25 MARCH 1865, Page 2

It has been suggested this week that there may be

reservoirs of petroleum easily accessible to Englishmen, but not yet worked. One of them is the island of Zante, where small exudations have been repeatedly noticed, among others by Professor Austad, who thinks petroleum might be found there. The other is the county of Shropshire, where, says Mr. T. P. Blunt, of Shrewsbury, there are several bituminous springs answering closely in character to those found in Oil Creek Valley. Considering that a good men of this oil may be worth half a million, it might be worth while to try the experiment of sinking one.