The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-02 00:00:00

MAIN LINN.

Passengers .£690 13 6
Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... 96 4 4
Goods, cattle, &c. 5t U 8 8
Mails 575 0 0

Total .. ... ... £2,072 6 6
MOLD.

Pasaengers ... .C 37 12 10
Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 2 7 4
Goode, cattle, &c. :7 2 8

Total ••• ... ... 11 17 2 10
STEAM-BOATS.

PaTtengers ••• £l2B 0 7
FarceLi, U. C. and D. 24 15 6

£152 16 1
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.--Traffic for the Week
ending March 28.1852
Passengers (7,208), parcels, horses,
and carriages ••• X-64 11 9
Goods, cattle, &c. 977 15 11

Total

Total .. 1,742 7 8
Corresponding week in last year... 1,558 11 6
Perth, March 31. 1852.
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)—Return
•f Traffic for the week ending March 27, 1852 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... 4EI 0 16 1
Merchandise, cattle, &c.... ... 36 5 7

Total ... I;7 1 8
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... 29 8
Merchandise, cattle, c.c. ... 0 15 0

Total .. ... 30 3 5
Total traffic this half-year, Jan. 1 to
March *47, both inclusivB ...£1,605 11 9

PREMATURE CON D E. 31 NATI ON OF 11:0N
VESSELS FOR WAR rulePosEs.
To THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD.
Sir,—A• 3 au ukl gunnery officer I cannot allow the re-
marks made by L9rd Palmerston. and followed up by
Captain Dunoombe, in the House of commons last
night, to go forth to the world, that " iron mer-
chant mearners are not fitted for rho purposes of war,"
without giving my most unqualified dissent. In
the first places the experiments wade and conclusions
come to have not been satisfactory to the public, or made
with due consideration to a large and powerful interest
in this country, viz t the iron misters, iron sbiphui!dors,
and steam-boas ' proprietor!. The purport of the re-
'nark' made by these gentlemen in the British House of
Cenanons is to iuffict a lasting injury to a most im-
portant branch in this country.
By "'bola have iron vessels been condemned? Not by
6rtal.ery ot ,
matters. What have been
the experiments epos gunnery
,- unjust condemnation
Mg an opi:i'-‘,75,31 or those educated and capable of form-
uti which full J .
has been made? why a
intended to re '
urn the Excellent,
coupleof tile side of the Si-
Presentgunners fancied, an injury moons, fired at fr a portion . the
estimation to cond'nemilnir'n'iLliwiln
Of one sided sections,
cleat in their estima • -4rY
vv"
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•
'Llapsoll tll e m amateura
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purposes.
I ask this simple vcsstls for war
wooden ship placed section of a
(IbTittsktt,r.-Waa there a
e. and an Nun,- n
round..; fired at it with similarl umber of
parison at the time made?
at a conclusion upon a subjeiuwfveluciti"'
less a trial had been made upon is it possib3lnedt: acrtirmi v.. 0
cumstanccs? nsouwociadhen:nder similar cir-
Again, admitting the shot break srat rai kg againstinnirt-tide uil
iron, this is an urgument in favour of the latter material,
inasmuch that so large a hole is n
percussion,whaet
osThell will
t°l3PrlP:nuaigi hthealeiavdneenetl:'opftel experiment
lis
anotherheni' ia:wtt ahYree, t a tried.
sh ho to ot
will in 11
f I ra
i lbdge rQ upone
u consideredt 4 pads
rho
only a secondary projectile. The
brt abyke
seaent
shellsl rho
Il ee andou,pt
,h,anonrdi
authority
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wreeho porno
compared
tean,rieelsystio
art uhf :
wood?
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iron butt with these shells that not one exploded,
only broke, as in the case of shot. Consequently iron
t
has an advantage over wood.
Again, I contend that less damage to men at their
quartera would be caused by splinters from iron vessels
I than from wood. This is an experiment not yet tried,
1 which could esaily be done by placing canvas screens
between decks of the vessels tired at.
I contend also that shot holes in ircn can bo more
readily stopped than in wooden vessels, having less
thickuess of side, and by the assistance of flit iron -plates
lined with thick vulcanised India rubber, and a-chair;
from centre set up inside.
In conclusion, I maintain that iron has been prema-
turely condemned, through the opinion and influencs of
1
certain amateur artillerymen; and until a vessel of wood
and iron of similar scantling be fired at under equal ad-
vantage:3, I do assert from my experience in these
matters, and opinions formed from having attended
various practice upon wood and iron, that iron has
moat decidedly the advantage over wood—not
only, in a naval point of view, bat as a com-
mercial question. The Government iron steam-vessels
have been prematurely condemned, and others sold out
of the sorvice—and why? Because the vessels have been
neglected and allowed to rust into holes for want of com-
mon attention and a little paint.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. R. ENGLFDUE,
Late Gunnery Lieutenant and Instructor of Practical
Gunnery on board her Mejesty's ship Excellent.
L Southampton, March 31, 1852. "
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