The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

PROGRESS OF THE NEGOCIATIONS.

The Times says :—The conference is to ceee-clirt
steady with its work, only we must not ask to se-
work in its unfinished state.
The London Post says:—At conferences like thosetbe 'tli
held, it is usual, as soon as the several parties stitne-silign
understand one another to see their way, :t°4tonte
a preliminary treaty of peace. In the present in fire
the protocol agreed to at Vienna, containing' trl-,,ent?
articles proposed to Russia by Austria, with theic°;rties'
of England and France, has been accepted by 311,,
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in lieu of such preliminary treaty—of course; e". to
quite possible that Russia may yet take exceroto,/'
some of the demands made by the Western 'nf tbis
either in matter or form. Still the signing the
document is pro tanto an instalment towar-„"iiote
desired end. It is not to he supposed that the serbeitig
conditions required by the Western Powers are Yeitbere;
technically and formally propounded to Russilcstslei
fore tile signing of this preliminary document .11.-oriet
be taken to commit that power to their catcri.,ool°
acceptance. But neither can it be supposed that;oli
is not in a general and indirect way acquainte,, bet
there 01.'4 Dave
their scope, tendency, and purpose ; the,'
signature is evidence of her assent, as far as
come before her.

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DESTRUCTION OP DARTRY CASTLE. Letters te par-rf
bay, March 1, twelve o'clock, p.m., states that„,oos°,l.
Castle, the residence of Lord Cremorne, in the Pr;
Monaghan, had taken fire early that evening and wa',,,-cat4c-4
to ruins. Dartry Castle has only been erected fo'c'pajaci-
years, and was considered one of the best and fineStl; 1,19.11,;
in the north of Ireland. the noble proprietor vires, t'hat °Pm-
don at the time of the occurrence. It is rumoured
of the constabulary force has lost his life in endea"-r
extinguish the flames. -p,festae/i
TILE H
E DISCOVERER OF GOTTA PERCA The .„ litttA °
of the India Board, Mr. V. Smith has .placed 'ils the "iO5;
military nominations for November next the son e .010° or
coverer of this inspissated sap of an Indian tree' we e(310.
the help of which we should not be able, an ife„
are, to know in five minutes time what tranelo 11,i1
Crim Tartary, 3000 miles off. The discoverer 3;1'4,
William Montgomery, of the Indian medical ser/I,`„atr,,
this only in the year 1845, although many of the euo-patie-
producing the article have been in European ecyceil
for above 300 years. The mode which the disdetwerfW4
made is worth mentioning. Dr. Montgomery °'-nfirla
certain Malay knife and kris handles, inquireaancialferita;o-
- the material from which theof
crude native manufacture inferyrewderaet made,otwe the etaert"
uses to which the gutta percha, might be put in theatefi%
Europe. He purchased a quantity of raw port re
sending from Singapore part of it to Bengal, an" f,ett
ng-
F urope, and suggesting some of the uses to sc
to
fancied it might be applied. The quantify sentthe raid
land secured to him at once, as the discoverer. -001 ill.,
medal of the Society of Arts : his sole reward,„tia
president of the Indian board, on no other greu;t
ever than his discovery, liberally bestow P-
on his son. repo
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REPORTS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORS•-jrlll,ist beo
of the factory inspectors for the year 1855 have r stn 'of
published. The " joint report," dated the Ist n"'n'tiondg
that much progress has been made (with the ends givirof
Lancashire and the adjoining districts), tewractetLoto
effect to those provisions of the statute e"; Poo
preventing bodily injury to the workpeoPe of ion
mill-gearing in factories. In many P,,t,:e
kingdom, safeguards of various kinds hasp
provided to prevent accidents from enit-to Pe;al
a revolving horizontal shaft, so that it is cliffienft'ef le,i'is-
ofti,,t any neighbourhood in which, in some or e' be "too
a-tory, very good precautions are not now to be
Otero'
covered, absolutely depriving of any reasonay the
for their neglect, all those who refuse to satisfy ear
The ter: dtt,,cl),
qutrements of the act in this respect. ectop ; n.,tl;
ber of accidents reported to the four insP
the six months ended the 31st of oco,b, 'tro Yfoullts
amounted to I,Bol—viz., 720 to adults, 9.' acciu",,fo
persons, and 169 to children. 21 of these
There don
were fatal, and all arose from machinery. inform:,6l
72 accidents arising from other causes. 98 'Rea .of
laid for offences against the Factories' Act, re7,eitig
conviction?... 22 accidents arose from the nen- ffighto of
horizontal shafts ; some of them were very
riotn o
involving the knocking out of brains, the tea..
heads, legs, and arms, and severe fractures of
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South John-street. Liverpool.
WEDNESDAY, MARCEL 51 1656'