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WE WAIT SUPPEE Pox xvu, after the Pantomime, at EVANS'. Fail LL WIIISKY v. COGNAC 'llllB C cel H BRANDY. FR ebrated DY Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest BRAN, 415 Pure Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. id ateA in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ;by dents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. lt . k@erve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded n ahan's LL Whisky." TO PERSONS SEEKING LANDED it ,ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RE 3IDENCES, p r „ki!:HoLD AND LEASE EIOLD INVESTM , , , INTS, AND TYPER VIES GILNERALLY— th,.° nz Ran GRATIS, at the princip a l R a il wa y B o ok s t a ll s 11 ( ; 0 1gliout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, kv 6 ', Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. 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TRINIDAD PETROLEUM COMPANY • (Limited). i n tt ile Directors beg to give notice. that Share Certificates, dt e tt eh anze for Ifanlers' rece pts, will be ready for delivery Slant. e Offices of the Company on MONDAY next, the 20th 75 . Old Broad-street, E.C., March 15, 1865. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW YORK DIVISION-SECOND MORTGAGE BONDS. PE NNSYLVANIA DIVISION-FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. ri l .nterest payable lst April at the Consolidated Bank the lie COUPONS from the above Bonds will be PAID on t; Ist April, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar, and must be left t:o clear days at the Offi 7e of the Company, No. 2. Old 11r-street, London, B.C. for examinqtion. l sent by post, eque for the amount will be r rallied in cou f rse. 2, Old Broad-street, London, 8.C., March, 1865. ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and i ts , GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta ph.l_led A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo- London, S.W. ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. ESTABLISHED 1837. nitITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. n 'Powered by special Act of Parliament 4 Viet., cap. 9. 1, Princes—street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. a t *ge Bevington, Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich. k?,rge Cohen, Fag . Shacklewell. a, , tie Coventry. Esq , (Awn Exchange Chambers. Irat4athaii Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, Pembridge Villas, Bays- Joh' Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. l °4l as Samuel Girdler, Esq.. 7, Tokenhonse-yard. 1 1 Ward Hales, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Kent. e ery Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. tr er 7 description of Life Assurance business transacted Th e lowest rates of Premium consistent with security. Q various Tables, some of which are peculiar to this Com have been studiously adapted to the requirements of r 7 class of Assurers. EQUAL BATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE 20 ANNUAL PREMIUM. AGE. 25 1 12 5 35 30 1 16 0 40 2 0 8 45 ANNUAL PREMIUM. 2 6 9 2 15 1 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. ULERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. Es!ablished 1824. r h Financial results of the Society's operations Th e 4 r l hual Income exceeds £201,000 The Assurance Fund safely investe 1 is over £1,446 000 Th e l ' T e'or Policies in the last year wereassuring £271,440 1 1 , Loans added to Policies at the last Division was X 175,077 Total Claims by Death paid amount to £1,962,629 Th, —,ety c , followin are among the distinctive features of the (.4tE DIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of Life, r e Z, the age does not excee i (0, one-half of the Annual ta ct utttlns during the first five years may remain on credit, off either continua as a debt on the Policy, or be paid 1 , ,1 . 11 Y time ta.ri„ - RATES of PREMED& for YOUNG LIVES, with t',,Participation in Profits. t'roji' li ONVAIENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without t,ttai,? , by which the Sum Assured becomes payable on the titiaireent of a specified age, or at death, whichever event 1 , , rat happen. to t';,,YALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned I,b.- Increased risk. thie . „ 3l l - 7 SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid days after proof of death. Thr - ‘,liillaVlever4onary Bonus at the Qu , inquennial Divisn in 'llth r e i ,raged 98 per cent., and the Cash Bonus 28 perk ent , , remiunis paid in the 5 years. 147 e next Division of Profits will take place in January, Jun' a nd persona who effect New Policies before the end of dlfinext will be entited at that Division to one year's ad- T - rial share of P ro fit s over l a t er en t ran t s. odesl,l2, of Rates an d F orms o f P roposa l can b e o b ta i ne d o f the Society's Agents, or of 13, s GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Ac'uary and Se:retary. ararnes's-square, London, S.W. " I . I TH OF ENGLAND WAGON COMPANY (Limited). ""rPOrated under "The Companies Act, 1852, 1 ' C apital £200,000, in 10,000 shares of £2O each. First (With power to increabe.) i, bo n s ° 11 ,.e of 5,000 shares. Deposit Li a share on applies,— 81,' re, and at qtra Li 10s. on allotment. Calls not to exceed .£2 100. ;" interv a ls of not less than three months. " 11 5 not proposed to call up more than £lO a share.) Th e DIRECTORS. = lon. James F. Stuart Wortley (Director of Bank of ka.lildustan), Wharncliffe House, W., Chairman. LJ°l' Clarke, Director of Works, Admiralty, White rtlL P. Snell. Esq. (Director of London aad South-Western A i Agway), Belmlnt, Havant. le2c,and Ric er Williams, Esq., Palace House, Bishop's Waltham. hard Grosvenor, M.P., Grosvenor House, Lon- With power to add to their number. AUDITORS. manrice, Auditor of Great Northern, and of Lon -44.2 Bri ghton , and South -f east Railways. Georgehadwick, Adamson, M'Kenna , and Co., 27, Great stret. BANKERS. Cocks, Biddulph and Co., 43, Charing-cross, S.W. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, Drake, and Co. INSPECTING ENGECEER. Charles Cnbitt, Esq., 3, Great George-street, S.W. BROKERS. kessrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Tarogmorton-stre SECRETARY. R. W. Hall, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 37, Gnat George-street, S.W. IrEttv u a7t n 11 the, have been for some time and alilland ptopi".ee of England, returning large dividends, after due ,b 13,, 5 1° 11 . made for depreciation of stock end other contin - Z t h , - , i °. This C om p an y h as b een f orme d f or the extension Ystem to the South and South-Western districts, in v%, h. t has been hitherto but partially known. In If is considered that every year a vast increase to the • -3's of thi s an d o th er countries is made, and that accord ftgeso the returns made to the Board of Trade fur 1863, be thitthree and four millions of tone of gooia were carried 1 14 'oe lines i n this particular district, it will be evidelit 41 14, 44 ample field is open for the operations of this Com ,Pftn.,,l Companies are looked on with favour by railway jllii„ Ti tes and by their customers, the hire of plant being an p i nvenience to the manufacturer, the coal owner, and ticand l.l .er. A profitable business can also be ensured by en ,nto cantracts for the supply of Rolling Stock t o foreign ve r ° , l ?filal railways The demand for that accommodation Thi'd!irtre and increasing. }Pt to of ow does not propose to construct its own wagpns, 0 414 1 ,, ollow the plan of purchasing its stock from established ~;rs, which has been succesativ ly adopted by other Wagon ab s i e 4l ‘ - 'B. This, from its cognmand of a pita', it will be en ter th e e l by any commensurate risk, cannot fail to be securcl he ? li areholders. .4111e.teolef sources of profit in the business proposed to be . me n by the Company may be divided into two classes, Th e letting of Wagons at fixed rentals, and e th atti ng of Wagons at redemption rentals i ce former class of contracts hirers pay the Company i l e lltr a : annual sum as will cover depreciation, repairs, and 4 t against accidents, as welt as a remunerative inte (o4 (h.,'e ckital employd. latter class the hirers pay such sums as will return kp,klfal invested, with interest ; the wagons remaining the 1e of the Company until the last payment has been ki ) r otrl 1:H211,4 manufacturing areement which has been made with a well htt'fect,, firm in very extensive business, the tigtio,,% Can rely on a minimum return of 7i per cent. per 1,,,et0,„P2 11 the paid-up capital oi the Company. The b4 B nowever, believe that, from the abundance of bust liable and the pressing demand for railwalant, b - Q ' c L ota country and abro.td, the profits of the Comp..ny oflarger. tr l e ita i l c of the Articles of Association may naryap cted at r , e rs' and Brokers', and at the Tempo Offices, and ekier',Z fietnents entered 'into can be seen at the Offices of t Lo t ll:obam and Co., 46, Parliament-street. _ _ tttions for shares must be made in the annexed form ; %,14,re hnplication will be considered unless a deposit of £1 a h4 ll be b een previously paid to the Bankers. This deposit the if returned if no allotment is made to the appl cant ; sh:T allotment is made, it will be applied in payment on ihos"efe alted. 4faitile),ofuses and Forms of Appn for Shares may be frhta IsZ o. at the Temporary Offices L ando the Brokers. h ' ° l / 1 OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ° Vi e - ' 4 , - aP sheet shmld be 'resented entire to the Bankers to th - 2 17 nPanY, who will r detach the Receipt, and return .Plicant.] '-',reetors of the South of England Wagon Company ti le , titl eta (Limited). i,erl,—l request you to allot me shares of £2O L Q , - i I h e ,e, South of England Wagon Company , , Limited), 4 4 ,,a1i0 !t `,7, 0 Y agree to accept those shares, or any less num- A ' to byq to rne subject to the regulations of the Company: , t e a s 4110 shareholder ot the Company in respect thereof, It, troA t e . e to (ray the further deposit of £1 10s. a share on 411P"er allot an 1 authorise yon to enter my name on the res itil otte S d ha to re m ho e l . ders of the Company in respect of the Name In full .... 1 . 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T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, ti • for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and alive!. --- T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS' P. , • in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. JDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, • in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. • ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President-11 is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward May terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W iliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co.. Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co.. Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. sTAN FORD SMIT Ei Secretary. T DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS • in Lamps for India. JDEFRIES and SONS' ,WALL LIGHT • Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). JDEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB • Mess, and Ueniral Furnishing Orders of. China, Glass, JDEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS • with Pattern Books and Special Designs. DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five tr • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147. Houndsditch. TIAIR-C UR LIN G FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is appded. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for Cl stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11011 E, Hampstead. Offiee3.-77, Cornhill. PATRON —The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. _— - - Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon ( hampneya I R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supdly a great national want. viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestie service, and provides a home free of exeense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. Tne Committee earnestly APPEAL tor CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and loss r f life at sea, and to enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 swans annually by casualties alone, without including tnose who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankere, Messrs. ,Barclay. Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, Zit". 77, Cornhill R. SW . EETING, Hon. See: QUARLES XA511 . , kieo, GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 54 stamps. It 1 s most easy of use. Naval and Military-Intelligence. VALETTA, March 10.