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itt g although he had been in- guns to bear on the attack ing 
fises ee D. A AAE ERA g at | formed of the nature of these experiments he was not her bows, te ‘he aat ter receives the fire on her safest gry vi 
Berks. r ip, was the only child of at liberty at present to communicate ip ark The > runs and. ‘tre stern guns, the shot still al; Bee 
Barco urt, M.P., nt a he ey to urt. English Government were ado ting a very y and armlesly ‘off, adig ra from the steam-ram rf» t aen 
E -r to the perts seis = eee set aa | judicious course; they were making their experiments | shell) are doing their work with full effect ; therefore either by 
A ome the Bioro ofn n, Welor D ore they. built. t her ea. Hea a low the enemy must be destroyed. The «defects 
ey heir ai The point with | of th n nd Iti ly falli he bi 
all of whom surv: n I E PADES he hiel Doai ai | of e — g and ultimately falling off of the bits of broken 
s OSWALD gnp a mily | Which, as mechanical men, th do was whether |F sult oe the = ed blow 
S in her 43d year. "she rasan ter of the late | wooden vessels of war were equa al to the work of iron | & pe cgain by various razigi among others by the 
i craven, and hes rae fas Pine vet be Boy ys, and secon: ae vessels. If the e English hi seca found that wa r | plank simple Leta or eating Syn pe f = aie of th ip sali 
, s: k ae a Heet of our ships of the size of our 
wee trac would be more _advanta awd constructed with Me on kone ma Alberts eying large bodie: 
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ae R. Pay: led hi ke ds 1 18 42. He was an be (Gena es w far both get the material aoe constr uct | ale lowe monly effects a rapid and almost bardine É approac 
Pin the Aus n servi T Pa e ang in a proper manner. And he was also of| the first intimation the i iv 
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Cose Gaui à a eae aope m be ard the Sina, he | opinion that it was Liner aye to — snips with shot- | Shi t 
Jasnd e was the eldest none the sb mak y | out A is "h 
oe Henry Berkeley, K.C.B., and was born in 1818. qualities. er some further t A DE A the 'Chainann, would crushed, no hese’ OIA be saved under such 
Saestered the army in 1836, and served as military pe aai in AEMT up, said that the Admir rand some 15 years | circumstances, and the entire dispersion or destruction 
‘us ther during the successful operations against the Caffres | avo ha ided against iron shi of the whole convoy becomes inevitable, Imagine one 
Sus. He also served in the Crimean campaign of 1854 and th À ag: aes n consec ence ns cr more steam-rams provided with heavy guns or pro- 
tei. and was severely wounded at the battle of the Alma, in | the experiments ey then ma ido Pre O | jectiles entering Portsmouth, Plymouth, the Thames, or 
of which he returned home invalided. In 1857 he | the eae meeting a letter had bie _poblisied ve any other port of the British payee what precaution 
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war to Sir C. ge he oe well to ee that all the parts may be secretly my pared 
fe keer be Ee E cti a san war these pho aged Simultaneously» with a declar ation 
his Ines rece = > “ ar po essels might u ng our coasts, 
Ean medn! an and miik for Sebastopol and the Alma, as | Proposed Amy the shot-proof steam r am.” Sin roying military and covmaneretal navies, and burning our 
Sofy a Companion of the Bath, and eon f Tor arles Fox has since se oe fi mes Nasmyth nares Fallen, unless we are prepared with similar engines 
Sisservices in Roker the Order of the Medjidie rth | the merit of having about 13 years ago independently ns — pues opat them. Tho ada Spanon of the description of 
