Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. -UESERTION OF A SHIP BY HER CREW. —The Liverpool ship Juliet has been deserted by h er crew. Sh e was ly i ng at Bonny. • THE NIGER EXPEDITION. —We learn that the screw steamer Rainbow left Bonny on the 6th of January, on an expedition up the Niger. TIMBER FOR LIVERPOOL.—The brig Martha, Captain Crollby, cicareclfrom St. J o h n , N ew B runsw i c k, on th e 20th ult., with 202.116 feet deals, .3,446 feet deal ends, 807 feet scantling, 2,000 palings, and 22 spars. (TLIVERPJOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—To-morrow hursday), the Mayor will p res id e a t the annual meeting of this useful and benevolent institution. The meeting Will be held at the Savings Bank, Bold-street, at two o'clock in the afternoon. CAPTUR E OF A SLAVER.—By the steamer Armenian, arrived here yesterday, we learn that .the Julia Drau, a Slav ery had bee n cap t ure d a t C ape C oas t, a b ou t th e 12t h f D ecember, by the American frigate Vincennes, and sent to the United States. T ll 5 SHIPPIN G T RADE OF N EW B RUNSWICK .—Th e iTals of vesse l s at St. J o h n ' s f or t h e year ending 69 Decembe r , were as f o ll ows : -110 s hi ps, 131 b arques, br 103 brigantines, 371 schooners. D ur i ng t h e game tune there were 1,020 coasting vessels arrived. NeTHE DISASTROUS FIRE IN NEW BnuNswicx.—We ers tand that at the late di s a s t ro u s fi re i n F re d er i cton, w Brunswick, among th e Insurance offices which Buffered were the Liverpool and London fo r. £1,500 ; the U nited Kingdo m , L 2,100 ; Times, '750 ; Equitable, £450, and the St. John's Insurance Company, £750: OCEAN STEAMERS. —The screw-steamer British Queen; gailedesterday fo r H avre . The Arno, screw-steamer, arrive here from Naples yesterday after an excellent kassage of five days, having left that port on the 3rd inst. The Fulton sails from Southampton for New York this day, with the mails and passengers for the United States. COLLIERS TURN OUT OP AT ROCHDALE.-011 Saturday laSt, slaty colliers, e m pl o y e d a t th e B rot h er h ood Colliery, 1 . 4 SPotland, b e l onging to Messrs. Fishwick and Co., turned out for an advance of per tub. The colliers State that their employers have recently advanced coals to the consumer 2d a tub, and they consider that they ought to share the advantage. I J I ST OP P ASSENGERS BY THE S CREW - STEAM - SHIP Alt mENlA.—Messrs. L. A. Bliska, J. B. Smith, William Boar an, and Captain Stewart, from Bonny ; E. pia dm ggio_, from Lagos • J. P. Bradley, Captain Burt, Lieut. Lozenby, and ' Sergeant-Major Vose, from Cape Coast Castle; Smith and Macauley, from Sierre Leone ; and Mr. Phillips, from Madeira. Tum ST. MICHAEL'S FRUIT TRADE. —Private ad.vices from St. Michael's, dated the 28th of January state that trade was very and freights very dideult to be obtained. The screw-steamer Ironmaster, had been obliged to leave in ballast in consequence of being unable t° obtain a cargo. The Villa Franca, lotus, Excelsior, dSanspareil, were about commencinr , to load. RENGLER'S CIRCUS.—The splendid ° equestrian spec tacle of " Turpin's Ride from London to York" draws crowded assemblages to Hengler's Circus. New engage ments of a very attractive kind, and varied performances of the most brilliant nature, are promised for the ensuing week. The management of this place of amusement does not allow its spectators time to grow tired of any class of performance, but takes good care that an unending variety shall keep the interest of the public Continually alive. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—The Jura, screw steamer, which arrived here on Monday, is at present lying in the huskisson Dock, and her cargo is being discharged. Yesterday evening one of the men engaged in unloading received a severe scalp wound, and several contusions, by a barrel o f ros i n falling. upon hint' in the hold o f! the steamer. He was immediately convoyed to the Northern Hospital, where Mr. Wall, the house surgeon, gave the necessary professional assistance to the wounded man. His name is James Fox, residing in Ivy-street. Wizaex OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL AND Loss OF FIVE LIVES, —The steamer Prince Patrick, at present running between Fleetwood and Belfast, ran i n t o th e sc h ooner Elfin, of Liverpool, with pig iron, from Ardrossin, on raonday night, in the Channel; and so fearful was the col lision, that the schooner immediately sank, and we regret t ° say that the captain, his wife, child, and two seamen Were drowned. The Prince Patrick received some and was obliged to put back to Fleetwood, '_7re she arrived this morning. The schooner was ‘ a- , t iroll one, nearly new. that Il f,. E4T RE ROYAL.—We may again remind our readers haThrearreliht' Mr. Stoyle's benefit will take place in the Royal, that the attractions of the pantomime stoe,been added to, and varied for the occasion. Mr. mr Yle vrill appear in the first instance as Simon Sly, in Raekstene's comedy of " Rural Felicity." We donectild mention that the pantomime will very soon have its ; d re .gli; This week concludes its performance, Pll.ll s_etiteseraytrihoo have not yet seen it, must loose no time LI upon the matter, as they are very likely to be too late in their resolution. I_ThrsTitrat. ScßooLs Co3smirreE.—The usual fort itflut,lY meeting of this committee was held yesterday, N ,7; -uairstoi e in the chair. The other members present, Tee returns Messrs. Williams, Syred, Scott, Turner and Cooke. showed that there were in the school last S i n ° telt, 457 boys, and 424 girls—total, 881 ; admitted fr• - c ce a' 27 boys, and 31 girls; discharged and sent to 1 ,1 1 ,..,.„ 11 ) bur boys, and one girl ; died, 1; absconded, 2 ; es • - ,eu in service, 2 boys and 1 girl; now remaining in the theaolishment, 478 boys, and 450 girls; total, 928 ; of h ef se ' fift yoere sick in the infirmary. The business before th emittee was entirely of a routine character. G Ec TuRE AT HOPE HALL.—Last evening Phillip Henry , se E s , e•, delivered, in the above hall, an interesting lecture on the subject of the Divine Contrivance in the structure of the lower animals. The Rev. H. Higgins Ile cf rTied the chair, and introduced the lecturer, after th: r ,!tig a few remarks to the meeting. On the platform . p ou l were present the Revs. Lundy, of Birkenhead , Messr s . ° ! t,,l s lad Miller ; Dr. Edwards, and Dr. Moore, and na; zt• A. Macfie, and Patterson, The lecture was d i ,; ° ,'Y devoted to marine snbjects, and was illnstrated by ii - s - t , w tags• The lecture proved very instructive, and was fr e -lie d to with great attention, and the lecturer was I.lently applauded during its delivery. on tcl.h°N•En's INQUEST.—The Coroner held an inquest called body of John Conway, the mate of a schooner il lo Roseoe C as tl e , o f Cardiff. It appeared that a b a j l i named J osep h S m i th , was at the New Canada b as i n, th ww the Battery, on Monday morning, when he saw dece asekeying'at the foot of the wall. He called the a _ce, and y got up the body, which did not appear to °ri ve been long in the water. There was a large wound f ace right temple, as if from a fall into 'the dock. His ab ou t was on stones, and there was a good deal of blood pc;ll,,t the place. Amongst other things found on the Wif - X l ' was a broken bottle, which had contained `°Y. Verdict, " Found drowned." AIL GALWAY AND AMERICAN STEAMERS.