The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-07
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Downing street, Oct. 10, lS40.
The Lords Commissioners Of Her Najesty's
Treasury having certified to the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt, in Pur-
suance Of the Act 10, George We. p, sec l.,
that tae actual expenditure of the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded the
actual revenue thereof, for the year ended the
9Th dag of July, 1910, by the sum OF I'll 1884, l2l
SIS SD
The Commissioners give notice that sum
will be applied by them on account of the Sink
ing Fund.
CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS.
A society was many years ago established in
Liverpool, for promoting Christianity amsng
the Jews. Its 2lst anniversary was recently
celsb,ated, when among other facts stated, were
that during the preceding year, there had been
distributed 1886 Hebrew Bibles 622 German
Old and New Testaments, 2,253 Hebrew Pen
tateuch and Haptorah, 150 Hebrew Liturgy,
ASS Hebrew Scripture Portions, 80 Syrac New
Testaments, ,130 of the Old Paths in Eng
lish, Hebrew and Gerrnanj 1909 copies of parts
l, Land of Israel Avenged,' and 1886 tracts.
During the past year adults and 10 children
had been baptized at the Episcopal Church.
There were now 300 baptisms recorded on the
boekl, of which I02 We're adults. In the He
brew schools there were now 40 boys and-27
girls. The Treasurer stated that 1858 Is. I'd.
Wss the amount of the proceeds OF the Liverpool
Auxiliary during the last year.
The most ingenious invention Of weaving glass
with silk is proceeding with great success. The
patterns wove arc beautiful in the extreme, and
haveinduced many ofthe nobility to select them
for cgrtains and other ornamental furniture.
. 4 gentleman of London is said to have made a
contract for the exclusive navigation OF steamers
up the Amazon for communication, by steam,
between England and Brazil.
About $4,000 birds, chiefly the common fowl,
have Matched by the eccallboien, in Pallmall,
London, during the two years 1t has been before
the plsi lie The eggs used have exceeded 49,
900, being failure of about one-sourth. Nest
of the tlrds are reared, and fatten we'll; the
rage Ipss being less than in the farm yard.
A monster mortar, made after the msdel of
that which was employed at the seige of Ant
werp, and which is destined for the museum at
Brussels, left Antwerp for that city on the 18th
ult. II weighs 0,240 lbs. Five shells, weigh
ing 500 lbs. were sem whit
A Calcutta paper says that Commissioner Lin,
at Cantor, has offered very large reward for
every opium srnuggler's head, and in retaliation
the smuggers on the east coast have deprived
every mandarin they could lay their hands on,
of his tail, Lots of long tails ornament the mail
stay of some of the clippers, but Lin has not yet
got any heads for display.
Syria is estimated 10 conss is $4,000 square
miles. The whole population is somewhat I'M
der millien and half. The revenue for 1916,
amounted to about 900 poRnds sterling. The
expenditure exceeds The revenue by about 100000
pounds.
There is atraditionary prophecy among the
Chinese, thatataey are to be conquered by white
people from the west, clothed from head to foot.
The Great Western Railway has carried $50
300 passengers, without any accident fatal to a
passenger fronl,jss opening, two pears and Ghree
months.
Mr.. John Scott, ofPenrith, shoemaker, "a few
days ago, caught in one OF the neighhesing
fields, fine goldfnch, which has four legs end
eight claws. Two of the legs come OFT near the
breast land it makes all the legs and claws
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