The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-07 00:00:00

It behoves, then, all to recollect that, however they mar
concentrate their energies on some single point, they have
yet much to do, and but little time in which to do it ; that
they must, therefore, employ almost the whole of that
time, and so arrange it as to make the most of every part.
Habits like these, of application and economy, both of
money and time, will doubtless lead us through life, and
to little short of this must our success be ascribed.
I must now pause for a while as I fear I am not only
occupying too much of your valuable space but exhausting
yonr readers patience.—Yours, &c., VERITAB.
Liverpool, January 5, 1857.

NAVIGATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—l beg leave to send you my answers to the navi-
gation questions which appeared in your paper of Dec. 29,
1856. I have not given the f ull solutions, not wishing to
lumber your valuable columns with such trash.—Yours,
&c., R. C, FORBES. .
(I) A's rate of sailing 9 239 miles.
B's do. do. '3.827 do. ,
•
(2) Lat. of ship .56.36 N.
Lon. do 220 W.} nearly.
Solved by Mercator's principle

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—l beg leave to forward to you solutions and
answers to the navigation questions that appeared in your
paper of Dec. 29, 1856.—1 remain, sir, yours obediently,
E. HOMEKSHAN.
The first is a plain triangle, with three angles and one
side given, to find the other two sides.

As Radius 10.000000 As Radius. . 10,000000
Is to side 10 m l.OOOOOO Is to 10 m l.OOOOOO
So is sine of 2 pts.. 9.582340 So is sine of 6 pts 9.965615

To-side 3.827 - 0.965615
Therefore A's rate of sailing was 9.239 miles, and B's
3.827 miles.

Allowing 1-12 for terrestrial refraction.
100 feet gives 11.51 miles visible horizon.'.;
81 feet gives 10 36 „

Distance from lighthouse 21.86 miles,
From which the ship bore N.E. (True.)
,To find Lat. and Lon. in, by Mercator's sailing.
As Sect. Co 4 pts 10,150515
Is to the dist. 21.86 m 1.339150
So is Radius lO.OOOOOO

To diff. lat. 15.46 m 1.189135
00.15.27 N.
56.20.40 N. Lat. of St. Andrews.

56.36.07 N. Lat. in.
Lat. of St. Andrews, 56.20.40 m pts, 4111.33
Lat. in

Diff.... 27 67
The course being 4 points the duff. lon. is equal to the
meridional duff. of lat.

Lon. of St. Andrews 02.47.00 W.
Diff. Lon 27.40 W.

Lon. in..

2.19.20 W.

At the commencement of the season the theatre La
Scala, at Milan, usually numbers as many as 1200 sub-
scribers. TMs year, owing to the expected visit of the
Emperor of Austria, there are not 300.

SUSPECTED POISONING OF A DETECTIVE OFF:CER.-0a
Saturday afternoon detective officer Gates, a member of the
Sheffield police force, died under circumstances which have
led to the suspicion that he was poisoned. He was first
taken ill on Tuesday afternoon, when he complained of a
violent pain in the head. He got worse, and his whole
body became convulsed. On Thursday afternoon he became
insensible, in which state he continued till his death. A.
short time before he became insensible he said to his wife,
" Martha, I had a glass of peppermint with some chaps in
Bailey lane on Monday, and I have never felt well since ; I
believe they put something in it." Mr. Wright, surgeon to
the police force, who attended Gates in his illness, is about
to make a post mortem exantina'ion of the body, which now
lies waiting an inquest. It is suspected that poison may
have been administered by soma dishonest person who has
had an ill feeling towards Gates, in consequence of his great
vicilance in the detection of crime.

THE EXPENSE or MEDALS —ln the year ended the 31st
March last the expense of medals for army and navy services
was £37,379. In the preceding year it was £1,253.
HANCOCK'S INKSTAND.—" Having two of the inkstands in
use at our publishing office, we can bear testimony to their
utility and superiority over all others."—Derbyshire Adver-
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" HANCOCK'S INASTAND.—We have bad in use in our
counting house for several months, an inkstand bearing the
above title, which has answered the purposes of preventin4
oxidation and evaporation, and is simple in its construction."
—Sussex Agricultural Express.—Price la Bd, 2s 61, 3a, and
3s 6d each.—. Advt.

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affections of the lungs, relieving and s'rengthening them,
thereby protecting them from future attacks of cold and
consequent inflammation. For hooping cough in children,
they are an infallible, safe, and pleasant remedy. Prepar
only by Terrick J. Williams (late Rawl, ), Pharmaceutical
Chemist, 79, Lord-street, Liverpool.—Sold in boxes at is
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much superior to such noxious compounds as camphor ball,
&c. ; and being free from grease, and perfumed with otto of
roses, makes it an indispensable toilette requisite.—May he
had from all chemists, in boxes at Is Id, and from the
proprietor. Terrick Williams (late Rawle), Chemist, 79,
Lord-street, Liverpool. Wholesale agents—Clay, Dud,
Case, Raimes and Co.—Advt.
FOLEY'S AMERICAN GOLD PENS.—Charles Willmer,
wholesale and retail stationer, 19, South John•street,
respectfully intimates to merchants, traders, and dealers,
that he has been appointed sole agent for the sale of Foley's
celebrated American Gold Pans, which are universally
acknowle, ;;ed to be far Superior to any other manufactured
either in America or this country, They are sold cheaper,
are made of the best gold, with superior points, and are
warranted to wear at least ten years. In America they
have been extensively used for that period, and are pre-
ferred to new ones. The prices range from five shillings to
a guinea each. §applied wholesale by Charles Willmer,
19, South John-street, Liverpool.—Advt.

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Reserved Seats, 2s; Back, Is. Children, to the Reserved Seats,
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ON SATURDAY AND MONDAY EVENINGS,
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methodical and diligent in their work, properly so called,
will be equally so in the improvement of their leisure. The
man who in his counting house is prompt and active, will
sccomplish more in his library or study than another who
in his office engag ments is remiss and negligent of rule
and system A shopkeeper, who sticks closely to his
• business in the day, will, of an evening, find opportunity
not only of air and exercise, but for some degree of mental
cultivation and enjoyment. The prudent housewife will
get through a course of pleasant and instructive reading,
and the careful servant find time for correspondence with
her friends ; whilst all these classes will be enabled to
perform occasional works of benevolence, and do kindly
offices for such as need them. There are, however, some
occupations which leave a man no fixed portion of the day
at his own disposal. Physicians, lawyers, ministers, men
filling high public stations, and many others, are liable,
at all hours, to the calls of professional or official duty.
If such persons know not how to improve the intervals
before mentioned, or to profit by their odds and ends of
leisure, they will have no time at, all for themselves; and
this habit to them, therefore, becomes of augmented and
incalculable value. Without it, they must remain, to a
great extent, ignorant with everything unconnected with
their personal callings, or should their minds have been
previously stored with general knowledge it will grow/
rusty from want of use.
;These remarks are general, and, therefore, of universal
application. They have, however, a special significance
and force in regard to those whom a laudable ambition
prompts t o rise in society, or in some special and important
capacity to serve their day and generation. Such aspirants
should remember that " the hand of the diligent maketh
rich," and that all really great men—all who have made
large discoveries in science, acquired a high re_putation as
profound thinkers and writers, cut a figure in Jibe political
world, or achieved great things in the cause of philans
thropy—have been ri7,id economists of tit se . Conscious
of the brevity of life which they have felt the worth of
every hour, and endeavoursd to produce from each, as it
passed, some practical and lasting fruit. They have
contrived, and methodised, and planned, so as to make the
most of every day. Apart from such habits of mind:and
conduct, they could scarcely have risen above men of
mere ordinary mental powers. Without diligence and
application--,the sedulous improvement of their gifts—
those gifts would have done little, either for them or for
ourselves.