—The Prince crf rr,t) which sailed from Galway on Saturday, was s en ,'ed with passengers. Among her first cabin pas tero.lrB she had William Smith O'Brien, Esq., and his .A, rn who are going to take a tour through North eri ca All anti • She had also on board George Henley, Esq , Joh n ,. °,,Telegraph Company, who is appointed to St. of th', ll owfonndland to examine the cable on that side i s a ° Atlantic. His brother, William S. Henley, Esq,, wgerinPtlPi'llted to Valentia to endeavour to find what is O'B ri en t that extremity of the cable. William Smith Previous to the vessel sailing, addressed some J, '''en in the saloon of the Prince Albert. G uardi a TURNER, E S Q., M.P.—The Manchester sup '''`an says a very satisfactory meeting of the active porter s ' , ea c h it of Mr. J. A. 'T urner , M.P., ha s been held, at ti c°. „ was determined to give some public demonstra the t hat the hon. gentleman's constituents adhere to ele c t ru iciPles they esB r s supported at the time of the last °°, and d o not in any way regret their rejection of . Gib th at t, son and Bright. It i s cer t a inly high time_ nisi sho u ld b e done; for persons at a distance, who i oa tiuw little of the inner life of Manchester, have become thP . 2sed with the belief that this city has repented of tr lis r t ° l i i ce she made of her representatives. We sincerely opi nton. ,a,t the whole world may be disabused of that meeting, rRAN~iERE SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETING. —At a large held last Monday evening in the Lecture-room, Pfolioaul's-road George Lloyd, Esq., in the chair, the 4,0,21111 g resolution was proposed and carried unani- A . s t S Y That this meeting, having heard the Rev. S. of ,ieinthall explain' the principles of the Permissive Bill t he T° United Kingdom Alliance for the suppression of traffi c i n • intoxicating drinks, and believing the traffic t t h ° a b t e d the chief source of the pauperism, crime, and lunacy taxation IS graee our country, and causes heavy burdens of to be imposed upon the sober and industrious ; - 12 4r ion f , of the community, pledges itself to support and to d ' l r the adoption of the Bill (when enacted) by the - " ns uiP of Tranmere." an WtsLevaN llontE MISSION. On Monday evening, the • . meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Home Mr s Tris was held in the Brunswick Chapel, Moss-street, 6,llill.°seP lis h Leather in the chair. The attendance was The Rev. George Scott moved the following reso !ton That the character of Methodism and the te of our country alike demand increased evangelising 7 . 0rk. , • The resolution was seconded by the Rev.. Mr. 1,4,-arvard, and carried unanimously. The Rev. J !k•rankshaw moved " That the experience of e pas. ,?ar farnishes cause for thanksgiving to GM, and Al e _° ll rs;es in asking for enlarged support for oar ethodist home mission work." The motion was leconded by the Charles Prest, secretary of the 11°1120 missions, who gave a long and interestins• account of the Wesleyan missionary operations amongst the poor and densely-populated districts of this :country, where ministers had- been stationed to carry on the aggressive movement against vice and ignorance. The resolution was adopted, and at the close a collection was made on behalf of the funds of the home missions. tem •' and we are credibly informed that Palmer's pump, with half the power, will do more work in twenty-five minutes, than the others in five honrs—and from what we saw we believe it is beyond doubt. EXTRAORDINARY . PRIZE FIGHT ON ITILEREB ISLAND, —Some days ago, a steam-tug, painted green, with white paddle-boxes, approached the Hilbree Island ; apparently the boat came from Liverpool, and had some 200 or more persons on board. There are only two houses on the Island, one inhabited by Mr. Barnett, of the Trinity House, and the other by . Mr. Hughes, belonging to the Corporation of Liverpool, and who' manages the tele graph on the Island. The tide was high-flood at the time, and the communication was thus cut off from the main land side of the island. The party from the steamer soon landed, as we stated, about 200 persons, and soon began operations, that left no doubt as to what, they were about to do namely, to have a prize fight. Mr. Hughes, it appears, remonstrated, but to no use. A ring, with ropes and stakes, was soon made, and the ." buffers," with their "seconds," "bottle-holders," &c., went. to " work." The battle lasted about three hours, but the names of the combatants, or who they were, we-could not ascertain. We have heard, however, that one was from London and the other -from Dublin, and that the " fun" was for £2OO a side ; but who won or lost, our informant saith not. There were two men all the time keeping 'a strong look-out, with powerful glasses, and when the tide receded, Mr. Barnett's servant was seat on horseback to the post-office, with and for letters, and the pugilistic admirers imagining (as he rode very smartly) that he was going for the police, got on board the boat as soon as possible, and steamed away towards Liverpool. We have heard that the " principal operators" in this " mill" were frightfully punished— that one had his eye actually knocked out on his cheek, and the other got his ear knocked off in the disgraceful affair. MARINE DlSASTERS.—Yesterday, the schooner Eliza beth and Jane drifted athwart the ship R. L. Lane, at present lying in the Slope, ready to sail for New York. The schooner lost her foretop and mainmasts, and the ship received some trifling damage. A letter from Port caul states that parts of the wreck of a vessel had been washed ashore oh the coast, with some papers of the India Nicolo Acamadilla, Pictou ; crew, including master, thirteen. A despat c h f rom B ou l ogne advises: us that the water is as high inside the Jubilee (already reported ashore) as outside. The ship is very badly a hogged," and the metal is washing off. The silk obtained from 'tween decks is mostly in good order, a few bales only being wet ; 2,000 bales is all that have been landed up to this - time, and about 500 packages of tea, partly damaged. The weather was very fine on Monday. WHAT THE EYE DOESN'T SEE, &c.—During the time of the - Great Exhibition in 1851 buffalo hides and sheep and calf skins advanced cent per cent in price. This was caused by the great demand for jellies in the refresh ment rooms. Visitors then consumed jellies who never tasted them before; and as the usual material was not available, buffalo hides were purchased in tons, in Liver pool, for the purpose of making these delicacies. Size and glue were used at first, but the hides were found to be cheapest. tiro one knows now what he eats in English confectionary. The natives of Java use the fresh hides of cattle as food, nay even esteem them a dainty beyond any other part of the animal. The first pair of buckskin breeches seen in 'the South Sea Islands were so little understood that the natives stuffed them with sea weed and had them boiled for dinner.—Curiosities of Food, by Hr. Simmonds. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—BENEFIT OF MR. W. P. COLLINS.