The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-14 00:00:00

THE IRON- CA &ED F 1 IGA 2 B WARRIOR.

AS UN OFFIC E', &:x o' Clock.

TURKEY.

We have received the Constantinople journals
and letters of the 4th brought by the Carmel. All
the news will be found summed up in the following
letter :—" The reply of the Sublime Porte to the
French Ambassador on the subject of the Suez
Canal has just been delivered. It bears the signa-
ture of Fuad Pacha, and declares in explicit terms
that the Porte has no objection to the undertaking,
and should have long since authorised its execu-
tion, had the question remained merely a commer-
cial one, but that as it has LOW become a political
event, the Porte considers it but just that the
Powers should first come to an understanding, and
that Turkey should have every guarantee for the
security of her iutcrests. Reports of further minis-
terial modifications are in circulation. Among
other things, it is said that the ex-Grand Vizir is
to again come into power by replacing Riza Pacha
as Minister of War and Grand Master of the Artil-
lery. Those two personages had a long audience
of the Sultan, but nothing certain is yet known of
the result. The general opinion entertained ;s
that the present Ministry cannot long hold toge-
ther and that Mehemet Kubrisli Pacha will very
shortly be at the head of the two departments of
war and marine, two branches of the administra,
tion in which economical reforms arc the most im
periously called for."

THE HISTORY OF A SAD LIFE

(From the New York Journal.)
Would your readers care to know the history of
a sad life, which has just ended in Boston, but
which was begun in the retirement of a town in the
interior of New: ? It is not often that more
melancholy details are presented to the public. One
of those numerous individuals who live by their
wits, and fall back upon a singing school as a last
resort, visited ono of the town in Connecticut a few
years ago, and early installed himself into the good
graces of one of the most influential and respected
citizens—a deacon, in fact, in the village church.
Slander—for oneetruthful—followed the teacher to
his retirement, and told stories which came near ex-
pelling him from the retreat which he had selected;
but the good deacon remained his firm friend, en-
abling him to meet the individuals who had scat-
tered the alleged libels against him in so bold a
manner as to force the suppos'd slanderer to come
to a settlement in a court of law. Victorious here
he remained through the season. Soon after he
left the town, however, a daughter of the deacon
very strangely insisted on going away from home
to care for herself. Htr parents opposed the step,
but she managed to elude their vigilance, and was
not heard of for years. Upon the death of her father,
who was in comfortable circumstances, she emerged
from her retirement, claimed the part of the pro-
perty which was her due, and, upon receiving it,
again left the village, taking every care to conceal
all evidence of her whereabouts. Months passed
on, and a week or two since her friends received
information that the lost one had died in Boston,
and that her remains were awaiting their dis•
posal. They went for them, and, in the ill-furnished
room which had been her home, found scraps of
paper which revealed to them the life she had led
during her long absence from home. The teacher
of the singing school, while enjoying the hospita-
lity and receiving the hearty support of the father,
had effected the ruin of his daughter. Conscious
of her situation, and determined as far as possible
to shield the family from disgrace, she left home
and went to Boston, where her seducer supported
her in beggarly style as his mistress, making her
rooms his home whenever he visited the city. Just
as his affections were beginning to cool the father
died, and the scoundrel induced his victim to claim
her portion of the estate, promising, if she would
do so, to marry her. Hopeful of some better fate
than that to which she had before been consigned,
she complied with his demands, but after getting
the larger part of her money under his control, ho
treated her as neglectfully as ever. A little girl,
now four years old, the pledge of their illicit love,
and the only cm solat ion which she had in her mis-
fortunes, tended her mother in her last illness.
Faithful to the last, the ruined woman destroyed,
as she thought, all the letters which had passed
between her and the destroyer of her happiness,
together with every scrap which could reveal her
identity. But an album and some stray pieces of
letters were found in her apartment, which told
those who took charge of her remains where her
revelations could be found. Further search also
revealed unmutilated letters which left no doubt as
to the individual who had been her paramour. To
add to his crime, it was found that he had a wife
and children elsewhere in Massachusetts. The
statements of the affair in the newspapers gave
him such confidence that all evidence of his guilt
had been destroyed that, when he heard of the
legal steps which the injured family were about to
take a7ainst him, he immediately delivered liimseli
up to the authorities of Springfield (Massachusetts).
the city where lie had his residence. He was com-
mitted to gaol, and just before he was transfer-
red to Boston, where he was to meet his trial, his
own relations and many of the people of the
town which had been the scene of his scandalous
exploits visited him in his confinement. With them
was the little daughter of the woman he had ruined.
When she saw the man she had been taught to look
on as her father brought from his cell, she ran to
him, crying, "Papa, papa." The daughter of the
scoundrel's legal wife, a young lady grown up and
married, besought him to acknowledge the child if
she was his, but this he refused to do, reciting a
story to which the greeting lie received from the
little girl gave the lie most emphatically. On Sa-
turday he was committed to prison in Boston, in
default of 1,500 dole. bail. The case has excited a
wide-spread interest from the many sad features
which characterise it.

