vessels of timber. The builder's description of the butt is alio enclosed. I have, &c., (Signed) 11. D. CnA7O4, Captain. Admiral the lion. Sir T. Bladen Cape], K.C.8., &c. These experiments may, under these circumstances, be fairly deemed to set the question at rest. ----- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, PRIDA T.—The Blenheim, GO, Cap tain Henderson, C B. ; Fox, 42, Captain Lambert; Thetis, 38, Captain Kupar ; Dragon steam-frigate, Captain Giffard ; and the Rolla exercise brig, remain at Spithead. The Stromboli steam. sloop, Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk, will be paid off early next week. The Retrihution steam frigate, Captain Warden, will be at Spithead in a few days. She will bend sails to-morrow. She is a very floe looking ship now, and very much resembles the Sidon in her war like appearance. The Adventure store-ship, Master-Commander Peter Wellington, arrived here this morning from Deptford, with stores, after dischargin g which she proceeds westward. The Britannia, 120, Captain Yates, is fitting and rigging with diTatch. The Dauntless screw steam-frigate, of 1,569 tons and 520 horse power, Captain E. P. Halsted, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Thursday, with all her weight on board, to test her engines, and to try her speed along the measured mile in Stokes Bay. Very great interest was attached to the trial, consequently there was a large number of officers on board, includ ing Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C. 8., the builder of the Dauntless (Mr. Fincham), Captain Chads, C. 8., Captain Henderson, C. 8., Commodore Lambert, of the Fox, Captains Woodford J. Wil liams, Lewis, T. Jone s , W. W arden (of the Retri bution), Ryder; Professor Mayne, Mr. F. P. Smith, &c. The object of this trial was not so much to de termine the ship's capabilities of speed, as the effec tive power of a new screw which had been provided. In an experiment made in May, the ship had a mean speed of 10.265 knots an hour, with 30 strokes of the engines in a minute. On Thursday the mean speed was 10.044 knots an hour, with 30 to 31 strokes a minute, the strength of the current, which varied considerably in the course of the trial, being taken into account. There was a strong breeze nearly in the line of the ship's course • and the strength of both the wind and tide, in these last experiments, was such as to place the results under a measure of uncertainty as to the exact character of the performance. 'the new screw is of the same diameter, and of about the same pitch, as the screw with which the ship was previously tried. Mr. Graft's apparatus worked won derfully well, making upwards of forty g all o fresh w a t er pr hour w i t h t h e same coal that was ne f cessary to ccok the ship's company's dinner. Provi sions will be put on board, and in another week the Dauntless will be ready for sea. Fox, 42, Commander Lambert, has not yet sailed from Portsmouth ' • she and th e T hetis and Dragon are all waiti ng at Spithead Admiralty orders. Furious steam-frigate was masted at Portsmouth on Thursday, and will be forthwith jury-rigged, for the purpose of proceeding to the river for her engines. Hecate steam-sloop will be commissioned at Ports mouth next week. Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, is returning stores at Portsmouth, and will be paid off on the 19th. Teaser screw gun-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Sel wyn, put into Queenstown on the 11th from the coast of Africa, in want of provisions, wafer and fuel. Sh e has had a long p assage , an d we believe her dates have been anticipated. She is ordered to Woolwich to be paid off. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY. -- Yesterday Sir Francis Baring, First Lord, and the other Lords of the Ad miralty, accompanied by Sir B. Walker, Surveyor to the Navy; and Mr. Rip., master shipwright, in spected Le Sanspareil, building cn No. .5 slip. Their Lordships afterwards went on board the Impregnable, 104, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, in Ilamoaze, and were occupied two hours inspecting the ship and examining her crew. From Ler they went to the Fearless steam-vessel, and then, leaving Hamoaze, proceeded into the Sound, when they went on board the Albion, 90, Captain W. J. 11. Johnstone, remain ing an hour. Their Lordship., at three o'clock, in company with Port-Admiral Sir W. Hall Gage and Mr. Irving, secretary, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, S B. Walker, and Mr. Thompson, Qucen's Harbour master, landed at the Camber-steps of the breakwater, where they were received by Mr. W. Stuart, Super intendent, and his son Mr. J. W. Stuart. The Superintendent, who has been upwards of thirty eight years occupied on the works, conducted Sir Francis Baring from the Camber to the eastern end, his Lordship having on