—Which of the songs of Christy's Minstrels has become more popular than " Kiss me quick and go ?" Everywhere you turn you hear it hummed, or sung, or whistled : every one tr i e s t o re p ro d uce it i n something like the style of the original. Mr. W. P. Collins is the original, and in good truth cannot be imitated. Mr. Collins is not only the singer of this song, but he is the performer on the bones—the burlesque "prima donna," the dancer, and the comedian of Christy's versatile com pany. On Friday night Mr. Collins takes his benefit, and, ' as the public have derived no greater pleasure from any' part of the performance than from that which he contributes, we feel assured .that the attendance that night will be of especial magnitude. It should be added that the stay of the company in Liverpool is now drawing rapidly to a close. THE FLEETWOOD NEW LIFE-BOAT BSTAELISH3IENT —During the past week the National Life-boat Institu tion has sent a new life-boat and transporting carriage to Fleet Wood. The boat rows six oars single-handed, and is admirably adapted for this locality. She is on Peake's design, and was built by the Messrs. Forrestt, of Limehouse, builders to the society. She combines all the latest improvements that have been made in the boats of the institution. She will row fast in a seaway, will clear herself of water, if filled by sea, in twenty-five seconds, and she would instantly self-right if upset. A harbour-trial of the life-boat was made at Limehouse, a few days before-her departure for her station, when her peculiar remarkable qualities were fully and satisfactorily developed. She is diagonally built of well-seasoned pine, which is the construction now adopted by the institution. A carriage, after the design of the inspector of life-boats to the institution, is attached to the life-boat; from which she can be easily launched, with her crew on board, by the aid of ropes handled by the bystanders on shore. A new substantial house is about to be built for the 'reception of the boat and carriage, which will cost about 150. The institution has also a life-boat at Lytham, which it sent he , .;e two or three years ago, and which has since, on several' occasion s , been instrumental in saving shipwrecked crews. These two establishments have cost about £5OO, the whole of which amount, with the exception of about £2O, has been defrayed from the funds of the National Life boat Institution. We believe that it ought to be the wish of this wealthy county to provide in the most efficient manner for the rescue of mariners shipwrecked on its dangerous coast ; and we venture to submit whether it is desirable that the life-boats on the Lanca shire coast should be left to draw, from other parts of the kingdom, the f u nd s necessar y for the protection of its own shores, and thus depri ve thi s use f u l institution of the funds so necessary to enable it to station additional life-boats on some of the sixty . or seventy exposed places on our dangerous coasts, where they are so much needed, and where little or no funds can be collected locally to assist the society in defraying their first cost. We do therefore sincerely trust, that after the perusal of these few remarks, many of the wealthy inhabitants of this county will generously come forward to help an insti tution which stands so much in need of their aid, not only to enable it to station additional life-boats on the coast, but to assist it to maintain, in a state of thorough efficiency, its eighty-one establishments. It should be remembered that an average of 800 lives annually perish from shipwrecks on the coast of the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, it is the opinion of competent judges that a very large proportion of that number might be saved if the means for saving life from shipwrecks were complete on our shores. BRADFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—THE SUPPLY OF WOOL.—On Monday a general meeting of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce was held, to consider the recom mendation of a Special Committee with regard to the formation of an association for the purpose of increasing the supply of wool. Mr. H. W. Ripley, the president, occupied the chair. Considerable discussion took place, one or two gentlemen opposing the proposal to form an association, on the ground that the natural law of supply and demand would alone regulate the present high price of wool, by stimulating the growers to produce an increased supply. Ultimately, a resolution was passed, to the effect that it was desirable that the Chamber should direct their attention to the matter of increasing the present supply of long or combing , wool, and that a separate fund should be f orme d for' the purpose of defraying the expense of an association of gentlemen eledted, to carry out this object iu connection with the Chamber. LIVERPOOL VESSELS WRECKED DURING JANUARY.— During the month of January, the number of shipwrecks reported was 177. The following is a list of the Liver pool ships which have been lost : Aurora, from Demerara for Liverpool, was stranded in Carnarvon Bay, January 18th ; has since been sold - crew saved. The Franklin, of Liverpool, from Pensacola for Queens town, was fallen in with January 10th, in lat. 44 N., lon. 65 W., waferlogged, decks swept and dismasted, by the Manhattan, which took off the captain (Young), officers, and crew, and landed them at New York. Good Intent, for Frodsham, sunk, Jan. 6, about 20 miles from the N.W. lightship, after being in contact with the Eliza, from Harbor Grace ; crew saved. Meroo, from Calcutta for Liverpool, was burned at sea, Nov. 28, in lat. 14 N. ; crew saved. Pannonia (Austrian), Steinfl, from Alexandria for Liverpool, got on shore near Tunis previous to Jan. 15th, and became a wreck. The Queen, Captain Batchelor, sailed from Porto Plata Oct. 3rd, and has not since been heard of. The Vision, Captain Kidd, from Liverpool for Africa, has been abandoned, crew landed at Valparaiso, _ STATISTICS OF THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL—The value of British and Irish goods exported during the month of January was £5,261,789, against £3,458,117 in the corresponding month last year, showing an increase of £1,803,672. £4,198,028 was exported in British ships, and £1,063,761 in foreign ships. The exports last month were to the following countries :—United States, £1,117,354 ; North America and the West Indies, £59,618 ; South America, £573,648 ; Australia and New Zealand, £217,366; Asia and Africa, £1,303,978 ; France, South of Europe, Mediterranean, and the Western Islands, £926,064. The customs duty received in the port of Liverpool, daring the month of January, was £305,530—viz., from coffee, £4,798; corn, meal, and flour, £5,458 ; molasses, £8,624 ; sugar, £77,812 ; spirits, £42,867 ; tea, £39,118 ; tobacco, £93,485 ; wine, £12,125 ; other goods, £21,240. It will be seen that the greatest amount is on tobacco, sugar, spirits and tea being . the other chief articles of consumption. The imports of sugar into Liverpool, during the year ending December. 31, 1858, were 1,720,617 cwt, viz., Brazil, 537,035 cwt. ; British West Indies, 391,309 cwt; East Indies, 517,583 cwt; Foreign West Indies and North American, 68,362 cwt ; Cuba, 42,803 cwt; China, 11,403 cwt ; and from France, 152,086 cwt. . . THE OMNIBUS DUTY.