The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-15 00:00:00

et docoesti, life, could go down into Yorkshire, sad ese how
attach bappiceaa way be had for Is.. than 601. a yaw. As if
any selfish Lachelor enjoyments, any oldie talk at the clubs,
...n worth the prattle of infancy, the happy voices of child •
hood. 11, pletaaurra and duties that come with offspring !
Bandeau Ormond to be made Acadinucies, if only for having
said that "an borrow or phis Comae qu'une chairs, at
rich n'oessigne minas niacin:in les colds addax de sa

Zit to Cleveland enables Mr. White to de-
scribe a very important object of Yorkshire mann-
' facture—the Alum Works, at Sandsend. This ma-
nufacture was introduced into Yorkshire early in
the seventeenth century by Sir Thomas Chaloner. This
Sir Thomas had seen the alum works in Italy, and
marked the peculiarities of the rook-beds from which
it was extracted. Riding near Ouieborough, he no-
ticed that the foliage of the trees resembled in
colour that of the leaves in the alum districts abroad.
Led by this indication, he obtained a patent :from
Charles 1., and succeeded in eetablishing the first
English alum manufactory. Having obtained per-
mission to view the works, our author seeks the
foreman :

at lest, I wee able le to the hems the
wrap of paps villa nod fres the oft% mil le
hel del seek as Wesel sousteerthre .a
le bright es
his Waned aWOW tessper. Nor was I tlt.Nd.le kit
be at ones sapeemiltherelf reedy to thew sod explain tear
, thing that I night whit to see.
" at baila al the beginning," I rid ; and ha led MID
to a dirt, whin the hipper were at work. TM &ramekin ria,
Waded the of what I had seen in the waist at Portland
kin • Igor of sr th, thee a hard, worthier kind of Noes,
asked the "seer by the mien ; ant a ei=mlf
theriesseesed "degpeleed," =kW skegether a
of abed Sky het; led below Ili ears the greet bed of
=ilia, 111 het Wok ; sal this the k the aka deals.
freshly sepses& lie eppeeesese may be lamed Is aisle
asked in grecs. , r he a poesy awl soapy feel betels. the
but se Ii =Mr nry en exposure to the air, the
ooloar of the GNI is bmirs. Her the shale is not
werited below 76 lint; kr sway Whoa *am that boottanan
Nam mg more Woolens, sad ern Moly to vitrify whin
bent, sail will not yleif dese. At sere works, however,
the Isisvilles is ambush Ewa le M kth. finhaiird la
the elio4 keel absedeet to **EN hot, Sr Isadore
• walrof Antsy the of bills I Ind spiked
Ike above, sheet the she of • bell ; ski of thew the
weß-Icsorra idelgthee elm* The thentele, to
when all the bed beeshomis Mew,makes thee- Ms
Imes shah al le Ides el the imelesmi nodules dm fiaL
The sis is wet sleek Jedglery hem He rest heap width
I saw show. adds rosilleses fir safes sway. Aka
Ask prevails Is the di& kr terstremen wiles slump the
it
of Tubike, la while eve hurl IM de of ems
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&Mr lest of Ilseosteas, ash shosads in hale. It
wee Is Wt—noMee—thet nearly ell no nossituous, Molzabal
the Ape& rit et the mint world which we maw ie
the nee et Mllby wore hand. Ivory stroke of the
gbh hinge nen eat; W es lie shots Is soft and eeelly
welled, they ape aftwairl whiten dlimelly. You might
Wien • need is Ulf a day. lore her moments I hilt
seemenine ale is schoolboy in ea erased, and tilled my
posine every with the best that one la lay way. Bat
enneeilhe nod nuaeln, when tuned in sloes, are heavy,
end beine the dog wee over I hed Y>yhee ray : soon
I fiend when peseomby amid me then ; then I gave
we
away et hewn by the reed, di net non Una six re-
mised Oar a esserr of ail liangerdt. And these were quite
estzt andisleg that I had yes le weak rally 300 miles.
the distmesnie nssieg. • layer of
weed id
node r es thepownd, end non this the Ash
lle Inept le hie sf 411- NI het, min • nepeetabie
lasselion flessad, waireasi 3,m leas, or more.
The row of the nose rein mist the preelplee, end frees
=lnv
_ledges sod pettheline II eft lhe men tilt their
berrew4seds es the 1111.11111111 Yawns. The fire, mese-
while, creeps about him, sod nos the hap bight,' to weber
sesedleg out with* a=nene Anse Is deeds that give It
sppeennee al
Non a hemp wee suesehheng sad tessiding of the mouth
el tin pen essewelin, the fiephille of hen, Ong of its
sold to the *day, oneortieg Klibentryltle selphste et
einiss. All rowed the ben and ler a few hot upwards the
Ire bed den its work, end the nos wee eosin ; bat above
the glow was still sone. The eine is
by the from brows be night nil& yellow:I=
meek of donor nd mons token all iltse
laws" sod the pe earns elesabeelin be for
the Mimes, elsolour—is PM plans ; thee • ieMi
sell, Wolin Wyse& with the swan patches amber Se
song. Etsmmently the heap barn I. three months; hos a
goal Sass awe so to tine his Arse that • aunty
nise—se Wein shale is lesinisoDy served—is always
In mama 1114 loss of this burst shah are required to
make ate ton of asse.
Now *sr the velem ordeal. On the doping greed
between the di& awl the as shallow phe or einorm ere
en* subtly N its lag end 20 wide, sod n pieced. with a
balm fitspYg hen • depth of l foot et en sod to hat et
the ether, w in eounseicat• rally wining sastber by pipes
sad gnaws. Whiner alum-weds shah pay wr set ie amid
le depend Is se sonil degree es the peeper erresgenen cd
the plle. Nose plt will mann forty weggon-keds of the
lns. A. new as it is full lirprig Is pumped into it
lbws a deep diem anon by a elied, sad this at the end of
hoes days is draws of by the he et the boor ad, end who
imbed the pit is egpia romped leg end seer
so Itoe tw
odo=
wen
Tel wise Is k wept tell. bet with
Lk, emend, Ind third ins, sad sonelinse s hearth—but the
lest Is lie weakest, sad le kept so he pumped lip ea liquor ea
a huh pit tor first rem It would be pen monosty to evapo-
rate se week a notation. Each pit milky. Ihe awn.
AB Ws is carried on is the epee Jr, afilth the Na haling
the shore ion afro yards of end oil newt the dine of what
le a sheep, mean bet=ges= mem.Ad
ia thee. MA be be lt, for all the
Jess is arm entrened. Liter the third sr lamb waning,
the wine is shovelled hum the pits end lon away on the
hark whirs the Na soon levels it to a welieee slope. le
on of the wee:led exhausted pits I saw many *me
teethed, is It wen, by hoar-frost, which wee ambits( but
adindetels of alum formed on the surface, strongly sold
in the

