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July 24, 1554

W HAT ARE THE FORCES DOING ?
Everyone's attention is turned to affairs in the Bal is and
the Black Sea, and are anxious to know what th- forces are doing
It is senerally known tit-A thee are equal to any exigency, and fully
qualified for the business they have undertaken. In numbers, skill,
military experience, and resources, they ale super or to any power
will( It Russia can command.
With equal interest everyone asks, what are the gigantic forces o'
E MOSES and SON doing at this season of the year? We can
answer this question withou, any dlilicuity whatever.
E. MOSES and ON manage their bus ness with perfect skill and
experience in every department they dirbct every man's talent to
the right object --,consequeiftly their ercductions possess such excel-
lencies an are not discovered in any other articles of attire.
E. Mosta and sores forces are superior o any exigency which
mat arise, and they can execute orders for any description of dress
to any amount, with more promptitude, correctness, despatch, and
economy, than any other house.
E. Moszs and iON'S resources are incredibly extensive, and are
expressed in a magnitude and novelty of stock in each department.'
Ready-made dress for all classes— styles for Sportsmen, Excursion-
ists. Business Men, an others, all novel, comfortable, and elerant.
Bats an Caps, the best, cheapest, and most stylish. The most
fashionable ilosiery Goods which were ever presented, and the most
complete outfits for emigrants to any part of the world.
1... Mons and Qores forces, dire ted to the Wholesale Clothing,
Shirt, and Boot and Shoe business. offers advantages far above com-
parison ; and M ert hents, Captains, Emigrants and others, will derive
more profit from their goods than from any other description of mer-
c!Amdise.

Full LISTS of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship.
sailing information, may be had on application, or post free.
C TION. -E. MOSES ..nd SON regret having to guard he
against imposition, hr.vimt learned that the untradesman .like
01 of Being connected with their Establishment," or It's
'he same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, ani.; for
,bvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OP LONDON,
except their own Establishments, 23 follows :
L,'nel-n City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, $4,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
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and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating.
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Merchant fail°. _Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
M PORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will he
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returnee
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain agues, the lowest
price, trom which no abivetuent can be made.
The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustration's, untitled" The Echo of Public Opi-
nion." contain'. a 4 full lists of prices, our system of self-measurer
gre., &c., may be had on application, or post-free,
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THE LAW or INQUESTIC—The Plymouth. Journal, in
reporting an inquest whioh took place a few days ago,
at Saltash, on the bodies of two youths who had been
accidentally drowned while bathing, says :—"The bodies
had been landed, it seemed, in such a manner as brought
them within the jurisdiction of the worthy gentleman
who fills the office of coroner for Saltash ; and in accord-
ance, therefore, with the requirements of an antiquated
and monstrously absurd proviso in the statute, it was
necessary, before an inquest could be held upon the re-
mains, that the bodies should be viewed by the jury be-
low high-water mark. For this purpose, therefore, the
parents were subjected to the additional pain and annoy-
ance of having the bodies of their children again removed
from their homes. The body of Nicholls was conveyed
from Queen-street, to the inn where the inquest was
held, and where it remained until fa() jury arrived and
were sworn. The two coffins containing the bodies
were then conveyed to the side of the canal, followed by
the thirteen jurymen, a number of curious idlers also
joining in the dismal procession. Having arrived at a
spot below high water,' the bearers were directed to
stop,„and the coffins having been set down athwart a log
of timber, were instantly surrounded by a gaping crowd,
whilst the bodies were exposed to the view of the jurors.
That a ceremony at once so ridiculous and disgusting,
should be. insited upon in the present day does seem
astonishing,
and it is high time that such senseless
proceedings should be numbered with the things of
the past."

