The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-10 00:00:00

11l THE WORLD.

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
CAPfkIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT.
ROYAL

In consequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION off BRIGH-
TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION
yield to the generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt
one of his Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS.
This Leeture,iillui:trated by interesting Experiments, so far as they can
be shown with perfect safety, will be delivered daily at half-past Three
o'clock, except el Mondays and Saturdays, and in the Evenings of
Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Niue o'clock. On
Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA-
TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP
WATER, witk various interesting Experiments. Professor BICH-
HOFFNER'S Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest In the
Institution.

Idinisalost, Is.; Sacols, Half-pries.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL. Aug. 3.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Hancock, of
Yeovil, Somersetshire, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in
the High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
FRANCIS KENNEDY. statiqner, New Bond-street.
BANKRUPTS.

JOHN YEARDLEY. WILLIAM YEARDLEY, and
ELIZABETH YEARDLEY, flax-spinners, Ecelesfield,
Yorkshire, to surrender Aug. 22, and Oct. 2, et eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Frame, official assignee, Leeds ; Wil-
liamson and Co., Gray's Inn ; Leeman and Clark, York ;
Bond, Leeds.
JOSEPH ELSE and WILLIAM DIXON, millers, Kings-
ton-upon-Hull, Aug. 22 and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Tilson and Co.,
Coleman-street ; Wells, Hull ' • Horsfall and Harrison, Leeds.
HENRY JECKS DIXON and JOHN DIXON, carpet-
manufacturers, Kidderminster, Aug. 22, and Oct. 1, at one, at
the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Brinton, Kidderminster.
JAMES INN ES, ironmonger, Cheltenham, Aug. 27. and
Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol ; Styles, Cheltenham.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
J. Wood, cart owner. Liverpool.
E. Outran', farmer, Dronfield, Derbyshire. .
R. Byass, surgeon, Arundel, Sussex.
D.. Kennedy, general salesman, Commercial-road East.
H. Heap, grocer. Manchester.
J. Posford, commission agent, Euston-mews, Easton-givers..
M. Bramley, cotton-spinner, Skipton, Yorkshire.
J. Barker, sicklesmith. Dronfield, Derbyshire.
G. Fox, engineer, Sheffield.
T. Mitchell, blacksmith, Leeds.
L. Akeroyd, coal dealer, Adwalten. Yorkshire.
J. Pontey, nurseryman, Huddersfield.
E. Atkinson, jun., Salford, Lancashire.
J. Laister, butcher, Sheffield.
C. Vickers, baker, Manchester.
R. Hartridge, high constable. Brenchley, Kent.
A. Bray, commission agent. Goswell-street-road, Islington.
R. Lewin, bricklayer, Charley, Essex.
A. B. S. Ramsey, broker, Percy-street, Bedford-square.
J. Milliken, tailor, Keen's-row. Walworth- road.
J. Gibbs, harness maker, Lower Whitecrosustreet.
H. Ball, beer seller, Goldsmith's-row, Hackney.road.
R. S. Hurst, Pomeroy-street, Old Kent-road.
J. Chatwin, cabinet maker, New 'Weston-street, Bermondiey.
J. Marcroft, innkeeper. Rawmarsh, Yorkshire.
M. Keymer, warehouseman, Manchester.
W. Steel, jun , licensed victualler, Liverpool.
J. Rowland, licensed victualler, Liverpool.
W. H. Harphim, farmer, Sibley. Lincolnshire.
J. Bloor, silk-manufaeturet, Prestbury, Cheshire.
F. Ashby, miller, Knock's*, Kent.
H. Cope, butcher. Old ROOM, Nottinghamshire.
W. Bssford, 'engineer, Ra . * e-highway.
W. Thistlethwaite, cigar de Liverpool.
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J. Dean, hair-dresser, Hali
W. Durham, tin-plate worke , lackburn, Lancashire.
W. Shareles, farm labourer, Blackburn, Lancashire.
G. Smi,h, timber agent. Newent, Gloucestershire.
J. Field, farmer, Broth rkshire.
R. Lawson, brewer. Dos ~...
-H. Chancellor, tOo. W:c.......a4.-.,--Vuika.
11. sheen omnibus-driver, Park- street, Carden-town.
P.' R. Wells, coal-meter, Worcester-street, Wapping.
3 Hayes, book binder, Great Chesterfield-greet, Marylebone.
E. M. Macklin, iinendraper's assistant, Tottenham-court-road.
J. Henderson, major in the army, Parkgate, Neston, Cheshire.
.1.• Nunn. Cambridge.
S. Barber, carpenter, Cambridge.
G Yarworth, farmer, Newland, Gloucestershire.
C. Sykes, surgeon, Halifax.
G. Vernon, joiner. Monehester.
G. Boorman, baker, Canterbury.
T. May, Speldhurst, Kent.
W. lielliwell, boot and shoemaker, Northowram, Yorkshire.
F. Pease, commission agent, Liverpool.
W. Hopwood, hatter, Broadwall-gardens, Lambeth.
J. Lancashire, journeyman joiner, Manchester.
J. Fry, o,eesemonger, South-street, Chelsea.
T. Warner, grocer, Carlton-place, Stoke Newington.
SECOND NOTICES.
A. Macpherson, accountant, Albany-road, Camberwell, Aug.
13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official
assignee.
J. Ludbroolc. watchmaker, Cambridge, Aug. 13, at two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee.
F Newenham. artist, Soho-square, Aug. 13, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
M. R. Renshaw, general shopkeeper, Liverpool-street, Aug.
13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as-
signee.
W. Lewis, baker, Heston, Middlesex, Aug. 13, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
5..8. Parsons, York-road, Lambeth, Aug. 14, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
T. Rogers, New North-street. Red Lion-square, Aug. 13,
at 'eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official as-
signee.
S. Gale, Bostnu-street, Dorset-square, Aug. 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
G. Bristow, sen., carpenter, Little Georgelstreet, Ber-
mondsey, Aug. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett. official assignee.
B. Wellicumbe, butcher, Church-street, Camberwell, Aug.
13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee.
G. Taylor, stationer, Lewisham. Kent, Aug. 14, at eleven,
at the Court of . Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
L. J. Randall, appraiser, Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green,
Aug, 13, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
T. Hemp, farmer, Wood Ham. Buckinghamshire, Aug. 13,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
C. Horsnell, Roxwell
, Essex, Aug. 14, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee.
J. Jenner, shoemaker, Upper Tulse-hill, Brixton, Aug. 15,
at two. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell. official assignee.
J. Faithful, gardener, Grove-end-road. St. John's-wood,
Aug. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee.
T. Dallman, tailor, Newman-street, Marylebone, Aug. 16,
at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher. official assignee.
S. H. Sale, commission agent, Ashton-under-Lyne, L;an
cashire, Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee.
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W. S..oble and G. S. Scoble, bakers, Topsham, Devonshire,
Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee.
G. Tucker, painter, Bath, Aug. 15, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official assignee.
.1. Forrest, victualler, Bradford. Aug. 16, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
A. Hodgson, machine maker, Bradford. Aug. 16, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee.
F. Drake, accountant, Huddersfield, Aug. 16, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee.
S. Jefferys, victualler, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Aug. 16,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee.
J. Pickard, saddler, York, Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope. official assignee.
S. Wheatley, farmer, Dronfield, Derbyshire, Aug. 16, at
one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott. official assignee..
J. Bennett, victualler, Nottingham, Aug. 16, at eleven, at
the Leeds District. Court. Fearne, official assignee.
'J. Woodward, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Aug. 16, at
half-past one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
R. APGregor, coach maker, Manchester, Aug. 15, attwelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Fraser. official assignee.
S. Collins, blacksmith, Heswall, Cheshire, Aug. 14, at
twelse, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as-
signee.

