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THE SUN, LONDON, FEIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1866.

JOHN GOENELL and CO.'S CIiERRY
ey TOOTH PASTI is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 64.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

iti:rilaWman's Queen of Trumps, aged, Bst 121 b (Morris) 2
". G. Aiigell's Lady Valentine, 5 yrs, 7st 81b...(Parry) 3
Hztrenc's King of Spades, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Cameron) 4

Betting..-7 to 4agst Lord Ronald, sto 2 agst Queen of
Trumps, and 4to 1 agst Lady Valentine. Queen of Trumps
made play,.with a slight lead of the favourite to the dis-
tance, where Lord Ronald came away and won in a canter
by two lengths ; Lady Valentine and King of SpadeS were
beaten • off. •

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
WARWICK RACES,
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4 and 5.
FIRST and SECOND CLASS RETURN _TICKETS
to LEAMINGTON and WARWICK, issued at Padding-
ton, Victoria, Battersea, Chelsla, Kensington, Windsor,
and Reading, on MONDAY, Sey::3, and following days,
will be available for the return ;n9y by any train up to
Thursday,- Sept. 6, inclusive..
TRAINS leave Paddington ' . 'LEAMINGTON and
WARWICK at 6.0 a.m., 8.0 (fliird: class), and 10.0 a.m.,
12.0 noon, 2.0 p.m. (third class),' 3.40, 4.50, and 6.15 p.m.,
and Warwick for PADDINGTON at 7.53 a.m. and 10.35
a.m. (third class), 12.44 p.m., 1/2 (third class), 3.41, and
7.47 p.m.
On TUESDAY, Sept. 4, a FAST SPECIAL TRAIN
(first and second class) will leave Paddington at 9.50 a.m..
for LEAMINGTON and WARWICK, and will return on
the following' day from Warwick at 6.15 p.m., and Leam-
ington at 6.25 p.m. for PADDINGTON, calling at Oxford,
Didcot, and Reading.
For further particulars see handbills.
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington, Aug. 22.

The GRAND STAND SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with
75 added, for all ages; two year olds 7st 10Ib, three 9st
81b, fur lOst 71b, five 10st 101 b, six and aged lOst 121 b ;
mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold
for 100 sous; if entered for 80 allowed 31b, if for GO 71b,
if for 40 141 b, if for 30 211 b; three year olds and upwards
never haNing won 50 sovs allowed 51b; three-quarters of
• a mile.
Mr. J. Wood's Cantharides, by Vedette—Spanish Fly,
3 yrs, Bst llb (car. Bst 21b) (£3O) (Fordham)
Mr. Phillips's Sorceress, 2 yrs, 6st (ao) (Cameron) 2
Lord Westmoreland's c by Tadmor—Ellen Percy, 2 yrs,
Gst 31b (oo) (Kenyon) 3
Mr. Lincoln's Stoic, 3 yrs, Bst llb (£3O) (Morris) 4
Mr. Turner's Little Ellen, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (£3O) (J. Rudd) 5
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Stoic and Little Ellen, 3to 1
each agst .Cantharides and Sorceress. The latter, closely
attended by Little Ellen, made play to the half distance,
where Cantharides joined issue, and getting the best of the
finish opposite the stand, won by half a length. The
Tadmor colt, who came with a rush in the last 50 yards,
was beaten a head only for second place, Stoic being
beaten off. •Little Ellen struck into the heels of Sorceress
and cam(
insensibl,

UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATIO AGE OF HER MOST
GRACIOUS MAJESTY TUE QUEEN.
THE ROYAL NAVA lILITARY, EAST
INDIA, AND GENE LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
Establishe ,:ar 1837.
LIVES ASSURED in all pa s of the word under most
tavourable oondttisms.

wri'Aritt
The- rib,

ARTHUR IL lIANIILTON, Secretary.
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, •
Additional Agents and Medicakiieferces wanted In pro-
vincial towns.