—" The Cossack, 20, Lieut. G. Borlase (in charge), left on the 4th inst. for the lonian Islands, and the Psyche, despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander R. Sterne, left on the 6th for Naples. The latter ship has on board the Bishop of Gibraltar, who is about to consecrate the new Eng lish church there. His Lordship is accompanied by the Venerable Archdeacon Cleugh. The Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, is expected from the lonian Islands, and the Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. D. Fortescue, from the Coast of Syria, other ships having been sent to replace them. The Pelican, 17, Commander H. B. Comber, and the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C. Seymour, are under re pair. The latter is to go to Athens. Prince Arthur, after being detained at Marseilles by the weather, left on. the sth instant, in the Enchantress, for Naples ; and a private telegram informs us of his arrive there on_the 6th inst., and of his expected departure thence in two days for Syracuse. The Italian sailing corvettes Eurydice, 18, Capt. Cavaliere V. Casselli, and Valoroso, 8, Capt. Cavaliere A. Cappellini, arrived on Sunday afternoon from Gibraltar on a voyage of instruc tion. On entering the port they saluted the garri son, and on the following morning the salutes were duly returned. The Austrian steam corvette Graf Doudolo, Capt. G. Nauta, left Malta harbour on the 6th for Mexico, to relieve the Novaro. The two Prussian brigs Musquito and Rove, are still here awaiting instructions. The Royal Thames Yacht Club schooner Sylph, T. Fookes, master, arrived on the Bth inst. from Falmouth and Gibral tar. She left the former port on the 20th, and the latter on the 28th ult. The Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Zoe, E. Rice, master, arrived here on the following day, having left Southampton on the 20th ult., and Gibraltar on the Ist inst. She has on board Capt. and Mrs. Mane. Cable 26 miles in length is expected here in the Bellona steamer from England about the 15th inst., when the Fanny Lam bert, having effected the repair of the Tripoli and Benghazi section, and buoyed the ends of the Ben ghazi and the Alexandria section at the place of fault, will return to Malta to take on board the new piece, and proceed with it to complete the ne cessary repairs. The 2d battalion Royal Fusiliers have received their orders for Canada, and will probably leave about the end of May. Another battalion will, it is rumoured, leave Malta this year for Ceylon or the Mauritius, probably the 2d bat talion Bth or 2d battalion 22d, most likely the latter, it having suffered much from ophthalmia, and it is thought a change will prove beneficial to it. Capt. Sherard Osborne, R.N., passed by Malta in the last steamer from England on his way to India. Col. Herman, Consul-General at Tripoli, has ar rived here from England on his return to his post. The paddlewheel steamer Sheerness, 2, 114 horse power, employed on harbour service between Chatham and Sheerness, after having been fitted with new boilers and the new Lumley's steering apparatus, was taken to the trial ground at Maplin Sands for the purpose of testing her speed and steer ing qualities. The result as to speed was satisfac tory, the vessel making an average of nine knots per hour. It was, however, to the trials made to test her steering capabilities that the greatest interest was attached, as testing the value of the Lumley rudder. The Sheerness made the complete circle in an average of 2 rain. 40 sec., while with the paddle wheels disconnected, and one working ahead and the other astern, the full circle could not be made under nine minutes. A naval court-martial assembled yesterday on board her Majesty's ship Formidable, 84, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Talbot, K.C.8., Comman der-in-Chief at the Nore, for the trial of Sub-lieut. Harry Lefevre Ryder, of her Majesty's screw frigate Phaeton, 39, 400-horse power, Capt. G. L. Bow year, on a charge of having, on or about Sept. 23, 1864, twice struck Mr. J. C. Larcome, carpenter of the said ship, and also with having, on or about Dec. 23, 1864, struck Mr. G. L. L. Coste, midship man of the same ship. The Court was composed of Capt. J. Fulford, of the Formidable, president ; Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., Cumberland, 70 ; Capt. the Hon. G. D. Keane, additional, of the Cumber land ; Commander F. H. Stevens, Wellesley, 72 ; and Commander L. Gussen, Formidable. The prisoner, who was assisted by his "friend " Mr. Hoskens, Admiralty solicitor, Portsmouth, pleaded " Not Guilty " to both charges. Mr. G. H. Knight, of the firm of Essen, Knight, and Arnold, Crown solicitors, Rochester, officiated as Deputy Judge- Advocate, and conducted the prosecution. On the part of the prosecution nine witnesses were examined, the prisoner afterwards putting in a written defence, in which he urged that the blows alleged to have been struck were inflicted at the time the parties were all " larking " with each other. He also handed in a number of certificates of character. The Court, after deliberating for a short time, con sidered both charges fully proven, and adjudged the prisoner to forfeit one year's seniority, and to be severely reprimanded. Orders have been received at Chatham directing the depot of the 81st Regiment to move from that garrison to Gosport on Saturday next, to join the service companies of the regiment on their arrival from India. The troops whose arrival we announced yesterday in the troop ship Orontes, Capt. H. W. Hire, com menced their disembarcation at Portsmouth in the morning. Those of the Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut. Lloyd, landed at the dockyard, and proceeded by rail to join head-quarters at Chatham. The head-quarters of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Col. Graham, were landed by Government steamers at the Royal Clarence yard and marched to the different forts at Gosport. A few men of the late St. Helena Regiment were landed at the dock, having volunteered.to join the 22d, 52d, and 64th Regiments, while the officers and rest of the men remained on board, and will land this morning and be forwarded to the depot battalion at Winchester. The military invalids were removed to Netley Hospital bythe Sprightly, steam tender, Mas ter Commander Allen, under the charge of Lieut. Ar rowsmith and Dr. Roche. The Orontes only requires her bottom to be cleaned and a few defects made good when she will be ready for further service. a them to p resen t C a ptain Previous to the officers and ladi es l eav i ng th e s hip as a token of the great r desire tswheai evinced ci x ee p ed r e e s boy s f e himdp plate tye during the passage home, kin but this ho very graciously and respectfully, yet positively, declined to accept, stating he needed not present in the shape of a his s duty. It was then silver inkstand to Mrs . Hir e ; this, also he begged to decline. The officers and ladi es , h owever , deter minedssuch wished reward to make when a suitable doing that some memento should be