The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-26 00:00:00

Deaths.

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11AvELocx—On the 9th inst., at Tadousae Province of
Quebec, Canada, Alice Margaret, only child of Sir Ilenry
and Lady Alice Havelock, aged 1 year and 4 months.
JUDD n the 23d inst., at Aylesbury, Robert R. Judd,
formerly of Banbury, aged 80.
Moscx—On the 20th inst., at Belsay, Sir Charles
Monck, Bart., aged 88.
NEwm..--On the 22d inst., Mr. Joseph Newill, of Binning"

ham, and formerly of LOndon, aded 37.
PAYNE—On the 21st inst., at MoleswOrth-street, Lewis"
ham, Mr. Thos. G. Payne, of 6 and 7, New Park-street,
Southwark, aged 64.
STILWELL—On the 22d inst., George J. Stilwell, M.D-, °I

72, Park-street, Grosvenor-square. •
WELLSTEED —On the 23d inst., at 8, Bedford-row, Clap"

ham-rise, Mr. Henry WelLsteed, aged 55.
WI-Laois—On the 25th inst., at 28, Gloucester-
square,
Hyde-park, Thomas Wilson, Esq., aged 79.

London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDRBW4'
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London Singing and Supper Club. E VANS'. Covent-garden
Vocal Entertainment at Eight.

I(IN ITIAN'SFxHIPT3TTTIo‘wTHISR(I.7. DUBLIN
F.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained thr
Dublin Prize Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-
some.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Rd., at the Retail louses in London ,
by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or
wholesale at
R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
nbserve the Tted Real, Pink Label, and Cork branded
Rinaban's LL Whisky."

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and BUSINESSES.
FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application.
Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the
Month at their
AITC PION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES.
5, Agar-street. Strand, W.C., and nearly oppoaite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.

No. 23,438.

DUNVILLE'S V.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,

Is regularly supplied to the [Louse of Lords.

"P.R." HUSH WHISKY.

DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISII
wIIISKY, BELFAST.

London Office 3 and Stores, •
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established 1808. Quotations on application.

et LAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world."—London Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, RC.,
next the '• Times."

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
a. (Ina woorated by Act of Parliam4nt, 1850).
14, RTIRRELL-STREET, COVIfivT-Grilt DEN. LONDON.
ADV MONEY noon Personal Security, Bills of Sale,
Freehold or Leagehold Pronery, for one, two, or three years.
repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly
discounted. Forms free on receipt of stamped envelope.

EDWARD HARPER. Secretary.

H E X F OR D,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,

TUE MUSICAL ESTATILISMIENT OP LONDON.

NewOPereTtol-1;; J. Offenbach. entitled MR. AND MRS.'
DRNNIS, T.A. TRAVIATA, ERNANI. Atc. &c. Princinal
artistes. AffssFs Russell. Barrie. and Fitzllenry; Me*,srs.
Burp', Fox. Husk, Evans. Bury. Sicrnor Tivoli, with Extra
Band and (Thorns. Conductor, Air. F. Jonghmans.

„,CONIEDY. by 31Pgsrg. TIA.RRY SYDNEY. J. PLIMP-
T
ON, ORVILLE PARKER, Signor NAPOLT, the It
nercui

Kr. ROBT. ERASER, with his new Entertainment, en-
titled "NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE," and the Bros.
IrANLON. the celebrated American Acrobats, will appear
THIS EVENING.

VOLUNTEEttS in UNIFOR3I will be
ADMITTED FREE until July 27th.

WESTON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.

Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND.
GREAT COMIC FESTIVAL SEASON.
All the Comic Stars engaged.
The most popular entertainment in London. Immense
success of the following talented artistes : —ARTHUR
LLOYD, WILL LINGARD, GEORGE LEYBOURNE,
STEAD (the Cure), ANNIE ADAMS, the BROTHERS
GERARDS, and the clever PICCANIN Y MINSTRELS.
will appear Every Evening. H. Baker's superb band of 30
Performers.