—It appears that the duty on omnibuses (stage carriages) in the year ended the 31st of March last, was £118,561. M. Meyerbeer's Dinorah has entered into another stage of preparatory progress, its orchestral rehearsals having commenced. The opera may therefore be looked for some time after Easter. A letter from Naples says :—" Signor Verdi left us a few days since for Rome, where he will bring out his new ope entitled La Vendetta dei _Domino. It was intended ra, for Naples, but was prohibited, I hear." THE NEGRO IMMIGRATION SCHEME.-The Paris correspondent of the Times says the Commi ss i oners o f Enquiry were unanimous in favour of the continued engagement of negroes on the African coast. [PARISH MEETING AT BEBINGTON. —A meeting of the parishioners of Bebington was held last night, in the church schools, Lower Bebington, the Rev. R. M. Feilden in the chair. The attendance was numerous. The Chairman explained that the township of Higher Bebing ton, in the parish of Bebington, had agreed to adopt th% Local Government Act, and had sent up the necessary papers to the Home Secretary, who, however, drew attention to the 14th clause of the act, which set forth that no separate township in a parish could adopt the act, before the parish, as a whole, had refused to adopt the act. Now, it would be very advantageous in a sanitary point of view for Rock Ferry, which was in the township of Higher Bebington, to adopt the act ; but it would not be to the advantage of the parish of Bebington, which contained several agricultural townships, to adopt, as a whole, this act. Mr. Woodburn, attorney, having explained the Act of Parliament, said the meeting was called for the purpose of enabling the parish of Bebington to reject the adoption of the act, in order that Rock Ferry, or rather the township of Higher Bebington, might adopt the act for its own governance. The' Chairman, in accordance with the act, then formally moved that the Local Government Act of 1858 be adopted by the parish of Bebington. This was negatived by a unanimous vote ; and the object for which the meeting was convened having been obtained, the Chairman declared the meeting closed. After a cordial vote of thanks had been passed to the chairman, the meeting broke up, the proceedings having lasted precisely ten minutes. _ _ Mi. Wigan having for the present relinquished the idea of entering upon management, has, with Mrs. Wigan, accepted an engagement at the new Adelphi Theatre, whet e they will make their appearance on the 28th instant. PAISIER'S PATENT PUMP •TILE ISAAC WRIGHT In our notice of the pumping out of the Isaac Wright, by Palmer's pump, there were two mistakes which we wish to correct. time occupied in the operation was 56 minutes, and not 26 minutes, and the pumping out of the vessel was, of course, down to the cargo. Yesterday, the operation was again gone through, as a great deal of the cargo had been got out, and, of course, the tide had again filled the hull with water. About two o'clock a steamer went over to the vessel, and carried the following gentlemen to see the working of the pump: — The Min. Joseph Cunard, Commodore Jones, Capt. Funk, of the David Clinton, Capt. Griffiths (of Sand Sandbatthes), Capt. Allen, Capt. Grant, Capt. Beverly (Guyon's), Capt. Murphy, Capt. Turk, Mr. Gray (board of trade), Mr. Peter Maddox, Mr. Alexander (Inman's), Mr. Tonick, Mr. John Swift, Mr. Robert T. Hill, Mr. Ward, Mr. Wilson. (C.E.), Mr. Lockwood, Mr. James Sykes, Mr.. Christopher Bell, Mr. W. Swift, Mr. James Livingston, 111 r. Charles Wise, Mr. Livesay, Mr. Miller, Mr. Clare, Mr. Kirkby, and about fifty others, whose names we could not ascertain. There was upwards of two feet of mud collected on the remaining cargo, and the whole was filled with water. In about a quarter of an hour, the latter was again pumped out to the cargo, and then the men, before the tide returned, got out about seventy tons of cargo. The operation astonished all present, and the spectators expressed themselves in the strongest terms of ap probation at the complete success of the pump, without which none of the cargo would have ever been recovered. The pumping will be con tinued to-day, and probably to-morrow, until the entire cargo is taken out, as the underwriters are resolved to take out all the cargo on the place where the vessel lies, before removing her, as the operation has proved so successful. Any one desirous of seeing this pump at work, this day after two o'clock, can do so by going over by the Rock-ferry boat, which will put them within a short distance of the ship. The operation is well worth seeing, and all the scientific authorities declare it day. We may em to betb.emosrtinarh, en peasant,valuable inve thatt ionh of the present government have ordered same engines here, to work pumps at some of the naval do.A-vards, on the old sys- EXPORTING HORSES FROM GERMANY.—The Trertzbarg Gazette states that the subject of prohibiting the export of horses is now under consideration by aft the Govern ments of the Zollverein, and expresses a hope that a timely decision will be come to on the subject. _ _ THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. 2 LRecentIy the following portraits have been added : William Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood; George Cohnan the elder, the dramatist, the connoisseur, and the translator of Terence, by Gainsborough ; and John Keats, painted at Rome by the poet's friend, Severn. A RIIHOURED FRENCH WAR.—A rumour is circulating in the financial world, and obtaining considerable cre dence, - respecting an intention on the part of the French Government, which, if carried out, cannot be regarded as anything short of a declaration of war. It is positively declared that a new loan is to be raised almost immedi ately by public subscription. STRIKING MORTALITY.—John Stewart, gamekeeper, Idvies, Arbroath, who lost his wife and two children a fortnight ago, has since then been bereaved of other two children by the same fever. He is now stripped of the whole. The funeral company has assembled at his house four times since this year began, and on one of the occa sions the mother and a child were carried to the grave together.—Arbroath Guide. LOVE AND STEAM.—Our fair readers in this county will, no doubt, be glad to hear that a two-fold source of satisfaction will henceforth be associated with the 14th of February, on which, the anniversary of St. Valentine, it is expected that King Steam, Direct from Dublin, vi 4 Dundalk, with his iron engine and shrill whistle, will pay his first visit to Enniskillen. Under such favourable circumstances for his entrée we augur a prosperous career for him.