The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-28 00:00:00

MAY 28, 1847.

TTHE CARPET TRADE.
ROYAL VICTORIA FELT CARPETING, manufactured
without nning or weaving. Patronized by her Most Gracious
Majesty, nd used in the Royal Palaces. This description of carpet-
ing has now become one of the established manufactures of this
country. Its advantages are beauty of design (equal to Brussel!),
imperviousness to dust, durability, and more especially economy, as
it can be-purchased for less than half the price of Brussels. The
Patent Woollen Cloth Company, who are the sole manufacturers
under the patent,* having availed themse:ves of the rapid strides now
making in the arts of design in this country, inform the trade that
their patterns for the present season arc now out, and that they will
be found far in advance of all hitherto produced, and suitable for
every description of rem and decoration. The public can be sup-
plied through their agents in nearly all the provincial towns In
England, Scotland, and Ireland, and at every respectable carpet
house In London and its suburbs. They also manufacture table
covers and window curtains, embossed and printed, in a great
variety of elegant a 'el novel designs ; plain cloths suitable for up-
holsterers; cloths ad rirably adapted for coach and railway carriage
linings; waistcoatings ; thick felt for plate glass and marble polish-
ing; gun-waddings; and of all thicknesses suitable for pianoforte
manufacturers, at a very considerable saving as compared with those
made by hand; D'Oyleys, &c. Wholesale Warehouses, 8, Love-lane,
Wood-Street, Cheapside. Manufactories, Elmswood Mills, Leeds;
and Borough-road, London.

TO BRICK AND TILE MAKERS.
r ISHE AINSLIE BRICK and TILE MACHINE
olt PA.3%.11' (James Smith, Esq., of Deanston, Chairman),
nvite 'attention -to their IMPROVED BRICK and TILE MA-
CHINES, which are to be seen at work at Alperton, and at the
Company's office, 193'e, Piccadilly, from Ten A.m. to Five P.M. Mr.
Robert Scrivener, who has been appointed manager in the room of
Mr. Joint Ainslie, will show the Machines at the works at Alperton,
which is within a mile of the Sudbury station of the London and
North-Western Railway, and two miles of the Ealing station of the
Great Western Railway ; also at the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-
street, London.
All communications to be addressed 'to Mr. William Gordon, Se-
cretary, at the Office of the Company,. London, 193 A, Piccadilly.—
April 1, 1847. . . .
.
These Machines may also be seen at Mr. Slight's, Leith-walk
Edinburgh; Mr. Lawrence Hill; 135, Buchanan-street, Glasgow;
Mr. Robert Charles, Leeds; Messri. Finch and Cope,
Pqnkeridge, Staffordshire ; and Messrs. Drummond and Son, Dublin,

TEND Eight Postage Stamps, and by return, and'
post free, you will get a handsome TEASPOON Of C. WAT-
SON'S SOLID ALB AT& PLATE, which is rapidly superseding
sliver for all domestic uses. It is equally sweet and handsofne as
silver itself. This is the only SOLID substitute,now sold, and, unlike
Plated Goods of any kind, there is nothing to wear off; so that the
more you rub and clean it, the better it will continue to look, though
it should be in daily use for fifty years. Don't be afraid to put it to
any test, and then send your order. A full catalogue ofprices, with
patterns of, every other article manufactured from this beautiful
metal, will be enclosed with the sample Spoon.
Address C. Watson, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate,
London.

52, Fleet•strcet.
A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH.

MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP-
TION of 2tItTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or

ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he
distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they wil
never change col .ur or Cecay, and will be found very superior to any
teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction
of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve
teeth that are loose, and is • guaranteed to restore articulation and
mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within
reach of the most economieal, he has fixed his charges at the lowest
scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica-
tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN
LIFE.

ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free
by post, 3s. 6d.
CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, &c.
By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, NOWHlRA-
street, Oxford-street, London.
Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c,
CONTENTS OF THE WORK,
Chap. 1.--Bodlly and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate
indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings.
Chap. 2.—Banefhl Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body,
evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idioey, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the
Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful
Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital
Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice
of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhcea, its symptoms, complica-
tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prestate.
Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases,
and concluding observations, Plates, &c.
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PaICB SD.

