The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-07-09 00:00:00

Tilt LIDUCATIONT QUILSTION.

Thu TbVIN CUBIC then Friel the notion istuod by the
Mt:adieu It, per mint with roopeot to tbo edditiosel
acme ..oconimoilotion requilod in time Doinbettot
,il,l.lctm. Lly oeitain alai-au°. In the heat Fordingtoo
iCim .1 prop°c d to be tubrult ml to the ltdeoetion Ds-
irtm. ut. 228 would be lett on orooidod Lir, sod 11w..
for teens to inotiro toe defloiroey geoid.' be net.
Hy :114 tutor,, the eatrivinnoisipni 'tuition of Help
'iriusty bat twat isoloded in On distrist, what toe
estmratunictrial portion of I?..irliagt io was nut so in.
°164.J. Las he Wm Toon Clerk) toougtit midair, and
hi iisd winter* to the litl.loation Department in
rimp •et theteto, and bad resumed an sneerer that os
t of the populttlou of the etoluded distrait
were maiotaused in the workhouse, the Muldren
wrre taught In flat io-titutero.
"•

Mr. COOtIIII thought VA{ all Fordington parish
should be tucluded la the di.triet, and beer an equal
1° 1100 of t.,e tales. It WWI true there were no reel-
cleats co • bake porticto of the lends, Out the owned
of those lauds ousht to onitrthate their fair share.
110 01,11.01 th,t le ere lonsa lards portiou of the
~.r üt woe d be bunt opus, end that was an additional
r a,,a trey It ob..uel be jackalsl In the districg. lie
cu.,.idered • niuntunal oboe! I be seat t • the hluottrun
Deriartuteut retrine forth rhea views on the subj •et,
cud eta-log that although nutelooSte of ill oblides:l
were in the mien. really one-half of them did not
buloog to parish of reediegtoo.
Kr. btrar.rrr thought it woald be Use beat way IS
leave that metier to a public meeting.
Mr. COOMBS said they should endeavour to g t the
ItillOSiloo Department to remedy it at ones.
Mr. BletlOP quite eonourred with what Mr. °eoliths
had said, that the memorial shoal be at ones soak
but he thon4ht toot Ile matter of the children in the
workhouse would not at all affect the queaten. For
Muihlf he oonsidered that • Sihool Board would be
best in the end, ae the oht of education won!l then
fall on all alike.

Ti. ToWN CLAIM said, provided the instrustlons
issued br toe ti4otim:l Dep &fitment were not oomplind
letti within six months lifter the Baal notics, School
Board would be formed end ib• proposals 'tarried out.
. . .

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Mr. COwttits mcved thot a memorial be seat to the
lidnest.on Depiutment. setting forth the injutiee of
inaluding the extra-municipal portion of HAy Trinity,
and not that of Filrdingion, and stating that although
nine-tenth. of the cbillren were ednottwd in the wort.
house, they still left the other tenth improrided
for. _

was seoura<l.4 by Mr. BISHOP, ail earid.
Tbe Tows CLIME tbottight the memorial would have
but tattle weight, but

Mr. BISHOP said nu doubt ultimataly & Sobool Board
would bs formed, and in that ease the memorial
might be taken Into eonsideretion. Hs oertainly
toolght that in toe end n Sshool Board wool I be the
cheapest ant most delight.

Kr. OALPI:f ..tel the formation of a flohod Bard
woull fall very heavy on 00615 of the poor ratepayers,
who perhaps hat no ohildrisu, but welsh' the. hews to
isontribute their share of the rates. fie did not think
If a School dead was formed, that £3,000 would °over
the expenses.
The TON. Ci.car said the latter point was not now
before them, the question was they had to provide for
228 old moo, and bow were they to do It? They bad
resolved to inamoralim will reopen to the diarist, and
tale bass thini was to leave the matter as is was as the
promos.
Mr. Thomas Walden, of Came &Whams, wished to
rent the two shops lately oompled by Mn. lilllaway.
in the mutat-plum ' • no should um thornier toe sal* of
pork, thee., ouster, and eggs. The 'palmation was
granted. TO promisee are to be put in repair, bad let
for three years, at £l5 pot annum.
The rOWil CLtai rest a memorial from the bibs,.
bitmts of Wollaston Villas, uking that the street
should be watered. They paid Mos this same as other
people did, and as the water carts passed very nem,
they thought the extra expense would not be mash.
Mr. 1311180 r geld the request was so reasonable, there
sooll be no objection, and it was resolved to moods to
the wish of the memorialists.

