NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1943, 28 July 1869, Page 3

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

The Columbia square market, in Bethnal green, was opened on Aj>ril 28, amid a ceremony of great interest. Among others there were present the Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince and Princess of Teck, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, several distinguished representatives of the temporal peerage, the First Commissioner of Works the borough and county members, and the sheriffs of London and Middlesex. Miss Burdett Gantts, in publicly thanking Archbishop Tait for his presence, referred to his grace’s labors in Bethnal green during the visitation of the cholera three years ago. The most reverend primate warmly thanked Miss Coutts for her noble gift of the ma ket, and paid high tribute to the worth of her many works for the benefit of the poor. Ihe market is situated close to Shoreditch ( hurch, between New street, Hackney road, and Crab Tree row. The space enclosed is about two acres, and the ground plan consists of four blocks of buildings surrounding an op-n quadrangle. Pour years have been occupied in its construction, and the cost, which has been defrayed entirely by Miss Burdett Coutts, is more than L 200,000, and the like of it for lavish decoration and almost extravagant adornment of interior does not exist in the world. The Halles of Paris and the central market of Brussels are as nothing when compared with the beauty of this almost cathedral pile. , We extract the following from the Globe:— A discovery has been made which is of vital interest to an important industry in Italy. M. T. Gandolff, of Mondovi, states that, after some years of study, he is aide to ascertain, by means of chemical analysis, whether the eggs of the si kworms are healthy and can be safely reared, or infected and useless. The practical success of M. Gandolffs discovery will be seen in the ensuing season, when the value of his analyses, now being carried on at Inriip will bare "been tested by tbeir results. A. simple reference to the decline in the production of silk in Italy and the 'I yrol in the last few years will show to how great an extent the industrial interests of the Italians are dependent upon the result of this experiment. Before the outbreak of the silkworm disease there were nearly 3% million kilogrammes of raw silk produced; this declined in 1863 to millions, in 1867 to 2 millions, and last year the total produce was only 1,900,000 kilogrammes. The future of the silk crop of Italy gives great cause for anxiety, especially since the silkworm disease has reached certain parts of Japan, whence Hie Italians have obtained the largest portion of their best cocoons ; and Mr Consul Colnagbi reports that all attempts to mot out or even to palliate the malady have hitherto been ineffectual. The genus of the disease are sai l to be found in the mulberry trees, similar to the oidium affecting the vine. A trade of some eighteen millions in value in the present unfavorable period, and capable of indefinite increase should the silkworm disease ho stamped out, is no small element in the industrial resources of a country like Italy.