The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1851,

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..--------_ ROTARY KNIFE CLEANERS. BONDING AT MANCHESTEIL 1 GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE
tossed the gain
igloo; and, finally, tae packet • I - ENSUING WEEK. . •
to each ca.,. had its contents asunhered, end the lumbered
To tot EDITOR or THE EX it intrtnatSaritssa. - The followingris 8 copy of the linealtry -order die-
ter/Wen-a. lake* it pawed out of the coutiolir s awe an
Stla-On Saturday last, nmoegst yen! notices Of f oontinaing the privilege of bonding at Manchester: I
tat" the office Si the printer. Prowl the Gardener's Chronicle.
The first parcel renched the printer's on the ti
t3l of Ja-Contents of tae Gass Palacc;" youbsech on rotary " Wletem by au sat passed -in the 13th end llth , PLANT DIPARTMENT.
He 3l •t of March sin thouana an ; iis re- knife cleaners. of which yuu say Mr. Keiat and Meagerness years of the reign of • her present Mejesty, c. feL it That the plants which are intended for various purposes
'nary,
maa 6sershit-elsitors. in- Great Britain and Ireland) had arethe exhi• Root ; you do not esy one word abott their is enacted that it shall be lawful tOr the council of and dill rent seasons may each receive such sort of rtPrea*Nat-
ham sent te he set up in type. After this time the printer being differently constructed, ?at Ito Oa with your tirserist- i the borough of Manchester, in cam they should so think
. . merit as is most calculated to make them answer the end fur
Was Ingrid •4 • more lastingly pate; and on the Sind of (ion of the arrangement, as 1 the machines made by
Now
I fit, and they were thereby authorised and emPosteced by which they are grown, a distinction should be made between
April t e wunsber of forms set up hail aolvancesl to six this those by Mr. Masters were one and the same. 'Now I notice in writing under the common seal of the corporation, •
thole which are designed to keep up ti display between
thimand two huudred and lorty-une. Ihe colonial and this is an error calculated to do me serious anjury, for, al- i addreacd.to thy Commas' jailers of her alajestya 1 icasury, this time and the end of November, and those wnich are to
Creme returns were proceeded with simultaneously though the London public are too well informed on this to determine and put an end to the liability of the mayor, be useful during mid-winter and early spring A third part
Retsina from the colonies were sent to press between the rich subject to be misled, there are thousands of strangers who aldermen, and burgesses of the said borough, or the mama • will consist oft hose plants, principalfr hard-Wooded, which
rot March and the 21st of April. Peen!" "'total between may be it:Ammer) by your remesks. I therefore beg to thereof, to pay any expenses to be incurred by the Commis- are cultivated more especially for their summer service. 4.
the ara a ,A, y and the auk of Awl:, on which day state that sly Insehines differ from tiao-s inado by Mr. semen, of her Naivety's Customs in the collection aud By reducing the thing to a system, in assembling together'
the to
fragment 01 n.y original manuscript was laid at the Masters, not only in prisciple, but also in every Important ', management of the custom.' and other duties payable in re- '
I sisect of goods deposited in warehouses or places within or ,
• those whose season of flowering and required treatment nee
priatry's door The briskest of the foreign states, if we arrangement. similar, it is more easy to give to each the particular treat-
was By giving this letter insertion you will oblige, sir, your 4 near the said borough, and of the maintenance of the es-4
1 merit which its case demands. We are aware that to do
mint judge by its promptitude in sending a return, G. KENT. tablishment of officers and clerks necessary for such manage-
Tunis, The screed parcel of foreign returns came from obedient servant: meat
and collection, from and after a date to be named in 4 this properly several houses or pits ore required ; but where
Lubeck, and the third from Switzerland. All the matter i August 21, last.
