Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-05 00:00:00

lengthened debate on Lord JOHN moving his
resolution for the select committee alluded to.
But what was the sum and substance of all that
his Lordship advanced in support of the motion ?
Nothing more than a statement of his general
opinion—an insinuation of the power of the Act,
which in his dilemma he had discovered, and an
enticement to Sir FREDERICK TIIESIGHER to
make another display of his forensic talents, by
the delivery of a speech which was singularly
remarkable for a tedious and uninteresting expo-
sition of legal and technical obstacles, mingled
with sneers at Lord JOHN RUSSELL for the tor-
tuosities of his conduct on the question, as well
as the inopportune period he had selected for the
contemplated investigation.
These views were received by some few other
third-class members, and Lord PALMERSTON
made a declaration of his intentions on the
subject, which, by the way, was anything but
satisfactory. There was an absence of a hearty
appreciation of the motion, and no great anxiety
manifested for the removal of Jewish disabilities.
In fact, any one reading his Lordship's few
commonplace remarks would be inclined to think
that he did not scare a straw whether Baron
ROTHSCHILD should ever be a Commoner of
England de facto, provided he could continue to
retain possession of the Treasury Benches.

The upshot of the debate was the appointment
of the committee in question. The constitution
of the committee was next the subject for a
formalistic squabble; and when Mr. NEWDEGATE
had raised a hue and c.y about ignoring some
two hundred members belonging to the Conser-
vative side of the House from the committee, the
matter was adjoUrned until last night. The
debate was again resumed, and our readers will
find the constitution of the committee, as finally
agreed upon, in our parliamentary report of last
night's proceedings.
We cannot indulge in any very sanguine hope
that the committee now appointed will be able
to advance the matter one single iota beyond the
position in which it now stands. The interpre-
tation of an obscure act of parliament by a
number of gentlemen who hold different and
deep-rooted opinions, cannot] enlighten the
House. While Lord JOHN RUSSELL may con-
tend that that special act is strictly applicable to•
Baron ROTHSCHILD'S case, Sir FREDERICK
THESIGER will stoutly deny the -position ; and
Mr. MALINS, Sir RICHARD BETHEL, and Mr. J.
D. FITZGERALD will find their ideas and inter-
pretations of law controverted inch by inch by
Mr. NAPIER and Mr. WIIITEIDE. Indeed,
from the fact that Sir FREDERICK THESIGER
risked his professional reputation by stating that
Lord JOHN'S vaunted discovery would turn out
a mare's nest, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
declining Lord lOFIN'S appeal as to the correct-
ness of the construction of the 5 and 6 Wm. IV.,
we regard the constitution of the committee as
unsatisfactory, and that their report will be a
legal Babel—the opinions of many men, of
different minds, views, and principles. It now

• • .••••••• f 0111,45.1 Laavu MAIL,
take his seat before the commencement of the
next Session.

TRE REBELLION IN INDIA WITHOUT' A. limin.—Even
with arms in their hands, men without organisation, and
without a leader, are a mere mob and- net an army ; they
are, therefore, easily overthrown when a disciplined force,
greatly inferior to them lu numerical strength, is opposed
to them—hence the force of the following observations
from the pen of one of our leading merchants, who says,
in writing ta- his house in .Liverpool—" I am quite of
opinion that there is no "head " over the disaffected in
India, and that their present success results from the
large acquisition of plunder, but the possession of this will
only add to•the weakness of the: rebels who,: having not
leader and no great object to serve, will quarrel amongst
themselves, and thus speedily help us to settle matters."

REPitESZNTATIoN OF MAYO.—There is a-singular report
afloat in reference to the election of a member for the
county of Mayo. In consequence of certain notorious
proceedings which took place at the last election, as
proved before a committee of the House of Commons, the
writ has been suspended, and wilt not be issued until the
commencement of the next :sessioo, which wi 1 probably
be in February. Shortly afterwards—namely, at the
March assizes—the Rev. Peter Conway and the Rev.
Luke Ryan, aro to be tried for the part they took in the
riots alluded to. Now it is said that the difflculties.arising
out of this state of affairs will be amicably settled. The
offlcial wrath of the Attorney-General for Ireland will be
appeased, Archbishop M'Hale will have the nomination for
the county, the government will gain a supporter in the
room of Mr. George Henry Moore, who has been-unseated,
and the priests will get off scot free. At first sighi, it
would appear that such a thorough reconciliation is
impracticable, and yet it is to be brought about in the
simplest possible way. Mr. John Patrick Soniters has lost
his seat for Sligo, and he is to be put into Mayo by the
joint interest of the Prime Minister and the Archbishop of
Tuam. The prelate is to recommend Mr. Somers to the
electors, the government is to exert all the interest they
possess to secure his return, the prosecution of the priests
will be abandoned, and it will be " under consideration"
whether the government cannot take under their paternal
care some measure of tenant right in the course of next
session. This admirable scheme is said to owe its origin
to the fertile genius of the right hon. gentleiman who is
always ready to extricate Cue government from any scrapes
into which they may fall.—london paper.

How FORTENE4 ARE MADE IN AMEUCA.—From a New
York paper we extract the following interesting para-
graph :—" I. M. Singer and Co., have leased fa a term of
years 'he large marble building at tb. south-east corner of
Broadway and Grand.street, and have fitted up the lower
floor at a cost of over 6
,000 dols,asan instructiim, sales,and
show wow. This is beyond question the aneat establiel-
merit of the kind ever seen, and reflects infinite credit on
the enterprising proprietors, whose income from the sale
of sewing machines, during the past year, has been over
200,000 dols, with a promise of still more flatering results
in the future. The Singer Machine for heavy Wirth:P.,
work and general manufacturing purposes, stands .ir. the
front rank, and the manufactory register of machines
numbers about 12,000 already stint out. The !ianufactory
is at the corner of Centre and Frank]Yß--streets, employs
about 200 hands, and is capable of sap-eiyin.. at least 125
machines per weak. In addition, The formtr sale rooms,
at No. 328 Broadway, are now p;sed for rdiosting the ma-
machines preparatory for ex.':Jibition and sale. The ma-
chines range Prioes fi:om 125 dole. to 165 dole., and

number from Ito 3. Of the large number sold not more
than one-fourth are of the smaller size for family use ;
full three-fourths being used for heavy work and general
manufacturing purposes. Another item in the business of
the establishment is the sale of Linen Thread and Silk,
specially manufactured for use on these machines. The
profits on this item alone last year, amounted to over
15,000 dots. Messrs. Singer and Co. have just obtained
an injunction restraining the manufacture and sale of the
single thread chain-stitch ten-dollar sewing machine, which
is an infringement upon Singet's single-thread machine,
perfected some three years ago. The 10 dol. machine is the
same in principle as a machine invented in France some
foity years since for stitching letters on the ends of flue
French broad cloths, making a stitch that will wash out
and unravel usually long before a garment is worn out—
results which compelled Messrs. Singer and Co. to aban-
don their manufacture after a brief trial. Of the other
noted Sewing Machine manufacturers at present occu-
pying the market, Masse. Grover and Biker furnish a
very elegant machine from 75 do's. to 150 dole. in price.
Fur the manufacture of bags this machine is unequalled,
as its stitch is peculiarly adapted to this kind of work.
These machines, from the peculiar manner of constructing
the stitch, take up about twice as much thread or silk to
the yard of seam as Singer's or Wheeler and Wilson's.
Grover and Biker's manufactory is in Boston, employs
about 200 men, can turn out 100 machines per week, and
has already manufactured over 8,000 machines. Wheeler
and Wilson's machines are eepecielly adapted for the finer
kinds of work usM in the family, and for the manufac-
turing of gentlemen's and ladies' furnishing articles. These
machines work more rapidly, with less friction and with a
greater economy of thread than moat if not all others, and
vary in price from 100 dole, to 150 dole,, and number from
Ito 3, No. 2 being the family machine. This company
have recently purchased the property of the Jerome Clock
Company at Bridgeport, Cann., to which they have added
extensive improvements and enlargements, including com-
plete sets of newly invented machinery for the manufacture
of the different parts of their machines, on the principle in
use in the United States Armories, by which means every
part may be used on any single machine. This company
have invested a capital of about 400,000 dots, and when
their establishment is in full operation they will be able to
manufacture 500 machines a week should the demand e.
quire it. Their sales last year amounted to over 600,000
dol,, an thus far give promise of exceeding 1,000,003 dole
for the corning year. All of these manufacturers are
licensed by Mr. Elias Howe te use his patent needle. Singer
and Co., paid Mr. Howe over 30,000 dole.. last year. Grover
and B ,ker, and Wheeler and Wilson each nearly as mech.
Tnis patent expires in 1800, after which aewing machines
will be somewhat cheaper.

IRON 1.1. WOOD.—INCREkSE OF TTIR gT2AM AIAMNE OF
GREAT BRITMN.—TII3 New York Daily Times save :
" Bat few of our commercial men, perhops, are aware of the
extent to whi3la, British capitalists are embarking in the
construction of iron steam-propellers fur ocea❑ service.
This great interest was but partially developed before the
late Russian war, but that war gave an impetus to this
branch of the British steam marine, which threatens
to largely supersede us ii the p tss-nger a•ld light freight
business. As evidenca ,;f this, we hive bit to rerer to th.?
rocent establishment of• a new British line of s`esmers
between Southampton and Bremen, also between New
Yurk and Glasgow, and New York and Liveroool, these
steamers sailing for the several ports semi-weekly from
New York. This has excited no little alarm in the
minds of those largely interested in the carrying trade.
The puckat-ship Colombia, of the old Black Ball
line of Liverpool packets, whose regular saling day was
the first of July, has not yet been able to complete her
engagements for a full•cargo. This line has been cele-
brated for punctuality in sailing upon the days advertised-
:This is the first instance in thirty years that any ship of
that line has had to lay over for so long a poi iod after the
.regular day of sailing; this will give some idea of the great
depression of tha commerce of this port. At this moment
there are no less than three hundred steam propellers
ranging from one thousand to fifteen hunirel tons, build-
ing on the Clyde and in the ports of Great 13ritian. Tho
steam-engine buildere were never more busy than at the
present time, and welearn that Napier, tha celebrated steam-
engine builder, has more work engaged than can be
he him tnr. • three re,irc to eirae.

Wrree DOCTORS- DISAGREE.—The Phis correspondent
of an American journal su?plies the following bit of medical
gossip : —" Some-fifteen years ago, Dr. Horace Green, of
New York, suddenly acquired a great reputation in that
city in the cure of aphonia (loss of voice), laryngitis
(inflammation of the throat), and laryngeal phthisis (one
of the forms of eonsnmption), by the direct application to
the larynx (windpipe) of a strong solution of lunar caustic.
The application wasmade by means of a small spoageattached
to the end of a curved piece of whalebone, an instrument called,
in surgery a probang. This instrument the doctor professed
to have pushed into the larynx, even as far down as the
bifurcation of this organ into it, two brouchi,.l branches.
He gained a large practice in the class of diseases in
which this real or pretended application was salutary, and
published a book on the subject, which, aside from the
question of the introduction or non-introduction of the
probang, is recognised in the Faculty of Paria, and I
believe also in that of New York, as a work of great
merit. When the book arrived in France it was carefully
read by those Professora who make of disease of the throat
a special study. Among these, Professor Trousseau, one
of the leading men in the Faculty of the School of Parte,
and the leading man in France on' diseases of the
throat, declared that the operation of introducing
the prebang of Dr. Green into the, throat of the
living subject was impossible, an& on the dead
almost impossible. Dr. Green professed to have done
it many hundred times successfully.; Dr. Trousseau
professes to have tried it very many times,
and to have seen it tried very many times by the most
skilfnl surgeons of Paris, and uniformly without success.
The question was discussed in the journals and academies,
and a verdict pronounced that the operation of Dr. Green
was impossible, and had never been performed. Tnis
verdict went back to the United States, and gave rise to a
discussion there. As late as two years ago the Academy of
New York appointed a committee to decide on the question,
and this committee, after seeing Dr. Green operate, and
after collecting all the evidence within their reach, decided
by a majority to report against Dr. Green, while a minority
reported in his favour. The question, for the profession of
New York, therefore, remains undecided. A few days ago
Dr.Trousseau,while lecturing on an operation of trachootomy
(his two hundred and fifth operation of the same kind I)
for the relief of croup, referred to the operation of Dr.
Green, and spoke in the following words in regard to that
operation :—" The learned Professor denied that anybody,
anywhere, ever introduced, after Dr. Green's method, the
sponge probang into the larynx, A student of Dr. Green's,
said M. Trousseau, who was ben two years ago, a gentle.
man who professed to understand perfectly Dr. Green's
method, who had himself practlsed the operation under
Dr G.'s eyes, attempted to perform the operation here,
in this hospital, at my
request. He failed entirely; his
probang arrived on the opening into the larynx, wts
pressed there, and then passed on into the ce.ophagus (the
canal leading leas) the s'omacb.) I convinced him of the
fact, I have, tried this operation, very often, continued
M. TrovAseau, after the directions of Dr. Green's Treatise
oq ite subject. I hail tried it long before the- appearance
'af that Treatise, both on the living and on the dead
subject. I have put all the good will possible into my
experiments, and I have never been able to succeed. More
than this, I have convinced myself that the operation after
this method is impossible, and that it has never been ac-
complished by Dr.:Green or any one else." Now, then,
with the best disposition towards Dr. Green, and with a
desire to claim for American surgery and for an American
physician this great discovery in the healing art—for, if
true, its importance is such as to mark for it an epoch in the
history of the art—l must confess that I felt Staggered by