HASZARD’S GAZETTE, FEBRUARY I7.

OLIANINGS FBOH LATE PAPERS. Lennon, January 18.

The reports of the perfect success of the French Loan had a remarkable etfect in the Clty yesterday. The favorable result of that measure had been brou ht home to our monied men in is very tangible orm. The deposits on their own subscription list towards the loan _are returnable to them, because their money II not wanted. It is an unusual thing for Governments to have iuore mono offered to them than they require ; and in this country we should not have been very hast to assume that the French Government woul be the first to set such an example under the ressure ofa war. The subscriptions within have enormously exceeded the demand of the Government—instead of J."_’0,000,000 it is nearly :l§87,0_00,000; but the character of the subscrip- tion is in itself peculiarly remarkable. The whole loan is absorded by individual applicants for 500 francs and under, down to 10 francs. The entire sum ol'.L'20,000,000 is taken up by persons purchasing £20 annuities or less.

The success of the Emperor line had a hap y inﬂuence in this country ; it has shown that the wants of France will not create that vacuum in the coffers of capitalists which was anticipa- ted. The requirements of France will cause no drain u on the London markets. Consols,how-

ever di notouly rebound upon the prospect of the reimbursements of deposits; the success of

the loan establishes the conﬁdence which so important a class oftlie French people give to

rance itself

'l‘chornomorish (Cossacks of the Kuban) army, 4 n; 3. The Danubian arm , 40,000 men : -I. The army in Lithuania and ilolhynia. l:20.000 men ; 5. 'I‘be Baltic army, 60,000 men: 6. The reserve army, 80,000 men. You will hardly fail to observe that no mention is made either of the guard and grenadier corps in Poland. or of the Caucasian army. The garrison oi Odessa has been frequently changed lately, but it is probably a gross exaggeration to say that ii is HOW 50.000 strong. 'l'he reinforcements come and go, and the great public knows no more 0| the real strength of the garrison than do the Vi- ennese burghers of the exact number of troops now in this city.

Seven Days Later from England.

The steamship Atlantic arrived at New York yesterday, with Liverpool dates to the 27th

on. Lord John Russell has ‘resigned, and it was

oihec.

Public feeling seems favourable to peace.

Scbastopol dates are to the l-lth Jan. Atfairs were unchitngcd, except that the British arm is in a wretched condition, owing to mismanage- ment. Occasional sorties were made ; weather very

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Tlie Vienna conference will assemble in the middle of Februar . The Swedish army is placed on a war foot-

their Emperor, and which they are willing to ' R

testify in so very tangible and forcible a manner.

The Soldier’: Friend of Vienna, has received from Odessa the following account of the move- ment of the Russians in the Crimea :—

“ In order to prevent a coup do main against Perekop, the division of General Pawloﬁ‘, the bri do of General Wrangel, the four regiments of ra oons, were detached on the 18th ult., towar s Armgansk, and took up a position on the road which commands the Isthmus. The light division of Huluns, under General Koif. was still holding its winter quarters near Eupa- toria, its head quarters being at Saki. The {ilst regiment ofllossacks of the Don had joined it, and these troops will, in the early art of January, it is said, commence an o ensive zinovemcntagainst Hupatoria, In the meantime, in order to secure the communications with Perckop, reinforcements are being brought up from Odessa. The total force now at Perckop, in cavalry, and infantry, amounts to 50.000 men. The Sth division, which arrived at Bakslii-Sci-ai on the 28th December, was ini- mcdiately after reviewed by General Osten- Sackcn, who complimented it on its tine ll pear- unce, and said, “ You have come by or or of yournngust sovereign, to maintain the glory of your ancestors and the honor of Russia. our sacred country! my children.’ It is unnecessary for me to tell you that the eyes of your sove- reign, as well as those of your fellow-conntry- men, are on you, as the defenders of the word of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. There are among you many whom I have already commanded on ﬁelds of battle, in Persia, Poland, and Hungary; remeinbre the past, and continue to behave as comesbrave Russians. The movement will soon arrive, when you will leave no other choice to the enemy than death or captivity. Until that time, adieu.”

'i'zu:GnsrHIc COMMUNICATION WITII ‘rut-: CRIMBA.

