The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-07 00:00:00

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CONTENTS.

SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs.
SECTION 11.-Puberty- -Manhood -The Morale of-Genera-
-ye Physiology—True and False Morality.
SnarioN Ill.—Msrriacre in its Moral, Social, an Physical
telations—lts Expectancies and I.)isappointrnents—Advan-
es of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Of spring.
SCCTION IV.—Sperrnatorencea and Impotence—The causes
ftiterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries.

SEcTioii V. -The Vices of Schoo!s—P.ffecta of certain per-
, ciotta habits on the mental and general faculties.
SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative Do-
Di/ay—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of
various Hazardous Specifies— The Author's Principles of
Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from
Twenty Years' successful practice
The above work is in*," ded for the perusal of those who
have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules
of morality. In its pages facts of par•Lmount utility are
brought together, wholly divested of tne dMusions and incon-
sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical
publications, given to the world gratis, under the *vise of
philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy-
men and others, whose tamperino with the constitution
frequently followed by gains Cortaquences.

The iron shot or shell is of a conical shape, the
base being formed of lead, and which is so agglu-
tinitive that it is difficult to distinguish the differ-
ence between the metals. When the shot is dis-
charged the lead expands into the rifling, the marks
of which are afterwards found to be sharply de-
fined. The shot in its first graze leaves a thin de-
posit of lead on the surface of the large hole
scooped out by it; and it is evident from the appear-
ance of the sand that the rotatory motion is main-
tained up to a late period of its flight. The fire
appears to fuse the lead slightly, as the shot after I
being discharged is covered with a thin film of the
softer metal. The wooden plug placed in the orifice
of the shot is invariably driven in, showing that
the missile maintains its proper position during its
passage through the air.
The experiments on Wednesday last were not at
all of a conclusive character, Captain Blakelcy
having yet to find out some of the peculiarities of
his gun. The gun, too, was in an incomplete state,
the sight not having arrived from London iu time
for the trial. The inventor, therefore, devoted the
day to ascertaining the range of the gun. It was
found that with every 11b. increase in the charge
of powder an increased range of 150 yards was ob-
tained, but the gun being a very light one it was
judged advisable to limit the charge to Blb. Unfor-
tunately, in the absence of proper instruments, it
was impossible to mark the time occupied by the
shot and shell in their transit. -
The following table gives the results obtained :

, Weig,ht of Length. Powder. Eleva-
-"' Shell. tins. Range.
Lbs. oz. Inches. Lbs. Deg. Yards.
1 GO 5 11 7 5 2300*
2 48 4 9 7-16 7 10 3820 t
3 58 4 10 7 5 241'1'
4 57 13 10 7 10 3750 ft
5 48• 4 9 7-16 7 5 2520+
6 47 13 91 7 3 2506 t
7 47 12 8/ 10 4620 f
7 10 4200 f
98
5577 180
110(03,1
8 10 4530 t
10 48 1 9 7-16
Bg/ 5 2460 f
11-16 11 57 6 10 5 26701
12 48 9 915 2100§
13 48 9 VS. 8 5 2530§
14 52 9 10 8 5 1900§11
15 53 15 10 8 5 2270§
16 57 2 411 8 5 2970§?
17 57 2 10 8 5 2050§
18 57 4 10 8 5 26.30+
19 57 12 10 8 5 2670+
20 57 5 10
8 5 2550+
21 53 1 10g5 2460 f
22 51 10 10 8 i 10 asst

* With wad. t Without wad Elevation altered in load•
ing. § With lubricating wad. II Did not strike point fore•
most. 1 Solid shot,

It was evident that the wads used by Captain
Blakeiey were objectionable from the p articular
construction of the shot. Probably the wooden
disc at the base of the shot, with an elastic wad of
four or five inches thick between it and the powder,
was' not completely, shattered by the explosion.
Parts or perhaps the whole of the disc hung to the
shot for some distance after it left the gun, and
caused an irregularity in the flight. In every
case the disc was observed to strike the sand at some
200 or 300 yards from the gun.
The manufacturers, Messrs. Fawcett and Pres-
ton, are now completing the gun, and Captain
Blakeley purposes renewing his experiments on
the 12th.

TILE RELIGIOUS DISTURBANCES AT

ST. GEORGE'S-IN-T.RE-EAST.

