The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-05 00:00:00

Iron-clads in Action.

In December last we noticed the completion, by
Messrs. Laird Brothers, of the iron-clad ship Mi-
nerva, fitted with twin screws, in combination with
the turret system of Captain Cowper Coles, R.N.
The Minerva, which made a highly successful trial
trip, subsequently came into the possession of the
Brazilian Government, by whom she was re-chris-
tened the Bahia. She took part in the engagement
of the 28th and 29th of March, when the Brazilian
and allied fleets attempted to force the passage of
the Parana river in the face of the Paraguayan de-
haaf
ebei
danovecvde:
gb,t
hyuc
eno floatingnswswai steterirne, g
boaf t
tt
eh
rei e
sfort I
no
ef d Pwa t oh d6Be p
01 a
uPnadt e r s
which, r i a
from their strength and slight elevation
saernvdedt,hoe
ffaebrlede waafyorimn
idwahbilcehresthisetir.
ance. Two of the flats were knocked to pieces and
a third had to retire, but not without committing
great damage. In addition to
the Bahia' there were
in the Brazilian fleet the Tamandare and' Barroso,
which are constructed on the central-box principle,
and fight their guns on the broadside. The Bahia
had no casualties reported, except the wounding of
the Commodore, who was injured while standing
on deck, although she was struck many
times by shot, as is shown by the following
extract from the Rio de Janeiro Journal
de Commercia of the 20th April :—" The great value
of the Bahia was demonstrated on the 28th and 29th
did March.n not
t leaSvhee
wwhasolsetnitheeksrlab
did not injure the armour plating." The yall3eB9t
06b8ljbee. t
sohnotdse,ekw,hbicuht
Taman-
dare had 10 men killed, and 24 of the officers and
men wounded by two shots from one of the flats
entering consecutively into the forward portholes of
the casemate ; the effect of these extraordinary shots
being increased by their shattering against the plat-
ing before entering the ports, and by their breaking
in pieces the chain curtains hanging inside the port-
holes to protect the men from musketry. The case-
mated iron-clad Barroso had also six men severely
wounded inside the casemate, and one of her 1201 b.
cannon disabled by a shot in the mouth. The dif-
ference between a casemate iron-clad and a turret-
ship or Monitor is, that the casemate is a square box
and is immovable, the ports being always presented
' to the enemy, while the turret or cupola revolves
after every shot, which keeps the men at the gun
protected from the enemy's fire, and the result of
this action shows the superior protection afforded
to the crew and gunners by this system. We may
be excused for the simple explanation which we
have given, showing the difference between the
" box " and " turret" system, from the fact that
there are more learners than learned in the world.
—Army and Navy Gazette, June 2, 1866.

Attempt to Murder.

-,C.- -

A most determined attempt upon the life of a
young woman was made in Chapel-street, Stroud,
late on Saturday night. The name of the victim is
Annie Weaver, a young woman aged 20, a girl of
most exemplary character, whose exertions have
supported herself and an imbecile mother. She was
assistant at the shop of Mr. Brain, clothes dealer,
and for the last two years had received the addresses
of a young man named Edward Partridge, exactly
her own age. lie was a currier, and till lately
worked at Stroud, but had recently removed to
Cheltenham. The girl discarded him last Good
Friday on account of his being then partially intoxi-
cated. On the following Wednesday he went to her
place of business, and produced a pistol, with which
he threatened to shoot her, and would have done so;
but was prevented at some risk by Mr. and Mrs.

