The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-12 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT 8.

Acting Captain—James J. MiCieverty, of the Poly.
phemui, to the Amazon.
Commander—Lord Aurelius W. Beauclerk to the
steam factory at Woolwich for study.
Lieutenants—Guy Cohn Campbell and G. G. Mann-
sell, to the President ; H. B. Hardman, to the Belleisle.
Surgeons—John Clarke, to the Avenger, vice Steele ;
Patrick Martyn, to the Imaum.
Chaplain and Naval Instructor—Rev. T. Baker, to the
Dragon.
Clerk—Alfred Spong, to the Howe.
Midshipman—Henry Burnaby, to the St. Vincent.
Naval Cadets—Thomas W. Oliver, to the Ocean ; M.
W. Woods and A. R. C. Eckford, to the St. Vincent; R.
Cutuberlegi, to the Odin.
Masters' Assistants—J. H. Lawrence, to the Vixen ;
John Butler, to the Poictiers.
Coast Guard—Commander G. H. Shute, R.N., is ap-
pointed to the Kinsale district; Commander J. L. R.
Stoll, R.N., to the Chfden district; Commander G.
Morritt, R.N., to the Salcombe district.
Removals—Commander the Hon. Byron Cary, R.N.,
from Folkestone to the Exmouth district, vice Com-
mander S. Grenfell, R.N., period of command expired ;
Commander W. Prowse, RN., from Harwich to Folke-
stone, vice the lion. Commander B. C. F. P. Cary,
R.N. ; Commander J. Millar Langtry, R.N., from Kin-
sale to Harwich, vice Commander W. Prowse, R.N. ;
Mr. R. Kirkpatrick Thompson, from the Rutland dis-
trict to Pullendiva, vice F. A. Weiss, deceased.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 9.—The transport John Brewer,
Captain Robert Brown, arrived here this morning ; left
Bombay on the 13th of March ; Table Bay, lath of
May ; and St. Helena, 27th of May. She brings the
2d division of her Majesty's 17th Regiment, under com-
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Macpherson, comprising
222 men, 12 women, and 13 children. Two men and one
woman died of chronic disease on the passage. After
receiving supplies she will proceed to Gravesend. There
were no men-of-war at Table Bay, one sloop-of-wart
name unknown, at St. Helena, also the merchant ship
Steben-heath, Knight, master, leaky, surveyed, and
ordered to lightened. Her Majesty's frigate Cri)Tqf
S.
26, Captain William Kelly, left St. Helena with
John Brewer, and parted company off the Isle of

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Ascension.
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ready
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for se She is in dock, dock, is completed
n dock, LW had hands planed
in her to make good her u
- defects, which are extensive,
and she cannot, therefore,
be ready for service before
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pected every day to be into
October next. Commission.
The Cleopatra, 26 guns, i
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Brie-
bane, was paid o inst., at Sheerness.
.
The Larne, 18-gun corvette, Captain J. W. D. Brie-
Tge Duck arrived here on the Bth with stores from
Portsmouth. .
The two experimental gun brigs of 12 guns each, the
Heron and Elk, building in this yard, the former with
teak and mahogany, and the latter oak and mahogany,
are in a very advanced state, and both vessels are ex-
pected to be launched next month.
Mr. A. Flood, leading man of ropemakers, and J. B.
Pitts, ropemaker, have been appointed acting layers.
A board of medical officers of Chelsea Hospital, con-
sisting of Dr. D. Maclachlan, physician and surgeon, and
Mr. M'Pherson, commissioner assembled on Friday, the
9th inst., at the invalid depot:St. Mary's Barracks, with
Dr. James French, chief medical officer at Fort Pitt,
and Major Henry Anderson, commander of the depot;
and, owing to the great number of invalids requiring.
pass the board, the officers were again nn_onpiedw on
Saturday, the number being 255, many of whoa:
those
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for upwards of 21 years' service, and several wire
that had been wounded and lost limbs a
some ) ears. The pensions varied from the Sutlej. So great a board has not been battle of
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n known for
to is. per day.