—Fermanagh THE LATE MR. FARLEI'. —So many years have elapsed since the late Mr: C. Farley's retirement from the stage that, although he was to the last an object of respect among the elder members of the profession, his name probably appeared strange to playgoers of the present generation when his death was recently recorded. His theatrical life began in 1782, when he first came out as a child at Covent-garden Theatre, and when he died the other day, he was more than 80 years of age. The famous cantatrice, Madame Bosio, was hissed the other night at the Italian Theatre, St. Petersburgh, for having, a few nights before, caused the performance to be changed on pretext that she was ill, and yet gone to a grand party in the house of a princess, and sang there as charmingly as ever. The hissing was remarkable for two reasons--first, because no prima donna ever before received such a castigation ; secondly, because Madame Bosio had previously been highly esteemed by the Peters burghers. ANECDOTE OF HALLAM. —A story of Hallam's love of contradiction may be new to our readers. After a night of contradiction at Holland House with "My Lady," Luttrell, Sam Rogers, and Sydney Smith, Hallam returned to his house, No. 67, Wimpole-street, his tongue still tipped with ready contradiction. It was late, and the historian not in full health. A watchman went by. " Past one o'clock," cried the watchman, loudly, with a yawn. " No," cried Hallam, tartly an 4 loud, throwing up the sash of his bedroom window, watch in hand ; it wants three minutes." Two MEN KILLED.— On Saturday afternoon, while a man, named Peter Duncan, who resided in Rumford street, Bridgeton, was having a cart loaded with coals weighed at Mr. Graham's machine, near the Monkland Canal Basin, Townhead, the horse under his charge sud denly started off, and having been, as is conjectured, knocked down by one of the trams, a wheel of the cart passed over his head and killed him. The unfortunate man was at the time the worse of drink. He was married, and has left a widow and family. The same day, while a labourer at Messrs. Stewart and Co.'s foundry, Charles street, Townhead, was engaged in guiding a metal pipe or box from a furnace along a railway, a portion of the pipe came in contact with a wooden erection in the work, overbalanced, and, falling upon him, crushed him in such a dreadful manner about the chest, that he expired within a few minutes. Deceased, who resided at Middleton place, Garngad-road, was 22 years of age, and is said to have left a widow and one child.—Glasgow Mail. THE NORTHERN TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1859 LATEST TELEGRAMS. INDIA. The following telegram,• from Mr. Acting Consul-General Green, was received at the Foreign Office yesterday morning at 3.10 ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 2nd, 1859. The steamer Nemesis arrived at Suez on the 30th January. Dates :—Calcutta, 9th January ; Madras, 13th January; Hong Kong, 30th Decem ber. The following telegram is dated ALLAHABAD January 11.—Major MacPherson reports from Gwalior, that on the 3rd, or perhaps the 4th inst., 3,000 of Tantia Topee's force ' under a Newab, probably Rapeen. Ally, crossed the Chonogal, at the Ipeppier and Pepiebdia Ghauts, from Loklasree en route to Jeypore. Nothing has been heard of Lord Elgin's voyage up the Yangtse Kiang. Baron Gros is at Hong Kong. According to news received . from Cochin China to the 18th December, no active . operations had taken place, and it was reported that the admiral was waiting further instructions from France. ITALY. MARSEILLES, Feb. 7 Advices have been received from Rome to the sth instant. The Priuce of Wales arrived there on Thursday evening incog. The following day the Pope sent his Major Domo to pay his respects. Prince Albert of Prussia has left again, after having had several interviews with the Pope. The official journal contradicts the statement published by some papers, that Fercara has been declared in a state of siege. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, 1.22 p.m.: 8. Rentes op ene d Tuesday. and 68.25. 6 A 20 7, Great excitement. The Imperial Speech has not removed the fears of an approaching war. _ _ 2.28 p.m.: The Bourse is firm, - although the general uneasiness continues. Relates, 68.50. 3.28 p.m.: The rise in the Rentes was not main tained, and closed rather flatter-68.10 for Money and Account. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM AUSTRIA. The semi-official Austrian correspondence Nester zeiehesse Correspondenz), in an article of yesterday evening (Tuesday, Feb. 8), characterises the Emperor Napoleon's speech as peaceful, and states that the alliance of France and England is a guarantee for the maintenance of the treaties. The same article hopes for the speedy solution by diplomatic means of the question respecting the military occupation of the States of the Church, and also for the discontinuance of the warlike preparations in France. The Austrian Gazette of Vienna publishes another article to show that war is not probable, and that the Emperor Napoleon has no intention of attempting to re-commence the conquests of Napoleon I. It concludes as follows :—" Military preparations have this time preceded diplomatic negociations, but they prove that such negociations are indispensable. These negociations cannot take place between two or three Powers. They must be general—the great Powers must take part in them. In the opinion of military men at Vienna, the assertion of the Paris Constitutionel that France could send 400,000 or 500,000 men across her fron tier is a great exaggeration. The Vienna correspondent of the Times can come to no other conclusion than that Austria is prepared for war. The Austrian army at present consists of 450,000 men, of all arms, and. in case of need it could be raised to 600,000 men. FRANCE The turn taken by debates in both Houses of Parliament, displeases the democratic organ, the Siecle, which says now that the decisive moment has arrived, the statesmen of Erigland abandon Italy. Were England and France united to exact a solution from Austria, their appeal would be all powerful. Instead of this, it is declared in the British Parliament, that France and Sardinia must be checked, and not Austria. ITALY A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, says the Neapolitan government has drawn up a document, in which it explains the situation of Italy. This document, it is said, has been com municated to several Italian governments and to the Cabinets of St. Petersburg and Vienna. • SERVIA. BELGRADE, Feb. 6. The solemn entry of Prince Milosch and Prince Michael into the town, amidst the jubilee of the population, has taken place. The Senate and the Ministers have not been allowed to take part in the solemnities of the reception. SARDINIA The Turin correspondent of the .Times says that trade generally is ,completely , stagnant, and that people declare the worst certainty to be preferable to the present suspense. KING OF NAPLES. NAPLES, Feb. 4 A message, received from Dari, announces that the King is again suffering from pleurisy, which had been cured in the first instance. His Majesty will return to Caserta. The marriage of the Hereditary celebrated yesterday. Prince was It is asserted that a note from the English Government has arrived, in which remonstrances had been made to the Neapolitan Government about the insufficiency of the amnesty. THE AFRICAN MAILS The African mail steamer Armenian has arrived here, with 12 passengers, 2,300 ounces gold, 12,5 bales cotton, and 134 puncheons palm oil. Trade opened at Bonny on the Ist January. King Eyo, of Old Calabar, had died. The - slavcr Julia Dean, was captured at Cape Coast, on the 12th December, by the American frigate Vincennes, and sent to the United