The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

THE WEDDING SUN

Is now Publishing.

Notwithstanding that we had anticipated and
prepared for an immense circulation, the demand
on Tuesday was at once so rapid that the whole of

our first impression was exhausted within a few
hours after we went to press. We are still enabled,

though not without difficulty, to meet the yet in-
creased demand for copies of this Extraordinary

Edition, though the greatest care is required in

the delicate process of its colour printing.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1863.

In the House of Lords, yesterday the Union Relief
Aid Act (1862) Continuance Bill, the object of which
is to extend the power of unions in the distressed dis-
tricts in Lancashire to make rates in aid and to
borrow money, and which had come up from the
Commons, was read a second time, as was the
Salmon Exportation Bill.
The Malt Duty Bill was read a third time and
passed.

The house then adjourned.
In the House of Commons a new writ was or-
dered to issue for the election of a member for
North Lancashire, in the room of the Marquis of
Hartington, who has accepted the office of a Lord
of the Admiralty.
Mr. GREGORY gave notice of his intention to call
attention shortly after Easter to the affairs of
Turkey.
Mr. B. COCHRANE drew attention to the affairs
of Greece, according. to his notice, and a discussion
ensued, it which Mr. Gregory, Mr. M. Milnes, Mr.
Layard, Lord I. Manners, Mr. H. Seymour, Lord
H. Scott, Mr. D. Griffith, Mr. Cave, Mr. C. C.
Clifford, Lord Palmerston, and Mr. S. Fitzgerald
took part; tho motion, which was one for the pro-
duction of papers, being in the end withdrawn.
On going into committee of supply,

Colonel BARTTELOT moved an address to the
Crown, praying that the stoppage from the pay of
cavalry and horse artillery officers for forage be
discontinued.

Sir G. C. Litwis opposed the motion, on the
ground that it would add £20,000 to the army
estimates.

On a division the motion was lost by 107 to 75.
The house th©n went intocommittee of supply on
tho army estimates. Some votes were agreed to.
The other business having been disposed of, the
house adjourned.

'the controversy which has arisen between the
promoters of iron and of wood for building our
ships of war promises to become a very pretty
quarrel—much as the famed battle of the Gauges,
and will end, we suspect, with much the same re-
sult. That one has its own unrivalled qualities
over the other cannot be gainsaid, though the fact
be admitted with a gradge—iron, for rigidity and
strength, is ten times superior to wood. But wood
still holds its head above water for all that, and
will not strike in its buoyant spirit without a
struggle. Those who advocate the one and repudiate
the other but serve to confirm the old adage, that
two of a trade cannot agree. For our own part, we
freely admit that iron has the advantage, and must
ultimately prevail in theconstruetion of our Navy
—but wood cannot be altogether dispensed with.
Inda J, wood must still keep its place in our Dock-
yards, but only subservient to iron for durability.
That each has its defects, as well as its merits, is
undoubted, and, where they can be used beneficially,
we say, " both is best." It will not do for England
to cast off her old friend, to whom she ow,„„ her
pre-eminence on the seas, for a new customer, pro_
mise he ever so fairly. 'Wood has been fully tested,
and has hitherto answered our purpose; but, 118
science improves in its discoveries, we must conform
to circumstances, and keep pace with the march 01
time on the road of improvement.
Tho publio demand for a larger increase to our
Navy, and that suddenly, has raised this great
question as to the best way to attain it—and the
Government having decided for two reasons; first,
that they had bought more than was wanted; and,
secondly, that, unless they used up that wood, it
would be lying Unprofitably to the Dockyards,
while all the men would be lying idle—therefore,

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