The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-30 00:00:00

EDUCATION IN INDIA.

The Duke of MARLBOROUGH presented petitions
praying that the Bible might not be excluded from any
Government plan for the education of the natives of India.
TROTMAN'S ANCHORS.

The Earl of HARDWICKE called attention to the
answer that had been given in another place with respect to
Trotman' s anchor. The question was one of great importance
especially to the navy, and consequently to the nation, and
the inquiry to which he alluded was whether or not
Trotman's anchors were not in general use in
the Royal Navy. The answer given to that ques-
tion was that they were not, in consequence of
their being generally objected to by the profes-
sion. He was there to give a most distinct denial to that
statement. The trials that had taken place proved that
Trotman's anchors instead of being the worst were the very
best, and this was borne out, in his opinion, by the fact
that her Majesty's yacht, the Victoria and Albert,
carried it. He had before him the opinion of a gentleman
who had been appointed to test the capabilities of a great
number of anchors, and in their opinion Trotman's was the
best and the Admiralty one was the very worst. The
Admiralty anchor broke at a strain of 18.17 hundredths,
and Trotman's bore 23.30 hundredths. There were also
a number of figures attached to the other anchors tested,
which he would not trouble the house by repeating,
but the sum and substance of the report was that Trotman's
anchor was 28 per cent. better than the Admiralty anchor.
There had been some confusion-with respect to other anchors,
but as the experiments that had taken place proved the
superiority of Mr. Trotman's invention, he would conclude
by asking whether there was any intention on the part of
the Admiralty to order any given number of them for the
royal navy.

The Duke of SWIEICSET said that of all the minors he

had ever heard of, Trotman's held with a tenacity above
all others in the lobby of the House of Commons. He
found by a report then before him that Trotman's anchor
was an improvement upon Procter's, but both were on the
same principle which had been condemned by the majority
on board ship. According to the opinions of nautical men
there was great uncertainty about anchors on Trotman's
principle holding the ground, and such being
the case he thought it a very great objection.
The preceding Board of Admiralty were as much
to blame as the present, if blame was to rest
anywhere, for the anchor referred to not being more
generally used. He had been informed that during
some very severe weather the whole of the ships
having the Admiralty anchor rode out in safety, nob one
having what was technically termed " dragged." The
merchant service had not fared so_ well, and he
believed they generally adopted Trotman's anchor. He
would not say that in the gale he referred to that the whole
of the merchantmen that broke away adopted Trotman's
anchor; that he could not be certain about. It seemed to
be the plan of all inventors now to convince the different
members of the other house to advocate their inventions,
and thus the House of Commons was made a large
advertising van. He had himself asked many
naval men their opinion of Trotman's anchor,
and they said it was a very good one to put away in the
hold, as it took up so little room—(laughter)—but that,
according to his view, was not exactly the use for
which anchors were intended. The late Board of Ad-
miralty refused to patronise the anchor of ➢ir. Trotman
because the naval profession did not think very highly
of it. He thought it was a question that ought to be left
to the naval profession, and he felt satisfied that a fair trial
would be given to Trotman's anchor.
The Earl of HARDWICKE thought the answer of the
noble duke unsatisfactory. He talked about Trotman's
anchor receiving] la fair trial, but they had been
already tried, and that most extensively, and at
great cost, and had come out supreme. The noble
duke did not seem to think very highly of Mr. Trotman's
invention, but he put it to him if it was right, in his own
opinion, the safety of the Queen of England ought to be
left to an unsafe anchor. If the anchor of the Royal yacht
was such as the noble duke seemed to think, he did hope
that it would be instantly removed from the vessel and one
of the Admiralty pattern supplied. He did not think
Captain Denman was of the same opinion as the noble duke
opposite.
The subject then dropped.
ENDOWED CHARITIES BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH, &c., BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
SPIRITS (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
BREAKWATERS AND HARBOURS.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved that a select
committee be appointed to inquire how far it may be prac-
ticable to afford better shelter for shipping upon our coasts
than is at present afforded, by the adoption of some plan
for the construction of breakwaters and harbours less
costly, and better adapted for certain localities, than the
system of solid masonry hitherto in use; and whether any
such plan appears likely also to be serviceable for the im-
provement of our national defences.
The motion for the committee having been agreed to
without any discussion, their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
Tho SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter-past twelve
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to:—Abergavenny Improvement;
Marchburn, Kelso, and Lauder Road ; Oswestry and
Newtown Railway (Additional Capital, &c.).
TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND