The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1853°

amount somewhere about £5,000. The foundation for u,';',
d im
same is now being laid down by the contractors, .°ll rove.
be completed in a few months. Various other ligelion
ments are also in contemplation at the Camp, ill c°llll
with the barracks and offices above mentioned." tile
The following was the retail price of necessaties ab 3:, ;
1411vor diggings :—Raisins, ls. 6d. to 2s. i curriltsi;ot,
bread,
coffee, 3s. ; tea, 2s. sd. ; sugar loaf, 2s. 6d.; di,u°o 3.i.;
10d. to ls. ; hams, 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; bacon, 2s. °"' DI
Ss. ; ditto, C., 95.; cheese, 2s. 6d. to 3s ; candles, sP;de,
45.; ditto, Sydney, 2s. ; soap, is. 6d. ; flour, bests deco,
£9 ; oatmeal, ls. 6d. ; potatoes, Is. ; onions,
per 41b. loaf; butter, 4s. 6d. tobacco,
1.04
£3 14s. 6d. to £3 15s.

FOREIGN

MISCELLA37

‘rate. r
A NEW STYLE OF RAILWAY, SUbStitUtllll,'. "
atmospheric pressure, has been proposed both hereecuritl
France, with a view to economical working an, fined bl
from accident. The actuating power is to be obniabs
mama of hptween the ral"-5

ficial pressure.olll°l
WHITTLING.—An American paper states 0
man refuses to pay a debt among the Mormons, the
ii. state
three officers, called whittlers, who take their sty
and
front of the debtor's house, each with a jack-10°6n the
bundle of sticks, and whittle away, day after dab
evl
delinquent knocks under. It is said that the Jr''-
seldom fails. 91;6
THE MORMONITES.—Advices from the Great Salt
acquaint us that the Indians had been very troubl,e,oererot
the Mormonites in Utah, killing many persons.
Young had issued a proclamation, calling
forces of the territory into service. He had aisoi% asti,
wall to be built around the city, tvventy, feet Alay.
all the !Zip
eight feet thick, with a ditch on the outside.
fifty armed men had been sent out, but no cap
v"
been made. Hot work is anticipated. to Tjt6
MAGNETIC HARPOON.—In Abo now eshibiltre ho
curious a magnetic apparatus, composed of twelveoo
shoe magnets, which face eachother
cylinders, closely covered with isolated cop Per
ing between, are moved by the usual winch,
;
effect is very great, the shocks being dreadiwil.
eat
electric power is conveyed by an isolated copper
ea
tached to the harpoon. This apparatus is to be us is Po''
large whaler now fitting out in Abo. The inventor
-ttle
fessor Jacobi, of St. Petersburg. nifie' 10*;,,it
TREASURES SUNK AT NAVA
of Savoy states that an inhabitant of Chamber*" 10,409
quitted that place, to attempt, in concert Oh s of 04
organized for that purpose, to save some contea;is
vessels which were sunk at the battle of Naca,,;ll,,ii°, itl;
titularly the Admiral's ship, a three-decker, wi—cals ,
said, had on board at the time she went down, 3h" Deem'
two Rive, stake
6,000,000 f. in gold. All the necessary apparAtii„,is -aasn't
embarked, a number of divers have been engag inva
addition to the ordinary diving-bells, all the reeen
tions for such purposes will be put in requisition.„„
MISS CUNNINGHAME.—When it was notifiea Id'oes
Cunninghame, at Lucca, that the Grand Duke 113 leave
th
an order for her release, she positively refused to
prison on an act of grace, as she said she bad been
prisoned a month without being brought to trial, gild
advocate had told her that no verdict could he,°'",.
against her, as she had not transgressed the is"n'tiol;
therefore she would not go out until she bid !roilye tllPt
In the evening it was announced to her very Dths
go she must. She still refused, and then she was toldforce;
if she did not go freely she would be carried out Void
upon which she replied, "Give me that in t
will go." They did so, and accordingly out she Ow;
ACCELERATED COMMUNICATION WITH CP,;;
a twelvemonth of the present date a railway W,,,1°;11e511.
pleted from Ostend to Trieste, a distance of 1,5 u" tires
which there are even now only two considerable little
Letters, passengers, and parcels will then oc,,en.,Yvelmi°
more than two days from the shores of the 1,":1,0 °„
those of the Adriatic ; four days more will take Ch heal
Egypt, and by the aid of the railway from Alessi 101',
afloat now rapidly advancing, they may within 3°,0
be on the Red Sea, and in 12 days thereafter,,,;o3'
in Bombay, or within three weeks of their leaving...,nat/
Within this date the electric telegraph, now Prer- SsePi
be laid across the Mediterranean, will have reached or
and the 4,000 miles of wire which have alrcadY rftil
Calcutta will connect every great town in India "..e5 5.,6
port of Bombay ; so that before the year 1856es.,rteeef
shall have communication by electric telegraph 1-tes°
eleven days' time with every part of India, and bY Chi
and rail from Bombay in twenty-one.—Morning
tJ
nicle.
LAXENBURG (VIENNA).--From Glorietta we Weldr
Laxenburg, which was the favourite place °ope is
Theresa, and contains " a great sham" in
a Gothic castle, which she erectedandmade her be' irg
furnishing, and we may therefore infer from it s' dictOr;
her taste. What, then, shall we say of that which op,
a copy of " The Chamber of Torture, said tain peo
simile of the justice-chamberactually 'still' centre
,‘
castle somewhere in the Italian Tyrol ? in the c.,e„ wool
a circular table, inscribed along its edge with tiro,
Discite justiciarn moniti, et non temnare dirois;
which the judges or inquisitors sat. Above the.ttaleble
ler iv
pulley fastened in the roof, towhich the Prl6 t eer
vtor
attached by the arms and legs, and racked, to,e„-- oriseLlif
fession." Below, in the dungeon, is an effigy ;de W 4"
chained to the wall ; andwhen the 6`..
you enter, „;sm c• g,
the s
remains behind, and by means of some nieeo3.`";, ehal,,;4li
the prisoner to lift up his hands and rattle
c,Se`i of t"'",/,
Alas ! that a woman should have made a,13, of
10',,
wwwiarehakttchheisestiinademxhioctebkimetedryr.
boNnyetwhme,
her justiceaiTdiemsge,:noefani
thinknt 0
0 Corr
book
o,fr rite
.„.,) et tic e
racter of Maria Theresa • but Itllat I,n° ndee of
the Builder. s taken
PHOTOGRAPHIC ENGRAVING.—A discussion.rti,,i3rfa!'
place in Paris as to the respective rights of lace"'
of London, and M. Niepce de St. Victor, as to hei. Thet
tion of photographic engraving on plates Of ,Stf,ee 0/IY3
processes of these chemists are different. -s".jaistl
uses, for the substance impressionable to light,.atoodfiii
of gelatine and' bichromate of potash, which is °W.i,
and browned on the immediate contact of
where the light acts, whilst the part covered h the
to be copied remains untouched, and may to be
..,,,,a1:!/3,e; rye
A,„
moved by water. M. Niepce has aimed
process which his uncle, the inventor of heu°6—ce
scribed in the year 1827. The sensitive subst,Ved
io
solution of bitumen in essence of lavender, aPlwjett'
layer ; this varnish changes its properties while avaliq IL
action of light. The parts exposed to the sun heed oil
he
soluble in a mixture of essence of lavender al' 0 a`4
petroleum, so that they may be easily separated fre;oo,
soluble part not impressed, which represents the Or
to be reproduced. The liquid employed by Mr. of r'
irt
for biting in on steel after his design is bichloriedeooeof
tinum, and that of M. Niepce a mixture made too
of nitric acid, eight parts of distilled water, an
alcohol.