FLANDERS, WITCH, and GERMAN

_ -
PAPERS.
DRESDEN, MAY 12.—Tie Saxon and Bohemian Go-
vernment Railway is now proceeding rapidly ; all the
preparations at the Elba-bridge are so far advanced that
the foundation of several pillars :is already laid between
Dresden and Firma, the foundation is finished, and the
upper part may be proceeded with ii the course of this
month. Besides 15 engineers and their assistants, 50
official persons, there were at first 1,840 workmen em-
ployed.
HANOVER, MAY 12.—The directors of (di:* iron rail-
way published their annual report of the state aild pro-
gress of the work. We see from it that the li;'emer
Railway is very far advanced, and that of 90 bridges of
different extent, which will be required for that line,
the greater part is already completed. Further, that of
Hanover and Minden line our share is most forward, and
so far as it is expected, the whole will be completed
this spring, that Hesse, Schamsburg, Lippe and Upper
Prussia are not so far advanced with their shares, yet it
is hoped that they will be ready at the same time, espe-
cially because on the Prussian line there are very few
difficulties to be overcome.

DUSSELDORF, MAY 15.—T0-day being the time
fixed for an endeavour to effect a reconciliation in the
affair of Count Hatfield, the Countess had not made her
appearance, the Count had come from Berlin on purpose,
and was in Coart at the appointed hour. To morrow
he will return to Berlin, to resume his place as member
of the United Diet. The suit for a divorce instituted
by the Count will now take its legal course.
POSEN, MAY 15.—The accounts of tumultuous pro-
ceedings from the north-east circles of our province are
extremely deplorable, and have given occasion to the
sending of militaty detachments to those parts, to pre-
vent the most serious excesses. From the circle of
Nlogdenan we learn that a band of 500 or 600 ruffians
have assembled in the forest, the very worst
may be expected. According to private ac-
counts received yesterday they had attacked the
Lordship of Wynger, the owner of which, a German,
armed all his people as far as be was able, to resist the
band. At the same time he had dispatched a messenger
on horseback to fetch a detachment of thirty dragoons,
which happened to be in the neighbourhood. The at-
tack, however, began before they arrived, but they came
time enough to give the matter a turn. Eight of the
rioters were killed on the spot, and many wounded.
Sixty were taken prisoners by the dragoons. Particulars
cannot now be given, since the official accounts have
not yet been received. It is probable that the prisoner•
will be severely punished, for only a week ago it was
announced that the rioters should be subject to martial
1...

FOREIGN . h
eC
prohibitionOß N TRADE.
of
PESTI!, MAY 15 .—The the exporta-
tion of corn begins to produce its effects on this market
the price being on the decline since yesterday. This;
measure manifests a much greater effect in the markets
of Wieselburg, Raab, Vesprim, &c., whose prices haw•
declined considerably. The fields in our part, and in
the Banat look very fine, and there is every
prospect of the most abundant harvest. As there
are indisputably great quantities of corn in the maga-
zines, and many landowners, among them ecclesiastics,
still refuse to sell, a considerable decline in the price,
may be expected.
BRUSSELS, MAY 26.—We are enabled, says the
Gazette de Mons, to announce the most gratifying infor-
mation, that several meetings of our dealers at market
slave taken place, and they have stipulated to deliver
from the 20th to the 30th of June immense quantities 01
wheat at tea francs below the market price this day
(May 21).
Our last market at Tourney was even more abundantly
supplied than last week, and there was again a fall in the
prices. Wheat which was last week sold at 47f. has
fallen to 12f., and barley which was sold at 31f. fell to
301.
The reduction was great at the market of Namur or
Saturday. Wheat fell 102 and 103 f. the sack of 100
kilogrammes. There was a largo supply, but trade was
not so brisk. There was likewise a reduction in the
potatoes, which were sold at 13f. for the sack of 100
kilogrammes, and at the close of the market for even

