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ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE pAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

LONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
3, charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London.

DIRECTORS.

KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq. John M`Gnflie, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq.,
Captain F. Brandreth. J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq.

AUDITORS.
H. li. Cauan, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq.
IiEDICAL ADVlSlZ—Marshall Hall, M.D., r.R.s., L. and 23.
Sicturresx—John Emerson, Esq.
fioLicrrola--Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.

THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are boned by their deed
of constitution net to dispute any policy, unless they eau prove that
It was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation ; the great aim and
object having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE SECURI-
TIES and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their
value to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded,
and be independent or the liberality or caprice of those who shall be
in the management of the affairs of the Company when the claims
arise; and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their
deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the
power of objecting to airy policy, unless they undertake to prove that
it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresentation. The
regulations common to all other Life Companies, which make the
validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfect correct-
seas of the laany statements required from a proposer for a Life
Policy, and which have gives rise to almost all the questions which
have been argued in the Courts, and to many extra judicial com-
promises, are thus entirely abrogated; and nothing but fraud, proved
to have been committed against them, can vitiate a policy welded by
this Company.

THIS IS THE *NIX COMPANY from whoa the assured on the
mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations,
and also a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured.

THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were
effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The
Company considering it only just towards the assured that where
premiums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount
should be paid; aid they undertake to de so without reference to
the state of the accounting bet Ween the assured and his debtor.
THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour
of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured,
although the debtor sheulci,ge,beyamt the limits of Tully.).
The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are
lower than usual upon young lives, where participation in the profits
is not required ; and for short assurances, which, at the option of the

assured, may be continued for life, the rates are as low
gard to complete security will permit.

a due re-

TRIENNIAL ASCENDING SCALE TO ASSURE

£lOO.

First Second Third Fourth Reeutiader
Age' Three Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. of Life.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
25 •••• • 1 2 7 1 9 9 1 16 11 2 4 1 2 11 Z
35 ...... 1 9 9 1 19 6 2 9 3 2 19 0 3 8 9
45 2 1 0 2 14 10 3 8 8 4 2 6 4 16 4
55 .... .. 3 11 1 4 10 9 5 10 5 6 10 1 7 9 9
60 •••••• 4 8 11 5 17 4 7 b 9 8 14 2 10 2 7

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL-
GAR. SQUARE.
LAST WEEK.
Notice is hereby given that the EXHIBITION of the ROYAL
ACADEMY will finally CLOSE on SATURDAY NEXT, the 27th
instant, at Seven o'clock precisely.
Admission (from Eight o Clock till Seven) One Shilling. Catalogue
One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec.
Exhibitors are requested to send for their Works on Wednesday,
the 31st instant, or Thursday, the Ist of August.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC NOVELTY.
Dr. POTT'S PNEUMATIC mode of forming SUBMARINE
FOUNDATIONS in DEEP WATER explained in a Lecture by
Dr. RYAN, on Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, with the
vario Is • interesting experiments. On the Evenings of Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday, Popular Lectures are delivered by Dr.
RYAN, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, by Professor
BACHHOFFNER. The Daily Lectures are constantly varied.
LONGBOITOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE.
ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING BELL
and DIVER, NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, &c. &C.
The Music is conducted by T. Wallis, Mus. Dec.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

RIDING HABlTS.—Ladies are invited to in-
spect those made by Messrs. NICOLL, Habit-makers to the
Queen and most of the Ladies of the Court. _ _

Cards may be had at 114, Regent-street, Londe*.
Messrs. Nicoll offer moderate prices, as a further inducement to a
orrect fitting habit,

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER.

MRS. HUSSEY, of the SHIP HOTEL, begs
respectfully to announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen who
have so liberally patronized her, and to the Public in general, that
she has taken and entered upon the BRITISH HOTEL (late Ince's),
and hopes that the same kind feeling and liberal patronage that she
has hitherto experienced will be still eltended to her at the
British Hotel, where her best endeavours will be exerted to merit
their future patronage.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORN-HILL, LONDON.
Capital 4500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

ygro o 5
04.
Premium. Bonus Bonne In
4 added. Cash. =
el.
£ £ s. d. s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. s. da
1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3
69 1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 0 16 4 296 13 4
1839 116 16 41 51 511 7 11 9 247 4 6

The division of profits is auaal, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.

