Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

MZMORANDUM.

HORSE GUARDS, (S.W.).

1. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for
War, has been pleased to determine that 'gentlemen de_
aiN)us of entering the army may obtain commissions in
the line by raising 100 recruits, subject to the subjoined
regulations :-
2. Before receiving permission to raise men a candidate,
if residing in England, must rep-rt his intention to the
Adjutant-General at the Horse Giards, who will person-
ally examine him as to his fitness for the army,
3. The aga of a candidate must n)t. be under 18, or
above 23 ' _ _ _

4. He will be required to produce a certificate of bap-.
tism, or other satisfactory proof of ago.
5 Ile will prodube a certificate from a minister of the
Church, or of the denomination to which he belongs, that
he has been duly instructed in the principles of religion.
6 The candidate will further produce a certificate from
the master or tutor under whom he has been educated,
of his general moral conduct for at least the two preced.
ing years, and if more than one year from school a certi-,
ficate from a respectable person, to whom he is we(
known, that his conduct has been correct and gen—
tlemanly, _ _ .

7. If approved, the candidate will be placed in C3TIMIU_
nication with the sub-livision ofilocr of the district in
which he nroposes to raise his .men, from whom he will
receive instructions.
8. The inspecting field officer to whom all such recruits
will be sent will keep a list, and grant a certificate of the
men so enlisted by him and intermediately approved, and
send a certificate to the Military Secretary, How Gaards
when the required number is complete.
9. Candidates residing in Ireland or Scotland will, in
like manner, report their intention to the gennral officers
commanding in thos3 parts of the United Kingdom, to
whom instructions will be sent for their guidance. • •
By Command, G. A. WETIIERALL, A.G.

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Germany need occasion no surprise, when the immense
revenues which they dispose of are taken into account.
The Crown domains yield annually from 38,000,000 to
40,000,000 roubles, and the apa 4,000,000, -while the
State allows in addition a civil I;st of 11,000,000."
THE Corrox Ca)r.—ln a brief reference to the growing
cry about the middle of May last, we remaiked that
whatever its tiltima.e result might be, it must be a late one
pare all doubt. This is now confirmed. List year the
first bale of the season came from Texas, and was received
here on the 15th July, while the first arrival frotd the
I`l!is4issippi valley was on the 6th August, and, yet only
about 1,200 bales of new crop were received up to Ist
Sreretnbereagainst nearly 21 000 bales the year previous.
Now we have just heard that the first bale is on its. way
from Texas, to arrive here fully one month later than the
first bale iaet year. Should the Mississippi valley-crop be
correspoudiegly backward (and ever since the frosts of
April it has g !madly been declared to be about three
weeks later ailth last yeat),
,it must be evident that we
shall be without any receipts of importance until an un-
usaally late perio lof the seam. Besides this, heavy
rains have fellen almost' daily for folly three weeks past,
and as a consevenee there are complaints from the lute-
rior of te6 rank growth, shedding o( squares, rust, rot,
&c., and planters iu many sections speak diseoaragingly
of their prospects.—Yew Orleans rrire. Current.
MISERIE I OF A 14 tOrUltER.—• Roy. D. Bethune, in the
coneie et a lecture in Newark, America, gave se amusing
sketch of the miseries of a popular lecturer, is which
he is reported to have said :—Thee, again, the reporters
whose irate quills he would no soneer provoke than those
of a hundred fretful porcupines, oftsn made him say
eery queer things. tines when he stated that he was
not by birth, but only ecclesiastically a Dutchman, the
reporter made bins an ecclesiastical deduction. Another
tines he spoke of the devil as solving tires, and was
astonished the next morning to read that be bad mentioned
the devil sawing trees. Anether occasion he was made to
say that the patriarch Ab Atm taught Cnrops arithmetic !
Neverthsle,s his experience of life bad taught him three
important practical rules-Ist, never contradict a woman ;
2nd. never challenge the bill of an hotel keeper ; 3rd,
never quarrel with an editor. Then, ea-ale, it was often
annoying to see one's name posted on placards is ludi-
crous proximity with those of negro minstrels, and all
sorts of other connexions, and especially so when the bill,
had become torn and partly overlaid by newer ones, so as
lo read something like thise—"Juilien's grand operatic
troops will this evening give a magnificent performance—
by Horace Greeley, Esq. Highest cish for rags—by Hon.
Rudy Choate."
COTTON IN SWITZERLAND. —The manufacture of cotton
by Switzerland has increased with great rapidity. In
1830 the republic had in operation 400,000 spindles ; in
1840,150,000; in 1850, 950,000 ; the number having
doubled in twenty years. The progress in cotton manu-
facture, is the more surprising because of the heavy expense
with which tlns raw material is burdened by transit tolls,
before it reaches Switzerland. In 1851, the importation
of cotton into Switzerland amounted to 27,035 725 pounds,
of which about one-half was from this country. In 1853,
the amount received from this country had reached about
eiglyren and one-helf million pounds, and the cotton
manufactures returned to the United States 5,265,150
pounds. We also receive from Switzerland large numbers
of watches, besides silk goods, embroideries, cutlery,
mathematical instruments, daguerreotype plates, manu-
factures of leather, wool, and hair, hooks, wines, cigars,
and even cheese. The value of our importations from
Switzerland last year amounted to 8,368 dols. 7c. This is
undoubtedly below the true amount, as the trade in Swiss
watches, silks and other merchandise is indirect in a great
measure, being carriea on at poets in England, France,
and Bremen. The trade of Switzerland well illustrates
her rapid progress, In 17137 the value of S Ass commerce
to France wes 28,010,000 fraucs ; in 1855 it 'was
350,000,000 francs. Since 1845, Switzerland has quite
superseded, in the markets of Germany and Austria, the
yarns of Great Britain.