dam He was in his 40th asi invented and promulgated everything that has since | follo shows desesibed will secstears wire morrn 
Me Hesry Dove Sw. of St. John’s College, Onta- B Biia ESA y r following eerinenis results :—1. It renders all timber-built 
Mam, Who stood first in ae gin of successful candidates i een re-proposed as to steam rams ; ca a similar „clai um | vessels utterly useless for war, except as tran ransports or packet 
empetitive examination for the civil ser ai ce of the e Fast has since been made on behalf of Captain Richard |or messenger vessels, which could trust to extraordinary 
ee aae Ged on. the Sth August at Run a% palit R:N. hho. is said to have made known his | velocity for safety. 2. An invasion of the British islands 
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3. In combination with the electric submarine telegraph, 
these vessels render all the expen: cre coustworks, mili- 
and naval, now in 88, almost if ae altogether 
useless, and demand a totally new syste = ie past defences, 
4. To avoid the wholesale destruction of life bent ise inevit- 
abl these vessels, which by the’ Dn nstruction, mode of 
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ater Sire ives, at the age of 45. Dr. Salter stood relative claims of aime entlemen, we may men- 
ae profession, I haem ep in Ryde , upya wards of 20 | tion that since Lord Hardwicke saw the shot of the 
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as is a by the fact that he was selected y 68 pounders broken into fragments oy the wrought 
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ee Mrs. Francis Stuart WORTLEY, of a 
cont ily p oon ee i aang Eyre ra of a 
—19th inst, at the Vicarage, aot ba wife of 
the Rev. Harry Dyry! ah 
wb gay AGES.—On. the Erh ny ichael’s, Cheste 
Pag we he Hon. Henry BLIGH heier the. Earl of Devalep, 
eg he youngest daughter nh Colonel ai ARMITAGE, of 
Broomhill Bank, Kent 12th . inst, Mary’s Church, 
Tenby, the ye ‘Rope panon Bots: B, oh N., year: Herve 
the aai te Earl of Shan g m, oniy dau hter of 
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Tenby, South Wales—izth inst, at gst "Ball, ran 
seat of Lord ASIL Esq. 
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that as the priar mm ve the first hint 
of the vaisseau bélier by suggesting the shot-proof 
steam battery built for the Russian war, his Ma- 
„ |Jesty i is therefo: ore the cause of depriving Cherbourg 
d ofimaking, probably, the noble ships lately assem- 
bied there under both flags worse than useless for 
future. wars. The following is an extract from hi 
of the Duchy of Laneaster. = r 
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ngest gin ter of the oy Sir Poolal “yn yke, Bart., of 
ullingstone Castle, Kent—2ist inst, at St, George’s, Hanover 
Square, Sir EDMUND FILMER, Bart.. of East Sutton. Place, Kent, 
hter of Lord and 
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Sted London on Wednesday AE raay momage 
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been DEATHS —On the 21st August, at Mou t Aboo, Lieut,-Col 
` ywen from se wfoundland, announcing | sam th BLN : po 
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eprojecting prow or rostrum | WM. ANDERSON, 69th B.N.I., Political Agent of Jodhpoor and 
f which the blow is to be given, the projection being | Serohi, aged 55—18th August, ~~ Shabjehanpore, agus, 
e inj and prow | ARTHUR §® N, pe panes t- Surgeon it Bat Battalion BE th 
rl the sec Th pe, there would | Esq, of the 
Serine it must not. be saya Ghat. though i ine at.each end, thus doubling the mea 108 MS 
things, it i e as a permanent lsi whether for backing, going ahead, or turning; | to Ho ong, of diarrhea, JAMES BrcokLanp Cocke, Lieut. 
