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

In December last we noticed the completion, by
1 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-
fences, consisting of the fort of Paso de la Patria,
aided by floating batteries armed with 68-pounders,
a heavythi
third
which, from their - strength and slight elevation
above the water, and the able way in which their
twoerreevseer:_ehduc)ffnerotediviathfoorumt abmlemrietstinistg-
mice. TWQ of the flats were knocked to pieces and
guns
h ad
great damage. In addition
to the Bahia, therewere
in the Brazilian fleet the T amandare and Barroso,
which are constructed on the central-box principle,
and fight their guns on the br • oadside. The Bahia
had no casualties reported, except the wounding of
the Commodore, who was injured while standing
on deck, although she was struck man
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
March. She was struck by 39 681 b. shots, which
did hot leave whole the smallest object on deck, but
did not injure the armour plating." The 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 Nary Gazette, June 2, 1866.

Attempt to Murder.

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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 Brain, clothes dealer,
and for the last two years had received the addresses
of a young man named Edward Partridge, exactly
her own age. He 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 " last appeal," and
was finally rejected. On Saturday night she
left work at about a quarter to eleven o'clock,
and bad 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 Cheltenham.
Suddenly he retraced his steps, anl 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 her
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.

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