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KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL,...YeS--terclaT morning.
a sermon on behalf of the funds of this institution was
&c. During a most eloquent discourse,
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M.A., rector,
whom were admitted upon application without sub-
scribers' letters of recommendation, which rendered the
inhtitution one of the most serviceable throughout the
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kingdom. in furtherance of the same benevolent object,
and at the same church, in the evening, a sermon was
delivered by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St.
Asapb.
LARGE REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF WHEAT.—
A reduction in the price of wheat, to the extent of up-
wards of 33 per cent., has taken place in the county of
Berks during the last four or five weeks, with still a
downward tendency in every district. The same de-
scription of wheat which met with purchasers a month
ago at 311. per load at Windsor, only realised in the
same market, on Saturday last, 191. 10s. and 201. At
Newbury market the reduction litas been from a like
amount to 191. pet load.

13Zation

SUN OFFICE, Sere* o' Clock.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING.
Six o'c-LocK.

LIVERP*OOI. CUP.
6 to 1 agst Picnic
7 to 1 agst The Conjuror
11 to 1 agst Plaudit
12 to 1 agst Quadruped
12 to 1 agst Inheritress;
20 to 1 agst Queen Mary
'GOODWOOD STXIOI3.
7 to 1 agit Steitz
10-to 1 agst The Questionable
16 to 1 agst Miss Elis

:GOODWOOD cur.
5 to 2 agst The Hero
5 to 1 agst Eryx
DERBY.
33 to 1 agst Sesostris—taken
33 to 1 agst Surpiice—taken'
40 to 1 agst The stinger—taken

RAILWAY COMMITTEES,

(THIS DAY•)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY (EDINBURGH
STATION AND BRANCHES TO GRANTHAM
AND TO THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW).

The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock,
and after hearing the evidence of Mr. Granger, and
other witnesses in opposition to the Bill, decided that
the preamble of the Bill was proved.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo]

'sack at Five o'clock.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the
General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland,
stating the desire of the petitioners to have an equitable
settlement with respect to the money subscribed for the
erection of chapels before the disruption between them
and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
and praying the House to adopt some measures on the
subject.
RECEPTION OF BILLS.
Lord BROUGHAM brought up the report of the
Committee appointed to inquire into the best mode of
receiving Bills from the Commons. The Committee re-
ported that it would be advisable, in order to save the
public time, that their Lordships should receive all
the Bills brought up in a day by one message, and that
no alteration was required in the standing orders to
carry that object into effect. The Committee also re-
ported that it would be desirable, in future, to send down
Bills from that House to the Commons by one master
instead of two.
After some short discussion, a conference was ordered
with the Commons upon the subject of the report.
DRAINAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, the
Drainage of Lands (Scotland) Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed.
LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCK BILL.
The Earl of KINNAIRD trusted that the Ncble and
Learned Lord (the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster) would postpone the third reading of the Leith
Harbour and Dock Bill, as many Noble Lords like him-
self, under the supposition that the measure was a pri-
vate one, had not looked into its details. He had since
discovered that the measure was made a public one,
and that its provisions were most important, and greatly
affected private interests.
Lord CAMPBELL must persevere with the Bill, as
it was one of great public importance. The Noble Lord
then presented several petitions in favour of the Bill.
CONFERENCE ON THE FORMS OF THE

Mr. COLLETT moved, as an amendment, that the
Bill be read at five o'clock to-morrow.
Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The amend-
ment was, however, withdrawn, and the Bill ordered to
be read a second time at twelve o'clock to-morrow.
WELLINGTON STATUE.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that be would take
this opportunity of stating, in reply to a question put by
the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn with respect to the
Wellington statue, that he bad had an interview with
the illustrious Duke himself upon the subject, who had
infcrmed him that he looked upon the question entirely
as a public one. Many persons had considered that the
removal of the statue would be a mark of disrespect
to his Grace. The illustrious Duke had, however,
replied to him in substance that, for his own part, he
had received too many proofs of the regard and appro-
bation of the Crown to lead him to think that such
could be the intention of the Crown in ordering the
removal of the statue.—(Hear, hear.) Upon public
grounds he deprecated the removal of the statue.—
(Hear.) This opinion had been communicated to her
Majesty, and he (Lord John Russell) had received the
Queen's commands to state to the House that it was not
theintention of the Government to proceed with the
removal of the statue.—(Hear, hear.)
GREENOCK ELECTION.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL requested the Hon. Member
for Greenock (Mr. Baine), who had a motion on the
paper, on reading the order of the day for the Committee
of Supply, to call the attention of the House to the re-
cent interference of the Government, exercised chiefly
through the medium of the Secretary at War, with the
constitutional privileges of the Parliamentary electors of
Greenock, to postpone his motion, in order to allow
the House to go into Committee of Supply.
Mr. BRINE did not wish to throw any obstacle in the
way of the public business of the House; he would,
therefore, withdraw his motion.
After a few words from Mr. F. MAELE and Mr. TUF•
NELL the motion was withdrawn.
MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES.
On the order of the day for going into Committee of
Supply being read,
Mr. V. SMITH called the attenticn of the House to
the present confused mode in which the miscellaneous
estimates were prepared, and suggested the appointment
of a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances
of the case, and also to examine into the reasons why so
great an increase had taken place in the amount of the
miscellaneous estimates for this year from what it was
in the year 1838. He found in the present year that the
miscellaneous estimates were 1,328,2861. more than they
were in the year 1838.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that, no doubt, there was
great room for an inquiry into the subject, but ti e
Government had done all that lay in its power to reduce
the amount of the estimates during the present year.
THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Right Hon.
Gentleman the Secretary of the Admiralty when it
was intended to proceed with the Thames Conservancy

