The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

NO. 19,3691

PUBLICATIONS.

On November Ist will he published, crown Bt-0., cloth, 95.,
THE DOCTRINE OF SACRIFICE
A Deduced from the Scriptures.
By FREDERICK DENIgON MAURICE, M.A , Cha!,lain of Lincoln's-inn.
Cambridge:—Macmillan and Co.; George Bell, 1.16, Fleet-street,
London.

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N TRUE Sz .FA LSE SPERMATORREREA ,
• with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the
Real 'sufferers under this diseas and G,rrecting of wide-spread
Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From 'he ,ierrnsu,
of Dr. I'ICKfOItD. With an Introluction by the Editor. containing
a complete exposure of the sy stein of terrorism and extortion pursued
by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are
credulous enough to seek their aid.
• Dr. eicktord s known to English readers by his frequent practi-
sal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
time, he informs as, that ho has addressed himself to' the nos-medi-
CEI reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall ieteet any
other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .ower to cor-
rect "—London Medical Gazette. "The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,'
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meet upon a more rational and physiological basis. it is, therefore,
like' y to do much good."
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Periodical Sales, Established IBM, for the disposal of Genuine House-
hold Furniture and Effects, removed for convenience of Sale.
ESSIIS. BULLOCK will SELL, on SATUR-
DAY next, at 11 o'clock, at their Great Rooms, 211, High

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LONDON,. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1854.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Holborn,
CAPITAL V ODERN FURNITURE.-5 brilliant Plate Coasts e
and Chimney Glasses, a pair of saperb Ebony and Bull Cabinets,
Marqueterie Tables, Rosewood and Walnut Drawing-room Chairs,
Brussels and Turkey Carpets, Pedestal Sideboard, Cottage awl Semi-
grcrd Pianoforte=, Marble-top Chiffonier, French Clocks, and Orna-
mental items, Mahogany and Iron French Bedsteads, with capital
Bedding, Marble Washstands. and the usual Dressing-room App,n-
dages, superior China and Gass, Plated Articles, 6 Cases of Pale
Brandy, &c.
May be viewed and Catalogues had on Friday and morning of Sale.

Oovetnment Annuities, and an Old Life Policy In the Norwich
Union, with the Bonuses.
VIESSIIS. BULLOCK are directed by the
Mortgagee to SELL, at the Auction Mart, near the Bank
of England, on TUESDAY, the 2lst November,
TWO GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES, of 2001. awl 1011. respec-
tively, receivable at the Nation d Debt Office, during the life of a
lady, together with the arrears of the last halt-year on each ; and a
valuable old POLICY, on the same life, in the Norwich Union Life
Assurance Cociety, for 2,000/., to which bonuses amounting to
403'. 10s. have been added. Printel particulars may be had, in a
short time, at the Mart ; of Mr. Steele, solicitor, 1, Lincoln's-inn-
fields; and of Messrs. Bullock, 211, High Holborn.

The Orion, 90, screw, building in Chatham Dockyard,
is ordered too be launched on the 7th of next month.
This ship, since she was first hid down has been
lengthened tore and aft, and she was lengthened in mid-
ships by about 20 feet, for which purpose she was cut
asunder.
Preparations are being made at Sheerness for the launch
of the new steam corvette Pylades, to carry 20 guns.
The Cuckoo is under repairs in the fitting basin at Sheer-
ness. It is fully expected that her officers and crew will
be turned over to another vessel.
The Porcupine is being refitted for immediate and par-
ticular service. She will be ready in a few days.
The Adder paddle-wheel steam-vessel, having bad her
required repairs completed, left Woolwich on Monday for
Chatham, to servo as a tender at that dockyard.
The Ithadamanthus paddle-wheel steam store-vessel,
Master-Commander John Belam, left Woolwich on Sun-
day with provisions and stores for the fleet in the Baltic.

11) OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
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H. PEPPER, Esq., F.C.S. A. Inst. C.E.
GOOD DRAMATIC READING; are now added to the other
attractions of the Institution.
Miss GLYN MACBETH on Thursday Evening, the 26th
inq at Eight o'clock, the MERiIHANT of VENICE on Saturday
Eveninz, the 18th inst , at Eight o'clock; HAMLET on the 2,1 of
November, at Eight o'clock ; and ROMEO and JULIET ou the 4th
of Novornbe-, at Ight.
LECTURE specially addroseel to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES
on Mrinlay Eveninva.
Every NOVELTY in GENERAL SCIENCE will be secured to the
Pub ic.
An ever-varied succession of LECTURES, MECHANICAL and
COSMOR AM IC EXHIBITION'S, MUSIC, the MIC TIO;COPE,
DTSsOLVING VIEWS, &c., to maintained daily, from Twelve till
Five ; E•enine°, Seven till 'fen.
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for Miss GLYN'S DRAMATIC READINGS ONLY.

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Polka, Bulgarian; Quadrille, Le Jolt Postilion ; Polka. La Cosnete ;
Waltz, Stars of the .V est ; Quadrille. Les Itallens ; Schottische,
Henrietta; Galop, Cersican Brothers; Quadrisle, Les
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CLEARING THE ENTRANCE TO THE
HARBOUR OF SEBASTOPOL. •

(From the Moniteur de la Fete.)
No sooner have our troops gained a footing on the
soil of the Crimea than the English and French Govern-
ments labour with indefatigable activity to send to their
expeditionary corps all the reinforcements and means
required for attacking vigorously the enemy, whether
behind his fortifications or in the open field. From
15,000 to 20,000 cavalry have been already sent from
Varna and Bourgas on board our vessels ; strong re-
serves of infantry and artillery accompanied them.
Others will follow, and our imperial navy, which
really seems to have the gift of-übiquity, after making
incredible efforts over since tho commencement of the
war, still contrives, at a moment all its resources might
be thought to be actively employed, to collect in the
ports of the Mediterranean numerous sailing vessels and
steamers, which will be employed as transports to con-
vey fresh troops from France and Algeria.
Another important question has of late been taken
into serious consideration at Paris and London. The
object is to.find out what measures are to be taken for
opening the passage in the harbour of Sebastopol, which
is known to have been blocked up by the Pussians,
who have sunk there five ships of the line and two
frigates.

The channel or passage is everywhere from 40 to 50
feet deep. Now, it is admitted that a ship of the line
draws generally, on an average, about 25 feet, and has
about the same height above water. The ships, then,
that have been sunk must be close to the surface, and if
no open space exists between them so as to permit the
free ingress of a ship, it becomes absolutely necessary to
attack this submarine rampart, clear the way, aid re-
store the entrance of the harbour to its former condi-
tion.

LONG EVENINGS MADE SHORT.-
MECHI'S FAMOUS BAGATELLE TABLEg, manufactured
up(Li the premises, 4, Leadenhall-street, London, ranking long even-
-Ing.9 appear short, and combine calculation with amusement. Prices,
3/. 41.152., 51. 158., up to 121. None genuine without litchi's
name.

The solid mass represented by the five liners and tw•
frigates now under water weighs not less than 21,700
tons. It is easy to comprehend that no "camels" are
capable of raising so enormous a weight.
In cases of this description we generally have recourse
to the mine. Without citing here the beautiful opera-
tions of this kind that have been carried out of late, more

than once at Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, and Toulon,
&c., which are familiar to all, we think we shall interest
our readers by extracting from contemporary publica-
tions a few details of similar operations carried on with
great success, on the other side of the channel, by
Colonel Pasley about ten years ago.
This distinguished engineer succeeded in blowing up a
brig and a schooner, that obstrncted the entrance to the
port of Gravesend in the Thames, and the Royal George,
which went down at Spithead in 1789.
Colonel. Pasley used charges varying from 20 to
118, from 1,000 to 1,100 kilogrammes. The charges
of 20 kilogs. were put into tin cases ; those of 118 were
placed in tubes of wrought iron, that ended in cones.
At the ends two holes were drilled ; one fer pouring in
the powder, and the other for receiving another tube
that contained a train charge. The tubes were strongly
bound with iron hoops. As for the great charges of
1,000 or 1,100 kilogs., they were enclosed sometimes in
a leaden p►pe within another wooden one, and sometimes
in a wooden cylinder, properly secured, then encased in
lead, soldered down, and protected over all by a cradle
of splinters with coils of old rope lashed as siezing
round it.

