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IOIINOI AND ARTS. sub hi-on t brward at the Brljti:b’Assecidltiou, to which we last month, there are a few not over in silence, as we liar?‘ fqpm sir ro css, an t ey have now r ‘a furtherpdevgrelopmeat. Dr. Tlmhllu II the result ofa series of experiment! 'h“"ll“ -' y cells the ‘ magnetic lield ’ ""“ll ll. the space between the poles of II horse-shoe at--shtes, that although ob- . when a raoied, are drawn into a line swing from one pole to the other, this line is not that.iol' nlxlnaia force, but of minimum fisfcm This as usion, which has already bccluwerinly dlduited. is at variance with the -comtaonlylrccsivid iictlon. Mr. Crosse sliewed “kt "the-slew ‘deposition of crystals by electro- ilvenic agency '4 might help to throw light on 0 folllltion of crystalline minerals in certain ‘rocks. Mr. Ho kins, continuing his inqnir III to the we ‘injwbich ressure elects the melting- point of ifirentsubstsnees. has. with the Bid - of Mr. leirheirn. subjected wax, spcruiaoetl. ll-Olriue. and sulphur, to a pressure of 11,000 pounds to the uare inch; and finds in each case, that the h gher the ressure, the higher m_ust be the temperature fore the substance Herein are su stive liintt for geologists,‘ During the experiments, there was I K be material operated on, which could not be accounted for, until it was found escaping la alinest invisible jets from the pores lin

of the band r that contained it ; and only

ll most careful casting, and a hammering of

~ e sur , was it possible to construct a cyl- inder that would resist the immense force exerted. Kr. lhirbairn, with ‘his well-known skill and ingenuity, has carried the experiment still further. even to a pressure of from 80,000 ‘guide b 90.000 unds to the inch ; and un- I. this. he found that ‘ clay and some other

. iiubspticss had_e_cquired all the density, consis- llsncy, and hardness of some of our hai-dest_and ‘i e seat‘ .’ nether hint for geologists. lfollowiag up“ Heir researches on vegetation. Mr 'Iawdsaad.Dr. Gilbert are led to believe that the uitriecacid and ammonia in the atmos- phere are febout equally eliioient in supplying nitrogen Air lapts;’ and Mr. Waringtcn has discovered, what will be interesting to all who aquarium, that b placing coloured sees tween Itie’sun an the plants, the red

* alga-, which hitherto have been known to thrive at t depths in the see where only ‘but little Jig tpeuetrates. may be made to grow in it As these areauiong the most beauti marine re stables, a new subject ofstudy and pleasure will now be available to the cultivator. ” finch talk,‘and more than was wise, was ‘held concerning deviations of the compass. especilly in iroriiships. The .q _ 'lsigli -impertenne. 'l?he.loss of the Pluladtffhfa stfiiner on the coast of_Newfoundland is said

:3 have been caused by nacourate coin sses_; _u Awfiy should people far at, that the Admi- rhl ‘used "subject to e properly investi-

ted some i-h , a d i us, the needful P cliche?“ evernmayube the amount of a v t gs, it varies with every gsogra hioal position and its disturb- ton tbepcom ss-needle is only to be ,,a_sce_I-teinsd by daily 0 servation and referepce toga , shrlda compass. To takelnothing for y_anted,‘bdth with chronometers and com- pesges, -o'ndy=aafe rule for those who Iulvl b imrm We sis add here,flthat .. n I as ' stoomc over on a ying visit to arrange furfibriuging into use_ a new electgic-printingtelegrsph 0 his invention._ It is simpler than any other, and will rint sixty words _e minute. A Swedish gent eman, too has arrived with a calculating-machine, that not only calculates u_ to any rium i‘2‘i't'.‘."'."i'li;'l.‘§".'.’2",.’i5.ii'..‘§.§i"°'“ivi’f '§.°é’i’.i'.}'.'3i nsasool:i.uehthue::.dsa rival. b d’ to d at ' at an een one war s economy |:’fue1 in sea-going steamers. The aqfic, a vessel of 1469 to_ns burden, and 500 horse-power, launched at Millwall in September, has boost: half-way] down ill: channel 1‘): s. CH8‘: trip. ‘steers in as an us was s spec promised b has builders, and more.tbnn accom- ished. ._1t full speed, a ton of coal was burnt or each ten miles ; but at hall-steam, the same qpantl suflced for twenty miles. _Thl_s line s ip, t Verefore, will steam 4000 miles fin ten ye, w.th a consumption-of 400 tone 0 coal, or in fourteen and a hell‘ days, with 200 tons. A rein e_.saviug. With the shock of that terrible event, the founderipg of the mail-stea- mer Arcuc, fresh in out‘ mind, we cannot for- bear from expressing a hope, that when the to see, some means will be taken 4, to esfirisli, snt_gignels for the rerention °.E.°° "rt... " .::°2i‘°.:::." 3: °' °.:'.:":5 ; an ' e ac el sai is shgy-nine and a half days, and seine lions again in seventy- he vincludigx sundryiideteutions, and th IsgAlwiii&_has made the voyage from Melbourne xin six - rev dpgs, grind may be trusted to for oelcri as wall as vapour. f course the slii is built on the most ap roved scientilic princ - ' "and ivesee the re n t—-round the world

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‘ plidisd wlfint great privatioii n.:.d loss. ‘the atssfattgnpt, we learn that Lieutenant Strain, of the n ted States ship (‘_i/one, who wlfli‘a' ty had struggled for nearly a inonth name towards Darien, would have -perished from star:ation on the upper Oluiqp-’ bisque but for the. timnl assistance aforded y .a boat's crew from the i'rngu,a British vessel ly- ing atllsrien. The dilliculties encountered from ‘ nse,lr.~ ests, shallows and rapids in the rivers, want of food, and the liostilit of the natives. were extreme, and fatal to eig t of the party- two of when were the ooinsiissioners a pointed by the goreramentof New Granada. ldbur men lists the Virago. as soils of our readers will remember, were lost a_ few months ago, wbild_

. he - . I i oi so i t '50:‘! order to escape ii'cll:her },?g:'.:x,';,';:l?.‘:g Alfgu” t a ‘ en , u ,4 ‘ About the ¢im§'ii.ie the‘3omsra_iiid batteries '5 - g" 4‘ g were deiuolified. I nobleman. distinguisltipg fttir

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government ;i pl|an for builyliritg lion Illlg-hflbéeflél

‘ion, win flllciqfllly or owcvor s on . w Jeblldf anite or solid rash, might be com- plstely re ucud. Experini_euts have been made to test the plan. iind with such satisfactory results, that the batteries are actuall in hand, to D0 cased ere long with six-inch iron. from which ninety-nine balls out cfa hundred will

fly olfiiinociious. With hslfedosen ofthese in the lialtic next spring. it s expected that llelsinglorsiind Uronstadt will be eflectuelly

assaulted. _ . _

lie lnsiituiion of Civil llieitiaesrs have given their 'l‘elfi-rd Medal to Mr. Hobbs, the American, for his improvements in locks: and to Mr. Jsiries Yates, for his paper ‘On the Means of iiiisiniiig to Uniformity in European Messores, Weights, and Coins;‘ and s ‘ Council Premium of books.’ in Mr. J. Simpson, for his paper ‘ On Ihc.Preren- non of Smoke in Engine and other Furnscrs.’ As regards ilie llller queslion, an important solution has been effected si Messrs. '(.ubm’_s establishment, near King's Croes—-nothing less than complete suppression of smoke. To give an idea of it ; the old line is closely stopped at seven feet shove the fire, and opens into a new this at a right angle, about nine feet in length, which ter- minates in s decending shell, that communicates with a wiiicr-isiik and drain underground. Where llill llue joins the shall, a small jei of water plays ihioiigh a rose, and falling in a continual sliuwcr. crcsies ii downward current, which carrying ilie smoke, leaves it condensed on the surface of the water in the tank, from whence it maybe collected for consumption, or-floslsd oil‘ by the drain: lie- sides the entire prevention of smoke, this method effects s lzirgc economy: eleven bushels of coal a day used to be burned in tlis'furnsce, but new only four bushels. _