States. A ship called the Juliet was deserted by the crew at Bonny, and reported to H.M.S. Archer. The Rainbow (s.) left Bonny for Niger explora tion on the 6th January. Latest dates—Bonny, Jan. 6th ; Lagos, 9th ; Accra, 10th ; Cape Coast Castle, 12th ; Cape Palmas, 14th ; Sierra Leone, 19th ; Bathurst, 23rd; Teneriffe, 29th; Madeira, 31st. The R.M.S. Ethiope sailed from Sierra Leone, 16th Jan. THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH, OPINIONS IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE The Daily News city article observes that an imme diate outbreak is no longer anxiously apprehended, but a deeply rooted feeling of heaviness remains. The Emperor's speech suggests no solution of the existing difliculties. His policy remains as closely veiled as ever. If his intentions are as pacific as his words imply, what is the meaning of the enormous armaments he has set on foot ? Public confidence will not quickly revive even at the bidding of the Emperor. The Times, in a leading article, contrasts the speech with the preparations with which Europe has been alarmed for six weeks past, and attributes the change to the calm remonstrances of England and Germany. The Morning Post says—The whole speech displays a resolution not to be trifled with. lie who reads it and does not see the critical state of European affairs, must have remarkable power of missing the most obvious of conclusions. It may be taken as certain that the affairs of Italy must, ere long, be brought to a climax, and that if Austria will not listen to pacific counsel, Sardinia, aided by France, will fight on the question of It alian nationality. The Herald attributes the prospects of peace to the firmness of the English ministry, and the language of Lord Malmesbury, to the ascendancy the commerci a l element has gained in France. Moreover, it adds, public opinion has declared itself strongly in favour of a pacifi c policy, and the most powerful rulers are compelled to' respect its decrees. The Advertiser says—The speech is very mysterious it may read any way; one part betrays a somewhat paci fic tendency, the other is quite warlike. The Paris correspondent of the Herald says :—The ques tion of peace or war still hangs undecided in the balance: The Emperor's Speech is not considered as giving any assurance of peace, and it skilfully evades the eventuality of possible hostilities. The general impression it has produced is excessively unfavourable. The Emperor's language may mean either peace or war, and has caused disappointment both among the peace and war party. The writer adds : - It is reported that the preparations at Marseilles and Toulon have been countermanded, but there is reason to believe that such is not the case. On the .contrary, four trains chartered by Government daily arrive at Marseilles, and fourteen millions of cartridges are stored in forts. The Paris correspondent of the Times says that some think the Emperor's speech warlike at the bottom ; some think it pacific, but with its pacific character disguised so that, in point of fact, either peace or war may be expected from it, and therefore that it does not dispense with the necessity ,of Europe remaining still prepared against eventualities. War, if it does not take place this spring, as so often apprehended, may be merely adjourned. As the public had hoped that the speech would be completely pacific, its effect has not been so satisfactory as mit,ht be desired. A certain shade of approbation was given during its delivery to the allusion to the Bordeaux declaration of the pacific spifit of the Empire. The Globe says:—"The result of the attentive con sideration given to the weighty words of the man upon whose breath hangs the peace of Europe, is a feeling of relief from the immediate apprehensions which have so long weighed upon the public mind. The frank and fearless expression of the opinion. of the British parlia ment has been attended with an immense moral effect on the Continent, and, it is believed, has powerfully influ enced the terms of the French Emperor's manifesto. An immediate outbreak is no longer anxiously apprehended Nevertheless, a deeply rooted feeling of remains behind. The Emperor's speech suggests no solution of the existing difficulties ; his policy remains as closely veiled as ever. If his intentions are as pacific as his words imply, what is the meaning of the enormous armaments which he has set ou foot, and of the note of war which his instruments have been instructed to raise on every side ? 'Why, too, is Sardinia— a state which is powerless without French aid— encouraged to adopt an attitude of provocation towards Austria which renders a military collision, with' its momentous consequences, highly probable ? These are the considerations which have suddenly checked, the animation in commercial circles in Paris and London, as shown in the important rise and subsequent collapse in public securities. .Public confidence has received a rude shock from the events of the last few weeks, and will not swiftly revive, even at the bidding of the Emperor. The commercial classes feel no security in contemplating the probable future developments of that dark and tortuous policy which has so suddenly blasted the brilliant promise of the new year. They require practical proofs of the spirit of conciliation and moderation, of which the Emperor speaks so much, but with which his acts accord so littl( uneasiness AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS AGRICULTURE IN AUSTRALIA.—SeIdom has such steadi ness, continued over so many months, been perceptible in our grain markets as during the last half year. Specu lation appears to have lost its zest, and purchasers have accordingly been almost exclusively confined to actual requirements. A short time back, and a very general cry of failure in the crops led to a temporary rise in the prices of cereal produce. Writers, both in the metropo litan and country newspapers, were loud in their com plaints of drought and consequent scarcity, and the cry was echoed from some of the neighbouring colonies. Subsequent inquiries have, however, established the fact that, except in those districts which have been long cultivated, and are naturally not of a very fertile charac ter, the alleged failure of the crops was to a great extent mythical. It is still true that much of the earlier ripened grain will not yield nearly so well as at the beginning of the season was anticipated ; but at the same time it must be remembered that the late heavy and continued rains have done much to improve the appearance of wheat and barley, and late oats, all of which will be but little deficient in quantity or quality. Some new wheat was last week brought into the Geelong market, and it is reported to be both heavy and of excellent quality. The accounts from Tasmania inform us that the crops in the best agricultural portions of that island are particularly pro mising, and the attempt to influence the markets both here and there, whereby encouragement is - given to the. excessive importations which have before proved so mischievous, are greatly deprecated. Upon the whole, therefore, we are led to the conclusion that the harvest this year will not be so much inferior after all to that of the previous