Mr. Liddell. the engineer of the new Leicester and Hitchin Railway in connexion with the Mid- land, has obtained from the directors of the latte company leave of absence for two months, in order to fulﬁl an important duty with which Government has entrusted him. his is no other than the laying of a submarine cable for telegraphic purposes from Varna to either Cape Chersouese or Bslaltlava. The cable is ready, and Mr. Liddell is on the point of sailing to coin-

late his commission '01’ thus bridging the storm

uxine, 300 miles across, for the ﬂight of intelli- gence between the allied armies in the Crimea and their respective Governments, and rice ccrsa. It is expected that by the time this work is accom- plished the ielegraphic line across Europe will also be ready; and the enterprising engineer, who has already laid cables in the Mediterranean and other seas, conﬁdently anticipates that within two months the beginning of a des atch will be received in London belure Lord Rag an has ceased dictating it at the telegraph ollice of Balaklava or

III .

The Queen of Sardinia is dead.

The English Government has been severely denounced in Parliament.

40.000 Russians, with 80 guns, were concen- tratcd at Pcrekop.

Consols closed at 91} to 9;.

Bi-eadstutfs dull at previous rates. sioiis unchanged.

SECOND DESPATCII’.

The Atlantic brings 58 passengers, among whom are the Hon. G. Upham and family.

The steamship Great Britain arrived at Liverpool with .t.350,000 in gold from Australia.

The ehieffcature of the news centres in the proceedings of the British Pnrliaiiieiit, in which the liovernment have been severely (lI3lI0lIll('0l .

()ii Friday night, Lord John Russell gave an explnniition of his conduct. The general opini- on is that the whole iniiiistcry must go out 0 olliee. ,'l'he public feeling seems leaning towards peace.

Provi-

Tiii: L‘i:iiii;.t.—Geii. Liprandi had again abaii- doui-il his outpost at the 'I‘clicrini_vn. Sch;isto- pol dates of the Hth Jan., announce that sick- ness was increasing in the camp.

'l‘he lliis.-sians had made two sorties, but were repulsed with considerable loss. The weather lnul bi-eii cold, but was getting milder.

CI)llSlllt‘l‘lll)l(.‘ reinforcements were reaching the Allies.

Letters state, that the French had mined the Flag St:iil'B:ittcry. and only waited a. favorable opportunity to b ow it up.

.\lenschikoll'is reported to have said :—“ Our troops may rest, Generals January, February and March will fight out our battles for better than we can."

The Russians had retained and re-occupied the Quarantine Fort.

Gen. rown was about to resume his com- mand in the Crimea.

The Allies were about to establish a hospital for 2000 men at Smyrna, and an establishment for Convalescents at Rhodes.

The Russians re ort numerous dessrtions from the Allies to t io Russian ranks.

St. Pctcrsburg letters of the 18th Jan. are of a paciﬁc character.

sians will sliortlyjassuine the o ensive in the Crimea, having received large reinforcements.

It was re orted at Vienna on the 25th, that a battle ha been fought before Sebastopol, in which the Russians were victorious, but authen- tic advices from Balaclava the next day contra- dicted it.

It was positively asserted that Omar Pasha’s force would begin operations on the 18th Jan. by advancing under cover of the artillery of the tleets along the coast. The last of the Turkish convoys left Varna on the 14th, for Balaclav

Scbastopol itself.

RUSSIAN Tnoors Faozsu ro Du'm.—The fol-' lowing is news of the 23th December, from Odessa, via Czernowitz :—" Powerful reinforec- u merits are arriving. There are snow storms, with frost. Two companies of soldiers on their march, and 40 wagon loads of sick men, have been frozen to death. The thermometer‘ (Reaumer) is 24 degrees below zero—equivalent I to 22.00 Fahrenheit." ’

Sriisnorn or run RUSSIAN Ani|Ini.—Accordin to the Russian accounts, the Emperor wil have the following armies in the ﬁeld next

spring :—I. The Crimean army of 120,000 men in the field and 30,000 in Sebastopol; 2. The‘

