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The Royal Mail steamship Asia arrived here this evening with New York papers to the 30thult. and Boston papers to the 31st. Great excitement prevailed in the States by the proceedings of the Chicago Convention, and specu lation as to the nature of their termination. The Convention sat daily, and many columns of all the newspapers report their proceedings. The IVoricl thus describes the first day's proceed ings : Chicago, Aug. 29. In numbers, enthusiasm, sincerity re purpose, and true patriotism, the great Convention which met here at noon to-day is without precedent in the history of American politics. Never before has there been an assemblage of the kind that could compare with it in numbers. Soon alter daylight the streets were packed with dense masses of peo ple, while at the hotels it was almost impossible to move about. This immense crowd received numerous accessions during the day. Large delegations were arriving, accom panied by bands of music, and firing salutes as they passed through the streets. On every hand there was the most intense enthusiasm, and it is estimated that there are over 100,000 visitors in town. By 12 o'clock the delegations entered the immense hall amid great cheering within and without the building. The music also enlivened the tril- Haut scene, while the salvos of artillery burst out on Lake Michigan, on the shore of which the amphitheatre stands. A temporary organisation was soon ef fected. Governor Bigler's speech, on temporarily taking the chair, was warmly received by the entire Convection, the spectators lustily cheering him at times. The enthusiasm became wild when he declared that Con vention wanted an Administration that will not make cone ditions for restoring the Union. The States were then called for credentials of delegates, and when Kentucky was reached, Governor Wickliffa and ex-Secretary Guthrie, chairmen cf . two distant delegations from that State, walked arm in arm to the platform to present their papers. The entire Convention and over 12,000 spectators rcso to their feet and cheered for old Kentucky. Tho bands struck up national airs, and the cuthu4asm that ensued ba film all description. Tho scene was repeated with Missouri and Illinois, while the presentation of the credentials of all the States, especially those of California and Oregon, were occa sions of greater or lesser demonstrations. Governor Sey mour has been agreed on by the Committee on Permanent Organisation for permanent President of the Convention. The utmost harmony seems to prevail ;11 and out of the Convention, and to-morrow the nomination of Gen. George B. M'Clellan will be made on the first or second ballot, A careful canvass gives him more than a two-thirds vote, which rule was reaffirmed by the Convention to-day. The New York delegation held a second meeting this morning, and voted for a nominee for President, with the following result :—Gen. M'Clellan, 53—Judge Nelson, 11—Charles O'Connor, 2—James Guthrie, 1. The streets of Chicago since the adjournment of the Convention are filled with tremendous crowds. At all the large hotels immense mass meetings have been going on all day. The speaking has been very good, and the enthusiasm does not diminish, but increases. Bands are playing at different places, and salwes are fired at intervals. The Chicago Times was serenaded to-day by an immense crowd, and speeches wore made in reply, showing that the freedom of the press would be maintained in this country hereafter by ballot, and, if necessary, by bullet. The 11 railroads entering here brought to town over 27.000 people on Sunday alone. The groat West is aroused. The country has sent its tens of thou • sands to witness this great Convention. Midnight.—Four immense mass meetings have been held to-night, and the enthusiasm exceeds that of all previous ones. The Missouri and Illinois delegations have held large mass meetings, and endorsed M'Clellan in the warmest manner. More than 60,000 people are in the streets listen • ing to speeches. The proceedings of the 30th of August ere the others most important. They are reported as fol. lows in the Associated Press despatch : Chicago, Aug. 30. The report of the Committee on Organization was read and adopted by acclamation. It is as follows : President.—Horatio Seymour, Vice-Presidents.—Jos. Chase, of Maine; J. W. Sulli van, of New Hampshire ; E. D. Beach, of Massachusetts ; D. H. Smalley, of Vermont; Geo. Taylor, of Connecticut; Alfred Anthony, of Rhode Island ; Andrew J. Cobb, of New Jersey; Gideon J. Tucker, of New York, and one from each of the other Northern States. to the shores of the great lakes. The guaranteed right of the people to bear arms has been trampled under foot up to the very borders of Canada, so that American servitude is put in bad contrast with British liberty. This Administration thus declares to the world it has no faith in the people of the States whose votes placed it in power. It also admits, by such an edict, th a t t h ose people have no f a i t h i n th e A 'mi nistration. Whil e th ose i n power w ith ou t remorse sacr ifi ce the blood and t reasure of our p eo ple, they will not give up their own pas s i ons f or the public goo d . f hi s U n i on i s no t held asunder by military ambition. If our political troubles could be referred to the peaceful arbitrament of the contend ing armies in the field, our Union would be restored, the rights of the States would be guaranteed, the sacredness of homes and persons be again respected, and an insulted judi ciary would again administer the laws of the land. Let not the ruin of our country be charged to our soldiers. It is not due to their teachings or fanaticism. In constant official intercourse with them, I never heard uttered one sentiment of hatred towards the people of the South. Beyond all men they value the blessings of peace and the virtues of gentle ness and charity,while those at homed= and that no mercy, charity, or forgiveness be shown. The bigotry of fanaticism and intrigues of placemen have made bloody pages of the history of the past three years. It was a soldier upon whom our Saviour bestowed Hie only commendation when He hung upon the cross and the Pharisees mocked his sufferings, It was a soldier who alone discerned His divinity when he heard Him pour forth a prayer for mercy and forgiveness for the authors of His sufferings, This Administration can not save this Union —w e c an . Mr Lincoln views many things as above the Union—we put the Union first of all. He thinks a proclamation worth more than peace—we think the blood of our people more precious - than the edicts of the President. There are no hindrances in our pathway to union and peace. Wo demand no conditions for the restoration of the Union. We are shackled with no hates, no preju dices, no passions. We wish for fraternal relationship with the people of -the South. We demand of them what we demand for ourselves—full recognition of the rights of the States. We mean that every State on our Ration's banner shall shine with one and the same lustre. In the coming election men must decide with which of the parties into which our people are divided they will act. If they wish for union, they will act with that party which will hold the Union together. They will act with that party which does now and always will reverence the Union. If they wish for peace, they will act with those who sought to avert this war, or who now seek to restore goodwill and harmony among all sections of our country. If they care for their rights and the sacredness of their homes, they will act with those who have stood up to resist arbitrary arrests, despotic legislation, and the overthrow of the judiciary. If, upon the other hand, they are willing to continue the present policy of the Government and condition of affairs, let them act with that organization which made the present condition of our country. There are many good men who will be led to do this by their passions and prejudices, and our land swarms with placemen who will hold upon power with deadly grasp. But as for us, we are resolved that the party which has made the history of ou r country since its advent to power seem like some unnatural, terribl e d ream s h a ll b e overthrown. Four years ago it had its birth on this spot. Let us see that by our action it shall die here, where it was born. We desire union and peace. The Administration deny us union and peace, for they demand conditions and exact a price which they know will prolong the war, and war unduly prolonged becomes disunion. Wise statesman ship can now bring this war to a close upon the terms solemnly sat forth by the Government at the outset of the contest. In the political contest in which we are engaged we do not seek partisan advantages ; we are battling for the rights of those who belong ta all political parties; we mean the right of speech shall be unimpeached, although that right may be used to de nounce us. We intend the right of conscience ehall be pro tected,although mistaken views of duty may turn the temples of religion into theatres for partisan denunciation. We mean that the home rights and sacredness of the fireside shall be respected by those in authority, no matter what political views may be held by those who sit beneath their roof-trees. When the Democratic party have gained the power we shall not be less but more tenacious upon these subjects. We have foreborne much because those who are now charged with the conduct of public affairs know but little about the principles of our Government. We were unwilling to present the ap pearance of factious opposition; but when we shall have gained the power the official who shall violate one principle of the law, one single right of the humblest man of our land, shall be punished by the full rigour of the law. It matters net whether he sits in the chair or holds a humbler office under our Government. (Enthusiastic cheers greeted Go vernor Seymour as he closed,) For the afternoon session the Convention assem bled at 4 o'clock. Mr Guthrie, of Kentucky, stated that the committee on resolutions had agreed, and was now ready to report. The resolutions were read as follows : Resolved, That in the future, as in the past, we will ad here with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Con s'itution, as the only solid foundation of our strength, security, and happiness as a people, and as a framework of Government equally conducive to the prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern. That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that atter four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, ' under pretence of military necessity or war power, higher than the Constitution, the Constitution has been disre ga- ded in every part, and public liberty and private rights alike trodden dow n , an d t h e mater i a l prosperity of the coun try essentially impai re d, j ust i ce, h um anity,' liberty and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation cf hostilities, with a view to an ultimate con vention of all the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practical moment peace may be re stored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States. That the direct interference of the military authority of the United States in the recent elections held in Ken tucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware was a shameful violation of the Constitution, and the repetition of such acts ' will be held as revolutionary, and resisted with all the means and power under our control. That the aim and obj ect of the Democratic party is to preserve the Federal Union and the rights of the States unimpaired, and they hereby declare that they consider the Administrative usurpation of extraordinary and dangerous powers not granted by the Constitution, the subversion of civil and military law in States not in insurrection, the ar bitrary military arrest, imprisonment, trial, and sentence of American citizens in States where the civil law exists in ' full force, the suppression of freedom of speech and of the press, the denial of the right of asylum, the open and avowed disregard of State rights, the employment of un usual test-oaths, and interference with and denial of the andhat earnestlythe havesy been in right of the people ta bear arms, as calculated to prevent the restoration of the Union and perpetuation of a Go vernment deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. That the shameful disregard of the Administration of its duty in respect to our fellow-citizens who now and long of the Democratic party is heartily have been prisoners of war in a suffering condition, deserves the severest reprobation, on the score alike of public and common humanity. sympathy y ed to the soldiery of our the field under the flag army, who and e Td of our coun try, and in the event of oar attaining power they will re ceive all the care, protection, and regard, and kindness that the brave soldiers of the Republic have so nobly earned. After some discussion, in which several amend ments of minor importance were propos e d, t h e reso . l o tions were adopted with but four dissenting voices. A long and very animated debate followed, in the course of which General M'Clellan and Gover nor Seymour were proposed as candidates for the Presidency. The supporters of each gentlemen were vehement in their expression of praise or abuse, and the meeting ended, no result having g been ar rived at, by a motion for adjournment being car ried. Secretary Stanton had issued the following offioial despatches on the Weldon Railroad washington, Aug 6 27, 10 2) a.m. Major-General John A. Dix,—On Thursday, the 25th, General Hancock, who was south of Reams Station, was attacked several times during the day, but he repulsed the enemy at every point. At half-past 6 p.m. a combined attack was made on his centre and left, Which, after one (.f the most desperate battles of the war, resulted in the enemy withdrawing from the field, leaving the dead and wounded on the ground, The details aro given in the following brief official report of General Grant, General Meade, and General Hancock, just received s e cond Army Corps, Aug. 26, 1804. For General Humphreys.—. The attack about half-past 5 p.m. was probably intended to be simultaneous by Wilcox on my centre and Hesh on my left. The enemy formed in the woods, planed their artillery in position, opened a heavy cannonade lasting about 15 minutes, and then assaulted Mile's force. Ho resisted tenaciously, but the enemy broke his line. Some of Gibbon's troops were hurried over to repair the damage, and the enemy only gained a slight foothold. They soon attempted my extreme left and drove Gibbon's division from his line. His men had been much wearied in rushing over to General Miles and back during the repeated assaults. General Gibbon succeeded in form ing a strong lino, and the enemy, who was pressing on with great enthusiasm, was severely checked by the dismounted cavalry under Gen. Gregg, which ho handled handsomely. Miles regained most of his intrenchments, distinguishing himself. All ho had to work with were small parties as could be rallied by his staff officers, The fighting wats Secretaries.--W. H. Simson, of Maine; John H. Wood ward, of New llampshire ; S. B. Phinney, of Massachu setts; L. S. Partridge, of Vermont; F, S. Allen, of Con necticut; Thomas A. Reynalds, of Rhode Island; and others. The rules of the last National Convention were adopted. When quietness was restored Governor Seymour was escorted to the chair and proceeded to address the Conven tion as follows : Gentlemen of the Convention,—l cannot foresee the re solutions and action of this Convention, but 1 can say that every member of it loves the Union, desires peace, and will uphold Constitutional freedom. While the resolution and action of this Convention are of the utmost importance, there are reasons why the Democratic party should be re. stored to power, and they aro great reasons. The Demo cratic party will restore-the Union, because it longs for its restoration. It will bring peace, because it loves peace. It will bring back libebty to our land, because it loves liberty. It will put down despotism ; it hates the ignominious tyranny which now degrades the American people. Four years ago a convention met in this city when our country was peaceful, prosperous, and united. Its delegates did not mean to destroy our Government, to overwhelm us with debt, or to drench our land with blood, but they were animated by intolerance and fanaticism and blinded by an ignorance of the spirit of our institutions, the character of oar people, and the condition of our land. They thought they might safely indulge their passions, and they con cluded to do so. They would not heed the warnings of our fathers, and they did not consider that meddling begets strife. Their passions have wrought out their natural re sults. They were impelled to spurn all measures of com promise. Step by step they have marched on to results which at the outset they would have shrunk with horror from, and even now whorl war has desolated our land and laid its heavy burdens upon labour, and when bankruptcy and ruin overhang us, they will not have the Union restored except upon conditions unknown to their own Constitutions. They will not lot the shedding of blood cease, even for a little time to see if Christian charity or the wisdom of states manship may not work out a method to save our country. Nay, more than this, they will not listen to a proposal for peace which does not offer that which this Government has no right to ask. This Administration cannot have this Union if it would. It has by its proclamations and vindic tive legislation, and by displays of hate and passion, ',Neel obstacles in its own pathway which it cannot overcome. It hampered its own freedom of action by unconstitutionalii les, It cannot bo said that the failure of its policy is duo to want of courage and devotion on the part of our armies. Never in the history of the world have soldiers given up their lives more freely than have those of the armies which battled for tho flag of our Union in the Southern States. Tho world will hold that they have done all that arms can do, and, had wise statesmanship secured the fruits of their victories, to day there would have been peace in our land. But while our soldiers have struggled to carry our banners south to the Gulf of Mexico, even now the Government declares, in the edict of a general, that the rebellion has worked northward Second Edition, Corrected and Revised, post free 7d., In cloth 13d., THE TEETH a Practical Treatise, with the best means of restoring them when defective or lost. By A. ESKELL, Esq., Surgeon-Dentist, " 8. Grosvenor- s t ree t, Grosvenor- square. 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SAIITU Seoretary. . . 1 . 7 ~-- 4 S _ 0..,.._., , . „ - .- c.c* -, •-t - c ' ( '' .7l '(- , .' .iiiii:* . .. / • C • ''..'.. ~ :pp,..1', 4 .......,.. 1 .---- =MO P,,,,,::.‘'...' . ?...; ji l. . . . , .ii... -4 , , ; ..z . . s. _-.7 - --3 _ 4. - - 9 ti111 N5)..1...N. ' :-... .- i N fl". .. rri s--. 0 - ,.. i _.- x . "-- - '61:4 '.: 51 . ,„,,, , ..,.... ' .- _ --.-71:1::........ . 4. ' 4 .-1; ,. ..7 - . 4 N . • ,-.. • . D. i -,... . —...... ' -.0)0 ° - • t i 1 4 f, 4 /111111 - - --- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1864. tinuous until dark, the enemy being held in check by artil lery, dismounted cavalry, and skirmishers. At dark we withdrew for the reasons stated. Tho chief of artillery reports that he lost about 250 horses. The enemy made no advance up to a late hour last night, holding, as far as could be seen, some of our captured guns within their skirmish line. They must have suffered severely. My own lost., including cavalry, will perhaps not exceed 1,200 or 1,500, though this is a surmise, as the command is not yet organised, This is acknowledged to have been one of the most des crate and determined fights of the war, resembling S i ott sylvania in its character, though the number engaged gives less importance to it. A few more troops would have given a victory of considerable importance. W. S. HANCOCK, Major-General. U. S. Grant, Lieut.-General. The following is just received : Second Army Corps, Aug. 2G, 12.30 p.m. A safeguard that was left on the battle field remained there until daylight this morning. At that time the enemy had all disappeared, leaving their dead on the field unburied. This shows how severely they were punished, and doubtless hearing of the arrival of re inforcements, they feared the results to-day if they re mained, G. G. MELD;, Major-General. Second Army Corps, Aug, 2G, 1 p.m. To Lieut.-General Grant. Since sending my last despatch I have conversed with the safeguard referred to. He did not leave the field until after sunrise. At that time nearly all the enemy had left, moving towards Petersburg. He says they abandoned not only their dead but wounded also. Ho conversed with an officer, who said their losses were greater than ever before during the war. The safeguard says he was over the field, and it was covered with the enemy's dead and wounded. lie has seen a great many battle fields, but never such a sight. Nearly all of the enemy's and all our wounded were brought off; but our dead were unburied. I have iasttucted General Grey to make an effort to send a party to the field and bury our dead. _ _ _ G. G. MEADE, Lieut.