The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATUEDA! EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1851. divided in two parts. The lower part, coming up to the height of the small writing-desk in the centre, contain dif ferent glazed cabinets for albums and other papers. On each ' side of the small writing-desk is another small projecting cabinet, which contains two small paper baskets for cards, notes, tee. The general style of this book case might be called Renaissance, if there was not something original in the whole conception of it, particularly as regards the cu pola. The ornamental part of the book-case has been mo delled by the sculptor, M. Schonthaler. In the saloon there are placed, by way of pattern, an arm chair, and an cosy chair, of somewhat smaller dimensions. They are at present covered with a simple stuff, in order to show the odour of the cloth, which will be replaced by a finer and more tasteful one. We are informed that, had time per- aided, six chairs, executed by M. Pressilorfer, after a do quite new and original, with beautiful carvings and r ct t moving lines and flowers, would have been added la articles of furniture in this saloon. In this apart enamt there is also au inlaid table, executed by M. Schneider with a very rich pedestal. Near the book-case we have described there is another in the gothic style, the designs for which have been drawn by Messrs. de Bernardi/ and C ran ner, architects. A connoisseur will eustantly perceive that it is not yet quite finished. This work has been pre sented to her Majesty by the Emperor of Austria. The parts of which it is composed are only provisionally pat together for 'mat of time, andis is alhe reason why the locks are still wanting. Th e style o fdecoration of thk beautiful piece of workmanship has already been referred to. The albums which it contains are very curious and in ' terestiug—the most celebrated artists of the Austrian empire having contributed to their execution. It also contains the works of the most renowned Austrian authors. All these books were very elegantly and tastefully bound by several artists at Vienna.— Morning Chronicle. TIIE AMERICAN INDIA-RUBBER NIANCFACTURES. —Foremost among the industrial productions exhibited in the American department may be mentioned the varied and multifarious uses to which india-rubber may be applied, as illudrated in the display of Messrs. Goodyear and Co., who may be said to stand at the end of this branch of manukno tures. The variety of afticks made from this substance k certainly most astonishing. Among the most extraordinary applications of this substance is its use in the manufaemm of articles of furniture and musical instruments. Irak. memo( chests of drawers, flutes, and violins, aro shown, 111. I lustrutive of its applicability to these purposes. TM bast& nets required to be imparted to the substance for these el- 1 jects is produced by a mixture of sulphur and maguseiC , applied to the india-rubber. There are next shown sped. 1 linens of railway springs, formed of the same material, sad which consist of pierced blocks or thick cyliuders, leaving • i spiral ring in their centre, and steel rings upou titl e outer side. These blocks or cylinders will sustain • pressure of from ten to fifteen tons, their expansion taking place between the outer rings. One of them blocks is shown, which has, since the opening of the Exhibition, been subjected at frequent intervals to the wi thin of Dick's anti-friction press, and to a pressure of from ten to fifteen tons ; but no alteration whatever has in con sequence been made in its original appearance and fora. There is also shown • large collection of ladies boots, shoes, slippers, and clogs of a ll kinds turmoil of india.rubber, the I shape arid cut of many of which would do credit to any French house. There are in New York a large number of persons holding licences under Mr. Goodyear for the manu facture of this kind of article, and the average number pro- duced by each of these licensees is 3,000 pairs per day. the india-rubber clogs deserve the attention of the fair pedes- teems of this country. We have next maps and globes, 1 which are exceedingly cheap and light; the latter require I lint to be inflated witu the breath when required for use, , and may be afterwards folded away. The printing upon I the surface of the maps—some of which are elastic, and others non-elastic—it exceedingly sharp and clear. It is also so indelible that the surfaces may he washed, or even subjected to the action of acids, without danger of removing the impression. The toys, including dolls, lions, tigers, eats, and other subjects of juvenile natural history, are worthy the notice of heals ef families, on account art their power successfully to resist the destructive diets of the most pernicious destroyers of this clue of goods. Pae.iiig from these, there are showa table-covers, carpets, felted fabrics formed of cotton, flax, and iudia-rublier, pillows, m a ttresses, hot-water bags, acoustic pipes, boats, pontoons, and an immense variety of articles. The total number of I articles for domestic and other use, manufactured from india-rubber, by Mors. Goodyear, is, we are informed, five hundred. The articles in the Exhibition are well worthy the attention of visitors, and we doubt not that many a useful hint will be obtained from their inepection, sod that, when more generally known, they will be is extensively sought after here as they are in the Transat lantic States. THE PRODUCTIONS OF NATIVE INDIANS fill ono ewe iu the American department, fronting the nave. Among these articles a very tastefully worked middle-cloth, the production of IA Indian girl, aged fifteen, of the names of Minoan, the daughter of a Sioux Sachem, and presented by her to her lover. She had no other pattern to guide her than the wild flowers which bloomed iu her native forest, a thourud milts west of the falls of St. Anthony, and the solitudes of which have never yet been known to have been trodden by the white nun. The flowers are worked on the saddle with beads of various colours, pleasingly arranged. The possessor of this tribute of affection of the Indian maiden, while on a visit to Mino sena, most ungallantly allowed it to become the property of the present exhibitor. Several embroidered cloths arc also shown in this case, the work of Indiana at the Niagara Falls, and formed with moose-hair, none of which is more than two inches in length. THE " 60010100 D Ortot:r," LATELY WON BY LORD CLIFDEN, has' ist been added by Mr. Hancock, of Bru twa-street, to his collection in the Exhibition, by , permission of Isis lordhip and the Executive Committee. The group is from a model by Baron Maroehetti, who has chosen fur his subject the " Death of Lord Francis Villiers," described in Aubrey's "Antiquities of Surrey," by Lord Clareudon, and other historians of the eventful times of Cromwell and his opponents. A dying horse in the foreground is particularly worthy of remark; the limbs are partly paralysed, and am. mation is perceptibly departing. Mr. Hancock had already earned well-merited laurels by his other maguiticeut con tributions, but this chef erceurre is beyond all question the crowning triumph of his art. TIIE AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS undermentioned have been especially recommended to the notice of his coun trymen, front among those in the Exhibition, by Hen Pogge, of Roggon, in Mecklenburg-Schwerin—a gentleman who has a high reputation fur his judgment in these mat ters throughout the north of Germany :—Potato-hoe, with three knives and Norwegian harrow attached ; a two wheeled cart, either for manure or corn, by Bushby, No. 15, Class IX. ; a plough without fount - boar d, the coulter placed sideways, by Alcock, No. 27 ; a light and very manageable wheel-barrow, by Etta, No. 29; drainage machinery, and a threshing machine with its steam-engine, by H. Clayton, No. 47; a threshing machine, to be worked by horses or steam-power, by Garrett and Sons, No. 142 ; a four-wheeled waggon, by W. Cresskill, No. 13,3; a seed cleaner and seri rater, by J. Gillian, No. 138 ; a double action turnip cutter, by B. Samuelson, No. 18.5; patent subsoil barrow, by R. Coleman, No. 21d; subsoil plough, and swine trough, I. 11. Bentall, No. 217 ; portable steam engine, and patent - by Hornsby and Son, Na. 233; haymaking machine, tweehorse harrow, by Smith and Co. No. 231; turnip-cut ter, Burgess and Key, No. 237; Whitehead's draining pipe machine., No. 239; Northumberland, or double-breast plough, horse rake, and patent iron plough, with Air coulter, No. 240; threshing machine, Holmes and Son, No. 241; turnip-cutter, by Hay, No. 24 c.; portable steam. engine, Tuifford and Sons, No. 271; a mowing machine, Deane, Dray, and Deane, No. 180 ; table-churn, P. It. Dram- 1 mond, No. 88; locomotive dibble, R. 11. Nicholls, No. 20, Clam IX. ; a corn-crasher, Whitme and Chapman, No. 242, Class XXII. FIRE-PROOF SAFES. The group of patent fire resisting safes exhibited by MOSUL Milner aM SOU, in the hardware department, is of interest. The description of the principle of maintaining low temperatures in the heart of a strong Are, upon which these safes are seastructed, is thus given by the exhibitor himself:—" It may la observed that Trom every pint of fluid discharged foam dlt material. of the safe, or box, by beat into the /Mork", nearly 2,000 plats of steam aro evolved and mimed la the contents, roodering the whole mar damp sad lama es a newspaper from the press. By this MOM SW tboomed doge mof heat is neutralised, and moaned Moat sad humahee--sae' half of which temperature would destroy the contents of the best safe or box that can be put together of dry materials i whilst the papers are made diffic ul t of ignition, the whole process being conducive throughout to their preservation. }Of a much longer period than that during which a box or = I" wee ,:: i 4 r yogis a s , widu ji viiii are : : ruipi tim "" = " teat ti mia4 TIM ',DIAN PRESS AND THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Imo broash thiontedimm hdli OM Intwior:i Vimpwetwe 'potelly halides W leeks; perm parch ite=user wen henh-notes ; the emit of the ethewstles ofl The Ritabsy Times of July 9 ter : todi . Pwctrell" b in fib i lheadia sad Pe°- een . jest fheern the bringing a;:o ta ut o fh P e ri jr c :at Exhibition , ettm no g : en :tact Z oom 1116 „.._1b 1e. la 111111 __.... dllallaellee ing the attention of the world, first reached us in theend en Prilllil oesellehiswidebsterabblogwienebe alkali, forma of 1849, we stated our conviction " that it would afford one a seebenseeess erase se pyrolignate Wpotale--the worst con- of the most splendid displays of human industry the world dollar of belt sneers; end Sea s while* Able shelter the . ever beheld ; and that it would be the precursor of a long Men or books dowl7 glee oire flolh doe large volume Of 1 series of similar exhibitions, occurring periodically, trim stoma that hes been pew' into amt woodeneed in them, re- - niftily or quin9uennially, as convenience may require, sating most favourably in keeping awn to their own tem- i but still recumug periodically. We hoped that it would e that of the box, or elk, mad the surrounding fire. •do more than this, and that it would become the ,see boiling at 212 degree, In immediate eon - , parent of a numerous offspring of kindred shows, where teat with titian Ire, into which a leendful of bank-notes the members of the whole community, and the or doolowher may be placed with easel , simply and aptly ' re p rese ntatives of all foreign nations, might meet illastratne this pnneipft. Another beautiful and forcible I, together to examine the fruits of the skill, labour, and illustration of its extraordinary preserving capabilities may , ingenuity of their brethren. Such things become at length, ' be shown in a very simple manner, by folding a piece oil like the fairs of former times, conducive to the dissemina- , common writing paper into the term of • tea-cup, having a , lion of general good feeling, and to the spread of knowledge ' , wire circle inside and another outside, round the top, tied ! and civilisation amongst mankind." As time drew on, and together with small binding wire, and two half circles of i arrangements took their form from the pressure of the occa wire crossing each other under the bottom, merely to keep I sion, our hopes incieased in sanguineness ; fancy could the form. If this paper boiler be filled with water, and scarcely' picture forth the magnificence of tha n = put over a red-hot place on the fire, where there is no smoke, bable reality, and so it has proved. Oar it will boil away without even discolouring the paper. With will already have seen the enormous amount of space great care, the boiler may be a bank-note ; and with perfect devoted to it by all tho London papers, and es safety notes may be doubled up and boiled in the water, naliats in general try to write as people we eappwed with only pater betwixt them and red heat, and afterwards to fed inclined to read,—the one may be regarded dried. Or, as the inside of a loaf in an oven is preserved as a very tolerable index of the other, and from this alone for hours from being more than boiled, under circumstances the all-engrossing nature of the Exhibition may be inferred. wherein it would be reduced to a blackened, charred mass. Nor is the interest in the matter in any wily confined to were it not for its own self-contained moisture, materials London : the Parisians seem to view the spectacle from the most combustible are kept from injury in a similar but afar with about as much anxiety as those who are on the more perfect manner within these boxes, when surrounded spot to examine for themselves; and, not content with the with burning coal. The same beat that would servo to accounts the London journals supply, able, minute, and make an iron safe red hot in twenty minutes will not bring voluminous, as they arc, the newspapers of the French the interior of Milners' box, of one foot inside measurement capital have despatched commissioners to see and describe (which dimeasions are necessary for the full advantage of London and the Londoners under their present state of the resistance and re-action of this principle) , to the boilin g excitement, as strange and as wonderful as any the world point, 212 deg., which cools down repidly . the moment the ever witnessed, ancl - not less delightful to the philathropist fire subsides around—whereas the red hot iron safe remains than to all men wonderful and strange. I an immovable burning prison for its dry contents, con- The very Catalogues of the Exhibition are themselves miming them for hours after the fire has left them. In prodigies of art and paragons of beauty—they almost till short, the Milners' safe and the iron safe, standing near the place at present of all other popular publications each other in Messrs. Walkers' fire, may be aptly com- whatever ; and the artists seem to have put forth all pared to an oven and boiler in vigorous operation ; in their energies to illustrate the wonders of the artisan's which of the two would you deposit a bundle of deeds, industry and skill. There appears to have been col bank notes, or lunpowder, with a view of preserving them lected up to the 6th June the enormous rum of 220,0001. — from being burnt? Within each of these depositaries a sin- the expenditure is estimated at about 150,000 ; funds, there tinel engine, may be supposed always attendant and self- fore, had already been realised to meet all the outlay, with acting, ready not only to extinguish but to prevent fire, a considerable balance to spare. with its pipes charged and laid into the most valuable pro- In the midst of this joy and excitement the painful ques perty which a public, professional, or mercantile office, or lion obtrudes itself—must the Crystal Palace be pulled private dwelling contains—property uninsurable, and yet down?—must this source of intellectual excitement and !e -aten exceeding in value all that it is deemed needful to creation be made to vanish so soon as the immediate occa insure ; the fire itself, in its first approaches, letting loose lion which brought it into existence is over ? There arc and arousing, in concentrated operation within the box, its supposed to be ten thousand persons in and around London only efficient antagonist." willing to become regular purchasers of annual tickets at a charge of It. a year each. It is calculated that Loudon is every year visited by some five hundred thousand Eng lishmen from the provinces, and one hundred thousand fo reigners, to whom the present exhibition would be a source of the greatest attraction. There are about two hundred thousand per one in end around London whoare regular sight seers and holiday-makers, and it is supposed that at least as many more would visit the Exhibition at sixpence each within the year were it permanently maintained : the two items together would afford an income of 15,000/., and this would, it is supposed, be much more than sufficient to cover all the charges of tear and wear and maintenance,—assuming thm there is a sufficient surplus on the collections of the =cut year to purchase up the concern without its con- It is said that an eminent contractor has already offered to rent the palace for the sum of 20,0001. a-year—from 7,0001. to 8,0001. being supposed sufficient to meet mainte nance—a further sum of nearly equal amount being set aside for police and attendants. Of course the renter even out of this vast sum contemplates a profit, and deems it pro liable