The •ein of pure slates is ascertained to be no less than 180
yards wide, and at least half a mile in length, without any ob.
struction, and as deep as any parties may feel inclined to go,
wherein there is sufficient quantity of that useful material

TO SUPPLY THE WHOLE WORLD FOR CENTURIES;
and with good management the profits would—cOuld not be less
than from 100 to 150 per cent. upon the outlay, after it is put in
proper order. Another desirable thing belonging to this concern
is, that the cover of earth on the surface is only two or three yards
deep, whereas most of the quarries are under ten or fifteen yards
cover. The workshops, waggons, and working utensils are in
good repair, as also the road, tbrec miles of which has been marle
at the expense of nearly 2,0001. The distance to a capital ship.
ping wharf is only seven miles, and but nine to the intended
CHESTER A/4D HOLYHEAD GREAT RAILWAY.
The name of the concern is the' Cedryn Quarry,' situate about
ten miles from Banger, and the same distance from Conway and
Llanrwst, In the centre between the three towns.

" It is held under the Right Hon. Lord Newborough for an un-
expired term of twenty.eight years, which cau be extended st any
time.

" In conclusi,m, we can only add that the Quarry ought to pro.
duce a considerable sum, as it is
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A SURE FORTUNE FOR ANY SPIRITED PARTY
who may be lucky enough to get it"
If not disposed of by Private contract before the 28th day of
August, it wilt be Sold by Auction by Mr. George Robins, at the
Castle Inn, Conw,,y, North Wales, on the 16th October. 1844. In
the vicantinse, full puticulvs may $ hid on, application to Kr.,
Z Owen, Auctioneer, Ituthlts ; or to Ifr. George Robin!, Loudon