-General. Our forces hold the Weldon Railroad, and in a despatch dated 3 p.m. yesterday, General Grant says that their lose of this road seems to be a blow to the enemy he cannot stand. I think Ido not overstate the loss of the enemy in the last two weeks at 10,000 killed and wounded. We have lest heavily, but ours have been mostly in captured, when the enemy gained temporary advantages. The number of rebel prisoners taken on our side has not been reported. General Grant makes the following report of an unsuc cessful attack by the enemy on General Butler's picket line on Thursday. Yesterday (Thursday) morning the enemy drove in Butler's picket line. The picket guard rallied, however, drove the enemy back, and re-established their line. The result was I killed, 16 wounded, and 14 missing on our side. Two commanding officers and 59 enlisted men were eaptured from the enemy. What their casualties were in killed and wounded we do not know. EDWIN M. STINTON, Secretary of War. ARRIVAL OF TIIE PERUVIAN. The steamship Peruvian, belonging to the Cana dian Mail line, reached Liverpool this evening (Mon day). She left Quebec on the 3d inst., and she con sequently made the shortest run on record. By this arrival we receive New York papers to the Ist and Canadian of the 3d inst. We extract the following late telegrams from ►he Quebec jou►nals :-- The Navy Department at Washington had re ceived the following from Admiral Parragut Flagship Hartford, Mobile Bay, Aug. 25. Sir,—l had the honour in my despatch, No. 31, to state to the department that Fort Morgan had surrendered on the 23d inst. to the army and navy, though at tha time the de spatch was written and mailed, the ceremony of surrender had not actually taken place. The correspondence preliminary to that event is here with forwarded, and the department will perceive the terms of capitulation were the same as in the case of Fort Gaines. Oen. Page endeavoured to obtain more favourable terms, but without success. 1 regret to state that after the assembling of the rebel officers at the appointed hour (2 p.m.), for surrender out side the fort, it was discovered, on an examination of the interi. r, that most of the guns were spiked, many of the gun_carriages wantonly injured, and there was every rea son to believe that this had been done after the white flag had beer raised. It was also discovered that Gen. Page and several of his officers had no swords to deliver up, and further, that some of those which were surrendered had been broken. The whole conduct of the offizers of forts Gaines and Morgan presents a striking contrast in a moral principle, t hat I cannot fail to remark upon it. Col. Anderson, who commanded the former, finding him self in a perfectly untenable position, and encumbered with a supei linens number of conscripts, many of whow, were mere boys, determined to surrender a fort which ho could not defend, and in this determination was supported by all his officers save one. But from the moment he hoisted the white flag he scrupulously kept everything intact in that condition and delivered it over, whilst Page and his officers, with a childish spite. destroyed guns which they said they would defend to the last, but which they never defended at all, and threw away and broke those weapons which they had not the manliness to use against their enemies, Fort Morgan never fired a gun after the commencement of the bombardment, and the advance piquets of our army were actually on its glade. As before stated, the ceremony of surrender took place at 2 p.m., and that same afternoon all the garrison were sent to New Orleans in the United States steamers Ten nessee and Revielle, where they arrived safely. Very respectfully your obedient servant, D. G. FARRIGITT ) Rear Admiral. Fort Morgan, Aug, 23. To Rear-Admiral D. G. Farragut, U.S.N., and Major- General G. Granger, U.S,A., Commander, &o. Gentlemen,—The further sacifice of life being unneces sary, the sick and wounded sufferering and exposed humanity demands protection, I ask for terms of capitu lation.—Very respectfully, R. L. PAGE, Brigadier-General C.S.A. "Headquarters, U. S. Forces, Mobile Bay, Aug. 23. " Gentlemen,—l have notified Admiral Farragat of your desire to capitulate, and until his arrival hostilities will be suspended, when your proposal will be duly considered. — Very respectfully, "G. GRANGER, Maj.-Gen. U.S.A. " To Brig. , Gen. 8.. L, Page, c3mmanding Fort Morgan." The New York Evening Poet's correspondent writes as follows, from New Orleans, Aug. 24 : " The heavy bombardment of Fort Morgan, which began early on Monday morning, Aug. 23, was per haps the most severe firing which has yet been directed against the rebel fortifications, except Sumter. The range was obtained previous to open ing of the cannonade on that day, so on the morning of that day Farragnt's fleet, including the flagship and other large vessels, the Monitors, the rebel ram Qamessee, and some blockading vessels took part in the bombardment in connection with land forces. These were stationed on Mobile point, in the rear of the fort, and heavy mortar batteries were planted within. It is reported by an eye witness 500 or 600 yards from the fort, that the vessels were stationed at either side of Mobile Point, and the fort was therefore invested on three sides. The firing from early dawn until 6 o'clock was regular and effective, but shortly after that hour it became rapid and ex: tremely heavy. The rebel ram Nashville was blown up by the Matacomel just below Mobile. The gun boat Oneda fished up six torpedoes in the Channel below the fort." The New York Herald's Mobile correspondent says—" That on the morning of the 23d August, Capt. Taylor, bearing a white flag, accompanied by four men, marched out of Fort Morgan, carrying a small soil boat, with the intention of going to the flagship, three or four miles distant, with a note from Gen. Page proposing to surrender. A check was put upon this by Gen. Bailey, who said the army and navy were one, and as his artillery com manded Fort Morgan, and his infantry every part of Mobile Point outside the fort, he would not per mit a boat's crew to pass off from shore on any pre tence whatever. Soon after Gen. Granger arrived, and the note to Admiral Farragut was taken by him, saying he would communicate its contents to the admiral. In a short time a demand for an uns conditional surrender was made and granted. The results of the victory at Mobile may be wound op thus : commanded the evacuation of Fort Powell; the surrender of Fort Gaines ; almost destroyed and compelled surrender of Fort Morgan, heretofore considered the strongest fortification in the United States- Wo have taken 1,500 prisoners, 100 pieces of cannon, and a vast quantity of small arms and munitions of war; also provisions enough to feed the garrisons we shall place there for six months. We have captured and have ready for use the ram Qumessee, the strongest vessel afloat; also several other war vealelo, and have penned up At least two PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. English blockade runners. All this has cost the army 1 man killed and 6 wounded, and the navy the loss of the Qeunnseh and a part of her crew, and very few casualties on other ships." A Washington telegram of the 30th ult. says : " The news from the army of the Potomac indicates that the contending forces are marshalling for a desperate conflict somewhere on the line of the Weldon Railroad. Lee is determined to regain possession if he can, and Grant is equally deter mined to hold it. E irly's farces, it is believed, have returned to Richmond.' It was stated that a largo number of recruits were daily being Bent. a smaller tumulus, about lfift diameter-anti ehort high. The altitude