The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

g up strong earthworks to meet the possibility of an
tack from the Calpee fugitives, or any other body of
bels'now in the field.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TITESDA.Y EVENING.

The Presse this evening, in alluding to the ap-
Pointrne:4 cf, M. Delangle as Minister of the In-
terior, expresses its warm approval of the selection
—an opinion which is the more valuable from the
journal in question being an Opposition organ.
The .Presse also calls attention to the fact, that
Whereas M. Espinasse was Minister of the Inte-
rior and- "Public Safety," M. Delangle is only
designated as Ministre de l'lnterieur. The infer-
ence, therefore, is, tbat public safety will once
more bed tiansferred to the keeping of the Prefect
of Police.. _

The' 'Same paper states that several witnesses
have been subpcened to give evidence in the True-
love and Tcheizewski trial for libel against his Ma-
jesty Napoleon 111.
The Pays publishes an article this evening with
a view to show how unfounded is the alarm caused
abroad by what is considered as " extraordinary
warlike prepa'atious on the part of France."
M. de Royer,
.Minister of Justice, has been
charged ad interim with the Ministry of State
during the absence of M. Fould.
Last week's rains have benefited the corps, and
sent down prices. The weather this week, how-
ever, is likely to do away with that favourable
effect, if it the country anything like what it
is in Paris ; the glass marks 89 in the shade ; at
'two o'clock it stood in the shade at 101 !

BOURSE, June 15.—The opening of the mar-
ket was buoyant, the appointment of M. Delangle
as Minister of the Interior having been favourably
received. The advance was afterwards checked by
realisations.' The following were the closing quo-
tations

S per Ceuta 94 -
end month 94
Dor Cent. . . .. 68 30
end month 6B 25
ihok ii_karea . .
Credit mobilier
Do. A.'icount 622 75

Credit Foncier
Belgian 4
Piedmontese (5) 92
Roman
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt

RAILWA.Y S.
Orleans
Northaid, ' 9421
New Ditto i 760
Lyon and Meditersn., 765
New Ditto —
Geneva .. 600

- FOR CASH.
Midi
Western' 592
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

According to a Greek paper, the Sun, the insur-
gents in Crete are 5,000 strong, and they are likely
to receive further reinforcements. Vely Pacha is
described by the same authority—a very bad one,
it should be said—to have altogether failed in his
attempt' to quench the insurrection.

THE USE OF THE RIFLE IN THE
ENGLISH ARMY.