THE LONG RANGE.
(From the Examiner.)
Captain Warner's inventions are an invisible shell
with marvellous explosive power, and the long range
of which he gives this account—
" I can project (he said) 100 shells of most destruc-
tive power, and I can repeat the operation with rapidity.
If I threw them into Gibraltar, in a few hours not a man
would be left alive in the place.—(Laughter.) This I
can accomplish at almost any distance. By means of my
long range I could bombard a fortress, and, with a single
vessel, could cut out a fleet in defence of the garrison.
—(hear, hear.) I could have demolished Algiers, instead
of merely damaging it, as was done by Lord Exmouth
with his splendid fleet.— (Cheers and laughter.) After
that I could, with a comparatively small refit, undertake
to destroy Toulon."
The invisible shell, the experiment of which was
so unsatisfactorily made at Brighton, professional
men think little of; but they rate the long range, with
the newspaper qualification, as important, if true.
Yet it seems that Mr. Warner is infinitely more dis-
posed to exhibit the powers of his invisible shell than
his long range. He is like Boniface with his bill of
fare, who after all comes to the one thing only that
he can give you.
We have heard of many invisible things in our
time—lnvisible girls, Invisible boys, &c.—and the in-
visible shell is the new wonder of the class, and the
inventor complains that for the requital of it there is
also an invisible reward.
As for the long range, there appears to us to be a
good deal of it in the accounts of the shell, from
which it is said to be quite distinct, and the very name
of it is unfortunately associated with the ideas of
a proverbial archery in which truth is somewhat
overshot.
Until Sir Robert Peel mentioned the fact, we were
not aware that Mr. Warner had tried his inventions
against an enemy. The account is highly curious.
" The Commissioners asked him:. How long is it
since you satisfied yourself on the powers of your long
range and invisible shell?' Captain Warner answered:
Twelve years as to the long range, and twenty-seven
years as to the invisible shell. I sunk two French pri-
vateers at the end of the war, one off Folkestone and the
other off St. Vatlery's Bay.' When asked what vessel he
was in at the time, his reply was that it was called the
sloop Nautilus, that it was a King's vessel, and that it
was commanded by his father, William Warner. The
next inquiry was, Whether such an extraordinary cir-
cuinstanoe as the sinking of two privateers in this way
had not of course been reported to the Admiralty:—
No (was the answer), we were not under the Ad-
miralty, for the vessel was employed by the Secretary of
State and Lord Castlereagh in landing spies.'— Then
was the destruction of the privateers reported to the
Secretary of State?'—' I do not know; it might have
been.'—' Were the facts recorded in the log of the
Nautilus?'—' We did not keep a log.'—' Did you receive
head money f,‘r the destruction of the privateers?'—' No;
it was not claimed.'—' 'Were any of the crews saved?'
—No, none; and the facts were only known to myself
and another j--Such were the assertions of Captain
Warner, and the Commissioners sent first to the Ad-
miralty. to learn if there was any record there of the
destruction of two privateers, and the answer was, that
not a vestige of such information could be found. They
then resorted to the Foreign-office, because the vessel
was said to have been employed by it, but there was no
trace there of anything of the kind. Thus, according
to Captain Warner, the vessels and their whole crews
were sent to destruction without any reward, and with-
out any record in any departme., t."
The powers of the invention were so great, that it
not only blew the privateers to atoms, but also all
record of the fact, not a vestige of which could be
found, az Si" Robert Peel remarked. It is unfortu-
nate that Mr. 'Warner at that time hid his lights
under a bushel ; especially as it was in the war when
the long range and invisible shell might have been so
patriotically employed. But he blew up French pH-
vateers as good Christians perform acts of charity,
without letting his right hand know the deed of his left.
We wonder whether those two privateers were
ever missed in France. The explosiou was perhaps
so great that it blotted from the memory of men all
recollection of' the existence of the vessels and their
crews. With the long range this may happen.
It is possible, however, that Mr. Warner blew up
the Flying Dutchman with his invisible shell, mis-
taking that once common phenomenon for an enemy ;
and this
.would account for its non-appearance of late
years, the phantom ship having found its match in the
invisible shell and the long range. As Lord Inges-
trie says, we " challenge any man to prove the con-
trary." We defy any one to prove that Mr. Warner
did not blow up the Plying Dutchman.
Sir
.Robert Peel •has acted very judiciously and
fairly in this affair of Mr. Warner's invention. lle
would not make a blind bargain, he would not buy a
pig in a poke. The reasonable conditions required on
the part of the Commissioners were these—
`''They shall not require the disclosure of your
secret ; they shall only witness its operation, in order
that they may be perfectly satisfied that all that has been
promised can be done. They shall make their report to
the Government, or to me individually, if you prefer it,
in order that it may not go farther. If they first take
the invisible shell, they will have to see thst it can be
applied under adverse circumstanees of wind or tide.
Then they must be assured of the safety of those who use
this power ; and thirdly, they must have an understand-
ieg how long the Government shall be in possession of
the secret after they have purchased it. I reserved to