F. FEEGUSON CAMEOUX, Sec.

LEGAL and EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Capital, One Million, in 10,000 Shares of 1001. each. •
Deposit 5/. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Capron, George, Esq., Saville-place.
Clarke, Mr. Sergeant, Temple.
Cooper, Charles Fulton, Esq., Q.C., New Boswell-court.
Dwarris Sir Fortunatus, a Master of the Queen's Bench.
Ewart, Francis, Esq., Temple.
Glover, Mr. Sergeant, Sergeant's Inn, Chancery-lane.
Hughes, Wm. Hughes, Esq. F.S.A., &c. (Alderman), Temple,
Toe, John Herbert, Esq., Q.C., Lincoln's Inn.
Lucas, John Esq., Argyll-street.
Philimore, Joseph, D.C.L., Doctor's Commons.
Rogers, Fras. Newman, Esq.. Q.C., Temple.
Senior Nassau, W., Esq., a Master in Chancery.
Wilbraham, Edward, Esq., Q.C. Lincoln's Inn.
With power to add to their number.
BANHERS—Messrs. Hoare, Fleet-street.
601.1cm:was—Messrs. Lucas and Parkinson, 9, Argyll-street, Regent-
street.
The, Members of the Legal Profession are informed that the Shares
in the Capital Stock of this Society will be ALLOTED in the order of
the dates of the applications, on the Ist of August next.
Applications for shares to be addressed to the Provisional Com-
mittee, No. 9, Argyll-street, Regent-street, London, where prospec-
tuses may be obtained.

BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES,
Ilrarehouse, 107, STRAND, comer of the Savoy-steps, London.

JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en-
deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their
make, feel it Incumbent on them to request the attention of the
public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob-
serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene-
ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un-
guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following
cautions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, '• the genuine," but
without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies,"
and others ‘.‘ Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John
Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis-
tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the
public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to
purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope
will prevent many disappointments.
BURGESS' NEW SAUCE. for general eurpoqes, baring gt yen euen
great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recom-
mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all
climates.

Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London.
The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse.

T
AVIES'S FINE WAX CANDLES, le. sd. per lb.;
they only require trial to prove them the handsomest and
most economical candles in existence, that do not require snuffing.
Genuine Sperm Candles, 2s. 2d. per lb.--Superior transparent Wax, 2s.
2d.—Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d.—Best kitchen and office CandleB,so.—Ex-
tra tine Moulded Candles, with the improved Wax Wicks, 7d.—Yellow
Soap, 46e., 525., and- 588. per 1121bs.—Mottled, 60s. and 64s.—Wind-
sor and Palm, ls. 4d per packet.—Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose,
U.—Camphor, 2s.—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.—Superfine Sealing-
wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.—Relined Sperm Oil, 68. 6d. per gallon—Solar Oil,
3e. 6d.—For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane (opposite New Slaughter's Coffeehouse), Charing-cross.

F ARINA'S ESSENCE OF MEDICINAL
HERBS.

