The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-03 00:00:00

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Ths Q.eea, 'Pt cme Louise, and '
attends I el* e ilirvie• In the perish church, this. '4.
The Due isas of Athole and Colonel Poosonby were 'fa
altemd .v sr..

The Yen' 'Asir. Pi iesdo.l Tußook one of her Majesty's
chaplain.. eirsiatol.
The Rake of Marlborough and Principal Tulloch had
the It.:nou; d g with the Queen and the Royal
famioy.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Crown Prince
of Denmark drt se one yesterday.
Jo the eastlig the Prince and ninon. of Wales, se-
oom..eanied by the Crown Prince of Denmark, west to to.
Ja ass', Thesis e.

The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the
HO3. Jairea Moclonald, honoured Colonel Clifton with
his company at a breakfast on Monday, at the gallant
colonel's r. aide: ce in Park-street.

Hie Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
toe Countess Apponyi will give a patty at the Einbamy in
Belgravissquare, on the 16th 'nat., when they will be
honoured by the presence of her Imperial Highness the
Duchess of Wurtemlberg, Archduchess of Austria, an: of
his Royal Highness the Duke Philip of Wurtemberg.
Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth received at
dinner last evening, at their residence in St. Janteia-
squaro, Lord and lady Carew, Lord Raglan, Lord Eliot,
M.P., Lady and bliss Geary, Field-Marshal Sir MTN=
and Lady Gomm, Sir Percyvoll and Lady Dyke and Mime
Dyke, Sir Edward and Lady Manningbam Buller, Mr. and
Lady Louisa Fortescue, Colonel Legge, Colonel Airey, Mr.
Barrington, Kr. Duncan, Mr. Eyre, Lc.

Yesterday morning Lady Laura Elizabeth Phipps,
eldest daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Nor-
manby, was married to Mr. Vivian Hampton, second son
of Mr. Hampton-Lewin, of Benny", at St. Peter's Church,
Eaton-square.

The Wolrerhampton Chronirle states that yester-
day Lord Shrewsbury was much worse. He is suffering
from an attack of gastric fever. His lordship, by his acces-
sion to the title of Earl of Shrewsbury, a few years ago,
became Premier Earl of England. The noble earl (as
Lord Ingestre) represented Mouth Staffordshire in the
House of Commons from 1837 to 1849.

NA I'AL INTELLIGENCE.

SPEED TRIALS AT MEASURED MIL&S.

Objections have frequently been urged against
the system adopted by the Admiralty of regarding the
speed trials of s:tips over the measured mile °ours° as fair
tests of their power of steaming under less favourable
circumstances. The conditions under which those trials
are usually made are—smooth water, a force of wind that
will not to any a; preeiable extent affect the speed
of Cie ship, picked coals, and trained stokers.
It is contended that • vessel which might
achieve most favourable results under these conditions,
in a compethive trial with another ship would
show very different tenths were the conditions reversed
and the trial ma le in a heavy se.w.y. We learn,
however, from a repot.: drawn up by the Con-
troller of the Navy, and pub label this morning,
that experiment. Lave just been completed which Admiral
Robinson bedev. a will mod.fy the opinions expressed as to
the mew ured mile teals, and the speed obtainable by ships
for several consecutive hours in the opea sea. Permission
wasgiven by the Admiralty for the llixotaur, Warrior,
and Bellerophon, three representative ships, varying in
tonnage, but with engines whose nominal power is rela-
tively prajorticnate, to be tried in the usual way at the
measured axle, with their copper sheathing cleaned, and
after these trial., for six hour.' consecutive steaming out-
side the Isle of Wight, to compare the results so obtained
as regarded indicated horsepower, number of revolutions,
speed, &c., with those obtained on the measured mile. In
all these cases the weather was splendidly flue ; there was
• little snore wind during the Warrior's trial than during
the other two trials, and the water was smooth ; bet the
Bellerophon had the disadvantage of having been twice
as long in the water as the other two chips, and at this
tints of the year the erowth of weeds is particularly rapid.
At the Stokes Bay trial the results were as follow :

