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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

Betting-2 to lon Loiterer, 3to 1 agst Captain Crow,
6 to 1 agat Knutsford.
Captain Crow made the running to within a few strides
of the judge's box, where Loiterer joined him, and after a
magnificent struggle the favourite wan by a neck;
Knuts-
ford, who had been last throughout, was a bad third.
The Blankney Selling Stakes, for all ages, of 5 sovs each,
with 25 added ; for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner
to be sold for £100; allowances, if entered to be sold for
less, Three-quarters of a mile. 3 subs.
Mr. John Osborne's Ripley, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 111 b (car.
1
Est 11b) ( Whiteley)
Mr. John Sylvester's Factory Girl, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 11lb
(J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Rowena, 2 yrs (£3O), Est 41b (Williamson) 0
Betting--7 to 2on Ripley, who made all the running,
and won by four lengths ; Rowena, who was beaten off when
they had gone 200 yards, ran on the wrong side of a post,
and was pulled up.
The Lindnm Nursery Handicap Plate of 100 sovs, for 2-
yr-olds, winners extra. One mile. 17 subs.
Mr. J. Dawson's The Village Belle, fist 1316
(H. Bradley) 1
Mr. Saxon's Wave, 6st 31b . (J. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Fanfreluche, **** 101 b...... (Whiteley) 3
Nightshade filly also ran.
Betting—Even on The Village Belle, 2 to 1 agst the
Nightshade filly, and 4 to 1 agat Wave.
The Village Belle made all the running, and won easily
by two lengths, a length separated the second and third,
and a similar distance divided the third and fourth.

cost of about £9,900, of which £1,400 was done in the last
month. In connexion with the Effra sewer works at
Brixton, Mr. Webster has completed about 3,370 feet of
6-feet barrel sewer, at a cost of about £5,850. Messrs. Aird
and Son have made a commencement with the Bermondsey
branch sewer at Jamaica level, and they have completed
their preliminary preparations for carrying on the works at
China-hall-gate and Griffin-street, Deptford. Ihe South-
wark-street subway and sewer are nearly completed between
High-street and Great Guildford-street, being a length of
about 1,500 feet. The cost up to the present time is about
£22,500."
After the transaction of the routine business the Board
adjourned.

TRAFFIC ittctirTs.
The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted for the week ending the Ist of November, on
10,499 miles, to £559,960, and for the corresponding week
of last year, on 10,186 miles, to £541,980, showing an in-
crease of 313 miles, and of £17,980 in the receipts. The
gross receipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the
aggregate, on 7,221 miles, to £446,604 ; and for the corre-
sponding week of 1861, on 7,006 miles, to £427,513, show-
ing an increase of 216 miles, and of £19,091 in the receipts.
The increase oh the Caledonian amounted to £503 ; on the
Great Eastern to £611; on the Great Northern to £4,156 ,
on the Great Western to £5,023; on the London and North
Western to £6,246; on the London, Brighton, and South
Coast to £1,610; on the London and South-Western to
£2,096 ; on the Midland to £375 ; on the North British to
£32 ; on the North-Eastern to £246 ; and on the South-
Eastern to £1,911 ; total, £22,810. But from this must be
deducted £452, the decrease on the Great Southern and
Western ;;£2,126 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire; £1,141
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire; together,
£3,719, leaving the increase, as above, £19,091. The goods
and mineral traffic on those lines amounted to £234,657,
and for the corresponding week of 1861 to £236,445, show-
ing a decrease of £1,788. The receipts for passengers, par-
cels, &c., amounted to £211,947, against £191,068, showing
all increase of £20,879. The traffic receipts on 64 other
lines amounted, on 3,279 miles, to £113,356, and for the
corresponding week of last year, on 3,180 miles, to £114,467,
showing an increase of 99 miles, and a decrease of £l,lll
in the receipts. The increase in the passenger traffic of
the past week, as compared with the corresponding period
of 1661, arises chicfly from the International Exhibition
and excursion traffic; and the decrease in the goods traffic
from depression in trade. The total receipts of the past
week show a decrease of £6O as compared with those of the
frpreceding waekomding the 25th of October.

