Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-09

understanding will smooth many apprehended difficulties,
and alay many irritating and exciting views of action
and states Of feeling.
Every thing political, commercial and social in England
now in placid and quietly progressive position,
and trust that of all parties and all opinions win
enjoy the approaching Easter hoydays in the true spirit
of the season
The last returns Of the Bank Of England exhibit the
following statements:
Public deposites 3l2 751 increase. g250 622
Private deposites. ....12, 622, 1853
Circulation. .....22, 276 $40 $50, go
Specie and bullion....lS, 1874, do ...7O ,6OI
Discounts advances 10, 40l ,220 do ...475,0OS
This must be allowed to be good exhibit Although
there is evident demand for money, it is wanted for
the purposes of legitimate business and the bank has yet
than e. loan three per cent for such
The mint coined last year e. 749 900 in gold, yet
the demand for gold coin is great ever and the
whole strength Of the establishment has to be devoted to
its coinage Until lately the average weekly coinage of
the mint did exceed $3.50 000 at this time reaches
1920 900 week, and yet the pressure for more con-
tinues In the month Of January 600, 900 in silver
coined which was half of the silver coinage of 1882
and than the entire coinage of 1851 but silver
is called for The mint is entirely unable to attend to
the copper coinage, and private establishments have
entered into contracts supply much of this coin
may meet the demand.
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tom the cotton market Liverpool is said to be very
animated Colonial and foreign produce of nearly every
kind is in steady demand but without quotable altera
! ton in price.
Science particularly electrical science, seems to be
making fresh triumphs every day. We have to
cord application of electricity by Dr. JOSEPH WAT
son, which is exhibiting in the neghborhood of Wands
worth The great feature of the invention is that the
terias consumed in the production Electrical ghtare
poyed for profitable purpose independent of that lu
mination, and than remuneraDg the entire EXPENSE
so that the light which is rendered constant and brilliant
is produced for nothing. Thus whilst the light is being
produced by gayanic action, materials introduced
into the battery by which pigments Of the finest quality
are obtained these valuable that they consider
ably exceed the entire cost of the operation Dr. Watson
thus speaks of his invention in pamphlet not yet pub
lished:
Our battery have termed the chromdic 'Jattery
and its produce is colors Ii may difficult to ina
CINE how any number of galvanio arrangements can
be made to yield great variety of colors but when is
remembered that the real number of natural coors
small and that difference of tint and shade imparts to
each separate product distinct commercial existence
color may then be believed when say that by the
use of not than five substances introduced into
batteries able to produce less than hundred
valuable pigments exceeding in value by great per cent
age the original value Of the articles contributing towards
their production Our mode of producing these coors
resulting from the working of batteries, but is the
suit Of the actual development of the electricity in the
battery"
The exact process cannot be made ineligible by a
short extract from the pamphlet but the discovery is al
lowed to be valuable and its perfect accomplishment
undoubted
We find in this pamphlet the following curious parcu
lars relative to the astonishing increase in the production
AID of in the consumption, of that beautiful pig
ment called Prussian blue. The annual production in
the United kingdom has been for the last twenty
years as follows
i From 1926 to 1880 about 10 tons
From 1880 to 1885 about 40 tons
From 1886 to 1910 about 200 tons
/ From 1910 to 1916 about 700 tons
i From 1916 to 1850 about / ,040 tons,
the present manufacture nearly 900 tons annually
worth about ESQ per ton the annual produce $500
DR.. WArsoS's discovery win make complete reyolu-
ton in the color market From paints to paintings is
easy transition committee Of artists has been lately
inquring respecting the effects produced by covering
paintings with plate glass The opinions rather con-
fctng Professor BAssYE, of Petersburg who has had
twenty-five years experience the subject Of the pre-
servaton Of the pictures Of old masters in several gal
leries of Europe, says:
:" The care bestowed upon pictures by covering them
with glass changes them perhaps than it preserves
them, but insensbly The air contained between the
picture and the glass becomes heated dries the coors
and produces cracks in the varnish which transmitted
| afterwards to the colors"
There were opinions, the contrary, equally favorable
to glazing the pictures. Nothing has yet been done in
the matter but the subject will doubtless be revived be-
fore the committee of inquiry. An exhibition of spe
cmens Of fine cabinet work. and Of furniture executed be-
fore the present century, is about to be made at MARI
borough House. Specimens from Windsor Castle have
been loaned by her Majesty, and contributions of
work offered by many private individuals.
The Literary of the week is principally confined to
the publication Of works previously announced. About
a year ago an English clergyman, the Rev. CHARLES
EYRE, announced An improved Paradise Lost" The
editor stated in his preface that his design give
exquisite finish to the poetry of Milton, to draw
off the excessive flow of learning and the obscurity
and heaviness with which the poet is sometimes justly
chargeable Poor Mr.. EYRE! We suppose his purpose
was benevolent and therefore his miserable performance
would be treated lcniently; but think profess
ing improve Milton is not fit object of rational cen
sure We have another piece Of literary mpety be-
fore us. The Rev. CHARLES NEALE has published an
" Improved" edition Of the "Pigrm's Progress" Ac-
cordng the reverend gentleman the work in the
in which John Bunyan left safely be put into
the hands of children, and he the editor considers
that il teaches "forma heresy, che be called
dishonest for making his author speak what he believes
with more knowledge he would have said" We, how
ever regard Mr. Neaes conduct both. dishonest and
foolish. Bunyans work WILL however, outliye Mr..
Neae's charges of "vulgarity" and colloquiaism''
and over estimated merit" MAckuLAY says During