GREAT Goi.n i\'voos1l-.—'I‘l_ie largest lump] of gold ever found in Ca ifo_rnia or in any ot ier part of the world, weighing 100; pounds, has arrived in this City, and will soon be on exhi- bition for a i‘o_w days! _'l‘hihs wi;ndcrfull4lu_mp of gold measurin ...... _inc ea orig, inches wide’, and 7 ineies thick, containing only pounds of quartz rock, and valued at over $38,000, was found by a party of four Aincri- ziiqsr an_ onotswiss, ‘in (.'i‘|Il'l;\'CI‘l)lSd ('tEIl{VIty,

‘ii i ornia on o evening o to L‘. o A ov. 13:34. It was 160 feet below the surfzico. One oftlio discoverers is here ‘VVltl1|lirl|0Ill||'||‘- which wi “ken to the 'or t ‘s 'ixhibiti)n :'t Paris. They have been oil‘-'I""l $1-3,l"il‘ Vi? ii‘- Bouon Courier.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

(|"or llaszard’s Gazette.) ItE.\IEDY FOR THE DISEASE IN THE

ATO.

The importance of this subject_to the inhabi- tants of I rince Edward Island will, I trust, be it sullicient apology for the length of the cor- respondence extracted from a London paper.

GAS TAB AS A IANUIIE.

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Ilaving a few weeks past addressed to the editors ol'two papers some letters on the po- tato discase, and having recommeded the use of antiseptic ninnure as calculated to arrest the potato blight, whilst the adoption ofputresccnti inanurcs increases the disease; and having also stated tlierin the value of gas tar as an

expected the whole Ministry will go out of

An Odessa lctter ofthe 9th sa s :—The Rus- 0,

,‘ manure, I am now in a position to inform you of the success of some experiments tried here this year. In order to test the ellieacy of tar as a manure for pomloeli 70“? trenches about tliirt yards in lengtli, were made last spring. "he first two having been dug nine inches deep, the tar was our_ed thinly into them, and covered with a little soil. The other two trenches were prepared in the ordinary way. and the seed was planted on the same day in the four trenches ten inches apart from each other (too close I think) when the haulm and leaves appeared, the deeper green colour of those in the tarrcd rows made them easily distinguishable from the others, continued also more vigorous until the autumn, when on taking up the potatoes, they were found not only free froiu disease, but also from attacks of worms, the soil uring their growth being almost exempt from weeds. The liaulin and leaves of the other two trenches died nearly ﬁfteen days sooner, presentinga weak, sickly appearance. The produce when taken a proved to be not only 30 per cent. less, than that obtained from the tarred rows, but one third of them were diseased. The idea prevails that the tlavor of the root might be tarry. I shall have the pleasure of sending you a few to prove the absurdity of this notion. The present won an consumptive state of the potato in- duced as Iconceivc by the use aiidovcr stiniula- tion of putreseent manurcs. lms rendered it inoro siisceplililc to the ozonetic condition of the utinosplicre, while on the other _hand, it has proved that antiseptic tuunurcs give stain- inii and vitality to the potato, and fortify it for more successful contention with the blight. 'l'he cereals, which as food give inoro llcsli- forniiiig mutter, require more nitrogen than the potatoes which contains little gluten in propor- tion, but a large quantity of starch, licnee when tar is dug into the soil, it is supposed to tindcrgo dccom uosition and to furnish a supply of carbonic acid to the roots of plants, living practically destitute of nitrogen. It will be seen by the following analysis of Professor Balfour, that tar is peculiarly adapted for sup- plying thc largest proportion of the component parts of the p(o‘tal0.

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rbori 441 llydrogen 58 Oxygen 439 Nitrogen 12 Ash 50

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And continues a further chemical question altogether foreign to the immediate interests of this community, and signed,

Jenn M.ti..irit. llolmpton Lodge, Yorkshire.

The above remarks are further elucidated by the following corespondence,

Sir,—Mr. lllaluur's communication in your last number, on “ Gas tar as a manure," is well worthy the attention ofagricultulists and iers.

Although I am unable from m own know- ledge directly to corroborate its e cacy in pre- venting} the potato disease, loan with certainty alhrin its value generally as a manure.

