The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY. 00°1
Captain Sherard Osborn has been appoiatod to till)

mand of the Royal Sovereign cupola ship.
On Tuesday and Wednesday some firing- £t Br")
plates took place at Portsmouth, French as well as
manufactured plates being under trial. Tuesday's .1.141,
confined to the common 95cwt smooth-bore 8-inch
with solid cast-iron shot and a 16ib charge of powder' eig
result of this day's firing, which was merely to class tOla
plates in their order of merit according to the •Acitftd/
regulations, was as follows :-1, a 6-inch plate from
Beardmore, of Glasgow, a sample plate, hammered 60,
12 inches, and finished under the rollers to six ; 2, titl);
plate from Messrs. Petin, Gaudet, and Co., Francei-610.1
3, two 6-inch plates from the Millwall Ironworks nr17,,i0,7
bugeling Company, for the Bellerophon. rolled; 4, a OPr
plate; from Messrs. Beale, of Parkgate Works, Shetgepilra
the Pa as, rolled ; and 5, a 41- inch plate from M080;491,',
Gauclet,. and Co., France, rolled. On Wednesday froff
inch gun, smooth-byre, commonly termed the 100' ei 05/i
Armstrong, was tested against the plates with stee,o ft.
The first shot was fired with a charge of 301 b. of pogt'o
directed against one of tl:e Millwall 6-inch plates et idos islo
and where it had received no shots from the 8-inch Pfifi
the previous day's firing. This shot was made bf oe 034
and Son, Sheffield. It struck the plate 12 inches
lower eage, and stopped, partially buried in the einifet:
and partially in the plate, We outer surface of the sh°,,ff.4
not more than helf an inch outside the plate's Oter 400
A second steel shot, manufactured by John BrOW'l pad °to
of Sheffield, was next sent against the plate, and attropPet
the same end. It also remained: partially buried i'llie Olio
and partially in the shils'A side. In this instance to.
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surface of the shot and the plate were fi ash. In b° brt
the whole of the plate's back near the shot- hole °sod to,
up. Penetration into the b•bjp was not !ffe,ctedfoodeit
plates had apparently done th :lir duty in repelling est oftlt,g
gerous missiles as steel spherics shote yen at the e°
own destruction. On inspecting' the inside of chess fotrio
damage done to the side at the b.aak of the plate 11/1 4it' 1
to be very serious. A space Ikiatt. length by °of)
breadth was started, and bulged inwards 01og,
130410 h
inches ; the whole was fearfully .shaken'6ooll43l4
much was it shaken that probably ot.'° me 16jt'tD0
and certainly two more, would have t. surf 1-"" te eazs
4(t of the ship's side with its armour plate I.,rstrat ger-1.0,
trigate's gundeck. A steel shot was neat fired.: and Peri
Beardmore's plate. It struck the plate's cents vete f
jetted 2 inches from the plate's outer surface.
_,de of sd
nc cracks, nor was any damage done to the 17;1.0,064e
ship at the plate's back. A shot was next sent eo.:o#
plate of the Millwall Company, but it flattenedYY..
ing the plate, projected 2 inches, and its furtnue:9'.2ll';'oo
was stopped. This finished the practice with logiea 1 I
gun, and a closing shot was fired at the 004
plate from the S inch gun. This shot stuck
outer surface being 4 inches outside the plates. -it
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deep cracks on the plate's lower edge.
caused to the ship's side by this shot, as far to coo
ascertained from the gatdeck.______„

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THE FRENCH TRANSLATOR. AND COgoLOOO
OF Porchat, died a short time