The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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In consequence of the heavy outstanding orders
for the supply of laboratory stores required for early
despatch to the home and foreign staions where
battery and siege guns have been distributed in
large numbers, the laboratory department of Wool-
wich have considerably augmented their establish-
ment, the number of hands at present employed
amounting to about 3,000 men and boys in that
department alone. The following regulations were
yesterday issued with reference to the forming of
small-arm cartridges :
" 1. The most attentive and well-conducted boys
are to be placed at tables apart from the rest. 2. A.
card, with the number and name of the boy, is to be
fixed in a conspicuous position on the table oppo-
site to his seat, and upon this card is to be marked,
in pencil, the number of cartridges formed by him
in the previous week. 3. Each boy must form at
least 50 cartridges per hour, and no boy will be
allowed to leave the department until he has per-
formed this task. 4. If the whole number of cart-
ridges according to this rate be not completed in
the week the boy will be discharged, unless a satis-
factory reason is given for the deficiency. 5. Asa
reward for diligent boys 3d. per 100 will be paid
for all cartridges made by any boy over 4,000 per
week. 6. The above only refers to those boys who
are reported competent by the foreman, after being
properly instructed.

" E. M. BOXER,
Superintendent Royal Laboratories."
Nearly the whole of the officers of the Royal En-
gineers now at head-quarters, Chatham, assembled
on the practising ground of the Royal Engineers
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of witnessing a
trial of Captain Norton's liquid fire shells and the
other destructive missiles invented by him, in order
that a report of the inventions may be made to the
authorities at the Horse Guards by Col. Sandham,
Director of the Royal Engineer establishment.
Captain Norton, who conducted the experiments,
assisted by a sergeant of the Royal Engineers, exhi-
bited the effects of his liquid fire shells when fired
from the ordinary Lancaster rifled muskets, and
also from the breech loading rifle, the charge
of powder in each case being exceedingly small.
Capt. Norton discharged several of his shells at the
various objects to be set on fire, igniting by means
of his liquid fire shells a quantity of matting, and
also a plank of wood. He also exhibited Ins fric-
tional igniting bolt, or hand grenade, which, by

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means f a cord Totem ...a to the missilo, C\
made t explode at any distance, its _chief use tie'
c arge in the face of assailants when attelipt,--
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ing ascend the glacis cr other earthworks '
fort, when the effects of successive discharges Ot
number of these missiles would, be ',of the most-i,LT'"
deadly -character. Capt. Norton then exhibited his C.l'
newly invented-apparatus for submarine-explosions,- -
which is intended to supersede the Pickford fuze ; r • •
and voltaic agency. Owing, however, to a slight
defect in the Waterproof frictional igniting cartridge
the experiments with this invention were not so
satisfaetcry. _ The last experiments made by:Capt.
Norton were with the concussion fuze invented by
him, the advantage claimed Tor which is that it will
explode on being-thrown into a clay mound-orinto -
earthworks—advantages not to -obtained by the
MoorsOm shell or the Boxer fuze. The shell fired
at the trial by• Capt. Norton exploded_ the instant
it touched the bank, thus demonstrating the supe-
riority claimed for it by the inventor. At the close
of the experiments Capt. Norton expressed his
willingness to repeat them before the officers of
Engineers on another occasion. •
The military invalids landed from the Princess
Charlotte, screw steam transport, at Portsmouth,
on Monday-, will leave that garrison this mornin
for Woolwich and Chatham, in charge of Dr. H.
Smith; who also had the charge of the invalids on
board the Princess Charlotte on her passage home
from China.
The most extensive alterations and improvements
have recently been carried out, and are also in pro-
gress at Shoeburyness, to afford increased facilities
for the gunnery exercise of the Royal Artillery,
and for experiments. A larger area has
.been ob-
tained for the, practice range, which is now unpre-
cedented in extent, and•will be invaluable to the
• service, when the Armstrong gun is fully intro-
duced, as the Butts at Woolwich Arsenal have net
sufficient range for the practice of this weapon.
The new barracks at the station named are now fast
progressing. •
A series of experiments have recently • been • car-
ried Out'by Mr, F. A. Abel, of the Ordnance Select
Committee, and Chemist to the Laboratory De-
partment f Woolwich Arsenal, for the purpose of
ascertaining the practicability of superseding the
voltaic battery by an improved magnetic agency
for firing gunpowder. It is stated that the experi-
ments have been highly successful.
ARTILLERY FOR INDIA.—The order issued about •
two months since for the despatch of ten field battery
companies to India has been superseded.

NEW ORDERS IN CHANCERY.