Most of the small (las works in Scotland dis-

ose of their ammoniacal water to the neigh- liouring farmers as manure. A farmer who made use of it frequently obtained quantities ofour coal tar which be valued very highly, his mode of using it dillcred from that mention- ed b Mr Malaur.

bile storin up his manure in the dun

yard his metho was to deposit a layer one feet deep, and when levelled, he sprinkled over it ii.

ood coating of tar, this was covered over with another layer, and tar similarly applied, and in this manner he made up the heap. The de- composition of the mass did not appear to be retarded in any way, but a singular change in the nature oi the tar itself takes place. Its oily character shortly disappears, y its ab- sorption in the manure an a carbonaceous powder remains in its place.

Manure thus prepared has invariably been formed to produce much richer cereal and green crops than ordinary, and abundantly re- pays the trouble and cost.

Ammoniacal water is applied in a different manner, being used as it stimulant to young grass barley and oats, two methods ofapplying

reducing its strength by adding an equal bulk of water. The other mixing it undiluted with earth takin care it is thoroughly mixed and stowed close y together. This is said to be very eﬁcacious as top-dressing for grass and young cereal crops. J. Run.

Gas Compan Oliice, Montrose, ee. 20, 1854.

The above communications are at the present moment of great value as our farmers appear to have, in a great measure iven u the appli- cation of farm yard manure or raising potatos; whereas it appears by using the antise tie “ Gas tar," it destroys the putresccnt qua ity of farm yard dung which has caused the potato rot. It would perhaps be desirable to prove the cllicacy of each Ian by an experimental trial of the above methods.

A well wisher to my adopted country having dwelt in it nigh forty years.

The above information full corroborates the experience of our farmers, who have re catedly told me, the only niodo of raising souml)potatos was in new or lay lan .

F. Y.

(l-‘or llaszard's Gazette.)

TIIE PATRIOTIC FUND.

According to previous announcement a public meeting was he d in Brudenell chapel, to con- sider the propriety of aiding the widows and orphans of the brave soldiers who have fallen in the War in the East. The Rev. John Knox who occupied the chair, briefly stated the object of the meeting and in- vited inquir and discussion. Mr. Peter Stewart then addressed the assembly at some len tli and urged the claims of the suffering an destitute with considerable force. lie was followed by Arthur Owen, sq., in a very in. tcresting speech, in which he referred to the probable destiny of France and Turkey in this reatstruggle. 'l‘ho Rev. John Knoxthcn ad- ressed the meeting. He deplored the existence of the war, but justified the government in engaging in it, b a rapid sketch of the circum- stances whieh enianded the interference of Britain, and after a graphic description of the privation of our arm and the misery attendant on war, he claimed t e help of all who regarded justice and delighted in charity. A subscription list was opened and about £17 were subscribed in a few minutes.

Messrs. James Collins, Donald Robertson, W. .\lcl.-iron, Samuel Match, and Daniel Mc- Donald were appointed a Committee to solicit

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' subscriptions. The following is the coinpleto list.

Donald .\lt-Donald, New Perth, Donald .\lt-ltonnld, (Mill) Williani Mt-Donald,

Duncan i\l<.-llotiald,

£10

Jnmus Mclloiinld, 10 John Dewar, 10

times i\lt-Laren, Esq., 0 John Mt-l.aren, 0 Arthur Owen, Esq., 0 John Robertson, )0 Mrs. John Robertson, 3 Miss Elizabeth Robertson, 6 Malcolm Mcliean, 10

Deacon Peter Stewart, James Collins,

John II. Morrow,

John MacNiel,

Donald Shaw,

Daniel Gordon,

James Finlay, sen. James Finla ,jun. William Fin n ,

Mary Ann l-‘inlay, John llnmiiton,

James Hamilton, Alexander Smith, l)ugald Ferguson, Stephen Shaw, Alexander Stewart, John Collins,

Anthony Collins, William Ferguson, George Mcllish,

‘homas Mellish,

John lladdon Norton, William liuncan,

John llonohue

Edward Poole, Brudenell River, John Stewart, (Bridge) John Stewart, Teacher, Miss Isabella Stewart, James l\lcVean,

George Moor, (Deacon) William Sargent, Esq.

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Alexander Robertson, Mrs. Alexander Robertson, James Dewar,

Robert Dewar,

John Mc[.aren,

Donald Stewart, jun. Donald Stewart, (Deacon) Donald Molaren,

Peter Melaren,

Donald Robertson, Montague, Duncan Robertson, Archibald Mchnron,

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Philip Beers, Esq.,