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Mr. WARD said that it was intended to proceed with
it immediately after the disposal of the estimates.
Sir R. H. INGLIS said, as it was announced to be a
private Bill it ought to be proceeded with at the time
of private business.
Mr. EWART said it was useless to go on with this
Bill. It contained 100 clauses, and could not be got
through this session.
Mr. HUME wished to have the opinion of the
Speaker as to whether the Bill ought not to be pro-
ceeded with at the time of private business.
The SPEAKER said the Bill partook both of the
character of a private and a public Bill, and it would,
therefore, be more regular to take it at the time of public
business.
The subject then dropped.
BRITISH SPIRITS.
Mr. MOFFAT then moved for a Select Committee to
inquire into the operation of the existing regulations in
reterence to the bonding of British spirits in the United
Kingdom, and to the rectification of British spirits for
exportation. These regulations prey ed very heavily
upon the spirit trade of the country, and he hoped that
during the recess the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer would give the subject his best
attention.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pro-
mised to do so, and the motion was withdrawn.
SUPPLY.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee of
Supply ; Mr. Greene in the chair.
The sum of 3,5151. was voted to defray the expenses
of the temporary accommodation of the Committees of
the House of Commons.
On the question that 10,0001. be voted on aceount of
Portpatrick Harbour,
Mr. ROSS contended that the harbour would prove
useless, and he should therefore oppose the vote.
Mr. HUME also considered the harbour a perfectly
useless work, and that it ought not to be agreed to, the
more so as a few years ago a pledge was given by the
Government that no more money should be spent upon
this harbour.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de-
fended the vote on the ground that it was for the public
service.
Mr. HUME moved that the grant be postponed.
After a few words from Mr. Ross and the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
Mr. WILLIAMS denounced the vote 'as a job sup-
ported by the Government for the benefit of a Whig
Peer.
After a few words from Mr. FERRAND,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
Hon. Member was wrong in his surmise.
The Committee then divided, when there appeared—
For the vote
Against it
Majority —ll4
A vote of 4,0001. for the establishment of convict de-
pots in Ireland was agreed to.
A vote of 5,500/. was also agreed to for the purpose
of drainage in Ireland.
After a vote being passed for a sum of 600,0001. to
defray the probable charges of the Relief Committee up
to the 31st March, 1848,
Mr. HUME wished to know whether there were to
be any alterations in the mode of carrying on the Relief
Commission.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
it was not intended to make any alteration in the system.
Lord CLEMENTS took that opportunity of com-
plaining of a leading article which appeared in the
Morning Chronicle of this day. He had always con-
sidered that paper to be a well conducted and respect-
able paper, but he regretted to see that or any
other paper endeavouring to intimidate any Honourable
Member of that House by pouring down abuse on their
heads. He believed that that journal was an organ of
the Government.—(Laughter.) He trusted that he
would never again have such an attack mude upon him,
and he hoped that the writer of the article would see
reason to reconsider his opinions.
The vote was then agreed to.
A vote of 500,0001. for commissariat supplies in
Ireland was then agreed to.
The House then resumed.
The House then went into Committee of Ways and
Means, and a vote was agreed to authorising the issue
of various sums of money out of the Consolidated Fund.
NEW ZEALAND BILL.