2113 S DAYS MARKETS.

COVENT-GARDEN.
For the time of year our market is fairly supplied, and
,he demand, generally speaking, rules steady, as follows :
FRUIT.

s. d. 2. d.l s. d. s. d
Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 7 0 Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0
Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6
Grapes,per lb 60to 10 0 Cobnuts, per lb o'oto 0 0
Foreign do 1 6to 2 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Melons, each
Peaches, perdoz ooto 0 01 Figs, per doz ooto 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 0
Apples, per lir sv. 1 oto 2 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0
Pears, per d0z.... 4 oto 6 0; Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Oranges, per 100.. 4 otolo 0 Plums, per do.
Lemons, per 100.. 4 oto 8 0; Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Apricots. per doz 0 oto 0 0 I Raspberries, prptlo oto 0 0

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VEGETABLES.
Greens, dz bunch 3 6to 4 6 Shallots, per lb 0 6to 0 8
Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 3 ' horseradish, pbn 1 6to 2 6
Savoy do., pr do. 1 oto 1 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4
Cauliflowers, pdz 4 oto 8 0 ; Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 IS
Brown, per bh 010 to 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0
Old potatomp ton 100 to 130 q Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
New ditto, per ton 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 6 0
Peas, per 4 sieve 0 oto 0 0; Thishrooms,p pun 1 3to 1 9
Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0
Carrots, pr do 5 oto 6 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0
Cucumbers 2 6to 4 0 I Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, lif sve 0 oto 0 0
Spinaeli,lif.-sv 1 6to 2 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Brut'. sprouts, h.s 2 6to 3 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Old onions, dz bun 0 oto 0 01 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0
New do., sv 1 oto 1 6 I Rhubarb, per buu 00to 0 0
French beans, Ls. 2 0 tot 61 Asparagus, pr do. 6 oto 9 0
Leeks, per bunchair 0 oto 0 0 ; Seukale, per pun. 1 0 to 2 0
NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.

Turkeys, 45 Od to 123 Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ;
geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings,
Is 9d to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d
to is 2d ; pigeons, 10d to Is 3d each; largo Surrey fowls,
Gs Od to 10s Od; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od; barn-door fowls,
3s Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Oil to 3s Id ;
grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; pheasants, 2s Od to 3s Od;
ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; snipes, Os
10d to is Od; teal, Os Gd to is Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od;
widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; plovers, Os 6d to Is Od each ;
guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, 5s Od to lOs Od
each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 1d ; English, is 2d
to is 4d per lb; English eggs, 12s Od to 14s Od ; French do.,
108 Od to 12s Od per 120 ; leverets, is Gd to 2s Gd each.

Some few years past, when there was no alliance,
offensive or defensive, between this country and
France, but when, on the contrary, the two empires
very often drifted into exceedingly hostile relations,
the army and navy of England were frequently at
their lowest ebb. Now, however, that the two court-
tries are bound together in ties of strict amity and
peace, the whole country bristles with warlike pre-
parations. Each pant of the coast asserts its defence.
lessness and claims additional batteries; colossa'
three-deckers are launched each month ; and not
town or county but has its corps of volunteers. Tse
note of preparation seems even to have penetrated
that loneliest and dreariest of islets—:he Isle of
Dogs, where building yards, hitherto sacred to the
Wrest Indiamen or opium clippers, are cumbered
with the fragments of little gun bo tts, or entirely
occupied by steam rams, with their monstrous iron
sides and hooked beaks—the rhinoceri of the deep.
When the contract far the first of these tremen-
dous engines of warfare was accepted, eine months
back, by the Thames Iron Ship Building. Company,
we gave our readers the chief features of the in-
tended structure. Since that time the work of
building the monster at Blackwali has progressed
considerably. Since that time other contracts for
vessels of an almost similar kind Lave been issued
and taken up; anl. above all, since that time the
opinions of the Admiralty on iron-cased ships of war
in general would appear to have undergone some
considerable modification. The vessel now building
at Blackwell, and of the progress made with which
we propose now to inform our readers, was origi-
nally intended for an iron-cased steam ram; that is
to say, a vessel built as nearly shot proof as possible,
and not only intended to engage, but especially to
run into and sink others. From this design, how-
ever, she has been altered, and is now to be built
merely as a shot proof heavy armed frigate of per-
haps 36, or perhaps 70 guns, as the Admiralty may
eventually decide. She is to be named the Warrior,
and will be at once fire and shot proof--the largest,
strongest, and swiftest man-of-war afloat in the
world. But, as we have already said, since the draw-
ings for this n oble ship were made the Admiraltyhave,
in their more recent plans for genuine steam rams,
accepted much which they had formerly condemned,
and, on the other hand, condemned a good deal of
work on which they formerly insisted. Thus the
two iron-cased vessels, or steam rains proper, which
are now being built—one on the Tyne by Palmer,
and the other by Westwood and Bailey at Mill-
wall—are, though both shot proof, smaller in ton-
nage and armament, and nearly 100 feet shorter,
than this gigantic frigate, the Warrior, which is
being constructed,at the Thames Shipping Com-
pany's yard. Though great progress has been made
with the Warrior, the more striking parts of the
hull, such as the beak and stern, have yet to be built
up. Now one only sees dimly through the forest
of timber which supports the midship part of the
ponderous hull, the really enormous solidity with
which it is all put together. A perfect network of
T shaped iron beams cross and recross one another
in every direction. The wrought-iron " box gir-
ders" which run throughout the vessel from stem
to stern are the most powerful things of their kind
that have ever yet been made; yet all these beams
and girders, angle irons, and tie-rods, of which the
whole hull is apparently built, are mere trifles to
the things which have yet to be put into her. A
whole mountain of teak, which half fills one part of
the yard, has to be consumed in her outer " lin-
ing," while her armour plates lie about in ponderous
slabs, weighing many tons, each from 16 to 18 feet
long, 4 feet widesand 4 inches thick. The nose,
or cutwater of the vessel is one immense slab of
wrought iron, about 30 feet long, 10 inches thick,
and weighing upwards of 17 tons. The screw frame
is one piece of the finest forged iron, without the
slightest flaw of any kind, and weighing no less
than 44 tons. Till the present work was commenced
such masses of forgings were never thought of, even
in the construction of the Great Eastern itself.
Such an interval has elapsed since we last noticed
the plan on which this iron Warrior is to be built
that a brief recapitulation of her chief dimensions,
together with the general principle of construction,
may not be without interest to onr readers, more
especially as it will serve to make clear our descrip-
tion of the progress that has already been made.
Her dimensions, then, are :--Extreme length,
380 feet; ditto breadth, 58 feet; depth, 41 feet 6
inches; and her tonnage no less than 6,177 tons.
The engines (screw, of course) are to be by Penn
and Sons, of 1,250-horse power, and of these we
shall, on a future occasion, lay a separate and de-
tailed description before our readers. Their total
weight, with boilers, will be 950 tons. For these
she will, unfortunately, only be able to early 9.50
tons of coal, or enough for about six days' steam-
ing. The armament (counting her only as a 36-gun
frigate), with masts and stores, will weigh 1,200
tons, and this, with the hull, which is to be no less