that of the thirty thousand who at present hold sea son tickets, the great majority would in all likelihood renew their subscriptions at the close of the year. The idea of re taing the present contents of the Crystal Palace for perma nent exhibition, is oat of the question, valued as they are at twelve millions sterling at the least, and it would take seventeen yearn to raise money . sufficient to meet this were 2,0001. to be continued to be raised daily as at present ; the very interest on this enormous sum would at five per cent. be 600,0001. a-year. It is, however, believed that there are few of the exhibitors who would not willingly rent compartments permanently as places of exhibition tor their wares, knowing that it must, while so tilled, continue a place of unparalleled resort; and it is supposed that it might be made a place for the general exhibition of all our wealthiest societies, some of which have incomes almost equal to the stun required for the maintenance and servants lit the establishment. It would, of course, under these cir cumstances, continue to be what itlias of late been made— a place of lectures and intellectual improvement—of amuse ment as well as of instruction. It may amuse the reader to trace the precise parallelism of the course the Great Exhibition of the nations has taken at home to that traced some years since for a little exhibi tion in Bombay, which we trust yet to see established entongst us; it will be found fully described in the Bombay Geographical Transavtioas for 1818, and the Annals of India tor the same year,—the outlines in both cases having beeu p ublished belure the London show was heard of. Our Economic Museum was meant to be a place of general popular resort, and to be large enough Ito contain as great a multitude of sight-seers as , were ever likely to resort to it: it was to be tilled with 4011 the productions of the East employed in processes of art or manufacture, or made subject of sale—animal, mineral, or' ' vegetable,—of the manufactures springing out of them, and I the tools made use of in their transformation. It was meant ' to form a place of instruction by means of lectures, and one of resort during the wet season ter the lovers of music, when the band could not be listened to with cemfort out of doors. The plan of tilling the stalls with the ' wares desired to be exhibited, to tempt purchasers, makes the parallel complete. The success of the experiment made in thc Town-hall in January, 1819, gives some idea of the extent to which such a thing as this was likely to be re sorted to; and we trust that before two years are out the plan in miniature, so similar in all respects to that which has been already so magnificently carried out at home, will be put into effect. A few public men with the spirit of the Prince Consort would give us all that is wanted. ELECTRIC EREICOMENA.—A rumour having pre vailed at Brussels, that M. Quetelet, the director of the ob servatory in that city, had been killed by lightning, that gentleman has written to the journals to contradict the rumour, and to state what really occurred. Ile was making some observations in the midst of a violent storm, he says, with his assistant, when all of a sudden he found himself enveloped in a blaze of light, and received a violent electric shock, which threw him down. His assistant wus also flung to the ground, but neither was seriously hurt. The electric fluid returned almost immediately after, just as they had raised themselves up, and with great force threw them towards the door. They . then went out on the platform, where they found the ram falling in torrents, which was fortunate for them, as their clothes had caught fire. The freshness of the air soon recovered them completely. 'With the exception of some burns on the face and hands, and their hair being scorched, they met with no other injuries. THE L MARLEY COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday'y evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of the Stafford shire Collieries was held in the Town-hall, Hanley, in com- Pliance with a requisition signed by tko jurymen on the ate inquest at the Saracen's Head Inn, and several rate payers of the townships of Hanley and Shelton. and addressed to the chief bailiff of these townships, calling on him to convene a meeting to consider the conduct of her Majesty's government in reference to that inquiry, to adopt a memorial praying for the enforcement on all future occa sions of the 13 and 11 Vic. c. 100, and for the appointment of a resident inspector of mines for the county of Stafford. The meeting wee very numerously attended, and the chief bailiff, J. H. Clementson, Esq., took the chair. The chair man, after having briefly stated the circumstances under which the meeting had been convened, called on Mr. Homer (a mining agent, and one of the jurymen on the tibberley inquest), to move the first resolution, which was as follows : " That this meeting having been informed of the provisions of the act of parliament, 'Mauled 'Au Act for the Inspection of Coal Mines in Great Britain,' which re ceived the royal assent on the 14th of August, 1850, con siders that the spirit of that act cannot be carried out until a larger number than four inspectors are appointed, as that number is quite inadequate to properly discharge the duties required by the act. Mr. Homer said that it was impossible for any one of the pre sent inspectors to properly survey his district in !IX years; if he was to go down every mine and see that it was in good order. In his opinion it was necessary also to have some one capable of looking after the works to ascertain that they were kept in good order. Mr. Charles Kelsall, a working collier, seconded the motion. He bad no doubt that if there was more inspection there would be fewer acci dents. A proper inspection would compel the owners of mines to have good airways and keep them in better fettle [order]. Me had seen some air holes so small that a cat could hardly get into them, and he had been compelled to work in such places. If there was not some care taken I to prevent these accidents, as time grew older they would grow worse and more lives would be sacrificed. (Loud cheers.) John Ridgway, Esq., proprietor of the Üb berley Colliery, supported the resolution, and after some observations from the chief bailiff, it was put and carried unanimously. The Reverend S. Fisher (incum bent of Trinity Church) proposed the second resolution: That this meeting having been informed of the circum stances attending the fatal catastrophe at Übberley, and of the inquest upon the unfortunate victims en that aconite, eannot forbear expressing its disappointment and regret that no inspector or other scientific person was present to aid the jury in their deliberations, and this meeting ex its hope that any future inquest will be adjourned, rn ei ece g esary, for such a purpose." Mr. Heath seconded the resolution, which was also adopted unanimously. Mr. James Hudson (a master potter) moved the third resolution : ' " That a memorial from this meeting be signed by the chairman on its behalf, and afterwards transmitted to the Earl of Shaftesbury (late Lord Ashley) for presentation to her Majesty in person, praying that she will appoint • re sident inspector for this county." Mr. Henry Hollis (a Wesleyan local preacher) seconded the motion, which, like the preceding, passed unanintoual . A vote of thanks to the chief bailiff closed the proceedings. and and ' this charming model of rural agricultural, the eye is for Amblairtale la dig asensibly attracted to certain azure combinations, Mart--"rst;re• I les & the illiighlr ' s to the " Ismail :W es tessera and encaustic tiles; at once the men- vil""R`rb Caa P an -Y . • IsT i olt °f " kis thal telar ts • yer cent. has been effected In fuel by its use. A tal vision wanders from the precincts of Tiptrce Hall p u rpose to which this rany meal material la _Urals et to the Mall of the Lateran. f..isg applied is that of tensing a basis upon *hi* piper The lithographic ventures, as might hare been Rhea , mei an injury tan may he emigrant's.vial y -se 's eaMel" "lp le s : expected, an: highly creditable to us in the sere:al feet vinare, oneewantneorpatent felt, sr' u which m talty branches of landscape, architecture, and their corn- as weatherproof and as warm a' a brick -building, fa ski patients. But it is himntable to reflect that not the calibi:ed. There is no doubt that oonsiderable ad slightest hope is held out influxga s gatin pictorial wi':, malt from the extended employment of this ntusance. he vast annual of fore tudies of ' LEHTLI3I.6' IkUSTII.I.IN FCIVSITVRE.