In every capital of Europe such carriages had replaced the old clumsy style of vehicle, and London and Paris supplied other coun tries with most of the new State carriages. Carriages of all kinds were vastly improved during our late Queen's reign; but for the parents of modern improvements we must look farther back. Mr. Obadiah Elliott's invention of the elliptical spring in 1804 was the foundation upon which countless improve ments have been built.