handed to Capt. Hire, decided on presenting an address to him, in which they expressed their thanks for his kindness and attention on the voyage home. The 64th Regiment, under the command of Col. Shute, left Portsmouth garrison yesterday evening, and proceeded by two special trains to Manchester and Chester, where they are to be quartered. The depot of the 52d Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry), having been inspected by Major- Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., will leave the garrison at Chatham by special train on the South- Eastern Railway this morning, and proceed to Portsmouth, to join the service companies ofj the regiment on their arrival from India. The 52d Regiment embarked on the 30th of June, 1853, and has consequently served nearly 12 years in India. In the Indian mutiny it greatly distinguished itself, the regiment, after being in numerous engagements with the rebels, being one of these which was at the DESTROYER, ALELROss,s 2 D 4 E B in.L H A ilh oßT H r o e l m bo ov ill e4 effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, n tLi d ßeo a fin rms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day as ordered by post n wttfo A a u for 54 stamps. final assault and capture of Delhi. Owing to the I length of time the 52d has been in India the service companies are considerablyreduced in strength, but they will be augmented to the full compliment from the depot companies. The 25th company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut. E. F. S. Lloyd, arrived head quarters, Chatham, yesterday, from the Mauritius, having disembarked at Portsmouth from the iron steam troopship Orontes, 2, 2,812 tons, 500-horse power, Capt. H. W. Hire. The company, from its long absence on colonial service, only numbers be tween 70 and 80 men of all ranks, but it will be raised to its proper strength from the depot com panies of Royal Engineers at Brompton barracks. Col. Arthur Borton, C. 8., has assumed the com mand of the troops in the Eastern District, vice Major-Gen. Lord H. Percy, V.C. Capt. Hill, of the Ist battalion Ist Regiment, has assumed the command of the troops at Landguard Fort and Harwich, vice Capt. Browne, of the 97th, who has returned to Colchester. SPANISH FLY is the a c ti ng i ngre di en t i n ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 ,High Holborn, London. Essay 3n Hair, id. PIMPLE . REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin arc inir,roved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SF.AN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &a. 2s. 8d .; by post for 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. A.LEX. ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps; Eye Colour, 3s. Od.. or 54 stamps. Skin ionic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or 60 stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALka. ROSS. 218, High - Elolborn, London. AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.-AN J EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels tr affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it Prepared °my and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 134 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthma tic Balsam, _ . The name and addrego are cloned vn the ritual). 7•-• • , ' - , AC;i 2. • 4' _ • i j . , tk -/ r-7 A s . 1 -; 11 ( 0 " ' P r, I 41 .0 • • •-,•• Attl It * (; %," _ F s/ •/. eN- 01,10 W; (33 -1111 1 V F !, - T \ _ 3f4 E t • DIE II .11q, 'pat' VIZ,- DR°I • PRICE 4d., STAMPED sd. about the same ; and the actual results obtained being, therefore, so much in favour of the double screw, the conclusion must be accepted that two well submerged propellers, one on each quarter of a vessel, and thus cutting their way solidly into the water, must be far superior to either the best single screw arrangement, or that of the paddlewheels. As the twin screw thus gives speed superior to every other form of a ship's propulsion through the water, and also gives her a power of revolving on even her own centre—a power that cannot be attained by any other arrangement—Sir John flay and Mr. Stans feld may both find their ideas, as expressed by them in the House of Commons on Monday even ing, perfected with regard to a war-ship's speed and form, as in the completion of the small gunboats now for the Admiralty by Messrs. twin-screw vessel promised to be built by Lord C. Paget at her Majesty's dockyard at Pembroke. lrfrena .and Viper, Diidge building and in the more powerful / % t pEh ,tt• \ I f f and made them BTB in the Oil Creak a l e:s e { es4*3' s ,#l end of that year there was said to be 2.loEncl6,4AVOtry. that and the neighbouring district & A tel er report in the American Cyclopedia, 74—1 . - tiers`to; best 74—were producing daily 1,165 barrels,fgeh barrel' iz holding about 32 English gallons, making the large amount of 37,280 gallons a day. The chief town in this district is Titusville, and when we got there we could see there was something very strange going on. Nothing wa s heard of but oil, the very children were malting erections by the roadside and playing at boring for oil. Although at this time the whole out-put of the district was, as far as I could make out, under 60 casks a day. I may mention that this distriet is reallkin the backwoods. The day I left Titus-. vine I drovealong many miles of what was called a road, which was nothing more than the trees cut down and rolled to one side. The wells vary greatly—some give oil at the depth of 60, others are over 500 feet. The oil boring is like other mining operations, not certain of success. Two liores may be near each other, the one giving oil, the other none. Salt water commonly comet up with the oil ; it is separated by standing in vessels, the oil floating on the top of the watrr, and the water being drawn off from below. Sometimes when oil is struck it comes rushing out with great violence, as if it was thrown up by compressed gas. In one well near Tideoute, it is said that a workman was knocked over by the jet of oil, which was thrown through the derrick and into the tree around; and in one case the whole matter caught fire, producing very serious conse quences. Other parts of America have produced oil, such as Ohio, Western Virginia. A considerable quantity has been found in Canada, and from the excitable nature of tho business, and the success that has attended it, we may rest assured that our American friends will look carefully after it. Tho exports were—for 1861, 1,112,470 gallons ; for 1862, 10,887,000; for 1863, 28,000,000. The total product for 1863 is estimated at 80,000,000 gallons. During