The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-13 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

The Ist Battalion 15th Foot, station ed at Ports-
mouth, have received orders to hold tl iemselves in
readiness to proceed from that garrison to the
Channel Islands, six companies to Jersey, and four
companies to Alderney.
An order has arrived at Sheerness to send all the
Artillery now in barracks there to the Channel
Islands. The Northamptonshire and Worcester
Militia are ordered to garrison the fort for dock-
yard and other duties. A detachment of invalid
Artillery left Sheerness yesterday, under charge of
Captain Wragge, for Eastbourne.
An order has been received at Sheerness to re-
port immediately the exact extent of barrack ac-
commodation that can be given for troops in the
old and new barracks.

Captain Norton, the inventor of the liquid fire
rifle shell and other destructive missiles, completed
some experiments yesterday at Brompton Barracks,
Chatham, in order to demonstritte the destructive
nature of his liquid fire shells, and when enclosed
in anything beside metal shells ; the missile
experimented with yesterday being a kind of
liquid firebrand, for the purpose of throw-
ing into buildings and setting them on
fire, blowing up powder magazines axle! am-
munition waggons, and setting fire to the ships of
an enemy. This new missile invented by Captain
Norton, is composed of a wooden tube, or cv,se, the
kind used in the experiments yesterday being made
of pine, its length measuring about six inches, or
three diameters and a half of the bore of the rifle
used for throwing it at the object intended to be set
on fire. Previously to the experiments Captain
Norton explained that this kind of shell possesses
a very important advantage over other kinds, inas-
much as every part of the case is inflammable,
which of course is not the case with iron shells,
although charged with the liquid fire. In order to
show how easily the soils of a ship might be set on
fire with a missile of this description, Captain
Norton had a quantity of canvas sacking suspended
at the end of the range, the material being of the
same substance as that from which the sails of ves-
sels are made. Captain Norton then took one of
the wooden cases, or brands, which he charged
with a very small portion of his liquid fire, and
then fired it from the rifle he generally uses in
these experiments. At the instant the brand struck
the canvas a smouldering smoke was perceptible,
and directly afterwards the sacking burst out into
flames, the shell part, which had imbibed the liquid
fire, also burning, the whole remaining on fire for
about 20 minutes. In ordinary shells the metal
takes no part in the conflagration, but in this new
missile the shell as well as its charge becomes in-
cendiary, and all is fire. There can be no doubt,
after the success which attended the experiments
yesterday, that rifle shells charged with liquid
fire are far more efficient for blowing up am-
munition waggons in the field than shells
charged with the ordinary explosive compounds
hitherto used, because the liquid fire-shells never
fail to set fire to timber or other inflammable sub-
stances, whereas the other shells are more uncertain
in their effects. The spherical wooden brands used
by Captain Norton may be saturated with the liquid
fire, and then discharged from ordinary smooth
bore cannon.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETING-TUESDAY.

The Zetland Stakes cf 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Allowances and pen-
alties. The second to save his stake. Half a mile.

Mr. J. Merry's Lady Falconer, by Birdcatcher or Mel-
bourne, Bst llb
Mr. T. Parr's Rattlebone, Bst 91b (inc. 21b extra)
_ . _

(Witbington) 2
Mr. J. Dent's Interest, Bst 31b (L. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—High Treason, Harebell, Lady
Trespass, King David, North Lancashire, Miss Conyngham
filly, and Catterton.

Betting-5 to 2 agst High Treason, 7to 2 agst Rattle-
bone, 6 to 1 agst Lady Falconer, 8 to 1. agst Interest.
On assembling at the post High Treason broke away,
and ran about 200 yards before he was stopped. At the
second attempt they got away together, High Treason being
in advance until near the bend, when Lady Falconer took
up the running, with High Treason, Rattlebone, and In-
terest well laid up, Lady Trespass, the Miss Conyngham
filly, and. Catterton being in trouble and out of the race,
before'reaching the distance. Half-way up High Treason
was beaten, and opposite the stand Rattlebone passed Inte-
rest, but failed to catch Lady Falconer, who won by three
lengths, two lengths between the second and third, a head
between the third and fourth ; Harebell was fifth, clear of
High Treason, North Lancashire sixth, King David
seventh, and Catterton eighth, wide intervals separating
each ; Miss Conyngham filly and Lady Trespass were
beaten off.
The Great Northern Handicap of 200 sous. in specie, added
td a Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft,
and 5 only if de-
clared, &c. The second to receive 50 soya out of the
stakes. Certain penalties. Two miles over the old
(oi s)
course. 71 subs., 34 of whom pay 5 soya each.
Colonel Townley's Gladiolus .
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Kingston, . ........ms ....haw 2
Capt. Gray's The Burgomaster,.....
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mrs.lb
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Stone, .Yr
3 yrs, sst 41b . (Sadler) 3
The following also ran :—Blue Jacket, Ditto, Montague,
Archduchess,
Shafto, Newcastle, Harefoot, and Harraton.
Betting at starting,-9 to 4 agst Harraton, 4to 1 agst
Newcastle, 5 to 1 agst Gladiolus, 10 to 1 each agst Precious
Stone and Shafto, 100 to 6 each agst Blue Jacket and
Ditto.
Shafto, with Precious Stone by his side, made play, with
Blue Jacket third, Montague fourth, the others, with the
exception of Archduchess, Burgomaster, and Ditto, who
brought up the rear, keeping close company. Shafto and
Precious Stone raced together to the last turn, where the
filly took up the running, Harraton and Blue Jacket showing
in forward places ; and behind them was Gladiolus, who
was waiting for an opening. At the distance Shafto gave
him a place, and he challenged Precious Stone half way up,
headed her within a few strides of the chair, and won by a
neck ; about two lengths between the second and third, and
several lengths off was Blue Jacket, who was pulled up at
the stand, and was passed successively by Harraton,
fourth, Shafto, fifth, Montague, sixth, Archduchess,
seventh, and Newcastle, eighth, all straggling in at wide
intervals. The last two were Harefoot and Ditto, who did
not pass the post.