doulitedly gaining in the estigtation of the manufacturers. In fact, the practical effects of the school upon the of the are making themselves manifest in a way which may waken the interest of the most indifferent, by showing that geed art possesses amoney value. I,n the ease p1 the manu facturers who produce goods to cPraPote with • the French manufactures in the American, markets, attention to design has at Ali been indispensable; and ,previously to the establishment of the schools they were under the necessity of employing foreigners, not only to sket,cit their designs, but also 0.0.4VY out their patterns, at great expense, and under the disadvantage pf mach uncertainty. Those mannfacturers who haye had the intelligence to understand the manner in which the schools would become gyaihible, are now able to produce with certainty better patterns, at far losa cost, hy means of their own, apprentices pursuing their studies in the school"; the aCtlie same time obtaining higher wages than were ever paid to artisans tho same class before. );Zany pf these young men, as they acquire experience and knowledge of their bniliness, are exhibiting much talent, as designers, ip the strict sense of the term.' 1)1r. Apnersley, the principal of this school, has giyen notice that the suns of I10/. PPM Ph1994 his hands by a calico printer of Manchester, for the purpose of being dirided into prizes for the best designs spited for printing on calico or delaine, as fellows ;-20/, for the Best set of silt three cniour patterns ; 1Q1. for the second for the third ditto; and similar prizes for the best, second, and third best four and five colow which make up the sum thus offered.
The prize patterns are pent to the groat :,where about 14,00t1 square feet of pointer space is occupied by Maneliester epptFjputiolp.
igit.,4op: The names of .211anilioc, Cgf s1Pa, Art4 pre given to an American plant, and a :wholesome food prepared from it. Bread is made from a kind of meal procured from the root or tuber which is soinewhat parsnip shaped. The tuber is dug up, washed clean, peeled, and ground or gratc,d. Tit where mandioc bread is made more largely than in any other country, many persons are employed together in peeling the topers, which are then applied to and pressed against the face of a wheel made to vit4 and in this way the hullers pre ground, the pulp falling into a trough beneath. The pulp is then Plaeed in PAP, which are exPOseg t9 a Pressure sufficient to force out the juicewhich is of unwholesome chat:octet% The pulp is then poured put upon a hot iron hearth, where it becomes baked into ,thin caries. Thettgli deemed somewhat harsh flavoured lip persons accustomed to corn bread, these mandioc cakes are highly relished in Brazil. It is only the Niter cassava requires to have the juice expelled ; that or the sweet cassava is whole some. When fermented with molasses, the Mice yields an ardent Tapioca, which is capable made into excellent puddings, and into light feed for M.ralids, is a klildof starch prepared from the farina of cassava tubers, A ponsiderable quantity of tapioca is brought annually from llrazil to Eprope.