The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-06 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIN3, OCTOBER 6, ISM

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Thursday.

Princess Christian Galled on the. Duke and
Duchess d'Aumale, who have arrived at Aber-
geldie Castle.
Princess Christian drove in the afternoon, at-
tended by the lion. Emily Cathcart.
Prince Christian went out deerstalking.

" I am fully sensiblo of the honour conferred on me by
your request, and while I trust that no exigence for the
further defence of Mr. Eyre's conduct will arise to render
any application of the fund raised by the committee neces-
sary to that particular purpose, I shall rejoice to find that
some compensation shall have Wen provided by the suc-
cessful exertions of the committee for the loss unhappily
entailed On Mr. Eyro by his disconnexion from the public
service, in which ho had been so long and so honourably
employed."

Lord Allan Churchill, Dr. Grey (of the British
Museum), Professor Tyndall, and the lion. Francis
Lawley added their names to the committee..
Mr. RUSKIN proposed a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

Colonel BROWNLOW KNox, M.P., seconded the
proposition.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(Front the Illustrated London News)

Probate of the will of the Most Noble Charlotte
Florentia, Duchess Dowager of Northumberland;
late of Mount Lebanon, Twickenham, was granted
by her Majesty's Court of Probate, on the 28th ult.,
to the Right Hon. Edward James, Earl of Powis,
of Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, and Sir Hugh
Williams, Bart., of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire, the
trustees and executors. The personalty was sworn
under £30,000. Her grace was the third daughter
of the first Earl of Powis, and the relict of the late
Hugh Percy, K.G., third Duke of Northumberland,
who died in 1847, without issue. Her grace was
formerly preceptress to her Majesty, and died at the
age of 79, having executed her will March 3, 1863,
with two codicils, dated May and February, 1865.
The will contains many bequests. To each of her
grandchildren she leaves a legacy of £5OO ; and to
several of her relatives and friends small legacies
varying in amount ; and to some she leaves a cabi-
net or table ornament, to be selected by her niece,
Lady Williams. To Lady Williams she leaves her
diamond watch, the chain of diamonds and pearls
belonging to it, and the seals. To the Earl of Powis
she bequeaths the Sevres cups taken at Seringapa-
tam. The vase given to her grace by the ladies of
Ireland (her husband having been Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland) she intended for Algernon the late Duke
of Northumberland. Many other specific bequests
are given to various parties. To her medical friend,
'Mr. 11. G. Day, of Isleworth, £5OO ; to her agent,
Mr. Thos. Williams, £2OO ; to her personal maid,
Elizabeth Elphick, £2OO ; to each servant £lOO for
every 10 years they h ave been in her service (her
coachman will be entitled to £300) ; to those who
have been less than 10 years one year's wages. All
legacies to be paid free of duty. The residue of her
personal estate to be divided between her niece,
Henrietta Charlotte (the wife of her executor,
Sir Hugh Williams, and only daughter of the
lote Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., and her
nephew, the Hon. George Herbert Windsor-Clive,
the sou of Baroness Windsor and the late Hon. R.
11. Clive. The will of Captain William Bunbury
M'Clintock-Bunbury, R.N., of Lisnavagh, Ireland,
was proved in her Majesty's Court of Probate in
Dublin, by his relict, Pauline Caroline Diana Mary
I\l.‘Clintock-Bunbury, the sole executrix. The
trustees therein appointed are Mr. John Calvert
Stronge and Mr. Thomas Nesey Nugent, the per-7
sonalty in the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland being sworn under £lOO,OOO. The
testator had represented in Parliament the county
of Carlow from 1845 to 1862, when he retired. The
gallant captain died at his seat, Lisnavagh, June 2,
1866, at the age of 66, having executed his will
April 28, 1863. He has made a liberal provision
for his widow and younger children. His real estate
he. has entailed upon his sons and daughter succes-
sively, with a limitation over to his brother, Mr.
M'Clintock, of Drumcar, formerly M.P. for Louth.
The testator assumed the name and arms of Bun-
bury in 1846, on the death of his maternal uncle,
Mr. Thomas Bunbury, M.P. The will of Mr.
Claude George Thornton, of Marden-hill, Hertford-
shire, was proved in London by the executors—
namely, Nlr. George Smith Thornton, his son, and
Mr. Henry Vigne, his nephew. The personalty was
sworn under £40,000. The will is dated April 8,
1862, with two codicils, executed in 1862 and 1863.
He has left numerous small legacies. To each of
his grandchildren, £5O, iu addition to any other
bequest to them. To his bailiff and keeper, and
each other servant, £5 for every year they have been
in his service. He requests that a mourning ring
be given to each director of the Sun Fire and Life
Office ; and leaves to the churchwardens of Tewin,
Herts, and Willingborough, Northampton, £lO to
each parish, to be distributed amongst the poor ;
and a like bequest of £lO to the Northampton In-
firmary and the Hertford General Infirmary. The
residue, real and personal, he leaves to his son,
Cieorge Smith Thopiton, absolutely.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