had b een ,d ot fb t l eas reducedit# Boner' time by the plough, but no preview opening of tbo " bolt?' had occurred. The work on the first day yielded a largo amount of charcoal and some burnt bones, but the burial was not fully traced till Friday afternoon, when it was found that the whole of the tumulus had been exposed to an im mense fire, which had baked a clayey covering—umbrella shaped —over the interment as hard as stone itself. At length, about 2ft. deep, the interment was found, placed in a slight hollow in the ground, a thick layer of charcoOl having been spread entirely over the burnt bones, under lying the clay. The interment had taken place without any cinerary urn, and did not even possess the invariable flint accompaniment. The burial, indeed, was of the rudest pos sible description, cremation only having been practised, and the fragments alter the burning gathered with the ashes into the hollow. The layer of clay, rendered hard by the burning, had had the effect of keeping out the water, and the interment was dry and dusty in the extreme. A gale blew during the c xatuination of this and the after mentioced grave, scattering the ashes of the deceased Britons in clouds before the winct to manure the herbage of the l9th century. As reverently as possible, however, the remains of the del.(' were collected and recommitted to the keeping of Mother Earth. On two days the united exertions of wady the whole party were given to the opening of another ecry largo tumulus, about 36 yards in diameter, and having an alti tude of about Bft. This grave, which had never previously been disturbed, occupied a prominentposition upon a natu ral swell of the ground, forming a striking of in the landscape. The excavation was commenced on the north side, and was driven, about 9ft in width, completely through tolhe south. This barrow proved easy enough to work, being composed of little else than fine silver sand, which the gale carried off in clouds as soon as the heather clothing, was removed. The working among this fide sand was blinding and uncomfortable in the extreme. The evidences of fire increased towards the centre until twelve distinct sections of charcoal layers, interapersed with others of burnt earth and stones. but with very few bones, were discbinible. About the centre burnt stones and afelv bones were found as a distinct deposit, about 3ft deep, end La.arte workmen were surprised to find a layer of concrete looking material. increase so rapidly in thickness that it presented all the appearances of a concrete floor, hard as ) th flag—indeed tho construction of the tumulus was very re markable and altogether unusual. In the centre of *ails large concrete floor or platform a magnificent scalloped cm pectinated urn was found, but there were no bones along with it. From beneath the urn indeed, attached by Clay to the bottom, a splendid flint implement was taken, having a dentate edge, yet sharp as a saw, which it resembled. The large area and magnitude of the burning, of which the evi dences were profuse, seemed to account for the almost entire consuming of the body, of which hardly a vestige was dip. coverable. But a rabbit burrow also passed right through tho barrow and just over the urn, and in this way bones may have been removed from their intended resting place. -The platform or floor upon which the burial had been made appeared to have been constructed with great care. Upon a perfectly level surface of about 4ft in height a thick layer of clay (thickest in the centre) and another of gravel on the top of it, had been pretty evenly spread, and the mass thus formed fused or baked together, until ono large sheet of concrete, very hard and obdurate, was formed, fully 15ft in diameter. Upon the centre of this prepared bed the urn had been placed, and covered with the charcoal ashes. The urn was not of the usual form of the cinerary vessel, but had three external rims, ornamented very irregularly in four horizontal rows of sharply angular indentations. The structure of the urn was novel, and the composition one admitting of being rendered very hard in the baking. Falling earth, doubtless from the rabbit burrow, had crushed it,but the whole of it was there, and will rebuild splendidly. On the inside the rim was finely herringboned, and altogether the urn is a rich sample of a British burial vessel. The infe rence deducible is that, as the above was the sole interment discoverable in this large houe, and one for which so much preparation had been requisite, the grave was that of come important personage among the ancient Britons, whose ashes some sacreligious rabbit had long disinterred. In progressing to the southern base a portion of pottery and a flint were found, but these were plainly there by some accident, and born no reference to any outer burial. Many antiquaries hold the opinion that a vicinal way passed from Mallon to leurium (Aldborough) or llovingham (traces remaining near Easthorpe) through this valley of the graves. The latest news from the Potomac Army is to the Ist inst. The. whole of that day passed without any changes in the relative positions of the opposing armies. The canal at Dutch Gap would shortly 1)a in readiness for use. The Confederates were erect ing batteries to command the Federal position at Dutch Gap. The monster 15-inch mortar gun, mounted on a railroad car, had been run up the road opposite Petersburg, and a few ihells were thrown into the city. The object was tchdeter the Confederates firing upon the Federal pickets. The Democratic Convention at Chicago adjourned on the 31st ult., but not fio ally, as aresolution was adopted that the members should bo subject to assemble again, at any time and place, at the call of the chairman of the National Committee. The Confederate privateer Tallahassee has made her appearance off New inlet, N.C., on the night of the 2litla ult., and was attacked by the U.S. gunboat Monticello with grape, shell, &c. The fire was re• turned by the privateer, but in the midst of the conflict she is' reported to have suddenly disape peered ; but when day dawned she was found lying serenely under the guns of Fort Fisher, fully pro tected. Sha was saluted by the fort, and returned the compliment, in sight of the Union fieet,'which seemed to be incompetent to prevent her escape. Another rebel privateer has entered the fort of Wil mington, and was saluted by a feu de joie by the batteries at Fort Caswell. She carried the rebel colours at her foremast and the English ensign at her stem. Opening of the Castle Howard Tun The examination of the British graves upon the Castle Howard estate, in the North Riding, has been placed by the Earl of Carlisle in the hands of the Rev, Wm. Greenwell, M.A., of Durham, one of the vice-presidents of the Surtees Society. Mr Greenwell is a zealous antiquary of much ex perience in Brigantian researches throughout the ancient Northumbrian kingdom. He, with Mr Pycock and other Melton gentlemen interested in antiquarian matters recon noitred the district on Tuesday last, and fixed upon a large barrow at the bass of the Slingeby Banks as the one for commencing upon on the following day. This tumulus was fully 60ft in diameter, and at the time of opening about Bft high. The surface aspect of the barrow suggested the pro • bability of