Stalls and Balcony, Is.•, Area, 6d. Private Boxes, 10s,
Cd-, can be secured at tho Office. Doors open at half-
past 7.

P. CORIII, Musical Director.

TADAME TITSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BIKER-STREET.
neautifnl COURT DRESSES. designs and fashions copied
;OM the Paris Exhibition. MI the Kings and Queens of
iniliand, in gorgeous costumes. The Crowned Reads Of
nroPe; American Celebrities ; N leon apo Relics ; Chamber
01 horrors.
Admittance, Is. ; children. under ten, ed. ; extra rooms, 6d.
uPen from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
,YROMENATIE CONCERT and DANCING. Conductor,
Vrnor Curti ; Principal Cornet, U. Graves ; Solo Enplionion,
Signor Mosca.

Admission, 19 ; Reserved Seats. 2s.
11..11—The GRAND FESTIVAL NIGHT (open till One:
811
1 take place on the 20th Inst.

AMPLOUGH'S PYRETIC SALINE forms a
A most invizoratine summer draught. eurinz headache.
Riddloess sea and bilious sickness, or any form of skin
affections_Sold by all chemists, and the maker, H. Lamplough, 113,
E.C.

1:41AIT-DE-VIE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY,
18s. per zallon, is very superior to recent importations
Of Cognac, recommended by the medical profession, and ex-
tensively used In hospitals. In bottles, 345. per dozen. or in
a ease 395., railway carriaze psi 1. —*HENRY -BRETT and
CO, Old Furnival's Disfliterv, Uolborn,E.o , and 30, Regent-
Street, S.W. Established 1329.

"THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY."
THE Panic of '66 and its consequent depres;ion
of the Colonial narkets enables the " AST
TE A. COUP \ NY" to offer TE IS LOWER. T HAN EVE R.
Six Pounds o" (-1031 Tea for tie. (id. can't b. dear.
The Company's IiSISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really
del !MAIM
0, Great St. Helon's Chnrchya•tl, Bishopszate-
street, Jan. 1,1867.

SPA.NISEI FLY is the acting ingredient in
prodALEX. ROSB'SCANTITIARIDES IL. which speedily
aces whiskers and thickens hair. 88 Rd, 5s &d, and 10s Rd;
,Wnt by post for %4, Si, and 144 stamps.— ALEX. 11.098, 248,
1110 a Rolborn. London, and all Chenalsta.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by using' ALEX. ROSS'S CHM° PO.
'llllB
pe preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours,
...r,vtng' the veryroot. Price 4s • sent by p^st for 60 stamps.
lalgh Holborn, London, and all Chein,Jts.

RAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
Lade-4 re L0741g. iti7mA.eLn r
hair 8058'8 CURLING
Sold
oarle
64, 5s and 10s 6d ; lint free for 64, 84, and 144 stamps.
44 of all Chenitits.

CA,REY TTAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.-
IA, LAX. ROBS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
tar—„Pfatuly it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly us-
! -4 La offo t. price 3s ad, 5s 6d. and lOs 6d ; sent by post
or 54, 84, and 144 stamps ; and all CherVAts.

ATR
DESTROYER-248, High Holborn,
en London.—A.LF.X. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
I...Dertittons hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect
;4'„,,the skin. Price 6d 5s ad, and 10s 6d; sent for 54, 84,
"" 114 stamps.—Erad of 'all Chemists.

PrIVPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
tic (3.4121.4,1 unicpavgit,zgonwidose
removeALEX.
rn
ens SO
26 9d and 76 ad Car mot for 49 and 100 stamps.
tatsi4B.r.X. ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Che-

AIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
or to head with this beautifully-perfnmed Wash, in seven
A() bv 'n daYs the hair assumes its original colour, and remains
lb-, o mow?. 10s sd ; sent for stamps.—A.LEX.
21R7Mgh Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

foat published, 2d; sent by the author for stamps,
GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
the descriptive of articles and means used for improving
to;4l3Pearanoe. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn,
on.