Mr. OLLPIII dn. attention to the bed Mahe of the
road to taat neighbourhood, aad Mr. Joint% was la-
minated to me to tn matter.

Mr. BlatlOP called Vas attention of the Coastal to.
quantity of works whiob they were in the habit of
rimming for the Salamis and Arti Department, and
wirbioh wore now lying spoiling in tbo salon audiantitatk.
He thought steps ahould be taken for their preservation.
It was resolved that the subj ort should be placed on
the sgooda paper for contider•aum at the next mooting
of the Counall.

The Swavtroa reported nuisances existing at robs-
torpor, where a draia was choked; sad also et the
but m of Yr. Keats, near Forduwiton-oroa, where
offvosive m.twer rso foto the streets. In bath ewes he
was ordered to give notioe to the offsadini putts, to
hove the saiwows. removed.

Several debts due were ordered to be dieebarged, and
the meeting terminated.

MEETING OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.
F.WNDING OF A BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL
UNION AT DORCHESTIEL

On Tuesday evening flews. Alliagton sad Hanl,.
delegetes from the National Agrienitarel L %bearers r
Union, visited Dorchester to Nand • branch of th •
Claim. A meeting of about 800 to 1000 peopl •
assembled on Fmdiogton Green, and the delegates
addressed the oro wd from waggon.
Aida,alfuN said no doubt maay of them were
diaappointed that Yr. Area was not present as
aanounoad, but it was wrier/ to some misanderstaad•
Ng with Mr. banal Mr. A.relt was engaged in
Gionouterehlre. Toey mast bear in mind that the
leerler and founder of tue movement (Mr. Arch) was
e.llad on to go into different parte of tile omotry —he
was almost "here, there, and every where." He was
engaged till the 13th July, bat after that he could
assure them be would visit Dorset He hoped those meset
would conduct theoretices orderly sad llt. gliglithmen, no
that like their meetings else•here, this one might reflect credit
on them. They hal been stigmatised no ignorant and wi-
eder-and But, It they were a little unearth-4/ they had very
little kn Arledge, they must use It thabest air/mince. Their
(the delegates') object war to do good to the claim len cared for
than any others, via, the agricultural labourers, whoee hard
hthds, and bony arm., and tough sinews filled the table .oth.
rich man and produced the food for the people of our lead.
It was a horning shame they bad not enough to support their
three and families—(applaues). Many a poor father bad
deprived Worth/ of the neCeemenie of Ille for the sak• of hie
chil Ina, and at the age of SS became• broken down math Be
thought the rich oresteUnter thought the poor had not the mon
love tor their children as they (the rich) had—as if they were
not made of the same flesh and blood -(beet, hen). Thomends
In Dorset they found had not enough breed. The agricultural
labourers were overlooked except a bit In the summer time.
Partly beca.e they were to Ignorant people. They bad been
kept down, but be was thankful to way • thetas had been
started which would elevate them from their state of
thraldom It thethe Uni. ! I—(applause). They (Lindens...l.)
bad been sent tu Dorset by the Wthwickehire Union In eon-
soluthee of an appeal on WWI of the 1111 borne men In the
Bethke. They found that familien none/sting et • man and
wife and eight children had been living on to. • week.—
(Voice Dragraceful "). You, • fanner mid, but the per-
quisites? Oh ! oh ! he would .me to that. At Whinehurch
they bad • boatel of thins pentuieluse brought to them. Out of
• bushel of " gritting " bad been picked Ilb. 7., of flint.—
(laughter)—end no doubt there were Ilb. 7os, left behind In
stones too small to pick out by the dogma Those were the
perquialtee—(laughter). Next they found that these per
quithas were too highly valued. A poor man hi Milbocue the'
other day asked hu master to rise his wag. from at a week,
eaten he mid" DO you know what you get besides the
sod he pulled out a paper (poeubly he had kept it weeks
expecting to be naked for more money), and mid" You have
• house which to north its, • week; then there's the grlsting