a previous disturbance, but as, on inquiry, it was found that half a century ago this field was in tillage (the old ridge and furrow still remaining) this unfavourable in dication was placed to the credit, or discredit of the plough. During several years of exploration among the Brigantian burials, and especially during the last few weeks upon the Egton Moors (where most of the tumu i proved barren or nearly so), Mr Greenwell has observed that the northern side presented the most numerous traces of cremation, the mode in use among the Britons for disposing of their dead. According to this rule, excavations were commenced on the north side, as nearly as possible to be made out upon the original surface of the ground. The first few feet of dig. ging proclaimed the fact that the barrow was composed chiefly of a yellowish clay—a remarkable discovery, inas much as the whole of the burl ounding lands are merely loose stud, and showing that the materials of the burial mound had been transported from some distance. Owing to the height of the tumulus, it was necessary to make a consider able excavation in order to reach the centre, the supposed site cf the primary burial, the service of several men heir g re quired, the digging being very hard and ddlicult. As the work proceeded thick layers of ashes (among which were large lumps of charcoal, yofporfeet in shape and preserva tion, after probably 2,000 year.' burial) were found, the sections showing a formation, as if regularly scattered over the mound as formed. Nothing of import ance was met with until nearly the centre of the barrow had been reached, when five or six wrought flints, some showing traces of fire, were found: Of these none were clearly as • signal/3 to any distinct w,e, but the sharpness of the edges and other characters plainly showed that some amount of labour had ben expended upon them by the Brigantian workmen. As progress was made, portions of what had once been one large slab of sandstone were found, ail show ing that they had been subjected to an intense heat, and another large boulder, also fire marked, was sub sequently found, all being near the centre of the barrow. Partly charred human bones also became more frequent. Slightly to the east of the centre of the barrow f' agments of three distinct cinerary urns were found, only a little below the surface. Two of these were of largo size, and had rude markings by way of ornament. A third was of a red ware, resembling the Samian in colour, but coarser and without the glaze. These urns had, much to the regret of antiquaries present, without doubt been previously dis turbed and broken; and as regards two of them, Mr Green well was of opinion one had been inclosed within the other. But so far, although ashes and detached portions of bone had been not infrequent, there was no sufficient " find" of what might be regarded as the contents proper of the three cinerary urns. The section of the tumulus, however, began to show signs of a previous central excavation, although it was clearly shown by the evidence of aged persons on the estate that no opening of the graves had ever taken place during this century. Probably a very long period has elapsed since the disturbance took place. Eventually a casual spadeful of earth from the top of the tumulus &sin terred a large deposit of calcined human bones, and further search showed that a slight hollow had been scooped out just at the apex, whi c h h as b een f u ll of bones of a similar nature. The inference was that by some remote searchers after treasure the large stone forming the original seal of the cemetery had been found and broken up, and that the urns near the surface had been upturned and also broken, their united contents being the unusual collection of bones near the surface, which had been slightly reinterred by the original explorers. There yet remained the hope that the original burial over which the large tumulus had been raised had not shared the fate of the secondary burials. As excava tions deepened, portions of another urn, also once of con siderable size, were found, these being considerably enriched upon the rim by the chracteristic herring-bone marking, &e. The deeper the search was continued the more apparent it became that the tumulus had been opened from the top, as at a great depth other pieces of pottery, bone, ashes, with a flint - or two, were found, all mixed up promiscuously. Even tually, at a depth of between 7 and Bft : about one half of the original cinerary urn was found, undisturbed in position, embedded in ashes, bones, and clay. This too, had not escaped the hitt udera, who had most surely been actuated by no other motive than gain, and h a d l e f t h a lf of the urn un disturbed, after satisfying themselves of the nature of its contents. This fifth urn was of a ruder type than some o the others, showing horizontal lines of indentation by way of ornament, produced (when the clay was in a plastic state) by the end of some instrument, the impressions being shallow and all alike, As portions of charcoal kept turning up, although the natural line of the ground had been passed, the excavations wore continued downwards, and resulted in the discovery of a somewhat ovalled hollow or dish in the earth in which the primary um and burial had been placed, instead of upon the plane, as is usual. Among the ashes at the very bottom, a very beautifully wrought "thumb flint" was found of a type quite unusual, forming the most valu able find of the day. The centre of the tumulus was now passed, and there was net necessity, in Mr Greenevell'e opinion, to continue the excavations at so great a depth, as the five burials found had all been in the centre, and expe rience had taught that any subsidiary interment would be made on the south or oast slope. A lessor " breastwork" was therefore taken for ward, but that day nothing but ashes and a single flint instrument was found. On the next day the excavation was continued te the south without result; but on turning to the south-east a sixth burial was found, of which the urn was crushed, but was all there. The urn was rude in make and badly baked, and probably inclosed a peck measure's capacity of burnt bones. The burial was slightly below the surface, but all the pieces of the urn were got out and can be put together in the original form. The urn is very triflingly ornamented, a few cord impressions only being irregularly placed over the exterior. Singularly enough, and as a depa r t ure f rom th e ru le, several pieces of worked flint, much burnt, were turned out of the urn with the bones. These, on being gathered together, make up into one flint instrument resembling a knife, this implement having doubtless split up many centuries ago by the intense heat requisite for the cremation of the bodies. On .Pridav the search was continued to the oast, and afterwards to the west, without further success. This tumulus, however, had proved singularly prolific in affording Brigantian re mains for special resurrection. This, unlike the rest in the vicinity, had been raised upon the plane of the field, no ' natural eminence having been taken advantage of in the selection of a site. OA, 11141.04 y and on F:iday attention was alko devoted to Another large tumulus of a similar size was tried and showed signs