such notice, being not less than three months from the day i such conveniences are not at command, much may be done •
stout which I have bees speaking, watt first printed fir the ,even in one house, by arranging the plants for the different
Illustrate+ s mu
I Fait of the public's humble servant, and TIIE MOSAIC MARBLE T.tBLE exhibited in the on which such notice shall be given, and from and after ; periods in such situations as may, on consideration of the
kept set up in a fragmentary manner until that British nave by Mr. Redfern, of Ashford, near Bakewell. in the date to lie named as aforesaid all liability ins-
matter, seem best calculated to ensure them the treatment I
work .as revied for publication. Proof impressions, ' Derbyshire, has been recently purchased by the Duke of De- postal under and by virtue of a certain act passed in they require. After this time, the creepers on the roofs of
taken from thro fregments, were sent to the se ntleman vonshire ; and solikewise have the two Mosaic marble panels the 7th and Bth years of the reign of her said Majesty, „ plant-houses should be kept within more moderate limits,
chanced with the sieraifie revision of the work, Mr. intended for the sculpture gallery at Chatsworth, the work- chap. 31, entitled "An Act for the Warehousing of Foreign 1 and gradually reduced as the season advances, that the '
Robert Ellis, who allotted the various portions to the manship of which is of the highest character. The centre Goods for home consumption at the borough a Manche*. plants each them may not be deprived of the sun and
scientific anaotators For a few remarks upon those anno- of the table is composed of a rage of flowers. with two birds ter, in the county of Lancaster," to pay any such expenses, I air, so necessary to mature their growth. Many plants in
teases, I must refer mice more to the information given by resting upoo the centre. The outer edge has • border except as thereinafter is provided, shall absolutely cease ' these houses are now in the last stage of flowering ; and, if
my illustrated self funned of birds, moths, &e., and the inner one is richly and and determine ; and in case of such notice being given
in order to terminate the being to attention has been paid to raising a young stock, the old
lii enure, amoug the returned forms there would only be l profusely ornamented with a variety of floral decorations. be the said council, , ones of many quick-growing, soft-wooded kinds may be
grammatied ceofusion to correct. but a a rite number of The design as well as workmanship of the table reflects the pay such expenses as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the said discarded. By this practice, the remaining plants may be I
scientific blunders. Thior would be falsely named : foreign I highest credit upon the talent and ingenuity of the maker, mmissionen of her Majesty's Treasury, or any two of I placed farther apart, thereby allowing a freeer circulation '
scientific words would be inaccurately rendered, familiar I wh
o,
we believe, a a poor labouring man. them, if they shall so think fit, thereupon to direct that no . •
°Meets of trade would he popularly expressed, and through- i FAME:CVO% FROM FIRE.—A system of pipes, further goods shall, after the espiratiun of such notice, be i
warehoused without payment of duty in any warehouse I
lof air among them. Plants of gloxinias, achimencs, &c.,
which are from time to time removed from the houses, to
out the whole range rot the lixbittition a Catalogue, supplied' adapted to house; for the purpose of reuaeriag the building I ripen their growth, should be placed in a dry frame, where
1., thousand" of people, differently educated, would have no 1 are-proof, is exhibited by Mr. W. Bain, of high Holborn. I aroved under the provisions of the said before-recited they can have plenty of light, but where their supply o
precetion, uniformity, or coherence. 'there was a German I The model represents a twastory house, a main pipe placed act; and from and after the expiration of such notice no water must be gradually reduced ; they must not be al-
mow, named Feuerstein (flint), who went to French Canasta. ' up the one corner of the building, and attached beneath the
said
shall be deposited therein under the provitents of the lowed to get dry all at once, which is too commonly the
The Frenchmen there could make nothing of his outlandish ground to the main water pipeg,
or reservoir, and charged said recited act. And whereas a notice in terms of the first- treatment they receive, and in consequence of which many
name, so they translatea it, and called him Gun-flint. The with water un the high pressure srtem; beneath the joists mentioned act has been addressed by the said corporation to of them perish entirely.
Enelish occupied, after a tittle, that part of Canada, and as on each floor are placed waterproof pipes, communicating the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury of the in- FoReING DEPARTMENT.