On the motion of Mr. HAWES, the New Zealand
(No. 2) Bill was read a second time.
POOR-LAW A ,lENDMENT BILL.
Messengers from the Lords appeared at the bar, re-
questing a conference with the House on the subject of
the amendments introduced by their Lordships in the
Poor law Amendment Bill.
The following Members were appointed to confer on
the part of the Commons :.—Lord J. Russell, the Attor-
ney-General, Solicitor-General, Sir George Grey, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham,
Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Greene, &c. &c.
On the return of the Members who had formed the
Conference,
Lord J. RUSSELL stated the result of the interview,
and moved that it be referred to a Select Committee.
The Committee was then nominated.
NEW ZEALAND (No. 2) BILL.
Mr. HAWES, in moving the order of the day for the
second reading of this Bill, referred to those previous
measures en this subject which had been brought
under the notice of the House, and said that,
without entering into those questions at that time,
it
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nent basis the government of that country. Such views
as the Government entertained upon this subject were
attempted to be forwarded by a company called the
New Zealand Company, and the questions raised by the
Bill were—first, whether the Government should make an
advance of funds to this company; and, secondly, whether
it should, in the event of such an advance being made,
have any authority or control over it. In looking over
the books of the company, it appeared that the
amount of paid-up capital was 200,0001. ; raised on
the sales of land, 277,0001. ; burrowed from Go-
vernment, 80,0001. ; from other sources, 25,0001. ;
making in all 636,0001. It appeared that the company
had spent 200,0001. in the colonyn,caendas their prospects
seemed to justify further assistance, he proposed by
the
Bill to advance them(LEthFeTfsuirEthAeKrlsNuGm.) of 136,0001.

POTATO CRO P INTHE CARSE
OF G 0 W RIE.
the
allcounty,
with the exception of the Carse
healthy. looking and luxuriant over
of Gowrie, where
The appearance of this important crop continues
symptomshad aangaal
iang ou s
manifestedto
he
themselves disease
0 lastm e t
iwno
years .
stances. W early inhy it should have appeared so
that district may be accounted for by their being
planted earlier ; but as in several instances the plant
is already coming into bloom, without the least ap-
pearance of disease, either in stem or shave, hopes
are yet strong that, if it should prevail again this
season, it will be both more mitigated in its form
and partial in its sphere than formerly. The early
varieties are now corning to market without taint
of any kiad, and promise to be a full crop. We
personally witnessed one day last week several cases
of singular growth in that crop, in a large garden at
the west end of the town, and which we observe is
not a rare case this season, but the same has been
remarked at Elgin and other places. Among a
quantity of the early cup leafed kidney potatoes,
planted in the end of March, and generally whole,
about two-thirds of them came up, and are looking
healthy. The owner, on proceeding to dig where
pwohtaiethoeswafsormaumitge
vacanciesethioesely
teore,thetbuonldd sneeewd
of vegetation appears to be
this instance the order
fresh ; but no stem proceeded from the seed. In
attached
potatoes from
instead of producing a stem
young
potato,the seed
t.:oul reversed.te
eyTeheof
the old one without the
otato grows direct from
the stem, has rows—ail the order, so that the young

TIIE SUN, LONDON,

production of any stem whatever. Potatoes, but of
a more globular form, and of a much smaller size,
are sometimes found growing on potatoes stored in
pits ; but we have not till now seen the same pro-
cess going on in the field. The subject, we believe,
is one which has never been investigated, though
extremely curious in its nature. In the present in-
stance, it appears to be connected with the excited
vitality of the potato tuber, which again appears to
be connected with the potato disease. To see a potato
taken on an inverted action, and producing potatoes from
its eyes instead of a stem, is in itself a matter of singular
curiosity and importance, and the investigation of which
would doubtless lead to a far more perfect knowledge of
the growth of tuberous roots, than has ever yet been no-
quired.—Perth Courier.