season. This view is borne out by the com parative want of animation in the markets, and the small disposition shown to make heavy purchases. THE INDIGO GOLD FIELDS. —Letters from Melbourne of the 18th of December, state that the Indigo gold field is now employing a population of near 10,000 souls. The Indigo is a district on the Victorian bank of the Murray, about twenty-five miles from the Ovens. Auriferous indications had long been known to exist there, but it was not until two months ago that it was manifest that an extensive diggin g s had been discovered. Up to last week only one lead had been found, but this was very long and exe,eedingly rich. Within the last few days, however, a second lead has been come upon, but the yield has been comparatively insignificant, and doubts are entertained of its being, a true lead after all. The rush to Indigo, like every other popular stampede of the kind, has been in excess of the demand which the working, of the new gold field justified, and according to the local journals, there is likely to be a re-action. In the meantime, however, those diggers who have been so fortunate as to get on the lead, are making money. There now seems to be very littl e d ou bt t h at on the . upper part of the lead, the gound has been nearly wrought out, but, that upon the lower, a second lead appears to have been struck. Ido not give this as a positive fact— on the contrary, I write with my usual cautiousness—but this I am emboldened to affirm, that the gold found there is of a far different colour to that discovered on the upper portion of the lead,—that it is much darker, that it is a great deal finer, and that it is coated a little with iron, as if it had been, as most probably it was, touched by volcanic agency. THE SUPPLY OF GOLD PROM AUSTRALIA.—The Mel bourrr Herald, of Dec. 18, says :—" Although our ship ments of gold for the year will show a decline in quantity as compared with the exports of 1857 and 1856, yet we shall not after all be far behind our usual annual contri bution, namely, to the value of ten millions sterling. Up to the 11th inst., the quantity shipped during the current year amounted to 2,311,601 oz., which, at 80s., would give a value of £9,246,404. The gold exports, and quantities brought down to Melbourne by escort, both exhibit a falling off during the month as compared with the parcels of the corresponding periods of the two previous years." RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA.—The construction of both lines of what may be termed the national railways,. is progressing satisfactorily, although the contractors are occasionally brought to a temporary stand-still through the occurrence of strikes. Messrs. Cornish and Bruce, and Messrs. Evans and Merry, advertise that they are in want of masons, notwithstanding that the association of masons declare that there are sufficient hands in the colony to meet the full demand. However, the works are progressing with great rapidity, particularly with respect to the Melbourne and Mount Alexander line. The con tractors have nearly completed the first twenty miles of this line, and have announced that the railroad will be opened to the Diggers' Rest —a locality about that distance from the Melbourne terminus—on the 6th of January. This is quick work, for the operations only commenced on or about the 6th July. Messrs. Cornish and Bruce have determined to give a fete champetre at Sunbury on the day of inauguration, and a ball on an equally extensive scale the same evening in Melbourne. Nearly 5,000 arc employed on this line. We have also good reports of the works on the Geelong and Ballaarat Railway. The contractors had to start with a severe en gineering difficulty, namely, the construction of a viaduct at the Moorabool. Consequently, in regard to the distance which they have completed the works, they arc behind the average accomplished by the con tractors for the other line. It is said that the Melbourne and Willamstown Railway will be open for traffic early in the year. The bridge across the Saltwater River has been the prime cause of the delay in completing this line. The Melbourne and Suburban line is nearly finished to the Punt-road, Richmond, and the directors contemplate opening it to the public on New Year's Day. At a general meeting of the shareholders of the. Geelong alld Mwel bourne Railway .on the 13th of Decembe r, a motion carried, authorising the directors to enter into _a bond was £2,500, to enable the campany toseeure the observance of the agreement with the Ashby Association. Two new directors—Messrs. Davies and A. _George Wright, were elected in the room of Messrs. F y f e and Burrows, who had resigned. The half-yearly meeting of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company was held on the 7th of December. The report disclosed a most satisfactory state of things. The financial condition of the company is so prosperous, that the directors were in a position to declare a divide n d o f 14 per cent with a tran,,ferenee of a stun of .£3,639 lls 4d to the reserve fund. Some improvements have lately been made in th e goo ds s hed and store accommodation ou this line. THE BANK ACTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTIIERN TIMES Sir,—l beg your insertion of the following pro blem, and its solution, which appeared first in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, of May 15th and June 19th, 1858, and afterwards in the Family Herald of June 26th and July 17th. " Two bars of standard gold bullion, weighing 40 lbs. troy each, are purchased with Bearer notes, promising to pay the Bearer, on demand, £3,730. Three similar bars are purchased with Exchequer notes, promising to pay the • Exchequer, on demand, £5,607. A bar in each lot is at the same price, and four of them at an advance, one upon the other, of twopence per ounce. What is the price per ounce of each of the Bars ?" Answer : 1 bar 40 p 4 12 = 480 ozs., at £3 17s. 100. per 0uncc..21,869 1 bar 40 ot 12..480 ozs., at £3.175. 60. per onuce.. £1,861 1 bar, 40 lbs. or 480 oz, 1 bar, 40 lbs. or 480 oz, at £3 17s. Bd. per ounce .. £1,865 at £3 17s, 10. d. per ounc e ..L1,869 at £3 18s. ' 0 d. per ounce .. £1,873 sold for This problem exhibits the respective.purchaSing powers of the bearer notes and exchequer notes, proposed in your paper of the 2nd instant. The bearer notes, with their power of purchasing standard gold bullion at two prices, viz., at a price equal to, or less than _ its par price ; and the exchequer notes, with their power of purchasing the same and similar bullion at three prices, viz., at 'a price equal to, greater, or less, than its par price, which, as before explained, is £3175.10d. per ounce. The object of embodying two values in the pound sterling being, that its intrinsic value as standard gold bullion, should,prevent its current value as a legal tender coin from suffering any undue depre ciation, which would not be the case if the current unit of ? our monetary value were founded upon the national debt, and not as at present upon standard gold ; because, if this debt of eight' hundred million pounds were paid off in paper pound notes, it would take ten or twenty of them to purchase a pound sterling.