WE HUNDRED and SIXTY-SEVEN
the DESTITUTE ORPHANS are being maintained in
ta ALBERT ORPHAN ASTLUSI. Collingwood Court
gahot, Surrey. FUNDS g.reativ needed for their support.,
Office 96, Cheapaide. E CHARLES A. WALKER, Sea.

tRITISII. ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie
fititutel:Mplough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In-
-PA,.
-40/4—Eter liost Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
Bee t 3 this Institution will he ladly received by the
retarY. at the Offices. No. 73, Cheapgside, E.C.
HENRY SYKES THORNTON, Treasurer.
THOITAS TILSON, J.P., chairman of the Board.
STEDFIEN REED CATTLEY, M.A., Hon. Seo.
ALFRED MACKENZIE, Secretary.

9RE A T NORT EIERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, telineton. N.

Tills Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
"tab', nuspital hss relieved 481,954 patients since it was
Lehed at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
TiAreircp
Barnett. Lloyds, and Co., 60. Lombard-
ut 'Th"lesll,l4. Rans eriom and Bonve, 1. Pell-mall. Hort.
r• Smith. Esq. GEORGE REID, Seo.

yU SITTPWRECKED SEAMEN and their
of
'shish
are,REA TED WIDOWS and 0 aPITANS. —Upwards
British vessels are annually wrecked, about 2,000 of
AAiN on the Pritish Isleg
,18..110 Part the coast where the SHIPWRECKED
KS' SOCIETY is not represented bv an Hon.
Aninw; wno clothes (when naked) and sends to their homes
ellari2fted Persons of all nations. and is the channel ofneits
TGor_ro the bereaved widows and orphans of the drow d.
tiesp i"rnmittee earnestly APPEAL for HELP. The die-
lapt 8 always instant. The `society relieved 11,221 persons
DOnviz , shipwrecked men. widows, and orphans.
Willral""g and subscriptions thankf nily received by Messrs.
Ms, Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersigned,
Iliber FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary
--e.,ambers, London-bridge S.E.

PIIPIRESCUE SOCIETY' wishes to add another
4."l*.ne to thfs 1" now in operation. Lad year no-fewer
urle• females were releeted from
bee,
• Ilt PLIN'IT)S and room making a total of 8,087, whop ave
i);:away fn v re ye
omars.
Vrn' brnnti the Cmittee wish to form would be for
114,`. Qiels, astray hildrer from the aze of 6 to 15, who
ied from the path of virtue.
r) ?gluttons will be received zratcfully by the Secretary.
k::ll,nrs'l,:lnopor Q 5. numm-steeet Cheapslde: or by llessr,
Lombard-street.

itOYAL FREE lIOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-roftd,
.., .
%,,,,y I, (II the inimedis.te vicinity of the Groat Northern Bel' "Irduns, Rin's-cross.
IN Patron—ner Most Gracious 'Majesty the QUEEN.
'e"Pat p. .. ron—li is Royal Righness the Prince of WA T,ER,KG.
'lldent--.1.118 Grace the Duke of BUCCLEIRILI. K.G.
11,4i`a, Roelof tal, founded In the year IR2B. the first to estab-
the ~,,fl principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
poli`e',4l3, and diMculty of Governors' orders. is wh.olly,dea It ,i'f'w enpuort on voluntary contributions and i •ga,2 _ •
additi orda relief to a large number of in-pa •‘ nts, and, in
414titcT to this, the average number of attendance of the
a•Oco :'•°_, alek has fora considerable period averaged between
ros.„,, 4,000 Weekly. bryt,',.'o. otrreittce ear estly solicit the &SST nTA NCE of the
eont,4„,t t, 8.3 the Tl emises of this Upson .1 are capable
_ en;
the re'll'innilrigit eeveral rt‘riclred more bode bad the Committee
Contrib .e funds to maintain them.
.1ar,90.. talons are received by thcirbankers,3fesers. Brown,
eir,o. ii'ranti Co.,
and also by Messrs. Contte and
•laliecnulnTnond and Glyn' and Co.: Ferries and Co. ;
1441 cA Co. ; Prescott, GrotA, and Co.; Smith, Payne.
mut :narolay and Co. ; Willirzre rcaoon, and Co.: Nisbet
Co,"• Brners-street ; and ..t the'rfcsoltal. from 10 till 5.
:BT4NITOTID 81111'11, Secretary.