(lon flint rem tined among them, he was again translated with the main pipe by one cross pipe on each floor ; attathea tention to determine and put an end to the liability of the Melons: These are now growing fast, and must have
into Peter lion. So you would have had in your Catalogue to the main pipe are small hose with taps, which may be mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the said borough, or regular attention in regard to stopping and thinning. Let
here, Feuerstein, then: Peter
one, and n.•ver could have used on ordinary 'occasions for domestic purposes. The the council thereof, to pay the expenses afonaaid from the plants have abundance of air, and allow a little to re-
kerma then' both to repneent one and the same name. To water is turned on by a main tap at the lower part of the ' and after the 20th day of August inst.,-now, we, the main on all night, as the flavour of the fruit is much im-
obtain uniformity, them:fere, the plan was adopted which I house. In case of fire occurring. the whole of the pipes undersigned Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, roved by a systematic attention to this point. Let them
now quote • are full of water, and in the event of the fire reaching the do hereby direct that no further goods shall, after the ex. are an ample supply of water, except when the fruit is
-. A number of scientific gentlemen wive their consent to ceiling on either floor, it will Cause a bode of water to fall Oration of such notice, be warehoused without paynieut of ripening. Continual care is necessary at this season, to
undertake the trainee and correction of proofs of the re- from each pipe which the fire touches, thereloy preventing duty, in any warehouse approved under the provisions of
prevent the establishment of red spider upon the leaves ;
turned forms in their peculiar depurtments, with a view to all further extension of the flames. The exhibitor states the said act of the 7th and Bth years of her said Majesty's and another enemy, not less to be guarded against, is the
remove from them those errors which might present them- that, by the adoptiou of this invention, it would be impos- reign, and that from and after the expiration of such notice cricket, which eats its way into the fruit both of pines and
aaves, and to supply what might appear requisite to give Bible for a house or factory to be destroyed by fire. no goods shall be deposited therein under the provisions of melons, just as they are approaching maturity. The best
prominence to their really important features. In addition CHARITABLE INsTITUTIONS AND THE EXIIIIII- the Ina
W.
•
amentioned act Whitehall Treasury Chambers,
a , way of destroying them is to mix some arsenic and crowftg
to this, it appeared adviaible, as critical nbservations were etoe.-A letter addressed to the editor of the Times, and August, 18.51. G. CRAIG; R. M. Dald-EW. au the (roux vomics), and lay a little in the bottom of an earthen
neeessarily inadiuissible, to relieve the tedium of mere: de- dated Brookeeat Club, Aug. '2O, says:-,, Mr,-Amid the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, and all others pan, placing a pan of water near it. The crickets eat the
ecription, and to assist in pointing nut the leading features discuseions that have arisen as to the ultimate destination ea whom this may concern." poison greedily until they are driven by thirst to the water,
to interest in the objects described, or in direct relation in pursuance of this order for the discontinuance of
the Crystal Palace, there seems to me one pu to whichof which they drink till they burst.
with them, by appending, as the subjects of the proof sags the Exhibition in its present state might he :mead that the further warehousing of goods at Manchester after the 7Lowelt GARDEN AND SH•4IIISERIES.
