The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-27 00:00:00

EXPERIMENTS AT PLYMOUT

CITADEL.
On Monday, the 24th instant, several experiments
were made for the purpose of testing the strength of
some of the seaward embrasures of Plymouth citadel.
There were present, Major-General Sir John
Murray, the Commander of the Forces in the western
district, attended by his aide-de-camp, Captain Nelson,
Colonel Oldfield and Captain Nelson, Royal Engi-
neers ; Lieutenant-Colonel Rowland, Major Askwith,
Major Gaston, Captain Swinton, Captain Graydon,
Adjutant and Lieutenant A. Peters; Lieutenant

Boothby and Lieutenant Host, Royal Artillery;
Mr. Norwood, foreman, and Mr. Sherri•, clerk of the

works.

Several of the officers, and nearly all the non-
commissioned officers of the citadel, with about ten
or twelve civilians were present.
The guns were worked by Sergeant-Major William
King, and the artillery-men barracked in the citadel,
aided by a few from Devonport and a detachment of
the 14th regiment were on the ramparts, but their
service* were not required.
The first experiment was made shortly after one
o'clock, at the second embrasure, at the west end of
the Cumberland 6.gun battery, on the citadel. ram-
parts, facing the eastern entrance to the Sound.
Here a 32-pound gun was loaded and fired at dif-
ferent angles and depressions, six times, with a ser-
vice charge of 10Ib. of powder. After this experi-
ment it was found, that the embrasure, which is
constructA of rubble masonry, had been considerably
shattered, and heavy fragments of stone thrown ley
the concussion 100 feet off the ramparts, fell on the
platform of the upper Ligonier battery, which is
about tifty feet below the gun.
The second experiment was made at a new asphalte
embrasure, constructed at the north end of the old
saluting battery, which has two embrasures facing
north, two facing south, and an open rampart for
eight guns. The calibre of the gun and. the charge
were the same as before, and it was also fired six
times. No effect was observable on the new work of
this embrasure' but at two or three feet in; where
the new work joined the old, the masonry, by the
concussion, was deranged in a small degree. The
durability of this embrasure appeared to excite the
admiration of the Commander-in-Chief, of Colonel
Oldfield, Lieutenant-Colonel Rowland, and other

officers present.
The third experiment took place under the flag
staff, at the end of the old saluting battery, where
there is an ancient embrasure constructed of rubble
limestone, with base, quoins, and facing of wrought
limestone, the masonry of which was slightly shaken
by the firing. This gun was once loaded with a shot,
and directed towards Staddon Heights, but the shot
pitched in Batten Bay. On this occasion the gun
recoiled fifteen feet altogether, or nine feet eight
inches in the clear.
Had that part of the Sound which comes within
the range of the 'first and third experimental: guns
been clear of ships and boats, it was intended to fire
shot from them,- and. forty.rounds of 321 b. shot'are
placed on the ramparts ready for the first opportunity.
The range of the second experimental gun is chiefly
on the land, over the southern slopes, towards the
Hoe, and the:refore'nOt Fah for shot practice. - ;
It is necessary .to observe that shot haye never
before been fired from these embrasures. - r The
morning and evening gun, for some time past, has
been a 6-pounder, and the 'quantity of powder used
21b. Thi-; gun has been moulded at the new asphalte
embrasure and fired right and left in every possible
position that. would test its firmness. These experi-
ments have well blackened the face of the work, but
not injured its stability.
The asphalte briek work of the north embrasure of
the old saluting battery has been performed by the
Seyssel Asphalte Company, and is the first of the
kind ever built. It took twelve men four weeks to
construct it, and was finished about three months
since. The men worked under cover of tarpaulins,
and had a furnace constantly lighted near them.
Twelve tons scale weight of asphalte bricks and of
liquid asphalte were consumed in its construction.
Between the new work and the old this useful mate-
rial was poured in boiling hot. The lower and upper
parts of the embrasure are made of bricks about nine
inches thick ; those in the middle are three inches
thick by nine inches long, but the bricks of both
sizes seem now to be all completely welded together
as if cast in a mould, and the experiment in every
, respect appears to be completely successful.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JAW. 26.
STOCK EXCHANPM—The sales are—Birkenbead, Lanca-
shire, and Ckeshire (late C. and B.), 1474—Ditto; 221.
Shares, 714 dia.—Chester and Holyhead, l 8
Lancashire, New, 3% dis.—Great Southern and Weidiiirn,
13% dis.—Huddersfield Railway and Canal, I:Y4 dia.—Lan-
caster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 9 p.—London and
North-Western, New Quarters, 6 p.—Manchester, Sheffield.
and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 18—Ditto, Preference, Na
p.—Midland, 1151,4—Ditto, 401. Shares, 44,4—North Staf-
fordshire, % p.—Preston and Wyre, 34%—Shiiiwsburi,
Oswestry. and Cheshire, 5% dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester,
New, % di,.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 15,E die.--
York and North Midland, Preference, np.—York, Newcastle,
end erwiek (original), 32—Cork and Bandon, 24% dis.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 26. -
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lel.
cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 13-16 dia.—Eastern Coun-
ties, 16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par—Ditto (West
Riding Union), 2 13-16 dis.—London and North-Western
( Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (B), 4 1-16 p.—
'Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 24 c. dis.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 1-16 p.—North Stas-
fordshire, % p.—Oldham Alliance, 1% dis.—South-Eastern
and Dover, No. 4, 1 11-16—South Yorkshire, Scrip, 11-16.
HULL, JAIL 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—North British, Quar-
ters, 3s. dis.—Ditty, Halves, 1214—Blackburn, Darwen, and
Bolton, 9% dis.—Ditto, Preference, % dis.—New Berwick.,
234 p.

