The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

NORTH HINTS ELECTION.

WINCHESTER, TUESDAY.
STATE OF THE POLL.
Portal. Shaw.
121 ~. 120
75 ... f3l
114 ... 57
175 ... 125
159 ... 47
129 ... 89
76 ... 94

Winchester, four o'clock
Andover, four o'clock
Alum, three o'clock ...
Basingstcke, four o'clock
Kingsclere, two o'clock
Odidam, four o'clock

Petersfield, three u'clock

849 ... 663

Majority for Portal ... 186
Mr. Shaw's trit,nds appear very sangaino of being at
:he head of the poll to-morrow.

THE NEW Nowa., " LADY ALrcE."—lligh lifb
as it really exists in the more exclusive circles has
rarely been pourtrayed with fidelity even in the best
novels ; but a work has just been issued under the titlo
of "Lady Alice," which the most exeusive coteries, it
is said, have acknowledged to be eminently characteris-
tic and faithful. It is at once a picture of high per-
sonages, the high Church party, and high principles, as
existing in high places. The story, too, is equally
elevated with those who are made to figure in it, and
evidently proceeds from a mind of a high order. "Lady
Alice" is a production that will interest alike the re-
ligious, fashionable, and literary world. From _
thethe
peculiar character of the work, and the positionof
author, the name of the writer, it is understood, is not
atnhdeanitt,oyoaf 1 tch
intended to be divulged.—Evening Paper.
EXPERIMENTS AT THE ROYAL ARsENAL.--WOOL-
aagrerison
Carriage 2.—Lieutenant-General Sir Thos. Down-
wren, APRIL _
Major-General Lacy, Director-General of Artillery;
men, C.B. and K.1,C37::::,c
toc:motu:
Lieutenant-Colonel English, Commanding
Assistanterai I
tCo De-
partmentroyit;m andei I; Gordon,lajor l3u rn ~
Officer of Royal Engineers; Lieutenant-Colonel Chat-
mar, Assistant-Director-Gen of Artillery; Lieute-
nant-Colonel Ilardinge, KAI , Director
of the Labors-
eicetothr eofnAertaililery,
assembled at eleven o'cl,-)ek at the bnus
Ar-
senal, to witness experiments to test the strengthY of a
two-gun battery constructed
of a patented material.
Captain Lawrence, Royal .
Artillery, also attended in
charge of a two-gun detachment to man one 8-inch howit-
zer, from which shells were fired, and one 32-pounder
garrison gnu, from which solid shot were fired. Thirty
rounds were fired from the howitzer with the usual ser-
vice-charge of powder, and 30 rounds from the 32-
pounder gun, and the battery stood remarkably well,
although the firing from the 32-pounder gun was tried
at extreme angles, which directed a great portion of the
explosive force against the work. The composition of
the battery is kept secret, but it may be described as
having a bituminous appearance, into which a great
quantity of gravel and other substances has been poured
I when the composition was in a fluid state. Two plat-
forms have also been constructed of the same material,
and the one on which the 32-pounder gun is placed stood
well; but the other was partially injured by the howit-
zer carriage. The axle of the 32-pounder gun carriage,
formed of iron, was broken, and the wood 'if the howit-
zer carriage injured.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-

tional Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank
of England, and the Deputy Governor were-present.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, was in
attendance. !