MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 75, 21 November 1864, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

CtrsTOMS Duties on CosH^-Under the pro-corn.'-and grain imported into the United JSLxngdorn, -t--3is'^oSf a^sessed^'l^ %e%h'ti inite'ad°<)i M&aa&ces* The "dutyj/jwhicl^ •is^Sdv'/peg cwkvjn cttejirpfcls.jpJHr Snr.iw quarter, camein force on^hejlst of September. ,-. u i'-rrort nrryj ,i)!r;jixijL'OQ 01 iron tti. £T i«Qaox> Ja Setebaii new theatbes are reported- to hart r . . been p^^^.dfiSTOfff iSm^f Wi^bSf^ J5 "° J '•more proinlHent^ch.eniesi being Ja"la'rge j : ■Tneatr>'J > in,a»;, jWe?fcen^ j - o ßub i ttrb,^;^d T £he-r»on!s) 6 »). C 2 pversion of the '"Auian&ra, LeicesterVguore, into »., ■ .Tasles oit Deineing. — The •aHnklM f '*6f'^ca/ ISi5^ c< 'coffee,! -.chocolate,' '^andA >;■";? cpnMbutectom I £5,073,938 to the public revenue in" the last £. ; financial year, ending with March, 1864. _ In the ; same year'theJ'drinker's^spirit^ 'mmef^ir^L^aAt^ o:lT liquors paid their .£^|o2^s(^ ; pf r ta3ation^ c Tb^ 3 -^ 3i r is without reckoning the tax on licenses for making and for selling these articles, or on 'sugar to sweeten them. — The Times. , c crisis SiioD. — The Albert MBlfOßiiti.~iTheTjrorks in connection with^ this -national, -memorial have been commencedby Mr 'ITelk^to'whom^the execution of the I entire contraot^'ha3'''b^a"- :^rfu^i- r » r^n'e;^" :I * site ch^sen-foritis^miriHyde^park^almost^cing^^^ the entrance to the Horticultural .Gardens, and ,on this spot the excavations *for^tmss-:fo\indation L are beiiig---iaade_-_JElEOiii~lJie^s»at^eiglit_(JL6o. feet) and the immense solidity and ; massiveness of the memorial, the £oundationsT-haye, tq;-be takenrr y L unusually deep^iconsiaering the excellent naturell 71 of the 'soil, which is all gravel. Under the.centr* part they are to be formed of sixteen feet of concrete, and nowhere, ar^, theyto. be .lesß^han,,, ten feet. The;bas'e-of •tne^memdrial/'is-to-cOnsisfc^-of broad and lofty nights of steps that give access tiq theiwork on four sides, and the work itself is to~be~no lesa than 130 feet_square. The steps, of _ v grey granitefa,re r tosoe laidcin^a double'nfgh^wltb?"'^-' l^ .a broafl landing between the lower and upper tier. '■- From thi3 upper landing the memorial proper will rise, tltabasement'.'being; formed [of f a ndble/frie^e-X-0:...';' in marble, the figures on "which will be in high -relief ;and of life size. The columns which support the spire-like superstructure-' ofxt]£&ine»v£ '':-- niorial are to consist of groups of four red granite -pillatal each two feet in diameter. Their capitals I are exceedingly rich, and will be surmounted with statue? of heroic j size. l£ iTheSspire^li&weLilJayiso call itJ which closes in the arch, is one of the richest ana most elaborate of all Mr. Scott's designs. It will l be built of red and grejQgranite, and the rich white stone known as Darley Dale. The terminal and surcnounting cross will be of wrought copper gilt,jind_ this jportion of the work is to be executea* by i r Ehe-_ SMdmore liArfi TCoSiTpSnyJ. ; J whose: rood-screen in the transept of the last exhibition excited such admiration for its exquisite finish.! Beneath the groined arch will be placed -the statue of the late Prince Consprt. His Eoyal JUgliness is represented in roßes* of state, seated ; 6n a'' chair of state. The proportions of the figure are on; a scale which, if the statue was repesented standing, would give! if£ a l^igTi^'ofjyihirtySfecfc. The details of this figure and of the other groups of jtatuary which will surround the memorial are, however, still undecided. The whole work 13 . expected to take, four>yearsiin.;.completion;;:fahdrf r by the : terms of his 1 contract, Mr. Kelk has bound himself to complete it for the sum in hand — £120,00. The laying of the foundation-stone will be marked byf a} public ceremonial, afjirhich ';£ Y the members of the Koyal family will be present. $J:o ; date is fixed for this event, which, indeed» is not; likely to take place till late in autumn. _— vFftej Times. ~ • ; - <<Ameeican and PACinc] Cqttox. — A. number -of Californians have engaged in planting cotton in Sinaloa and-Sonor&j Mex;co.v Seye.n seed y ; r have b|eeii distributed" among the riativesi' It is '■' 3,000 acres have been planted north of tne Filerte River. The San Lorenzo Agricultural Company plant 1,600 acres to the north of Mazatjan. The/qqmpany;hav,e v sraV.to;-Massachn^ - : •) setts for a mill. "THere are two rn ill a running — one of ten looms at Mazatlan, and another at Presidio. It is estimated that the yield will bo 50bib.j to the acre : and the company have the whole -San Lorenzo River at their control. At the Sandwich Islands several thousand acres have been planted* and engine.s, r gins,^.and pr.es.se^ar.e „„ ready for work;- In Central America there'is great •! L excitement on cotton, and the people are waking •lip to jan energy they never knew before. Agricultural instruments, of American manufacture, whicnjhave heretofore been 'repudiated, are now extensively imported ; 650 bales of cotton wer* afcrlSan Jose lately' waiting shipment, and two foreigu v^ssel^had pnibpa^d SjQO^.qiijntaljs.-^ Tha. r f >„, , island of Tahiti is to "be'added 'to the' catalogue* of '""' J -lands which are now producing cotton. The experiment in its growth has f £been eminently successful there. The new line of steamers about tb~cbmiuence running between New Zealand and iPanama, i wjlL carry^thi^^crqp^.to^ i^.AjtlantiQ r sjdp-. :, r^., . m'ent, ffroui whence it' wiirpriiicipally go io Buropef ■ a j:: ;i ;!Many| of the South Sea Islands, as farorably situate as Tahiti, will also engage in the cultivation, 4nd lessen existing cotton,- rates. They are now occupied by cannibals and savages. A late Panama steamer brought 2,000 bales of Pacific cotton, of which ,l y lQ9,w,ere shipped to Jlew-Yoxk. .-, .^Eiitslurtf -Commercial.? -i. TJ -* «_-*-./ ir.) They're always giving things different resfgxiationß from what they xised to have," said Mrs. Parthfgton to Ike— "ln my opinion, what they oall the new raJgaJ-iisrcalainSuiifc- ."t»? fiie-lild rtieumatiz." \: A profligate young nobleman, being in com- , pany witli some sober people; ; <Jeeired^to toast the devil.} "Oh, certainly,'* said a gentleman, " w« jjanJiave no objection to toasfc any of your lord* sbip'sj fiends." .jiifj A o tjT gl