—(laurhter)—you pay he a both., nod the val. le;.
but that he should have mid irae free from flint., and it mu.
be • good deal better than the " chickens foo I" frequently
supplied—(applause led" bravo"). The man said that Nerns-
t...l the grating the eo bad thni they could not eat the
bread, nod had to buy at the baker'. shope. Such • man
ought to be paid In eath.—The mason, the carpenter,
soil others did not work for perquisites, and why
should the farm labourer 1 There am another per-
quisite : some of the labourer. get cider —that we, •
horrid system. Some men bad an much no sena or eight
pin. • dey. "I." said Allingtoa, " would not give It room In
my Inside." They had better take cold tea—(dbapprobation)—
it wee better thin cider. Till the perquisite system nee
knocked over altogether, they would never bring about an
entirely eatletactory state of things. The farmer In the per-
quiator valued land at Ll per quarter acre, though he 01m.
Ned only paid about the Per acre. They had to amid their
right tin part of the land to cultivate and have the profits
th....iye& Depend upon it they would other waned In
bettering Um...elves permanently till they got the coopera-
tive ammo. He urged them to bead together, for they
could only be bettered through the Union. The liolon cs
deelgoul to protect them &gal.*. the Withy brought to beer
upon them hi • divided state,
Casa.* niOnl, of Fordington, said, My fellow working-men,
I we. the firut moo who asked for more wages in Fordlngton,
eirl then my Mester would out employ me any more. I went
round to other Drawn end they answered me the more. But
I but not been earning enough to support my wife and family.
I only bad about Is id • illy. When I asked for more my
waiter would out my what more he would give, but he said
be woad eutely me. I answered that won't do.—(Allingtoa
approvingly : Right.") As I couldn't get any rise I left him,
and as he stopped the other farmers from employing on what
wan I to do? I thin.om my wife and gamily Wen to go to the
Union-huun and I wee to starve ! But I went further, and
now I've more work than I can do at much better wag., the
work., they L. long, but never mind that; perhaps I shall
earn enough in the summer to keep me during the winter, I
hope all you Men will It no I hire dOll.l. Let ut stick together
nod tic our Colours. I am It strong working man, and newt egy "block' to my bee--(lmightar and applause). I've a-done.
HoenDaLl., olUnenty, next moke. All you labour-
ing men sad agricultural homirera, give athentioa to what I
em ',dog to my. I engaged with toy master, week attar lest
~.,,koaitar tor We • week, house tied garden, and fuel; but all
the fuel I have had alece that tans I could Garry on my back
nod stand on this •aggoo wheel—(laughter). I engaged to 16 cwt. of emit nod wood, end what I sated tor some firewood
my master said Ustapp.e I must give you some enL Then
I had tour children sod now Sc., sod bow's a man with bla
wlhesd(umlyto live on V.. week? Om men all joined
together and asked our maser will you rise our wag.? He
mi 1 "I veld it he re. will." (sold Taat'e not art ane will your thd he rid " It JOU ena get any more eisewhercer;
yuu tan go." Said I, "I am gong to Dorchester tothorrow to
a meeting,' and he raid "Where you go to-morrow you Can I.
next w.a.' "I am going to Join see Union," [said ; sad
now I hare joined, nod I ate opou to go shy When the Union
will send ms. Tnet's ali I have got to my.
Attmorux said he hoped they • a 1 eme wanatinng ne Sks et eats of being dawned.
Ifir Taurus anent& mid the tartan ma leek ca a sank* at
Neiv.stle or Loudoo with compneenm, bat " see. MCI"
agricultural labourer begins to stir, he Mys wegm, and are well , g end there is no seed fur mot • g
—o•Millier), thirde then went on, In a amebae gth. length
Iv say there the need to sdr, and to wane (Ito ex I. •
week ern enough for Seppeet. An average bmiad eking..
b'e Ink
and three chtklren, nod abet mesa could be pro
this Sd a meal semi, which give. Be VU. week, altorrail o•r7
three meals. Theo there are other Indispensable
It. Unto AM wand want books (TOMO ;Jo. 1hawr641461