the time my petr o l eum work was going on, I started an investigation with the prospect of procuring petroleum, or a substance equivalent to it, from coal ; and after some time succeeded. The process which I discovered is exceedingly simple, and consists in the distillation of coal, at the lowest temperature, at which it can be decom posed. By this process we obtain a mixture of several liquids with paraffin° dissolved in them. This liquid I named paraffins oil. In distilling coal at a high tempera ture, such as a bright red heat, we procure a heavy liquid called coal tar, and a permanent gas--common coal gas. In my process, I get no proper tar, but the greater part of the illuminating portion of the gas in a liquid state. In fact, paraffine oil is the substance that would have become illu minating gas had the temperature to which the coal was subjected been a bright red heat. With regard to lamp; the earliest lamp that I am acquainted with for the burning of hydro-carbon oils, and which performs that duty well, is the lamp patented by a Mr. Young, which he named the camphine lamp, and was used to burn purified oil of tur pentine, under the name of camphine. This lamp was pro duced in the argand and flat wick form ; and the lamps still in use are but modifications of this lamp. The flat wick gives from 20 to 30 per cent. more light from the same quantity of oil than the argand round wick. The great thing to be accomplished is to throw a current of air againstthe flame, so that the oil may be completely burned. With regard to light-giving qualities, this parffine oil is by far the best sulastance yet known, onegallon of paraffin() oil giving as much Light as 233 lb. of sperm candles, or 40 lb. of tallow candles, although a gallon of paraffin only weighs 8} lb. The difference of light-giving power seems great, but chemistry can explain this matter so far. In animal or vegetable oils or fats, there isa considerabloquan tity of oxygen. This is equivalent to so much of the sub stance being already burned, as it is already combined with oxygen. Now, if we consider that the oxygen in the sub stance is combined with the hydrogen, we have water to evaporate, keeping down the temperature of the flame; and as it is, understood that a light-giving flame is particles of carbon heated to a high temperature, it is evident thatany thing, such as water, reduces the temperature of the flame, must reduce the intensity of the light. On the other hand, if we consider the oxygen to be combined with the carbon, the product is carbonic acid. This substance, as is well known, when mixed with gas, reduces greatly its illumi nating power. That paraffin candles do not give the light that oil does seems impossible. A good deal has been said in the public prints about the hydro-carbon oil, end this is a subject deserving the greatest attention. The whole matter seems to me to be very simple. Oils that give off vapours at low temperatures should not be used for burn ing in ordinary lamps. If they were so, accidents, if they can be called accidents, must certainly be the consequence; no oil should be sold for common use that give off an ex plosive vapour under a temperature of 130 deg. Fehr. This has been my rule, and the result is that in all my 15 or 16 years' experience, no one, as far as I know, has been in jured by an explosion of eny oil. In several cases dange rous oils have been used under the name of "Young's Pa tent Paraffins Oil," which occasioned accidents, and led to investigation, but in each case the investigation showed that other explosive compounds, and not Young's oil, was the cause. The other day a fatal accident occurred. In this case the inquest was held before we knew anythingi about it, so wo bad no ono there to look after the matter; and cannot tell whether the oil was ours or not. But from what I see from the newspapers, it was proved at the in quest that the woman had the lamp at the fire, inside or on the fender, and how the thing occurred seems not to be known, as no one but herself was in the room, and no noise or explosion was heard. An act was passed two years ago to prevent the storing of more than 40 gallons of petro leum, or any product thereof that gave off explosive vapours under a temperature of 100 deg. Fehr. This act is a dead letter. It is well known that shiploads of such petroleum are continually in our best harbours, and it is being sent over the country in all directions and sold without com punction. I now propose that coals should be distilled at a low temperature, and that the gaseous products should be supplied at a very cheap rate for giving light and heat, and supplying gas engines, and that the coke should be used, as it is now, for making smokeless fires, and that the paraffine oil be used for the fuel of steamships—being liquid, it can be stored into out-of-the way places, where nothing else can be put, and pumped into the fire-place by the engine. By this means, the whole staff of coal-trimmers, firemen and their accommo dation on board the ship would be saved, and the space occupied by the coal made available for cabins or cargo. (Applause.) A steamship in crossing the Atlantic con sumes 1,600 tons of coal in a ten days' voyage. The Ad miralty allowance for a ton of coal was 48 cubic. feet ; and a ton of paraffine oil would go as far as a ton and a-half of coal, and would only occupy 36 cubic feet, as against tho 72 cubic feet required for a ton and a-half of coal. The fire would be regulated by merely turning a tap. I need not enlarge hero on the immense advantage it would be to our cities to have smokeless fires, nor need I insist on th convenience of having a cheap light and a cheap heat for cooking purposes, and a cheap power by means of the gas-engine always at hand, and consuming nothing when not in use, and which can instantly be put into full operation, exciting more or less power as required, by merely turning a handle ; and as there is no boiler to burst, that danger would be done away with. (Applause.) Mr. Young illustrated his Interesting paper by speci mens of the Punaffine, paraffins candles, and paraffine the candles being lighted, and the oils burning in a num ber of lamps. And looking on it with lack lustre eye, "And then he drew a dial frem his poke, the world Wags., Thus ry us ve we m w a is y el s y e , e, ' , l ci t u i o s te th n o be :c , l , o h c o k w : ma ß rk e e n rs, so m n' a s d r e oinckeevteryDiasizlse,arstue suitable for everybody, and are sent to every part of the kingdom, safe by post, at 5,6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 , 29 , 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 guineas in cases; ; 19 a , n 2 d 0 a , t 2,3, 4,6, 6,7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12 , 13 , 14, 15, g 16 ° , 1(1 17, ca 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25 guineas in silver cases. A descriptive pamphlet post free for two stamps. J. W. Benson, Ludgate-hill, watch and clock maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. PRINCE ALFRED A SCOTTISH KNIGHT.