12..
From Nuremberg, 19th May, we hear that the price of
wheat, which in the preceding week was 44f1. the
measure, fell on that day to 33f1. Other grain fell in
like proportion. The price of hay has also fallen.
RIGA, MAY 17.—Notwithstanding the arrival of se-
veral vessels laden with corn from Beloze, prices con-
tinue to rise. The price of rye rose from 130 r. to 135 r.
on Wednesday, and on Saturday to 150 r., and to-day
175 r. was demanded and given by several buyers. Small
parcels of wheat were sold for 185 r.; oats were last week
from 81r. to 95r. Yesterday it was sold for 96r. per 75
and 761b5., and at this moment 100 r, is being asked.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BILIISSELS, MAT 25.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ...... •• • ..• . •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •. • .
Ditto Three per Cent ••
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••.• • •
Ditto,ditto,lB4o ...... • • • 100

►
DittO,ditto,lB42 • • • • • • ...... • • • • • • . • • 100
Ditto, 1844. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 96%
Ditto, 1838 .• .. •••• • • • •
Brands Papers. May 25.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vxxxxit, MAT 19.
5 per Cent. Metalliques•—• •••• • • • • •• • • 106%
4 per Cent. ditto• •
3 per Cent. ditto.. ••••••••••• • • • •• • • • • • • 69%
Lean, 1834 .• • • ••••• • • • • • •••• • • •••• • • • • 154%
Ditto, 1839 • ...
Bank Shares •••••••••• • • •• • • • • • • •• • • 1586
Estarhazy's Loan ••• • • • • ••..••• • • • • • •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ••••• • • • • • • 166%
Gloggnitx ••••••••• • • • • • .• • • •••• • • • • 122%
Vienna—Milan . • . • • .• • • 109%
Sienna .. • • • . • .
Pesth Bridge .. •• • • • • • • • • •• •• ••
DUTCH FUNDS.—AIisITADAN. MAT 25.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent.• ••••• • • • • 57% 68%
Ditto, 3 per Cent - • • • • • • • • • • • 7034
Ditto, 4 per Cent •. • . 8954 90
Amort Syndic, 354 per Cent ••
Commercial Company. 454 per Cent • • 174 17454
East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • •
Exchange on London, at sight •••• • • • • 12 10
Two months..• •••••• • • • • • • 11 95
On Hamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 50
Two months. •.• • ....... • 35 12
On Paris ••• • • • •••• . • • •
Twomouths. •.••••• • • • • • • •
HAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, MAT 22.
Bills. Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents . .. ..• • . • ... 108
Bank Shares •••••••. • • • • • • ..
--
Anglo-Russian Loan
Russian 5 per Cent., llamb. Certificate. 101% 10154
Ditto lst serieslnscription. • • • • • • • • • • • 106,X; 106
Ditto,Rope andCo.,3d and 4th series • . 98
Ditto, in Certificate............ 9734
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • • 88
Ditto Stieglitz .• •• ........ ......... 88 873
Spanish New 5 per Cent.• •••••• • • • • •• 17 16%
Ditto 3 per Cent •••. • . • . ••• • . • . 28
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent..
Dutch Actual Debt, 254 per Cent ••• .. 57
Ditto 3 per Cent... •••••••• • • • • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. Man, 1844.... 78
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .. • NU 8254
National Bank Shares.. ••••••• • • • • • • •
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BaaLIN, MAT 22.
Bills,
61. Schuld Sch., 334 per Cent •••••. • • • • • 93%
Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent......—
Foreign Exchanges • • • • • .
Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Months. --