UTTERING A FORGED ORDER.—John Pelly was charged
before Mr. Alderman Lusk, M.P., with uttering a forged
order with a view to defraud Messrs. Bamford and Co., the
extensive wholesale silk and woollen dealersin the City.

It appeared that on the 21st of last mouth a man named
Brown went to the promises of Messrs. Bamford and Co.,
and presented an order purporting to bo sent from Messrs.
Dibben and Co., 91 and 92, Cheapside. The foreman
observed that it was not- signed, and said he would send a
porter with it. to Messrs. Dibben and Co.'s, but Brown said
that was unnecessary, as the party who gave him the order
was waiting at the post-offica. A porter was accordingly
sent with him, but no such person as he described having
made his appearance, Brown was given into custody, and
was remanded till Monday next.
Police-constable 640 said that from information he re-

ceived last night he tolk the prisoner into custody outside
the offices 11; George-street, Mansion-house, solicitors and
printers, where the prisoner was employed as housekeeper,
lle told him the charge, and Brown, who was with wit-
❑ess, said, to the, prisoner, "Yon owe me 3s. 61," to which
he r_plieel,. "If I do I will pay you." He afterwards denied
that he had ever seen Brown before. On being taken to the
station he was placed with three or four other men, and a
waiter at the Talbot, Gray's-inn-lane, was sent for, who im-
mediately identifi‘d him from the other men as being the
party who employed him on the 21st of last month to pro-
cure a messenger.
William Wedgwood, the waiter in question, proved that
the prisoner had been at the Talbot three times on the
day in question, and to his (witness) having called Brown,
who was a porter well known in the neighbourhood, and
prisoner being in' conversation afterwards.
Prisoner denied that ho had admitted to the constable
any previous acquaintance with Brown, whom he said he
had never seen before yesterday.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.

Metropolitan Board of Works.

A meeting of the board was held yesterday, at
noon, at Spring-gardens, for the purpose of opening
tenders by parties who should be willing to cont ract
for the construction of an arched viaduct, with
paved roadway thereon, 8851 feet in length, or
thereabout, with other works in connection there-
with, comprising a similar length of subway, partly
of iron and partly of masonry and brickwork, situate
upon the foreshore of the River Thames, between
the eastern end of the Inner Temple and Blaekfriars-
bridge. Sir John Thwailes presided.
The board being assembled, the CHAIRMAN an-
nounced that he had received seven tenders, which
he proceeded to read as follows :—Messrs. Hill and
Kiddie, £302,000 ; Mr. Thos. Pearson, £265,000 ;
Messrs. Hitchcock and Williams, £344,700; Messrs.
Brassey and Co., £305,000 ; Mr. A. W. Ritson,
£230,000 ; Mr. J. Thakeray, £320,000 ; and Mr.
W. Webster, £268,000.

The board then deliberated in private over the re-
spective tenders.
On the readmission of the public it was intimated
that the whole of the tenders had been referred to
the Works and Improvement Committee to investi-:
gate and report.
The Clerk read the report of the Finance Com-
mittee,' which was agreed to. It stated that they
had again endeavoured to obtain the amounts of the
rateable annual value of the property in the city of
London, but that the guardians of the City of Lon-
don Union and the West London Union had refused
to supply the necessary information. They, there-
fore, being of opinion that the rentals should be offi-
cially obtained, had instructed the solicitor to pre-
pare the necessary forms, to be sealed by the board,
for demanding copies of the rentals within seven
days, agreeably to the provisions of the Main Drain-
age Act.