The following New General Orders and Rules of
the High Court of Chancery, dated the 30th day of
March, 1859, have been issued by the Lord Chan-

" The Right Hon. Frederic Lord Chelmsford,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, by and with
the advice and assistance of the Right Hon. Sir
John Romilly, Master of the Rolls, the Right Hon.
the Lord Justice Sir James Lewis Knight Bruce,
the Right Hon. the Lord Justice Sir George James
Turner' the Hon. the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard
Torin Kindersley, the Hon. the Vice-Chancellor
Sir John Stuart, and the Hon. the Vice-Chancellor
Sir William Page Wood, doth hereby, in pursuance
and execution of all powers and authorities enabling
him in that behalf, order and direct that all and
every the rules, orders, and directions hereinafter
set forth be, and for all purposes be deemed and
taken to be, General Rules and Orders of the High
Court of Chancery.
" 1. In the following order, unless there be some-
thing in the subject-matter or context repugnant
to such a construction, words expressed in the sin-
gular and in the plural number respectively shall
be construed as applicable respectively to several
persons or things, or to one person or thing ; the
word order' shall include a decree ; words import-
ing the masculine gender shall include females ;
the word party' shall mean any person appearing
at the hearing of the cause or of the application
respectively, as the case may be, and shall include a
. body politic or corporate, and when any period is
specified the same shall be computed exclusive of
vacations.
" 2. At the time of bespeaking an order the per-
son bespeaking the same is to leave with the Re-
gistrar his counsel's brief and such other documents
as may be required by the Registrar for the pur-
pose of enabling him to draw up the same.
" 3. Every order is to be bespoken, and the briefs
and such other documents as by order 2 arc required
to be left with the Registrar on bespeaking the
same are to be so left within seven days after the
order is pronounced, or finally disposed of by the
Court.

"4. In case any order is not bespoken, and the
briefs and other requisite documents left with the
Registrar within the time prescribed by order 3,
the Registrar may decline to draw up the order
without the leave of the Court.

" 5. At the time of delivering out the draught of
any order which renuires to be settled by the Re-
gistrar, in the presence of the parties, the Registrar
is to deliver out to the party on whose application
the draught has been prepared an appointment in
writing, of a time for settling the same.

"6. A copy of such appointment is to be served
on the opposite party one clear day at least before
the time fixed for settling the draught order ; and
the party serving such copy and the party so served
are to attend such appointment, and to produce to
the Registrar their briefs and such other documents
as may be necessary to enable him to settle the
draught.
7. Service of such appointment is to be effected
by leaving a copy thereof at the place for service
of the party to be served, or by transmitting a copy
thereof by the post to such party at such place for
service.

"8. At the time fixed for settling the draught
the original appointment, together with a memoran-
dum endorsed thereon of the service of a copy
thereof on the opposite party, and signed by the
person by whom such service was effected, shall be
delivered to the Registrar, in order that be may be
satisfied that service has been duly effected ; but
the Registrar may require such service to be veri-
fied by affidavit.
"9. When the draught order has been settled
by the Registrar he is to name a time in the
presence of the several parties, or else to deliver
out an appointment in writing of a time for passing
the order, which appointment is to be served on the
opposite party, in like manner as directed by order
7 with reference to an appointment to settle the
draught order, and similar evidence of service
thereof is to be produced and received.

" 10. If any Party fails to attend the Registrar's
appointment to settle the draught of any order, or
to pass the order, or to produce his briefs and such
other documents as the Registrar may require to
enable him to settle such draught or pass such.,
order, the Registrar may proceed to settle the
draught or pass the order in his absence.

" 11. In any case in which the Registrar may not
think fit to proceed in the absence of the
part
failing to attend or to produce his briefs and such
other documents as aforesaid the Registrar is to be
at liberty to dispense with the production of coun-
sel's briefs, and to act upon such evidence as he may
think fit of the actual appearance by counsel of the
party failing to attend or to produce such documents
or papers as aforesaid, or may require the matter to
be mentioned to the Court.
" 12. 'The Registrar's appointment may be in the
following form : Chancery Registrar's-office,
Chancery-lane.—' A. v. B,' or ' In the matter of A.'
—I have appointed , the day of 1859,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to settle the draught
of the decree (or ' order,' or to pass the decree or
order') pronounced in this cause (or matter) by
(the Master of the Rolls) on the day of
H. E. Bicknell, Registrar.
" 13. The Registrar's appointments, with the
endorsements (if any) thereon, are to be filed by the
Registrar.
" 14. The Registrar may adjourn any appoint-
ment to settle the draught of any order or to pass
the order to such time as he may think fit, and the
parties who attended the appointment shall be
bound to attend such adjournment without further
notice.
" 15. Notwithstanding the preceding orders, tho

Registrar is to be at liberty in any case in which
he may think it expedient to do so, to settle
and pass the order without making any appointment
for either purpose, and without notice to any party.
16. At the foot of every petition presented to
the Lord Chancellor or the Master of the Rolls a
statement is to be made of the parties or persons, if
any, intended to be served therewith ; and if no
party or person is intended to be served with such
petition a statement to that effect is to be made at
the foot of the petition.
" 17. Where any person is by any order directed
to pay any money or deliver up any property to
another it shall not be necessary to make any
demand of the money or other property directed to
be paid or delivered ; but the person directed to
pay such money or deliver up such property shall
be bound to pay or deliver over the same upon being
duly served with such order, without demand, and
process of contempt may issue accordingly to en-
force performance thereof.
" 18. These orders shall take effect. and come
into operation on the 15th day of April, 1859.
" CHELMSFORD, C.
" JOHN ROMILLY, M.R.
" J. L. KNIGHT BRUCE, L.J.
" G. J. TURNER, L.J.
" RICHARD T. KINDERSLEY,
" JOHN STUART, V.C.
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