Money.
92%

6 22

THE OBSTRUCTION IN THREAD-
NEEDLE-STREET.
Yesterday,adyof T
Mrs. h
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dwellThreadneedle-street,"
s tknownree cametheinb
eeit?;wase
tthhee
LordOid L
Mayor to complain of an obstruction which had
been laid at her door by a person of the name of Peel.
The Court inquired whether she, in return, laid the
obstruction at Peel's door ? The old lady hoped that
the Court would not make fun of her. It was no joke.
The Lord Mayor asked what was the nature of the
obstruction complained of ? Mrs. Banke said that it
was a heap of rubbish which prevented her from getting
into her cellar. She had upwards of nine millions of
bullion in that cellar, of which she was unable to
get at a mite or morsel ; whilst, owing to the badness
of the times, she was actually at her wits' end for a
sovereign.
The Lord Mayor desired to know how long the ob-
struction complained of had existed ? Mrs. Banke re-
plied, ever since 1844. The rubbish had been shot
before her cellar-door in that year, and had remained
there ever since. Till lately, she had not so much
minded the inconvenience, because she had only to put
her hand in her pocket to answer all calls upon her.
But now her pocket was empty, and she could not get
into her cellar.
The Lord Mayor wished to know the nature of the
rubbish, which, as she alleged, had been shot at her
cellar-door by Peel ? The old lady said it was a parcel
of stuff which was called Bank Charter. Tho rubbish
had been carted at her door by Peel, at a time when he
was the Government head carter.
pbri
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syrourt suggested
hteh a_cu
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mßeauntkoeu
carts.
should
applylh to thee Lord
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Nnvoaspiu,orti
a pin to choose between them ;feorgivlandaitf thishis
Lordship
would that one stuck to. She would be
would order Peel to take his rubbish away.
The Lord Mayor regretted, that, though he was the
Sovereign of tho City, he was not an absolute monarch ;
he had no power to remove an obstruction which was
sanctioned by Act of Parliament.
Mrs. Banke said it was a sin and a shame,amrap clwie(l tmaenendahereruinl
s of
she was in trouble and difficulty herself, and with all sorts
for
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Mrs.
sdhoipri,e.and withdrew.—
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NEW eIiMICH AT BA.TTERsEA.—Yesterday the
foundation-stone of a church, to be erected in a piece of
glebe ground, opposite the Lower Wandsworth-road, aild
abuttin2 upon the int.-nded royal parks, was laid with
the usual formalities by the Right Reverend the Lord
Bishop of Sodor and Dian, in the presence of at least
3" persona.

ITALIAN i3OYS.
TO THE EDIT O.t OF THE SUN.
May 25, 1847.
SIR,—We have to spolo6 se for this intrusion on your
exceedingly valuable time, out on a subject with which
you should be made aegis ainted as affecting the public
and as the means of preveis ting a numerous class of un-
fortunate Italian boys free being entrapped to leave
their native home under a false persuasion that their
condition in life would: be ea usiderably bettered by their
going to England and other vans of the world. As we
have proof that they have been so induced, and know the
miserable life they are obliged to endure when arrived
in England and employed undcr the cloak of organ-
players, living in a state of starvation, misery, and dis-
etseabeybgyamthbelinhgaradndeadrrnuinkngesnnoefSstbein
ease, in cellars, laying upotn straw, wh.lst their employers
ictfuryiormae
any
jt
irenoi rmtfhr
eieevnekr3i s.. -
capacity
such
parueblaicm.husoionsvg
st,hesmupspelL
pe
moo-
Tprhl
owaytreerateblibeecionrthey
hsehhoactivoieuiciednbteei cmerpde
would in a great measure prevent it, and as a number are
daily arriving in faiglatad, it would prevent perhaps
many a poor boy from leaving his happy home sandwhich are in general comfo.qable abroad. ,
Aga
interestin''ebeg to apologist for this intrusion, but fed--
ing an in the subject, and wishing to prevent
what we know to be a wicked imposition on the innocent
to support gambling and drunkenness, is our only object,
and will be supported by many respectable Italians who
have been establiohed many years in this country, and
who beg humbly to recommend a communication to be
made to the Austrian anal iiardinian Ambassadors on the
subject, and 'alto could FrEtvent passports being granted,
and which would esdeen be an act of charity ; and as
slavery has been abolished iA other civilized countries, it
is sincerely to be hoped
Italian slavery will be
tom'
abolished in England.
Giacomo Leveroni,
Your mom' obedient servants,
We are, wig', the profoundest respect,
7, garrison-street, Gray's
Inn road;
Geo. Barelli, 11, Castle-strect, HOlborn;
J. Della Torre, 70, Lamb's CoNtimit-street;
E. G. Curti, 28, Mincing-lane;
R. Melva, 34, Lincoln's Inn-fiekh\;
L. Barnovano, 9, Panton-square, Iltaymarket;
Domenico Gorrara, 51, Great Saffron-.hill;
C. J. Pagliano, 28, Golden-square;
Anthony Bazzoni, 129, High _Holborn;
Joseph Pini, 23, Brook-street, Holborn;
Joseph Garbanati, Southampton-street, Strand;
Andrew Gugeno, 16, Charles-street, Ha% ton-
garden;
Manuel Costa, 131, Jermyn-street;
Francis Stoppani, 25, Red Linn-street, Holborn;
John Tagliabue, 11, Brook-street, Holborn;
Guireppe Guanziral, 106, Hatton-garden;
Francisco Feguls, 10, Woburn-buildings;
F. B Sauguinetti, 53, New Bond-street;
Per Lega Zanebolli (William Fletcher), 14,
Cromer-street;
Peter Citelli, 3, Leather-lane, Holborn;
James Zulian, per R. E. Geach;
P. Dubim, Leather-lane;
P. Marteni, 51, South Molton-street;
James Latterie, 374, Strand;
Pietro Pizzala, 91, Quadrant;
George Baroncielli, 2, Tavistock-street, Golden-
square;
Guirppe Delaloge, 91, Quadrant;
John B. Sanguinetti, 3, St. Dlichaers-tslley,
Cornhill;
D. A. Olvieri, 18, Wardour-street, Soho;
Carlo Galli, 50, Exmouth-street.

