Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-05 00:00:00

VITRIOLIZED PERUVIAN GUANO,
s, £l2 10s. per ton.

-.,entees, and Manufacturers,
Thomas RETIOAN and COMPANY, Albert Works, chests
Offices : Albert-buildings, Corporation-street, Maneheste
Influential applications for AGENCIES from unrepreseL
diatziots will be entertained, and liberal toms accorded. In

Sole Inventors

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every ofllei
marked

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lig
men
-of
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sucli a depth of water the
at any time of tide ~ indeed,
:Ver3. larger
no e
yacht t
iscoamnce;:.oinimt
aantdlionwg hater.
come in, and h'ien,dtabk:,-,.:1
I saw the Emperor's
w
r a
oi
ttgluant
There can beam doubt thayt:
might assemblein theseao
and proceed to sea with every
dock yard,. we ascended to • On leaving the
Fort7"Z ,-„"le, standing at a
tgreatsitua-
tion; n ; ebl entaa'Litopn.i.,6saenn,dt.i..,
,ut,‘lol:rd:TabrTte,
b.
v.,
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basins;
ne
d,r,firte:':,:ointanptouist:tfr.ohssieut,
ayeib:caoetn.
onalatreodlir4ds,,
in
InKtnted. I rode up, but did not like•bth en•_brasnres
e descending

adid the. same, which think .was discreet.
wtat carriage,eQueen
e thueeen o
91,9 Ant tlYee•JuileFi to Fort des Plamancl,
:;ealistead inahbf•oisvecattaebsleeao,_fsodtoiiitaif
its
greuatnesxme,eotuitlido7l
a;
viet
is just
great effeet,• and is surrounded by the sea,havinga draw-
bridge for communication with the land. • At five o'clock
we re-embarked at the wharf in the harboUr, and pro-
ceeded to the as the French call, on which a
great number of our passengers landed. The wall is
perpendicular, which it appears the sea must hare great
power on, AS in the year 1808- the centre fortification
was washed away, and upwards of two hundred soldiers
were- drowned; it is - now rebuilt. The Eastern Bat-
tery 'has not ,been.' finished ; indeed, 'yen can see the
ravages Which the sea has made on it, the upper part of
its walls having been washed away. -The Western
Battery has • a -rest in its- exterior wail from top to
bottom, and the foundation is said also to have settled.
To my unscientific mind, a most' extraordinary remedy
has been applied; thousands of tons of hewn stone have
been thrown into the sea to piotect its sides, and
an immense quantity of stone has been built up on
the battlements to settle the building .down. This
formed 11 wcii about ten feet high ; but the- power- of
theeets suc:i thai ;t vast
itfd9o searettai.l e e
sa has
side,
ac h al
.asrn 10
cals: me le:el r, made,cotl-
some
and-the greater part of .these stones have been Washed.
pv:ro-Ilittbiislityhetrheatshwoewrne,
gonwelsmmayoufnotredm
Structed to reeeivn :barges or boats' vitt; supplies fof the
•OfFtinhe
there
the forth would bear their discharges. That the erec-
tion is, of infinite importance eo the formation of a
spacious hathour is, undoubted, but if for offensive.
operations is yet to be proved.—Correspondent of Ply-
mouth Mail. •

THE RUMOURED CONGRESS

A Paris letter in the Nord says :—" There appears
not to be any doubt that the plenipotentiaries at Zurich
' cannot agree about many points connected with the peace
signed at Villafranca, and the opinion is becoming
every day stronger that a Congress_ must be held.
France and Russia have already decided in favour of
that meeting, and it has also been dernanded by Sar-
•dinia, ever since the morrow of Villafranca. The
English ministry, which had reserved its opinion,
also...decided in favour of a Congress at its last
extraordinary . Cabinet Council. It will certainly be
accepted by Prussia. The only doubt is, therefore,
as to what Austria will do. She was' at first
exceedingly hostile to the convoking of a Congress,
in which she was fearful of being completely isolated.
But in the pres..nee of the difficulties which have arisen
during the negotiations at Zurich, of the march of
events in Italy, and the manifestations of the national
assemblies—in presence, too, of the declaration of the
French government, of its determination neither to
adopt nor tolerate any violent measure against the free
decision of the Italian populations, the Austrian Ca-
binet begins to 'perceive that 'there is nothing to be
gained by resisting the convocation of a Congress.
The last despatches from Vienna affirm that Austria is
hesitating., and that is not far from con.sentinE under
r ques.aoa ui a u'ungress
inay therefore be regarded as settled."

SALE or PtiTS:OX eminent artist
of the present day relates • with melancholy. hunfour an
. .
lament which lately occurred to him at a fashionable
watering-place. Entering a druggist's shop to seek a
movuing draught of magnesia, he was duly supplied by
a ramigster At-the counter with a milky draught, which
he rapidly swallowed, not without perceiving that it
was. unusualiy acrid. lie received assurances that it was

" alk right," and pursued his way, but was soon aware
of terrible qualms ;- and a horrible sensation of sick-
ness and burning at- the epigastrium made him lean
against a friendly post, unable to proceed Further. He
was speculating on the causes of this sudden illness,
when the sight of an urchin rushi..4g wildly in his
direction inspired him with sudden fears; which was
realised by the auestion, " Are you the gentleman that
just took the „magnesia draught ?--because master's
afeard he's poisoned you." This unhappy fate was for-
tunately averted by the free use of the stomach-pump
and emetics ; but the subject of this accident has ever
since -been, as we are, an advocate of the Sale of Poisons'
Bill. Is it necessary that a Cabinet Minister should
fall into the like predicament before the necessary legis-
lative means are provided for diminishing the frequency
of accidental poisoning ?—The Lancet.

PROrasED MINING- AND ENGINEERING COLLEGE.—
Arrangements are now being made for the establish-
ment of a college of mining, . engineering, and manu-
facturing science, in connection with the University of
Durham, and with.preperatory schools to be set on foot
in the different colliery districts of the kingdom,
,at
which instruction will be given adapted to the training
of boys intended as managers of mines or for engineer-
ing or manufacturing pursuits. The institution,
though propesed to be locally situatd. within that
University, .- is to be conducted upon independent
principles,.. and managed by a governing body of
its own. There are to be five professors—one of
mathematics, one of natural philosophy and ap-
plied mechanics, one of mineralogy, geology and
working mines; one of chemistry, and a fifth of
plan drawing, levelling, surveying, and. practical en-
gineering. The two first professors will be provided by
the University, • and the three last .by the proposed
college. Lecture-rooms will also be furnished by the
University for all the professors, and chemical labora-
tories, and workshops, if necessary, by the college. The
general object sought to be attained is the education, at
the cheapest rate, of allclasses of miningand engineering
students, to result eventually, it is to be hoped, in practical
and economical improvements in mining operations from
time to time, : and in lessening the enormous waste of
human life incident to that department of industry. The
students are to be of two clal,ses—matrieulated, and non-
matriculated, the former to reside in some college, hall, or
house licensed for that purpose by the - University, and
to be subje, t to its discipline; the latter, if not resident
with their parents, to live in lodging-houses licensed by
the principal of the proposed college, and, in special
cases, in other houses not so licensed. The matriculated
students are to be admissible to the academical rank of
mining engineer and civil engineer, according to certain
regulations passed in January, 1855 ; and nom4natricu-
lated students are to be admissible to a title of distinetiOn
to be hereafter agreed up.m. One especial object in view
is to increase the asefulnesS, by means of suitabb instruc-
. tion, of schoolmasters iii the Colliery districts ; and ar-
rangements arein contemplation for enabling the students
to inspect Collieries. from time to Utile, and acquire a know-
ledge of their practical working. . A committed was
recently appointed, consisting of Mr. Nicholas Wood,
the eminent colliery viewer, whose whole life has been
identified with the . practical management and super-
vision of of coal mines in Northumberland and Durham;
, Mr. T. J. Taylor, and Mr. J. L. Bell, to confer with . ____...

the authorities of the University of Durham, to bring
the project under the totice .of the government, and to
take other preliminary steps for the successful establish- ,
went of the proposed college. Mr. Tremenheere, the
commissioner for inquiring into the state of the mining
population, in his report to the gown Secretary, just
been an
are mostly adults, or
le:lctleze!ci
the engrafting of a mining department on the Bris.tOl
ode
jalso l
asdtea tiens
tthhea tesatavbelzhil)lrioeinuti sonfi ga
published,
fa
ilt.‘el,llle.aognael dairtaeteetnoadvgace,irsinc
iereenosftai
alitibidonlg,ii
t,
otrfikri.ioirinitigy ,
similar school at Wigan, in connexion with the nu-
ebonies' institution there. It commenced in March last,
young men
between seventeen and nineteen, many of them
I:lh;asabn
in the pits during the day. An endeavour working
has also re-
cently been made, on the partof n
employers of mining labour • lany of the leading
etstotnuitildi
eet lrniset.sr,e
tTliwaioise.
in Lanarkshire and A •
shire, and other gentlemen, Ayr-
shire,to set on foot •
school. Towards that objct aa mining
subscription
of £4OO
for three years has been gitarante d
committee offer a salary of £2r c , and the managing
Petent master. 00 per annum for a cont-

snit% b Auttion.

HOYLAKE.
Modern HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, FORTY-ONE IRON
_ _

GARDEN HURDLES, and other genuine Effects.
AffESSRS. F. & J. lIODGSON will SELL by
111. AUCTION, on_Wednesda3, 7th September, punctually

t twelve o'clock, on the premises, Ca.:lton-

lerrace, Hoylate,

the modem HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, comprising—
In Mahogany : Six cabijole chairs in green morocco leather,
six ditto and sofa in hair cloth, lounging chair, dining tables
on telescope frames, chiffonnier, ditto with serpentine front
and spiral columns.

Carpets, fenders, fire irons, birchwood Tl.dor bedstead,
imitation maplewood and iron French bedsteads, gaose leather
bedsi bedding, kneehole and other toilet tables., dressing
glasses, chamberware, towel rails, birch chairs, cii cloth, stair
carpets,. rods, door ?flats, kitchen utensils, and other genuine
effects.. .

To be viewed on the morning of sale, when catalogues may
be had on the premises ; or previonely, of Messrs. E. and J.
Hodgson, at their Offices and Rooms, Argyle-street, Ilirken
,

BY ORDER OP THE EXECUTORS.
HIGHER TRANMERE, CHESHIRE.
Modern a:ul Substantial HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Baro-
meter, Gas Chandeliers, and other Genuine Effects of a
Gentleman deceased.

- .... •
M .
ESSRS. F. and J. HODGSON will SELL by
AUCTION, on Tuesday, the 13th instant, at Eleven
o'clock punctually, on the Premises, Church-terrace, (opposite
the Church,) Higher Tranmere, the excellent HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE, comprising, _

In lktaltogany.—Ten and one elbow hair-stuffed chairs, ditto
conch and a lounging chair, all in hair-cloth, cabriole lounging
chair in leather, pedestal sideboard, six feet long, oblong centre
or dining table, and a card table on carved pillars and claw
feet, Brussels and Kidderminster carpets, ormolu slidEz.g
gasalier, crimson merino damask window curtains, Venetian
blinds, fenders, lire-irons.

in: Bedchambers.—Mahogany Tudor bedstead and serf entine
cornice, polished birchwood ditto with drab damask hangings,
polished birch French• bedstead with dome top, chintz draperies
and hair and spring-stuffed mattress, four-post bedstead and
hangings, maghegany chests of drawers, towel rails, painted
and birchwood toilet tables and tray drawers, goose feather
beds, blankets, box ottoman, carpets, chairs.
Barometer in mahogany case, by Bevan, oil cloth (nearly
new), hall pendant, stair carpels.
Kitchen utensils, Ste.

To be publicly viewed on Monday, 12th September, when
Catalogues may be had on the Premises ; or previously, of
Messrs., F. and J. Hodgson, at tbeir Offices and Rooms, Argyle-
street, Birkenhese 9613