--SANGIN rali heads and figures. Admirable as arc productions of ! • Laos's LlBlAll%—the flooring in this miss& k If llullmandel and Walton, whose prints from Cotter- oa k -h woodree aiittindawsoithrub:fia beautiful ,dclniebisani elall% mole are only next best to origioals: alai the works ,''' at the same time simple. The lower part of the bookcase, of Haghe and 1). Roberta, panted by Day and which is 16 feet long, is made of Hungarian ash, whilst the bon, ex., these eitlitr cannot or Will not ripper ornamental part is of Austrian ash; in its centre is a compete with Lemercier, Jullien, and Corn- small projecting writing-desk, dividini the whole case in pany. The fact is, that peculiar branch to which i torthei‘slut rritiyiic‘tissilLl4los;:plaulliretidbt; tthweobrii.na attention is more particularly directed on the coati - 1 1 breeze and china chandelier', executed by M. Irma% , a nent is with us entirely left to ticket embellishers. Kul?tor of great eminence at V ienna ; the designs are - whose agency the I original, and were drawn by M. B. de Bernardi'. T his ' • - • ' -' with a rich badalehin _of a form To dr man through .._ world la wade acquainted with certain incomparable pickles and pomade, soap and salad oil, &c. (samples of which illuminated proclamations are to be found in the Fine Arts Court) to him, we submit, is left the care ol producing the most refined subjects. The con sequence is obviously to deter the skilful artist from encountering his rough treatment. The seals eat cuted by Wynn need no recommendation of ours. That proposed as a prize medal for the Great Exhi bition promises to be a handsome reward, as well as a token of superiority. wars Part is decorated almost round, terminating in • cupola of very elegant out lines; and the whole is sustained by wreathed carvings. The cupola is supported by small pillars with an elegant and light brim, which, on the side, is encircled by festoons of flowers. Between each pillar is a sustainer, upon which young children, beautifully carved, are placed in a dancing position around the goddess of Wisdom, to whom they are doing honour, and who stand upon an elegant orna ment. At present this statue is missing, it having been damaged in transmission to England ; but a similar one is being executed, which will shortly, we understand, be placed on the above-named ornament, and then the allegory will easily be understood. At the two ends of the bookcase, and in the lower part, are semi-circular cabinets glazed with plate glass. The general di visions are decorated with small columns, and an elegant cornice encircles the whole case, which is . _ CARPET'.—The carpets contributed by the Messrs. Watson, Bell, and Co., of Bond-street, are deserving of espezial mention from the fact of one of them having been commissioned by royalty fur Wind or Castle, and the supe :jeer de sign and workmanship of each and all of them. The (lacer's carpet is of an irregular rum, 62 feet by 38 feet, the pattern of which is designed ley Mr. Gruner, the cele brated decorative artist. The fabric is of the first charac ter, and even in the least important portions is brught together u close as it is possible. 'The way in which this carpet, and indeed most of those contributed by Messrs. Watson, Bell, and Co., have been hung, is deserving of mention. Instead of being placed upon the flow, or epos a slight incline as are those in the French department, they are hung horizontally, with the light. coming from the sides or upon the edger, instead of the extreme points of the wool. 'The consequence i. that each individual hbre of the fabric throw. a shadow upon its neighbour, and a cloud is thus cast over the whole which would he otherwise most brilliant if not gorgeous in colour. Moreover, the eatreme distnnee of one of the courts is the very nearest point from which they can he seen, and closer inspectiun is out of the question. To add to this, they are placed over the plate and jewellery of Store and Mortimer, and others, the attractions of which natu rally draw the eye downwards, and the spectator passes on without even a passing glance upwards where these carpets are hung. A Prussian pattern Brussels carpet is worthy of remark from its embodying an ingenious plan for rendering the centre and es allure subservient to any size. By this LT- Isinuenit - nt it is obvious that great cheapness and economy are mum!, inasmuch an a room of any dimensions may be readily fitted with exactitude without waste. There is an other—a blue carpet, must exquisite in pattern and harmony of colour : indeed, it is equal, if not superior, to any other Link of a similar nature in the Exhibition. It has been very "Woo, rly remarked by a mute enportery that there exists much in the Indian department which might with profit be imitated by our English designers, and one of the groups pointed out as worthy of such a course of artistic study and manufiu•turing enterprise was the carpets of Masulipatam. It is, however, questionable, although se.i have great ability in imitation, whether the fabric itself, being of a distinct character, would admit profitably of this pewees. The wool in t he first place is not procurable at all in this country, and even if it were the process of its preparation is scarcely known to us ; and in the next, these carpets, in their genuine state, are now imported through the firm of Messrs. Watson, Ikll, and Co., who, it would appear, hearing of the distressed state of the native manufactures in the dis trict where they arc made, have tried the experiment of re mitting money out there with commissions entrusted to native .uperintenelence. The e xperiment having succeeded, the Menem. Watnin have established the manufacture upon a firm footing,and the cansequeure is the period nal arrival direct to England el parrshe of the reeherelo . fabric+, instead of, as was e.ustmaary, hasicg them shipped round by the Gulf of Mexico, awl thus pawing several hands, each of which iu turn added to their not. Helm-set-1c It.sfis.—ln the north transept, and in the area for niachinery at rest, there are perpendicular tubes, reaching to a height of fifteen feet, from which in temnttinn streams of water are constantly flowing, accom panied by a noise like a sudden blow. 'I hese instruments which attract wondering notice as to their object, are hydraulic rano, used for raising water by the force of run ning .treano. When water flowing through a pipe is sud denly clucked, by quickly turning the stop-cock, a noise is heard in the pipe, occasioned by the concussion of the fluid, which is thrown backwards by the re-action. If a small perpendicular tube were intro...need in the pipe, near the atop-cock, the impulse of the flowing water when suddenly stopped would lee directed through it, and if a salve were placed at the bottom to present the water from running out again, the tube would 'Jr tilled, and overthaw at the top by a suecession of such coucussions. It is on this principle that the action of the hydraulic ram depends. «hen the water in the pipe has acquired its momentum, the clewing of a valve, thrown it back at regular iutervals, anti fortes an intenuitting stream up the small tube. In this mann. r a brook or current of water, when directed through pipes, may be made available for supplying cistern., at consideralele elevations. The arrangement is of the simplest kind, and is altogether self-acting. It is not, however, to he regard, d as an efficient application of water pewee, but merely as an adaption for rendering of use the peeve r that is running to waste. The action of the hydraulic ram depends print:ll.llly on the accumulated velocity which is acquired by water when tlowiag through perpendicular or elauting pines. This peculiarity in the fluty of fluids i. not generally known. It might be supposed that when W.Ltuir is conducted. from a cistern ley mean, • of a descending pipe, the friction against the sides would retard its isruAllqu, and that the quantity delivered would not be ems great as would issue from an orifice of the same sise. It would he found, however, that the cistern would be much more quickly emptied through the pipe than through the unties., unit that the rapnlity sit the flow would be increased with the depth to which the pipe was carried, and for thin • rseeeon . 