The above is the title of a new Preparation, which has been lately
brought to perfection at the celebrated Ean de Cologne Distillery of
John Maria Farina, 23, Rhine-street, Cologne, and which has already
attained an extraerdinary repute ; the Faculty having universally
recommended its"-use, and it being now generally, adopted in all
parts of Germany.
Its qualities are manifold :—as a medicine it operates as a strength-
ener of the digestive organs ; is an excellent specific in eases of liver
complaints and bilious attacks ; induces an appetite either in robust
or sickly constitutions ; is a certain remedy in cases of indigestion ;
and a never-failing cure for weunds and bruises : it allays the pain
of toothache, purifies the skin from eruptions, and is a certain pre-
ventive of all cutaneous disorders. As a disinfectant it is infinitely
more efficient than Chloride of Soda ; and, when diluted with water,
it forms a delightful wash for the face and hands, imparting a clear
and healthy bloom to the complexion.
It consists of an extract of various medicinal herbs, mixed with the
purest spirits of wine. It possesses a pleasant taste and a delightful
perfume ; and forms an elegant appendage to the toilet.
Price per box (containing Three bottles) 65., or a box of Six bot-
tles, 10s. 6d. Each bottle will be wrapped in a paper fully descriptive
of its many excellent qualities.
To avoid imposition, application must be made to Messrs. Voelcker
and Co., No. I, Carpenters-buildings, London-wall, sole Agents of
John Maria Farina, of 23, Rhine-street, Cologne.
Voelcker and Co., are also sole Agents for the genuine Eau de Co-
logne, the price of which is 265. per dozen.

CARSON'S ORIGINAL ANTI-CORROSION
PAINT, especially patronised by the British and other Go.
vernments, the Hon East India Company, the principal Dock Com-
panies, and most public bodies, is particularly recommended tot h
nobility, gentry, agriculturists, manufacturers, West India pro-
prietors, and others, it having been proved, by the practical test of
nearly 60 years, to surpass all other paints as an out-door preserva-
tive. It is-adapted for every description of iron, wood, stone, brick,
compo, or- stucco work, however exposed to sun or weather. It is
also very economical, any labourer being able to lay it on, thereby
avoiding the enormous charges generally made by painters. Colours
—light stone, drab, or Portland ditto, Bath ditto, yellow ditto, light
and dark lead, light and dark chocolate, briFht and dark red and
black, 345. per cwt. ; invisible green,•sos:; bright and deep green,
50s. per cwt.: in casks of 281 b., 561 b., and 1121 b. each. Oil and
brushes. More detailed
_particulars will be sent (iree of post. The
original Anti-Corrosion Paint is only to be obtained of Walter Carson
successor to the inventors), 15, Token house-yard, hack of the Bank
of England, who will show upwards of ONE HUNDRED VOLUN-
"TARY TESTIMONIAL& from the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy,
who have used the Anti-Corrosion for many years. No agents. All
orders to be soot direct

LETTERS OF CREDIT ON INDIA.
The UNION BANK OF LONDON, as Agents for the RANK
of WESTERN INDIA, are authorised to issue LETTERS of CRE-
DIT for any Moneys paid to them, to be re-paid in Rupees, at the
current rate of Exchange on the day of presentation, at the offices of
the Bank of Western India, in Bombay, Calcutta. and Colombo. •
Similar Letters of Credit may be obtained at any of the branches
of the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Provincial Bank of
Ireland.

By order ofthe Directors,
W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager.
Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street.

rpo TRAVELLERS in the TEA TRADE.
—Wanted a GENTLEMAN on COMMISSION to represent an
Established House in the Tea Trade. Ho must possess good address
and ability, and have been accustomed .todo business with the first-
class buyers. None others need apply.
Address to A. Z., John Magma, 127, Fenchurch-st•eet.

FARM.—KENT, TEN MILES FROM LONDON.
TO be LET, on LEASE,. an -eligible FARM,
situate near Chislehurst, and in one of the most beautiful parts
of the county, comprising a newly-erected residence in the Eliza-
bethan style, with an ornamental shrubbery, good kitchen garden,
and every convenience. There are excellent farm-buildings, and about
550 acres of land, of which 240 acres are meadow and pasture, 155
arable, and the remainder wood, all in a ring fence, and in a good
state of cultivation. On the property are two other residences, let
off to highly respectable tenants; a very large sum has been ex-
pended upon improvements, and the rent is extremely moderate.
The estate abounds with game, which has been strictly preserved,
and offers an opportunity rarely to be met with to any gentleman
desirous of combining agricultural pursuits with the sports of the field.
For further particulars and cards to view, apply to Messrs. Dick-
son and Bell, Surveyors and Land-agents, 30, Bucklersbury, London.

working town. Which will render them perfect for the
rest of their lives.