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, beg to announce that they Lre able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, L.C., the only house in the
square not occupied by the " Times." J. L. and Co.'s whiskies
brin, the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of
Commerce of Victoria," by which it.will be seen that their
whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next
best, and Is. 64 per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of very old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
most reasonable terms.

OSBORNE'S STILTON

Is THE Cheese !

IIANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uneeloured. To be had of all dealers
and wholesale of JOHN BUItGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(corner of Savoy-steps). London.

TVARM WEATHER.-RIMMEL'S TOILET
VINEGAR is strongly recommended at this time of
the year as a refreshing adjunct for the toilet and bath, a
reviving scent, a powerful disinfectant, and an indispensable
requisite for travelling. Price Is., 29. 61, and ss. Sold by
all the trade.— E. RIM NIEL, Perfumer to LI R.II. the
Princess of Wales, 95, btrand ; 21, Cornhill; and 128, Regent-
street.

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.
is. 61, 25., 2s. 6 i. per lb. are the prices at which
PHILLIPS and CO.,
Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, London, E.C.
are selling good and fine
BLACK TEA.
A. price current post free. 40s worth carriage free to any
Railway &Won or Market Town in the United Kingdom.
All goods carriage tree to all parts of London.
Observe— Pnimars and Co. have no Agents.
Sugars are supplied at market prices.

DEAFNESS.- The ORGANIC VIBRATOR--
WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITS USE.--
It fits into the ear, not perceptible, relieves singing
noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear at public
assemblies. Conyers itionAl Tubes, Cornets. Trumpets, and
every other kind of hearing instrument. Numerous testi-
monials for inspection. -S. and 13. SOLOMONS, 31, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.

R. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre-
aared without any mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
miler from bilious and liver aomplaints, in iigesticn, wind,
4paqmo, giddiness, dlyzinecs of the eyes, &c. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Prepared only and told by W. Lambert, Chemist, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drag_
'
gists, in boxes,is. lid. and three times the quantity in one,
20. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills.
The genuine are a square preen package, with " William
Lambert," engraved on the stamp.

RUYTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT

VI/ BITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS 01 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Iwo Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here
avoided—a sott bandage being worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power 15 supplied by the Moo-Main
Pad and Patent Lev,r, fitting with so much ease and close-
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during
sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss,
which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the oircum-
ierenoe of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,

HEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR

EXPEN SE.

DU BARRY'S delicate health-restoring Inva-
lids. and Infants' Food.

THE REVALEiTTA. ARIBICA

saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. and restores per-
fect digestion. strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver,,re-
freshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy, to the
most disordered or enfeebled,—removing speed'•y and effec-
tually indigestion dyspepsia), cough, asthma, consumption.
habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric derangements,
hemorrhoids, liver complaints,- flatulency, nervousness,
biliousness, fevers, so, e throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds,
influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout,
impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralcria, irritability, sleep-
lessness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, headache, debility,
dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness even in preg-
nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness
of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and be-
tween the shoulders. It is the most digestible and nourish-
ing of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all
complaints.
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IMPORTANT CAIITION,—Beware of the many unsavoury
and more than sloppy imitations to which, without autho-
rity, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously attached.
Henceforh no one will doubt the valuable properties of
Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Invalids'
and Infants' Food, since to the thousand; of blessings it has
already received from invalids whose position had been
deemed hopeless. we may now add that of his Holiness the
Pope, whose health has been perfectly restored by it after
thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote
f own the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No. 68,413):
"Rome, July 21st, 1868.—The health of the Holy Father is
excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies.
he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta
Arabica Food, of which heconsumes a plateful at every meal.
It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his hea4h.
and His Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too
highly."
Cure No. 58,216, of the Marchioness de Breams, of seven
years' liver complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness,
irritability, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad diges-
tion, constant sleeplessness, and the most intolerable nervous
agitation.

-Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord
Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Water-
f.rd :—" I have derived much benefit from your excellent
Food.—STUART DE DECIES, Dromana, Cappoquin, County
Waterford."

Cure No. 49,83?.—0f fifty years' indescribable agony from
dyspepfia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu-
lency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting. Maria Joly, of Lynn,
Norfolk.

Care No. 47.121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme
nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and
nervous fancies.

Cure No. 56,814.—Mr. Samuel Laston, Leicester, of two
years' diarrhoea.

The Food is sold In Canisters, at Is. ; Ilb.„ 2s. 9d. ;
21b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 228. ; 241 b., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b canis-
ters, carriage-free on receipt of Post-Office Order, by
BARRY DU BARRY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ;
also at Fortnum and Mason's, and 'old by all respectable
Grocers and Chemists.

IMPERIAL PAItLI A MENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.

The LOUD CIIANCELLOU took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.
THE CLERICAL VESTMENTS BILL.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY postponed the further
debate on the second reading of this bill until Thurs-
day next.
THE MARQUIS OF WESTMEATH AND THE
REPORTERS.

The Marquis of WESTMEA.T II said that he had to
bring before their lordships' house a matter of some im-
portance, and ono which affected the privileges of their
lordships. These circumstances wore connected with
the conduct of a person in the reporters' gallbry, and
this was what he now wanted to bring under their lord-
ships' notice. The noble marquis then reminded their
lordships that he had spoken on the Transubstantiation Bill
on Thursday, 11th July, and had subsequently complained
on the IGth July of the unfair reporting of the press.
Subsequently to that, on the 20th July, an Orange meet-
ing had been held, at which certain statements had been
made by Mr. Harper relative to what certain reporters
had said of him. He immediately wrote to Mr. Harper,
but before he received an answer he was not aware
that that gentleman had been to visit the gallery of the
house. In reply, Mr. Harper had told him that when he
was going up the stairs of the house he saw two
reporters talking together, and one said, " I have
just seen that old idiot tha Marquis of West-
meath—(loud laughter)—and added, " I will take care
not to give a word of what he says." On the same even-
ing the following incident also occurred when the reporters
were changing their boxes :—Ona of them who, he had
reason to believe, was the same individual who had spoken
before, said during the debate on the Tra usubstantiation
Bill, " Is there no one to send this confounded old idiot to
a lunatic asylum."

The Earl of MALMESBURY said that he really
thought that the noble marquis had better not go into
this matter unless he was able to name some person, as it
appeared this was surely a conversation between two
persons.

_
The MARQUIS of WESTMEATH said that ho spoke
on behalf of their lordship; that if he alone were con-
cerned, he should not notice such vulgar ribaldry. His
lordship, after a long diatribe against reporters in general,
allowed the subject to drop.

THE SKIPTON GRAMMAR, SCHOOL.
Earl DE GREY moved that this bill should be post-
poned.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had told their lord-
ships he should have the opinion of the Attorney-General
before they did anything with the bill. The noble lord then
read the opinion of the Attorney-General which induced him
to propose a now scheme, which he understood was that his
noble friend objected that formerly the trustees were
both Roman Catholics and Dissenters, and that now the
trustees would be Protestants only. But when they re-
flected that the trustees formerly had nothing to
do with the management of the school, and that
now they would, he thought that there was
a strong necessity that they should be Protestant. •He
could not say how soon the public schools commission
report would be laid before the house, and therefore
ho did not son why this bill should be postponed until
it was finished. He trusted that they would not think it
necessary to postpone the bill.
Lord TAUNTON was understood to advocate the ad-
journment of the bill.
Lord ROMILLY said that this being only a Church of
England school, it was not competent for himself or the
Attorney-General to change it into anything else. It was
necessary that the schoolmaster should be a Protestant,
and at his suggestion it was agreed that he should be in
orders. The debate was adjourned at the suggestion of
Lord Cranworth, in order that a clause might be prepared
to prevent the creation of any fresh vested interest to be
exempted from the operation of a general measure.

LXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION,
who ADVERTISE in " THE SUN," can have the
SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose
address can bo obtained at "The Sun" Office. Ho has a
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play for a quarter of a mile, followed by Distaff and Duchess,
when the latter took up the running, and won easily by a
length. Three lengths separated second and third. Peven-
sey was fourth, Vampire fifth, and Tinkle last.

AMERICAN HEAVY ORDNANCE.

As our experimental knowledge of gunnery ad-
vances, the great windbags inflated by the breath
of opponents are pierced one by one, and collapse
accordingly. Four or five years ago we were told
that rifled guns were mere shams, and that the 68-
pounder would be, " with a few insignificant excep-
tions," the gun of the future. The " insignificant
exceptions" have, however, developed into an array
of ordnance so formidable that a ship armed with
68-pounders is now considered as hardly armed at
all. When iron targets had attained a point from
which they defiled all but the strongest guns there
was a great cry that the Americans should be fol-
lowed in thelr pursuit of heavy smooth-bores, and
the air was full of dismal forebodings, prophesying
" Woe to the nation that bows not down before the
great American intellect ! There is but one system
of ordnance, and Rodman and Dahlgren are its
Prophets." It was in vain that scientific officers de-
clared their power of calculating accurately enough
for practical purposes the results which must follow
the action of known charges of powder upon known
shot in known guns. Their opinions were treated
as theoretical ideas, which would be dispersed on
the first actual trial. S 3 at last a real American
big gun has been brought over to this country, with
powder and shot of American manufacture, being
precisely the ammunition used by the United States'
Government. After a few rounds to ascertain
velocity, &c., the gun was fired on Wednesday last
at a target commonly known as " the 8-inch with
Warrior backing." Now, this target was erected
for various experimental purposes, its strength being
designed to just resist a 9-inch rifled gun with steel
projectile, and it was found to answer the purpose
exactly. The only 9-inch projectiles which have
penetrated it have been Palliser's shell at 200 yards,
and they not always. The 10-inch gun, however,
can conquer its resistance without the least diffi-
culty.
The 9-inch gun weighs 12 tons, and throws a
shell of about 2501 b., with a battering charge of
431 b. of powder.
The 15-inch American gun weighs 191 tons, and
its shot range from 4531 b., the weight of the cast-
iron projectile, to 4981 b., that of the steel shot. Its
battering charge is 601 b. of American powder,
equal to 501 b. of English powder. A rough compa-
rison of these two descriptions of powder may be
interesting :

