14 NOVEMBER 1846, Page 9

The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque

Ports, was present yesterday at the opening of the swing-bridge forming part of the new works in the extension of Dover Harbour. The proceedings were con- ducted with much ceremony.

The Board of Ordnance has rejected the proposal for the use of Schon- bein's gun-cotton in the British Army.—Daily News.