than 5,700 tons, will give her a total weight, when
ready for sea, of about 9,000 tons in all, or the
weight of the Great Eastern when launched.
IVith the fine lines and immense horse-power of
the Warrior a speed of not much less than 15 or 16
knots an hour is anticipated, so that should her
commander, in case of any emergency, choose to
use her as a steam ram, he could literally drive his
ship straight over a whole fleet of tlit(e-deckers
without a chance of being injured by their broad-
sides in 'closing. That the Warrior will enjoy
almost a perfect immunity from the heaviest shot
and shell will easily be understood when we briefly
point out the tremendous strength with which she
is constructed. There is no external keel, but an
inner kind of girder, which acts as a kelson. This is
formed of immense slabs of wrought scrap iron an
inch and a quarter thick, and three feet six inches
deep. To it are bolted the ribs—massive wrought
iron T-shaped beams an inch thick, and made
in joints five feet long by two deep up to five
feet below the water line, where their depth
is diminished so as to form a deep ledge or
angle, on which the armour plates and their
teak lining rest. These immense ribs, except
where the portholes intervene, are actually only 22
inches apart. Above the kelsoni and inside the ribs,
are the five box-girders we have already mentioned,
which go the whole length of the ship, from stem to
stern, and from which spring diagonal bands, tying
every rib together. The orlop deck is of wood, and
24 feet above the keel; the main deck is of inn,
and cased with wood, and nine feet above the orlop;
the upper deck will also be of wrought iron; cased
with wood, and seven feet nine inches above the
main. All these decks are carried on wrought iron
beams of the most powerful description, to which
both decks and ribs and all are bolted as in one
piece. The "skirt" of the ship, as it is termed, which
covers all these ribs on the outside, is also of wrought
iron, an inch and a quarter thick, under the bottom,
to nearly one inch thick up to the spar deck. From
five feet below the water line up to the upper deck
comes, in addition to this, the great armour of teak
and iron over all. This is formed of a double casing
of the hardest teak,lB inches thick, with the beams
laid at right angles to one another. Over these
again come the plates of iron we have already men-
tioned, so as in all to case the broadside of the ves-
sol with 20 inches of solid, teak and five inches of
the very finest wrought iron. This tremendous coat
of armour, however, is of course not intended to
cover the whole of the vessel. Indeed, with such an
entire casing it could scarcely float at all. Only the
broadside, or about 220 feet of the whole length, is
so protected. The stem and stern have no armour
plates, but are covered with iron plates 1 p inch
thick, and lined with 24 inches of teak. To com-
pensate for the armour both the stein and stern aro
crossed and recrossed in every direction with water-
tight compartments, so that it is almost a matter of
perfect indifference to those on hoard t'ie Warrior
in action whether they get riddled with shot or
not. It is, of course, needless to say that tho whole
vessel is subdivided into some 20 places:by wrought-
iron watertight bulkheads of the most solid de-
scription. Those which cut off the stem and stern
from the armour-coated portion of the ship are
eased with teak and armour plates below the
water line, exactly like the broadside of the
vessel. Thus supposing it possible: that both,
stem and stern could be shot away completely, the
fighting portion of the vessel would remain as com-
plete and as impenetrable as ever, still opposing 20
inches of teak with 5 inches of wrought iron to
every shot. The bows, as the spot where the whole
force of the shock must be received in case of the
vessel ever being'used to run down an enemy's ship
of war, are strengthened inside with a perfect web
of ironwork. No less that eight wrought-ironto
decks, an inch thick, stretch back from this part
the armour plates, as well as supports( ani
design sent in
diagonal
bracings innumerable. In the firsit.
to the Admiralty by the Thames S tipbeusild_intg Com-
pany the shape proposed for the. bows of he, ves-
sel was exactly after the outline of the swan's
neck and thus the
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neck and breast when swimming,
Point or beak intended to strike an enemy's vessel
was the "breast" which was placed under the
water line in the ship's bows. In the Admiralty
model, and of course that on which the Warrior is
built, the bows form an obtuse angle, the point of
which is just level with the water and called the
"nose." This peculiar shape, however, it is in-
tended to conceal under the usual cutwater, though
the Admiralty have very wisely
abandoned the
idea which they at first entertained of concealing
the true character of the vessel by such a stale de-
vice. In the "rams" proper which have since been
ordered at Millwall and Newcastle the form of the
swan's breast is adopted, but both these vessels aro,
unlike the Warrior, more especially designed for
running down vessels than for fighting them:
Through the entire length of the Warrior run