Gas, in common with so many other products of industry , is finding its any round the world: an apparatus has been sent to Hong Kong; and the Chinese will erhs remember in years to come, that the won crful light flashed upon them in the year of the great rev tion. e hear in many quarters of experiments, having theimproveraent of gas for their object At Paris, M. Chenot finds that by impregniiiing as with certain carbonates during the process o manufacture, the heating and illuminating ower is largely iiieressed. And in the United isn-e, Mr. Drake, of Boston. has patented ,a domestic gas-epparslus. which, occupying a space so more than two feet square. will supply gas as fsstss wanted, and no faster, whereby all necessity for a receptacle for storing up a quantity is dispensed with. His gas is made from vapour of bensole combined with siniosplieric air, and by the braiofihe burning coal-tar from which it is derived. The as is iliiis cheaply produced, and lbs’ appaisius is said to be so simple, that even the " dullest' servant would be able to manage it. ,

IEWC 2301 THE SEA’! 0!‘ WAR.

The Press puhlishes—tl_ie following letter re- cently mama from one of the chaplains elici- ating to the army in the Crimea :-

“ Heights above Sebsstopol, Nov. M, 1854.

“ It is not from forgetfulness of ur kind- nesstomsw nlwasin n tlliave so long delayed writing to you. But I have hmi neither time nor opportunity before. Even new in knees form my writing—d . I have Iivedo gfs since I saw you. I are been ap inted to the Fourth Division, which you wi i know are this sulered the most severely in the action of the Inkerinen. Last Tuesday was it inful day here. The noble ship in which came out (the Prince) has gone to the bottom with many others, and there has been an immense sacrifice of life. I was roused from dreams of my native land by my tent fall- on me, and was com letely drenched beforel could get on my clothes. Even then no fires could begghted, no he or anything else could be proeu --dr biscuit,and d to get it, was the state of a in. But al this mattered little to us who were in good health. When I got to‘ my hospitals,a sight was before me which would have moved a heart of stone. The hos- itel marquees were all down, and the poor Fellows, sulfering from cholera, fever, and dysentry. were lying exposed to that merciless storm, aggravated by the most piercin sleet I ever felt, benunibing all the facult as like paral sis. I saw more than one of our men strete themselves out on that day, under that elect, to die! ant I ma never witness such a scene again ! nd yet I feel thankful that I was here. Malply a rough soldier welcomed me to his side, a , as lspoke to him oftbe love of a crucified redsemer, his hard hand grasped _mine, and the big tear stood in his eye ; and as I rolled him up in his blanket, and - tried to t him as hi h as I could, out of the slush an the dirt, I sit thankful to God who e me, unworthy sinner though

minister of such a glorious spel. scarcely tell on, that my we in the burial- ground was eevy after such a night. e wnther has been much finer since, and the health of all the regiments in .the division is improved, with the exception of the 46th. Cholera, of a particularly virulent character, has broken out among them, and I have buried more t thirty of them within the last few dsys.- The scenes I have wt in their hospital r all description. I spend a portion of every day in it; for the poor follows (as we came out togstbel:-3 imagine that I belong altogether to them, a , when I enter the door of the marquee, ‘ Come here, sir,‘ resounds on every side; and than you have to make your way over the door of the tent, strewn, with

A circular from Hong Koo , of Oct. 97. states that steamers Encounter and rrecoulii arrived there 25th, from Ja ii, and the ship’Winches- tar (presumed a ritish man-of-war) was on her way from that lace. The fleet had been to Japan and Admiral Sterlin lied lied confe- nce with the authorities. t is understood that the treaty concluded at Nengsshi with the Japanese gives to England two ports for trade, one of which is supposed to be Nan- gaslri, and the other a rt to the southward of those granted to the nited States; also that the Ja ness declined to s e to nest of the British Admiral that they would not furnish provision’ or supplies of any kind to the Rue- sians, should they visit Japan again.