heated, such brief aunotations as might appear nest Baku- would spread its utility to a degree and in a manner that expiration of notice, dirtations to that effect have been Cold frames, headlights. and every other convenience for
feted to effect these ohjecoa transmitted to the principal officers of the several ports .ll .6
the heart warms to mink of, and would shed a glory and arequisition.0 1 I- rim
propagating, will now put into a ceo a .. ,
'as a certain digits of harmony of Prncetallare was eon- blessing on its memory far surpassing that of its most the IC 1 for their • f t.and
throughout mg oat, us orma ion govern. pentstemons, the hest kinds of lobelias, Kneel°,
_petu-
'elem.(' absolutely neeswary, in order to give a consistent boasted commercial advantages, The surplus fund already mint' . • nuts, &c., when sufficiently, struck and gradually hardened,
. harseter to such eornetions and annotations, supplied, as Respecting this abrupt termination of the bondingpriva may he .. _
realiaed in the hands of the Commissioners greatly exceedsUK= up and potteil. This mode of striking is very
they would be, from a variety of sources, a few suggestions of any object at present contemplated, according to the first kges of the city, the .Vatiehester Extsmiuer of yesterday mach less troublesome than in heated structures; while,
certain general principles were adopted, and, as far as possible, intention of the Exhibition. Some new purposes have to Ka' the following : at this season, it is equally certain. Prepare for getting the
acted upon. It is u 4): necessary to reproduce the whole be invented, and some new decisions to be made, erethe title of difficulties
"After. successfully stemming . , . best cinemrisa potted. Let the carnations and picotees in
et these suggestions in their original form ; but since it is which o iosed themselves to Manchester, is. its efforts in
that surplus can find an appropriation, yet are there thou- Plinland
not ...- pots for winter flowering have every attention, that when
impnrtant that exhibitors should ht. informed of the primobtaining the advantage of bonding, it is u little
sands daily adding to its amount; and a further accumula- placed on the front shelves of the greenhouse stage, in No-
which, to a
not extent, guided and determined the tion-little short of 100,0001.- seems likely to tie added to mortifying to learn that the commercial prinlege is now to vember, their flowering shoots may be strong anal numer-
corrections and annotations which are found in this work, whatever there may he now in hand. Watt there ever he withdrawn. It will lie in the recollection of our readers cans If they have been prevented flowering, and no shoots
they are here suheenal." Attention was particularly di- such an opportunity offered for furthering the cause 'sof that the corporation, who have had to pay about 3,0001. are now uzon them of more than 4 or .5 inches in length,
'ated to the sunup...tem. under the head " annotation. "
s charity without any human being feeling that he makes a year for the maintenance of the Custom-house lota. the, may ~ allowed to grow from this time, as they wall
Ity which critical notirm were strictly excluded from the the sacrifice of a penny' If for three or four days the blishment here, did not came to the resolution of .i
begin flowering in November, and if the plants are healthy,
annotations appended to the descriptions, grOIM receipts at the Jeers were to be dedicated, each
exonerating themselves from that liability until seer- the will continue through the .
eons had been made to have Manchester placed upon Y ,
In sending about slips, many of them consisting of three day respectively, to some one of the charitable institutions of HARDY TRAIT GARDEN.
or four lines cut out of other proofs, of course there the metropolis most in unison with the Exhibition itself, this the salmi fisting as some other places which are recog- ,
St eLL-Terte.-The tying in or nailing of these should
swear danger of inextricable confusion when the little slits, aid wool.' lift them sat once into prosperity and secure their ably seconded
nised ao ports. la these efforts they were now be gone over for the last time this season, that the
our borough members. To all these appeals the cuss
sr snips, should all conic hack again, and have to be re- permanence, and who would miss the money so applied ? bYyoung wood, from its closer proximity to the wall, may have
armee& What would the importance lie of the substruction of 7,OWe toms board bare been inexorable, and on the principle
a a better chance of ripening. Now that the fruit of Sitwell°
.1 simple method of ascertaining not merely the place in Or 8,0001. from a fund already chorales" and daily augment- that it is patellae even to a buy gold too dear, the cherries is gathered. as emany of :their shoots as space will
curve:Mien, on the '2oth of May last, gave the required 3
the Catalogue, but its entire history, its destmation antra- lag without a purpose? 1 would commence with the admit of, without being crowded, should be laid in, Enough
Ales ratite et Omit intention to discontinue the payment
tear, and return, was. however, contrived, and the insane Society of the Friends of Foreigners in Distress, because tu"---' uhas been previously said about strawberries, and all that is
01 every proof lia, tiros been accurately recorded. The the Exhibition is the world's fair, and while thousands of collection 'ofthe duties
of the coat incurred by the
.customst now necessary is to urge the early completion of the work'
alternation thus olitatnal was so accurate and precise, that foreigner. are enjoying a vi.it to our shorts; in comfort and in Manchester. The notice thus given expires to-day, ant connected with the summer management of this orop, cape- I
on the temporary delay of very small proofs, their original rtures have since been made to
in admiration, and others have contributed some of the most el dough we believe 'Zee" by • • chilly in making new plantations and cutting away the rue
destination was instantly dim:oven:4, together with the date useful and mot uthniniele of the cuutents of this show, •
tbe Chancellor of the 'xchcquer, parties in Manchester nets, and forking rotten dung about the rootsof the older once.