a previ ous occasion inspected the lighthouse and eastern arm of the breakwater. The First Lord walked over the rough part of the work, and seemed to take much in terest in the stupendous undertaking, especially in the new buttress at the eastern end, which obtained his Lordship's approval. After being nearly an hour on the breakwater, these distinguished visitors took water and proceeded to Devonport. Last evening the official dinner was given at Moor sherd's Royal Hotel, Devonport, and this morning they proceed in the Black Eagle for Falmouth and Milford, and not Queenstown, as previously stated. Two divisions of shipwrights were yesterday placed on board the Narcissug. A new buoy-boat, for service at Bermuda, is ordered to be built on the mast-house slip. Ships building at the dockyard. Slip, No. 1, Nar cissus ; No. 2, Phoebe ; No. 3, Algiers ; No. 4, Ex mouth ; and No. 5, Le Sanspareil. The emigration ship Andromache, chartered by Messrs. Gull a n d W oo ll ey , of Cullum-street, left Plymouth on Wednesday for . Adelaide and Port Philip. Mr. A. Beckett, brother of the judge at Port Philip, with numerous other respectable passengers, proceed by this vessel. APP OINTMENT. — Surgeon Walter Dickson, M.D. (1848), to the Firefly steam-vessel, commissioned for service on the coast of Africa. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 13.—Lieutenant Trevener, ap pointed to the Firefly, has arrived at Woolwich, and taken up his commission. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley, returned to Woolwich yesterday from Cher bourg, after landing at Portsmouth the gallant officers who proceeded in her to visit the French fleet. The Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, at present in charge cf Chief-Engineer James Brown (acting), is ordered to be commissioned immediately at Portsmouth. She has engines of 240-horse power. CHATHAM, SEPT. 13.—The Trafalgar, 120, Cap tain the Hon. M. Stopford, which has been fitted at Sheerness, will proceed to the Nore next week, where she will remain until the spring of next year, when she will proceed to her station in the Mediter raen. The Cumberland, 70, the ordinary guard •ship, in lieu of the Poictiers at this port, is complete in all her rigging and fittings; she is a magnificent ship. The; Lively naval lighter, from Portsmouth, has arrived N 1 ith stores for this dockyard, and when she is unloaded will load again with stores for Devonport. A general court-martial assembled yesterday in the officers' mess room, Royal Marine barracks, for the trial of William Tree, private of the 37th company ; Colonel S. B. Ellis, C 8., Royal Marines, president. Lieutenant and Adjutant Fellows, deputy judge advocate, read the charges against the prisoner. 1. For being drunk in the Royal Marine barracks, at Chatham, on the evening of the 27th of August ; and 2. For having at the same time and place ►truck his superior officer, Corporal Daniel Race, and used threatening language to the said corporal ; the corporal at the time being in the execution of his duty. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the first charge, and refused to plead to the other, as he knew nothing of the circumstance. From the evidence given by Corporal Race and other witnesses, it appeared that the affair took place in the barreck-room of which Corporal Race had the superintendence.- Toe Court found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner's general character was bad; his age is twenty-eight, and ser vice nine years and five months. The prisoner called upon First-Lieutenant 11. H. Gold to speak to his character. That officer said that the prisoner em barked ts ith a detachment under his command on board the Formidable, in Sep'ember, 1841, and re mained in the ship until OJtober, 1845, during which period his general character on board was very good. The sentence must be confirmed by the Admiralty before it can be publicly known. COMPLETION of the BRITANNIA BRIDGE. MENAI STRAITS, FRIDAY, SFPT. 13.—After some years of unremitting labour, the engineers connected with this great work safely lowered the " last" of the Britannia tubes to its permanent resting place to-day. The Carnarvonshire end of the tube was lowered three feet, the opposite end being joined on to the Anglesey large tube in the interior of the lower on the Britan nia rock, and, obedient to the law of the novel opera tion, the centres of both tubes, as before, were raised up several inches. The Government officer will be down on an early day to inspect the entire structure preparatory to its permanent opening. Nothing beyond a mere fractional deflection has been observed to take place in the tube that has been opened since March, and which has been subjected to the constant transit of heavy trains and traffic. Some curious acoustic ef fects have been observe I. Pistol shots, or any sonorous