American. British L. G. Rifle.
Number of grains to an ounce, about 25 ... about 500
Perceßtage of ingredients—
Nitre ... 76.7 75.3
Sulphur •.• ..• 10.2 10.3
••• •••
Charcoal ... 131 144
Moisture 1.2 FO7
Density 1.71 1.74
But the trial was not only that of a gun against
a target, but of material for shot also, and it must
at once be acknowledged that the American cast-
iron shot proved itself to be excellent—not as good
as steel, but better than any ordinary English cast
iron that we are accustomed to see in projectiles.
I o give the gun every chance it was placed only 70
yards from the target. It will be remembered that
a round shot loses its velocity more quickly than an
elongated one, because with the same weight it ex-
poses more surface to the resistance of the air.
The gun having been carefully loaded and directed
against a sound part of the target as well as its rough
tangent scale and sights would permit the spectators
ran to earth ; for the life of an American firing
battering charges can only be insured at a very high
premium, the rule laid down being that 20 rounds
with such charges are as many as should be fired
unless in cases of great emergency. There were
men upon the ground who expected to see the gun
victorious, so when the roar of the discharge and
the blow upon the target were heard, and the last
splinters—of what? shot or target,?—had fallen,
the faces that emerged from the bomb-proof shelter
wore an eager expression, and speed rather than
dignity was the rule as the visitors and members of
the Select Committee ran towards the target.
There it stood, unpierced, and at its foot a broken
and misshapen black lump—the shot that had struck
it. The blow had taken effect just at the lower
edge of the upper plate, so that the force fell upon
part of both plates, and, therefore, upon a rather
weak portion of the construction. Nevertheless,
the depth of the indent was only 4 inches, the hole
measuring across 14 by 13 inches. The plate was
buckled five inches at the deepest part, the total
diameter of the portion thus bent being 40 inches.
In rear two ribs were slightly cracked, and five a
little bulged. The plate was not pierced, the back-
ing was not reached, the skin was intact. No en-
trance had been found for a single drop of water,
no man would have been hurt unless he were
leaning against the side of the ship when the shot
struck. The projectile had done all that it could,
and showed by the large mass which remained up-
splintered that its failure to penetrate was due to no
weakness in itself. A better cast-iron shot could
hardly be seen.
For the next round a spherical shot of No. 6
Pontypool iron, cast in sand, and weighing 452.51 b,
was painfully lifted to the muzzle of the gun and
rolled down upon a charge of American powder,
similar to the first. This time more work was done
upon the shot, less upon the target. The indent
could not be measured, because part of the projec-
tile remained in the hole, the rest being dashed to
pieces, leaving the broken surface almost flush with
the face of the plate. There was a horizontal buckle
of I.6in. over oft. No harm was done to the back
of the target. The third round was fired shortly I
afterwards, an excellent shot of Firth's steel being
employed. Everything had been done to obtain a
good projectile, even to hardening it in oil, and it
well sustained the character of the firm. But it could
if loth to
not get nearly through the target. As
leave its work unaccomplished, it hung protruding
from the face of the plate, and when shaken out
afterwards by the blow of another shTothnereuar
witas, disa-
closed an indent of 8.2 in. deep.
tance of 40in. Again no serious
ship would
ad r haveers.
buckle of 1.4 in., diminishing g.radudaalmlyagouver
wasa dduisue-
htilpwr
been firm still, and the men safe a
to backing or skin ; the side of the st
programme on Wednesday to
target, as this had
firelt waa s 2
ion parte sh
shell
t e
directly
been done frequently before, and the results at the
accu-
rately taken ; but one round was fired, and is worth
noting,
chiefly from the curious circumstance which
has been previously observed, that the effect of some
of these projectiles has been greater at 200 yards
than at 70 yards. Whether the metal was not
quite so good, or whether, as is possible, the shot is
steadier at the longer range than at the shorter,
certain it is that the penetration was only 19iin.,
and the hole made was greater in diameter than was
due to the size of the shell. A 9-inch shell made a
hole llin. in diameter, but did not disturb the
skin. This is a problem wortLy investigation. We
give below the details of the four rounds fired :
AMERICAN 15-INCH GUN ; WEIGHT OF GUN, 98k
TONS. RANGE, 70 YARDS.

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The Banns of Matrimony Bill was road a second time,
after a short conversation.