The nerd the process was to be rent down at the works,
so thither we went; not by the way I came, for the foreman,
scrambling up the side of the gap, cendscted me along the
ledge at the top of the burning heap. Ile walked through
the stifling fume without aissoyanoe, while on me they pro-
dead a palatal mbar of choking, with as impulse to run.
Before we had pissed, however, he pushed odds a few of the
upper pima, sad showed me the dull glow of the fire
beneath. This we bed more ledges along the face of the
AL end now end then to creep and jump; and we crossed
en old digging, width looked ugly witn its heaps of wages
sad hall-served pentium of grass. All the way extends a
owes of long wooden gutters, in which the first-ran liquor
wee Bowing hi a continuous stream to nadergo its final meat-
mest—another trial by fire.
Than into • low, darkroom shed, where from one end to the
other you see nothing bat leaden evaporating pans end cis-
terns, scene steaming, and all containing liquor in different
antis of preparation. That from which the most water has
been evaporated—the concentra•ed solution—has a large en-
ters to itself, where its tendency to crystallise is assisted by
en
wheiztare of liquor cocing ammonia in solution,
ed immediately the alum falls to the bottom in enuatlees
crystals. The liquor above them, now become mother-
liqaor," or familiarly "mother,' is drawn off, the cm-
Mk are washed clean in water, see again dis-
solved, old once more belled, mixed with gal-
lons of mothers remaining from former boiling..
When of the required &unity, the liquor is run off from the
pea to the reale( easits"—grest butte rather, big as •
sew bageheed, and Wier; end in them is left to cool sad
crystallise after Its Oillbollr, Bom eight to ten days, mewling
to the towns. The butts ars mastructed so es to take so
pieces molly, sad at the right time the hoop are knocked of,
the staves removed, and there on the Boer steads& greet
white osak of shun, solid all roiled sad top and bottom, ex-
aapt inn centre a airway of liquor which has been cry.-
'guild. This having been drawn off by a bolo drives
through, the mese ie tnen broken dyers, and is thee
far the taarkat ; aed for the nee ofsither-dreseres,
=iota, tallow-oheadiers ; for bakers even and other crafty

Those of our readers who have taken an interest
in the subject of the army clothing must have met
with the term "shod/) " cloth again and again.
What is shoddy? and how is it madeP are queries
very satisfactorily answered by our Yorkshite tra-
veller.
The abject to my Ash to Belly was to use the smoking el
&wkly. T. have Torkekke ignorant of ces at ow Willi
serial lasitellses valid be a reproach. We give ie ea age
of draft, is wee maw than urns. Yea may begin with
the lewd, sad haw shoddy al thrash society, even up to
the Mess et Pews. I had sit wait there was a
hirrwer view et Dewsbury is sad a few =betas
breasht we le the ef aboddy. Oa
shrubs at the aYtfea, the slita of peat rebels or but..
I piled up Is Week@ or Mee es trues, awry bele bawds*
Win, sal sees et ell hen Sera; pee we at ewe a
reef that I hal ewes ejaht pins biro won sisp
Wind at •alasep b
all refs of assikeu Um"
T 1 ed tisk Hiker woes lawskt haws hen readues
Poised, ken the girls Isarey, fres the Warn sad
1011•01,11.1 of Cknosay, tem tie frowsy yesweas et h se-
=b;swliz whilingettadpe 1111‘ aril' ?MI maks=
postillas' plash sad
hosagetdess' boddkes lad aebiewes'e ducks. A
vest Indy ; sad all te bs weemilestered tato broad-
ish& to Yorkshire. No wonder that the Univers deduce
Issiaed is to perish by her owner os.
Rastas hand the hotory of which I wee in search, I had
to wait s Pew Weal= kw the mimeses of tM prissipaL
• boy who we weeshis Idaeoff is the Wise vemarbed,
11 wises be heard that I had ewer yr seta shehly
weds : rep ye whoa_ le set moms
the netideary ; that'. ell.' Re himself led Wes ear owe
Is his Bfs : it was is the previous agora, whits his swab
took Ids BlesEpool, and be Brat hihehthe sta. " Thet
eopt me, dot 'he said, wills the reeky of a sidle-
sopher
Baring that tha principal hesitated, eves ells he had read
ay totter, I baps to tesseine that ahoddrinsking involved
itapartant amabs. Como to are what yea ran pkk up,
eV' be said. Remover, whoa he bawd Ist Iweis se
way enewered with wasalecterse, sad bed some, not as •
WY, kola*, ad ed heart earkehy, to see bow old toga
we roma Into sew del, be suited. and hd me forthwith
into Ur antra dew There I sew a eyllsder resul sins with