THE THAMES EMBANKMENT (CONTRACT

A reprt was brought up by Mr. Freeman from
the Works and General Purposes Committee, as
follows :—" Your honourable board, having on Fri-
day last referred to your committee for consideration
and report the copy of the deed of arrangement
entered into between Mr. Furness, under the autho-
rity of his inspector appointed on behalf of his
estate, and Mr. Thos. Brassey and other parties, for
facilitating the completion of his contract, your
committee accordingly proceeded on the reference,
and have also considerei the letter from Mr. Fur-
ness, referred to them on the same day, requesting
that in future all sums of money to be paid to him by
your honourable board on account of his contract
for the Thames embankment works might, in
pursuance of his arrangement with Mr. Brassey, be
paid to an account opened at the Union Bank of
London, in the names of Messrs. Brassey, Ogilvie,
and Harrison. The deed referred to makes over the
contract to Messrs. Brassey, but to be continued in
Mr. Furness's name. The committee have given
the subject careful consideration, and had consulted
their solicitor (Mr. Smith), and have learned that
the arrangement entered into by Mr. Furness, so far
as the progress of the works are concerned, will not
unfavourably affect the present position of the board.
Your committee could not refrain from reverting to
delay in the progress of the works, notwithstanding
the endeavours they have made to accelerate it.
The committee saw no objection to the application
of Mr. Furness that cheques should be crossed
Messrs. Braisey and Co. ; indeed such a proposi-
tion is only fair to Mr. Brassey. Your committee
therefore recommend that all sums of money should
be so crossed."

Mr. FREEMAN, in moving that the report be ap-
proved of, said the Thames embankment works, un-
der contract No. 1, were getting on, he=might say
vigorously. There was a large quantity of material
on the ground, and since last week the number of
men engaged had been increased to 600. lle thought
it would be advisable, and tend to increase the pro-
gress of the works of the board, should they accede
to the request of Mr. Furness that the cheques be
crossed " Brassey and Co."
Mr. EVANS seconded the motion.
Mr. Roe ILE moved an amendment, that the mat-
ter be referred back to the committee.

Major LYON, in a long address, contended that
the works ought to be pushed on with energy and
despatch. He should certainly vote for the original
motion.

After a few words from Mt. LEGG,
The motion was pat and the recommendation of
the committee agreed to.

After some routine business had been disposed o:
the board adjourned at a late hour.

A New Gunpowder.

Every day some new discovery is being made in
the instruments and appliances of war, and the last
invention promises certainly not to be one of the
least important. A Swiss inventor has discovered
an explosive compound which we believe has been
offered for experiment to our War-office authorities.
It consists of a powder the ingredients of which are
as yet unknown, as they are the secret of the inven-
tor. This powder is intended.to be used only as a
bursting charge for shells or for explosive rifle
bullets ; in fact, it can be used as a charge for every
species of projectile, and its force is so great that a
bullet charged with it and fired from the ordinary
Enfield rifle suffices to blow up the caisson
of an artillery waggon. Whht its effect
would be when forming the charge of the
hollow projectiles of the heavier species of
ordnance is as yet unknown, as it has not hitherto
been experimented upon on a large scale, but judg-
ing from that produced by the very small quantity
of the powder contained in a hollow missile fired
from the ordinary rifle it must prove a terrible en-
gine of destruction. Although possessing such for-
midable explosive qualities, this composition is, in its
ordinary condition, one of the safest known, as it
only explodes when the hollow projectile charged
with it strikes some object when fired from a rifle
or piece of ordnance ; even then the shell does not
burst till it has penetrated the substance against
Which it strikes. A bullet charged with this sub-
stance can be flung about and struck without any
explosion resulting from the roughest treatment ;
upon being thrown into a fire the bullet will be
fused, and no explosion ensues. Upon the powder
being placed upon a sheet of paper and a light being
applied to it, it burns slowly and without noise,
nearly in the same manner as would a similar quan-
tity of common sulphur. The mode of using it is
extremely simple, as it is simply poured into the shell
till it is well filled with it, and the orifice through
which it was introduced is then stopped up in the
manner that seems most convenient—in the case of
a rifle bullet, for instance, with a piece of wax. No
fuse is required to determine the ignition of the shell.
One of its most important qualities, however, is,
that by adding to, or diminishing one of the ingre-
dients, the explosion of the shell, after striking, may
be retarded or accelerated, so that in firing, we
shall say at au iron-plated ship of war, it may be so
arranged as to explode either between decks after
having penetrated the side, or in the side of the ves-
sel itself, and the breach made by such a formidable
mine would, most probably, utterly destroy or sink
the vessel.