two longitudinal bulkheads between the sides and
the inner portion of the vessel, which are termed
wings, and serve as a means of communication.
Inside these wings are placed the coals, while the
chief magazines are further secured again by hav-
ing the wa'er tanks inside these bunkers. Since
the vessel was commenced, also, the Admiralty have
ordered the hull to be still more strengthened by
• the addition of three broad girders passing beneath
the armour plates on both kicks from stem to stern.
The whole of Cat! framework ofthe armour-coated
portion of the ship is now erected, and the stem and
stern are in rapid course of construction. The
number of guns to be carried on the main deck is
11' to be-36, of which 30 ere under the armour coating,
and the rest fore and aft. It is not yet partitively
decided, though sle believe there is little doubt that
there will be either 30 or Z.!6 broadside guns on the
upper or spar deck as well, waking her a 60 or a
70-gun •frigate. Ail these pieces of otelnance are
to be Armstrong!s longest range guns, and throwing
shot of 100Ib. weight.
In tl•e course of• two or three Weeks more the
framework of both stem and stern will be up and
bolted together, and by that time the iibs of the
midship section s‘ ill 1.. e covered- with their• iron
skin, and the double plinking of teak commenced.
As a matter of COUL3P, the armour plates will not
be bolted into their places until after the Warrior
is launched, when this part of her equipment will
most likely be completed in the 'Victoria Docks.
All the plates Ore dovetailed at the edges into one
another, and fitstened through the teak andiron
into the inner ribs of the ship with bolts, which are
countersunk outside so as to have their heads level
with the surface of the plate. The total weight of
the plates required for the vessel is 1,000 tome.
These monstrous slabs of armour are formed of
scrap-iron with a certain proportion of puddled bar
iron, which makes a mixture of almost unyielding
toughness. Sonic) of them taken to Portsmouth
have been subjected to the most severe tests in order
to ascertain their capacity for resisting shot and
shell, and the remnants of these plates are now at
the works at Blaokwall. They were fired at by
68-pounders at a point-blank range of 200 yards.
The massive shot even at this short distance have
failed topenetrate the iron, though they have dinted
it to the depth of 11 or in some cases: inches. •Six
of the shcts struck within a circle of almost less than
2 feet diameter. Each after the second shot (which,
of course, more or less broke the fibre of the iron) tore
a narrow circular fissure or crack outside the mark
of the diameter of the shot dint, until at the sixth
shot in almost the same place the plate was broken
and torn apart. What the effect of such a bat-
tery would be if the plates were backed up with
the double beams of teak it is difficult to say, but
it shows that the mere slabs of iron alone would
be quite insufficient to resist a concentrated broad-
side of 68-pounders at close range. At the same
time it must be borne in mind—first, that six such
heavy shots are never likely to strike all in the same
spot ; and, secondly, that the Warrior will herself
be armed with the heaviest guns in the world, which
have sufficient range to enable her to commence her
action with an enemy at least four mites distant.
At two miles she herself will be to the enemy out
of range for all practical purposes, even for the
heaviest smooth-bore guns used in any navy ,and at
1,000 yards distance a6B-pounder shot scarcely dints
her iron sides to the depth of half an inch. In fact,
every possible contingency seems to have been pro-
vided against for her security, except the probabi-
lity of her rolling in such a manner as to be inca-
pable of using hc•r guns in anything of a seaway.
Everything seems to presage that she will unques-
tionably be a tremendous roller, unlees the AdMi-
ralty adopt some such precaution in the way of
double bilge boards outside as are used by the north
country pilot-boats. With these she 'may be ren-
dered stiff enough ; without them, especially now
that the Admiralty have determined in placing her
engines rather high in her, the weight of her top
hamper may be so great as almost to endanger her
safety in a heavy sea.