'the water as it falls, acquires accelerated velocity by the attraction of gravitation in the same proportion as a falling stone, and at the bottom it would he running much faster than at the top, if the bore of the pipe were larger than its opening into the cistern, so as to admit air. But when the air in excluded by the pipe being tilled with a column of water, the lower portion cannot be sepa rated from the upper without causing a vacuum, conse queenly the velocity of the lower portion of the falling water is communivated to the upper, and the water issues from the bottom of the pipe with a medium velocity com pounded of that of the column at different points in its de scent, The sudden check given to this accumulated velo city of the water by the valve in the hydraulic ram operates like the coneusnon of a hammer, when its accumulated TV , locity is arrested by striking against a solid resisting body. The 'blow that is thus struck, by the descending fluid columnl occaaions a recoil, which is directed, by the application of valves, up the small perpendicular tube. This method of raising water to a high level, by mean, of an inconsiderable fall, is not so elfsetise as, though more simple, than the machine exhibited among the machinery in motion. By that, the stream is employed to turn an under shot water wheel which works two or more small force-pumps that will ranee the water to any height required. l'ekAUOX.—ln the area appropriated to manufactures in mineral substances (class 27) there is a small fountain under a glass shade, exhibited by Mr. Lips combe, which attracts much attention from the manner in which it supports a ball on the jet. That a light ball would remain balanced on it. centre on the top of a perpendicular bt of water, if properly adjusteel,is what might be expected, ut the ball in question is supported on one side, and not on its veer re, and there seems nothing to support it. A cup round the orifice of the jet, in which the ball mots before the fountain begins to play, is placed eccentrically, so that the orifice is a little on one side of the ball. The first effect of the action of the perpendicular jet is to commuteicate a rapid rotary motion to the ball, which is evident by the water that ad heres to it being thrown off at tangents to the circumference. The reaction of the water thus thrown off forces the ball back aeainst the jet, and the upward impulse carries it to the top, where it is sustained apparently against the force of gravity, and against the direct action of the jet tending to force it outwards. Similar arrangements for dancing balls are oecasimmliy made in one of the fountains in the tran rept, which being higher, and the balls larger, produce a more extraordinary effect ; but in consequence of currents of air disturbing the action the balls are not sustained so well as by the smaller fountain under the glass shade. Why the ball should thus be supported not only without any ap parent means of support but in opposition to the force tend ing directly to throw it off, greatly puzzles most of those who see it disporting about on all lades of the jet. The cause, as we have stated, is to be found in the reaction of the water as it is thrown off the eiraunkrence of the ball by " centrifugal force," which keeps it adhering to the im pulsive power, and that at the NM line sustains it in the air, and communicates the rotary =Won by which it is kept in its lateral position. This founds, with its ball, is &scientific instrument from which weal instruction may, be gained on the reaction of forces, as wsU as au entertaining ornament —Morning l'aper. PATENT FELT. Cseful fip=ations of animal fibres made tato felted fabrics an in Class VII., by Yam& Cluw du ar ., Co. in the Aye ef waterials adapted foe mai sheLthipg used% ad carious other MisukThe plod raphahe Alt &ewe by the exhibitors be shwas* af b. peas* impervious to rain, and, formed wit is eta bath et bait, it Is also a non-con- ductor of beat rewarbig time qualities, and having the additional advantage of Ilebtawa. eeentany, and durability, the wheaten is well shined he the parpose of roofing. Ass, mode will attack tilt felt, it is also weU salad fre lbs bang Of ani dues of all kinds. Mfrs dreiftaf of Welds it has been found anaree Idniey well en di elbstaany, resisting the aas maw. Waif ohistag• of its non-con gusgarliss, it has bus mast enteasively employed i_ THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION NEAR The opening of this Exhibition was postponed front Tuesday to Wednesday on account of the weather. Though more favourable than the former day, the aspect of the clouds was still dark and lowering through nearly the whole day, so as to prevent many from coming out who would otherwise have done so. Towards noon, however, visitors began to *leek in, and continued doing so until a late hour in the afternoon. The aviary was well stocked with dif fexent varieties of fir and domestic fowls, many of t hem very fi ne and heauti ul birds. The horticultural part took up nearly the whole of the accommodation furnished by the long marquee. Amongst the most noticeable collections were those of Messrs. Chivas and Dickson, comprising prin cipally specimens of forest trees and natural grasses. There were the finest and choicestholyhocksand roves from Messrs. Paul and Lane. Messrs. Standish and Noble exhibited I di some of the rarest plants ever seen in England. They had four fferent specimens of the holly from the north of China ; also, the hardy palm, and berberis, considered the handsomest shrub in Europe, from the same quarter. They had twenty different kinds of sikhim rhododendrons from the Himalaya Mountains, setae selected from an alti tude of 14,000 feet, and others 18,000 feet above the level of the sea. Fruits, fuchsias, specimens of seedling pota toes, marigold wartzel, Swedish turnips, &r., were re markably good from Messrs. Skirving, Sir I'. Egerton, Mr. Hignet, Mr. PalM, &e., &c. Most conspicuous amongst the farming implements were those exhibited by Messrs. Dickson, of Chester, and Young and Co., of Liverpool. A great deal of attention was attracted by a new patent churn, manufactured by Messrs. Young and Co. The articles exhibited by Mr. Ansley, of Mosely-street, Bir mingham, were prominent amongst the agricultural im plements and wire-work. In this department was the Britannia Vase, a copy of the one now being exhibited in the Crystal Palate. Messrs. Rayner and Brown, of Liverpool, exhibited a great quantity of porcelain en caustic tiles, &c. One of the most attractive things in the horticultural department was a leaf of the Victoria Regis, or great water lily, from London. There were many other articles on the ground worthy of notice and commendation; but no catalogue having been issued, and a great quantity of the things brought for exhibition remaining unpacked, while others were removed before the termination of the show, we are precluded from giving anything like a full account of what was to be seen. The prizes awarded for poultry , were as follows :—Spanish : The best cock and three hens, Mr. E. Simons, of Birmingham: 2nd best, Mr. H. Hiller, Birkenhead. The best pen of six chickens of 1831, Mr. E. Simons; 2nd best, Mr. H. Hillier. White ' ; Dorking: The best cock and three hens, Mr. Simpson, Sandhach. Cochin China: The best rock and three hens, Mr. Owynne. The best pen of six chickens of Pell, Mr. Gwynne. The best cock and one hen, Mr. C. Moulton. A cock and hen, exhibited by Mr. E. Simons, were also commended by the judges. Silver Spangled Hamburgh : The best pen of six chickens of 181, Mr. E. Simons. Poland Fowl: Tho best cock and three hens, Mr. E. Simons. Prizes were also awarded for the best cock and two hens of the white and " silver-laced" bantam breeds. We were unable to obtain a complete list of the parties who had obtained the general horticultural and agricul tural prizes. In part of the building a very select and well laid-out fancy bazaar was opened. At half-past two o'clock in the afternoon a call was given by the trumpet, and a number of the visitors collected at the upper part of the ground to hear a lecture by Dr. Robinson, of Belgium and Holland. The lecturer explained the Belgian method of preparing manure, and illustrated his arguments by diagrams ehee lee, the easy transition from animal to vegetable substances and eke versa. At three o'clock about 80 persons sat down to an excel lent dinner in the lecture room, under the presidency of Dr. Brindley. At the conclusion of the repast Dr. Brind ley announced Mr. Tollemache as their president for to morrow. About six o'clock the performances of the oratorio coin menced to a crowded audience in the lecture-room. The organ, a new erection by Messrs. Tclfourd, of Dublin, was presided over by Mr. Lewis, of the Liverpool Philharmo nic Institution. The singers were Miss Linaere and Mrs. Todd, of Liverpool, Messrs. Graham, Marsden, Hartley, and Sapio, and about a dozen of Dr. lerindley'l pupils, who sang in the choruses. The oratorio was executed with very considerable ability and effect. While the oratorio was going on inside the hall, the company on the ground were enjoying the pleasures of the dance to the music of one of the bands. Between 1,500 and' ,000 visitors were admitted through out the day. On Thursday the weather was again woefully unpropi tious, and consequently very few visitors compared with those who would otherwise certainly have been in attend ance, were on the ground. The hearty good-will and cor diality, however, with which the spirit of the undertaking was entered into, as well by those who were present yes-, terday as to-day, if it did not compensate for the absence of others, sufficiently indicated that the merits of the scheme were thoroughly appreciated. The fete terminated by a ball in Tarvin Hull on Thursday night. TILE HUNGARIAN CAPTIVES.