myself' the entire power of determining how much it was
worth ;• and I wanted, moreover, to be assured that when
we had obtained the secret, by paying for it, we should
have the exclusive use of it. I felt that we ought to have
the security that we could ourselves manufacture the
same explosive materials, and that we ought to know
'how long we could r, tsin the secret ; on the first failure,
for aught we knew, it might be picked up by ourenemies
and made use of against ourselves. I will not, said I,
enter into any such blind bargain as that, supposing you
`bl'av up a ship you shall receive a certain sum. .
'What was required was, that they should witness the de-
struCtion of a vessel, and should accompany Capt. War-
ner on board the steam-boat that was to be employed on
.the ovcasien. Captain Warner, in reply, said, posi-
tively object to your being present, and upon those terms
I will not try my experiment.' We said, 'lf the expe-
rimentalists are not to be on board the steam boat, let
us waive the objection,' and we culled upon Mr. Warner
to state an estimate of his experiment. I said again, that
I would not enter into a blind pledge to pay 100.0001. in
the event of a certain contingency, but I will appoint two
gentlemen to consider the experiment., and to make a re-
port to the Government ; we promised to pay the expense
but I wished him to make an estimate of the expense ;
and before I could consent to incur an unlimited amount,
I wanted to see Mr. Warner's estimate of the expense of
the materials. I confess that I was startled at the esti-
mate of the expense. Many projectors are content to
receive 2,0001. or 3,0001. fir their whole reward ; but Mr.
Warner required 2,700/. for his experiment with the in-
visible shell, and 2,4701. for his experiment with the long
range, making in the whole 5,1701. as the expense of try-
ing the experiments. My answer was again, that the
experiment we desired to see was that with the long
range, that we might therefore spare the expense of the
experiment with the invisible shell, and proceed with
that which we deemed the more valuable ; and seeing
what hail been done at Folkstone, in St. Vallery, and in
the Forest of Hainault, I thought 2,5001. a very large
• sttm. "offered to place 5001. under the control of the
Commissioners as:a beginning ; they would then watch
DIVIDENDS.
the experiment, and the result should show how much
W. Jones, druggist, Llanrwtit. Denbighshire, Sept. 6, at further it should be carried. Mr. Warner for a long
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. time objected to this proposal, but at last, though he said
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the the experiment would cost more than the 5001., he did
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. consent to try the long range, and he said he would try
W.. Burton, upholsterer, King-street, Soho, Aug. 30-3. and get his friends to advance the remainder of the
Levet, carpenter, Soham, Cambridgeshire, Sept. 3—J. S. money, intimating pretty clearly that he would have no
Christophess, merchant, East India-chambers, Leadenhall- difficulty in finding such friends. But after a certain
street, Aug. 30—J. Dixon, linendraper, Sheffield, Aug. 30— period, Me. Warner informed us that it would be imeos
T. Humphrey, sen., and T. Humphery, jun., shipwrights, •
sihle f,!r,him to make the eriment as he could not
Hull, Aug. 30—J. L. Smith, cabinet Maker. Leicester, Sept.
3—H. Griffiths, innkeeper, Chelford, Cheshire, Aug. 30— find friends to advance the difference.
C. Williams, furrier, Sutton-street, York-road, Aug. 30— In the war, blowing up privateers was very cheap;
H. Alden, stationer, Oxford, Aug. 30—J. and S. Owen, mer- it could be done for nothing, for an old song, and Mr.
chants, Sheffield. Aug. 30—J. B. W. Knight. printer, St. Warner did not think it worth while to say a word
James's-walk., Clerkenwell, Aug. 30—C. Hopkins, miller, about the matter ; he made no more of it than if he
Stapleton, Gloucestershire, Aug. 30. •
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, he had shot a sea gni!. He' did not vouchsafe to
R. Sykes and J. Nussey, dyers, Mirfield, Yorkshire—J. Claim 'reward, or head money, or honour, nor even to
Wharam and J. Fletcher, tobacco manufacturers, Liverpool— mention the exploit. But now times are changed,
T. Foord and E. Hemingway, linendrapera, Halifax, York- and it costs a good deal to get a ship to blow up; so
shire—A. and L. Gill, corn dealers, Warrington, Lancashire— true is the good old proverb of him "who will not
A. M. Gay and J. G. Irving, schoolmistresees, Dranllyn, when he ma',
Monmouthshire—T. Crisp and G. J. Smith, clothiers, y.
Lancaster and S. Mortimer, machine makers, Sir H. Douglas's account of the method of applying
Bradford, Yorkshire—G. and C. S. Bavrtree, wine merchants, the invisible shell, confirms all our distrust of tbe
C.lchester—W. H. Rushton and T. Haworth. cotton spinners, Brighton experiment—
Blackburn, Lancashire-51. S. Forsaith and E. Johnson, mil- " The Commissioners considered all Captain Warner's
liner•, Edgeware-road—R. Tattersall and T. Dickson, ar- powers as he had specified them. First, the closing up
chitects, Manchester—T. Griffin and J. W. Hillhouse,
of a roadstead, so that no fleet could go out or enter ;
wharfingers, Beal 's-wharf, Southwark—J. Ashworth secondly, the she]], and J. .
• ' •hl flung from the stern of a
Chadwick, commission agents, Manchester—S. Rawlins, sans,
and S. Rawlins, jnn., hide merchants, Birmingham—J. vessel chased, by which the chasing vessel would be tie-
Mellor and 6.B,rey, commission merchants, tieraimanc,,, etroyed ; and thirdly, the long range. They had con•
H. and G. Temple, drapers, Vsbridia.4.. Patterson and T. stated to ether, and the 7 bad asked Captain. Wane:, if