Brain. Several times since he has come over from
Cheltenham and dogged her steps, and she was in
great fear of him. Last Thursday he saw her, and
made what he called a 44 last appeal," and
was finally rejected. On Saturday night she
left work at about a quarter to eleven o'clock,
and had about 100 yards to go to her home.
Partridge was waiting at her entrance 'gate, and
when she got up he first struck her in the face with
his hand, and then he fired a pistol at her. As the
shot apparently took no effect, he threw down that
pistol and fired a second, and then immediately ran
off over some gardens. The girl just reached and
opened her door, and then sank exhausted. The
pistols had each been loaded with two swan shot,
and all four shots entered her side, their force-hav-
ing been greatly broken by her stays. The in-
tended murderer ran a circuitous way into Chelten-
ham road, throwing away his second pistol into a
hedge, and had got well, on his way to Chqltenham.
Suddenly he retraced his steps, ani as he neared
Stroud met Mr. Superintendent Hanbidge and a
police officer going along that road. He made him-
self known, gave himself up, admitted his guilt, and
said his intention was to have shot himself with
the second pistol if the first had killed his victim.
On Sunday night it was feared that Weaver was
sinking, and at ten o'clock Mr. Winterbotham, a
magistrate, attended at her bedside and took i2er
deposition. but in the course of the night she be-
came much better. The prisoner was brought before
the magistrates yesterday, and remanded to await
the condition of the wounded girl.

---
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway'sI rills can be confiden-
tia ly recommended as a domestic remedy for the ailments
of all classes and conditions of people. Young and old of
.chisn'peteyd9understand from
both sexes may take this medicine with the certainty of
linTifnitoctieotifeosr.
' mdfoearrikitvhniengirg benefit from its use when disorder or disease is
tphuerimfyrnigs,erable. Holloway's pills are unrivalled
aperient, and strengthening properties.
They remove indigestion, palpitation, and
_headache, and
Food,liver
areEm specially Each
box
o f
pills
iis serviceable
wrapped
wi n h coowwn complaints
aripenant
rweihreichshinglistlaell:
health.
Holloway's pills will work a thorough change
ethareerelildyasntcuedoyfieingvtahleidms,
tile best way of regaining
most disordered or en-
in the con..
stitutions of the weak and nervous.
[AnvEnrismitErir.l--Da Barry's delicious and health..
co
times the nourishment of the best meat, save
gy to the moat :nee:.
cost in other remedies, restores perfect di;el3lstitoynt,imstersoi:as
restoringel nerves,
t
s,eoußnedvalltmengte, Ah
re
aa lbti he ay
clonal regularity, and ener
feebled,.ronoving speedily and
pepsia), habitual constiation effectually indigestion (dys-
complain ts, flatulency, nervousness,ma, hmmorrhoids, liver
throats. catarrhs, colds, influenza,bousness, fevers, sore
ears, rheumatism, goat, noises in the head and
ralgia, irritatiility, impurities, eruptions, h
burn, heada hsleeplessness, acidity, hysteria, neu-
e, e, e, tion, heart-
and sickness, et
dropsy, cramps, spasms,
pient nausea,
.0 consumption, g fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, Ind-
vue pit of the 11. scrofula, tiatness of the chest, pains at
ficate No. 29,410 , between the shoulders, itc. Certi-
ficate
u.D., v.R.s We find it the satest remedy. Andrew
Dr Campbell, ...... ; Dr Harvey; Dr Wurzer ; Dr Stioriand ;
No. 57,314. we quote a few out of the 02,0 0 cures :—Cure
Tittenson - I cannot express my gratitude for
the benefit I have derive d from Du Berry's food. My ap-
petite is perfectly restored, the pains in my leg, back, and
chest are quite gone, and I am fast gaining strength and
flesh. Mrs A. Owen.—Cure No. 51,812. Miss Virginia
Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her mcdiial advisers
abandoned all hopes of recovery.- Cure No. 49,432. Of fifty
years' indescribable agony frcPi dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, 84i3leneY• spasms, sickness at
the stomach, aid vomiting. hfariaJoly, Northam, Ling, near
Dies, Norfolk.—Cure No 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of
NazingVicarage, Waltham Cross,llerts, of extreme nervous-
nese, indigestion, gatherings' low spirits, and nervous fancies.
In tins, Ilb, 2s 9d; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, 118 ; 121 b, 228 ; 241 b.
IN.—Barry Du Barry and Co.,No.77,Regent_stree.
1., London;
also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise
at 61, Graceettureh-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate-
street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 830, Strand;
54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 96,
Upper-street, Islington, N.; llarvey, Notting-hill; Close
Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St.
John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers and the
mum—Beware of spurious imitations.