The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-23 00:00:00

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
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Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
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At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
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receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil and to .provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donatibns obtained for the pur-
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Australia. F. Philips, Esq.
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TE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
• ban 455 p_oor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a tew
of the most recent cases :
F. v., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aged 13, homeles4, troth parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
3. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
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E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents (lead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
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President—llls c, race the Duke of BU( ,C LEU CH, K.G.

This Hospital, toundel in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
pendent for support oil voluntary oontributions and t saes.
It aff„rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition this, the average number of ati,malance of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
1,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
co-‘taining several nundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite iunds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the freasurer. Edwara Dias •
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Highness the Princess of Wales.

WINSLOW lIALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently op.ned and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
liens ItAGON, announces that he his transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birminv.ham to the, above desirable residel.ce,
,asily accessible, and distant from London about an flourft
and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and y
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, are garden, me tiow, .plantation, and recreation
grounds. For tens al id forma, or adanizeion eIdrCSS the
proprietor.

The annual meeting of this institution com-
menced yesterday morning in the rooms of the
iSnotchieetychofaiAr.rts—the president, Sir John Pakington,

In the report of the proceedings of the previous
year it was stated that the School of Naval Archi-
tecture established by the institution had been very
successful, and that there were last year 37 students
in the school, of whom four were Russians. The ac-
counts showed a balance in favour of the institution
of £594.

Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. in his opening address,
congratulated the meeting on the continued pros-
perity of the institution, and suggested that, for the
purpose of maintaining it in that position, a per-
nitment secretary should be appointed. He alluded
in terms of great mtidaction to the School of Naval
Architecture, and he said that if the IL:.titutinn has
not done anything more than tile establishment of
that school they would have done most valuable
service. The only drawback to the success of the
school was that a considerable number of the students
were not sufficiently advanced in general education
to derive full benefit from it, and he strongly re-
commended those of the middle classes who desired
their sons to enter the naval profession to have
them better educated in science and mathematics.
Sir John Pakington alluded to the important ques-
tion on which all naval men were now so much in-
terested, of the different modes of construction of
Mr. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, and
of Capt. Coles, and he observed that in his remarks
on the subject in the House of Commons he did not
intend to blame the Admiralty for not having
acknowledged the superiority of Capt. Coles's sys-
tem, but for having deferred giving him a fair trial.
In alluding to the experiments now making to
prove the ships of the British navy, he said it was
the custom in former days for naval men to be
proud not only of the efficiency of their ships but
of their beauty, but that idea seemed to be lost,
for nothing so ugly as some of the ships 'now
built was ever before seen on the surface of the
water. He hoped that the results .of the experi-
ments that were being made would be to combine
thorough efficiency with beauty. He said he had
lately brought before the notice of the House of
Commons the loss of the ship London. The circum-
stances of that sad event, and of the loss at the
same time of another ship of still larger size and of
equal reputation, he hoped would be noticed in the
course of the meetings of the institution, and that
there would be a discussion on the construction of
such ships, which was a question of almost equal
importance to the construction of ships of war. It
was most desirable that some regulations should be
made for the building of passenger ships, and to
prevent their being overloaded, for he feared they
were often built so much for speed as to render
them unsafe.

The first paper was read by the Rev. Dr.
WOOLLEY, "On the Bows of the Helicon and
Salamis," in which he minntely described the altera-
tions made in the former ship under the direction
of Mr .Peed, and stated the results of the trials of
their seaworthiness and speed. They were origi-
nally sister ships, and in the alterations that had
been made in the Helicon the body of the ship had
been lengthened five feet, by extending the bow
under the water-line. It was contended by Dr.
Woolley, who was on board the Helicon during
several trial trips with the Salamis, that the steadi-
ness of the ship and the speed had been greatly
improved by the alterations.
Mr. SAMUDA observed that the comparison of the
two ships were not exactly fair, for the lengthening
of the bodywould of course give the Helicon greater
speed, and, though the engines were nominally of
the same power, those of the Helicon were practi-
cally more effective. The altered form of the lines
of that ship, he asserted, had in fact retarded the
speed.
Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL considered the extension of
the bow of the water-line an improvement, and that
Mr. Reed was right in the principle he had adopted
of increasing the bow below the water and diminish-
ing it above. Though he was strongly in favour
of the wave-line under general circumstances,
he was willing to admit that it ought to be departed
from when other objects than speed were partieu-
' larly required.
Mr. REED stated that, after making all allowance
for the effect of lengthening the body and the diffe-
rence iu the working power of the engines of the
two ships, the balance was still in favour of the
Helicon. He contradicted some reports that had
been circulated as to the speed of the Bellerophon,
and observed that, in comparison with the 131ack
Prince, the results were a little in favour of the
former.

