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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 33, 18 May 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

A fire consumed property estimated at L30,000. in Neweasfcle-on-Tyne, on the morning of the 13th February. The fire broke out in what seems to have been a cluster of leather dressers' warehouses, and in consequence of a scarcity of water, this enormous damage was done to property. A parliamentary return shows that in 1861 the total number of cases of corporal punishment in the navy were 1,076 ; the number of lashes inflicted 36,463 ; the total number liable to corporal punishment 58,594. The number of screw steam war ships now afloat is 414 ; and of paddle 108. Thirteen screw and two paddle steam-ships are building;. The building of twenty-nine others is suspended. The effective sailing ships afloat are 1 03 ; making the total steam and sailing ships on the Ist inst., 669 in all. A prospectus has been issued of the City of Norwich Hotel Company, with a capital of L50,000, in shares of L5 each. The undertaking lias influential local support, and the building, with assembly and lecture rooms, is to be constructed on a site in the new street leading from the railway station to the centre of the citj. A medallion memorial of the late Prince Concert by Marechetti will shortly be erected in St. Thomas's church at Newport, in the Isle of Wight. . According to a Parliamentary paper, there remained at the Bank of England L9 68,47 7 16s. 2d., unclaimed dividends on the 6th ult , and of that sum L869,230 Is. 4d. was advanced to the Government under old acts of Parliament, leaving L99,24" 14s. lOd. remaining in the bank. Between Saturday night last and Sunday the premises, of the Bank of Manchester, Pall mall, were entered, and the sum of L1,060 4s. was abstracted from an old-fashioned safe, and frrn the tellers' boxes, the money being in gold and silver. In the Court of Probate, Dublin, on Monday, counsel applied for liberty to take a will out of the registry office for the puri pose of having it photographed. The judge consented, hut confined the photograph to a certain portion of the document — Lloyd's Weekly News. On the sth instant, Mr Alexander Jeans (lately farmer, Pilmur,) entered his pigstye at Forres to shift some of the troughs, when a boar attacked and threw him down, inflicting such injuries on his person that he died on the evening of Monday last. — Forrest Gazette. The fund placed in the charge of the official trustees under the Charitable Trusts Act continues to increase. At the close of last year the amount included L1, 360, 159 Government stock, L4,047 India stock, La,420 Bank stocV, LB.IOO railway debenture stock,, and U.500 India railway stock.

Bullock bows, 3s per cwt. andied peel, 4s per cubic foot Capers, 4s per cubic foot Carraway seeds, free Carriage lamps, 3s per cwfcr > Chains (with anchors or for ship** use), i free Chain (all other), 3s per ctrt. Cherry cordials, 9s per gallon* Cheese, free Clock's.jfree Coffee, essence of, free Corrugated iron sheets, free Cotton wick, free Curry powdpr, free Eau de Cologne, 9s per gallon Fencing wire and standards (iron) free Fish, preserved, free Flavoring essences, free Floor-cloth, free Forges and iron-work, loose, Ss per cwt. Forks, digging and hay, 3s per cwt. Galvanized iron sheets, free „ „ wire, free „ „ warejj as buckets, gutter ' ter angles, ridge caps, tiles, and ornamental pieces, 3s per cwt Gelatine, free Gingerbread, free Ginger cordials, 9s*per gallon* Groats, free Gun barrels, 5s each f Gutta percha, free £ Harrows, free Herrings, preserved, free . Hops, free Horse shoes, 39 per cwt. Huckaback (hemp or flax) 4« per cubic foot Hurdles, iron, free Iron chairs, 3s per cwt „ safes, &» per cwt „ tanks, free Ironwork for ships' use,'free Isinglass, free Jams and jellies, 4s per cubic foot Jewellery, free Lemon and lime juice, free Linseed oil, free Lobsters, preserved .'free Maccaroni, 4s per cubic foot Machinery, agricultural or other, free Meats, potted or preserved, free Night lights.'free Oatmeal, free Oilcloth,ffree „ (able covers, 4-s per pubic foot Olive oil (perfumed), free O Jives, 4s per cubic foot Orange bitters, 9s per gallon* Oysters,fpreserved, free Paint, free Pearl barley, free Ploughs, free Rick cloth, free § Safes, iron, 3s per cwt Sago, free Salad oil, 4s per cubic foot Sail, free Sardines, 4s per cubic, fool Sash weights, 3s per cwt Scythes, 3s per cwt Sheaves, brass, for ships' uae, free Shot, free Shovels, 3s"per cwt. Soda, free Soda crystals, free Soups ("fish ami vegetable, preserved), freo. Spades, 3s per cwt. Starch, free Steel (bar), free Syrups, free fable covers (oilcloth), 4a per cubic foot Tanks (iron), free Tapioco, free Tarpaulins, free Tiles, iron, 3* per cwt. Tinman's tools, 3s per cwt Vermicelli, 4s per cubic foot Vesta matches ( wax), free Vinegar ( in any package or vessel), fr«B Watches, free Wick, cotton, free Whiting, free Winnowing cloths, frees Wire,- iron fencing, free Wire, small (as bell wire). 3s per nwt. * Orange Bitfere, Cherry and Ginger Cordials, &c , are liable to duty at 93 per gallon. But if the importer make a declaration, and the Collector certify that these goods do not contain more than 10 percent, of spirit, they may, upon application to the Commissionerof Customs, be admitted at 4s per cubic foot. t Importation of Arms, &c, witlioat license is a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment. X A manufacture composed of any of thf* articles comprised in Section 7, and in which gutta percha i9 used merely to make it waterproof, is chargeable with 4s per cubic foot. $ When the fabric is not superior to ord.nary sail-cloth.