in our;
I.l.sh•leroset:iiii 'a
slit:4lli: ofo"rag""a4l VIII6I.ItrO. bll.lt.kl"l"ir 111
the rain. II- r.c.oned, the cattige 341 I grin.; a I. 6 I pc week.
(Venn: “Tlt Ws too 'audit") bringing it to 114 Cl' rileY
Il not do without ..IP, 4.14 starch ad hill. in, .or
611 tr Unto brought it I, Id,. aid Ha is .p.ll Or 14 1,1 10,1101 .
the sludge of th • drains and Immo a Juan thorn. at the
balm he osti.t lure go ad wEerpro..l .e. aid fl. 111.10.11116er
would lake to And th,se fire pooplJ /11 'ha. 1111 lee ono her
abiding. lie .hould like to e .v.-rythlng In the cottage m
tact that when hector, home, he woo dl.. ready to pty. his
arm round hi. wife'. neck -(applaas..). Live oughinh. to be
sli gone, they nerd to love tla -Ir sweetheart.; ; but when
-pot' •rtr 5:t10 to 1 tre e ere .out
,at the window:
and It I. poverty that cauwo dlsecu•l to, and smoutottave blows.
Vor UI. WV*u and ciotLes they wool I want 11. • week, or 1:11
and nothl of bad hewn • aid about pota nod kettles. soil. Mora,
tables and chairs. Tow an enough In the country to snowy
theta all, for 640 miLiona are rolling Into It annu•lty. This
• would give an annual avenge of 6.117 to every m4O.
crime, and child In the Untied En.cdoin. The 11.1.0
han begun agitating. and will go on ill • Itr•uch I. C 1.1.1
1,. every town of I.:netted, wet led trot an i Scott old ura
1ir11.1.11 II was cutenti ii. better cott•gel were beces.ary
Labourers lasi 1t.., donkey. long on u.:11; to.w they wou d
&wowed stair day 'a wage for • far day's w rb. Toe crest
earth watt the larder the l•trd God bat provided (ninth Ilia
children, but hitherto the labourer hal been pc:vented 11411.eg
Vie share Wended 1., him, anti to. usthy lest trots 411,1 of
drop.y. which era. Irides I marvel{ in --ipplan4l.
Allington ttapl3Aited that Jot sing time UI.IOII did net nec to-
welly Involve a innite. The, wow web oay 61 entr.utoe fee
nod al a soma If tor ied out by their water., or on ...Ike
with the coolant 4.1 the Directors of the lloion, they et told bo
p. 1.1 St • week thl ethic work woe provide I for the ts.
Mr. Arch wait quoted amino% striking at harr,et tiro In
concha/ill be asked metobars 1.. J An, and said if any were too
pour to pay the 61 entrance fee he would pay Indful
(apolauw).
It—
Mr. Liwarda, d 'titbit, of Dorchester, gave 10.. towards the
fund for 'how, lv, tr wen who c .uld not off ortl to pay their
111,...111, tat grooted with three cheera. _ . .

The foll,,vvvot otnoert Were appointed! Garland,
Treavunsr ; Herbert arovve. Secreterv; J K w,;h, Char el
8 one. Ilicheel Kim Milan Fox, William V., nwnsnittes.
Seventy two member. Joined.

TBi HMG OF THB OLATTON.

