The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

MAY 21, 1847.

EPSOM RACES.
THURSDAY.
Under ordinary circumstances, the Grand Stand Han-
dicap would have been a good betting race, and would
have insured a large company ; but coming, as it did,
between the two great days, it excited but little interest
in the ring, and the assemblage, even more select than
on Tuesday.
The sport yesterday turned out very indifferent, every
race but the first having been won in a canter, without a
semblance of competition.
The weather was favourable.
The DURDANS STAKES of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared
by ten o'clock on the night before running, with 50
soya added ; three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 121 b ;
five, 9st 61b; six and aged, 9st 10lb; winners twice
in 1846 to carry 31b, and thrice, 51b extra ; winners
twice in 1846, and once in 1847, to carry 51b extra ;
winners thrice in 1846, and once in 1847, to carry ;Lb
extra ; maiden tour yrs old and upwards, and korses
which shall have run in any race on the day of the
Derby, allowed 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 311 s;
horses entered to be sold, if demanded, for 500
sovs, allowed 31b ; for 300 sovs, allowed 91b ; for 250
sovs, allowed 121 b ; for 150 sovs, allowed 161 b ; and
for 100 sovs, allowed 211 b, over and above other al-
lowances ; the second horse to receive back his stake.
The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course.
Mr. Mytton's Miles's Boy, 3 yrs (200) ..(Dockeray) 1
Hon. S. Herbert's Sir Simon, 4 yrs (200)
Mr. O'Brien's Conceit, 3 yrs (100)
The following were not placed :—Mr. Drinkald's Wi-
dred, Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary, Mr. N. T. Thompson's
Anna the Third, Mr. G. Hobson's Binnacle, Count Bat-
thyany's
Teresina, Mr. O'Brien's The Emerald Isle,
Captain Gambier's Dean Swift. _ _ _

betting :-7 to 4 agst Emerald Isle, 4 to 1 agst Wi-
dred, sto 1 agst Queen Mary, and 6to 1 agst Miles's
Boy. Emerald Isle made the running, followed by
Miles's Boy, Conceit, and Binnacle. This lot held the
front to the turn, where Miles's Boy took the lead, Bin-
nacle declined, and Sir Simon and Widred became second
:and 'third ; they ran-this warto the half distance, where
Sir Simon attempted to go up ; Miles's Boy, however,
hung upon him, and thus, maintaining his lead, won by
half a length, Conceit a good third, and Widred fourth.
Run in 2 win. 19 sec. The winner was objected to by
Sly, but the stewards, on hearing evidence, awarded the
race to Miles's Boy.
The GRAND STAND PLATE Of 200 SONS. in specie, added
to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soy& each the se-
cond horse to receive 50 sous. out of the stakes, and
the third 25 sow. ; the winner of either the Chester
Cup or Suffolk Stakes to carry 71b, of both, 101 b
extra ; Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, two miles
and a quarter ; to start at the Winning-chair.
Lord Eglinton's Eryx, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (J. Prince) 1
Mr. Parr's The Attorney, 5 yrs, ist 81b
Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator, 3 yrs, Est 131 b
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Mostyn's Camera Obscura, Sir J. B. Milli's Giantess,
Sir G. Heathcote's c by Amato, out of La Fille mal
gard6e, Sir J. Hawley's Bravissimo, Mr. Meiklam's De-
loraine, and Mr. Jackson's Conjugation.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Eryx, sto 2 agst Bravissimo, and
3to 1 agst Giantess. Bravissimo went off with the lead,
followed by Giantess, The Attorney, and Eryx, the others
lying well up, with the exception of The Liberater and
Conjugation. They ran in this order to the turn, when
Giantess obtained the lead, which she maintained to the
mile-post, where Bravissimo again took up the running,
and carried it on to the road. The Attorney now showed
ahead, and with Camera Obscure, Eryx, and The Libe-
rator in waiting, cut out the work to the stand. Eryx
then came, had it all his own way, and won by a couple
of lengths ; The Liberator a bad third. Run in 4 min.
23 sec.
The COBHAM STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added;
three yrs old, 6st 71b; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b;
six and aged, 9st lib; mares and geldings, and horses
which have run in either of the preceding races, al-
lowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. Heats,

one mile.
Mr. Parr's Icicle, 4 yrs
Lord Chesterfield's Maid of Saragossa
First Heat-6 to 4on Saragossa. Won by three
lengths.
Second Heat-5 to 2 on Icicle, who again won by
three lengths.
The DENums STAKES Of 3 soya. each, with 30 added;
three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 91b ;
six and aged, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed
31b. The winner to be sold for 120 Boys. Heats, last
mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course.
(7 Subs.)
Lord Strathmore's Satyr, 6 yrs (Crouch) 1 1
Colonel Anson's Treacle, 3 yrs
Mr. C. Brewer's Sarah Sykes
Mr. Drewitt's Clemanthe, 3 yrs
Betting—First heat, 5 to 4 agst Treacle and 2 to 1
agst Satyr—won by three lengths. Second heat, 3to 1
on Satyr, who won in a canter, by several lengths. The
winner was claimed.

PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS FOR

THE OAKS.
TRAINER. JOCKEY.
Mr. Clifton's Brown Bess—Daley C. Daley
Mr. Mostyn's Alsatia (Quilt
Arnold's dam) Blenkhorn Calloway
Mr. Crockford's Kite Ridsdale W. Cotton
Lord Strathmore's Sultana Masser Crouch
Mr. Merry's Maid of Mother-
well... l'Anson Holmes
Sir J. Hawley's Vanity . Beresford Boyce
Sir J. Hawley's Miami l3eresford Templeman
Mr. Bradley's Exhortation Bradley Bradley
Mr. Drinkald's So Nice Lumley Ford
Mr. Payne's Clementine M. Dilly Nat
Sir G. Heathcote's Nannette
filly Sherwood Chapple
Mr. Douglas's Maria Louisa Price P. Price
Mr. E. Griffiths's Lady Lift E. Jones Marlow
Sir C. Monck's Cast-steel
filly J. Scott Butler
Mr. Robertson's Noiseless Forth Sly
Mr. G. Day's Farmer's
Daughter J. Day, jun. S. Day
Mr. Mostyn's Slander Kent W. Abdale
Mr. Gratwicke's Joyful Kent H. Bell
Lord Exeter's Cosachia Harlock Mann
Lord Chesterfield's Game-
Lass fitly Taylor J. Sharpe
Lord Chesterfield's Lady
Taylor Whitehouse
Mr. T. Parr's Maniac (Maria
filly). Stinton Wakefield
Mr. Brook's Luminous Dawson Cartwright
Mr. Bowes's Ellerdale Dawson --

ON THE DOWNS.
15 to 1 agst So Nice
16 to 1 agst Cast Steel filly
,16 to 1 agst Maid of Mother.
well

LATEST BETTING
2 to 1 agst Clementina—t.
8 to 1 agst Miami
9 to 1 agst Ellerdale
15 to 1 agst Sultana
15 to 1 agst Slander
15 to 1 agst Lady Lift
15 to 1 agst Maniac (Maria f)
THE ASCOT STAKES.

120 to 1 agst Vanity—taken to
300/., aft. offered

Lord Strathmore's Crown Prince and Secundus are
declared not to start.
We are enabled to contradict the report that all Mr.
Gully's horses are scratched for their Ascot engage-
ments.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN A
BANK AT MANCHESTER.
On Monday morning last, at the Borough Sessions,
Manchester, a somewhat important case was tried, that
of John Cleveland, who was charged on one indictment
with stealing notes to the amount of 2701. the property
of Henry Graves; and, on another, with attempting to
steal the same notes.
The prisoner, a young man of unassuming appearance,
had been classed by rumour as one of the swell mob,
though his appearance indicated rather to the contrary.
Some sensation was created in court by the appearance,
for the defence, of Mr. Ballantine, whose frequent suc-
cessful advocacy at the Old Bailey, for criminals there
indicted, has rendered his name so well known through-
out the country. Mr. Pollock conducted the prosecu-
tion: Mr. Peter Burke being joined with Mr. Ballantine
in the defence.
The facts of the case were these :—The prosecutor,
Graves, went to the bank of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and
Co., there to change a cheque of 271/., and got two notes
for 1001., one for 50/., and one for 20/. ; these notes,
having examined them, he folded up and put them into
his coat pocket, in which were a pair of gloves, a knife,
and a piece of ivory. He was in the act of taking the
remainder of the change from the counter, when he felt
a pull at his coat, and heard the rattle in his pocket of
the piece of ivory. This at once attracted his attention,
and in turning round he saw the prisoner close to him,
with his hand close to the pocket in which the notes had
been put. One of the gloves was banging out of the
pocket, and in the prisoner's hand were the notes and
other glove together. The prisoner pushed back the
notes into the pocket again, and then Graves caught
him by the collar, on which he said, " I beg your par-
don." The prisoner, on being charged with the rob-
bery, pulled out a number of sovereigns and spread
on the counter; that showed that he had money, though
he had not received them at the bank, nor had
he transacted any business there on that day. After
he put the sovereigns on the table he went
out in a great hurry, and as he left he was heard
to say something about fetching somebody to speak to
his character and to make all right ; but ho was fol-
lowed out and taken at a public-house. On these facts
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Burke contended that there was
not such a removal of the property as to constitute lar-
ceny, aud the Recorer being of the same opinion, after
hearing Mr. Pollock d
in reply, directed an acquittal for
the felony.
Mr. Ballantine then traversed the charge of misde-
meanor to the next sessions, and thus the matter rests.
t —Manchester Courier.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—Thurs-
day afternoon an accident of a most distressing character
occurred in the Strand, near Wellington street, to a person
named Carr, living at No. 4, Knightrider-court, Doctors'-
came up at a
coramons, who, it seems, was proceeding along and endeavour-
ing to cross the road, when a horse and gig
,harp pace, and before be could get out of the way was
knocked down, and sustained a broken leg, with such other
injuries as to render his recovery very dubious, He Ras re-
moved to.tile Charing-CM Hospital.