THE RAILWAY CATASTROPHE.
NEAR CHESTER.
The inquest on three of the bodies lying at the
workhouse, which is adjacent to the railway, between
the broken bridge and the Chester station, was Com-
menced yesterday (Tuesday), at half-past one o'clock,
before Mr. Hostage, the coroner, and a highly respect-
able jury of twelve gentlemen of Chester, of which Sir
Edward Walker, of Chester, was the foreman. The
only witnesses examined were those who could identify
she bodies.
Clayton, the engine-driver, who had so narrow an
escape himself, identified the body of the stoker; and
the bodies of the two coach drivers having been identi-
fied by their friends, the inquest was then adjourned to.
the Chester Infirmary, where the body of Roberts, the
guard, is lying, having been conveyed thither, though it
seems the house surgeon, who saw the men carrying it
on the Roodee, examined the head, and found it so
frightfully fractured that life was then extinct.
Clayton having identified the body as that of Roberts,
The CORONER intimated to the jury that he should
not examine any further witnesses that day, and declared
the inquest adjourned to ten o'clock on Friday morning;
next, at the Town-hall, Chester, when the inquiry as to.
the probable cause of this catastrophe will be entered into.
Amongst the parties present at the inquest, were the
law-clerk of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com-
pany, who said he attended for the purpose of offering
every facility in the power of that company for making
every investigation. On behalf of the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company (the owners of the bridge),
Mr. Munt appeared, and voluntarily offered to procure
the attendance, on Friday, of Mr. Robert Stephenson,
the engineer-in chief of the company, and also to have
Mr. Betts, the contractor for the bridge, in attendance.
Mr. Lee, the resident engineer of the Chester and Holy-
head Railway, was also present during the proceedings
yesterday.
The CORONER, when intimating that he should have
scientific evidence on Friday, said he should require the
attendance of the engineers of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway Company. He also said that-he had requested
an engineer to examine the structure, and to furnish him
with a report as to the probable cause of the occurrence
, on behalf of the Crown.—Manchester Guardian.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen and his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, honoured her Ma-
jesty's theatre yesterday (Thursday) evening with their
presence. In the Royal suite were the Viscountess Can-
ning, the Viscountess Duncannon, Lady Augusta Bruce
Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Dawson, the Marquis of
Ormonde, Lord James Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. H,r
Majesty the Queen Dowager accompanied by their Se..
rene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Saxe Weimar, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward
of Saxe Weimar, anfl attended by the Countess of
Assemburg; the Marchioness of Ormonde,' Earl Howe,
Lady Augusta Cadogan, Col. Buest, aad Baron
Ziegesar, were also present. Amongst the illustrious
personages present wero his Imperial Highness the
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, attended by Adml.
Lutkc, and a numerous suite. Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cambridge was also present. We also
noticed the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland. The Duke,
of Devonshire, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of
Huntley, the Marquis and 'Marchioness of Sligo, the
Baroness Brunnow and Madlie. Olga de Lechner, the
Earl of Lonsdalc, the Earl and Countess Grenville, the
Earl of Munster, Viscount Cantilupe ; Lords Sandys,
Gardner, Southampton, A. Pitzclarence ; the Baron and
Baroness Rothschild, the Baron and Baroness L. Roths-
child, M. de Berg, H. G. Byng, Sir W. M. Stanley, Sir
H. Webb, Sir IL Mieux, Colonel V ildman, Colonel.
Arden, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, &c. &c.