-Her Majesty having been pleased to create Prince Alfred an extra Knight of the Most Ancient Order of the Thistle, the recognitions of his royal highness have now been corn_ pleted. Excepting the Sovereign, the Prince is the only member of the royal family who has been admitted to the distinction of the green riband and St. Andrew badge. w e have no doubt this appointment will be regarded with great satisfaction by the people of Scotland, who will doubtless recognise the youthful and gallant Prince as a worthy su e _ cossor to the late Prince Consort in the roll of Scottish chivalry. It may also be recognised as an addition to the many tokens of warm affection which her Majesty has ever shown for the northern kingdom.-&otsman. NY ~ ADVERTISEME. • Holloway's Pills.—Liv er Q om , plaints and Disorderse extraordinary of rd th ry e Bowels.- o lt tishis mediimposs c i in ble o to in e xaggerate th the treatment of an affections of the liver or irregularities of the bowels. In cases of depraved or superabundant bile, these pills, taken freely, have never been known to fail. In bowel complaints they are equally efficacious, but they should then be taken rather more sparingly, for every medicine in the form of an aperient requires caution whep the bowels are disordered, though a gentler or more genial aperient than these pills, in moderate doses, has never yet been discovered. If taken according to the printed in struction whole s, system. they not only cure th e complaint, but improve the BRE/LIU/in BEVERA GE. — Homcoopathio practitioners and the medical pr o f ess i on generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doe eeor the trine of ho weopathy was first introd uce d i n t o thi s coun t ry there were to be o bt -hied no preparations of cocoa either at, tractive i thto r the supplied taste t acceptable orude s t t o at t e, the or s so stomach ka th ftli en il u t: t wee ‘ ma nufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, Ho moeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1 839 to turn his attention to this subje c t, an d a t l e n g th succeeded, w the assiiiance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect ti iteration it receives in the prooesS It passes throigh, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. ft vFor ratan;ge, n g e r r a a t e l f use ul breakfastEp p s'B Cocoa deli cious aroma. Dr. Hassel , in his work, "Food and its Adulttratio 3 0," says —" Cocoa contains a great variety of im portant nutritive principles—every ingredi ent nesessary to the growth and susten ance o f the body." &gain: "As a beverage, e i r s age, possessing distin g uished a a s M anoi iilig nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." 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On March 29 will be published the First Number of a new Illustrated Monthly Shilling Magazine, to be called Flllll WATCH-TOWER. Prospectuses ready. Office,lsS,Fleet-st., London. Twin Screws versus Paddles. The twin screw steamship Mary Augusta, 970 tons and 280-horse power of engines, nominal, whose measured mile trial off the mouth of the Thames was noticed in The Sun of Monday last, made her sea trial trip on Tuesday between Dover and Calais, in a race from the English to the French harbour with the new paddlewheel mail steamer La France, the latest addition to the fleet of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, and said to be the fastest boat under steam in the English Channel. The Mary Augusta had left Greenhithe at an early hour in the morning, and at 7 30 a.m. dropped her anchor in Dover Roads to await the time of depar ture of the next mail boat for Calais on the arrival on Dover pier of the express train down from Lon don due at 923 a.m. The train arrived on the pier with its usual punctuality in point of time, and very soon afterwards the mail steamer cast off from the Admiralty pier and stood out clear to view from where the Mary Augusta was lying, and, was then discovered to be the famous La France, she being, when time was taken, about three cables' length ahead of and on the weather bow of the Mary Augusta, the water being smooth, compara tively speaking, in the Channel, and the wind quite moderate from E.g.E. La France had thus the advantages at the start of smooth water—her specialite—and with nothing aloft to offer any resis tance to her passage through the water, while the Mary Augusta would have been better weighted for the race with her slim-bow'd rival had there been a sea in the Channel, and had her bark-rig aloft more nearly approximated to the rig of La France. The two vessels for the first five minutes after starting together from off the end of Dover pier head seemed to be pretty equal in point of speed ; and some of those on board the Mary Augusta began to think their vessel would make a sufficient fight of it could she but be made to " hold her own'.' with her rival, but her builders, who were on board, thought otherwise, and stated they felt convinced the twin screws must win the battle. The result proved the soundness of this opinion, and now ensued, without any doubt the most exciting and interesting contest that has ever yet occurred since steam was first applied for the propulsion of ships. At 9.53 both vessels began to open the South Fore land to the breeze, being at the time exactly abreast of each other and close together, with the paddle to windward, the twin screws appearing to slightly draw on La France, but a hot bearing developing itself in the starboard engine of the Mary Augusta, it was eased in its revolutions as much as durst be done under the circumstances of the ship's position with her handsome and dangerous rival, and her than ce of suc cess thus far damaged. At 10 a.m. La France's stein was fairly in a line with the Mary Augusta's stern, de spite the hot bearing and reduced revolutions in the latter's starboard engine, the twin screws evidently beating the paddle " all to nothing" as the motion of the water through which the two vessels were cleav ing their rapid way increased. In ten minutes afterwards the Mary Augusta placed herself in posi tion about three cables' length ahead of and in line with La France, and