noises, are echoed within the tube half a dozen times. The cells of the top and bottom are used by the engineers as speaking tubes, and they can carry on conversations through them in whispers ; by ele vating the voice persons may converse through the length of the bridge —nearly a quarter of a mile. The following (not hitherto published) is an official re turn of the cost of the entire structure :—Pedestals and abutments on Carnarvon side, 17,459/. ; Carnar von-tower, 28,6261.; Britannia-tower, 38,6711. ; An gles,y-tower, 31,430/. ; pedestals and abutments on Anglesey side, 40,470/. ; lions, 2,0481.; total, 158,7041. Wrought iron used in tubes, 118,9461.; cast iron in tubes and towers, 30,619/. ; construction of tubes, 226,234/. ; pontoons, ropes, capstans, painting ma terials, 28,0961. ; raising machinery, 9,782/. ; car pentry and labour in floating, raising, and completing bridge, 25,498/. ; experiments, 3,9861.; total, 601,865/. Tne total weight of each of the wrought iron road ways now completed represents 12,000 tons, sup ported on a total mass of masonry of a million and a half cubic feet, erected at the rate of three feet in a minute. THE OPERATIONS BY THE SAPPERS AND MINERS AT SEAFORD. The preparations for the great explosion antici pated here are at length so far advanced as to enable us to name the afternoon of Thursday next, probably between two and three o'clock, as the time at which the mines will be fired. The operations have been intrusted to Captain Frome and Lieutenants Ward, Crossman, and Greatorex, of the Royal Engineers, and they appear to have been conducted with a degree of skill highly creditable to that deserving branch of the service. The operations have not been unattended with danger, but they have hitherto been unaccompanied by any serious casualty. Thousands have visited the spot during the last few weeks, and a brief description of the character of the works will doubtless be interesting to the numbers who will as semble on Thursday next to witness a sight which can only be presented to us at rare intervals. A sort of staircase leads the visitor to a chasm in the lofty cliff about thirty feet above low-water mark. On entering, he finds a gallery of 6 feet high and 5 feet wide penetrating the interior of the cliff to a distance of 80 feet. He traverses this passage, dimly lighted by candles and supplied with air by shafts, and finds at its termination two smaller galleries branching off in opposite directions, one to a distance of 17 feet and the other 22 feet. These smaller galleries are only 3 feet in height, and each of them terminates in ,a chamber which is 6 feet 6 inches each way. In these chambers, which for greater security have been cased with boards, 24,0001 b. of gunpowder were deposited on Thursday last. Leaving this part of the works, and ascending to the top of the cliff, he finds five shafts have been sunk to a depth of 41 feet, each of which will contain a charge of 6001 b of gunpowder, so that in the whole no less than 27,0001 b. will be the tremendous explo sive force applied to the cliff in these o perations. A voltaic battery has been placed in a temporary.build ing on the declivity of the hill, at a short distance from the upper mines, by which the whole will be fired. The object of these operations, and the cause of the assistance rendered by Government, may be very briefly stated. The sea, for some time past, has been encroaching on that part of the coast between New haven Pier and the Cliff-end at Seaford. Such an ➢L.P. Aldrich, Stephen J., Esq. (Secretary to the Royal General Annuity Society), 18a, Basinghall-street Anderson, the Rev. J. S. M., M.A., Brighton Anderson, George, Esq. (Hon. Sec. to the Royal Society-of Musicians), 12, Lisle-street, Leicester-square Bain, George, Esq. (Hon. Sec. to the Highland Society of London), Parliament-street Barber, the Rev. J. R., D.D., St. Paul's, Vauxhall Barnard, J. A. L., Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's t=ociety), Royal British Bank, Tokenhouse-yard *Bartley, George, Esq. (Hon. Treasurer to the Covent-garden Thea trical Fun 1), 11, Woburn-square *Bennett, William, Esq. (Secretary to the Drury-lane Theatrical Tend) Cabbed, B. 8., Esq., M.P., F.R.S. 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(Treasurer of the Public Dispensary, Lincoln's .. . Inn), Strand Watts, Francis, Esq., F.S.A. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society), I, Warwick-square, Pimlico Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff, Switlyn's-lane *Wood, George Watson, Esq. (Governor of the 'loyal Asylum of St. Ann's Society), Victoria-square, Pimlico Wood, John, Esq. (Trea.urer of the Royal General Dispensary, Al- derogate), 8, Falcon-square Wright, the Rev. T. P., M.A. (Hon. Secretary to the London Orphan Asylum), Daiston Those marked with asterisks form the Acting Committee, Treasurers —B. Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., and John Labouchere, Esq. Banker;—Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Messrs. Twining; and Messrs! Williams, Deacon, ani Co. The Members of the Committee nro 1111700111 to cojlect such an amount of subscriptions as will enable them to raise that description of minument which will do equ xi justice to their own feelings and to the mai.y exemplary virtues of his Royal Highness the late Duke of Cambridge. The above-named bankers and gentlemen are willing to receive subscriptions ; and Mr, John Smart, the only authorised collector, will wait on such parties as may be desirous of contributing to this national object. By order, EDW. FREDK. LEEKS, Honorary Secretary. 2, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, August 22, 1850.. THE FIRE AT CHISWICK. Last night (Friday) Mr. H. M. Wakley, the De puty-Coroner, opened an inquest at the Burlington Arms, Church ,street, Chiswick, on the body of Mr. Robert Butler, aged 42, the unfortunate person who perished in the lire which occurred upon his premises in Bennett-street, on Wednesday night last. Some particulars of the melancholy event appeared in this journal of yesterday. Samuel Girard, a fireman belonging to the London engine establishment, said that on Thursday afternoon last he found the remains of the deceased, which were lying in the premises at the corner of Bennett-street. John Stevens said that on the night of the fire the deceased was in the Feathers Tavern, and, being called, he hastened to the premises and got into the children's bedroom. He then handed the children out of the window, and witness laid hold of the infant and took it duwn a ladder. When he arrived he found Mrs. Butler in front of the house. John Jennings, a labourer, said that on the night in question he met several children at the Feathers, who cried out " Fire, fire," and shortly afterwards he saw a female in front of the house, who said, " My children, my children." Having opened the door he found the fire running over the roof of the shop. He immediately went for the engine, and when he returned found the flames issuing from the several windows, both back and front. The woman, when he first reached the premises, was in front of the door. He met the deceased, and he was going back with one or two children. Miss Clara Butler said that the deceased was her father. On Wednesday night she was sitting with her mother at work in the kitchen. About ten minutes after they had been sitting together, wit ness saw a strorrg light in the direction of the top room. She called her mother's attention to it, and then saw fire running up the stairs. Witness imme diately ran out and gave the alarm. There were six children up stairs in bed at the time. She imme diately ran up the street and called out " fire." Her father had gone a short time previously to the Feathers to have a glass of gin, he having stated that he did not like the beer. Her mother had been a few minutes before into the shop to turn off the gas, but could not do so. After the children were all got out, the deceased was heard to say, " Oh, my dogs, my dogs," There was, therefore, no doubt that he went after them and perished. Girard, the fireman, in answer to further questions, said that he had no doubt after the deceased had handed the children out of the window that the heat and smoke became so dense as to overcome him. _ _ The premises and the conteLts were insured for ,000/. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased was burnt to death by fire, but how the said fire ori ginated thence was no evidence to prove." —.....................— ... w. ltilllll, 11l pivuAtJaa., .--.... _ t ale SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great or ' , P 1 Windmill-street, St. *Times's. ~ th endid and magnificent Salle do Danse has RE-OPENED i eli.vitl e i ed \V _lNTEß SEASON, with Laurent's celebrated a'.d \, , zwki, , , ~„ hand. The looms during the short recess have been ',:: . 4eii i c e ,:rdecorated under the direction of G. F. Bryer, The Ma .744itsge ' t beg to inform the Stthscribers that they have conclude l an ti,„;nent Nvl h Mons. BOULCOURT, from Verb, ant Artiste , trh 0 Mr. Strauss's Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, France. ne e ;.' l, Of Subicription:—Slx months, 51. 54.; one month, 11. Is.; .liZeSing, Is. . et 5 , 1,71 open at Half-past Eight, Dancing to commence at Nine pre ,-..,'L The Academy c'oses at Half-past Eleven. NOTICE! —THE "ENG:JiII TRANSLATION. On Satur,!ay next. In post Bvo.. G E NE VIE V E; Or, A YOUNG MAIDEN'S TRIALS. By A. DE LAMAR TINE. Also, now ready, in Three Volumes, 2. ROYALI ,, TS and ROUNDHEADS ; or, The Days of Charles I. 3. The MNER'S SECRET; or, The Days of James I. "A tale difficult today doWn." Athenmum. W. Shoherl, Pub isher, 2', Great Marlborough-street.