It is to be hoped that such an extraordinary dis-
covery will be duly inquired into, and there is little
doubt thatif it is, from experiments that have already
taken place abroad, this new power of destruction
will be an important addition to our land, and,
above all, to our marine artillery.

THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.--There is a great
improvement in the weather. Little rain has fallen during
the last 10 days, and the ground is becoming firm. But
the weather is not very favourable 'for harvest work, as the
atmosphere is generally dull, and there is a want of drying
winds. Slow progress is therefore made in carrying the
cut crops, but great quantities hair° been rendeied compa-
ratively secure by rickling. It is bettor to ricklo and wait
with patience than to run any risk in such close weather
by stacking grain in rather soft condition. In the lower
districts farmers are beginning to take up the remainder of
their potatoes. Tho appearance of the crop when raised
is no worse than might have been anticipated from the
diseased state of the slums. On light land we see about
one-fourth put in the diseased heaps, and we hear of in-
stances in which the loss exceeds one-half on stro`ng land.
From the heavier rainfall, the loss is pretty sure to be
greater in the uplands than it is in the neighbourhood of
Ayr, but the extent of the damage will not bo known for
another week or two, as the disease has not run its course
in the case of the late crops—Ayr Advertiser.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

VICTORIA CLUB BETIING—Tms DAY.

CESAREWITCH.
Bto 1 agst Lecturer (taken)
10 to 1 agst Potomac (taken)
10 to 1 agst Prcserpine (taken)
10 to 1 agst Chepstow (taken)
13 to 1 agst Dubiety (taken)
13 to 1 agst Lothario (taken)
13 to 1 agst Bradaruante (taken)
"14 to 1 agst I.a Favorite (taken)
15 to 1 agst Jollity (taken)
100 to 3 agst Regalia (taken)
40 to 1 agst Survey (taken)
50 to 1 agst War (taken)
GG to 1 agst Breeze (taken)
100 to 1 agst llama (offered)
100 to 1 agst Duke of York (offered)
100 to 1 agst Verdant (offered)

NOTES

FROM_
TRAINING DISTRICTS.

(TIIIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET.

Several "strangers" have already arrived for the second
October trysting, and others are expected by special trains
during this afternoon and evening. The heath was all
alive this morning, a large number of horses galloping.
Amongst the new comers that were at exercise was Lec-
turer, who followed Ackworth a couple of miles clipping, but
he is a small horse, and the generality of the trainers hero
say he is made more for speed than endurance, and declare
that he has no chance with the long-striding, powerful
Lothario, who really goes splendidly. Breeze and he had
a two mile gallop, but the mare goes rather short
just now. Ostreger led A cteee a mile and three
quarters; and Plutus took Sultan a mile and a
quarter. La Favorite has returned and had a mile and a
half spin this morning going brilliantly. The Squire
galloped a couple of miles. Master Richard led Vauban,
Lady Hester, Glendale, and the Captain some nice work;
and Gomera pioneered Ischia, Ives, the Duchess, and
Whirligig. Pantaloon and Kangaroo galloped with the
rest of John Days. Fitzroy went brilliantly, and Brother
to Ascbam was going freely. Haidee and Pirate Chief
were in mile work, Drewett being in attendance upon
them. Podargus was amongst Mr. Sutton's lot, and Split
the Difference led Lord Lyon a mile and three-quarters,
Achievement galloping three-quarters of a mile fast. The
latter seems to improve daily. Emigrant again showed with
the rest of Arnull's, but did very little. The Earl of Derby
went a nice steady gallop; and Mat Dawson was working
Bombastes, Julius, and Pericles. The Rake and Fripponnier
had a beautiful pipe-opener of about a mile, and Janitor
took Jasper and Falkenstein a similar distance. Bread-
albane galloped Knight of the Garter, Satyr, and Plunder;
but Broomielaw merely trotted. Lytham, Friday, and
Chapel Royal were at smart exercise. Vulture led Jollity
two miles and a half, and the latter moved beautifully.
Python and Ben Nevis did a mile. Paris and Peon gal-
loped a mile and a half. 11 Re Galantuoino and King
Charming did a mile and three-quarters each. Lochaber,
Star of India, Nutbourne Lad, and the Amanda Colt, were
in mile work. Ambition galloped a mile and a half.