, 1866-11-08

Of the required force will be seen In the re-,
port, out what rcuaius to DC asccrtained Is
tne comparative chcapncas and general ad-
vantages Of the force itself: The adyocsies
oi the new system say that It 7iclds a rrca1er
power IL proportion 20 the luel consumed
than the old screw or paddle system that
less power ls wasted that tho vessel, which
waat the Americans call "donble-ondcr.''
can % driven either backward or forward at
pressure, without any stopping or rcvetslpe
Of the engines; aud TINT, Ii fhct, tho Officer
IN command on dick can change the ship's
course % well as modify her speed instau-
taneonsly, without communicating With the
engane.soom a. al. A still more singular
design. ,eupposing that the Waterwitcb. or
any similar vessel, when In action, should be
stfuck by shot, and have her side torn
oepen, the Incident, Instead Of producing any
barn.. harm, You'd BE- Immediately turned to good
OF the water from the regular reservoir, aud
Eork ms ship with the supply conveniently
admitted though the khot-hole. 1rdeed. one
q the objections urged against the plan Is
that the holes admitting the water to the
stopped in shallow water, In which case an
eneny'a shot OF torpedo would be god
SEND, and enable the vessel to get under
water again at once.
We think this Idea will bring Us well
abreast Of the Americans In marine novel.
ties. Certainly neither The Iiantouomsh ]
nor ne cigar ship can beat the Waterwitch,
win her prodigious waterwheel. her heavy
guns. her lron-clad sides, and her propellinf,
Jets." AZ to her seaTorthiness, the guar-
antcc now obtained seems uncxceptionable.
she actually wants three hundred tons of
Hater every minute for the Mere purposes Of
!ocon otion. How many leaks or shot holes
would 1t take to let in mores Seriously.
however, though the success of Friday's ex.
pertinent appears to have taken most pcoolc
~ ~ surprise, there Is no reason, on the face
o1 the story, Why the design shonli not m.
sEer, and Il Is fortunate, at any rite. tint
me trial will not be very costly, The Wat
ef~ltch Is only small gunboat. and eren if
hydraulic propulsion should be found. unnn
me whole, to be more ingenious than useful.
convert our "jet-propcller'' into twin.
Fashions ut BIarrttz.
IN the London QUEEN, "are most magnificent
ana more than usually eccentric this scason''
The Empress has worn two different styles of
dress during the past week, and both of
tnem deserve special description. The first
ls white Sultane dress With wide lilac
over lilac silk petticoat. fhe sultaue skiTt
Is eored so euectually that there Is not sin
gle pleat at the waist, and It is trimmed
round the lower part with three cross.cut
bands Of lilac silk, bordered with lilac
s co@posea Saasa eutleS w{h e5ysta ac The body i
has wide, fat pleats both at the front and
BACK, and the pleats are covered with an in.
sertion ot blnche guipure. 4 small Vatican
nat, With wreath Of delicate lilac flowers
round It. complete the toilette. The second
is q white muslin dress worn over Ifrbt.
bright blue silk pcttlcoat the skirt is oFua,
mented will! 1argef efarabesques Of rich binchc
Eulpure, and at the extreme edge there nre
fnbrieatcd .vandykes, likewise of blpcbe
guipurc {by imbrfcation mean that the van
dykes overlap each other like the slutes on a
rocf);a a small satin rolcau Of the same shade
o. blue as the petticoat forms heading to
thr rau1ykes. The bodice Is trimmed with
bertha OF binche guipure arranged in yan.
dykes to match the skirt, and lined with
olue SHE the sleeves are ornamented at thu
epaules1es tpa and CUTS to correspond, likewise
the back. These imbricated scollops and van
aykes are used for ornalncnting variety Of
costumes; the youthful Marchloness d. And
wore, few days ago, costume Of silver
gray poplin over green silk petticoat ; the
snaas y %as that called III France "sprins
bricated scollops Of gray poplln, ptped with
green SILK, and headed with cross-cut band
or green silk, studded with conical iet but
IONS. The skirt was, on the contrary, orna-
men,sd n1 =, With green acol1ops, piped With gray,
and they were arranged In longitudinal and
not in latitudinal lines as on The petticoat.
a grey poplin pcfaum, fitting the figure close
y, bordered with simllur scollops 10 those on
tlc skirt; cross.cut bahds studded with let
buttons on the cpaulcttcs and cuffs Of the
sleeves. 4 pale grey felt Int with d low
aud the front osnamentcd with d black VIM
completed this toilette. 4 young Spanish
lady, !f!epd Of the Marchioness, wore a coz.
tune In the same style, in blnck silk au,rsjlk
the color ofstraw; the cross,cut bands being
further ornamented With small straw bell.
buttons.'
ProCrcss Of wurk on the Sucx Caual
4 letter from Alexandria of October 9Th
says: 1.-THE cutting Of the Maritime Canal
Of slez, In the section from sucz to Chalouf,
Iied on With great activity. This section is
dlEiced Into three parts-one that Of the
Quarantine ut Suez, tue other in the Plain
.of Sucz, at a distance of four miles, and that
o. chalouf, ten miles distant. The number
e Rec an h ne6es %eess Is m aeGSt snes
in these different points Of the canal is
l5,905 ,o48. Since the commencement of the
works a0e,5la cubic metres have
been extracted. There consequently
tse' tses cube to The sem99s p1ler t fsSops,. ms
ployed on the whole line Is 2,200, Of whom
! 800 are at Chalouf, $50 in the Plain Of susz.
$50 ut the Quarantine. The extraction IL
made at Chalouf by means Of several In
clined planes with locomotives, which pre-
sent The advantage Of greatly assisting H.
bor. Eighty miners and 200 laborcrs are occu.
pied IN blowing up the rock, which In this
place Is In the line of the canal, aud OF which
the volume is "a S99 cubic metres. At the
present moment Il, $50 metres have been re-
moved, 60 that there remain II, $50. The
average monthly work done on this rock be-
R1ff ,{fH T7ntrn
be necessary before it is completely finished.
The earth-works In this place are, SO TO
speak, insignificant com lparad with the rock
they amount to lis, ,5GJ cubic metres, OF
which s7, ,e15 have al1eadr been taken away.
'apaso1 E9r some time past the recruiting Of Arab
the engineers hare succeeded IN inducing
them to use wheelbarrows instead Of collins,
which are much more convenient. If no Oh.
stacle should arise to disturb the recruiting,
Tue preparatory works may be finished be.
OF the quarantine, and those Of the Plain DE-
Suez, consist IN cutting two parallel
trenches, which will give access to the first
dredging machines. These trenches are 20
metres wide, and nearly 90 ccntimetres
deep, and are designated as trench Of Asia
these trenches arc 4,100 metres IL length,
md the banks Of the Maritime Canal are
thus indicated for all this length, with .
trench on each side to receive the dredging
machines. In the Plain Of suez, the Trench
Of Africa is executed to a length Of a,4oo
miles. and that OF ASH of 2,4QO. Certain
notifications have recently been made In the
line to he followed In the cnvirons of Suez.
a mass Of rock Of 800, 600 metres cube, in
stead Of being cut through, is to be turned,
and this viii constitute. q saving Of about
By recent decision OF the directors, tn
width Of the canal is to be 10s metres in
those parts in which It Lies below high
water" u