THE EDUCATION SCHEME AS

REGARDS IRELAND.
A correspondence has taken place between the Arch-
bishop of Dublin and Lord John Russell as to the
education grant for Ireland.
The Archbishop, addressing his Lordship, on the
14th of May, says—" Before the annual grant of money
for the education of the poor of Ireland is proposed in
the House of Commons, I am anxious to bring under
your Lordship's consideration the claims of a large
number of most useful schools which have not as yet
obtained any assistance from the State. Your Lordship
and other members of her Majesty's Government having
announced your earnest desire that assistance out of the
public purse should be extended to schools connected
with every denomination of Christians in England, so
that none should have reason to complain of being
excluded from a participation of the grants for diffusing
education on the ground of their holding peculiar
religious opinions, I cannot bring myself to suppose that
her Majesty's advisers will continue to shut out from all
assistance nearly 2,000 schools for the poor, which are
under the superintendence of the clergy of the Estab-
lished Church in Ireland. The schools to which I refer
are those which are conducted on the system of the
Church Education Society for Ireland—a system which
is the same as that which was organized nearly fifty years
ago by the Incorporated Association for Promoting the
Knowledge of the Christian Religion, and which has
had the approval of every prelate of the Irish branch of
the United Church without exception. I do not know
whether it is requisite for rue to explain to your Lord-
ship that the schools which are founded on this system
are open to children of every creed, that all the scholars
who have attained a suitable proficiency are required to
read the authorised version of the Holy Scriptures, and
that those children only who are members of the Estab-
lished Church are obliged to learn its formularies. The
rule respecting the use of the sacred Scriptures, wherein
this system resembles that of the National Society of
England, and that of the British and Foreign School
Society, to both of which aid is given in England by the
State, forms the sole ground on which these schools in
Ireland are debarred from receiving assistance."
Lord John Russell, in reply, dated May 26, says—
" After giving the most attentive consideration to your
Grace's views respecting the education grant for Ireland,
I am sorry to say that I am unable to concur with your
Grace, or to propose that any part of the vote should
be applied to schools connected with the Established
Church. The great majority of the people of Ireland
being Roman Catholics, I should not think it advisable
to make a provision for education from which their
children were excluded, either by law or by regulation.
The revenue of the Established Church in Ireland
appears to me sufficient, not only for the support of the
beneficed clergy, but also for the encouragement and
maintenance of a Scriptural system of education."

LODGING-HOUSES IN GLASGOW FOR THE WORKING
CLASSES.—" The Glasgow Association for establishing
lodging-houses for the working classes" has just opened
its first or experimental establishment. This is situated
on the west side of Mitchell-street, a few doors from
Argyle-street. The house—which has been fitted up
for this purpose under the direction of Mr. James
Wylson, architect—comprises four storeys, thus afford-
ing facilities for accommodating separately the three
classes of inmates who in such places must be provided
for—namely, single males, single females, and married
couples, leaving the ground storey to be appropriated
to the dieting department. It has accordingly been
thus arranged :—the three upper floors as dormitories
according to this classification, and the ground floor as
a day-room, divided by low partitions into correspond-
ing compartments for the use of the lodgers during the
day, and in which they may take their meals. For
economy of space, the dormitories have been fitted up
with two tiers of berths, after the manner of passengers'
cabins on ship-board, excepting that the upper and
lower berths are entered from opposite sides; thus,

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though rendering more standing room necessary, accom-
plishing the complete separation which is essential in
houses of this description. Each berth is furnished
with a seat, and is enclosed by a door, in order to secure
the clothes and other property of the occupants; and