ae as it is still clear th i fault | Moreover, 3 bedisabled. The|of H.M.’s 50th Idest son of J Cockell, 
table, while it į ere ıs a serious fault | moreover, the vessel ld be less likely to sabled. 5 Regiment, eldes oc] 
Ble made 1b is oe whether noy efforts | object for which she is xpressly designed is, that of | Esq., S late of wick Square, London, 
e to Overcome the xisting obstacles in tha crushing in the side or.bow of an enemy by her beak ; but she | aged 24 — 23d of à aoe at Point de posers 
ia et wor working, i s woul be formidable in bling a retreating enemy by | Ceylon, o; y England, Lieut VELL 
RS destro: der. The. deck may haye three tow: CoLLYER PuiLuPs, of the Rifle Brigade, ai fe 15th 
attention HIP, ce the ta fêtes the.| the purpose of navigation and observation when in the presence | M: at from the effects of a fall from the yard 
to one been directed to a question of vital | ofan enemy, and also eject boiling water on, an enrmy's | of the American ship Tornado, FTON SALMOND, 
i t not e req speed e son , R:N., who com- 
he -to effect. a A a the a naval po ety d which ban eit po obtained, ut 3o po E= more as to leave the vessels | m: H.M.’s ship h the Cape of Good 
een’, naval Song Kga nge in the whole I contemplate te at Barty to canny afar A in trier heavy ry Sama, hin in 1852, aged 15 rome oe July, at pa, CO ae 
=." hether a ship. of- wal tarties. The Pay aS per action to destroy son afloat. There need bend à ith, R.N., and a 
% protected by ai propelled by steam linit to size or tonnage, but opinion 2 n 2500 tons would be | nephew of the Oliver Goldsmith, aged 24—23d July, at 
Se plates of iron as to defy the the most effective and Hinesin A of that size yapon, 2 Mel rne, A Gees TRORN: 
i battery, nee afloat or ashore. he ld have at Akoe pom ones the Siaa Bpa re, from which | TON, s son of the late Capt. Sir Abrabam ton, o! 
St $0 this question by naval offers of | mient be Aret mot- only solid shot, but pergassion sls and | Porh pese a Mavy, sged ai- lath postat token 
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; 8 Proved by the ‘address of Lord | timber vessels ak aerea erake vessel. The shell be- | aged 82—lith inst, at 5, Hinde Street, Manchester uare, 
We print thi 7 molte: i the molten iron running about | SOPHIA ANN, wife of WARBURTON DAvIes, Pe ae dakta 
eek in another red hot in the transit, and 
com ne re between the timbers, sets fire to the ship or what- | of the late Sir James Bland Lamb, Bart, T Benports 
i ae know how | the deck or ble matter it meets with, w pon the steam | Sussex — 13th at Leamington, or-General 
Science. In th, = practical | Pret ‘no abel makes ang impression, Th Tite about [at to, View; Square, Pimlico, | suddenly, Mar dipithat 
A - In TRUN section ances of these shells is about jat 5, Victo: maré, Pim > p 
9 £ all the appliances an all possi- CAROLINE M. TOIRE, 9 wile. fas r Disntensit a pag Rax- 
inte dis- ds to esate al Site, rennin Aaria ant: obéelb atir of Genera tte 
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on th 10 feet square, and can em; at the same time | DO: 
The i se of iron in in floating batteries | bility of danger one a poo pe a aE Di ais Robert Gardiner, K.C.B, omni inst, at Maidenhead, 
Scussi that a steam ram range. Mr. Per Seine torts me Ouiver Hargeeave, Esq., of Abbott's Langley, Hert- 
on the steam gu of any Sedative and Haslingden, Lancashire, aged 70—1ith inst, at 
ments have repeatedly proved | North Brixton, the Rev. Roprer Devry, F.R.S. E., late Deputy- 
i ate at erie egg of Inland rele eo pon 67—öth inst, at 
hough makin A Reda eeey, Beka, aged 20-120 tant 
mig i eated shots. | ENGLAN: of Miles ry, Bu agi i insi 
a i jeces fall off after rep at B ie suddenly, Rey, EDWARD Tacart, Minister erat 
mbered As sires hie for the action o of the shot; | Little Portland Street Chapel, Lon don—11th_ inst, at his 
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rd oem ate is fo! 
phas egian X as six TELL, of the Wi es. taken off sud 
esis v tha. Soak on piate ad mo | by fever in the 35th year of his age. His iama a and per- 
be more 
wer of resi . re ear 
i os consequently, ks oe 4 Paving phan. ree pmi a Every ons | severing habits of lile, his fair dealing, and = eral Kind = 
protectio eS "a of ° ill at sea knows how cor eg ry andami hin bea wha A Soon bs a Sth inst, 
Senusa, wife W. urse 
ment nocustonied to ‘effect when both pe a up | man, F.HLS., in the 61st year of he age he 
a ae aie et ment. If the ship should haul 