" London, Jane, 1844."

" CHARLES DICKENS.

• The following' is the dedication :—This little book is
tffectionately dedicated to Dr. Elliotson, by one who has felt
his kindness to those who have no other claim upon him
(and on such, a man can have no higher claim) than sickness
and obscure condition.

CAPT. WARNER'S EXPERIMENT
AT BRIGHTON WITH THE NEW DESTRUC-

TIDE POWER.

It being generally understood that Capt. Warner was
on Saturday to put to the test, off the beach of Brigh-
ton, his alleged power of destroying ships at sea, com-
pletely and instantaneously, immense numbers of per-
sons proceeded from London to witness the experiment.
By the train which left town at half-past eight the num-
ber of passengers could not have been less than 500,
while the several succeeding trains were also crowded to
an unusual extent. As early as twelve o'clock the Steine,
which, as many of our readers are aware, extends
nearly two miles along the sea-side, presented a scene
of unwonted animation and bustle. Thousands of
pedestrians were seen walking about, and eagerly
looking in the direction of Shoreham —five or six miles
off—for the vessel on which the interesting experi-
ment was to be made. The beach was also crowded
with fashionable equipages, while all the vehicles
which were to be let in Brighton seemed to have been
engaged for the occasion. The crowd increased until
two o'clock, at which time many expected that the ex-
periment would be made. Never, we will venture to
say, did Brighton before present so exciting an appear-
ance as it did at that hour. Let the reader only ima-
gine that he sees along the beach one continuous stream
of persons, among whom were a very large number of
elegantly attired ladies, while the outside of the foot
pathway was crowded with carriages, &0., and he will
form some idea of the very imposing scene which
Brighton presented on the occasion. The windows too,
it ought to be mentioned, of the houses along the beach,
were all occupied, as was indeed every spot whence
couli be commanded a view of the extraordinary occur-
rence which was expected to take place. The numbers
were variously estimated. Some supposed there could
not have been less than 40,000 persons present. We
feel convinced the number must have been upwards of
30,000. The day was exceedingly fine, which gave
additional interest to the scene. Though the impression
was that the experiment would be made by half past
three o'clock, the immense concourse of spectators
exhibitedno signs of impatience up till four, but a fear
then began to be expressed that some accident had taken
place, or that some circumstance would, after all,'occur to
prevent their receiving the gratification which they had
been promised, and which they were so anxious to
obtain. Another hour and upwards passed away, and
still no symptom of preparation for the important
experiment were perceptible. The ship was still to be
seen lying in her mo orings,while neither of the two steam-
vessels, which it was known were to accompany her,
exhibited the least appearance of motion. A little after
five, however, the ship, the name of which was
the John of Gaunt, was seen to leave her place
off Shoreham, towed by one of the steamers, and
followed by the . other. A feeling of delight
was now visible in every countenance, inspired by the
gratification which they were about to receive. The
progress of the ship, which, it ought to be mentioned, is
three-masted, strongly built, and of 300 tons burden,
was watched with the most intense interest. About fif-
teea minutes before six, the steamer which had towed
the ship from Shoreham was seen to make a pause, and
then return to the ship about to be destroyed The
other steamer was about a quarter of a mile behind the
John'of Gaunt. The first steamer having returned for a
few seconds to the vessel, quitted her, and proceeded in
the same course as before. The vessel and the steamer
were soon about a mile out in the sea, as near as might
be opposite to the Old Ship Tavern. A little farther to
the westward is the battery, where Lord Ingestre, Cap-
tain Henderson, R.N., Captain Breton, R.N., and Captain
Dickinson, R.N., had stationed themselves for the purpose
of giving the signal when the ship should be blown up.
This they distinctly declared was left entirely to themselves,
without having had any concert or understanding with
Captain Warner. When tho first steamer bad got about
fifty yards ahead of the vessel, the Noble Lord and the
three Gallant Officers whose names have just been men-
tiened, gave the signal, which was the hoisting of the