Then amid trial of an iroomled turret Ly firing guns
at it aa La ex peritromt came on oil FM.) lat in Port-
land Ho ide ti der th o D11.11U):11 f ovourshl the
gpu, aut acip•ars to line, 1,111./h. din t i a .mplete
viomry of the turret promple, until it II larger goes
shall hive bolo ieventel. o• • on. •• hr one,( of
attack is rendered 'say. The terra of 'he battery
Glotton has roosted the impact' of two 60d .b. shot,
, dying fr in, the battery °barge of 135 b of pebble
powder at 1.300 feet per ...eon& and striking with a
fon. sent oeat o. re*. 6 750 LOON cot N.A. MOT* than
that the inertia of the turret woo no great that it re-
volved se easily after the first shot as before, sod
' although the second shot wai lodged in the most
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delvnee u against attaok.
There are other elements which must be tionoldered
before the t arrat-shlp is pronounced oornidste, or even
impregnable, but before ounsidering thews, we cam-
menu the history of what was attempted, and what
was actually dune.
foe Glutton is an improved Monitor, of the mut
heavily armoured class, sod intended for hoist defense.
She is 245 feet long, and 54 feet broad, with double-
bottomed hull, the inner skin consulting of 12 boob a
iron supported by 10 inch girders, and the armour ig
10 inches thick below the water and 12 inches above,
beaked with teak to make each 30in. thick. The dist.
soca from the bottom of the 'hio Lu the de* is 2lft.
folou and at this beigtt are girders 6.n. and 9.0. thick,
sad on them • oue-inob iron plate, covered by • two-
both plate, and over it dio. of oak. On this is the
ermoured bbeaatieork 6ft. 30. above the doe's. and
armed with two lines of 12to. iron booked with 18io. of
teak fastened to three sic. plates supported by 10in.
vertical girders and Pia. horizontal. girders, and the
roof is male of two ion. iron plate' with 3 income of
ask. Around the edge of the armoured breastwork ere
pletes of iron stewing from 3ie. outside to ltio.,
agaiost the plating of the roof. la she centre of the
breastwork rius the turret 30ft 6io. in diameter, and
armed with 12m, iron plates, wish 15m. of teak bock-
lug; but around the port.; the plata; are 14io. with
IT thistles of teak, two thins of his, Iron, with horisootal
girders Elin, deep sad tin. Shia, and vertical ones 10.0.
by Ito. Wok, the flanges of each lying 3tue. A quarter
Moo of iron liking runs inside round the turret, which
I. towable of being revolved, no that the port-holes
are pointed in any direotioo. The area over which
the turret revolve.. is fitted with • leather fringe
weighted down. with lead, to keep oat the sea.
loads the turret are the two 600 pounder gums,
weighing 25 thou each. Besides this ars vent] sties
sham, the faunal, code deck built high up and project-
ing over the lower one for about one-third the length,
and mad as • look-oat, sad foe the tsarina manage.
meat of the ship. • small bronze cannon is reedy IS
sweep this dab of any Dowding party. One matt end
boom are fitted up for hoisting boats. So peat is the
weight of the turret, pun sod geor, that although the
battery is bulky enough to displace 4,840 tons of
water, yet 194. of her is below the voter hoe, leaving
only about Mt or 311. 3m. shove. Of mouse higher
than thin ars the turrets acid the look out deck; but
these do not seem to give any more freseburd, as the
water would come is at the base of the turret, should
the be heeled so much or ship • esa, and probably she
would go dorm like many of her antitypes hove before
her, the oharge brought against her was that not
only was she utterly untrustworthy at see; but that
even as • battery, she might quickly ho disabsod by a
shot striking toe bus of the turret where it revolves
on the desk, and so jemmiag the turret that it could
not move, when of curse the guns could not firs but
in out direetiost, and the enemy Gould board from toe
other, or fire at ber till she woe knocked in. It wee
alto ;ad that a shot on the pato where toe armour
plates join would penetrate the turret and dash the
plates asunder, and fortoer that any shot striking the
turret would cause such • jar that those inside, seen
if not killed by flying riveta end bolts would be so
stunned that they would loose presence of mind end
be unable to fight their guns. Townie the troth or other •
Ivies of thou assertions was the obj et of the Gull, uti ohe
was brought to Poramod,u being probably • plus easily
unsesible where the trials world take *see before the
publie, and yet not one so crowded with yesuls, but