of previous disturbance. As Mr Greeuwell was obliged to leave on Saturday the full examination of this and the other tumuli in the valley remains over till the spring of next year. PV,AR DOCTOR, what do you advise P 1 advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts, afterwa r d s t o ' VANS', Covent-garden. hear some charming singing, order one of their capital chor4s and magnificent potatoes, and that is the best advice I can give you. 7INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISEI WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ij Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded LL Whisky." IVO RWICH UNTO N FIRE OFFICE. TFIE BONUS YEAR. THREE-FIFTHS of the Profits of the Company are periodically distributed as a Bonus to parties insuring, who have thus from time to time received from the Society sums amounting in the aggregate to nearly £410,000. A FURTHER BONUS of £52,027 has now been declared, and will be paid on the renewal of existing insurances at Michaelmas, 1861, and the three following Quarters. EXAMPLES OP PREMIUMS REDUCED BY THIS BONUS. Reduced 186!. No. of Polley. Sum Insured annual Premium Pre mium ----- -- - - -_____ [411,411 .£ 2,510 £223 4 4 £1 0 19 2 450,156 12,f00 63 0 0 35 0 0 484,173 6,800 33 14 0 19 16 8 50b,975 5,000 • 710 0 4 6 4 The RATES of PREMIUM are in no case HIGHER than those charged by .he other prineipal offices giving no Bonus to their Insurers. No charge is made for the Policy or Stamp when the In ourance .xceeds £3OO, or for Insurances tran fcrred from other Offices. The Business of the Company exceeds Seventy Millions, and, owing to the liberality with which its engagements have been performed, is rapidly increasing. The duty paid to Government for the year 1803 was £84,152 Its. Od. ; the amount insured on Farming Stock was £10,203,287. The Norwich Union Fire Office is the LARGEST OFFICE snaking a return to its Insurers. For prospectuses apply to the Society's Offices, 29, Fleet- Street, E.C. ; and Surr e y- s t reet, Norwich. T HE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, 29, Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance-buildings, Liverpool. At the Annual Meeting. on:the sth inst., the following were some cf the leading results disclosed in the Report to the shareholders. FIRE BRANCH. The Premiums of the year 1863 reached the sum of 4341,668 Being an advance of 40,977 over 1862; an amount of increase exceeding that of any pre vious year. The Revenue from Fire Premiums has been en hanced in four years by the large sum of £113,353 The Duty paid to Government in 1862 was. £75.993 Ditto ditto, 1863 88,966 Showing an Increase in one year of ...... £12,973 Among the incidents which have tended to the advance ment of the Royal within the last few months MT be reckoned its a tion with respect to the losses sustained by the explo sion of the Lotty Sleigh, which although on'ycon.istent with the general tenor of the conduct of the Company, and ulti mately proved to be no more than what had been done in I or mer times by the o'dest and most proverbially honourable among its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public favour by its unhesitating promptness. As the largest totll of Revenue and the largest ratio of progression have been attained In the present year, so it happens that the largest Profit which It has ever alien to the Directors to record has likewis^ on this occasion to be an nounced. The balance of net profit on theyear has amounted to £83,515 ; of which sum £34,110 only has been appropriate' to Dividend and Bonus, and the large balan.e of .£49,411 been carried to Reserve. LIFE BRANCH. The progress of the Life Branch, as shown by the New Business transacted in the last year, is most promising, and the advances made, year by year, in the amount of New In surances effected, show clearly the estimation in which the Company is held. The following is a statement for the last five years : Net Sum Assured on New Policies after deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums. 1859 1 8 60 1851 1852 1863 .. 752,516 18 10 This rapid growth, amounting to 73 per cent. on the Sum Assured, and upwards of 80 per cent. on the Premium re ceived in the course of five years, may justly be considered as larger than any which could have been reasonably exr ected. 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This pro, erty affords good shooting, and is capable of great improvement; will be sold with early possession for £2,000; timber at valuation. Further particulars and eards To view at the City Central Estate Of f ices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. COTTAGE and LAND, near Ingateatone. Essex. —Mr AKDREW HIND has for DI.iPOSAL the LEASE of a COTTAGE, emtainioe; nine rooms, with dairy. stables, coach-house. shed, large garden, and seven -ores of rich pasture land. Unexpired term, 6 years. Rent £3O. Price for Lease and Fixtures, £6O. Particulars and cards to view, at the Auction and Estate Agenoy Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. RICHMOND. -Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a detached HOUSE, containimy, three sittine, rooms and six bed-rooms, kitchen, and usual offices, with front and back gariens ; rent ZGS, for a term of not less than three years. Cards to view at the offices, corner of Little Carter -lane, St. Paul's. PRIZE MED A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1882. FRANCIS TUCKER tir CO., Wax Chandlers, dt,c., Ltd, To the Queen and the Prim* of Wales. (Established me.) 'The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Messrs. In 1862, tontines to he excellence of the quality of Tuokers' manufacture. A. distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation. Which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. Cs. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. • • .. Ss. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • Second quality •• Is. sd. per lb. Third quality •• .• .. Is. 3d. per lb. id. Carriage paid in London on O r d ers of Five Pounds i per lb.n value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND C O., 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory_ Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture Of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar " THE WORLD OF MAGIC." T. J A M E S'S H A L L, Entrances in Regent-street and Piccadilly. Proferpor ANDERSON'S Grand Entertainment, the WORLD of MAGIC, And Miss ANDERSON'S extraordinarypowcrs of SECOND SIGHT, has made a success hitherto unparalleled in the annals of the Art Magique ' The PROGRAMME, in its present form, will be repeated every Evening at Eight. On SATURDAYS, a FASHIONABLE JUVENILE DAY PERFORMANCE, at Three p.m. Doors open at seven and two. Stalls (Dress, Numbered, and strictly Reserved), 3s. ; Bal cony, 2s. ; Second seats, 2s. ; Body of "Hall and Galleries, ls. Juvenile Tickets for the stalls at d balcony, 28. each. Reserved seats may be secured at the Box-office, 28, Picca dilly, under the superintendence of Mr Austin. " THE ANTITROPOPIIAGINIAN !" "Go, knock, and call; he'll speak like an Anthropopha ginian unto thee: knock, I say." —Shnkpere. Merry Wives of 1i indsor. 4 act, se. 5. THE WONDER OF THE DAY Will be Illustrated by Mr. W. Milton. Director. Mr. F. Jonghmane. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, le. BED•ROOM CANDLES. "RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop ~ , , , rease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles, sold in boxes le. and 3s. each, are recommended as the best carriers. _ " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CUAIIRER CANDLES," sold in box..s 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle •ticks to fit thin candles, Is. and 28. 6d. each reducing sockets, making them lit any candlesticks, 2d. each.; TOIL ET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, to tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SIIERWOODOLE "Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. capsuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot " Pric3's Patent," from 6d. tles, Oct. and is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by rhos a Patent Caudle CompanyaLimited), London. SPORTING'BOOKS, GUIDES. CIRCULARS, 0. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught j• terrace, Hyde-park, has on hand, or gets to order, all Sporting an i Genera Books, Newspapers, Periodicals, Aro. Ile also buys Sporting or other books in large or small quantities. Just ready, ls. post free, WEATHERBY'S SEPTEMBER PART of the RACING CALENDAR, containing the result of all the Races from January 1 to end of August. Also, WRIGHT'S RECORD. Is.; BPCALL'S CIIRONICLE,IOd.; and RUFF'S GUIDE, ls. 6d. Agent for M'Call and Wri,:ht's Handicap Books, ld. each ; also for Shelton, Judex, Lwg - , and Locket's Circulars, Is. each post free. Betting Looks from Is. each. Sporting Papers, the Times, The Sun, and every other paper posted to any p , rt. Special and only West-end Agent for the Late Edition of 'TIIE SUN" Newspaper. The Trade supplied. COMMISSIONS EXECUTE"). C. R. GLENIE'S extensive and long connect'on with the eading Bookmakers throughout the country enables him to xecute Commissions to toy amount at the most favourable prices. ST. LEGER. 9 - 4 Blair Athol. 9 - 4 General reel. 8 Miner. 10 Baragah. 36 Ely. 16 Knight of Snowden. 25 Claremont. 25 C imhuscan. 25 Coastguard. CESAREWIT 50 Royal Stag. 50 Accident. 50 Carisbroolc. 50 Armagnac. 50 Calista colt. 50 Mail Train. 30 Breeze. 25 Master Richard. 3 i Peon. 33 Paris. 50 Copenhagen. 50 Valiant. 50 Ackworth. 60 Vanqui , sllir. From 60 to 200 to 1 others. CII STAKES. 50 Myrtle. 50 Retainer. 50 Beaver. 50 Gratitude. 50 Limosina. . 50 llersey fitly. ) others, MEE STAKES. 50 Mail Train. 50 Muezzin. 50 Royal Stag. 50 Brick. 0 others. VA WOO to 3,040 tO 1 Go' ni CASIBRIDGES 30 Tattoo. 50 Borealis. 50 Copenhagen. 50 Gallo. 60 to 2a DOUBLE EyENT Fri &1/1/eV //. Funeral of Sir John Rateliff. The interment of the remains of Sir John RA cliff took place on Saturday, in a vault of Edgbaston Church. Notwithstiuding that it was the wish of the family that the funeral should be conducted as privately us possible, there was a large concourse of persons assembled on the line of route, and also at the entrance of the churchyard: Long before the time find the told wa almoit impassable. Large numbers of persons assembled in the church• yard, anxious to obtain a glant:e at the lest resting place of one who was thrice mayor of his native town, who had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him in the Town 11411, and who was ever ansioas to promote the best interests and welfare of the inhabitants. As a mark of the high estimation in which the deceased was held in Birmingham, the Mayor, the leading members of the Corporation, and a large number of the most influential inhabitants attended, and altogether the scene was of the most impressive character: Every person present seem to have lost a dear friend, and the poor who had so largely benefited by the munificence of Sir John, bore their touching testimony to the virtues of the deceased gentleman. At the lost special meeting of the Town Council of Birmingham, Alderman Ryland alluded to the loss the town had sustained by the death of Sir John Ratcliff, and said ho was sure it would be in accord ance with the desire of everyone that there should be some expression of regret on the part of the Conn• oil, and that a vote of condolence with Sir John's family should be passed, and Alderman Phillips then moved the following resolution :—" That this Council desires to express to Lady R Actiff its sympathy and condolence of the lamented death of Alderman Sir John Ritcliff, Knt., one of the oldest of its members, who was thrice elected Mayor of this borough, and who uniformly devoted himself with untiring assistance to promote the welfare of his native town."—Alderman HAWKES seconded the motion. He said Sir John Ratcliff was so well known to the members of the Council, that it was quite unnecessary on that occasion to make the simplicity and straightforwardness of his character subjects of comment and character. In making the efforts ho did to attract the attention of the Royal Family to Birmingham he was actu• ated by a fervent desire to elevate the position of the town, and by receiving her Majesty and other members of the Royal Family as he did, he was the moans of having conferred upon the town an honour which would not soon bo forgotten. When the Queen made use of those flattering words, that she had never been so well received in any town before, Birmingham men were raised to the position they ought always to have occupied—that of being among the most loyal as well as the most busie ness-like persons in the kingdom. Sir John Rate cliff devoted a large portion of the wealth he had acquired by great labour to the object he had at heart—to promote the interests of his native town and to stand well with his fellow-townsmen. His earthly career had closed, but his good deeds would live after him, and whatever their influence, they would at all events augment the sympathy which his friends must have for all his family, but especially for the estimable lady his wife, who so deservedly enjoyed the respect and esteem of all classes. They must also feel deep sympathy towards another member of the family, Mr. Charles Ratcliff, who had been plunged into deep grief by the loss of his brother. Various members of the council having expressed their entire concurrence in the observations of the seconder, the resolution Was carried in s manner which, while it was most impressive, reflected the highest credit on the Council. FORTY MILES AN HOUR AT SEA.—The Lirerpool Mercury observes that Mr James Steel, a working joiner of that town has invented a screw p - optlier, and that he states from experiments made on the Pricws.park lake, that with this screw he can get four times the speed of the ordinary screw with the same engine and the same pressure of steam. The screws are worked reverse by means )f two wheels at the centre boxes of the screws, and can be replaced at sea at any time, and being only one-third in the water can be unshipped without any difficulty. There aro six blades in one frame, the reversible one catching the back water as the ordinary one, giving thereby five times the velocity, as proved the last three or four years . on Prince' s -p ar k lake. The steam on his model ul raised by naphtha. The Admiralty has been communicated with, and the Duke of Somerset has ordered the tracings to be sent, Which was bag cm th 9 Ist 39 1