Lord
Violet,
Lnr.d.,Bat
cludin,, _
Betting-13 to 8 on Ton, ivlib'Waitecl- on Queen of
Trumps to the distance, where ho came away and won in
a canter by three lengths.
BETTING ON TIIE COURSE.
ST. LEGER; .
500 to 400 on LordpLyon (taken)
4to 1 agst Savornake (taken freely)
• 7to 1 agst Rukie (offered)
. 11 to 1 agst Stmthconan (offered, 100 to 6 wanted)
20.t0 1 agstAkfestWick (offered, -25t0 1 taken)
25 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken)

CHOCOLATE.---MENIER'S

CHO C 0 LAT-MENIgR for. Breakfast.
CIIOCOLAT-MENtER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

ItifENIER'S FRENCH.: CHOCOLATE.
IVA. Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Sold everywhere.

ISLE OF.TIIANET, MARGATE RACES-THURSDAY.
The MARGATE STAKES of 40 so Vs, 2 ft, for two and three
.

year olds; penalties and allowances. Three quarters
of a mile.' •
Mr. T. Stevens's Sunnyside; by Tatlinor—Merry Sun-
shine's dare; 2 yrs, 7st
.3lb (Peppier) 1
Mr. E.W.-Taylor's Tokuga,- 2 yrg, 7st (H. Jackson) 2
Mr. Johnsp_n's•Dianwnd,--,2 yrs, 7:st 31b. —(Mtrsh)

_ . . . .
Betting—Even on Dla.mond, 5 to .4 agst Tortuga, and 4
to 1 agst Sunnyiae. Tortuga jumped off with the lead,
closely attended by DiaMond, Sunnyside following about a
length in the rear, Ithtii teaching the bend, where Sunny-
side joined the leader, and when fairly in the straight he
assumed the lead„winning easily by a•length. Diamond
raced with Tortuga for second place, and was beaten a
length only. . - • -

The BRAMFIELD Cur, value 40 sovs, for all ages ;. selling

and other allowances. One mile.

Mr. Wright's Venturer, by Acrobat —Varna, 3 yrs, 7st
131 b (£5O) • (Pearson) 1
Mr. Somers's Finale, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (£5O) I(Deacon) 2
Mr. Stanford's Maria f, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£5O) ' (Milne) 0
Mr. Bennett's Elburg, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (.£5O) ,(Peppier) 0
Mr. Val'anthill's' Discretion, 4 yrs; 9st 91b (£200)
. . . (J. Nightingall) 0
Mr. Wattson's Daddy, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (£5O) (Marsh) 0
Betting-6 to 4 agst, Venturer, 4to 1 ngst Discretion, and
10 to 1 " bar two." . . .

After one or tkvo false starts the flag dropPed to an aver-
age start, de Longbow filly, at whose flanks 'Tan Finale,
cutting out.the :Work, whihi Daddy; laid third, Discretion
fourth, Elburg fifth, and yenturer last. Going in the bot-
tom iu front of the stand the six ran nearly two deep, but
approaching.the bend, Discretion and Daddy joined the
leaders, while Venturer went into a Jmore forward position.
Rouncling'the turn for the'dtrhight Discretion, who fi'ad a
clear lead of the remainder, bolted, and was followed by
Elburg, whiCh left Viniturei with au adVantag6 of Finale:
Gradually increasing the lead, the favourite, won, " hands
down," by
.three lengths. Finale was placed second, but
the judge declined to place Daddy, who was several lengths
in the' rear, third; a considerable distance off, was the
LongboW filly, fourth ; Elburg fifth, and Discretion walked
in last. The winner was not sold.

The ISLE OP THINET HUNTERS' STAKES, a Sweepstakes of
3 sovs each, with 20 added, for horses the property.of
residents of the Isle of -Ilimnet;-- Mitall- ttntlWitiloeB.