—On Tuesday evening last a public meeting was held, at the Guildhall, Plymouth, convened by requisition to the Mayor, for the purpose of sympathising with Louis Kossuth and his companions, who are now detained prisoners in Turkey, and to petition the government to adopt all legitimate measures to obtain their release. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended. David Derry, Esq. (mayor), was voted to the chair. Mr. A. Rooker gave an historical sketch of the country of the Hungarians and the circumstances which led to the wars, which resulted so disastrously to the Hun garians. It arose from the violation on the part of Austria of the covenants she had made with Hungary, that it should continue a free and independent state, and a desire to re press all liberty therein, when the brave Hungarians rose to defend their rights, and would have been successful, but for the uncalled for interference of Russia. After a lengthened address the speaker concluded by moving the following resolution:—" That this meeting, warmly sym pathising with the sufferings of the brave and gallant Hun garians, regards the forced residence in captivity of Louis Kossuth and his compatriots—through the despotic interference of Austria and Russia with the in• dependence of the Turkish government—as rut out rage upon justice and humanity, which calls for a decided protest against its continuance from the free nations of the world."—E S. Codel, Esq., briefly seconded the resolution.—The Rev. B. Nicholson supported the reso• lution. Ile observed that while tyranny and despotism pre vailed, there never could be peace. He thought all who had attended the meeting had honoured themselves by taking part in the noble cause of liberty. It was an honour to sympathise with such a man as Kossuth, who possessed a more noble spirit than the Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of Austria, or the Pops and Cardinal Wiseman into the bargain. The speaker having paid a high compliment to the talents of Kossuth, the resolution was put to the meet ing, and carried unanimously.—Mr. Thomas Nicholson then moved the adoption of a petition to Lord Palmerston, re questing that noble lord to usu his influence, as secretary for foreign affairs, for the liberation of Kossuth and his cone panions.—Mr. Tyeth seconded the motion, which was also adopted, and the meeting separated.—Plymouth Journal. DEATH CAUSED BY LEAPING FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A melancholy accident occurred on Thursday morning near Derby, at the Wingfield station, on the 'Mid land Railway, which resulted in the death of one young man and the serious injury of another. Richard Griffith, who keeps the Post-office at Iligham, near Alfrcton, and a companion named Mosley, had been to Derby, where they remained all night at the house of a relative. Mosley having to be at home to his employment the first thing on Thursday morning, Griffith agreed to accompany him. An excursion train from London to Leeds was upon the point of leaving the station about six o'clock, and whether they considered this the ordinary six o'clock train, or whether they believed it would stop at Wingfield station, is not known, but in this train they seated themselves. Finding, on their arrival at Wingfield, that the train would not stop, they unfortunately jumped out. Mosley sprang upon the platform, and, rebounding, fell underneath the carriages, and was killed on the spot. Hie companion lay insensible fur an hour, but was subsequently conveyed home in a fly, and is now under medical treatment.—Derby Reporter. CALIFORNIAN I)IGOINOs.—The following is an ex tract from a letter dated Stockton, June 27 :—" There is, at the present time, a great excitement concerning the quartz diggings, and some arc taking out large sums, but the majority are barely making a living. From one hole at Carson's Flat (70 miles from here) 400,000 were taken in some two or three months, and it promises to continue equally rich, if not richer. But it puts a considerable damper on the spirits of a company to go down from 40 to 80 feet and get nothing, which is often the case. A company of six had been working three weeks into a quartz mountain I when I left the bar last Monday. They had got down some 14 or 15 feet and had found nothing so fur. One of them had given it up. I was acquainted with them all, so that if they had got anything I should have known it. A gentle man who I am acquainted with here in the city received a piece front Carson's yesterday, sent by his partner, which I weighed 25 ounces. lam at the present time alone when in the mines, all the rest having left, some for home and some for other mines. Generally speaking, a man will do better to stay in ono place, even if he should not make as I much, for 200 or 300 dollars are soon spent in moving frame one place to another here." TUE MoBMONS.—A correspondent of a contesi porary, writing from Ohio (U. S.), says: " On our way M, I and from the convention, we were compelled to spend part of two days at Detroit, Michigan. At the time we were there two very important criminal trials were going on in that city, one in the Circuit Court of the United States, and the other in the Supreme Court of the State. In the former, one Strong, a Mormon prophet, with a largo number of his subjects, were being tried for such crimes as the following :—lnterrupting, forcibly, the United States mail; passing counterfeit money ; and murder. For want of proof, they were finally acquitted. Soon after the 1 death of Smith, the founder of the sect, this Strong gave out that the prophet had visibly appeared to him, and formally constituted him his (Smith's) successor. By this means Strong drew after him several thousands of the Latter-day I Saints,' and settled them on Beaver Island, in one of the upper lakes. Just before his arrest his followers had fur -1 malty crowned him as supreme sovereign of the world, and as God's vicegerent on earth ; swearing not only absolute sub,jeetion to him, but, by solemn oath, dissolving all al legiance to all other earthly • principalities, potentates, powers,' and governments of every kind." GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR '1 ILE ENSUING WEEK. Fran the Gardener's Coo-nide. PLANT DEPARTMENT. Stove plants which flower upon the young wool, may with propriety be shifted now, as they will thereby lie inure invigorated, and the blossoms also will give evidence of advantage, by their superiority in size and colour. Tb.,,,. on the contrary, which tlower.upon the ripened wool, ra.,4 be gradually encouraged to go to rest, as the decti..c iu light. We would not pot any [dant' when they ere viry near their flowering season. Poinsettias which do Oct flower until January, we would encourage by repotting and by supplying them freely with liquid manure, as the floral leaves will be double the size they would I, e if tae liberally treated. We mention this as an in..tinc.: of our meaning, as it is impossible to enter fully int., 91. cific di rections within the limits of the caiendar. Amarsllids, itt pots, as they show signs of ripening, should 1, gradually dried off. The Japan Lillies, now coming into flower, should have every encouragement by liberal wati ring, ut clear rich water, and afford a slight shade wild. in blu The Belladonna Lilies in front of the house., and at the foot of sunny walls, will be benefited by soakings of rick water. OFFICIAL DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUS. TRATED CATALOGUE. The third volume of this work has just made its appearance. It contains from Class XI. to XXX., thus finishing the whole of the articles shown by the British exhibitors. The present volumes contain a large number of illustrations, the greater number of which arc executed in first-rate style. Among the best are the beautiful side board of Messrs. Poole and Macgillivray, the chess table of Messrs. Clay and Co., the porcelain statuettes of Messrs. Copeland, the vases of Messrs. Meigh and Sons, the large cabinet made for her Majesty by Mown. Holland and Co., Mr. Morant's tables, Mr. Turner's paper-hangings, the large mirror of Mr. ItPLean, Taylor's Oriental towers in vegetable ivory, the Kenilworth buffet, the Royal cradle by Rogers, Montanari's group of Mexican figures, Norchi's ser peutiae vase, Putter's cathedral spandril, and a large num ber of the principal specimens of sculpture—including Lough's " Arid mid Titauia," Gibson's " Greek Hunter," the" Theseus and theAmaxons" by Engel,with " Rosamond," " Beatrice," and numerous others well known to the visitors of the Exhibition. These volumes contain an immense amount of most valuable information, given not merely iu the de scription of the articles exhibited, but in the shape of annotations furnished by the most eminent practical and scientific men of the present day. The introduction to each class curtains valuable general information on the subject of the particular section to which it refers, while the notes are clear, lucid, and practical in their character, and calcu lated to be of great service to all classes of the community. A guarantee for the accuracy and value of these unnota tioas, and of the other information contained in the Cata logue, is afforded by the high standing and position of those by whom they were furnished. The annotators are— Profssor Owen, and Baron Liebig; Professors Lindley, Moyle, Bell, Forbes, Ansted, llosking, and A. de Morgan ; Mr. Pussy, M.P. ' Rev. J. Barlow, Rev. J. Booth, Captain Ibbetson, Mr. Glashier, Mr. Gray, Mr. Robert Hunt, Mr. Clegg, Mr. De la Rue, Dr. Spurgin, Mr. Wit-on, Mr. Dibdin, Mr. Aitken, and Mr. llendrie. The official revision and sanction for publication was confided to Colonel Lloyd; the scientific revision to Mr. Robert Ellis; the historical intro duction was furnished by Mr. Cole; au ably written account of the construction of the building was supplied by Mr. Dighy Wyatt ; the classification et the subjects was arranged by Dr. Playfair; and the compilation of the whale devolved upon Mr. Irapp. A morning cotemporary, referring to this catalogue, says: "There is one point in connection with this work to which we are anxious to call attention—that is, that it embodies to a large extent the science of commerce ; and in a great number of instances the changing and inaccurate con ventional terms of trade have been converted into the pre cise and enduring expresaions of science. 'this is more par ticularly observable in the first four classes of the Exhi bition, including specimens of a large number of raw mate rials, in which the commercial names of the materials, together with their scientific equivalents, are given. The want of such information as this has been long . and griev ously felt among commercial men ; and there is no doubt that, in consequence, many new materials of industrial importance, known under a variety of local, changing, and unintelligible terms, have been prevented from obtaining their due position in industry and commerce. The classifi cation of all the productions of art or industry within the thirty classes into which the Exhibition is divided, which was arranged by Dr. Playfair, and is included in the Catalogue, will also be of great service in assisting statistical or other inquiries in connection with particular branches of industry. There yet remains another important purpose which this edition of the Catalogue will hereafter serve—and that is, its use as a reference to the producers or manufacturers of any particular class of goods. This is a point the importance of which we have more than once urged upon exhibitors; and so far back as last October, when many of the present exhibitors were backward in making application for space, 'we suggested the importance of their having their names daly registered in the honourable muster-roll of British producers which the' Catalogue Reisman& ' of the Exhibi tion would contain. It is well known that buyers of mer chandise in France use their Exposition Catalogue as • guide-book to the manufacturers of eminence, and rarely trouble themselves to inquire beyond its pages, being under the full conviction that all the eminent producers of the country are there fully represented. If this be the effect with respect to a catalogue of a merely national exposition, it must be considerably greater in the case of a work which professes to record all the producers of eminence throughout the world. In this respect the ' Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue' is invaluable, and deserves to occupy a place by the aide of the ' Directory, an the office or counting-house of every , person engaged in trade and commerce in this country.' and I THE SURPLUS.—A SUGGESTION. 20 IRE EDITOR OF TEE ESUIBITION EXPRESS. Sir,---Seeing from the public prints that a hand some balance is already standing at the credit of the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, the subscriber would beg most respectfully to offer the following suggestion :—Now that tho Royal Commis sioners have determined to remove the Crystal Palace, should not a suitable monument be erected on the place where it stood (perhaps the very spot where her most gra cious Majesty sat enthroned when she opened the Exhibi tion), with a statue of HAIL Prince Albert, the originator and able supporter of this truly wonderful undertaking ? Such a monument appeors to be necessary to distinctly mark to future generations the place and spot where tho Exhibition was held.—Olutios Citaatza. Edinburgh, Aug. 2S. TUE SURPLUS FUNDS AND EDUCATION.—At meeting on Thursday of the municipal body of Birmingham, Mr. Lucy (the mayor of the town) brought before the notice of the members the propriety of establishing, with the aid of a portion of the surplus funds in the hands of the com missioners, a central college, or establishment, for the pur pose of affording industrial education to all classes, on the plan adopted in France. The proposal met with the approval of all present, and a memorial (given elsewhere) to the !Loyal Commissioners, embodying their views, was unanimously agreed upon. In Manchester a similar course is about to be adapted, the project having already met with the cordial approval of the mayor ; and the bishop of the diocese has, we understand, promised to give it all the support in his power. The towns of Hull and Liverpool will also, we believe, have an opportunity in a few days of expressing their opinions upon this important and interesting question. "A DAINTY Dlnu."—ln the Dutch department is a curiosity of an extremely different character—one adapted to the preservation rather than the destruction of human life. We allude to an enormous partridge pie, weighing upwards of 400 pounds, and contais than 200 partridges. It is exhibited by M. W .H. ning . HA. Jan sen, who is the purveyor of preserved provisions to the Dutch government. It is exhibited for the purpose of showing the great state of perfection to which the in ventor has brought the art of preserving for almost any length of time articles of provisions. The process of pre paration is, we are informed, exceedingly cheap. Indeed, the articles to be preserved do not require to be treated in any other than the ordinary mode of cooking, alter which they are packed in cases, exhausted of air, and rendered air-tight by the proses& of the inventor. The pie in ques tion has now been made upwards of six months. The in ventor states that he is confident that the large pie will be ea good My years hence as it is at the present moment. FLOVER GARDEN AND BUILVIIDEMEA. Before the season is further advanced, every gardener should calculate, as nearly as may be, whether the extent of his framing conveniences will be sufficient to allied shelter during winter to his stock of half-haply as well as to thou: he is now propagating. If his room is deficient, he must either restrict annual props. gation within certain limits, or prepare additional pits without further loss of time. Brick pits are of coons the most durable, and although expensive in the lint outlay, are cheapest in the end. A very common male. shift pit is built of turves, which lasts several SCI.OIII and is very warm, but in appearance rather untidy. 