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the discharge Of mortars Of the heaviest
caliber without injury to the vessel or ber
machinery. Last week twelve consecu.
tive thirteen inch shells, with the twenty
pound charge Of powder, we're fred IRON
the Scourge in twenty-,hree minutes, and
while the vessel was under full steam.
The shocks were considerable, but the
machinery Of the steamer was moi injured.
The sixteen feet fifty-six FOUNDER pivot
gun, Of eighty seven hundred weight, was
then tried-fourteen pounds Of powder
were used each time, and forty shots were
fired. The recoiI was very slight. The
mortar IS placed on the deck, as the con-
cusslon has much less effect. The s.


is upwards Of eleven hundred tons. The
Morning Herald remarks THAT The iniro-
.duction Of mortars into steamers will form
an era in the science Of offensive warfare
-as, against towns and Notifications stu.
ated on an enemy's coast, or on the mar
gin ofnayigabIe rivers, their effect would
be most destructive. Eight or ten vessels
armed like the Scourge, would be more
effective than twenty sail of the line. II
IS said that, since the recent experiments
were made, Government intend to order a
number of steamer bomb-vessels. Corr.
Boston Atlas.