' there were twenty sail of the line in Torbay Harbour,
hich was three miles wide from Bury Head to Hope's
Nose, how long would it take to close it up ? Oh, it
would take an hour and a half. It was clear, then, that
there must be mlny invisible shells, and lines connecting
them, so that if a vessel struck the line or the shell it
would be destroyed. How was Captain Warner to lay
out these lines ? He did not pretend to be invisible, at,d
he must fsce the enemy. Oh,' said Captain 'Warner,
I will do it by cutters, schooners, and boats. But
how was he to buoy up a passage three miles wide
by cutters, schooners, and boats, in a strong tide ?
—Why. he wouldget a steamer. Then there would
be the noise of the paddle-wheel ; that he would
obviate by using a screw, and the result was, that be
would have to come in the face of a British fleet with
his cutters, schooners, and steamer, to buoy up the
passage.' Such was the admirable appl cation of his
discovery of the power of explosion : it was worse than
the attempt to lay salt on the sparrow's tail.—(Laughter.)
—How was he to place his invisible shells ?—They
were to be anchored.—What depth would he have
to go ?—He would ascertain that.—Then he would have
to sound ?—Yes.—Then as to the tide, how would that
affect him ?—He would steady the shells by a stay-
anchor. So that he would have to sound, and to anchor,
and to place his line, and to pass his steamer in front of
the fleet. Then, with respect to his power against a
vessel chasing—the experiment seen at Brighton. This
experiment was of the same class as the punt in the
filtpond, which was towed by the horse. It was only
some experiment on a larger scale. There was a large
vessel instead of the punt, and a steamer to tow instead
of a team of horses, or one old horse, The vessel was
dragged in the wake of the steamer. There was one
shell on each side ; the force of the vessel caused these
two to collapse, and thus it was destroyed. He was not
a seaman, but he was sure it was mot the rule of seamen
to chase in the wake ; it was the rule to attack in the
wake. It was clear that a vessel in the exact wake
might be caught, but if either steered athwart the tide
the shell would be missed. The invention, therefore,
never would be used to a great extent there."

