The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

WIGAN ELtCTION.

WIGAN, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination of candidates for
the election of a Member to represent this borough, in the place
of the late Peter Greenall, Esq., took place to-day at the
Moot Hall. The candidates were the Hon. Captain James
Lindsay, second son of the Earl of Balcarres, on the Tory in-
terest; and R. .A. Thicknesse, Esq., son of the late Ralph
Thicknesse, Esq., of Beech-bill, near Wigan, formerly M.P.
for the borough, on the side of the Free-traders.
After the usual preliminary proceedings,
JOSEPH ACTON, Esq., proposed Mr. Thicknesse as a candi-
date for the representation of the borough.
REECE BEVAN, Esq., seconded the nomination.
JOHN THOMPSON, Esq , proposed the Hon. Captain
Lindsay._

Jonii LORD, Esq., seconded the nomination.
Mr. TRICKNESSE and Captain LINDSAY severally addressed
the electors.

The MAyon called for. a show of hands, which was clearly
in favo r of the captain.
A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Thicknesse, which
will commence at eight in the morning.
Both parties appear confident of success.

EXPEIIIMENTS IN WOOLWICH

MARSHES.

Wooewicif, Oce. 15.—Colonel Cockburn, Lieutenant-
Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, C. 8.,
Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers Assistant Director-General of
Artillery; Lieutenant Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Lieutenant-
Colonel Belson, Captain and Adjutant 'fireman, Captain and
Adjutant Benn,42aptain Hennas, Lieutenant Gardiner, and
Lieutenant Macpherson, with a number of officers of the
Royal Artillery, and naval officers, assembled in the Marshes
at one o'clock, fem.. to witness experiments with rockets,
the invention of Mr. Hal, and cor•cuseion fusees for ex-
ploding shells, invented by Sergeant-Major Freeburn, of the
Royal Artillery. The rockets submitted to the members of
the Select Committee on this occasion were 12-pounders, and
the practice commenced by firing them from Lieutenant
Boxer's tube, at 1,200 yards' range. The first rocket fired
went over the mound et the extreme end of the range, and
at an apparently considerable elevation, nearly in a line with
the target. The tube was then lowered, and the second
rocket fired fell about twenty yards westward of the bulk-
head or target. The third rocket, without any apparent
change in the elevation, went over the mound at nearly an
equal apparent elevation in its flight to the first. The
fourth rocket fell considerably short, the inventor himself
admitting- that it struck the ground about 400 yards short of
the 1,200 yards' range ; it then rebounded, and went nearly
the entire distance. The fifth rocket fell at an apparent dis-
tance of about 30 yards short, and the sixth rocket on emer-
ging from the tube proceeded at a considerable angle to the
westward, going over the tops of a belt of trees adjoining the
lock. gates of the entrance from the Marshes, and striking the
ground at 152 paces from the lockgate.
In consequence of the danger to be apprehended from the
flight of tnerockets, should any of the others proceed in a
similar disetation, several persons being employed at work on
the arsenal side of the lock-gates, Colonel Cockburn, the
senior officer of the selectcommittee present, would not permit
any more to be fired. Mr. Hale was very anxious that he
should have been allowed to fire more of his rockets, having
come to the Marshes prepared with 24, but Colonel Cockburn
was decisive in opposing any further experiments with them,
and the other officers of the select committee present con-
curred, as they would not hold themselves responsible for the
danger. The rocket practice was therefore discontinued, and
preparations made for trying experiments with Sergeant-Major
Freeburres fusees. A detachment of the Royal Artillery,
under the charge of Lieutenant Vernon. had charge of the
range, and the two 32-pounders and one 68-pounder
guns were under the dirt ction of Lieutenant-Colonel
Chalmer. The first shell from No. 1 gun grazed the
ground a short distance before it reached the entire length
of the range, 800 yards, and did not explode. The second a
GB-pounder shell, struck the target and exploded with excel-
lent effect. The third, a 32-pounder shell, struck the target
or bulk. head, and scattered the splinters on exploding be-
twixt the timbers in all directions. The fourth, fifth, and
sixth shells fired were all good, bursting instantaneously on
striking with tremendous effect. The seventh, eighth, and
ninth were excellent, and equally effective as the three pre-
vious, and the ninth striking near the top of the bulk-head,
raised the upper piece of massive timber nearly a foot out of
its original position, tearing the solid timber and bolts into
fragments. The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth were good,
especially the' tenth and eleventh, the twelfth appearing to
burn out its powder without bursting the shell.
The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth shells burst better
than any we have ever witnessed, the fourteenth, a 68-
pounder, actually setting the timber of the bulk-head on fire
The sixteenth shell did not strike the bulk-head, having
passed about two feet to the eastward of it, and entered the
mound. The seventeenth and eighteenth burst on striking
the bulkhead with powerful effect. Out of the eighteen
shells fired, fifteen burst in as perfecta manner as could
have been wished.

PRESENT FROM HER MAJESTY TO THE EMPEROR
OF Monocco.—ln return for the munificent present of Aral
horses but recently made by the Emperor of Morocco to our
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of obtaining a good name both. at home and abroad, have
executed in a manlier in the highest degree gratifying the
important trust confided in them.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—On Tuesday
Don Jose de Ciebra introduced, at the
Royal Polytechnic
Institution, alecture on the music of Spain, illustrated by him.
self on the guitar. The guitar is an instrument not ge-
nerally understood, and consequently not properly appre-
ciated, but the enthusia,tie manner in which the lecture was
received proves that there is much to be done with that in-
strument in such hands as Senor Ciebra's. His lecture was
read by Senor Luigi, whose entertainment, some time since,
delighted the audience at the Scientific Institution in Ed-
ward-street, Portman-square. The subject was the history
of Spanish music from the earliest period to the present time.
This course of lectures will, no doubt, prove attractive to the
public, and at the same time diffuse a taste for this elegant
instrument. In conclusion, we mention those airs which
appeared to please most :—" Los toros del Puerto," "El cone
tea bandista," a duet from Robert le Diable, by Don Jos
de Ciebra and Don R. de Ciebra, and a solo by Don Jose et.i
Ciebra, from the English air of " We have lived and loved to•
gether," was received by the numerous audience by thunders
of applause.