very shortly afterwards the latter with four cables' length astern, and on her leader's port quarter, emitting such immense volumes of steam and smoke from her two funnels as satis factorily proved that the engines were having more steam than they could make use of, and that La France could never at any time or under any circum stances during her yet short career have been driven with more purpose to win than at the present. The Mary Augusta, in addition to her loss of speed, owing to the decreased number of the revolutions of one of her engines,which persistently continued to be afflicted with the unfortunate hot bearing, steered at times rather wild from the uneven running of her engines, and this necessarilylengthenedher course. The Mary Augusta, however, still, as the cliffs of England les sened and those of France rose on the horizon, gradu ally and surely increased her lead over the gallant La France, and at 10 45, the heated bearing of the star board engine having become cooled, its revolutions were increased, and from that moment the race was her own, La France, visibly dropping astern every stroke her pistons made, and the Mary Augusta clos ing in with Calais pier at a tremendous rate of speed. At 111. 4min. 45sec. the latter was close in to the pier's head, when, as there was no intention to take the vessel inside Calais harbour, her helm was put down and her head brought round for Dover-cliffs again, La France being then fully ai miles astern, six minutes elapsing from the time of putting down the helm of the Mary Augusta until she met La France, both vessels continuing at full speed throughout, the one finishing her voyage to Calais from Dover, and the other returning across the Channel to the Coast of England from that of France. The time occupied by the Mary Augusta in the double run from Dover to Calais and back was exactly 2 hours 45 minutes and 10 seconds—a rate of speed never before equalled under any circum stances by a screw steamer, double or single, nor yet by any paddle steamer, when the time was rigidly and impartially taken, as it was in the race between these two vessels, the manner of taking time very often giving a vessel an exaggerated average of her . peformance—an error which was most satisfacto ril y avoided in the present trial between La France and the Mary Augusta. On arriving off Calais pier heads the owners of the latter ship, satisfied with their success, dipped their ship's colours on parting, which was courteously returned by La France. The run back to Dover from Calais was made by the double screw, with help from her fore and aft sails forward, but the wind by that time had freshened considerably, and a tolerable sea was running in mid channel, and wherever the influence of the tide was fully felt to windward. An oppor tunity was thus afforded of noticing the meeting of the vessel's bow and the sea as she passed thiough the water. There was no wave hanging on in front of the stem, all that could be seen of entering force and its resistance being merely a fountain spray of water—white from its small volume and the ship's great speed though the sea—with no other visible disturbance in the waters through which lay the ship's course. In the return of the Mary Augusta from her sea trial trip to Gravesend the South Fore land was passed at 20 minutes past 4 p.m., a heavy gale blowing from N.E., which continued, the ves sel behaving beautifully. The North Foreland was passed at 20 minutes past 5, and the Tongue light ship at 615, Gravesend being reached at 9.15 p.m. The success of the Mary Augusta not only proves the superiority of the double or twin screw principle over the principle of the single screw application in point of speed (the superiority in steering and ma nceuvring powers is sufficiently admitted), but it also proves its superiority over the latest and best applied paddlewheel system, La France being not more than orie-half the weight of the Mary Augusta, the propelling powers in both ships being Paraffin and Paraffin Oils. At the meeting on Monday of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Mr. James Young, of Limefield, read the follow ing paper " On Paraffin and Paraffin Oils"::—The earliest notice that I know of hydro-carbon is the divine command to Noah—" Thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch ;" and again, when the impious inhabitants of the plain said—" Go to, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach into heaven, they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar." In the same locality, at this day, old buildings can be seen, the bricks of which are cemented together with this same slime or pitch ; and boats are still made of basketwork, the interstices of which are filled with the same material. In several places in the Bible the word translated " salt" is by many held to mean petroleum, so that this substance seems to have been in constant use from the earliest dawn of history. There are exported at the present time from the sea port of Baku, on the Caspian, 4,000 tons of petroleum annually. The roofs of the houses in Baku are covered with this substance, which makes them water-tight. In this neighbourhood there is a large tract of land through which petroleum and inflammable gas rise in great quantities. Ussher, who was there in his journey from London to Persepolis, describes and gives a picture of a fire-temple, and actually saw devotees, who had come a long distance, worshipping this not celestial fi re; and stranger still, he found in the same place a part y of Germans building a work to distil and manufacture this petroleum. This is one way of invading the realms of hea then superstition—making a substance that has received divine rites for thousands of years the object of a joint stock company " limited" to spread it over the world to give physical light, which is, to say the least of it, no hin drance to spiritual light. A district in Burmah has supplied petroleum from before historical times. Symes, in his " Embassy to Ava," vol. ii., states that the number of wells in that country exceeds 520, and the annual yield of petro leum more than 400,000 hilds. In America, small quanti ties of petroleum were to be found in the drug shops, under the name of Seneca oil. It derived its name from baying been derived or brought from the Seneca Indians, who col- lected it on the shores of Seneca Lake. A stream in Alle ghany was called Oil Creek, in consequence of the appear ance of oil on its banks, and the same name was given to another branch of the Alleghany in Vanango county, Pennsylvania; and in old American maps severals