New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-22

sent by Professor Wilson, British Agricultural Comm.
sioner to the Worlds Fair in New York-befors the
Society Of Arts at the Adelph London on the recsut
improvements in the treatment and dressing o. fax"
The object # dressing the straw separate the in
fibre from the tro OHr Tro methods exis,-one
M suical the other chemical The frs: d-4s with hst
IN dry The other in wet state A. the poorer Of
fax 0nd not pay The fzDegse of teqg the eh.nica
method beet for them but II had this dsa1vautaye
from not touching the szzed part II The plant leave
II with its liability 70 f-msnt and deter Grave Se5encs
plan OF usg hot water was kDo to the Masys and the
BergaSse. II was patented by him and 10 l3fs
the 6rsi "retteIy established under his in the
County Mayo Now there between twenty aud tliry
ii Ireland, besides others in England and scotland Ia
Ireland abOut 10000 tuns prepared bg II annually
considerable saving has resulted proved by extensive
experiments Instituted by the Irish Flax Impr -,
ciey, amounting 20 twenty per cent By Schencks plan,
100 tuns of by seeding removing the DOLLS
BY rolling produced O. tuns Of pure straw This when
stepped yields 39 uHs Of stepped straw and ultms,s!y
upward Of tuDs Of dressed fax and nearly tuns Of
low The treatment Of fax by slkalies q means Of dis
solving rs extre Give portions appears to have been
nded by Lady MORA in 49, and factory vas
tatlshed Vienna in which it was pracrised Berthol
let Gay Lussac and other chemists we're acquainted with
II The ssi.iics Of the fax and linen ,nufiotare ara
follows In England there are Al work from
3OOOO spinols in Scotland between 5000 $50 sJO
spnoles in Ireland 100000 10 the manuactur. Of
linen In the whole over 100000 spindles The fixed
ayal inv e+d only in pau aud the cODag is
5000 eco The importation is 10000 per Of
FAX fire 5000 quarters 100000 bushsl) q haK3ssd
for sowing pressing for the oil while for feeding
=
In the aggregate pay between $1,000 600 and
sterling annually for produce which our own country
emnently calculated to produce"
The subject Of Economical Irrigation" then came up
for discussion Prof Mspes Judge Van WICK samuel Al.
len and Scion Robinson taking part in IT, After th, sub
ec bad been duly discussed Mr. Megs read paper on
Straw berries which brought up Mr. Robinson; this gen.
tlernan said SIR Peabody friend Of his in Cou mbus
Ga by copiousy watering his Strawberry beds daily bad
most abundant crop Of fruit Of the finest quality with
very few leaves And for months in the year hs was
able TO send good supply 70 market from this same bed
The plants used Hoveys seedlings and they never
needed renewal scarcely any other attention than pen.
ty Of water.
The following subjec then proposed for the n4xt
meetings. discussion" The Benefit OF Railroads Ia tho
Agricultural interests Of the e. s. The meeting then ed
jouned.
We learn that Lawrie Todd the author was married ,
Sunday week widow at tbs East Who fell in love with
him from reading the productions Of his pen The groom
is approaching his eightysecoDd year. while the happy
bride is just turning her twentyseventh.
SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION. circle of tsbletppers the
other evening. after receiving much profound kno Eedge
concerning the planets asked TIE spirits tell them the
use Of comets p The following philosophical and satsfac-
tory reply was receivec-"tO eat cir tails Il"
EXPLOSIVE BREAKAcE-One Of the immense plates Of
passsi1teen feet long and nine feet wde-inenied for
the front of Tayors Restaurant Of Broadway and
Frankln-st, broken yesterday while the workn-r,
were putting it in its place. 1t stated to have cost
81 O3O and the largest plate in the United States
Several others were broken on the voyage.
The neighbOrhOOd OF the Harlem Railroad on the
Fourtha v about to be the Of important
ments We hear that the front the wss, side of that
thorougbfsre between Twentye'ghth and Tventy-nntb
sfs has been purchased the site Of new hotel which
is TO be second none in the City in style aud usefulness
INrEREsTING CCRREsPOSDENCE.-We were shown IN a
other evening Of two notes addressed the two mem
hers of an old commercial house in this Ctyene of the
gentlemen is proprietor Of Of our newest .ac-hots-
containing these words, TO wit: The incosed is in settle
o1nep Of an old debt Each note contained BIZ Of the
Merchants Exchange Bank for hovsaad ioll4rs The
recipients have no suspicion Of their origin
BoRE-A project has been preached to unite Pearl st
with Thomas st. and the North River by tunneing uoder
the CITY Hospital after The .bon Of the tunnel At S,utb
Brooklyn Pearlst would then have its beginning and
tie Term nation on the side of the city al.er descrbin
the greater part Of a circle
TrS GoyERNors.-A regular weekly meeting Of the
Heard Of Governors held yesterday aiterno IN At their
room Ut the Rotulda Present, Messrs rown.end Wi.
Hams Smith Mclaughlin The acquisitions were read and
acted upon. From them appears the following nlpber
of persons remaining at the various inst'u 1ns under
thtr charge for the week enOng June ls, 1853: