The New York herald., 1866-05-08

posed chiefly of bi,umen and pani and he bad uos
thought himself warranted In ssnctioning ts continued
adoption He had taken measures for six oil tho most
promising schemes which bad been recommended 70
him to be applied 10 the western front near the House
OF Lords, under the sue ton OF Mr. Abel OF Green
wch aud he expected IN the of the present
be made
DEATH PROM WORMS IN THE BRAIN.
From the Brighton Eng Examiner, April 81
On Saturday, inquest was held at Brighton on the
body Of Clara Hollands, aged seventeen who died sud
denly On "Wednesday, she complained OF severe head
ACHE and on Friday became SO unwell that she was
carried up stairs 10 bed in nsensibo state, and
afterwards died. The evidence Of Mr. sewe who made
a post mortem examination, showed that there
siderable eson in the righ. ventrce of the BRAIN in
which he discovered large hydatd cst This he found
For the presence of this Mr. shewell could not account
The disease OF rare occurrence, but when had
occurred recorded cases showed that death had been
sudden. The insects were usually conveyed into the
system with food, aud after deposlting their eggs they
left the system In Of time the eggs are hatehed
and death ensues has not taken place before, The
disease often communicated to the system oy etng
'measey pork underdone meat, or watercresses, anc
nose that ' und rione meat was The best for food
Should the be effected heat was the only thing tnat
would kin the insects and there was therefore no dsase
in wel-cooked meat The jury returned SerSca IN
accordance with the evidence OF MI Sewell
NEW AUSTRALIAN BIRDS AND FISH.
Melbourne, Australian, paper says:-A very remarka
1t had the neck of heron, short thick legs, wepioeted
ike a duck portions of its coat like seal, and wings
n
The bird is Potus-a species Of dartcrbut is seldom
seen ON this coast very remarkable fish Was also
netted in inc hopn, Il was about thirty inches $ nCh long
long, running from the snout and terminating In
soft piece Of flesh Or lap banging down The ass A IN
question is known as the Chimera Auetrnis " deep
sea fish, but is unit for food
SUBMARINE TUNNEL BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
Paris letter. dated April s. says--A submarine tun-
mel is seriously contemplated between Calais and Dover
Last week perfect brigade OF geomercans and naval
down TO study the possibility of carrying out
under the direction OF NJ Thome dc Gamond will be
remembered that special commission appointed by the
feasibility OF the project proved nasmuch as the
submarine rocks Of which the Straits are formed offer no
serious obstacle TO its realization Galnond has made
surveys every year since this report was drawn up OF the
ground and has decided that rical islands Will not be
required but that the tunnel can be constructed IN fonr
galleries. the longest OF when VIII moi excesd ten Xo
metros
ELECTRICAL roRPEDoEs IMPROVED.
The London Telegraph OF the 18th OF April has the fol
lowing do propose to sketch the history OF the
idea that has found practical development in the
employment Of electrical torpedoes as means 6 de-
fence At the period Napoleon /. was assembling ms
army for invasion OF England at Bouogne the British
government gave the scheme OF American trial I0f
the destruction Of some portion OF the enemys lota
The attempt however was failure and the conirvance
reverted TO during the contnu OF the war
The idea revived at the outbreak OF the Russian war
by Professor Jacob distinguished Russian chemist and
torpedoes made plan Of his own form part OF the
defcnces OF the Russian Baltic ports II torpodoes,
however, open To several objections They hoated
in a position to be easily seen and removed by the
enemy, they exploded on percussion by means wnch
were very apt fail the critical moment, aud II they
did explode on being struck as once occurred to
English ship-ofwar, the effect was trivial Inc iaare
Of the means Of ss,gnon led 10 S SnsS sS0pSe ,Se
Austrians employed them to defend the sea
approaches to Venice. the French navy, now.
ever made demonstration against the Queen of
the Adriatc during the brief but brilliant Italian cam.
pagn so the practical effect Of the contrvance remained
unknown until the late American struggle demonstrated
that the federal navy received more damage from eec
trical torpedoes than from all the coast artillery OF the
and spehddly It was always served The Cos,fede-
rate government, wise IN their neration, made 40 ap
preparation at the commencement OF the struggle 70 pro
vide electrical torpedoes the defence OF heir hrbors
and despatched to Europe an officer to devise the best
description Of these formidable engines OF destruction
That officer Lieutenant Maury. In conjunction
with Mr. N. J. HolmcS, a distinguished student OF
electrical science, Who had demonstrated the fact
that gun could be fred by electric spark gene
rated at distance of hundred and twenty miles the
subject investigated aud many important discoveries
were made The application of the principle to harbor
defence illustrated by diagram Of Portsmouth har-
bor The mode of laying down tho torpedoes by concur
angular observations from two or three different s
tions and the application of those bearings to tire DC
struction of an enemys feet were explained II would
be difficult 10 compress into the limits of bnef notice
all that passed in hours rather OF pleasant social
intercourse formal demonstration; b IL was im-
possible 10 resist the conviction from what took place.
that while much rema 10 bc learned OF the elects ~
the explosion OF different quantities OF powder at dher.nt
depths OF water VIC possess in topedocs means OF oe-
fence OF the utmost possible value, al cost scarcely
consideration The principal expense OF defending
places OF such prime Importance as Portsmouth wouh De
PRINCIPALLY for the insulated wire to connect the
torpedoes with the land The first cost OF this
would be the heaviest item but IL would not be
frequently recurring COST for when the torredocs are
exploded the be recovered and used again. In
deed il said that for fi0 600 Portsmouth might be
sealed any enemy who not des1ous oi the honor
of Journey hcavenward SO again for land defences
has but TO mine the approaches by digging rev
conical holes buryng torpedo, and hiink up win
few hundred OF stones Of sufficient weight, aud the
consequence advancing column easily be ina
gined reg ment lroncad could be destroyed at
exceeding Of the monster steel shells nun
drcds which would be used probably with 1T eject
against attacking feet The moral effect or such
means would be valuable as their phys
effect There is honor In being blown into rag
without being able strike blow in sell defence
aud may safely be assumed that the general or adm
very careful how he exposes the forces under bis CON
mapd 10 such contingency. The subject Is one 81 hrs
rate importance and venture 70 predict thai very
great length Of time will not eapse without the country
requiring 10 be satisfied that the government estimate
at Its proper value
PULvERIZED TuRPESTINE AND ITS usEs.
Some interesting experiments have been made IN ihs
Russian Admiralty in st. Petersburg, the different
uses to which puverzed turpcntine can be applied
with his lamp Captain Spakonsky produced a name
feet high with which steel and copper we're easily
melted He afterwards showed small steamboat, TWEEN
ty-four feet long, OF two-horse power, when, WIN
consumption Of pounds OF pulverized turpentnc per
horse power, attained speed OF six knots He IS build
ing boat OF six horse power and hopes TO reduce tn
consumption Of fuel very considerably by means OF
turpcntne lamp the steam be raised IN tn min
utcs can the Captain says be advanageousy applied
to small craft short trips and II is said that severaf
boats built this principle will ply on the Neva during
the summer.