places are mentioned in this part of the country as produc ing oil. Upon Oil Creek, in Vanango county, two spots wore particularly noticed. At these places springs issued from the banks of the stream, bringing up more or less oil, which collected upon the surface of the water as it stood in pools below the springs. It was collected by spreading woollen cloths upon the water, and wringing them when saturated. In the valley there are numerous ancient pits, which seem to have been excavated for the purpose of extracting oil, but by whom made is unknown. It is supposed by some that these pits were made by the French who occupied the country in the early part of last century ; but others believe that the Indians dug the pits. ,Day, in his history of Pennsylvania, gives an account of the high value in which the Indians hold this substance. They mixed it with the paint used to anoint themselves for war, and employed it in their reli gious rites. He queies a letter from the commander of Fort Duguesne to General Montcalm, describing an assembly of Indians by night on the banks of the creek, and in the midst of their ceremonies, their setting fire to the scum of oil that collected on the surface of the water. As the flames burst forth, illuminating the darkfralley, there arose from the Indians a loud triumphant shout, which made the hills re-echo. The scene recalled to the writer the accounts of the ceremony of the fire-worshippers. The quantities of oil collected by the early ,settlers were small; the largess amount which was from the lowest spring on Oil Creek reaching sometimes to 20 barrels a year. I quote from the New American Encyclopedia—" No suspicion seems to have been entertained that the supplies could be increased by sinking wells through the sandstones and shales that underlie the valley, and it was not known that by distilla tion and chemical treatment the'quality of petroleum could be greatly improved. This was the state of matters with regard to petroleum up to the year 1847. During the last " two centuries, several attempts were made to make tar or pitch from coal, with the intention of using it for the pur pose that Norwegian or Archangel tar is used, such as tar ring ships and ropes." Some of these are very curious and well worth looking into as interesting matters of history, but your time will not allow this to-night. The only one of these attempts that assumed the position of a manufac ture was that of Lord Dundonald, who subjected coal to distillation, producing coke and tar. This manufacture ap pears to have succeeded till some time after the introduc tion of gas lighting, when the tar from the gasworks was thrown upon the market in considerable quantities, and ex tinguished the works first erected by Lord Dundonald. During the present century several efforts were made in England and France to produce useful products from the shales in Dorsetshire in England, and Autun in France. About the year 1830, Dr. Reichenbach made an elaborate investigation of the products obtained by distilling wood, and among these substances discovered a white waxy sub stance having little affinity for other bodies, which he named paraffine ; and about the same time Dr. Christisen, in mak ing a chemical examination in Rangoon petroleum, disco vered a body which he named petroline. It was soon found that Dr. Reichenbach's paraffin and Dr.: hristisen's petroline were the same substance. Reichenbach, who was a manufacturing chemist on a very large scale, although ; he produced very small quantities of paraffine, saw clearly and boldly stated that if the substance could be obtained in quantities it would be of great use, and mentioned candles as ono of the uses to which it might be applied. The substance was analysed by Gay Lussac, who determined its composition, showing that it was a hydro carbon composed of equal atoms of carbon and hydrogen, enoughof the ln s b u u b t s w t a h n o e e d e t o p l or e a d k e t h a a t t h h o o r o c u o u g l h d e n h o e t m p i c r a o l c u investigation.r e Dec., 1847, I received a letter from Dr. Lyon Playfair, and as this is the starting point of a very large and interesting branch of commerce, 1 shall, with your leave, read this let ter. On examining the coal mine mentioned in Dr. Play fair's letter, I found that the petroleum came from a sand stone bed which lay above the seam of coal. This petro leum was a dark coloured substance, nearly black, about the consistence of olive oil. I had a small work erected, and petroleum was manufactured into two oils; the lighter was sold for burning in lamps, and the heavier for lubricating machinery. The quantity of petroleum from the mine gra dually diminished, and that petroleum work came to an end; but it had served a useful purpose —it had proved that petroleum could be turned to good account. It was soon followed by works of the same kind. In 1854 or 1855, a quantity of Burmah petroleum was brought to this coun try, and works erected near Liverpool for its purification by the same process as I had used with the Derbyshire petroleum. A large work was also built in London, and a very large business done with this Burmah, or, as it was named, Rangoon petroleum. But it is in America that the trade has been developed with a rapidity characteristic of our energetic cousins. In 1854, Messrs. Evelett and Bissel, of New York, secured the right of the upper spring in Oil Creek, and organised a company in New York. The quality of the oil was tested, and a report made upon it by Professor Silliman, jun. No progress, however, was made in establishing the business till 1857, when Messrs. Cowditch and Drake, of Now Haven, undertook the search for the oil. Col. C. L. Drake removed to Titusvlle, on Oil Creek, and the winter of 1858-9 completedh of isitahre rangement for boring to the !rock be low the bed creek. not The works advanced very slow l y , and it was till Aug. 26, 185 9 , that oil was struck at deptht t h h e eroe, k and d 7 t l h ft e . The drill suddenly sank into a cavit y of o ll u p n um ting p t being 4000 introduced, a supply of oil w. oil rose within bin. of the suitic o e b ; the taianndeda small Then a steam engine was was increased to 1,000 a-day. T gallons a day, and a larger pump being introduced, flow applied to the work, and kep t in constant o p eration ; still the supply was uninterrup ted for weeks. This success brought on the oil-fever, which has raged with greater or less interest over a large part of America ever since. I may mention that I visited the district a few months after the discovery. 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