Lord KIMBERLEY then moved the second reading of
the Tests Abolition (Oxford and Cambridge) Bill, which ho
said was recommended by the sanction of a large majority
in the House of Commons. He urged the impropriety of
requiring from young men—laymen—a subscription to the
Thirty-nine Articles, but mainly rested his advocacy of
the measure upon the ground that the Universities wore
national institutions, which should be open to all her Ma-
jesty's subjects.
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH objected that the bill
reopened a question that was settled but a few years ago
in the cases of both Oxford and Cambridge. There was no
reason for renewed legislation, and the real motive for the
bill was a desire to enable persons not members of the
Church of England to become members of the governing
bodies of the Universities. Ho opposed that innovation
because it would lead to the introduction of religious con-
flicts and to the neglect of religious teaching, reducing
the Universities to the condition of mere secular insti- '
tutions, and therefore he moved that the bill be read a
third time that day six months.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE regretted that, being Chan-
cellor of the University of Cambridge, his opinion should
be different to that of a majority of those who wore con-

First Round —American cast-iron round shot; weight of
shot, 4531 b ; diameter, 14.883 in.; charge, 601 b ; American
powder; velocity, 1,170 ft. per second; work, 4,290 foot
tons ; work per inch of circumference, '21.7 foot tons; in-
dent, 4in. ; buckled, sin.; plate not penetrated.
Second Round—Pontypool No. 6 cast-iron shot ; weight
of shot, 452.51 b ; diameter, 14.89 in.: charge, 601 b Ameri-
can powder; work about 4,290 foot tons; buckled, 1.6 in.;
total effect rather loss than in No.l round.
Third Round—Filth's stool round shot—Weight, 4981 b ;
diameter, 14.945 in. ; charge, GOlb American powder ; velo-
city, 1,134 ft. per second ; work, 4,440 foot tons ; work per
inch of circumference, 94.6 foot tons; indent, 8.2 in.; buckled,
1.4 in.; shot had seven radical cracks in it and remained
sticking in the plate.
ENGLISH 9-INCH GUN ; WEIGHT, 12 TONS.
Chilled iron shell—Weight, 2501 b; charge 431 b English
L. G. rifle powder; velocity, 1,337 ft. per second; work,

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that only 11 rounds altogether have been fired
from them. We find that the penetrative effect
of the 15-fuch gun is inferior to that of tha English
9-inch rifled gun under circumstances the most
favourable to the former. The American gun
weighs as much as an English 9-inch and a 7-inch
together; its life with battering charges is stated
by the American military authorities to be very
low ; and if we compare it with the English gun
nearest its own weight, the latter, though l k ton
lighter, would be driving every shell through the
sides of an ironclad against which the smooth-
bore could but rap beseechingly and without
effect ! Can any one doubt the' issue of a com-
bat between the two systems of artillery ? The
smooth-bores look very big and threatening, and
can doubtless make a great noise, when their
shot strike the outside of a vessel ; but the life
of a ship is in its interior. Should we
ever require heavy
.smooth-bore guns the expe-
rience obtained in our long course of experi-
ments and manufacture would enable U 3 to begin
where they left off, and there is no reason to limit
our ideas of possible wrought-iron smooth-bore ord-
nance under a calibre of 30 inches. If we desire to

throw a heavy shot with a low velocity we can do
so now by simply increasing the length of the pro-
jectile and decreasing the charge. So the English
guns can 4, rack " if they wish, while the American
guns cannot penetrate targets that may be easily
pierced by rifle shot at high velocities. But, though
the 15-inch shot did not get through the 8-inch
plate and backing, it would have penetrated most
of our ships, though not as easily as our guns would
have penetrated theirs. It is an easy matter of cal-
culation from data obtained on \Wednesday that the
15-inch American cast iron shop would have been
stopped by the Lord Warden, Bellerophon, Lord
Clyde, and ships of that class, but the steel shot
would have penetrated all except the Hercules or
Monarch, which are not yet afloat. This supposes a
range of 70 yards and a direct blow. At 500 yards,
or at a slight angle, it would penetrate the Warrior,
but not ships of the class named above. It is for
the Navy to say what protection they desire to have.
The question of gun power may be considered as
settled; only it must not be forgotten that the
target fired at on Wednesday had been struck on
previous occasions by more than 11,0301 b. of iron,
propelled by above 1,9001 b. of gunpowder, the work
done upon it leing over 130,000 foot tons.