Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-08 00:00:00

United Kingdom,. as who better than sailors ean!o/13
elate the comfort of knowing where to run for

when on ale° shore ?

We trust tl6,t this appeal

be made in.vain, as well to the officers and men.ui - t
royal navy ; for it" is a fact not generally known,- til!r
during. the last fifty years, an average of seven ship& l
annum have been lost from the royal navy. This ce,r„.l.

year, her Majesty's vessels Sapplio Heron, and Xv-"ds,
have been wrecked, with the loss of Heron,hundreds of Ivan,
If all those, therefore, who go to.sea, or who have fell:
tions (and who amongst us have not ?) at sea, N';
contribute their mite towards the support of lifebo%t
that they may not be lost on our coasts from the
of a lifeboat, the funds of this philanthropic instituti° f
would receive a considerable permanent accession °t
fundsi
towards
the support ofits eicrlity-seven lifebonf
—la 0

establishments.. PaiMents amounting to upwarc
xi,opo, for lifeboats and their accessories, having
ordered to be made, the proceedings closed.

EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.-
THE WATER

WALK

The announcement, though made by a well-kilo
resident of Toroxto, that he had invented an appar3„r,
whereby he was enabled to walk ,upon the warp
was received with some caution. Since -then, in-, „i;.
presence of several members of, the Press Mr. -1613-c'--
has given evidence of his ability to do all' that he Pr;
raised. On Saturday afternoon the party invited pri,t
ceeded to dm Don station, with some amount of (1.043;(
upon their minds as to the result of the trial :Sege a
them expectedthat Mr. Hickok would travel at a reht;
speed, or that his new-fangled invention. would erl3"
him to dance -to the music of the waves, had there. be
any wherewith to dance to. But on arriving at then
indicated, the hest possible evidence wasArnishecloe
it would
was iiL theenablewouldmuddle hime tot.
o thewal Don;k upon
atkihenzwhaiste:c.,afv agortl
he e
the currenti' which at this place runs rather quicklY•
soan neaxedthe party, and when Within speakillg ose.
tanCe, turned round with the greatest possible-
ugh
He had in his hand a small poll, scarcely large eTh° 110
to afford. him any assistance, so far as preservi4t
balance was 'concerned. That he- 'cOuld do with.a
-
*as soon provea, for he tnrew it 'from. roc': fo 3
lieu thereof, from a man who accoinpanied hint ed
boat, a walking-stick of ordinary" size. comaie apd
a return down the river, proceeding very steadilYl hes
abitost as quickly as a pedestrian: upon, dry be
walking, at a moderate pace.. Befoie going '3„rvi ed
threw the stick from him; but shortly afterwards res-well
the pole. To the onlookers he appeared to do quite 3stePs,
without it: When nearly out of sight he retraced hi 39,00
and again came opposite the panty. In reply tag(lll,e;isr
asked, said; he was not at all fatigued. replay
nading for it few minutes more, having been °-t
and
w; water at least half an ho he got into the b°,-3-
.6091;
i was rowed. to. land. The apparatus-used by 31r•
is the first he has made, so. that, as in all new t"1161
there i 5 room. for improvement. The fact is establisty
that a man may, with this invention, walk tefanitt
water, and there is nothing to indicate that thetiz
attended with any peculiar difficulty. It apPe3rs<atiell
as easy as walking on snow shoes, the- motion of over
it somewhat resembles. In the crossin,g of arraes
rivers, and in passing the streams of a new countq be
that- traversed by the Californian emigrant, it swlbost
invaluable. The shoes are of tin, we understand'
four feet long, and can be easily packed' into small 01)
--Toronto Globe, Sept. 19.

yin° in

IMPROVED APPLICATION OP MOTIVE PANE Yri of
Tuesday a.trial was made in the dock .at Bristw bee°
model vessel, to which an inVentionoihich 10 been
patented by Messrs. Newcombe and Lovell, 10,crefr
applied. The model, which was propelled withoutireli
or paddle, was 10 feet in length, 1 foot 6 in7atecl
breadth, and 1 foot in depth. The principle n''.;o'egy,
by the inventors dispenses with all external ma cot'
shafts, cranks, bearings, &c., and thus avoids the'
ceife
mous expense incurred in constructing, vessels o,fireatli,
such apparatus. It can be applied to shiPs
built without altering their lines, and as an the tr►
power to sailing vessels will be very valuable.
of the:model was eminently successful. r the
THE SCOTCH HARVEST.—:n the reports os ("i°°
quarter ending the 30th September, the estilnot,,ee'pro'
of the corn and root crops indicate that tu;a4 'srie
duce of the cereals and leguminous er°r-orteui
below the average. Potatoes are variously retrerlt
'both as to produce of tubers and then repot
the blight ; while the turnip crop i 9 -sfen,
generally as not exceeding half of an referr'r
crop. In most counties a deficiency of fodder is wiete,,
to in connection with the keeping of stock during:oa th'_
and spring. The deficiency in the turnip crop.,
short supplies of hay and straw, account forlt i 9 fel
the price of horses, cattle, and wethersheeP• 1859 bar
apparent from the reports, that the season, of tlls_
prove an unprofitable one to the arable.farnier,;cant
in many instances the loss of capital Will 14.4ri'
nearly, if not the whole of, the rent of the lan
euiturist. an colonleo
DEFENCE OF AIISTRALIA..—OUT Australian
are giving proof of their earnest desire to
ce 1° r•
mother country of all anxiety as to their de.en poi°
niariti.ille to the
she becomes involved in war with any
• ddiOn feat
steps mail brought intelligence that, 111 1.01
steps that had been taken to put Port Jag -rerzi,lr
rehe:
ca,e
position to repel an attack, -the Victorian ' ree.
had passed laws for increasing the troops of thero, she
army, enrolling some 6,000 velunteers of 311 ,t ot
erecting powerfully-constmeted batteries bo,oob3oa
Heads of Port Phillip and at the entrance t_;) ost
gpnd
Bay, where usually lies at anchor a fleet a'ninacre
gather iliitish, of some half a million of ton:
many millions Of value. The nom Captait,n 1-00(11).1f
ILE., at the request of the colonists, has be'n behalf
the Duke of NeWcastle the commissioner on
I.chase !P.
the-province to conduct .the selection. and Prteinninite
ow),
,Europe of the arms and munitions of
earwas'
tor °tl/
Complete these defences. Captaln Clarnk,
vra, Noe°
years Surveyor general in Australis, ?,
toriit
a member of the Provincial Cabinet of
ic