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE,—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham' and Boston, 214 dia.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Stour Valley, 3/4 die.
BRISTOL, JAN. 26.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market remained very
firm, although prices have not advanced since yesterday.
The principal business to-day has been in Great 'Westerns.
The sales are—Great Western, Quarters, 2% p.--Ditto,
Fifths, 41 p.
. • YORK, JAw. 26. .•
STOCK Excruworc.—The gales are—Great Northern,
47/B ex int.—North British, Thirds, • 21,i—York, Newcastle,
and Berwick (original), 315/4—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Ber-
wicks), 123—Ditto (G. N. E. Porch.), 10 ea int.
EDINBURGH, JAN. 25. --.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth,
30—Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), B—Edinburgh
and Perth, I Is.. ad.— Great Northern, 97s.—North British,
26/. 17s. ad.—Ditto, Quarters, N. 9s. 6d.—Ditto, New Quar-
ters, 1 I 3d.—Ditto, Thirds, 435.
GLASGOW, JAN. 25.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Indian, Iss.
North British, 26/. ss.—Ditto, Halves, 121. 66.—Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 51. lOs. 2d.—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, Extensions, No. 2, 12%.

THE WEATHER.—The past week has been quite
winter like, frost having prevailed with more or less
intensity without interruption, freezing the ponds and.
lochs, and animating as with new life the lovers of
winter pastimes. The ice has generally been remark-
ably good, and as only a few flakes of snow has 'yet
fallen, the healthful and exhilarating exercises at the
rink, or on skates, can be enjoyed at the best advantage.
The lochs in the neighbourhood were thickly thronged
towards the latter part of the week, and Saturday parti-
cularly was a great day at lluddingston, the Skating
Club having held a competition, which always proves
attractive. Other contesza have taken place, and more
have been announced, and as the weather indicates a
continuance of frost, both curler and skater will be amply
gratified.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
GRAY'S INN, JAN. 26.—Thomas Norton, Esq., was
this day called to the degree of barrister-at-law by the
Hon. Society of Gray's Inn. , •
[AnyanTrsassincr.]—AN APFECTION or Tun SPINS
AND LIMBS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND
PILLS.—Mrs. Reynolds, landlady of the William the
Fourth Inn, St. Ives, Hunts, had been ill for fourteen
months with an affection of the spine, her feet and legs
were dreadfully swoollen, and she became perfectly
helpless. Several eminent surgeons and physicians at...
tended her, under whose care she derived no benefit;
but by the recommendation of Mr. Prior, druggist, Bed-
ford, she tried Holloway's Pills and Ointment. These
fine medicines, in about nine weeks, so completely re-
stored her to health and strength, that she is now able
to resume the duties of her household with ease sad
comfort.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Ha-
loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.

BlRfrlg.
On the 23d inst., at Lord Wenlock's, in Berkeley-equates.
the Lady Elizabeth Lawley, of a daughter. .
On the 9th of November, at sea, on board the East India
Company's steam-frigate Ajdaha, the lady of Lieutenant IL.
W. Grounds, Indian Navy, of daughter.
On the 13th inst., at Malaga, Mrs. Clemens, of a son.
On:the 22d inst., at Stansted Rectory, Kent, tke wife of the
Rev. S. G. R. White, of a son.
On the 23d inst., at Wandsworth, Surrey, Mrs. Alfred J.
Hiscocks, of a soli:
On the 23d inat , in Manchester-square, the wife of Arthur
U. Champagne, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 23d inst., at Fawley Rectory, Heats, the wife of the
Rev. William Gibson, of a son.
On the 24th inst., in Connaught-square, the lady of IL
Bruxner, Esq., of a son.
On the 25th inst., in Percy-street, Bedford-square, Mrs. a•
Crawfurd Harrison,- of a daughter.
On the 25th inst., at St. tirrmaia's-place, Blackheath, the
wife of Hull Terrell, Esq., of a son.
On the 24th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, Mrs. Henry Bidets
jun., of a daughter.

On the 30th of November, 1347, at the Cathedral, Madras
Charles F. Kirby, Esq., of Bangalore, Captain of the.l4th
Regiment Madras Army, to Caroline, second daughter of 0.
Headley, -Esq., of Gloncester-plsce, Portman •square.

On the 21st inst., at Ibstock, Leicestershire, *Charlee God-
dard, D. D., Sub-Dean of Lincoln, and Rector of Ibstock.
On the 21st inst., at Highgate, Mr. Thomas Toanshend.
On .the 21st inst., at Weymouth, Elizabeth Lucretia, wife
of Sir W. L. George Thomas, Bart.
On the 23d inst., in Bryanston•equare, 11. Wayrnouall
Esq., aged 73.

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