Union Jack. In a moment afterwards an immense
quantity of smoke of an unusually white complexion,
and evidently very thin, was seen to ascend from the
vessel. In a few seconds
.indeed, she seemed to be en-
veloped in a cloud of smoke, the only part of her visible
being her mainmast. In a moment more, for it was li-
terally the work of a moment, the main and mizen-masts
were seen to fall over the vessel into the sea. A few se-
conds snore, and a rumbling sort of noise, which it is dif-
ficult to describe, was heard to proceed from the ship,
and ere yet the sound had died on the ear, the
vessel was a complete wreck. She went almost in-
stantaneously to pieces, no trace of her being visible
but the top of her foremast. The spectators were not
only astonished but astounded at what they saw.
They could scarce believe the evidence of their
eyes, that so fine a vessel—one which but ten or
twelve seconds before was riding majestically on the
waves—should have been totally destroyed. The in-
stantaneous completeness of the destruction seemed to
indicate something magical. Under other circumstances,
loud cheers would have doubtless burst from the vast
assemblage. But they were too much confounded by
what had so rapidly passed before their eyes, to give a
single shout. It was some time before many of them
could exchange words with the friends who stood be-
side them. We conversed with gentlemen of great
naval experience—men who had seen ships blown up
and destroyed under all circumstances, and by every
variety of means and all of them concurred in saying,
that no agency ever brought to bear in this way can
stand a moment's comparison with that of Captain
Warner; which, after what they witnessed, they could
not but regard as possessing, in some respects, an almost
omnipotent power. Nothing, certainly, ever constructed
by the hand of man, could resist the agency which on
Saturday produced such destructive effects.
The fact to be illustrated in the experiment of Satur-
day is the power which a vessel containing the projec-
tiles of Captain Warner could have over other ships
which might be chasing her. Captain Warner wished
to prove that if a ship of war were nearly falling into
the hands of the enemy, either because not a sufficiently
fast sailer, or not able to defend herself, she would only
have to use his projectiles to insure the immediate de-
struction of that ship, or of several ships. If what he
did on Saturday could always be done with infallible
certainty, there cannot be a doubt that all that Capt.
Warner says of his discovery is true.
On this point, however, we express no opinion. We
have no idea how far Captain Warner's agency could be
made available in actual warfare with a rival power. That
must he left to the decision of competent judges after
due inquiry. The question in every body's mouth
is, by what agency Captain Warner produces such won-
derftil results. That, we believe, is known only, to
Captain Warner himself, and if he be wise he will keep
the secret until he has the reward of his genius in
his pocket. But though nothing definite is known as to
the mode of operation, there is no lack of conjectures
on the subject. Some persons fancied they could dis-
cover, by means of a glass, a rope which communicated
the steam-vessel in which Captain Warner and his
friends were to the ship destined to destruction. We
cannot contradict this, because we had no glass ; but
certainly nothing of the kind was visible to the naked
eye. The prevailing opinion among scientific men was,
that the work of destruction had been done by means of
an electrical battery. Others contend that the ship
was destroyed by means of a line connected with a trig-
ger, and that when this trigger is pulled, a concussion
takes place which shakes the ship to pieces. There is a
third class of persons who are equally confident that a
case, about three feet square, containing the materials
by which such wonderful results are produced, is placed
along the ship, and that the contents being by some
means or other exploded, instantaneously shivers the
vessel in pieces. But all this, as already remarked, is
mere conjecture.
The experiment of Saturday is only one of a series
which Captain Warner means to make, having for their
object to prove that he possesses the knowledge of a
source of naval power which would destroy an entire
fleet at once. The present experiment has been made at
his own and his private friends' expense ; but he is now
to apply to Government for the necessary means to
enable him to make the experiments.