Tris Discovssxit or -rns Nosrn-Wm-r Passion. ——The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have presented to Ca t. M‘Clure a very hand- some gold watch, w th a suitable inscription, asa token of their entire approbation of his conduct during his absence on the perilous enterprise which he has been so fortunate as to can to a successful issue. Their lordsbips admit that Capt. M‘Clurc is the discoverer of the Nor-tli-west Passage, and we resume that the r~.~.tcli is only a slight insta ment of the favours which are due to him for having solved a problem which occupied the attention of the scientific world for so many yeers.(We lind this item in the London rs. From it we should an pose that the mysterious influence at the A miralt , has been exerted to belittle Capt. Clure. A gold watch to the discoverer of the North-western Passage ! !)—N. Y. Albion.

A Psiscsu DolA'l'ION.—-Holt. William E. Halfenslcin being in possession of a large body of valuable coal lands in the Shainokin region, and having a heart always open to son celculaisd to ameliorate ilie condition of those in want, icrmined to dedicate forever a portion of his esisie for ihe benefit of the deeiiiuie poor of New-York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, Csrlisle, &c. &.s., for the endowment of a Free College at Sliamokin, and for the benefit of African Colonization.

The land to be deioted to this prsiseworih objectisiii two tracts, and embraces about si

hundred acres of the best anthracite in the State; ‘the one tract. for the desiituis poor, is ‘ capable of producing three hundred thousand ions per snnum when properly developed, and the other tract, for the endowment of the College and African Colonization, will yield. it is estimat- ed by competent judges. one hundred and fifty thousand was At a low.rentsl, iliisqusntity will

ring in a revenue of upwards of one hundred thousand dollars yeiirly—-which is more tlisno per cent. on a million and a half of dollars. One of these tracts has already been leased, and will, the coming year, be put in operation.

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' Vl’iur ass Luxuiiiss sea A Wiri:.—A novel case has just been decided in this city, which involves a curiosity in medico-'urieprudenee. mesmevie physician sued a has and for services rendered the wife in his absence. The Supreme Court say that the law does not recognise the drcenis, visions, or revelations of a woman in s mesmrric sleep as necessaries for a wife. for which the husband. wilhoui his consent, can be made to pay. These are fancy articles, which

oee who have money of Iheir own to dispose of may purchase, if they think proper: but they are not necessaries, known to the law, for which the wife can pledge the credit of her absent husband. The law does not seem to have much respect for Meernerisni and Spirit-rapping as sciences.—Ncrc- York Observer

Hello '.i Pills, s eerisin cure for derangement of 1lIO Stomach and Bowels, Liver Complaints, Loss of Appetite and Bilicusness.—'l'hese ills have a wonderful effect upon a disorganized sys- ism, immediately they are lshgn by the Patient they act so directly upon the human frame, that the most disordered or impure _blood becomes changed. Persons who use them for a few weeks cannot fail to be thoroughly cleansed, they cause the appetite. however impaired, to become good, and those who are affected with disagreeslile'or ofensive breath cannot do better than avail them- selves of ibeee invaluable Pills.

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The weather still continues to be, unnatu- rally, we might say, mild and open. see from our win owe a horse gresing in a field and apparently with much satisfaction to himself. e hear many of our farmers com- plain of the severity and length of the winters and the consumption of food occasioned thereby, but we doubt ranch whether open winters are not more prejudicial to them than the most severe. One thing is certain, that clover, and. indeed, all perennial roots, sufier extremely from the alternations of frost and thaw. As to the length of the winter, or the severit of it, it is nothin , as compared with that of Sivedsn, Norwa or ennisrk; and as to the consump- tion o fodder, do not, we me as , most our farmers kee more stock tdsn they on to keep, and sel more fodder and roven than is prudent! Much as has been one with res to economising manure. there is, we

r, a sad waste of it still. It were inuchto he wished that we had better accounts of the economy of the best farmers in the northern latitudes of Euro Many a hint might, we think, he obtain from a knowled of their media 0 ends’, which could not ‘ail to be services is here. We sadly want a Professor of Agriculture, who would lead his attention to the peculiarities of our soil, situation and cli- mate. We trust the day is not far oi‘, when we shall see a college instituted in or near to

