The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-05 00:00:00

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' Messrs: W. & H. Laird, in their Monthly roal
Circular for the Month ending May 31, 1860,.
give the following std.tement of, exports of coal
from all the ports of the United Kingdom to all
ports abroad to which coals have been .sent during
•
the month :

." • I. . • 1 g • 4:1 •
...5
.y.,1 41 2 Liver- ~ c, r., TorAL
$., Is pool. 5... Its May
''' A, •"' c' 0., 43 O 4 co P. 1860.
• Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.l. Tons.'
France 69,301 4,529 2,788 41,066 6,466 i 124,130
Denmark. 38,799 2,673 ... 1.282 5,7941 48,548
Norway. ..... ...L., 8,897 333 ... 360 8,071 . 17,661 ,
Sweden 23,083 944 . 6b3 2,570 ' 27,2655
Russia 49,513 2,820 290 5,634 2,623 61,8 ' 2
Austria .. 260 1019 ~ . . . . 1,779
Germany „,.. ...
84,289 1,339 206 3,783 4,718. 96,357
Prussia 49'711 210 ... 4,232 2,498 58,651
Holland . 22,939 . . . . 425 488 23,872
Belgium
Spain
Portugal 3,749 256 60 1,823 433 6.303
Italy , • 8,925 60 709 3,201 330 13§243
Mediterranean 869 150 4,318 9,767 170 .15,274
Greece 761 . 1,184 1,945
.. ... ... ,
Turkey 2,860
••• ... 3,113 . . ,973
Africa
... .. 6,021 • .26 9,30
Australia ... 1,463 1,810 160 3,463
East Indies..., 25.,.764 1,400 29,165 27,271 2,319 85,914
Iret Indies
North America
South America ... 819? 285 7,464 20,452' 504 34,897
Channel Islands .. 7,423 214 6 376 ... 8,019
Heligoland ...
... ... ... ...
Iceland ... ... ..
... ...
Azores
Canaries - ... 500' ... Ma
Madeira ... •• • ••• ... ...
Ascension .....
.• • • •
St. Helena
Ladrone Islands ... ... • • • • •
... ...
NeW. ealaiid
Sandtrich Island- ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sciciety Islands
---- - - -
Total Exports 437,.84 18,304 66,627 155,995 44,214 722,424
Do. May, 1839 400,420 27,172 46,756 143,886 49,'255.667,489
----- -- -- --- ------ ---
Incr. in May, 1860 36,861 ... ,19,871 12,109 ~ 54,935
Decrease do. ... • 8,8681 ... ... 3,041 ...

The following is their statement of the exports
of coals coastwise, from the port of Liverpool, for
the month :---
..
Td ports in

tngland .
Ireland
Scotland..
Virdles
~ Isle of Man

T 611.5 1,283
6,243
20
, 3,10 s
, 105

T0ta1........... ~. 10,759
May, 1859.... „ 16,110

becieage, 1666..

the imports of South and-Other Male
coastwise; into the Mort df Liveitool fdr the
mo~tH, ate Itatfi[l to be as follciw
ath „Ales taid
North: Wag ....
At
England
Scotland.

If

Nal
1859 8,41u

Decrease, 1860

..... /9 2,876

THE PAW P4VER4, AND THE
VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

The Paris iiapeks Seerii rather surprised at the
facility with -*hick peaceful citizens can be so
soon converted into excellent soldiers, as evinced
by the volunteers in England. The Arai de la
Peligibit has another letter from its London c 01....
respoAdent on the review
On his return frOni the review," he says, "General
Sir De Lacy Evans observed, Give me those men for
only ten days' service, and they shall be the first troops
in the world.' - . .

"Why, I ask? Supposing the assertion correct,
there is but one explanation of it--it is this, because
the Volunteers are first and foremost, and, above all,
men, and that in this country the citizen is before the
soldier. But, I repeat it, the opinion entertained of
them as soldiers may be exaggerated or not, but this is
not `chat interests me. What interests me, and what
appears to me so strange, is the transformation, the
suppleness of nature which it proves. Nothing on
earth can well be more opposed to every military
notion than the - idea of a clerk in the city,
and yet here you have those city clerks become
soldiers as if by magic. This really is, according to
me, the great wonder of the whole affair ! Imagine, for
instance, Dutchmen or Laplanders all of a sudden
deading to devote themselves to choregraphic studies,
and proposing to furnish dancers to all the theatres in
Europe! Yet, believe me, this would not be a greater
phenomenon than. the. metamorphosis which makes a
true soldier out of a London cockney.

"As for the review itself, it was indeed a magnificent
sight; because it will always be 'a magnificent sight to
see a whole nation animated by the same breath, by the
same thought, and obeying the gams impulse, draw up
at a given moment before its. Sovereign, and say to her,
' Here i am—l am ready,' " &c.

THE EMPLOYMENT or WOMEN.—A convereazionc
of the Society for Promoting' -the Employment of Wo-
men,' in connection with thie National Association for
the Promotion of Social Science, has been held at 19,
Langham-place. Lord' Shaftesbury, took _the chair at
nine o'clock, by which time a numerous and influential
audience had assembled. The chairman in an opening
address, explained and enforced the principles of the.
society, congratulated the members On the success wiiich-
had attended their efforts during the first year, . and
enforced the necessity of still further extending their oper-
ations.
.Mr. Cookson urged law engrossing as a suitable
occupation for women, describing the office established,
by. the society, which is'alrehdy supported by several
solicitors, and gave an interesting account of the work
done 'there. Mr. Hastings spoke of printing as peculi-
arly well adapted for women, and read a-paper contri-
tuted by Miss Emily Faithful, on the_ introduction of
women into the printing trade. Mr. Mackenzie read a
paper by Miss J. Boucherett, on bookkeeping, stating
that, a want of knowledge ef:accounts was one great
reason of the disinclination to employ women in shops,
shoWing how- they"might he fitted for. the offices of
cashiers ankboolt-keepers, and announcing that a school
to supply these deficiencies_ had, been opened by the
society. Vice dhancellor Wood . spoke 'of other occa-
pationi for women: and recommended that they should
be employed as clerks in post-offices, and as • managers
of hotels, as hairdressers, &o. He read a .paper by
Miss 'Parkes on the same subject, and concluded with
an eloquent . appeal for further subscriptions. The
audience were then introduced into a lower room, where
the interesting collection of women's work in law en-
grossing, printing, designing, &c., was exhibited, and
excited much admiration.
THE COMET AND THE SUN.—The discovery of the
comet which is new visible a little after sunset in the
north-western part.of the heavens, is due to M. Rumker,
the astronomer, of .the Observatory of Hamburgh, who
first saw it on the.l7tiof April last, and has determined
its elements as follews :—LongitUde of Perihelion, 48
deg: 10 min. 16 sec.; longitude of ascending node,
Bdeg. 38 mAn. 4 sec.; inclination,- 48 deg. 9 min. 39
sec.; perihelion ,distance, 1.2691 deg. ; direction of
motion, direct. " Its tail has now become very con-
spicuous, having attained a length of 15 degrees. It will
soon disappear, however, since it is fast approaching the
gun. It will, however, be' visible. for the last time
during the great eclipse, which will lie total in Spain
and Algid& The' surface of the, sun's disc .is just
now speckled with about. sixty spots, extending along
two some nearly parallel to the solar equator, and
forming' about a doien groups.r Each spot is sur-
rounded with a penuinbra, but some.of them are so close
together that their penumbras have melted into one. M.
Chacomac,-who has been engaged Or the, last twelve
years in registering the sun's spots, states that. be never
saw so, many at a time 'before; he alio adds that the
present spots are extremely :variable; so that a few
hours are sufficient to, modify their forms completely.
One of the groups appeared on the 26th quite suddenly,
occupying an angular Apar equal to the fifth of , the
solar radius ; 'on the 29th it bad increased its
extent so as to cover one fourth of the radius. A large
number of spots on the sun's disc has by some astro-
nomers beeh considered as exercising a favourable in-
fluence on the weather. Our experience would this
year lead us to a different conclusion. But it must be
kept in mind that the theory cannot be fairly tested
until we have the reiults of the observations made in
nearly every country of' the globe.
SUICIDE TMROUOIr UNRV3VITED LOVE. On Satur-
flay Mr. Humphreys, coroner, opened an inquiry at the
Royal Cricketers' Tavern, Old Ford-road, Victoria Park,
-Bethnal-green, respecting the death of Mary Ann Page,
whose body was found in the Regent's-canal. Mr.
James Edward Fageof No. 100,
a furniture dealer,
roal, stated that the
Whitechapel-road, deceased was his
daughter. He list saw' her alive on Thursday evening
last, about eight o'clock. She left home to go to a
dressmaker's in the Bethnal-grin-road. She was quite
well, but very low-spirited, -and 'had been engaged to be
married to a young man named Charles. Hinds. The
arrangement had been broken off about two months by
the young man. Witness heard that the_ deceased had
been found in ' the Regent's-canal, where it was sup-
posed that sho had committed suicide by drowning.
There was a large bruise on her right temple, which
was not there when she left home. She was much
attachedvto the young man, and was much annoyed at the
disappointment. Charles Hinds, a bottle merchant, of
No. 19, Charles-street, Mile-end New-town, said the
deceased came to his stable on Thursday night, about
half-past nine o'clock. She asked him to male up their
quarrel, but witness refused, and said he would not
after the names her father had called him. She said,
.44 Will you 'bid me good night ?" , Witness replied,
yes." They then separated and he did not see her
again.
The last words. she uttered were, " Will you
shake hands with me if I should meet you ? " Witness
consented to do so, and she then went towards her home.
She was cool and collected, and they had no angry
words. On the next morning witness beard that the
deceased had not been home all night, and the sister
said that she feared that something had happened to
her, as she had threatened to drown herself some days
previously. The evidence of the surgeon went to show
that the bruise on the head had been caused before
death. After some further unimportant evidence, the
inquest was adjourned to Thursday nest,