The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-22 00:00:00

tiou:3, and especially in regard to the Persian war
as at present conducted by Sir James Outram.
Although a place of considerable interest, Mo-
hamrah was, he believed, but little known, and,
indeed, its position was correctly set forth on but
very few maps. The first expedition landed at Bu-
shire, and the second moved on to Mohamrah,acr,ss
the mouth of the Persian Gulf to the Euphrates,
where its sole navigable mouth existed• But few
vessels could pass the bar without grounding, as it
never had more than three fathoms of water, and
usually but twelve or fourteen feet. The whole
country from Ararat to the Persian Gulf had been
seientitically surveyed by the English an i Russian
commissioners for a distance of 1,000 miles,
when it was agreed that the country watered by
the Euphrates belonging to Turkey, and that
watered by the Karun to Persia; and it was finally
decided that Mohamrah should be considered as
belonging to Persia; though there was reason to
believe that this was contrary to geographical accu-
racy. He (Sir Henry) was of opinion that the place
was situated on the Euphrates, and consequently
belonged to Turkey. Although occupied
by the Persians, the Turkish government
still considered that they had a territorial claim
to it, and protested, when it was known that
the expedition had set out, against Mohamrah
being attacked. Sir Henry then gave a brief
'history of Mohamrah from the earliest times which
he said formed part of the kingdom to Karaknia
and Messinw. The present fort was a quadrangle
enclosure of about 350 by 300 yards, aLd was en-
tirely destitute of artillery. The object of Sir J
Graham i❑ removing from Bushire to Mohamrah
was to obtain a position for carrying ou the war,
and enable him to secure a strategical basis from
which he might advance into the country, which
would have been futile to attempt at Bushire. It
was not impossible le enter Persia from Alohnmrab,

there were several, though difficult, routes by
which it might be done. Sir Henry hoped that
General Outram would take his troops higher up on
the Karun. as, although the climate there was hot,

the air was pure and clear. `Vi•h regard to
food, at the present time the country abounded in
the most luxuriant vegetation, and there was no
more fruitful country than what was called Durah,
above Shuster, which had every possible produce
of a tropical climate—sugar, opium, indigo, rice,
nuts, chedda sticks, mules, and horses. The pro•
vince of Kbusistan was not only valuable in a
military point of view, but also commercially ; and
although no one denied permanent occupation of
the country, still, the Persian government being
made aware of its commercial importance that
circumstance would act as an inducement for them
to comply with our terms in order to get us out of
the country as soon as possiMe.

IRON SCREW STEAMERS AND THEE WHALE FISHING.—
A powerful iron screw steamer, capable of csrrying 600
tons of cargo, has left the Tyne for the North, to proceed
to the Davis' Straits' whale fi-I;ng. She is the first iron
vessel that has been built in the north-east plrts for th's
trade, and she has been constructed remarlthbly strong.
Several stetm vwsels are already engaged in the seal fish-
ing: The Diana has rAaehed Scotland from Greenland

with 13,000 seals, and 140 tons of oil, and the Active with
15,000 seals, and 165 tons.
TOURIiTS OUT OF TIT IR ELEMENT.—The Voce Nationale
of Grenoble, sa3s :—" IVe learn that 25,4)00 young trout
were sent off a few days back from the establishment of
pisciculture at La Buisse, near Voiren, for ValencP, where
they are to be kept for a short time to erab!e them to
recover from any slight it.jury they may have sustained
from the journey. They seemed the day after their arrival
In full Vigour, and ate v3racionsly the food thrown to
them. They are intended, it appeals, fir one of the fre‘h
water lakes, situated near the Mediterranean. Some

hundreds of thousands are to be sent there."
1 HE JUDGE AND THE MOUSTACHE.-1 constable in the
Kent police having been dismissed the force for refusing
to part with his moustache, brought an action in the Maid-
stone County Court last week, to recover damages from
Captain Buxton, the chief const.ble :—The u-ge to
(oiliniiff)— What made you refuse to shave off your
moustache ? Plaintiff—because I consider it is best on.