sat transmission, stud the name of the annotutor to whom there arc hundreds of &Italia; wanderers from every coon - mot directly concerned, nothing was heard until Frith
gthe office theY The old raspberry canes which have done bearing should now
they hail been sent. Mush punctuality characterised the fry in Europe', who are lingering here in wretched**. 4. last, when notice was served upon customs . rs, be cut away, and the strongest of the young ones tied
realm of the elisniemberiel portions of this large volume. I would next take Lord Shaftesbury's Society for If u. bonding warehouses company, and the corporation, that loosely up in their places, stopping the very luxuriant ones
Hall not such been the case, the original plan of scientific proving the 'Swellings of the l'oor, and I would ten' tee after to day nu more goods would be received into bend '
' at about .51 feet high. A little rotten dung forked in '
tad technical eeraion could not have been persisted in. efficient the liberal intentions of Prince Alberta in show ing mud that all which were in bond would have to bore- amongst them will very much assist the swelling and
But, while all this work was going on, I was being taught models of lodging-houses, by furnishing means for brio ghat movea before the 20th day of August, 18)2, to some ripening of the buds for next year's crop.
to speak in French and German, by gentlemen engaged these models into practical use. I would then tura t , the
other bonding place, or the duty paid upon them. a SITCHIN GARDEN.
especially for that purpose'. Ragged Schools Committee, and in contributing an ai a that same day, a general outer communicated to all the out-
• at Continue at intervals to earth up some of the earliest
Furthermore, and finally, the slips of the large Catalogue would intaliadably advance their prosperity I would help to surts a treasury warrant under the act which constitute celery a few weeks before it is requiretl for use ; but unless
revised, anotattsl, and re. revised, were placed before the rear the outcasts of society to virtue aria to led' astrious Manchester a warehousing borough, that the Manchester
in very cold and late localities, it is better to defer the soial
compiler, that he might conileme each description into an habit', through contributions arising in. a disple
.y of the corpOrstion had given the stipulateil notice that after the
ing of the general winter crop till the third or last week of
average of about dime lines, foe the shilling or " Official wonders of the world's industry. It is of coon :to but a 20th inst. their liability for the costs of the Manchester cun September. Let the intermediate rows of peas, &c., be
i Sitelngue." The reduction of the whole of the proofs ..1. meet limited number of objects that it would be • oot.steto or tore-house would cease and determine, and that, therefore,
cleared away as soon as possible after their produce is
the British exhibitors only, occupied the compiler, "'moat advisable to apply this scheme, and those should Ise selected after the 20th inst. no goods should be deposited, without
gathered, that the celery may have the advantage of the
without any internsiesion, from the Ottli of alareti to the froin the peculiarity of their charm-ter. It we ,old be quite payment of duty, in any warehouse in Manchester. By
additional light and air. As an extra stimulent for any
11th of April -just a month. The foreign and colonial Iwo- impracticable to launch at once into the wide and glorious another general order it was notified that all goods now in
crops which we with to grow particularly fine, we have all
tem was commenced on the 10th a rid finished On the 2Sth of field of all our charitable institutions. I laato mate bond in Manchester would either have to be duty paid, or
the dung from the aviary and poultry-yard carefully c 01.%
.% pril, iso that the rou4h proof a the Catalotthe was only merely those that oppose to sound moat in immediate need removed to some other bonding place. Thus peremptorily lected and mixed with threeor four times its bulk of charred
ampleted two days Indere the opening of the Exhibition Sof essistance and to be, from the wide-ape, ad nature of the have the Lords of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the
refuse. The jheaps of this mixture are cased over with
iiity-two pereoes having been employed in the compiling relief they have it in their view to bee ,tow, the must in Exchequer dete.rmased to extinguish a commercial privi-
charcoal dust, and after lying a year in that state, we use it
and the onnotating oil' these ti Co English Catalogues. loge which, whilst it was a convenience to the importer;
ha/Molly with the source whence 1 would draw their ' • • ' for almost all kitchen-garden crops; Considerable care,
It was not until all. neut.,' sly MI, the fragments were in the suceour. ' end a benefit to the consumers yielded a very considerable
s however, is necessary in this, as it is nearly as strong as
pouter's hands that the I' At al nurnataino and arrangement revenue in customs duties. A e understand that a meetingoverdose would De dangerous.