LATEST BETTING.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
4to lon the field (offered)
16 to 1 agst Silkstone (taken)
16 to 1 apt Socrates (taken)
16 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn colt (taken)

ME7IOPOLITAN BoARBV.P WoR-ICS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.
_ Miles Opened. Receipts.

This Board held their w.tekly meeting yesterday;
Mr. J. Thwaites presiding.

Railways.

1862. 1861.

1862. 1861.
£

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136
Belfast and County Down.... 49 49
Blyth and Tyne 22 22
Bnotol and Exeter l2l/ 167
Caledonian 230 230
Cockermouth & Workington &I 81
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 64 6}
Cork and Youghal 321 27
Cornwall 534 53}
Deeside l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 4Bl 481
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31
Edinburgh and Glasgow l69} 1694
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &o 5O 5 )
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union
614
Great Northern 330 30
Great North of Scotland 5B 58
01. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 564 455
'lt.Southn. & Weetn.(lrlnd.) 329 329
Great Western 992 9644
Inverness & Aberdeen Junc 734 731
Irish North-Western.. 145 130
Irish South-Eastern 254 254
Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 39541
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 2 26
Llanelly 46 46
London & North-Western ... 1138/ 1062
London and Blackwall 54 54
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2415 211
London, Chatham, & Dover 724 72}
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
ISlan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 94 94
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 614
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1921 1921
Monkland 721 725
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car B9O 8671
North London 9 9
North Staffordshire 248 246
Oswest 1
ry and Newton 42 42
Rhymney 9l 191
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52
Scottish Central 5O 50
132 132
Scottish North-Eastern
Shropshire Union 29} 294
Somerset and Dorset 394
South Devon 5l
South-Eastern
3706
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale
Ulster 5l
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Neath 254
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 274
W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RaiL 39
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35

2,022 2,043

FINANCE.
The cash statement submitted by the Finance Commit-
tee showed that the cash balance, in the hands of the trea-
surer on the Ist of November amounted to £123,356 is. ;
the Government securities to £73,989185. 3d. • the cheques
ordered, but not presented, to £22,640 16s.
THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.
The following report was read from the engineer of the
Board :
" Thames Embankment (South Side), from London-bridge
to near Vauxhall-bridge.
" Engineer's Department, Spring-gardens,
Nov. 6, 1862.
gt Gentlemen,—ln my preliminary report upon the
Thames Embankment of the 15th ult., I suggested for your
consideration the principle upon which an embankment
might be advantageously constructed on the south side of
the river between London and Westminster bridges, and
the outlay thereof defrayed at a moderate cost to the public
I now submit, pursu int to your instructions, a plan show-
ing the line of such embankment as I recommend. It
would form a continuation of the line of the new embank-
ment in front of Mr. Alderman Humphrey's wharf at Lon-
don-bridge, commencing on the west side of St. Mary
Ovary's Dock, and continued in a curved line to the south
abutment of Southwark-bridge, and thence to the south
abutment of Blackfriars- bridge. Up to this point the em-
bankment would not encroach upon the river further than
is required to convert the present irregular line of frontage
into a regular line, and to reface the present wharves.
" It is moreover proposed to cut off a small portion of the
wharf wall which now projects into the river beyond the
abutment of Southwark-bridge, and therefore the narrowest
gorge of the stream, and so far to widen the river at this
pinching point. From Blackfriars-bridge the line of the pro-
posed embankment gradually extends into the river as the
river widens, until it reaches the first pier of Waterloo-
bridge and the new Charing-cross Railway bridge, from
whence it passes, in a line nearly parallel with the present
foreshore of the river, to the south embankment of West-
minster-bridge.
" The present docks would all be thus maintained and
lengthened, and about 13 acres of land would be added to
the wharves. The river is at the same time so wide opposite
the localities where the embankment extends into it that
there is, if desirable, abundance of room for the storage of
timber upon the fore-shore, as at present, and the value of
the land reclaimed ought to refund a considerable portion
of the cost of reclaiming it. In my preliminary report I
estimated the cost of this work at £250,000, but as it
will be prudent to provide for deeper foundations than I at
that time anticipated, and allowiag for contingencies, I
now estimate it at £350,000.
" The embankment recommended by the Royal Com-
missioners between Westminster and Chelsea bridges is
estimated to cost £1,100,000, inclusive of compensations.
nftr, this fr.aipts in the
formation of a roadway from Westminster-bridge and the
Palace New-road to a point near Vauxhall station, whence
six or seven important lines of thoroughfare diverge in
different directions.
"To accomplish this object, I propose to construct a
roadway similar to that recommended by the Royal
Commissioners up to Lambeth-bridge, but not extend-
ing quite so far into the river, and to form a junction
with that bridge at its southern abutment. This line
would form a better approach to the bridge, and would not
interfere with its construction, as the line recommended by
the Royal Commissieners must necessarily do. 1 propose to
terminate the embankment a little above the bridge, and to
cut off the projecting point of land, dnd thus widen. the
river at its narrowest gorge opposite Millbank Penitentiary.
Thence I propose to continue the roadway in nearlya straight
line to the point near to Vauxhall station, at which the
roads above referred to converge. The embankment and
roadway above this point are of less importance, and might
for the present, with less public inconvenience, be post-
poned. Those premises above Vauxhall-bridge which are
now subjected to flooding at high tides can be secured
against this by raising their wharf walls three or four feet
higher, at a very small cost to the owners thereof. The
estimated cost of the works above Westminster-bridge
herein recommended is £250,000, which, added to the cost
of the embankment from London-bridge to Westminster-
bridge (viz., £350,000), makes a total of £600,000 for works,
and leaves a margin of £500,000 upon the estimate of the
Royal Commissioners (viz., £1,100,000) to cover compensa-
tions—an amount which, without having gone into the
matter in detail, I believe will be found to be ample for the
purpose.
" I have appended to this re ort a table showing what
the width of the river will be
at various points between
London and Vauxhall bridges after the embankments have
been completed.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your
most obedient servant,