each dormitory is provided wiih a water-closet; also a
lavatory, containing several wash-hand boxes so that a
small number may wash at one time. The kitchen and
bar are combined, and are situated at one end of the
ground storey, separated only by a counter from the
seated portion forming the day-room. Here are pro-
vided the means of furnishing plain wholesome meals;
and advantage is taken of the draught in the furnace,
which heats the coppers, for ventilating the dormitories
above: this is effected by means of an upright shaft of
tin tubing which communicates with each floor, and
leads into this furnace, so as to become mainly the
source of its supply of air, while it is the medium by
which the vitiated atmosphere of the several floors is
drawn off downwards. Arrangements are being made
for fitting up, in the rear of the premises, one bath for
male and another for female lodgers.—Glasgow Citizen.
INHALATION OF ETIIER.—On awakening from the
inebriation, the personal experiences of the etherised
are most interesting. A gentle aura, of the most
curious and thrilling character, steals over the entire
frame ; and a sensation of the most perfect well• being
possesses the mind. Then comes a gradual loss of con-
sciousness ; sight, hearing, and tactile sensation dite
appear. The mind appears perplexed what to
make of its new condition, and feeling as if the chains
which bind it to the earthly tenement were burst, it is
in a state of the most downright apathy with regard to
the body. The soul then seems to bathe in an atmosphere
of light, and revels in the happiness of apparently another
world, while frequently a dream of transcendent glories
passes before it. If the inhalation is discontinued.
this blissful state is of short duration, and the stern,
cold realities of our unspiritual world force themselves
back once more upon the recollection. The baseless
fabric of the vision, and the glories fade away, and some
ca.ual movement in the apartment summons the patient
at length out of his beatific condition. But the same glo-
rious things are not vouchsafed to every one. Some,
on the contrary, are troubled with ideal contests with
fiends ; some are violently altercating with their
relations ; some are tumbling down bottomless abysms;
and horrors of all sorts crowd in upon the minds of others.
In these cases, it is frequent that during the process vio-
lent struggles, contortions of the features, and other
tokens of uneasiness, betray the troubled state of the
dreamer's mind. A lady undergoing this process at our
hands, during the removal of a tumour, was the whole
time violently struggling and crying out to her child,
with whom she believed herself to be violently contend-
ing. Where this state exists the termination of the
process is an inexpressible relief to the etherised,
but it is an almost universal experience that
no actual pain was felt :—" It was a frightful
dream," or " I thought a fiend had hold of me,"
or "I felt I would have given worlds to be out of it,"
are the expressions often made use of on awaking. In
some cases these gloomy impressions are the result of
imperfect inhalation; but in others it is a question
whether the impurity of the ether employed is not the
cause.—People's Journal.
DUNDEE TRADE, JULY 6. Our markets have
undergone no change daring the last eight days. Flax
possessed of colour and quality is inquired after, and is
saleable in small quantities at about former rates. In
hemp and hemp cedilla there is little or nothing doing
for want of supplies. East India jute continues rather
scarce, and meets ready buyers at prices varying from
221. 10s. to 241. 10s. per ton, according to the colour and
quality of the parcels.—Courier.
LARGE FAMILY OF MUSHROOMS.—In a field at
Ilayton, near Retford, a family of mushrooms has this
week been gathered, amounting in number to 26, of
most extraordinary dimensions, the largest of which
measured 36 inches in circumference, and weighed rather
more than I Ibs, avoirdupoise.
SNow Ix JUNE.—Last week there was a pretty
heavy fall of snow in the parish and district of Reay,
so much so that the inhabitants gathered it in handsful.
It did not lie long, however.—Dundee paper.
OVERWORK AMONG THE FARMERS.—Near Gains-
borough, Lincoln, and Louth, the labourers walk even
longer distances than near Reading. I am informed of
instances where they walk as far as six miles, that is,
12 miles daily, or seventy-two miles weekly, to and from
their places of work. Let us consider the bare economy,
the mere waste of labour, and what a state of agricul-
tural management is indicated by the fact that such a
waste can have taken place. Fifteen miles a day is the
regular march of infantry soldiers, with two rest days—
one on Monday and one on Thursday; twenty-four miles
is a forced march. The man who expends eight miles
per diem, or forty-eight miles per week, expends to the
value of at least two days' hard labour per week, or one
hundred in the year, uselessly, that might be expended
usefully an 3 remuneratively in production. How different
is it in manufactories, and in some of the mines, or at
least in the best managed and most successful of them!
In some mines as much as 2,0001. and 3,0001. is paid for
new machinery to benefit the labourers, and save them
the labour of ascending and descending by ladders. In
many manufactories they have hoists to raise them and
their loads from lower to upper rooms, to save them the
labour of toiling up stairs, to economise their strength
for piecework to mutual advantage. The Rev. Frederick
Peel, of Gainsborough, informs me, " I have farms
under my knowledge where the labourers, going to and
fro, do not walk less than a hundred miles a week." The
whole of this mileage, paid partly by the farmer and
ownerpartly byhi
himself,
labourer,m a
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sandrt d inow part, t
h e l a eventually,lv ofp
a parochial
settlement.—Mr. Chadwick's Speech at a Meeting of the
Farmers' Club.
north—The i t
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day (Monday) afternoon, or the last time, having been
arrived IE
aljt AtlSiTe QMuAeolLlfsCiOitefCadIL
superseded by the railway now complete. A. flag, sur-
mounted with crape, was hoisted on the coach roof, as a
public intimation of the event.—Newcastle Advertiser.
THE CONVICT SMITII.—An order has been issued
from the Secretary of State's office commuting the sen-
tence of ten years' transportation passed upon Charles
Smith, by Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, st our March assizes,
for cutting the throat of Jane Morris, to one year s
imprisonment, commencing with the date of the trial.—
Reading Mercury.
It is estimated that the Wolverton accident will
involve the London North-Western Company in an ex-
pew) of between 30,000?, And 40,0001.