that a clear spasm could be kept for the shots that did
not stick in toe ship. The gun woo of the heaviest
clue in the sonvios, the 25 ton gun, of which the Hot-
spur, a Richter and weaker, but better sea-going turrit-
ship has one and the Glettou herself two. Botter
aim could be taken with the Hotspaes gun
than any in tweet-ships like the 01 sttoa,
as the Hotapues ports are wider, sod the
eights are on the gun, instead of being on the turret,
to in batteries of the Olattoo'. olsaa The trial we.
therefor...he most likely to be trotatatous, raj, and
decisive. To witness it came Admiral Lord John Rah
Admiral the Earl of Lauderdale, Col. Hey, school of
gunnery, the lII.P.'s for Weymouth, C. J. T. Hombre,
Eel, and H. Eiwsrds, Esq.. Mr. Luke, surveyor of the
Admiralty, Hoh. Capt. Hood, Director Geueral of
Naval Ordnance. Hon. Capt. Tuley, Capt. Willa', Mr.
SamtteLeon, M.P., Mr. Montego. Gaut, ALP.. General
Sir Frederick Chaperon. LeE Col. Jervoise.
Mr. Jaa B.obertsoo, Mayor of Weymouth, Mr. C. V.
Boys, Mr. Wesodou. There were in another Partys
limbs Hon. J. G. °when, Mr. Shaw Leiser., L.P.,
Sit Sydney C. Dawes, 0 C.EL. Capt. Tryon, Admiral
Sir Houston Stewart, G.C.8., Admiral 81r Hoary
Codringtoe, Vise Admiral Sir Rodney Manley. Coots
Chamberlain R.N.. General Sir &alley Wilmot, o,ls.
OsmobelL Milw ad. Ingli., Hay, Nugent. Close, Dents
Geo.AaSsi, LA.. Director of Artillery,
OaptiLidenon, R. A., and many others. The stood now.
el the °baton by toe Sultan kora Portsmouth we have
reseeded, oleo the arrival of the Hotspur Of the above
distinguished visitors, part arrived on ihuriday night,
sad others on Friday morning. The Giotto* was
stationed about the middle of the Breakwater, 150 yds.
from that line of rooks, and the Hotspur was 260 yds.
farther from the Breakwater, sal ex tardy opposite the
Glatt on. 11.16. training ship 130406W,C1 was stationed
to the south-west wsrl of the Hotspur, and in a lime
Maio were the Stlanothier, the Admiralty yachts
Bleak Bogle, Vigilant. and Ecohantrus. Tullis, private
steamers, =long them the Premier from Weymouth,
and a Southampton steamer, were stotionei outside •
seml-airol• tuff-a-oaks from the Hotepur cod mark _4 by
boats with white flip, while steam Ithookes mailed
about, keeping the coarse. Toe steam yacht Loader was
in the reels la the morning. but she steamed away
through the opening before toe trial begui. The nearest
person. to the point to be aimed at were Mr.Croasiend. of
the Coattail of Construction, at the Adeardty, and Mr.
gum, chief inspector of umehitiery at Chatham dock-
yard; these were on board the Gaittoo herself, with •
dooouor no of men, and the ship was in charge of Lieut.
LeCooq,with navigating Lieuttioro. The Hotspues gnu
was to oe fired by a specially trained gunner from U. MS.
with a battery of the Hotepara men. COL Boys, of
Excellent. was also on board, Toe Admiralty
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Iron here the Hotapaz s gun, the marks on the
the naked eye, as also could the subsequal shots.
Though the Fort might possibly be not the safest point,
a number of ladies seated themselves on it, granite
walls, and looked onto if there were no danger in the
world, The inner Breakwater was the plus chuen by
• few pantos, and in the cool spacious plus. under Its
framework was our foLnd Kr. Cox getting photogurriu
of the ships. The heights of the Verna acid the elopes
of the Portland common were also dotted all over with
groups, Lod the Binoleaves and tits Noes* were also
sprinkled with peoplatbougb the daturas wee very peek
As a holiday the day was magnificent, and, though little
or nothing could be seen from the Nothe erupt on
oacasion.l puff of smoke, at very loos intervals, yet the
time passed so pleasantly that large numbers waled
petiontly t awe from earl, MOM to the afternoon. In
Portland a distilubibsd party among whom were
Lieut•Ool. BMA. ILL, sod the Worshipfal the
Mayor of Weiymoa (J. itobertsoa, Zoo.). arrived by
Liu 7.45 trate' and promoted to the different ships tor
which they had tiakets. Tbe Lords of the Admirals,
arrived in the Vigilest and the Black Eagle, sod at the
time the fresh vigor. were arriving. a solute we. fired.
At this time the state of the see wee eminently suitable
for the experiments ' • there was noe no much as a ripple
on its green sorfasa, the sea shoots beautifully down on
the chalk hiUn of Lalworth, ha., and the grosser oboe
from Prestos to the Wyke slow, end farther mad
on the great Verne Gemara, all it looked Indeed
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.The bridal at the earth id sic y ."