guano, and of course an
etield take place ;so the' aat the last 111/antnt, tell me inside ,of the trade will be convened to-day, with the view of con-
Afthe ground is regularly lungedandtrenched, fight
ter
was twisted up and do am. Claasification this was called. t sidering what steps shall be adopted in order to induce the
tolressin of this mixture is forked or raked in, • previous
The claesifiesti°o her ;an at the printer's, just before the „ Chancellor of the Exchequer to reconsider the matter, and,
toplanting or sowing the crops; d toin f
an others a sate o
Arrival of the last cur
..,,tea slip ; and they came, as I told , if possible, to make sonic arrangement by which the peen-
progress, we lay a ring of it a few inches distant round the
sues only two days ' argon: the Exhibition would be open, . Inge shall be retained, and the town thus spared the dam- plant, nel it withslight of
eollar of the a cover
'"" the retel'atae would he demanded by the pulilie. dit of a retrograde movement."
Woe be to the in inter who should go to bed at such a
I nos. The "Ott cial Catalogue - was classified, made up,
prattled, aad heist ol in tour Jail. The first perfect impress
'am was suety Pa clued at Btu clock at night upon the eve of
the "'entail up show. Ten thoueand catalogues, properly '
I..iiinil, were p. ,netwilly delivered, at the building, on the
morning of the he of May. The two copies presented to
le', Ns ee'et, and to the Prince, that morning, elegantly
I', na,isaam' orlltea, lines with silk, and with their 'Ages
ght,' "'" '" n found, lined, and gilded in six hours. Now,
perhaps, yo udo 'begin to wonder that you had a Catalogue
al a,;_ernt., .. the Ist of May, and are no longer surprised
'".a"._"",..."' it first edition, there were included descriptions
"' gr,, ''''''' . which the describers had neglected afterwards to
',lr.' ' that the articles which had arrived, of unexpected
""'„'" ", otherwise eveepttonally. could not be placed pro-
l'eraal a a the building, according to the exact numerical
"r'''' ' hat hail teen established in the Catalogue. Most of
the re ears of ray fiat edition are corrected in my second. Now
I 'taw oi to tell you a few more things about myself well cal-
' "a' _ed to excite your admiration. My " Official " self
mai re three hundred and twenty pastes. or twenty sheets
t
i
' double foolscap folded into right. Two hundred and
tat
.y thousatia copies"( this having been printed, one bum-
", ' est and live toss of paper have been consume,' therein ; and,
:pan this paper, the duty puid is oar thousand four hun-
dred and seventy pounds. The publications connected with
the Catalogues, and the number of pages in each, are as
iollows•
reamts. trees sad Germs CaMilapelt. -••-.se... IMO
Ilvoropiivc sad Illue rated itl4l-.......--- ..... 14001
eaglet. sad Preach synapsis ..,.....»...-.--191
lON
float's Ilsadiwohs
resme .4 Twopenny F.sselk arllroossi Pb. mad Oda._
.46

POsTAGE STATlsrlcs.—lt La egimated that the
number of chargeable letters that will pass through the
Post-offices of the United Kinidr An this year will be about
4011.0110,M). Of this number is'isoat 30,000,000 will he fo-
reign letters; so that the cor .repentleuce between the in-
habitants of the United Ki nirdom will amount to about
370,000,000 letters, or alxiv,, a mil:ion a day, while the eta-
itwpondeuce between the i'allabitants of the United King-
bell and all the world b esides amounts to less than one-
twelfth that number, l'.eing rather more than 80,01)0
This appears extraordinary when the vast commerce of
Great Britain and, the number of our numerous colonies
and dependencies are considered. It must be remembered,
IOWC%I.T. that an immense number of letters to and from
abroad are smuggled out of and into this country. It
appears thr.t there will be some considerable difficulty
la Wincing foreign nations to effectually reduce
the pletage on letters to and from England until
dieT have adopted a low and uniform inland rate of postage
similar to that which has been so successfully established in
this country. The postal policy of England, however, with
regard to inland letters, is gradually working its way
abroad, and it is not improbable but that the governments
of countries such as France, Belgium, and America, in
direct postal communication with this country, would se-
riously entertain a proposition to reduce, in conjunction
with F.ngland, the postage on correspondence to and from
Great to a small and uniform rate. The enormous
increase of letters which such a reduction would occasion,
and the great impetus it would give to trade and commerce,
would soon induce other nations to imitate the same policy.