617 652
1,459 1,675
6,191 6,171
16,01:1 15,537
235 238
375 391
198 211
287 216
1,230 1,170

'262 '824
1,557 1,769
1,700 1,947
2,223 2,712
1,008 1,072
7,638 8,204
259 267
2,777 2,911
7,654 8,320
31,204 30,503
31.888 29,730
1,578 1,775
453 319
8,094 8,546
59,492 54.469
1,285 884
1,946 1.921
219 349
32,800 34,926
210 179
154 176
433 478
90,91-5 84,720
1,812 1,403
21,61 u 19.513
20,520 18,910
3,917 1,803
1,263 1,229
14,922 16,063
1,068 1,116
1,125 1,120
41,246 40,871
4,384 4,053
1,384 1,505
2,379 2,492

11,074 11,042
42,431 42,185
3,055 2,783
7,969 7,695
1,011 764
905 859
2,04 1,9' 1
3,718 3,833
5,020 4,916
990 945

75i
308
161

343 -
3,331 3,176
22,318 20,407

4,375 5,146
1,837 1,985
169 149
1,859 1,552

861 '387
1,728 1,965

711 .763
3,287 4,796

386 423
712 687
591 689

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

Antwerp and Rotterdam 52
Austrian B2B
_ .

1,118 1,242
40,015 49.838

Belgian Eastern Junction 264
Buffalo and Lake Huron 1614
r "troltltn‘i Milwaukie lB5
Dutch hnenisu
~,04
Eastern of France .... 1078
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O
Great Indian Peninsula 4371
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Western of Canada 345
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant O9
Northern of Canada ... . 04
Northern of France 7Ol
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491
Paris and Orleans 1340
Pernambuco 6O

'325 260
2,281 2,557
4,915 5,394
Y, too a,r.cr
5+,534 57,352
" 8,820 8,342
19,123 20,100
5,159 3,062
4,442 3,451
13,047 12,110
17,603 13,932