CIVIL ,SEP,VICE, VOLUNTEER CORPS.

CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT.

has been already recorded that the Lords of
the Treasury had permitted the gentlemen serving
in the several departments under the Crown to form
themselves, like the rest of the country, into rifle
corps. Since which time two of our most remark-
able- buildings (Westminster Hall and. the Long
Room of the Custom House) have been filled every
evening with numerous bodieS undergoing the pro-
cess of drilling. Last evening the effective mem-
bers of the Customs' corps held a meeting for the
purpose of electing their officers.
Mr. HAMEL, solicitor, who presided, took occa-
sion to refer, in an eloquent speech, to the move-
ment, which had now become so general through-
out the length and breadth of the land, congratu-
lating the members on the zeal with which they
catered into the discipline necessary to attain a
knowledge of the duties appertaining to military
training, also on the unanimity and loyalty which
led to the format ion of the corps. He added, that
their meating that evening was convened for the
purpose of erecting officers for the corps; and the
number they were at present entitled to were three
captains, three lieutenants, and three ensigns, the
election of whom the Lord-Lieutenant delegated to
the members themselves. Gentlemen who were
willing to serve in these capacities would be
nominated, and it would be for each member to vote
for them according to his own pleasure and opinion.
He concluded by calling on
Mr. OGILVIE, who proposed for election, as cap-
tains, Mr. Commissioner Gray, Mr. Hamel, and
Mr. Wybrow (collector), all of whom being duly
seconded, were carried with acclamation.
Mr. HAMEL returned his grateful thanks, as much
for the flattering reception they had given to his
name, as for the honour they had conferred on him.
He stated that, running throughout his veins was
some of the best blood of France, being the son of
a native of that country who, for his constancy and
loyalty,was expatriated during the Reign of Terror.
He assured the meeting, notwithstanding that he
had so much Gallic blood in him, the invaders of
these shores would find him a determined opponent,
be their country or clime what it may.
Mr.WYBRow also expressed his deep sense of the
high and honourable position their votes had placed
him in, the duties of which he would endeavour to
his utmost to discharge to their satisfaction.
Mr. HENRY CAuLTEri, principal searcher, pro-
posed, for their lieutenants, Mr. Ogilvie, Mr.
Dobell, and Mr. Charles Bernard, which found nu-
merous seconders, who were also unanimously
elected amid much applause.
Mr. OGILVII rose to thank his comrades for the
enthusiastic greeting with which they were pleased
to receive his name, and assured them that he
valued that compliment as the highest that could be
accorded him. Ile would not detain them in re-
capitulating sentiments that had already been de•
livered with so much eloquence by their friend Mr.
Hamel, but he could not help recurring to the re-
marks passed by the natives of other
countries who
had visited Britain on the occasion of the Great
Exhibition, which was to the effect " that the
British people were so orderly that they appeared
to be their own poliA.," and he thought he could
now with equal truth add to that trite expression,
that they would be found likewise their own
army.
Mr. PHILLIPS, landing surveyor, came forward
to submit for Alicir acceptance as ensigns, Mr.
Charles Tindal Pickford, Mr. John 'Alley; and Mr.
Jones.
eablu
be section
llope
"Mr. HALE would wish to add the name of Mr.
Henry Mac Lean, and said, although he was aware
that three could only, according •to their present
strength, be elected, yet as a consid
wished for that gentleman's appointment, i
they would allow each party to have the advantage
of selection.

• Another gentleman proposed the addition of Mr.
Cobham. All of which propositions having been
duly seconded, a poll was demanded by the friends
of each of the candidates, the result being the elec-
tion of Mes. rs. Pick ford: Maeean,aiid
it
Cowbhaasnsia,itdo,
the rejection of Mr. I.llley, to whom,
the
state labour of bringn ing the corps to its present
g.
Mr. HARRISON begged to he allowed to explain
eral friends of Mr. I illey
an inadvertence whiclisev
j
committed, which was, that being ignorant of the
number he had polled, and desirous also to vote for
Mr. Mac Lean, the result was placing the latter
gentleman far before the former on the poll. He
trusted therefore that the lowest number and Mr.
Lilley would be re-polled, a suggestion which was
eagerly pressed, but the Chairman was inexorable,
and announced the names with the highest num-
bers to be elected as stated above.
Mr. PICKFORD and his brother. officers severally
thanked their friends for their election.
Mr. AuousTus COPE moved, and Mr. COBHAM
seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Ifamel for his
urbanity and ability in the chair, which was
accordingly carrit d.
Mr. NORTH could not permit them to separate,
without acknowledging their obligations to the un-
wearied exertions of their honorary secretary, M.r.
Lilley, in bringing them together, and he thought
he could assure his being returned with acchuna-
tion to fill the first vacant commission.
Mr OGILVIE k e3onth d the vote with unquali fled
sincerity, adding his testimony to the great interest
Mr. Lilley took in the formation of the corps, and
his assiduity in labouring as much as possible for
its perfection.
,The motion was received with
tremendous cheering, after which, and the thpee
cheers being given for the Queen, the meet' rig
broke up.