440 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
of the Literary and Philosophical Soziety of Manchester, in January last, 
stated that the magnesium light, proposed by him and Prof. Bunsen, had 
emy of Sciences of Paris, in February, a new and simp! or pre- 
serving animal substances, the invention of Mr. Pagliari. The liquid is 
ompos alum, benzoin and water; the surface of the meat is covered 
load in the necessary manner. An electric cable is a difficult thing to — 
coil, indeed no one who inspects it in short lengths would believe it capa 
ble of being coiled at all ; the cable must, therefore, be laid in the hold, 
in as large a circle as possible, and the space occupied must be , 
clear from cross beams, or perpendicular supports for the deck. The cable 
and in addition a clear space provided sufficient to enable this enormous 
length of cable to be coiled, it is evident that no existing vessel, excep? 
the Great Eastern, would be equal to the requirements of the case. 428 
hands employed in liberating the cable coiled in the hold have a difficult oa 
task to perform, even when the sea is calm and everything on a 
smoothly. When at full speed, the coils have to be carefully 