54,838 59,239

1354
1204

138,413 142,073
63,102 80,629

Royal Danish 69
Sambre and ➢leuse 6B
South Austrian
Southern of France 777
Welland....
West Flanders
W. and N.W. of France 758

700 695
1,544 1,424
58,083 67,921
26,941 26,746
827 811
897 867
41,658 52,486

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LINCOLN ME ET ING.—FRIDA.Y.
The apprehensions about unpropitious weather at this
meeting were entirely set at rest on Thursday, when a thick,
foggy, though fine night succeeded a wet day, and the
agricultural community having declared that " the
glasses" were rising, the visitors prepared for a fine open-
ing day. This was fully realised, and a more beautiful
autumnal day could not have been desired. Questionable
conduct on the part of the Friar cf Apshall prevented his
winning the first event; his refusal at first to jump, and
his subsequent " bolting," placed him, wheu full of run-
ning, and apparently having the race in hand, hors de com-
bat. The largest field of the day (five) ran for the Rifle
Volunteers' Handicap Hurdle Race, which was won by an
extreme outsider, which gave the backers another bad
turn. The Autumn Handicap furnished only three run-

ners, but produced a splendid race, which was ultimately
won by the favourite by a neck. Both the Blankney Sell-
ing Stakes and Lindum Nursery, each being won by the
respective favourites, did not leave the fielders so large a
balance in their favour at the close. Appended are the
details of the running
The Selling Steeplechase of 5 soya each, with 25 added;
12st each; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs, with cer-
tain allowances if for less. About three miles. 5 subs.
Mr. Ireland na. Forlorn Hope aged (S3o)(bixloOnst) 1
Mr. Richardson's Red Robin, aged (i6O),
jlll 2
(Richardson, un.
Mr. Green's Friar of Apshall, aged (3O), lOst
Allingham) 3
Betting—Even on Friar of Apshall, 2 to 1 agst Forlorn
Hope, 3 to 1 agst Red Robin.
the trio
After loitering about the course for some time
went to the spot, and immediately the flag was lowered,
Friar of Apshall went to the front and took his jumps
when in view of the public, pulling double, and in a style
which satisfied his numerous backers. Arriving at the third
fence, he however refused, which left the lead with For-
lorn Hope, who had been running second. In an incredibly
short distance, Friar of Apshall again assumed the lead,
and continued in front at a mere canter until arriving
within half a mile from home, when he ran alongside a
hedge, and before being turned into the course again he
was several lengths in the rear. The other two raced toge-
ther to the distance, when Forlorn Hope quitted his oppo-
nent, and won by six lengths ; a bad third. The winner
was sold to Mr. Richardson for 41 guineas.
The Rifle Volunteer Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya
each, 2 ft, with 50 added ; winners extra. Two miles.
15 subs.
Mr. Hodgson's Maritana,
NI Mr.r Ward's r dv' s.
Baker'so l d e r s yk
Harry,e, 4a yrs,g6e d
Mr. Lincoln's N osegay, 6 yrs, lOst 51b .... (W. White) 2
rOOsaa,tt99ls . (Dixon) 1
tb9113 **
..(
Stevens)
Ducker)
Capt. Miehael's Grisi, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b (Wheal) 5
Betting-5 to 4 agst Harry, 6 to 4 agst Nosegay, 6 to 1
agst Grisi, and 8 to 1 agst Holdersyke.
Immediately they were started Maritana rushed to the
front, Harry following with Grisi, Holdersyke, and Nosegay
next in the order named. In charging the second lot of
hurdles Maritana knocked down the barrier, and the re-
mainder gallopped through the gap, in passing through
which Nosegay struck his log and suddenly became last.
When they arrived on the opposite side of the course—at
the Stand—the lot took close order ; Harry slightly appear-
ing in front, Grisi at the same time dropping into the rear,
Nosegay followed Harry, and Maritana being third. Nose-
gay was in trouble before reaching the last hurdle, and,
charging it slightly in front of his companions, knocked two
of them down, who let the rest through. Halfway up the
distance Maritana headed Nosegay, quitted him after a
good race, and won by a length ; Holdersyke a bad third ;
the others beaten off.
The Lincolnshire Autumn Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft,
and only 5 if declared, with 100 added ; whiners extra.
One mile and three quarters. 26 subs.
Count Batthyany's Loiterer, yrs, 7st 121b..(Fordham) 1
Mr. W. Hudson's Captain Crow, 3 376) •7st 41b
(Whiteley) 2
Mr. B. Mills's linutsford, 4 yrs, Sot 12th ..(W, White) 8