The religious set vices in the parish church of St.
George's-in the-East wereyesterday conducted amid
the saraf, scenes of interruption which has distin-
guished them for many months past. The rector
being out of town, was in consequence not present
at either of the services during the day.
In the forenoon the prayers were read by the Rev.
Mr. Dove, whom the Bishop of London has refused
to license as curate of the parish, and the sermon
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Blaelley. There
were the usual interruptions during the Litany and
the reading of the commandments at the reference
made to heresy and the worshipping of graven
images, but otherwise the morcing services passed
off in the usual manner.

In the 'evening there was a large attendance, atd
the interruption to the service was more apparent
than in the forenoon. The gates, as usual, were
opened at twenty minutes to seven o'clock, when a
iarge crowd of people poured in and soon filled the
church. As usual therector's friends took possession
of all the pews in the chancel and the vicinity of it,
and not a little confusion arose t revious to the com-
mencement of the service in a party endeavouring to
get into one of them. A person who has been heard
of before in connexion with these disturbances,
had got himself ensconced in one of these
chancel pews, and upon a gentleman coming to seek
admission into it, seeing room in it, he held the
door fast and would not let him in. The gentleman
pulled, and the result was that between the two the
door was taken off the hinges. Ihe general opinion
is that the hinges had been injured previously, and
that being subjected to a little pressure they easily
yielded ; but however that might be the gentleman,
who gave his name and address to the churchwarden
as the accused-party, was allowed to get off scot
free. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Gib-
son, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr.
Bense, who selected as his text the eighth verse of
the fifth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans.
From this text the rev., gentleman preached an elo-
quent and interesting sermon, but was evezy now
and then, in the course of it, interrupted by hisses
and other noises. The Rev. Mr, Dove, first kneel-
ing before the altar, ascended the steps of it for the
purpose of pronouncing the apostolic benediction,
when he was met with a storm of yelling which
drowned his voice. On his leaving the chancel the
people crowded around him, and he was only saved
from their rough handling by the interference of
some half-a-dozen of police who were present. After
singing the Doxology some half-a-dozen times the
crowd left the church, and the gate was closed.

The crew of the guardship of steam ordinary
• Wellington, 72, Capt. Robinson, in Hamoaze, were
paid wages on Thursday, in the presence of Rear-
Admiral Superintendent Sir Thomas S. Pasky, and
obtained leave of absence.
The crew of the gunnery ship Cambridge, Capf.
Arthur J. W. Jerningham, in Hamnaze, were paid
wages on Thursday, in the presence of Capt. Wood-
ford I. Williams, of the flagship Royal Adelaide,
and granted leave of absence.
The ships in Plymouth Sound attached to the
Channel squadron crossed topgallant and royal
yards on Thursday and got in boats. The. screw
steamship Trafalgar, 90, Captain E. G. Fan-
shawe, and tho Centurion, 80, Captain H. D.
ttogers, C. 8., made sail in the afternoon, and pro-
ceed for Portland with a fresh breeze from south-
east. The screw steam-frigate Diadem, 32, Capt.
Cockburn, followed-them in the evening.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Pluto, 4,
Lieut. and Commander Cortland H. Simpson, ar-
rived at Woolwich on Saturday, to be stripped and
paid off, -.having been two years in commission on
the West Coast of Africa.

The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, 4, Master
Commander J. C. Pullen, from Woolwich, arrived
at Plymouth on Saturday morning, with boilers for
the Howe, 121, and machinery, and was taken into
Kevham-yard i'i the afternoon.

The paddlewheel steam-frigate Terrible, 21, Capt.
H. H. Glasse, C. 8., left Plymouth on Saturday for
the Mediterranean. Several of the crew are absent ;
the vacancies were filled from the flagship Impreg-
nable.