FIRE ON THE GREAT WESTERN

RAILWAY.
Yesterday afternoon, shortly before 1 o'clock, con-
siderable confusion was caused upon the Great Western
Railway, in the immediate vicinity of Hanwell, about
seven miles from London, by the following occurrence:
—From inquiries made on the spot it appeared that
some time after the 12 o'clock down train had passed
the Hanwell station, smoke was to be seen issuing in
dense bodies from the bridge which crosses the
Ux-
bridge-road. An instant alarm was raised, and infor-
mation of the fact was dispatched to London. Before,
however, any one had time to get down the centre of
the bridge, it burst forth, into a general blaze. The
various hands employed at the Southall and Ea'ing
stations went to the spot, and did all they possibly could
to get the fire subdued, but it having previously worked
into the bars and joistings cross they were unable, for a
long time, to do more than keep the flames from mount
ing into the air. Whilst they were thus engaged the I
o'clock down train came along, but it was not allowed to
get near the bridge, and was detained some distance on
the line. After much trouble the fire was extinguished,
but not until the bridge was burned through, and so
injured that no train could pass over it either on
the up or down lines. This of course caused the
utmost confusion and delay; persons who wanted to get
to London were obliged to wait until the down trains
came along, and then they were shifted from the up-
trains to the down-trains, the space between being
performed on foot. This took up considerable time, and i
most of the passengers, upon reaching Paddington, found
that they were nearly an hour and a half behind their
proper time. It is, however, exceedingly fortunate that
the discovery was so opportunely made; had it not been
perceived before the arrival of the one o'clock train,
which does not stop at the station, it is quite probable
that the weight of the engines and carriages would have
forced the bridge in. Up to ten o'clock last evening,
although an immense number of men had been employed
all the day, the bridge was not sufficiently repaired to
allow the trains to pass over, and the: passengers were
then obliged to be shifted from one train to another. it,
was, however, expected :that before midnight the Ilse
would he perfectly clear. How the fire originated is a
mystery; some of the officials are of opinion that it might
have been caused by a piece of burning coke falling from
the engines of the twelve o'clock down train, while
others say it was the work of an incendiary. The
bridge was little more than twenty.five feet wide, by
eighteen or twenty feet long; the loss, therefore, is not
of a serious character.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yes-
terday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was at-
tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Lord President ; Lord John Rus-
sell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey,
Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Viscount
Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ;
Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the
Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir
John Hobbouse, President of the Board of Control for
the affairs of India ; The Right Hon. T. B. Maeaulay,
Paymaster-General of the Forces ; the Earl Speacer,
Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Norfolk, Master of
the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the
Stole to Prince Albert ; and the Earl of Clarendon.

Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the
Right Hon. George Earl of Clarendon Lieutenant-
General and General Governor of that part of the
United Kingdom called Ireland.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the
Council in Waiting.
The Queen gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston,
Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the
Earl of Clarendon. _ _ _

The Court was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde,
Lord in Waiting; the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold
Stick in Waiting; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer
of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, and
Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting.
The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the
Hon. A. H. Gordon.
Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday
in an open varriage and four.
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Leiningen, honoured Her Majesty's Theatre
with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal
suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss
Dawson, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lieut.-Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. R. Gordon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured the performance
with her presence.
The Queen inspected yesterday Mr. H. Moseley's
portrait of Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8.,
when her Majesty was graciously pleased to give per-
mission that the Lithograph from the picture should be
dedicated to her Majesty.
It being the Queen's intention to hold a Drawing
Room in St. James's Palace on Thursday, the 27th inst.,
to celebrate the Queen's birth-day, the exhibitions of the
Royal Pictures must close atter Saturday next, the 22d
inst., and it will be resumed on Saturday, the 29th inst.,
the interval being necessary to prepare the Palace for
the Drawing Room.
No tickets to view the Royal Pictures will be issued
from Saturday next, the 22d inst., to Saturday, the 29th
inst. . .

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday in a carriage. Her Majesty visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday at
Gloucester House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Augusta Bruce, left town yesterday morning for
her residence, Frogmore house, Windsor. Her Royal
Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, at
six o'clock.
Lord Sandon, M.P., had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home Office.
Mr. Richard Yorke, and a deputation from the city
of York, consisting of Sir John Simpson, Mr. Chad.
wick, Mr. Jackson, Mr. John Wood, and Mr. Richard-
son, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yester-
day, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, in Whitehall-place.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere (Chief Secretary for
Ireland) left town yesterday for Dublin.
The Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements
had a meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall-
place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, Lord
Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries,
Sir Robert H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, and Mr. Milne.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday.
Lord Wharneliffe had an interview with the Right
Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Com-
missioners of Railways, in Great George street.
A deputation on the Health of Towns Bill, including
the Mayor of Sunderland and Mr. Alderman Moor, of
Sunderland, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth

yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests.
The Rev. Dr. P. Sbuldham Henry, and Mr. George
Bankes, had interviews with Sir George Grey at the
Home-office yesterday."
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the West India colonies,
and also from the Governor of the Mauritius.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his
Royal Highness prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness the
Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Viscountess Canning,
Ldy Augusta Bruce, the Hon. Miss Dawson, tpe Marquis or
Oramonde, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and he
Hen. Captain Gordon, honoured the performances at her
Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday (Thursday)
evening. Amongst the general company were his Royal High •
ness Prince George, Prince Louis Napoleon, the Conde Mon-
temolin, attended by the Marquis de Villa Franca, Gen. Don
Juan de Montenegro, and Colonel Don Francisco Merry, his
Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, and the Countess
Deitrichstein, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of
Sutherland, and Lady C. Levison Gower, the Duchess of
Somerset; the Baroness Brunnow, and Mademosielle Olga
, Lechner, the Marquis and Marchioness of Aber-
corn, the Marchioness of Douro, the Earl of Mun-
ster, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lonsdale
the Countess Kinnoul and Lady Sarah Hay, the Earl of De
la Warm' Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Morpeth, Lord and
Lady C. Wellesley, Lord Burghleigh, Lord Gardner, Lady
Fitzroy and Miss Somerset, Lady Elizabeth Macdonald,
Lady Carte, Lady Wigram, the 'Hon. Colonel, Mr. and
Miss Cavendish, M. C. de Koudriaffs'ty, Sir A. Woodford,
Hon. Mrs. Saunderson, Mrs. Stevenson and party, who occu-
pied her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge's box,
Sir J. Conroy, Captain Conroy, Sir R. and Ladvlloward,
Captain Meynell, R.N., Mltjor Baring, Mr. W. W. Williams,
Major Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery, Mr. Grote, Mr.
J. L. Jones, Colonel Vaughan Mr. Bateson, M.P., Mr. Sac-
villa Fox, M.P., Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., Mr. Hubert De
Burgh, &c. &c.
ExcHEQUER-BlLLS.—Thursday notice was issued
from the Exchequer-bill Office, Whitehall, on the Exchange
and at the Bank of England, that the Exchequer-bills dated
June, 1846, under the 9th Vic. c. 15, for 18,280,300 L, will be
•
paid off on the 15th of June. '
New bill
beasirir ,g an
whole or part
The
of 3d. per centum per diem, are to be issued
payment of the principal and interest of the above. The
rate of interest on the Exchequer-bills isseed under the
9th Vic., c. 15, and bearing date the 16th of March, 1847,
new outstanding, will be increased to 3d. per cent= per
diem on and after the 16th of June.
DESTRUCTIVB FIRE IN THE GoSWELL-ROAD.—
Last night, at a few minutes before eleven o'clock, the ex-
tensive premises belonging to Messrs. Hill and Son, whole-
sale ironmongers, No. 94, Goswell-road, were discovered
to be on fire. In the course of a few minutes the parish-
engines of Islington and Clerkenwell arrived, followed by
others of the London brigade from Whitecross- street,
Watling-street, and Jeffrey-square stations, with Mr.
Braidwood, the superintendent. Two escapes of the
Royal Society for rrotectiou of Life from Fire were
also on the spot. Not a moment was lost in
geting the engines to work, but such a strong hold had the
fire already obtained, that before a drop of water could be
thrown, the whole of the upper floors had become ignited,
and for some time it was feared that the conflagration
would extend to the adjoining houses, and it was nearly one
o'clock this morning before the fire was entirely extin-
guised. The whole of the furniture, &c., in the upper rooms
was destroyed, the building from the first floor gutted, and
the stock in trade and remainder of premises extensively
damaged. The origin of the fire is wrapped in mystery. It
could not be learned whether or not the property was insured,
as Mr. and Mrs. Hill were both at Gravesend at the time of
, the outbreak.