One mile.
Mr. G. Robinson's Bunch, by Muscovite—Diomedia, 4
yrs, list (Mr. Halton) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Hu-by-the-Sea (late Edward the Con-
fessor), 6 yrs, list 41b (Ur. Barter) 2
Mr. G. Wattson's Daddy, 4 yrs, list (Mr. Ford) 3
Betting.—Even on Bunch, who made all the running, and
won in a canter by half-a-dozen lengths. Daddy, who had
been last throughout, walked in.
The RAMSGATE PLATE (Handicap) of 40 sovs. Three-
quarters of a mile.
Mr. W. Hawkins's Lydia, by Cannobie—Helia, 4 yrs,
Bst 71b (Deacon) 1
Mr. E. W. Taylor's Volhynia, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (H Jackson 2
Mr. T. Ballard's Hopleaf, 3 yrs, 85t121b... (E. Walling 3
Mr. S. Johnson's Owlet, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (R. I'Anson, jun. 4

Betting 5 to 4 on Volhynia, 3 to 1 ag st Lydia, 4 to 1 agst
Owlet. After one ineffectuol attempt the lot were dispatched
to a shocking start, Lydia making playiwith a clear lead of
Owlet and Hopleaf, the favourite getting badly off. Volhy-
nia and Hopleaf gradually reduced the distance between the
leaders, but, never being able to overhaul Lydia, she won
cleverly by a neck ; a length in the rear of Volhynia, who
came at the half distance, was Hopleaf, third, while Owlet
was beaten half a length only for third place.
Tha SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY STAKES, a Sweepstakes
of 3 Bove each, with 25 added ; for all ages; selling and

other allowances. One mile and a half.
Mr. Somers's Finale, by Vedette—Plunkett, 6 yrs, Bst 71b
(£3O) (Deacon) 1
Mr. Stamford's fby Longbow—Maria, 2 yrs, sst 71b (.E.30
(Milne) 2
Mr. Robinson's Bunch, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b (£3O)
(Mr. Hornsby) dis

Betting-10 to 1 on Finale, and 20 to 1 agst any other.
The Longbow filly made play for tho first half-mile, when
Bunch assumed the lead, but was deprived of it about three
quarters of a mile by Finale, who was never again headed,
and won in a canter by two lengths. The Longbow filly
walked in. The winner was bought in for 42 guin9as.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR
ENGAGEMENTS.
Aug. 25, at 9 a.m., Count Cavour out of Portland Plate,
Doncaster.
Aug. 25, at 6.15 p.m., All Mr. Craven's horses out of en-
gagements to Aug. 31.
Aug. 25, after 6 p.m., Plover, out of Lichfield and Derby
engagements.
Aug. 27, at 9 a.m., Bitter Sweet and Stokeley, out of
engagements at Weymouth.
Aug. 27, at 9 a.m., Salliet and Prescription out of Grand
Stand Plate at Derby.
Aug. 27, at 9 a.m., Little Ben and Black Ducb css, out of
Derby engagements.
Aug. 27, after 6 p.m., Moulsey and Visionary, out of
Derby engagements.
Aug. 27, after 6 p.m.,Victoria, out of Tunbridge Hdicap.
Aug. 28, at 9 a.m., Ozone (dead) out of all engts.
Aug. 28, at 2.15 p.m., Paris, out of Beaufort Cup, Derby.
Aug. 28, at 2.15 p.m., Phantom Sail, out of Derby
Nursery.
Aug. 28, at 4.5 p.m., Rama, out of Tradesmen's Plate,
at Derby.
Aug. 28, at 9.25 p.m., Brigand, out of engts. at Warwick.
Aug. 29, at 9 am., Flatcatcher, out of engagements at
Baden Baden.
Aug. 29, at 9 a.m., Chevalier d'Esprit and O.K. out of
engagements at Weymouth.

NOMENCLATURE.
Whitfield Stud Yearlings.
F by De Clare out of Clatterbox ... Hush.
F own sister to Coup d'Etat Coup d'Eclat.
Fby Do Clare, out of Ellen Tree Fame.
Cby Newminster, out of The Broom Now Broom.
C by Chevalier d'lndustrie, out of
Ornament ... Buckle.
Fby Y Melbourne—Jou d'Esprit Epigram.
F by Chovalier d'lndustrio, dam by
West Australian—Miss Whip Correction.
G. by Leamington, out of Sprightly. Jim Crow.
C. by Union, out of Apple-picker ... Cider.
C by Leamington, out of Dutchman's
Daughter ... Schnapps.
I` by Y Melbourne, out of Vanilla Piquante.

Mr. T. W. Deighton's foals.
Br cby Buccaneer—Fairy Knows Pirate King.
13 cby Cavendish, out of Blanche Cut and Dry.
B c by Warlock—Miss Tennyson ...Special Commissioner.
B or br f by Warlock—Georgians.... Cassandra.