Sir H. Douglas talks of Hope's Nose in Torbay.
Why was this ? Was he fearful of alarming Sir Ro-
bert Peel by the mention of Bob's Nose as the point
to which the line of explosion was to be conducted ?
Sir Charles Napier gave a most amusing account of
the various explosive inventions which were to blow
up navies in his time, and of the great unpleasantness
of having to do with such contrivances, so much more
perilous to those who use them than to those against
whom they are to be used. In the handsomest way
he offered to blow up Lord Ingestre, without any
charge whatever, and without the generous aid of
Mr. Soames.

" Now, the Noble Lord had talked about blowing up ;
why, if he will sit quiet and allow me to put a few ounces
of detonating powder under his bottom, I'll blow him up
to his heart's content.—(Loud laughter.) A few years
ago Captain Warner showed me a picture of a whole
fleet blowing up with his apparatus. I said, I don't care
two straws about your shells, I want 3ou to give me
your long range, and tell me you can blow up a ship
seven miles off.—(Hear, hear.) But Captain Warner
said he would blow up all the ships in Portsmouth Har-
bour from the back of the Isle of Wight. I said to him,
if you will prove to the Government that you can blow
up a ship six or seven miles off, I will stand up in my
place in Parliament and say I have seen you perform
this extraordinary operation.—(Hear, hear.) Throw
aside your invisible shell altogether, and use your pro-
jectile ; but he always returned to his invisible shell,
and always shied off the six miles.—(Laughter.)"
In our last number we observed on the rashness
with which Mr. Warner's advocate, Lord Ingestre,
vouched for the destruction of the barque off Brighton
by projectiles; but now we find him distinguishing
the invisible shell, used on that occasion, from pro-
jectiles I
" Although he had an array of officers telling him
that the invisible shells were worth nothing, he had no
hesitation in telling the House and the country that they
were worth all they had been stated by Captain Warner
to be ; and if a ship could be destroyed by the invisible
shell, why should they adopt the other method ? If they
accomplished everything they wanted without a pro-
jectile, why use it ?"
How then is the statement in the certificate to be
reconciled with this distinction ? If the invisible
shell is not a projectile, how was it that his Lordship
vouched for the destruction of the John o' Gaunt by
" certain projectiles ?"
It is very strange that Mr. Warner and his friends
are all for giving the invisible shell instead of the long
range. We can, however, thoroughly understand the
professional preference f the more comprehensive
engine of destruction. We would say to Mr. 'War-
ner, as little Acres says to his second, " If you love
me, Sir Lucias, let me bring him down at a long
shot." Six miles is a most convenient and eligible
distance for opening a battery. It is incomparably
preferable to the scope of a tow rope.
And the long range' may be so improved that, in
the event of war, we may batter the French coast
from the English, the sights of the guns being fitted
with powerful. telescopes. Dover would Make short
work with Calais, Folkestone would duel it with
Boulogne, in a fashion that little Acres himself would
approve.
When the aerial machine, as yet as invisible as Mr.
Warner's shell, is ready for flight, it may be fitted
with the long range, so as to be able to pour down a
fire upon any place in the world, from any elevation.
The fortifications of Paris would look rather foolish
under that sort of attack which would bring bomb-
proof parasols and umbrellas into vogue.
Absurd, however, as the whole thing appears, Mr.
Warner should have a fair trial ; and it is satisfactory
to us to see that our notion of what is necessary to a
fair experiment is borne out by the stipulations of the
Commissioners thus stated by Sir H. Douglas

" The Commissioners proposed to proceed with these
experiments, but they were called upon by Captain
Warner to allow him to provide two vessels. The Com-
missioners replied that they had provided two, and that
providing the vessels was no part of his destructive
power. They had settled among themselves that he
should never see these vessels,,still lessgo on board either
of them, till they were conducted to the bay or roadstead
where the Commissioners had fixed, and then that he
should be told to commence, and even then that he should
not he allowed to appear nearer to the vessels than the
certain distance, which he was to carry. They would
have taken care to keep the ves,el out of his personal
charge, and le t allowed any one to come near it. They
did not mean this as enythiug hostile to Captain Warner,
but to protect the public against even the suspicion of
collusion. Therefore they would not allow him to be
nearer than the person using his means of destruction
at his stated distance would require to be."

