The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

b-UPPLY.-BRITISH GUINEA.

Sir R. Pi EL appealed to the Hon. Mtumer to allow
Supply to have precedence of his motion to morrow
night.
Mr. HUME said, by the leave of the House it was hit,
intention to bring oa tha motion as it stood on the
paper.

TH:.I ADMISSION OF STRANGERS AND THE
PUBLICATION OF THE PROLEEDINGS OF

THE HOUSE.

Mr. J. O'CONNELL inquired when the Noble Lord
int nthd to bring on his motion with respect to the ap-
poiqtment of a Committee upon this subj.-et, and if the
propriety of rescinding the rules against the publication
of the debates would be referred to it.

Lord J. RUSSELL prop .sed to bring on the motion
in its regular order as it s:oud on the paper for tonight.
He meant to refer the question as to the propriety of
rescinding the rules against the publication of the tie-
bates to the consideration of the Committee, who would
report upon it.
THE NAVIGATION LAWS.
Mr. LABO COHERE said the Navigation Bill Amend-
ment had come down from the other Route almost in the
shape in which it went up. One very trivial amendment
had been made, and he trusted the House would at once
accede to the Bill as it now stood. The Right Hon.
Gentleman concluded by moving that the amendment be
now considered.
Mr. HERRIES regretted that the House of Lords
had introduced so few amendments into this fatal
measure. Had those changes their Lordships had
made been more extensive, he should have agreed
to them with greater. pleasure. He had op-
posed the measure throughout, and he still
retained his objection to it, and though he hoped those
who had introduced it would not soon have cause to re.
gret the proposing of the Bill, he was very much afraid
that a very short time would prove the apprehension of
its opponents, that it would result in disaster
to the commercial interest 'of the country, to be well-
loanded.—(llear, hear.)
Captain HARRIS thought it would be better to pro-
vide for the manning of the navy in a bona fide measure
than by the proviso which the Lords had introduced
into this Bill.

Mr. WA WN inquired if it were the intention of Go-
vernment to introduce any measure fur the amelioration
of the shipping interest?
Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that he hoped to lay on
the table of the House a Bid which should be the luun•
itati,n for a permanent improvement in the condition of
that interest. _

.vir. HU.IE remarked, that when this Bill pissed an
assurance was given by the Government that such bur-
dens as the timber duties, the marine insurance duties.
which were borne by the shipping interest, and not by
the foreigner, should be abolished. It would, therefore,
have been more satisfactory had the Right Hun. Gen-
Litman given them some hope of the Bill being passed
this session, instawd of a promise to lay it on the
table.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. L A BOUC; HE RE was ignorant of any such pledge
having been given. He wis anxious to pass the Bill to
which he bed referred at the earliest possible period.
but he was afraid there would not be time to do su in the
present session.—(Hear.)
The amendments were then considered and agreed to.
(LEFT SITTING.)

Mr. Peto paired with Mr. D. addington (naldon)
on the County Hate Bat.

CRP-KET.-(THIS DAY.)
THE MARYLEBONE CLUB (WITH lIILLYER AND DIVER)
V THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
This match c mmeliced this merphig. The following
is the score up hi six iiclock this .voning :
UNIVERSITY FIRST INNINGS.
E. Blauds—c Fi zwilliam, b Diver
10G. 5
11. ,‘IH. ;N:.NarjKlbeiiie-11Yrrg,inp.EseEsrs,cils':q..lis ,bb..H.. Diveriuy
21:3,
W. E. Barnett, Esq -7c Gowan, b Hillyer 5
A. Potter, Esq.—b 14
J. Leith, Esq.—s Gowan, b
... 1
E. W. Blore, Esq b er
... 15
Fenn, Esq.—b
F. Walker, Esq.—not out ...
Byes, 15; w, 1; n b, 17

Total ... ... 106
MARYLEBONE FIRST DININGS.
C. Esrom, Esq.—run out ••• ••• •• I
A. Ilagyarth, Esq.—run out
Diver—run out ... ••• 15
Hillyer—c Blayds, b Blare ... 4
E. Edwards, Esq.—b Potter
M. Go vs an, Esq. b Blore 0
Lord Guernsey—b Blore 0
Hon. C. Fitz-wiwam—e King, la Store ... 10
F. Calvert, Esq.—c ,lenytis b Potter ... ... 0
S. T iylur, E,q —not out ... 1
T. Ince, Esq.—s Walker, b Potter ... ... 3
Byes 2, wide 4

Total... ••• •• „„ 53
UNIVERSITY SECOND LININGS.
E. Blayds—b Ilillyer ••• .•• "' ig
J. Walker, Esq.—not out ... •••• ••• "•
K. T. King, Esq.—not out ... 1-6-
E. W. Blurs, Esq.—c Haygarth, b Direr
Byes 3, nb, I ••• 4

Total... .. ... ... ... 57

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—WOMBWELL'S ELE-
PHANT.—It is stated by p* rsons who have just come
down from Coventry, that Mr. Wombwell's son has been
most seriously injured, if not kilted, by one Of the ele-
phants with that portion of the collection now iv the
above ciry. It appears that the menagerie left Birming-
ham on Sunday last, at:d reached Coventry in the course
of the day, for the annual fair. Owing to some cause the
keeper. of the elephant was dismissed, and Mr. Womb,
well, jun., took upon himself the care of the animal.
About mid-day he went to feed hi n, when, being out of
severalvan apppa
and his death
tr-roper, it is supposed in cons• querce of a short,delay in
arertustiyofinMar.ht:eolimsbslletis body, after which he
feeding him, he became furious, and ran his tusks into
beat him dreadfully with his trunk. Assiatunce was im-
mediately rendered, and he was removed from the card-
has been
reported.