THE EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL OF LANCASTER'S
LONG-RANGE GUN.
The Arrow, steam despatch gnn vessel, Lieutenant Com-
mander W. K. Jolliffe, steamed into Portsmouth harbour
Yesterday afternoon to have her magazine and windlass
altered. It seems the firing in presence of the Queen, &c.,
on Tuesday off the Needles was a failure. A thoroughly
Royal squadron was present to witness it, including the
Royal yachts Victoria and Albert, Fairy, and Elfin ; the
Admiralty yachts Black Eagle and Fire Queen ; the steam-
vessels Dasher, Bee, &c. A 4,000 yards' range having been
previously niosailiraby Captain La Irebyre,, of tboDaisbOr; -
the Arrow anchored in the line of fire, the Needle rocks
forming the target. At a quarter past 5 the first shot (or'
rather shell) was fired, and it burst on leaving the muzzle of
the gun; second, ditto; the third went right over the hill
on which the Needles' lighthouse stands ; the fourth and
fifth, ditto. These shells aro considered by competent
judges to have gone a further distance than 5,000 yards.
These on bursting did some damage to the lighthouse,
whose inmates soon displayed signals of distress. The
sixth struck the rocks on the Cowes side of the Little
Needles. The Arrow rolled awfully, the sea being rough;
taking aim, therefore, was impossible. The firing was di-
rected by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the Excellent,
and. Captain Savage, of the Marine Artillery detachment
of the same ship. It being half-past 6 o'clock when the
sixth discharge took place, her Majesty signified her desire
of returning, and signal was made for the Arrow to make
all speed back to Spithead, but which she was prevented
from doing by the fact that her windlass took an hour and
a half to lift the anchor ; when she did get away she found
the Royal squadron, and the Dasher arrived in Osborne.
bay the above time before her, and the Dasher communi-
cated to her commander Prince Albert's desire to inspect
her in the morning. She was accordingly moored in
Osborne-bay for the night.
Yesterday morning, between 10 and 11, her Majesty,
Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred,
afcorepanied by Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, Rear-
Admiral Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, &c., went on board
the Arrow, in Osborne-bay, and inspected her, going into
every detail, and over every part of the ship, Prince Albert
going into the engine-room, &a. After this the Arrow
went to Portsmouth. Her engines (by Humphreys, Ten-
nant, and Dykes) worked beautifully, making 93 revolu-
tions, the indicated horse power being 594.

(From the Morning Herald)
In inserting the following account from our Portsmouth
correspondent of the trial of the screw despatch vessels
armament, in the presence of her Majesty, we may ob-
serve that a little more experience in firing guts at sea,
when the ship is rolling, will add much to the utility and
effectiveness of Lancaster's guns. From what we have seen
of the Arrow she is stiff enough for anything; but as Sir
William Symonds used to say, good fiddles are of no ser-
vice unless they have good fiddlers to play them. The
gunnery of the Excellent may be all very well in harbour,
with the ship half buried in the mud; but, as we have
over and over again asserted, the best experience in gun-
nery is that obtained in practising the guns when the ship
!las that rolling motion which she is likely to have in ac-
thin, not only from the low sail under which actions are
generally fought, but from the oscillation caused by the
firing of the heavy ordnance with which our ships, and
especially vesseis of such small tonnage as the Arrow, are
now furnished.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.
Owing to the-late hour at which the experimental firing
of Lancaster's long-range gun was over, we were unable to
furnish our readers with particulars of the trial.
So far as concerns the power of the gun the success is at
once aetermined, more by accident than design. We will
give the proceedings of the day.
On Tuesday, the 22d, the Arrow, screw despatch-vessel,
Lieut. Commander Jolliffe, received orders to proceed to
the Needles, and take up a position for the purpose of try-
ing the long range from one of Lancaster's guns. At 12.30
she was under weigh. In the interim the Duke of New-
castle, with Captain Milne (one of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, arrived from London, and went on board the
Black Eagle, which was made fast to a buoy off the Royal
Victoria pier. They were there joined by the First Lord,
Sir James Graham ; Admiral Berkeley, Major General
Simpson, lieutenant governor of Portsmouth ; and
several friends of the Admiralty. The Black Eagle left
Portsmouth at one p.m., followed by Dasher, 4, Captain
Lefebre, and Fire Queen, Master Commander F. W. Paul,
Having'arrived off Osborne, signals were made to dress
with masthead flags, and Dasher was ordered by the First
Lord to go in advance to the Needles and see that the
coast was clear for the trial. In the interim the Prince
Consort visited the Mauritius, 1800 ton screw ship, which
had the gallant 37th Regiment on board, with a company
of Sappers and Miners for Corfu. After this the Victoria
and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain Hon. J. Denman, re-
ceived the Queen on board, accompanied by the elder
branches of the Royal family, and attended by the Court.
A few visitors also staying at Osborne went on board with
her Majesty, amongst whom were the Affghan Prince
pholab Singh, and attendants.
The Victoria and Albert having the standard at the