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Indicated
horse Revolutions Speed of
power. per minute. ship.
linotanr 6,702 .;:,913 14411
Wairlor
Bellerophon
Lut in the six hours' trial the following was the result
Indicated
horse Revolutions Speed of
power. per minute. chip.
NI incisor
Warrior
Bellerophon

It will thus be seen that while the 3linotaur lost iu
speed in the six hours' trial 249 of a knot per hour, and
that her revolutions fell off '953 per minute, the Warrior
only lost '143 of a knot, and her revolutions fell oft •8
per minute, the indicated horse-power having in each
case fallen short of the Stokes Bay performance.
Butt in the Bellerophon the' case was reversed;
she gained '179 of • knot per hour in speed, increased the
revolutions by '943 per minute, and developed about "_'oo
more horse-power than on the measured mile, showing
conclusively that if the expected horse-power were realised
the calculated speed of the ship would be assured. The
inference drawn by the controller of the navy from
these trials is that with good coal and good stoking there
is but little difference between the results of a trial at
the measured wile and one lasting for six hours on the
open sea, all the circumstances being alike ; that the bad
performances of the Warrior, Ilinotaur, and Belle-
rophon, during their cruise last autumn, arose
from causes over which the designers of those ships had no
control ; and that any judgment on the qualities of those
vessels, dependent on such records, would have been
illusory and misleading.

AGRICTLTURAL HOLDINGS IN IRELAND.--This
morning returns were published abowi,,g the number of
agricultural holdings in Ireland in 1841, 1851, 1861, and
1867, showing the extent of "table land, the extent of
land not arable, and the total extent of land of each class,
&o. From these returns it appears that there has been
• gradual falling off in the number of holding' since 1811,
11 at which date there were 691,202, whereas in 1867 there
were only 346,448. The falling off is, however, only ap-
parent in the holdings of less than 30 acres in extent,
and particularly in the class not exceeding 5 acres which de-
creased from 310,436 in 1841 to 78,064 in 1867. In the
better class of occupiers whose holdings were above five,
but not exceeding 15 acres, the number fell from
252,799 to 173,473. The increase in the number of bold-
inp of not less than 30 acres and up to 100,
show the extent to which the process of
absorption has been carried on, the number in 1851 being
120,01.3, and in 1867, 126,537. Then was increase in the
same period at the highest class of holders, viz., those
having more than a hundred acres, of 2,817. The iota
extent of land in the occupation of the smallest class of
holders in 1867 was 277,372 sores, whereas the area in the
occupation of holders of more than a hundred, was no less
than 8,244,529 acres.

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—This morning
accounts were published showing ths sums received and
expended for the purposes of the metropolitan police,
police superannuation fund, public carriages, and police
courts, between the lit January, 1867, and the 31st March,
1868. The total receipts of the year, including 50,5041.'
10s. 6d. the balance in band on the Ist January, 1867, was
900,6801. ISt. Id. The expenditure during the same
period was 847,7741. 11s. 2d., leaving a balance of 36,8941.
7s. sd. The receipts on account of the police superannn4•'
tion fund were 85,628/. 4s. 6d., and the expenditure was
the same. Of thin sum 84,235/. 12s. 10d. was distributed
ip the fermi of superannu►tion+ to 2,061 i disolugged cop-
stables, and 1,3921• lls• Bd, in the shape of gratuities to 33
oonstablea. The total number of persons in the form was I
8,450, consisting of one inspecting superintendent, ono
Mkt superintendent, 23 superintendents, 240 inspectors,
847 sergeants, and 7,33, i constables.
D. R. Harrison, an engraver, of New York,
believes himself to be the rightful owner of 2,000,0001.,
filabirly the property of William Harrison, of London.
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