It was yet for too early for "My lords" to °eminence
their distreetin experiments, sod 1111 the belle nag on
bawd the Benne, and the pleasing notes of her hood
earn. woos the water. • beets t floated kerma as if in
impatiemes at the keg dela) ; bet it died away mzegi4
sad it was evident tba* awn • day woald baff
fog the experinteshi as weld lean* haps lama
expected. About a quarter pail it. • stems lausah
we, teen t 3 opproash no Holger Lod soon altar • leg
striped bloc sad white treat to Itlie Ulatton's maithead.
The Hotspur showed • black but Aisles cylinder fro
her sideot belie of smoke, aad first shargis:
a wing one, wee end. The light air slowly earned the
gmja white smoke over the Hotoper sad the report
as.. ream to, .4.11 heavy thud. At 1.0 cealaaa ths
Ilag vas Mask yam molgsd4

pharpat b•os f0110u.4 th• lob aad seam
"lea • idiot I " *NSW a watatiac sagia•ate
II.• re it Ito away t Lwiworth," aa.l groat
.p. rn In dr! equrir• .41 a - xi al AU
mow looked at tit, ma canvas t •rget on the bay 44
ttaa .14••t.00, wlt'o 1.•4 boo pazi.t,d witt, two rove
of b.ta *pots. idioms await, isaa Bt. .pot on a ail oi
daralocw. B•L•awil it. Linker two ma on „ad'.
I wad ro,rr • resat bad bsou rent in the Gamow.
T 01.4 t .41 btfor• sooiaal .itiaortod,
fumuoff.• ly alive arab a ',trip otdoeta had trn.
eimaini., the bole. At •boat • qaart•r•paaa 10 a
mama outs shoat out the laid It Itall's sp. cu the
aoatbrra I row. and at kiat-paat goat., ha
tk• third bull', ape os th. Dont to At • onart.r to
els.= . .6.4 ttaked oat a bole loiandiatoly btle•
tisas mate. ay Oa." ate rod oho'. The WIWI w.f
ahoy a • • 1...4 rut. abotrad to 10011 &ad poles tho
Clare tut. lb.. • bmg 111.7, but lb. appisr.ooo
011 5.5 before U 0.1.4.1 51 drew more eareful atteatioa.
At 2 namt•• .12 the aboi was Cod at tint top ge
'At it ..orte,l•Way • mark filed on the top
with • 1..11..5051,4 ti a• i. w:ut. hot aitik4k aothias
but • root ow am drota +rotor. It •al

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•• A. when the f ace
Of .unterrane whad lt.ll.portal • hill
Tut:, fr-ui Vri rd.• or the .11 rtiard aide
01 11 IV,IIOI En., •hoie nhu.tible
And th,nce conceiving ere
bUI.IIWIeI alth iu.neral fury, aid the winds
And le ore • .1 .1( d Nottuou all involved
With tiench nail minim."
Oso saaand that was • great ••one, the nest • aknal,
and in a few suers • be- p uf Ilan, the shot goiog to
sea as bet.re. A t • querter to 12 tke red flag cr. sbo•a
again, aid after • careful siaLt ng *swung aeine delay,
the d c-it was •gain MOO, Ilia Maui •aa p,rawired stook
sioint,4;c:
pcns.t.swii:tbo.ntriouotspilsse
from the blow Callf.s in. As before, oflliials went over
bZin nutapa, Wale d sound
the sr' It
in ho ta and launch, add now it wee totted that tie
60010. of teen bad hut lull hotweto a janition of two
of th • trines, sod only flea -tights cif au inolt from owl
:if rentodot
sitetiadblowyslX
tratel 18 see ma into the iron one basting, in whisk
Lb. h. wl wee fined. bon the liar of tire abort was
bruit-. Up. 'tarsi o 01.9 fact that these are not wad
▪ rot are l a, with a ounaiderehl• hollow sera
Tao It, no ILa left had be.. raised bodily 4I
the a 00 d.m.ni•niug to • point, about 511. off, Led •
triangain yr..ce broken off. about dra. each aids,
the faded about two teethes, sod la*
iron fretted outwards to three or fear loam.
renal the shot, wAle the lower plate haii bins bated
• frac' roe of so mob. It was • very 'winds! blow,
• a. Is were "tiet•ean the joint' of the snout
but the tor .0 was manuad Led without difisebip
. but the ern. irog pan waist/m*4rd fro*
three of the girders belt oil does an non aid. sad
nearly the whole diataaoe on thes other, NMI claablai
back, tare double skin win bu'ded Ear sad • &dot
ternugh midway, tee woos bask in we. sos.
tend througo, and ends of rivets sent dying Jou tha
Interior of the turret. But • goat, • fowl, bag a rabbit.
.11 ch bad been placed inside were uatosalte4 sad little
wo.ed„ and no past of the gun, the slide, Ol the
carriages, or the turning machinery of tin tenet wen
damaged n tbe least. ets to tin offset of the Mew ad
lb. nerves, the men below the Glattoe's interims say
! they heard a sharp metallic sound like • blow se SA
seed, but no more. Port of tile plate was spilt late
two Isini a.

