The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

The Armstrong and Whitworth Trials,

The trials with these ordnance were suspended
yesterday, all the members of the Special Committee
having returned to London to hold a mee►ing, with
a view, it is understood, to consideration of details
of the programme yet to be gone through. On
Monday the trials were made only for endurance—
that is, 200 rounds were fired from each gun rapidly,
and without any object as to aim or range. Before
the reassembling of the Committee at Shoeburyness
on Wednesday afternoon, careful impressions will
be taken of all the ordnance to show the progress
of wear and tear in their chambers or rifling. The
guns have now been fired just upon 1,400 times, or
about twice as often as, on the average, the old
brass smoothbore field-piece endured before be-
coming unserviceable. All the guns competing on
this occasion show signs of what they have gone
through, but as yet nothing appears which could
lead anyone to foretell which will outlast the other.
Both Sir William and Mr. Whitworth assert them-
selves perfectly satisfied with such signs of wear as
may be traced, and as yet consider them trivial.
The trials will be continued during Thursday and
Friday next; and at the end of the firing on Friday,
the Special Committee will suspend the continuance
of further competition for nine days, during which
the Committee themselves adjourn. Last week the
trials were entirely for range and accuracy at high
elevations. We are not yet in a position to give
authentic details of these days' practice, and can
only state generally that the results were, on the
whole, decidedly in favour of Mr. Whitworth's gun
as far as last week's competition was concerned.

THE NEW BILL ON DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.^-
The Lord Chancellor's new bill to abolish imprisonment
debt under £2O is fixed for the second reading on Monday
next. The County Court judges have given their 01,40°32
on the subject. for
JOHN GRESWOLD.—By the Author of " Paul
Ferroll." 2 vole.—" We are all too familiar with ' Paul
Ferroll' for any production of the same pen to require
further introduction than that contained on the title-page,
The authoress has not employed her leisure in weakening
her powers of writing. The same forcible style, the alma
power of bringing before her readers tenches and people, and
making them known to, that gav,e
former works, are conopicuoue in John Greswold.' The
tragic ending of young Lord Ennavant's. gay, careless career,
and John Greswold's own share in the cross purposes of life,'
are told with the simple pathos of truth."—John Bull.
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Send immediately for medical assistance, blankets, and.
dry clothing, but proceed to treat the patient instantly on
the spot, in the open air, with the face downwarl, whether
on shore or afloat; exposing the face, neck, and chest to
the wind, except in severs weather, and removing all tight
clothing from the neck and chest, especially the braces.
The points to be aimed at are—first and immediately, the
restoration of breathing ; and secondly, after breathing is
restored, the promotion of warmth and circulation. The
efforts to restore breathing must be commenced immediately
and energetically, and persevered in for one or two hours,
or until a medical man has pronounced that life is extinct.
Efforts to promote warmth and circulation, beyond remov-
ing the wet clothes and drying the skin, must not be made
until the first appearance of natural breathing. For if cir-
culation of the blood be induced before breathing has re-
commenced, the restoration to life will be endangered.