The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-06 00:00:00

SOCIETY OF ARTS.

A conrersazione was given on Saturday evening
by the council, which was very numerously attended by the
members of the Society and their friends. All the rooms
were thrown open and brilliantly lighted, and there were ex-
hibition. of various models in mechaninn and acieutific ap-
plumes.. Some very beautiful photographs attracted atten-
tion, and • series of photographic dissolving views exhibited
by the aid of the oxyhydrogen lamp—principally consisting
of Parisian, German, and Italian streets and buildings,
elicited some applause, which became almost enthusiastic
when • panoramic view of Rome dissolved into
a full-length portrait of Garibaldi. The microscopes
were numerous, soil the subject. well selected. Amoart
the models in the department of shipbuilding was a very is-
genies. use of the hull of a vessel constructed on an en-
tirely novel theory, the object being to combine qualities
which navigators consider to be opposite, via., those notes.
nary to mil best upon a wind or steam best head to wind,
and those best adapted for going free. The lines of the
vessel cannot certainly be commended for their beauty,
though they may possess all the advantages which
the inventor, Mr. John Coryton, claims for them.
Descending from the technicalities of professional science to
the ordinary language of unlearned simplicity, the vessel
may be briedy described as wedge-shaped, the stem, which of
mires forms the sharp end of the wedge, being deep in the
water, but shelving gradually upwards from its lowest
point to a tat broad surface at the stern, which rises com-
pletely oat of the water, something like the projecting
stage of • horse ferry-boat. Amongst other advantages
which Mr. Corytou claims for this form of construction is
increased capacity of stowage and power to go with equal
facility ahead or astern ; in the one ease the absence of
anything like bows relieves the craft of much of the im-
peding force, while in the other the smooth, flat, keel-less
bottom, rising from deep water to the surface, has a natural
tendency to progress almost without resistance at all. An
ingenious process for relieving lifeboats from water, and at
the same time wand in their propulsion, was also exhibited
and explained by the same inventor.

THE DINPUTE IN THE BUILDING TIADIL —Re-
ports were current throughout the building trade on Satyr-
day last that a compromise on the point in dispute wee
likely to take place between the masters whose works are
partially at a stentintill and the operatives. The masters
have indirectly given out that they will not object to re-
p crive a deputation front the workmen with this object, as
they are getting alarmed at the advance of the soma, and
the difficulty they experience in getting a sufficieet supply
of competent workmen. Could a compromise be effected
without sacrificing principle no either side, it would save
much suffering and loss to both parties. The men in the
meantime appear to be working zealously in keeping the re-
solution of their brethren op to the mark.
STEAMBOAT EXCITBAIONIL Yesterday the pro-
prietors of the Gravesend, Woolwich, and Kew boats planed
them on the line for the 1~00. Notwithstanding the state
of the weather—which, though dry, was very cold—the
boats were well patronised.
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