, 1879-01-07

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GREAT BRITAIN.
ptsTnEas.
LONDON, Jan. G.-The weather Is again
cold, There laa been laily increase Of
tlis!resa in every quartcr The past week. At
Manchester Friday there wero 5000 applica-
tions from heads Of families, representing
1890 porsous, 10 tho Kolief Committee,
aud Saturday tloro wcro 1000 ircsl, nppica-
lions. During the week 1900 families havo
been relieved in Wolverhampton. A coil.
siderable increase Of distress is also reported
from Shtf11cld. =.
WANT or CONFIDENCE
LONDON. Jnu. G.-The noted Of tic Cornish
Bnnk are chnngine hnnds to-tlny ut coll
siderable discount, md doroaitora and
creditors arc not 60 sauguinc Of oftecoiving full
payment.
GEN. GRANT At LONDONDERRY.
LONDONDERRY, Jan. G.-Ex-Prosldent
Grant arrived hore to-.lay, and was formally
presented with the freedom Of tho city. 4
grand banquet was given in Lis honor to-
night.
LONDON, Jun. -; a.-&n.r-On Tho OCCASION
OF Gen. Grants reception 1T LJlll8hderFy
yesterday, tho Town-1Iall, where tue coro-
monies took ploce, was lecoratsd with fagg.
Gon. Grant, IN his speech returning thanks
for tho freedom OF The city. said ho con1d
not quit Europe without visiting Ireland
At tue banquet giyon IN his honor in tho
evening, Gen. Grant anid there was still
room for many moro millions in America.
sTnlKxs.
LONDON, Jan. G.-Flfteeu hundred men
aro now engaged In tho railway strike.
Fivo buu1red coach-buildors Lave struck
In Liverpool against m increase Of their
hours from llfty-aix to fifty.six and d hatf per
wock. simultaneously with this movement
similar strikes occurred III many largo towns
shlpwrights employed In tho Sfiddlcboro
shipyard struck against reduction Of wages.
The men worn paid of mud tho ynrsl cloeea.
The BRITANNIA Iron-Worla at 11itldleboro
arc closed, throwing 200 men out Of employ.
mont.
Tho Midland Railway employees ut Carlisle
have yielded. .
o'EELLT,
LONDON, jan. G.-rl.a 1iaes saya the Irjs1a
Executive is soriouaIy considering tho gucs:
tiop Of tho rolcnas Of o'Kelly, the onl ) 70.
1uaining Fehan prisoner.
THE kLKcrHlc L!unT.
L0Hdug JfHis& Hkc. II,
On Saturday night the electric light waa rx-
perisnentalIy trled dpoM the iloiborn sladaet,
ers. TEc syRlanl used ~aM tile Jahfoctkutr, ntnl
the lattgrs wss driven hy u twrnty.buese power
ringing constructed hy Mcsafs. Hobby. YAG light
was remarkably stea1y Altu 4riIllnt, and ubout
nf 1unlHH t4lle uFtJtuurY
way were required. The trial, 1t Is understood,
xltl lM continued for sosne ltnic. and arrange-
s,cnts ure ne[1id tnaIu u light the lsnyal tx.
gtIat,ge aud tic sla.,ston House ~ tllc NeEdct-
mann system, su ~ TO al1oru thu ptkblic ali UP.
lurtuhlly uI guIubaf!s0n.
An lutcge4tInG, experiment In ssreet-lIchtinc
BY slcett:ttx on lrastlyal sca's Il h. l"" IN
4,n-sra. A iatge toFtton of this ptaca telonKs
u Mr. EdmunA +. Davis, u 81. tcter's. Ttmnet.
1lip urctptad Liberal candidate for tlis ctstcrn
division ct kgllt, WIN Inns Undertaken the cx-
pertinent a. Ills own coss. with tl'o view to u.s.
elst In determining how tAr tbs electric light ~
applicable to pubic s1rcrtll0htinE. botf, u. re-
xarls IT, illuminating Ix''rer aud tts eoat. Tho
,a.nss nse wsss tnsrusted u sir. bayI. to Mr. II.
4. VsIon, G. f., aud atr. ". II. Buunctt, Z. E.,
who aru taking steDs 10 ascclt4n accurately tht
co.t Ut the application u thu electric light t"
tAis purpuse. aud lis value ~ I'LL Illuminating
agent. The system sdopted Il that Vi n. Jst'-
loelIkotf, md there are six la:njs carried On
4tap1ayds nln0 feet h!gh+ anu piaGIu eighty
yards apart, tkslF situatlun oelDX khe sea road,
which ID latl out OIL the curve. In 4 Temporary
l.uusu which hs4 been ruin up about midway Vt
tls lcngth OF the lights Il one OF hse4sTs. tar
5ctt's pottabla eDGturs u1 tun-hus&u power
nominal. Ill!a en4tno driScs twD lramInufs
spachiucs through . countershAft to insure
4tea1tness, the machines bcaug 90E'e tlfty leet
IRON The engtns, aud thu couutershafs nearly mid
way between them. The 4ulRller tuach!uc, u
cxvlter, IL driven at speed Of 80 revolutions
pcr minute, while the iarRtr ur alteruxtiug
current. tnaebue las spttd OF 1000 geyuiu.
tIDRs uer taEnute. this latter IL I twelve
light Maehipc, but IL only supplying currents
10 half tho uutnber Vi ixsup9. Tue currcnts are
delivered tlsouxitt w circuits, threa lamps beipg
PLACED on each circuit. Upon the ocrasiou oi
our recent visit to the sceua OF this experiment
we found the six laUps giving steady aud very
kHcctye light. 1A eHectistnsss, however, wAa
somewhat Increased BY tha snow. which la1
thick On the ground all the county vVet. Tic
tontrast to tbs adlaccut Ras-lghts 1t Glove guar.
ters x9s, ~ might ba expected, very great, aud
ssen from long distancea the large globes oi
white light quito ecltpsel thu little yellow soots
ii gas-l2ht. Five out Of the ak lamps ha1
GLOBES seventeen iuchea In diameter, tIe SIXTH
having ope twenty iurhes III diameter, and It
w2a particularly noticesbls that the Light from
tbe larger globe was distributed over wider
urea than that from any Of tho smaller onca.
Ths fact II PROBABLY due to the rays Vt light
being Rtycn 0us from 2lar2tEsurtace. = and hence
the!s greater diffusion. 80 far a. our tuspec.
tlop went the experiment HxS undoubtedly 4
hncecss, but, OF cot51e, tho tu2l results hare to
le arrived 1t befoTg 4uccrss or otherwise Gun ba
ttosrd, aud these Nill be given in the report