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London, England, 1864-12-06 00:00:00

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bladed WOW which she had duri.
mission.
Yesterday Mr Whitworth made an
Shoeburyness with a now shell, designed ,
penetrate the Warrior. target. The distance was 600
yards. Owing to the target having been so much
fired at, a very small space was considered sufficient
to insure a distinct proof:oas to whether a 70-pound
gun firing its proper charge of 121 b of powder was
capable of penetrating through the inner skin.
Hitherto it has been tha opinion of those most coon'•
petent to deal with the question that 70-pounder
guns, although capable of penetrating into armour
plates, and damaging the side of the ship, were un.•
equal to the task of getting ►hrough and bursting'
the inner skin. On a previous occasion Air Whit-

PR1CE.........1d
STAMPED ....5d

for candour, for incorruptible loyalty, and fur
simple truthfulness. Such has been Lord Carlisle's
character throughout an active public life; and for
that character he will long be remembered with
honour in a country which is always ready to ap-
preciate honesty and truthfulness in public men.

The following beautiful lines, written a
good many years ago by the late Earl,
when Lord Morpeth, will be read now—
we feel assured—with lively interest, not only
as being (as they unquestionably are) abou► thn
happiest effusion ef bia poetic genius, but as being
(besides that) singularly impressive, read nowadays,
as the four closing lines will be, immediately after
the death of their noble writer, while America is
still in the midst of:her disastrous war :
There's nothing great or bright, thou glorious fall I
Thou mayst not to the fancy's sense recall—
The thunder•riven cloud, the lightning's leap,
The stirring of the chambers of the deep,
Earth's emerald green and many tinted dyes,
The fleecy whiteness of the upper skies,
The tread of armies thick'ning as they come,
The boom of cannon and the beat of drum,
The brow of beauty and the form of grace,
The passion and the prowess of our race,
The song of Homer in its loftiest hour,
The unrosisted sweep of Roman power,
Britannia's trident on the azure sea,
America's young shout of liberty I
Oh I may the wars that madden in thy deeps
There spend their rage, nor climb th' encirling steeps;
And till the conflict of thy surges cease,
The nations on thy banks repose in Peace.

worth fired two of these shells. One wrut through
an old hole, consequently- no result was obtained.
The second shell struck in the exact spot aimed af,
made a penetration of about 17 inches, and bulged
the hacking; hut it was thought by many that tho,
shell did not burst, or if it had done so it woutel
have gone through the inner skin, of the larger. It has
since been dinovered that owing to a mistake in the
construction of the powder-bag within the shell,
only ;lb of powder was used instead of Litt.), the
quantity the shell is able to contain. 'rho shell is art
entirely new invention. It is of great strength and
thickness, flat-headed, and at the point which
comes in contact with the plate there is a steel bolt
fitted sufficiently well to remain unmoved till ex-
pelled by the explosion of the powder which a per.
cussion cap by a mechanical contrivance fires after
the ehell has penetrated the target. In practice the
shell is really a small gun, which fires a steel bolt
after it has reached its destination. No. 1 steel
shell struck the target 411 n from the top edge and
66in from the left edge, 7in from the joint—the
shell passed through the plate, stuck in the backing
the base of the shell being 3in below the face of the
plate—the powder exploded, blowing the plug
through-the backing and the skin along with the
metal punched out. The shell remained perfect.
No. 2 steelshell,passod through the plate into the
backing - and buret, driving the plug forward
through the backing against the skin, bulging it
slightly—the skin at the point struck was supported
by a -crossbeam about 20in square. The shell struck
40in from the left edge and 15in from the top one
—a bolt was broken—the shell came back and wan
picked up 74 yards in the'rear of the target, and
in good condition. No. 3 steel shell struck an old
shot which was standing out from the target, and
broke up in consequence. No. 4 steel shell struck
fair on a vertical stringer Oft bin from the left edge
and 3ft 6in from the top edge. It penetrated the
plate and backing, forcing the piece punched out
against the skin, which was not bulged. The shell
jumped back 104 yards, and was found in good con-
dition.

Staff-Commander Moriarty has been appointed
from the Marlborough, 121, screw three-decker, re.
cently paid out of commission at Portsmouth, to the
command of the Fox, screw transport frigate, vice
Pullen, apponted to Keyham-yard.
The Royal School of Naval Architecture and
Marine Engineering was brought into full opera.
tion last week by the commencement of a series of
twelve lectures " On the Principles cf Mechanics
and Hydrostatics, Machinery, and the Elements of
Mechanics," -by the Rev. B. Morgan Cowie, 13. D.,
rector of St. Lawrence Jewry, and Professor of
Geometry in Gresham College. This course of
lectures will terminate on the 7th of March. On
Wednesday, the 7th inst., Dr. Percy, F.R.S., will
commence a series of six lectures " On the Mecha-
nical and Chemical Properties of Iron."