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAT.—On Thursday the
half-yearly mteting of this Company took place at the
London Tavern and was numerously attended. The
'hair,was taken by Henry Bosanquet, Esq. The meet
ing was also made special for consolidating some of
the new shares into capital stock, to decide on the devia-
tion of the branch from Ely to March, there to meet
a direct extension line from York by Doncaster, Lin-
coln, Boston, and Spalding, to be constructed by the
Midland and York and North Midland Railway Com-
panies. and also for limiting the projected line from Hert-
ford to Hitchin and Bedford, to Hitchin only (the Lon-
don and Birmingham Company having agreed to form
Bletchley to Bedford), towards which the Directors pro-
posed to apply the extension stock No. 2, which will not
now be required for the proposed lino from Ely to Lin-
coln. From the report it appeared that immediate mea-
sures were being taken for constructing the branch line
from Stratford to the Thames. An Act of Parliament
had been obtained for certain deviations in the Newport
line. By the union of this with the other rival company
the branch railway from Colchester to Harwich would
be secured by an Act in the next session. The Direc-
tors recommended a dividend at the rate of four shil-
lings per share on the new shares, and three shillings per
share on the old shares. From the balance sheet it
appeared that the half-year's receipts amounted to
63,435 L 16s. 2d., which left a net balance of 20,5911.
14s. 5d., which was the Colchester line. This, with the
net balance of 4;051/. 4s. 9d. from the Cambridge line,
and another balance, left for a dividend 25,276/. 16s. 3d.
The balance in hand on the capital account was
18,357/. 10s. 2d. After some discussion amongst the
proprietors the report was adopted, and the various reso-
lutions founded upon it were passed unanimously. It
appeared from the engineer's statement that the line
from Hertford to Hitchin would now only cost 200,000/.,
and that the whole communication to Cambridge and
Norwich would be completed in the course of next year.
On the motion of Mr. Kettricx, seconded by Mr. E.
Whittle, thanks were voted to the Chairman and
Directors, when the meeting separated.
BRIGHTON, THURSDAT.—The race week has not
brought us so large an influx of fashionable company as
usual. We never saw such a paucity of patrons of the
turf on the Brighton course the first day as we saw yes-
terday, and it is very evident that the Brighton meetinir
is declining ; and the absence cf gambling booths and
thimble tables contribute to the prevailing dullness.
The Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Chesterfield, the
Marquis of Exeter, Lord Maidstone, Captain Rous, Mr.
Gratwicke, the Hon. Mr. Petre, the Hon. Captain
Fitzroy, Mr. Scott Stonehewer, Mr. Baldwin, the Hon.
Mr. Ongley, and the officers of the Enniskillen Dragoon.,
were among the company. We believe the Earl of
Chesterfield, who has been for some time indisposed,
intends to remain here at present for the benefit of his
health. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea a-e pro-
tracting their stay ut the Bedford Hotel, where the E,tr!
or Ilehester is al o sia)irg. Sir Thomas and Lady
13.:rintr have taken a house in Brunswick-terrace, and,
Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, .has taker} 5,1
hoarse is Kemp Town. - -