lbe party than returned to the Salamander, where
a aspics; luncheon was spread under an •aning. Slam
Comm.iider Fouel presiding. It had born iateatted I.
have another shot at the middle of the tonal, and then
to heel the alaip over rod stnke at the j oration of the
turret ad the deck, in orer to test with ins utmost
seventy. the streusth of the outer nag to roust being
j mined up. Tuts circrumferenee stools on 24 rollers
moving no a strong similar rail, bevelled ti the shape
of the rollers, and an inverted rail support. It below.
The isoonnons weight is supported on eirders,and aader
toe centre a hollow pillar tiin. In diameter, of whisk
only 17in. ere bellow, surrouoded by 41in. of iron,
helps to support the Isbo.e. Just outside Um ring ef
ro lore at. Its leather triers mentioned before, aid out.
side an Iron nug meeting the siorrugeted glans plena
The next shot, which was Arad at ten minutes to two,
happened to be. low one ; is struck tie glans about a
couple of (8,4 from the terns made an iadentation
increasing to au inch and a half in depth, and entered
the nog of the turret 131 in, sklaihing out the i.e...
the lint shot did. The hinder part of this shot was
also split but the heed made a perfeetly anixoth stamp
in the iron, and when taken out, the point Ina feentl
ea situp as before it was &reit. Inside the bawls el the
two wood buffers against shish the gun letting. in
stopped when the gun is rue out, were knocked off,
sr 4 the armour was hedged, while some angle irons
ware minted. It was a ova- Ghana* of Juana, the
turret, laud as it was the splinters of iron earned it as
move heavily; but they were soon swept away, and
the machine worked as easily as bet,re. On this
was decided that everything Rosemary bad hese dese,andl
the Hotspur's firing was stopped. Bathos the Wanes
had her turn, and she saluted her rival with • ample
of shots, blank, ea if in contempt. She had risesived
two of the heaviest blows that 'odd be given ber, bat
although the joints of her iron plated were maned
almost all round, end she had two terrible braises, she
was unbar: for all practise' purpose*, and brave gasser
May, the only offlier saved out of the Captain, maid
have settled aceoucts with Kanner Whitby, by Weedy
him in a few rounds. But of course this was net
proposed, a few thousands had been hoorahs& a the
value of the Glutton; but her strength, almost
lovalnerability in open war, had bine proved, sad
she retired seriqueror from the Ildst without striking •
blow. I. ia aot soot that the (Hatton fears ;so long astir
treacherous sea does not same inside of bar and send
her to the bolt on like her AMOrkba predsoseeore, she
can stand all the pounding she is likely to gat Bat
what about torpedoes? fah I there's the rub? • few
brave and crafty fellows who would devote themselves
to patting salt (to wit, dynamite) under her tall, la •
torpedo, would do for her more than all the pomading
of a eouplo of iron-clads like Hitepar. But, as ia the
old nut -cry direztioor for bird-catching, the difficulty
we, to get the silt neer the tail, so surely in nasal wet,
tie daisoecidants of Nelson and Cochreass sad Napier
will be on their look-out againat torpedoes, and at
very worst, two eon play at that game. What at
awful game! For should a bole be made In Olattsn's
bottom. the probability is that she wield go do•a with-
out a ehanoe for her 'Grimmest* weave, Let as hope
that she may be required to face shah darner ; bet
"Lovely Peace, with Picini, crowned" may smile till seek
abortions es tie Glatton, the Hotspur, the Tbanderer,
• id the llsvestetion may be out of date, till the greet
masses of iron they keep out of nee may be re-formed
Into engines for overcoming time and spas., "till every
valley shall be smelted, and every hill shall be nude
low, and He shell corns, whose Is the earth and the
fullness thereof, who holds the winds in His Ist sad
the waters in the hollow of His luind."
The (illation and the Hotspur slipped their Gables
between eight and nine on Monday monalug, sad were
eon off to the ear.ward, for Porismonth.