TIIE FIRST DAY OF PARTRIDGE SIIOOTING.
With sunrise to-morrow the partridge-shooting season
legally commences. Birds and hares are plentiful, and
sportsmen who are first in the field may secure a heavy
bag of game. In many districts sporting landlords have
consented to defer partridge s hooting for a fortnight, in
consequence of the late harvest and so much corn yet
standing which will "hold the birds," but amateur sports-
men who rent the right of shooti.ng from farmers are not
bound by these arrangements, a,nd will exercise their right
in the stubble and turnip field.s.

/- '

PRICE.... 4d.
STAMPED sd.

Ixperiments at 6hoebulyness.

A very curious, ti.nd, in their results, most valua-
ble series of experiments was made on Wednesday
afternoon at this great practical school of artillery;
where everything in turn is tried, and sooner or
later broken down ; where targets gain the victory
for a few 'Short weeks only to be more completely
destroyed as the constant improvements in guns
and projectiles carry everything before them. If
any certain conclusion can be deduced from the
long series of experiments which have' been made
on this ground, it is that armour-plating as applied
to ships is really as vulnerable now to our present
ordnance and projectiles as the wooden frigates ten
years ago were liable to be knocked- to splinters by
the old 32-pounders and 68's. There is no blinking
or concealing this plain fact. There haie been
wonderful targets tried at Shoebury, and the best
of all was that of Ur. Chalmers; but their victory
over the guns has ever been, as we have said, but
of the most temporary duratiOn. The limit of
weight in armour-plating which- a' Sea-go ing frigate
can safely carry has been fully reached, if, indeed,
it has not been overpassed. Yet it would be im-
possible to mention an ironclad, English, Ameri-
can, or Russian—and the Russian have some very
-;re built here—which could hold
nutes against the guns at Shoe-1

to be thought a great triumph to
shot through the armour-plating ;
ds was so easily accomplished by_
iescription of rifled gui; which would
stand a high charge of powder that a further step
in advanee was made, and it was determined to try
and get shells through as well as solid shot. Keep-
hag out shells from bet Ween decks during an action
May be said to be'the first and most essential con-
dition of• a man-of-war's efficiency. Solid shot
cannot be, kept out, and, beyond splinters, do very
little harm inside ; but a heavy shell bursting be-
tween decks inflicts incalculable mischief on the
crew, to say nothing of the not remote probability
that by causing an explosion `it may send the whole
whip into the air. To get shells through armour,
therefore, became the great desideratunz of modern
artillerists, and Mr. Whitworth was the firstto achieve
this triumph with comparatively small projectiles and
low charges of powder. Since then it has been easily
accomplished by many, the great difficulty in the
way of kfection being that most of the shells had
an unpleasant tendency to explode backwards, and
when made of steel, as they always had to be to
pierce the iron,were enormously costly. Thus, the
price of steel shell for large ordnance has ranged
from £7 to as high as £2O for each projectile. Only
within the last twelve months or so has Major Pal-
liser discovered a cheap and most efficient process by
which this enormous cost is obviated. By his method
of " chilling" the shot was cast, a metal is obtained
which has a hardness equal to that of steel, and a
toughness almost as great as that of wroughtiron. It
was to.test these Chilled shot against those of the
best steel projectiles that the experiments on Wed-
nesday afternoon were made. All the shells were
directed 'against a 'Warrior target, which, by the
way, in powers of resistance nothing we have
since made has really surpassed. It was built of the
ordinary 4k-inch plate, with 18 inches teak backing,
and an inner iron skin, supported by powerful ribs
strengthened with angle-irons. One half of the
prates were bolted on Mr. Bascomb's plan, the bolts.
Testing on, pads of indiarubber, while the other half
of the bolts were secured with steel cup " washers,"
like a saucer turned upside down, on a plan of:Mr.
P'aget's. None of the bolts fastened on Mr.
Bascomb's system gave way, though several of Mr.
Paget's did. It must, however, be said in fair-
ness that the shots levelled at the target struck
almost invariably on the parts where Mr. Paget's
fastenings were placed.. The firing was from
the -ordinary 7=itittAlliffle-loiding wrought-iron,