IRRIGATION IN CIIINA.—Rice is grown on the
lower terrace ground ; and a stream of water is always
lcd from some ravine and made to flow across the sides
of the hills, until it reaches the highest terrace, into
which it flows, and floods the whole of the level space.
When the water rises three or four inches in height,
which is sufficiently high for the rice, it finds sent at an
opening made for the purpose in the bank, through
tahleicslatmite flmowanshiturt,oatlhide
stoerorhacte bel
othe,wh,-,wwehstic. h t
In
thisflocd
)ws
way
the whole of the rice terraces are kept continually
flooded, until the stalks of the crops assume a yellow
ripening hue ; when the water being no longer required,
it is turned back into its natural channel, or led to a
different part of the hill for the nourishment of other
crops. These mountain streams, which abound in all
parts of the hilly districts, are of the greatest importance
to the farmer ; and as they generally spring from a high
elevation in the ravines, they can be conducted at plea-
sure over all the lower parts of the hills. Nu operation
in agriculture gives him and his labourers more pleasure
than leading these streams of water from one place to
mplyeaastetdenuttieotun tom much
his
INb.hrtetnnclh
eoxfprtehsesierdco,mhpri
ieyrnrapaa
itaiiomu
another, and making them subservient to their purposes.
In my travels in the country the inhabitants often called
operations
sr
. I_,t.
EiaoNnn,
Ed
Ral..t
the skill with which they executed it. The practice is
not confined to the paddy-fields, for I remember once,
when superintending the planting of some large trees
and shrubs in the garden of Messrs. Dent and Co., in
Hong-Kong, after I had given them a large supply of
water at the time they were put into the ground, I
.de-
sired the gardener to repeat the dose next morning.
was surprise
branches, and meandering among the roots of the But on the. fodlltoowifinngddaayli,wwehesntrlearmetudrinveiddetdo
intothe spot,
many
newly-
planted trees. As there was no stream there before, I
went to examine its source, and found that it had been
atained 5,0001. from P •
led from a neighbouring ravine—a work more easy than
carrying a large supply of water in buckets, and at the
l.—FwturliticOm
Take six drachms of pow-
dered os rez ei
Otrf fhFee
cc
INFECTIONeotiubp t :_.. . . , ,
Parliament
nitre (saltpetre) and six drachms of sulphuric acid
(oil of vitriol) ; mix them in a tf—soarrDPnerit. thetEi J.'n''Ee CN
followingn::
ea-cup, By adding one
drachm of the oil at a time, a c
nitrous acid gas will take place The
dis2harge of
he cup to be placed
a
during the preparation on h. ot hearth or a plate of
heated iron, and the mixture stirred with a tobacco pipe.
The quantity of gas may be regulated by lessening or
increasing the quantity of '
a moderate sized room. h
ail, ig
thered i e nu tash. t i :I, hNic,oabovebe
s' forr
possibleu
suf-
ficient for a small room' . Avoid gas much as
breathing the gas when it first rites from the vessel."
No injury to the lungs will happen when the air is im-
pregnated with the gas, which is called nitrous acid gas;
and it cannot be too widely known that it possesses the
property of preventing the spread of fcver.—Dumfries
Courier.
A MILKMAN'S CONFESSION.—A German bad
made a fortune in Philadelphia by selling milk. He
started home with two bags of sovereigns. On ship-
board ho counted one bag of t•-casure. A mischievous
monkey wag Watching his opel atious. As soon as it
was replaced and tied up, and the other bag emptied,
Jack() snatched up the full one, and was soon at the
masthead. He open:d the German's bag, and after eye-
ing the pretty gold, he proceed to drop one piece upon
the deck, and another in the water until he had emptied
the bag. When he had finished, the German threw up
his hands, exclaiming, " He must be the dyvel, for what
came from the vater he does give to the vater, and, what
came from the milk he gives to me."