The screw steamship Donegal, 101, Capt. Henry
Broadhead, sailed from Plymouth on Friday, for
Spithead, calling at Portland.
The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Capt.
H. J. Lacon, was taken out of the Queen's dock at
Key ham on Friday, and moored in the basin, where
she got up steam, to prove her boilers, on Satur-
day. The flag of Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle
was hoisted on Saturday. The Admiral was ex-
pected at Devonport in the evening.
The screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt. J.
W. Tarleton, from the eastward, arrived in Ply-
mouth Sound yesterday morning.
On Friday morning a court-martial assembled on
board her Majesty's skip Victory, in Portsmouth
harbour, to try Lieut. Thomas Simeon, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Perseverance, on the following charges :
—l. For having, on or about the 16th of February,
1860, been guilty of neglect of duty, while officer
of the watch at sea, by playing at quoits on the lee
side of the poop, and for having been guilty of
falsehood or gross prevarication by saying that he
was not playing at quoits, 2. For having, on or
about the 19th of February, been off deck in his
watch to the neglect of his duty, and in disobe-
dience of the special orders of Commander Power,
his commanding officer. 3. That on or about the
19th of February he was guilty of falsehood in tell-
ing Commander Power that hthad not shut the
commander's cabin door, when he had done so. The
members of the Court comprised :—Rear-Admiral
Hon. G. Grey, President; Captains R. Harris, R.
S. Hewlett, C. 8., T. Wilson, J. U. Strange, R.
Coote, J. Katon, E. W. Vansittart, D. M. Macken-
zie,t e. and
The defenceMr was Wj.Heilyar, Deputy Judge Advo-
naread by the prisoner's friend,
Mr. Hoskins, in which the attention of the Court
was called to the fact of his having been recently
tried and acquitted on charges preferred against him
by Commander Power, and he emphatically denied
having been guilty of any act of falsehood in his
replies to Commander Power. The defence was of
some length, and at its conclusion a number. of cer-
tificates of service were handed in by the prisoner,
and read by the Deputy Judge Advocate. The pri-
soner called no witnesses. The sentence of the
Court was read by the Deputy Judge Advoeate, to
the effect that the Court, after maturely and deli-
weighing the evidence for the prosecution
andat
deyfence, and also what the prisoner had to
say in his defence, found that the first charge had
been partly proved, inasmuch as the prisoner had
been guilty of neglecting his duty in throwing
quoits when officer of the watch ; but the Court ac-
quitted him of any intentional falsehood or preva,--
proved, and the
chargeTwhe sentence of the
was
be dismissed her
Court
ihocivar trdito newh.
was
srTghe thatn
proved.soetctohned
prisoner
Majesty's ship Perseverance, and be placed at the
bottom of the lieutenant's list.

The announcement which appeared in The ,Sun

A further course of experiments is ordered to be
entered into in the gun-factories at Woolwich with
cast-iron guns, hooped on Sir Wm. Armstrong's
principle.. They are to be fired with increased
charges until they are destroyed, so as to ascertain
the extent of their endurance, and also to decide
the practicability of the principle at present consi-
dered by officers of the army and navy to be ex-
tremely doubtful, from the result of the late trial
and failure of one of the guns under proof, as noti-
fied in The Sun. The attempt to strengthen cast-
iron guns by means of wrought-iron hoops, suitable
to the new principle of rifling, is stated to be very
questionable policy, as a comparison as to price
bas proved that they cost nearly as much Jts the
genuine Armstrong, and will consume about an
equal amount of time to manufacture, and will un-
dergo but comparatively little use, while the latter
may be considered as everlasting. The gun facto-
ries are now at work night and day on a prodi-
gious scale' forging the Armstrong guns of all sizes,
from 6 to 100-pounders. It is expected that 1,200
guns, chiefly of the larger description, will be made
this year. During the nine months since the fac-
tory has been in operation 48 complete batteries of
field artillery have been turned out and equipped
for service, as well as 200 40-pou nderi for naval
use, besides a large number of 100-pounders in
progress of manufacture, and which will be ready
for use by the Ist of August next.

THE A R 311%

The lst division of the Ist battalion 22d Regi-
ment, consisting of abort nine officers and 260 men,
under the command of Major George lix)binson,left
Dublin on Saturday, for Cork, to embark on board
her Majesty'S screw steamship iNlegtera, 6, for con-
veyance to Malta, there to await the arrival of the
head-quarter division, under the command of Col.
Harding, C.B. The 2cl division will sail as soon as
tonnage can be provided for it.
The I Battery of Artillery is about to leave Nor-
wich Barracks for Woolwich.
The 10th Regiment now quartered at Devonport
has received orders to proceed to Aldershott.
The first battalion of the 11th Foot, stationed at
Portsmouth, will be presented with new colours by
Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the
south-west district, on Southsea-common, about the
Ist of June.
Major-Gen. Douglas has reviewed the East Nor
folk Militia at Southtown, Groat Yarmouth. The
regiment, which musters between 500 and 600 rank,
and file, presented a creditable appearance.
The East EsSex Militia, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. E. H. M. Kelly, assembled at Colches-
ter last week. A considerable number of men have
enlisted in the line, and there are consequently some
defaulters.

The First Devonshire Regiment of Militia assem-
bled last week for 28 days' training at St. Thomas's
barracks, Exeter, under the command of Lieut.• Col.
Ferguson Davie, M.P. The total number of the
force is 547, and the men are reported to have a
very soldier-like appearance.