In several of the lectures lately delivered at the
United Service Institution, important questions
were raised respecting the construction of rifled
barrels and bullets, and the Council of the Institu-
tion, considering that advantage might accrue to
the services from a discussion in which all those
gentlemen ,who have been engaged in experiments
with firearms might be invited to take part, re-
quested Colonel Lane Fox to commence the dis-
cussion by giving an account of the history of the
rifle, and 'its introduction into the English army.
• This Colonel Fox consented to do, and on Monday
evening real to the Institution a highly interesting
and instinctive paper upon the subject, consisting
chiefly of extracts from a private journal kept by
the gallant colonel during the period in which he
has been engaged at Woolwich, Enfield, Hythe,
and Malta, from 1851 to 1857. It is not our pre-
sent purpose_to enter into the various practical
questions' so ably discussed by him, embracing
many which have been elaborately treated in the
scientific journals of late years ; we shall content
ourselves with some few of his observations which
throw much light upon the several modern systems
of rifled small arms.
Mr. Whitworth's system May be said to consist
in an alteration in the number and shape of the
grooves. Instead of three shallow grooves, with
rounded -edges, he employs six shallow angular
grOOlrea; so shaped as to form,the bore into a hexa-
gon. Mr. Lancaster's system may be said tobe au
extension (Atha principle of broad shallow grooves,
and may _be described as having two opposite
grooves, so broadened and extended as to run into
_ one another, and form the bore into the shape of au
•ellipsis. Mr.' Lancaster's rifle has the very great
advantage over_ all others, of having no angles to
accuwlate dirt and fouling, and it is, therefore,
much more easily kept clean.. The great superiority
of his rifles, in this respect, has been brought to
my notice, by having under my superintendence
for instruction, at Malta, two companies of the
Royal Engineers which were armed with it. The
conviction of the gallant colonel is that throughout
the entire service, and especially at places where
soldiers are encamped near the sea, the angles of
• the grooves of our Enfield rifles are in a state of
rust, which will show itself before long by a great
diminution of accuracy. In the garrison of Malta,
which consisted entirely of regiments from the
Crimea, the accuracy of the aim was found
to le in an inverse proportion to the time
they had been in use, and in those regiments which
had had their rifles longest, a large proportion were
found to be entirely past repair, and were ex-
changed for new ones. Although it is true that the
Wear and tear which they received in the Crimea is
*iota fair criterion of that which they would ex-
perience under ordinary circumstances, still, it is
evident that the subject is worth serious attention,
as the ordinary examination of the head of the
. 'ramrod on parade is insufficient to detect rust in
those parts of the grooves which may escape the
sweep of the cleaning rag. The reports from the
• School of Musketry were explicit in stating that,
: init for the defect of stripping, the Lancaster musket
Ras superior to the others, both as regards accuracy
and facility of loading. It was, however, supposed
_ to require that the cartridge should fit 'the barrel
tighter in other systems of rifling, owing to
the shallowness of the grooves ; or, to speak more
properly, to the slightness of the difference between
• the long and the short diameters of the ellipsis,
and this, it was considered, would render it
• ,nnserviceable in the field, where ammunition is
often diity and defective. It has been proved on
the contrary by, the practice of two companies of
Royal-Engineers at Malta, where the ammunition
Wag very inferior, and often almost unserviceable
• from: the adherence of dirt to the grease of the
' Cartridge, that even with th's defective ammuni-
tion the, Lancaster musket is superior to all others
in the facility_ with which .it is loaded after much
• 'firing, 'Upwards of 200 rounds were fired out of
some of these rifles without.producing any deterio-
' riskier), but on the contrary, an increase of accuracy
was perceivable. Although the bullet used was
• tbe.Psitchett bullet, which is supposed by some to
!receive an insufficient expansion, no stripping
• 'Worthy of mention occurred during the whole
Practiceiand the average and final classification
of loth companies exceeded the highest previously
attained with the English at the School of Mus-
ketry, even-with non-commissioned officers training
for :the Corps of Instructors. It is therefore
evident that the defeat of stripping had by some
nacani been remedied, and in his report Colonel
Fox stated that the practice proved the Lancaster
Musket not only "not inferior," but, if anything,
" a superior weapon to the Enfield rifle."

NEW CHURCH AT STOKE NEWINGTON.

We are informed that a new and very handsome
church is about to be consecratA at Stoke Newington,
which is intended to take the place of the present small
and inconvenient parish church. The new bulling re-
flects. the greatest possible credit on the taste of the
architect, Mr. G. G. Scutt, as also on the workmanship
Of the builder, Mr. G. Myers, and of the decorative
evalptor, Mr. Farmer, whose ornamentation of the
Capitals, corbels, &0., of the interior is ♦ery chaste and
beautiful. It will be also a standing monument of the

indefatigable zeal of the re3tor and of the liberality
had public spirit of the inhabitants, by whose exertions
has been raised within the last three yebr4. The

rapidly-increasing growth and importance of the neigh-
bourhood has rendered such a work a great desideratum.
The consecration is appointed to take place on the 25th
instant,

"Much suffering" says the Bombay Gaulle, "has
already been entailed on our men from the great power
of the sun. We see with regret that Mr. William
Russell, the Times correspondent, was struck in tnis
Way at the attack of the Bareilly cantonments, and
requires much care and attention before he can re.
Over."
The amended Bill in relation to the crossing of bank•
ers' checks has been printed, and contains a new clause
empowering any lawful holder of an uncrossed check
to cross it with the specific name of a banker, or to
add such Lame to any check that may already have been
crossed, simply with the words "and Company." This
learns to meet every difficulty, and tt is to be hoped the
banking interest will show deference to public opinion,
end allow the bill to pass without attempting to obstruct
a impair it.
DiATLI OF TUE LORD JUSTICE CLERK.—We have to
Make the painful and unexpected announcement of the
death of Lord Justice Clerk Hope, which took place at
a late hour last night. His lordship, when finishing a
letter to a relative, about sevea o'clock, was seized with
Paralysis, and never rallied from the attack, expiring
about half-past eleven. His lordship was in his sixty-
fourth year. He passed for the bar in 1816, and was
elevated to the presidency of the Second Division of
the_Court of Session in 1844. Scotsman of yesterday.