gun, what may in short be called a 110-pounder.
The powder used was the full battering charge of
221 b., and the distance from the target 200 yards.
The first experiments were made with a steel shell
on Major Alderson's plan, baying a screwed base,
conical, of course, on its head, and containing a 31b.
bursting charge of loose powder. This completely
broke through the 4i-inch plate, but did no more,
and the powder,which was ignited by the concussion,
all exploded backwards from the face of the target.
The second shell, which was of the best steel of Mr.
Firth's, did very little more; it, however, penetrated
to the wood backing, but still exploded backwards
and outwards. The third shot struck partly on the
hole made by No. 1, and, of course, as more than
half its work was done for it, it went clean through
the target, exploding as it passed, and setting fire to
the teak backing. The fire, however, was easily
extinguished with a few buckets of water, and
practice with other shells of the same kind was con-
tinued. Nevertheless, the result when the shells did
strike was in every case the same ; they penetrated
the armour-plate to the wood backing, but none got
through. We say when they did strike advisedly,
for some of Mr. Firth's steel shells burst either in
the gun or within a few yards after leaving it, and
any accident more disastrous than this cannot well
be conceived if the projectiles were ever to be used
in firing over the heads of infantry in advance of
them. Three more of Major Alderson's shells were
then tried, but with a precisely similar result. The
target now began to wear a decidedly battered ap-
pearance, but still, to use the language of the prize
ring, "it came up smiling" after each discharge, and,
with the single exception we have mentioned, where
two shots struck in the same hole, its backing re- i
mained perfectly intact, though several of the bolts
which held the plates were broken by the tremen-
dous concussions. Three conical-headed shells of
Sir W. Armstrong's made on what is termed the
Belgian pattern—that is to say, with a sharper
headed cone than is generally used with our conical
shot—were next fired, but without effecting more or
less than the previous volleys. They all penetrated
the armour-plate to the wood backing and burst
outwardly. None, however, but those fine steel
shells of Mr. Firth's exploded before striking the
target.

All the steel shell having now had their trial,
Major Palliser's shells of chilled iron were next
tested. It is worth while mentioning that the au-
thorities at Shoebury thought it right to try some
time ago if these projectiles were likely to break up
in the gun on firing. Accordingly ten were fired
down the long range with the most perfect success.
Some, indeeed, of them were afterwards recovered
so unchanged that they fitted the gauge accurately,
and some of these were used on Wednesday after-
noon. From one, however, the screw in the base
could not be extracted so as to allow it to be loaded
with powder. This was consequently fired empty.
The very first shot proved the superiority
The shell
of Major
Pallisser's system of chilling thtra , and
went
orget
thee i
struck on an uninjured part of the
iestantaneously as
through it and its backing
not to explode till it had passed beyond. Anything
more complete than the eff
ca:st of this shell cannot
backing was splintered
where it passed into
,well be imagined•
'Tile
little fragments, and the devas-
tation which such a projectile woul
d have caused by
bureting between the decks of a ship can only be
understood by those who have seen a man-of-war
with her crew at gun quarters. The second shell
of the same kind did not explode, but breaking com-
pletely through the target broke up itself, and sent
its fragments flying in all directions with as much
velocity as if it had really burst. So conclusive did
the result of these two shots appear to the Ordnance
Select Committee that the next shell was fired with
a reduced charge of 181 b. of powder. This time,
however, the target was altogether missed, and the
shell went away to sea, and we are hippy to add
that as nothing has yet been heard of where it fell
it is presumed it fell harmlessly. The third shot,
fired with the same reduced charge, but with no
, bursting charge, went through the target like the

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le down, throwing, her jockey, who was taken up
le, but fortunately soon recovered. The winner
rght by ..11r. Chaplin for 110 guineaS, fine ones
its own for five mit which wee
imss:to:q PLATEAU sovs, a hatidicap for all bury.
ages. Three quarters of a )uile.
'estmoreland's lon, by Dr, : heda At first it used t(
9 )01114s— smash the solid sh
t, 3 yrs, Get
tein(Fordham) 2 almost every descri
g7l9-n'
b extra) Queen of after a time thi