The mail train, which left London at half-past ten,
brought down a perfect host of visitors. Amongst those
travelling by it we observed—Lord Brougham, the Earl
of Manvers, Lord Ranelagh, Viscount Ingestre, Hon.
Captain Murray, R.N., Colonel Dundas, Captain Ryder
Burton. R.N., Mr. Mackinnon, M.P.. Mr. Montagu Gore,
M.P., Mr. Somes, the ship-owner, Mr. G. Tomlin, M.P.,
Mr. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. H. Neville, M.P., lion. Sydney
Pierrepoint, Chevalier Benkhausen, Captain E. Lloyd,
R.N., Mr. Redhead Yorke, M.P.. Sir Montagu Chohnonde-
ley, Hon. Henry Fitzroy, M.P., Viscount Alford, M.P.,
Captain Bolder°, M.P., Mr. Emerson Tennent, AI.P.,
Lord Tadcaster, Captain Henderson, R.N., Mr. William
Peel, Nlr. J. Sheppard (the Chairman), and the follow-
ing Directors of the East India Company—Mr. Robin-
son, Colonel Sykes, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Warden, and Mi.
Cotton, &c.

Upon arriving at Brighton most of the company pro-
ceeded to the chain-pier, from which point the vessel
destined to be destroyed was seen riding at anchor off
Shoreham harbour. The greatest excitement prevailed
in the town, and nearly the whole population seemed to
be collected on the cliffs and upon the pier. Three
o'clock was the time appointed for the experiment to be
made, and, long before that hour the pier head, the bat-
tery, and every other point commanding a good view of
the sea, was crowded with gentlemen and fashionably-
dressed ladies, whose observation was anxiously directed
towards Shoreham. Among those present we observed
the Maiquis of Exeter, Lord Aylmer, Lord Cornbermere,
Lord Templetown, Hon. General Upton, the Marquis of
Lorne, the Marquis of Douro, Lord Lovaine, the Bishop
of Oxford, and a great many others whose names we
cannot now particularise. The above hour passed without
any apparent mevementon hioardthe ship, which still rode
at anchor gallantly, with two attendant steamers within
a short diitance of her. Pour o'clock arrived,
and still the anchor remained fast, and some
feeling of impatience was manifested by the spectators.
Before five, however, the crew on board were observed,
by the aid of a powerful glass, to be busy weighing An-
chor ; and shortly afterwards the vessel was taken in
tow by one of the steamers, and hove down towards
Brighton. There was something in the appearance of
the gallant barque, riding proudly on to its destruction,
which created a feeling of deep interest among the spec-
tators ; and, although another hour elapsed before the
experiment was made, no further impatience was mani-
fested. The John of Gaunt arrived off the battery at 20
minutes to six o'clock, and in a few moments the two
sailors who had remained on board of her up to this time
were taken off by a small boat from the steamer. The
most intense anxiety now prevailed among the spectators
on shore, and every movement of those on board the
tug-boat was watched with the greatest interest. Capt.
Warner was himself on board the tug, and it had been
arranged that when the signal was given from the
battery the crew of that vessel should go below,
leaving no other persons on deck but the captain
and the mate. This arrangement was observed ;
and immediately afterwards the steamer, which
had hitherto been towing the ship by a hawser, put
back, and came abreast of her—a position which she
maintained for a very few moments, and then again pro-
ceeded to her former situation, about a quarter of a mile
eastward of the John of Gaunt. At five minutes to six
o'clock, Captain Warner answered the signal from the
battery, by lowering the flag at the mast- head of the
steamer ; and this Ling generally understood as the
immediate prelude to the explosion every eye was zi-
vetted on the ship, which, it should be stated, was at this
time exactly opposite the battery on the west cliff, about
two miles distant from the shore. A little delay, how-
ever, took place—five minutes only—and at six o'clock
precisely (the vessel being at the time bearing down
channel to the eastward), and still (as it is believed) in
tow of the steamer, the explosion took place, effecting
the wreck of the ship in the most complete and perfect
manner, not a vestige of her hull being visible above
the water within about two minutes after she was
struck. The first intimation which the spectators had
of the destruction of the ship wag by a low
dull sound, immediately succeeded br a column of
white smoke, which appeared to rise from be-
neath the vessel. This smoke cleared away in a very few
moments, and left the wreck exposed to view. The
mainmast was broken off quite short, within a very few
feet of the deck, the mizen mast being almost wholly gone,
and the foremast alone remaining entire. The bulwarks
on both sides the ship were blown completely away, the
greatest injury appearing to have been effected on the
larboard side, as the vessel immediately heeled over in
that direction, and gradually went down. As her hull
disappeared, the success of the experiment was greeted
with the most enthusiastic cheering from the crowds as-
sembled on the battery and the pier. She sunk in about
thirty-five feet water, and when her keel touched the
bottom about half the fore-topmast was visible above the
water. Several officers interested in the experiment im-
mediately put off to make an examination of the wreck,
and the Sir William Wallace, the steamer in which Capt
Warner had been, remained in the vicinity for some time.
The masts, and other large portions of the wreck, were
clearly observed from the shore, floating about in the
water.