'There ism much glass broken in covering and uncovering, tkit it som amounts to the cost of a small boiler and pipes, which wield enable us to do without covering of any kind, and thus , w 1 the means of keeping our plants through the winter at e less cost; for if we take iuto account the expense of man, the time occupied in putting them on and taking them of; and the glass they break, it will be seen that the better plat is also the cheaper one. For beds to flower early next •ammo, there is no question that the old plants of geniniunw tali% up and preserved in Obi are the best ; and if sufficient room 3 allowed them, they will he nice bushy plants in flower by planting out season next year. In cases where the distils, of flower is not required to be earlier than August, a sib ficient stock to produce the necessary quantity of cuttings by next March is all that noel be preserved. The bedbug kinds of geraniums arc so useful, and there are so many beautiful varieties, that, to winter all is becoming a actions matter ; and timely preparation should be made when!ree the demand is great. A sowing of hardy annual , may low be made in the reserve garden, and afterwanls trausplarted for dowering early in the spring ; these will flower as 6)01 as the earlier plants raised in frames next year ; ant as • frame room in spring is generally scarce, it is worth whilo to economise it. FLORISTS' FLOWERS. The routine lately advised may be strictly ailherel to. carnations and picotee layers will require occasional water ing through a tine rose, in order that the soil may not be displaced. Examine the pods, to ascertain whether there arc any symptoms of seed; if not, cut the fhwer stalks down to tho stool or crown of the plant. Con tinue to plant out pinks and pansy cattiow, and nark seedlings of the latter. l'ansy seed may likewise be own now for early spring blooming. Make ready a bet for offset tulips; this should be well done, for the anntear should recollect that his maiden bulbs, reared on his offset bed, are his rorps de reserre, from whence his main bed is strengthened. Great care should he male in its preparation ; maiden decayed turf, leaf•moubl, and river sand, should enter largely iu its composition ; we think that dung is injurious unless very old, indeed, and then should be used with great cart. Dahlias, us we observed last week, are now engrossing almost every rare; but wa should not let present beauties make us forget ad fa vourites. The Auricula and Polyanthus, for iustance, win during the dry weather of the latter part of this month and September require careful watering, with all flare littla attentions, as to keeping clean from weeds, decaying foliage, anti insects, which is so often inculcated, but too often neglected. X ITCH EN GARDEN. Late crops of turnip, parsley, spinach, 6.e., should te. thinned More the plants begin to intrude upon ach other. The earlier sowing of eal.b.ige lettuce may be planted on border with an east or west aspect, reserving the mot favourable situations on the :•outh borders for endive ant the later sowings of cabbage lettuce. Two sowings more if the latter should be made at intervals of ten days. A maia sowing should be made immediately of early Asiatic eau!, flowers, for planting under the handligkts, and preservir; during winter in frames; and at the same time a little earl York cabbage should be sown for an early spring crop, lull a sowing of red Dutch cabbage for main crop next. Trout. plant lute sown cabbages in rows, eight inches Luanda every way; of these, three-fourths will be drawn in a your; state, and used as coleworts, and the remainder will be kit to produce heads. Endive, lettuce, &c., should be tray-- planted as soon as the plants are large enough to be landltd. LAND SALES IN ArSTRALIA.—The following corn. munieation has reached us from a sure hand .—" Syds, v, N.S.W.—lnstructions have been given to survey and ;mil up to auction farms of 30 and 60 acres, in every elig:l2'.4 pot." MONEY ORDERS.—There ore now nearly Post-offices in Great Britain and Ireland which grant an pay money orders. The number of orders issued in Look in the course of a year is about 600,000. "hi number is exclusive of those granted at the receiving-011c, in the neighbourhood of London, beyond the three-an circle. At the chief offices in Dublin anal lialinbirgh about 120,000 arc granted at each office annually ; at Lice pool, 150,000; at Manchester, 100,000; at Binning and Glasgow, about 70,000 at each office; and at Bristolan Leeds, about 40,000 at each office. The total amou te post-office money orders granted yearly all over the La alum is nearly 10,000,000/. sterling, an enormous sari t• be made up entirely by the small money transaction 0 the country. Although the gross amounts of an and issued orders nearly balance each other at I. end of the year, there appears to be a rennica blo discrepancy between such amounts at indiraus offices. Generally speaking, the balance in fro of issued orders in any particular town is a sign of its perky, and vice versa. The principal portion of the mine sent through the Money-order office consists of the r . ings of the heads of families among the working clawc who, in migrating to the locales of capital anal entegrase where labour is to he found, move more rapidly than Chas: do pendent on them for support, and the latter eonsequenty cave the means of subsistence through the Money . ..oh office. In places where enterprise does not keep paccsat the natural increase of population, the surplus of the in, is drafted off to spots where capital is being expended at the Money-order offices of the first-mentioned places P ly more orders than they issue. Such places may be rs....us dered as retrograding, or stationary, with regard to int' perity, when compared with those towns inereastsl In -.lm migration. If the amounts of paid anal issued Odds were published periodically, together with the imia ler amounts of corresponding periods in the preeeding:A such a publication would be of great assistance to vital on economic subjects, in enabling them to note witl east the state of trade in towns, with the increase and deina.4 of their population—the direction in which enterprise meal capital :aro moving, and the various shittings iron 00 locale to another of the industrial population. A rpe also periodically, of the local causes which affect the cap rative amounts of issued and paid orders at the Tea towns would be a must interesting and important docua , tt This could be easily supplied by means of inquiries of l•si postmasters, and by a cursory inspection of advices the central office, which must contain the trade or ocip3 lion of remitters of a post-oflice money order throtula4 the kingdom. THE CROPS IN SOUTH Nor NEWARK, Aug. 27.—A correspondent writes as fol.! " The annexed statement is from a personal survey eg crops iu South Nottinghamshire : The quality of wit generally fine and heavy. Barley, of good malting qu. but yellow in colour. Outs, peas, and rye a full ave... quantity. Beam not equal to last year. The produo white corn is estimated at a full average ; peas and to rather deficient; and beans one-fourth short of the vu quantity per acre. Potatoes, one-fourth more than ..ut planted ; quality Roc (one-twentieth part of disease , . cepted). The weather, front the 2.1 to the 13th inst. t• finest possible for harvest operations ; 13th and lit thunder storms with lightning; 15th, 16th, and 17th shoso and no progress made with harvest ; 18th to 26th itut., and forcing weather, and on forward soils emtk of the wheat, three-fourth oats, and one.tuot. , part of the barley is secured in the finest possible order steam threshing of new wheat is going forward in r* districts ; the weather at present is dull and tut • pitious for maturing of corn, yet the glasses keep up high. MULTIPLICATION 13Y DIVISION. — An experitil on the fertility of wheat has, during the past YcarAl carried out in the garden of Mr. Stowe, a surgeon at ho ingham, of which the following is a correct account, t.) ci f the 13th of July, 18.50, a single grain of wheat tasks :., in the garden; the plant came up in ten der :, and luxuriantly till the 13th of September ; it wa s then tak s and divided into slips, and replanted. Tho plaids live as flourished till the 13th of November, when they were i' raised, divided, and replanted, and suffered t o rem t the 16th of April of the present year. The weather 5, becoming favourably wet, they were all taken up agi , r divided into no less than 114 plants ; these being p were permitted to stand till the present month of A S: when the were productive of the amazing n umber ears of wheat, many if them of full size, containing al than 50 grains of corn. The crop was gathered bed ', was fully npened,as the birds attacked it in spite of n Mg feathers and a protecting net. Whether themes ' ( this trial will strengthen the opinion of those ' Alt' for the thin sowing of wheat in ordinary field eulti . ,31 must be left to the judgment of more practical agn t! 4, riots, hut of the amazing productiveness ef the wheat under such treatment, any one may easily satisfy hid , . repeating the experiment. Three Env late IV Chapman This is importanc tart' :At( the Ottoni which na eras. TI tho janissarle ganisation that whirl janisearies of the pn that Web , periods of tho follow Mr. S work of ' moud. foundmi stone of since bel seemed i has until It was Novena) "settiri L ; to EgYP matieh dared ti must b These al subject honour. blishing equally their tel new la , univers: the nev ganised perity 0 both by prevent miymt i 4 chief bu the cow upon The n sultan, s - ture of tl grantit; event of therefor having and etti( Ther author, Thei who is !Wet. (arish bis gi me "rt of the u /ilk applica the e ou , tdoPted —Loma x Eu rope ~,tiott of t sae cow