England, however, has an opportunity of seeing the opera-
tion of a low sea postage on a gigantic scale, without the
assistance of any foreign government. and that is by a re-
duction of colonial postage. There is scarcely any diffi-
eulty in this, because the local postal rate in most of our
colonies is low and uniform. The reason why the penny
postage plan in England does not yield so great u revenue
as the plan which preceded it. is b*ecause of the expenses
inclined in increasing the facilities for letter writing ; but
the expense of conveying seaborne letters will diminish
rather than increase. because the mail steam-packet com-
panies will become more firmly established, and they will,
after a few years, not be so dependent as they now are on
government subsidies.
THE COAL TRADE or L.VSCASHISE, CHESHIRE,
AND WALI4.—The following table, showing the export of
coal from the latency to foreign countries, from the bit
July, (810, to the 30th June, 1841, has been compiled by
Mr. Hamilton Laird, of Liverpool, agent for the Coed Talon
Steam Coal Company :
Crantrftll. Toss.
........ 1,33$

STAMFORDUAII FREE SCILOOL.—Vice-Chancellor Sir
George Turner was occupied for the best part of two days
last week, in hearing a petition presented by Sir Edward
Blackett, and Mr. Midden, of Checseburn Grange, com-
plaining of the misappropriation of the funds of this charity,
and praying fur a scheme for the proper management of the
school for the future. It appears from the affidavits filed in
court that, in or about the year 1663, Sir Thomas Wid.
driugton founded the school in question for the education
of young children of the parish of Stainfordham. The pro-
-••• of the charity consists of u freehold farm, near Stain-
-, let fur about 1751. a year, and a house for the
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EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—Last evening, a public
meeting of the promoters of this alliance, in connexion with
the fifth annual conference of the British organisation, took
place at Exeter-hall, Strand. The lion. Arthur Kinnaird
occupied the chair, and was surrounded by a large body of
g,ntlemen, the majority of whom were connected with the
church in thi, country or abroad The proceedings having
been opened with prayer, the chairman observed that the
object of their meeting was to give a welcome to their fo•
reign brethren who had come amongst them for the pur-
pose of promoting Christian union. Much as he rejoiced at
the various evidences of union which had already exhibited

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The new type of these publications is retained, wit up for
(masa% use and correction. and the weight of metal thus
employed is fifty-two thousand pounds.