—l am, sir, yours, &c. T. F. Liverpool, February 9, 18359. AMERICAN FEELING TOWARDS ENGLAND TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES Sir,—As a set-off to the abuse lavished so indis criminately on the United States, please insert in your valuable pap er th e following extract of a letter I received by yesterday's steamer, from one well qualified to form correct opinions , WASIUNGTON, Jan. 22, 1859 I do not think that, absurd -as the views of our American people sometimes are, any number of them can be found sufficiently insane to attempt (or dream of) an invasion of Ireland. Nor do I conceive -that President Buchanan has any serious idea of obtaining Cuba by purAase or otrertoise, but he no doubt agitates the subject with the \ie w of acquiring popularity . with the largo portion of our citizens, who are deficient in that useful quality, common sense, I am glad to hear the Indian war is nearly concluded, and only hope that the atrocious Nana Sahib may be caught and receive his reward. It would really seem that some serious trouble is brew ing between France and Austria ; all on this side sympa thise with Italy, and trust that every Austrian will be driven out of the classic land. Nothing in Europe, but an attempt to make war against England (the only asylum of free thought), can disturb us; any attack on her would rouse this country, and spite of all received doctrines of non-intervention, the people would insist on making common cause with her against tyranny. I am certain I speak the sentiments of nine-tenths of our people. VERAS. SALE OF CORN BY WEIGHT, It has been publicly announced that, from the Ist of February, grain, meal, and flour will be sold in the markets of Liverpool, Glasgow, and Hull, only by the " cental" of 100 lbs. avoirdupois. The effect upon these markets may be inferred from inspection of the following summary of weights about to be displaced in the Liverpool market, by the " cental" Wheat has hitherto been sold Oats Indian corn and bean- . Peas ..... ..... Fl ur ............... Oatmeal and Indian meal ....196 lbs or 280 per 196 lbs or 240 A similar (not identical) variety, has prevailed in the markets of Glasgow and Hull ; and still prevails in all the principal corn markets of the United Kingdom. The resulting evil is twofold—multiplicity of methods in the same market and variety of methods in different markets; but it is most important in the latter aspect. The main object of trade in corn may be said to be to equalise the price in different localities. Freedom of trade has its value in the facility it affords to the attainment of 'this object, its value alike to the producer, to the dealer, and to the consumer. The lowest price fairly attainable throughout the kingdom—the price best for all parties would be an uniform price, or a close approximation to it ; and this is just the price towards which every additional facility given to the corn trade helps us nearer, and to the attainment of which the exertions of every corn dealer are constantly (iowever unconsciously) directed. To Laic,. first, the case of the i / dealer. The method of equalisation is invariable -it is transfer of corn from places in which it is cheap to places in which it is dear. This process has three parts :-Ist, discovery of local inequalities of rice;p 2nd, negotiation of a transfer; and 3rd, transmission of the required quantity of corn. Corn dealers profit is payment for performance, or direc tion, of these processes ; and is palpably dependent upon the number and extent of the transactions effected. But both "number" and " extent" are reduced by every difficulty in the way of the transaction itself ; and diver sity of modes of sale undoubtedly makes wore difficult what the corn-dealers are especially called upon to do, —to find out where corn can be bought cheapest and sold dearest ; and until these steps are taken, facilities of transmission are practically worthless. The cases of producer and consumer are disposed of with a moment's reflection. The transfer will only take place when its effect will be to reduce, in some degree, the average price of the kingdom. So much for the consumer. And it will only take place when its effects will be to raise, in some degree, the price of the particular corn dealt with. So much for the producer. This evil of diverse measures is not a new one ; but it is of late become more apparent, and less bearable, and hence it is more heard of. It was felt enough in 1834 to induce the House of Commons to appoint a select committee "to inquire into the present . practice of selling corn throughout the United Kingdom, with a view to the better regulation thereof." That committee examined many witnesses, and reported the existence in the country of a great diversity in the modes of selling corn ; that in some districts sales were made only by weight, in others only by measure, and in others by both methods ; that great inconveniences resulted ; ever-recurring misunderstandings and disputes; markets ignorant of the state of, and disinclined to have dealings with, each other ; fraud constantly facilitated published quotations of price commonly uniatel out of their own locality Nearly five-and-twenty have elapsed, and the diversity remaining nea r l y the ill effects of it having been largely finer( s it was as to transmission, railways have, in the interim, re d to one-half, or one-third, the effective distance - the markets ; and as to communication, the electric telegraph has put them all 'within speaking distance of each other. iced between Three of the principal markets of the kingdom, long accustomed to sale by weight, have now determined to use only one denomination —loolbs. avoirdupois, which they have named the "cental." It is said by some that this is illegal. Were it so, it might be observed that the law has been equally broken, time out of mind, where ever, in Great Britain, corn has been sold by weight; for the law has precisely the same relation to the Scottish boll ( 2 401b5.), the 'Welsh hobbett (IGBlbs.), the Birming ham bushel (nibs.), and the Liverpool bushel (70, 60, or 451b5.) as to the cental (1001bs.) But, in truth, there is no illegality in selling anything by any number of pounds avoirdupois ; though the view of the statute (5 and 6 William IV., c. 63) adopted by some of the Scottish authorities seems to favour that notion. Assuming that the new system finds general favour in the corn trade, when tried, there is, apparently, but one obstacle to its extension into every market in which sale by weight is or shall be adopted, and that is the want of stamped weights (and to use others is c learly present illegal) convenient for maki ng u p th e cental, t or w aliquot e ts, part of it, in the scale. To use the 56, 28, 14, 7, and so on, will draw - s r e e me n what more largely upon the mental arithmetic of the weigher, than would a set running 50, 25, 10, 5 lbs, andsaod to on. But if, to remove this incoavenienoe , resort be h Par liament, those who seek the suggested d_ li e n h h a e n s r will find ample support in the . doeuments . authority on this subject yet laid before either house..—Paper by Mr. Dans" in the Journal of the society of Are,. rr . s e nt asse t ! I, ha/a maul i d not h otly :eta!: . - i oor o of o f the L at 04 11 11° take r 11 il