The 2d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia assem-
bled at Guildford last week for 23 days' training.
The force consists of 3G sergeants, 33 corporals, 10
drummers, and 294 privates, besides the commis-
sioned officers. When the muster-roll was called it
was found that there were only 19 absentees. The
men assemble daily for practice in the cricket-
ground near the railway station. The regiment is
under the command of Col. the Earl of Lovelace.
The Royal Bucks Regiment of Militia assembled
last week at High Wycombe for 28 days' training.
The force consists of about 800 men.

The Royal Monmouthshire Regiment of Militia
assembled at Monmouth last week for 27 days.'
training, under the command of Lieut.-Col. J. F.
Vaughan.

The Hertfordshire Regiment of Militia marched
into Hertford last week, under the command of
Colonel the Marquis of Salisbury. The regiment
consists of 23 sergeants, 11 corporals, and 382 pri-
vates.

The Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regi-
ment of Militia assembled last week at Truro for 27
days' training, under the-command of Col. Sir John
Colman Rashleigh. About 180 men, nearly the full
complement of the Regiment, answered when the
muster-roll was called.

The first Worcestershire Regiment of Militia are
undergoing an active drill of six hours a-day. Four
companies have been 'on duty for six days and they
will forthwith be succeeded by four other compa-
nies. The companies under drill have been inspected
by Lord Lyttelton, the Lord-Lieutenant of the
county, and a most favourable report of their pro-
gress has been made.

The Leicestershire Militia assembled for training
on the 270... ult. The muster roll of all ranks is
898, 77 privates only being absent.
Col. Marriott, the officer commanding the P.oyal
Artillery in the northern district, impeded the Nor.
thuwberland Artillery Militia in Tynernoutb-garri-
son on Friday and Saturday last. On Saturday the
regiment was exercised with the great guns, form-
ing. the modern defence of the CaStle and the port

of Tyne.
The Ist Regiment of Militia is under orders to
assemble at Chester Castle to-day.

The South Devon Militia assembled for 27 days'
training on the 30th of April at their depot at Mot-
ley, ono mile distant on the north, and marched
into Plymouth fully equipped, about five o'clock in
the afternoon, under the command of the Cul.-Com-
mandant Lord Churston. The regiment occupies
Millbay Barracks, the officers are in billets, and the

The return of better weather for drilling and the
approach of the time when her Mkjesty intends
holding a grand review of all the metropolitan
regiments in Hyde Park, seem to have stimulated
the activity of the. new levies to the utmost. There
is scarcely a day in the week on which some one of
more of the London corps do nit assemble in the
evening either for drill or marching out., and every
week shows a marked improvement in the solidity
and ease with which the evolutions are gone
through. The London Brigade, the Westminster,
three or four of the various Surrey corps, the West
Middlesex, the Scottish, the Victoria, and others,
have already made great progress, and will require
but a few days of steady brigade drill to make them
almost, if not quite, equal to the regular rifle regi-
ments in the service. • To civilians, who have gene-
rally regarded a soldier's drill and. discipline as a
sort of mystery only to be overcome by years
of practice, the really astonishing proficiency
attained by most of the volunteers after a
few months' drill seems unaccountable. In truth,
however, there is nothing in. tli9 tw4ole range of
squad, company, or regimental drill-Which is not
within the compass of the most ordinary minds;
and when it is recollected that 19.20ths of the me-
tropolitan volunteers are young men of 'in telligence
and education, who are not only willing but anxious
to master their new duties, the rapidity of their
progress will be no matter of surprise. In all re-
lating to ability or will to learn the volunteer is so
superior as to be removed from 'all standard of
comparison with the ordinary run of common sol-
diers, and in this lies the secret of the apparent
ease with which they have advanced. No day has
yet, we believe, been named, for the grand review
by her Majesty in Hyde Park, but it is generally
understood that it will not take place before the
middle or end of June. A kind of grand rehearsal
will, however, take place on the evening of Friday,
the 18th of this month, in Hyde Park, when most
of the regiments will go through brigade drill, and
it is to be hoped that this will not be the 'only mus-
ter of the kind attempted before the great event of
the summer comes off. As is seen every month at
Aldershot, the best drilled regiments in the service
find they have much to learn when they come to
work in brigades, and the, drill of the barrack-yard,
though essential iii "setting up" and giving steadi-
ness to a regiment, is only the first step to that
final proficiency which can be gained alone by
drilling in brigades and acting in the field in
conjunction with masses of other troops. There
is yet sufficient time intervening to hold at least
three brigade field-days on Saturday afternoons
in Hyde Park before the review takes place,
and it would be unfortunate if, from neglect of
these opportunities, any contretemps should
occur in the performance of the state programme.
The latter, it is understood, will not be
very intricate or elaborate, though sufficiently com-
plex to prove, if creditably gone through, that a
sound foundation has been laid, and one from which,
in the course of another twelvemonth, the most per-
fect results may be anticipated. Of one thing the
Volunteers may rest assured, and that is that their
appearance mid evolutions before the Queen will
be regarded throughout the country as the teq
of their efficiency, and the very universality of
the interest which is felt in their success will natu•
rally lead to a most careful scrutiny of all their
movements. The reputation which will be gained
on that day by the best drilled regiments .will be
second only in degree to the fame of the corps
which shall Show the highest number of good ma rks-men at the rifle competion in July. At the review
in Hyde Park all regiments throughout the king-
dom can attend if they arc so plea-cd, and intimate
their intention, through their commanding officer;
but, of course, from the distance to travel, and other
inconveniences, it is not likely that any but the
regiments of the metropolitan counties will be pre-
sent, excepting probably the corps of the two Uni-
versities.

