No. 129. j 163 



RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION. 



Mr. Jordan L. Mott presented to the Institute in June last, the 

 remains of a musket recently raised from the wreck of the British 

 frigate Hussar, which vessel was sunk on the 14th of November, 

 1780, about one and a half miles above Hurl Gate, in seventy 



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feet of water. Nearly all the st©ck remains covered with the 

 rust of the iron part, during its process of oxidation. The brass 

 plate which covered the butt, the guard plate and tubes through 

 which the rammer was inserted, all of brass, are all in the most 

 perfect state of preservation, whilst of the iron, not a particle 

 remains in a form that can be recognized as constituting' any 

 part of a musket. The wood of the breech is sound, the other 

 part of the stock would fall in pieces but for the rust which 

 encircles it. 



Messrs. Howe & Pratt, two enterprising men from New-England 

 have been exploring the wreck for some time. They use a sub- 

 marine armor, make three descents every twenty-four hours, 

 and remain down about an hour each time. Whether they find 

 enough in value to compensate them for their labor, we are not 

 informed, but infer it to be so, as it would not comport with the 

 character of these people, to spend a whole summer at hard and 

 hazardous labor for nothinsj. A. C. 



PROGRESS OF INSTITUTIONS FOR PROMOTING SCIENCE, AND 

 THE INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS OF MANKIND. 



An examination of the subject comprised in the above title 

 would undoubtedly be interesting and instructive, and might 

 perchance be made to conduce essentially in exciting the zeal 

 and adding to the number of those already engaged in these use- 

 ful pursuits. It is not, however, our intention to trace such pro- 

 gress, or attempt an illustration of its utility, at the present time ; 

 but design merely to record an event connected with their his- 

 tory, for the future use of those who may find leisure and incli- 

 nation to investigate the subject more fully. The north west 