The Judge—lt is an absurd thing. The time use l to be
when an Englishman was proud of being an Englishman ;
but now it appears that he must attempt to look either
like a Jewish clothesman or a foreigner. (A laugh.) I
think the order is a very preper one. Most of the worst
of thieves wear the moustache, and all the empty headed
puppies. Last week, fire oat of eight per o is t :ken before
the magistrates for embezzlement, had adopted the ugly
and degrading fashion of covering their dishonest faces
with hair. The pla'ntiff was non-suited.
LYNCH LAW AT SHEFFIELD —A Sheffield correspondent
sends us the ftllowing :—" At a place called Bar ket- pool,
famous for open air meetings, there is a p imp, and on a
corner stone of the pump, on Tuesday evening. about
eight o'clock, an elder of the Mormon sect commenced
preaching the doctrines of Joe Smith, and praising at
great length the land of promi,:e, and Salt Lake city.
lie had been at his work about a quarter of an hour when,
in answer to a question, he denied the system of polygamy
as being so common in Utah as is talked of; moreover, 1-e
praised Brigham Young as a saint, &c. This appeared to
be too mach for the Sheffielders assembled, and they pushed
him from his rostrum. He got on again, but received
the same treatment. Again he arose, till at last a few

strong arms laid hold of the elder,' and quietly placed
him under the large pump. In aa instant crowds rushed
to the handle, and commenced pumping on him. 7 here
were plenty of Mormon elders and Mormons standing by,
who, seeing the reception that was being given to their
leader, made a hasty retreat. The drenched elder quietly
walkei away, thinking no doubt he had hid enough for
one day."
ADDERLEY'S INDUSTRIAL SCROOL BILL.-At the
meeting of the Wakefield Board of Guirdiana, on Wednes-
day, the chairman informed the board that he had received
a letter from Mr.Charlesworth, the member for the boroagh,
in which he stated that he had waited, with the deputa-
tions from Leeds and Bradford, on the Poor-law Bard.
That deputation had opposed the bill on various grounds.
"Since then," wrote Mr. Charlesworth, " the bill h-id bee..
remodelled, and he wished to know whether, in its present
shape, the Wakefield guardians approved of the bill." Thc,
chairman then called the attention of the guardians to a

clause in the bill which provides that any children who
were found comvitting acts of vagrancy, or were found
begging, should be sent to an industrial school, a charge of
being3s. per week made on the guardians till the cild
was fifteen years of age. He (the chairman) looked' upon
this as a preposteruns clause. In the first' place, it would
render the union liable for the education of any child found
within the bounds wbich might belong to another union ;
and in the next, the bill provided to extend the educati,,n
of the vagrant five years longer than the period an honest
working man could allow his children to remain at school
—ten years being the average age at which the children of
working men left school. After some discussion, it was
moved by Mr. Shaw, sEcondel by Mr. Craven, and unani-
mously carried, "That Mr. Charlesworth be instructed to
•oppose Mr. Adderley's bill in its present shape."
NEW KIND OF DIAMOND.—Taat diamond is nothing but
the substance of charcoal, or carbon in a crystallised state,
is a fact pretty generally known; but that there is another
elementary substance, called boron, which bears a strong
analogy
carbon, is less so, perhaps, because boron has
hitherto been obtained in such small quantities that it is
still a curiosity,w even in the laboratory of the chemists.
o er and Deville have lately made some interest-
ing experiments
aupon this body, from which it appears
that it can
exist
those of carbon—the states, exactly corresponding to
amorphreis, the graphitic, and the
In order crystallised state. erto obtain the latter 100 gram.
mes (31 ounces) of boricr acida and 80 of aluminium are ex-
posed, during five hours, to ore in a black crucible
coated with charcoal powdevr"ev
ittweoniass is then left to
cool, and on breaking the crucible,
boricdisiinct strata come
to view, one consisting of vitrifiedacid. containing
some alumnia; and the other of alurnin mroin a metallhice
state, mixed up with crystals of boron, separatecu the
latter, this metallic mass is treated with boiling
to dissolve the metal; then with boiling hydrochlsoiliecsaocital
to carry off the iron which may have been separated from
the plumbago of the crucible; and lastly, with a mirure
of nitric and hydrofluoric acid, to dissolve the silicitim left
by the soda. After this, the boron is obtained pure, in
three varieties of crystals:7-1, black and opaque !emit a 3,
vHeh will cut diamond, though not so well as di.rmond
powder; 2, long prismatic crystals, perfectly transparent,
and as bright as diamonds, but not so hard as the farmer
variety-if Without flaws, they might be used for jewel,
lery ; 3, very. minute but distinct crystals of a red chocolate
colour, and quite as hard as diamond.. They may be used
I. as diamond powder, and give a flee polish.—Galignam's
Messenger.