The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-08 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans lO2O 1017 50
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1110 .. 1110
Geneva ..
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lon'bard

835 60 .. 835 -
557 50 .. 557 50
542 50 ~, 541 25
370 - .. - -
487 50 .. 488 75
613 75 .. 615 -

ITALY.

A letter from Rome, of the Ist, says :—" At first
no one at Rome would give credit to the news of
Garibaldi's intended attempt, but repeated de-
spatches and the most precise information at last
compelled the French authorities to pay attention
to it. Assistance was immediately demanded from
the Emperor's Government, and a squAron of six
French line-of-battle ships 60013 appeared off Civita
Vecchia. Every military precaution was adopted
in the fear of an attack, and a movement of concen-
tration took place. All the commandants of the

Italian troops on the Tuscan frontier—at Grossetto,
Talemone, &c., were warned to actively watch the
movements of the Garibaldian bands, and lastly, in
order to reoccupy all the points which had been
left without garrisons in consequence of the concen-
tration of troops, reinforcements were applied for
from France. The Papal Government represented
that, in the present state of agitation,.the places
abandoned by the French troops might become the
scenes of disturbance and manifestations, but the
answer was that in case of an attack against the
Pontifical frontier, Garibaldi would not have a less
force than from 12,000 to 15,000 volunteers, and
that the French companies, isolated as they were,
would be unable to defend themselves against so
large a force. The French authorities, therefore,
thought it their duty to give a simple piece of advice
to the Pontifical Government, and pointed out to it
the danger which the Papal soldiers might incur i;
sent to the extreme frontier to repel the first efforts
of the enemy. That advice, however, was disre-
garded, and the Papal Zuuaves are to occupy
Ceprano, near Frosinone."

CAPTAIN COTTTPE.R COLES AND HIS

SHIELD SHIPS.

Captain Coles has addressed the following letter
to a contemporary :—" The models of shield ships
exhibited by me in the International Exhibition
admit of from 7to 8 deg. depression. In two this
is obtained by the deck on each side of the cupola
sloping at the necessary angle to admit of the re,
quired depression ; in the other two it is obtairJed
by the centre of the deck on which the cupola is
surmounted being risen sufficiently to enable the
shot, when the gun is depressed, to pass clear of the
outer edge of the deck. I enclose you the drawing,
published by me in 1860, of the midship section
from which these models were made. It also gives
a section of the Warrior (Fig. 5), by which you will
see that, supposing the guns of each to be 10 ft. out
of water, and to have the usual depression of guns
in the navy (7 deg.), that the Warrior's guns on
the broadside will throw the shot 19 ft. further from
an
nave a greater ad-
her side than the shield ship with her guns placed
in the centre, that being the distance of the latter
from the edge of the ship, and
Sovereign's
with the same
depression, the shield
vantage, which I consider . portant merit
former deck
mp eted it ill be con-
'shiptowbilei
was flat, but now wheP' "z)
of my invention. The Royal l
con-
structed with a slope similar to tcose shown in my,
inothls, when she will have the advantage of de-
pressingguns, so as to hit t
her the water
her side than
fr"n most ships in the navy,
I‘l,, time being now entirely occupied in carrying
outJ my invention under the direction of the Admi-
ralty, I regret that I cannot enter into the subject
more minutely, but hope these few lines will suffice
to show how erroneous
scant Reader.'" are the opinions of ' A Con-