The tubes containing the different charges are now in
a fit state, not only to resist the pressure of the water,
but to sink rapidly to the bottom, on account of their
weight. Over the cylindrical body of the cases a round
hole is made for admitting a train-tube filled with a
charge of about 85 granatues, to 'which fire is conveyed
either by special fusees or mining sausages, or, lastly,
by the electric current. At the time when Colonel
Pasley was engaged, the use of the galvanic battery was
less general, for the practical application, indeed, of
all the physical acd chemical sciences was less at-
tended to in those days than it now is. However,
with a Daniell's battery, having a constant current,
composed of ten tubes, 0.53 in height and 0.09 in dia-
meter, with copper conducting wires of 5 millimetres
in diameter, Colonel Pasley sueceeded in producing,
at'a distance of 152 metres, the instantaneous igni-
tion of a plating wire that set a charge of powder on
fire. This was often done under very disadvantageous
conditions, since ho operated frequently in the open air
when it rained and snowed. Both rain and snow aro
considered to be very unfavourable for the development
of electricity.
As for the mode of taking down the charges of powder
to the bottom of the sea, and there fitting them in the
right place, that is the diver's business. Now, since in
the Sebastopol channel the sea is generally calm, the

divers will not find much difficulty in lodging the charges
where they can be most effective. After that, so soon
as the train is fired by one of the contrivances explained
above, the explosion, even supposing it does not de-
molish at the first blast this peculiar kind of stockade,
will at all events make a breach, so as to facilitate
ftirther operations. Lastly, the sea will enter and clear
away any deposit of silt or rubbish, so that the divers
will have more room for exploring the bottom of the
sea, in order to save the guns and other materials worth
the salvage. In Franco and England there are many
varieties of the scaphander, of the diving bell, and
many sorts of apparatus used by divers.
In fine, judging from what has already been done on
both sides of the channel, taking into account also the
great progress made by science during the last few years,
we way venture to hope that clearing the passage of
Sebastopol will not prove too difficult a task for the
naval forces and the engineers of the Allied Powers.
Waiting for this enterprise to be commenced, the siege
of the great fortress itself iu the Crimea is progressing
in a satisfactory manner.

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by rival creeds one against the other. Clergymen of
different denominations are sent out in the relative pro-
portion of the troops belonging to their faith,' but they
go at the expense of the Government, to whose autho-
rity they are amenable, and they are empowered to
choose persons to aid them in their labours as Scripture
readers or otherwise. _

An additional number of clergy are about to proceed
to Turkey, but, like their predecessors, under military
authority, and under strict orders as to their ccnduct ;
and no one can be admitted on other terms. It is most
necessary, for the sake of harmony and good order, that
this system should be strictly maintained.
I have endeavoured, I fear at some length, to explain
what has been done and what is doing, and the reasons
for the course adopted. It only remains for me to ex-
press my thanks for the interest you have taken in the
noble and brave men whose sufferings it is our duty
sad our endeavour to assuage, and my sense of the ad-
mirable spirit which has dictated the many offers of
personal service and pecuniary liberality which have been
made through yourself and others.—Believe me faith-
fully yours,
---, Esq. SIDNEY HERBERT.

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children in it at present. Ile was positive that if that fact
were placed before the public the funds would come in
to them, and he was positive that the institution would
go to ruin if they did not act with the energy that was
necessary.

At the suggestion of Lord Kinnaird the amendment
of Mr. Macrae was withdrawn, and the resolution pro.
peed by Dr. Cumming was unanimously adopted.
The Earl of KINNAIRD then proposed that that meet-
ing should authorise the monthly court of directors to
admit to the benefits of the institution the children of
Scotch soldiers, sailors, and marines, at 75/. per head, in
lion of 105/., the usual charge.
Mr. JOHN MAssoN seconded the resolution.
After a short discussion, the bum of 501. was substi-
tuted for 751. in the resolution, and in that amended
shape it was put from the chair and adopted.
A resolution was then passed that an appeal for sub-
scriptions should be published in the Londoa papers, and
in the principal papers in Scotland, as suggested by Dr.
Cumming.
The Chairman desired that his same should be put
down for 1001., and a vote of thanks having been passed
to him for his conduct in the chair, the meeting sepa-
rated.

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