•

WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENINO.-Eight 'of the
bodies of the unfortunate navigators were conveyed to
the Whitehall Inn, near to the city, but in the county of
Worcester. These, having been taken cut or the river
on the western bank, were conveyed to the nearest
county inn, while those of the other four, which were
landed on the east bank, were taken to the Anchor Inn,
Deglis, in the city of Worcester. To explain this it is
necessary to observe, that at the point where thicdread-
ful catastrophe occurred, the Severn divides' ,the city
from the county of Worcester. To-day inquests:, have
been holden on all the bodies ; on those at the Anchor,
before Mr. Hyde, the city coroner, and on those at
Whitehall, before Mr. W. S. P. Hughes, the coroner for
the county. The evidence adduced on each inquest was of
course almost precisely similar. One of the navigators
employed on the work, named Charles Head, deposed to
the nature of the accident, which he witnessed, having
declined to enter the boat, which he thought was' over-
loaded. The real cause of the accident appeared
from his statement to have been a rope, by
which a barge was moored to the bank. To
cross the river the boat must necessarily pass
under the rope, and on reaching it ene of the men
(Richard White) lifted up the rope. At the. same
moment the fifteen men standing up in the boat stooped
down to clear the rope, and this caused the boat krome-
dintely to capsize, precipitating the whole of the ill-fated
fellows into the river, which, at this point, was deep and
rapid, from being contracted by the works in progress.
It was a flat-bottomed boat, and the men were all stand-
ing on the bottom of the boat, and not upon the seats.
There was no " larking" going on at the time amongst
the men, as was at first stated, but all of them were very
steady. The witness (Head), on witnessing the accident,
seized a piece of timber, with which he succeeded in ex-
tricating one of the men, named John Dodson. This
John Dodson was alSo examined on the inquest; ke ee-
scribed the rope attached to the barge to have been lying
on the surface of the water, and thought the boat might
have passed over it had not White caught hold of it.
Head, however, was of a different opinion.
_ The two juries returned verdicts of " Accidental
Death," with regard to all the deceased. Their names
are—

Richard White, aged 21, of Defford.
Charles Baker, aged 24, from near Brighton. •
Mark Lewis, aged 27, from Walsall.
William Rose, aged 24.
Thomas Packwood, aged about 27, a native of Om-
bersley, near Worcester.
George Poulson, jun., of Cheltenham, aged 19.
John Pegg, aged 24, married, leaving a wife, but no
family.
Charles Child, a Herefordshire labourer.
George Smith, aged 25.
Charles Moscow, aged 23.
Henry \ranks, a native of Solihull, aged 24.

James Marshall, aged 45, married ; his wife keeping
public-house at Liverpool, and haring five small children

THE FIRE NEAR GRAVESEND.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE LOBS OF PROPERTY.:

The premises where the fire originated, the cause being
attributable to the foulness of an oven flue, belonged to
Mr. Solomons, consisted of a cottage, which *vita ad-
joined by three others, all tenanted by labourers and
their families, employed on Mr. Solomons' estate. The
whole were consumed, and the walls have falleh• in,
None of the parties are insured.
The farm in the rear (belonging to the estate) much
damaged ; the northern wing partly burnt.
Second Fire.—The greater portion of the agricultural
buildings on Queen's Farm (belonging to the same` gen.
tleman, Mr. Solomons) consumed—namely, the barn,
two stacks in the rick-yard—one of beans, containing
80 qurters, the other of wheat, the produce of 14 acres ;
also a granary and some bullock sheds. The. above
formed the east side of the farm ; the dwelling-house
and stable, forming the west frontage, saved. The barn
contained two floors, and was very large, being upsitards
of 200 feet-in length. The distance of the farm from the
cottages above mentioned, is nearly 100 yards. •
Third Fire.—The King's Farm (the property of the
same unfortunate owner as the above) totally burned
down. The distance from the Queen's Farm, over a
meadow, is between 150 and 200 yards. It occupied an
immense area, and the number of buildings was greater
and more extensive than at the Queen's. They were-as
follows :—Two barns, one 60 feet, in length and 30 feet
in breadth, and the other 70 feet in length and 40 feet in
depth ; a granary, 24 feet long and 14 feet in breadth.
These buildings, with a range of stabling, SO feet in
length, formed the eastern frontage of the farm, to be
added to which was the rick-yard at the back, contain-
ing several stacks. This is also destroyed. A brick
hen-house, and two four-stall stables (each separate
brick buildings, with lofts above) formed the south
frontage to the farm, of 160 feet. The opposite frontage
was likewise burned down. It was upwards of 200 feet,
and formed of bullock and cow sheds. The farm-house
is partly destroyed. It was tenanted by the labourers
and families, eighteen in number.
A fourth fire occurred at the dwelling of Mr. Solo-
mons' shepherd, a wooden building, about SO yardi, dis-
tance from the King's Farm. Part of the furniture de-
stroyed, but it was fortunately checked without any
damage to the building.
In addition to the above, there were a number of Carts
and waggons destroyed ; likewise a horse and several
pigs burned to death. All the fires were occasioned by
the first, the burning embers being carried by the wind
on to the roofs of the different buildings.
One man lost his life, and two were severely injured
by the fall of burning thatch.