And now a few words as to the modus operondi. It is
not to be supposed, after hearing all the statements cir-
culated as to the destructive power of Captain Warner's
invention, that even the anxiety of a reporter to obtain
the most accurate information would carry him within
ordinary shot distance of the ship about to be shattered
by the supposed new element, and, in common with many
thousand others, the writer confesses to a weakness
which kept him safely ensconced on the'battery height.
Hence, through a powerful telescope, an excellent view
of both the steamer and the John of Gaunt was obtained,
and the appearance of the wreck after the explosion as-
certained with tolerable distinctness. The distance from
the shore (nearly two miles) was far too great, however,
to discern whether the instrument of destruction was
propelled by any machine on the steamer to the ship, or
whether the destruction of the vessel was accomplished
by some hidden power beneath the surface of the water
placed exactly in the track of the vessel.
In this dilemma, as to the real facts, the opinions and
statements of various scientific and other individuals
who have long been curious as to the means employed,
will be read with interest. From an extended conversa-
tion among this class of persons, the writer obtained opi-
nions at variance with each other on many points ; but
the prevailing impression certainly was, that no " pro.
jectile force" is adopted by Capt. Warner in carrying
out his discovery. The difficulty of controlling any
power possessing sufficient force to destroy a ship instan-
taneously with such a degree of accuracy as to ensure
its explosion at a given moment, and at the same time
to prevent its bursting by the aft of propulsion, may
have induced many to come to this conclusion, and there
is some show of reason in it.

The prevailing impression is, that two " detonating
shells " secured together by means of a chain or rope,
are suspended at a certain distance beneath the surface
of the water, directly in the track of the vessel, which
upon meeting with the obstruction offered by the chain
or rope, forces it forward, a motion which inevitably
draws the " shells " against the sides of the ship, upon
coming in contact with which- they are so constructed as
to explode instantaneously, and by such explosion de-
stroy the vessel.
A close observation of the whole proceeding this day
led the writer to believe that some such mode of pro-
ceeding must be adopted. There certainly was no ap-
pearance of an explosion from the hold of the vessel,
and, so far as could be ascertained, the injury the ship
sustained appeared to be about the centre on the lar-
board and starboard sides. It is true that two of her
masts were destroyed, and that her back appeared to be
broken, but this might have very well arisen in the
manner described.

A few individuals were of opinion that a galvanic
communication existed between the steam tug and the
vessel destroyed, and they backed their opinion by the
fact that Captain Warner had declined to allow any
person to go on board the ship immediately before the
experiment. It was very generally urged that this latter
arrangement was not quite satisfactory, but Captain
Warner met the objection by stating, that if he allowed
one individual he should be overwhelmed by applica-
tions.

The result of the examination of the wreck will be
looked forward to with the greatest interest by all parties.
The Directors of the Railway Company had liberally
offered to send a special train up to town for the conve-
nience of those who came down to witness the experi-
ment, but the time at which it occurred fortunately en-
abled all who desired it to return to town by the half-
past six train, which brought up twenty-nine carriages,
containing nearly 600 persons.—Sunday Paper.