Max 28, 1864.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Toya! syal tradesmen, were brilliantly illuminated, and the Deanery, where refreshments were served to a select 
streets he the West End were crowded as usual on such | party of about 20 persons. The Prince and Princess 
occasio Louis of Hesse joined the illustrious party at the 
LAUNCH OF THE PRINCE ALBERT.—On Monday | Deanery. m -— — 5 o'clock the Royal carriages | 
anothe t addition was made to a iron- im drove up t vas shown 
fleet by the are TUN launch of this fine vessel from | as the Prin pts Praca of Wales made their oem 
— ess; pee ^s yard at Poplar. The tien Albert e ertt ias y the Dean and Lady A edt 
claim 1? defensive strength, inasmuc ch as Stanley. , Thei ir Ro oyal Highnesses drove of amid the 
the e ople. 
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.—The May pu 
meeting oft this Association was r eld o on Thursday after 
n at Willis’s Rooms, the ° ambridge, 
ident of the —Ó in ces d supported 
Grosvenor, Lord Ducie, Li 
a dou able c 
or v cirenlar i iron turrets also. Her general ‘principle of 
ecisely sa ha that of the 
t prec 
Ww arrior, Black Prince, and others our armour ships. | ne 
EU 
"n T 
which virtually Lord 
Mr. 
are wing passages ‘along the Droste, 
} k 
West, Lord Ele cho, 
Arthur 3 
volunteer officers. 
he Associ 
she has two bilge pla ates at each side, which are 2" 
posed to answer the same purpose in givi ng her stabi military a 
lity. The "plating, too, i the same as on the Warrio or, y" Elcho ead a ^v report stig | 
the iation was ve tm ed 
receiving additional pe cess , ani 
all and Nerthmberiand ‘had | 
joined them, They ory 36731. = 5d. in a in in good 
securities, a balance at the bank er” eso T, | 
and asum of 222. 13s. 5d. in the hands of the Secretary 
end to end, instead of only over the rover At th the 
however, the thi 
ness of the "TM 2 diminished grad ally to 3 inches, | 
E instead of going 5 féet below the — line, as | 
other ditur: c ES «| is only taker n dov n4 fee eet, 
Duke of Cambridge then said that he € 
"qd not be led away by the Prussian Apem d 
hoped they would e TY bree todens He 
lad seen - ert ms in the f troops, 
es t escape o PUR nd them. 
He mu remind them red rs the question of 
&mdonaliidn ey mind the re- 
pleni re "the i and "the ” difficulties the 
way of s ing. He did Quot eay | that they would or 
would als come into use. g ry 
body had his fear and fancy. cil 
He w 
the views of ev 
n undue on ne ma nother. On the 
motion of — Boileau a vile rof thanks was passed 
| to the he i 
Pas M isi AL WisEMAN.—On Sunday the 
| Trinity £ —d Pastoral ot inal | iseman was read 
Cardin: 
in all rs Roman Catholic places 
* Archdiocess of Westminster. 
the 
Her upper deck i 
iron is dock "Duienth "t. Te re out shells, ^ She is to be |t 
63 
the number of prizes i for was 316, , amounting 
to 41287, 
exh his flock to 
ontribute towards the fund for erecting Roman 
Catholic churches and schools i in the archdiocess, and 
in value hile t ear 
furnished with furnaces for heating shot and melting | 
nd is to be dri by 
recent scientific discussions 
on the anti iquity of man, the “ Essays and Reviews,” 
iron, an iven my of 500-horse power | be shot for, of the ergregte value of 61782 ltogether 
nominal Her tonnage i 29, her — 240 — there were 1070 rizes to ne competed oo by 
and her breadth 48 fe e M screw is to be fo Volunteers this y er than last year. v en 
laded, and not to li On de e to be fout turrets e Queen's prize had bee n incre sed 
or shields, as they are indifferently. called, with an m 
= v vit — in the Three of the cartels change A cre proved refert as dae were 
and t. The ot 1675 entries as gai 1145 last year, That a 
fee 
val about 6 fe vide by 12 fee t long, 
bat plated,” like thé turrets, wae 5} inches of armour 
er 7 inches of dia gonal plan nking. E these t turrets, 
kis are movea ble, 
worked from the main deck below. ae x Eni ve 
d 
regard to 
Du 
Universities of Eurer and Oxford, had presented 
Th s of Twe eeddale ha 
and with the midship portion of her broadside entirely | d Lord Mayor, the Ban of England, & 
plated. The rest of her fitting and equipment will be | Out olunteer artillerymen only 14 shot 
roceeded with at 
lwich, but nearly, if not quite, a 
oned a ind 
Woo 
islikely to Mr bots before she ii rognini mpete, pri 
x Wimbledon e year, nie tois duce a grea < number | 
this uld be given for their 
ibe! 
