The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-12-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DONALD. He is only af. aid that " blarneying " jobbers" will take advantage of the Smoke Prevention Act " for the purpose of filling their " own purses," and he adds, " I have always set " my face against anything of the sort, and that " is, perhaps, one reason why I am not now your " smoke inspector." This comes in very strangely with the strong prejudices expressed by Mr. M'DONALD for certain names which he uses in his condemnatory letter. Whether Mr. M'DONALD acted up to the letter of the Smoke Nuisance Act, or to the spirit of his favourite master's teaching, we will leave the Health Committee to determine. But, in the meantime, we will venture to deny, in the name of the Liverpool public, that the " suppression of smoke is practicable" by the means recommended by Mr. M'DONALD, except at a ruinous cost to the employers of steam. That " its suppression is practicable is " now sufficiently notorious " we are free to admit—but by whose plan ? The patent furnace at the Waterloo Station, Great Howard-street, and the " infallible specific " adopted by Messrs. HICKS AND Co., of Bolton, have not proved " dead swindles." When we alluded to the results attained at the Railway Station, our remarks were based upon official data. And until Mr. IVPDONALD can bring forward something more than his own very questionable knowledge and experience on such weighty topics, we would strongly recommend his friends to counsel him against rushing into type, as the assailant, of. those who devote some time and study to the subjects on which they essay to write fpr the public.  In consequence of the extraordinary delays wh'eb occur in the transfer department of the G..eat Northern R .ilway Company, the Stock Exchange Committee, with a view to the protection of their members and of the public, have adopted a resolution that buyers of stock in this company, or in its subsidiary lines, shall not be required to pay for such stock until the requisite vouchers of the regularity of the transfer shall have been obtained from the company's office This dechion amounts to a suspengion, in this particular case, of the ordinary Stock Exchange rules regarding payment for stock Its effect will be that each buyer will obtain, before parting with his money. the company's official certificate that the security purchased is genuine. FUN IN AN IRISH Couivr.—ln the late case of Galbraith v. Angell, in Dublin, judge and jury, lawyers and witnesses, seemed desirous ol extracting from it as much entertainment as possible. The following is a sketch of a portion of the examination of a witness :—Mr. Whiteside : Now, listen to me ' • apoplexia, parenthesis, syncope— which of these is the hardest to cure? (Laughter.) Witness: What do you call " parenthesis? " Mr. Whiteside: lam asking you that Did you ever read Goldsmith ? He was a medical student, you know, like yourself. Did you ever read him ? Witness : No, never. Mr. White.side: What! never read Goldsmith, and you a professor? Witness: Ha, hah! Mr. Whiteside: Ha, hah! (Laughter.) Witness : What do you mean ? (Renewed Laughter.) Do you know the meaning in our tongue of the word " murder ? " • Latterly I do. Did you know it when you "executed" the translation ? (Laughter.) Mr. Butt : Now, he did not say "execute ;" I said it. Mr. Whiteside : Did you finish it then; that is what you meant ? (Laughter.) Witness : You are very witty. Mr. Whiteside You are very good humoured, and more candid than some of your own witnesses. Mr. Whiteside (handing the witness a proof sheet): Look at that. Well ? Witness: Well? Me. Whiteside: Well? Witness: Well ? (Laughter.) HOW many " wells go to a river ?