"4 J. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer,
" To the Metropolitan Board of Works."
It was ordered that this report should be printed, and the
engineer was directed to prepare plans showing the present
state of the banks of the river and what they would be if his
plan were carried out.
The board then proceeded to consider the question of ap-
plying to Parliament for powers to make a new street from
Blackfriars-bridge to the Mansion-house, and after some
discussion the following resolution was adopted, on the mo-
tion of Deputy HARRISON :--
"That the solicitor be directed to serve the necessary no-
tices for a bill empowering the board to make a new street
from Blackfriars -bridge to the Mansion-house, and also for
continuing the emlainkment of the Thames from Blackfriare-
bridge to Southwark-bridge, and for the formation of a
street from that point to the Mansion-house.
TILE MAIN DRAINAGE.

The following report of the engineer on the progress
of the main drainage works was read and ordered to
be printed :—'4 The progress of the main drainage during
the past month bas been satisfactory. Messrs. Brassey and
Co. have now completed in connection with the middle-
level sewer about 7 miles 1,072 ft. of sewers, varying in size
from 4ft. 6in. by 3ft. to 12ft. by Oft. Gin., at an estimated
cost of £lBO,OOO, £15,000 of which was done in the last
month. Under Mr. Furness's contract for the northern
outfall sewer the ironwork over the Tilbury and North
Woolwich Railways, and the waterworks river has been
completed, and the other bridges are in rapid course of con-
struction. The brickwork of the sewers on the embankment
and substructure is being pushed forward, about 8,000 feet
having been constructed during the past month, and the
earth embankment over the same is being made up. The
formation of the new line of the Stratford road is approach-
ing completion. The special work of construction into the
progrersing, about 11,000 cube yards of
river Thames is fast
excavation having been got out, and a cofferdam is being
constructed along the foreshore of the river. The total
value of the work done under the contract is about £455,000,
being about £27,000 more than at the date of my last report.
At the southern outfall works, Crossness, Mr. Webster is
proceeding rapidly with the excavations and concrete foun-
dations.
his pumping-engines are fixed and other preli-
minary works executed. The total value of work done
under the contrast up to the present time is about £23,000.
Messrs. Aird and ;,on, under thier contract for the Deptford
pumping station, have now completed the river wail and
barge bed, and have executed various other works of detail,
at a total cost of about £94,000
the sewage £94,000, of which £l,OOO is due to
the past month. Messrs. Slaughter and Co. are getting in
pumps and • other works. On the southern
high level sewer Messrs. Lee and Bowles have executed
during the past month works to the value of about £4,000.
The total length of sewers constructed under the contract
is about 91- miles, and the estimated cost is £lBB,OOO.
About 700 feet of sewer still remain to be executed to
complete the contract. Mr. Pearson has completed
11 miles of the southern high level extension sewer, at e

TRIAL TRIP OF THE FLO
IPRA, DOUBLE
.REW STEAMSH.

The trial of this vessel, which took place yester-
day on the Thames, was attended with an unusual
degree of interest, in a public and official sense,
from the fact that the peculiar form of the vessel's
construction and the disposition of her propelling
steam power, if successful on trial, Combined the
requisites required for our smaller ships of war, such
as corvettes of the Chanticleer and Rinaldo class,
and smaller craft as gunvessels of six guns and lees,
inasmuch as she was the representative of a class of
ship capable of carrying a heavy armament of guns,
with a large engine power, at a light draught of
water, possessing at the same time a power of
manoeuvring in a small space such as could not,
under any circumstances, be possessed by a vessel
with the ordinary single screw. So important, in
fact, was the result of the Flora's trial considered
by the Admiralty that their inspector of machinery
afloat, Mr, John Dinnen, was present officially to
report the result for the information of the Board.
The Flora is an iron vessel of 400 tons, 160 feet in

length, 221 feet in breadth, and 15} feet in
depth, having two independent engines and
screws with a collective nominal horse-power