main, with the Admiralty flag at the fore, then steamed
from'Cowes Roads for the Needles, escorted by Fairy,
Elfin, Black Eagle, and Fire Queen, the Arrow being in
advance. The fineness of the day, with a fresh breeze,
blew out the bunting, and the scene down the Solent must
have been highly picturesque. It was five o'clock before
the Royal squadron arrived at the given point. In the
meantime Dasher had scoured the coast to see that all
was safe. The Arrow shortly after this let go her anchor
as near to the Shingles as was safe, presenting her broad-
side to this Needles Rocks at a distance of 4,000 yards
from the base of the cliff, in line from which, under steam
were the Royal yacht, Dasher, Fairy, Black Eagle, Fire
Queen, and Elfin. The results of the trial may be summed
up in a few words—Lancaster's gun has obtained a range
hitherto unequalled.

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As for the Arrow, she rolled gunwale under, whilst the
little vessels accompanying the squadron were as upright
as a dish. The consequence was that with each heavy gun
run out of the ports amidships, aim was out of the ques-
tion, and none but a first-rate gunner, with sea legs and
twenty years' experience, could have had the chance of
hitting a barn even at 200 yards' range. The most expe-
rienced gunners belonging to the Excellent were on board
the Arrow, directed by Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, as-
sisted by Captain Savage, of the Ruyal Marine Artillery,
and several other scientific officers ; but the uneasiness of
the vessel 'oulile,l all attempts at hitting within 200 yards'
of the mark. The first two shells burst at the muzzle of
the gun ; the third, owing to the rolling of the vessel and
the elevation of the gun, actually took a flight over the
Needles Rocks, and burst within a little distance of the
lighthouse.
Every eye was strained to see the effect of the shells
upon the cliff, but nothing was visible. A fourth shell was
fired, and every one seemed disappointed. At length a
boat was descried coming round the base of the rocks with
the Trinity flag at the bows, when the Fairy was signalled
to go towards her. All was now anxious expectation and
surmise. The Fairy returned to the Royal yacht Victoria
and Albert, and made her Majesty acquainted that two
shells had passed so close to the lighthouse that the in-
mates rushed out and made a clean bolt to the bottom, out
of danger—wondering at the same time what devilish en-
gine was at work to reach and startle them out of their
apparently safe.nest, at a height of 500 feet from the level
of the sea, and 4000 yards from the base of the cliff. The
shells thus thrown could have reached 7000 yards, and
then burst with destructive effect against the object it was
hurled at. So far, then, the power of the gnu is proved
beyond all question, and embraces a 4 miles range without
difficulty.

Her Majesty heartily enjoyed the idea of the coast guard
rushing from the Needles lighthouse to give a wide berth
to so unwelcome a messenger as a shell weighing nearly
1001 b. A signal was communicated to the Arrow, and her
last shell was aimed outside of all the Needle Rocks.
After which she was ordered to get back to Cowes and
follow in the wake of the Royal squadron. She took,
however, one hour and three-quarters to weigh her
anchor.
The Queen and Royal squadron arrived at Cowes at
9.20 in the evening, when Prince Albert inspected her next
morning, after which she was ordered into harbour.
An Admiralty messenger arrived at Portsmouth on
Tuesday evening, and was instantly forwarded by Echo,
steam•tug, with despatches for Sir J. Graham at Cowes.

(From the Daily News.)
It will be seen that not one shell struck the mark or even
West Ae itt touch of 014 uto bo AttributtFl to the