Saturday was a very busy' day with the Volun-
teers, who were drilling in large and small bodies
everywhere. The West Middlesex and Scottish,
headed by their bands, marched out, and the West-
minster assembled to keep the ground in front of
the Horse Guards, while the London Brigade was
inspected and reviewed by the Duke of Cambridge.
As this inspection excited considerable curiosity the
Westminsters found they had their work to do, and
their most successful efforts only enabled them to
define the line which ought to have been.kept, ,out
across which almost imaginary boundary the crowd
kept surging every minute. Apparently the Volun-
teers had no terrors for the crowd, which their
curiosity was not able easily to overcome, for certain
it is that the line was more or less invaded
every minute, till a few Life Guards made
their appearance, and succeeded iu restoring
something like order. There was an immense
concourse of spectators by five o'clock, and
all the roofs and windows of the surrounding build-
ings were thronged with ladies and gentlemen. A
little before 5 o'clock the London Brigade, 1,200
strong, marched on to the ground and took up their
position along three sides-of the parade. Their
movements were steady and soldierlike, and if any
came with the expectation of laughing at the
awkwardness of the Volunteers they must have
been entirely disappointed. When the Duke of
Cambridge with his aides de-camp came on the
ground, after a brief inspection by his Highness the
brigade was put through " a few of the ordinary
manoeuvres, such as marching in open columns of
companies, in slow, quick, and doubly time, chang-
ing front, &c. In these marches, especially at
double time, when the companies wheeled by the
left, there was a good opportunity of judging :of
their steadiness of drill, and with scarcely an ex-
ception the movement was performed in a manner
that reflected the utmost credit on the brigade. In
some companiesrperhaps where the same regularity
was not exhibited, we believe it was caused as much
by over-anxiety to execute the movement quickly
and well as from any other cause. In advancing
in line the whole movement was admirable, and
was cheered by the crowd with enthusiasm. After
a few more evolutions the brigade formed in hollow
square, enclosing the Commander-in-Chief and the
officers of the regiment, to whom his Royal High-
ness in a few words expressed his great satisfaction
at the appearance of the regiment, and with the
proficiency which it had attained in its drill. The
brigade then formed in sections of four, and, headed
by their band, marched back to the playground of
Christ's Hospital, where it had assembled previous
to marching to the park.
A meeting of the commanding officers of London
Volunteer regiments took place on Friday last, with
a view to arranging the details of the rehearsal or,
the 13th-inbt.

The prospectus has been issued of the London
and South African Bank, with a capital of nOO,OOO, in £2O
sharce. The list of directors comprises members of some of
the leading hott;es connected with the Cape trade. Thy
head office is to be in London, and the branches will be in
Care Town, Graham's Town, Port Elizabeth,' and the
culuay of Natal. ILuking business has bitboao ken i.ll-
- in the colony by doubts as to the legality of arty rate
of interest higher than G per cent. ; but that question has
just been definitively and satisfactorily settled by a judg-
ment to the effect that the trade in money is entirely free.
The existing banking capital of the colony is small, and the
natural average rate for accommodation is high. It is stated,
however, that another company is about to issue a pros-
pectus forthwith, the proposed capital of which will be
4500,000. There may be good room for one, but in the
conflict of two perhaps neither may succeed. If both should
be found to possess elements of strength, an immediate
atiaalgattAti9P, W 9414 isexa the ottiehal course