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager, 31r. William Batty.
tra'.er the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the

Royal Family.
Splendid combination of Novelties, in addition to which Mr. Batty
has engaged Mdlle. Laarina, the Female Equestrian.
THIS EVENING
Will be perforrnsd the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN
FOOIED STEED ; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley.
Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of
norson.anshiP, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes.
To o'2nclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE
OP Al 4 YDOS ; or, The Corsair.
Stage Manager, D. Broadfoot.
Stalls, ?..s. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Bow, ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ;
Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock,

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
THIS EVENING
will be performed Bellines Opera of LA SONNAMTHILA ; or,
The Village Phantom. Rodolpho, Mv. Leffler ; Elvin°, Mr. Harri-
son ; Alessio, Mr. Horricastle ; Amina, Miss Rainforth ; Lisa, Miss
R. Isaacs ; Teresa, Mrs. Daly ; Annette, Miss Vaughan.
To ccra,gde with the new Nautical Drama, called THE WRECK
AND FEE REEF. Captain, Mr, Tindell ; Halstead, Mr. Horn-
castle; Ilorl Block, Mr. Neville; Christmas, Mrs. Ware.
80xe.7. '21., Fit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence
lialf.rr t Six

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Vl•ill be narformed THE LONELY MAN OF THE OCEAN ; or,
the Night Before the Bridal. Characters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks,
Dale, Searle, Bird, Raymond, Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee,
and Silas Burrougheliffe.
Ater waio, a Drama from the French, entitled DONZELLA ; or,
TheToo.lik and the Assassins.
To cone 4 followed by mr. Con's DISSOLVING VIEWS.
strength or the Ivith ADMIRAL SAM. Supported by the entire
Boxe
4.
imps alf Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.

ROYAL pa JR„..,ZOOLoctICAL GARDENS.
Under the patronago or—h`
Albert, t,4.'v Meaty, his Royal Highness Prince
Open every Monday, *,:t' 4usfen Dowager, &c.
Ad,eneed:tY. Wednesday, and Thursday.
The Proprietor begs to al% One Shilling.
ce..ne that he has, at a considerable
expense, erected a new Rntran
magnificent Walk, with
flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, In front of the
BAsilfectOmFefll,ButtiLTAß.
grand Pictorial Representation of
THE TOWN AND
The Menagerie contains many
Gazelles, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conduct:lllbl ~,the Giraffe,
representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. Th‘,"ect4freY. A
SIEGEn Disply, represe; :hioogsttiendlrttrudgee.
Of Statues. The Sr
OF GIBRALTA.R.
Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial
tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering
During the season, M. JULIEN will give a series of Concerts;
the Band will consist ot one 11.1 Lndred Performers.

It was understood that the Bank 5
yesterday ad-
vanced a considerab!e sum on Consols at per cent.
importance
to disposition has been shown to attach
to the circumstance of an insurance of gold to the extent
of 80,0001. having been eff,cted on a
.Government
vessel from Russia, but it is probable that this 13 no-
thing more than a re.nittance for the Grand Duke
Constantine. There is some!hing not very dignified in
the eagerness with which every small report about
Russian gold is now caught up and circulated in the City;
and we apprehend, moreover, that n Awithstanding• the
Emperor's investments, the flow of bullion before the
end of the year will be in a direction to disappoint these
hopes.