float an effective m f the Cham 
A ROYAL T FRO: mE: VSTMBA 
authorities at Southampton received an order 
mmissioners of the Treas pm 
duty free a magnifi gold —— brought oat Jast plan, real 
week by the Delhi, as a bree the ladies of e d ite 
i. idt ess of Wale d is His Pd e 
in width b 4 in. in d th and across, and 
rich v. Arat The ca a is ornamented with therefore rosy, E: possible, 
ee the syste 
se omn taid that it was tbe ved 
t th 
‘oul amount to et te 100 
ry.—On Th oon the ing ini its rn 
wn, horsed 
atte heim eiim service 
nged to pitch tents, Corps could hay 
g nthe 
Th ie Princo and Princess arrived at the Ports Len 
See at3 oe -— were Tecno by tbe Dei n, who | w "wá mà r, be members of the Association. 
on the Dean's left M us uu distribution of. prizes om take hate at Wimble. Pr 
and not at the tal Palace ^ ar th Lord | 
Eleh. con clud ded by uncing t the Duke 
Cambridge had eitamatel. 10 review p? Volunteers on 
the last day of the meeting. Captain Templer com- 
ber 
n were the 
ops of Licha ter oe ho sal 
mtm of Eton Coll of Wi 
Zetland, d 
nd Roches 
Dean 
Gne 
; m 
evum 
Enn); Chant t (J. Forster); Service D) 
pe , “Blessed be Thon” Ken ent). Before: the CER 
rewithal shalla yonng m 
Turle quee at the rgan, |a 
ry, which he played before service 
tak: ve | further discussion, in which Captai 
Duke of Cambridge said, as the ow 
idence watching over a 
unseen i mian surrounding every one, of God's m 
mise never to fi forsake His people, and then made a 
£ +h 
whic! 
General Bilan, Colonel Bower, ens Vitia Mr. 
Mr. Martin tain Mac 
mitb, Cap 
m. me Lord Bury, Lieutenant Marines, and others took 
the 
of the widows and orphaus of clergymen. 
MEAM amounted to 1647 After t| 
accompanied their Royal Hift to the 
part, 
elected one of the trustees of the Association. 
G 
it is understood, are to carry two guns e Marqui ad given 
are to carry one each of the heaviest perte n be | a prize to be shot for by gunmakers. de Grey 
got. Her total armament is intended t credo’ a weight | and Ripon had also given a 507. Z The nn op And w 
of metal of 1120 lb., against the Warrior’s 884 ib., sie was also a new prize, it would only be seco 
ough the crew of th ce Albert will be o 150, he Queen’s, and was intended fot d who E die 
against the 700 men o Warrior. All the turrets tinguished themselves on former occasions. Then 
being placed amidships the bulwarks u ssociation Cup, Mr. Bass’s, M. P. ize | 
deck have to be moveable, and are a y made of|of 507, Mr. Dillwyn’s, M.P., prize, value 257. "he | 
light iron fastened by hinges to the deck, so as to be | City prizes odd also be a feature; 5207. had already | 
eapable of being lowered at a moment's notice, leaving | been coll rough the exertions of Mr. 
the gu to fire anywhere. The ship launched | Smith, of the Victorias, and Major oe pond would | 
with the lower st of armour on from o end, be hot for by perg on in two clase Among the | oppos 
of an 
T) | piilo rea og 
e in the d ot à most brillian 
hop you of 
Selence prete vends | o ome caben this veil > we so deprive you 
M acia, 
for mine by the breech- ioni. i trial had taken thero was 
ame Colenso's Work on the AA and the 
He sa 
two cannot shut our eyes to y of modern 
EEY Hg is to demand, ‘ook fs -— supremacy 
not a fair balance but a loaded le, whenever it sei 
potsh 
rudiments of stone instruments, al 
reyes =e turn the scal 
marrow-mi ‘ind 
re c 
y and 
authority in records of several thousand 
"pode disputed, and a aon, running 
down a “ohannel that seems scooped out for it through 
»ri mn rivers, lined with monuments, bes ond which m 
no articulate me orial—cuneiform o e 
the gridiron ; till 
ously to the feet of a Galilean 
rolled spontan 
, Taniculum. Have we not a right to put all these gra 
cons tions 
Trinity. 
ur most sonhora and coi ci of life and 
as now 
solin 
N ». M feme. aad 
e wh 
oment in ers e could 
which MEET 
anship, 
tianity. 
The pastoral epistles, do we travel "bey ond the m of our own 