Up and down the courts of the Exhibition I have
been in the company of a good many people who hare
audibly voted me a bore. I trust that I shall not again
hare se complain of this. I contain the composition of some
fifteen thousand authors, most of them authors for the first
time. who hare had their excrescences pruned and their
diction ocessiousily mended. Now, the first production of
au author, if only Once lines long, is usually esteemed by
himself as a sort of I'rinee Itupert's drop, which is de-
stroyed entirely if a person makes upon it but a single
scrawls. Some thousand authors. therefore, are dissatisfied
with the attempts made to render me avail:4l4c for public

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Ina growing importance of the Lancashire coal-fields must
not be lightly estimated in an arrangements which the
new trustees of the Liverpool Docks may decide upon ear-
, eying out, as soon as they fairly commence operations under
' the recent act. We observe that sonic members of the Town
Council are fully alive to the value of this branch of trade,
and shall rejoice to see that increased facilities and proper
provisions are made fur its acceleration. The gradual in-
crease of traffic on the St. Helen's railway and canal
is signally indicative of the wisdom of steady persever-
, ante in improving the means of transit. In the first
half of 1849. about 330,000 tons of goods hail been
carried on this canal and railway • in the correspond-
' ing period of 11<i0, upwards of 4011.000 tons; and for the
same period of the present year 40,000 tons. Originally
formed for merely local purposes, this undertaking has now
' assumed a national importance. By the completion of the
Warrington and Altrincham line, and the docks at Bar-
stow, a clear and continuous highway will exist front the
Mersey to the Humber. the advantages of which to the
river trade can scarcely he overrated. And it is highly sa-
tisfactory to know that these increased facilities of transit
have tended in a corresponding degree to the development
of new sources of produce, and have rendered the Lancashire
coed-tells an extensive and valuable district.—Liverpool
Chronicle.
NEW CONVICT DEPOT.—Spike Island depot being
overcrowded with convicts, and the jails being seriouslyin.
cominoiled by this class of prisoner', inspections have been
made of the several government islands around the coast
with the view to their adaptation for the safe custody of
consicts. It was at first thougla that Whiday Island in
Bantry Bay would have been made a convict depot, bat the .
i intention, fur some reason unexplained, was abandoned. •
Bore Island, at the entrance of Bantry Ilarbour, was the
nett place taken intoconsidera!ion, hut that was reported
as unsuitable. Seattery Island. in the Shannon, was the
next place. and it isbelleved that it has been determined
to make it a convict depot.—Cork:Constitution.

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I say no more having thus far indulged you with my
antidence, I wrap myself in dignified restrve, conscious
that I have told you quite enough to secure for myself your

NoRTII AMERICAN INDIA:Cs IN TIIE GL.%Ss PA.
t %ea - -On Friday. Mr. Catlin, the Indian traveller, con-
ducted the party of Iriquois Indians to the statue of the
• Dying Indian," in the American division, which pro-
snevident dejection, leading their minds hack, most
probably, to the painful legends of their forefathers. They'
then were led by Mr. Catlin to view the statues of two
of their own countrymen, which he had promised!
to show them, and which he had constructed with
great labour, the site of life, and elevated upon the.
end of the bridge st.uiding in the .imerican department.
On approaching the spot he found them missing, and the
*Tumbled fragments of the chief and his wife gathered and
shrouded in a curtain, and lying on the floor. under the
bridge on which they had stood. and from which they hail
!wen hurled &ern hy a drunken woman the day before, as
was soon explained. and dashed completely to pieces. I
Nothing could exceed the sudden dejection of the spirits of I
these poor superstitious people on seeing the only two repro-
sentations of their own race in the •! World's fail" lying thus!
deinolished. In a conversation which ensued amongst them.
the words "rum" and " whisky" were repeatedly pro-
rionneed, and the old chief, addressing Mr. Catlin, said, ,
• This thing, my friend, makes us very sad. We have been
long used to see rum and whisky throwing down our red
brethren, and our hearts have been grieved at it : but we
never before knew that the Unages of the red men were to
Is' destroied also by bee water.
TiIePOLICE FORCE AT THE EIIIIBITION.—A yen•
handsome silver teapot has been given to Superintendeit
Pearce, by the command of the Queen, as a mark of her
Majesty's appreciation of the constant zeal. intelligence,
and discretion shown by him whets in attendance upon her
Majesty on the occasions of the Queen's frequent visit at!
the Exhibition ; and a handsome gold watch to Inspector
Joho Reekerson (B division) and Robert Lester (C divi-
sion!, as a mark of approval of their :menthol in the dis-
charge of their duties when in attendance upon her Ma-
pyty and the Princesses on:the occasion of their sisiting the
Ealelvition. A handsome gold watch is also given to
ytor Nassau Smith O'Brien (ll division), from the
Pi tine of Wales, as a token of appreciation of his attention
when in attendance upon his Royal llighness and Print*
Alfred at the Exhibition.