INSTITorioN o,p--6-ig EN.
GINEK

iRSee"--TUESDA.
Sir JOHN RENNiutPresident, in the Chair.
The paper read was, "An Account of the Sarah
Sands, and other iron vessels, with direct acting auxiliary
engines and screw-propellers," by John Grantham, of
Liverpool, Assoc. Inst. C.E. The object of the paper
was to show that a propeller might be constructed of
such dimensions that the number of revolutions it would
require to make in order to obtain a high velocity would
not much exceed that of the ordinary paddle-wheel, and
that hence the usual marine condensing engine might be
applied direct to the propeller-shaft without the inter-
vention of a secondary motion. It appeared from the
statements in the paper that this opinion was found to be
correct, and that " Woodcroft's" expanding pitch screw-
propeller was the best form that had hitherto been em-
ployed. In a paper read to the institution upwards of
three years since, Mr. Grantham gave his views on this
subject, and several vessels had been since built, the re-
sults of the trials of which were communicated to the
meeting. The principal of these were the Emerald and
Diamond, three-masted steamers of 300 tons, and
60-horse power; the Nautilus, of the same dimensions;
the Antelope, of 600 tons, and 100 power; and the Sarah
Sands, of 1,000 tons, and 180-horse power. Drawings
of these vessels were exhibited to the meeting. The
capabilities and performance of these vessel: were
described in the paper, but particular notice was taken of
the last-named vessel, which had performed a most suc-
cessful:voyage to Now York during bad weather and
adverse winds. The passages made by the ordinary
New York liners, which were out at the same time, were
very long, averaging 48 days each, and the Boston and
Liverpool steamers were much longer than usual on their
passage. The Sarah Sands used her steam about 17
days and sailed the remainder, making her voyage in 20
days 10 hours. On her arrival she had about enough
fuel remaining for four days' steaming. The paper did
not enter minutely into particulars of the screw itself, as
it was considered that too much attention had been given
to that branch of the subject, to the exclusion of the con-
sideration of the plans for working it, which, after all,
had been the stumbling-block to the general adoption of
the system. It was necessary with the screw, the theory
of which as a propeller was so little understood, to pro-
ceed with experiments perseveringly in one direction,
as variations in the results were frequently attributed to
causes which really did not exist. After describing
several interesting details, the paper concluded by ex-
pressing a desire that engineers should examine the
drawings of the system laid before the meeting, and
endeavour to add to the stock of information already
obtained. After the paper was read, Mr. Grantham
added some fadts which he had recently gathered, and
which strongly confirmed what had been stated. The
Diamond had recently made a very rapid to
"'Madeira, deeply laden ; but daring the e passage
the engines maintaine a very moderate speed, and
quite removed the impression that under such circum-
stances they would run too fast from their being con-
nected directly to the screw. An account of the last
successful voyage outwards of the Sarah Sands was
also given. and it appeared that, in spite of most se-
vere gales, which bad driven back almost all other
vessels, her passage had been made in the most satisfac-
tory manner.

In the discussion which followed several engineers of
eminence expressed themselves much pleased with the
facts brought forward in the paper, and perfectly con-
curred with the views put forth. The principle of the
following current of the ship, which had a material in-
fluence in increasing the efficiency of the screw, was
alluded to, and a conviction was expressed that the screw
would eventually supersede all other means of propelling
vessels on long voyages. An account was given also of
the auxiliary serew.steamers that ply between London
and Rotterdam, and some interesting l'acts were given of
the power which these vessels possessed of working to
windward in bad weather. The subject was closed by It
discussion upon several points that had been started re-
lative to the size of the screw, the mode of disengaging
it, and the prospects which were held out of the final
success of the principle.
The subject will be renewed at the next meeting, on
Tuesday, June 1, when the following paper will be
read:—" An account of the iron barque Josephine, of
Liverpool," by Captain Masters.
.It was announced that there would not be any meeting
on Whit-Tuesday.