The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-07 00:00:00

PICTURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may bo obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
Masters, June, July, and August. s.
Buckingham Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. ls.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-atm:A. Opon Mondays,
10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hail
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free Gaily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, Sze. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. ls.

SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cremorne Gardens—Chelsea. is.
Crystal Palace Park—Sydenham. Open daily, ls.; Satur-
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Oxon free
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —llighbury. 6d. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at OLA o'clock
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesand. Open daily. 6d.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members order.

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Mr. Jewell, one of the non-established writers in
Chatham Dockyard, has been appointed to a tem•
porary writership in the Accountant-General's office
at the Admiralty.
The Ist battalion of the Grenadiers Guards ar-
rived in London from Dublin on Friday, and are
now quartered in the Chelsea Barracks with the
2d battalion. The change of quarters is now com-
plete, and the battalions are stationed as follows :
—3d battalion Grenadier Guards, Windsor ; Ist
and 2d battalions Coldstream Guards, Wellington
Barracks ; Ist battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, Dub-
lin ; and 2d battalion Scots Fusiliers, Windsor.
The Monarch arrived at Annapolis on the 17th
Feb., and the Secretary of the Navy proceeded there to
welcome Captain Commerell and the crew. The freedom
of Washington, Baltimore, and Annapolis has been ex-
tended to the officers, to whom every attention has been
paid. The Monarch was inspected by Mr. Robeson and
many naval officers on the 25th Feb., and '
hers of Congress accompanied them. The
clad is an object of great interest to the shi
navy men of the United States, and she hat
attentively. Doubless a vessel of her powe
her sea-going qualities, will do much to open
to a progress in naval architecture which h;
land so far in advance of other nations. V
alluded to the fact that no country could la,
successfully on the seas against Great Brit
combination of Powers, and Americans wh
spect the Monarch, and know that there are
clads than her, either at sea or ready for h
learn the reason of our remarks.
A trial of a curious invention has
made at Fortress Monroe, the exporitne!
ducted under Colonel Baylor, the Ordnan
double-shotted projectile, invented by a ci
was thou tried, and was at first reported t
It is a conical shot, with a rifle bore 31 inc
and 8 deep, carrying a charge of half a po
and a 1211 h. shot. A fuse is fitted into the
the shot thus itself charged is tired fro
rifle cannon. By the time the proje3tile 1:
the fuse is so cut as to explode the powdt
the 121 lb. shot will commence its career a
from another gun, accomplishing, on the vi,
of from 8 to 10 miles. After two or thl
trial proved successful, but as yet Colonel •
reported, though there was a rumour that
sitter the experiment satisfactory.

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