The next paper was " On the Bellerophon, Lord
Warden, and Hercules Targets," by Mr. E. J.
Reed, who explained, with the aid of diagrams, the
construction of the targets of those ships, also those
of the Warrior and the Minotaur. In the target of
the Bellerophon the plan bad been adopted of di-
minishing the thickness of the timber backings and
increasing the thickness of the iron plates. The
experiments at Shoeburyness were reported to have
been unfavourable, and that plan which had been
adopted also in the Minotaur, but it had since been
ascertained that during the experiments a change
had been made in the strength of the powder, which
increased the initial velocity of the shot fired against
the Minotaur target, as compared with the shot fired
at the Warrior target, from 1,620 to 1,744 feet per
second. The Minotaur target was, in point of fact,
capable of offering greater resistance than that of
the Warrior, and was better calculated to resist the
effect of shells.
Admiral HALSTEAD made some observations on
the mode of testing the. resisting power of targets
by firing at them at right angles, in which direction
ships in action are very rarely struck. He contended
that the power of resistance should be obtained by
oblique firing. He mentioned an instance in which
oblique firing had been tried at a distance of only
200 yards, and the target rejected the shot, which,
if fired at it rectangularly, would have readily
penetrated.
Mr. S.-i3ILIDA wail,. of opinion that the speed of a
vessel should be taken into account when consider-
ing its power of resistance, the amount of speed and
the strength of the iron
he said, that if two
plating being convertible
terms. It was quite evident,
ships equal in armament and power of resistance,
but one of which had greater speed, the latter would
be victorious ; and if by increasing the thickness of
the plating the speed were diminished, it would
render the speed less secure.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said he was glad to hear from
Mr. Reed that the Minotaur target had, in fact,
greater power of resistance than the target of the
Warrior, and he expressed surprise that such a mis-
take should have been made as to change the
strength of the powder during the experiments.
Captain HEATH differed from Mr. Samuda re-
specting the value of speed in large ships, which
were intended to fight and not to run away. With
reference to experiments on the Warrior target, he
said it had been ascertained that the power of
tration of a shot depends on its vis viva, pene-
tration
of the weight-of the shot and its velocity combiued ;

stituted by weight and velocity
A paper by Mr. Fairbairn
Iron Ships," and a paper by .
the Leinrcrth of Iron Ships, with reference to recent
losses at sea," were then read, the discussion on
both being taken together. In Mr. Fairbairn's
paper it was admitted that the consideration of
speed might be carried too far, and he enforced the
necessity of great strength in proportion to the
length, and the division of the ship by bulk-heads.
Mr. Grantham, without giving any proportions of
length to breadth, which he considered desirable,
was of opinion that if the strength of the ship were
proportional, the length did not effect its safetr,
and he stated that several ships were now building
in the proportion of ten and a half to the breadth
of the beam, while the length of the London and
the Amelia was not more than seven times greater
than the breadth. He thought that the loss of
those two ships could be attributed to their length,
from the fact that other ships of longer proportions
rode out the same gale in safety.
Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL said he believed that ships
might be built of any size if they were made suffi-
ciently strong to bear the strain. There was no ob-
jection to the length of the ships that had been lost,
but it was the duty of the institution to consider in
every respect what could be done to prevent the re-
currence of such accidents. It must borne in minds
however, that nothing could prevent the bad stowage
of a good ship, and that nothing could prevent a
good ship so stowed from going to the bottom. Two
or three things were necessary for the safety of pas-
senger iron ships, which, he hoped, would be ordered.
at Lloyd's. In the first place, the deck should be of
iron, and all other things connected with the deck
should be firmly riveted to it, so as to make them
all compact. He recommended that the committee
of Lloyd's should give encouragement to the manu-
facture of ships of superior qualities, and legislation
might go sofar as to enforce such regulations as aro
now adopted in France forgiving full information to
captains respecting the structure of the ships placed
under their command, with full particulars of how
the weight should be placed.
Sir E. BELCHER spoke of the great advantages
to be gained by the proper trim of a ship. With
respect to the loss of the London, he thought a fatal
error was committed in putting 15 tons of coal on
the deck at the head of the ship. Had the anchors
been put out they might have got rid of those tons
of coal, and then the ship might have been saved.
Mr. WIGAN denied that 15 tons of coal had been
put on board on that part of the ship's deck.
Mr. REED expressed the opinion that no fault
could be found with the construction of the London,
the length of which in proportion to the breadth
was not more than 7 to 1 ; it was therefore as broad
a ship as many that have been constructed with
especial regard to safety.
The meeting adjourned at 5 o'clock, Sir John
Packington having previously resigned the chair to
Mr. Reed, to attend the House of Commons.

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