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engine of 120 horses, the screws working under
each quarter, and consequently before the rudder, in
lieu of the present system of one screw astern and
abaft the rudder. The diameter of the cylinders is
26 inches, with a stroke of 21 inches. Each screw
has a diameter of 7 feet, with a pitch of 14
The boilers comprise two tubular, working at 301 b.
pressure, and one high pressure, working at 501 b.
This high-pressure boiler is intended to be used for
producing a steam blast in the chimney, and to dry
the steam (by admixture) from the two common
boilers. The vessel is schooner-rigged, and with—
out yards or any extra weight aloft, and, for her
size, has a very handsome appearance on the water,
giving promise of being a real steam clipper—a
promise which her performances under steam dur-
ing the day fully confirmed, for, if her tonnage and
horse-power are fairly considered, there can be no
doubt the Flora is the fastest screw steamship
afloat. Her builders are Messrs. Dudgeon, of Mill-
wall (both of hull and engines), and the success of
the ship yesterday is a fitting tribute to an enter-
prising mercantile firm. The Ship left Gravesend
at noon, with a large party on board; including
Mr. J. Dinnen, Admiralty surveying engineer ;
Mr. Robinson, surveyor to the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company; Mr. Bayley,
of Lloyd's; Captain Gyerling, of the Swedish Royal
Navy; Captains Selwyn and Symonds, R.N., and a
large number of other officers and gentlemen inte-
rested in screw propulsion.
There is nothing new in the idea of the use of
two screws in the propulsion of ships, as our old
floating iron-eased batteries are each fitted in the
same way, but are worked by one motion from the
engines. A small vessel in the Clyde works two
screws also, with two rudders, the idea, as acknow-
ledged by the adaptor, having been taken from the
model exhibited in the Exhibition of 1851 by Mr.
A. Sturdee, the present master shipwright's as-
sistant at Portsmouth dockyard. The Floi:a; how-
ever, is the first vessel that has been fitted with two
screws and engines working separately and inde-
pendently of each other ; and herein lies the value
of the principle in a military point of view, as
giving a ship a means of rapidly revolving under
steam and changing her position to any required

point.
The weather was fine, considering the season a
the year ; the atmosphere sufficiently clear to carry
out the proposed experiments, with the wind at
N.E., on leaving Gravesend somewhat light, but as
the mouth of the river was reached freshing until
it reached a force of between 4 5. The run from
the Nore to the Mouse Light was made in 31
minutes 40 seconds, the tide being high water,
1 slack on passing the Nore. This gave the ship a
speed of 14.16 knots, an exceedingly favourable re-
sult. The ship's head was then brought round, an d
her course laid for the Nore, on reaching which
preparations were made tor making the important
tests of the day—the capabilities of the skip in
answering her helm and engines in making circles.
The first experiment was made with both engines,
going ahead at full speed, and the helm hard over,
when the first circle was made in 3 min. 14 sec.,
the second in 3 min. 13 sec., and the third in 3min.
16 sec., the diameter of the circles being about
three lengths of the ship, and lessening each time.
In the second experiment one engine and screw
worked ahead, with the other going astern, and
one circle was made in 3 min. 39 sec., and another
in 3 min. 49 sec. In making these circles the ac-
tion of the ship's hull was extraordinary, the central
part being stationary, and both ends moving round
equally ; the circle was made on a pivot from the
ship's midship section.
The vessel was then put in a straight course,
stopped, and from a state of rest the engines were
started, one ahead and the other astern, the circle
being completed in 3 min. 55 sec., and the diame-
ter of the circle being, as before, within the ship's
length. The vacuum throughout the trials was
steady at 25 inches.

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