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dying men, and as each lies in the tent, on lean on your elbow by his side, and speak nto his car the hopes of another and a bstbr world. You can sasil understand now why my prouiise has been elayed. indeed, l have time for nothin but the pressing duties of my post. It is trn y an arduous one, but I have no desire to change it for any olier, while God

rants irie strength to work. We had a very ar attendance at divine worship yesterday, an the attention or ulcers and

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Our correspondent at Souris writes l6tli inst.

“The Golf is entirely free of Ice, a vessel is now on the bar of the Harbour fosded with Produce, bound for Halifax. The ferry boat still-plying regularly as in the midst of sets- met.

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en lo on similar serv_ioe._ A ed. I ve hos ital tests under with the Catholic Church in this Island. was

urther south, the Auierlestisllsve been more niy charge. I visit esedday, and havee c on Thursday last-—liis Lordship the

an l; a fourth steeaier offlo tons has short service ones a week is each ef fic. ght Rev. Dr. M'Doriald accompanied by

jastbsen launched at New York, for the nsvi- besides lmpressin on the hospital ordsrliss several of his oler . beln present on the

tides! the t river Orinoco. She is -of that if any man w slide to see me, either t _ '11.. con? 1. uh... .50.... mp. mm g in for that in or y,~ media called. and hsl ‘

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urpose of appointing Local _ Bdoptiug the most t-ill-i.-tual node of raising money. by subscription. in aid of tlie Patriotic Fund, for affording relief to the Vlidows and Orphans of the brave Soldiers, &ilors and Ma- rines,who liavcdied or iaay die in our Oaantr ‘a cause, duriii the present wai-—'l‘_lic Hi li Sberilin the hair. On the Requisit_io_n to _t is Slieriland his iinswercallingthe meeting, l-euig read, the Chairman at some _ engtli explained the nature of the meeting,'und requested James M‘Farlane, Esq. to notes Secretary; to_whicli lie consented, when the following Ri-solutions were moved. seconded and seed unanimously :— lst. Resolved. That tliiti meetin fully recog- nizing the duty of providing for t e necsss_it_ies of the Widows and Orphans of the Britisli Soldiers, Sailors and Marines who fall in their Country's service, clteerfully and cordially res- nd to the appeal in their belialfniadc by our racious Sovereign, and pie ourselves, out only to contribute to that object, according to our nienns, but use our influence each in his own circle, in aid of the Patriotic I-‘und :aiid for the more cfectuitl accniiiplishuient of this desirable end. that a General Local Committee be appointed for thiii section of the County, in terms of the Royal Commission. with power to add to their number, and appoint Sub Com- mittees ; and that the Gentlemen whose names, follow form the said Local Lommittee ; and that their jurisdiction in this iuiitter shall "extend from Grand River Wliarf, Lot 56, to East Point, on the South side ; and on the north side, from East Point to west side of Lot 43, including the intermediate s . _ t the following Gentlemen named ass (ileneral Committee, on. D Benton, Alexander Leslie. Esq., William Cooper, Esq., Joseph Dlnfwell, Esq., . . Macgowan, Esq., Edward Go , Esq., Michael Canaan. F ., Laurence Peters, Esq, llir. Joshua rge, L r. John Stewart, Mr. ames Moynagh ; and John Knight. Esq , to act as Treasurer, and James. M‘Farlano, Esq , as Secretar -3d. Resolved, Phat the Sn mmittees make Returns to the Treasurer appointed at this meeting, on or before the 1st day‘ of March