REPORTED APPEARANCE OF CHOLERA IN MAN-
cHEErER.— A case or coolera was reported by the police
to have occurred in Manchester on Su, day, which proved
latal. The (It ct.ased wus a man of colour, of pugilistic
tame, and was known by the name of Jimmy 11.,binson,
or "Norley's Pet," and he was under training at the
time at a beerhouse in R-dfern-street- A case is also
reported to have occurred in Eccles, five miles from
Manchester, last week; but in both these instai.c: a (if i
they were real cases of Asiatic cholera) The par es ap-
pear to have predisposed tht mselves to such attacks by
h in
Uri PENZANCE. JUNE 12.—A
O
great angularity and imprudence in their manner of
Jamaica.
Orr ,`-c11.1,Y, JUNE 10.—Mouniaineq (of Poole) New-
fouudlind.

GLOUCESTER, JUNE 13.—Atalanta, Quinn, St. John's,
New Brunswick,

liNSTITUTIONT OF CIVIL EN-
GINEERS.
TUESDAY. JUNE 12. 1849.

(JOSHUA FIELD E.q, in the Chair.)
Tr,e first paper resat was A Description of Con-
sit-nettt n ot a Collar, Root; with arched trusse, of bent
ilnb r, at East Horsoiey Parii," by the Right Hun. the
Earl of Lovi.lace. As-tic. C. E.

Ili, root, which cuv,red a hall of fifty-six feet long
by twenty• tour feet wide, was describ. d as being stis
tattled by four arched trusses, springing from stone cor-
bels. Th.- ribs of these were each c. mpoaed of ft ur
wyers of deals, three inches thick bent to the r.quir.d
t.,rtn by. steam heat. All the wouldihg. surrounding the
tracery were al,o bent t•. the required .OIMS in the same
mane: r, thus giving great stye itg.h anu lightness, as
welt a, pett..rtni,,g tt,c w.. 1 It won g•eater ec.•Jutuiy ul
tabour. The tr..ccry was cut out tr•-w two hick or-see.
halt an ineh each. ..t tub wave oak, glut d r get hem,
with the fibrt s at right angles to each othar, which
ti the Cann g, aid gave g►eater strength to the
tnintlle ttacrty.
Tht was formed of half-inch diagonal board-
ing, and as the slate ban. ns crossed it in a hor,zontal
oirection. the rout was strung!) braced against the action
of wind, and the slanting of the alternate boards gave a
pless►eg variety of effect.

Thi. kind of construction was first suggested by Col.
Emv, in hi,o work on ('arpeutr), but he at plied it to
much flatter roo s of Lige rpan, whereas J., rd 11,ve-
tace's intention was to do- monstrate its applicatii y to
roots for edifices in the pointed and Tudor styles, and to
show that great advantage would result 'rum t ending
,itubers rather than cutting them to the requisite forms;
that the thrust of the root might be entirely taken from
the upper part of the wath, and carried tar down them,
and that such a construction might be adop•ed as would
satisfy every condition of solidity, and, at the same tia.e
admit of considerable decoration.

In the discussion which ensued, the ingenuity of the
design and of the mode of execution of the roof, %pre
equally approved, and the Noble Earl was deservedly
complimented for the motives which inouced him to
bring to the institution the account of one of his works.
The second ; r was a•• Statement of Observations
made on the Initial and Terminal Velocities .f Trains in
descending Inclined Planes," by Captain W. Moursom,
M. List. C. E.

The observations were 82 in number, and were made
du►ing the ordinary passing of trains on the Waterford
cnd Killt.-nny Railway, the gauge of which is 5 feet 3
inches, over two adjoining inclines, each falling at the
late of 1 in 100 for upwards of a mile and a• halt, with a
short interineatate level between them. •

The speed at which the descent was begun varied
from 20 to nearly 44 wiles per hour, and the leads varied
from 32 to 94 tons.

01.0 of the plains presented for the greater part of its
lenght two. curves of a, radws of 1 and 11.6 miles re-
speciirely, and the other plane was straight for part of
its length, but contained a curve of miles radius.
The general results in the mere curved plane were,
that initial velucities of 20 to 30 miles per hour, at the
top of the place, became terminable at vel. eities of 24
to 28 mtl..s per hour; and on the straighter plane the
same initial velocities became terminable between 29
and 31 miles per hour.
Again, on the more curved plane, initial velocities be-
tween 30 and 40 miles per hour, became terminal at ve-
locities het wt en 294 and 31f miles per hour; and on the
straighter plane ti.e :awe maid velocities became, ter-
minal at 304 to 31 miles per hour.
Initial velocities above 40 miles per hour were noted
only upon the mere curved plane, and became terminal
at 30 to 31 miles per hour. There did not appear to be
any constant proportion betwet n the load in motion and
the terminal vel cit) ; but the latter appeared to be de-
pendant more upon inittai velocity tbau upon the weight
ur character of frontage of the trains.
The general practical conclusion was deduced, that the
question of gouge had little or nothing to do with ter-
minal velocity derived from gravity, and that the views
generally entertained by eegmeers, during past years,
of the great ree,iat..nees experienced by trains at high
velocities wet e borne out by the observations recorded in
the paper.
The proceedings of the evening concluded with a paper
by Lieut. Col. Hwy D. Jones, R. E., M. Inst. C. E,
descriptive or the bridge at ALhlone, erected under the
auth, rity of the Shannon Commissioners, from the de-
signs of Mr. Rood-s. M. Inst. C. E.
"The paper cescr bed the great diffit!ulties experienced
from the rush of water into the ceffer-dams, through the
porous gravel stratum in which they were placed, and
,he ingenious modes of overcoming these impediments.
The bridge, of three arches ef stone, and one of iron,
the latter having the means of opening for the naviga-
tion, was fully:describ. d, and was admitted to be not old)
a beau hull struerure, but to have been built tor a small
sum (about 24,0001.) considering its extent. A beautiful
set of drawings, and the printed specifications for the
work, illustrated the paper.
The paper announced to be read at the meeting of
Tuesday, June 19, was " On the employment of High-
pressure Steam for Marine Engines," by Mr. John Sea-
ward, M. Inst. C. E.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
LORD Wlr CHILSEA, LORD CARDIGAN,
CAPTAIN DOUGLAS AND ThE BULL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Silt,—On considering the case of Captain Douglas I
cannot avoid cemieg to the conclusion that great injus-
tice has been done to that gentleman. Amusing himaeli
with others by pistol practice on the ramparts of one or
the Channel islands, a bull happened to be shot. and an
investigation was instituted by the civil and military
authorities to a-ct.rtain who shot the animal. Captain
Douglas avoided eritninating himself; he availed himsell
of a privilege posses-ed by every British subject, and for
so doing he was arraigned Before a general cout t.mai toil
and pronounced guilty of " conduct unbecoming the cha-
racter of an officer and a gentleman." Had .he penalty
fur shooting the bull been merely to remunerate the
owner for the damage done to his property, I have no
doubt Captain Douglas would willingly have done so at
once, but there exists (I know, and my pocket c.n testify
to the fact) a most severe law in the Channel islands
respecting the destruction of property. For instance, if
a man breaks a lamp in the stret, he i, not only obliged
to pay for that lamp, but for every one which hots beer.
destroyed since the last lampbreaker was convicted; and
the same with bull, and 1 presume with cows also. Had
Captain Douglas been convicted by the civil power of
the offence of shooting the bull iu question, he would
doubtless have had to pay for every one of that genus of
animals which had come to an untimely end since the
lust unauthorised destroyer was convicted. There there-
fore exist'•d a much mote cogent reason for Captain
Douglas to have wade the most of the position in which
his thoughtlessness had placed him tbau p.:.rsons tot
acquainted with the customs of the Chained islands
would suppose. Let me be fully understood. It it ap-
peared to me that he was actuated by a desire to avoid
remunerating the owner of the hull, I would be the last
person to advocate his cause. Even then the moral tur
pitude would not be in the instances upon which the
charges against him were framed. Had the Duke of
Wellington succeeded in shooting Lord Winehils:e.s,
would not bib Grace have considered it a cruel hardship
had he been tried by a general court-mat tial for "con
duct unbecoming the chstracter or an officer and a gen
Hemet," without he did net confess that he had done so?
And who supposes that his Grace would have made the
admission?

Lord Cardigan. Lieutenant-Colonel of' Prince Albert's
Jussars, was tried by the House of Lords fur wounding
Mr. Harvey Tuckeit by shooting him, and plead.-a " Not
guilty." By a parity ot the reasoning that obtained in
C.ptitin Douglas's case should not his Lordship have
been tried by a general court-martial for "conduct un-
becoming the character of an officer and a gentleman" in
having falsely stated in the Hous. of Lords that he did
not wound the said Mr. Harvey Tuckett ?
But, to conclude my ob,ervations and questions
Shouid her Britannic Majesty be disposed to inn ate the.
Homan Justinian, and appoint commissioners to pre-
pare a military code tram collections previously made,
as well as from intermediate decisions, it would not, in
my opinion, fail to strike a modern Tribonian that th.-
addition of an article of war similar to the following► is
I ssendally requisite to preserve officers who may here
after chance to shoot bulls from the dilemma of being
convicted of conduct unbecoming the characters ot
officers and gentlemen by courts-martial:—