The Sun. — 1870-11-03 (London, England)

ANOTHER IRISH MURDER.  A Dublin correspondent telegraphs that Patrick Murphy, land bailiff to Captain Lidwell, was murdered near Templemore yesterday morning. He was found lying on the road insensible, and soon died. He had been beaten to death with stones.  NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE  - • The cadet training screw-ship Trafalgar, Captain T. S. Lethbridge, has left Spithead for her cruise with naval cadets. The screw troopship Himalaya, Capt. E. Madden left Portsmouth on Tiiesday, with troops for Jamaica, 'Barbardoes, and Bermuda. The War Department steam transport Lord Panmure, has arrived at Devonport from Woolwich with 550 tons of Ordnance stores for the magazines at Bull Point and the Gun Wharf, Plymouth. The armour-plated screw turret-ship Monarch, Captain Aneysley, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour on Tuesday morning, and anchored at Spithead, to receive her ammunition. She will at once join the Channel Squadron at Portland. The City of Brussels, chartered by Government to convey troops to India, was to have arrived at Woolwich on Tuesday, but intimation has been received that the inspector of troopships has condemned part of the machinery, and that she will not be ready for three weeks. Rear-Admiral J. A. Paynter, in a letter addressed to the Secretary of State for War, sketches a plan for raising and drilling a national force of Volunteer Artillery, exercised upon the system adopted in her Majesty's navy for marine field guns. These guns, which are Armstrong 6 or 9-pounders, weighing from 3 to 6 cwt., are worked on a light field carriage on limber, carrying about 20 rounds of ammunition, are drawn and worked with great facility by the inen themselves, no horses being ever used ; can be carried, if necessary, across hedges and ditches ; and thus be placed in position's which it would be impossible, from the natural obstacles of the ground, for artillery moved by horses to approach. Admiral Paynter's object is to arm the kingdom with artillery of this description, every town having its battery, every village its gun, manned by thoroughly trained volunteer artillerymen. The Abyssinia, breastwork monitor, 1,849 tons, 200horse power of engines carrying two double-gun turrets, and driven by twin screws, built for the defence of Bombay, was put through her' final trial of machinery and speed on Friday over the measured mile off the Maplin Sands, previous to her sailing for Bombay. The ship's draught of water was 13ft. 7m. forward, and 14ft. Bin. aft, giving a mean draught of 14ft. 112 in. At her load line the ship will float at 15ft. forward and aft, with the main deck having a freeboard of 3ft. A strong wind prevailed off the sands during the time the ship was being tried, and a lumpy sea was running, but the results were considered very satisfactory, the ship under full boiler power, without being pressed in any way or the power of her engines brought out to their full extent, averaging as a mean of six runs made over the measured mile 9'600 knots per hour. Under half boiler-power she realised a mean speed of 7.827 knots. The Abyssinia is one of three vessels of the low freeboard Monitor type that have been built for the defence of our colonial harbours, the Magdala being the second vessel, also for the defence of Bombay, and the Cerberus, which has at last sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne, being the third.  CRYSTAL PAL kCE.—OneShilling Day; Wednesday Nov. 2, 1870. Number of visitors by season tickets, 1,502 ; ditto on payment, 691; total visitors, 2,193.